Chapter 82: The Thousand Hypocrites
Dressed in a cloak sewn from mink fur, often dragged on the ground, under the cloak, is a brocade robe sewn by the best craftsmen of Resnot, although it has just entered autumn, this kind of dress makes Ling Chen feel a little stuffy, but this suit is not set up for comfort, but is specially customized to show his identity. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Thousand Hypocrites King, this is the new title that people give Ling Chen, even though there is no trace, but vaguely people still feel that Ling Chen must have done something in the ballot, but in any case, whether he admits it or not, the difference of thousands of votes has made Ling Chen the prince chosen by the people This is already a fact, and now what Ling Chen needs is to welcome the approval of the last king, then he is justifiable, the new prince of Resnot.
Walking towards the depths of Hefei Palace step by step, the pace was neither fast nor slow, calm and steady, looking at the familiar scenery around him, what he was thinking about now was what Cao Le would say to him, and what kind of tasks would be arranged for him. This time, they were not summoned in Cao Le's study as before, but in a more formal meeting hall, and followed the attendants into the conference hall, where Cao Le was already waiting, and at the same time, Oath was also on the side.
Sure enough, every time I came to see Cao Le, I was much more positive than myself. After saluting Cao Le respectfully, Ling Chen stood aside from the oath. nodded, walked to the table, spread out the documents on the table one by one, began to sort them out, and glanced at his two sons: "Swear!"
Oath walked over, and Cao Le handed him a stack of documents: "At this time, you can deal with some of the recent situations of Gothhe." Oath took the document and was a little puzzled: "Father......"
Before he could speak, Cao Le immediately interrupted him: "If you have any questions, you can ask the prime minister that he will help you." ”
"Father!" Oath continued, "Father, about yesterday's king's election. ”
Cao Le frowned displeasedly: "I heard that you lost all my face yesterday, and you lost face in public?"
"I was just ......" Swore to look at Ling Chen, who was silent: "I'm just a little unwilling and unconvinced!"
"Okay! If you lose, you lose! Think about it, why you lose! Only then can you improve!" Cao Le said: "Go down! Handle the above things for me!"
"Yes!" said nothing, turned around and left.
Cao Le and Ling Chen looked at each other, and there was no smile on their faces as it should be between father and son, but more like two chess players speculating on each other. It was Cao Le who spoke first, and lightly tapped his table: "Here is a summary of the rumors about the election at the beginning" took a step and nodded: "Here is all the information on Luo Li's Yushi case." One more step: "Here is the case information of Yan Yingman." and the murder of meek and mediocre. Then you took a step ahead: "The last one is the recent ordinary outbreak, the official murder case." ”
Ling Chen took a step in and looked at a table of documents, then looked at Cao Le, and did not speak.
Cao Le said: "Do you know, the cases and events on this table have all happened in the past six months, and the number of rounds and rounds is on a scale of rounds, I'm afraid that the events of Resnot's five years together are not as serious as those on this table!" Cao Le looked at Ling Chen and continued: "I thought about it for a long time, and I found that the person who benefited the most from these things in the end was you, right?"
"But fortunately, it didn't cause us any harm, and it's a blessing in misfortune, Your Majesty!"
"There's really no big harm, at least for Resnot. Cao Le amplified his voice: "That's also because I have laid a solid foundation for Resnot for so many years! And now is a time of peace, there is no war with other countries, otherwise the two core ministers will die and the other will be imprisoned, and it will be obvious that Resnot's government will be paralyzed, you know?"
Ling Chen looked at Cao Le: "I think I have made up for everything I have done. ”
"You've done a really good job!" Cao Le said, "I really didn't expect you to be able to defeat Oath. If I were you, I'm afraid I wouldn't be an enemy of him at all, the disparity in strength between the two of you is too great. ”
Ling Chen said indifferently: "I know, so what I did was to try to weaken his strength on the contrary." ”
"You talked to me before and asked me to endorse this election. At that time I did not object, nor did I agree. ”
"But I remember you promised me that you would be the most informed of the results of the election. Ling Chen looked at Cao Le's eyes: "Although I have done too little compared to the oath, and I have not participated in much management, I think I have fully proved my ability in this election!"
