Chapter 335: How does Your Majesty want to take responsibility?
"I know what you have been thinking all along. Your initial expectation was just to keep your current status and wealth, do your best, and be a wise ruler and loyal minister with me."
"We could have just been king and subject, but I was the first to cross the line and insisted on being your partner. It was me who pestered you and tempted you in every way, which led to you accepting the temptation and agreeing to be with me."
Jun Liluo ate lily soup while recounting his mistakes, "I was disrespectful to the emperor. You just made the same mistake that all powerful ministers in this world would make. If it were any other minister, they probably wouldn't be able to resist the temptation of being crowned king."
"So Yunchu, I deeply understand where I was wrong, but I will not change, and I will not alienate you. We agreed to stay together forever. No matter what obstacles we encounter, you and I will face them together."
Song Yunchu raised his eyebrows slightly, "Your Majesty's attitude of admitting his mistakes is really straightforward."
"Why should I be embarrassed to admit this?" Jun Li Luo said calmly, "You are being criticized and plotted against because of me, so don't worry, Yun Chu, I will definitely take responsibility."
"Then I am very curious, how does Your Majesty want to take responsibility?"
"How about giving you, the Prince of Ning, a higher rank? Perhaps one day you won't have to stand in front of the officials, but will be able to sit next to the throne."
Jun Liluo said it calmly, but Song Yunchu's pupils tightened.
Shoulder to shoulder king?!
"It's just what you think." Jun Liluo looked at her steadily, "But I still need some time, and we also need to customize the plan, so let's wait a little longer."
Song Yunchu remained silent.
At this moment, I really didn't know how to respond.
In fact... she had had this thought before.
[Stop, don’t think about it anymore.]
[People must learn to be content with what they have. The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. It is better to stabilize your mentality and let nature take its course. ]
"Come on, stop pretending." Jun Liluo exposed her mercilessly, "You are obviously very moved, but you still say that you are content with what you have. You are getting better and better at fooling me with your true feelings. Unfortunately, you can't hide it from me. I can tell what your true thoughts are as soon as you turn your eyes."
Song Yunchu coughed lightly, "Do I look like someone with such big ambitions?"
"That's not the case. A restless mind can be called ambition, but I agree with your ideas, so it's not ambition. It's more appropriate to call it aspirational ambition."
Jun Li Luo finished the last mouthful of lily soup and said leisurely: "It is indeed not easy to manage the country by yourself. Why not do it with someone who knows you well?"
Anyway, Yun Chu would never meet another person as outstanding as him, so he didn't have to worry about her transferring her affection. They would join hands to rule the country and look at all the other countries. No other monarch would ever have a confidant like Yun Chu.
Whenever he thought of this, he felt very lucky.
In his original understanding, a qualified king should be cold and suspicious, and hold all power. However, as he and Song Yunchu got along day after day, this idea was unknowingly replaced by another one.
Why must the king be cold and indifferent? The king is also a mortal, and he can have emotions and share everything with the people he trusts and loves. As long as they can maintain this prosperous country together, they are qualified rulers.
Yes, they were him and Yun Chu, not just him.
"The more I look at Your Majesty, the more I like you." Song Yunchu held Jun Liluo's face, with a smile in his eyes, "I will never let you down in my life as I have your Majesty's trust."
Jun Liluo loves to hear this.
He pulled Song Yunchu in front of him and said, "Do as you say."
"Sure." Song Yunchu raised the corners of his lips and kissed him.
Jun Li Luo clasped the back of her head, held her lips, and responded unwillingly.
After a long time of rubbing against each other, Song Yunchu let him go, "Your Majesty, you should go back to the palace. After all, this is the Imperial Hospital, and some things are inconvenient."
Jun Li Luo naturally understood that this was not a good place to talk about love. He whispered to Song Yunchu, "Go to bed early," and turned and left.
"Farewell to Your Majesty."
Watching Jun Liluo's figure disappear from his sight, Song Yunchu sat back at the table and poured himself a cup of tea.
She used to think that it would be great to be the Prime Minister of Song forever. Anyway, Prime Minister Liu was not as high-ranking as her, and she was already the head of all officials.
But later, when she learned that Jun Liluo liked her, she wanted to take this opportunity to pursue a higher status.
Jun Li Luo kept his promise and made her a king of a different surname. Although her status was equal to those of the legitimate princes, her power was much higher.
On paper she was a subject, but in private she never considered herself a subject, and Jun Li Luo never called himself "I" in front of her.
They read all the memorials together and discussed important matters together. She always put herself on an equal footing with Jun Liluo, which was actually overstepping the boundaries for a subject.
