Chapter 381 The Least Free Person

The Ganlu Palace was completely silent. Even the chief monk Zhao Feng could not remain calm, with faces full of astonishment and fear.

However, Ye Lao and Wang Xi were relatively calm, but their eyes were also surging, and they were obviously also very touched.

"Are you rejecting me?"

The tone of Emperor Yongyuan was full of disbelief.

Li Xuan nodded silently, and then continued to write:

"I have no interest in becoming a guardian beast of the country."

"I believe Ankang is also not interested in the throne of Daxing."

Hearing the implication of Li Xuan's words, Emperor Yongyuan's originally hanging heart suddenly let go, and then asked: "Then what do you want?"

Li Xuan raised one of his hind legs, scratched the back of his itchy ear, and said in an extremely casual manner:

"We just want to live in peace and safety."

"It's best to do whatever you want and be free."

After hearing such an answer, Emperor Yongyuan asked in surprise: "If this is the case, shouldn't you agree to the conditions I put forward?"

"Only by holding supreme power can you live the way you want to live."

"This is your only way to the 'freedom' you yearn for."

Li Xuan looked at Emperor Yongyuan strangely, and couldn't help but sneer.

When Emperor Yongyuan saw such an expression on the face of a cat, his mood can be imagined, and veins on his forehead immediately popped up.

If he had not asked Li Xuan for help, Emperor Yongyuan would have been unable to hold back.

At this time, Shang, the chief steward, stepped forward and shouted:

"Ah Xuan, how can you be so rude to His Majesty!"

"It seems that we have been too pampering to you."

"You have no manners at all now!"

"Your Majesty, I have failed to teach you well, please forgive me."

After that, Shang, the chief steward, knelt on the ground.

Zhao Feng, who was standing by, also knelt down, bowed his head and kowtowed to the ground, silently asking for forgiveness.

On weekdays, it was the two of them who represented Emperor Yongyuan in contact with Li Xuan.

Now, the atmosphere in Ganlu Palace was tense, and the two had to come forward to ask for forgiveness, which was also a reminder to both sides that they were not enemies.

The timely appearance of Shang, the chief steward, and Zhao Feng created an obvious buffer between Li Xuan and Emperor Yongyuan.

To be honest, even before Li Xuan exposed his own specialness, Shang, the chief steward, was good to them in Jingyang Palace.

Li Xuan had always remembered the monthly allowance and fifty taels of silver that he had sent back.

Li Xuan had not deliberately mocked Emperor Yongyuan before, it was just a subconscious reaction.

Then, he also made his own explanation.

"Although I have not had much contact with you."

"But in my opinion, you are the least free person in the world."

"Even, I think a little eunuch in the palace is much freer than you."

Li Xuan looked at Emperor Yongyuan's eyes, but still told his thoughts truthfully.

Emperor Yongyuan was slightly stunned, looking at Li Xuan's serious eyes, knowing that he was not teasing or mocking him, but just speaking his thoughts directly.

But this made Emperor Yongyuan even more uncomfortable.

Because even a cat can see something, but many people can't understand it.

Emperor Yongyuan suddenly felt a little bored, he raised his hand and waved gently in the direction of Shang Zongguan and Zhao Feng, asking them to stand up and step aside.

"Ah Xuan, you are right."

"But even though it is such a cage-like throne, countless people are eager to get it and are willing to give everything for it."

Emperor Yongyuan sighed and touched Li Xuan's head casually.

It was furry and felt good.

"Ah Xuan, do you know?"

"There are actually only two kinds of emperors in this world."

"One is trapped in the cage of desire."

"One is trapped in the cage of rules and regulations."

"The former will definitely be a tyrant, and the latter may be a wise king."

Emperor Yongyuan stroked the cat casually and talked about the past.

"When I was nineteen years old, I ascended the throne in a muddle."

"I thought I was carrying the destiny of the emperor, and I planned to do something drastic and give my ancestors a satisfactory answer."

"But in the end, I was just like most other young emperors, just a puppet of others."

Li Xuan was quite interested in hearing about the beginning of Emperor Yongyuan's accession to the throne for the first time.

Several eunuchs beside him silently showed their worries.

That period of time was the past that Emperor Yongyuan was most reluctant to recall.

