prosperous power pet

Chapter 226

"Is there anything else the emperor wants to say to this humble minister?" Shen Chuhan stood with his hands behind his back, his figure was dignified and cold, and his eyes were coldly looking at Yin Zhan, who was above him.

Yin Zhan didn't speak, but stared at him with deep eyes, with a sharp edge in his eyes.

Shen Chuhan was not in a hurry, and there was no wave in his eyes, just waiting for Yin Zhan to speak.

After looking at Shen Chuhan for a moment, Yin Zhan opened his mouth in a deep voice. His eyes met Shen Chuhan's in the air, and there was a silent but violent spark when they collided, "I don't know what Shen Aiqing means? Why did you suddenly resign?"

The corners of Shen Chuhan's lips curled up, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, "But it's not sudden, speaking of it, Weichen has planned this for a long time."

Yin Zhan frowned, and tentatively spoke, his voice was so low that no emotions could be heard, "If it is said that Shen Aiqing is not qualified for the post of prime minister, then no one in the whole court would dare to take this position."

Before confirming Shen Chuhan's true thoughts, he was naturally polite.

Shen Chuhan smiled, with a hint of sarcasm flashing across his eyes, "The emperor is absurd." After finishing speaking, he stopped, his expression not changing at all.

Yin Zhan stared at him for a moment, "Shen Aiqing is dissatisfied because I rejected some of your remarks in court some time ago?"

"I said it before, but I didn't take this opportunity to express my dissatisfaction. The whole world belongs to the emperor, so naturally the emperor's opinion comes first." His words were quite calm, but for some reason, Yin Zhan just heard something. Share ridicule meaning.

Could it be that his trick is to retreat into advance?

It's impossible for Shen Chuhan not to see how I've targeted him recently, so he naturally knows that he's going to attack him, so it's better to act first to avoid the sharp edge?In this way, even if I really want to do something to him, the public opinion will be on his side.

I weighed it in my heart for a long time, but couldn't make up my mind.

On the one hand, Shen Chuhan was able to delegate power so easily and saved him a lot of trouble, so he was naturally happy.

But on the other hand, he felt that this right came too unreal, and suspected that there was something tricky about it.

So now he is hesitating between yes and no.

There was a hint of sarcasm at the corner of Shen Chuhan's mouth.

Yin Zhan's character of being afraid of wolves and tigers really can't be changed.Since I want to take back my rights, I have given him such a good opportunity, but I am still so timid and hesitant, after all, I am not a person who will make a big deal.

Since that's the case, I'll add another fire to myself, eyes narrowed, and said coldly, "It's different from the past, the emperor already has the ability to be alone, so naturally he won't need humble ministers like in the past, so, please the emperor Complete."

Yin Zhan's face darkened.

What Shen Chuhan said was clearly accusing himself of crossing the river and tearing down the bridge.I am a king, he is a minister, and I actually use such a mocking tone to talk to myself, and the anger in my heart suddenly rises.

Gritting her teeth, her gloomy eyes fixed on Shen Chuhan's face, and a sneer suddenly erupted, "Since Mrs. Chen insists, then I will help you."

I don't believe it myself, could it be possible that the entire imperial court would be affected without him?

Although he didn't know what Shen Chuhan wanted to do, but since he created this opportunity for himself, he made good use of it.As for his real purpose, I will naturally have the opportunity to find out slowly in the future.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Chuhan cupped his hands in a salute.

Yin Zhan's eyes were still staring at his face, but what was disappointing was that he didn't see any fluctuation of expression in his eyes, so he was neither happy nor disappointed. His deep eyes were like calm and innocent. The surface of the windy lake is completely unpredictable.

"Come here." He closed his eyes and looked at Zhou Ya.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"According to my will, agree with Shen Chuhan's resignation, and remove him from the position of prime minister with immediate effect."

"No." Zhou Ya agreed, and went down to prepare the imperial edict.

Yin Zhan glanced at Shen Chuhan, and suddenly softened his tone, "Although Shen Aiqing doesn't want to continue to be the prime minister, I have seen Shen Aiqing's ability. Why don't I arrange another official position for you? I think that with Shen Xiang Naturally, he can be competent anywhere.”

He thought a lot in just a moment of effort.

Shen Chuhan was not someone in the pool, although he didn't want him to continue to be in power, but arranging him an irrelevant official position would also facilitate the follow-up to continue to observe his movements, so he eased his tone.

But he didn't want to, Shen Chuhan refused without thinking.

"I appreciate the emperor's kindness, but Ah Wan is pregnant now, and I have been busy with government affairs before, so I don't have time to spend more time with her. I want to rest for a few months to be with her, and then make plans."

Yin Zhan frowned, dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes, and he quickly stretched his brows again.

