I ascend the throne

Luo Tan pushed the door open and walked out, only to see Xu Cheng guarding the door.

He has been staying here.

He was looking at her again with that gaze that seemed to contain thousands of words, which made her a little unbearable.

Luo Tan took a step back and wanted to leave.

But I heard Xu Cheng say: "I won't do that."

Luo Tan was slightly startled and asked, "What?"

Xu Cheng leaned against the door frame, staring at her. At this moment, the youthful temperament he once had gradually faded away, turning into a more steady and solemn temperament.

He repeated, "I won't betray you and make you sad."

"So," he said in a very gentle tone, as if he was afraid of waking up the softest and lightest dream, "Can you please not be so sad?"

Luo Tan did not answer.

After a while, she heard her own voice echoing in the air: "I don't care at all."

"No, you care. You will help everyone who is kind to you and sincerely hope that their lives will get better and better. Although you never say it, you hope to maintain a close relationship."

Luo Chen was almost laughing out of anger. The feeling of powerlessness and fragility he had always felt reached its peak at this moment, as if his darkest and most inhumane thoughts were thrown nakedly into the sun and onto the street for everyone to come and watch.

For the first time in her life, she said harshly, "He is my brother in name only. It is understandable that I am sad because of his betrayal. But who are you? Why do you think that your guarantee can replace his influence on me?"

After she said this, she wanted to leave immediately.

She felt that she was really crazy, that she could be provoked to say such things.

But it is obviously inappropriate to apologize now, so let's wait and find Xu Cheng later.

She thought Xu Cheng would be so angry that he would leave.

But she only heard Xu Cheng's sad words: "You obviously know everything."

Luo Tan said nothing.

But the next second, she felt her hand being pulled from behind, and then a shadow was cast in front of her.

A warm touch on the lips.

At first, there was only a slight touch between the two lips, but soon, the attacker was no longer satisfied with just a superficial touch, and began to invade deeper and deeper. However, this invasion was gentle and patient, as if giving the other party enough time to react.

Boil the frog in warm water.

By the time Luo Chen recovered from his shock and pushed him away, two or three minutes had passed.

Xu Cheng met her shocked expression and said, "I thought you would figure it out slowly. I would wait for you to come to me on your own initiative."

“But you always run away.”

"You are like a snail that has lived in its shell for a long time. When you encounter a little bit of nectar from others' kindness, you will stick your head out to taste it with great anticipation. But if you really encounter something that you don't expect, you tend to escape."

Luo Tan silently retracted his foot as he was about to run away.

"Every time I get closer, you take a step back to avoid me. When I walk away, you move closer to me."

Xu Cheng said with a somewhat sad tone: "You really don't understand?"

"If you say now that everything is a misunderstanding, that it is all my own delusion, that it is my love brain, then I will leave now and never linger on again."

Luo Tan couldn't utter a single word with peace of mind.

Although based on her acting skills, none of this is a big problem.

It's not that she can't, but that she doesn't want to.

Deep down in her heart, she hated the possibility that Xu Cheng might leave.

Seeing her silence, Xu Cheng's heart was like a hot air balloon that was ignited, and immediately became warm and light.

He said in an expectant tone: "Please give me a chance to take care of you."

...

Luo Chen didn't say yes or no in the end, but she could feel that the ice in her heart had melted a little.

The current situation is so complicated that she has no mood to deal with the relationship with Xu Cheng.

She walked along the corridor and took a long breath, intending to put aside these secret, complex and subtle emotions for the time being, and then sort out the things about the aliens in her mind.

At this moment, she learned a piece of news that made her explode even more!

Emperor Nicholas doesn't want to do it anymore!

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In the emperor's study, Nicholas was holding a small bottle in his hand and stroking it.

There was a look of hesitation and indecision in his eyes.

This is extremely rare for an emperor who rules over seven planets.

Nicholas asked Rochen: "Do you think I am a good emperor?"

If this question happened in the ancient times of the country where Luo Chen lived, it would be a death notice before the superiors conducted a grand reckoning of loyal ministers and generals!

If the minister being questioned starts talking about the emperor's shortcomings in governing, such as which decrees need to be revised and which suggestions need to be listened to, he will be met with a sinister remark: "You are committing treason. Go to hell!"

die!

If the minister being questioned had been smarter and chosen to flatter the emperor instead of taking the opportunity to express his opinion, the emperor would have responded with a gentle "Well, since you also think I'm a good emperor, then if the emperor orders me to die, I have no choice but to die. Go and die!"

Still a death!

