Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

The court ended unhappily, the eldest prince sat in the hall and never got up, the emperor didn't even give him a look when he walked past him, and the ministers kept him at a respectful distance.

Standing beside him, Li Xu frowned at the sluggish eldest prince, and finally said: "Does elder brother think that he is capable of sitting in that position?"

The First Prince glanced back at him and did not answer. This is the Fengxian Palace, and everyone has not gone far. How dare Li Xu say such a thing here? Does he already think that he is sure to win?

Li Xu sneered, and walked past him, he didn't look down on the eldest prince's ambition, but looked down on him wanting to gain the supreme power without the ability to match it.

Is the throne so easy to sit on?If it weren't for this hierarchical society that forced him to climb up, Li Xu would rather be a wealthy idler, earn a lot of money, do what he likes to do, and live a relaxed and stable life with the people he likes, but whether it is him Even Kou Xiao couldn't live a life like this.

He walked out of the Fengxian Hall and saw Eunuch Zhao coming towards him with hurried steps, Li Xu stopped and waited for him, "Why is Eunuch Zhao so panicked?"

Eunuch Zhao took a few breaths, bowed his waist and saluted: "His Royal Highness Shun Wang, the emperor ordered you to go to the imperial study to talk."

Li Xu nodded, not paying much attention to it, he was often called to the Imperial Study Room, and now he was handling most of the state affairs, so he turned around and walked towards the Imperial Study Room.

When he was about to reach the imperial study, Eunuch Zhao said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, be careful." Then he passed him and wanted to go in to report.

Li Xu's heart skipped a beat, what does this mean?Is the emperor dissatisfied with him?He exposed the current situation in the Northwest and satirized the First Prince, but this also indirectly accused the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and even the emperor for their inaction. Was he being too careless?

"I will see my father!" After Li Xu entered, he obediently saluted the emperor, and then waited for the emperor to speak.

After a long time, there was a coughing sound from above, and then the sound of drinking tea. After waiting for about 10 minutes, the emperor finally said, "Get up, I'm not feeling well, just excuse me."

Li Xu raised his head, looked at the emperor and asked with concern: "How is the father's health? The imperial doctor said that you should rest and rest, and you should not get angry."

"Heh, recuperate? It's because I have been resting for too long that I will be deceived by others. It's ironic that I don't even know something that you know."

Li Xu hurriedly explained: "Father, please check carefully. My son built a wool factory in the northwest. There are several stewards of the palace there. They occasionally learned about these things and reported them to my son. But because there is no evidence, my son does not Dare to report, the Northwest is a place of heavy military forces, and it is not easy to send people to investigate, so as not to cause misunderstandings, today is completely defrauding them, I think, there must be officials who have been to the Northwest to know about the situation there."

"So that's how it is." The emperor said in an erratic voice, Li Xu lowered his head and didn't know his face, but he must have no good face.

He continued: "Father, don't bother to send people to the Northwest to investigate clearly. From the generals to the officials, they should sort it out again. My son thinks that the problems can be big or small. The big ones should be corrected immediately, and the small ones should be slowed down." It doesn't matter if you slow down, the northwest is an important frontier, if the problem is discovered during the war, it will be too late to rectify it."

The emperor was silent for a long time, and then Li Xu saw that he took a blank imperial decree and changed it to a jade seal, and threw it to Li Xu, "Take it, I agree with Kou Xiao to go to the northwest to take over the military power of the First Prince, but I have a request, and I Give him a year, and if the Northwest Army fails to rectify within a year, he doesn't have to come back."

One year is very short. It is very difficult for Kou Xiao, a newcomer, to subdue those local snakes in the northwest, but he has to try, so Li Xu agrees for Kou Xiao.

"One more thing." The emperor said hoarsely: "You have been in the capital for more than half a year, why have you not let the princess return to the capital? What is the purpose of the husband and wife separating the two places?"

The emperor's tone was calm, and he couldn't hear any emotions or anger, but Li Xu felt that this was his focus today, so he replied cautiously: "Princess...she is hard to leave her homeland, I'm afraid she won't be able to adapt to life in the capital."

