"Where's Lan Ze?" Wang Xiaohai asked, "Where are your friends?"
"Lan Ze took advantage of me, using me to draw the firepower of the imperial army and escape." Tang Ke's voice was filled with bitterness. "He killed the Third Prince Zhou Jian with a single sword strike, then attacked me with a palm strike, leaving me injured and unable to move. Then, I was caught up by the soldiers, and I was beaten and fled until I was surrounded. I had no choice but to flee to an empty house. If I had known, I would have left with Lin Cun."
Wang Xiaohai was shocked. "So it was you! You instigated Lin Cun to betray me! Did you two meet in the palace?"
"What do you mean by instigating? I was just reminding him that if two people work together to accomplish something, will the system only count it as one person and attribute the impact to one of them?"
Tang Ke coughed and blood came out of his mouth. He was injured because of Lan Ze's sneak attack, otherwise he would not have been surrounded by the soldiers in the palace. With his usual running speed, these soldiers would definitely not be able to catch up with him!
"Really? Then why did you team up with Lan Ze?" Wang Xiaohai's tone was calm. He was used to betrayal. "Oh, right? You must have wanted to sneak attack Lan Ze when you were done, but he got there first. It seems you can't match him in terms of ruthlessness and scheming."
"I also participated in the Third Prince's usurpation of the throne and the imprisonment of hundreds of officials. I wonder if the system will give me extra points?" Tang Ke said, "But I'm dying now, so I don't need to care about these things! But I still want to ask you, in consideration of helping you gather intelligence on the Pingting Star Region, will you spare my life?"
"Lock him up in the Sky Prison, keep him chained up, and feed him one meal a day." Wang Xiaohai did not let him go because of the intelligence that Tang Ke had gathered for him, but because of the bottle of wine.
Li Wu didn't quite understand what Wang Xiaohai and Tang Ke said earlier, but he understood the last sentence and signaled the soldiers to carry Tang Ke to the sky prison.
"Master, do you have any other instructions?" Li Wu asked.
"Is the secret passage blocked?" Wang Xiaohai looked at the chains on Tang Ke's body hanging from the stretcher to the ground, rubbing against each other, making a "creaking" sound, and gradually fading away.
"It's blocked with huge rocks and filled with mercury and poison gas to ensure that no one can enter or exit the secret passage." Li Wu said proudly.
"Okay, hurry up and leave, stop showing off here!"
Wang Xiaohai was too lazy to listen to Li Wu's bragging, so he turned around and walked up the marble steps and returned to the door of Zhengyang Palace. He glanced into the palace and found that Emperor Shu and the civil and military officials were discussing state affairs, and several civil officials were engaged in a heated debate.
"It's boring." Wang Xiaohai returned to the railing and looked at the sun from a distance.
Time goes by day by day——
Wang Xiaohai's life was simple and boring, and he spent almost all his time in Ganyang Palace and Zhengyang Hall.
The fellow travelers who came into Zhou Kingdom also quieted down. After all, the current palace guards were as strong as a solid wall, and Wang Xiaohai was there to assist. After Wang Xiaohai killed two fellow travelers who broke in and had them thrown out of the imperial city, no one dared to break in anymore.
Finally, it’s the last day of our stay in Zhou State!
After breakfast, Wang Xiaohai put down his chopsticks.
"I think you can propose today that Guan Zeyuan be conferred the title of Duke of Zhenguo." Wang Xiaohai stared at Empress Zhou Shuyi and said seriously, "The Dukedom title is a first-class rank and can be inherited from generation to generation."
"Why?" The Emperor Shu seemed to have matured a lot recently. "Didn't he become the General Protector of the Nation and the Minister of War?"
"After becoming the Duke of Zhenguo, you will no longer serve as the General of National Defense and the Minister of War." Heilin and Heisen understood what Wang Xiaohai meant and helped to explain.
"This is... giving him a high-ranking honorary position and letting him give up his military power?" The Queen was suddenly shocked. "I just ascended the throne and did this. Will the world think that I am abandoning the donkey after it has served its purpose?" She always called him "I" in front of Wang Xiaohai, never "Zhen".
"Be ruthless, that's what emperors have always done!" Wang Xiaohai said. "You still have to control military power in your own hands. Otherwise, once the enemy becomes powerful, it will be difficult to take it back! Then you will be gradually sidelined and become a puppet."
"I believe General Guan is not such a person." said Shu Huang.
"He's not that kind of person. What about his sons and grandsons after he dies?" Wang Xiaohai said, "Can you guarantee that they won't have any ulterior motives? A short pain is worse than a long one, unless you want to sow a huge hidden danger for the Zhou Kingdom! As an emperor, you must be ruthless and cruel to your students. While I'm still here and can still control him, you should make your proposal immediately. I'm worried that after I'm gone, even if you make such a proposal, he won't pay attention and won't be willing to hand over his military power. What can you do then?"
"Where are you going when you leave?" Shu Huang noticed the key point in Wang Xiaohai's words.
"I can't stay in Zhou Kingdom forever," said Wang Xiaohai.
"Why not? You can marry and have children in Zhou State and start a family," said the Emperor. "It's better than wandering around!"
"We're discussing Guan Zeyuan's matter now, nothing else." Wang Xiaohai dodged the Emperor Shu's question. "Besides, becoming a Duke of Zhenguo is far superior to his position as a general. It's a title passed down from generation to generation. If he doesn't want to accept it, it means he truly has ulterior motives. This is the most merciful solution. If it were any other country, they would probably have assassinated him or imprisoned him to death, leaving him no chance of survival."
Wang Xiaohai didn't want his efforts to go to waste.
"Your Majesty, just do as the Imperial Master says!" the two guards suggested. "You must learn to be ruthless."
Shu Huang sat at the table in silence for a long time, and finally nodded.
"Change clothes and go to court!" She returned to her bedroom and changed into the dragon robe with the help of her maid.
Today's morning court session seemed particularly long. Wang Xiaohai did not enter the Zhengyang Hall. He had to let this student learn to solve problems on his own.
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