The Tyrant’s Beloved Empress

Chapter 135

According to the shark tribe, the chasing soldiers were too prosperous at the time, and they couldn’t get rid of it anyway. +++Mobile reading visit m. In order to avoid future troubles, Yu Qiao designed to lead the chasing soldiers to the sea alone, while the scorpion tribe hid elsewhere. No one knows whether Yu Qiao was alive or dead. Only the people guessed that Yu Qiao died with the chasing soldiers at sea.

However, Huai Shu’an, who rebelled against Daye, found the Shaman tribe after many setbacks, and as a friend of Yu Qiao, offered to send the Shaman tribe out to sea to escape, and gave them a birthday. Huai Shu’an really did his best to the surviving Shark Race, and he showed his love for Yu Qiao. The Shark Race was deceived by him and had a good impression of him. On the contrary, he hated Daye and Xiao Li deeply.

Coupled with the handwritten notes left by Huai Shu’an in his late years, all this misled them and made them think that Xiao Li was fortunate enough to betray Yu Qiao. And Huai Shu’an is the person who can’t ask for it and waits affectionately. They didn’t get a glimpse of the truth until they saw the handwritten notes left by Yu Qiao.

It turns out that before Yu Qiao led the chasers out to sea, he had asked Huai Shu’an to send Xiao Li a letter in which he stated that whether Xiao Li’s betrayal was true or false, he believed in his behavior. Ask him to read above the past friendship and leave a way out for the scorpion race. In the letter, he told Xiao Likun where the human race was hiding. It is clear that if he can’t return, he asks him to find a stable place to settle the shark tribe. However, after Huai Shuan received the letter, he did not pass it on to Xiao Li who was far away in Yejing, but read the letter privately. After Yu Qiao disappeared, he incited the deceived Xue Chang, and the two went to the palace to question Xiao Li and seek justice for Yu Qiao.

Xiao Li had doubts about him at the time, but there was still no evidence. In addition, Xue Chang and Huai Shu’an were both his dead brothers. He was trapped in the court again, and he had to be distracted to look for the traces of Yu Qiao and Yu Clan. , The avatar is really weak, and can only watch the two break with him and betray Da Ye.

What happened afterwards was the so-called “truth” known to posterity. Xue Chang and Huai Shu’an established themselves as kings, and established Xiduan and Yuze respectively. The grandfather of Ye, Xiao Li, married the princess of the former dynasty. After that, he vigorously purged the court and cultivated cronies. In just a few years, the Great Yechaotang became his Yiyantang. The officials of the Great Yee Dynasty ruled Qingming, the people are happy, and everyone in the world worships and obeys. The queen died of illness shortly after he took over the super program. In the past few years, Xiao Li did not expand the palace, only had a son with the queen, and became the prince.

However, Yu Qiao wrote in his handwritten notes: After he brought the chasers to the sea, he was indeed ready to die with them. But there was an accident in the process. Although the chaser was destroyed, he himself did not die. He was seriously injured and unconscious and sank into the sea. Later, he was rescued on a deserted island by the sharks in the sea, only to realize that he had accidentally awakened the blood of the sharks when he was about to die. Because of the return of his blood, his legs turned into fish tails and he could no longer go ashore. It’s just that although his movement is restricted, he still remains awake in his human form.

He lives with the shark who rescued him, and has been trying to find the news on the shore, but before he could find the news, he broke the conspiracy of Huai Shuan first-he followed the shark crowd and accidentally ran into the shark. This island where the human race lives in seclusion.

He saw Huai Shu’an taking a big boat, transporting craftsmen and treasures to the island in batches, and building the so-called “Tiangong” for him. He was already clever, and after rethinking the events of these years, he discovered the flaws. Coincidentally, Xiao Li had never given up looking for the traces of Yu Qiao and the Yao Clan in the past few years, nor had he forgotten the suspicion of Huai Shu’an. After Huai Shu’an went out to sea several times, his people secretly followed. Yu Qiao, who had been trapped at sea, was finally able to meet Xiao Li. After the two met again, they spread out all the misunderstandings one by one, and only then did they understand Huai Shu’an’s sinister intentions.

After learning the truth, Xiao Li deliberately led troops to level Yuze. But Yu Qiao was dissuaded. One is that the people of Daye have recuperated for a few years before they have had a peaceful and prosperous age, and it is not appropriate to reinvigorate their wars; the second is that the life of the Yao people is peaceful and peaceful on the island. It is difficult for Xiao Li to have a peaceful birth. The third is Yu Qiao’s situation at the time, and it is not suitable to be in front of others. Moreover, both of them are righteous people, each with their own important responsibilities. Xiao Li wanted to take care of the people of Daye, and Yu Qiao had already a little bit of eyebrows about breaking the curse of the Yao people. After some discussions between the two, they finally decided not to send it out.

