Chapter 83 Li Chengqian, take care of yourself!

Prime Minister Lin knows that the road ahead is unpredictable, and retiring to his hometown this time does not necessarily mean that he will escape unscathed.

The last person who died tragically on the way back to his hometown was the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture.
Lin Ruofu’s temples were gray, and a long-lost smile appeared on his old face.

With tears in his eyes, the old man held his son’s hand and said:
“Dabao, when you live in Fan Xian’s house in the future, you must greet people and be sensible.”

The honest and lovely Dabao didn’t know what kind of situation his father would face. He just thought about living with Xiaoxianxian and that he would have plenty of time to play with him in the future. He was very happy:

“Don’t worry, Dabao will be obedient.”

“Every day, you must put your clothes in order and keep them clean. Don’t quarrel with others. If you are wronged, tell Fan Xian and Wan’er.”

Lin Ruofu leaned over and tidied Dabao’s clothes, just like when he was a child:
“Dabao, you may not understand what I am going to say next, but just remember it in your heart. Remember, people will change. Just believe in Fan Xian and Wan’er.”

Dabao repeated, “Well, I only trust Xiao Xianxian and Wan’er.”

Lin Ruofu patiently taught:

“Just call him Xiao Xianxian in private. Don’t call him that when there are many people around, or he might be unhappy.”

Dabao shook his head like a rattle: “It’s okay, it’s okay. Xiao Xianxian won’t be angry about this.”

As the sun sets, the evening breeze blows into the room, causing the door to open slightly.

Fan Xian and Lin Wan’er stood behind the door, the latter’s beautiful eyes filled with tears.

“Of course, Dad believes in Fan Xian and Wan’er, otherwise…”

Lin Ruofu held Dabao’s hand, lowered his head and sighed:
“But, just in case, Dad is just saying in case, one day, the two of them don’t like you that much anymore, and don’t want to talk to you anymore, then you should try to be quieter, talk to yourself, and play with yourself.”

Dabao looked puzzled.

Seeing this, Lin Ruofu felt sad, but he still forced a smile to coax Dabao, his voice trembling slightly: “Just curl up in the corner and live slowly, just like playing a game where you try not to disturb others, do you understand?”

Dabao asked in confusion: “Why don’t they like me?”

Lin Ruofu shook his head: “What if? Dad is just saying what if. Didn’t Dad tell you? People change. But even if there comes such a day, it doesn’t matter. In this world, no one is born to treat you well.”

Dabao followed along, not quite understanding:

“No one in this world is born to be nice to you.”

Lin Ruofu nodded heavily in satisfaction, his eyes never leaving Dabao, holding his son’s chubby hand tightly:

“Dad is an exception!”

Dabao followed along, not quite understanding: “Dad is an exception”

Lin Ruofu nodded again, the sadness on his face became more intense, and tears welled up in his eyes:

“Yes, Dad is an exception.”

Dabao didn’t understand what happened, but when he heard his father, he smiled happily:

“Daddy is an exception! Daddy is an exception! Daddy is an exception!”

Dabao’s voice and laughter filled the entire house.

Lin Wan’er covered her lips, leaned in Fan Xian’s arms, and trembled as she tried to hold back her tears.

Fan Xian held Wan’er in his arms with a look of heartache, his eyes slightly red, and spoke with difficulty to interrupt the conversation between the father and son:
“Uncle, the prince has sent me a letter, saying that the journey back home is bound to be full of dangers.”

Lin Wan’er ran towards her father crying and grabbed his arm:

“Dad, don’t go, you will be in danger.”

Lin Ruofu looked around at his two children. His daughter was in tears and her concern was evident in words. Although his son looked confused, he also frowned in worry and comforted his sister who didn’t know why she was crying.

He has a son and a daughter, but unfortunately he is no longer lucky enough to enjoy the happiness of having a son and a daughter.
“I have to go.”

Lin Ruofu stood up with his children, looked at Fan Xian, and sighed:
“Since I have already agreed with Your Majesty to retire and return home, there is no reason for me to regret it. If I leave, even though there will be difficulties and obstacles on the road, after all, I am only an old man, so I will die if I die.”

Lin Wan’er cried and covered her father’s mouth: “Dad, don’t talk nonsense!”

Lin Ruofu smiled and shook his head, letting go of his daughter’s hand:
“But if I don’t leave, the Lin family will be in danger.”

Fan Xian understood the current situation, but he couldn’t utter a word, as if there was something stuck in his throat.

Lin Ruofu stepped forward and handed the two children to Fan Xian:
“From now on, Wan’er and Dabao will be in your care.”

“Uncle.”

Fan Xian’s eyes were filled with tears.

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Emperor Qing urgently summoned a court meeting after a long absence. The scale of the meeting was larger than the previous ones. He also announced in advance that all ministers and officials had to attend the meeting regardless of their reasons, whether they were ill or on leave.

Fan Jian pushed Chen Pingping’s wheelchair to the main hall and wondered:

“Your Majesty has been holding court meetings so frequently recently, and this time the event was so fussy. What’s going on?”

