The man before him shed his former low-key and gloomy demeanor, now clad in armor with his full aura unleashed.
“Bai Yao! How… how can it be you?”
Mo Tianhe was shocked. His spies had confirmed seeing Bai Yao’s remains!
But the unexpected truth was right in front of him. Judging by the gazes of the surrounding courtiers, he knew he had fallen into a trap. Now, everyone knew the truth.
At this moment, Liu Gonggong hurried over to support Mo Tianhe.
The old Emperor staggered to his feet, wanting to leave, but Mo Yi grabbed his arm.
“Father, are you leaving without decreeing a retrial of Marquis Zhongyong’s case?”
Seeing Mo Yi’s eyes, after being repeatedly ill and sidelined from power for so long, the Emperor realized that control had slipped from his grasp long ago.
Realizing the inevitable, Mo Tianhe seemed to age ten years in an instant. He reluctantly nodded and uttered, “Issue the decree. The case of Marquis Zhongyong shall be retried.”
Finally getting the answer they wanted, excitement flooded everyone’s faces. Mo Yi and Bai Yao shared a smile.
No one paid attention to the old Emperor, who left before the ceremony was completed.
Over the years, Bai Yao had gathered ample evidence, which he handed over to the Ministry of Justice. The officials in charge of the investigation quickly pieced together the puzzle, uncovering several discrepancies.
As they delved deeper, they found that the Eldest Princes were deeply involved, and even the maternal relatives of the Empress had plotted to control military power, thus falsely accusing Marquis Zhongyong.
The old Emperor, fearing Marquis Zhongyong’s influence, took advantage of the situation and wrongly convicted them.
Layer by layer, the truth was finally laid bare before everyone’s eyes.
The Bai family was innocent and loyal from beginning to end.
All involved individuals received their due punishment, and when the truth was revealed to the public, Mo Tianhe was struck with illness and never recovered.
He knew that in the historical records of future generations, he would only be depicted as a jealous ruler who harmed loyal subjects.
Watching the Crown Prince, who was supported into power by his own hand, being embraced by the entire court, Mo Tianhe was overcome with anger and fainted, eventually succumbing to illness a few days later.
And naturally, the throne passed to Mo Yi, who was the Crown Prince.
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Bai Yao had no desire to seize power but always persuaded Mo Yi to handle more of the court affairs himself, resorting to various tactics to refuse.
“Bai Yao, just help me take a look! Look at all these memorials, there are so many words, I really can’t go through them all!”
Mo Yi said, leaning close to Bai Yao’s ear and whispered, “If you read the memorials today, I’ll do this and that.”
“Really?” The man swallowed, his eyes flickering, “On the Dragon Throne, wearing the dragon robe?”
“Of course it’s true! We can still do that and that…” Mo Yi said enthusiastically.
By the end of their conversation, Bai Yao found himself blushing and obediently picked up the memorials to read.
With a husband like this, he could only work harder for him!
There’s no way around it; one has to pamper their own people.
However, perhaps unable to tolerate the lovey-dovey days of the two, it didn’t take long for many ministers to start pressuring Mo Yi to select consorts.
But this was expected, after all, which dynasty’s emperor didn’t have a harem, needing to produce a bunch of princes and princesses.
But it was clear that Mo Yi’s situation was different from other emperors.
Upon hearing the ministers’ proposal, he immediately turned to Bai Yao, who stood at the forefront of all officials.
Seeing his partner’s visibly displeased expression and the disdainful glance, Mo Yi immediately refused with a strong desire to survive: “No, I won’t select consorts!”
“Your Majesty, emperors of past years have always selected consorts, this is not in line with tradition! Especially since Your Majesty’s harem is still empty, how can the royal family flourish without heirs?” the ministers below earnestly pleaded.
Mo Yi shook his head immediately upon hearing this: “Who says being an emperor requires a harem? I don’t see anything good about having a harem. Haven’t we learned our lesson from all the troubles it caused before?
It’s precisely because there were too many people in the harem, too many princes born, that fratricidal conflicts occurred. Having no harem is better than having one.
In any case, I’m setting a precedent here, no harem will be established!”
Mo Yi’s words were resolute, and the ministers’ attempts to persuade him further were all rejected.
As a result, a few days later, the courtiers came up with a new approach. This time, instead of urging him to select consorts and establish a harem, they advised Mo Yi to take a queen.
The gist was probably that while there might be no harem, the emperor should still have a queen!
In fact, it wasn’t difficult to guess their intentions. They believed that Mo Yi’s insistence on not having a harem was simply because he hadn’t experienced romantic love yet.
When there’s a queen, naturally, there will be a desire for more beauties. By then, they might not even need persuasion; the emperor would likely willingly consider selecting concubines.
As for Mo Yi, upon hearing the suggestion to take a queen, he hesitated. A queen, after all, would be his partner, which he already had – Bai Yao, their co-king. However, whether he could openly discuss this matter in front of everyone made Mo Yi hesitate. So, he simply said they would discuss it later, planning to ask Bai Yao’s opinion first when they returned.
Unexpectedly, upon returning to their chamber, Mo Yi found Bai Yao already sitting on the bed with a cold expression.
