Chapter 1058 – The Young Emperor (2/2)

But these people had all forgotten a very important thing.

The young emperor only read through memorials and resided deep in the palace.

But he had needed only three years after his ascension to stabilize the chaos that followed the fall of the Tianhai government.

The policies of the Imperial Court proceeded smoothly and the government grew more transparent by the day. The severe laws were done away with while justice remained untiring. The lives of the people were gradually improving.

The current Great Zhou could truly be described as a world in peace.

How could such an emperor be a cruel and incapable sovereign, and how could he be a timid and mediocre individual?

Many important individuals, the White Emperor included, were well aware that this emperor was extraordinarily wise and skilled in governance.

Yes, how could Emperor Xian and the Tianhai Divine Empress's only son, the one entrusted with Shang Xingzhou's lifelong ideals, possibly be an ordinary person?

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Xu Yourong naturally did not believe that the young emperor was as the rumors described.

She was also curious to see what sort of person he was.

Even before the young emperor returned to the capital to take the throne, she had already heard his name many times.

In those conversations, the young emperor was called 'Senior' or 'Senior Yuren'.

In the Garden of Zhou's snowy temple and mausoleum, Chen Changsheng had mentioned his senior brother many times.

At the time, Chen Changsheng still did not know she was Xu Yourong, so he naturally hid nothing from her.

In those conversations she heard absolute intimacy and trust.

Even though it had been many years since he had left Xining Village and three years since he had left the capital, Chen Changsheng's trust in his senior brother had remained unchanged.

Even though these martial brothers had not met once since that night in the Mausoleum of Books.

The question was, could people really not change?

Xu Yourong did not think so, especially since she was well aware of the power of that chair.

It was precisely the chair that Yuren was sitting on now.

For this chair, even a person like Emperor Taizong would become cruel and heartless, killing his brothers and tyrannizing his father.

The Divine Empress was the same.

The young emperor was a descendant of the Chen clan, the Divine Empress's own son. How could he be a person who believed in emotions?

Xu Yourong was somewhat uneasy.

Many of the things she wanted to do were founded on Chen Changsheng's trust toward Yuren.

So she wanted to personally see what sort of person the young emperor was.

Eunuchs and maids escorted her to the door of the hall, then bowed and retreated.

Xu Yourong noticed that these eunuchs and maids gazed at the light within the hall with respect and adoration.

Ever since she was little, she would often enter the Imperial Palace, and there was still a palace here that belonged to her. She was extremely familiar with this place, but extremely unfamiliar with such gazes.

Such gazes did not belong to a place as deep and dark as the Imperial Palace.

The light from deep within the hall came from a Night Pearl embedded into a cinnabar pillar.

The ancient floorboards had been wiped so clean that one could see their own reflection in them.

The young emperor sat behind a desk, reading a memorial.

He was dressed in bright yellow, with one of the sleeves hanging empty.

His hair was immaculately combed, not intentionally draped so as to conceal the blind eye.

Xu Yourong walked up to the desk.

The young emperor raised his head.

He had a very warm expression and calm eyes, but he gave off an aura of clear persistence.

Xu Yourong found him rather familiar, and then she felt an inexplicable sense of intimacy.

Because he was the Empress's son? Or was it because his eyes and expression seemed to have been carved from the same mold as Chen Changsheng?

Xu Yourong had a deep understanding of the Tianhai Divine Empress, and a deep understanding of Chen Changsheng.

Without even speaking, she knew what the Divine Empress and Chen Changsheng would be thinking.

At this moment, she also knew what the young emperor was thinking.

Xu Yourong asked, ”Why does Your Majesty not like me?”