Taishou Mansion, Ji Chengying still lives in the big house, and also asked Aoki to withdraw all the iron guards in the backyard, leaving only four thorns including Aoki.

Aoki was still trying to persuade Ji Chengying not to go to Rouyuan with Tang Xiaohao and others, Ji Chengying's decision was unbelievable in Aoki's eyes, and he couldn't believe that Ji Chengying could make such a decision.

Although Ji Chengying is still a "faint king" in the eyes of those powerful ministers, he only knows that he is a foolish little emperor who pretends to be, but Aoki knows that Ji Chengying is not like this, and it is precisely because he knows that Ji Chengying is not like this, so he feels incredible.

Ji Chengying looked at Aoki, who was kneeling in front of him: "You get up and speak."

Aoki refused: "The emperor ......"

Ji Chengying interrupted Aoki: "I told you to get up!"

Aoki had to get up.

Ji Chengying said again, "Look at me."

Aoki raised his head slightly, although he looked at Ji Chengying, he only raised his eyes, and did not dare to look up directly.

Ji Chengying said solemnly, "Originally, I didn't need to explain it to you, but you are my confidant, and I think I should let you know."

Aoki stood solemnly when he heard this, and his eyes drooped at the same time.

Ji Chengying looked at the small lake in the distance outside the door: "Everything that happened after arriving in Liangcheng let me know that the world is different from what is written. Do you know what I see when I review those memoraries every day? I saw the peace of the country and the people, the wind and rain were smooth, the officials were honest, and the people supported it. I know that it is called reporting good news but not bad news, and I also know that it is those powerful ministers who are now in charge of the government, and they will not let me know what the world of Jiuyuan is like."

Aoki was silent, he didn't dare to say anything, he knew very well that Ji Chengying's opening remarks were tantamount to telling him not to persuade him anymore.

Ji Chengying's gaze fell back on Aoki: "When I entered the Demon Underworld, I found that I was so weak from the inside out, when there is no Iron Guard, no Xuanbu, I am a waste!"

"Your Majesty!" Aoki immediately knelt down.

"Stand up for me!" Ji Chengying was angry, "What do you mean by kneeling? Do you want me to continue to deceive myself, thinking that I am the emperor, the so-called true dragon emperor, the lord of the world, and the invincible one in the world? I was originally blind and deaf in the Imperial City, and if I want to be this emperor well, I must know what the Imperial Land is like under my rule."

Aoki had never seen Ji Chengying so angry, so he had to stand up, but he froze in place.

Ji Chengying continued, "When I heard the story of Xue Yun's mother, in addition to being shocked, I was helpless, it was a wife and a mother. What I have learned since I was a child is what is the way of governing the country and the emperor, as well as the three outlines and five constants of monarchs and ministers, husband and wife, father and son, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, although I can't reach all the nine classics, and I don't read any books, but I am also a person with feelings, and when I heard the verdict of the county order, I felt like someone had stabbed me with a knife." Look at the book

Ji Chengying pointed to the location of his heart, and said, "And what the Kang family did, as well as the Nanrong family's control over the appointment of court officials, these are undoubtedly the fig leaf on the court, I know that the fig leaf is for me, not for others!" I am not ashamed of my face, but because I am ashamed. I used to think that this was how the world should be, but now I realize that it shouldn't be like this."

Aoki knelt down again: "Your Majesty, even if this is the case, you can't take the risk yourself!"

Ji Chengying smiled, "If I don't see it with my own eyes, who will tell me the truth? You? Or a colt? Or the Great Strategist? Or someone else? Even if you are my confidant, you will only pick good things to say, and when you tell too many lies, you yourself will believe it, and I will naturally believe it, and then what? Suffering is the people of Jiuyuan, and when the people can't live anymore one day, they will rise up like my grandfather back then, all dynasties and dynasties are such a cycle, I know very well that I can't guarantee that my descendants will be people-oriented, but at least when I am in power, I can't really be a faint king, right?"

Aoki knew that there was no point in persuading him, so he had to kowtow and say, "Long live the emperor."

