The heavens are kings, starting with Qing Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 12 Request
Hearing what Li Chengqian said, the scrutiny in Emperor Qing's eyes gradually dissipated, and his expression seemed to be a little gentler.

"The prince's words are reasonable, since that's the case, I will allow you."

At this time, seeing Li Chengqian opening his mouth to speak, he seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "Does the prince have any other wishes?"

At this moment, Li Chengqian did not feel the majesty of Emperor Qing, but instead felt some love from a father.

This caused him to have somewhat complicated emotions.

Feeling in his heart, Emperor Qing didn't seem to be really a ruthless person.

Judging from past experience, if Emperor Qing had been serious, Fan Jian and Chen Pingping would have both died shortly after Ye Qingmei's death.

After all, if Fan Jian and Chen Pingping really trusted Emperor Qing, they wouldn't let Wu Zhu take Fan Xian to Danzhou.

They had always suspected that there was a black hand behind the events of that year, and it was by no means unknown to track down Emperor Qing overtly and secretly.

But how many people can there be in the entire Qing Kingdom who can hide above countless nobles, royal families, and foreign relatives?

Killing Ye Qingmei all over the city is easy to say, but how many people can make it happen?
Emperor Qing was obviously not a fool, and he was also very smart, so after these years, he must be able to feel Fan Jian and Chen Pingping's suspicion of him from many clues.

It's just that he feels that one is a good friend he grew up with, and the other is an old slave when he hid in the mansion. Even if they guessed that he killed Ye Qingmei, they would not be able to make enemies of him because of a dead woman.

So although he had some trust in the Overwatch Council and the Tiger Guards trained by Fan Jian, he was still on guard.

This is not only a kind of self-confidence, but also a kind of cherishing of each other's friendship.

After all, at his level, there are very few people with close relationships.

Even at the last moment of his life, he clearly had the opportunity to kill Fan Xian, but he spared Fan Xian's life and chose to look at the eyes under the black cloth of five bamboos.

As a result, he was directly killed by two laser shots.

If he is more ruthless and pays some price, after Ye Qingmei's death, all the people related to her will be wiped out.

With Chen Pingping and Fan Jian's status, if they died, there would inevitably be some riots, but as long as he single-handedly controlled the military power of the Qing Kingdom, there would never be any major disturbances.

Naturally, it is even more impossible to be killed in the palace because of this.

What's more, Lin Gong could be easily killed in the manor outside the city, how could Fan Jian and Chen Pingping not?

It is not difficult for an emperor with great master's force to kill two of his subordinates silently.

He is even absolutely capable of creating some suitable venues and reasons for Fan Jian and Chen Pingping to die reasonably and legally.

Therefore, Emperor Qing seems to be cold, but in fact he also has a warm side.

It's just that in his heart, in front of the imperial power, everything must make way for it.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and after a little hesitation on his face, he said: "Your Majesty, since I want to publish a new newspaper, I need enough sources of information. Therefore, I hope that the Overwatch Council can help One or two, provide some dossiers about people's livelihood and important events in various places, and the starting financial resources may need to be provided by the internal treasury."

Hearing this, Emperor Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, and after a brief consideration, he said in a deep voice: "Since it involves the Overwatch Council and the Internal Treasury, you go and talk with Chen Pingping and the eldest princess in person, and after the negotiation is settled, the next report will be made."

This remark seemed to agree with Li Chengqian's request, but he did not say it to death.

After all, both the Overwatch Council and the Internal Treasury are extremely important places in Qing Kingdom.

Li Chengqian's identity as the prince is also sensitive.

If he wanted to intervene in the Overwatch Council and the Internal Treasury, even if it was just to establish a simple connection, it was something he had to consider carefully.

Not to mention Neiku for the time being, just need to provide some starting silver taels, which is reasonable.

What's more, now that Li Yunrui has made it clear that the chariots and horses are on the side of the prince, and the use of some silver may not even require the prince to say it so bluntly, Li Yunrui is afraid that he will give it with an extremely high-sounding reason.

Moreover, it doesn't matter if Nei Ku is like this for the time being, anyway, he has already made plans in his heart. Although the matter of marrying Lin Wan'er to Fan Xian two years ago was strongly opposed by Chen Pingping, it was temporarily dropped.

But once the time comes, he has his own way to advance this matter, so as to take away the financial power of the inner treasury from Li Yunrui's hands.

Without the financial power of the inner treasury, Li Yunrui's support for the prince was meaningless.

On the contrary, the Overwatch Council has made him feel like a stick in his throat in recent years.

Because he had faintly sensed that the Overwatch Council seemed to be gradually losing control and was gradually alienating him.

This is not a good sign.

Since his son wanted the Overwatch Council to assist him, he also wanted to see what choice Chen Pingping would make.

Li Chengqian lowered his eyes, while thinking about the key point, he bowed gratefully and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Qing nodded slightly, and stopped talking, calmly said: "That's it, let's go!"

After the words fell, he got up directly and left the hall.

The chubby eunuch Yao who was watching from the side immediately stepped forward and said, "Retire!"

All the ministers bowed, and then left one after another.

Li Chengqian left the Tai Chi Hall only after all the ministers had left.

All the emotions on the face just now have all disappeared and turned into calm.

While walking out of the palace, he carefully recalled his performance in the hall just now, whether there were any omissions or mistakes.

On the one hand, he was thinking about the specific handling of the new newspaper.

Of course, the main thing is how to get the support of the Overwatch Council and the Internal Treasury.

With the files of the Overwatch Council and the money in the internal treasury, most of this new report has been completed.

Among them, Neiku needless to say, all he wanted was some start-up capital, and with his relationship with Li Yunrui, it was not difficult.

The difficulty lies in the Overwatch Council.

The Overwatch Council has the power and responsibility to monitor the world, and there are many secrets recorded in the files, which have always been kept secret.

Even if what he wanted were not those files that recorded urgent information, it was still unknown whether the Overwatch Council would agree.

Emperor Qing didn't agree immediately, but he asked him to talk to Chen Pingping, that's why.

Of course, there may be some sense of testing Chen Pingping's mind.

He knew very well that the new newspaper was just an insignificant matter in Emperor Qing's eyes, but it was related to Chen Pingping and the Overwatch Council, which made Emperor Qing suddenly pay attention to it.

He guessed that Emperor Qing probably came up with this intention because he wanted to test Chen Pingping's attitude with a small matter.

This made him feel a little tired.

Sure enough, in front of Emperor Qing, how could there be any family affection at all?

That short-lived love just now can never be real.

(End of this chapter)