Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 57 Grasshopper on a rope (please follow up)

Jian Shuo looked dejected and remained silent for a long time. He said sadly: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty would doubt me. If you doubt me, why use me?"

After killing him for so long, he never figured out why the emperor was guarding him and why he let another person supervise such an important substitute plan behind his back.

Just now, while killing people, he wanted to rush into the Jiade Palace several times to question the emperor, what did I, Jian Shuo, do to dissatisfy His Majesty.

However, he still didn't dare.

The man was lying on the hospital bed and needed help from others even to turn over, but he, a powerful official who controlled the military and political power, did not dare to show any disrespect to the patient.

Even if he is being treated like a monkey or a gunman, he still has to be respectful and smiley, and does not dare to show any dissatisfaction.

After so many years of hard work, I climbed from an ordinary little yellow door to my current position. I only thought that one person was inferior to ten thousand people. They are just chess pieces at the mercy of others.

Jian Shuo felt unwilling, angry, and helpless.

"Quickly, put the food and wine on the table. The general and I will have a drink tonight!" Liu Ming ordered, and immediately the eunuchs and maids came in and put the food and wine on the table again.

Liu Ming waved everyone away, sat opposite Jian Shuo, and poured him a glass of wine.

Jian Shuo was silent, obviously in a terrible mood. When his power and desire were at their peak, such a thing happened, which was a huge blow to him, and it was a heavy blow to his almost bursting of self-confidence.

Liu Ming didn't offer much comfort, he just poured wine one after another for Jian Shuo, while Jian Shuo drank heavily.

People were killed and their anger was released, leaving only loss and confusion about the future.

Indeed, Jian Shuo doesn't know what to do now.

Liu Ming needed Jian Shuo to get into a better state and let Jiu Jin arouse his anger again.

I don’t know how much he drank. Jian Shuo’s eyes were blurry and his tongue was a little big. “You said...how many grasshoppers can be tied to a fly?”

"Actually, it's not the point to tie more and less." Liu Ming smiled and said, "The key is to have one fly and one mind. Because they have the same interests and the same goal, they are tied together, and now a grasshopper from the outside has jumped out. , we must break the chain of interest binding."

"You're right, it's not on the rope, and it shouldn't appear around the rope." Jian Shuo's eyes flashed, but then dimmed again. He sighed, threw the wine cup on the table, and murmured to himself , "But this grasshopper is too powerful. It can kill me, but I can't bite it to death."

"Actually, there is no need to openly fight with it, because that is the way to seek death." Liu Ming straightened the wine cup, poured another cup for Jian Shuo, and said, "Actually, there are soft and hard strategies, both of which can be dealt with. I wonder what advice the general would like to hear?"

"Don't be verbose, let's tell it all." Jian Shuo waved his hand and said, "This general was already dizzy, and you keep going around..."

"You can block this powerful grasshopper in its nest. This move may seem like a hard move, but it's actually very soft. From another perspective, if the grasshopper wants to return to its nest, and something unexpected happens on the way... this move may seem soft, but it can be done once and for all. It's a hard move." Liu Ming said slowly, and there seemed to be some kind of magic in his voice, teasing the drunken eunuch, "Actually, no matter soft or hard, the goal is to keep this powerful grasshopper away from the rope. Don't Participate in or even be close to our interest chain.”

Jian Shuo paused with his wine cup on his lips and looked at Liu Ming blankly. His hands were shaking a little and his eyes were chattering around. He looked at no one on the left and right, leaned forward and whispered: "If you lie down Is the one sitting there angry?" "He doesn't even know what happened, so why should he be angry?" Liu Ming put away his playful expression and said seriously, "Unless there is still a grasshopper staring at you! For the current plan, either don’t do it, or if you want to do it, you must be decisive. If you continue to do so, you will leave troubles in the future!”

Jian Shuo's eyes were fixed on Liu Ming, as if he wanted to see through his true inner thoughts. After a long time, he drank the wine that had been on his lips for a long time, threw the wine cup on the table with a clang, and sighed. He said in a voice: "If this happens, you will be the first to do it!"

After saying that, he stood up and left in a hurry.

Watching Jian Shuo's disappearing back, Liu Ming poured himself a glass of wine and drank it down gently.

If he is a dutiful substitute, it doesn't mean much to him how many people know he is a fake. That is something that the original owner, the Emperor Ling, should worry about.

But now Liu Ming is not a stand-in who wants to be manipulated by others. If he wants to do something, he must care about the extent of his identity.

Queen Mother Dong knew that he was a substitute. For him, there were only risks and no benefits. She is not her stakeholder, but a third party who suddenly breaks in. Therefore, the more she knows, the more she should disappear.

Liu Ming wanted to see what action Jian Shuo would take, whether he would use soft or hard moves, but there was no movement all night, and he didn't know what the eunuch was doing.

Concubine Feng Fangnu saw that he was cold and in a bad mood, so she did not dare to be flirtatious. In addition, she was really tired from practicing riding and shooting during the day, so it was rare for Liu Ming to have a good sleep.

Early the next morning, after washing up, Liu Ming was waiting for another news.

Pan Yin came in shrinkingly, walked up to Liu Ming, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, something is wrong. The Queen beat Ningcai to death last night!"

Ningcai people? Is she the Cainü who has not been visited by the emperor for three years?
  Liu Ming thought of that poor woman and longed to be slept with by the emperor again, but in the end she was beaten to death by the empress.

"Why did the Queen beat Ning Cairen to death?" Liu Ming asked.

"The Queen Mother came to the Empress yesterday afternoon and accused her of misbehaving and causing chaos in the harem, which was unbecoming." Pan Yin continued, "The Empress was unconvinced and argued for a few words. The Queen Mother said that as long as she is here, this will happen. She had the final say in matters concerning the harem. She couldn't bear to see others messing up His Majesty's empire, so she left.

"The queen was so angry that she threw a lot of decorations, and then led her people to beat Ningcai to death. She said that Ningcai was ruining the dignity of the harem. She also threatened that the queen was the mother who cared about the world and was in charge of the harem. Who is it? Nor can we compete with her for His Majesty’s favor.”

Liu Ming frowned. Queen He was indeed fierce, both on the couch and when she got angry.

With the emperor's favor, she dared to do whatever she wanted. She killed Wang Meiren a few years ago. Now maybe I was too pampered with her and actually took it upon myself to kill Ning Cairen.

Little did he know that what Queen He did was actually related to He Jin and He Miao encouraging her to take control of the harem during the day. Of course, acting so fiercely was mainly due to the stimulation of the Queen Mother.

"Is there anything else?" Liu Ming asked when he saw that Pan Yin had not left.

"Zhang Yang is back. There are no big bandit troubles around Luoyang, only a few petty thieves causing trouble." Pan Yin told the latest information he had.

——PS: This book successfully advanced to the third round of recommendations and was strongly recommended by the historical category. The results are pretty good and it is temporarily ranked among the top three new books in the historical category. Thank you for your support from all the book lovers. Let’s keep working hard!
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