When Li Huowang just walked to the entrance of this magnificent palace, he was stopped by a tall guard who looked at least three meters tall. "No weapons are allowed in the palace!"
This tall guard had a large upper body and short lower body, which looked particularly uncoordinated and strange. His face was also covered by a bronze mask, making it difficult for Li Huowang to tell whether there was a person or something else inside.
After the Purple Spike Sword and the Copper Coin Sword were held by the guard's palm, he retreated back into the shadows, motionless like a sculpture.
Li Huowang walked into the palace and found that the spacious interior was supported by many red pillars, each of which was carved with a rotating and vivid golden dragon, which was particularly spectacular.
Such a magnificent decoration didn't look like a bedroom at all.
Before Li Huowang had a chance to observe more, a voice of surprise from a distance attracted him. "Come here, come here!!"
The one speaking was the Little Emperor of Da Liang. He was wearing a black and red imperial robe and kept waving at Li Huowang. If it weren't for the eunuchs blocking him, he would have rushed over long ago.
Li Huowang walked three zhang away from him and bowed. "Earl Ji has seen Your Majesty!"
Ji Lin couldn't care less about the eunuchs around him and immediately rushed to Li Huowang, his face full of urgency. "Earl Ji! You have to help me!"
Li Huowang was a little confused by the other party's sudden approach and stood there silently, waiting for him to continue.
"Father was right, our brothers! They have started to make a move! They want to seize my throne!"
A deep fear appeared in Ji Lin's eyes. "I... I can actually be a carefree prince instead of an emperor. But they not only want the throne, they also want to kill me!!"
"No kidding, do you really think they would spare your life out of brotherly love?" Li Huowang thought to himself.
Since this trouble wasn't his own, Li Huowang wasn't in a hurry at all at the moment. He was just watching the excitement.
"Your Majesty, as one of the members of the Monitoring Bureau, I have the ancestral teachings. No one is allowed to participate in politics."
"You're lying! How come there are people from the Monitoring Bureau on Third Brother's side!" The Emperor of Da Liang immediately refuted loudly.
Then his voice became smaller, "I have heard the eunuchs mention you. They said you are very capable, and you are the one who brought the Ling Nie. You have some say in the Monitoring Bureau, right?"
"Do you know? Now, besides these eunuchs, I don't know who to trust in the court. They all have their own thoughts. I don't even know if they have secretly joined someone!" The Emperor of Da Liang's voice began to tremble.
"Since you reminded me of the deception during the Coming of Age Festival, your heart must be not bad, right? I beg you, help me. I really have no other way. I really don't want to die!"
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Watching the other party wiping away tears, Li Huowang felt a slight softness in his heart. However, the matter of seizing the throne was too dangerous. A slight mistake could lead to complete destruction, not to mention that his own background was not clean. If his true identity was exposed during the process, everything would be over.
"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Please forgive me for not being able to take on such a heavy responsibility."
As soon as Li Huowang refused, Ji Lin immediately became angry. "I am the emperor, you must listen to me! Otherwise, I will cut off your head!"
Hearing this, Li Huowang became angry. "Why not join his brother's side and find an opportunity to kill this kid directly?"
Just as he was thinking this, Ji Lin's tone suddenly softened, and he held Li Huowang's hands, almost pleadingly. "Earl Ji, please help me. Help me this time! I really have no other way. I really don't want to die!"
Looking at the other party wiping away tears, Li Huowang felt a slight softness in his heart. However, the matter of seizing the throne was too dangerous. A slight mistake could lead to complete destruction, not to mention that his own background was not clean. If his true identity was exposed during the process, everything would be over.
"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Please forgive me for not being able to take on such a heavy responsibility."
Upon hearing Li Huowang's change from refusal to hesitation, Ji Lin immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay, okay! Take your time to think! I won't rush you. As long as you help me this time, when I firmly establish myself as the emperor in the future, I will give you as much honor and wealth as you want!"
As Li Huowang slowly walked out of this magnificent palace, he saw with the corner of his eye that as the Emperor of Da Liang spoke, the old eunuchs beside him nodded gently and circled a name on the palm of their hands with a pen.
It seemed that tonight, he was afraid that he was not the only one being approached by this little emperor. This guy was really desperate and had started to make alliances without considering the consequences.
Li Huowang naturally wouldn't consider getting involved. The words he just said were just to stabilize him and leave in advance.
As for whether this Emperor of Da Liang would cause trouble for him in the future, he would have to survive this battle of raising Gu first.
Anyway, Li Huowang felt that the hope for this guy was not great. He was probably not the only one who refused his alliance.
When Li Huowang returned home in a sedan chair, it was already bright outside.Li Huowang casually found a beggar, hung his own face on him, and left him at home as a decoy. With a new face, he took Miaomiao and Li Sui towards the city gate.
As a Red in the Taoist sects that deceive beings, Li Huowang was confident in his ability to deceive those who were watching him with his illusion techniques.
Just as Li Huowang had predicted, everything was calm as they were about to leave the city, and nothing happened.
"You sit here, I'll go buy breakfast for us to eat on the road," Li Huowang said, walking towards a nearby stall.
Thin, rice-yellow dough was stretched and dropped into a steaming hot oil pan. It quickly rolled and expanded, its color deepening until it was fried into a crispy dough stick.
The freshly pounded, steaming hot sticky rice cake was rolled into a ball, squeezed out from the chubby hand of a plump man, and mixed with black sesame and brown sugar.
The crispy dough stick was folded in half, trapping the sesame and sugar-coated sticky rice cake. Holding it with both hands and taking a big bite, the crispy dough stick wrapped around the soft rice cake, the rich aroma of sesame mixed with the salty dough stick, filling the entire mouth.
"I'll take six," Li Huowang tossed some copper coins into the bamboo basket on the stall.
Seeing the money coming in, the plump middle-aged man in his thirties smiled, his small mung bean-sized eyes instantly buried in his fat, becoming invisible.
"Ah~! Alright! Six dough sticks with sticky rice cakes, here you go, sir. Be careful, it's hot."
Li Huowang took the food, took a bite, and after chewing twice, his legs that were walking back stopped.
He walked to the side of the stall, spat out the dice in his mouth, and asked the enthusiastic stall owner in a low voice, "Boss, is there something you need?"
The fat stall owner took off the kerchief around his neck and wiped the sweat from his forehead caused by the heat of the oil pan. While nodding and bowing to attract customers, he said casually, "Ah, what could it be? Just need a little favor from you."
(End of Chapter)
