Who would raise a villain as a wife?

For the next few nights, Cen Li sneaked into the palace and was sent back early in the morning. Cen Li suddenly felt that such days were too chaotic, and he still preferred He Yunjing to go to see him every day. It was less troublesome.

The day of the beauty pageant soon arrived, and the daughters and sisters of ministers were sent to the palace. Before the selection even started, there was already a dark cloud looming.

There were rumbling thunders but no rain fell from the enemy lines. Worse still, a bolt of lightning struck and directly broke a large tree, causing all the noble ladies to look panicked.

The Imperial Astronomical Bureau ran back in panic and knelt down, shouting, "Your Majesty, you cannot select a beauty! The destiny is determined by heaven, the Phoenix star has already appeared, and the most urgent task is to select the person who finds the Phoenix destiny."

He Yunjing twirled his fingers, "How do I find it?"

"Sacrifice to the heavens, and seek the man of the Phoenix's destiny."

He Yunjing nodded lightly, ordered the palace servants to send all these noble ladies back, and ordered the preparation of the ceremony to offer sacrifice to the sky.

The strange phenomenon that day and the words of the Imperial Observatory spread quickly. Cen Li also heard about it and sneaked into He Yunjing's bedroom that night.

"You created that vision?"

He Yunjing looked at him unhappily, "If it wasn't me, would it really be God's will to strike me down?"

Cen Li sat down beside the bed, "Where is the person with the Phoenix destiny? Who do you want to find?"

"Are you jealous?" He Yunjing sat down and looked at him with interest. He had noticed last time that Cen Li was jealous because he was going to participate in the talent show.

Cen Li pursed his lips and looked back. As a man, it was impossible for him to marry He Yunjing, let alone become a queen.

Both publicly and privately, he didn't want He Yunjing to use this method to make him the queen. If he became the queen, he would not be able to attend the court and could only be He Yunjing's wife.

He Yunjing understood this look, and he sighed helplessly, "Aren't you tired of running back and forth like this?"

"Are you tired?" Cen Li asked back. It's been four years. Maybe He Yunjing is really tired of it?

He Yunjing pinched his chin and turned him around, "I just want to see you in front of me every day. Don't think I don't know those people are suppressing you in secret. If I stand up for you, I will make enemies and cause some unnecessary rumors. But if you are a person with the Phoenix destiny, destined to be my wife and my queen, they will not dare to embarrass you.

If you want to continue in the court, I won't stop you. I just want to marry you and let them know that you are my wife. I don't want to be so shady and have an affair every day."

"Can....."

"I know what you want to say. People in the court always say one thing to your face and another behind your back. You want to be my eyes and don't want the bloody incident of the Cen family to happen again." He Yunjing held his face and whispered, "I have a system. I can find out everything I want to know. You can go to a better place than the Censorate."

Cen Li stopped talking. He suddenly felt very useless. What he thought was his role was actually not important at all to He Yunjing, right?

He Yunjing sighed, rubbed his face and said, "Choose between the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War. Do you want to manage money or soldiers?"

The Ministry of Revenue is the purse, and the Ministry of War is the foundation of the country, both are extremely important.

Cen Li thought for a moment and said, "The Ministry of Revenue."

"Okay! Let's put it this way, you'll be my queen and take care of the money!"

Cen Li nodded, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was bitten by He Yunjing.

After He Yunjing let go, he said, "You can plant your own spies in the court, anywhere, I trust you."

"Aren't you afraid that I will sideline you?"

He Yunjing smiled and said, "I wish I could, but there's nothing good about being an emperor. There are so many people watching me every day. I think it's better to be a puppet."

"Then you really have an open mind."

"Your obsession is not that important to me. I am here and I am the emperor only because of you. As for why I am so serious about being the emperor, it is just to do my job."

Cen Li tilted his head, "In this respect, you are quite similar to Si Jing."

"Nonsense, I am his soul. If I am not like him, how could I be like you?" He Yunjing didn't care at all and it was not shameful to say it out loud.

Cen Li was very curious about this, "What did Ah Li do to make Si Jing so emotional?"

"How should I know? Don't you know?"

Cen Li shook his head, "I only have the memory of the dream that day, I don't know anything else."

He Yunjing thought for a moment and replied, "Maybe she can act like a spoiled child."

"behave in a spoiled manner?"

"Yeah, Si Jing and I look a lot alike, and you and A-Li must look alike, too. Just look at your faces, if you feel wronged, your eyes turn red, you pull my sleeves and call me Brother Jing, I can lift my clothes and push you onto the bed right there."

I'm speechless...

Cen Li immediately lost interest, pushed him away, kicked off his shoes and climbed onto the bed. This was nothing like the abstinent Si Jing he had seen.

He Yunjing followed him onto the bed, lifted the quilt that Cen Li had just covered himself with, and poked him, "Then tell me, why did you come to like Si Jing?"

"do not know."

"Then why do you like me?" He Yunjing continued to ask, looking down at Cen Li, really wanting to know the answer.

Cen Li didn't know what to say. In fact, besides his instinctive liking for He Yunjing, he was also somewhat moved.

"Maybe it's the purse you gave me."

He Yunjing reached out and took out the purse from his arms, and stroked the roses on it with his fingers. "Are you moved by a purse? You are so gullible."

Cen Li did not say anything. The image of He Yunjing working stitch by stitch appeared in his mind. Not only did she make the purse for him, but she also carefully put his old purse inside to protect it.

Only someone who truly cares about him and is attentive and considerate can do this.

At that moment he realized that He Yunjing treated him sincerely. There were not many people in this world who were kind to him, and almost all of them were gone.

He had no one he could treat sincerely, and even if there was another person named Rong Nian, he would not dare to involve her.

Just like He Yunjing said, lovers can also become family members. At that time, he also wanted to have a home and did not want to be alone.

Seeing that Cen Li's eyes were gradually turning red, He Yunjing also lay down and gently held him in his arms to comfort him, "Don't cry, don't cry, I said something wrong, my A Li is the smartest and not easy to fool."

"Ah Jing..."

"Be good and call me husband."

"My husband is being too fake, can you be more serious?"

He Yunjing laughed and pecked him on the lips, "I made this with every stitch of my heart. It's normal for Ah Li to be moved, right?"

Cen Li hummed softly, closed his eyes and buried himself in He Yunjing's arms, "You said you wanted me to go to the Ministry of Revenue, so I can't lie."

"No lie, you are in charge of the national treasury and the small treasury. If you are out of money, tell me and we will arrest corrupt officials to fill the national treasury. If it is still not enough, we will earn more. When the court is more stable, we will adopt a child and hand over the throne to him. Then we can travel all over the world and live a free life."

"I want to go to the border to have a look."

"What are you doing in such cold weather?"

"Go and see how cold it was. How did you survive that winter?"