Chapter 274 The One Who Will Never Descend
"The world is difficult and we have no choice."
The man who was speaking was wearing a purple dragon robe with gold inlays. He looked to be about forty years old, with a handsome face but slightly swollen eyes. There was a faint smell of sticky powder coming from his sleeves.
He looked at the man across from him, wearing a red court robe with gold patterns, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said earnestly, "Second Brother, although I am your eldest brother, I am also the crown prince of the entire Great Zhou. Everything I do must be for the benefit of the people of the Great Zhou."
"The northern border is in chaos, and the war in the northwest has just ended. The disaster in Qingzhou and Luzhou has eased slightly, but cannibalism is still commonplace, not to mention that Haizhou is now becoming the back garden of pirates and the King of Huainan. I really can't do anything about it."
The King of Qi, who was standing opposite the Crown Prince, snorted coldly, a hint of sarcasm on his face, and said, "The Crown Prince is so kind, why doesn't he just donate his own property?"
The prince was not angry when the King of Qi pushed him back. He smiled and said, "It's different. My mother is from the Li family of Zhaojun, a noble family. Your mother..."
The Crown Prince glanced at the King of Qi from head to toe, his tone tinged with disdain, "He comes from a merchant family."
"Merchants' wealth was originally plundered from the people. Isn't it right that they should return it to the people?"
The King of Qi looked at the Crown Prince with a gloomy gaze and said, "My mother is not a merchant."
"Ha!" The Crown Prince chuckled and chuckled. He didn't argue with the King of Qi who refuted him. Instead, he turned to look at Ji Sheng, who was pale and bloodless, wearing only a dark-colored patterned uniform, and said, "Seventh brother, among all of us brothers, you are the most self-aware."
"I've known since I was little that my mother was a dancer, and she never boasted in front of us brothers. Unlike some people, who even try to hide their origins, they wish they could pretend their mother was a daughter of a noble family."
"But what is an aristocratic family? They are families that have stood firm for hundreds of years. Some people are just pretending to be rich and calling him a nouveau riche is just flattering him!"
No matter whether the Crown Prince and the King of Qi were indirectly criticizing him or using his sarcasm, Ji Sheng stood there motionless, as if it had nothing to do with him.
"Ji Chen!" King Qi was furious.
"How dare you!" the prince shouted at the King of Qi with a gloomy face.
"Ha, if you're so insolent, you won't be able to sit on the throne of the crown prince for much longer."
"Ji Bin!" The prince's voice sounded as if it had been quenched by poisonous frost.
The King of Qi suppressed his smile and said to the Crown Prince, "The Great Zhou will not allow a man without an heir to sit on the throne. While your father hasn't deposed you yet, you can show off your power for a few days."
After saying this, the King of Qi left in a good mood, singing a little tune, leaving behind the Crown Prince whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot and Ji Sheng who stood there indifferent.
"Bitch, bitch, bitch!" The prince stared at the King of Qi's back, his eyes burning with fire, "Seventh brother!"
Ji Sheng looked at the prince whose sanity had been burned away by anger and said calmly, "Yeah."
"Go check for me, I don't believe it!"
The Crown Prince looked at the King of Qi's back and said with gritted teeth, "Father was able to recover his virility and even get a woman pregnant. I'm younger than him, so why can't I do the same?"
"Go find that secret medicine for me. I can definitely regain my virility and seduce seven women at night. I can definitely do it!"
Ji Sheng looked at the prince with a hint of disgust in his eyes, but he still said: "The secret medicine was brought by the saints. If my brother asks for it, they dare not refuse it."
After saying that, Ji Sheng held the handkerchief to his lips and coughed uncontrollably twice. He took off the handkerchief, looked at the bloodstains on it and wanted to put it away, but was still seen by the prince.
"I am injured and cannot stay in the palace for long. My royal brother, why don't you go and ask in person?"
If the prince had not become impotent before, he would have dragged Ji Sheng to do it for him even if he was injured after hearing what he said.
But now he has too few people he can use, and those in the court are very good at taking advantage of the situation. After the news of his extinction spread, not only the ministers in the court, but even his uncle was secretly trying to make overtures to the King of Qi.
The prince finally found someone who was willing to support him wholeheartedly, and he didn't want to push him too hard.
Especially, Ji Sheng's current appearance: his face is pale, his lips are purple, and the red bloodshot in his eyes lingers for a long time, as if he has one foot in the gate of hell.
The Crown Prince patted Ji Sheng on the shoulder and said, "Seventh brother, take good care of yourself. I'm counting on you to help me manage the military. Please don't die like this and let that bastard, the second brother, take advantage of you."
Ji Sheng looked at the crown prince, resisting the urge to chop off his hand that was resting on his shoulder. He said to him, "I wanted to help my brother, but I heard that the King of Qi has already sent people to the northern border."
"I..." He smiled bitterly, "Even if I wanted to return to the North in this state, I'm afraid my father wouldn't allow it."
"You don't have to worry, I'm here."
The Crown Prince looked towards his father's bedroom and said to Ji Sheng, "I will let the Yin Bo brothers accompany you on this trip to the northern border. You can hand over any matters that you are too busy to handle to them. They will help you."
Ji Sheng's eyes dimmed slightly, but he smiled and said, "Thank you, my Royal Brother."
"No need to thank me, we are brothers, what is there to thank me for?"
"You can go to the Northern Territory without any worries. I will have my father issue an order to hand over all military orders in the Northern Territory to you, allowing the Northern Territory Army to have absolute autonomy and self-reliance."
The prince hugged Ji Sheng's shoulders and said, "Look, I'm not as kind to my other brothers as I am to you, and I don't despise your mother for being a dancer like the second brother does."
"So, Seventh Brother, don't let me down." The prince looked at Ji Sheng and said in a deep voice.
Ji Sheng lowered his eyes, "I will."
"Then I'll have Yin Bai and his men wait for you in front of Prince Wei's mansion tomorrow morning. Once the imperial decree is issued, you will depart immediately."
"good."
When Ji Sheng left, the prince looked at his back with his eyes full of determination.
The young eunuch standing beside him, with red lips and white teeth, who looked like a delicate little girl, looked at Ji Sheng's back as he left and said to the prince, "Your Highness, you are so kind to the King of Wei!"
Even though there were palace maids and eunuchs passing by, the prince pinched the eunuch's butt without any hesitation, then pinched his face and said, "Be good to him?"
"Tsk! A dancer's son of a bitch, calling me his brother is a blessing he has earned through several lifetimes."
"If I hadn't been attracted by the military power in the North, why do you think I would have gone to so much trouble to treat him well?"
The young eunuch looked at the prince in confusion, "Don't you want the King of Wei to govern himself in the north?"
"Just him?"
The prince extended his fingers to touch the eunuch's unusually red lips and said with a smile, "Let's wait until he can return to the North alive!"
After saying this, the prince pinched the eunuch's chin and said, "Little Bao'er, I see your face is tender again, and my butt is clean..."
The prince hugged the young eunuch and walked towards the palace next door, and it seemed that he could no longer hold back and did his job right there.
After the two of them entered the side hall, Ji Sheng, who should have disappeared long ago, took a step forward from the wall and looked at the hall door that the prince had closed.
"Your Highness."
Ji Sheng turned around and saw a woman behind him wearing a goose yellow palace dress with a slightly protruding belly.
"Your Highness, is there something you want to talk to me about?"
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