The emperor wanted to plot against Nangong Fusang, but he didn't want to be the bad guy and destroy the relationship between father and son, so he had to let Liu Sheng do it.

Liu Sheng thought about it all night, and the next day he wrote a letter requesting to lead troops in southern Xinjiang.

No one would have thought that a civil servant, a 13-year-old top scholar with a bright future, would give up his good job as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy and go to lead troops in a remote place like southern Xinjiang.

Isn't this self-destructive?

Even though the current Hanlin Academy editor is only a minor official of the sixth rank, all those who hold high positions and have great power today all came from the Hanlin Academy.

The Hanlin Academy is a springboard to a higher place, and ordinary people cannot enter it.

Nangong Fusang didn't know what he was doing, so he sneaked over and pulled him: "What are you crazy about? Everyone is avoiding you, why are you joining in the fun?"

Liu Sheng didn't look at him, but said calmly: "The people of Southern Xinjiang are also Dayu's people. Someone has to hold up the sky for them."

Nangong Fusang was choked by him. He had naturally heard that the people in Southern Xinjiang were suffering, but...

"You don't have to go by yourself. You're a civilian. Can you lead troops to fight? Have you ever been on the battlefield?"

"When Your Highness went to Qinzhou, did you ever go to the battlefield? Did you ever escape death?" Liu Sheng asked him back.

Every word hit Nangong Fusang's sore spot, making him so angry that he wanted to hit someone.

Seeing that no one had any objection, the emperor prepared to issue an edict to let Liu Sheng go.

Nangong Fusang hesitated for a moment, then suddenly stood up and said, "Father, Lord Liu is a civil servant and has never been on the battlefield. It would be useless for him to go. Let me go. After all, I have been on the battlefield with Prince Mu for a few days."

While he was speaking, Liu Sheng kept looking at him, without any explanation or argument, and his expression was very complicated.

The prime minister looked at Nangong Fusang, then at Liu Sheng, and finally saw the emperor nod happily: "Well done, my son, well done."

The prime minister understood, poor Nangong Fusang, he thought he was thinking about his friend, but he didn't know that this was just a trick to torture him from the beginning to the end.

The emperor issued an edict on the spot, appointing Nangong Fusang as King Xiang and General Zuo Cheng, and ordered him to set off for southern Xinjiang the next day.

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Nangong Fusang accepted the order and thanked the emperor, but until now, he had no idea that he was being plotted against.

Originally, the matter would have ended here, but the emperor suddenly issued an edict to promote Liu Sheng, appointing him as Taifu and putting him in charge of the Jinyiwei.

From a sixth rank, he was promoted twelve levels to the first rank. This was simply unheard of. Not to mention Dayu, there was no precedent in all dynasties.

The emperor sold out Liu Sheng on the spot. Everyone gasped and unconsciously moved to the side, fearing that the wrath of His Royal Highness Prince Xiang would burn them as well.

Nangong Fusang turned around and stared at Liu Sheng in disbelief. Liu Sheng didn't look at him, but walked forward calmly. Now he was next to him, kneeling down to receive the decree: "Your Highness Liu Sheng, I accept the decree and thank you for your grace."

King Xiang just looked at him, his hands trembling slightly.

Liu Sheng received the imperial edict. The emperor seemed very happy and praised him a few words before retiring.

As soon as the emperor left, the ministers did not even bother to congratulate him. They ran away as fast as the wind, holding their official hats in one hand and their official robes in the other, for fear that the two would start fighting and that innocent people would be implicated.

Liu Sheng remained calm and walked out of the Qinzheng Hall slowly. Nangong Fusang did not move and stood there for a long time before catching up with him.

"Liu Sheng." His voice was trembling.

Liu Sheng stopped, turned around and looked at him, smiling very gently: "Your Highness, is there something wrong?"

Nangong Fusang tried his best to be patient, control his anger, and asked him: "Why?"

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "Your Highness has seen it all."

As he spoke, he raised the imperial edict in his hand.

"Promoted twelve levels in a row, becoming the current Grand Tutor, is this it?" Nangong Fusang found it hard to accept.

Liu Sheng shrugged: "A 15-year-old tutor, this official is unprecedented."

Nangong Fusang still didn't believe it, and grabbed his shoulders, almost pleading: "It's not like that, right? As long as you say it's not, I will believe you."

Liu Sheng looked him straight in the eyes and said calmly, "That's it."

Nangong Fusang finally couldn't suppress his anger anymore and raised his hand to punch him. But before his fist reached his face, he stopped again, his eyes bloodshot.

Seeing that he didn't take any action for a long time, Liu Sheng took a step back and distanced himself from him: "Your Highness, are you angry?"

"Why are you so angry? Didn't Your Highness ask for this? I never asked Your Highness to do this for me."

Nangong Fusang looked at him, with a breath stuck in his chest, unable to go up or down.

"I hope today's lesson can make Your Highness understand one thing: don't easily entrust your future and life to anyone else. Because in this world, no one can be trusted except yourself." Liu Sheng said this indifferently.

After hearing this, Nangong Fusang suddenly laughed: "Thank you very much, Master Liu. I will never forget this lesson in my life."

After saying this, he turned around resolutely and walked away.

Liu Sheng looked at his resolute back and thought of the emperor's words. The emperor said that he and Fusang were father and son, and they would continue to be father and son in the future. So this matter could only be done by Liu Sheng, and Liu Sheng had to take the blame.

After standing there for a long time, he sighed and prepared to go back, but he saw a sneaky figure in the rockery, lying on the ground and slowly moving out.

"Ye Qingwan."

"Sir, I'm not Ye Qingwan." The little cat on the ground made a very strange sound.

"Who are you?"

"I am the seventh princess." After saying this, she jumped up and ran out like the wind.

Liu Sheng jumped lightly and jumped to the exit of the rockery. The person inside was caught off guard and fell headfirst into him.

"Ouch." She covered her head and looked up in surprise, only to see Liu Sheng looking at her leisurely.

Ye Qingwan smiled awkwardly: "Hi, sir, what a coincidence, you are playing here too."

Liu Sheng looked at her and said nothing.

"Then I won't bother you anymore." Ye Qingwan said and wanted to run away.

Liu Sheng pulled her back and asked, "Where's the Seventh Princess?"

Ye Qingwan: ...

She laughed awkwardly twice and decided to play dumb: "I don't know, maybe it's inside, why don't you go in and look for it?"

Liu Sheng looked at her. Really? You are lying with your eyes open.

He sat down beside the rockery: "Sit with me for a while."

"Okay." Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Ye Qingwan didn't dare to make a fuss and sat down quietly beside him.

"Do you like the Ninth Prince very much?" Liu Sheng suddenly asked her.

She was stunned for a moment, then nodded in annoyance: "I like it very much."

I like him so much that I wish he would die.

Liu Sheng turned his head and looked at her seriously for a long time. Ye Qingwan avoided his gaze and did not dare to look at him.

"What do you like about him?"

Ye Qingwan almost blurted out, I like him because he is old, I like him because he is ugly, I like him because he is old, I like him because he doesn’t take a bath…

But in the end, he held back: "I don't know, I just like it. If I like it, then I like it. Why should I ask so many whys?"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh.

Why am I so unlucky?