The Central Plains originally had four kingdoms, but the structure of the four kingdoms was broken this year.
In the treacherous mountains and rivers of Bashu and the Southern Border in the southwest, they supported the common lord, Emperor Changsheng. Once the Celestial To descended through the nine layers, troops invaded the lands of Southern Chen!
Southern Chen was destroyed, Liaodong submitted, the Southern Country was newly established, and the Southern Emperor, a woman, aid for the strongest position in the world’s structure!
Apart from the Southern Emperor’s territory, in the rest of the world, only two regis were beyond her reach. One was Great Zhou, with nurous ties to the Southern Emperor, spared from her iron hooves because of Zhou Mu, cherished by the Southern Emperor. The other was Northern Mongolian, the motherland of Borjigin Nian, the Southern Emperor’s life and death friend, peacefully residing north of the desert!
Yet now, in the vast mortal world, except for Northern Mongolian located north of the desert, everyone seeks that fugitive couple!
"Gosh! Have you heard? The Southern Country’s female general and Great Zhou’s troops are searching for soone. The Southern Emperor and Crown Prince! I said, the Southern Emperor so nobly, hardly found ti to co to Great Zhou for the marriage agreent under the guise of a mission. How could the wedding date be set a year later? It turns out these two, eloped! Eloped, this is truly willful!"
"Who wouldn’t say so? Have you seen the notice? Report the whereabouts of the Southern Emperor and the Crown Prince, and you’ll be granted official rank and title in both countries! My! With such a rank and title, one can roam freely in the Southern Country and Great Zhou!"
"Great Zhou has been a nation for a millennium; the number of titles conferred is countless. But the reward from the Southern Country, my! That’s the Southern Country covering seventy percent of the world! As the nation was newly established, a title is hard to co by! This elopent by the Southern Emperor, the old lord of the Southern Country, is truly furious!"
"It’s truly heart-stirring and exciting!"
"..."
In ordinary towns, at streets and alleys, everyone talks about the runaway couple!
A ten-thousand-household title for anyone who reports them!
My!
No one is not praying for the Southern Emperor and Crown Prince to fall from the sky, so their lifelong riches and glory, no, eternal glory, will have assurance!
Just when the crowd of people surrounding the governnt office’s wanted notice was excited, a pair of n and won dressed as itinerant world’s people, led a horse and passed by hand in hand.
The woman, with unbound long hair, scattered by the wind, wore a loose robe, a wide belt tightly fastened, and the cuffs also tied tightly. At her waist hung a crimson dagger, shimring in the sunlight, with an unrestrained aura of the itinerant world’s daughter, her attire casual yet not without grace and pride!
The man, in a black short outfit, was simple and crisp. His face, like the woman’s, was covered with a black iron mask that hid his forehead and eyes, yet couldn’t conceal his tall and upright figure.
"Two taels of beef, a pot of wine, shopkeeper, be quick!" Throwing the reins to a waiter of a roadside tavern, the man spoke in a deep voice, followed by a small gold cake.
The waiter, seeing this, imdiately grinned, showing his teeth, eagerly taking the horse down, thinking that indeed itinerant world’s people are generous, seeing the tip, without a word, it was so much!
The tavern’s shopkeeper was also insightful, promptly getting things ready. That waiter was his nephew, tipping him was like tipping himself, so beyond the two taels of fine beef, he served several small dishes and brought out two bowls of stewed at soup, serving with great care.
The itinerant world’s pair was very satisfied, imdiately throwing out two more small gold cakes, making the shopkeeper leave delighted.
"See! Our old n and your father are really angry, look at them offering such rewards, ten-thousand-household marquis!" Having seen the shopkeeper leave, Gu Changsheng grabbed a bun, sandwiched two pieces of beef, brought it to his mouth, and bit it fiercely.
Darn it! They issued notices from south to north, casting a net over the whole world, straightforwardly saying that the two of them had eloped, wanted nationwide!
Now, they truly lost face! Not even caring about the royal family’s face, just announcing to the whole world!
Darn it!
So disgraceful!
It’s just an elopent! Is there a need to issue an international arrest warrant?
Making it so that she and the evildoer dare not show their true faces!
Sitting across from her, Zhou Mu glanced at her, a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, "As expected, this is not the peak of their anger yet. Wait until the eighth of June next year, if we don’t appear at the grand wedding, those up there will be truly furious!"
Their elopent delayed the wedding to the eighth of June next year!
If by then they still don’t return, that will really make people rage!
Just thinking about it, Gu Changsheng’s face turned very unpleasant, "Eloping, skipping ho, heck, they even give us a deadline, those old n are so unfair!"
It’s like a tight hat, making it not fun enough to play around!
The two chatted and laughed while continuing to eat, unaware that the Capital City had already turned into a chaotic ss.
In the Heavenly Palace, the Southern Country’s old ministers held their heads and cried bitterly.