In those years, Huai Shu’an spent all of the rain to build the “Temple of Heaven”, and Xue Changzhi only vented (revealed) the news of the Shark tribe after he was drunk. He was even more guilty and uneasy. After he learned of Huai Shu’an’s plan, he would All the wealth he has accumulated over the years is sent to the South China Sea to compensate Yu Qiao and the Yao people. Huai Shuan imagined that one day Yu Qiao would return, and seeing his true feelings would surely be touched by it. He wants to let Yu Qiao know and let the people of the future know that he is the only one who loves Yu Qiao wholeheartedly. Xiao Li had too many concerns and too many responsibilities on his shoulders. His love for Yu Qiao could not be compared with him.

When Yu Qiao wrote this paragraph, he said: “Huaishu’an is a young and distinguished person, and his life has been prosperous, and he has not experienced suffering in the world. He thought that everything he did was derived from loving me, but in fact it was not, but he was paranoid. He was nothing more than his paranoia. When we were dying, Xiao Li and I went to see him for the last time, and told him what had happened over the years. He cried madly and did not stare at him.”

Yu Qiao’s handwritten notes (kiss wen) are very calm, unlike the self-deceiving handwritten notes left by Huai Shu’an, which are full of strong emotions everywhere. It is not difficult to see from his words that although he is bored with Huai Shuan, he does not hate him. After many years, the past is gone, and Huai Shu’an will also be forgotten. This is probably the reason why Huai Shuan’s purpose is not to die. Throughout his life, he did all the bad things, but he failed to make waves in Yu Qiao’s heart.

After Huai Shu’an died, Yu Qiao returned to the sea. He didn’t go to see the shark race, but instead lived in the heavenly palace, concentrating on seeking to solve the fate of the shark race. After Xiao Li separated from him, he returned to Yejing. At that time, the prince had grown up enough to hold the Great Yejiang Mountains. Soon after, Xiao Li designed a suspended animation, put aside his burden, and went out to sea in secret.

After reading Yu Qiao’s handwritten notes, they knew that Xiao Li’s marriage to the former princess was a transaction between the two parties. The princess of the previous dynasty had a marriage contract. After the previous dynasty was overthrown, the princess couldn’t help but was pushed out by the old minister as a **** to check and balance Xiao Li. However, Xiao Li directly took a salary from the bottom of the pot and made a deal with the princess. The two of them were obviously respectful couples. In fact, the princess has been with her old lover all these years. Later, the princess became pregnant and gave birth to a pair of twins. Xiao Li left the boy behind and became the prince. The girl is raised by her biological father. After Xiao Li took control of the court, the princess feigned his death, and went away with her lover and her daughter to hide her name, and then disappeared.

After the prince succeeded to the throne, Xiao Li was finally able to unload the burden and stand by Yu Qiao in his later years. However, after Yu Qiao became a Yuren, his appearance has not changed over the years, while Xiao Li has aged one year. Xiao Li fears that after his death, Yu Qiao will be alone. In their later years, the two gave birth to a child. . The child followed Yu Qiao, and he was born like a shark, but he was extremely intelligent. A family of three lives in the Tiangong, and occasionally goes out to sea with the sharks, and life is also happy.

The birth of this child provided Yu Qiao with new ideas for breaking the curse. When Xiao Li died at the age of one hundred and five, Yu Qiao took himself as a sacrifice to find a ray of life for the Yuren tribe.

He finally wrote in the manuscript: “Xiao Li has died, and Amu has grown up and found someone to stay with him. The shark has a long life, and I feel that it is not interesting to live alone, so I voluntarily sacrificed myself to calm the grievances of arowanas. The cursed fate of the Shark tribe has since ended. But the “immortality” is a fanatical pursuit of the world, and the Shark tribe survives for a day and cannot live freely. So I switched the chart again to find another chance. If so. If things can be done, I want to come to you and wait for Ying to have found the heavenly palace, and saw the handwritten notes that I have specially left…”

An Changqing glanced at Xiao Zhige, and felt that the “chance” mentioned in this note might be them. He was born again inexplicably at the beginning, and he was very strange. But if it is what Yu Qiao did, then it can be explained. If it hadn’t been for his rebirth, they would not have found it here, nor would they have found the codex of Yuren and Yu Qiao. By then, even if the curse was cracked, the shark tribe could still live in seclusion on the sea, and in the end, only the fate of extinction was awaiting them.