Mo Yi quickly approached, trying to appease him with a smile, “Bai Yao, I’ve already rejected the idea of a harem, why are you still upset? I didn’t oppose the suggestion of taking a queen today because I thought of you as my queen. That’s why I didn’t refuse, just didn’t dare to say it in public.”
Hearing Mo Yi’s words, Bai Yao’s expression softened somewhat. “Why didn’t you dare to say it?”
“Well, I wanted to hear your opinion first,” Mo Yi explained.
Thinking about how the ministers had been talking about the importance of offspring and succession recently, Mo Yi suddenly realized that ancient people indeed valued bloodlines more than modern people did.
Mo Yi, therefore, had worries in this world that he had never had before.
Hesitantly, he asked Bai Yao, “Bai Yao, they’ve been talking about succession… ”
“What? You want to find a woman to bear a prince?” Bai Yao’s eyes instantly sharpened as he stared at Mo Yi, as if daring him to agree.
“No, no, no, that’s not it!” Mo Yi quickly shook his head. “I’m worried that you might want your own bloodline. After all, there are many members of the royal family, but Bai’s family only has you left.”
Seeing Mo Yi’s forlorn expression, Bai Yao finally understood what was bothering him.
With a slight smile on his face, Bai Yao hugged Mo Yi tightly, planting a kiss on his cheek. “Even if I have children, they would have to be yours. I won’t touch anyone else. If you can’t bear children, then I won’t want any. Besides, having you is enough for me. I don’t want anyone else to share you.”
“Besides, before, I was not the only one who escaped, but there was also a branch of relatives. We’ve been in contact for years now. Rest assured, the Bai family will have heirs.”
“That’s great!” Hearing this, Mo Yi finally cheered up and pounced on Bai Yao, showering him with kisses.
Bai Yao chuckled, holding onto Mo Yi and enjoying their intimate moment. However, deep down, he couldn’t help but think that Mo Yi’s current identity was a big problem.
Although they had control over the court, forcibly declaring Bai Yao as the queen might face opposition from many courtiers.
But when Mo Yi asked about Bai Yao’s life in Dayu during those years away, a plan slowly formed in Bai Yao’s mind. He just hoped that those impatient courtiers wouldn’t be too shocked when the time came.
Soon after, envoys from Dayu came seeking reconciliation.
Being neighboring nations, and with Dayu thriving under its new monarch, it was a welcome sight for Dayan. Especially when the Emperor of Dayu proposed a marriage alliance, many courtiers were delighted. Imagining what kind of princess would come over, finally, their Majesty’s harem would have someone!
However, before the courtiers could enjoy their excitement for too long, when the envoys revealed the name of the chosen candidate for the marriage alliance, everyone’s smiles disappeared, and some even doubted their own ears.
“You mean, your alliance isn’t with a princess, but with a prince! And, his name is Bai Yao, the same name as the person beside our Majesty!”
Upon hearing this, the envoy from Dayu smiled faintly and nodded, “That’s correct. Not only do he share the same name, but he’s also the same person!
When our Emperor of Dayu was still a prince traveling abroad, he encountered an accident. Fortunately, Prince Bai happened to pass by and rescued him. As a result, our Emperor recognized him as a sworn brother.
From this perspective, he is indeed part of our royal family. Although many years have passed, this relationship is undeniable.
Unfortunately, this time, there were no suitable princesses of marrying age in our Majesty’s court. As for suitable princes, after much consideration, it seemed that only this sworn brother was the most suitable candidate.
Therefore, our Majesty decided to seek a marriage alliance with his sworn brother.
It’s just so coincidental that the other party turned out to be the same person. One could only say that it’s truly a heaven-sent fate between your Majesty and the prince!”
Damn heaven-sent fate! The ministers who had just asked the question felt like cursing.
When Mo Yi smiled and praised the envoy for making sense, and Bai Yao nodded in agreement, the courtiers stared wide-eyed, some almost popping their eyeballs out.
Only the Duke Ning remained calm, secretly pleased as he watched his old comrades being shocked.
Whether they liked it or not, for the sake of the two countries’ relations, they couldn’t stop this marriage alliance.
Besides, there had never been any conflict between their nation and Dayu, and now, their relations were even closer. Any accusations of the co-king colluding with a foreign enemy seemed utterly unrealistic.
So, the co-king smoothly acquired the title of queen.
The next day, dressed in the same bright yellow robe as Mo Yi, he sat on the Dragon Throne alongside him. However, the embroidery on their robes depicted a dragon and a phoenix.
Together, they governed for decades, bringing peace and prosperity to the nation.
Later on, Dayan joined hands with Dayu, becoming the two strongest nations on the continent.
ministers: “Please choose a queen!”
Mo Yi: “okay” (marries Bai Yao)
ministers: “wait no”hahahahahaha ty for the chapter! can’t wait for the next arc, I love this pair~~
Nice! What a satisfying end to this arc!
Thank you for the chapter~
Well that took an unexpected turn I didn’t see coming🤣 love it!!
Thank you so much for the chapter!♥️
Lol😂 Anything for his puppy I see!❤
Thanks for the chapter!
Nice ending to this arc. Thanks for the chapter!!
Onto the next arc! 🤧
Kkkkk how cute! The gong being a queen!