But since Jun Li Luo himself agreed with these, she didn't think she was going too far. Since he kept saying that they wanted to be an equal couple, then what was wrong with her treating herself as half an emperor?
But of course, she couldn't make these public. She couldn't let outsiders know that she had become so arrogant that she was on par with the emperor.
She is already very jealous of being the Prince of Ning now. If she is promoted to the next level, who knows how much more trouble there will be.
It’s exciting just thinking about it.
…
"Is General Ye's injury serious?"
"It's a small matter. Although His Majesty was angry, he didn't use any harsh force. I just suffered some internal injuries. I will be fine after a few days of rest."
In the courtyard of the general's mansion, General Ye and Taifu Wei sat opposite each other drinking tea.
"Song Yunchu has always been cunning. Although I don't know how he suppressed his internal strength, I guess he must still have strength. We should not act rashly against him to avoid losing our troops."
"He made such a fuss today. He must have heard the rumors and made preparations in advance. But how did he know our plan against him?" Master Wei frowned slightly.
Minister Huo just told them last night that it has been confirmed that His Majesty and Song Yunchu have a homosexual relationship. In order to fight for power and profit, Song Yunchu would even do things to seduce the emperor. As the family behind the four concubines, how can they not join forces to fight against him?
But Song Yunchu was too well-informed.
Using helping His Majesty practice martial arts as an excuse to stay overnight to suppress those rumors about homosexuality that have not yet been widely publicized is really cunning!
"It's possible that someone among us leaked the news." General Ye said in a deep voice, "We may not be able to prevent him from planting spies around us, so from now on, we must also pay more attention to the people in our respective mansions."
Master Wei nodded.
"In addition, we should also persuade the ladies to hold on to their holy heart and not let His Majesty make the same mistake again and again. The emperor and his subjects are in love... that would violate the rules of our ancestors."
…
That night, the moonlight was bright and clear like water.
Dozens of figures approached Qin's residence.
Although Qin Shen was injured, his keen hearing as a martial artist still woke him up from his sleep.
The people outside were approaching the house.
Qin Shen got up in the dark, picked up the bag of darts beside the pillow, and took down the sword hanging at the head of the bed.
The next moment, someone broke in through the door and window at the same time. With the faint light of the moon, Qin Shen could vaguely see those shadows, and three darts in his hand shot out at the same time!
The person who jumped in from the window was knocked down, but the person who broke in through the door had already reached the bed.
The sword in Qin Shen's hand was unsheathed and collided with the weapon on the opposite side, making a series of crisp sounds.
More people were coming in from outside.
In the darkness, Qin Shen frowned.
The other side had more people and more power, which was really disadvantageous to him.
After receiving the reward from the court, he bought a new house and some items, and hired two servants, half of which was already spent.
The remaining silver was not enough for him to hire guards. Besides, as an expert, he was naturally picky about guards. He looked down upon those with poor skills, but those with good skills were not cheap. So he simply decided not to hire any for the time being. He thought that he had not been in office for long and had no enemies at the moment, so logically no one would cause trouble for him.
Judging from the situation on the other side, they can send more than ten people at a time. The person behind the scenes must be rich or noble.
He already had a guess in his mind.
He swung his sword to push away the opponent's weapon, jumped from the couch to the ground, and prepared to escape through the window.
But just as he jumped out of the window, he saw five figures coming towards him under the moonlight.
Qin Shen cursed softly——
He is just a small sixth-rank official. Is it necessary to send so many people to cause trouble for him?
That ungrateful Minister Huo, he had tried his best to save the man from the assassin, and he also left A Lan with great pain. He believed that he had done nothing wrong to the Huo family. Could it be that just because A Lan came to visit him when he was injured, the old man could not tolerate him?
Qin Shen was about to draw his sword and fight them, but he heard a cool female voice from the other side, "Qin Sijie, stay away!"
As the woman spoke, she swung the whip in her hand, but not at him, but at the assassins chasing after him.
Qin Shen immediately understood that the five people outside were not here to harm him, but were from another force that seemed to be protecting him for the time being.
He was injured, so there was no need for him to act like a hero, so he just moved aside.
The four people led by the woman quickly dealt with the assassins inside and outside the house, and left all of them alive.
Seeing that the fight had subsided, Qin Shen went into the house and lit the lamp.
After his vision cleared, he looked at the people who came to help. He recognized at a glance that the woman in red who was leading the group was Honglian, who was beside Prince Ning. He had seen her several times at the Selection Conference.
Although the other party helped him, he was still wary, "Why is Miss Honglian here?"
"Of course, it was Miss Zhong who asked us to do that," Honglian replied. "Miss Zhong thought you would be unlucky recently, so she asked us to take turns to keep an eye on your house. If no one bothers you, we will naturally not bother you."