In fact, from the fact that there were only a few eunuchs in the Ganlu Hall, it was not difficult for Li Xuan to guess that Emperor Yongyuan probably did not have many people he could trust in the court.

Otherwise, for such an important event as today, there must be several trusted ministers to witness it together, not just eunuchs.

Moreover, even these few people in front of him were not all the eunuchs.

Li Xuan estimated that Emperor Yongyuan was not as majestic as he looked.

"In the past 20 years, I have paid a lot of price to get to where I am today on thin ice."

"Ah Xuan, do you understand what I mean?"

"I have paid so much price, I will never let them become meaningless."

Li Xuan could hear that Emperor Yongyuan's determination was beyond doubt.

Whether it was for his own desire for power or for the Daxing Dynasty that lasted for nearly a thousand years, Emperor Yongyuan would give up everything to complete his long-standing plan.

Li Xuan looked at Emperor Yongyuan, silently wagging his tail and asked:

"So, is Concubine Xiao also one of your prices?"

The hand that Emperor Yongyuan was stroking Li Xuan suddenly stopped and silently withdrew.

Shang Zongguan and Zhao Feng saw Li Xuan's question, frowned together, and secretly said that it was bad.

But unlike what they expected, Emperor Yongyuan simply nodded and said nothing else.

But Li Xuan saw the flash of sadness in his eyes that could not be concealed, and got his own answer.

"I am different from you."

Li Xuan wrote decisively.

Emperor Yongyuan watched silently.

"Ankang is a price I can't pay."

"Even Yu'er is the same."

"I'm just a cat."

"So my world is very small."

"You have to help me protect my 'world'."

"This is my condition."

When seeing the conditions proposed by Li Xuan, Emperor Yongyuan had a strange feeling that he expected it, but was unwilling to accept it.

The cat in front of him made him, the emperor, so humble.

Humble as dust.

"When you can't help me, I will protect my world in my own way!"

When everyone in Ganlu Palace saw this sentence written by Li Xuan, they were deeply moved.

Especially Shang Zongguan and Zhao Feng, who remembered their evaluation of Li Xuan when they first met him, and now they were even more emotional.

The little black cat in front of them was so passionate from beginning to end.

Who would have thought that in the coldest place in the world, the hottest emotions were bred.

"Is that all?"

"Don't want anything else?"

"The guardian beast of the country, the position of the empress, other than that, you can still talk about it. How about you go to the side and discuss it with Ankang?"

Emperor Yongyuan asked unwillingly.

"Others, can you do it if I mention it?"

"For example, please get rid of all the threats to Ankang in this palace."

"For example, it's your majesty's queen."

Li Xuan had a faint smile on his lips.

Once the seeds of distrust are planted, they are difficult to eradicate.

Ever since Li Xuan realized that he cultivated Yin-Yang Qi under the guidance of Emperor Yongyuan, he began to doubt all the information he got from Emperor Yongyuan.

Even if he left the palace to avoid the palace and temporarily lived in Xingqing Palace, it was the same.

Did Empress Wu really start to feel threatened by Princess Ankang?

This was a fact that Li Xuan could not confirm.

So much so that Empress Wu really hated their Jingyang Palace?

With Empress Wu's strength, she could get rid of the weak Jingyang Palace before, maybe she didn't even have to dirty her hands at all?

Or did someone deliberately spread such rumors in the palace?

Trust is something that takes time and effort to build, but it only takes a small lie to destroy it.

Emperor Yongyuan also noticed the change in Li Xuan's attitude, but there was no way to deal with it.

He did guide Li Xuan's behavior out of selfishness.

Emperor Yongyuan thought it was not a big deal, but he didn't expect Li Xuan's reaction to be so big.

"Is this the difference between cats and humans?"

"As long as there is interest, humans can be driven no matter what."

"This cat is obviously more willful."

Emperor Yongyuan thought that he was now coaxing a kitten to join his group, and he laughed a little unrealistically.

But this is the reality. From the moment Li Xuan practiced Yin and Yang Qi, Emperor Yongyuan had no other choice.

"I really can't solve the problem of the queen."

Emperor Yongyuan shrugged and said bluntly.

"That's it." Li Xuan looked at Emperor Yongyuan with contempt, and then continued: "You just need to do your best to protect our safety, and I will cooperate with you when the time comes."

"Also, if you lie to me again in the future, no matter what the facts are, as long as I feel deceived."