"That's right!" Cao Le nodded: "You did almost very well this time, if I were you, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to do it to this extent." Maybe you can really be a powerful king. ”
"So ......"
"Originally, I hoped that you two brothers could sharpen each other and improve each other, and I was not in a hurry to elect the prince, but I didn't expect that now it seems that the oath is not your opponent at all in front of you. Cao Le said seriously: "However, I can tell you! I will not pass on the throne to you!!"
Ling Chen's brows tightened, and his hands trembled slightly.
Cao Le looked into his eyes: "This is the throne of our Resroth family, I will only pass it on to the people of Resroth, you have done so well! Every choice you make, every thing you handle, and the way you deal with it are too good to be like the choices that people from our Resroth family should make!!"
Ling Chen still didn't speak, saying that he was only clenched into a fist.
"It's like yesterday when he swore to lose his words in public, but in my opinion, this is a matter of course, he has been preparing for this throne for so long, but he has obviously won the situation, and if he loses, whoever he is will be unwilling and confused. But you, but there is nothing, even now, I told you, the throne will not be given to you, you still see, without any mood swings! This is not the rationality that our Nerot family should have!!" Cao Le said word by word: "I will not give the throne that my father passed to me from my grandfather to someone who does not have the blood of our Resnott family at all! Even if I do it right, I will not give it to him!!Do you understand?"
Ling Chen nodded slightly, this feeling is very strange, is it anger? Is it unwilling? No, Ling Chen gently touched his cheek, and found that the corners of his mouth were actually looking, was he laughing?
"Hehehehe......" Ling Chen laughed softly: "Your Majesty, are you denying this, am I your child?"
"I've watched you grow up since I was a child, I won't deny that you are my child, it's just that you only inherit the blood of Resnot, but you have nothing of the soul of Resnot!!" Cao Le said coldly: "Go down, I won't have any expectations for you anymore." Even if the current Oath is not yet a qualified monarch, I believe that he will one day grow up to be the future king of my Resnot!!"
Ling Chen walked out of the palace and threw the cloak on his body casually, Liao Qian came over and asked with some concern: "Your Highness, what have you talked about with Your Majesty, you don't seem to be very happy." ”
Ling Chen shook his head, looked at Liao Qian and thought, "Go, Ice Blue Dream!"
"Your Highness?" Liao Cheng was stunned, usually Ling Chen paid great attention to hiding the connection between him and Fei Ying, during this period of time, Wang Xuan basically did not meet Fei Ying a few times, most of the time he asked Lin Hou to pass the word: "Shall we go in a carriage?" or disguise ourselves as civilians?"
"Carriage. "Why bother so much? Originally, the secret Fei Ying was just to prevent herself from being targeted by the eldest prince, but now the eldest prince's most powerful subordinates are his own people, so why bother hiding and tucking away?
Fei Ying looked at the prince in front of her with a wry smile: "It seems that your conversation with Your Majesty is not pleasant?!"
Ling Chen was silent.
"At least it seems that things are not going in the direction you wanted, Your Highness!" Fei Ying said as she glanced at Liao Qian on the side, as Ling Chen's personal guard, Ling Chen came to this kind of mixed place, he naturally had to follow closely.
"Half a day has passed, do you have any remarks?"
"After all, he is still the king elected by himself, although there are many people who oppose it, but most people still support His Highness, after all, who is the king and their relationship is really not too big, but it is by virtue of their preferences, everyone is the same, but after the results of the re-election came out, the wind direction changed. Those who follow the trend at will naturally follow the direction of the wind to His Highness. ”
Ling Chen nodded with satisfaction, closed his eyes and thought about it, but as Cao Le said at the beginning, the opinions and opinions of the people are just references after all, and the right to decide is still in Cao Le's hands. However, Cao Le had already expressed his stance to himself, as if telling Ling Chen that as long as the oath was still alive, then he would not have a chance.
