Chapter 1084: Borrowing a Knife to Kill

Emperor Xia smiled and waved his hand, not letting him continue: "You think I am deliberately making things difficult for you, so you are dissatisfied with me. For someone who has not experienced the hardships of officialdom, I can understand."

Ye Liuyun was relieved when he heard this. "Fortunately, Emperor Xia did not misunderstand me!"

But the next words, Emperor Xia said, were much more serious.

"You don't like to beat around the bush, so I will speak directly. The Great Xia Dynasty is now in internal and external troubles. You are now both a powerful prince and a son-in-law. I need your absolute loyalty. Stand with me at the critical moment."

"As long as it does not go against my heart, I will certainly stand with Emperor Xia! I don't know what Emperor Xia means by 'standing together'?"

Ye Liuyun did not say it firmly. He did not want to be a running dog for Emperor Xia and do some things that hurt the world for him.

"I mean not to betray the dynasty on major issues!" Emperor Xia said directly.

It is estimated that he knew from the communication between Zuo Xiang and Ye Liuyun and Ye Liuyun's personality that he did not like to hint in a roundabout way, so he told him everything directly.

"Of course!" Ye Liuyun also expressed his opinion immediately.

At least for now, he has no reason to betray the dynasty. And as far as he knows, Emperor Xia's governance is pretty good.

Emperor Xia nodded, and then gave Ye Liuyun a general introduction to the situation of the dynasty.

Including some alien evil creatures attacking cities in the south, and the Great Xia Dynasty is preparing to fight against them in conjunction with the demons.

There are also some internal problems, such as the Cheng family and the Feng family, two behemoths.

"The Feng family has been weak recently and has restrained a lot, but the Cheng family has become more and more presumptuous recently, and has interfered more and more with the dynasty."

The reason why Emperor Xia told Ye Liuyun this was to prevent him from cooperating with the dynasty's opponents.

Ye Liuyun also reported on his cooperation with the Feng family immediately. He also said that he would help the dynasty to deal with the Cheng family.

Dealing with the Cheng family was originally his goal. If you can cooperate with Emperor Xia, the success rate will be even higher.

"If you can cooperate with the Feng family and strike at the Cheng family, it would be great! I will have someone give you a list of the Cheng family's properties. As long as they are within your territory, you can clean them up."

Emperor Xia was very supportive of Ye Liuyun's approach.

Later, Emperor Xia asked Ye Liuyun about his views on the princes.

Ye Liuyun said frankly: "I have the same views on the princes, and I have no preference. It's just that the fourth prince helps me more, so I have more contact with him. The prince wanted to kill me in the secret realm before, so there was a conflict."

"What about the seventh prince?" Emperor Xia was very concerned about these princes, and it seemed that he still attached great importance to the issue of inheritance.

"He and I have an equal contract and we will not infringe on each other!" Ye Liuyun said frankly.

Emperor Xia nodded, but still reminded Ye Liuyun: "Don't get involved in the princes' struggle for power."

"Yes!" Ye Liuyun agreed immediately.

But he thought of the fourth prince who had asked him to participate in a competition to enter the secret realm. So he immediately informed Emperor Xia.

"That won't affect you. You can go if you want." Emperor Xia didn't object to him participating in the competition as a helper.

After all, it was the Fourth Prince's strength that helped him find a helper like Ye Liuyun.

Then, Emperor Xia reminded Ye Liuyun: "You killed the son of King Zhenyuan and Marquis Pingnan, as well as a talented disciple of the Cheng family. They probably want to retaliate against you!

King Zhenyuan and Marquis Pingnan have been making small moves recently. They have both joined the Cheng family and are not very obedient to the orders of the dynasty now!"

"I understand!" Ye Liuyun agreed, but thought in his heart: "This Emperor Xia is also powerful. He just made me a son-in-law, and he wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife and use my hand to help him weaken the opponent's strength."

He believed that if Emperor Xia wanted to help him deal with these people, he would definitely have a way.

But Emperor Xia told him directly that these three families wanted to deal with him, naturally they wanted him to help Emperor Xia get rid of them.

Even for a big force like the Cheng family, Ye Liuyun could at least involve their attention and reduce the pressure on Emperor Xia.

Even if Ye Liuyun didn't understand officialdom, he could still hear such words.

Emperor Xia nodded with satisfaction: "Then I'll wait for your good news! Go and get busy!"

"Yes!"

Ye Liuyun agreed and left Emperor Xia's study.

"Is it over? You don't even give me some protective treasures or something?"

He thought that Emperor Xia was too stingy.

But he thought that Emperor Xia had given him his two daughters, so he was relieved and went to find Xia Tianqiong and Ling Shuang happily.

When he arrived, he found that Xia Tianqiong and Ling Shuang were already waiting for him, and they were wearing armor.

"What are you doing? Aren't you going to leave the palace?" Ye Liuyun asked in confusion.

Xia Tianqiong told Ye Liuyun: "Father asked us to take you into a secret realm of the royal family, and try to catch a high-level beast for you to defend yourself!"

"Also give us a beast each, as a dowry for us!" Ling Shuang added.

"There is such a good thing? My father-in-law is really kind!" Ye Liuyun realized at this time that Emperor Xia had already arranged it.

"I really envy you! I don't even have the qualifications to enter!" The fourth prince said enviously.

"What place, you haven't been to yet?" Ye Liuyun didn't expect that the fourth prince didn't have the qualifications to enter.

"That's a place for selecting beasts for princes and princesses. Usually, the royal heirs are allowed to go in before marriage or before an important mission." Xia Tianqiong explained to Ye Liuyun.

"Is it dangerous?" Seeing that they were all armed, Ye Liuyun was a little curious.

"There are beasts of the Tianzun realm inside, so of course there will be danger."

Then, Xia Tianqiong introduced the situation in the secret realm to Ye Liuyun.

"There will be various tests inside, and the beast realm you are usually rewarded with will be three levels higher than the level you pass the test. So if you can pass the test of the sixth level of the honor level, you can get a beast of the ninth level of the honor level."

"What kind of test?" Ye Liuyun asked again.

"Random, I don't know the details!"

Xia Tianqiong had never been in there either. She only knew the content of the test inside, which was not fixed.

"Then let's go!"

Ye Liuyun said goodbye to the fourth prince, and led by Xia Tianqiong and Ling Shuang, rushed to the secret realm.

They passed through the palace and came to the northeast corner of the backyard of the palace, where there was a very ordinary wooden house. There was a team of imperial guards guarding outside.