Chapter 122: It seems there are many benefits to being an Emperor

Pang Jin said with a serious face: "The Master of the Tianyan Tianyan Shen Zong, Dingtian Shangren, actually dared to openly attack His Majesty. This is a provocation to His Majesty and even more of a disregard for the laws of the dynasty. For such behavior, I suggest severe punishment."

He pondered for a moment and continued: "These sects in the central part of the dynasty have indeed become increasingly arrogant in recent years. This matter of Dingtian Shangren is just the tip of the iceberg. If we don't take this opportunity to rectify it, I'm afraid more trouble will arise in the future."

Although Dingtian Shangren didn't say a word in the heavenly prison, his crimes were already confirmed.

Pang Jin's words quickly aroused the reaction of other court officials, and everyone felt that they should find a way to regulate the sect forces and not let them develop further.

But the problem was that the trump cards and experts accumulated by these sects were countless; if they really resisted collectively, it would definitely throw the central part of the Tian Ce Dynasty into chaos.

Now that the sects were forming alliances and fighting internally, it could already be considered a form of mutual restraint.

If the Tian Ce Dynasty rashly applied pressure, it might cause unnecessary trouble.

So the court officials discussed for a long time but couldn't find a solution.

Li Chen did have a way, which was to take the powerful women in these sects into the harem and let them help manage them.

Especially those sects where women were in power; once they submitted to Li Chen, they naturally wouldn't want to see Li Chen have a headache because of sect matters.

This was the secondary reason Li Chen kept Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan; the main reason was naturally that he craved her body.

As someone from a sect, Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan had been in the central part of the Tian Ce Dynasty for so long, so she must know some close friends; when the time came, let her introduce them, and he would break them one by one, wouldn't that solve it?

When necessary, he could also use some means.

If he collected all five volumes of the "Imperial Dragon Holy Scripture," it would be much simpler.

But now there was only one volume, and it depended on Li Ran's efforts.

However, such things couldn't be said in court, so Li Chen could only indicate that he had his own ways and told the court officials not to worry too much.

Next, the court officials continued to look at Pang Jin; after Pang Jin was done, the Vice Minister of War finally stood out and stated the situation of the recent mobilization of various armies and materials in the north.

Guo Guo Po Yun was still in court for the time being, but some generals appointed by Li Chen during the Spring Hunt had already gone to the north to take up various positions.

When Grand General Guo Guo Po Yun appeared, that would be the time to start the war.

These things couldn't be prepared in a day or two; it was a conquest with the strength of the whole country.

The Vice Minister of War's work was quite serious, and Li Chen praised him.

This court session lasted a long time, and it had been a long time since Li Chen had finished court so late.

By the time he returned to the sleeping palace, it was already noon.

Every time Li Chen appeared at this time, no matter what Li Sining was doing the second before, she would immediately pretend to be practicing, and then run over to greet Li Chen.

It was like a child playing secretly in the room who would immediately do homework upon hearing the parents' movements.

Li Chen's requirements for her weren't that harsh; it would be fine if she could cultivate to the Sage Realm, and it would be fine if she couldn't.

Li Chen didn't intend to give Li Sining too much burden, just letting her keep a relaxed and happy appearance would suffice.

Now Li Sining could be considered to be doing well, not only having Li Chen, a Sage Realm Emperor, as a backer, but also the care of the Empress Dowager.

Especially the Empress Dowager, who treated her like her own daughter, bestowing many rewards upon her, and even intending to sew clothes for her personally.

In Li Sining's view, ever since her brother became Emperor, everything had gotten better!

So even though Li Chen didn't require her to cultivate, she would still be serious, but it was normal to be lazy occasionally!

Li Sining was very curious about Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan's identity; she hadn't heard of such a person in the Imperial Capital, but she understood the rules of the harem: for things the Emperor didn't want to say, it was best for others to know nothing.

Especially this kind of woman of unknown origin.

Sometimes the less one knew, the better.

Didn't one see that even Chu Ruoyan had only asked Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan a casual question, and when she didn't say, she didn't continue to ask.

Li Sining felt that Chu Ruoyan was really easy to get along with; at least now Chu Ruoyan had no ambition, with her whole heart on cultivation and serving Li Chen.

With the blessing of resources, coupled with the feedback obtained from "cultivating" with Li Chen, Chu Ruoyan's cultivation was also rising in a straight line.

It wouldn't be long before she could impact the Piercing Void Realm.

Usually, Chu Ruoyan was very diligent; even with a Sage Realm husband, she still wanted to work hard herself.

Li Chen chatted with Li Sining for a while, then returned to the sleeping palace.

Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan was sitting quietly to one side; just seeing her was a feast for the eyes, beautiful beyond compare.

