Damn it, this boss really has no normal skills.

Chapter 419: Children make choices, adults want them all

Sure enough, the old bastard's next sentence was.

"But you are an exception!"

"Ji Ming, I think you are very suitable to be this noble young master! I see that you are very close to my poor granddaughter. No one is as talented and good-looking as you... Hey!"

The Sun King suddenly stopped talking because Ji Ming raised a bottle of red potion and was about to smash it, which scared him so much that he quickly stretched out his hands to hold it.

"No, no, I was just joking, why are you so excited?"

joke?

I think you just want to get something for free from me!

Ji Ming bypassed the Sun King's waiting fingers and lifted the potion lightly, successfully taking it back into his hand.

"Your Majesty, I can tell you clearly that the raw materials of this potion are very precious, so I would never give it to an ordinary person, and the amount I have on hand is indeed not much."

"I understand. Good things cannot be so abundant. I heard that in the Holy Tree Kingdom, there was even an elf master craftsman who spent a hundred years just to refine a spoonful of magic medicine."

That elf is really bored and bored. He is probably a boring long-lived creature who would hang himself for fun if he has nothing to do...

"very good."

So Ji Ming turned his wrist, and another bottle of medicine slipped out from his sleeve, and he held both bottles in his hand.

"How about this, we are all respectable people, so let's not mess around. I don't want to see any turmoil in the upper echelons of the Glowing Kingdom. Just give me a serious price, and I'll nod if it's acceptable."

The Sun King pondered for a moment, stared into Ji Ming's eyes and began to speak.

"Okay, then... two boxes of gold coins... three boxes of jewelry... a full set of craftsman armor... a Pegasus... Hey, aren't you being too greedy?"

Ji Ming knew that Old Deng was a cunning and stingy person, so he shook the potion gently.

"Your Majesty, you... you are the great Sun King Anthony VI, how can you bargain like a stingy peddler?"

“There’s no other vendor as generous as me!”

The Sun King slapped his thigh in anger.

"Do you know how precious a Pegasus is? Every year I have to argue with His Holiness the Pope for a long time before I can barely get one or two more!"

Unfortunately, Ji Ming didn't buy his trick at all and sneered instead.

"It's just a horse, Your Majesty. The horse girls I know are much better than you bunch of weak dwarfs!"

"Besides, you are a king. Isn't your destiny, which was born with a golden weight in your mouth, less important than that of a beast?"

……

"Tsk."

The Sun King sighed and closed his eyes helplessly, but within three seconds he quietly opened his eyes again and secretly glanced at the potion in Ji Ming's hand.

No, I can’t bear to do that!

"So, how much do you ~ you ~ probably, possibly, should, perhaps, think I need to pay?"

Then he felt his heart skip a beat, because Ji Ming just said it lightly.

"Don't be afraid, it's not much."

——It’s over.

"As I just said, we are all decent people, adults with brains."

Ji Ming stretched out his arm and slowly clenched his fist.

"So, my respected king, I want all of the things you just listed, plus the ones before that!"

The Sun King was furious and was about to condemn this bastard God's Chosen Lion for taking advantage of someone's misfortune, but Ji Ming seemed to suddenly remember something and hurriedly clarified.

"Hey, don't be anxious, don't be anxious. I made a slip of the tongue, except for the last one."

Then he severely condemned the Sun King as a shameless feudal patriarch who even wanted to arrange the marriage of his own granddaughter. His thoughts were extremely corrupt and backward!
He advised! This old man, take care of yourself, reflect carefully, and don't make such clever mistakes again in the future, oh!
If it were in the past, he would definitely not use this trick, but he had already seen from the previous chat that this Lao Deng was similar to himself, both of whom would act like gangsters and scoundrels for their own interests.

In other words, they are neither gangsters nor scoundrels. At least deep in their hearts, they still have a private space where they can draw a red line.

Therefore, under the influence of shame, at least there is the regret of not being able to fulfill one's obligations and not being able to keep the things that are cherished until the end.

So after Ji Ming diverted the matter from Eleanor and extended it to the young couple Changge, the old king didn't say another word.

