Quick Transmigration: The Love Rescue Plan

Chapter 150 Dragon's Journey Across the World (Side Story 1)

Since returning to Beijing, Yang Linxin has been so busy these days that he hasn't been home at all.

At this moment, Dong Xiaoli was swinging on the swing in the yard, feeling a little bored, and thought: It seems that the envoy from the neighboring country is really difficult to deal with.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. If he weren't so difficult, the emperor wouldn't have recalled this former chief minister, who always contradicted him and annoyed him, to the capital and reinstated him to receive envoys from neighboring countries.

Speaking of Yang Linxin, he was truly a legend.

Although born into a merchant family, he passed the imperial examinations and became the youngest chief minister in the Feng Dynasty. However, at the age of thirty, he was demoted from his position as chief minister and subsequently demoted to various prefectures in the Feng Dynasty. But at the age of sixty, he was recalled to the capital and reinstated to his original post.

He rose to the position of Grand Secretary at the age of twenty, becoming the youngest Grand Secretary, and served in office for ten years.

He was demoted for thirty years, traveling to every prefecture and county in Fengchao. During these thirty years, the position of Grand Secretary remained vacant.

This was not because the emperor was fond of Yang Linxin, but because Yang Linxin had been in power for ten years, and his talent and achievements were outstanding and unparalleled in history.

Therefore, regardless of which civil official the emperor later appointed or promoted, none of them wanted to become the Grand Secretary. It could be said that initially, all the ministers thought Yang Linxin would be transferred back soon, and no one wanted to enjoy the position for even a short while. Later…

This is another reason why, besides the troublesome envoy from the neighboring country, the emperor had to summon Yang Linxin back.

However, the emperor himself was truly frustrated.

It can be said that Yang Linxin, even when he was not in court, could still anger the emperor every day.

After all, every time there was a court session, there was such a large empty seat right in front of the emperor, it was really difficult for the emperor to pretend not to see it!

There are only two heads of civil officials, standing at the very front of the civil official ranks: the prime minister and the chief minister.

That year, the prime minister was forty and the chief minister was twenty.

According to official rank, the prime minister should be first, and the chief minister second.

But the emperor is the greatest, and he would rather see the handsome young prime minister first than the weathered face of the prime minister.

So the emperor himself made a fatal mistake by breaking ancestral rules by moving the position of chief minister to before that of the prime minister.

Now that he has been demoted, the emperor goes to court every day and sees a huge vacancy in the ranks of civil officials.

Yes, the emperor is the greatest emperor, no matter how vast the land or sky may be.

So what if there's a vacancy? No problem, just find a capable civil servant and promote him.

Ha! Not a single one dared to accept. Every civil official practically denounced themselves as incompetent!

Aside from the prime minister, the other civil officials also had their own bitter experiences!

Civil officials: Who doesn't want a promotion and a raise?! But the Grand Secretary? Are you kidding me? Yang the Devil just left, who dares to take his place? Who knows when he'll be back?! Besides, even if Yang the Devil dared to stand before the Prime Minister as Grand Secretary, we wouldn't dare stand before the Prime Minister even if we had a hundred lives! Just standing before the Prime Minister would make our legs tremble!

Okay, no one dares to take the position. Since no one dares, no one dares. The emperor wants the prime minister to return to his post, and for the lower-ranking civil officials to follow suit. Whether there are vacancies at the back or not, he can't see that anyway.

Alright! The Prime Minister was not happy about it.

Prime Minister: Hmph~ You tell me to step back and I'll step back, you tell me to step forward and I'll step forward. Do you think I have no shame?!

Yes, it's unbelievable! This emperor was so incompetent and frustrated.

What could he do? He'd only demoted the Grand Secretary; he couldn't possibly demote all the key ministers in the court as well!

He's not a tyrannical ruler!

The original plan was to first demote Yang Linxin to that desolate place to suffer, admit his mistakes, and soften his stance, and then find a pretext to recall him.

Ha~ Who would have thought that guy would never admit his mistake or back down for thirty whole years? Every three to five years, he'd even send me a memorial to provoke me.

I may not be a tyrant, but I am still an emperor, I have my pride, and I get angry too!

Anyway, starting with the second imperial edict demoting him, the emperor didn't care how the history books would record him!

Thus, this demotion lasted for a full thirty years.

Fifteen years ago, the prime minister and a group of civil officials submitted a memorial to the emperor, pleading for Yang Linxin's recall. Later, however, the prime minister and the officials simply stopped paying attention to the matter.

Not only the emperor understood, but all the ministers also understood.

Firstly, Yang Linxin was determined to travel and enjoy life outside.

Secondly, even though Yang Linxin was not a government official in Beijing, he genuinely worked to improve the lives of the local people.

Thirdly, although Yang Linxin was no longer in the court and was no longer a close advisor, his network of connections never ceased. If he encountered difficulties in the provinces, court officials would help him, even petitioning the emperor. If court officials wrote to him with questions they couldn't resolve, Yang Linxin would reply to each one. It could be said that although he was no longer in the court, he was still handling its affairs.

So, aside from the first and second demotions, which were impulsive acts of anger by the emperor, the subsequent demotions were simply to places in distress, with the emperor taking the opportunity to travel, enjoy the scenery, and sample local delicacies along the way.

As Dong Xiaoli swung on the swing, she thought about her thirty years of being demoted. Suddenly, the gatekeeper ran over and said that a man claiming to be Steward Liu had arrived at the gate.

Dong Xiaoli and Yang Linxin hadn't returned to the capital for thirty years, so the young gatekeeper and servant in the mansion naturally couldn't possibly know what Steward Liu looked like. Moreover…

Dong Xiaoli was somewhat surprised; she never expected Liu Menglong to come back.

Dong Xiaoli followed the servant to the gate of the mansion. There stood a young man in his early twenties with an unfamiliar face, whom Dong Xiaoli did not recognize.

But Dong Xiaoli had looked into those eyes for over fifty years, so she naturally recognized that this was Liu Menglong's new look.

Come to think of it, Liu Menglong can't come back looking like he's forty years old.

After all, Yang Linxin is already sixty years old. He was seventeen when he became the top scholar in the imperial examination. Even if Liu Menglong, the steward, was forty years old when he appeared in front of everyone back then, he would be over eighty years old now and enjoying his retirement.

Liu Menglong looked at Dong Xiaoli and smiled slightly, saying, "Master, I'm back."

Dong Xiaoli stared blankly at Liu Menglong, wondering why he had come back this time, and with a younger face.

If Dong Xiaoli were to return with Yang Linxin in her original appearance, given the difference in their looks, they would no longer be able to call each other husband and wife.

Dong Xiaoli didn't want to change her appearance or use illusion magic to return to the capital with Yang Linxin.

Dong Xiaoli truly wanted to share a bed in life and a grave in death with Yang Linxin.

So Dong Xiaoli ultimately chose to give up everything, become an ordinary person, and live, grow old, get sick, and die with Yang Linxin, and be buried together after their deaths.