Chapter 90: It was hard enough that Chu Ruoyan didn't make a scene, and now there

The next day, when Xu Zifeng returned from the government office prison, he found that his aunt's eye circles were a bit heavy; it seemed she hadn't slept well last night, probably worried all night.

So he stepped forward and said with heartache, "Aunt, let you worry, but this time don't worry; I will stay at home and won't cause trouble again."

Xu Zifeng didn't believe it; if he stayed at home, could Lin Yue'e still come in and arrest him?

Ji Lianyu just hadn't rested well last night, but that didn't mean she wasn't happy now.

Having lived for so long, she tasted sweetness for the first time, plus Li Chen's soft and hard tactics yesterday, her heart also began to change.

Her information had been reviewed by Li Chen; she was abandoned in the Imperial Capital by the Ji family, and because she was a widow, she also received quite a few gossips.

These had always made her life very dull, and her world was like gray and white.

At such a time, what she needed most was a reliance, or a thought that kept her alive.

Ji Lianyu just felt that she could help Xu Zifeng, and her heart had some comfort, so she had been helping him.

She was afraid of being abandoned and longed for that feeling of being needed.

Li Chen naturally started from this point; last night he indicated that the Prince of Zhennan was just a feudal prince. The late emperor didn't move him because he cherished old feelings, not because he couldn't deal with the Prince of Zhennan.

Don't think the Prince of Zhennan looks fierce; he has never dared to rebel because he fears the major group armies of the May Tian Ce Dynasty around him.

Li Chen now has real power and has no friendship with the Prince of Zhennan.

He can completely find a reason to deal with the Prince of Zhennan at will. If they really fight, then what will the Ji family do? What will Xu Zifeng do?

Li Chen knew what her soft spot was, so he guided her to think this way, letting her have a sense of crisis.

Seeing her being led by the nose, Li Chen started hinting.

As long as you serve me well, after dealing with the Prince of Zhennan, I can also show mercy to your Ji family, and even let Xu Zifeng go.

This point precisely grasped Ji Lianyu's heart.

Ji Lianyu was not Chu Ruoyan; for different women, Li Chen naturally had different ways.

Ji Lianyu had always wanted to prove that she was useful to the Ji family, so Li Chen, the new emperor of the Sage Realm with absolute power, was undoubtedly the biggest reliance.

She wanted to understand this point, so when she served Li Chen in the second half of the night, she was naturally more attentive.

This was the main reason why Li Sining couldn't sleep last night.

It was hard enough that Chu Ruoyan didn't make a scene, and now there's an even noisier one!

Prince of Zhennan's residence.

Hearing Xu Zifeng say this, Ji Lianyu smiled and said, "It's okay, Zifeng; your cultivation technique itself needs fighting. In the future, leave your matters to Aunt. My friendship with the Empress Dowager is still very deep, but you should try to make small mistakes as much as possible and never make big mistakes."

If you don't go and cause trouble, how can I have an excuse to serve the emperor?

The reason Li Chen let her out was because he wanted to see her own degenerate appearance.

After all, Li Chen had never lacked women before, and now he lacked them even less.

Xu Zifeng thought, there is such a good thing?

Anyway, Aunt had always silently solved his troubles, rarely saying how she solved them.

Plus this time Aunt even said it was the Empress Dowager helping, so he didn't ask too much.

Of course, if he asked in detail, Ji Lianyu would also firmly say it was the Empress Dowager.

This pot of doing good deeds without leaving a name would definitely be buckled on the Empress Dowager.

This formed a closed loop where everyone was happy.

Xu Zifeng thought he had the Empress Dowager's protection, so he started to continue causing trouble, and his strength improved.

Lin Yue'e could use Xu Zifeng to brush up on her performance; after all, she was truly protected by Li Chen, and her status would get higher and higher.

Ji Lianyu had a reason to approach Li Chen, invest in the future of the Ji family, and provide a guarantee for Xu Zifeng's safety.

Li Chen was needed by everyone, so naturally, he was purely enjoying the happiness.