Since there was no one around, Chen Pingping might as well just say:
“Maybe it’s about Prime Minister Lin’s retirement and returning home, and he wants to give an explanation to the ministers and officials, right?”

Fan Jian thought that it made some sense, but it was not entirely correct:
“But this incident happened two days ago. Why did you only explain it today?”

Chen Pingping shook his head. He was not in a position to share more speculations and information.

The person from the Supervisory Council came over quickly and leaned over to whisper to Chen Pingping:
“President Chen, the note you asked us to deliver to Fan Xian at the Lin Residence cannot be delivered because the Lin Residence is surrounded by people inside and outside. We have no chance to contact Master Fan in private.”

Chen Pingping’s slender eyes moved slightly. He didn’t expect His Majesty to be so cruel that he wouldn’t even allow a reminder?
“but.”

The black-clad official from the Overwatch Council hesitated for a moment and added, “We found the Crown Prince’s maidservant around the Lin residence. She was holding something in her hand. It should be a note conveying information. It seemed like she was deliberately letting us see it.”

Chen Pingping nodded slightly and said, “Keep an eye on the whereabouts of the Black Cavalry. If His Majesty mobilizes the Black Cavalry, report to me at any time.”

“Yes!”

Fan Jian watched the people from the Supervisory Council run away. He hadn’t seen such an emergency situation in a long time:
“What’s going on? What happened to the Black Knight? Is something big going to happen?”

Chen Pingping shook his head and let Fan Jian continue to push him to the main hall to attend court. He sighed:
“It’s more than a big deal. I’m afraid your majesty will take action against Prime Minister Lin, just like Mei Zhili was robbed and killed by horse thieves on his way home last time.”

Fan Jian paused, shocked:
“That’s Prime Minister Lin. Your Majesty wants him too?”

Chen Pingping did not comment, staring at the hall not far away:

“Your Majesty’s heart is as deep as the abyss. No one can understand what Your Majesty wants to do.”

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“Brother, I’m counting on you.”

“Don’t worry, Your Highness.”

Li Chengru bowed respectfully to the prince before he mounted his horse, squeezed the horse’s belly, and rode away, followed by no less than a hundred imperial guardsmen.

Li Chengqian watched his elder brother leave. He asked his elder brother to go to the road that Lin Xiang had to take on his way home in the name of training troops. There was no need to use troops to cause conflict. It would only serve as a deterrent.

Simultaneously.

Li Chengqian also boarded the carriage. Qingzhu followed the prince’s instructions and asked Luan Hongyu, who was driving the horse, to drive in the direction where the imperial guards left and quietly followed them out of the city. At the same time, dozens of secret guards followed behind him, all of whom were masters kept by the prince’s mansion.

Jiang Ziyan looked out the window timidly:

“Your Highness, His Majesty is calling a court meeting. Isn’t it a bit absurd for us to leave the city like this?” Li Chengqian laughed and put his hand on Jiang Ziyan’s shoulder:
“Why? Do you want to go and inform His Majesty?”

Qingzhu widened his eyes. Didn’t they say that Luan Hongyu was His Majesty’s person?

Why does Your Highness the Crown Prince say this?

Jiang Ziyan timidly retracted her neck and looked at the Crown Prince in fear:

“Your Highness, I don’t know what you are talking about. I am just your little cutie~”

The soft and cute girl blinks her big, pitiful eyes and speaks in a delicate voice.

If Li Chengqian hadn’t seen that her loyalty was only 60, he would have almost believed Jiang Ziyan’s lies!

“Humph, you’re the most delicious!”

Jiang Ziyan chuckled and hid aside.

Li Chengqian leaned on Qingzhu’s thigh, thinking about his next plan. He had actually applied to His Majesty for the road to leave the capital and go to the road that Prime Minister Lin had to take to return home. He was responsible for getting back the list of Prime Minister Lin’s people.

Another purpose besides this is to eat some melons.

Let’s see if this system with a very low sense of existence can generate some gold coins.
“It would be best if you could give me some cheating methods of cultivation.”

‘I don’t want to practice every night.’

“That’s when I want to favor my harem.”

Li Chengqian leaned against Qingzhu and rested his head in her arms. The scent of milk and the fresh bamboo aroma filled his nose.

What a special body fragrance
The only one in the world.

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Court.

Emperor Qing put on the dragon robe after a long absence.

This formal suit has not been worn for a long time, except for the time when I received the envoy from Northern Qi.

The ministers and officials were whispering to each other, anticipating the big event that was about to happen, with a sense of crisis that a storm was about to come.

“quiet!”

Eunuch Hou cracked his whip to stop the ministers from whispering.

Emperor Qing looked around at the different expressions of his ministers and felt a sense of interest:

“Have you all heard about this? Prime Minister Lin has resigned from his post and returned home. He is now free from all responsibilities, but the heavy burden has fallen on me.”

The civil and military officials looked at each other in bewilderment. As expected, they were going to talk about Prime Minister Lin.

