Chapter 28: If you come to find me, you'd better have something to do!

"Look at what you said, can't I come to see you if I have nothing to do?"

The Empress Dowager walked to Li Chen's table and sat gently in the position beside him, her movements soft and delicate.

She clearly didn't do any strange movements, but the swaying of her figure always gave people a sense of endless temptation.

"You'd better have something to do."

Li Chen put down the information in his hand and said impatiently.

If you have nothing to do, I still want to sleep.

And you don't go back to the morning court tomorrow, but I have to go.

Li Chen was thinking about whether to let this Empress Dowager listen to politics behind the curtain and share the pain.

This idea of his was also unprecedented; other new emperors were afraid of things, but he truly wasn't.

Hearing Li Chen say this, the Empress Dowager's beautiful eyes rolled hard.

I rarely show tenderness once, and you kid are soft and hard-headed, right?

If it were any other prince, they would have stood up and thanked him profusely.

Forget it, forget it, since you are in the Sage Realm, I won't argue with you.

"It's nothing big, just two things. What do you think of that Chu family girl?"

The Empress Dowager came to ask about the progress between Li Chen and Chu Chu Ruoyan, so she could consider whether to cultivate Chu Chu Ruoyan.

If Li Chen didn't like her, she would pass down another one to enter the palace.

"We haven't chatted much in the past two days, but my impression of her is not bad."

Li Chen was indeed busy recently and didn't have much time to understand.

But taking down Chu Chu Ruoyan was only a matter of time; Li Chen was very sure of this.

Because young girls around eighteen were still very believing in love; they were very pure and hadn't been 'polluted' by this world.

They still longed for a romantic love between a prince charming and Cinderella.

As long as they were moved, they would even be willing to abandon everything to follow a man they had good feelings for, even if this man was penniless.

If it were a woman at this stage, Li Chen would still need to spend some effort.

But Chu Chu Ruoyan was different; she was clearly a woman with a certain amount of experience, having seen many things in the Imperial Capital, a place where fish and dragons were mixed.

This kind of woman knew her own conditions very clearly and also knew what kind of man she wanted.

In Li Chen's view, this was too easy to handle.

After all, his identity as an Emperor in the Sage Realm had money if he wanted money, power if he wanted power, and his strength was even more impeccable.

He came to deal with Chu Chu Ruoyan, which was directly a dimensionality reduction strike.

Now he just lacked time to make each other more harmonious.

As for feelings, that could only be said later.

"Fine, then handle it according to your ideas; I support you."

Saying this, the Empress Dowager seemed to intend to stand up and leave.

"Didn't you say there were two things?"

Li Chen asked suspiciously.

"Oh, if you hadn't said it, I would have forgotten."

The Empress Dowager moved her buttocks, her body leaning closer to Li Chen's side, as if she wanted to say some little secret.

Li Chen could feel the alluring body fragrance on the Empress Dowager.

"It's just how that hot pot you ate last time was made? I asked the Imperial Kitchen to get many materials, but none of them had that taste of yours."

Hearing this, Li Chen was speechless; you made it look mysterious for this broken thing.

I thought you were coming for some other kind of exchange.

"That hot pot won't work without the base material. If you want to eat it, I'll write a list of ingredients for you."

The Empress Dowager helped him choose concubines, so he couldn't be stingy.

Li Chen took out a piece of paper and wrote some ingredients on it.

But after writing more than half, he considered that the Empress Dowager couldn't eat too spicy, so he put this piece of paper aside and rewrote the ingredients.

Even if it was just a list of hot pot ingredients, after the Empress Dowager got it, she was as happy as a little girl who had found a treasure, and a bright smile appeared on her face.

Li Chen felt that this Empress Dowager might truly be a bit greedy.

However, this kind of woman had a changeable personality, was good at disguising, and couldn't see clearly whether this was her true face at all.

Or one could say, this was the appearance she deliberately showed Li Chen. What benefits she wanted to obtain from Li Chen, and what her ultimate goal was, Li Chen couldn't guess for the time being.

The Empress Dowager looked full of flaws, but this happened to make people unable to start.

This was the woman Li Chen felt was very difficult to handle.