"Some things cannot be avoided by running away. Since the contradiction exists, it will explode sooner or later. The longer you delay, the more likely it is that something will go wrong."

"And now that things have come to this, you should know from our experiences along the way that they are out to bite you to death, so can we have a little backbone?"

After saying that, he produced another bottle of spirit-gathering liquid and placed all three bottles on a small table at the side.

"These should be enough for you to take the last step of your life smoothly... Of course, if it's not enough, since I have taken action, I will take care of it to the end."

Then he stood up, straightened his wrinkled coat out of habit, turned around and walked towards the door.

"Okay, the treatment is over. Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

Just as he was about to press the door handle, he looked back again.

"Oh, by the way, don't bother with those things. Just send someone to deliver them to the mountain when you're done. They should be able to find out where I live."

But as the door opened with a click and closed again with the sound of receding footsteps, the Sun King beside the bed remained indifferent.

God knows, what kind of foolish monarch would have the heart to watch his own country being ravaged by others? What kind of father would watch his beloved daughter being tortured to death?

So actually he was not in the state of [Tears of Regret] just now. He originally wanted to scold Ji Ming for being an outsider who knew nothing and yet making irresponsible remarks.

But when the words came to his lips, he took them back.

After all, being a coward is being a coward, no matter what the reason, I was a coward at that time, and I also ruined so many people who were dedicated to serving the country!

Before, he could rely on sensual pleasures and a life of luxury to bury this misery, but now the spirit-gathering liquid is playing tricks in his body, and he can't even pretend to be ignorant. "Curse, curse, curse..."

After muttering to himself for a while, he always felt like he had forgotten something very important.

Well, what is it?

……

He stood up suddenly.

"No, damn Ji Ming? When did I ever promise to give you those things!"

"Hey, little boss, am I running low?"

[Can you please not say mean things when someone is 100% angry and scolding you? ]

"Look at what you said. I've already been scolded. If I don't say it now, then I'll be at a loss, right?"

With the help of maids and knights, Ji Ming left the Sun King's bedroom, where the ratio of men to women was comparable to that of King Hong Tian.

If he were an ordinary person, he would have finished his business and left the palace quickly, but who said Ji Ming was chosen by God?

Anyway, even the harem that His Majesty cares about the most has gone in to play, so the guard knights directly surrounded him and started the [Palace Tour] copy.

And if Ji Ming's relationship with the king was a battle between masters testing each other, then facing the popular new chosen one, this group of knights who were eager to make progress had almost no choice but to curry favor with him.

Therefore, this trip inadvertently had a bit more of a ceremonial sense of being inspected by superiors and accompanied by local cadres, which made Ji Ming feel that he should wear a black business jacket.

From the back garden where a tea party for noble ladies was being held, to the Covenant Hall where several new knights were taking a collective oath, and then to the knights' temporary residence in the palace to taste their favorite ale.

By the time they saw the king's close ministers and the nobles stationed in the royal capital walking out of the Council Palace from afar, the sun was setting and it was already dusk.

The young men played with him diligently for the whole afternoon. Looking at them along the way, Ji Ming felt that they were all honest young men.

Today I was forced to be alone in a room with an old guy who was stinky to the core. I'd better spend more time with this group of clear-minded young people to cleanse my soul.

So Ji Ming planned to let them lead the way. Today, the God-chosen big brother will treat us, so take the brothers out for a good meal!

As a result, after finally being generous, I met an acquaintance again after taking a detour.

"Ji Ming Shenxuan, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to see you here."

Who else could it be? Of course it must be His Royal Highness Prince Philip, who has been lying in ambush here for a long time, just waiting for him to show up.

I can only say that it’s a good thing that Ji Ming doesn’t like to make promises easily. If he had started bragging about treating them to a meal just now, it would be embarrassing now.

After just a few words of greeting, the prince pretended to casually invite him to dinner, saying that he had a younger brother and who heard that his good brother had returned to the capital, so he set up a few tables for a welcoming banquet.

If the God's Chosen One doesn't mind, we are all brothers. I called you over. Anyway, we will meet each other every day in the future. It will be convenient for you to make more familiar faces in the royal capital in the future when you need to do things.