"They escaped! Escaped! His Majesty privately ca to Great Zhou, at least left a note and brought so people, but now it’s more complete, not a word left, not a person brought!"
"Brought! The son-in-law escaped together! Woo..."
"Don’t bring that up. Just thinking about it makes angry. It must be the son-in-law. Why would he encourage our Majesty to run away and escape the marriage? Isn’t this going to cause chaos?"
Yuan Bao, who was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, couldn’t stand it anymore and imdiately retorted, "How is it my lord’s fault? When has my lord ever not been devoted to Lady Changsheng, spoiling her endlessly?"
"When Lady Changsheng says go east, my lord absolutely won’t go west. When Lady Changsheng says to hit the dog, my lord absolutely won’t chase a chicken. My lord is such an obedient person and has been led away by Lady Changsheng. And you all have the nerve to shalessly bla my lord!"
The old ministers of the Southern Country heard this and looked at each other, feeling a bit guilty, because their Majesty was really quite erratic!
Previously, there was a ntion of abdicating the throne, and now this—just up and left! What are they supposed to do?
Leaderless, the place is a tangled ss!
For a mont, the old ministers left behind in the Heavenly Palace wailed in misery, lanting their plight.
They are in pain!
No other dynasty’s subjects have ever been as unlucky as they are!
While other subjects worry about disloyalty between ruler and ministers, they spend all day worrying about the monarch running away!
Whatever they fear happens! Their monarch seriously ran away!
What are they supposed to do now?
They are like children without a mother, anxious and unsettled.
"Boo... With His Majesty gone, what about the military and state affairs of the Southern Country? Who should we turn to for leadership?"
"Boo... Your Majesty! Take this old servant with you! I don’t want to live anymore!"
"..."
"Stop this crying and despair—who are you performing for? Our emperor is alive and well; why are you all seeking death?" Hongfu Su shouted sternly upon returning from visiting the Lord and seeing the chaos.
Everyone was montarily stunned at the words, unsure of how to respond.
"Our emperor only ran away to escape marriage, not to abandon their post. You are the backbone ministers of our Southern Country, yet without His Majesty present, you neglect state affairs and instead cry non-stop. What kind of conduct is this?" Hongfu Su scolded sternly, yet a trace of delight was visible in his expression.
"Wha... what do you an? Not abandoning post?" A senior minister caught the key point and asked hesitantly.
"Yes! Not abandoning post! When our emperor left, the National Seal of the Southern Country disappeared along with them. Even if our emperor left ho, they took the country’s seal with them, aning they haven’t abandoned our Southern Country! What are you wailing about?" Hongfu Su, composed, replied firmly.
The crowd couldn’t help but feel a surge of happiness at these words.
"But with His Majesty gone, we don’t know what to do..." a senior minister said hesitantly.
"Don’t know what to do? The Southern Country has just been established, and our emperor has already made major policy decisions. There’s much to rebuild, and these policies, they won’t be carried out even in a year, let alone three or two years. Instead of thinking about fulfilling our emperor’s intentions and diligently handling state affairs, you have ti to sit here wailing!" Hongfu Su waved his hand impatiently, "Go, go, go! As long as our emperor doesn’t return, we’ll stay stationed in the Capital City Heavenly Palace. State affairs cannot be neglected. We must prepare a pleasant surprise for our emperor upon their return!"
"Yes, yes! Our Majesty has always been unrestrained; we knew this when we supported them as emperor. It’s just running away from ho. It’s nothing; runaways will co back. Let’s go, quickly!"
"We have to carry out our emperor’s mandate on state affairs, and the upcoming royal wedding cannot be neglected! This is also good; even ordinary families take months to prepare for a wedding. We were too rushed, and now we have ti to make everything perfect! Let’s go! When His Majesty returns and sees our orderly work, they’ll surely be pleased!"
"Yes, yes! If His Majesty is pleased, perhaps next ti they think of running away, they’ll let us know in advance?"
"You’re dreaming too much! Ever hopeful! Do you expect His Majesty to run away every day?"
"..."
The group of old ministers dispersed, each busily attending to their tasks, leaving only Soh Wu, who had been co-consulting about search plans in the Heavenly Palace, looking at the sternly seated Hongfu Su, and asked blankly, "So, will we still proceed with the manhunt?"
"Proceed! Why not?" Hongfu Su glared and replied harshly, "If we don’t, we won’t even know where our two runaways are! If sothing happened, how could we respond?"
"True, true!" Soh Wu, with a cold sweat, nodded sheepishly.
Wow! The unity of ruler and minister in the Southern Country, what an eye-opener!
This kind of runaway monarch—such unconventional behavior—how did it beco reasonable and natural in the Southern Country?
Look at the Southern Country, quickly stabilizing their situation; in a blink, everything is orderly. If this happened in the Great Zhou, wouldn’t it cause mayhem in the heavens?
Countries compared, it’s enough to make one envious!
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