"You should understand that this position is reserved for you. You will definitely stay in the capital in the future. How can she not come to the capital for the rest of her life? In that case, it's better to divorce her wife and marry again. She is not worthy of her position. Come to you, even if such a woman comes, I will not agree with her status as the main wife."

"Father..."

"Stop! Don't say how much you like her. Father is someone who has experienced it. How could he really like someone like you? I have never heard you mention the word princess, or say, you and Kou Xiao Is it true?"

Li Xu didn't answer for a moment, it seemed meaningless to deny his relationship with Kou Xiao at this time, the whole court basically acquiesced in this matter, but everyone didn't mention it in front of him.

Seeing that he didn't refute, the emperor actually laughed, "Sure enough, I guessed it, and you are doing well. After going to South Vietnam, you even contracted this bad disease. You and Kou Xiao Are you happy?"

Li Xu raised his head, and replied "yes" fearfully, he shrank his neck as if to let him deal with it, but let the emperor punish him somehow.

Li Xu has always performed too perfectly. Such a person is of course good and admirable in the eyes of the subordinates and the common people, but in the eyes of the superiors, he is a bit of an eyesore, even if the superiors are his biological father.

Now that he knows about Li Xu and Kou Xiao, the emperor feels much more at ease, but he still needs to make a statement, "I don't care if the two of you are in love with each other or just play around, since Kou Xiao is going to the Northwest, you should just call it quits." Well, that woman from Nanyue happened to be sleeping too, she was just a pawn, thank you for designing such a scene for Kou Xiao, even I was deceived.

You don't even think about who you are, you only have one daughter now, are you so stupid that you don't even want a son-in-law?If I make you the crown prince, you should give birth to a son. Otherwise, I would never dare to hand over this country to you. If you have no heir after a hundred years, will this Great Yan Jiangshan change his surname? "

The more the emperor spoke, the more severe he became, Li Xu retorted: "Father is too worried, my son has many brothers, and the adopted son is also of royal blood."

The emperor smiled angrily, "Very well, you have such an idea, but shouldn't I be glad, at least you don't have the idea of ​​killing them all, and I have to thank you for your mercy on behalf of your brothers."

"Father's words are serious, sons and ministers are just an example, not necessarily so." Li Xu's heart is like a mirror, he will definitely not have a son, but he has a daughter, if his daughter is good enough and ambitious , may not be able to become a generation of empress.

After all, the adopted child belongs to someone else's family. After he dies, he may not be able to protect his daughter unless he gives the little princess enough cards. Therefore, Li Xu will not do the road of adoption unless he has to.

He would rather adopt a boy from an early age and bring him up carefully. Even if the boy he taught grows crooked, it is the fruit he planted, which is better than other people's children.

But this can't be said to the emperor, he has to cut himself off.

"I'm tired, go get busy, remember that sentence, when did you have a son, when did the position of crown prince fall to you, for the sake of Great Yan Jiangshan, I don't mind choosing an heir who is not as good as you , but you should know that no matter who is in power, you are a stumbling block and you must die."

Of course Li Xu knew, he didn't expect the emperor to tell him this so openly today, "Thank you, Father, for your reminder, I will think it through."

The emperor was very dissatisfied with his answer. What is there to think about?Is the throne less important than a man?

Li Xu personally wrote Kou Xiao's appointment and handed it over to him, "I won't see each other for at least a year, have you figured it out?"

Kou Xiao didn't accept the imperial decree, but hugged him in his arms, smelling his scent, and asked in frustration, "Your Highness, do you want me to go or not?"

Li Xu laughed softly, "We have discussed this issue many times. In my heart, I naturally don't want you to go. The northwest is dangerous. If you go, you will face many crises. Water can’t save a nearby fire. But there are many difficulties in the Northwest, so I don’t feel relieved to send someone else, and I don’t believe that someone else can do better than you, so it’s up to you to choose whether to go or not.”

