Am I misunderstanding things all along? Why does the male protagonist want to destroy the world?
Without giving Luo Jiu time to think, Gu Muchen was already on the verge of a fit of rage, seemingly ready to drag her out and execute her at any moment.
Luo Jiu took a deep breath, stepped forward, picked up the calligraphy brush that Gu Muchen had tossed on the table, and handed it to him. She murmured:
"Being an emperor is too difficult. If you don't like it, I won't say anything."
Gu Muchen looked at Luo Jiu, who was feigning innocence, and was so angry he couldn't stop laughing. He thought to himself: So many people want to be emperor, but you, having become emperor, don't want to be emperor anymore.
If your Luo family ancestors found out, they would definitely crawl out of the imperial tomb, come to your bedside in the middle of the night, and give you a good beating.
Seeing that Gu Muchen neither took the pen nor spoke, Luo Jiu looked up at him.
In Luo Jiu's previous life, her family had a grumpy patriarch. The patriarch was indifferent to everyone except this great-granddaughter. Luo Jiu was born with a pleasing face and usually pretended to be well-behaved. When she made a mistake, she would hide with the patriarch, and no one could do anything about it.
Gu Muchen watched as Luo Jiu approached with wide, innocent eyes, like a little animal, her movements a mixture of ingratiation and fear.
Gu Muchen took the pen Luo Jiu handed him and said coldly, "Don't mention this matter again. Don't overthink it. Qi Kingdom is ultimately your Luo family's, and you will always be the emperor. You can't just decide to step down as emperor."
Luo Jiu nodded blankly and returned to her desk.
After carefully considering Gu Muchen's words, she realized something was amiss. Every word she'd said was true. Could he really think she was testing him, trying to see if she wanted to usurp the throne? Making such a promise—honestly, she truly only wanted to be a parasite!
007, tell me, why is this male lead so unpredictable? Talking to him is like watching a political drama. What does he really want?
Master, this is a secret~
He doesn't even want the throne. Could it be that he'd rather have a beauty than the empire? When will the female lead finally appear?
Luo Jiu stared blankly at Gu Muchen with a helpless expression.
Gu Muchen seemed to have eyes in the top of his head, or perhaps Luo Jiu's gaze was too intense. Gu Muchen looked up and saw Luo Jiu still staring blankly at him. He smiled and said:
"Has His Majesty finished copying 'The Way of the Emperor'?"
"Hmm..." There's that too. Luo Jiu finally came to her senses. She waved her hand, signaling Yueying to deliver the copied document to Gu Muchen.
Her eyes sparkled as she stared at Gu Muchen, as if to say, "I've finished copying everything, now praise me!"
Gu Muchen picked it up and glanced through it briefly. He nodded slightly and said:
"Hmm...not bad." At least she's finally listening.
He then asked, "Has Your Majesty come to any realization?"
Luo Jiu: "..."
007, 007. Fast after-sales service.
[...]
Luo Jiu remained silent for a moment, then, based on the information provided by the cheat, whispered, "...As an emperor, one should care about the people and the world. One should be the first to worry about the world's troubles and the last to enjoy its pleasures."
When disaster strikes, we shouldn't just think about opening the national treasury and allocating funds. We should adapt to local conditions, build high walls, and dig moats and tunnels.
As a ruler in the court, one should be close to virtuous ministers and keep away from petty men, and be able to recognize and appoint capable people...
Gu Muchen went from nodding slightly at the beginning to praising her highly later.
Luo Jiu breathed a slight sigh of relief. Thank you, Fan Zhongyan and Zhuge Liang! My middle school history and Chinese studies weren't a waste. It was truly a struggle for a high school science student like me.
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