Chapter 230 The World Chessboard

When the news reached Shengjing, many people could not sit still.

The censors in the court were passionate and angrily denounced Beilin's wolfish ambitions, accusing it of openly challenging Shengjing and defying the emperor's hearing.

They also argued over whether to send troops to attack Beilin. The roof of Fengtian Hall was almost blown off in the past few days.

After the court, Li Zhaonian and Li Jifeng talked in Xuanhui Hall.

After the death of the previous emperor, Li Zhaonian succeeded to the throne and was named Yongning. It would be the next year before the reign was changed to the first year of Yongning. Now it is still the nineteenth year of Tongxu.

"You shouldn't have argued with them in the court yesterday." Yongning Emperor Li Zhaonian made a move.

Li Jifeng sat there carelessly, "I can't stand it anymore. Those people only talk nonsense in the court and clamor for sending troops all day long. If they are really asked to go to the battlefield, they can't even lift their swords."

Yesterday, Li Jifeng ridiculed the censors when he was in court, and as a result, the focus of today's court discussion was replaced by Li Jifeng himself.

The censors pointed their spearheads at Li Jifeng and advised Emperor Yongning. There were many problems with the advice, but they were not serious.

Li Jifeng looked up at Li Zhaonian, "Those charges are not sufficient. They don't know the real serious crimes and they didn't say them."

"What?"

"Influence the government." Li Jifeng said it naturally, "They don't know what we brothers talk about behind our backs."

Li Zhaonian's chess piece didn't fall for a long time, as if he was thinking. Li Jifeng didn't urge him, twisting the chess piece in his hand and waiting patiently.

With a "click", Li Zhaonian finally made another move, "I understand."

"What did my brother understand?" Li Jifeng raised his eyes to look at him.

Li Zhaonian stared at Li Jifeng intently, and said slowly: "Your so-called desire to save the world is just to fiddle with the chessboard of the world to show your ability."

Li Jifeng was not angry when he heard this, and the chess piece landed accurately in one place, "It's your turn."

Li Zhaonian stared at the chessboard for a long time, and put the remaining chess pieces in his hand back into the chess box.

"This is a dead end, I lost."

"Isn't it not finished yet?" Li Jifeng smiled and said: "There are still a few breaths left, my brother, don't you want to continue?"

"Continuing is also a lingering breath, why not-" Li Zhaonian stopped suddenly, his eyes met Li Jifeng's half-smiled face.

"Let me finish what my brother said, lingering breath, why not start another game." Li Jifeng tapped his fingers on the chessboard a few times.

"My brother said I wanted to mess up the chessboard of the world, but the world is already a dead end. Didn't my brother also say that it's better to play a new game? Let's mess up the chessboard together, so that we know it's not an opportunity."

Li Jifeng left, and Li Zhaonian was still sitting in front of the remaining chessboard. He didn't even notice that the sky was getting dark and the eunuchs came into the hall to light the lights.

After an unknown amount of time, the eunuchs knocked on the door outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, the Queen is here."

Li Zhaonian seemed to be awakened, and then he came back to his senses from the chessboard, "Let her in."

The Queen is the daughter of the Chu family, one of the four great families.

In order to avoid the dictatorship of foreign relatives, Li Zhaonian left the Queen's throne vacant for more than a month after he ascended the throne, but he couldn't resist the advice of the officials, so he helped the Queen to the Queen's throne a month ago.

After the Queen entered the hall, she saluted, "Your Majesty."

"You are here." Li Zhaonian glanced at her and moved his eyes back to the chessboard.

The Queen is the daughter of the Chu family, and she stood not far from him and didn't disturb him.

Li Zhaonian looked at it for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Come and take a look at this endgame for me."

The queen sat down nearby, looked at it for a while and said: "I am not good at chess, but this seems to be a dead end."

"Is it a dead end?" Li Zhaonian murmured.

The queen said: "It's just one game, just play the next one, your majesty, don't worry."

After saying that, she reached out to collect the chess pieces, but was grabbed by Li Zhaonian.

"Your majesty." The queen looked at him in confusion.

Li Zhaonian let go of his hand, stared at the chessboard, and his breathing gradually became rapid.

"Clang——"

The chessboard was swept to the ground by him, and the queen was so scared that she knelt on the ground.

Li Zhaonian stared at the queen, "Tell me, what kind of emperor am I? The court is not my court. I was constrained by important officials in front, and my younger brother interfered in politics in the back. Since I took this position, have I been able to choose anything?"

"Ha." Li Zhaonian laughed sarcastically, "I can't even decide on three meals a day. If I eat a few more meals of my favorite dishes, the censors will say that people can't spy on my preferences, but that's just a dish. What kind of emperor is this? He's just a puppet."

Li Zhaonian has always been gentle, and the queen has never seen him lose his temper, so she courageously held his hand.

"Your Majesty." The Queen said gently: "I know that Your Majesty has no intention of fighting for power, but now that you have sat on the throne of the Ninth Five Supremes, if you want to live more freely, you can only hold the power in your own hands to have the right to speak, otherwise you can only continue to be a puppet."

Li Zhaonian lowered his head, "When I was the King of Qin, it was the most comfortable time in my life."

The Queen whispered: "Yes, everyone wants to be an idle king, so the King of Chu does not fight or fight, because he knows what the fate of a king who lost his country is."

Li Zhaonian was shocked and looked at the Queen with a gleam in his eyes.

These words were deafening and hit the bull's eye.

At the same time that Li Zhaonian woke up from his dream, he had to examine the person who said these words.

Did someone instigate the Queen to say this? They actually reached out to the person next to him.

But the timing of these words was just right, and they were said so naturally when he was angry.

"Your Majesty." The Queen hurriedly apologized, "I have spoken out of turn, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Li Zhaonian waved his hand, "You go back."

Li Zhaonian heard the sound of the palace door opening and closing, and he thought of the past.

When he was a child, he thought his father was the sky, and he could do anything when he sat in that position.

He has been more sensitive than ordinary people since he was a child. As he grew up, he gradually saw all kinds of helplessness and powerlessness from his father.

He also understood why the supreme ruler of the world called himself "Gu", and now he felt the same pain.

No one around him can be trusted, even the person next to him will start to doubt.

The Queen has left Xuanhui Palace.

"Tell your father that I have said what I should say, and whether you can figure it out is up to your Majesty."

The maid replied: "My Lord said that as long as you mention the kings of the fallen country, your Majesty will think of those in the history books and will definitely figure it out."

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