Chapter 254: Marrying You Because I Happen to Like You Too

Regarding everything about Empress Lu, Zhao Su wasn’t really surprised, after all, she had read the original and had a basic understanding of her actions.

And the current situation in Da Liang also corroborated Empress Dowager Lu’s words in the beginning: reform is not that easy, and it’s just too difficult with one’s own strength.

“After understanding all of this, so you no longer oppose those initiatives of the Empress Dowager towards the Flower Moon Society?”

Thinking back carefully, before the Huitong Hall incident, hadn’t he also defiantly stopped her from delivering evidence to Empress Dowager Lu outside of Ci Ning Palace because he wanted to stand his ground?

That doesn’t mean he was in favor of Empress Lu, does it?

And after that, he had hardly stumbled on any more stumbling behavior.

The emperor pondered for a moment and said, ”As a mother, she honored the choices of my elder brother and second brother, and then pushed the ignorant me onto the throne. At that time, I only had one request for her, asking her not to interfere in my political affairs.

“It was for the sake of respecting me, and over the years not only did she do that, but even many of her former subordinates distanced themselves from contact. The only ones who insisted on not letting go were the Flower Moon Society.”

“Her insistence on the Flower Moon Society is actually a point I’ve always wondered about before, I’ve even discussed it with your father.

“In addition to the Flower Moon Society, at the beginning of the founding of the country, the Empress Dowager had also set up a number of national policies while the iron was hot, but after the change of the crown prince, they were still outlawed one after another under a variety of trade-offs.

“Hearing you talk about the world of your place, I understand that if the Flower Moon Society is gone, this gaming between her and the rites of passage, she will have lost completely.

“In fact, in my position as a ruler, it is not necessary to be on the same side with you, but the empress dowager and I are mother and son, lips and teeth, she is obsessed with the Flower Moon Society, there is no direct impact on me, but if she loses in the hands of the Rites of Passage, then one day, those who defeated her will take advantage of the victory to come after me- –

“It’s a lot less worrying to set up a puppet emperor than to take the throne yourself. Now that I think about it, when she and her father promised her brother to go to the northwest, it should also be her intention to establish prestige.

“In that contest she won, and then also peace these years. Until ……”

Until the establishment of the queen.

He does not say Zhao Su can also understand.

Who says there is no fighting in a peaceful world? That’s just that the people who are messing with things didn’t find the opportunity to do so.

This time, they finally saw hope again. The late emperor died young, only three sons, the empress is a woman who is bound by their rituals, the king of Qin and the king of Duan are far away from the south, the old men take advantage of the matter to engage in things, and work together to empty the emperor how good, that is, can not be set up, that will not cause any loss.

Zhao Su ate two mouthfuls of apricots, looked up at the window, suddenly said: “So the emperor did not hesitate to vow not to concubines, only to know each other for more than three months time will be determined to set me as a queen, in fact, not because of love, but only want to come from the future of me to become your left and right, for you to serve, so that political opponents can not find the opportunity to use to become an obstacle to your administration! –This is the real reason, right?”

The emperor’s gaze suddenly narrowed and stopped still on her face.

Zhao Su pinched the core of the fruit that had no meat left, and quietly looked at him.

The Emperor withdrew his gaze, and after a few moments, slowly spoke out, “Ah Yu.”

Zhao Su did not move.

He continued, “In all my life, I’ve never admired another girl the way I admire you. I like your lack of pretense and utilitarianism. The good things I’ve done for you in the past have all been from the bottom of my heart.

“I also have my pride, there is no need to lose my life for the affairs of the court.

“But since you asked, I don’t want to deny that what you said is indeed one of the reasons that prompted me to make you my queen.

“Originally, I had no intention of marrying so soon, but after hearing you confide your feelings, I felt that there was no better way than to become husband and wife right away.

“After all, you and I belong to each other, there is no forcing anyone.”

Underground there is through the window edge shines in the light, Zhao Su looked at it, did not speak.

The emperor said, “Ah Yu ……”

She then wiped down her hair, raised his head to look at the slightly anxious: “see, so I sometimes is not so stupid.”

The emperor was silent.

Zhao Su took his hand over, turned his palm upward, put the kernel on: “How important is the establishment of the Empress, you dragged to the age of twenty have not been married, and I have not been love at first sight, where it is possible to so short a time suddenly fell in love with me, but also non-me do not marry?

“Think of you sent me to the Ministry of Rites before, but also instructed me to let me as an eye, can see that you still have some great ambition.

“You suddenly decided to come down, I think one is to see my father’s loyalty, two is that I may really have some use. Even if I’m not useful, I won’t be a help to others.”

“No,” the emperor is a little upset. “I’m not that bad. Even if I don’t marry you, your father will still support me. On the contrary, because of my decision, he seems to have a vague slight against me these days.”

“You think too much. I don’t feel bad about it either, with cronies that can be consolidated, it would be foolish not to.” Zhao Su said, “I’m not angry.”

The emperor took her hand, “If you really don’t want to, you can also not agree. I can wait until you agree.”

“I’m not going to do something like that where I go back on my word.” Zhao Su used her thumb to caress the back of his hand, “Please listen carefully, I agreed to marry, not because you, the emperor, fell in love with me, but because you fell in love with me, and I happened to fall in love with you as well.

“I will not back out, but one thing, if one day I feel can’t go on, to leave you, you must let me go. Because on our side of the family, you can get a divorce if you can’t make it.”

That day when he proposed marriage, he had said that he hoped that she would help him, and in the past few days she had thought about it over and over again, and thought that maybe that was the reason.

But really, after determining this point, she instead relaxed her entire being – she really wasn’t used to being favored for no reason, it had to be logical for her to be down to earth!

Compared to entering the pit for no apparent reason, the “flash marriage” based on mutual liking was much more convincing, at least she was marrying someone she liked.

“I naturally will not let you have to live this day. You have a request, I can promise you. Only, are you really not angry?”

The Emperor’s breath was slightly buoyant as he asked at the end.

Zhao Su shook her head, “As long as you agree to my request, then what is there to be angry about? I’ve been bumbling around, it’s rather a blessing for me to be able to play a small role here.”

Who knows how far she and Empress Dowager Lu’s plan would be pushed, it might fail, or it might succeed again. What they wanted was not to socialize Daliang, what kind of system the country would ultimately move towards was a matter for the Emperor to decide, they only wanted to help the women and girls to straighten their backs, then it would be more convenient to act as Empress.

As for the relationship between her and the Emperor – even if they were deeply in love with each other right now, who could guarantee that it would end well?

Like the late Emperor and Empress Lu, who were separated from each other at an early age, she didn’t think it was perfect either.

Therefore, many things really do not need to think too much, from the heart for, try to do it on the line.

The emperor reached out his arm to clasp her in his embrace, his chin resting on the tip of her forehead, “When you say it like this, I on the contrary feel that I can’t do right by you.”

Zhao Su also wrapped her hands around his waist: “If you know you can’t help it, then you should be nicer to your wife in the future. She doesn’t want much, a husband who is loyal to the marriage and is down to earth in every aspect is enough.”

The emperor kissed her on the tip of her nose: “Then in the future, you should not be bored and quarrelsome, if you are not happy in your heart, come and talk to me at any time.”

“But I’m afraid that you’ll be too annoyed by my noise.”

“How could it be? When you are not here, the palace is also too lonely ……”

Daylight projected the two people embracing each other side by side onto the hearth, where the sea cucumber soup was gurgling and tumbling, spitting out a room full of earthly flavors.