Three years later.

Emperor Cheng'en abdicated on the fifth day of the ninth lunar month, Crown Prince Rong Lin ascended the throne, and Crown Princess Jiang Shuyue was named Empress.

After hearing the news, Rong Yan, who was guarding the imperial mausoleum, went on a hunger strike for three days, but he did not starve himself to death. He could only continue to endure the hardship.

Little Princess Rong Miaomiao was holding her mother's hand and was very happy, but suddenly, she pouted her little mouth.

Jiang Shuyue's belly was so big that she couldn't bend down, but her voice was gentle and doting, "What's wrong with Miaomiao?"

Rong Miaomiao put her chubby hands on her waist and said angrily, "Mother, they said that when father becomes emperor, he will marry another woman and give me a bunch of brothers and sisters."

Rong Miaomiao touched her mother's belly and said, "I don't want brothers or sisters born by others. I already have a brother in my mother's belly. I like this."

"Father likes this, too."

Xiao Lin came to the mother and daughter right after the morning court session. The main reason was that Jiang Shuyue was about to give birth again. As it was a boy, many boys would be born early, so he was worried. What's more, if he didn't come to Fengyang Palace, he had nowhere else to go.

"Humph, Miaomiao doesn't like father anymore, father should go find another woman to have a child with."

"Where is the other woman?" Xiao Lin spread his hands. After being married for so many years, his eyes were still full of love when he looked at Jiang Shuyue, which had increased instead of decreased.

"Your mother is my only wife in this life."

Jiang Shuyue pursed his lips. He had been on the throne for half a month already. Many ministers had repeatedly requested to fill the harem. In fact, in the past three years, many people had also wanted him to take a concubine.

But he refused them all.

Although Jiang Shuyue also longed to be with one person for the rest of her life, she knew that the man she married was not an ordinary person, and perhaps one day there would be another woman by his side.

But this thought was suppressed by the man himself.

"Who told Miaomiao this?" Rong Lin asked.

"I heard it from Guan Qiaohui at the last palace banquet."

"Guan Qiaohui?"

Guo Shuxin's daughter.

Xiao Lin smiled coldly, "She will never be able to say it again."

Jiang Shuyue frowned slightly, "If it's just a child, you don't have to worry too much."

"I'm not petty enough to argue with a child. Her father and grandfather were suspected of corruption. The truth has been uncovered today and they have been exiled to the north."

Rong Miaomiao looked at her tall father, and the next moment she was picked up and sat on his neck. The little princess giggled.

"Father, so you won't marry another woman? I won't have a bunch of brothers and sisters?"

"I won't marry other women, but I won't marry my brothers and sisters if your mother's health allows it. If she doesn't want to, then you and your brother are enough."

The man held his daughter with one hand and Jiang Shuyue's hand with the other, and strode towards Fengyang Palace.

Half a month later, Jiang Shuyue gave birth to a son safely, named Rong Yao, and made him the crown prince.

When the little prince was about to turn over, Xiao Lin brought her good news, "I plan to take you on a tour to the south next month. The climate in the south is pleasant, and you will have recovered a little by then. I promised to take you there before, but you were afraid that Miaomiao was too young and didn't want to take her out, and then you got pregnant again. Yao'er is a boy, he is tough, you don't need to pamper him, or he will not be able to endure the slightest hardship in the future."

Jiang Shuyue smiled helplessly. Is this what his biological father would say?

Although she really wanted to go, she still had to consider him, "I'm not in a hurry, your affairs in the court..."

"I have already arranged for the affairs of the court. I will take you there, firstly to fulfill your wish, and secondly to see how the people in the south live. Also, you gave Third Uncle so many business suggestions before, don't you want to go and see for yourself how he implemented them?"

"But I still want to go back to my hometown to see Sister Xiangping, Cousin Shulan, and my fellow villagers."

"Of course, we can just stop by. A few days ago, Tan Sidao submitted a memorial saying that a tragedy had occurred in our village."

When Jiang Shuyue heard him say that, she thought it might be related to her, "My uncle's family?"

"Yes, according to the coroner's later on-site inspection, it was probably Jiang Sun who poisoned her. Jiang Xiwang strangled Jiang Sun to death in her dying struggle after being poisoned, and Sun Yunying chopped her with a kitchen knife, and she eventually died of the poison."

Jiang Shuyue took a deep breath. Xiao Lin felt a little regretful when he saw that she looked unhappy. "I shouldn't have told you this."

"It's nothing. I'm not that fragile. They have nothing to do with me anymore. They deserve what they have now."

"By the way, is Tan Sidao still unwilling to come to the capital to take up his post?"

Xiao Lin smiled bitterly, "She didn't want to. She said it was good there, she got used to it and didn't want to leave, especially she liked the food in your shop."

"Then you didn't say that there are several branches in Beijing now. He can eat there anytime when he comes to Beijing to take office. The taste is the same. I'll be in charge."

"It's just an excuse. He doesn't like the intrigues in the officialdom of the capital. Let him be. After all, he is working for the court. It doesn't matter where he is. An official like him is a blessing to the people of Songjiang County."

Jiang Shuyue nodded. Everyone has their own ambitions. Besides, she didn't want to interfere in the affairs of the court, for fear that people would accuse the harem of interfering in politics. However, Xiao Lin disagreed.

Every time she refused, he would say that he knew how powerful she was in his previous life, and that he was much better than that idiot Lu Mingzhan, and there was no reason for him to help a loser instead of himself.

What's more, helping yourself is helping the people of the world.

Since he said so, how could Jiang Shuyue refuse?

"By the way, Yan Jiu is going overseas and will leave from the south next month. We can go and see him off."

Yan Jiu is now also working for the court. He went overseas to broaden his horizons. He went there once before and brought back a lot of Western things, which opened the eyes of the people of the Dayong Dynasty.

You must know that no matter when, knowing yourself and your enemy can give you more confidence.

"But let me make it clear first, don't look at him too much." Xiao Lin said.

Jiang Shuyue rolled her eyes, "We've been married for so many years."

"How many years have passed? Don't think I don't know that Yan Jiu has you in his heart, otherwise why would he not marry yet?"

"Come to think of it, I do have a candidate. Let's bring him along this time. If they like each other, that would be a good thing."

"Crescent moon?"

Jiang Shuyue nodded. "This girl has been with me for more than three years. She is already 20 years old and still says she doesn't want to get married. But that's true. I think those men are not worthy of her."

In March, the grass is green and the birds are singing, and everything is thriving.

The emperor brought the empress, the princess and the prince to the south of the Yangtze River, but he did not mobilize a large army. Instead, he traveled lightly, like an ordinary couple, but the guards were naturally protecting them not far away.

Standing on a small bridge in the south of the Yangtze River, Rong Lin took Jiang Shuyue's hand and secretly vowed that he would take her to see the prosperity of the Great Yong Dynasty.

Jiang Shuyue tilted her head to look at him. Everything in front of her seemed like a dream.

"Dad, Mom, my brother has poop!"

At the bridge head, the little princess held her chubby brother in her arms with great effort and walked towards the two of them, panting.

Jiang Shuyue smiled slightly.

But, it is true.

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