Becoming a winner in life starts with becoming a shadow

"Your Majesty, I was impulsive. Please punish me." Shaoer bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"It doesn't matter. Even I have been controlled by Ernest for a long time. It's not easy for you to endure until now." Li De waved his hand. After all, Li De's patience is not bad for relatively loyal ministers.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I wonder how your Majesty plans to deal with Ernest?" Shaoer asked Li De after seeing Li De's magnanimity.

"Detain him first, and wait for the right time to execute him by slow slicing!" Li De didn't think much and said immediately.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what the right time is?" Shaoer naturally agreed with Li De's plan to slow slicing Ernest.

But the right time in Li De's mouth made Shaoer a little anxious.

"Shaoer, the biggest crime of Ernest is that he poisoned his father and mother. This crime alone is enough to punish all nine clans. I don't want to execute Ernest alone before all nine clans of Ernest are arrested." Li De gave Shaoer an answer.

Of course, this is the apparent reason. In fact, it is because Li De wants to use Ernest to lure his son Sheila.

You should know that among the members of the Wild Hounds, there is Shang Pu, the mortal enemy of Lan, a member of the Hunter Team.

If this person is not dealt with, Lan's wish for revenge cannot be fulfilled, and naturally there is no so-called happy future.

Therefore, Ernest cannot be killed for the time being. After all, Li De cannot send people to look for Shang Pu all over the world.

At least for the time being, Ernest will not be killed, but Ernest's nine clans of relatives will be arrested. With Sheila's character, after knowing this, he will most likely make the Wild Hounds anxious, and then rush into the Jade Palace to save Ernest.

After all, not saving him means that he will be hunted down by the empire for the rest of his life. On the contrary, after entering the Jade Palace and rescuing Ernest, he may have a chance to make a comeback.

Especially when Li De deliberately did not touch Ernest's followers.

"Ernest actually did such a heinous act?!" Saul was stunned by what Li De said.

"His confidant admitted it himself. After all, if he had not poisoned his father and mother, how could he easily take the opportunity to control me?" Li De replied indifferently.

"So that's the case. How dare he? He deserves to die!" Saul gritted his teeth and said.

Let alone him, the other officials present all had a gnashing look of anger, even the officials of Ernest's faction were no exception.

How much of this was real anger and how much was pretended, no one knew.

In fact, Li De himself didn't care. He said this just to pave the way for his own purpose.

"My father gave Ernest absolute trust, but he was poisoned to death in the Jade Palace. In my opinion, this is the tragic end of trusting too much. What do you think?" Li De looked at the officials in the audience.

"Your Majesty, we dare not!"

Hearing Li De's sudden words, the officials on the scene instantly broke out in cold sweat.

Almost unanimously stood up and knelt on one knee, then bowed their heads and shouted.

If the anger on their faces because of Ernest was not known to be true, then the anger and fear in their hearts at this moment were almost true.

After all, Ernest's actions obviously implicated them.

If His Majesty the Emperor did not trust them, they would not have much time left in office.

"Whether you dare or not, I don't intend to confirm it, because this is destined to be impossible. But since my father has used his own life to tell me the consequences of trusting ministers, I must take it as a warning.

So I will send my own envoys to supervise all political and military departments, and also set up Jinyiwei to monitor all officials and nobles in office." Li De clapped his hands after he finished speaking, and then the harem group headed by Claire and Alpha filed out from the passage behind the throne.

"Your Majesty." An official raised his head and shouted.

However, after shouting the first two words, the following "no" was blocked in his throat by the faces of the women.

Although the empire in the world of Zhan Mei has two female generals, Esdeath and Najeshitan, this does not mean that there are many women in the circle of power.

Especially among the officials who can enter the Xuanzheng Hall at this moment, there is not a single woman.

Because of this, after seeing that all the envoys sent by Li De were women, the official who shouted did not want to be the first to come forward.

After all, in his opinion, the most important feature of the more than ten women called by Li De, in addition to being beautiful and having a good figure, is that they are young.

For officials, being young means not having enough experience, so they are easy to bully and fool.

Maybe they can be bribed to become their own spies.

So such an envoy, at least in the eyes of this official at this moment, really does not pose any threat.

As for whether these women in front of them will be as powerful as Victoria at the city gate before, the officials present have never considered it.

After all, in their opinion, such women should be rare individuals.

And at this moment, Victoria did not appear in the team of envoys sent out, which means that the little emperor on the throne left the guard in the Jade Palace.

But they did not know that the reason why Victoria did not choose the power circle was because she wanted to establish the Sid God Cult in her heart.

So she definitely couldn't appear in the envoy team. In fact, after bringing these officials into the Xuanzheng Hall, Victoria had already left the Jade Palace and went to the eastern part of the empire to conquer Anning Dao.

That's right, Victoria planned to transform Anning Dao and turn it into the Xide God Cult.

"Your Majesty, this matter can't be taken lightly!" There were still officials who didn't want to have more eyes around them.

Of course, this official who belonged to the Ornest faction cared about the Jinyiwei mentioned by Li De.

He instinctively felt that these women in front of him were just a cover for the little emperor, and the real supervisory agency was the Jinyiwei mentioned later.

"Shut up, I'm not discussing with you. Whoever dares to oppose, it means that he has the idea of ​​harming me in his heart, then I will execute him now!" Li De's tone suddenly turned cold, and the murderous intent was clearly felt by all the officials present.

"Your Majesty, Obra was promoted by Ornest." Saul on the side said.

Saul spoke at this moment, one wanted to take the opportunity to clean up Ornest's followers, and the other was to change the subject.

After all, he could see clearly that no one would trust the little emperor on the throne, who had been controlled by Ernest.

Continuing this topic, I am afraid that several people must die in the Jade Palace today.