Now that everything came back up, they found the tomb of the shark, found Yu Qiao’s handwriting, and found all the truth. Everything can be solved.

“According to the manuscript, the curse of the scorpion tribe should be broken.” An Changqing looked at Yu Sandao: “What is unusual about the members of the tribe in these years?”

Yu San frowned and pondered for a moment, then hesitated: “Abnormal? I don’t know if it is an abnormality. Yu Qiao grows very fast these days, and the life span of the eldest sister and the second sister is also shorter.”

Because of the peculiarities of the shark tribe, children actually grow very slowly. When they are young, the shark tribe is always smaller than ordinary people of the same age. When they are older, their faces will not change much. It is not until the end of one or two years of life that they will rapidly age until they die. The longest-lived man of the Shark tribe can live to be more than 150 years old. Even if the life span is short, they can live more than one hundred twenty or thirty years old. But Yu Da, who passed away, only lived to be less than eighty years old. Yu Er had just passed his seventies, and already had signs of aging.

Xiao Zhige said, “Perhaps this is a manifestation of the curse being eliminated.”

For the shark human race that has been deeply affected by the curse, it may take time to eliminate the curse influence, but for the newly born shark human race, the curse has probably disappeared, or the impact is very small. For example, with the exception of Hongwen, An Changqing and Yu Qiao are no different from ordinary people. Another example is the Xiao Anheng brothers and sisters who had no red lines and any strangeness when they were born. Originally they thought it was just a young age that hadn’t appeared yet, but now it seems that they might have responded to what Yu Qiao said.

Yu San still couldn’t believe it. He looked at his hand and muttered: “Are we really like ordinary people?”

This is something that all the horrens dare not dream of. The world only knows how mysterious it is that immortality is hard to find, but in reality, immortality brings only the endless hiding in Tibet and the pain that is different from ordinary people.

An Changqing said: “There should be no fakes.”

After several people figured out the ins and outs of the Yao people’s past, according to Yu Qiao’s words, all the notes were burned. Then he went to find the antidote mentioned by Yu Qiao-Yu Qiao really expected things like a god. Not only did he expect future generations to find it, but even Yuze descendants calculated it. He said in the manuscript that the poison made by Huai Shu’an was originally gifted to him by Yu Qiao for self-defense, but he did not expect that Huai Shu’an would insist on becoming a demon and use the poison on his successor. In order for the plan to proceed smoothly, he did not detoxify the Yuze royal family at that time, only left a bottle of antidote in the secret compartment, which can completely detoxify (sexual xing).

Several people hurried down the octagonal building, and saw that the sea below had risen to the calf. Yu Sandao: “Get the antidote as soon as possible and leave, otherwise it will be more difficult to get out.”

They returned to the previous side hall, and Huai Ruyu tapped on the wall next to the table for a while, and as expected, they found the secret compartment and found a small bottle of pills in it. However, he was cautious and didn’t take the medicine right away. He planned to see a doctor after going out before taking the medicine.

When they found the medicine, everyone was ready to leave. Before leaving, they passed by the side halls where a large number of treasures were stored. Huai Rushan said with emotion: “Unfortunately, these treasures will be buried in the seabed from now on. If they can be shipped out, they can do a lot. It’s up.”

Everyone agreed with what he said, and An Changqing was also a little embarrassed. Now the Treasury of Daye is also short of money.

It’s just that their manpower and time are limited, and these things are so heavy and heavy that it is really difficult to transport them out. Can only reluctantly give up.

The group returned along the same road. Yu San was supposed to go back to the village separately from them, but the past that Yu Qiao unlocked made him understand that the facts they had always believed in may not be true. After he hesitated for a moment, he took the initiative to invite a few. People go back to the village with him.

An Changqing originally had this intention, and when he saw him take the initiative to invite, she naturally happily went with him.

After the Huai Ruyu brothers returned, the accompanying doctor checked the antidote. After confirming that it was non-toxic, he swallowed the antidote. Although it will take about five years to know whether the antidote is useful or not, but now, at any rate, there is no need to hang a heart all the time, it is a lot easier, and they all follow.

