The dim light shadows swayed with the wind that seeped in from the doors and windows of early spring. Looking at the jade seal and edict in front of you, time seemed to be stagnant.

Queen He and Liu Bian could clearly feel that their breathing became rapid. Even though it had been more than an hour since they got these two things, they were staring at the two objects in front of them, as if the whole world was left with these two things.

Ye Zhao was not in a hurry and leisurely drank the fragrant tea that the palace maid changed to himself. With the development of the catering industry, the method of stir-frying tea has been tinkered with. Although it is still not as good as the tea in his previous life, it is not much worse, at least it is more than one level higher than the unsweet tea soup.

This was the spring of the ninth year of Jian'an (204 AD). In the eighth year of Jian'an, Ye Zhaodu was conquering the Western Regions and surrendering to the Yan Kingdom. In a year, he successively transferred branches, Yihe, Liuzhong, Yiwu, or four cities, and several cities east of Gaochangbi and south of Tianshan, all of which were transferred to the Han Dynasty.

Ye Zhao did not station too many troops here, but instead built these cities as four trading cities. In addition to gaining a lot of wealth from the Western Regions, he also meant to lure the front and back of the Cheshi to attack.

Although it is not as good as the Western Regions powers such as Dayuan, Wusun, and Kangju, it is a relatively large country in the front and back of the Cheshi Kingdom. Although the Cheshi Kingdom is now divided, there are more than 20 cities in total. If it can be settled, it can be set up with the branches, Yihe, Liuzhong and Yiwu, and the Han Dynasty's territory will also be expanded unprecedentedly.

Unfortunately, after Ye Zhao waited for a year, there was no movement in the front and rear of the Cheshi Division, so Ye Zhao had to give up. After all, it was not easy to fight in the Western Regions. If he forcibly ate the two Cheshi Divisions, it would cause dissatisfaction among other countries in the Western Regions, and would lose the big picture due to small losses.

In the eighth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao issued a order to seek talents to the world, not asking about his background, but only looking at his abilities.

This surprised Ye Zhao. It means that after Cao Cao's own affairs, he began to touch the nerves of the aristocratic family again. Unfortunately, the methods were too gentle and had not yet reached the bottom line of the aristocratic family.

Ye Zhao was preparing to add a fire to Cao Cao and show off the trump card he had hidden for a long time. If this trump card was not taken out and used, he would probably have no chance to use it again.

However, Yuan Shao heard that he started to be seriously ill last fall, and he didn't know how long it would last. However, Cao Cao and Liu Bei both looked at the only five remaining counties in Jizhou. They just waited for Yuan Shao to have some problems and took over the land and population. Liu Bei had even sent someone to contact Ye Zhao, hoping that the two families could join forces to fight Cao Cao together. This was also an opportunity for Liu Bian to ascend the throne. Ye Zhao believed that since Liu Bei wanted to cooperate with him, he would not only dare not object, but would also strongly support him.

Putting loyalty to the Han Dynasty aside first, Liu Bei was most afraid of the righteousness in Cao Cao's hands. Ye Zhao was not afraid, because Ye Zhao had enough strength. Even if Cao Cao wanted to fight Ye Zhao, he could not do it. However, Liu Bei was different. As long as Cao Cao had righteousness in his hands, he could bully him at any time. At this time, Ye Zhao also had great righteousness in his hands, so the name of righteousness would be useless.

There is no day, and there is no two kings. Two emperors appear in a country at the same time. Who will listen to then? Of course, who will listen to whom the order is good for you. Not only Liu Bei, Sun Ce, Liu Biao, and Lu Bu are still surviving. Yuan Shu, who was even taken away by Sun Ce in Jiujiang last year, will support Ye Zhao without reservation in this matter.

"Taiwei...what does this mean?" After a long time, Liu Bian swallowed and looked at Ye Zhao with some fear.

Ye Zhao didn't know how Liu Bian was turned into evil and was guided to what he is now, but the cowardice in his bones could not be changed. Since Cheng/he wanted to seize power and was eliminated by Ye Zhao neatly, Ye Zhao became an indelible shadow in Liu Bian's heart. Even if Ye Zhao was so happy, when Liu Bian saw Ye Zhao, he would subconsciously feel fear, and even with some pleasing words.

"This throne belongs to Your Highness." Ye Zhao said calmly.

"You mean... is the edict from Xie fake?" Liu Bian looked at Ye Zhao incredibly.

"It's true." Ye Zhao simply said Liu Hong's concerns back then, and sighed: "It was only after that, Dong Zhuo was in trouble. When I was unable to compete with him, I could only keep this edict and wait until the time was ripe to support Your Highness ascend the throne."

"Did the father... still agree?" Liu Bian laughed softly. As for Ye Zhao's second half, Liu Bian didn't even believe in punctuation marks, although there was no punctuation in this era.

Ye Zhao didn't say anything, but just looked up at He Hou, who was hot and urgent.

The slightly sarcastic gaze made He Hou’s originally passionate heart feel as if it was poured by a basin of cold water, and it made the heart feel cool. Whether it is the emperor or the king of Yong, they are actually just puppets in Ye Zhao’s hands.

"Who the late emperor wants has nothing to do with His Highness's claim to be emperor." Ye Zhao said calmly: "I just told Your Highness that I will support Your Highness to ascend the throne."