Ji Chengying sighed and said, "Where is there anything long live, there are only ten thousand sins...... When you leave with the Iron Guard, remember not to let people find out that I am not in the car, and wait until you get back to King Mingxi and tell him

This is my will, don't let him send someone to find me, in addition, I will write a letter by hand, if something really happens to me, then I will be King Xi at the moment of death, and King Xi is me, do you know what I mean?"

Aoki naturally knew that Ji Chengying was tantamount to telling Aoki that he was ready, if he died, the throne would be his younger brother Ji Hanguang's, but the world would not know, and would only think that it was King Xi who died.

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Huayuan, the imperial city, the palace of diligence.

It was late at night, but Ji Hanguang was still looking at the twists and turns, completely forgetting that Sang Luo, who had been standing in the hall and waiting for nearly half an hour, and Sang Luo, who was standing there waiting, did not say a word, and did not remind Ji Hanguang.

A cold wind blew in, and Ji Hanguang sneezed with a cold.

Sang Luo saluted and said, "The emperor takes care of the dragon's body."

It was precisely because of Sang Luo's words that Ji Hanguang remembered that His Royal Highness was still kneeling with the Great Strategist.

Ji Hanguang immediately said, "Great Strategist Pingshen, I forgot that you are still there."

After saying that, Ji Hanguang realized that he should call himself "I", not "I", but seeing the shallow smile on Sang Luo's face, Ji Hanguang couldn't help but laugh, because he knew that he couldn't hide it from Sang Luo no matter what.

Because Sang Luo is too familiar with Ji Chengying and Ji Hanguang brothers, it is not an exaggeration to say that he grew up with them.

Ji Hanguang ordered everyone to leave the Qinzheng Palace, and even the people outside the hall were transferred, and then slowly walked to Sang Luo.

Sang Luo glanced outside the hall, still not very relieved.

Ji Hanguang said: "Okay, there is no one else, only the two of us."

Sang Luo hugged his fists and said, "Lord Wang, don't be too tired, take care of your body."

Ji Hanguang looked at the piles of folds on the table and said, "Do you know what I was thinking when I was reviewing the folds? I'm thinking, it's good that I wasn't the one who sat on the throne back then, otherwise, with my temperament, I would have gone crazy a long time ago."

After that, Ji Hanguang and Sang Luo both laughed.

Sang Luo said: "Lord Wang, your character is not to do it, but if you want to do it, you will do your best."

Ji Hanguang deliberately said, "You can't let my eldest brother know what you say, otherwise, he will definitely not be able to spare you and me."

After saying that, the two laughed again.

Sang Luo took out a letter from his sleeve and presented it to Ji Hanguang with both hands: "Lord Wang, this is a handwritten letter from Bai Shihui, the commander of the Tianqian Army, which should have been directly submitted to the imperial court, but General Bai was worried that there would be an accident when he reported to the military department, so he asked his henchmen to come to Shendu City to see me with a letter."

The reason why Bai Shihui did not directly submit it to the Ministry of War was because the book of the Ministry of War was the style of Nanrong Song.

While Ji Hanguang read the letter, Sang Luo informed what happened in Liangcheng.

In fact, Ji Hanguang already knew. After the incident, Ji Chengying asked Aoki to send a thorn back to the imperial city to inform him of the details, fearing that there would be other changes in this matter, so that Ji Hanguang could prepare early.

Ji Hanguang read the letter, and after listening to Sang Luo's words, he deliberately asked, "Great Strategist, what do you think of this matter?"

Sang Luo said bluntly: "At present, the Liangcheng demon incident has been completely resolved, and there is no need to deal with it separately, it is best to calm things down, after all, the Kang family and the Nanrong family are involved. The minister dared to guess that the emperor must have meant the same thing."

Of course, Ji Hanguang knew that Ji Chengying also meant this, but he was very angry in his heart, because the power cultivated by the Nanrong family was already pervasive, and even the Kang family, the largest in the Tiangan Dao, was now subservient to the Nanrong family, otherwise, it would not be easy to let the Kang family act as a middleman and make a deal with the Tors Department.

