I was reborn as the villain

The little emperor shook his head indistinctly, and the eldest princess finally calmed down and said, "It's my palace who was rude, but what the young master said just now was too unbelievable."

"May I ask why Your Highness trusts the King so much?"

The eldest princess thought for a moment and said: "To tell the truth, my son, the king protector is the uncle of your majesty and this palace. He once saved the lives of your majesty and this palace. I believe it, but if the King Hu threatens the imperial power and throne, this Palace cannot believe it, if the King Hu really wants to covet the throne, he doesn't have to save His Majesty's life."

"I don't know if the matter of protecting the king is true or not. Maybe it was planned by myself, or maybe it was forced to gain political leverage for some reasons, not to mention that people's hearts can change."

Chen Zhimo's words made the little emperor and the eldest princess frown at the same time. These words already meant to provoke the royal family.

Chen Zhimo also felt guilty, he said that protecting the king and saving his family might be a show, so Chen Xiaotong could also investigate the purpose of saving the eldest princess.

Chen Zhimo also knew that his words had aroused the dissatisfaction of the two members of the royal family, so he continued without waiting for the two to raise their voices, "May I ask the eldest princess how the members of the royal family are now?"

The eldest princess panicked and said: "The royal family is dying, and the population is not happy." The eldest princess couldn't help but think of the coup d'état, where the royal family suffered successively. After that, there is not much blood left in the royal family, and only the little emperor and the eldest princess are left in the direct line.

"Does Your Majesty have any heirs?"

"Your Majesty is still young and unmarried, how can he have an heir?"

"Then dare to ask the eldest princess, if His Majesty dies, who will succeed?" Chen Zhimo's words were already disrespectful, but he still asked aggressively.

The eldest princess bit her lower lip tightly, unable to speak.

Xun Liuchen came over and said word by word: "If the emperor is immortal, he should protect the king's succession in terms of qualifications and bloodlines."

Afterwards, Chen Zhimo stopped asking questions and sipped tea alone, letting the two good students think about it thoroughly.

No matter whether it is Yuan Feiyi or Mu Shaocong, if they want to sit on the throne, they must have a legitimate reason, otherwise the reputation will be unfair, and there is still the lingering power of the ancestors of the Xun family, these two people always dare not go too far Zhang Yang, it can be said that he has a wicked heart but no guts, the best way is to force the emperor to take the throne, but the court is not dominated by one person, it is really difficult to handle.

But Xunyou Mountain is different, as long as Xun Liuchen rides a crane to the west, no matter who does it, he can sit on the throne of the emperor in a logical way.

Chen Zhimo's words hit the nail on the head, making the little emperor and the eldest princess have to think deeply.

The eldest princess was silent for a while, but still insisted: "I still want to believe in the emperor's uncle. The royal family is already withered, and the remaining royal blood should be united. How can we be suspicious of each other? You know, although the guardian of the king often contradicts your majesty. , but there is absolutely no act of disobedience."

Chen Zhimo ignored the eldest princess, but stared at the little emperor while drinking tea. What matters now is not what the eldest princess thinks, but what the little emperor thinks.

After all, Xun Liuchen had a lot of contact with the King Hu in the court, and he also obviously felt something strange, for example, the King Hu often lowered his posture to show that he had no intention of taking the throne, but from time to time he would obviously stand on the opposite side of the emperor and provoke Other important ministers did some things that crossed the border. Now that I think about it, maybe it was to arouse the conflict between the emperor and the ministers, so that he could reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"Brother Chen, I don't understand one thing. If protecting the king is really interested in the throne, why don't you use some means while His Majesty is still young and not yet in charge?" Xun Liuchen asked puzzled.

Chen Zhimo pretended to be profound with a chuckle and said, "How does your son know that he has not used any means to protect the king?"

One word awakened the dreamer, and Chen Zhimo's words reminded the little emperor of many old events, such as the inexplicable disappearance of the little emperor's servant, the little emperor's personal maid fell into the well, and the little eunuch who stole food outside the imperial dining room died of poisoning ...... "Could it be that all of this was done by the king? He has already murdered me?", Xun Liuchen muttered in his heart, sweating profusely.

This is where Chen Zhimo is wonderful. He did not directly explain these possibilities, but let the little emperor recall the clues around him. As long as people are suspicious, even some normal things will become confusing, such as at this moment Xun Liuchen is already thinking about whether the matter of collecting Yin beasts was done by the king protector. You must know that he originally wanted to go with the eldest princess to hunt the little emperor.

Chen Zhimo still knows about Xun Youshan. Cheng Xiao had dealt with him before. This person looks like a reckless man, but he is very thoughtful and has a strong ambition. Hands and feet are impossible, so as long as Chen Zhimo makes such a move, the little emperor will naturally find many suspicious things.

At this moment, the little emperor was covered in cold sweat. He suddenly looked at the eldest princess, and happened to see the eldest princess looking over. Their eyes met, and the two knew it. At this time, the eldest princess also remembered that they almost drowned when they were young. Since then, the mother has transferred Shen Hezhong away from her side and sent her to serve the emperor.

The little emperor and the eldest princess quickly recovered from the shock, and their concentration was quite astonishing. Now that they have a direction, it is much easier to find out the clues, so let's put this matter aside for now.

"These are just my conjectures. Even if the king protector really has different intentions, he can't be moved without real evidence. If it's true what brother Chen said, isn't the emperor's situation very dangerous?" Xun Liuchen suddenly felt Chen Zhimo's profoundness Unpredictable, he was able to see through the fog and point to the key point, and couldn't help but want to hear his high words.

"Hehe, according to the people of Caomin, it is not easy for our emperor to survive to this day. In addition to artificial protection, there is also God's will. To put it bluntly, it is that your majesty's survival is all due to luck." Chen Zhimo said calmly to the emperor A matter of life and death.