The Shark Race had never seen so many outsiders, and was a little nervous for a while. It wasn’t until Yu San told them what they had experienced in the Tiangong, that they (exposed) a look of amazement, and their guard and hostility towards Xiao Zhige’s group was much less. Yu Qiao was particularly happy, dancing and dancing: “Can we go out to the sea to have a look afterwards?”

He was on the island when he was born, and he is not very yearning for the world beyond the sea, but the island is so big that it is easy to live in crooked conditions. Now that I know that I can go to sea to see the outside world, I am naturally very happy.

“We haven’t been out of the island for a long time, so we still have to be more cautious.” Yu Qi probably still couldn’t let go of his younger brother’s death. He was the most hostile to them and resisted leaving.

Yu Wuwen said: “Lao Qimo wants to get into the horns, you don’t know, the village is about the same height as the Tiangong, if the Tiangong is flooded, the village will be flooded sooner or later. In other words, the island is sinking slowly. , We will leave sooner or later.”

The sinking of the island had long been a clue. Only a few people in the village discovered it. I was afraid that other people were worried, so I didn’t say it. Now that the curse is lifted, and An Changqing is willing to give them a new identity, let them cast off the shadow of the old shark race and start a new life, that would be great.

Yu Qi stopped talking after hearing this, but Yu San and Yu Wu had been asking about things outside the island. Xiao Zhige also promised to find a suitable place for them to live in. When they leave, the island sinks into the sea. From now on, there will be no immortal scorpions in this world.

An Changqing and his party stayed in the village for five days, and after discussing the day of departure with the Shaman tribe, they were ready to set sail. When Xiao Zhige returned to Yejing and looked for a suitable place, he would send another boat to pick them up and leave.

On the day of departure, the horrendous people went to see them off. Eight boats stopped on the sparkling sea, all ready to go.

Standing on the bow, An Changqing and Xiao Zhige said to Yu Qiao and others on the island: “At most three months, we will definitely come to pick you up.”

Yu Qiao’s eyes were very bright, and he jumped up and waved at him: “I want a big boat like this to pick me up too!”

An Changqing smiled and said yes.

A horn sounded, and the fleet set sail slowly. An Changqing and Xiao Zhige stood on the bow holding hands, watching the island in front of them get smaller and smaller…

In comparison, the fleet is no longer irritable and sails very smoothly. In the distance, seabirds flew low and fell on the floating wooden box to sort their feathers. An Changqing’s gaze swept over, and he immediately condensed. He leaned to the side of the boat and looked carefully for a long while, and immediately asked someone to put the boat down to salvage.

Huairu heard the sound and said strangely: “Are you fishing for the broken box in the sea (gan)?”

An Changqing pointed to the floating wooden box and said, “You take a closer look, what is that?”

Huai Rushan immediately leaned over to look at it. After seeing it clearly, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he muttered, “This is from the Heavenly Palace… how did they get here?”

An Changqing also found it weird, but it was weird. If there were no accidents, the cages were filled with gold and silver treasures, and they would still have to be recovered. The soldiers who went to the sea picked up the cage and opened it, and as expected, it was full of gold and silver.

There were hundreds of cages, all of them were picked up and opened. Several people were silent when facing the gold and silver treasures full of them.

Huai Rushan whispered: “Why do I feel a bit abnormal?” This cheap pick is really a bit scary.

He didn’t say it, others thought so too. The Heavenly Palace is in the mountains, even if it is flooded by sea water, these cages will be washed out, and they won’t float here. This situation is more like being put here specially, waiting for them to come to fish.

“There are no ghosts in this sea, right?” Huai Rushan couldn’t help but muttered. He remembered the shadow he saw in Tiangong again.

“Do you remember that Xiao Li and Yu Qiao still have a child?” An Changqing asked.

It is recorded in the manuscript: In Xiao Li’s later years, the two had a son, named Xiao Muyu. Perhaps to protect the child, Yu Qiao didn’t mention the child too much, but only took it with him in one stroke, saying that the child would go with him, and he looked like a shark. Yu Qiao said that the life expectancy of Shark is longer, and it is not surprising that Xiao Muyu is still alive based on the calculation of time.

Xiao Zhige said: “Maybe he is still alive, but he just doesn’t want to (show) his face. Yu San said that a few decades ago, the Tiangong organ was suddenly activated and the gate was closed. But when we entered, we passed all the way without encountering the organ. Maybe someone secretly helped.” They previously guessed that Yu Qiao had cracked the Tiangong mechanism, but if they calculated it carefully, the time would not be right, but if Xiao Muyu cracked it, it would be able to explain it.

