108. Urge marriage

The Regent Prince's Palace is magnificent and majestic. From the top of the building, one can glimpse the ever-bustling Jin capital and the lights of thousands of homes.

Rong Se ignored the two close little girls. No one could interfere in their own affairs. But she was still thinking about what Luo Ling said. Liang Shenyu was still in the suburbs and had not returned in time. After dinner, she went upstairs alone to get some fresh air.

He had hardly been around the palace until now, and there were only a few places he often visited. Tonight was his first time going upstairs, where the palace's collection of ancient books and documents were kept, as well as some rare treasures presented as tributes from various places. Under the eaves hung oriental pearl wind chimes, which were used to inlay the empress's phoenix crown. This showed how exquisitely and luxuriously the palace was renovated.

The huge palace is like a golden cage.

Rongse lives very comfortably and can even live here for the rest of his life.

It's very comfortable.

The only bad thing is the troubles that come with being the Regent.

Looking out from the railing, the prosperity was boring to Rongse. It had been a long time since he had slept peacefully until he woke up naturally.

"Why is the prince here?"

A cloak was draped over his shoulders, and at the same time, Liang Shenyu's gentle question was heard. Rong Se then realized that his fingertips were chilled by the wind, but he did not turn around, but just raised his chin to indicate.

"Look at Jinjing. I haven't had a close look at it since I came here."

Liang Shenyu hugged him from behind, hummed softly, and said with a smile: "Does it look good?"

Rong Se was hugged by him, and her hands were wrapped in warm palms. The chill of the autumn night was dispelled, as if she was wrapped in a spring breeze. She leaned towards him unconsciously, but said nothing.

After a while, he said in an outsider's tone, "From here, where the light doesn't reach, there is only bottomless darkness."

This was the first time since he arrived here that Rong Se looked down at Jinjing like this. Standing on a high place, he could see very far, even further away, to the shadows of the mountains blurred by the night. Even though there was a bright moon in the sky, its light could not illuminate the entire night sky.

It was no different from the night sky in his original world.

"Prince." Liang Shenyu touched his forehead with his and asked softly, "What happened?"

"I went to the Ministry of Justice today." Rong Se pursed his lips and lowered his eyes and said, "I met Luo Ling."

The more he thought about the present Luo Ling, the more depressed he felt. Luo Ling could not save the father of his favorite student, nor could he save his own student. He did not take action against Xi Yan until now, but so many years had passed. The dead will not come back to life, and the broken legs will not heal. He wasted these years, and the future he should have had, but he died before he could realize his ambitions...

——Irreparable.

Even though Luo Ling was promoted to the second rank and was finally able to avenge his student, Rong Se could always remember the look in his eyes when he left, that kind of... deep-rooted regret and sadness, even remorse.

"So that's how it is." Liang Shenyu understood, "Luo Ling is just upset about his student, but you don't have to worry about him, Lord."

Rong Se heard the hidden meaning and turned his head to look at him, "What do you know?"

"I know everything."

Liang Shenyu smiled and leaned over, kissing Rong Se's lips gently, then whispered, "The matter of Luo Ling's student has been going on for many years. Xi Yan had just risen to power and brought Liu back home. Not to mention Luo Ling, he was just an unknown person who had just entered the court. Don't think that he seems to be brooding over this matter now, and he has worked hard for his students to get to where he is today, but why do you think the Xi family still wants to promote him?"

Rong Se was led by him and subconsciously asked, "Xi Yan doesn't know that he is related to this matter?"

"nice."

Liang Shenyu affirmed and chuckled, "Luo Ling did a good job. Back then, his disciple had his legs broken and his future was ruined. He came to Luo Ling's sect for help, but Luo Ling avoided him and ordered his men to drive him away. In short, he had nothing to do with this incident. If you don't investigate carefully, you probably won't be able to find out his relationship with that person. Not long after, his disciple was depressed all day and died of illness. There was not even a straw mat for his body, and it was thrown into a mass grave."

Liang Shenyu's tone was always indifferent.

He rarely hid parts of his nature from Rongse now.

Rong Se was so shocked by the truth that he was speechless. He opened his mouth and finally closed it again.

So what Luo Ling said in front of him today was only half of the truth. He was afraid that the student's case would implicate himself, so he ruthlessly avoided him and even carefully kept the body, completely disassociating himself from the incident.

After many years, he climbed higher and higher, and attacked Xi Yan again to avenge his disciple.

"Luo Ling is a smart man. He is decisive and ruthless." Liang Shenyu commented calmly, "Maybe he has some sincerity towards his students, but compared to his career, that's nothing. If we hadn't made trouble for Xi Yan this time, he probably wouldn't dare to do it in his life."

Rong Se could tell that Liang Shenyu was just stating a fact, and it was nothing in his eyes.

Indeed, what Luo Ling did was not necessarily wrong. Not to mention back then, even now, if he were to confront Xi Yan, he would probably only end up getting himself involved.

Regardless of whether Luo Ling was willing to endure humiliation or not, he was cruel enough to make this decision.

After a long silence, Rong Se said, "It's disappointing to the living, but it's also doing justice to the dead."

The response was a light laugh, and Liang Shenyu whispered in his ear: "I thought the prince would think Luo Ling was just pretending."

"In my opinion, there is no right or wrong in this matter." Rong Se said truthfully, "No matter which choice you make, it's wrong. Maybe... This is a dilemma that ordinary people can't handle. If it really comes to this, there are cliffs on both sides, and no matter which way you go, it will be wrong. Besides, I'm just a listener to the story, so there's nothing for me to say."

