The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1840

Chapter 1840: 909 first watch

Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.

The newly enthroned Empress is busy with state affairs.

Shangguan Yun sat on the chair, looking at the mountain-like pile of memorials in front of her, feeling overwhelmed.

"Is being a ruler this exhausting... suddenly I kind of regret it..."

Shangguan Yun gritted her teeth and picked up a memorial.

A new emperor brings a new era of ministers. The former favorite in the Imperial Study Room was Zhang Dequan, who has now gone to Taiyi Palace with the Supreme Emperor. Shangguan Yun promoted an attendant named Wu Sixi.

Wu Sixi carried a bowl of freshly made lotus seed porridge inside and smiled as he approached Shangguan Yun: "Your Majesty, you have been reviewing memorials for two hours now, why not take a break."

Shangguan Yun placed the brush on the brush holder and leaned back tiredly against the chair: "I’ve been reviewing for two hours, and yet I’ve not seen many memorials completed."

Wu Sixi smiled: "Your Majesty has already reviewed quite a lot. Furthermore, you have just ascended the throne, and the entire court is relying on you, so please take good care of your health."

Shangguan Yun looked at the lotus seed porridge he handed over. Wu Sixi understood and moved the memorials aside, carefully placing the porridge beside her hand.

Shangguan Yun scooped a spoonful, was about to drink, then remembered something and asked: "Has the escort team set out?"

"They’ve set out," Wu Sixi said, "They should have already left Shengdu by now."

Shangguan Yun sighed.

Wu Sixi smiled, wanting to say something but hesitating.

Shangguan Yun noticed his awkwardness and asked: "Is there anything else?"

"Ah..." Wu Sixi laughed awkwardly, "The twenty young masters sent from Jin Country... are still arranged in Chuxiu Palace. I don’t know how Your Majesty plans to settle them."

"I’ve never settled anything like this..." Shangguan Yun muttered quietly. Jin Country sends gifts, but they had to send twenty handsome men. What kind of Imperial Harem does she need to fill? Her son is already grown!

She said sternly: "Among these people, it’s likely they’re all spies from Jin Country. You arrange them yourself, just don’t let them starve to death."

"Understood." Wu Sixi replied with a smile.

He secretly regretted that those men were indeed extraordinarily handsome. The Princess has now become the Empress, so expanding the Imperial Harem is also reasonable.

"Your Majesty, Lord Yun Shan requests an audience."

The reporting voice of the little eunuch came from outside the door.

Shangguan Yun put down her spoon: "Announce." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Wu Sixi cleared his throat at the door and raised his voice: "Announcing—Lord Yun Shan’s audience—"

Shangguan Yun glanced at him speechlessly.

Wu Sixi turned around, laughing awkwardly: "It’s the first time for this servant, too."

It was a moment to relish the privilege of announcing someone.

Lord Yun Shan entered the Imperial Study Room and bowed with a salute: "Your Majesty."

Shangguan Yun asked: "What brings you here today, royal uncle?"

Lord Yun Shan looked around.

"All of you, leave," Shangguan Yun said.

"Yes!" Wu Sixi and the eunuchs and palace maids in the Imperial Study Room respectfully retreated.

Shangguan Yun saw Lord Yun Shan staring at her bowl and pushed it over: "Do you want to eat lotus seed porridge? I haven’t touched it."

Lord Yun Shan came to the desk and sat down, took the lotus seed porridge, and also took an empty teacup from the side.

He smiled lightly and said: "To be honest, I am here today to bid farewell to Your Majesty."

Shangguan Yun asked: "You are leaving again?"

Lord Yun Shan smiled slightly and said: "There’s nothing for me in Shengdu anymore. I want to take Xiaoxue out for a walk."

Shangguan Yun muttered quietly: "One after another, they all leave..."

Lord Yun Shan paused, then spoke gently: "Additionally, I am here to request Your Majesty to revoke my royal status."

Shangguan Yun looked at him strangely: "Why revoke it? For the matter of privately hoarding troops, I said I wouldn’t hold it against you."

"It’s not because of that." He lowered his head and smiled bitterly, "I was never originally of the Dayan royal lineage; I am the child of my mother and a Turkic person."

"I know," Shangguan Yun said.

She gazed at him unwaveringly, having experienced so much through life and death, her eyes no longer held the innocence and tenderness of youth but now carried the steadfast determination of a ruler.

The only constant was, when facing someone she trusts, she had no inclination for roundabout thoughts.

Lord Yun Shan averted his gaze, looked out at the scenery through the window, and sighed deeply: "Moreover, my royal brother and I are not true siblings of different fathers but the same mother; he was taken from Liu Meiren by my mother. My mother bore a baby girl while Liu Meiren bore a son. To secure the imperial throne, my mother and Liu Meiren exchanged their offspring. Liu Meiren was unfortunate and passed away within a few years. Rest assured, it was not my mother who harmed her, otherwise, my royal brother would not be so filial to my mother."

Shangguan Yun was surprised: "Such a thing happened... does he know?"

Lord Yun Shan looked at her again: "Are you asking about my royal brother? He should know. Princess Anle is indeed my mother’s biological child."

Shangguan Yun recalled: "No wonder he is so close to Aunt Anle and asked me to show filial respect to her when I grow up."

Lord Yun Shan said: "Princess Anle’s fiefdom in the South Prefecture is the wealthiest piece of land aside from your own former fiefdom."

Shangguan Yun looked at him puzzled: "Why tell me this suddenly?"

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