Take You to the Ancestral Temple

At this moment, Chu Ning outside the courtyard was breathing in the fresh air.

Mandated by heaven, for eternal prosperity!

If I get rid of the Empress, I'll be the Emperor!

The country is all mine!

After unifying the nation, I'll destroy the four kingdoms, and the world will be mine!

This system's selection of ancient and modern emperors is quite something...

It even made him want to achieve total unification!

However, Chu Ning still restrained himself.

What's the point of unifying everything?

Unify the Upper Realm's three thousand dao provinces and ten great dao traditions too?

Honestly, it's just a matter of Chu Ning saying the word.

I am the Immortal Emperor, and now you all have to call me Emperor. If you don't, I'll kill you.

Alright, the task is done.

Even if those ten Great Emperors came together, they wouldn't be enough.

Maybe wife and kids...

Meanwhile, Ye Qinglian was simply gazing at the figure sitting on the steps inside Mingde Hall.

This scoundrel is quite something.

Now that I've discovered your abilities!

But no matter how extraordinary you are, you're still the father of my child, and you're still my Imperial Sovereign!

Try to usurp the throne if you dare!

After a long while, Xiao Bing returned to report.

"Your Majesty, the Grand Secretaries and Grand Academicians in the Cabinet feel this method is appropriate, but they find one memorial to be unsuitable."

Ye Qinglian seemed to have guessed it.

"Is it the memorial regarding the grain prices in Jiangnan?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Issue an order to the Cabinet: this method is the result of my careful consideration. Implement it directly."

Xiao Bing nodded and left again.

It was only morning, and there was still an hour and a half until noon.

The memorials were all handled?

Nothing left to do?

Ye Qinglian found it even more unsettling.

Ever since the Cabinet was established, the workload had decreased.

Now, with Chu Ning acting as regent, helping to handle memorials, his work was better than hers, faster, and more reliable.

She had absolutely no work pressure anymore...

It was truly unsettling; how was she supposed to spend the rest of the day?

At this moment, Chu Ning stood up and brushed the dust off his clothes.

Ye Qinglian quickly withdrew her gaze, casually picked up a book, and pretended to read.

Chu Ning seemed to sense something but merely smiled.

"Your Majesty, what did the Cabinet say?"

"One memorial was sent back; it was handled poorly."

Ye Qinglian said lightly, still being stubborn.

Chu Ning pondered for a moment upon hearing this.

"The memorial about Jiangnan is actually based on past experience. Someone has tried it before. It would have been easier in the Great Gan Dynasty where Immortals suppressed the land. Your Majesty need not worry; this method just needs time to prove itself."

Ye Qinglian looked up, her expressionless face turned towards Chu Ning.

"Oh? Someone has tried it before? Was it Jiajing from the Great Ming Dynasty again?"

Chu Ning said helplessly, "It's really not fictional, but it's hard to explain clearly to you..."

"At this point, what's the point of you still hiding yourself? Have I not given you the authority and treatment you deserve? Are you not satisfied?"

Chu Ning walked over with a smile, placing his hands on Ye Qinglian's shoulders.

The latter's body trembled, but upon realizing Chu Ning was giving her a shoulder massage, she relaxed.

Ye Qinglian was still too sensitive to such physical contact.

"Having you and the child is enough, I don't have that many desires."

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Ye Qinglian let out a soft hum, no longer bringing up the topic, and shifted her focus back to the memorial she was reading.

"I sent Xiao Bing to investigate you last night."

"Mhm, what did she find out?"

"You're not from the Great Gan Dynasty, where exactly are you from?"

"Fell from the sky, probably."

Ye Qinglian let out a scoff.

"Is that so, a hidden master? You surprise me, someone who has never been an Emperor is so adept at these things. Should I hand over all state affairs to you in the future?"

Chu Ning pondered for a moment, and Ye Qinglian noticed, clenching her fist.

You really are thinking about it!

Before Chu Ning could speak, Ye Qinglian added two more sharp remarks.

"If you handle them well, the court officials can be under your command too."

"Uh... you're not going to say that if I do even better, you'll give me the Emperor's position too, are you?"

Chu Ning sighed helplessly, "You gave me these memorials to handle, and you said there wouldn't be any other state affairs once these were done. Now that I'm busy with this, you're saying this again. Serving a ruler is like accompanying a tiger, it's no joke, is it?"

Ye Qinglian chuckled.

"Now you feel pressured being with me?"

"I just feel that thinking about these things is useless. Your cultivation is so high, what could I possibly do even if I wanted to usurp the throne? With the Ye Family Holy Land here, who could take your position? Even I couldn't."

Chu Ning chuckled as he leaned in from behind Ye Qinglian, "So, if you want to relax, you can hand these matters over to me. You're almost four months pregnant now, taking care of the pregnancy is paramount. What's the use of being tense all day? You might not believe I have no intention of usurping the throne, but you can't doubt that I care about you."

Hearing this, Ye Qinglian's mood improved slightly, and she spoke indifferently, "After I give birth to the Dragon Prince, will everyone have to call you Your Majesty then?"

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes, leaning even closer.

"There can only be one Emperor of this dynasty, and that is you..."

Ye Qinglian directly placed a hand on Chu Ning's face, pushing him away.

Her heart rippled slightly, though her expression remained calm.

This scoundrel, when did he get so close?

Is he trying to change the subject, get me to focus on imperial power, and then take the opportunity to do something?

What else could he do by getting this close?

Chu Ning sighed with a hint of helplessness.

"You don't give me any chances at all..."

Ye Qinglian smiled wryly, but didn't say anything about it.

Give him a chance?

Based on how he's handling these state affairs, should I give him a chance?

However, Chu Ning's words did dispel some of her doubts.

If Chu Ning could truly take over her work completely after a few more days, she could indeed relax.

In the future, Chu Ning could finish these tasks, and she could review them and give her opinions.

This would give her time to cultivate and, as Chu Ning said, focus on her pregnancy.

She cared more about the child in her womb than anything else.

But it seemed someone cared even more than she did.

A different emotion stirred within her, and Ye Qinglian looked at Chu Ning again.

Perhaps he truly had no intention of usurping the throne, and was only considering her.

Taking responsibility because of an unexpected event at the beginning?

At least for now, having someone by her side to talk to without any reservations made her feel very good.

"I have no more state affairs today. The Grand Secretariat should send some more memorials later."

Chu Ning smiled and said, "I'll handle them? And you can review and correct them?"

That's exactly what I wanted...

"Since you are now the Imperial Sovereign whom I have publicly acknowledged to the world, you will accompany me to the Ancestral Temple today."

Chu Ning nodded.

"Is this another way of meeting the elders?"

Ye Qinglian didn't mind the remark, as her parents and ancestors had passed away many years ago.

"I suppose so."

She nodded slightly, then stood up, placing an arm on Chu Ning's shoulder while her other hand tore open the void.

"Follow me."

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