Myriad Realms Free Mercenaries

Chapter 323 Zhu Houzhao's heart and lungs
"is it?"

Ouyang Feiyun asked a question indifferently, but he didn't take it seriously. Anyone can speak big words, but Ouyang Fei didn't see Zhu Houzhao's talent no matter from the original drama or reality.

And what he despised Zhu Houzhao the most was the double standard. Because of his double standard, Ouyang Fei didn't think it was a bad thing for Zhu Houzhao to ignore the rebellion.

What he was disgusted with was that Zhu Wushou treated his adopted sons and daughters as pawns, and even sacrificed as he said, without a trace of affection.

Zhu Wushi wants to marry Suxin, because Suxin is a commoner woman. From the emperor to the empress dowager and then to the ministers of the Manchu court, everyone opposes him to the death, thinking that marrying a commoner woman will damage the royal family's face.

Zhu Wushi is just a prince, and his official title is only Marquis, but Zhu Houzhao himself is the emperor, which represents the dignity and face of the royal family even more.

However, he can do whatever he wants, unscrupulously accepting commoner women as concubines, isn't this a double standard?
Ouyang Fei clearly remembered that episode. Shangguan Haitang pretended to be a little eunuch and sneaked into the palace to find Tianxiang Cardamom. Zhu Houzhao found out that such a conversation happened.

Zhu Houzhao: "You are not a slave, and you will call yourself a concubine in front of me from now on."

Shangguan Haitang: "Slave..."

Zhu Houzhao: "If you say the word slave again, you will commit the crime of deceiving the emperor."

Shangguan Haitang: "..."

Zhu Houzhao: "I like you and want to make you my concubine."

Shangguan Haitang: "Ah? How can that be? My minister is just a commoner girl, how can I be with the emperor..."

Zhu Houzhao: "As long as I say it's okay."

look!He was the emperor, so if he said it was okay, it would be okay. Zhu Wuwu was just a minister, so if he said no, it would be no. When he saw this, Ouyang Fei really wanted to fool Zhu Houzhao in the face.

At that time, Ouyang Fei felt that Zhu Wushi should turn against him, and he should kill this double standard bastard.

Seeing the next few episodes, Zhu Wushi's painting style changed drastically, and the character set collapsed, which made Ouyang Fei very depressed. If there was no plot where Zhu Wushi used Duan Tianya and the others to entrap them wantonly to achieve their goals, then this character set is really a Perfect man, unfortunately...

But in any case, those things happened in the original drama, and Zhu Wushi didn't do that anymore, so Ouyang Fei still prefers Zhu Wushi's side in his heart.

Although he had to fight Zhu Wuwu in the end, this did not prevent him from helping Zhu Wuwu after he defeated him.

He has been laying the groundwork since entering this world and choosing a high-profile career. He deliberately created an image of himself as being invincible and invincible.

In this way, Zhu Wushi will gradually get used to Ouyang Fei's invincibility. When he is defeated by Ouyang Fei, he will take it for granted and will not have any grudges in his heart.

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Seeing Ouyang Fei's indifferent attitude, Zhu Houzhao sighed endlessly, turned around, put his hands behind his back, paced back and forth slowly, and said over and over again: "I know you don't believe it, but that only proves that I have succeeded in what I did."

Ouyang Fei said lightly, "I don't understand."

Zhu Houzhao said in a low voice, but very sincerely: "Of course you don't understand. If you don't put yourself in the situation, how can you understand? There are tigers and wolves all over the court. If I didn't often pretend to be stupid, I probably wouldn't be alive today."

"Ouyang, do you know? I am actually very precocious and smart. When I was a child, I could always learn any knowledge taught by the Tai Tuo very quickly, and draw inferences from one instance."

"I was established as a prince at the age of two, and at the age of five, I already knew how to go in the future. Since then, I have determined to be a good emperor."

These Ouyang Fei knew that Zhu Houzhao was not bragging, because it was recorded in history books that Zhu Houzhao was indeed very smart.

Only Zhu Houzhao continued: "Unfortunately, I was born in a wrong era. At that time, eunuchs were in power, and Cao Zhengchun was more serious than Cao Zhengchun."

"Liu Jin, Ma Yongcheng, Gao Feng, Luo Xiang, Wei Bin, Qiu Ju, Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong, these eight eunuchs, known as the Eight Tigers of the Great Nei, run rampant. They take advantage of their father's favor to wantonly crowd out and suppress against their ministers."

"They always forced me to put down my books when I was studying, and indulged in falconry, singing and dancing, and fighting every day. At that time, my East Palace was jokingly called the 'Hundred Theater' by everyone."

When Zhu Houzhao said this, he already had the feeling of gnashing his teeth, Ouyang Fei gave him a surprised look, are you sure that you are not actively indulging in these things, but are being forced?

"I know very well in my heart that they just want to make me a foolish king who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun. Only in this way can they completely control me and take the emperor to order the princes."

"But I don't dare to resist, I don't dare not to listen to them, because I know that if I don't listen to them, I will really die."

When Zhu Houzhao said this, his eyes were already red, and hatred and cruelty kept flashing in his eyes.

Ouyang Fei frowned, and said, "So, this is the late emperor's fault?"

"Uh..." Zhu Houzhao caught his breath when he heard the words, and said in embarrassment: "That's not true. At first, the emperor didn't pay attention to them. When he noticed them, they were already in a good mood."

"Not only were Dongchang and Jinyiwei under their control, but many Korean and Chinese military forces were also subdued by them. At that time, Liu Jin could be said to have power over the world."

"I came to the throne when I was 15 years old, and the government was basically controlled by him. At that time, people called him the 'Emperor Li', and I was the 'Emperor Sitting'."

"I have been forbearing and only secretly contacted ministers who were loyal to me to accumulate strength. It was not until five years after I ascended the throne that I finally found an opportunity. With the help of Yang Yiqing and Cao Zhengchun, the censors of Zuodu, when I put down the rebellion of King Anhua, I Uproot Liu Jin's influence and execute him Ling Chi."

Ouyang Fei sneered and said: "As a result, one Liu Jin was eradicated, and the power fell into the hands of Cao Zhengchun, allowing him to gradually grow up and become the second Liu Jin."

"But Wei Chen is very curious, what was Hulong Villa doing at that time?"

After hearing Ouyang Fei's words, Zhu Houzhao smiled bitterly and said: "At that time, the emperor's uncle was still training Dauchi spies and training Tianya and the others, and Dragon Protection Villa had not yet been fully formed."

"Actually, Cao Zhengchun's arrogance can be regarded as my connivance. To put it bluntly, I couldn't find a true loyal minister in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and I didn't know who to believe."

"Uncle Huang seems to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but his martial arts are world-class, his talents are broad, how can he be willing to be inferior to others? I have already seen his ambition since I was young."

"Cao Zhengchun is a wolf, and the emperor's uncle is a tiger, but no matter what, Cao Zhengchun's actions are in my eyes, but the emperor's uncle's actions...I have never grasped it."

Ouyang Fei said indifferently: "So you support Cao Zhengchun in order to contain the gods and maintain balance, so that your throne can be more secure."

Zhu Houzhao sighed: "I also had no choice but to purge the court. It didn't happen overnight. It took me five years to eradicate Liu Jin, and I didn't pay attention to Cao Zhengchun. It was easy to get rid of him."

"But Uncle Huang, I'm really not sure that I can beat him."

　Thanks to "Wu Mingqi" for the 2500 reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)