The Time Traveling Prince Consort Plans to Rule the World for Me

Although there were still some stubborn and conservative people in the court of Southern Shu who had reservations about Su Yi, who had the blood of the Dongyue royal family, inheriting the throne of Southern Shu, they also knew that Su Yi's succession to the throne was an unchangeable outcome.

After all, even the Lin family, a prominent family with a history of hundreds of years in Southern Shu and a rock-solid foundation, has not been able to shake their position in the slightest. How can they dream of changing the situation with just a few weak voices of opposition?

What's more, Emperor Gaozong had no heirs, and in the spectacular struggle for imperial power, all the royal family members with direct royal blood were wiped out by him. Now, only some insignificant royal relatives are left in the royal family.

Among the many relatives of the emperor, Su Yi, as the grandson of Emperor Gaozong, was the most suitable candidate. Since Emperor Gaozong was willing to abdicate the throne, they had no right to say anything more.

In the end, Su Yi successfully ascended the throne of the emperor of Southern Shu Kingdom and was honored with the title of Emperor Shuntian.

However, as the emperor, Su Yi did not choose to live in the palace. After handling state affairs every day, no matter how late it was, he would still return to the Princess's Mansion to live.

Although this was quite against the rules, everyone else understood that Su Yi acted like this because his beloved lived in the Princess's Mansion.

As Su Yi, the emperor, has a heavier burden on his shoulders than before.

His first task after ascending the throne was to conduct a thorough purge in the Southern Shu court.

The Lin family's rebellion involves a wide range of people. It is not just the Lin family that is involved, and the forces behind them have been entrenched in the Southern Shu court for hundreds of years. It would be difficult to eliminate them one by one in a short period of time.

Although the Moon Shadow Guards had tried their best to eliminate the remaining remnants of the Lin family army, this was only a military sweep.

This time, Su Yi was determined not to let go of anyone who participated in the rebellion, and gave this task to Xie Jiang to handle personally.

Even though Lin Zhengyong had many connections and followers when he was alive, everyone saw clearly the strength and decisiveness of Su Yi's methods, and they were afraid and no longer dared to act as recklessly as before.

Among the group of people who were plotting rebellion against the Lin family, the hidden Lu Changwei was one of Lin Zhengyong's most capable assistants.

Compared to dealing with the Lin family, it was relatively easier to eliminate the Lu family. After all, the Lin family had always been the backer of the Lu family. Now that the Lin family had fallen, the Lu family alone could not cause much trouble.

Xie Jiang found a lot of correspondence in the Lu family's mansion that was colluding with the Lin family to rebel. He had many wives and concubines in his house, and there was also a yard that was used to store the gold and silver treasures he received as bribes. The amount was so large that it seemed that Lu Changwei had been greedy over the years. No matter what punishment he received, it was not unfair.

Afterwards, Xie Jiang reported the charges of Lu Changwei and Lin Zhengyong's collusion in rebellion to Su Yi, who convicted them personally.

In the end, Lu Changwei was found guilty of corruption, as well as consorting with Lin Zhengyong and participating in a rebellion. His entire family was implicated, and all the adult men were beheaded, and all the women, young and old, were made slaves of the government.

In addition to the Lu family, many high-ranking officials with great power were involved.

There was solid evidence of the crimes committed by these officials, and all of them were submitted to Su Yi for judgment.

Those whose crimes were serious enough to be sentenced to death and who implicated many people were taken to the Meridian Gate to be beheaded in public. Su Yi established such a reputation that it was shocking.

The court ministers of Southern Shu witnessed the series of drastic measures taken by Su Yi after he ascended the throne. They were frightened and dared not act rashly again.

This brief rebellion farce did not cause much disturbance or impact on the lives of the people in Southern Shu.

Since then, under Su Yi's governance, the people were safe, the national situation remained stable and peaceful for the time being, and everything seemed to be the same as before.

It was dinner time that day, and Su Yi unexpectedly returned to the Princess's residence, contrary to his usual behavior.

At this time, Su Muxue was having dinner with Mu Jin. Suddenly, she saw Su Yi walk into the dining room, and she couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

You know, since Su Yi inherited the throne of the Southern Shu Emperor, he has been busy until very late every day before returning to the Princess's Mansion. And Su Muxue and Mu Jin haven't seen him for several days.

Seeing Su Yi appear in front of her, Su Muxue couldn't help but tease, "Wow~ Today is really a rare day! What kind of wind actually blew my brother the emperor who is so busy with all kinds of affairs back?"

There was a hint of teasing in Su Muxue's tone, but Su Yi was not annoyed. He walked to the dining table and sat down with a smile on his face.

"Why, do I need your approval for when I can come back?"

Su Muxue quickly pretended to be afraid to overstep her bounds and bowed, saying, "I dare not do that. Please forgive me, Your Majesty, for disturbing a girl by speaking without restraint."

"Children still speak without restraint? I think your brain is insulting children."

Mu Jin couldn't help but curl his eyebrows as he looked at the brother and sister in front of him who were teasing each other.

The maid brought the bowl and chopsticks to Su Yi and left. Su Yi asked Mu Jin while eating.

"How have you been in the mansion these days?"

Before Mu Jin could speak, Su Muxue hurriedly answered.

"Ajin and I have been so busy these past few days just dealing with the visiting cards sent by the ladies from the aristocratic families. We wanted to leave the palace to get some peace and quiet, but even the back door was blocked by those ladies. If things continue like this, we will have no way to survive in the future."

Hearing this, Su Yi couldn't help but feel very surprised and asked, "How could such a thing happen?"

"That's right!" Su Muxue said as she looked at Mu Jin and added, "They are all very smart. They all know how to please our Ajin, the future Queen of Southern Shu, in advance."

After hearing this, Mu Jin couldn't help but glared at Su Muxue: "Princess, I am not worthy of such honor. Don't make fun of me with these words in the future."

Mu Jin kept calling her a commoner girl, and Su Muxue knew that Mu Jin was unhappy. She actually really hoped that one day Mu Jin would agree to become Su Yi's queen, but before Mu Jin made a decision, she really shouldn't joke with Mu Jin about this matter easily.

So, Su Muxue immediately showed an expression of admitting her fault and said, "Okay, okay, I won't say it next time. You still call me a commoner because of what I said, which makes me look awkward."

Su Yi looked at Mu Jin and said, "Don't worry. I will issue an order tomorrow. No one is allowed to disturb you without my permission. You can do whatever you want in Nanshu without worrying about anyone."

Since Su Yi ascended the throne in Southern Shu, Mu Jin seemed to have lost the reason to stay in Southern Shu. She was worried about her father and brother who were far away in Dongyue every day.

Although Su Yi promised him that he would protect the safety of his father and brother, he was still worried. Moreover, the situation in Southern Shu was stable now. She couldn't help but wonder whether she could borrow a troop from Su Yi and return to Dongyue to rescue her father and brother.

Mu Jin slowly put down the bowl and chopsticks, stared at Su Yi, and said softly: "I'm full, you guys enjoy your meal."

She looked at Su Yi with a hint in her eyes, suggesting that Su Yi should go to the backyard to find her after dinner. This meant that she had something important to discuss with Su Yi, but she didn't want Su Muxue to be present.

Su Yi nodded in understanding and watched Mu Jin leave the dining hall.

"Brother, Ajin is so weird today. It's fine for him to joke around on normal days, but what happened today?" Su Muxue said with a puzzled look on her face.

Su Yi pondered for a moment, then glanced at Su Muxue and said, "You are the only one who talks too much. I'm full and I have some work to do. You can eat slowly here."