In the figure Huai Rushan saw, the possibility of ghosts (sexual xing) is not great, but the possibility of Xiao Muyu (sexual xing) is greater.

It’s just that although they infer this way, there is no evidence. After all, the existence of the Shark tribe is strange enough, let alone the harder to see Sharks. Several people glanced at each other, and all tacitly pressed the matter down, and no longer delved into it. Only An Changqing lay on the side of the boat and said “Thank you” towards the surging water.

After the cage was picked up, the ship continued to sail until the ship was no longer visible, and a silvery white (colored) fish tail was raised on the surface of the sea, and then another fish tail was also raised, splashing waves on the sea, calm sea surface Above, two young men with naked torso and long hair draped like seaweed looked at the ship that was no longer visible. After that, they swung their tails together and dived into the bottom of the sea again.

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It took more than ten days to return to the voyage, and when it arrived at Yuze, it was already mid-October.

Because they had been out for too long, An Changqing and Xiao Zhige didn’t stay in Yuze much. After counting the men, horses and luggage, they were ready to leave for Yejing. Before they left, Huai Ruyu raised the issue of Yuze’s incorporation into the territory of Daye and called him a minister to Daye.

Official Yuze’s first reaction was naturally to oppose, but Huai Ruyu insisted on his own views and analyzed the pros and cons with them clearly. After a few days of seeing this, he finally persuaded the ministers and sent envoys to Yejing with Xiao Zhige and his party. Submit official credentials. In addition, out of gratitude, Huai Ruyu gave a large number of tributes, including a pair of elephants and a pair of white peacocks that Huai Rushan fed.

One became a pair, An Changqing was naturally happy, only Huai Rushan accused his brother of using his treasure to fill the front with angrily, and then angrily mixed into the envoy team, and followed An Changqing. One line goes north.

It was only five or six days after the team set off that An Changqing found Huai Rushan who had come in. They walked in a hurry when they returned. They had already left the border of Yuze and entered the territory of Daye. Huai Rushan was not afraid of being sent back, and no longer concealed it, and took the initiative to show up and ran to An Changqing’s carriage to eat.

It took another half a month on the road, and in November, they finally arrived in Yejing.

The officials who received the news in advance greeted them outside the city of Yejing. At that time, Xiao Zhige and An Changqing rode horses side by side to be worshipped by hundreds of officials. Behind them were the Yuze mission who came to deliver the credential, as well as the elephants and white peacocks that Yuze paid tribute. The elephant is tall and mighty, and it feels terrifying just by looking at its size; the white peacock is noble and holy, even if it sits in a wooden cage, it is still like a divine bird, awe-inspiring and inviolable.

Under the welcoming of hundreds of officials, they brought a large group of men and horses and elephants and white peacocks into the city. The people who heard the news and went out to watch saw it, and they knelt down and said long live.

This day was later called “the beginning of a prosperous age” in historical books. Daye regained the old land and expanded its territory. The centuries-old prosperous age began.

The emperor and king goose finally returned after leaving Beijing for a few months, and even made Yuze proactively surrender without a single soldier. The officials who had previously criticized the two for leaving Beijing were left with only verbal praise at this time. Even so, the people who witnessed the offerings from neighboring countries even took the emperor and the geese into heaven and immortals. It is said that God sees that the world is difficult and the people don’t have a hard time, so he sent Ming Jun to the world to save the people.

There are rumors spreading from one to another, and the people are convinced. But Xiao Zhige heard that not only did not stop it, but even added a fire to it, making the rumors even more prosperous.

On the eighth day of November, the envoy of Yuze handed in his credentials and voluntarily merged into the territory of Daye. Xiao Zhi Gexin allowed, and Huai Ruyu was named King Min, while Huai Rushan remained King Yu. Changed Yuze to Zezhou and became the fief of King Min and King Yu. At the same time, Honghe Temple officials were dispatched to Zezhou to formally establish a maritime trade port to trade with overseas states.

On November 16th, the newly appointed King West Dung personally led the delegation to Yejing, and also voluntarily submitted the letter of credence, saying that he was willing to return to Daye. This is the first time An Changqing has seen Shang Que. He is tall and has a deep “Chuan” pattern between his eyebrows. He knelt on the ground with his right hand attached to the left (chest xiong), bowed his head and said solemnly: “Xue Wuyi’s promise, I will honor it today. I hope your Majesty will treat the people of Xidian well.”

Xiao Zhige stepped off the Dragon Seat, took the letter of credence he handed over, and solemnly said: “I will not disappoint you.”

