Chapter 510: Chapter 511 “Is she trying to steal a man from me?

Speaking of which, after some opposition from court officials, there was another rather peculiar incident.

At the beginning when Dayue Kingdom declared its establishment, it swiftly quelled the turmoil in Donggao and dealt with Prime Minister Lin, who was holding out in the capital of Beiyuan.

Prince Zhou Fengye of Yao City, not even waiting for Zhao Xiyan’s men to arrive, committed suicide out of fear.

Western Chu Kingdom, trembling in fear, successively sent three delegations to Longnan County Government, bringing a vast amount of gold, silver, and various tribute goods, hoping to submit to Dayue.

Seeing their sincerity as clear as the sun and moon, Qi Yue agreed.

She and Zhao Xiyan had already reached a consensus.

To have no more strife in the world, they needn’t necessarily slaughter everyone or hold all control in their hands.

After all, governing the vast territories of the four countries alone, even if one is capable of managing it, would be exhausting!

As long as one is sufficiently powerful to deter the world, who would dare to stir up trouble?!

A direct bombardment, and everyone behaves!

Just like Western Chu, although it’s still ruled by the Qin family, who governs and how they govern is up to Qi Yue.

As long as they diligently work and let the people live in peace and contentment, bringing the silver coin and tribute each year is enough.

After this matter, somehow, Nanyue’s Emperor Han Linghe also became restless.

He too sent envoys to Longnan County Government, proposing to marry his own sister to Zhao Xiyan.

As long as Zhao Xiyan was willing to establish his sister as Empress, he was ready to hand over the mountains and rivers of Nanyue, happy to be a carefree king himself!

At that time, Zhao Xiyan had not yet announced to the world that it was Qi Yue who would be the Emperor.

Therefore, not to mention Nanyue, the entire world by default assumed Zhao Xiyan was the Emperor.

For such a good turn of events, those officials supporting Zhao Xiyan were of course a hundred times willing.

Once Nanyue proposed this, officials were flocking every day, urging Zhao Xiyan to accept Nanyue Kingdom’s request.

After all, in their eyes, Qi Yue was but an orphan girl, while the Nanyue Princess could bring with her territory and resources half the size of Dayue Kingdom.

Oddly enough, Zhao Xiyan actually agreed.

This affair even caused quite a stir at that time.

Everyone said Zhao Xiyan was deeply in love with Qi Yue and would definitely reserve the throne of Empress for her, but who knew it would turn out like this.

Unexpectedly, on the day the Nanyue Princess arrived in Dayue, Zhao Xiyan declared to the whole world that the one to ascend the throne of Emperor was not him, but Qi Yue.

“I, Zhao Xiyan, hereby declare to the whole world, I will forever be only the man behind Qi Yue! In this life and beyond, I shall live for her, die for her, unchanging forever!”

As soon as these words were said, the world was in uproar!

For a moment, the entire land was abuzz like a giant apiary, endlessly buzzing with discussions.

The fervor of the debate surged and spread from mouth to mouth, broadcasting the news of Qi Yue becoming the Emperor throughout the entire world.

The speed of the news spread was simply comparable to newspaper circulation and media exposure!!

This left the Nanyue Princess, who came to become Empress, extremely embarrassed.

Stuck in Longnan County Government, she was in a predicament, unsure of whether to stay or leave.

Qi Yue also found the situation somewhat tricky.

No matter what, the lady in question was still a princess of a country, and having her as Empress would not be unreasonable.

But it’s difficult for her, a woman, to take a wife!

Angry, she cursed Zhao Xiyan for not having good intentions, insisting on making her become some cursed Emperor.

Zhao Xiyan, however, listed the ten main advantages of her becoming the Emperor with utmost confidence.

Firstly, this would mean that no one would ever urge him to marry another woman in the future.

Secondly, as the most honorable Qi Yue became Emperor, naturally, even he could be rebuked by her.

When speaking of this point, Zhao Xiyan’s clear black and white eyes shone brightly, filled with emotion.