Shen Chuhan naturally knew how precious Shen Chuhan was to Song Qinghuan, otherwise he would not have insisted on asking for marriage at the risk of dissatisfaction with him. Hearing what he said now, his uneasy heart settled down.

Judging by his expression at this time, it doesn't look like an excuse. Although he knows that this cannot be the whole reason, but from the current point of view, he seems to be able to relax a little.And taking advantage of this time, he had to incorporate Shen Chuhan's original forces as soon as possible.

After thinking about it for a few times, a smile appeared on his face, "Shen Aiqing and Diji are really a couple. If so, I won't force it. When Diji successfully gives birth to Lin'er for Shen Aiqing, I will seal you up again." official position."

"My lord, I thank the emperor." Shen Chuhan drew back his long eyelashes, and bowed his head in salute to thank him.

He knew that no matter how much Yin Zhan doubted his motives, his ambition would not let him miss this opportunity to seize power without a single soldier.

"Shen Aiqing, you're welcome, take a good rest for a while, I and Liangguo still need you very much." After solving a major matter, Yin Zhan's heart suddenly relaxed, and the shadows in his eyes also dissipated a lot.

"Yes." Shen Chuhan responded coldly, "If the emperor has no other orders, I will leave first."

"Go." Yin Zhan waved his hand, with a slight smile on his lips.

"Farewell, sir." Shen Chuhan bowed his hands and turned to leave.

Watching his figure disappear outside the hall, the smile on the corners of Yin Zhan's lips froze suddenly. After staring coldly for a moment, Fang withdrew his gaze and said coldly, "Zhou Ya."

"The servant is here." Zhou Ya bowed forward.

"Send someone to watch Shen Chuhan secretly."

"Yes." Zhou Ya is Yin Zhan's confidant, Yin Zhan's fear of Shen Chuhan, Zhou Ya is naturally very clear in his heart, so he is not surprised to hear Yin Zhan's request.

After a pause, he said respectfully and tentatively, "Your Majesty, do you think... Prime Minister Chen sincerely asked to resign?" At this moment, there was no one else in the hall, so Zhou Ya lost a little bit of estimation when he spoke.

Yin Zhan snorted coldly, with dark currents in his eyes.

"Shen Chuhan is not a simple character. I don't believe that he would delegate power so easily. There must be a reason behind his sudden resignation at this time, so you must send someone to keep an eye on it."

"The slave understands."

"Okay, you go down first."

"promise."

As soon as Zhou Ya left, the hall became quiet. Yin Zhan sat at the head, staring blankly at the memorial unfolded in front of him.

When he first succeeded to the throne, due to his poor health, many memorials were reviewed by Shen Chuhan. It can be said that the entire government of Liang Kingdom is in the hands of Shen Chuhan.

Later, Shen Chuhan found Huoyanghua for him, and his health improved, so Shen Chuhan took the initiative to return the right to approve the memorial.Even though he is so knowledgeable, in Yin Zhan's heart, he is still the most restless existence.

Coupled with the fact that he was deceived by Su Rao some time ago, the Qing Yuan fruit that he thought he could get was lost, and he was even more afraid of Shen Chuhan in his heart.That's why he was operated on in advance, but he didn't want to be surprised that he cooperated so much.

His eyes narrowed, and there was a flash of coldness.

This matter will never be so simple, but no matter what Shen Chuhan's real purpose is, right now, the most important thing is to firmly hold the power of the government in his hands as soon as possible.

He breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes fell on the memorial in front of him, and he was about to pick up his pen when a small servant came in from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Shu please see me."

Yin Zhan frowned fiercely.

Song Qingyu?She came here at this time, I'm afraid she has nothing else to do.

During this period of time, he was busy attacking Shen Chuhan's forces in the court, and he had no time to control the concubines in the harem. In addition, he was not interested in the affairs of men and women, so he naturally neglected Song Qingyu in the past half a month. The palace couldn't stay any longer, so he came to check on the situation.

Due to Song Qingyu's status as the concubine of the Yu Kingdom, Yin Zhan couldn't be too cold-hearted, his face darkened, and he said, "Let her in."

The waiter Nuo withdrew.

Soon, there was the sound of clinking pendants approaching, and bursts of fragrance wafted indistinctly.

Yin Zhan looked up.

Appearing in sight was Song Qingyu, who was well-dressed in palace attire, followed by a maid, with affectionate eyes, staring at Yin Zhan above him without blinking.

"Your Majesty." She walked up to her gracefully, and Jiao Didi opened her mouth.

Yin Zhan put down the imperial brush in his hand, and said casually, "Why is Concubine Shu here?"

Song Qingyu smiled coquettishly, and glanced at the maid behind her, "The concubine heard that the emperor is busy with government affairs these days, and worried that the emperor is working too hard, but he can't share your worries for the emperor, so I personally cooked this pigeon's nest soup for the emperor. Try it."

