It's good to exchange marriages. My sister eats coarse food while I wear gold and silver.

When the emperor heard this, he almost gasped.

But after a moment, he smiled bitterly again: "Maybe my life has come to an end. I just realized that in my life, it seems that I have gained everything, but also lost everything."

Lu Sui remained silent.

"Xiao Liu has had little sense of existence since he was young. I have always disliked him for being weak and like a girl, but I never expected that he would be able to shoulder such an important responsibility at the end of the day." The emperor was lost in his thoughts. "On the contrary, I valued and cared about the crown prince so much, and I was almost open-hearted to him, but in return he and the queen schemed against me, even though I am obviously his biological father."

"Lu Sui, do you hate my second brother?"

Lu Sui looked up. He knew that the second brother the emperor was talking about was the Canglang King.

"I hated it before, but I can't now."

"is it?"

The emperor said this, obviously not believing it.

"My father is the Marquis of Wanning, and my mother is the Marquis of Wanning's wife. To me, the Wolf King and his wife are just two elders. Besides, hatred is a very tiring thing. I might as well live a good life instead of wasting my time on it."

"Lu Sui, it seems that you really married a good wife."

"It is my honor to marry Awei, but she is not my appendage. She has her own life and thoughts, and she does not live for me. Of course, I am very grateful for your marriage. Otherwise, I would not have met Awei." While Lu Sui was speaking, he also looked at Yuan Buwei affectionately.

When the emperor saw this scene, he felt infinite sadness in his heart.

He remembered that his mother had already chosen a candidate for queen for him, but he refused and insisted on choosing the current queen, thus breaking up a pair of lovers.

"Lu Sui, I am leaving soon. I don't trust anyone except you and... Yuan Buwei. You seem to be against me, but you have actually done a lot of things that benefit the people. Lu Sui, are you willing to be the Duke of Zhenguo and help Xiaoliu to better build Dazhao?"

Hearing this, Lu Sui suddenly looked up and stared at the emperor in a daze.

He had his eyes on a farm and was ready to go back there to learn from Awei how to grow herbs.

Why did you suddenly give yourself a promotion?

"Your Majesty, the identity of the young marquis has made me feel very nervous. The Duke of Zhenguo is in a high position and has great power. Cao Ming is really..."

"If you don't want me to, I won't write the imperial edict to pass on the throne."

Lu Sui: “…”

Why are you still threatening me?

Yuan Buwei saw Lu Sui's clenched fist and said quickly, "Your Majesty, if you are sure you want to make the Sixth Prince the Crown Prince, then please add another imperial decree. If you agree, Lu Sui is willing to take over the position of the Duke of Zhenguo."

"One more, what?"

"If the new emperor wants to get rid of Lu Sui in the future, please issue an imperial decree that the new emperor cannot harm Lu Sui in any way." Yuan Buwei kowtowed after saying this, "If you agree, I will take Lu Sui's place."

The emperor looked at Lu Sui, and seeing his shocked face, he smiled: "He who loves his wife will prosper, and he who neglects his wife will never make a fortune. So this is true. I agree."

After midnight.

Deafening cries were heard in the emperor's bedroom.

More than half a year after the Empress Dowager left, the Emperor also followed.

Prince Wen, Nangong Xu, became the new emperor as expected by all. Lu Sui was given the title of Duke Zhenguo, and Yuan Buwei became the wife of the Duke Zhenguo and was given the title of Lady Haoming, who was ranked first among the rank of the Duke of Zhenguo.

"That's great, General Lu. No, now I should call you Duke Lu." When King Wen smiled, he had two dimples on both sides of his cheeks, looking harmless.

Lu Sui took a look, then stepped back and knelt on both knees: "I am Lu Sui, your humble servant, and I pay my respects to the emperor. Long live the emperor."

When the civil and military officials in the rear saw Lu Sui kneeling, they followed suit and knelt down to pay their respects.

The sound resounded through the sky, heralding that Dazhao was about to open a new chapter.

After Lu Sui was conferred the title of Duke of Zhenguo, he moved out of the Marquis Wanning's Mansion.

A banquet to open the palace was also to be held. The new emperor trusted no one but Lu Sui. If the empress had not stopped him, the new emperor would probably have asked Lu Sui to follow him even to the toilet.

Lu Sui accompanied the emperor, busy with this and that, while Yuan Buwei was busy running around in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

The two of them used to naively think that they would be relieved once the matter was over.

result……

Especially Yuan Buwei, who thought that she would feel relieved if she left the affairs of Wanning Marquis Mansion to Zhuxin.

As a result, she couldn't give up the job she was doing.

Looking for Lu Han, she is too busy at Xie's.

The Xie and Shangguan families had already made contributions in the war and were rewarded by the new emperor.

Xie Lin'an and Shangguan Jing went to the palace every day.

In the battle to repel the Northern Qiang people, Meng Qiongyue captured the enemy general's head alive and was praised by the new emperor.

She was directly given the rank of first-rank general.

Marquis Yong'an never imagined that his eldest daughter would earn the rank of first-rank general the first time she went to the battlefield.

I was so happy that I couldn't tell the directions.

Mu Yu, Li Yan and Ning Xingzhou also received satisfactory rewards.

The Mu family also swept away the haze of the past and returned to being a prominent family.

Today is the opening banquet of the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion.

Everyone gathered together and it was very lively.

Ning Xingzhou has been transferred back and is currently in the cabinet. After a few years of training, he will surely become the cabinet minister.

"Bu Wei!"

Yuan Buwei, who was greeting guests, heard a familiar call and turned to look at the family members from Yaowang Valley who were coming towards her.

"Big sister, big brother..."

Seeing their presence, tears in Yuan Buwei's eyes suddenly burst out.

A few minutes later.

Yuan Buwei hugged them tightly.

"Bu Wei, you really give us surprises one after another."

Qin Xuanyue pinched Yuan Buwei's face fiercely: "Hey, why is there no flesh on your face?"

"Big sister, I am a mother now. I am not a child anymore."

"In our hearts, Bu Wei, you will always be everyone's most beloved junior sister." Mo Jingyu smiled and looked up at Lu Sui who was slowly approaching, smiling and clasping his fists, "Now I should call you Duke Lu."

Lu Sui was extremely embarrassed by the teasing and scratched his head: "Big Brother is just a joker."

"Where's Mianmian?"

Qin Xuanyue had been hearing Yuan Buwei mention her daughter in letters, and now she wanted to see her.

"Mianmian..."

Yuan Buwei called out, and Mianmian, who was playing, immediately jumped over.

After this year, she will be six years old.

She has grown up and become more beautiful.

"Wow, what a beautiful sister, what a handsome brother."

As soon as Mianmian opened her mouth, Qin Xuanyue and others burst into laughter.

"You are Mianmian?"

Qin Xuanyue squatted down and looked at her with a smile: "I am your mother's eldest sister, you should call me Aunt Xuanyue."

"But you look so young. Calling me aunt makes you look old."

"Nothing right."

After Lu Sui raised a daughter, he realized how difficult it is to raise a child.