"How is it? Are you used to the food in the palace?" Li Chen's tone was as if he were treating a newly entered concubine.

"It's okay, but I'm not used to a bunch of people watching when I eat." Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan replied, her gaze not looking at Li Chen.

Things had reached this point, and she had no need to throw a tantrum at Li Chen; she wasn't that kind of person herself.

Just as Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan had said last time, Li Chen had obtained her body, but couldn't obtain her heart.

When she said this, it meant that her body was already defaulted to be Li Chen's, and it didn't matter how Li Chen dealt with it; she had already been hit so many times, what did a few hundred more times matter?

But Li Chen couldn't obtain her heart, and this was her bottom line, as well as her reserve as a married woman.

Of course, the current bottom line was indeed like this.

"It's fine, you'll get used to it." Li Chen didn't spoil her too much; this was a trophy, not something he had actively pursued, so there was no need to be polite.

If it were someone like Chu Ruoyan, Li Chen could indeed take care of her appropriately, but there was no need for Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan.

Seeing Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan restore her cold appearance, Li Chen had plenty of ways to make her become the shape he wanted.

"How do you think I should deal with the Tianyan Tianyan Shen Zong?" Li Chen's playful words made Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan, this iceberg, melt instantly.

She frowned and looked at Li Chen, saying: "Attacking you was a matter between me and Dingtian Shangren, and has nothing to do with the sect disciples; they don't know about these things."

Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan began to panic; this was indeed one of her soft spots.

She wasn't afraid of death, but she had attachments.

As a woman of the sect, she was dedicated to the development of the sect, so even if she was reluctant to do such an ambush, she had come to the Imperial Capital.

In the eyes of such women, the sect was more important than anything else.

The Tianyan Tianyan Shen Zong had been passed down from generation to generation with heart and blood; many things inside were created by her own hands, and many disciples were also cultivated by her personally; how could she not have attachment and feelings?

It was like Li Chen threatening her with Dingtian Shangren; she wouldn't cooperate, but threatening her with the sect could indeed make her cooperate.

Li Chen's one sentence had tested her bottom line.

He hadn't been able to find her handle before, but now he had found it.

Since that was the case, he wouldn't be polite.

Li Chen was the Emperor, and doing these things never required finding excuses; as long as he felt it was okay, it was fine.

"But this kind of thing isn't up to you. Do you think that as an Emperor, being attacked by a sect master, should I wash this sect in blood to give other sects a warning and hold onto the majesty of the royal family? You're not a child; you can understand what I'm saying."

Li Chen casually said words that could make Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan feel terrified and uneasy.

The more she had this expression, the more Li Chen knew she cared about the sect.

Hearing Li Chen say he wanted to wash the sect in blood, Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan finally couldn't sit still and begged: "Your Majesty, both I and Dingtian Shangren came under the name of seclusion; others really don't know about this matter, so please let them go."

If someone else said they would wash the Tianyan Tianyan Shen Zong in blood, Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan wouldn't be worried; even if they weren't there, the sect had many protective barriers, and if they really fought, other sects in the alliance would come to help.

But only Li Chen; she felt she still had to worry.

This person's strength was transcendent and couldn't be resisted by an ordinary Sage Realm; if he really took action, coupled with the behemoth that was the Tian Ce Dynasty, the Tianyan Tianyan Shen Zong was in danger!

Li Chen wasn't in a hurry to answer; he now held the initiative and had to train her first, making Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan take the initiative.

Under Li Chen's explicit hint, Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan began to cooperate actively.

Two hours later, the conversation began to continue.

Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan was also constantly drinking tea, seemingly wanting to cover up some taste.

But even so, she had to show an appearance of liking it.

After feeling happy, Li Chen said: "The Tianyan Tianyan Shen Zong actually has another choice, which is to submit to me."

There was no room for negotiation on this; the Tianyan Tianyan Shen Zong would either become his dog or be destroyed by him.

This sentence made Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan look troubled; if she were to submit to Li Chen, she would accept it; after all, she couldn't beat him, she was in the wrong, and it had already developed to this point.

But letting the Tianyan Tianyan Shen Zong submit to Li Chen was indeed very difficult.

Everyone who entered the sect felt that the sect was high above, and the people treated sect cultivators as gods.

Li Chen doing this was no different from pulling the sect down from the altar.

But did Li Chen need to care about the sect's feelings?

Naturally, he didn't, and he wouldn't spoil them.

So Li Chen continued: "The handling method for other sects later will only be this one: those who submit to me will stay, and those who don't will be destroyed; this is my handling method."

From the perspective of an Emperor, this was the method.

