Chapter 970: Winning Hearts Along the Way
"I don’t want to, but if you insist, I can agree."
Ye Xingguang: "Hmph, that’s a hindsight argument. Who doesn’t know you didn’t want to? When I asked you if I stayed underwater forever, would you be willing to stay with me, you know you replied instantly, without even thinking, you just told me, ’I don’t want to!’"
Ye Junqing laughed, "Really? I don’t remember that."
"Just deny it then! But I also don’t want to stay underwater forever. I miss hotpot, I miss the snow, I miss basking in the sun. In this empire, I just need to be titled as a queen, a queen who is admired by everyone. As for those tedious daily affairs, I can’t be bothered with them. It’s perfect to hand them over to the six great elders as a favor. Now they must feel deeply grateful towards me. This way, I’m buying people’s hearts incidentally."
Her foundation in the underwater realm was too shallow. The thought of competing with the six great families for royal power was exhausting. It’s better for everyone to live in harmony, her being their respected queen and a figure of faith, while the six families continue managing the country as before, each reaping their own benefits.
Anyway, when she wasn’t queen and when the empire had no emperor, the temporary federal government managed the country pretty well.
As long as the people are happy and content, does it matter who manages the country?
However, Ye Xingguang coquettishly said, "I gave up the boundless power of being a queen for you, how do you plan to compensate me?"