At this time, it was midnight and the imperial city was still brightly lit.

The huge Great Qi Imperial Palace, it's not just the gloomy imperial study that happens.

In the Jinluan Hall used for deliberations, the prince stood quietly in front of the dragon chair, silent.

The surname of Daqi Jiang was not replaced by the Tian family like Kong Han'an in his previous life.

As a royal family that has ruled the Qi country for an unknown number of years, it depends on excellent genetic breeding, and the prince is of course very handsome.

His slender fingers gently stroked the dragon chair, as if caressing a beauty.

Although young, he also longed to sit in this position for too long.

In fact, there are still some similarities between him and his eldest brother, the eldest prince.

For example, he also believed that his subjects were all cattle and sheep, and that they should be given what they wanted.

But he was smarter than his brother.

He knew that it was only by sitting in this chair that he could see them as tools.

Therefore, on weekdays, he was filial to his father, respectful to Kong Sheng, and courteous to the ministers of the court.

So, he became the crown prince.

But his father, the emperor, actually lived longer than the Dao Sage.

It was really unbearable for him.

The pressure his father put on him made him breathless.

If the second is not as good as the first, how will the history books record him? What will future generations think of him?

Young man, after all, he is strong, he has self-confidence, and he can do better than his father.

But the premise is that the father doesn't live that long.

As a harmless prince, he deserved to gain some power and some news.

The sorcerer's assassination of his father and even the killing of his brother are all due to him.

At least, that's what he thinks.

But his father died, his brother died, and he still couldn't ascend to the throne.

Damn the prime minister, he is so stubborn.

Courtesy?

Rites were nothing more than tools used by the royal family to rule over their subjects......

Why limit me!?

Kong Han'an?

Kong Han'an is just my courtier.

Even if he can get the title of "Emperor of Xudu", it will be up to me to do it!

Kong Sheng?

It's just the prime minister, calling you a teacher is to respect you, not to be a puppet and at your mercy!

If it is said that in the imperial study, what the old emperor said to Kong Han'an can be broadly understood as the contradiction between monarchy and divine power.

Then, in this Jinluan Palace, what the prince thinks about in his heart is the contradiction between the monarch's power and the relative power.

It is true that he is not a king yet, but he is not far from the throne.

After such a long period of forbearance, his heart was full of wanting to vent.

"Report~! Your Majesty, the secret guard is coming, and the prime minister has entered the imperial study! ”

An inner servant rushed into the Jinluan Hall in a hurry.

This chamberlain is a little eunuch who has grown up with the prince since he was a child, and he is a close person.

Although he had not officially sat on the chair in front of him, this little eunuch had carefully changed his words to call him His Majesty.

The prince's heart was very happy, but his face was solemn, and he opened his mouth to scold.

"Panic, what kind of system!"

Kong Sheng has taught him the way to be a king, and he can't let his subordinates guess his thoughts too easily.

In the prince's view, just as now, when he is happy, he has to be reprimanded to hide his thoughts.

After the reprimand, he couldn't wait to ask.

"Sure? My good teacher has entered the imperial study? Did Kong Han'an come out? ”

The chamberlain didn't care about Fang Cai's reprimand, he knew what his master wanted to hear.

"The news is accurate, there are three secret guards at the same time, the prime minister entered the imperial study, and the Hades did not come out."

The prince shouted.

"Don't call him Hades! He's just a treacherous villain with a flamboyant tongue! To have today's achievements, thanks to the care of the prime minister and the Taoist saint, in exchange for me, I can do better than him! ”

The waiter was submissive, and he knew that he had really angered his master just now.

The crown prince suddenly remembered the teachings of Kong Sheng.

For the way of the king, treat subordinates with both rigidity and softness, and not blindly harsh.

He slowed his voice and explained softly.

"I just don't despise that Kong Han'an's person, not against you."

The chamberlain immediately fell to his knees, he knew how to make his master happy at this time.

"Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace, thank Your Majesty for not killing."

The crown prince felt a lot more comfortable, and sure enough, I have the potential to become an emperor.

Leaning back slightly, he landed cautiously on the dragon chair.

I don't know if it's the strength given to him by the dragon chair under him, or the confidence he gained from "tuning" his subordinates.

The prince's eyes were once again filled with flames.

"Stop josing, let's get started!"

He wants to vent, but this is not something that can be vented by the concubine and the crown princess.

He wants to beat the prime minister and the future "Emperor of Xudu".

How to beat?

Of course, it's a knock on the mountain!

He looked down on Kong Han'an.

Therefore, he thinks that the imperial study that so many mages and monks can't solve, Kong Han'an will definitely not be able to solve.

Everything, doesn't it have to rely on Uncle Kong Han'an, who is the prime minister of the dynasty, and the sage of Kong?

That's what he's planning for tonight on.

Sure enough, everything was as he expected.

Sage Kong also entered the imperial study, and now, in the imperial city, no one can stop him from doing things.

The chamberlain got up suddenly, for eunuchs like them, who grew up in the palace since childhood, kneeling and kowtowing is nothing.

He shouted at the door.

"Xuan, Hui Yuan Zhong Kui will meet you!"

A sharp voice came from the Jinluan Palace, one after another, like a relay, to the outside of the palace gate.

"Huiyuan Zhong Kui will meet you~!"

The sharp voice came from outside the palace gate again, one after another, like a relay, to the front of the Jinluan Palace.

The chamberlain looked at the prince, and when he saw that the prince nodded, he shouted again.

"Xuan Zhong Kui enters the hall!"

In this way, Zhong Kui, who shouted three times, like a black tower, walked into the court of Daqi.

He walked like the wind, bowed his head and walked to the front steps of the dragon chair, knelt on the ground, and knocked his head three times.

"Minister Zhong Kui, meet His Royal Highness the Prince!"

After kowtowing, Zhong Kui straightened up and was stunned when he saw the prince sitting on the dragon chair.

His eyes staggered, and the prince's heart was on fire.

is worthy of being a person in Kong Han'an's lineage!

Of course, the chamberlain knew what his master was thinking, and he scolded sharply.

"Bold, rude things, the holy face is also something you can look at?"

For three days, you should be impressed.

Zhong Kui has gone through a lot of tempering, and Zhou is bored to befriend him, and accepts the talent given to him by Meng Yu, and he is no longer a reckless person in the past.

Seeing the current situation, why didn't he understand what mistake he had made?

Zhong Kui immediately prostrate on the ground, made a standard five-body bow to the ground, and shouted loudly.

"The minister is guilty!"

But he was a little younger......

He only thought that the prince wanted to be the emperor and made a taboo, but he didn't expect that the prince was going to come to find his stubble.

The reason is also very simple.

He is a person from the underworld, and Kong Sheng thinks that he can become the champion.

I heard the prince say.

"I once heard that today's Huiyuan, both civil and military, Yushu is a talent, and I love talents, so I summoned him in the middle of the night, but I didn't expect it, I looked so ugly!"

"It's a disappointment!"

Regardless of talent, just about appearance, this kind of behavior makes Zhong Kui have hidden anger in his heart.

He's a little more slick and sophisticated, but it's just some.

At this time, the words were not speculative, he asked coldly.

"Your Highness asked the ministers to come, just to humiliate the ministers?"

The prince sneered.

"Of course not, but your ugly appearance really makes me unbearable."

"Tomorrow's palace test, you don't need it!"

Zhong Kui raised his head suddenly, his eyes split.