Since Xie Chengze succeeded to the throne, Great Jinâs peopleâs lives have been getting better and better day by day.
The imperial court spent money to build a water conservancy, built many waterwheels, wrote special agricultural books, and arranged for people to teach the people how to increase the yield of cropsâ¦Great Jin Dynastyâs grains were harvested year after year!
When the grain harvest is good, the common people are satisfied, they canât help but praise the one on the throne all day long.
However, the ministers in the imperial court felt that the most powerful person was Duke Lu.
The waterwheel was brought out by Lord Lu, and the money for the construction of the water conservancy was earned by Lord Lu. Even the agricultural book was edited by Lord Lu!
Speaking of whichâ¦His majesty said that the agricultural book was written by Duke Lu, and that the book used to prevent and control the plague was also written by Duke Luâ¦They all thought it was the emperor who deliberately promoted Duke Lu and put gold on Duke Luâs face.
Some even questioned it.
However, Duke Lu immediately showed his talent in medical skills and farming â some intractable diseases that even the imperial physicians could not cure, Duke Lu can cure. Duke Lu knows all about farming too!
He really knows!
He also knows more than this!
In short, after a long time, the ministers in the imperial court lost their tempers for Duke Lu. No matter what shocking things Duke Lu made, they were used to it, their faces wonât change.
Duke Lu did a lot of things, in fact, more or less, they hurt the interests of officials in the imperial court. At one time, many people hated him, but after a long time, everyone stopped hating him.
Duke Lu has been doing practical things for ten years. Although they canât do this, they admire him.
Many people were influenced by Duke Lu and began to serve the people wholeheartedly like Duke Lu.
In a blink of an eye, it has been eight years since Xie Chengze ascended the throne. Today, as soon as Xie Chengze came down to court, someone sent him to the empress palace.
Lu Rong, the empress, is very competent. Not to mention managing the palace in an orderly manner, she has already given birth to two sons and two daughters for the âimperial familyâ.
At first, Xie Chengze and Lu Rong rarely saw each other. Although they both lived in the palace, they did not interfere with each other.
But later, Xie Chengze met his little crown prince by accident and was hugged by the little crown princeâ¦He often went to Lu Rongâs place to look after the child.
The main reason is that he is too idle and has nothing else to do â the people under him are very capable, and Lu Yanzhou helps, there are fewer and fewer things that need him to do.
When he came to Lu Rongâs place, Xie Chengze saw that Lu Rong was chasing her second child, the eldest princess who was only six years old this year.
The eldest princess was very agile, so Lu Rong couldnât catch her after a while.
Xie Chengze couldnât help laughing: âHahahaha!â
Lu Rong: ââ¦â
When the eldest princess saw Xie Chengze, she immediately ran towards Xie Chengze: âLittle uncle, save me!â
Lu Rongâs children were all brought up by Lu Rong and Lu Qingshan himself, and the two often took them out of the palace under Lu Yanzhouâs arrangement to meet ordinary people.
The children all knew that Lu Qingshan was their real father.
As for Xie Chengze, they called him âimperial fatherâ before others but âlittle uncleâ behind others. Of course, after many years, only the crown prince was brought before others.
Hearing the eldest princess calling for help, Xie Chengze put away his smile and said to Lu Rong, âSeventh sister, calm downâ¦The child is still young, even if she makes a mistake, you canât beat her.â
Lu Rong said: âThis child wonât listen without a beating, she actually tricked her little brother into eating chili peppers!â
Xie Chengze: ââ¦Is her little brother okay?â
Lu Rong was helpless: âhis mouth is still swollen, he has been crying for a long time now.â
The eldest princess said: âI didnât do it on purpose! It was uncle who said the chili was delicious, so I let him eat it.â
Lu Rong glared at her: âThen why donât you eat it yourself?â
The eldest princess: ââ¦â She didnât dare!
Then, Xie Chengze also reacted at this moment: âWait, I donât remember, how many peppers are there?â
Lu Yanzhou got the peppers by accident, there were only a few of them in total. At that time, Lu Yanzhou dug out the seeds and planted them, then cooked hot pot with the outer skins for him to eat.
