Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 468: Fooling

Hearing this, the King of Qin fell silent.

He really had no way of denying this. After years of planning, he had come to this point today, and it seemed that he had succeeded.

However, it concealed many hidden dangers and was still inferior to Emperor Zhaowu.

Let’s not talk about the distant past, just talking about the Turkic issue, could it be that Emperor Zhaowu really didn’t notice anything unusual?
It was obviously impossible, but when he knew the situation was abnormal, he still chose to fight hard instead of giving up on destroying the Turks and returning to help break the deadlock. In terms of courage, the King of Qin could not match him.

The Turks were the enemy of the Yu Dynasty. Even though he knew he might have fallen into a trap, he still continued to destroy the Turks.

But he helped the Turks and even cooperated with Tuyuhun in order to achieve his goal. Comparing the two, it is clear who is stronger and who is weaker.

On this point alone, he has already lost.

A glimpse of the whole picture reveals that if the emperor had chosen him back then, and if he encountered a similar situation in the future, his way of handling things would indeed be much worse.

"In fact, I never understood where the good part of that position was."

Huo Junyao spoke again and immediately attracted the attention of King Qin.

The throne is the most supreme position in the world, but she actually wondered where it was.

"It is true that that position gives one the power of life and death, but can one really do that? Besides, did you get to that position just to kill anyone you disliked?"

"If that's the case, why did the nobles make so much noise in the past few years? If that person is so powerful, why didn't the current emperor just wield the butcher knife?"

When she asked this, King Qin was stunned, and his brain froze for a moment. He had never thought about these things before.

“Is such a power of killing really good?”

"Perhaps you still think that being in that position is the most honorable thing in the world, but after being in that position, don't you feel it is a kind of restraint?"

"The current emperor was a master on the battlefield back then, but what about now?"

"He is trapped in that square imperial city. Even if he wants to leave the palace, there are many restrictions. Over the years, he has only had a small place to live. Don't you think it's pitiful?"

King Qin was silent again, but his thoughts began to think about what Huo Junyao said.

"In addition, there are so many government affairs, big and small, and memorials from all over the country every day. I have to get up before dawn to attend court, and after court I have to deal with government affairs and review memorials until late at night."

"Get up earlier than the chicken and sleep later than the dog."

"Your Highness, Prince Qin, have you been living like this for ten years?"

King Qin shook his head subconsciously.

"Yes, you see, there is no freedom when you want it, and the power of life and death is not so pure, and you still have to work so hard, and if there is something wrong, people will spread bad words."

"King Qin should have heard a lot of criticism of the royal family from the people in the past few years, right?"

"What do you mean by 'disaster here, it's because the emperor is immoral', and what do you mean by 'corrupt officials over there, it's because the emperor is incompetent'?"

"You work so hard all day long, but you may not even get a good word in return. Is this the position you want?"

The King of Qin was now somewhat skeptical of his life. Not only him, but even the soldiers in and around the city were thinking along the same lines as Huo Junyao, and they all felt that the Emperor was really boring, and that this was not a good job. "Perhaps you would say that there are many beauties, fine clothes and delicious food there."

"But, look at my life now."

Everyone looked at Huo Junyao, some of them were unable to react.

"Look at me. I'm living in the hot spring villa now. I live a very peaceful life. As the saying goes, I can sleep until I wake up naturally and count money until my hands cramp. I believe many people have been to the commercial street of my hot spring villa."

"There are a lot of delicious and fun things there, and many people say it's better than the Imperial Palace."

"I am not in that position, but I am still living a good life. I have no shortage of fine clothes and delicious food. Most importantly, I am free. If I want to go there to play, I can go there anytime. I don't want to take care of the affairs of the hot spring villa. I will just leave it to my second sister-in-law and I can play freely."

"Isn't this better than the emperor's life?"

Now everyone was silent. There was nothing they could do. What Huo Junyao said really made sense.

Although he is not in that position, his life is more comfortable than that of the emperor, which makes people envious and jealous.

On the other hand, the emperor has obtained a noble status, but the restrictions are too great. It can even be said that he has no freedom. He cannot even do what he wants. Because once the emperor does what he wants, there will be a lot of trouble.

Unless you want to be a tyrant who is criticized and then reviled by future generations.

"King Qin, weren't you comfortable enough in the past?"

"While you are in Qin, although you cannot leave your fief, you can also go out and play anywhere in your fief, even if you go to a brothel to listen to music."

"Life is only a few decades long, isn't it just about having fun?"

"Now that you have succeeded, even if you were allowed to sit in that position, would you be happy?"

"Think about the Emperor Retired. He thought about you back then, and has been worried about you all these years, right? But you are forcing him like this. I think you want to take the throne legitimately, and you definitely can't stay with the current Emperor."

"Then have you ever thought about this? The emperor is already this old now. Is it appropriate for you to let him send off his son?"

"If he gets into any accident because of this incident, can you really be safe sitting in that position for the rest of your life?"

"I'm afraid this guilt will accompany you for the rest of your life. And even if you can deceive everyone in the world with the way you ascended to power, there will always be many people who know the truth. Even if you fail in the end, this crime of regicide and usurpation of the throne will follow you for thousands of years."

"The first half of your life is dominated by hatred, the second half is dominated by guilt, and you have to bear the eternal infamy after your death. Is this what you want?"

As soon as these words came out, the King of Qin's body shook, and he staggered back several steps, his face full of confusion.

If what Huo Junyao said was true, his life, both before and after his death, was a great tragedy.

At this moment, he had to ask himself, is this really worth it?
In an instant, he thought about a lot of things, including his life in Qin, his life when he had just gotten married, and his life after having children.

Although it’s not particularly free, it’s still comfortable.

If he had not been oppressed by hatred, he would have been more at ease. He also knew very well that as long as he had no thoughts about that position, Emperor Zhaowu would be very tolerant of him and would not care if he allowed himself to be more free.

The reason why he was arranged to return to Beijing was actually simply because he caused some small noise, which made others realize that something was wrong. If he had never had this intention, why would he be arranged to return to Beijing?