Chapter 760 The Emperor's Favor
"I was thinking, if he really wants to do this, I have to give him a chance."
As soon as Xiao Lanyuan said this, Fu Zhaoning immediately glared at him again.
"What do you mean? You have to give him such a chance to harm you? Without this opportunity, can he transform or get angry and come out of the palace to bite you?"
Xiao Lanyuan almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
That's what I said.
"No, it's just that I promised my father that I would protect the safety of the Zhao Kingdom's royal family."
He sighed softly.
"At that time, my father told me that he would find a way to make sure that the emperor would not attack me after he secured his throne, but I had to tolerate him. He said that the emperor was a narrow-minded person, and his vision was not that far-sighted, and he was not very kind. But among the princes at that time, he was the one who was chosen as the heir to the throne after weighing the pros and cons."
Fu Zhaoning snorted, "After weighing the pros and cons, they chose such a person. Doesn't this mean that none of the princes of Zhao Kingdom are good?"
What she actually wanted to say was, with things being like this, wasn’t Zhao Kingdom’s fate almost over?
"You'll know just by looking at the kind of people they are."
The people that the royal family has kept over the years are really not that good.
Look at Prince Xiao, look at Prince Qiong.
Look at the other princes, no matter how many times they appear, no one is remembered, which shows that they are all very mediocre.
"So at that time, the emperor was the most suitable candidate. Father hoped that he would become calmer and change after he took control of the throne."
What Xiao Lanyuan didn't say was that the retired emperor might have known at that time that his life would not be long. Many years later, when he grew up, the emperor would also know that he would not live long, so there would be no threat to the throne and the emperor would be nicer to him.
He hoped that the emperor would be more tolerant and trust him more, and that with his intelligence and talent, he could assist the emperor.
That's why the retired emperor left the seal of Zhaoguo to him.
Although he didn't say it, Fu Zhaoning almost figured it out after thinking about it for a while.
"Did the imperial physician tell the emperor at that time how old you could live to?" Fu Zhaoning asked.
Xiao Lanyuan nodded.
"They always thought I wouldn't live past thirty."
"The Emperor believes this?"
"Yes, because at that time there was an old imperial physician who had very good medical skills, and the emperor trusted his medical skills very much."
Fu Zhaoning recalled the initial diagnosis when he took his pulse and nodded.
"What the old imperial physician said is also true."
She sighed softly and looked at Xiao Lanyuan with a bit of heartache.
"Then when the Emperor left the Dragon Shadow Guard to you, did he really give it to you from now on, or did he mean that after protecting you until the end of your life, the control of the Dragon Shadow Guard would no longer be in your hands?"
Xiao Lanyuan kissed her on the forehead. How could he not see that she loved him?
This is a feeling that there is really someone who truly cares about me.
After Fu Zhaoning pointed this out, the doubts in Xiao Lanyuan's heart suddenly became clear.
In fact, he has always felt a little conflicted.
The emperor seemed to be very good to him because he was the child of the woman he loved most and he left all those things to him.
However, the retired emperor should have obviously realized that if the Dragon Shadow Guard was handed over to him, the emperor would be wary of him. Moreover, the Dragon Shadow Guard was originally supposed to protect the emperor. If it remained in his hands, what would happen to them in the end?
Now that Fu Zhaoning had pointed it out to him, he understood it instantly.
Because the emperor believed that he would not live past the age of thirty.
And after his death, the Dragon Shadow Guard will automatically return to the emperor, who will still be in charge at that time.
The emperor gave him so much power because he knew he would not live long. In the first ten years, he was a child and could not accomplish anything. When he grew up, it would be very close to the end of his life.
Moreover, after more than ten years, perhaps the emperor has already firmly established his throne.
Or, seeing that he has been sick for many years, they will not really be cruel to him. The Dragon Shadow Guard just needs to wait until he dies and officially return to the emperor. This way, nothing serious will happen.
The retired emperor protected him and allowed him to live out his short life in peace.
It can be considered as a way of pampering him, and also an explanation to the woman he loves most.
He held Fu Zhaoning in his arms and remained silent for a long time.
In fact, how could the emperor have such deep affection? The woman he loved most was just a big part of his many emotions, but it was impossible for him to be devoted to her wholeheartedly.
"The Dragon Shadow Guards should know about this, and the emperor doesn't know. Or maybe they have some secret order that they can't read until you die."
Xiao Lanyuan is now certain that Fu Zhaoning guessed right.
"The Dragon Shadow Guard has a guard commander, and all the Dragon Shadow Guards are trained under his command. When the Emperor handed the Dragon Shadow Guard to me, this guard commander was also newly selected. They have their own selection system. However, once selected, this guard commander will only be loyal to the Dragon Secret Order in the Emperor's hand."
Xiao Lanyuan rarely talked about these things with Fu Zhaoning before, but now he doesn't want to hide it from her and wants her to know more.
This way she would be able to better understand what he wanted to do in the future to avoid any more misunderstandings.
Whenever she got angry, he felt his whole heart panicking, and everything he ate seemed to have lost its flavor.
"So, the first Dragon Secret Order is to make them obey you?"
"right."
"Will there be a second Dragon Secret Order?"
"I think so now. The second secret dragon order is to let them return to the royal family and be loyal to the emperor after my death."
Xiao Lanyuan figured this out at this time.
"Did the emperor make every effort to treat you at that time?" Fu Zhaoning thought of this and wanted to ask it clearly.
"Yes. He tried his best."
This is also the reason why Xiao Lanyuan could not have any resentment towards the emperor.
Because the former emperor really had nothing to say to him.
"Hmph, in fact, he allowed you to be poisoned and injured in the palace, which was already a huge negligence." Fu Zhaoning still felt uncomfortable.
If she really regarded Xiao Lanyuan as her treasure and doted on him so much, why did she let him be poisoned when he was so young?
Xiao Lanyuan was stunned for a moment.
"Also, although the things he gave you later were said to allow you to run rampant in the capital, the fact is that because of these things, the emperor and the empress have wanted to kill you many times over the years. If you were not smart and capable, you would not have died of illness or poison in the end, but would have died in an assassination long ago."
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