As for the institution that supervises officials, no one wants it to exist.

But there is no room for maneuver in the current situation.

You must know that the leaders of the two major factions are dead and imprisoned. Without the leaders to lead, the personnel of the two major factions cannot integrate their forces to fight against the imperial dictatorship.

Didn't you see that when Li De said he wanted to kill people, the officials of the Ernest faction trembled like quails?

"As long as they are not Ernest's relatives, I will not easily punish them. After all, it is not easy for the empire to train a senior official, but a strict investigation is essential afterwards.

Of course, I allow people to make meritorious contributions while serving their sentences. As long as the merits are sufficient, I will not only not punish them, but also give you rewards that none of you can imagine." Li De looked at the officials of the Ernest faction and said. "Your Majesty, I want to report!" Obra, who spoke earlier, immediately understood what Li De meant.

Who told Li De to eliminate the influence of the Ernest faction? It was already beyond words.

"Go ahead, someone will record it." Li De nodded lightly.

Then Obra, who belonged to the Ernest faction, began to talk about everything he knew.

There was no way to hide it. Since Li De said that he would investigate it strictly, if they did not make meritorious contributions at this moment, they would just wait for death later.

Not to mention that there were countless evidences, even if there was really no evidence, the emperor would definitely come out of thin air if he said there was.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the little emperor was currently giving himself and others a chance.

After all, without the officials of the Ernest faction, it would be equivalent to the officials of the Budd faction dominating, which was definitely not the result that the emperor on the throne wanted to see.

It was obvious that the emperor sitting on the throne understood the art of emperorship.

Obra even made a malicious guess, that is, did Bud really die at the hands of his own people.

Because no matter how you look at it, both sides of the turmoil in the Emerald Palace last night failed, and only His Majesty on the throne became the final winner.

So it is completely okay to think darkly, and maybe this is the truth.

Of course, no matter how you think, Obra will definitely not say these things. The only thing he needs to say now is the affairs related to Ernest.

About an hour later, Obra stopped.

"Do you have anything to add to what Obra said?" Li De immediately looked at the officials of the Ernest faction and asked.

"Your Majesty, I have something to add!" Another official bowed his head and said.

And after him, several people stood up one after another and told everything they knew.

However, the few people present deliberately avoided talking about their crimes, or simply said a little to downplay the image of their party members.

"It's really shocking!" Li De couldn't help but sigh after listening.

"Your Majesty, I think these officials should be caught and brought to justice." An official beside Saul suggested.

"Except for the relatives of Ernest, the others will not be moved for the time being. On the one hand, it is to verify the crime. On the other hand, since I have said that I will give them the opportunity to make meritorious service, I naturally cannot go back on my word." Li De did not intend to kill these officials now.

Li De would not execute them if he did not squeeze out the surplus value of these people.

You must know that with the handle in hand and the sword of Damocles hanging over his head, the decrees issued by Li De later can be quickly implemented by these people who want to make meritorious service, so as to at least ensure the smooth flow of the decrees.

But if this group of people is dealt with and replaced by another group of people with no obvious handle, those people may not be so active.

The current empire urgently needs to cool down internally, and the implementation of the people-friendly policy must be strong, otherwise the longer it is delayed, the more disadvantageous it will be for the empire.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Obra shouted immediately, and at the same time confirmed his thoughts.

"Shiho!" Li De suddenly said.

"Your Majesty, what do you want me to do?" Following Li De's voice, Miyano Shiho walked from the passage behind the throne to Li De, then knelt on one knee and asked.

"Shiho, take out the medicine and give it to Obra as a reward." Li De said immediately.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" After hearing what Li De said, Shiho Miyano stood up, walked down the steps, and came to Obra's side.

"This is the medicine that Your Majesty gave you as a reward, take it." Shiho Miyano took out a small box and handed it to Obra.

After Obra took it, he opened it and found a capsule that he had never seen before placed in the box.

"Excuse me, what is this medicine?" Obra looked at Shiho Miyano and asked.

"Rejuvenation medicine!" Shiho Miyano replied lightly.

"What?!" Obra looked at Shiho Miyano in astonishment.

Let alone him, everyone else was stunned after hearing it.

Rejuvenation, how could such an incredible thing happen!

"Take it!" Shiho Miyano did not give any answer, but said in a cold tone.

"Your Majesty" Obra immediately looked at Li De, but just as he opened his mouth, he found that the woman in front of him grabbed the medicine in the box and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Swallow it and live, spit it out and die!" Li De's voice came from the throne.

Hearing this, Obra subconsciously swallowed the medicine in his mouth.

Within a few breaths, Obra felt his body temperature rising and his heart began to feel unusually uncomfortable.

Ahhhhh!

After the scream, such a big man shrank directly into the official uniform in the sight of everyone.

Saul, who was next to Obra, had already rushed to Obra's side at this moment, and then opened the clothes, revealing Obra's young head of only seven years old.

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be unbelievable!" Saul said in shock as he looked at Obra.

Not to mention Saul's face was shocked, seeing Obra turned into a child at this moment, no one was not shocked.

After all, this was too subversive to the cognition of common sense.

"My dear nobles, how about the genius pharmacist I recruited? I hope I didn't disappoint you." Li De said.

"Your Majesty." All the officials didn't know what to say at this moment.

"After that, I will have someone keep Obra outside for you to check at any time." Before Obra came back to his senses and thanked him, Li De had decided Obra's future.

Compared with other people who were destined to be executed after the surplus value was squeezed out, Obra, who surrendered first, undoubtedly survived.

After all, he still needs to use growth to verify the efficacy of Li De's rejuvenation drug.

So Li De has fulfilled his promise.

As for why Li De took out the rejuvenation drug?

There are many reasons!