After exhausting myself to death

All the other unimportant people had left, leaving only a few people in the magnificent hall, which seemed even more empty.

The little eunuch regained his professionalism after losing his fear.

The emperor was no longer on top, so of course he had no qualifications to stand on top, so he came down quietly and low-key early, stood outside the door with his hands lowered, and his eyebrows were lowered.

Luo Xiuyuan hesitated for a moment, then turned around and ordered: "Close the door."

The little eunuch raised his head slightly, but did not move immediately. Instead, he looked at Shen Minghuan first. Until the man nodded to him, he bowed and said "yes" and closed the palace door.

Qu Zhengcheng, who noticed this scene, was shocked and angry. He was shocked that Shen Minghuan's methods were so clever and easily made people swear loyalty to him; he was angry that he was so arrogant and dared to buy people's hearts in front of them. activities.

But this mixture of shock and anger dissipated instantly after meeting Shen Minghuan's gaze. Qu Zhengcheng lowered his head, knowing that this anger was completely unreasonable.

Shen Minghuan's eyes were clear and magnanimous. What could he blame this man for?

Blame him for unscrupulously showing off his gentleness and kindness, blame him for not covering up his dazzling light, blame him for being too convincing and powerful to follow?

Or is it his fault that he was not born into the royal family but is better than the prince they chose?

The reason why the little eunuch has never been replaced is because they mistakenly thought that the other party was Shen Minghuan's person, so they used rat tactics and did not dare to completely break up.

Now it seems obviously not, at least not before today.

And Shen Minghuan was able to tolerate him, perhaps because this man never intended to cut off the emperor's wings from the beginning to the end.

So he set up a cage for himself when he was in power and refused to place anyone around the emperor.

This man may be ambitious, but he is definitely not despicable.

He didn't care that the person they were really loyal to was not him, but still entrusted them with important tasks; he didn't care about Gu Chenglin and He Zhang's hope of crushing him to ashes, and boldly gave the trap to the other party; even Chang Mao, who was beside Luo Xiuyuan, he Dare to use it.

Such self-confidence and arrogance, such tolerance and magnanimity, how magnanimous is the magnanimity of a wise king?

pity.

Qu Zhengcheng sighed. If this man was born in the royal family, he would risk his life to promote him to the throne.

The others probably had similar thoughts, and they sighed one after another for a while.

"Is there something wrong, Your Majesty?" Shen Minghuan asked bluntly.

Luo Xiuyuan was silent for a moment, and unexpectedly said something that happened a long time ago, "Back then... my father sent people to assassinate and frame me several times, but I was always able to escape. Ming Huan, it was you who helped me. Am I right?"

In the eyes of everyone, Shen Minghuan's expression darkened little by little. In the past, he always had a confident smile that looked better than me, and a relaxed and relaxed attitude that was out of place with him. Now the change in his expression was particularly obvious.

He sighed, with some inexplicable tenderness, "Your Majesty, you are the emperor, and all the things in the past, such as the morning dew, are not something you should care about."

"It's really you." Unlike his colleagues who were at a loss, Qu Zhengcheng was an insider. Although Shen Minghuan talked about him, to his ears, these words were tantamount to admission.

He had already made guesses during this period, so there were not too many surprises, but at this moment when it was truly confirmed, he still felt moved and shocked, and more importantly, felt an unspeakable guilt.

Luo Xiu looked at the familiar face and eyes of the man from afar, feeling sour in his heart.

This was his close friend. He knew this man's talent and his pride. He had thought countless times about what kind of official position he would give him when he came to Dabao so that he could show off his talents.

With the Shen family and his backing, this person will be the most qualified person in the world to be wanton.

But what's the result? But he made his best friends break their pride for him and bow to the playboy they looked down upon the most in the past.

How much hardship and injustice did this man endure before he could gain Luo Xiuqi's trust?

How much hard work and effort did this person put in to turn a decadent situation into this?

"Ming Huan..." Knowing that his friend would not be willing to talk about his suffering and embarrassment, Luo Xiuyuan resisted choking and obediently changed the topic.

He whispered: "I know your purpose, but is this method too tough?"

If it weren't for Shen Minghuan's extraordinary skill and military power, I don't know how many times he would have died.

Shen Minghuan showed the scornful look that everyone was used to seeing again, "Are you tough? Daqi has been established for too long. Officials are corrupt, cliques are formed for personal gain, and government and businessmen collude... Such a huge dynasty has a chronic disease. How can it be treated without heavy medicine?"

He turned his back so that no one could see the expression on his face: "If the Qi Dynasty has rotted, I will make a knife and carve out all the rotten flesh on it."

"It doesn't matter if it hurts or bleeds. If it is not destroyed, it will not be established. I will let Qi Chao regain a new life at the minimum cost."

He sighed, his voice suddenly dropped, and others had to be very serious to hear it, and he said: "I blame the epiglottis...it doesn't matter."

Luo Xiuyuan's eyes were hot and he almost cried. Who could blame him? Who could blame him?

"Ming Huan, it is precisely because Da Qi needs you and me that you have to protect yourself. Our future is still very long."

Shen Minghuan smiled and said lightly: "Maybe."

