Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 823: Chapter 651: Beneath the Celestial Tome, Hongfu Su’s Intentions (Part 2)

“Southwestern Co-Ruler… Emperor Changsheng of the Southwest! Granddaughter-in-law, she… she…” Finally understanding what he had overlooked, Emperor Zhoulin was immediately thrown into disarray, feeling dizzy and unstable on his feet…

What does it mean to be the Emperor of the Forbidden clan?

In that instant, Emperor Zhoulin experienced the illusion of being lost in time and place, feeling utterly disoriented!

Of course, the people in front of him were even more distraught!

Those who could reach the highest ranks among officials and were born into the Imperial Family had more or less heard of the Celestial Tome. However, at this moment, with the decree of the Celestial Tome, Gu Changsheng became emperor, this…

Had they not just been denouncing Gu Changsheng?

All at once, everyone felt as if they wanted to die, especially the Imperial Kin, their faces devoid of color!

“Old man, watch your words!” Hongfu Su glared at this moment, “Our Emperor’s divine mandate is supreme, a divinely favored monarch. Even if she marries your grandson to enter the Heavenly Palace, you, old man, cannot call her granddaughter-in-law!”

“Uh…” Upon hearing these words, Emperor Zhoulin’s old face flushed red, unable to retort.

Atop the serpent’s head, Hongfu Su elegantly arranged her clothes, exuding an indescribable grace and nobility. As a senior official of the Southern Border, with merits in supporting the throne, she willingly lowered her status to become the Celestial Tome Messenger with other motives. She looked down at Emperor Zhoulin with a slight smirk at the corner of her mouth, “Old man, you have a good eye; your family has produced an Imperial Grandson who caught the eye of Our Emperor. This is God’s Bless for your small Zhou Dynasty. The Nine Layers of the Celestial Tome have descended; apart from your small country being spared a bit due to being in-laws with Our Emperor, the rest are doomed by fate. Thus, you must understand your position and know the seriousness of the matter.”

Hearing this, Emperor Zhoulin felt a pang in his heart, opening his mouth to speak, but due to Hongfu Su’s influence, he couldn’t utter a word.

He suddenly felt that the Imperial Grandson he had cultivated carefully might soon be gone!

Sure enough, Hongfu Su spoke again, “Old man, Our Emperor has already ascended the Nine-Layer Heavenly Palace; the Celestial Tome has also been sent across the Central Plains. Presumably, the Northern border will ceasefire soon, and Our Emperor’s unmarried consort will also return to court…”

Unmarried consort!

Just those five words made Emperor Zhoulin’s body tremble!

Hongfu Su glanced at Emperor Zhoulin, satisfied with his reaction, and continued, “Old man, a person must be self-aware. Our Southwest’s Nine-Layer Heavenly Palace cannot go a day without an Imperial Consort in charge. So, once Our Emperor’s yet-to-be-married consort returns to court, do you know what to do?”

Upon hearing “Imperial Consort,” Emperor Zhoulin’s body trembled again.

Hongfu Su lowered her head, wearing an ostensibly friendly elder’s facade, completely exuding a look of earnest persuasion, “Old man, your Imperial Grandson securing an Imperial Consort title is already a heavenly blessing. Before the Empress is established, the Imperial Consort governs the Heavenly Palace. We old ministers have already compromised to fulfill Our Emperor’s wishes, allowing the Central Plains’ commoners into the Heavenly Palace, all to please Our Emperor. Your family lost just one Imperial Grandson, yet it ensured most of your safety under the Celestial Tome. This too is a God’s Bless. Old man, you must always be grateful and cherish your fortune!”

“You! You! This…” At this moment, Emperor Zhoulin could hardly stand, feeling utterly miserable.

His Imperial Grandson, what kind of wife did he actually fall for?

How did she become the Southwestern Co-Ruler, Emperor Changsheng?

In the Central Plains, only men have three wives and four concubines, but now, his family’s Imperial Grandson couldn’t even be called “Empress” and had to watch his wife with three husbands and six consorts! This…

He had cultivated his grandson as a Crown Prince, as an emperor, who would have thought it would become training for an Imperial Consort!

Imperial Consort!

This truly enrages a person!

Yet he had bitterness he couldn’t express, not daring to contradict!

“Old man! This messenger still says, one should be self-aware. When the Imperial Consort returns to court, you must trouble yourself to send him into our Southwest Nine-Layer Heavenly Palace!” Saying “trouble,” Hongfu Su looked as though she was bestowing a favor.

At this, not only Emperor Zhoulin, but even the court officials and Imperial Kin’s faces became extraordinarily grim.

Hongfu Su seemed entirely unaware, waving her hand, “The Celestial Tome has descended; this messenger’s mission is completed. Zhou Dynasty small nation, cherish it!”

After saying this, Hongfu Su, like a sovereign after inspection, maneuvered her towering Gale Gu, elegantly glided away, disappearing like a gale in no time!

Then, the Zhou Dynasty small nation she spoke of was entirely thrown into chaos!

“This! This! Is this the imperial decree of Gu… No! Is this the decree of Emperor Changsheng?” Emperor Zhoulin slumped back onto the Dragon Throne, disregarding the disarrayed court officials, dazedly mumbling, but even in his muttering, he avoided directly calling Gu Changsheng by name.

Sending Zhou Mu into the Southwestern Nine-Layer Heavenly Palace as Imperial Consort, was this Gu Changsheng’s intention?

For a moment, Emperor Zhoulin found it hard to accept!

However, frankly speaking, Emperor Zhoulin’s doubts weren’t baseless; in reality, this wasn’t Gu Changsheng’s intention!

Donning the Imperial Robe was not her wish; the Celestial Tome had been passed down before her enthronement, and this edict to send Zhou Mu to the Nine-Layer Heavenly Palace as Imperial Consort was entirely a “compromise to please” by the aging ministers of the Southern Border!

From the standpoint of the female officials of the Southern Border and Bashu, Emperor Changsheng welcoming a low-born Commoner from the Central Plains into the Nine-Layer Heavenly Palace was against ancestral tradition and unreasonable; they inwardly disdained the Commoners of the Central Plains!

However, at the start of Emperor Changsheng’s conquest of the Southern Border, she and her betrothed faced adversities together, deeply bonded. They forcefully enthroned a new emperor and were just planning to do something to please the new emperor, fearing she would dump the responsibilities if irritated, hence they issued such a “compromise to please” decree…