After confirming everything was correct, Jiang Chen sat down on the exclusive dragon throne of Xue Ye.
From then on, he was the king of the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Xue'er, perfect, right?" The Xue Ye Emperor's aged face smiled as he looked at Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, his ambiguous smile somewhat eerie.
"Stop talking nonsense." Her Highness the Crown Prince coquettishly rebuked, rolling her eyes at her imperial father.
If outsiders saw this scene, they would definitely be scared into goosebumps all over.
"Father, issue the decree." Qian Renxue smiled as she looked at Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen nodded, raising his aged voice: "Come."
The old eunuch walked in with small quick steps.
"What are Your Majesty's orders?"
"I wish to issue an imperial decree."
The old eunuch accepted the order and quickly walked out.
A moment later, the official responsible for writing imperial edicts was brought in.
Jiang Chen was extremely familiar with everything about Xue Ye and was very practiced in issuing decrees.
He immediately dictated the content, having the official draft an edict that would be announced to the world in three days, passing the throne to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
The old eunuch was shocked in his heart and boldly tried to offer a few words of advice, but was scolded by Jiang Chen until his face turned ashen and he trembled in fear.
The reason for three days was that an imperial decree could not be promulgated immediately after being written; it still needed to go through many institutions to operate.
"Go, instruct the Imperial Astronomical Bureau to calculate a suitable auspicious day for abdication and ascension."
The old eunuch was still terrified. He responded, bowed his body to ninety degrees, and quickly retreated.
Inside the imperial study, only Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue remained.
"Heh, the emperor's prestige is still quite strong. How about after I ascend the throne, you take over acting as Xue Qinghe?" Qian Renxue smiled as she looked at Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen repeatedly waved his hands: "When it comes to disguise, Xue'er, you are more professional. I am still more suited to being the nanny for your mother and daughter."
Qian Renxue stood up, snorted, and said: "I'm leaving. Behave yourself."
Jiang Chen's expression became serious as he said: "My heart only belongs to you and Senior Sister."
Only then did Qian Renxue leave satisfied, departing gracefully.
Jiang Chen added in his heart: "I will try my best to preserve my chastity…"
He felt a bit emotional in his heart. He never thought that in this life he would actually have the chance to be an emperor.
Although he would later become the Pope of the Spirit Hall, the empire's emperor was obviously much more comfortable than the Pope.
After the old eunuch returned, Jiang Chen impatiently ordered the return to the sleeping palace. He felt very uncomfortable wearing the clothes he had just stripped from Xue Ye.
He comfortably lay in the bath pool, enjoyed a massage from another world, and scrubbed his entire body.
The two young maids serving Jiang Chen were clever and deft, currently helping him get dressed.
The two young maids had delicate features and looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, with rosy cheeks.
"When did you enter the palace?" Jiang Chen frowned and asked.
He had not seen these two maids before; they had clearly been newly transferred over.
"Replying to Your Majesty, this servant has been in the palace studying for over a year. Today, the matron transferred us to serve Your Majesty."
Only then did Jiang Chen remember that Xue Ye had ordered the replacement of his personal maids a few days ago.
In recent years, due to his health, Xue Ye had rarely engaged with women, but there were still times when the mood struck.
Sometimes he would choose to favor a noble consort, sometimes he would directly have the palace maids by his side attend him in bed.
These palace maids were all carefully selected beauties who received training in the Internal Affairs Department to serve the emperor or consorts.
Unfortunately, perhaps because of the poisoning, Xue Ye no longer had the ability to father children.
Otherwise, over these years, several more princes and princesses could have been born.
Looking at the two young palace maids before him, Jiang Chen suddenly felt a wave of guilt. These were still two young girls.
"You may withdraw. I wish to rest." He waved his hand.
The two palace maids retreated.
After closing the door, the two of them stood outside with flushed faces, whispering to each other.
"Seeing His Majesty's reaction earlier, I thought His Majesty was going to take us." The little maid's hands were still trembling slightly.
"Serve with more care, and we will have the chance to fly up the branch and become phoenixes."
Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head, helplessly sitting cross-legged on the bed to cultivate.
He was now a patient and could not do many things. Apart from handling government affairs, rest took up most of his time.
He also had to frequently take various tonics to save his increasingly frail body.
After cultivating for a while, Jiang Chen stopped.
Having grown accustomed to cultivating at high speed with Qian Renxue and Hu Liena, suddenly returning to that slow and sluggish cultivation speed made him somewhat unaccustomed and a little annoyed.