"Bold, how dare you ridicule the emperor."

Xun Liuchen was already on fire in his heart, and after a long time, he had been assassinated many times. If it wasn't for his fate, the one sitting on the throne at this moment would be his good uncle. At this time, Xun Liuchen had already I believed Chen Zhimo's words from the bottom of my heart, but when I heard Chen Zhimo tell his life and death so lightly, I was angry for a while.

I saw Chen Zhimo knelt on one knee, arched his hands, lowered his head and said in panic: "Your Majesty, calm down, the grass people dare to talk too much, please forgive me."

As soon as Chen Zhimo's words came out, everyone present was shocked. The little emperor and the eldest princess were naturally surprised at how Chen Zhimo knew the identity of the little emperor, but Chen Xiaotong was surprised that the person in front of him turned out to be the current emperor. Tong also hurriedly followed Chen Zhimo to salute the little emperor, but the two of them still didn't bow down. In Chen Zhimo's eyes, being able to kneel down on one knee and the little emperor had already given him great face. Cheng Xiao was even courteous to the little emperor's father.

Chen Xiaotong actually somewhat guessed the identity of the little emperor. She had already guessed that Chen Zhimo came to the princess mansion to meet the emperor, but she was quite surprised when she suddenly found out. What outrageous words.

Chen Zhimo's sudden move made Xun Liuchen forget the anger just now, and at this moment he straightened his body, put on an emperor's appearance and said dissatisfiedly: "Boy, you have already seen through my identity. But don’t tell me, you did it on purpose for letting me call you Brother Chen for so long, right?”

"How dare Caomin, Caomin has just been confirmed." Chen Zhimo said humbly.

"Okay, get up and sit down, and tell me, how did you see through my identity?"

The little emperor didn't argue with Chen Zhimo, instead he asked with great interest.

"There are many loopholes. For example, if His Majesty is the real son, how dare the Eldest Princess listen to the nonsense about His Majesty's life and death here."

What Chen Zhimo said was clearly discussing the life and death of the little emperor again, which was a crime of beheading.

The little emperor frowned again. Chen Zhimo was indeed becoming more and more disrespectful. If he didn't beat him, he might make Chen Zhimo even more rampant, so Xun Liuchen hummed in displeasure, "You are not afraid that I will rule you!" Is it a crime of disrespect?”

"If compared with keeping your Majesty's life safe for the rest of your life, would your Majesty still punish the crime of disrespect for grassroots people?" Chen Zhimo was confident.

The little emperor waved his hand, and said impatiently: "Don't fight with me, just talk about what you have to say."

The little emperor could tell that Chen Zhimo was waiting for him here.

Chen Zhimo went on to say: "The sufferings of the Xun clan that the princess lamented worryingly before, should be the fact that none of the Xun clan can cultivate immortals. In order to prevent the imperial power from falling into the hands of the immortal cultivators, the ancestors of the Xun clan set up a strict rule. Immortal cultivators are allowed to interfere with politics and the military, and all immortal cultivators who pass through Shucang City are concentrated in the Southern District Government and are not allowed to interfere in domestic affairs, which also resulted in no strong support from His Majesty."

The little emperor did not speak to express his acquiescence, and the eldest princess nodded to admit Chen Zhimo's guess.

"Why didn't His Majesty change this rule?"

The little emperor looked at Chen Zhimo amusedly and said: "Before he was so shrewd, how could he ask such a naive question? Can this rule be easily changed? The rules established by the ancestors have been passed down for many generations. I have made a mistake, how can I abolish it in my hands, besides, even if I am willing, the principals in the army and court will not agree." The little emperor couldn't help but feel a little desolate when he said that he still had to look at the faces of powerful officials .

"Then Your Majesty is not afraid that someone with a heart will pay a high price to accept the immortal cultivator as a guest? When the time comes to throw these dead men to His Majesty's death, His Majesty will not be able to fight back."

"Hmph, isn't there the existence of Wen Tianjian? I don't think any expert above the three-yuan realm will be bribed to assassinate the king of a country." Xun Liuchen said nonchalantly.

Chen Zhimo said with a chuckle: "Your Majesty said that, it means that cultivators below the Sanyuan realm have the power to protect themselves. The royal family cannot cultivate immortals, but Your Majesty is not afraid of low-level cultivators. I want to come to my side There must be an expert to protect, and this expert's cultivation base should be in the realm of Sanyuan or even above. Just now His Majesty said that the rules will not be broken. If you ask an immortal cultivator to be a guard, it will be regarded as breaking the ancestor of the Xun family. The rules, are they breaking the rules of Asking Tianjian?"

Chen Zhimo's words became softer and softer, but they seemed to explode in the ears of the little emperor and the eldest princess.

Xun Liuchen frowned, he didn't expect Chen Zhimo to guess so much with just his own simple sentence, and they were all right. If these words spread, it would be very bad for Xun Liuchen.

Xun Liuchen had already had a killing intent in his heart, but he immediately suppressed the killing intent.

Chen Zhimo's heart was also tense at the beginning, he felt murderous intent from Xun Liuchen's gaze, if the little emperor really ordered that expert to kill him, he and Chen Xiaotong really couldn't survive, his bet was The little emperor is smart enough and courageous enough.

"Hahaha", Xun Liuchen suddenly laughed briskly, and then said: "Boy, you dare to say this in front of me, you must have something to rely on, tell me."

Chen Zhimo maintained a smile: "The grass-roots people don't have anything to rely on. If you really want to talk about relying on it, it is your Majesty who relies on you. The grass-roots people have to rely on Your Majesty's ambitions and are willing to do their best for His Majesty."

"Oh? You want to become an official?"