The hot pot was really delicious, so much so that he couldnât forget it, but unfortunately, two small seedlings grew out of the pepper seeds planted, and in the end there were only about twenty peppers.
In other words, it would take a long time for him to be able to eat chili to his heartâs content.
Now the eldest princess is even wreaking havoc on the chili peppers?
Lu Rong said: âShe asked her younger brother to pick it. Her younger brother didnât know how to control himself, so he picked six at a time, wanting to share it with the family.â Lu Rongâs youngest son was only three years old. He didnât even know that the peppers his uncle planted in the Imperial Garden couldnât be picked indiscriminately, and he even took six in one breath.
Thatâs enough for two hot pot meals for him! Xie Chengze sighed: âSeventh sister, you can spank. Remember to hit where thereâs more meat so there wonât be a woundâ¦â
The eldest princess wanted to cry but had no tears: âLittle uncle!â
Xie Chengze said: âYour uncle should have told you that you canât pick it randomly, who told you not to listen to him?â
Seeing that the peppers were about to grow, Lu Yanzhou told Lu Rong that he would cook some dishes with peppers for them to eat.
At that time, the eldest princess kept asking questions, so Lu Yanzhou also said that she couldnât pick it and that it would be used for cooking.
In the endâ¦the kid obviously didnât take it seriously.
After that, the eldest princess was spanked by Lu Rong. Not to mention that the chili pepper is very preciousâ¦Itâs not right for her to coax her little brother to eat indiscriminately!
In fact, Lu Rong didnât use much force, she just wanted to teach her a lesson, but the eldest princess was probably frightened and wanted to make Lu Rong feel bad, so she cried loudly.
It wasnât until Lu Rong finished spanking that she breathed a sigh of relief and she stopped howling. There were no tears on her face.
Xie Chengze: ââ¦â
Xie Chengze talks with Lu Rong for a bit.
The Supreme Emperor passed away not long after Xie Chengze ascended the throne. Afterwards, the Empress Dowager heard some rumors such as âthe Supreme Emperor was actually killed by the Emperorâ, so she immediately packed her things and left the palace to worship the buddha.
Of course, itâs said that she was worshiping the buddha, but in fact the empress dowager is not a vegetarian. She has eaten and drank there in the past few years with a group of people holding her hands. She has lived a very happy life, she even occasionally wants to send someone to Xie Chengzeâs harem.
Those people were stopped by Lu Rong.
At first, Lu Rong thought that Xie Chengze had a heart condition and would not live for a few years, so she proposed to enter the palace, but later saw that Xie Chengzeâs body was getting stronger every year, so she regretted it for a while.
She was afraid that Xie Chengze would want to marry a wife and have children after his recovery.
At that time, she and her child will become stumbling blocks!
However, she soon discovered that she was thinking too much.
Although Xie Chengze is in good health, he still focuses on her younger brother and has no intention of marrying a wife and having children.
Letâs not talk about anything else, he still lets her brother handle all the important affairs in the courtâ¦Only Xie Chengze, a âfatuous emperorâ who is obsessed with beauty, can do it.
Now her younger brother is under one person and over ten thousandâ¦Oh, in fact, he isnât even under one person, he is very powerful. He does what he wants to do everyday, running outside the palace. What about Xie Chengze? He stayed in the palace every day, not to mention the maids by his side, thereâs not even a handsome little eunuch by his side.
He must be under her brotherâs control!
Xie Chengze did stay in the palace most of the time while Lu Yanzhou was out of the palace all day.
Butâ¦not even a handsome eunuch around him was all arranged by Xie Chengze himself.
Not only that, Lu Yanzhou was surrounded by Xie Chengzeâs people.
Returning to the imperial study with the five peppers that were not eaten, Xie Chengze waited for Zhou Xueya, who came to report Lu Yanzhouâs whereabouts yesterday.
It was almost the same as before, another busy day, during which he had no contact with anyone.
Xie Chengze was very satisfied.