Qin Shen's expression changed slightly.
He had previously lied to Zhong Nanyue, saying that he had fallen in love with a young palace maid in Xingde Palace, and asked Zhong Nanyue to cooperate with him, allowing him to successfully meet Concubine De. Now Zhong Nanyue has sent people to keep an eye on him, clearly indicating that she is suspicious of his statement.
Then Zhong Nanyue probably already knew that he and Concubine De had a past relationship.
Forget it... things have come to this point, and there is no point in being upset. Anyway, he has already promised A Lan that it is better not to meet than to meet. Even if he has the chance to meet A Lan in the future, he will not talk to her. As long as they don't let others catch them and insist that they are not familiar with each other, what can others do to them?
At worst, he would die so that she could live in peace.
"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Honglian. Please convey my gratitude to Captain Zhong for me."
After Qin Shen thanked him, he looked at the man in black on the ground and put his sword against his wrist. "Who sent you to kill me? If you don't tell me, I'll cut your tendons!"
As he finished speaking, the tip of the sword had already pierced into the opponent's flesh.
"We are not here to kill you! The employer said that it doesn't matter if you are injured or disabled, as long as we can bring you back alive."
“Who is the employer?”
“I really don’t know about that.”
Honglian at the side said, "If Qin Sijie trusts us, we will take them back for further trial."
Qin Shen put away his sword, "Then I'll have to trouble Miss Honglian. You helped me tonight, and I will remember this favor."
…
The next day at noon, after De Fei had finished her meal and was about to go to Li Fei's palace, she heard the palace maid come to report -
"Madam, Captain Zhong wants to see you. It's the girl who won the first place in the martial arts test."
Upon hearing this, Concubine De was not surprised and responded calmly, "Bring her in."
Zhong Nanyue is from the Ning Wang Mansion. Perhaps she came here to express her gratitude on behalf of Ning Wang.
Soon, Zhong Nanyan came up to her and clasped her fists towards her, "Greetings, Madam Defei."
Defei looked at her heroic and valiant appearance, smiled faintly, and then ordered the people around her to leave.
"I came here today to thank Her Majesty on behalf of His Royal Highness Prince Ning for her kind reminder. Thanks to Her Majesty's letter, she was able to take precautions before it happened. His Royal Highness asked me to ask Her Majesty if you have any unfulfilled wishes. She wants to repay you a favor."
"My wish..." De Fei paused, and said, "I only hope that my family can live in peace. Other than that, I don't have any other wishes."
Her father was not tactful enough, so she could only use the favor of reporting the news to ask King Ning to show more mercy to the Huo family in the future.
"I will definitely convey your words to His Highness."
As Zhong Nanyan spoke, she seemed to suddenly think of something and asked Concubine De, "By the way, Madam, there is something I want to ask you. Has Qin Shen ever offended your mother's family?"
After hearing this, Concubine De's heart tightened, but she tried her best to remain calm. "Why would Captain Zhong ask such a question? Qin Sijie was a martial arts master hired by my mother's family. He taught martial arts to my brothers. Although he left later, he and my family... should not have any grudges against each other."
"So, Your Majesty probably doesn't know much about the feud between Qin Sijie and Minister Huo? Then just pretend that I never asked. I'm leaving now."
"Captain Zhong, wait a minute." Concubine De stopped her, "If this has anything to do with my father, I must listen to it. What happened?"
"To be honest, Your Majesty, Qin Shen was attacked in his own house last night. Fortunately, he only suffered minor injuries. Afterwards, we helped him to interrogate those people separately. Someone revealed that they were hired by Minister Huo to kidnap Qin Shen. Lord Huo's original words were - it doesn't matter if he is injured or disabled, as long as he is alive."
Defei was filled with anger.
As long as he's alive?
Did her father want to use the living Qin Shen to blackmail her and force her to win the emperor's favor? How ridiculous! Fortunately, he did not succeed.
Judging from Zhong Nanyue's tone just now, she seemed to be on Qin Shen's side. She even called Qin Shen by his name instead of Qin Sijie.
Thinking of this, Concubine De asked tentatively, "Are Captain Zhong and Qin Sijie familiar with each other?"
"We are friends, I guess. He and I are equally strong, and we can spar often, so I definitely can't let anything happen to him."
Concubine De lowered her eyes.
This girl named Zhong is pretty, heroic, and the adopted sister of Prince Ning. If she really likes A Shen... that wouldn't be bad.
However, although A Shen has some ability, he does not have a good family background, and King Ning may not agree to have him as his brother-in-law. Otherwise, he would not have to worry about his future and would have someone to protect him.
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