Ch101 - What was he doing, standing there foolishly (1/2)
7.14 – What was he doing, standing there foolishly
translator: xiin
editors: alamerysl & BlueBug
Knowing that Xue Ling had woken up, everyone in the Duke’s Palace took turns to visit. Yan Qingjun and the Duchess stayed in his room for the longest time, and both of them had a long talk with Xue Ling, telling him that although the deep-sea merfolk and natural merfolk were different, and he could transform a pair of legs, he still should not go out and run around wildly. He was so naïve – everyone would be worried if something happened to him.
Xue Ling appeased them one after another, and began to feel that his plan of pretending to be silly and sweet might not be such a good idea.
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After seeing Yan Qingjun off, Yan Chuhuan entered his room, having just come back from work.
It was dinner time, and Yan Chuhuan did not have any intention of talking to him for a long time. He just looked at him for a good while before saying, “Sure enough, you’ve grown up.”
Xue Ling’s face showed how speechless he was. “Eldest brother…”
Yan Chuhuan’s face was full of smiles. “Enough, I know that you’ve been admonished several times today. Your elder brother won’t bother you much. Only, I wanted to let you know that His Highness the Prince wants so see you.”
Xue Ling had also guessed that this would happen. Although Lan had not mentioned it, many strong powerhouses had arrived in the capital during this period, and it was enough to make His Highness suspicious of his identity. Once he became suspicious, it would not be difficult to guess his importance to the deep-sea merfolk. “Did His Highness the Prince and Lan meet?”
“Yes.”
“All right.” Xue Ling shrugged his shoulders and said, “Since His Highness has made an appointment, I don’t have any reason to refuse. Could I trouble eldest brother to arrange it?”
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Yan Chuhuan rubbed his head and said softly, “No matter who you are, you will still be the youngest son of the Yan family. As long as you are willing to come back, father and I will protect you.”
It was rare for him to be in a world where he was not alone, so Xue Ling cherished this seemingly warm family relationship. “What is eldest brother saying? I never said I planned to leave.”
“That’s even better.” Yan Chuhuan’s gaze was gentle as he stroked his head again. “Come downstairs for dinner. Although you don’t intend to leave, there are still people who insist on wanting to take you away.”
“Then eldest brother should try and make people stay~ won’t it be fine if they all become part of our family?” Thanks to Lou Cen’s suggestion, Xue Ling didn’t mind matching Yan Chuhuan with Lan.
Yan Chuhuan just smiled and did not reply.
This world made Xue Ling feel more warm and happy than the previous worlds. Although the malignant tumour that was the research laboratory existed, after Xue Ling and the Prince had a long talk, with the help of His Highness’, the Duke’s, and Lou Cen’s forces alongside the deep-sea merfolk, they cleaned up the traditional aristocratic faction and thoroughly destroyed the institution several years earlier than in the original plot. A large number of people were also able to escape the fate of being transformed against their will. The great turbulence caused by the destruction of the research laboratory shook the entire Empire.
Many people could clearly see the new era that the Empire was about to usher in, and began to fall in line one after another out of fear that they would also be thoroughly cleaned up before it was all over.
Fortunately, the Prince was not a murderer. He had only wanted to clean up the imperial Empire that had been turned rotten and was about to collapse from within. His actions proved to be both timely and effective. The Emperor was very satisfied with the Prince’s actions, and gradually began to hand things over to the Prince for him to deal with.
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Very soon, His Highness the Prince became engaged to the young master of the Duke’s Palace.
On the evening when their ‘real’ young master was introduced to the public at the Duke’s Palace, His Highness the Prince proposed on the spot, and the gentle young master also agreed immediately. The engagement ceremony was grand and spectacular, and became a hot topic of discussion amongst the people of the Empire.
The wedding was scheduled to be held after the Prince ascended the throne, as he wanted to marry Yan Qingjun and give him the position of Empress. He seemed to be deeply in love with Yan Qingjun.
General Lou was a little desolate. Compared to the quick conclusion of His Highness the Prince’s engagement, he and Xue Ling had clearly been together for longer, but Xue Ling absolutely refused to get engaged.
Lou Cen had been promoted to Marshal because of his role in helping the Prince in clearing up the aristocratic faction. He was now in charge of a large army, and had less time to see Xue Ling, which caused the entire army to have to shiver through the chill their superior gave off. The entire group of people lived their lives tip toeing on eggshells.
As the emperor of the deep-sea merfolk, Xue Ling also could not spend his days ignorant and naïve. In order to improve the living environment of the deep-sea merfolk, he worked with Lan to encourage peace between humans and the deep-sea merfolk so that more deep-sea merfolk would put down their prejudices and come to land to live.
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They would have more choices here, which would also be conducive to the continuation of the deep-sea merfolk population.
Because of the scarcity of their clan, there had not been any new members born for many years. Xue Ling was the youngest, and the rest were infertile. Xue Ling was committed to helping them find breeders, because there was a certain probability that deep-sea merfolk and breeders coming together would be able to create new deep-sea merfolk.
This was an important matter that was inherited from the clan, so Xue Ling had constantly been urging Lan to marry his eldest brother so they could test it out.
He has been already been chased out of his home by Lan because of this topic.
Really! Even if he was their emperor, he couldn’t urge him to have babies all day long!
He and Yan Chuhuan haven’t even gotten together yet! Why did their emperor keep calling him sister-in-law?!
Two years later, on the day of the new Emperor’s accession to the throne, he married his Empress. Together, they ascended the position symbolizing the highest glory of the Empire. At the same time, a decree for marriage also fell into the Duke’s Palace.
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Marshal Lou finally renewed his previous engagement two years later. Madame Lou was finally able to let out a sigh of relief that she had not completely ruined her son’s happiness.
Another year after that, the Empress gave birth to a pair of royal twins. One was a cute breeder, and the other was a merperson egg; the whole country celebrated.
Because many deep-sea merfolk had come ashore, the entire empire was now trapped in a sweet ocean of love. The streets were full of couples, and the sour smell of romance and love permeated every corner of the empire, making Yan Zhaiyan who had just come back from the borders have no way to avoid feeling pain…
He had only left for three years, but coming back to the capital, he felt that the whole place had changed greatly, and it was simply a place that did not allow a single person to continue living.
The second month after Yan Zhaiyan’s return, Lou Cen and Xue Ling’s big marriage was held. They did not entertain too many people. Since it was their ‘emperor’s wedding, all the deep-sea merfolk attended, and they brought along many young breeders. The wedding banquet was filled with couples, and Yan Zhaiyan’s heart was hurt again.
The world was full of malice towards single people. Both of his younger brothers were married, and his elder brother was going to get married in a few months. As for him, he didn’t even have a partner…