The maid understood and handed over the food box in her hand.

Song Qingyu took it, and stared at Yin Zhan affectionately, the tenderness in his eyes was about to overflow.

Ever since Yin Zhan got angry with her inexplicably that day, she felt a little angry towards Yin Zhan in her heart, so she stopped for a few days.It's just that more than half a month has passed, and Yin Zhan has no intention of entering the harem at all, so he inevitably becomes anxious.

Although there are not many concubines in the harem now, and she has the highest status, she shouldn't have any sense of crisis.But for some reason, I felt a little uneasy.She has been in Liangguo for more than a year, but the number of times Yin Zhan has touched her is just a handful.

Knowing that she and Yin Zhan are in a political marriage, she gradually dispelled the idea of ​​wanting Yin Zhan to like her.But she is from the royal family after all, and she knows that in the harem, the favor of the king is false, and the only thing that can be trusted is the heirs.

Song Qinghuan, who got married after her, was already pregnant early, but her belly hasn't moved for a long time, so how can she not be in a hurry?You Qi heard about Shen Chuhan's resignation at the court today, and his heart became more and more uneasy, so he plucked up the courage to come to Yin Zhan.

Glancing at her shy and timid eyes, Yin Zhan only felt sick in his heart, but he also knew that he couldn't do too much after all. He lowered his eyes to suppress the repulsion in his eyes, looked up at her, and said in a deep voice, "Concubine Shu has worked hard!" gone."

Seeing his calm expression, Song Qingyu seemed to be encouraged. He stepped forward cautiously, walked to Yin Zhan's side, put the food box on the table, opened it, and took out the celadon soup cup inside.

"Your Majesty, you have a taste." Song Qingyu scooped up a spoonful of soup, and held it to Yin Zhan's lips expectantly.

Yin Zhan dodged subconsciously.

Seeing this, Song Qingyu shook his hands slightly, almost spilling the soup in the spoon.

"I'll do it myself." Yin Zhan took the spoon from her hand, drank it himself, and looked up at her, "Are you nervous?"

"No...no..." Song Qingyu hastily denied.

Yin Zhan put the spoon back into the soup cup, and said in a cool voice, "Sit down, too."

"Huh?" Song Qingyu was taken aback, thinking he had heard wrong.

Yin Zhan had no choice but to repeat it patiently.

Song Qingyu's eyes lit up, his face was ecstatic, and he sat down beside Yin Zhan.

Smelling the faint fragrance of fat and powder coming from his nose, Yin Zhan frowned in disgust, and subconsciously distanced himself from Song Qingyu.It's just that Song Qingyu was immersed in joy and didn't notice it.

"Your Majesty, drink it while it's hot." She said with a smile on her face, looking at Yin Zhan attentively.

"En." Yin Zhan didn't want to show his dislike for her too clearly, so he responded and took the soup cup.Although Song Qingyu said that she cooked it herself, everything was prepared in the kitchen, and she just started it casually, so the soup was not bad, but Yin Zhan finished it in a hurry.

Song Qingyu saw it in his eyes, felt attacked from the bottom of his heart, and said softly, "If the emperor likes it, I will cook more soup for you in the future."

"No need." Yin Zhan refused without even thinking about it. Feeling that the smile on the corner of Song Qingyu's mouth froze and his eyes turned cold, he explained, "Let the kitchen do this kind of thing. Why do you have to put yourself in the kitchen?" It's worked so hard."

Xu Shi hadn't heard Yin Zhan speak to her in such a gentle tone for a long time, Song Qingyu's eyes were wet, tears rolled in his eyes, and his tone became more tender and sweet, "For the sake of the emperor, my concubine doesn't feel hard. "

Yin Zhan said "um", and pushed the finished soup cup aside, "Concubine Shu is here today, besides delivering soup for me, is there anything else I can do?"

Song Qingyu glanced at him, "The concubine heard that the emperor has been very hard these days, and the emperor hasn't been to the harem for a long time, so I want to come and see you."

Yin Zhan knew her thoughts very well.

But he hadn't been in the harem for more than half a month, if he taught those pedantic ministers to know, he would start chattering and admonishing him again.Glancing at Song Qingyu, his voice was cool, "I was really too busy a while ago and ignored Concubine Shu. I will go to your palace for dinner tonight."

"Really?" Song Qingyu's eyes lit up, and he immediately raised his head to look at Yin Zhan.

Yin Zhan nodded, getting impatient, "I still have some political affairs to deal with, if Concubine Shu has nothing else to do, go back to the palace first."

Song Qingyu didn't move, but blinked hesitantly, looked at Yin Zhan cautiously and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Prime Minister Shen resigned in court today?"

(End of this chapter)