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I entered the palace with my two children. A young eunuch led us into a grand hall, where several palace maids and eunuchs were in attendance. However, the New Emperor did not appear.
Once both children had fallen asleep, I gazed out the window and calmly said, "Yun Che..."
"I am here," he replied as he pushed the door open and entered.
Though I already knew the truth, I still wanted to hear him admit it: "You are the New Emperor, aren't you?"
He clasped his hands together and smiled bitterly, "Wife is wise."
I asked again, "When did you find out?"
"On the night of our wedding."
Confused, I inquired, "Why did you hide it from me?"
"At that time, I was being hunted and nearly lost my life. It was thanks to Wife's rescue that I escaped that calamity."
"Afterward, I thought that since Wife enjoyed business, I would use it as a cover to secretly search for the Crown Prince."
"I later found some clues and learned that the Crown Prince was caught in that great fire."
"So, I sent people to investigate secretly and eventually found the Crown Prince."
"But at that time, he was still very young, so I continued to protect him in secret."
"It wasn't until eight years ago when Your Majesty's health declined and various forces in the Court were stirring that I brought the Crown Prince into the palace."
"After finding him, in order not to alert anyone, Your Majesty concealed his identity and planned to pass the throne to him once he had grown stronger."
I softly said, "You have worked hard all these years."
Yun Che shook his head, "It is my duty to share Wife's burdens."
Fifteen years ago, I first met Yun Che. I was six years old at the time and had returned to my maternal grandfather's house with my mother. On the way, I saw him in tattered clothes begging by the roadside. However, because he was on someone else's territory, he was surrounded and beaten by a group of beggars.
Although he was small, there was a fierce determination in his eyes that suggested he would not easily give up. For some reason, I felt that this child was quite similar to me when I was young.
So, I gave him all the silver coins I had on me and brought him back to my residence. When he first entered the estate, he was responsible for sweeping the courtyard. Later, seeing his good aptitude, I allowed him to train in martial arts under Master Wu, planning to make him my personal guard in a few years.
However, he escaped from my residence after a year. Before leaving, he left me a jade pendant. I had seen this pendant before with my mother. She said it was often worn by the Late Empress during her lifetime. She and the Late Empress were close friends. Now that I knew the Late Empress still had a son, my mother felt somewhat reassured.
Later, Yun Che reappeared in my life. At first, I did not recognize him until the wedding night. It was then that I realized he was the same little guard who had escaped years ago. I still remembered the scar on his arm from that time.
After Yun Che ascended to the throne, the Eldest Son was named Crown Prince. From then on, he had only one empress in his harem—me. Whenever I went out to inspect businesses, he would often accompany me in disguise. One reason was to observe the people's conditions; the other was to keep me company.
Thus, after ten years of effort, he finally broke down the class system of Scholars, Farmers, Artisans, and Merchants. From now on, both my daughter and I could conduct our businesses openly and proudly.
Yun Che was very excited. He held my hand and said, "Wei Yang, from today on, you will no longer be called a lowly merchant by those old men." At that time, Yun Che was already forty. Yet, in his harem, there was only me. The court officials began to worry. They feared that Yun Che would have no heirs. So, every time there was a court meeting, a few bold ones would advise Yun Che to take concubines. But whenever they spoke up, after the meeting, the War King would beat them black and blue. Yun Che didn't care. Every time they opened their mouths, he would find an excuse to escape and then go incognito with me. He left the affairs of the court to our son and the officials. Over time, the officials understood Yun Che's attitude and stopped speaking up. I looked at this man who was over forty and smiled knowingly. It turned out that getting married was also a wonderful thing.
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