Chapter 1040: The teacher returns to the court!

Yijing, Ximen

Under the grand welcome ceremony, amid the cheers and shouts of the people, tens of thousands of Fengwu soldiers, with infinite glory, walked proudly into the newest capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty - Yijing!
As the leader and ruler of the Fengwu Army, Ye Mingsheng naturally walked in the front, enjoying the overwhelming cheers of the people. However, behind Ye Mingsheng at this time, a luxurious carriage pulled by six horses appeared...

At this time, the cheers and shouts outside the carriage stimulated the people in the carriage to open the curtains and carefully observe the completely unfamiliar city in front of them!
Feeling the people in the city worshipping Ye Mingsheng, Jiang Cong felt a little complicated, although he knew very well that he was just Ye Mingsheng's puppet!
But after all, the world is still ruled by the Great Zhou Dynasty in name only, and he is the rightful emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. So when his imperial carriage appears here, he should be the focus and the protagonist. But now all the attention is on Ye Mingsheng, as if he, the emperor, is not important at all!

Thinking of this, the young Jiang Cong couldn't help but purse his lips, feeling a little uncomfortable!

Although there were some people in the Luoan court who openly or secretly disagreed with Ye Mingsheng's plan to move the capital, under Ye Mingsheng's threat of force, the opposing voices finally chose to surrender!
Whether you like it or not, everyone has to obey Ye Mingsheng’s will and carry out the plan set by Ye Mingsheng for you·······················

According to Ye Mingsheng's plan, the Jiang royal family will also move the capital to Yijing. The initial plan even called for a month to pack up and then follow the army as the first batch to Yijing!
However, under the pleading of the royal family, Ye Mingsheng did not want to go too far, so he gave them face and extended the time to one year for the arrival in three batches.

However, as the emperor, Jiang Cong was among the first group to follow Ye Mingsheng to Yijing. Before leaving, Jiang Cong had a private meeting with his grandfather, Jiang Hailin, the King of Zhao of the Great Zhou!

Jiang Hailin first told his young grandson that the Fengwu Army had already established a strong momentum and Ye Mingsheng would become emperor in two years at the shortest and five years at the longest!

Therefore, Jiang Cong’s first priority is to save his own life, to ensure that he will not anger Ye Mingsheng and will not die suddenly one day!

For this reason, Jiang Hailin not only asked his grandson Jiang Cong to pretend to be deaf and dumb in Yijing, but also gave Jiang Cong a trick, which was to ask Jiang Cong to become Ye Mingsheng's apprentice and respect Ye Mingsheng as the Grand Master. In this way, with the relationship of master and apprentice, Jiang Cong's safety would be more or less guaranteed!
In addition to wanting to ensure Jiang Cong's safety, Jiang Hailin had other thoughts in mind when he took this action!

Although I know in my heart that people like Ye Mingsheng are very practical and will not give up the world just for the title of master and disciple...
However, although Jiang Hailin, the King of Zhao of the Great Zhou, has already recognized the reality rationally and feels that the Great Zhou's empire of three hundred years may really be destroyed here, he still has some fantasies of preserving the Great Zhou in his heart!

Jiang Hailin even felt that even if he continued to live as a puppet like now, it would be better than dying directly. After all, if he continued to live, at least he would still have a hope and be able to trust the wisdom of future generations.

Therefore, Jiang Hailin still hopes that after establishing the master-disciple relationship, Ye Mingsheng will be able to exercise some restraint and not seize his student's kingdom. After all, it would be bad if a teacher seized his student's kingdom!
Although he had such an idea, Jiang Hailin himself knew that the possibility was not high. However, this was the only thing he, the King of Zhao of the Great Zhou, could do for the Great Zhou now!

After doing this, Jiang Hailin will feel better and his guilt will be alleviated. A hundred years later, when he meets his ancestors in the underworld, he will have reasons and excuses to defend himself and tell his ancestors that he did do his best for the Great Zhou!
Jiang Cong did as his grandfather asked, but unfortunately Jiang Hailin thought Ye Mingsheng would like the respect from the Grand Tutor, but in reality Ye Mingsheng didn't care at all!
Moreover, in Ye Mingsheng’s eyes, the little thoughts of Jiang Cong and Jiang Hailin, the grandparents and grandchildren, were completely exposed·····························
Although he was a little disappointed at the thought of not completing the task assigned by his grandfather, no matter how smart Jiang Cong was, he was just a child now!
Looking through the carriage window at the huge crowds of people outside, the bustling scene was very novel and unexpected!

