Chapter 21

"Forget it, let's clarify it next time we meet."

After having some good feelings for Li Chen, how could Chu Ruoyan think of eloping.

Chu Ruoyan couldn't be considered to have lived in luxury since she was a child, but her living conditions were not bad.

On one side is sleeping in the open with Seeing Xiao Ming, on the other side is enjoying wealth and honor in the Imperial Palace.

Furthermore, Seeing Xiao Ming is just a potential stock; perhaps in ten or dozens of years, Seeing Xiao Ming can achieve a great career.

This is just a possibility; no one can say for sure about the future.

Li Chen is already standing at the top of this world; as the Emperor of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, his power has reached the peak, and his appearance is unparalleled in the world.

This is an Emperor with real power, and his strength is unfathomable.

To say Chu Ruoyan is not tempted, that is impossible.

It's not to say she is a social climber, the problem is that Li Chen's conditions are just there; which woman can withstand it, and this is only the first day of contact.

Plus Li Chen is originally a veteran in the love field; he clearly knows his advantages, as long as he judges what type of woman he wants to strategize, he can just exert his advantages normally.

Returning to the room, Chu Ruoyan originally wanted to cultivate for a while, but Li Chen's divine and handsome face would appear in her mind from time to time, disturbing her thoughts.

Even when undressing and lying on the bed to rest, Chu Ruoyan was still recalling the scenes she saw in the Imperial Study.

At first, she just felt Li Chen was very majestic and domineering, but now thinking carefully about Li Chen's dialogue with the ministers, she felt more and more that Li Chen was not simple.

Remembering when Great General Guo Poyun came, his hands and shoes were full of mud.

He said he was planting vegetables; actually, he was showing weakness, the purpose was also to let His Majesty know that he didn't have too much ambition.

The most cunning one was Prince Li Longyu; when he was first questioned by His Majesty about whether his subordinates had forcibly seized fertile land, Li Longyu answered vaguely, just opening his mouth to say he didn't know, and that he would go back and discipline them.

This is playing dumb, and he didn't intend to make any concessions.

After all, he is His Majesty's uncle; perhaps he felt that His Majesty wouldn't hold onto such things.

But when His Majesty was really angry and reprimanded Li Longyu using the people's rebellion as a reason, only then did he kneel down, saying he would definitely handle it strictly, and stated the way to handle it, only then did His Majesty let him get out.

Recalling Li Chen's muttering words, Chu Ruoyan couldn't help but smile.

Chu Ruoyan really felt that Li Chen could play games with these old foxes at a young age, which was really amazing.

During dinner, Li Chen seemed to have made an appointment to meet her tomorrow.

Thinking and thinking, Chu Ruoyan hung a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth and fell asleep in a daze.

Next day, early morning.

Chu Ruoyan was a bit restless just after getting up.

When eating breakfast, she was thinking about when Li Chen would summon her, and what clothes she should wear.

Does Li Chen like the set of clothes from yesterday, or does he want to see something else.

Looking at the room full of clothes, she felt for the first time that there weren't enough, and she changed quite a few this morning.

It kept the maids busy until their hands were sore.

But the maids remembered that yesterday the eldest young lady was still unwilling to change clothes, numb like a doll.

How come the eldest young lady is so active today, and even complaining that there aren't enough clothes and wanting to buy some.

During the period of changing clothes, looking at herself in the mirror, Chu Ruoyan began to feel that her figure wasn't good enough, and whether she needed to touch up her makeup or something.

You know, Chu Ruoyan had never considered these problems when attending various banquets and meeting other noble children in the Imperial Capital before; her bare face was already an extremely beautiful existence.

Time passed slowly, and the closer it got to noon, the more uneasy Chu Ruoyan became.

Because she never received news of Li Chen's summons.

Li Chen is the Emperor, and she couldn't take the initiative to find Li Chen; did Li Chen forget about this matter?

Complex emotions began to intertwine again.

Chu Ruoyan's mother seemed to see this and comforted: "His Majesty has just ascended the throne, he should be quite busy recently, at this time he probably hasn't finished the morning court yet, look at how anxious you are." "Who, who is anxious, we just made an appointment last night, mother, you go out quickly, I'm changing clothes."

When Chu Ruoyan said this, there was a hint of shyness on her face.

"This is what you said, mother has so many years of dressing experience, are you sure you don't want to listen?"

In terms of how to cultivate, Chu Ruoyan's mother couldn't give guidance, but in terms of how to show female charm, Chu Ruoyan really couldn't compare with her mother.

"Daughter was wrong, mother, please help me choose."

Chu Ruoyan hurriedly stopped her mother and begged her mother to give her a pointer or two.

On the other side, Li Chen just finished the morning court, another day of the ministers making a fuss.

The summary of today's morning court was nothing more than the problem of sect control in the May Tian Ce Dynasty.

Originally, sects were very difficult to manage; some sects had Sage Realm powerhouses, which already exceeded secular constraints.

These sects had extremely high prestige locally, seriously affecting the management of local government offices.

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If these sects were relatively decent, then the problem wouldn't be big.

The local government offices also turned a blind eye, and everyone minded their own business.

When needed, they could also cooperate; for example, if there were monster disturbances around, or evil cultivators refining pills, these sects would also act righteously and make a contribution to local stability.

So emperors of all dynasties had no control over these sects, and it could also be said that they couldn't control them.

But the problem appeared in recent years; with the development of sects and the increase in the number of disciples, the character of the disciples under the sect was uneven, and various contradictions would appear between sects.

These sects began to organize into some alliances, such as the Ethereal Immortal Alliance, the Nine Abyss Sacred Domain, the Purple Heaven Heavenly Palace, etc., which were all relatively large sect groups within the Great Tian Ce Dynasty.

The original intention of these alliances was just to regulate the contradictions between sects in the area where they were located.

Now it has evolved into major alliances fighting each other and grabbing territory.

Especially when rare mineral veins and divine objects were discovered, they fought even more fiercely, causing huge chaos locally.

There were clouds of strong people within these alliances, and the May Tian Ce Dynasty didn't have the energy and ability to manage them.

If other emperors were on the throne, perhaps these ministers wouldn't bring it up in the court, and would only mention it in private memorials.

To put it ugly, these sects were already above imperial power, and other emperors couldn't control them even if they wanted to.

Which minister said it in the court, that was making the Emperor embarrassed.

But Li Chen is an Emperor in the Sage Realm, the strongest Emperor in the last five hundred years, so they dared to bring it up in the court and let Li Chen find a way to manage it.

Li Chen also had deep feelings about this point, because when reviewing memorials yesterday, many prefecture officials mentioned that some sects had become hiding places for heinous criminals, and they were helpless.

The military officers' memorials also wrote that sect disciples were fighting in the military camp, interfering with their normal actions.

Li Chen felt that these were indeed problems, but now he hadn't specifically contacted people from the sects, so it was not easy to determine what these people's thoughts were.

Wait until there is an opportunity to contact them, and then make a decision.

The existence of sects, benefits and disadvantages coexist, and finding a way to manage is the best policy.

After saying these, today's morning court was announced to end.

Li Chen returned to the Imperial Study; because he was relatively diligent yesterday, there were very few memorials today, and they were all solved after a while.

Stretching, he found that the countdown of his 'novice task' was still turning.

"If I remember correctly, Chu Ruoyan's house seems to be in the east of the city; it's just right to call her to be a guide for me, and by the way, continue to come with some offensives."

Thinking of this, he let the eunuch go to summon Chu Ruoyan.

Not long after, a tall and beautiful figure appeared in the Imperial Study.

(End of chapter)