Ji Hanguang nodded and said, "Then do it according to the emperor's wishes, it's just that this king is worried that this matter will make the Nanrong family do anything?"

Sang Luo shook his head and said, "Nanrong will definitely pretend that he doesn't know anything, to put it bluntly, now they are all right."

Ji Hanguang gritted his teeth and said, "However, if the Nanrong family is allowed to spread out like this, not to mention the other eight plains, Huayuan will soon spread their forces, and it will inevitably be another catastrophe at that time."

For Ji Hanguang, the so-called catastrophe naturally means that the Ji family will be replaced by the Nanrong family, rather than the resumption of war

Spiritual.

Sang Luo just said calmly: "Lord Wang, it is not easy to deal with the Nanrong family, although the Nanrong family has strong financial resources and amazing power, it also has obvious weaknesses."

Ji Hanguang immediately asked, "What weakness?"

Sang Luo explained: "None of those retainers of the Nanrong family are fuel-efficient lamps, take Mu Yinghao, the commander of the Shendu Army, for example, if it weren't for his courage and good fighting, with his impulsive and self-righteous character, Nanrong would have dealt with him a long time ago. Therefore, the people who can really control Nanrong's retainers, in addition to Nanrong's style as the leader, are left with Nanrong Zhongwei. This time, Nan Rong Yuankai, the youngest son of the Nan Rong family, appeared in Liangcheng, which happened to confirm the minister's speculation."

Ji Hanguang immediately understood: "What the Great Strategist means is that such an important deal is actually for Nan Rongyuan to go, not Nan Rongzhongwei. The reason is that Nan Rong Zhong needs to sit in Nan Rong's house? If Nan Rong Yuankai stayed, and Nan Rong Zhong went to Liangcheng, Nan Rong Yuankai couldn't suppress those retainers at all?"

Sang Luo arched his hand and said, "Lord Mingjian, that's exactly the case."

Ji Hanguang said, "In other words, the enemy we have to deal with is actually only two people?"

Sang Luo said: "Don't always look at how powerful the Nanrong family is, but also look at who makes up this force, and who is the person who controls this force, as the so-called thief captures the king first."

Ji Hanguang nodded slightly, but asked, "Has the Great Strategist discussed this matter with the emperor?"

Sang Luo shook his head: "The minister doesn't dare."

Hearing this, Ji Hanguang subconsciously asked, "Why?"

As soon as he finished asking, Ji Hanguang nodded to himself again, signaling that Sang Luo didn't need to explain, because he knew the reason, and there was no other reason, not because Ji Chengying couldn't think of it, but he was not decisive enough, and he was often worried that he would implicate too many innocent people, which formed a strange contradiction with his original suspicious personality.

Back then, the crown prince set up by Emperor Shunhe, that is, the crown prince, was originally Ji Hanguang, because Ji Hanguang is very similar to his grandfather Emperor Dingyuan, he will do things to the extreme, he will not look ahead, he will not be emotional, and he also knows what it means to make the best use of things. But for some reason, after the death of Emperor Shunhe, the successor of the edict became Ji Chengying.

Only Ji Chengying and Ji Hanguang knew that the throne was decided by the brothers with a golden dragon, and the reason why Ji Hanguang wanted to give up the throne to his brother was that he knew very well that according to the rules, he should appoint his eldest son as the prince.

When Emperor Shunhe appointed Ji Hanguang as the crown prince, he was opposed by a number of powerful ministers, among which the most fierce opposition was the Nanrong style. Because Nanrong Qufeng knows that if Ji Hanguang succeeds to the throne, it will be very troublesome for him to deal with, and although Ji Chengying seems to have the demeanor of an emperor, he has done a lot of ridiculous things in private, and he is an easy object to control in the eyes of Nanrong Qufeng.

Although Ji Hanguang was still young at that time, he also knew that retreat was advancing, so he played a small trick to give up the throne to his eldest brother. -