Chapter 19: The Emperor and His Ministers Have Met with the Time (19)

"If we don't do it now, spring will be here soon."

Li Chengzhuo deliberately showed a sad face, "Mr. Shen, I want to go back to Lilan for the New Year."

There is a huge lotus pond in the small garden of the Shen Mansion, but there are no lotus flowers in this season, only a few scattered leaves.

In the stone pavilion beside the pond, Shen Minghuan and Li Chengzhuo sat opposite each other.

The emperor did not restrict the other party's actions. After all, Li Chengzhuo was surrounded by people arranged by the emperor.

Of course, the emperor just "thought". For example, now these people bowed respectfully to Shen Minghuan, and then followed Shen An to drink tea.

Although Li Chengzhuo knew about this a long time ago, he still couldn't help but marvel at it.

It's not that he doesn't have the means to win people over, nothing more than coercion, inducement, emotional appeal and reason, but he believes that he can't do it in such a short time.

Shen Minghuan glanced at him, "I'm not a god. Have you ever thought that maybe they were not the emperor's people from the beginning?"

Li Chengzhu was even more surprised, "Your hands have reached so far? Could it be that the entire palace is yours?"

Li Chengzhu thought of the emperor who sat alone at the top of the banquet. The golden dragon robe made Luo Dan look even more powerful. However, he only felt pity for him now. Ah, is this the realistic version of "a lonely man"?

"I'm not that idle." Shen Minghuan glanced at him again and said casually, "The eunuch supervisor beside the emperor is the one who is responsible for arranging people for you. He is the only one who belongs to me."

Li Chengzhu was about to compliment him on his ability as a joke, when a small fish jumped out of the water with a stirring sound, and a big fish followed it. Two fish of different sizes crossed arcs in the air one after another, and then fell into the water crisply.

"Big fish controls small fish?" Li Chengzhu was attracted by the voice, and thought the scene was quite interesting, so he said with a smile. When he said this, he suddenly had an idea and muttered to himself, "Yes, as long as you control a big fish, you will not lack small fish. In this way... then..."

His face was stern, and he stood up and clasped his fists, "Thank you, sir, Chengzhu will learn from you."

Shen Minghuan: "..."

He didn't teach him specifically, he just thought it would be less troublesome and he could manage fewer people.

After thanking him, Li Chengzhu fell into a state of nagging again, "The degree of this needs to be mastered. If you want the big fish to be loyal, you have to give him power so that he can have enough small fish, small fish... small fish... well, I'd better not interfere."

The small fish should just be the big fish's fish obediently, and there is no need to become his people.

Shen Minghuan sat up straight, and he vaguely felt that if he didn't interrupt Li Chengzhu, the other party might keep mumbling like this until dark.

"Don't worry," Shen Minghuan recalled the topic at the beginning, and he raised his voice, "I will definitely let you go home for the New Year!"

Li Chengzhu looked at him expectantly, "What are your plans?"

This expression seems to be eager to learn a few more moves.

The stone pavilion is sheltered from the wind, and there is a stove burning in the pavilion, and the chairs are covered with fur cushions.

Shen Minghuan saw Li Chengzhu "recovering to normal" and shrank back lazily. His cloak was not tied properly, and it was hanging loosely on his body, and it seemed that he was about to fall off. I don't know whether he was cold or not.

Li Chengzhu felt uncomfortable watching, and unconsciously reached out and pushed the stove slightly to the opposite side, "Your Emperor Daqi is really strange. I thought that according to his style of doing things, Luo Xiuqi would soon be the next Luo Xiuyuan."

But it doesn't seem like how much the emperor loves Luo Xiuqi.

Li Chengzhu, who was also born in the royal family, knows too well what an emperor will do for his beloved child.

If the emperor really considered Luo Xiuqi, Luo Xiuqi's reputation in the past would not be so bad, let alone so mediocre.

If he really cared, he would not let those treacherous villains surround Luo Xiuqi now.

In the final analysis, the so-called favor is nothing more than a superficial pretense, and he has never really planned for the other party.

"It's just self-touching. He doesn't love Luo Xiuqi. He is just playing his father and making up for himself in the past." Shen Minghuan closed his eyes slightly, "At first it was Luo Xiuyuan, but Luo Xiuyuan was too disobedient and rejected his father's love, so he chose Luo Xiuqi."

"Luo Xiuqi will not refuse his rewards, will not resist the privileges he bestows, will look at him with admiration, will act coquettishly to him, will ask him for help..." Shen Minghuan sighed, "How fulfilling it is?"

The struggle for the throne that Luo Dan experienced was even more tragic. When he was still a prince, the late emperor guarded against them more than fire and thieves, and various means of checks and balances emerged one after another.

Support the weak and suppress the strong. When the weak become strong, change a group of people to support them.

So after Luo Xiuyuan was born, Luo Dan treated him as his former self. All the wealth, treasures, power and status, Luo Dan wanted to give him.