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Time passed day by day. Three days later, the imperial decree was promulgated and announced to the world. The Xue Ye Emperor declared his abdication, and the new emperor's enthronement ceremony would be held in half a month.
At that time, the Heaven Dou Empire would welcome its new emperor, the Qinghe Emperor.
On the day the decree was issued, the physically frail Xue Ye Emperor, in full view of everyone, rolled down from the steps, unfortunately broke his neck, and passed away on the spot.
Xue Ye's body had long been weak, and his soul master cultivation had already declined to almost nothing, worse than an ordinary person. Dying from a fall did not raise any suspicions.
Hiding his life fluctuations, breaking his own neck, and pretending to be a dead person held no difficulty for Jiang Chen. After confirmation by numerous imperial physicians and healing soul masters, the Xue Ye Emperor had indeed passed away.
Thus, after being emperor for only three short days, Jiang Chen, with Qian Renxue's help, performed a golden cicada shell escape.
The one lying in the coffin had already been replaced with the real Xue Ye.
Following the late emperor's decree, the date of Qian Renxue's ascension was not changed and would proceed as scheduled in half a month.
At this moment, after Qian Renxue had visited Xue Ye's remains, she returned carrying Jiang Chen, who had turned back into a small cat.
Inside the carriage, Qian Renxue lifted the small cat from her embrace and fiercely questioned: "During these three days, were you well-behaved?"
Jiang Chen immediately raised his paw and swore: "My body only belongs to you two."
Qian Renxue snorted coldly, "If I discover that any consort or palace maid has become pregnant…"
She made a cutting gesture with her hand.
Jiang Chen transformed back to his original form, his naked appearance somewhat eye-searing.
"Xue'er, you don't know. The things they fed me these three days were too tonic. As a hot-blooded young man, I almost exploded from it."
Jiang Chen began his usual death-seeking teasing.
Qian Renxue glanced at Jiang Chen. The face that still belonged to Xue Qinghe instantly turned red.
"Scoundrel! Hurry up and turn back into a kitten."
Jiang Chen obediently turned back into the orange little cat. "Xue'er, I made great contributions this time. You and Senior Sister must compensate me well."
Qian Renxue revealed a cold smile. "Don't worry, I will definitely compensate you."
Jiang Chen's body trembled, his fur stood on end, and his cat tail stood straight up.
"We've arrived." Qian Renxue smiled wickedly, casually stuffed Jiang Chen into her embrace, and got off the carriage.
Jiang Chen felt vigilant in his heart, somewhat regretting whether he had played too big.
Qian Renxue entered the palace and arrived at her exclusive courtyard, where she saw Hu Liena playing in the water on the lotus pond with Xiao Xue Ning.
"Xue Ning, come here. Mom has something fun for you." Qian Renxue called out.
Then, she pulled out a struggling little kitten from her embrace.
"Wow, it's a kitten." Xiao Xue Ning cried out in surprise. She ran a few steps from the small boat and leaped toward the shore, which was still more than ten meters away.
"Be careful." Hu Liena shouted.
She hadn't expected the little girl to jump just like that, and from so far away—she would definitely fall into the lake.
Xiao Xue Ning flew through the air, flailing her limbs, her face excited, her eyes fixed only on the cute little kitten.
However, when she was still a few meters from the shore, she finally began to fall.
"Little fool." Qian Renxue scolded with a smile and rushed forward.
However, the little cat in her hand was even faster. It broke free from her control and instantly arrived beneath Xiao Xue Ning's body.
Jiang Chen used his small body to support his daughter and landed toward the shore.
"Kitten, so cute, hehehe…"
Xiao Xue Ning showed no fear at all from the earlier danger. She hugged Jiang Chen tightly, her hands vigorously kneading and pinching his body.
Qian Renxue watched Jiang Chen being tormented by their daughter and couldn't help covering her mouth with a light laugh.
Just as Jiang Chen wanted to struggle free from his daughter's clutches, he suddenly found that his whole body was being pinched extremely comfortably.
If Xiao Xue Ning's strength were used to pinch an ordinary kitten, it would probably have been crushed into several pieces, but when used on Jiang Chen, it was just right for a massage.
Jiang Chen was no longer in a hurry. He meowed a few times softly, comfortably lying in his daughter's arms, enjoying her filial piety in advance.
Qian Renxue's face was full of astonishment.
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