Other Emperors didn't have the ability to handle it, but that didn't mean Li Chen didn't have the ability; it just depended on whether he wanted to do it this way.

Originally, Li Chen hadn't wanted to manage these things, but they had jumped out themselves.

Anyway, I've already said what I needed to say; you decide how to choose.

Li Chen belonged to slowly taming Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan; if she was obedient, Li Chen would be more relaxed, and if she wasn't obedient, don't forget that Li Chen could control her consciousness.

Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan could also hear that Li Chen's words had no meaning of negotiation; he was just telling her what he was going to do.

The most uncomfortable thing was that Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan and Dingtian Shangren were the fuses, and she couldn't even say Li Chen was looking for trouble.

If the Tianyan Tianyan Shen Zong was really destroyed, in the final analysis, it was just their problem.

Dingtian Shangren hadn't thought he would lose when he came; he felt Li Chen was in the early Sage Realm, so he naturally hadn't considered this consequence. In the subsequent chat, Li Chen even talked about his great cause of taking in powerful sect women into his harem.

Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan looked at him with surprise, then said: "Why are you telling me these things? Aren't you afraid I'll go out and say it?"

Li Chen answered indifferently: "It's useless even if you say it; anyway, no one can stop me. If you help me, your status in this harem will increase; if you don't help, it doesn't matter, there will always be women who will help me."

This sentence stung Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan, and she understood that Li Chen's words were true.

She was a married woman, and psychologically she might have some resistance to Li Chen.

But those unmarried powerful sect women probably wouldn't be able to withstand Li Chen's offensive.

This person's appearance, status, strength, and endurance were not something other women could resist.

"I'll give you some time to think; whether the Tianyan Tianyan Shen Zong can develop better depends on your choice." After saying this, Li Chen left the sleeping palace; he still had many things to do.

He hoped that when he came back, he would see Lady Youlan Lady Youlan Xianzi Lady Youlan start to degenerate.

He especially wanted to see what this high-and-mighty, otherworldly fairy would look like when she became a pimp for him.

!

Her degeneration was a foregone conclusion, but would she pull others down with her?

In the past few days, the matter of the famous expert Dingtian Shangren being defeated and captured had become a topic of discussion in the elite circles of the Imperial Capital.

There were too many people present at the time, and even though Pang Jin had blocked the news to a certain extent, it still slowly spread.

At first, it was just some people who wanted to show off, saying to others, "I'll tell you something, don't go around talking about it," and others promised not to say anything.

But as they talked, everyone knew.

This wasn't a shameful thing for Li Chen; he wasn't the one who was defeated, so why would he care about the spread?

Those who were at the scene were indeed shocked, but those who weren't also began to calculate their own future.

Especially the Crown Princess Yun Shang; hearing that Li Chen had even defeated Dingtian Shangren, she was even more moved.

The Second Imperial Prince had already failed, and she hadn't considered the Third Imperial Prince, so now she had even more thoughts about Li Chen.

She only hated herself for not knowing Li Chen earlier; otherwise, she wouldn't have come to be a Crown Princess; she only wanted to be an Empress.

Actually, if she had known earlier, she wouldn't have chosen to be with Li Chen; after all, Li Chen at that time was very "ordinary."

Almost no one went to contact Li Chen, this little transparent person.

Yun Shang wasn't willing to stay alone in this cold place while she was in her prime, nor did she want to go back.

Since the "give away" plan didn't work, then the "give away" plan would start.

Yun Shang began to inquire about what kind of women Li Chen liked, and then searched among the Yun family disciples.

As long as she successfully offered this woman to Li Chen and she became a concubine in the harem, then if this woman pulled her along, wouldn't she have succeeded?

Thinking of this, she began to prepare to bribe people in the palace.

The only difficulty in Yun Shang's layout was the Empress Dowager.

Her family indeed didn't have a good relationship with the Zou family, to which the Empress Dowager belonged.

So when the Crown Prince was alive, the Empress Dowager didn't mean to support the Crown Prince.

Many people were strange, wondering why after the Crown Prince died, Yun Shang wasn't very concerned about who the murderer was, and wasn't even as concerned as the Crown Prince's former cronies.

Because their marriage was just a combination of interests, with no emotional foundation.

The Crown Prince had more than ten concubines, many of whom hadn't even been touched; these people went from living as widows to being true widows.

Even if she found the murderer, Yun Shang couldn't gain anything.

After the Crown Prince died, people left and the tea went cold; Yun Shang definitely had to find a way to "live" again.

In the eyes of many, the Crown Princess was dignified, virtuous, and self-disciplined.

That was actually only towards others; these people couldn't enter Yun Shang's eyes.

Li Chen was the person who could enter her eyes.