In Jiang Cong's past life, he had never left Luoan. In fact, because of the Shangguan family's surveillance and control of the royal family, Jiang Cong had hardly left his grandfather's palace in his entire life. He basically spent his childhood in Prince Zhao's palace!
This time, following Ye Mingsheng to Luoan was Jiang Cong's first time traveling far away, and the first time he left Luoan to go to a distant and unfamiliar place.

Although he often heard his family talk about what the outside world was like, Jiang Cong still lacked some knowledge about the outside world. All his understanding of the outside world came from his family's stories!
In the proud words of the family, Luoan is the capital of the Great Zhou, the largest and most prosperous city in the world. There is no better city in the world than Luoan!

Although Yijing is also one of the largest cities in the north, in the eyes of many Luoan people, it is still just a cold and bitter countryside and cannot be compared with Luoan at all!
Therefore, when they learned that Ye Mingsheng asked all royal family members to leave Luoan, all the royal family members were gloomy, but under the cold blade of the Fengwu Army they had no choice but to surrender...
With this understanding, Jiang Cong had no preconceived favorable impression on the city of Yijing, thinking that it was just a bitter and cold place!

Late at night, at such a young age, he dropped a lot of pearls because he had to stay away from his family, leave the prosperous city of Luoan, and come to Yijing!

However, Jiang Cong also kept his family's teachings in mind. In order to avoid dying suddenly in the middle of the night, he always behaved very well in front of Ye Mingsheng, just like the kittens and puppies raised by Ye Mingsheng, and never dared to disobey Ye Mingsheng's will and orders!

However, when he really arrived in the city of Yijing at this moment and saw the lively celebrations around him, Jiang Cong realized that Yijing might not be as bad as he thought!
While Jiang Cong was looking at the people of Yijing in the distance with some curiosity, Ye Mingsheng began his public speech. Jiang Cong didn't quite understand Ye Mingsheng's speech.

I only know that Ye Mingsheng promised that the Great Zhou world will gradually become stable, there will be no more wars and chaos in the entire Chinese land, and the people can live and work in peace!
And he, Ye Mingsheng, will further promote reform, let the fruits of reform benefit people's livelihood, and let the people live a better life!

Although Jiang Cong, at a young age, did not understand what Ye Mingsheng meant by the reform, he could feel that when Ye Mingsheng made the promise, the atmosphere of the entire ceremony suddenly reached a climax, and the excited people even began to shout "Long live Ye Mingsheng"...

At the beginning, only a few people shouted "Long live!", but as more and more people joined in, the sound of "Long live!" gradually became deafening!
Seeing such a fanatical scene, to be honest, although Jiang Cong is very young, he still feels a little uncomfortable in his heart, as if his beloved toy was snatched away by his friends!
But thinking of what his family and Ye Mingsheng said, Jiang Cong felt a little relieved. Although the throne belonged to the Jiang family, it didn't belong to him. It was Ye Mingsheng who helped him get to this position. If it was handed over to Ye Mingsheng now, it didn't seem unacceptable!

Moreover, although this emperor was respected on the surface, he was actually a puppet of Ye Mingsheng. He was not allowed to find other children to play with like he did before!
And most importantly, Ye Mingsheng had promised me that as long as I cooperated with him and didn't cause him any trouble, he wouldn't make things difficult for me. When the day came when I abdicated and gave the throne to him, he would give me my freedom and make me rich and prosperous for the rest of my life!
Thinking of this, Jiang Cong actually had some naive hope that Ye Mingsheng could be crowned with the yellow robe amidst the shouts of "Long live the emperor"!

For the young Jiang Cong, although he knew that Ye Mingsheng was a villain who wanted to seize his family’s fortune, for some reason he did not hate Ye Mingsheng but rather liked him a little bit...