Facts proved that Xu Zifeng was indeed the Son of Luck; he had his own father's protection in the Prince of Zhennan's fief, and in the Imperial Capital, Li Chen took even better care of him than his father. In the morning court session today, Li Chen was in a good mood and processed government affairs very quickly.

Returning to the Imperial Study, the eunuch reported that the Minister of Rites, Yan Hai, requested an audience.

After obtaining Li Chen's consent, Yan Hai carefully held a sealed jade box with both hands, his face filled with undisguised pride, and walked quickly into the Imperial Study.

"Your Majesty, this humble minister had the good fortune to obtain a peerless treasure today; it is the inner core of an ancient snake demon. This humble minister dares to request Your Majesty's inspection."

After speaking, he slowly opened the jade box, only to see a crystal-clear, golden-colored snake demon inner core lying quietly inside, emitting a faint fragrance.

On that snake demon inner core, patterns faintly flowed, as if containing mysterious power, making people feel awe.

"What is the name of this inner core? What divine effect does it have?" Li Chen asked with some expectation.

Yan Hai hurriedly replied, "Reporting to Your Majesty, this is transformed by the ancient spirit beast 'Ink Scale Ghost Snake', which has absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for over ten thousand years. If Your Majesty can refine it, you will obtain the power of the ancient spirit beast."

Yan Hai knew that his master, the Second Prince, would mostly likely make a move, and His Majesty might not be unprepared.

No matter who wins or loses, he had to make countermeasures.

It wasn't that he just heard that such a treasure appeared in the eastern part of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, so he immediately had his subordinates get it and secretly offered it to Li Chen.

!

Whether Li Chen needs it or not is not important; what is important is his attitude.

Not to mention anything else, if the Second Prince fails, he hopes Li Chen can spare his life.

It was just seeing that Li Chen's character was not bad that he, as a subject, would come to curry favor.

Li Chen actually didn't think too much, and didn't even know who in the court was whose person. He was just punching the clock as an emperor; as long as the court officials finished their work and didn't defy him like Feng Huai, it was fine.

If facing danger, he had his own ways.

It was just that this matter hadn't made him feel danger yet.

Seeing his subordinate offer a gift, he naturally accepted it and also gave Yan Hai some rewards.

This reward was particular; Yan Hai's level wasn't very lacking in gold and silver treasures.

Li Chen rewarded Yan Hai with an inkstone from the Imperial Study.

This was actually just an ordinary "priceless" inkstone, but the core meaning was that it was bestowed by Li Chen.

Bestowed by Li Chen, even a strand of hair was worth ten thousand gold!

Yan Hai excitedly picked up the inkstone, kowtowed and thanked him, and left satisfied.

In the entire court, how many could get things bestowed by Li Chen?

In the eyes of court officials, this kind of thing was more valuable than anything!

Placing it at home, as long as a guest asks, he could directly explode the origin, which would definitely make the guest envious, and he could also show off a bit.

Not long after Yan Hai left, Li Chen's memorials were also processed, and he just happened to plan to go out for an appointment, taking the jade box containing the "Ink Scale Ghost Snake Inner Core" with him.

He originally thought about choosing a treasure from the palace treasury to give to Lin Yue'e later.

Since Yan Hai sent it over, it saved a bit of trouble.

Imperial Capital government office, Lin Yue'e was reviewing the prisoner's files, her expression quite focused.

Hearing someone come in, she didn't even raise her head and said, "Put the files here."

Just now she had her subordinates retrieve some files necessary for investigating the case, thinking it was her subordinates who came.

As a result, an exquisite jade box was placed in the position she pointed to, and when she scanned it with her peripheral vision, her eyebrows furrowed.

Because recently quite a few nobles had sent her gifts, but they were all sternly rejected by her.

In the Imperial Capital government office, Lin Yue'e was famous for being upright.

She knew that if she accepted things, she would be timid in handling things in the future.

So no matter what it was, she wouldn't accept it.

Just as she raised her head, preparing to scold the person who sent the gift, she discovered a familiar face.

Lin Yue'e immediately stood up and said, "This humble subject didn't know it was Your Majesty; I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 91 =====