06 A few years passed by again, the little emperor is no longer little. The courtiers began to busy themselves to prepare the imperial concubine selection for him. There harem must have three thousand beauties. The little fox followed the fox demon and studied for a few years. He doesn’t know anything else, he only knows how to use sorcery to slip away and also make a good chicken stew. The fox demon earnestly taught the little fox: "This throne should have been yours. The three thousand beauties in the harem should have also been yours. This emperor, he should have been your courtier, prostrating himself at your feet. If it wasn't because of that group of old farts who wrote a Qing Ci to complain to God about me that year, you are already the emperor now and this old lady is the empress dowager. We can eat delicious food and drink hard liquor every day, how happy that would be." The little fox seems to understand and noded his head: "En." Fox demon: "Actually, a demon and a human can't give birth to a child, you were born directly from my own flesh and blood. You and your emperor father have no blood relations, but your identity is still there after all." With a face full of ignorance, the little fox nodded his head: "En." Fox demon: "Then you go back to the imperial palace and think of a way to take back the throne. Mother taught you so much sorcery, use it however you see fit and be a bit smarter." The little fox ate a whole chicken heroically and spoke with a mouthful: "Okay."\n
07 The little fox returned to the imperial palace. He set up an illusion at the door so that the guards can't see him. So the little fox casted an illusion all the way and swayed into the imperial palace. He went to the royal study room and saw the emperor who was reviewing memorials. The emperor looked up from the memorials that are piled up like mountains: "Who's there?" The little fox looked at this very good looking little gege and accidentally applied a seduction technique out of nervousness. Emperor: ".....Why are you winking at zhen?" The little fox had to summon up courage and asked: "Are you the current emperor?" The emperor smiled slightly, full of great handsomeness: "Exactly." Little fox: "My mother said that your throne should have been mine, you give it back to me." The emperor pondered for a moment: "Zhen knows it now, you are that fox prince." The little fox touched his butt to make sure that the fox tail wasn't exposed, then spoke confidently: "I'm a human now." Emperor: "In terms, zhen should call you cousin." The little fox spoke in an upright manner: "There's no need, I was born by my mother only, I'm not related to my father." Emperor: "......" The little fox raised a finger and pressed it to his lips, whispering: "Don't tell other people." The emperor couldn't help but laughed out loud.
08 Little Fox: "You return the throne to me." The emperor got up and took the little fox to the desk of the royal study room. He pressed the little fox down to the seat he had just sat on: "Here, the throne, returned to you." The little fox was stupefied: "That simple?" The emperor deadpaned: "It is, the emperor's seat is the throne." The little fox was deeply impressed and became happy. He immediately learned to talk like the emperor: "After taking the throne, what should zhen do?" The emperor changed the topic: "Eat a pastry first, then talk." The little fox happily ate the pastry: "It's delicious." Emperor: "Do you want to watch the Cuju competition?" The little fox was full of joy and expectations: "Watch." Emperor: "After watching Cuju, we will go watch a play, how about that?" Little fox: "Okay." The emperor smiled slightly: "Some days ago, someone offered an excellent gyrfalcon. After watching the play, lets play with the falcon." The little fox swayed his head: "Good good good." Emperor: "Do you love to eat □□*?" Little fox: "Love to eat it." The emperor endured his laughter and said: "Then tonight, let the imperial kitchen give you an entire chicken feast." The little fox's mind was immediately full of chickens, he already completely forgot about the throne.
*□□ - probably censored because 'chicken' can be a euphemism/slang for penis.
09 After a period of time, the imperial court and the commoners all knew that there's a pretty and flirtatious slut by the emperor's side who is very good at pretending to be innocent. And it's even a man. The emperor is actually a gay man, the ministers panicked. Emperor: "Zhen likes men, zhen won't appoint an empress." The ministers lamented to heaven and knocked their heads on earth with various remonstrations. Emperor: "How about zhen appoint a male empress?" The ministers pretended to commit suicide by hanging or jumping into the well. Emperor: "Forget it, zhen will listen to you guys and appoint a female empress." The ministers all started recommending maidens from their own family one after another. Emperor: "If you don't let zhen choose as zhen wishes, zhen won't appoint." The ministers all expressed "don't don't dont! appoint appoint! appoint whoever you love, as long as it's a woman!" in succession. The emperor was satisfied.
