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Chapter 1813: Brother-in-Law Is Not as Good as Brother-in-Law

"Brother, you finally read the lord's novel!" Zhao Kuangyin's hands trembled slightly. Before this, Guo Rong never read Liu Xu's novels. In Guo Rong's words, since it was a story he had personally experienced, why would he bother reading novels written by others?

It is precisely because of this that Guo Rong was able to chat with Zhao Kuangyin openly every time, as if he had no idea that Zhao Kuangyin was the protagonist of the novel "Stealing Song", and the protagonist is often a king who unified the world.

But this time Guo Rong actually read the novel, which means Guo Rong knows everything.

So Zhao Kuangyin calmed down and sighed, "Since you have read the novel, you should know everything else, right?"

"Almost. Didn't you become the emperor after me?" Guo Rong said with a smile, "I have long known that you, Xianghai, are a hero in the world, and are not inferior to me at all. I don't want to say anything if others become emperors. But I have no objection to you becoming the emperor, big brother."

"I was wondering why you were so shy every time I asked you to drink with me. You acted like a woman. I wonder if your relationship problems are caused by this. It's really funny!"

"Brother! Are you really not angry at all?" Zhao Kuangyin asked in surprise.

"Of course I am angry!" Guo Rong nodded and said, "But the problem is actually with me. I left too early, Zongxun is too young, and my wife is also weak and never has any opinions of her own. Even if you were not there, someone else would have taken over my family's kingdom."

"In fact, all these problems are caused by my adoptive father. He seized the throne of the Later Han Dynasty, and the Emperor Yin of the Later Han killed all of my adoptive father's family. As a result, my Guo and Chai families don't even have an adult member of the royal family. The throne can only be passed on to a 7-year-old child. It's strange that the throne was not taken away."

"Brother!" Zhao Kuangyin trembled all over after hearing this. He suddenly walked directly to Guo Rong's side, hugged Guo Rong's shoulders and said, "Brother, I, Zhao Kuangyin, am a beast. I am sorry for you. You still treat me like this. I am really a beast worse than pigs and dogs!"

"Okay!" Guo Rong patted Zhao Kuangyin's hand, then smiled and said, "These are all things of the past. We all served our lord, and now we are each emperors. There is no need to talk about those things in the past."

"And I believe that my good brother is definitely not the kind of person who is blinded by greed and would take away my elder brother's foundation with his bare hands. Something special must have happened back then, perhaps the Khitan invasion, or some other traitorous ministers and traitors causing chaos, which forced you to ascend the throne and become emperor!"

"..." Zhao Kuangyin, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly turned red again, as if he was holding back something and felt very uncomfortable.

"What? Am I wrong? Isn't it a Khitan invasion or someone's rebellion? Could it be that the dead bones in the tombs of the Southern Tang are attacking us?" Guo Rong asked doubtfully.

"It's the Khitan invasion..." Zhao Kuangyin's throat was a little dry, and he lowered his head and said. "I told you that the Khitans and other foreigners can't be trusted. If it weren't for the Lord's refusal to show these foreigners, I would have beaten them up when I saw them!" Guo Rong cursed, then said goodbye to Zhao Kuangyin, opened the door of the void and left, leaving Zhao Kuangyin dumbfounded.

"Brother, please don't be angry. Your ascension to the throne is destiny. It has nothing to do with Guo Rong!" Zhao Guangyi walked out from the backyard and hurriedly said to his elder brother.

"Alas, Guangyi, no matter how you try to comfort me, I have seized someone else's kingdom. I always call him big brother, but in the end I did such a thing. This is wrong!" Zhao Kuangyin sighed again.

"I'm going to say something insulting to myself. Those so-called sworn brothers are actually not trustworthy. As long as they have military power in their hands, they will all be eyeing our country. So I finally gave up the military power with a toast and removed it from the brothers of the sworn brotherhood. Only then can I feel a little more at ease!" Zhao Kuangyin said.

"Yes!" Zhao Guangyi smiled. "As the saying goes, you can know a person's face but not his heart. Your Majesty's brothers may all be planning to wear the yellow robe. We must be on guard!"

"Alas, my good brother, you really don't remember anything about what happened after I died? Did my sworn brothers rebel? And how did my son Dezhao do as the emperor? Was our great Song Dynasty peaceful?" Zhao Kuangyin asked again. This was the tenth time he had asked Zhao Guangyi this question.

"Brother, I really don't remember these things. My memory is stuck on the day you died. These are the results of the lord's special arrangements. The same goes for other generals. I really don't know anything!" Zhao Guangyi said with a wry smile.

"Alas, I know all these things, but I still can't help asking!" Zhao Kuangyin sighed, and then held Zhao Guangyi's hand and said, "Guangyi, since we are talking about giving up military power over a cup of wine, have you ever blamed me for not giving you military power?"

"Brother, why are you saying this?" Zhao Guangyi asked in shock.

"Alas, I am afraid that you will always have some resentment in your heart!" Zhao Kuangyin said, "I don't give you military power, it's actually for your own good. I just said that those sworn brothers are not trustworthy. Only brothers like you are the ones I trust the most."

"But once some people in this world get military power and gather a large number of warriors around them, these warriors will not be able to help but push you to the supreme throne. Don't think that what I said in the chapter updated today is very ridiculous, but in fact, this is what I thought at the time. Even until the day when my sworn brother passed away, I just wanted to be a loyal minister and never thought about becoming an emperor!"

"But the warriors gathered around my brother, the ten brothers, all wanted to make further progress, so they had no choice but to force me to make further progress. If I didn't make progress at that time, I might have to regress. So I had to let my sister-in-law and nephew down and sit on the dragon throne!"

"If you are surrounded by such warriors, you will definitely be forced to this step. So I will not give you military power, but only let you be the prefect of Kaifeng, and gather civil officials around you. These civil officials have no intention of rebelling, and they will not push you forward, unless you are really a cruel and merciless beast, otherwise they will not have any improper thoughts about my throne." Zhao Kuangyin patted Zhao Guangyi on the shoulder and said with emotion at last.

(End of this chapter)