Ling Chen looked at Fei Ying and said, "I think, Oath, there is no need to let him continue to live!"
"Your Highness!!" Liao Qian looked at Ling Chen in horror: "Please also take back what you just said, Your Highness is a prince, if Your Majesty knows, you will definitely not forgive Your Highness." ”
"Why? If you only allow him to assassinate me, you won't allow me to assassinate him?"
"But...... This ......"
Ling Chen ignored him anymore, looked at Fei Ying and said, "Inform Dark Moon and let them make a plan for Oathfall." ”
"Understood. Fei Ying nodded.
Ling Chen turned to look at Liao Qian: "Liao Qian, I'm curious, how did Your Majesty know that I had been to the Oak Kingdom? Can you give me an explanation?"
Liao Qian frowned slightly: "I reported to Your Majesty." ”
Ling Chen nodded with satisfaction and gave Fei Ying a look, and Fei Ying immediately walked away.
Ling Chen looked at Liao Qi: "From the beginning, you were also ordered to monitor me while protecting me, right?"
Liao Qian nodded: "Lian Ka and I were ordered to protect the two future princes at the same time, and at the same time be responsible for monitoring their every move. ”
"You've watched me grow up, and I'm sure you won't hurt me. ”
At this time, Fei Ying came back with a pot of wine, poured two glasses and handed them to Ling Chen and Liao, Ling Chen raised the wine glass: "I'm glad you didn't hide it from me." ”
Liao Qian picked up the wine glass and drank it all: "I am just acting on orders, it is my duty to protect His Highness, and it is also my duty to monitor His Highness." I ask for your understanding, Your Highness. ”
Ling Chen nodded in understanding: "Then what I said just now about the oath, will you report to Your Majesty?"
Liao Qian nodded: "Yes!"
"Really?" Ling Chen's face did not change in the slightest: "I'm curious, are you finally me, or are you loyal to Your Majesty?"
There is nothing because Cao Le said: "I am a citizen of Resnot, and I am finally the king of Resnot. ”
Ling Chen glanced at Fei Ying, who handed over a packet of powder to Ling Chen, who poured the powder into the wine jug, poured another glass of wine, and put it in front of Liao Chen. Fei Ying opened her mouth to explain, "The powder from the grinding teeth of this purple butterfly snake is a poison prepared by the Dark Moon Order for the murder theory, and even you can't resist its poison. ”
"Although I know that you will not harm me, your existence has been seriously affected, and I will continue to move on. Ling Chen continued: "So I hope you can drink a cup of poisoned wine. I'll practice it for you!!"
"Your Highness!!"
Ling Chen looked at him without changing his face: "Or, you can leave here immediately, don't let me see you again, next time I see you, I won't be so polite to prepare poisoned wine for you, what is left for you should be sharp blades and arrows!!"
Liao Qian looked at Ling Chen: "Your Highness, I have protected you and followed you for so many years, do you really want to be so ruthless?"
"Are you willing to die for me?"
"I'm naturally willing, I'm already ready to sacrifice myself to protect His Highness!!"
Ling Chen nodded: "Then drink it!"
Liao Cheng shook his head in disappointment: "I didn't expect that I swore to protect this kind of person!!" Liao Cheng stood up: "Your Highness, I will report everything that happened today to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is right, you really look like a member of the Resnot family, and the people of the Resnot family are far more friendly than you!
"I'm giving you five seconds to think about it. Ling Chen looked at the departing Liao and began to count: "Five!"
"Your Highness, it's useless to talk more, I've already decided!!Even if you really become a king, it's not worth my allegiance for you!!"
"Okay!" Ling Chen stopped counting down, picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all, and at the same time poured the wine in the wine jug completely on the ground: "Actually, at the beginning, the wine was already poisoned, and what I put in after that was actually just an antidote!" Ling Chen's face was indifferent, and he looked at Liao Qian as if he were looking at a corpse.