The news of Li Longji's impending marriage to Yang Yuhuan quickly spread through Chang'an.

After a brief shock, these sharp-minded individuals quickly captured the key points: the Imperial Family, the prestigious Great Tang Empress. In an instant, these geniuses understood the whole story.

Yang Yuhuan personally explained that the stone lion being lifted was Heaven's Will, a decree from the God, and she would follow the will of Heaven.

Such words naturally could not deceive those old hands, but with her longstanding reputation, the common people truly believed her. Li Qing's affection for Yang Yuhuan was personal and unknown to them. In their eyes, it was merely an old man marrying a young wife, which was not difficult to accept.

Along with the White Lotus Sect's brainwashing campaign, Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan were portrayed as if they were truly a match made in heaven, like Niu Lang and Weaver.

However, this was just the beginning. The news of their marriage was not the result, but merely the start of a political war. The current cabinet system was advantageous for various family clans. They wanted power, yet feared others gaining it, so neither their old friends, the Yang Family, nor the fallen Li Family, could rise.

The Li Family and Yang Family represented one faction, while the other six families represented another, engaging in various power struggles.

Today the Yang Family was expelled from the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, and tomorrow the Wang Family's home was troubled by demons. Although the Five Surnames held more resources, ultimately, this was a world of gods and demons.

The Li Family, as the Imperial Family, expended their political capital to contend with the Five Surnames, while the White Lotus Sect used unorthodox tactics.

Proving that politics could not compete with the mystical.

After half a year of stalemate, the Five Surnames were utterly defeated. As Yang Yuhuan and Li Longji's marriage became imminent, Li Qing, apart from nurturing his health and watching the struggles from above, accomplished only one thing: withdrawing from the Daoists.

Qing changed his Daoist name with the wind to Li Mao.

After the victories in politics, prestige, and faith, the Li Family announced they would marry Yang Yuhuan from the Yang Family in a month. During this month, the Li and Yang families aggressively attacked all opponents, clearing the path for their future.

A month later, Yang Yuhuan and Li Longji were married as scheduled. Li Mao, looking down from a high tower at the ten-mile-long bridal procession, felt a bitter heart? Anger? Disappointment?

Bitterness, is there such a thing as bitter wine in this world? A wind that can chill the heart?

Strange, indeed strange.

In an extremely twisted state, a person becomes calm, as was Li Qing now, gazing quietly at his triumphant and jubilant father and Yang Yuhuan, clad in a wedding dress and a phoenix crown.

In truth, the wedding was just a formality. Yang Yuhuan, proud and ambitious, would never submit to an old man. Li Longji was merely her tool for ascending power. Of course, Li Longji was dissatisfied with not tasting the tender grass, but the two had to continue their cooperation.

After the marriage, the two swept through the cabinet. The whole court was seized by them, making the cabinet thoroughly nominal. Li Longji needed Yang Yuhuan's strength to control the court, and Yang Yuhuan needed the Li name to ascend to the highest level.

Three years passed like this, and as the true rulers of the Great Tang, the duo finally removed all obstacles, enabling Yang Yuhuan to ascend the throne.

With Yang Yuhuan's efforts, the influence of the White Lotus Sect also rapidly expanded. However, was this the end? No.

Yang Yuhuan still had one greatest enemy, her nominal husband, Li Longji!

When they had common interests, they were the best allies, but now without enemies, they became each other's greatest adversaries.

But how could mere mortals like Li Longji compete against Yang Yuhuan, whose cultivation was increasingly deep under the watchful eyes of No-Life Old Mother? In only three months, Li Longji became 'gravely ill' and recuperated. If not for the White Lotus Sect's fear of Li ancestors' hidden counters, this patriarch of the Li Family might have joined his ancestors directly.

The power of the entire Great Tang finally concentrated into Yang Yuhuan's hands!

And Yang Yuhuan began to rapidly expand, wanting to tell everyone, I, Yang Yuhuan, am the most outstanding woman in the world, bar none!

To continue expanding her influence, she worked hard to grow the White Lotus Sect. Firstly, her master Wuwei Hermit was appointed as State Preceptor. Russell's many years of planning succeeded in one stroke; just one phrase of triumphant spirit couldn't suffice to describe him.

He vigorously developed the White Lotus Sect, advising Yang Yuhuan on how to expand the sect and suppress both Buddhist and Daoist sects.

Removing Li's influence over the Great Tang and smoothly usurping the Li Tang dynasty.

The simplest way to suppress a sect is to discredit their deities. Of course, Yang Yuhuan dared not recklessly disparage other gods, but she could upgrade the faith of No-Life Old Mother!

Thus, No-Life Old Mother grew more fearsome, transforming from the mother of eight million Huang Xuer, to the mother of the Human Clan, to the mother of all stars, to the mother of all gods, bodhisattvas, and buddhas, and finally evolving into the mother of Emperor Hao Tian!

Hao Tian was furious in the Palace of the Polestar at being given a new mother for no reason. Even more so, as the dignified Heavenly Emperor, he refrained due to the Daoist Ancestor's decree forbidding Immortals from directly interfering in the mortal realm for a millennium.

He went to the Turquoise Pool to complain, only to be mocked by the Queen Mother.

No-Life Old Mother is Hao Tian's mother, and I am No-Life Old Mother's avatar, so I am your mother!

Hao Tian then couldn't even drink his wine, simply saying, Farewell! I'm off!

The Queen Mother watched Hao Tian's frustrated figure with a satisfied look. This move already began to show its borax effect, but just doing it like this was far from enough.

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