11.12 – Dog food with vinegar is a whole new experience  

translator: xiin

editors: BlueBug & Macabre 1FxYkb

Li Yuan's impression of Xue Ling was completely overturned within three days of being with him, and Ying Sheng's image could not have collapsed any more obviously during these three days.

Sometimes, Li Yuan would look at the two of them and his brain would be filled with thoughts like 'so this is what true love looks like' or 'my G.o.d, this dog food' or even 'my marriage had been totally wrong'. In just three days, he began to question his life.

The only good thing was that as a minister, Xue Ling was very much in line with his vision for a ruler. He and Xue Ling had exchanged opinions, and the policies they studied and discussed, as well as some future laws and regulations that they wanted for the kingdom in the future were very much in line with Li Yuan's principles. And as a future co-worker, Li Yuan was even more satisfied with Chen Jingzhen.

When he had been with Ji Ronghan, Ji Ronghan had taken the lead in a more obvious way. Even if he was reborn, Li Yuan was still a person from this era, and had been limited by the thoughts from this period and did not think too much of it. Chen Jingzhen was clearly different; most of his ideas came from modern times, and the collision of ideology between the two of them was just as explosive as Xue Ling had imagined. There were many sparks and arguments between them, but many conclusions were drawn that would be of great help to the things Xue Ling wanted to achieve. GKlsDt

Inspired by Chen Jingzhen, Li Yuan suddenly opened the door to a whole new world and discovered that he could show his intelligence and wisdom without standing behind the scenes. There was now an opportunity in front of him - as long as he took that step forward, he could challenge the existing rules.

Although Xue Ling's reign was initially built up through the Zhennan King's military deterrence, the three of them would be the key figures required for its continued success.

Li Yuan ultimately chose to stand beside Xue Ling. He wanted to be separated from Ji Ronghan for a period of time, and perhaps this time would be enough to allow them to clearly consider what kind of position the other party held in their hearts.

Xue Ling didn't care much about what Li Yuan was thinking as long as he could make use of him in the end. Instead, he focused his attention on the ceremony that Ying Sheng had been responsible for arranging - the ceremony for his ascension to the throne. 3hUmVy

Back when he had first ascended the throne, Deng s.h.i.+ had used the excuse that the original owner of his body had cried himself into collapse over the former Emperor's sudden death to push him onto the throne after holding the most cursory ceremony, claiming that his body could not withstand more. His ministers did not even have an opportunity to get close to their Emperor, as he was always placed on the high dragon throne, wearing dragon robes and a heavy crown. The ta.s.seled pearls hung down from the crown had blocked most of his face from view.

Originally, the ministers had never expected a child to know anything, so he had seldom spoken during court and basically went to sit up on the throne for a while every day. He would occasionally doze off, then go back to sleep after morning court was over.

This kind of life as an Emperor was very leisurely, but not something Xue Ling wanted to experience. Ying Sheng wanted to hold a grand ceremony for him so that he could officially come into contact with the court.

Now that Ying Sheng was in the Capital, they had absolute military power in their hands and those ministers did not dare refute them at all. Ying Sheng wanted to take this time to train up a group of imperial troops and secret guards for Xue Ling so that he could go and complete his agreement to lay down this stretch of rivers and mountains in front of him once the situation in the Capital was completely stabilized. CpciV