Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 354 Conversation
Chen Zhi smiled and glanced at the eunuch beside him, with a sincere smile on his face, "Thank you for reminding me, father-in-law.",

The father-in-law shook his head, thinking that none of the other princes in the palace were plotting against others and making a fuss in order to fight for the throne. The fifth prince who had just returned seemed too inexperienced to understand the dangers of the world.The father-in-law sighed and shook his head again.

Chen Zhi didn't care about the thoughts in his father-in-law's mind, this was what he wanted.

After that, the father-in-law remained silent and led Chen Zhi silently.

Chen Zhi walked to the door of the imperial study room, and the guards at the door stopped him, "Your Highness Fifth Prince, please allow your subordinates to go down and report to the emperor."

Chen Zhi nodded casually, then stood at the door and waited.

After a while, the guard came out and said to Chen Zhi: "Your Highness, the Emperor let you in."

"En." Chen Zhi entered the imperial study room, the emperor was still approving the memorial, while approving, his expression became more and more serious.

Eunuch Gui whispered beside the emperor, "Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince has come down."

After the emperor finished approving the memorial in hand, he put the papers on the stack on the right, then put down the brush in his hand, and rubbed the center of his eyebrows.

When his expression was no longer so heavy, the emperor raised his head and glanced at Chen Zhi who was dressed in red.

Chen Zhi saluted and said, "See Father."

The emperor gave a "hmm" and quietly looked at the son in front of him.

Chen Zhi was sent to Zhao State when he was a child.Although I used to love Chen Zhi when he was a child because of his mother and concubine.But in the past few years, Chen Zhi has been growing up in Zhao country, and because he has more and more children under his knees, he has a slight rejection of this child who is far away in Zhao country.

Because in the past two years, I have gradually alienated Concubine Rong a lot, and no longer have the same favor and love as before, but love the young and shy Concubine Lian more.So when Chen Zhi came back, he not only rejected him, but also became more hostile.

In recent years, it has become more and more obvious that other children of his own covet the throne, especially the second child, who almost ignored him as the emperor.He is bold and ruthless in his actions, and he is even more ruthless in dealing with officials in the court who do not obey him.So now as far as he knows, more than half of the officials are his people.

Sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs.The emperor thought to himself.

Looking at Chen Zhi who was smiling innocently and smirking in front of him, the emperor actually felt a little resentful.Although he was angry with those princes who didn't respect him, but seeing that they were all capable and capable, he was actually happy in his heart, after all, they were all his sons.So the emperor was a little disappointed with this incompetent Chen Zhi.Concubine Rong's methods were also very powerful back then, otherwise I wouldn't have spoiled her for so long.But he and Concubine Rong's children are so stupid, which makes the emperor feel very shameless.

But after thinking about it, Chen Zhi grew up in Zhao country most of the time, not in Qi country, so he didn't think about it anymore.

"Sit down." The emperor pointed to the seat next to him and said to Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi quickly smiled and said, "Thank you, father."

The emperor simply asked how Chen Zhi was getting used to it, and if there was any dissatisfaction.Chen Zhidu replied with a smile that it was very good and he was very satisfied.

The emperor talked with Chen Zhi for a while, but suddenly a different feeling spread in his heart.It was not easy for him to ascend to the throne. He saw the colors of many people, calculated many brothers, stepped on the blood of countless people, and slowly climbed to the throne step by step.So the emperor is very sensitive to things like calculations, and can faintly detect other people's deliberate disguise.

So now after talking with Chen Zhi for a while, the emperor suddenly thought of a question, how could someone as proud as Concubine Rong allow her child to be so useless?

Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help becoming vigilant, and looked at Chen Zhi suspiciously. Once he had doubts, he would feel that there were flaws everywhere.

Is Chen Zhi really so naive?
Chen Zhi was originally answering the emperor's question with a smile, but suddenly realized that the emperor's eyes looking at him had changed, but the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he continued to smile innocently and chat with the emperor.

The emperor asked a few more questions tentatively, but Chen Zhi didn't even change his expression and bluffed past.

Looking at the silly Chen Zhi who didn't understand anything in front of him, the emperor began to wonder if his thinking was wrong.It is impossible for such a simple idiot to be so smart.

However, whether Chen Zhi was really innocent or if he was really hiding himself, deliberately disguising himself as an idiot, the emperor no longer thought about it.

The more fiercely these children fight, the longer they can sit on the throne.Thinking of this, the emperor sighed.It's really useless for the emperor to act like this.

The emperor coughed heavily, and Eunuch Gui hurried forward, "Is the emperor feeling unwell?"

Chen Zhi also showed concern, "Father, are you okay?"

The emperor coughed a few more times and waved his hands, "I'm fine."

Recently, his health has become worse and worse, and I don't know if it is related to the factors of those princes coveting the throne.

"You go back first." After coughing, the emperor felt that his internal organs were hurting from coughing, and said rudely to Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi nodded, took another look at the weak emperor, and left.

After Chen Zhi left, Eunuch Gui walked up to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I will pour you some tea to moisten your lungs."

The emperor nodded, Eunuch Gui poured a cup of tea and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor picked it up and took a sip. The tea entered his throat. The emperor felt better and took a deep breath.

"Li Degui, do you think my illness has something to do with those princes?" the emperor asked.

Eunuch Gui was the one who accompanied the emperor very early on, so the emperor trusted him very much.

Eunuch Gui was stunned for a moment, "Perhaps the emperor is thinking too much." He didn't say yes or no, after all, no matter how you answer this question, you will be wrong.

The emperor chuckled, but his expression slowly sank. "How much do I think? I also hope that I think too much."

Duke Gui didn't speak at the side, he knew that these words had been held back and buried in the emperor's heart for a long time.

"Now the interior of Qi State's royal family is not peaceful, and the outside of Qi State is not peaceful..." The emperor suddenly became silent, closed his eyes and shook his head, "This is a memorial given to me by the general who guards the border, saying that Zhao State is displayed on the border between the two countries. The army in the region has increased a lot in recent days, and then they asked me what to do. Li Degui, what do you think I should do?" The emperor's face was calm, but there was a dark current in his eyes. "These princes are cultivating their own people one by one. I don't know who else is a good official in the court who can really serve the state of Qi?"

"There was a General Song who could use it before, but he was framed by that Nizi!" When mentioning this matter, the emperor coughed angrily again.

Eunuch Gui hastily patted the emperor on the back lightly, "Your majesty, you should pay more attention to your dragon body, be careful not to get angry and hurt yourself."

(End of this chapter)