He just felt sorry for the young man who failed halfway.

Those who can control the lives of others at will interfere with or even destroy other people's lives so recklessly as if they were crushing a mayfly or an ant. However, in Rong Se's eyes, they are living people.

After another sigh, Rong Se suddenly narrowed his eyes. He thought for a moment, turned his head and looked at Liang Shenyu, his eyes narrowed slightly: "How do you know so clearly... No, you knew that Luo Ling would send people to rob the prison, and he also knew that someone would help him."

After meeting Luo Ling today, Rong Se felt that something was wrong. At this moment, he suddenly had an epiphany and spoke in a firm tone.

"You guys colluded?"

"…There is no collusion." Liang Shenyu smiled, "I just pointed out a way for him. He chose to take action because he wanted to resolve his own worries."

Rong Se was silent.

So the reason why Luo Ling took action was because Liang Shenyu was manipulating behind the scenes. He first lured Luo Ling to send people to rob the prison and cooperated with him to set up a trap for Xi Yan, but in fact Liang Shenyu himself did not take any action at all. He was like a chess player and won the game without bloodshed.

Rong Se began to understand why the original owner lost to Liang Shenyu.

His plan went smoothly, just like the one in Liuchi. Everyone knew that this matter was related to the Regent King Dingbei Hou, but the other party's death was so reasonable. This time was no exception. Luo Ling's intervention made Cao Lun and others give up Xi Yan. Everything was connected to each other without a trace. From the beginning of this game, Xi Yan was doomed to fail.

"Tomorrow the Xi family father and son will be interrogated and executed. As for the remaining officials, we will investigate them slowly." Liang Shenyu pinched Rong Se's thin knuckles and whispered in his ear: "It's a pity that the nine clans were not exterminated. Liu Xu should be exiled."

Rong Se nodded, "That's enough."

By overthrowing the Xi family, investigating the clique, and taking the Liu family with him, half of the protagonists in the original novel have been defeated. Rong Se is very satisfied with this, as it also means that his dilemma has been largely solved.

Under the cover of night, Rong Se turned around, with his back to the lights of thousands of homes, and gave Liang Shenyu a very light kiss.

Accompanied by an almost inaudible whisper.

--Thank you.

In his second life, Liang Shenyu said that God gave him the best gift.

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The Xi family's guilt was firmly established, and the Ministry of Justice quickly dealt with the officials involved. Although Lu Shangqian was old, he acted decisively and without delay. With the confidence given by the Regent's Palace, the next day Xi Yan and his sons and the officials who were deeply involved were beheaded, their slaves were sold, and their family members such as Liu Ran were exiled. Even Liu Xu was implicated. Although he saved his life, his career was ruined and he was exiled to a remote place.

The officials were purged again.

Even though Xi Yan's crime was clear, in the final analysis, in the eyes of the court officials, this matter was just Rong Se eliminating dissidents. Thinking more deeply, it was the Regent who wanted to eliminate the new emperor's party.

The new emperor was still in his infancy, and even though he was escorted by Cao Lun, he was still losing ground in this confrontation.

The situation gradually became clear.

Rong Se discovered that since the Xi family disappeared, officials often tried to send gifts to the Regent's Palace, but all the gifts were returned by Rong Se. After all, it was not a festival, and the intentions of these officials were too obvious. After being rejected several times in a row, these adults began to find other ways.

Give to someone.

Today one family sent a singing girl, tomorrow another family sent a maid, some even sent handsome boys, and some even sent portraits of their daughters to the palace.

Rongse was unable to support his forehead.

What a mess this is.

"This is the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites." Yun Chu reported as he rolled up the portrait. "Yesterday's portrait has been returned, but today there are many more. I think it's because the position of princess is vacant. As for those men and women, I have already dealt with them. Many of them are spies who are to be planted in our palace."

"Retreat, retreat, retreat, all of you." Rong Se waved his hands.

Rong Jing was treated like this on that day.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was urged to marry for a long time. Rong Se also helped, but in the end he did not really force Rong Jing to marry. After all, Rong Se had no grudges against these girls and would not push them into the fire pit. He just wanted to make things difficult for Rong Jing.

Who could have imagined that karma would take its course and one day it would be my turn.

Yun Chu teased, "It's said in the capital that the prince redressed the grievances of the people and punished corrupt officials. I wonder how many young ladies have fallen in love with him."

Rong Se: “…”

So there wasn’t any before, is it because the original owner had a bad reputation?

Rong Se immediately said, "It's all taken care of, but don't tell anyone in front of Liang Shenyu."

Yun Chu almost laughed out loud and nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely handle it properly."

Rong Se sighed with a bitter face, then suddenly an idea came to him and he slammed the table.

"Yun Chu!"

Yun Chu was confused, "What's wrong?"

Rong Se said solemnly: "Listen carefully, tell the outside world that I don't lack people to sleep with, but I lack a wife. She must be proficient in both civil and military strategies, able to repel the Huns and expand the territory, and able to compose elegant poems and have a good taste!"

Yun Chu was stunned: "...woman?"

This is too difficult.

Rong Se shook his head and said slowly: "......people."

Yun Chu: “…”

It really exists.

Just say Marquis Dingbei.

"That's what I said." Rong Se snorted and laughed, "Tell them not to send these messy people to the palace. This king only wants people like that."

"……yes."

Yun Chu would occasionally admire his master.

For example, right now.