Who would raise a villain as a wife?

Cen Li has been in power for three years. During these three years, there have been constant incidents of all sizes in the court. Although he has the powerful support of the Jinyiwei and many followers in the court, they are all fence-sitters who can turn against him at any time.

In addition, some ministers had rebellious thoughts, so it was difficult to promote what Cen Li wanted to do. His patience was worn out time and time again. Now it has evolved into a situation where anyone who disobeys Cen Li will be marginalized or even assassinated.

This is not a good sign, and the male and female protagonists' hatred for Cen Li is not so easy to resolve, and will create many obstacles for Cen Li in the future.

Especially in the later period, Cen Li would have his left eye blinded and his death would be very tragic.

Taking a deep breath, He Yunjing went to the imperial study after lunch. Now all the big and small matters in the court were handled by Cen Li, so he had to go and take a look at the situation.

Not surprisingly, as soon as He Yunjing stepped out of the palace gate, a group of people followed him. Seeing him heading towards the imperial study, they tried to stop him with all kinds of words.

He was just a puppet and had no need to go to such an important place as the Imperial Study.

He Yunjing sneered, but this time he didn't hit anyone. Instead, he took out a dagger inlaid with gems and held it across his neck.

He raised his eyebrows and looked at the palace people kneeling on the ground and the Jinyiwei who were watching, "If I die here today, none of you will live!"

He Yunjing's move was extremely crazy, and the palace servants who had been ordered to look after the puppet emperor had never seen it before. They also knew that He Yunjing was the only blood of the royal family. Once He Yunjing died and the court was in chaos, their masters would not have a good end. For a while, no one dared to act rashly, and some clear-headed people hurried to report to Cen Li.

He Yunjing just glanced at it and didn't care. He just walked towards the imperial study step by step, and put away the dagger when he got closer.

If more people saw this, it would only give them a handle to impeach Cen Li, which is unnecessary.

When He Yunjing arrived at the imperial study, Cen Li also came out and took the lead in paying respects to him with several ministers, respectfully calling him "Your Majesty".

He Yunjing didn't respond. He walked forward, held up Cen Li's hand, and pulled him in without saying a word. After they stepped over the threshold, he said indifferently, "Stand up."

In addition to the empty seat in the middle of the imperial study, there is also a small table next to it, with folding papers on it and tea cups on the side.

He Yunjing looked at Cen Li with some surprise. He thought Cen Li would sit in that seat directly, but he didn't expect him to do such a face-saving thing.

He didn't act pretentiously, but sat directly on the emperor's seat, holding his chin and said, "Lord Cen, please bring the memorial to me."

Cen Li's eyes darkened a little, but he moved. He moved some unimportant documents and put them in front of He Yunjing, then stood behind He Yunjing.

Several officials had already returned to their stations. He Yunjing flipped through the memorials one by one and read them. Most of them were trivial matters and there was nothing to discuss.

Or it could be said that Cen Li, who was to be discussed, did not want him to move, but he still had to give him the face of an emperor in front of all the officials and pretend to be so.

He Yunjing quickly flipped through the memorial and threw down the last one. He Yunjing said nothing, and glanced indifferently at the officials below. They were all followers of Cen Li. They had real power in the court, but they were also parasites. He Yunjing didn't want to keep them. After all, the dirty things these people did would eventually be blamed on Cen Li.

He clenched his hands on the table, then suddenly leaned sideways to support his chin, "Lord Cen has been busy for a long time today, why don't you take a break and discuss it tomorrow?"

Cen Li lowered his eyes and looked at him, "Then I will listen to your majesty, and everyone can leave."

Several people bowed and left following Cen Li's words, which were much more effective than the words of an emperor.

After everyone left the hall and the door was closed, He Yunjing also stood up, reached out to grab Cen Li's arm and forced him to that position.

He Yunjing sat casually on the table, changed his angle and looked down at Cen Li.

Perhaps because she entered the palace at a young age, Cen Li had a slender figure like a girl, very fair skin, and was as pretty as a girl.

Similarly, He Yunjing could probably imagine how much humiliation Cen Li would encounter in this palace, and how much effort he had put in to get to where he is today.

He is still unclear about Cen Li's innermost thoughts, whether he loves power and wants to be the boss, or whether he wants to stabilize the dynasty.

Facing He Yunjing's gaze, Cen Li did not say anything. It was really that He Yunjing was too abnormal today. He wanted to see what He Yunjing was trying to do.

After a moment of silence, He Yunjing spoke first. He said, "The current taxes are too heavy. Ordinary people simply cannot afford it. In addition, corrupt officials are rampant. If you don't make changes, you will lose the support of the people sooner or later."

Cen Li found it funny. He looked at He Yunjing and said, "If there were no taxes, where would the treasures in your majesty's palace come from?"

"So let's tear it all down. We can earn a lot of money by selling it. Not to mention it can offset the heavy taxes, it's also good to reduce some of them." He Yunjing picked up a brush and played with it. "You have worked hard to climb to your current position and you don't want to be dragged down. If you die, I will die too. Why don't we cooperate?"

Cen Li raised his eyebrows in surprise, "I wonder how Your Majesty is going to cooperate?"

"Simple. Tomorrow I will play the good cop and increase taxes, and Lord Cen will play the bad cop and reduce taxes." He Yunjing held the pen between his fingers and shook it. "Without a tyrant as a comparison, whatever you do will be wrong in their eyes. It's better for me to be a ridiculous tyrant."

"Your Majesty's thoughts are simple."

"It doesn't matter if you try. They won't adopt any decision I make anyway."

Cen Li didn't say anything. He was thinking about the reason for He Yunjing's change. He soon suspected the palace maid from last night.

Just like before when He Yunjing suddenly sang against him, it was also because someone whispered encouraging words in his ear. He felt that the people around He Yunjing could be cleaned up again.

As he was thinking this, He Yunjing's calm but tentative voice suddenly came to his ears, "I can make you a complete person again."

A perfect person?

Cen Li's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she raised her eyes to look at He Yunjing. There was a calmness in her eyes, as if she was not affected at all.

He Yunjing also knew that Cen Li would not believe such a ridiculous thing, so he smiled and said, "Call in the disobedient eunuch."

Cen Li raised his eyebrows, stood up and walked out as He Yunjing wished, and soon brought in a little eunuch with his head down.

The door was closed from the outside, and He Yunjing threw the bone-shaping pill he had exchanged to Cen Li, "Let him eat it and see for yourself, the effect will be immediate."

He Yunjing was still sitting at the table, but he changed his direction, this time facing the door.

Cen Li held the pill in his hand and observed it. Unlike the pills he had seen before, this pill had a strong medicinal fragrance.

He did not feed it to the young eunuch immediately. Instead, he took out a dagger, scraped some powder and wrapped it in a handkerchief. After putting it away, he pinched the young eunuch's chin and fed the pill to him.

The young eunuch thought it was some terrible poison. After forcing himself to swallow it, he fell to his knees on the ground in embarrassment, kowtowing repeatedly to beg Cen Li for mercy.