Chapter 130: Can Subdue People Without Fighting

Li Xinyue didn't refute. Even if such a day really came, she could guarantee the food and drink of Yangguangzhai.

After all, the grain in the system was not expensive, all relying on that respectable old grandfather from the previous life.

Just like their guess, when this news spread to the entire northern border, the prefectures expressed their positions one after another and hurriedly began to integrate grain and grass to send to the Prince of Zhenbei.

At first, they were confused, feeling like children abandoned by the Da Qian country, not knowing what to do, and could only lay out in advance to seek self-preservation, until now they finally had a backbone.

If people in other places still had a choice, then the people in the northern border had no choice. After all, the imperial court didn't care about them, so even if they wanted to choose, people wouldn't ignore you. Now that the Crown Prince came to take charge of the overall situation, they naturally had to go all out.

If they did well, they might even mix a merit of following the dragon!

Even the common people in the northern border were very happy. They thought there was no hope for such days, but now with the Crown Prince sitting in town, maybe the northern border could soon return to its former appearance?

When the news reached outside the northern border, this voice naturally couldn't be hidden from the capital.

Wei Xi Yuan, wearing a dragon robe, kept roaring in the bedroom.

"Why do you just refuse to die?"

"I must tear you into ten thousand pieces, my good big brother!"

The little eunuch on the side trembled, crawling on the ground without daring to breathe.

"Are you afraid of me?" Finally, Wei Xi Yuan had nothing to smash, noticing the little eunuch on the side.

"Em... Emperor..." The little eunuch stammered and couldn't speak clearly, and was so scared that he was incontinent for a while.

"Someone! Drag him out and behead him!"

"Yes!" Two guards came in from outside the door, carrying the little eunuch and walking out.

"Emperor... Emperor... spare my life! Emperor!"

The sound of begging for mercy went far away, and Wei Xi Yuan finally calmed down.

He enjoyed this power of controlling other people's life and death. Everything was very good after ascending the throne, except... that damn Si Gui.

Now Wei Xi Yuan finally suffered the backlash of his own actions. During the period of ascending the throne, he did experience the pleasure of being the Son of Heaven at the beginning.

The three thousand beauties in the harem were left for him to choose, no one dared to say half a word to him, and even those concubines had to rack their brains to please him.

No one in the palace dared to disobey him, and he did enjoy the power of being the supreme ruler.

But once he went to court, all the civil and military officials listened to Si Gui. Whatever he said, this group of dog officials had to look at Si Gui. Once Si Gui spoke, the matter was basically nailed down.

Even the memorials sent were carefully selected, all of which were some trivial matters that didn't matter.

He considered himself to have a set of governance concepts, but was made unable to start by Si Gui, and could only seek pleasure in the harem every day.

Wei Xi Yuan took a deep breath, and the haze in his eyes was gradually hidden in his heart. The last northern border matter was led by Si Gui, and this time, let the other party have a headache.

Anyway, he couldn't let his big brother grow stronger, so he would just wait and see what wonderful plan the other party had this time.

Si Gui was walking toward the inner courtyard in the Prime Minister's mansion with an anxious look, without any of the demeanor of planning strategies in the imperial court.

"Wushuang, Wushuang! There is movement in the northern border!"

In a courtyard in the inner courtyard, a man in white sat before the chessboard playing chess, blending into the elegant layout in the courtyard, like a gentle and jade-like beautiful man in a painting.

The door of the courtyard was opened, and the anxious Si Gui walked in and said to the man in white: "Wushuang, do you know about the northern border?"

The man in white was Si Gui's son, Si Qi, courtesy name Wushuang!

Si Qi didn't even lift his head, and after dropping a piece on the chessboard, he said: "I have heard a little!"

"Then how should we respond?" Si Gui asked, the anxiety in his eyes couldn't be hidden at all.

"Observe its direction, then apply its strategy. Observe its plan, then determine its plot!"

There was no one playing chess opposite the chessboard, and Si Qi just played chess with himself, deeply involved.

Si Gui knew that this meant asking what his purpose was, so that he could give a good strategy.

"Of course I want the Crown Prince to disappear completely, preferably together with the northern border. That damn Prince of Zhenbei actually publicly supports the other party."

"Take advantage of the fullness of the granary, cut off the way of grain and fodder. The enemy's supplies are exhausted and the army collapses, can subdue people without fighting." Saying this calmly, Si Qi continued to play chess, never turning his head to look at his father from beginning to end.

Si Gui pondered carefully, then walked out with shining eyes.

The mode of getting along between the two looked awkward, not like normal father-son communication.

After Si Gui left, a maid walked out from behind Si Qi and said indignantly: "Only when the young master is useful, the old master will come. He doesn't have this attitude on weekdays."

"Xuecan, be careful!" Si Qi's hand holding the black chess piece gradually lowered, staring at the chessboard, not knowing what he was thinking.

Xuecan stuck out her tongue when she heard this, but didn't speak again.

She was just speaking for her young master, clearly her young master was the first talent in the world, but he was always hidden by the old master.

People in the world thought that Prime Minister Si Gui was resourceful, but only a few people knew that his son Si Qi was the one with shocking talent.

But Si Qi didn't resist, just lived in the courtyard for a long time, and even helped Si Gui plan.

It was just that Si Qi had a habit. He wouldn't tell Si Gui directly what was best, and every time he would ask what Si Gui's purpose was.

At first, Si Gui just wanted to be the head of the scholar-gentry, and Si Qi helped him achieve it. Later, Si Gui wanted to be the one above ten thousand, and Si Qi also made him the Prime Minister.

But Si Gui's desire was constantly expanding, no longer content with just being the Prime Minister, and set his sights on the position at the very top.

That was the first time Si Qi refused Si Gui, saying directly that he couldn't be the Emperor, but could help him go further.

Hearing this, Si Gui immediately asked for a way, and finally planned for a long time, and finally completely controlled the entire imperial court.

From Jiangnan to the capital, Si Gui held Si Qi firmly in his hands. On one hand, he couldn't do without Si Qi's help, and on the other hand, he was afraid!

He knew deeply under what circumstances Si Qi grew up. The blood relationship between himself and him became a shackle of hatred. Once Si Qi gained freedom, the first person to die would definitely be him!

The last northern border matter was Si Gui's own decision. Anyway, the northern border had been fighting for years, and the imperial court didn't know how much silver it would have to pay to help.

He had already regarded the national treasury as his own money bag, so how could he be willing to pay?

Xuecan had followed Si Qi since she was a child, responsible for taking care of Si Qi's daily life, and Si Qi once told her a sentence.

"Those whose wisdom does not reach their position, heaven will take their soul. I will just watch the abyss with my hands in my sleeves, waiting for them to look at the abyss themselves."

Xuecan didn't understand and asked her young master what this meant, but Si Qi just smiled without saying a word.

It wasn't until Xuecan had been by Si Qi's side for a long time that she completely understood the meaning of Si Qi's words.

He didn't have to take action against Si Gui, because Si Gui would surely bring about his own destruction. ===== CHAPTER 131 =====