Chapter 520 Everything Was Arranged

Chapter 520 Everything Was Prearranged

As soon as Baby Ruo Xi spoke these words, everyone was stunned.

It finally dawned on everyone.

No one had really thought about it before.

Now, if General Lü and Yi Rou were to develop feelings, then Yi Rou would become General Lü’s wife, Lv Yuanyuan’s stepmother, and then… the mother-in-law of the Emperor of Great Wei.

"Uncle, this won’t do!" Baby Ruo Xi shook her head.

"Of course not! My father would never marry Princess Yirou. How could a general of Great Wei possibly marry a princess of East Ming? The generational hierarchy is all wrong!" Lv Yuanyuan shut it down on her father’s behalf.

"But General Lü hasn’t even voiced his stance yet. Virtuous Consort, are you really going to stand in the way of your father’s marriage?" The Emperor of Dongming leered at Lv Yuanyuan. "She’s my princess!"

"You’re insane, Emperor!"

These words came from Yi Rou herself. She glared at the emperor and sent him flying with one kick.

"Your Majesty!" The court officials gasped and scrambled out of the way.

The royal family was acting downright bizarre now, and the court officials weren’t sure whether they should intervene or simply stand by and gloat.

After all, East Ming was hanging by a thread.

And this emperor was just as rotten.

For years, his alchemy obsession had bled the nation dry. Rumors said East Ming would fall within three years—and no one doubted it.

Keep mining like this, and the mountains would crumble—no one would make it out alive.

But Great Wei? Mostly flatlands. Even past earthquakes hadn’t shaken Great Wei. No wonder they were jealous.

Some figured if disaster struck East Ming, they’d all be doomed.

"Guards! Seize them all! Capture that bastard too! Take them all down!" The emperor sprawled on the ground, shrieking.

"..." The guards did not move.

"Are you all deaf? I, your emperor, am speaking to you! Princess Royal Yi Rou is a murderous criminal—no mercy for her! I order her executed here and now!" the emperor roared coldly.

"What did you say?" Yi Rou’s glare could’ve frozen the emperor solid. "Execute me in court?"

"The prime minister enabled her, seizing power and scheming treason! He shall be executed alongside her!" the emperor continued to shout.

He was seeing red by now.

Xiao Yin had waltzed in like he owned the place, striding in so boldly.

A brat was puppeteering Yi Rou and the court? Unthinkable!

Today? She’d disrespected him—then kicked him across the room! Enough was enough!

So, the emperor kept shouting, "Attack! Kill them all! Every last one of them!"

The guards sprang into action.

However, Xiao Yin and Lv Yuanyuan remained completely unfazed, especially the baby in Xiao Yin's arms, who was cool as a cucumber.

She raised her arm, and Xiao Zier zipped out.

"Take down the old emperor!" Ruo Xi Baby shouted.

Xiao Zier immediately lunged forward, delivering a vicious chomp to the old emperor's neck.

"Ahhh! What is this?" The old emperor swung wildly, trying to swat it away.

"A sable! A poisonous sable!"

"Your Majesty, stop moving! If bitten by a sable, not even a god could save you!"

"Your Majesty, surrender!"

The court officials knelt in unison, addressing the Emperor of Great Wei. "Your Majesty, we merely wish to ask—do you still mean what you said?"

"Of course I do!" Xiao Yin replied.

Ruo Xi Baby stared at her uncle in awe, only to hear Lv Yuanyuan beside her say, "Xier, you don’t know this, but these past few days, the emperor and I have already negotiated with these ministers. We only seek to take East Ming. We’ve promised no taxes for three years, help building up the country, and ensure their families remain unharmed!"

Ruo Xi Baby nodded, gazing at her uncle. He was truly brilliant.

Crush them by winning them over!

To win people over, one must first win their loyalty.

Most of these ministers sought not only to save themselves but also to protect their families.

In times of war, no one could predict the fate of their loved ones.

Even without war, the prophecy of East Ming’s inevitable collapse within three years had left them shaking in their boots.

Thus, these ministers had been ready to rebel—only, before, Xiao Yin had not yet appeared to lead them.

"So, you weren’t captured? And Yi Rou Auntie didn’t imprison you?" Ruo Xi Baby asked.

"Correct!" Xiao Yin glanced at Yi Rou. "We’ve been tight for over ten years."

"Yes, we’ve always been friends. It’s just that I’m notorious," Yi Rou said with a smile.

Ruo Xi Baby looked at her and suddenly felt the woman wasn’t that bad after all.

"But I had eyes on you! You took this child and nearly killed her!" The emperor sat up, glaring at Yi Rou.

"Of course I knew you had eyes on me," Yi Rou replied.

"If we hadn’t faked it, would you have bought it? You’ve long wanted to destroy the prime minister and Yi Rou Auntie. You even killed the empress—we’ve already visited the imperial tomb and proved it was your poison!" Ruo Xi Baby declared.

"So, these past three days, you and this child have been busy?" the emperor snapped.

"Indeed. By day, your spies watched us. By night, we went to the imperial tomb, dug up the body, and proved it was your poison!" Yi Rou said.

"What about the Imperial Tutor?" the emperor barked.

The Imperial Tutor was his own choice—a chaos beast. That such a creature could turn good was unthinkable.

"Do you know why creatures like that are buried under mountains?" Xiao Yin asked. "You see?"

"Because they want to repent!" Little Ruo Xi answered for the emperor. This old emperor was kind of dumb, and Baby Ruo Xi thought he really wasn’t fit to be an emperor. "If Hundun dares to act recklessly again, he’s toast!"

Not to mention others, even Little Ruo Xi herself would go and tear him apart.

"So, Hundun left because he knew you were coming?" the emperor asked.

"He didn’t leave—he went to the Southern Mingyue Kingdom to rescue my real father!" Little Ruo Xi grinned and said.

"Yes, Hundun went to the Southern Mingyue Kingdom to help Great Wei’s state preceptor, Ci Xin," Yi Rou said.

"Didn’t he use many people’s faces for you? And those were all skinned alive!" the Emperor of Dongming snapped in a frenzy.

"Haven’t you noticed who those skinned faces belonged to? Weren’t they all the ones you sent to serve me day and night, cooking for me? Those people slipped me more than enough poison!"