One touch and one silence

"Seventh brother, tell me, what have you calculated?" The emperor couldn't help but urged him.

The Prince of Zhennan will be here soon, and by then only the general will be able to match him.

He wanted to make sure of one thing, whether the general had any intention of rebelling. He had ignored him for many years, and whether this man was still the same as before, or even whether he was in cahoots with the Prince of Zhennan.

This is why he had to let Old Seven take action.

If something really happens, he should prepare in advance, otherwise!

What if... it really turns out to be as I thought, the consequences would be disastrous.

What made him even more uncomfortable was that he was afraid of the general. In his mind, this man and the Prince of Zhennan were the same.

"What does Father want to know? Or what is Father's purpose?"

Nanzhi looked into the emperor's eyes slowly.

"I want to know if he is loyal to me!"

The emperor still spoke out his innermost thoughts.

There was some disappointment in Nanzhi's eyes, and she didn't know whether she was disappointed for herself or for the loyal general.

"Father, aren't you afraid of discouraging the soldiers?" Nanzhi couldn't help but ask.

"Don't be afraid! What I'm afraid of is that the people of the Da Ling Dynasty will suffer!" The emperor said this with great righteousness, without any sign of guilt or remorse.

Nanzhi suddenly understood something. No wonder those people said that the emperor was the most difficult person in the world to guess and understand. Their minds changed rapidly. They could be talking to you one second and your head might fall to the ground the next.

"Then your Majesty can rest assured. This man is the most sincere and loyal general in the world."

The emperor was delighted when he heard this, "Really?"

"I never lie, but I am not so good to you, father!"

"They are loyal and devoted. At home, they only eat pickles and steamed buns. Even the wives and children in the general's mansion eat meat once every half a month."

"Father is too stingy!"

Nanzhi's words made the emperor blush and he retorted, "Impossible, I have already rewarded him enough!"

"How could he be so poor that he can't even afford meat?"

"I'm sure that Father also understands this person's character, and naturally knows where the rewards you gave him ended up."

The emperor stopped talking.

Of course he had checked it out. To him, it was just a means for the general to win people's hearts.

"I like an old saying very much. They say, if you doubt someone, don't employ him; if you employ someone, don't doubt him."

After Nanzhi finished speaking, she stared straight at the man sitting in the upper seat.

You could say he was extremely suspicious, but he had no choice but to do so since he was in a high position.

Say good things about him! He is indeed a wise ruler, and everything he did was for the people of the Da Ling Dynasty to have a good life.

In the clip she saw, the emperor found a reason to kill the general before he died.

Even the entire family may be executed.

In order to clear the obstacles for the next emperor.

What’s funny is that the Prince of Zhennan easily took the throne for the Eighth Prince without spending a single soldier.

Nanzhi suddenly felt that human nature was really hard to understand, even for the current prince.

Because the prince stood there and did not stop it, but instead did the same as his father.

That myself...

Nanzhi thought about it and finally decided to ask for some benefits for the general.

"Since Father knows about this, he should compensate them properly! Although only the three of us know about this, Father did make a mistake in the end!"

"The general is devoted to his father and the Great Ling Dynasty. He should not be suspected by his father."

"Father, you can take a look at his inner clothes. They are all patched up. He has been to wars abroad, but the treasures are always brought back for you. He has never stolen them privately."

The emperor stopped talking, and Nanzhi couldn't see his expression clearly.

Nanzhi felt that she was a little ashamed of the general. She was not stupid and had known her father's purpose for a long time.

But she still did it, and she would compensate this loyal and brave general.

"Xiao Qi, father is not what you think. Father is doing this for the stability of the Da Ling Dynasty. The Prince of Zhennan is about to return to the capital. At that time, only the general can fight against the Prince of Zhennan, so father is acting this way."

The prince couldn't help but defend the emperor, and Nanzhi couldn't tell what he was feeling.

Yes!

She is still too naive, in ancient times, let alone in this royal family?

She should have understood it long ago.

I am afraid……

"Brother is right! It's Xiao Qi who is wrong!"

Nanzhi did not refute, and she knew that it was useless to refute. The rest of her life was in the hands of these people in power.

The prince's eyes were dazed for a moment, but he reacted so quickly that no one else noticed.

"I just observed that you didn't feel any discomfort after you finished calculating this great general!"

"Then tomorrow, you will come to court like the prince!"

The emperor was thinking that with the Seventh Prince around, those people in the court would not be able to hide any of their thoughts.

Nanzhi was trying to find a way to refuse when suddenly her hair began to change.

It was so outrageous that his face gradually turned pale in the face of the emperor and the prince's incredulous eyes.

Nanzhi looked at them staring at her with some curiosity, and then she looked at the hair on her chest and finally understood.

She had been so busy with Nan Shu's nagging that she had no time to dye her hair and had forgotten about it.

"You...you...your hair!" The prince's eyes were full of shock.

The emperor just wanted to say that it was all right, but this scene was a bit too much for him to accept. "Chief Steward Xu! Call the... Imperial... Imperial Physician!"

"No need! Once you get used to it, it's fine!"

"Your Majesty has seen it, I am afraid I will not be able to attend the court."

Nanzhi waved her hands, indicating that she was powerless and helpless.

The emperor still did not want to miss the opportunity to see the sincerity of the people in the court and whether they were really loyal to him or the Prince of Zhennan.

It is so important!

Now that the Prince of Zhennan has a large army under his command, even an emperor like him has to be wary.

Nanzhi looked at the emperor's expression and understood.

I'm afraid it's no use now!

It seems that the Prince of Zhennan is really a difficult problem for my father and the crown prince.

"Father!" The prince wanted to say something, but the emperor stopped him with his hand, looking at Nanzhi with serious eyes.

"As a prince or princess, you should be aware of the responsibilities you should bear these days."

……

The air is exceptionally quiet.

There’s nothing else I don’t understand.

Nanzhi instantly understood what the emperor meant. Since that was the case, let’s negotiate terms.

They needed her skills to see clearly whether the ministers in the court were human or evil, and who were the accomplices of the Prince of Zhennan. Moreover, she was the only one who could handle this matter, so she had something to rely on to discuss it with them.

After thinking it through, Nanzhi no longer felt there was anything to be sad about.

"In that case, I also have conditions!" Nanzhi was not afraid at all, his eyes were calm, not like the look a ten-year-old child should have.

"Tell me something!" Seeing that there was something to talk about, the emperor's tone became much more relaxed.

"First: I want all of Liu Yue San Qi and the others to become my guards. I am the only master."

"Second: Give me a prince's palace!"

"Third: I will work for my father for five years. After five years, I will be free. And I will only stay in the Dali Temple and not go anywhere else!"

She would never go to court. Sooner or later, the ministers would have to read it all. What would happen after that? She would rather go to the people and clear her name for more poor people.

As Nanzhi's request was spoken word by word, the emperor looked a little ugly.