10 On this day, inside the royal study. The emperor stood revising the memorial, while the little fox sat on the throne. Usurping The Throne Daily (1/1 Completed) After approving some memorials, the emperor looked at the little fox and asked: "How come you're not happy today?" Little fox: "How do you know that zhen isn't happy?" The emperor endured his laughter: "Once you're not happy, the fox tail and the fox ears will pop out." The little fox touched his head and touched his butt, it's really there, so he quickly changed back. Little fox: "Zhen heard that a lot of people are scolding zhen." Emperor: "Oh?" The little fox was aggrieved: "They all said that you are the real emperor and I'm just a pretty and flirtatious slut seating in the emperor's chair." Emperor: "Pfft." The little fox glared at him: "I know that you lied to me. You actually didn't return the throne to me." The The emperor looked at him with a faint smile. Little fox: "My mother said that your throne should be mine." Emperor: "Eveyday I accompany you to eat, play with you, help you revise memorials, and even sing a song to you before going to bed." Little fox: " ......" Emperor: "Even the emperor is yours, what do you want the throne for?" The little fox won't give in: "Then, my mother also said that your harem of three thousand should have been mine." Emperor: "All the harem's three thousand rooms are empty, I will return it all to you today. Live in whichever room you're happy with, no one will snatch it from you, how's that?" The little fox choked a bit and said again: "But my mother also said that you should have prostrated yourself at my feet and be my courtier." The emperor was silent for a moment, then pulled up the little fox: "Follow me."
11 The little fox was pulled by the emperor and returned to the bedchamber. The emperor pulled out a set of clothing: "You put this on first." The little fox put it on. With the embroidered ceremonial cape, rainbow colored skirt, and emerald green jade that swayed gently,the little fox became increasingly beautiful, like a fairy high in the clouds.\n The emperor kneeled on the ground and lifted the empress's wedding ceremonial robe with the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "Willing to become a minister under the skirt*." *an admirer The little fox was stunned speechless: "......" The emperor looked up and asked, "What else?" Little fox: "My mother said that she also wished for the happy days of eating delicious food and drinking hard liquor." The emperor waved his hand: "No problem, I will give her the treatment of an empress dowager." The little fox thought about it carefully, all the points that fox demon said were all accomplished, nothing wrong: "There's nothing else, I don't want the throne anymore." Emperor: "In the past, I heard you say that fox demons can transform, then can you transform into a woman that looks different from your current appearance?" The little fox wiped his face and turned into an unfamiliar woman: "It can only be maintained for two hours each time." The emperor nodded: "Two hours is enough." \n
12 The emperor finally got married. The empress is a civilian woman with unknown origins. But no matter what, it’s finally a woman, and she also looks pretty good.There will be a successor for the country,so the courtiers don't dare to ask for too much, afraid that they'll provoke the emperor into marrying a man. The emperor and the little fox entered the bridal chamber. The palace maids carried out a series of cumbersome rituals for them in the bridal chamber. The purpose is to bless the empress to give birth to a prince soon. After everyone dispersed, the little fox changed back to his original appearance and spoke with unease: "My mother said that a human and a demon can't give birth to a real child together, I can only use my own flesh and blood to birth one and it won't have any relations with you. Isn't this not that good?" Emperor: "Doesn't matter, there's a saying in the West called DINK*. No children, just a world with only two people." Little fox: "Oh." Emperor: "I'll dink."
*DINK: Double income, no kids.
13 Since then, the emperor and the little fox lived a happy life.
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Translation notes:- This old lady: a form of address used arrogantly to assert seniority/authority, like 'laozi'- Eat delicious food and drink hard liquor: to live well- Cuju: ancient Chinese football game