The peasant girl has a private space, and her husband is handsome.

That evening, Emperor Qi Jing personally inspected the jewelry and utensils that were about to be sent to Nanyue.

He picked up one of the purple glass bottles and smashed it on the ground.

Firstly, because he was unhappy, and secondly, because he felt the item wasn't good enough and it would be too embarrassing to give it to Nan Yue.

Having seen the flawless glass cup in the hands of Marquis Guiping, he felt that this purple one was too cheap. He wanted to send a better treasure to Nanyue, so as to show the wealth and grandeur of the Great Qi.

The eunuch was heartbroken. This glass vase was extremely expensive, costing over a thousand taels of silver. Rather than smashing it, he would rather give it to this servant.

Eunuch Fu could tell that His Majesty had deliberately smashed the glass vase.

He must have seen the transparent cup belonging to Marquis Guiping, and therefore thought that this inferior glass vase was worthless, which is why he smashed it.

Eunuch Fu quickly called in a palace maid to clean up.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Qi Jing slipped and fell to the ground, where a shard of glass bottle on the ground severed his carotid artery.

Bright red blood gushed out, which terrified Eunuch Fu, who immediately sent someone to summon the imperial physician.

But when the imperial physician arrived, he found that it was too late to save her.

The imperial physician forced a sorrowful expression and said, "His Majesty has passed away."

After Emperor Qi Jing died, it was discovered that people really do have souls, and his soul was floating in mid-air.

He lamented that he was the first emperor to die in a glass bottle, a situation both pathetic and laughable, as all previous emperors had died of old age or illness.

He also saw that the Queen was so distraught by his death that she miscarried.

His only bloodline was gone just like that.

The emperor regretted smashing the vase; it was not worth losing his and his child's lives for a vase.

The entire palace was in complete chaos.

The Empress Dowager was extremely heartbroken and cried uncontrollably. Losing both her son and grandson in one day was something no one could bear.

She questioned Eunuch Fu: "What happened? Why did the Emperor smash the glass vase?"

Eunuch Fu knelt below and explained, "His Majesty cares deeply for Nanyue and personally selected gifts for them. He accidentally broke the glass bottle and then slipped on it."

"It's all my fault for failing to do my job properly and not being able to stop this tragedy in time. I am willing to be buried with Your Majesty."

In the Great Qi Dynasty, when the emperor died, the eunuchs who had been by his side for a long time were required to be buried alive with him. Since he couldn't escape it anyway, he might as well take the initiative and get a quick death.

After hearing what Eunuch Fu said, the Empress Dowager felt both sorry for the Emperor and resentful of his lack of ambition.

He had spoken to the emperor's son many times, telling him not to be subservient to Nan Yue, but the emperor said he was playing a grand game, and in the end, he lost everything in the game.

The Great Qi doesn't owe the Southern Yue anything, yet the emperor has to personally select a gift for them!

If he weren't her biological son, she'd really say he deserved it!

Late at night, because the emperor had passed away, all the close ministers and members of the imperial family entered the palace, knelt before the dragon bed, and wept bitterly.

The room was too small for everyone to kneel in, so only members of the imperial family and close officials knelt inside, while palace maids, eunuchs, and imperial guards knelt in the courtyard.

When Emperor Qi Jing's spirit saw the room filled with kneeling ministers, he felt that he still held considerable weight in their hearts. However, before his body had even cooled down, Prime Minister Feng brought up the issue of choosing the future emperor.

Prime Minister Feng looked grief-stricken. "Your Majesty, I know that His Majesty's passing has caused great sorrow to everyone. However, we must prioritize the greater good. A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. The most important thing right now is to select a future emperor and have him ascend the throne as soon as possible to reassure the people."

The Empress Dowager glanced at the members of the imperial clan kneeling in the hall and felt that none of them were any decent. Some were physically weak and looked like they could be blown away by a gust of wind, while others spent their days chasing dogs and fighting cocks and had no talent whatsoever in governing the country.

After thinking for a long time, the Empress Dowager finally suggested a candidate, "Gong Yu is quite good. He is skilled in both literature and martial arts, and he was once the top scholar in the imperial examination."

Emperor Qi Jing, who was floating in mid-air, was almost brought back to life by anger.

Letting your cousin inherit the throne? Wouldn't that be the same as handing the throne over to Miss Su? Your cousin would listen to everything Miss Su says, and he would become a puppet emperor. The one who would truly be in charge and issue orders would definitely be Miss Su.

The Empress Dowager's proposed candidate was met with fierce opposition from Prime Minister Feng's faction.

Prime Minister Feng felt that the Empress Dowager was biased towards her own family; indeed, women's thinking was too narrow-minded.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, successors have always been chosen from the imperial family. Although the Crown Prince Gong is outstanding, he does not have royal blood and is not eligible to succeed to the throne."

Vice Minister Luo quickly echoed, "I agree with what Prime Minister Feng said; only those of royal blood can succeed to the throne."

He doesn't care who becomes emperor, but he just doesn't want to see that girl's fiancé become emperor!

But Lord Xue stepped forward and said, "There isn't a single decent candidate among the imperial clan. Why don't all the ministers vote together and see whether more people will choose the heir apparent or a member of the imperial clan?"

Su Qianqian had previously accumulated a large network of connections in the capital and had done favors for many officials.

Moreover, everyone has witnessed Miss Su's achievements in guarding Qinghe County. Without Miss Su, the Great Qi would have been destroyed by the King of Huainan long ago.

Only Miss Su can protect the kingdom of Daqi.

Therefore, Gong Yu actually received the most votes in this poll.

Emperor Qi Jing, who was floating in mid-air, was furious, but there was nothing he could do. He wanted to smash the vase in the room, but his soul passed directly through the vase.

He couldn't touch anything, and no matter how much he shouted, no one could hear him; he was just a helpless soul.

Making his cousin emperor is tantamount to making Su Qianqian emperor, a fact he cannot accept.

After the sun rose and sunlight shone into the room, Emperor Qi Jing's soul dissipated.

After returning to his fifth son's courtyard, Vice Minister Luo sighed repeatedly, lamenting that it was not in accordance with the rules.

Luo Mingfang asked curiously, "Grandfather, what is against the rules?"

"The emperor elected by the ministers is actually the Crown Prince Gong, who has no royal blood whatsoever. How can he possibly succeed to the throne?"

Luo Mingfang was petrified.

If the Crown Prince becomes emperor, wouldn't Su Qianqian become empress?

Why should she get all the opportunities? Su Qianqian should have had them all, but it's all that old hag's fault for switching the baby.

Luo Mingfang was so angry that she didn't eat for three days.

A month later, Gong Yu ascended the throne.

Within a month, the King of Huainan was captured, all the cities occupied by the rebels were recovered, and even the five cities that had been occupied by Nanyue a hundred years ago were taken back.

Furthermore, the five cities originally occupied by Western Xia were returned to Daqi, voluntarily returned by the Western Xia Empress.

Such remarkable achievements have even convinced the few ministers who were previously unconvinced.

Only Prime Minister Feng and Vice Minister Luo remained unconvinced.

On the second day after Gong Yu ascended the throne, he dismissed Prime Minister Feng and Vice Minister Luo from their posts.

He could not tolerate ministers who constantly targeted his family in the imperial court.

He already had evidence of their embezzlement, so their dismissal was a logical step.

From now on, he will not let anyone who dares to mess with his future wife get away with it.