Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 400 Regent

On the day I returned to the capital, it was snowing heavily, and the sky and the earth were covered in white. From two meters away, people could only see a figure wrapped in white mist.

With less than a month left until the new year, Luo Yu couldn't help but sigh that she had been here for almost two years, and it seemed that nothing had changed.

Yan Xuan protected Xia Liang and returned to Beijing, but the lackey stayed in Heishui City with the wolf cubs and Qin Bingrui. It is the nature of wolves that freedom is the most important thing when they can have enough food.

Zhu Jinyou escorted Luo Yu all the way into the palace. After everything was arranged, he took time to visit the empress dowager.

The Empress Dowager's Cifu Hall has been renovated and is more luxurious and magnificent than the previous palace.

The Queen Mother's grand ambition can be clearly seen in this palace.

When she saw Zhu Jinyou, the empress dowager smiled particularly kindly, like a kind old lady, but her words were harsh.

"It's amazing that you still remember an old lady like me. You've been away with this girl for half a year. Mother thought you'd forgotten you even had a mother in the capital."

"Your son dare not. You miss your mother every day." Zhu Jinyou stood up and stood beside the empress dowager, massaging her shoulders and back, looking like a beautiful picture of a loving mother and a filial son.

"You are so filial now, are you planning to tell our mother that you want to marry Miss Luo Yu?"

The old lady was indeed experiential. The Queen Mother could see clearly what Zhu Jinyou was thinking and what he wanted to do just by raising her eyebrows.

Zhu Jinyou spoke frankly, saying he would marry no one but Qin Luoqiong. The Queen Mother did not get angry. After a while, she sighed and waved her hand, telling him to stop kneading his shoulders and back.

"Zhihe, I have pampered you since you were little. How could I not know your inner thoughts? If you want to marry her, then marry her. This girl must be quite capable for you to worry so much."

"Miss Luo Yu is the most intelligent woman I have ever met."

"It's fine if she doesn't have ambition, but I'm afraid this girl is too smart, and her ambition will grow day by day. You just know what to do."

Zhu Jinyou was so excited to see that the Queen Mother finally agreed that he didn't want to hear anything else she said.

"Don't worry, mother. Luo Yu is a very kind girl. Her ambition is based solely on equality for all and the advancement of society."

"Oh, then do you think all living beings are equal?"

"Everyone has enough food to eat, can read and understand, and has a comfortable home. This is a certain degree of equality."

The Queen Mother chuckled softly: "Can men and women be equal? Then can a woman also sit on the throne?"

"this?"

Zhu Jinyou thought of what Luo Yu and the others had said intentionally or unintentionally in the past. According to them, it didn't matter who became the emperor, as long as he could make society develop better and better.

"If there is true equality, with no distinction between people, and everyone has the opportunity to become emperor, how will we resolve the chaos that will result? How can we ensure the safe and orderly operation of a dynasty?"

"What the Queen Mother said is absolutely true, but social progress is a long process. Only when the people live well can the country be stable and prosperous."

"It's best that Zhihe thinks this way. If you become emperor, you will surely be a wise ruler, and your mother will be confident in handing the Zhu family's throne to you. However, it's not good for the woman beside you to be too smart. If you like her, give her some love and care, but don't overdo it and let her interfere in everything."

"The kid knows."

"Well, you've been working hard, so you don't need to have dinner with me today. Go back and rest early!"

When Zhu Jinyou walked out of Cifu Hall, he found that the snow that had been falling all day had stopped. The snow on the ground was only as shallow as his ankles, and it crunched when he stepped on it. It sounded very much like Miss Luo Yu's intentional or unintentional smile.

He was eager to tell Luo Hong the good news as soon as possible that the Queen Mother had agreed to let him marry her as his princess.

After Luo Yu and Xia Liang asked Eunuch Gao to send everyone away, they used instruments to examine the emperor from head to toe and confirmed that the emperor's heart pulse was much weaker.

Xia Liang said with a hint of uneasiness: "Sister, if this continues, I'm afraid we won't survive this winter."

"It seems I need to have the Queen make preparations quickly. I don't think Zhu Jinyou will seize power for the time being after the Emperor's death. Now I must convince the Queen to agree that Zhu Jinyou can sit on the throne of regent and support the little prince."

"What about the future? Is Sister Luo Hong really planning to marry His Royal Highness Prince Ning?"

Luo Yu hadn't really thought about this problem. If she really married into the deep palace, she might be further away from her ideals and beliefs. How could she get rid of marrying Zhu Jinyou? She had no idea of a good solution.

Xia Liang chuckled sinisterly and whispered in Luo Yu's ear, "Sister and His Highness are already married, right? He's looking at you with such affection and tenderness now, his eyes are much softer, it's obvious he's truly in love with you."

Luo Yu laughed dryly: "Maybe our bodies are more compatible."

"Sister, don't you think he likes your soul more?"

"Oh?"

The next day, Zhu Jinyou came in person to take Luo Hong back to his house and told her the Queen Mother's promise. He thought Luo Hong would be happy after hearing it.

But unexpectedly, Luo Yu frowned and said, "Isn't it too hasty to finalize the marriage now? Or should we wait until Qin Bingrui's affairs are dealt with? Besides, I also need to inform my mother and the Fang family, so I need to give them more time to prepare the dowry."

Zhu Jinyou thought he had thought enough, but he didn't expect that she had even considered the dowry.

"I'm not in a hurry, I'm just worried that Miss Luo's pregnancy might be too sudden."

Luo Yu thought to herself that fortunately she had secretly taken birth control pills, so she didn't have to worry about this problem at all. She shyly pounded his chest and said coquettishly, "So, please don't mess around anymore. If you get pregnant, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the Queen Mother."

"There's nothing to be afraid of. We have to get married after the first month of the lunar year."

Luo Yu bit her lip and nodded in agreement, but she didn't want to move into the palace immediately. Gossip was really scary now, and she didn't want to attract gossip before getting married.

Zhu Jinyou thought about it and agreed. Even if Miss Luo Yu was broad-minded, if everyone in the capital knew about her actions in the future, the gossip after dinner would have a really bad impact on her.

Besides, he had personally summoned the court ministers and decided that he would assist the young prince to succeed to the throne and appoint himself as regent.

Most of the officials above the fifth rank in the court are on his side. After all, the little prince is too young. If the queen takes control of the government to assist the little prince, the power of the foreign relatives will become increasingly stronger. Rather than fearing that the power of the foreign relatives will disrupt the court, it is better for the descendants of the Zhu family to take power.

The ministers actually knew very well that this so-called regent position was just to assist the young prince, but it would be difficult to say what it would actually do in the future.

Fortunately, a few days later, Zhu Jinyou successfully took the position of regent, and the queen no longer had any objections.

In fact, after Zhu Jinyou left the capital, Duke Anguo summoned the Yu family army back to the capital. However, Zhu Jinyou had already sent people to deploy layers of troops around the capital, and sent a large number of secret troops to attack the Yu family army from a hundred miles away. The imperial guards of the capital would neither help the Yu family army nor Zhu Jinyou's secret army. Anyway, the emperor was still alive, so they tried their best to remain neutral. It would not be good to offend either side.