Business As Usual

"Congratulations, Langjun! Much jubilations, Langjun!"

Yan Zheyun smiled until he felt the sides of his cheeks ache but inwardly his heart was calmer than he appeared. Liu Yao had surprised him enough times with rank promotions that he'd acclimatised to the fanfare by now.

What did lift his spirits immensely wasn't the power that came with the title of empress. It was the knowledge that he was finally Liu Yao's legitimate partner and vice versa. In modern terms, the coronation ceremony and inclusion of Yan Zheyun's name into the imperial ancestral records next to Liu Yao's was as good as a registration of marriage.