There was a trace of fatigue on his brows, and he waited quietly for a while. After realizing that there was nothing else important, he raised his feet and prepared to leave.

Luo Xiuyuan looked a little anxious and blurted out: "Ming Huan, do you want to be the emperor?"

Shen Minghuan paused and turned around suddenly: "What did you say?"

Perhaps because this thought had been circulating in his mind for thousands of times, Luo Xiuyuan was very rational and said seriously: "I'm not joking. Your ability is above mine, and the throne should be yours."

Qu Zhengcheng frowned and remained silent about this proposal for the first time.

Even he didn't comment too much, and the veteran ministers who were hesitant about it didn't express any objection, and those like Wang Jin who didn't hesitate... they were happy to see it happen.

So the person who had the biggest objection turned out to be the beneficiary Shen Minghuan.

His face became darker and darker, and he suppressed his anger: "Do you know what you are talking about? After your Zen position, everything will be over, and then what? The elites loyal to the Qi Dynasty started to revolt one after another, and the local tyrants ignited the war in the name of returning to orthodoxy. , Prime Minister Qu and other important ministers will either die for their country or go into seclusion, local officials will question the prestige of the imperial court, and the people will be in panic all day long..."

"Luo Xiuyuan, what do you think of the throne? Do you think Daqi is your property?" He roared angrily, and then seemed to suddenly realize that his words were a bit harsh. He closed his eyes hard and softened his tone. : "Your Majesty, rest assured to be your emperor, no one can threaten your status - including me."

"I'll pretend you didn't hear what I said. Your Majesty, don't say it again." After saying that, he fled the hall in a hurry.

Chen Xiaoyu hesitantly treated Luo Xiuyuan as a courtier, and quickly followed Shen Minghuan away.

The empty hall became even more empty without the dazzling young man who was at the center of everyone's eyes.

Luo Xiuyuan has always been precocious. He had a stable attitude when he was very young, but now he is helpless and feels like a child.

He looked up blankly and called for help: "Sir..."

Qu Zhengcheng came to his senses and realized that he had been watching the man leave. He looked at his disciple and sighed with pity: "Xiuyuan, don't worry, Minghuan won't blame you."

Luo Xiuyuan still looked gloomy. Yes, of course he knew that the man would not blame him. Even if he did something extreme, the man would scold him harshly while cleaning up the mess for him.

But this is not the reason for him to push forward.

"But sir, don't you think Ming Huan is more suitable than me? Da Qi can live without Luo Xiuyuan, but he can't live without Shen Minghuan. At least I know I can't do the things he does." Luo Xiuyuan whispered: "Even if I have He doesn’t have the ability or the courage.”

There was no fool here, even Chang Mao was not stupid. Even if they didn't know the specific details, they knew that Shen Minghuan had never betrayed Luo Xiuyuan.

From the very beginning, all his planning was to pave the way for Luo Xiuyuan, so he was willing to temper his sharp edge and humiliate the second prince amidst the curses.

Qu Zhengcheng rubbed Luo Xiuyuan's hair. He had never done this since Luo Xiuyuan became sensible, because Luo Xiuyuan didn't need it in the past.

He thought for a while and said slowly: "Suitability is not determined solely by ability, Xiuyuan, the choice in this world is always difficult, there is no right or wrong, we can only see which consequence you and I can accept more. "

His expression was a little complicated: "Ming Huan loves Qi Dynasty more than you do, so he cannot tolerate mistakes in his duties. What he has done for you is not only because of your relationship with him, but also because you are the most powerful among all the princes. The one who is qualified - and the reason for the latter should be far better than the former. "

I choose you not because you are my best friend, but because you are suitable.

The emperor's heart is cruel, not because of cruelty, but because of reason.

Qu Zhengcheng sighed for the umpteenth time today. As long as Shen Minghuan was born in the clan, even if he had only the slightest connection with the royal family, he would be sure that this person would legitimately inherit the throne.

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Shen Minghuan was a little nervous and guilty, and he breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the hall.

It was so dangerous, I was almost going to be captured and become the king again.

That won't work, he's dying and won't be able to protect his people for long.

The system said with starry eyes: [Host, you are so powerful! They completely believed it. ]

Shen Minghuan said proudly: "I told you a long time ago that I can guess far better than I can to make them believe it." ]

[Uh-huh-huh. ] The system chicks nodded repeatedly, seeming to have forgotten that their mission was to [assist Luo Xiuyuan to become a sage monarch], not [to make everyone believe that Shen Minghuan was assisting Luo Xiuyuan].

Shen Minghuan said: "Now Luo Xiuyuan will know that I have always been his most loyal subordinate and best friend, and others will also regard me as a group." Judging from the justice of the protagonist group, they will definitely cry very sadly after my death. ]

As the emperor, when Luo Xiuyuan was sad, he would hold a big funeral for him, and everyone in the world would cry if he didn't want to.

The system thought about what the two parties said just now, and said movedly: [Host, you are truly an unparalleled, unprecedented, rare, unique and one-in-a-million good person! ]

Shen Minghuan was very modest: "I can't even call him a good person. He is just an ordinary genius. He is also extremely smart and not worth mentioning. He is not worth mentioning." ]