Actually, the Xie family is also on the eldest prince's side.

However, while the lineup of the aristocratic families in the capital was almost reshuffled and the Xie family remained unmoved and standing firm amid the bloody storm.

It was at this time that many people realized that the newly enthroned emperor did not harbor any resentment towards the Xie family for breaking off the engagement.

As for the fact that when he was still the crown prince, he wanted to make the deceased eldest daughter of the Xie family the crown princess, but was rejected by the Xie family, it was understandable.

After all, his beloved daughter was already married and enjoying a life of luxury, but she was abducted by him to the north and lost her life while escaping.

Another month passed.

News came from the capital again.

The new emperor had been on the throne for more than three months, and court officials reported that it was time to start selecting concubines to fill the harem.

As expected, after the failure, all the officials knelt in the Golden Palace and requested that even if the new emperor did not want to take concubines, at least he should appoint a queen first.

After all, it doesn't make sense for an emperor to be single.

Don’t mention the girl from the Xie family, she’s just my fiancée.

She couldn't possibly die before getting married and expect their emperor to remain faithful to her and be a widower for the rest of her life, right?
After repeated prayers from the court officials.

Lu Ziyan finally gave in.

He is willing to establish a queen.

There was even a bit of impatience as if he had been prepared in advance, and on the same day an imperial decree to establish a queen was issued from the Qinzheng Hall.

The eldest daughter of Marquis Xuanping was enthroned as queen.

As everyone knows, the surname of Xuanping Houfu is Xie.

The eldest daughter of the Xie family...

At this moment, the cenotaph is still buried in the Xie family’s ancestral tomb.

When he was still the crown prince, he was determined to make the deceased eldest daughter of the Xie family the crown princess.

But the Xie family disagreed at that time.

After many twists and turns, the next candidate returned to the Xie family.

It was still that dead man. How could the officials just stand there and watch? Some of the fierce civil officials even threatened to die in protest.

The old emperor who cared a lot about leaving his name in history might be very susceptible to this, but Lu Ziyan, who was now sitting on the dragon throne, had killed so many people that he couldn't even count them, and had done countless things that were highly unacceptable to the world. How could he be threatened like this?

He no longer wanted a reputation in history books.

Those ministers who tried to control the emperor and threatened to die in remonstrance would be killed.

By the third day, the undried blood on the Golden Palace was enough to scare people.

Finally, no official stood up to oppose.

The imperial edict arrived smoothly at the Marquis Xuanping's mansion.

This time, the Xie family did not flatly refuse like they did last year when Lu Ziyan was still the crown prince.

Perhaps it was because of the examples of those officials who died for their remonstrances, or perhaps for some unknown consideration, the Xie family respectfully accepted the order.

Thus, the new emperor married his former fiancée, the girl from the Xie family, with whom he grew up as a childhood sweetheart, as he wished.

A married woman who has long since died.

I heard that the ceremony of enthroning the queen was very grand, and the emperor performed all the wedding ceremonies alone, holding the tablet.

In this life, she finally became his legitimate wife.

The emperor's absurd behavior and strong love shocked the world.

Even in such a remote town in the south of the Yangtze River, the rumors were spreading more and more fiercely.

Everyone was amazed that the royal family, which is supposed to be the most romantic and passionate, could actually give birth to such an infatuated person.

When Xie Wan Ning received the news, more than half a month had passed since the Queen's coronation ceremony.

She didn't speak for a long time, looking dazed.

For a moment, she began to doubt herself and wondered if leaving like this was too hasty.

If she stayed, and she persuaded him with emotion and reason, would he revoke his decision and no longer have the intention to kill Pei Yuqing?
She just left like that, in such a tragic way that left no room for mercy.

...Can that paranoid lunatic really let go of the past and be a good emperor as she wishes? (End of this chapter)