A cool breeze came from the hand-cranked fan in the imperial study, but Li Chuyuan was sweating profusely at this time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Beads of sweat the size of beans kept rolling down.

He now understands that Xiao Ming's real purpose this time is indeed the Chu State, and for him, this is a crucial conversation, as long as he takes one wrong step, he will fall into a situation from which he will never recover.

Therefore, he first decided to play stupid, because he always likes to show his opponent's hole cards first, so he said: "The emperor's meaning is not very clear.

Hearing this, Xiao Ming smiled, Li Chuyuan may be a greedy and lustful person, but he will definitely not be a political idiot if he was born in the environment where the Chu State is located.

"Don't pretend to be stupid, now you know better than me the form of the Chu State, your father is self-defeating, once the Cao family intervenes in the affairs of the Chu State, this Chu State is the Chu State of the Cao family, not the royal Chu State, after all, the reason why Gaozu divided the Chu State to the Li family back then was the friendship of the year, are you right?" Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Li Chuyuan's face turned pale, Xiao Ming's threatening meaning was obvious, he hesitated, he nodded, and echoed: "What the emperor said is right, how can this Chu State fall into the hands of others?" Not to mention that the emperor will not agree, even the lower officials will not agree. ”

"That's right, in fact, I have been very optimistic about you in Qingzhou for the past few years, this crisis is a common crisis of the Great Chongqing State and the Chu State, and after weighing it, I have decided to let you return to Lin'an." Xiao Ming stared at Li Chuyuan and said.

"Let... Let me go back? Li Chuyuan pointed at himself and said incredulously.

Xiao Ming nodded affirmatively, "The Chu State has been bewitched by the ministers, and now only you, the son of the world, can turn the tide." ”

For him, it was only a matter of time before he took the state of Chu, just to reduce casualties, and he hoped that when he went south, the state of Chu would become vulnerable due to civil strife.

And the candidate for civil unrest in Chu is Li Chuyuan.

He was sure that this prince would definitely not wear a pair of pants with the Cao family, even if he was forced to cooperate with the Cao family under the pressure of the King of Chu, he would definitely believe in the Cao family.

"Thank the emperor for Longen, thank the emperor for Longen." Li Chuyuan couldn't help himself excitedly, two years passed in Qingzhou in the blink of an eye, and he missed his Chu State all the time in the past two years.

Now he can finally go back.

"Pack up and go back, remember what I told you, whether you live or die, rich or down, it's all your choice." Xiao Ming reminded again.

Li Chuyuan nodded, and thanked him again and again before leaving the imperial study.

Qian Dafu looked at Li Chuyuan's figure with a puzzled expression, and he said: "Your Majesty, just let Li Chuyuan go back like this, isn't the emperor afraid that the King of Chu will have the only taboo to attack the north?"

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Xiao Ming smiled, "If this is the case, I am a famous teacher, what I am afraid of is that the King of Chu will not do it, for me, it makes no difference whether Li Chuyuan is in Qingzhou or not, but it is different for Chu State, how can Li Chuyuan be willing to let the wealth and rights that he is about to integrate to the Cao family, after all, the relationship between Li Chuyuan and the Cao family is just average." ”

After a pause, he continued: "And if the king of Chu dies, Li Chuyuan, who inherited the position of the king of Chu, will definitely intensify the conflict with the Cao family, and then attacking the state of Chu will be twice the result with half the effort." ”

Qian Dafu bowed slightly, he understands now, the emperor has made a clear move to the king of Chu, if everything goes well, this Li Chuyuan will play the role of a-stirring stick once he goes back.

While the two were talking, Li Chuyuan walked out of the palace and headed towards his mansion, he was now a little impatient to return to Lin'an, he missed the feeling of being under one person and above ten thousand people before.

In the past two years in Qingzhou, he has lived a really aggrieved life, after all, as a proton, he is just a bargaining chip.

When he returned to the courtyard, he immediately packed up his things and went to Lin'an, in fact, he saw through Xiao Ming's thoughts, but he had to say that Xiao Ming was really powerful, and this time he talked about his sore spots.

When he returned to Chu this time, he must be entangled with the Cao family, and he didn't want to lose his rights and status.

Knowing that Li Chuyuan was going back, the old butler who served Li Chuyuan changed his expression greatly, and he said: "Your Highness, if you want to return to Lin'an now, do you want to discuss it with His Royal Highness the King of Chu." “

Li Chuyuan sneered twice, then he raised a kick and kicked the old housekeeper fiercely, and said angrily: "You old dog, do you really think that I don't know about you hooking up with those businessmen?" Cao Kun, this bastard must have given you a lot of benefits, right, what, let me wait two days so that you can go and report the news, right? ”

The old housekeeper obviously didn't expect Li Chuyuan to hurt people, he lay on the ground and groaned, Li Chuyuan's strength was very strong, and he almost broke his bones with this kick.

However, Li Chuyuan guessed correctly this time, he did often sell Li Chuyuan's whereabouts in exchange for silver, and he understood that someone was spying on Li Chuyuan.

Seeing the frightened look on the old housekeeper's face, Li Chuyuan was even more angry, and he punched and kicked the old housekeeper again.

vented his anger, the old housekeeper was already dying, and at this time, Li Chuyuan left the mansion without looking back, and he secretly had to embarrass the Cao family in his heart.

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Lin'an, Cao Kun sneezed, rubbed his nose, and he turned his head to look north.

Cao Kun was flanked by the French instructor Basil and the missionary Richard, who are now very good friends.

Behind him was his eldest son, Cao Zhengtong.

Today they are going to officially announce the formation of the Merchant's Council, and from then on insert one foot into the game of power.

"President Cao, what your council needs now is an army, without an army, your merchant council is just a puppet, in my opinion, it's time to establish a new council army." Richard's eyes flashed with a complicated look.

Cao Kun was thrilled when he heard this, and Richard's words reached his heart, the merchant council without the command of the army was just an empty shell.

"What do you think, Mr. Richard?" Cao Kun asked.

Richard hesitated, in the past two years, Cao Kun has taken them to play all over the mountains and rivers of the south, and at the same time made them very rich.

Because of this, their relationship with Cao Kun is getting better and better, and now they often give ideas for Cao Kun.

Having lived through the French Revolution, they loved the meetings that Cao Kun was promoting, because it would mean that they would be more difficult to deal with than dictatorship.

"In fact, it's very simple, when a soldier kills the enemy, one is for the country, the other is for money, although the army of the King of Chu is many, but there is a lack of elite soldiers, now as long as you are willing to spend money, we can train you excellent private soldiers, after all, here your family is still qualified to recruit troops, this kind of army is your strength."