Chapter 831: Brutal and Cold-blooded 9-year-old vs. Prime Minister's Mansion Dianjin 51

Time flies like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, ten years have passed.

Five years ago, Yun Youran decided to have another child. This time, she chose to take the triple pregnancy pill, which would allow her to have a boy or a girl.

During labor, she gave birth to three sons. At this point, Xie Yanci had five sons and one daughter.

He originally disagreed with having a child, but Yun Youran felt that three children were too few, so she hid it from Xie Yanci and became pregnant with her second child. She only told him the news when the child was three months old.

After hearing the news, Xie Yanci was not excited or thrilled, but burst into tears.

Yun Youran was confused for a moment.

Seeing this strong man crying so miserably, Yun Youran couldn't bear to watch.

But thinking that he might have cried because he was worried about her safety, Yun Youran quickly assured him that she would be safe.

After her repeated comfort, Xie Yanci's emotions finally stabilized a little.

Since then, Xie Yanci has suffered from anxiety disorder.

He was always worried about the safety of Yun Youran and the child. Apart from handling necessary government affairs, he was almost always by Yun Youran's side.

Sometimes, he would even directly throw some not-so-important government affairs to the wise king Xie Xiaomin to handle, while he would wholeheartedly protect Yun Youran.

Xie Xiaomin owed him two favors and also understood his behavior, so he could only help him handle government affairs without complaint.

After Chu Ling'er was canonized as the virtuous princess, the minister regretted it deeply.

After careful consideration, he finally decided to visit Chu Ling'er at Prince Xian's Mansion.

When the Minister met Chu Ling'er, Chu Ling'er's attitude was neither enthusiastic nor directly refusing.

After all, everyone is in Beijing and they see each other every day. She doesn't want to make the relationship too awkward to avoid awkwardness when they meet in the future.

In fact, deep down in her heart, Chu Linger didn't want to have anything to do with the Shangshu Mansion.

But unfortunately, too many people in the capital knew her. If she refused outright, she would probably be accused of being unfilial. For the sake of her and Xie Xiaomin, she could only pretend to be nice to them.

One of the two favors Xie Xiaomin owed was about the life of the deposed queen.

Another favor is related to the birthmark on his face.

The birthmark on Xie Xiaomin's face has always been a thorn in his heart.

But unexpectedly, the birthmark on his face disappeared, and all this was thanks to a pill given to him by Xie Yanci.

Back then, in order to test Xie Xiaomin, Yun Youran specially gave Xie Yanci a health pill and asked him to give the pill to Xie Xiaomin.

At the same time, Yun Youran also asked Xie Yanci to tell Xie Xiaomin that as long as he took the pill, the birthmark on his face would immediately dissolve and disappear.

That night, after Xie Xiaomin took the pill, Yun Youran secretly activated his wood-type ability.

Under the influence of supernatural powers, the birthmark on Xie Xiaomin's face gradually faded away like magic, and eventually disappeared completely.

There is actually a deeper meaning behind Yun Youran's actions.

She wanted to use this method to observe Xie Xiaomin and see if he would become greedy when his face returned to normal, and then start a fierce battle with Xie Yanci for the throne.

Fortunately, Xie Xiaomin is an upright and kind person.

Even after his face returned to normal, he still worked wholeheartedly for Xie Yanci without any slackness.

He did not harbor any grudge against Xie Yanci because of the dethronement of the queen.

He always stuck to his principles and did not create any rift with Xie Yanci.

Xie Xiaomin also strictly abided by the agreement with Xie Yanci and turned a blind eye to the deposed queen in the cold palace.

This was the promise he had made to Xie Yanci, and he would never break his promise easily.

He had already won a chance for the deposed queen to survive, which could be considered as a way of repaying her for giving birth to him.

Moreover, he firmly believed that Xie Yanci would never be a hypocrite who said one thing in public and another in private.

Since Xie Yanci promised not to take the life of the deposed queen, he will definitely keep his promise.

On a beautiful day with bright sunshine and gentle breeze, the emperor went to court on time as usual.

However, what was unexpected was that as soon as he sat down, he immediately ordered Eunuch Liu beside him to take out an imperial edict and read it aloud in front of all the civil and military officials in the court.

The content of the imperial edict is that the emperor has decided to abdicate and hand over the throne to the crown prince Xie Yanci!

This sudden decision shocked everyone present, and the court fell silent for a moment.

When Xie Yanci heard the imperial edict, although he was a little surprised, he quickly stood up and knelt to express his gratitude, saying that he would live up to his mission, inherit the throne, and govern the country well.

In this way, Xie Yanci officially ascended the throne and became the new emperor.

After abdicating, the retired emperor left the palace on the second day after he ascended the throne.

Because he had long been tired of the constraints and oppression of court life.

He had been trapped in this deep palace for so long that he almost forgot what the world outside was like.

Now, he finally made up his mind to leave this cage-like palace and experience the free and colorful life again.

Go see the country he has worked so hard to govern.