The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 687

In order to ascend the throne as soon as possible, Mang Ruiti instructed the Ministry of Rites to simplify the enthronement ceremony as much as possible. As a result, the enthronement ceremony was to be held on the third day after Mang Jisui's death.

That night, Mang Rui Ti was too excited to sleep, because he could finally ascend the throne as he had wished. Only by becoming the king of the Toungoo Dynasty could he implement his strategy and continue to expand outwards.

He had wanted to do the same before, but Mang Jisui had always disagreed. Mang Jisui was well aware that if they expanded recklessly, it would attract the attention of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty could tolerate chaos and fragmentation here, but it would not allow a dynasty to emerge that would unify all the other small countries.

If it were the Ming Dynasty of the past, Mang Jisui might have agreed with Mang Ruiti's approach. After all, although the Ming Dynasty at that time was not exactly incompetent, it had many problems of its own and was too busy taking care of itself to care about anything else.

But things are different now. Mang Jisui has witnessed the rise of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, especially the Ming Dynasty's conquest of the Le Dynasty. Others may not know the details of that process, but Mang Jisui does. At that time, Mang Jisui had spies in the Le Dynasty. From the death of the Ming envoy in the Le Dynasty capital to the arrival of the Ming female general leading her troops into the Le Dynasty capital, the whole process took less than a day.

When Mang Jisui received this news, he was so frightened that his hair stood on end, fearing that the Ming Dynasty might send an envoy to their Toungoo Dynasty one day.

Since then, Mang Jisui has become increasingly respectful to the Ming Dynasty, paying tribute twice a year, and each time he has sent extremely precious jewels and jade, completely unlike his previous perfunctory attitude.

The territory of the Toungoo Dynasty was far smaller than that of the Le Dynasty. In addition, the whole of Southeast Asia was extremely respectful to the Ming Dynasty because of the Le Dynasty. Therefore, Jiajing could not force an attack and the matter was put on hold.

This relieved Mang Jisui, who had been worried all along. But he didn't get a chance to relax for long. Mang Ruiti captured Wen Zhengming. When he heard the news, Mang Jisui almost choked.

Indeed, he didn't catch his breath, and Mang Jisui passed away.

Wang Mingyue was equally excited. Mang Ruiti had promised her that once he ascended the throne, he would make her queen. In fact, that was what Mang Ruiti intended to do.

Wang Mingyue thought to herself that once she became the Queen of the Dongyu Dynasty and had Wen Zhengming in her grasp, Zhou Chu, the commander of the Ming Dynasty's Embroidered Uniform Guard, would no longer dare to ignore her.

After escaping from the Ming Dynasty, Wang Mingyue originally thought that Zhou Chu would send people to arrest her, but she was greatly disappointed. Zhou Chu seemed to have no regard for her at all, and it was as if he had forgotten about her. This made Wang Mingyue feel extremely angry.

She didn't believe Zhou Chu couldn't find out who arrested Fang Heng. If he knew but didn't arrest her, then he didn't take her seriously.

This made Wang Mingyue secretly vow that one day she would make Zhou Chu take her seriously.

Once she becomes the Queen of the Toungoo Dynasty, how could Zhou Hengqi possibly ignore her?

Mang Rui and Wang Mingyue each had their own thoughts, and they didn't fall into a deep sleep until very late.

The next morning, Mang Ruiti and Wang Mingyue got up very early because it was Mang Ruiti's coronation ceremony. Preparations for the coronation ceremony had to begin in the early morning, and even though the process had been simplified, the whole process would still take at least half a day.

With the help of palace maids, Mang Rui Ti and Wang Ming Yue began to put on the elaborate formal attire. Just putting on the attire took a long time, but neither Mang Rui Ti nor Wang Ming Yue was in a hurry. They enjoyed the process, which meant that they were about to ascend to the pinnacle of power in the Dongyu Dynasty.

Nothing is more intoxicating than power.