At the moment of leaving Li Chen's bedroom, the Empress Dowager put the recipe into her collar and restored her majestic posture and face.

The temperament on her body underwent a huge change, as if she had changed into a different person, making the nearby palace maids and eunuchs tremble with fear.

Perhaps while Li Chen felt she was very difficult to handle, she also felt Li Chen was very difficult to handle.

In her view, Li Chen appeared too casual, as if he were interested in many things, but not very persistent.

She couldn't judge what Li Chen truly needed, so as to 'grasp' Li Chen.

As a woman with huge ambition, no one knew what she was thinking.

The next day, the morning light broke.

!

The outline of the Forbidden City gradually became clear in the thin mist, and the time for the morning court had arrived.

Outside the main hall, on the stone steps, the ministers were wearing court clothes and walking toward the main hall.

And inside the hall, there were many ministers who had arrived early; they were standing or upright, greeting those who had just entered the door.

Inside the main hall, it was even more brilliant, with imposing momentum.

The high-rising dragon chair was placed in the center of the main hall, with a five-clawed golden dragon carved on it, and on both sides of the dragon chair stood a phoenix with wings spread and wanting to fly.

Before Li Chen appeared, the main hall was already bustling with noise and excitement.

The ministers were whispering to each other, their faces carrying a bit of ease and smiles.

Among them, there were those discussing where to go after the morning court, which restaurant to go to for a meal, and whose turn it was to treat today.

Even more so, they discussed which adult's newly recruited dancing girl was good, and they had to go see it when they had time, their words full of envy and jealousy.

However, in this noise, there were also a few ministers, such as the current Prime Minister Zhao Zhao Wenyuan, who stood there straight, their eyes firm and their expressions solemn.

Originally, there was another one corresponding to his position, but this one was grounded by Li Chen for seven days, and the biggest official among the court ministers was now him.

Just at this time, a long shout came from outside the main hall.

"The Emperor has arrived!"

Following this shout, the discussion in the main hall stopped abruptly.

Only to see Li Chen wearing a dragon robe and a crown, walking in with steady steps.

His face carried a bit of leisure and unruliness, but in his gestures, he radiated an indescribable imperial pressure.

Don't look at the fact that he had only ascended the throne for a few days, but that innate aura of a superior made everyone present feel a kind of inexplicable awe and submission.

Li Chen's arrival meant that this court session officially began.

Only to see the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War walk to the front of the hall first, presenting a piece of information with both hands.

His voice was loud and clear as he reported: "I report to the Emperor, this humble official has important matters to report."

Li Chen nodded, signaling him to start his performance.

The Vice Minister of the Ministry of War handed the information to the eunuch and said: "That rebellious Third Prince, hearing that the Emperor's heavenly might is vast and the dragon face is furious, was actually scared into retreating overnight, not daring to commit crimes again. This news is truly the blessing of our dynasty, the might of the Emperor!"

Looking at Li Chen's reaction, the officials of the Ministry of War began to echo one after another.

"The Emperor is wise and martial, shaking the four seas, making those petty villains flee at the wind."

"This is the return of the heavenly number, the direction of the people's hearts, our dynasty will definitely last for thousands of generations, enjoying peace forever!"

Above the main hall, the words of flattery from the ministers were endless.

The Vice Minister of the Ministry of War actually wanted to ask what happened to his superior, the Minister of the Ministry of War.

That was the one sent out by Li Chen to capture the Third Prince.

But knowing Li Chen's personality, he was afraid of asking like this, and Li Chen would send him out too, which would be troublesome, so he simply reported and watched how Li Chen handled it.

Li Chen seemed to have forgotten about this matter and indicated that he knew, and then there was no follow-up.

It seemed the Minister of the Ministry of War couldn't come back for the time being, so the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War had to return to his position.

Next, many ministers reported the situation in various regions.

At this time, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Yan Hai, stood out.

"This humble official, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Yan Hai, has important matters to report to the Emperor. Recently, the Northern Royal Court sent envoys to seek an audience with the Emperor, wishing to conduct friendly exchanges with our dynasty and discuss state affairs together. This matter concerns the diplomatic relations between the two countries, so this humble official specifically comes to ask the Emperor whether to arrange for the envoys to have an audience immediately?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 29 =====