Kou Xiao sighed, Li Xu is pushing the problem to him, of course this choice is not easy, but he did not hesitate, "Country country, we have to have a stable country before we can have a stable home, and I will Northwest, your road to enthronement will be smoother, and I will definitely come back in a year, a year later! Even if you drive me away by then, I won’t leave!”

Li Xu pushed him away, "You are confident that you can really solve the Northwest issue in one year?"

"As long as I think that there is someone in the capital waiting for me to come back, all problems will be solved. Besides, what if the prince is seduced by other coquettish foxes after leaving for a long time?"

Li Xu snorted coldly and said, "It won't be long, the emperor said, if I don't have a son, I won't make me the crown prince. Just wait, when you come back in a year, maybe my son will be born."

Kou Xiao clenched his arm tightly, eyes gloomy, "Who will you have a baby with? If you dare to have a baby with another woman, I will dare to surrender to the enemy with an army of 30!"

"Don't talk nonsense, you won't do it." Li Xu knew that a general like Kou Xiao was full of loyalty, filial piety and affection, and it was more difficult to make him defect to the enemy than to kill him.

"Then I will rebel with an army of 30 to support the First Prince... Forget it, the First Prince is unreliable, but the Fourth Prince is okay? At that time, this general will also be able to get a regent."

Li Xu scratched his cheek and joked: "The idea is very good, but you don't need to support the fourth child. You just need to hold this king hostage. This king will let you be rounded and flattened. I will also let you be the regent, and I will be one." The puppet emperor eats sweets and drinks spicy food every day, and when he is in a good mood, he can also be lucky with beauties, so cool!"

Kou Xiao hugged him tightly, kissed his forehead, nose, and cheek viciously, and finally blocked his mouth, wishing to sew up this mouth that could kill people, and even more wishing to swallow him away No matter where you are, you will never be separated.

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It took Kou Xiao three days to reorganize the guards of the palace. He took half of the Kou family army away, and the remaining half continued to guard King Shun. Besides, only Zhao Gang and Chi Mingxu were left on the Nanyue side. One is bold and the other is careful, enough to protect South Vietnam from being invaded by foreign enemies.

And Li Xu kept Guo Fu and Zhong Wen by his side. These two are smart and steady people, so Kou Xiao has nothing to worry about.

In addition, Kou Xiao sent a letter to Jiang Qiuming, asking him to rush to the northwest to join him as soon as possible. Jiang Qiuming is still very useful as a military adviser. The group of ambitious generals in the northwest cannot be defeated by force alone.

Jiang Qiuming has been studying with Lei Ming for more than a year, and his reputation has risen, but this reputation refers to Lei Ming. Now even the ordinary people in the capital know that there is a great literary scholar in South Vietnam. A dozen or so disciples were studying abroad, and they could make a few sensational things wherever they went. At first, the news was not enough to spread to the capital, until this group of people reached Chen County, a team of more than 100 people actually wiped out a entrenched Chen County. The bandit nest in the county for many years has rescued hundreds of people, many of whom are rich businessmen who traveled all over the country, and the daughter of a high-ranking official who concealed her identity to visit relatives in Chen County.

It is said that the leader of the bandit had an old relationship with the sheriff of Chen County, and had been in peace with the protection of the government. After Mr. Lei asked the government to send troops to suppress the bandit but failed, he personally led the guards to end the bandit den. It took only ten days.

Later, as the major bookstores in the capital began to sell Mr. Yu’s scripts, and even the Romance of the Three Kingdoms became popular, people found that there were many more books in the bookstores. After looking at them, they found that they were all produced by Nanyue Printing Factory. It is said that most of these books They were all orphaned copies bought by Mr. Lei during his study tour. In order to allow students all over the world to read more books, he begged the Nanyue County Governor to publish these books and distribute them to various places in Dayan. [-]% of the profits will be donated to the foundation to aid the impoverished students of Quan Dayan.

This great event that benefits students all over the world has been publicized by Li Xu with all his heart. Now everyone knows Lei Ming's name, even his disciples are also famous. The only one who keeps a low profile is Jiang Qiuming, a great military strategist.