Since then, the western dung was included in the territory of Daye, and Xiao Zhige changed the western dung to the dung state; the original dung dynasty king of Shangque also became the king, and the dung state was the fief.

Yuze and Xiwei took the initiative to submit to Daye, and the territory that split from Daye hundreds of years ago is finally complete. After all the ceremonies are over, it happens to be another year of the winter solstice.

On the winter solstice, the emperor had to go to the outskirts of the city to worship the sky.

At the winter solstice last year, Xiao Zhige went alone, but this year he took not only An Changqing, but also the brothers and sisters of Xiao Anheng. This year, the Winter Solstice Festival Ceremony was exceptionally grand. In addition to the presence of civil and military officials, the people were also allowed to watch it.

No hundreds of people flocked to them, waiting to watch the ceremony.

It had snowed before Yejing, and outside the altar was covered with silver, adding a touch of holiness to the ceremony. Xiao Zhige and An Changqing walked side by side, walking towards the altar from one end of the red carpet. Since ancient times, emperors have sacrificed to the sky alone, and have never had the experience of walking with others. But officials are obviously used to Xiao Zhige’s “non-compliance”, and the Goose King has also contributed to the recovery of Yuze and Xidang. Now the emperor has given him high honor, and no one dared to say anything.

The two meticulously performed the ceremony of sacrificing to heaven amidst the singing of the ceremonial officer. After the ceremony, the official singing ceremony announced the end of the ceremony, but Xiao Zhige raised his hand to stop it.

I saw a man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe stepping forward, and his voice solemnly said: “Today’s sacrifice to the sky, the heaven and the earth as a mirror, and the officials and the people as the witness, I just happen to announce one more thing.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Han Zhang, the chief **** on one side, holding a roll of Ming Huang imperial edicts. Xiao Zhige took it, and said in a deep voice: “The Yan King An Changqing has been married to me for more than three years, and we are in the same boat. Yu Si, gave birth to the prince and Princess Sui Zhu for me, so that there will be a successor to the Great Ye River and mountains; Yu Gong, The court made suggestions and advices, worrying about the worries of the king, and the suffering of the people. It also assisted me in recovering Yuze and Xiwei without a single soldier… It is a great achievement that cannot be sealed, and I feel in my heart for the king of Zhang Yan. For his accomplishments, the Goose King was specially named Fengjun, and he had the same respect as the emperor, and was called the “Double Emperor”.”

After speaking, the stunned people responded, and solemnly put the scroll of imperial decree into An Changqing’s hands. Behind him, Wang Yu, who had been prepared for a long time, stepped forward with a silver-white (color) embroidered dragon robe with a golden dragon on a gold plate, knelt on his knees, and said “Long live Fengjun”.

Xiao Zhige unfolded the dragon robe of the same style and different (color) as him, put it on An Changqing, and said loudly: “Today’s hundreds of officials and people are witnesses, I swear here, I and Fengjun will never let you down look forward to!”

Swearing to the ground, the dazed hundred officials recovered from their consternation and knelt down and shouted: “Your Majesty is wise! Feng Jun is wise!”

The surrounding people were affected by this, and they followed the knees on the ground and shouted. In the white world, the two stood side by side on the altar and were worshipped by hundreds of officials and people.

There were pure white snowflakes fluttering down in the sky. Xiao Zhige held the hand of the person beside him and looked into his eyes. His expression (color) solemnly said, “From then on, it will be our prosperous age.”

“As you wished.” An Changqing smiled and squeezed his hand back tightly.

——Records in later history books: Emperor Xiao Zhige, Emperor Yewu, fought on the army throughout his life, and after more than a decade of recuperation in Daye, he and Princess Sui Zhu led troops to conquer the northern tribes in one fell swoop, and the territory of Daye was expanded again and again; Emperor Yeren Anchang Qing and the prince stayed behind, reformed agriculture, developed commerce, and vigorously supported maritime trade. Daye’s national strength (strong qiang) is prosperous, and the people’s abundance is unmatched for five hundred years.

Later generations commented on the two emperors of Ren and Wu, and they all praised that they were a combination of civil and military, complementing each other. With the power of two people, they laid the foundation for the centuries-old inheritance of the Great Yejiang Mountains, and the prosperous era created by the two is also collectively referred to as the “Benevolent and Martial Prosperity”.

As Xiao Zhige said at the beginning, the history books of later generations eventually became the witness of both of them. Even though they have long since passed away, their unswerving feelings and the achievements of those who have never come before are still extolled by future generations.