This is definitely not how the words were said, but that’s pretty much how the meaning was expressed.
So with the invitation almost stuffed into his mouth, Ji Ming couldn't refuse and had to accept it happily.

And although the host of this banquet was actually hosting this dinner for Philip.

But at the feet of the emperor, at the foot of the imperial city, anyone who can cause some trouble here cannot be an ordinary person.

In fact, he is a nobleman from the Duke of the East. His ancestor was one of the Twelve War Marshals and he is considered the main supporter of Philip's lineage.

Recently, I am studying related courses at the Magic Academy in the royal capital, and have temporarily settled down in Qixia City.

"Franco? Come on, come on, this is the Ji Ming God-chosen one I told you about. He's young and promising. We had a very pleasant conversation the last time we met."

"Mr. Chosen One, this is Franco Jingguang. We have known each other since we were kids and have been friends for many years."

"Oh, hello, Mr. Chosen One, you don't have to be polite. Brother Philip's friends are my friends! If you have any problems in the future, just let me know."

Looking at the young man's winking expression, Ji Ming gave a warm smile and stretched out his hand to shake his hand.

"Haha, Your Highness, your friend is very humorous."

Since he can be on friendly terms with Prince Fei, this student must be someone who is overwhelmed by the family's wealth. And seeing how he is good at dancing with long sleeves and has no aristocratic airs at all...

Sure enough, Prince Fei later quietly hinted to Ji Ming that Franco was the first heir to the family, and that his study in the capital was to prepare for inheriting his father's title of Duke.

Shit rich guy!

There is nothing much to say about the rest. Since someone introduced you, just say hello. You never know which connection you might need someday.

So in the following banquets, Ji Ming, as usual, became an important NPC that all guests had to check in at.

And although he didn't want to talk about the details of his treatment of the Sun King, after all, it was a serious matter and might cause a sensation in the whole city. As a doctor, he had to protect the patient's privacy.

But considering that he was essentially invited by the Fei brothers and sisters to treat their father, it was impossible for everyone present to not know that the Chosen One had made a special trip to the bedroom and had not come out for a long time.

Therefore, even though Ji Ming remained tight-lipped about the exact condition of the king's illness and did not describe in detail how he treated him, he still vaguely hinted that the king was "out of danger".

Now it's really lively. The old men want to come over to get to know this young man and see what the new upstart in the aristocratic circle is like and whether he has the same level and ability as they did in their past.

Young people should also come and get to know this big brother, see if the currently popular foreign god can be used by me, and find a way to pull myself to a higher place.

Therefore, Ji Ming finally survived the peak of the banquet after dealing with eighty-one awkward compliments, forty-one invitations to cooperate, and the most terrifying, sixty-seven card game hints, which were given by both men and women like the first two.

"Hmm, I was almost dragged by three men to play mahjong!"

But strictly speaking, he did not spend the entire time in jail, because through this group of guys with their own ulterior motives, he still managed to uncover some of the dirty deeds in the royal capital's circles.

For example, the reason why those two young men glared at each other when they met was because there was some personal grudge between their backers, the Minister of Defense Duke Xiguang and the Minister of Finance Duke Huguang. Considering that no one could find out what the personal grudge was, it was probably some trivial matter three inches below the navel.

For example, the noble lady who had chatted with Ji Ming before was actually the illegitimate daughter of a marquis. It is rumored that she has recently used her personal capital to form a brotherhood with enough influence to overthrow the marquis's legitimate daughter who has always wanted to drive her away.

What’s even more terrible is that these are actually considered clean. After all, they are all “inspirational” stories where everyone is willing and works hard together to climb up.

As for the rest, there are countless messes, from simple money-for-power transactions to the selling of titles and official positions, from normal banquet social interactions to shady alliances of hundreds of people.

I can only say that Wangdu is indeed Wangdu. Even in this aspect, it can reach new heights and perform at a high level. It really deserves a thumbs up and praises from all the friends for their ability.

Ji Ming was so scared that he didn’t dare to dig any deeper. What if he ended up overturning the entire city?
(End of this chapter)