But Luo Chen combined what Simba said before he sent her here, and felt that Nicholas probably didn't want to kill her to avenge his son, so she carefully chose the second path: "You are certainly a good emperor! You unified the warring countries, and under your rule, the seven planets are thriving..."

Luo Tan was very impressed by his ability to flatter others!

Simba, the chief steward, still had his ears ringing with his reminder: "His Majesty seems to want to abdicate. You must persuade His Majesty to stop."

Nicholas was still unhappy: "After a long period of division, the world will eventually unite, and after a long period of unity, it will eventually divide. Even if I were not here, a great leader would be born sooner or later to rule the world. I just happened to seize the opportunity at that time."

"Speaking of the seven planets..." Nicholas sighed, "I hate myself for not discovering the conspiracy hidden in the past history in advance. Perhaps it was because of my incompetence and dereliction of duty that things were dragged to an irreversible point."

Luo Tan: “…”

I haven't seen such a self-reflective person in a long time.

She made up her mind that since she couldn't start with the emperor, she could only start with the heir!

She decided to carefully test the emperor's attitude first: "So what do you think of the eldest prince?"

"Heil..." Nicholas fell into deep thought.

Hei Laier is Hei Ge. Once a person moves from the slums to the palace, even his name becomes fashionable!

Nicholas raised his head. "This child is very kind. He is very good at seeking welfare for those who do not have enough wealth. He has come up with many proposals to solve the gap between the rich and the poor. But he does not seem to be qualified to be an emperor."

Luo Tan thought to himself that if Brother Hei heard this, he would be sad.

Although she knew that Heige had no interest in reaching the pinnacle of power, from his previous desire to rebel to his later giving up and coming to the palace, what he wanted from the beginning to the end was only to seek as much fairness as possible for those who lived in the same difficult situation as him.

"What the emperor wants is checks and balances, checks and balances on all sides, and he cannot be too obviously partial to one side."

Luo Chen nodded vigorously in his heart, yes, yes, so you should continue.

Nicholas changed the subject: "But that is the request of the emperor in peacetime."

Luo Tan raised his head:?

Nicholas sighed and said, "When a country faces a powerful foreign enemy, what the people need most is an emperor who has a strong hand and is not indecisive. Most importantly, he is someone they can trust."

Luo Tan was a little anxious. Tough measures and decisiveness, wouldn't these be easy for a former rebel leader like Heige to use?

But convincing them...

As expected, Nicholas continued, "I have always raised Andre as my only heir. He has great support among the people, but Heiler is much less supported."

Fortunately, fortunately!

When Nicholas was lost in deep thought, Luo Chen took advantage of the fact that he wasn't paying attention and breathed a sigh of relief.

She was confident that Nicholas would continue!

Although, she really hoped that he could finish his words in one go and not breathe so heavily!

Under Luo Tan's expectant gaze, Nicholas' eyes fell on her and he said faintly: "Why don't you do it."

Luo Tan: Huh?

The blow nearly knocked her out.

She was simply incredible.

Luo Tan pointed at himself and said, "Me? Tough? Not indecisive?"

Nicholas: "I saw that you were very decisive when you fought back against Andre. You didn't seem to be hesitant at all."

Well, it turns out that he watched the surveillance video. Luo Tan had temporarily installed a surveillance video in her room in advance, but it only recorded the images, not the sounds. Otherwise, if she assassinated Wang Chu, she would never be able to clear herself even if she jumped into the Yellow River!

Nicholas really wants to take revenge on her secretly!

Luo Tan pointed at himself and asked: "Does anyone believe in me?"

Nicholas turned on the communication device and projected a statistical chart directly on the white wall: "The latest poll shows that your support rate is twice as high as Heiler's."

Luo Tan: ???

She rubbed her eyes and looked, only to see that regarding the candidate for the next crown prince, Hei Laier's support rate was 20%, while her support rate was as high as 60%!

Could this be fake data that Emperor Nicholas specially asked someone to create?

Otherwise, even if she racked her brains, she couldn't figure out how she, a princess adopted by the emperor, could have a higher support rate than Heige, a legitimate prince! Are the people crazy?

Wait, yes, there is also blood relationship!

Luo Tan grasped at the last straw and said with hope and despair: "But, after all, I am not your biological child."

Nicholas signed Lochen's name on the decree of succession with a flourish of his pen.

"It doesn't matter, I only hire people based on their merits!"

Luo Tan: “…”

With so many excuses prepared in advance, you really wanted to throw the rotten stall to me a long time ago, right?

I'm calling the police! This is blatant revenge!