No. 7 Changqing Street, there was also a woman who had been somewhat dejected recently.

Wu Nanzhi hated Li Chen with her mouth, but she hadn't seen him for a few days, and a feeling of irritability would appear again.

Li Chen's impression on her was too deep, so deep that it was simply impossible to forget.

Anyone who had that kind of experience would naturally be unforgettable for a lifetime.

Usually, if she was bored, Wu Nanzhi would lecture Wu Qi.

But now it was different; Wu Qi was both busy and worried.

With Wu Qi's strength, coupled with a relatively clean background, entering the Ministry of War as an extra-budgetary staff member was no problem.

But the problem was how to become a regular staff member.

He had been giving gifts everywhere recently, busy handling things, but becoming a regular staff member was remote and uncertain.

Liu Hao said he would help him, but he also had to achieve results for Liu Hao to help.

Coupled with the fact that the Northern Expedition was about to start recently, many nobles were stuffing people into the Ministry of War, and even extra-budgetary positions were very popular; if it weren't for Wu Qi entering early, I'm afraid even extra-budgetary wouldn't have a chance.

In the current situation, Wu Qi felt even more that becoming a regular staff member was difficult, worried to the point of not being able to do anything, so how could Wu Nanzhi lecture him?

Especially since Wu Nanzhi couldn't help, she felt somewhat melancholy.

Early in the morning, Wu Qi went to work at the Ministry of War, and Wu Nanzhi stayed here alone from morning to night.

It was already afternoon, and there was no one else in the courtyard except the servants.

The newly opened flowers had been plucked by the bored Wu Nanzhi again.

Just at this moment, a frivolous voice came from the side.

"Yo, whose little beauty is this, worrying here? Why not tell me your troubles and let this master be happy."

If someone else had said this, Wu Nanzhi might have lost her temper on the spot.

But she was very familiar with this voice; who else could it be but Li Chen?

Wu Nanzhi had some fluctuations in her heart, but she still immediately put on a face pretending to be angry.

"You've only been well-behaved for a few days, and you're hiding from your little wife to come here again?"

"Why would I need to hide to find you? Or else I'll bring her next time."

"Don't, don't, don't, I don't want to compete for favor with her, just spare me."

"Let's go, let's go eat; I haven't been here for a few days either."

It was just an invitation to eat, and Wu Nanzhi wouldn't refuse; anyway, she was bored.

It was still that exotic restaurant; the two of them often came to this place.

"Where have you been these past few days?" After Wu Nanzhi ordered, she handed the menu to Li Chen.

"I have official business, you know that." Li Chen said while ordering.

This sentence reminded Wu Nanzhi; she didn't know much about Li Chen's true identity, only that Li Chen had a certain status in the imperial court, and it seemed he should be a noble.

Wait, a noble?

Perhaps Li Chen could help Wu Qi; Wu Qi was worried about becoming a regular staff member.

But the problem was, why would Li Chen help her? She couldn't find a reason for the time being.

The two chatted for a while, and Li Chen found that Wu Nanzhi kept looking around, her eyes dodging, as if she had something she wanted to say to him, but was somewhat embarrassed to say it.

Thus, Li Chen said: "If you have anything to say, just say it; I'll listen to what's going on."

Things having reached this point, Wu Nanzhi said timidly: "I have a nephew named Wu Qi, who entered the Ministry of War a few days ago..."

She told Wu Qi's story once.

Li Chen was stunned on the spot.

Huju City? Wu Qi?

I seem to have seen him.

Oh right, this kid told me he had a beautiful aunt and intended to introduce her to me.

I also hadn't seen her for a long time, just like Liu Hao's cousin.

So you are the one!

But this kid really didn't lie; Wu Nanzhi was indeed beautiful.

Seeing Li Chen's "stunned" expression, Wu Nanzhi immediately said: "If it's difficult for you, forget it; I heard that many nobles are looking for connections, so it's indeed not easy to handle."

She felt that Li Chen might not be able to handle such things; after all, Wu Qi had also said that connections were too hard to find.

Hearing this, Li Chen almost wanted to laugh; in the Tian Ce Dynasty, which noble was more noble than him?

Wu Qi wanting to enter the Ministry of War was just a matter of one word from him.

But what was fun now was that Wu Nanzhi didn't seem to know who he was, and she was asking him for help; wouldn't he have to tease this imperial sister well?

Cheap things delivered to the door, don't take them for nothing.

Anyway, I didn't intend to let you go either.

Li Chen felt more and more that the identity of Emperor was really good; it seemed many women had to beg him to handle things.

"This isn't much of a problem, but I'm going on a business trip in a few days; do you want to come along?"

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