Unfortunately, Luo Xiuyuan was unwilling to cooperate, so he had to replace him with Luo Xiuqi. But in this way, the man who stole the position of the prince became a thorn in his eyes.

In the final analysis, Luo Dan's fatherly love was full of arrogance. He just enjoyed the process of giving, but never put himself in their shoes.

No wonder even Luo Xiuqi didn't believe it.

"How do you know what the emperor is thinking?" Li Chengzhuo was shocked. If it wasn't for Shen Minghuan who said this, he would have suspected that the other party was making up stories.

Shen Minghuan was even more shocked than him, "Isn't it the basic operation of geniuses like us to know ourselves and know our enemies?"

Li Chengzhuo: ...

I'm sorry, I embarrassed the genius.

Li Chengzhuo looked at the man opposite with his spirited eyes, and after a moment of laughter, he suddenly became unbearably soft-hearted, and he sighed softly.

"Can I call you Minghuan?" Without waiting for the other party to agree, Li Chengzhuo awkwardly comforted: "Minghuan, Uncle Shen..."

He didn't know what to say, and only spit out a few words dryly, "Don't be sad."

An hour ago, Shen Duo disguised himself and knocked on the back door of the Lingwang Mansion. He did it in a covert way, but the most lacking thing in the Lingwang Mansion was spies. Although there were not many people who knew, there were still a few.

For example, Li Chengzhuo.

Before Li Chengzhuo entered Yanling, he had already started to build his own intelligence network.

After all, he was a genius who wished to grasp everything in his hands and would not allow himself to fall into a situation of knowing nothing.

His biological father, who he had saved with great effort, chose to stand on the opposite side of him and fight side by side with the enemy.

Li Chengzhuo judged others by himself and thought that although Shen Minghuan was in high spirits on the surface, he didn't know how uncomfortable he was inside.

Shen Minghuan's expression was sincere: "Do you think I look uncomfortable?"

I'm afraid that grandpa would be more uncomfortable. Fortunately, he had someone stop the news, otherwise Shen Duo would have at least broken a leg.

"The King of Ling probably knows that you want to seize the throne, Minghuan, do you want to strike first?" Li Chengzhuo's eyes flashed fiercely. He had also heard of Luo Xiuyuan's name. He was a good opponent. If they were not in different positions, they might even become friends.

However, this famous former prince has become a threat to Shen Minghuan.

[No! ]The system yelled, [That is your mortal enemy. You two are evenly matched and compete for the top spot. Although you are leaders of two countries and have no private contact with each other, you should admire him in your heart. How can you want to kill him! ]

Shen Minghuan rubbed his eyebrows, tired and helpless: [Xiaojiu, he can't hear, what good can you do except disturbing me? ]

Looking at his tired expression, Li Chengzhuo hesitated to speak.

If this is not uncomfortable...

Sure enough, it is better to kill Luo Xiuyuan as soon as possible, otherwise it will only deceive the older generation.

Look, Shen Duo was deceived.

"Li Chengzhuo," Shen Minghuan was extremely helpless, "I really don't want to be an emperor."

What's good about being an emperor? He has been the king of Xinghe for 26 years, but now he is alone and has fallen into this situation?

"Don't you want to unify the world?" Li Chengzhuo coaxed him, "If it's you, I'm willing to submit."

Shen Minghuan always refuted so seriously, he really believed that this man had no intention of power.

But it's strange, if Shen Minghuan was ambitious, he might still be on guard, but this man was pure and unselfish, he was unwilling.

Only unification can end the situation of broken mountains and rivers and smoke everywhere, and the people of this land need peace.

If there must be a common king, he only hopes it is Shen Minghuan.

"The head of the family." Shen An reported in a low voice, "General Zhuo is here."

Shen Minghuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Chengzhu opposite.

"I don't know, we didn't make an appointment, he came by himself." Li Chengzhuo magically understood this look.

Shen Minghuan turned his eyes away from him, looked at Shen An and said, "Please come here, General."

Shen An lowered his head slightly, feeling Shen Minghuan's eyes gently resting on him, hiding the joy in his eyes, and replied, "Yes."

No matter how many times, he would always be moved by the little details of the family master's respect for people.

How proud he was, he was lucky to know the most gentle person in the world.

Zhuo Feichen was swaggering all the way, without hiding it at all. Anyway, in everyone's eyes, the three of them were birds of a feather.

——What kind of good people can support Luo Xiuqi?

The emperor became more and more afraid.

He would not worry about Zhuo Feichen. A general who entered Yanling without bringing troops was his possession, and he could do whatever he wanted. He would only blame Luo Xiuqi, angry that his wolfish ambition was too obvious, as if he was already dead.

Zhuo Feichen strode into the stone pavilion, stirring up a chill. Li Chengzhuo first looked at Shen Minghuan reflexively, then glared at General Zhuo.

Zhuo Feichen also reacted and looked at Shen Minghuan, who was surrounded by thick fur coats. He said with an embarrassed look, "Sorry, sorry."