Now that the position of Prime Minister is vacant, the Lin Party has been uprooted. All of Prime Minister Lin’s friends are looking miserable. Having lost their greatest support in the court, one can imagine how Your Majesty will treat them.

Others thought that since Prime Minister Lin had been kicked out, His Majesty should choose a new prime minister to replace Prime Minister Lin. All forces were determined to fight for it, but if they recommended themselves at this time, it would seem that they had been eyeing the position of prime minister for a long time and had ulterior motives.

So for a moment, no one, from top to bottom, dared to respond to His Majesty’s words.

Including important officials such as Chen Pingping, Qin Ye, Fan Jian, and Lai Yushi.

Emperor Qing looked at Chen Pingping with interest:

“Chen Pingping, don’t you claim to be my most loyal subject? I just lost Prime Minister Lin and I’m busy all over, why don’t you share my worries?”

Chen Pingping pushed the wheelchair forward and saluted:

“Your Majesty, since Prime Minister Lin has left, you will naturally need a new Prime Minister to serve Your Majesty. However, the position of Prime Minister is second only to the emperor and above all others. It is indeed too heavy a responsibility. I, your humble servant, do not know what to say or do, nor do I know how to help Your Majesty.”

Emperor Qing looked at Mr. Qin:
“Qin Ye, what about you?”

Old Master Qin stood up slowly, without bowing, but just clasped his fists:
“Your Majesty, I am only a military commander. The position of Prime Minister is to relieve Your Majesty’s worries and handle trivial government affairs, which these old ministers are not familiar with. But since Prime Minister Lin has retired, didn’t he leave advice for Your Majesty to designate who should take over the position of Prime Minister?”

Emperor Qing smiled with satisfaction on the surface, but he cursed inwardly:
A bunch of old guys, each of them covets my power, and they pretend to be so honest at this time!

Upon hearing this, Censor Lai quickly stepped forward and said loudly:
“Your Majesty, Prime Minister Lin has been in office for many years and has extensive connections. You should not use the people he recommended. The position of Prime Minister is too important. If you use his people in the next position, it is inevitable that after Prime Minister Lin retires and returns to his hometown, he will not be in Kyoto, and someone else will be able to interfere in the Kyoto court!”

Finally someone dared to make a clear statement. It seems that Li Chengqian was right to ask me to keep him.

Emperor Qing finally heard the answer he wanted to hear, and he hit the snake up the tree:

“Lai Mingcheng is right. The position of prime minister is too important to be replaced by a new person. So I have come up with a plan to set up a brand new organization to recruit talented people from all over the world to help me solve problems and replace the prime minister.”

“What do you think, is it good?”

Now that I have finished speaking, who is in favor and who is against?
Who dares to object? ! !

Chen Pingping narrowed his eyes slightly, and veins bulged on his hands, which were placed on the wheelchair.

Even Qin Ye, who was always sleepy, sat up straight at this moment, quite shocked.

The ministers and officials were in an uproar, and even the old hands in the court could see it.

Your Majesty, how can you change the prime minister? You are going to remove the prime minister! You are going to disperse the power of the prime minister to the people you trust.

Take all the power of prime minister!

Lai Mingcheng was a loyal supporter of His Majesty. Even though he felt uneasy, he still bravely asked:

“Your Majesty, what is the name of this new organization, and who will lead it?”

None of the ministers and officials opposed it, only Lai Mingcheng dared to join in the discussion with His Majesty.

Because the last person who was driven out of Kyoto was the Prime Minister, second only to the emperor.
Li Yunqian laughed with satisfaction and looked at Eunuch Hou.

Eunuch Hou understood what he meant and walked slowly in front of everyone:

“From now on, I will lead Qing Pavilion. Qing Pavilion will recruit talents from all over the country. Your Majesty will personally select candidates from the candidates who passed the Spring Examination in this year’s imperial examination. I am dedicated to helping your Majesty. I hope you will cooperate with me and work hard for your Majesty together.”

The officials secretly curled their lips. A dead eunuch without a penis, they usually had to address them as “Sir” when they met him in private outside the palace. Now, he has turned into a “fake prime minister” whose status is even higher than theirs.

He doesn’t even want to call me an adult.
Chen Pingping pushed the wheelchair, saluted to Eunuch Hou, and congratulated His Majesty:
“As the saying goes, only by combining the strengths of many can a brilliant plan be achieved. Qingge’s plan is truly brilliant. Your Majesty is wise!”

Even the President of the Overwatch Council, the Dark Night Lord, had spoken up, and no one else had the courage to oppose him.

All the officials knelt down and shouted in unison:

“Your Majesty, Holy Might!”

“Long live His Majesty, long live His Majesty, long live His Majesty!!!”

Emperor Qing looked down at all this with satisfaction, smiling brightly.

Looking up again, he gazed at the road out of the capital in the distance, and praised in his heart:

Li Chengqian, you did a good job.
You take care of yourself and don’t make any mistakes.

I will hand over the Fan family to you.

(End of this chapter)