Li Xuan did not continue to say more, just laughed.

"Just pray that you can find another person who practices Yin and Yang Qi."

Emperor Yongyuan sighed. With Li Xuan's current attitude, I am afraid that when that time comes, he will do anything.

Emperor Yongyuan also gradually understood Li Xuan's temper, and immediately agreed with him and said:

"As long as you are willing to cooperate, we are on the same boat, so there is no need to play tricks."

"We were just trying to establish a basis for cooperation before."

After saying this, Emperor Yongyuan pressed his temple, and then quickly asked: "Do you have any other conditions or questions?"

"No, I will assume that we will cooperate happily from today."

Although Li Xuan was reluctant, he knew that he had no choice.

Emperor Yongyuan was still talking to him nicely now, not because of the Yin-Yang Qi.

If he was more arrogant, it would be a bit inappropriate.

Li Xuan stopped when he saw that it was going well, and asked the most important question.

"Who are your enemies?"

Emperor Yongyuan released his hand pressing his temple and joked:

"It's hard for you to endure until now."

Emperor Yongyuan pondered for a while, and then said:

"I have many enemies, and they are all very strong."

Li Xuan had expected it, but he couldn't help rolling his eyes.

Can a serious emperor beg a cat for so long?

Moreover, Emperor Yongyuan also said before that he became a puppet emperor after he ascended the throne, and he paid a lot of price to get where he is today.

But even after paying so much price, I'm afraid some things are still difficult to change.

"Stronger than you, right?"

Li Xuan asked angrily.

Emperor Yongyuan touched his nose and calmly spit out four words:

"Evenly matched."

Li Xuan understood the language art of emperors and knew that Emperor Yongyuan put a lot of water into these four words.

Li Xuan thought carefully and then asked:

"Queen Wu and you are not of the same mind, are we?"

"It may be, it may not be."

Emperor Yongyuan replied habitually.

But then he realized that in front of him was a kitten that lacked common sense, so he changed to more straightforward language.

"Axuan, there is only one kind of relationship in this court, and that is mutual use."

"When interests are aligned, they are friends."

"When there is a conflict of interest, they are enemies."

"According to your words, the queen and I are indeed not of the same mind at this time."

"But if we give in to each other, there is also the possibility of cooperation."

Emperor Yongyuan gave Li Xuan political lessons.

"Axuan, you just need to know."

"I have in my hands what the queen needs, and the queen has in her hands what I need."

"How to get what each other needs, includes the art of politics."

In other words, in Emperor Yongyuan's view, Queen Wu was a possible ally and also a potential enemy.

"Why does the Queen feel threatened by Ankang?"

Li Xuan continued to ask.

Emperor Yongyuan smiled and said: "The Queen will not regard Ankang as a threat. In her eyes, all other princes and daughters cannot pose a threat to the second child."

"And I have to admit that this is indeed true."

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but then he realized what they were avoiding in Xingqing Palace these days.

But at this moment, Emperor Yongyuan continued:

"Although the queen doesn't care, there are others in the harem who care and hope that Ankang will become a threat to the queen."

Li Xuan understood what Emperor Yongyuan meant, but he was also puzzled at the same time.

Since the second prince is so good and allows Empress Wu to be so confident, are the others all fools?

Is this a fight for a ball?

If the three brothers and sisters of the eldest prince were so interested, wouldn't they all be monkey tricks?

Although Princess Ankang has won several competitions in the Royal Garden, if Emperor Yongyuan and Empress Wu think that others cannot pose a threat to the second prince, what do others think?

"Could it be that you don't like Ankang? That's not right, right?"

How many of these noble people in the palace are fools?

Li Xuan felt that there must be some details that he didn't know yet.

He immediately asked Emperor Yongyuan his doubts.

"Since the Second Prince is so sure of victory, what are the others fighting for? What's the point of the competition in the Imperial Garden?"

"Why do they need to target Ankang like this?"

Emperor Yongyuan looked at Li Xuan's question with a look of astonishment.

The faces of the other eunuchs were also full of weirdness.

Li Xuan immediately looked around and found that everyone's expressions were wrong.

"what happened?"

"Did I say something wrong?"

Emperor Yongyuan suddenly chuckled, and then asked inexplicably:

"Who told you that the second child is a prince?"