Accidentally dressed as an empress

Yunxiu sent someone to deliver a letter to Gu Zezhi, hoping to enter the palace to ask for an audience.

The palace attendant came to pick up Yunxiu quickly. After entering the palace, the palace attendant took her all the way to the northernmost palace.

The main hall of the ancestral temple has yellow walls and green tiles, with flying eaves and pointed corners. It is located on a high place. The stone steps outside the hall door stretch out. The wind blows the pine trees on both sides of the stone steps, making a rustling sound, as if they are whispering something.

Yunxiu climbed the stairs and walked to the door of the main hall. She saw that the ancestral temple was filled with curling incense and a solemn atmosphere.

Entering the main hall, I saw palace attendants holding long-stemmed incense burners, devoutly burning incense. A gentle breeze blew by, gently stirring wisps of smoke from the incense burners.

Facing the temple door, there were about ten portraits hanging on the wall, and below them was a wooden altar. On the altar table were jade scepters, wine vessels, bronze tripods and other utensils used for sacrifices.

In the swirling smoke, Yun Se stood alone in front of the altar, looking up.

Yunxiu then raised her head and gazed at the murals on the ceiling. Each of them depicted the scenes of the Yun Kingdom’s ancestors fighting bravely and governing the country and ensuring its people’s safety.

Yun Se held up a bottle of wine in both hands, raised it high, and poured it forward, offering a cup to his ancestors.

Yunxiu watched Yunse's movements quietly, stopped where she was, and said nothing.

Yun Se put down the wine jar, turned to face the entrance of the hall, looked at Yun Xiu and said, "Xiu'er, you are about to get married. Do you know why I brought you to the ancestral temple?" She had asked Aunt Fang to write Yun Xiu's legal husband into the Yun family genealogy.

"I don't know."

Yun Se spoke slowly, "The Yun Kingdom was formerly known as Xiling. Our Yun ancestor was the youngest daughter of Emperor Huangdi of the Xuanyuan clan and Leizu of the Xiling clan. Emperor Huangdi of the Xuanyuan clan granted our ancestor the land of Xiling, and we returned to Xiling with some of our Xuanyuan clan members. Our Xuanyuan clan grew stronger thanks to their expertise in sericulture and farming. Our ancestor was a skilled warrior and civil servant, serving as the clan's high priestess and a general leading troops on campaigns. We fought intertribal wars and ultimately unified Xiling, establishing the Yun Kingdom and achieving unparalleled feats."

Yunxiu was a little surprised. This person might be from the same industry, and he traveled back to the Yellow Emperor period. He shed blood throughout his life, expanded the territory, and it was magnificent and fascinating.

It’s a pity that we didn’t get the chance to meet.

Lingyun City's ancestral temple held over a dozen portraits of ancestors, and the Imperial Ancestral Temple held even more. Since the founding of the Yun Kingdom, the tablets of all the monarchs of successive dynasties were in the Beishan Imperial Ancestral Temple, including, of course, the founding empress. In the future, if she had the chance to visit the Beishan Imperial Ancestral Temple, she would go and pay her respects to the heroic figure of the founding empress.

"My Yun Nation has been passed down for a thousand years. During this period, we have been frequently invaded by barbarians, but we have still managed to survive. Do you know why?"

Yun Xiu shook her head, and Yun Se smiled and said, "Because of the power of God. Because our ancestor was a high priest, she has the ability to communicate with heaven and earth. The people believe in God, and my Yun family is their God.

As long as this faith exists, the eternal foundation of our Yun Nation will be everlasting."

Yunxiu pursed her lips and said nothing.

"The Bathing God Festival is coming soon, Xiu'er, you come and arrange the sacrifice for me. The most important affairs of the country are sacrifices and wars. Xiu'er, do you understand?" She was a little tired and had a severe headache recently.

"His Majesty……"

"Call me Queen Mother."

Yun Xiu did not change his words and continued, "Your Majesty, I am afraid I cannot handle such a strange and supernatural matter. Besides, it would cost the people a lot of money, so it is better not to do it."

Yun Se scolded, "Absurd! What kind of weird and supernatural thing are you talking about? Where did you hear that?"

"An ancient book I collected says, 'A man should not speak of strange things, supernatural powers, or the like.'"

"What a heresy! I should have burned all those rubbish books."

"Your Majesty, is there really a God in this world?"

"Whether there is one or not, we still have to offer sacrifices to the gods. This is the foundation of our Yun Kingdom."

Yunxiu knelt, but her eyes were surprisingly bright. "Your Majesty, can you really sense the heavens and the earth? In the twelfth year of Xuanyuan, there was a severe drought. Your Majesty offered sacrifices to the heavens and prayed for rain countless times, but to no avail. It's better to do your best than to blindly trust in God's will."

"Xiu'er! How could you say such outrageous words!"

This was just the beginning. Yunxiu continued, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask, where does the monarch's power come from?"

"Of course, it comes from the ancestor of the Yun family. She founded the eternal foundation of our Yun Nation. And you and I must protect this eternal foundation for our ancestors and for future generations."

Absolutely wrong. Yun Xiu's eyes held a hint of pity as he sighed, "Your Majesty, the Yun family's throne didn't come from our ancestors, but from the hearts of the people. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. The support of the people is the foundation of an emperor's legacy. No dynasty or nation can last forever."

The original owner is long dead.

If she had not come through, the Yun Kingdom would probably have been overthrown by the Rong tribe during the Autumn Hunt.

Yun Se and Yun Ji, mother and daughter, fought each other, and in the end, there was no winner.

Even if Yunse could survive the autumn hunt by chance, Cui Ti would still cause trouble, and Yunse would most likely die from the assassination of people around him.

The garrison troops were corrupt and decadent, with lax military discipline and low combat effectiveness; official positions were hereditary, class mobility was zero, and society was stagnant; even more corrupt officials were at work, and the country was in tatters, with internal and external troubles.

However, at the top level, the power struggle continues.

They are always at loggerheads with one another, always harming each other, always killing each other, waiting for foreign enemies to invade and wipe them out.

This country is the same whether it perishes or not.

"Xiu'er, where on earth did you learn these outrageous words?"

Yunxiu lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I am only speaking the truth."

"You mean you're unwilling to take over my burden and shoulder the weight of the Cloud Nation?"

"What is a monarch?" Yun Xiu stared directly into Yun Se's doubtful eyes and spoke in a resounding voice, "To poison the liver and brains of the whole world for the sake of one man's career; to exploit the whole world for the sake of one man's use; to separate the whole world's children for the sake of one man's happiness. Such a monarch is unworthy of being one!"

"You! You! Even you want to turn against Tiangang! Get out!"

"My minister retire."

Yunxiu was also a rebellious person, even more so than Yunji. Yunxiu was truly amazing. She actually dared to slander the foundation established by her ancestors and even cursed all the previous Yun Kingdom monarchs!

Yun Se was so angry that the veins on his temples bulged and throbbed even more violently.

She quickly left the ancestral temple and walked back to Yunji Palace.

Yun Se climbed up the ladder and took the secret decree down from the beam. She wanted to change the secret decree!