Reborn Lady - Chapter 400
However, no matter how bad a father was, he couldn’t deliberately treat his son harshly. Whether the son could figure it out was the son’s business.
“In the past two years, Oirat has repeatedly violated our northwest frontier, and the Tatars have also become disobedient. I plan to go on the Northern Expedition in February and send troops directly to Oirat. Once Oirat is settled, the Tatars will be honest.”
Wei Luo sat up, and said solemnly, “I would like to go with you.”
Emperor Yongping glared at him and said, “Nonsense, you are already a Crown Prince. How can you follow me out again? Stay in the palace honestly and supervise the country.”
(Oirat: Mongol)
How could Wei Luo be reassured as his father’s health was not as good as before, and he may not be able to bear the traveling alone.
Emperor Yongping saw his son’s contempt and sat up too, saying, “Do you think I’m old? Believe it or not, I can beat you down?”
Then, Emperor Yongping rolled up his sleeves, revealing a pair of muscular arms. “Lian Po led soldiers when he was nearly eight, but I’m only sixty, why can’t I?”
Wei Luo lowered his eyes, saying, “You are sixty-two.”
Emperor Yongping grabbed his son’s shoulders and wanted to push him off. Got to bed, lay back and said, “I have made up my mind, I just told you in advance.”
Wei Luo knew that he would stay and supervise the country, so he compromised, “Let Wu Lang and Qi Lang go with you.”
Emperor Yongping replied, “You don’t need to say, I will take them with me.”
He would also take Da Lang and San Lang with him, so that the four brothers could see the iron cavalry of Wala. No matter how powerful the iron cavalry was, it would be defeated under his command, there was nothing to be afraid of.
“Da Lang and San Lang are both good seedlings to lead soldiers. You can use them in the future, don’t waste their talent.” Emperor Yongping still confessed that the palms and backs of his hands were all flesh. (loved all kids)
Wei Luo said, “Don’t worry, Father, I know what to do.”
Emperor Yongping looked at his son and hummed, “I believe in you.”
Da Lang and San Lang were special to him. As for his sons, one of them was a mud that couldn’t support the wall (Wei Yan), but they all respect his third son.
In February of the twelfth year of Jinghe, Emperor Yongping led an army of 500,000 troops to conquer Oirat in person, and Wei Luo saw him off for hundreds of miles.
Emperor Yongping marched his troops like a God. Half a year later, Oirat was defeated, and its forces retreated to the depths of the grassland. The Tatars also paid tribute to the Great Wei again.
However, on the army’s triumphant return journey, Emperor Yongping suffered a sudden heart attack, forcing him to return to Beijing. There, he issued an imperial edict and passed away suddenly.
When the people in the capital heard the death bell, they all wept and knelt on the streets in mourning.
===End of the text (I have already said that I have you enough…)===
The Emperor died, and Wei Luo ascended the throne. The country mourned for three months. Later, just in time for the new year, Wei Luo named his rule as “Taiping”, and that year was the first year of Taiping.
After the national funeral was over, Wei Luo began to canonize all the clan members.
Empress Renxiao, who was a mother figure to Wei Luo, was later named the Holy Empress Dowager, and Concubine Shun, the biological mother of Wei Luo, was named the Empress Dowager.
Concubine Li, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Shu had their titles unchanged. But they lived in the Sixth West Palace with the Empress Dowager.
Yin Hui was granted the title of Empress, and her grandfather Yin Yong was granted the title of Duke. Wei Heng was made the Crown Prince and was bestowed the East Hall.
Wei Xun was named the Second Prince and was bestowed the Jingyang Hall of the East Sixth Palace. Wei Ning was titled Princess and bestowed the Changning Hall of the East Sixth Palace.
Wei Luo’s three sisters were given the title of princesses respectively, and his three brothers and the eldest nephew were still princes.
Although the national mourning was over, the new Emperor could keep mourning for his father for three months, but Wei Luo insisted on observing the late Emperor’s mourning for three years. He did so, and the other clansmen had to serve their respective mourning periods.
That was an act of filial piety. Although the ministers felt that the new Emperor did not have to work so hard, and should take advantage of his prime to fill the harem early and have more princes follow it back.
The Empress Dowager knew that her son and daughter-in-law had a good relationship. Even after the funeral, she would not pressure them to fill the harem. She was not worried about her son, but she was worried about her grandchildren.
That day when Yin Hui came to pay her respects, Empress Dowager couldn’t help but mutter to her daughter-in-law, “The Third Son could mourn for three months, but if he insists on mourning for three years, then it will definitely not be good for Ah Heng and others. Ah Heng is already twenty-one, and there will be no one around to warm the bed.”
She was waiting to hug her great-grandchildren! Concubine Li had several!
Yin Hui smiled and said, “The Emperor has been very busy recently, Ah Heng and Ah Xun just happened to help their father share the burden. It doesn’t matter if the marriage is delayed for three years. Three years later, Ning Ning will be eighteen years old, and it is just right to choose a son-in-law.”
The Empress Dowager looked at her daughter-in-law, her heart moved, and she whispered, “Ah Hui, you seem not in a hurry. Are you worried that he will choose a concubine for himself?”
Yin Hui shot her mother-in-law a look, saying, “Does Mother think I’m such a stingy person? If the Emperor really wants to choose, as long as he tells me, I will pick the most beautiful woman in the world for him.”
The Empress Dowager didn’t believe her. “You say it so easily, but if he really was going to choose, you would cry secretly.”
She served the late Emperor. At that time, the Emperor already had a wife and concubine by his side. She just wanted to be safe and not to be bullied by others; she did not care who the Emperor loved more.
Her daughter-in-law was different. After twenty years of being in love with her son, there was no room for sand in her eyes.
“Don’t worry, Ah Hui, I am definitely on your side. If my son has such thoughts, I will suppress him first, so that he will have no face to open his mouth!” The Empress Dowager said. She would stand for her daughter-in-law if anything happened.
Yin Hui just found it amusing. Even if her mother-in-law had the intention, if that day came and Wei Luo frowned, her mother-in-law’s courage would be broken.
“Don’t worry, the Emperor is not that kind of person,” Yin Hui comforted her mother-in-law. “If he has time, he will pay more attention to the ladies of the right age in the capital to select for Ah Heng and Ah Xun. You really don’t have to bother about the Emperor.”
The Empress Dowager had no choice but to do so.
Of course, the palace was mourning for the late emperor, and the ladies outside the palace could not be invited in to enjoy flowers or a banquet. The Empress Dowager, Concubine Li, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Shu were sitting together playing cards.
The late Emperor loved them so much, he probably wouldn’t mind them playing cards to kill time during the mourning period.
Because Yin Hui was the only one in Wei Luo’s harem, and there was nothing new in the palace after he had been on the throne for so long, Concubine Li took the initiative to stir up trouble, and said to the Empress Dowager, “I have a grandniece who looks like a fairy, and is young. Do you want to see her for the Crown Prince?”
The Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Li, who was almost sixty years old. Although she had been saddened for a while when the Emperor passed away, she was starting to dress well again. It seemed that she still refused to accept her old age. One could indeed see the beauty of her youth, but her proud and confident temperament had not changed at all.
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they really cut the emperor’s death short. in 2 lines 😅