Liu Bian looked up, looked at Ye Zhao, and said in a stern voice: "Is there a choice?"

Compared to He Hou, Liu Bian is obviously much more sober.

"Of course there are." Ye Zhao smiled and said, "If Your Highness doesn't want to, the little prince can actually ascend the throne."

Perhaps Concubine Tang could not have children. When Liu Bian was in Chang'an, under the auspices of Ye Zhao, he appointed another princess, who was Huangfu Song's niece. He gave birth to a son soon after, and is now just three years old.

Liu Bian trembled when he heard this, shook his head and said, "I... I am willing, I just want the Grand Marshal to let my son go."

"Why did your highness say this?" Ye Zhao sighed, "No matter what, your highness is Zheng'er's uncle. Before the death of the late emperor, I promised to protect the bloodline of the late emperor."

"Okay, Gu promised the Grand Marshal. I wonder what Gu would do after ascending the throne?" Liu Bian nodded. At this point, he no longer wanted to fight for power and profit. Although many people have been urging him recently, Liu Bian really doesn't want to stand opposite Ye Zhao's fear of Ye Zhao now.

"If there is chaos today, your highness has no ability to manage the government. I hope that after your highness ascends the throne, you can restart the prime minister system." Ye Zhao stood up and looked at Liu Bian and smiled.

"Okay." Liu Bian ignored He Hou's eyes and nodded, "The Grand Marshal is this first prime minister."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ye Zhao bowed to Liu Bian.

The Prime Minister is the leader of all officials and has the power to command all officials. He is above the Three Dukes. Although it is just a nominal thing, Ye Zhao's strength and status have reached the extreme now. Ye Zhao does not want to be king or emperor too early, so the position of Prime Minister is just suitable for Ye Zhao today.

"Bian'er, the Prime Minister is the leader of all officials. Ye Zhao got it like a tiger, how could you allow him so hasty?" Seeing Ye Zhao leave, He Hou finally couldn't help but look at Liu Bian's complaining dissatisfiedly.

"What if my son is not allowed?" Liu Bian leaned against Hu Shui a little discouraged. A trace of sinister flashed in his godly eyes, and then he returned to decadence and said bitterly: "The queen of the mother would not think that if he supports my son ascends the throne, my son is really the emperor who holds the power of the world, right?"

"But you can't give it to him so easily!" He Hou said a little angrily.

"Forget it, I have already seen it. The Han Dynasty has reached its end. I have nothing to ask for now. I just want Ye Zhao to keep a trace of blood in the Han Dynasty as he said. If he angers him, I'm afraid I won't even have this love."

When Queen He heard this, she could only sigh quietly. Her face, which was no longer young, had a chance to fall down. She looked at Liu Bian and closed her eyes in pain.

Supporting the emperor ascended the throne is a major event, and there are many things to prepare. Ye Zhao needs to communicate with the princes, and at least he must be sure that there are two princes to help him strengthen his momentum.

However, today, besides Ye Zhao, the only remaining princes are Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Ce, Liu Biao, Lu Bu and Shi Xie who is far away in Jiaozhou.

The two Yuans are already targets that may be destroyed at any time. Ye Zhao did not count them among them. The rest, Ye Zhao targeted Sun Ce and Liu Bei. Both of them had enough ambitions. Cao Cao would definitely not be able to, and Liu Biao might not agree. After all, as an orthodox Han clan relative, Liu Biao could not allow two kings to appear. Even if he was unable to deal with Ye Zhao, he would never slap the Han Dynasty by himself.

Lu Bu's words... To be determined, Ye Zhao believes that Jia Xu will make the right choice, but Lu Bu is extremely hating of Ye Zhao. God knows whether he will be willful at this time. If he is not enough, he will still send all the edicts. According to the possibility, Ye Zhao will send different people to the princes.

In addition, Ye Zhao ordered people to build an altar outside Chang'an City. This time, Liu Bian ascended the throne, and Ye Zhao's intention to do it was more powerful.

Chang'an's official system began to operate efficiently.

The next day, the Shengong Camp sent people to calculate the location, start construction of groundbreaking, and build an altar. At the same time, Ye Zhao sent a famous envoy to various states to spread the edicts all over the world, and ordered people to send the news to Huaxiong, spreading the news all over the Western Regions. On the day of the throne ceremony, Ye Zhao not only wanted the princes to come, but also created the atmosphere of the coming of states to tribute to Liu Bian to set off the legitimacy of Liu Bian's status.

The news quickly spread across the country as Chang'an envoy ran with whip, shocking the world.

"Send someone to congratulate me!" Runan, under the attack of Sun Ce and Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, who was left with only a dozen cities, roared wildly after receiving the Bangwen. He now hated Lu Bu and Sun Ce, and hated those ministers who turned against each other. The more chaotic the world was, the happier he was.

"Ye Zhao!" When Cao Cao saw the edict, he had not had a gout for a long time and had another attack.

"Lord~" Youzhou, Yan Rou looked at Liu Bei with some concern. He was very worried that Liu Bei would act aggressively at this moment. If Ye Zhao was angered by this, then they would be finished.

"Let's just ask Wen Li to go to Chang'an." After a long time, Liu Bei closed his eyes and threw the edict aside, saying reluctantly.
Chapter completed!