This might be related to the fact that Ye Mingsheng did not bully him as he expected, but instead gave him delicious cakes and fun toys!
However, Ye Mingsheng did not do as Jiang Cong expected and directly put on the yellow robe in the expectant gaze of everyone. Instead, he smiled and expressed to everyone that he would undoubtedly become the emperor. He would continue to be a pillar of the Great Zhou Dynasty and contribute his insignificant strength to the Great Zhou Dynasty!

Hearing Ye Mingsheng say this, and thinking of how Ye Mingsheng had openly expressed in front of him his ambition to become emperor and establish a new dynasty, Jiang Cong couldn't help but curl his lips and the word hypocrisy emerged in his small head!

In a peaceful and celebratory atmosphere, the ceremony was declared over. At this time, Ye Mingsheng came to Jiang Cong and asked:

"Your Majesty, the palace I prepared for you in a hurry has not been repaired yet, so you have two choices now. The first choice is that I will arrange a new house for you, and the second choice is that Your Majesty, you can live in my house!"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng say this, Jiang Cong was a little unsure of what Ye Mingsheng was thinking. After hesitating for a while, he cautiously asked:

"Marshal Ye, where do you want me to live?"

Ye Mingsheng smiled and said without hesitation:
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Jiang Cong hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and thought about Ye Mingsheng and said:
"If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to live in your house, Marshal Ye!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded and said:
"It doesn't matter. I'll have someone clean up the guest rooms in the mansion when the time comes!"

After making this pleasant decision, Ye Mingsheng ordered the generals of each department to take the troops back to their respective barracks. The soldiers began to go home in batches for vacation and visit their families according to the plan. After doing all this, Ye Mingsheng led a group of people towards the Ye Mansion.

At this time, in front of the gate of the Ye Mansion, An Miaoyi was also waiting for Ye Mingsheng's return with everyone in the Ye Mansion. When they saw Ye Mingsheng, the maids and servants shouted in unison:
"Congratulations, Marshal, on your triumphant return!"

After these people finished speaking, An Miaoyi took Jingren's hand and came to Ye Mingsheng and said with a smile:

"Husband, you've worked hard!"

Although An Miaoyi appeared to be very calm and composed on the surface, Ye Mingsheng, the man beside her, could clearly feel the anxiety in An Miaoyi's eyes!
Ye Mingsheng knew what An Miaoyi was worried about. Although he was not in Yijing during this period, his spies were constantly informing Ye Mingsheng of what was happening in Yijing!

Ye Mingsheng was also considering how to deal with this matter and eliminate the impact and turmoil it caused as much as possible!
Under the gazes of everyone, Ye Mingsheng just nodded slightly at An Miaoyi, then smiled and picked up Jingren who was already as tall as his waist, and walked into the gate of Ye Mansion...

Everyone who saw this scene had different expressions. No one had expected that Ye Mingsheng would be so cold to An Miaoyi in such public. It seemed that he was unwilling to even say a word to An Miaoyi!
Although this is just a small detail, if you think about it carefully, it seems to represent a signal. Is An Miaoyi really going to fall out of favor?
Just when everyone was daydreaming and even beginning to gloat over something else, the protagonist, An Miaoyi, walked into the mansion with a normal expression!

Although she looked normal on the surface, as if nothing had happened, An Miaoyi's heart was actually not as calm as she appeared to be!
At this moment, An Miaoyi's heart was in turmoil, filled with grievance and unwillingness. It was obviously not her who did it, and everything was a conspiracy of the Murong family. However, she had to bear the consequences of all this!
In fact, An Miaoyi had some psychological preparation for such a result, and had done some psychological preparation, but she thought Ye Mingsheng would teach her a lesson in private like he did before.

She never expected that Ye Mingsheng would not give her any face in public. Feeling everyone's gazes on her, a feeling of bitterness surged in An Miaoyi's heart!

But the competitive spirit in her bones still made An Miaoyi hold back from losing her composure. She knew that even if she showed her sad and vulnerable side at this moment, no one else would pity her!
Instead, they will gloat over their misfortunes and step on themselves a hundred times, trying to replace themselves and make it impossible for them to stand up again································
(End of this chapter)