According to Xie Chengzeâs analysis of Lu Yanzhou after a long time, Lu Yanzhouâ¦is a bit too kind!
Itâs okay to be kind, but Lu Yanzhou loves him more than heaven. Because he likes him, he puts all revenge and everything aside, he doesnât want fame or fortune either.
For things like waterwheels, they were all made by Lu Yanzhou, but Lu Yanzhou felt that there was no need to tell others after he insisted on making them public.
Xie Chengze has been working hard to help Lu Yanzhou manage his reputation.
Of course, while helping Lu Yanzhou build his reputation, he also looked after Lu Yanzhou in an airtight manner.
He believes that Lu Yanzhou will not betray him, but if he doesnât do it, someone will definitely follow Lu Yanzhouâ¦Wasnât he also deliberately approaching Lu Yanzhou back then?
After explaining some things to Zhou Xueya, Xie Chengze dismiss Zhou Xueya.
Zhou Xueya left the palace and sighed.
Alas, why did he feel that Lu Yanzhou had ulterior motives back then?
This person is clearly able to rebel but didnât rebel, he even gave away his familyâs elixir, not to mention these years, he is busy every day to make the people live a better life.
Such a person can be called sincere and trustworthy.
Itâs his majestyâ¦Donât look at his majesty who doesnât take any credit for Lu Yanzhouâs achievements. In fact, he already has control of all the military power, and Lu Yanzhouâs every move is also under his majestyâs surveillance.
His majesty is much more difficult to provoke than Lu Yanzhou.
As for his majestyâs liking for Lu Yanzhou, he can also understand. If he likes men, he will definitely like someone like Lu Yanzhouâ¦
Lu Yanzhou and Xie Chengze donât know much about Lu Rong and Zhou Xueyaâs brain supplements.
They had a very happy life, but what they needed to struggle with was that Xie Chengze liked spicy food very much, but he would have diarrhea after eating it.
By the way, Lu Yanzhou has been struggling with one thing recently: âAZe, recently, many ministers of the imperial court seem to know about the relationship between the two of us.â
Lu Yanzhou isnât interested in such things as showing off love. He always feels that it is enough for him to live a good life, thereâs no need to let others judge him.
Now that more and more people know about his relationship with Xie Chengze, he feels a little uncomfortable.
Of course, this is mainly becauseâ¦Some people only know one thing and donât know the other. After discovering his relationship with Xie Chengze, they sympathize with him.
Ahem, in the eyes of others, Xie Chengze has both sons and daughters, but he has no wives and concubines. Xie Chengzeâs behavior is like a scumbagâ¦
But he knew very well that those children of Xie Chengze were not Xie Chengzeâs at all!
Xie Chengze is so wronged!
Xie Chengze asked: âYou donât want others to know about our relationship?â
When Xie Chengze asked this question, he looked a little sad. Lu Yanzhou immediately said: âOf course not, I just donât want them to talk about you.â
âI donât care, I want them to know that you are mine.â Xie Chengze smiled.
Why did the courtiers know about his relationship with Lu Yanzhou? He deliberately guided them!
Heâs afraid that some people will think that Lu Yanzhou is using his appearance to serve others. He has been helping Lu Yanzhou to build momentum these years, so that Duke Lu will be respected by others. After their relationship was known, no one would look down on Lu Yanzhou because of it.
As for him being a bit of a scumbag in the eyes of othersâ¦It doesnât matter, Lu Yanzhou may even feel guilty because of it and treat him better.
In short, he wanted to imprint his brand on Lu Yanzhou so that no one would covet Lu Yanzhou.
Lu Yanzhou was taken aback when he heard this.
So actually Xie Chengze wants to make it public? Thatâs fineâ¦Since itâs what Xie Chengze wants, so be it!
But itâs not good for Xie Chengze to be misunderstood all the timeâ¦Lu Yanzhou wondered if he should explain it to others.
At least, after a hundred years, they must leave something behind to let future generations know that Xie Chengze is not a scumbag.
T/N: Aye. I will hate to be the people that will study this Great Jinâs history. After finding Lu Yanzhou clue, they will have to rewrite everything lmao