King Han did not beat around the bush. "Shen Ruhui is indeed in my palace. He was held hostage before, and I saved him. For his safety, I kindly placed him in my palace. How can I say he is imprisoned?"

He looked at the juniors with amusement, thinking that they had some tricks up their sleeves, but they just rushed over to question him foolishly, thinking that they could get away with it. How naive they were.

Liu Xuan was not surprised by King Han's words. "In this case, I hope Your Majesty will let Shen Ruhui leave with us."

Su Juan blinked, "Wow, you old man are quite good at talking. I understand. Tomorrow I will find someone to beat you up first, and then I will pretend to pass by and take you away and lock you up, under the pretext of saving you and kindly placing you at home."

[Everyone knows what you are up to. Why are you pretending to be so high and mighty? ]

King Han: “…” I’m not pretending!

Xie Xun looked at Su Juan and said, "One sentence is worth dozens of words from Liu Xuan. Compared to you, Liu Xuan is really nothing."

King Han pretended not to hear Su Juan's words, "Why should I give the people I saved to you? You can come and go as you please. What do you think my palace is?"

His tone was slightly angry and he looked very unhappy, and the atmosphere suddenly became serious.

[No one wanted to come in the first place.]

Xie Xun almost laughed out loud, he fanned himself and covered his lips to hide his smile.

[It's so shabby. If it wasn't for the sign on the door saying "Prince Han's Mansion", I would have thought I had entered someone's run-down courtyard.]

King Han's expression suddenly changed: "......"

Do you think I don’t want to do better? Do I have the money?

Liu Miaoqing coughed lightly, trying to interrupt Su Juan.

Back then, Prince Heng was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and repeatedly suppressed Prince Han's people. Prince Han repeatedly used his own salary to subsidize his soldiers. So it was a well-known fact in the court that Prince Han was poor. It was already quite good that Prince Han's Palace was in its current state.

Liu Xuan, who was standing by, was the first to ask, "May I ask what Your Majesty wants in exchange for us taking the people away?"

King Han took a sip of tea and suppressed his anger towards Su Juan. "If you want to take the person away, you must give me something in exchange, right?"

Several people frowned slightly. Everyone in the world knew what the King of Han was thinking. It was self-evident what he wanted.

Even if he couldn't use Shen Ruhui to suppress Prince Jing, he would not let him go easily.

But they dared not give, nor could they afford, what the King of Han wanted.

[You are beating around the bush. Why don't you just say you want us to help you conquer the world? It's just a matter of one sentence, but you are talking about this and that.]

Xie Xun's forehead twitched slightly. Is this a complicated question?

Now the King of Han wants them to take sides. Among the people here, behind Liu Miaoqing is the Zhongshu Ling Mansion, behind Liu Xuan is the Ping Bojue Mansion, and behind him is the Ping Guogong Mansion.

What's more, after the two of them have been judged and ranked, Liu Xuan will definitely enter the officialdom. What the King of Han wants is a loyal minister from the Liu family.

His ambition is too big, he wants to use Shen Ruhui to tie down so many people.

Seeing that no one was talking, King Han smiled and said, "If you feel embarrassed, I will give in a little."

As he spoke, his eyes fell on Liu Xuan, "If my nephew Liu can promise to enter the government and serve me in the future, I can take him away."

If Shen Ruhui cannot be used to bring down Prince Jing, at least the Liu family can be restrained.

Everyone's eyes immediately fell on Liu Xuan.

At this time, Su Juan finally understood why Liu Xuan, who was obviously very talented, had not yet entered the officialdom.

Faced with the attempts to win him over from several parties, Marquis Pingbo can still hold his ground. But once the younger generation of the Liu family enters the court as officials, how should they respond to such attempts to win him over?

Liu Xuan pursed his thin lips slightly. From the moment he stepped into Prince Han's Mansion, he had guessed the current situation.

"In this case, Your Majesty is really willing to release him?"

King Han: "Of course, everyone says that Earl Ping gave birth to a good son, with a particularly good character and never breaks his promises. Your promise is worth more than a thousand gold coins."

[Old man, I haven't even entered the government yet, but you're already thinking about me? ]

[How can you really win people's hearts by just using these threats to get them to submit to you? ]

[You are no longer like the one who fought on the battlefield and defended the territory with all his heart. ]

Su Juan was greatly disappointed.

[You want to fight for the world and win over capable people to work for you. No one says anything bad about you, but you don’t know how to really win people’s hearts. With such means, how can you really convince people to work for you? ]

King Han sneered, "What do you know, little girl? If I want to gain the world, these are all necessary means for me."

Thinking of the past, his heart was filled with silence.

While the soldiers at the front were fighting with their flesh and blood on the border, the court was unable to deliver winter cotton clothes to the army in time, and even the medicines they used were embezzled by many officials.

Everyone thinks that the casualties among soldiers are the result of the cruelty of war, but they do not know that many soldiers were frozen to death, suffered from the lack of good medicine, and were dragged to death by their injuries.

When Prince Heng did that, no one stood up to expose him.

How can there be peace when the political atmosphere is like this?

If I don't fight, how can I give an explanation to the soldiers on the border?

Su Juan sighed, [No wonder in the end, not only did you fail to defeat them, but your entire family also died.]

King Han's face froze, and the expressions of Xie Xun and Liu Miaoqing beside him were even more subtle.

Song Qianfan is so cruel...

This was the first time that King Han learned about something related to himself from Su Juan. Even though he was prepared for the fact that success will determine the king, he was still shocked when he heard Su Juan say this.

He didn't want his son to know what he had done, because he thought that if he failed in the future, his son might be able to escape.

But according to Su Juan, if he really failed in the future, no one in the Prince Han's mansion would be spared.

"It seems that Nephew Liu is unwilling to do so."

King Han's eyes were dim, "It doesn't matter, since you don't want to, you can change someone else."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at King Han, only to see him looking at Su Juan.

Su Juan: “?” [What are you doing? ]

"As long as you are useful to me, I will let you go now."

Liu Xuan frowned and stood up to block Su Juan. "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with her. I hope Your Majesty will not involve innocent people."

Xie Xun and Liu Miaoqing were not surprised by this.

Even His Majesty is so concerned about Su Juan's ability. Song Qianfan wanted to kill her several times, wasn't it because she knew everything about the world, could foresee the future, and disrupted his major affairs several times.

Sooner or later, the King of Han will have the intention to win over the people.

Su Juan blinked and looked at King Han, "Your Majesty, I am just a small sixth-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue."

King Han laughed, "You are too modest, Mr. Yuanwailang. His Majesty thinks so highly of you, it is only a matter of time before you are promoted."

Now everyone in the court believes her words without a doubt. If she can be used by them, one Su Juan will be better than ten Ping Earl's Mansions.

Everyone immediately looked at Su Juan.

Liu Xuan pursed his lips tightly, his face clearly unhappy, "Your Highness, why do you have to embarrass me like this? I will agree to what you just said..."

Su Juan suddenly interrupted, "Okay."

Everyone present immediately looked at Su Juan, while Liu Xuan and Xie Xun looked surprised.

She curled her lips and said, "It is my honor to be able to serve the prince. If I really get promoted in the future, I will never forget what I said today."