“Yueyue, I will give you a sense of security. From now on, you won’t have to worry or fear. In this world, you have me.”

Qi Yue’s eyes suddenly warmed, and she felt a fierce blockage in her nose.

“But what if I die and return to the original world?”

“I will go with you,” Zhao Xiyan held her hand, “No matter where you are, in that world, I will find you, and love you just as I do now.”

Two tears rolled down uncontrollably, and Qi Yue began to sob loudly.

“Liar, once people die, how can they remember the past?”

“They do,” Zhao Xiyan said decisively, “I will etch Yueyue into my heart, engrave her deep in my soul. I will never forget, in this lifetime and for all eternity, always together, never apart.”

Qi Yue was momentarily stunned and couldn’t find her words for a long while.

She didn’t know about affairs of life after life, but she clearly understood that in this lifetime, arriving in this world, she had struck it rich.

The man before her, what fortune it was to have him!

By the time he was mentioning the third point, Zhao Xiyan stooped down to lift her up, placed her on the bed, and tucked her in with the blankets.

“With your husband here, Yueyue just has to preside over the court; everything else need not strain your heart or your strength…”

At that, the man slyly smiled, bending over to plant a kiss on her face.

“…please rest, My Emperor, while your servant handles the government affairs…”

Before he could finish, Qi Yue finally started laughing, stretching her arms out to shoo him away.

“Your servant need not say more, I trust you, make it quick and come back soon, oh!”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Hahaha…”

“Hahaha…”

After the two of them finished laughing, a palace servant reported again, saying that the Nanyue Princess had come to request an audience.

“Your Majesty, she says she wants an explanation, otherwise she’s going to marry… to marry…”

The servant, with a shamed face, dared not continue, but Qi Yue had already known everything.

“Could it be she wants to compete with me over a man?”

She sprang directly from the bed and tossed a sword in front of the palace servant.

“Go, give this sword to her, and ask her how many heads she has to dare compete with me for a man?!”

The servant picked up the sword, trembling, and walked away.

Qi Yue turned around and saw Zhao Xiyan suppressing a laugh.

Dashing to the extreme, bewitchingly attractive.

“I’m telling you, when there are others around, you can’t smile like this, ah, —- it ensnares the heart!”

She pointed at Zhao Xiyan with a stern yet fragile look while saying so but suddenly couldn’t hold back her laughter.

“Hahaha… being the Emperor is just so much fun….”

Before long, the servant returned, saying the Nanyue Princess had daringly accepted the sword, claiming she couldn’t go back to Nanyue anyway and needed to marry someone no matter what.

Qi Yue, upon hearing this, found it amusing.

“Husband, have you noticed? This Nanyue Princess has quite the masculine quality, and I rather like her style.”

Zhao Xiyan’s handsome face darkened.

“Yueyue, you don’t intend to bring her in…”

Qi Yue burst into laughter and glared at him.

“What are you thinking? To bring her in as your concubine? Dream on!”

Zhao Xiyan’s expression turned even darker.

“…Dream on? It would simply be nauseating…”

“Hahaha…” Qi Yue couldn’t stop laughing as she held her stomach, “Husband, you’re starting to talk more and more like me, you know…”

Zhao Xiyan gave her a reproachful glance.

“Husband and wife are one, it’s only right that they should be similar…”

After enough fooling around, they resumed discussing the matter of the Nanyue Princess.

“Husband, what do we do now? We can’t just leave the Nanyue Princess hanging around here.”

Qi Yue spoke while glaring at Zhao Xiyan displeasedly.

“We might as well have not taken over Nanyue Kingdom at all…”

Zhao Xiyan’s expression grew serious.

“Yueyue… no, Your Majesty, Western Chu may submit to us, but Nanyue must not…”

“Oh,” Qi Yue stifled her laughter, “Your servant’s words, whence do they come?”

“Your servant naturally has his reasons.” Zhao Xiyan declared, then clapped his hands three times.

Following his clapping, a palace servant led in a tall man.