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Arc 4 – Slag that Prince Regent
Chapter 105

The prince regent had already set off when the others remembered to inform the Emperor.

Sitting in court, the people below for once had a solemn expression. The attack from the barbarians had exposed a lot of Chen Empire’s shortcomings. These chronic issues had accumulated for a long time so even if Shen Wumian goes to deal with it now, it wouldn’t be settled in a short time. He had originally thought he had more time, but he didn’t expect the barbarians to attack so suddenly. The rations, equipment, horses, everything required money. The two prime ministers as well as the other officials constantly gave their opinions and although the circumstances were quite overwhelming, they still managed to come up with a feasible plan.

After the court, Chi Zhao wanted to return to his quarters as usual, but he was stopped by someone behind him.

“Your Majesty, please wait!”

Chi Zhao turned to look back. An old man strode together to him. It was the left prime minister.

Chi Zhao stood there quietly, waiting for him to come over.

Three steps turning into two steps, the left prime minister soon reached Chi Zhao. The officials who were leaving at this moment saw this scene. Some perked their ears, eager to hear what they were saying but they were unfortunately too far to hear clearly.

The left prime minister had a lot of things to say. He didn’t know why but he felt that this time, the attack from the barbarians was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. He wasn’t afraid of others, but he was afraid that the young Emperor couldn’t hold himself back and would do something outrageous.

But when he got closer and saw the young Emperor’s eyes that appeared to be calmer than an adults, he felt that perhaps he was getting older and was now even worrying meaninglessly.

Slightly relieved but just to be on the safe side, the left prime minister still said, “Your Majesty, there is no peace between the country and the outside. Please remain in the palace and don’t do anything rash.”

This statement was very meaningful. Chi Zhao thought about it and then nodded obediently, “Thank you Lord Wei. Zhen understands.”

After that, Chi Zhao turned and left. At the same time, he felt some regret in his heart.

The main system had said the that world would progress in his favour so when the left prime minister approached him, he had thought that he was there to ask him to do something. In the end, he had come to remind him not to do anything.

So disappointed.

…..

Hong Lei was a palace maid. The palace rules stipulated that a palace maid cannot enter the court to serve so when he left, only a few eunuchs followed Chi Zhao out the main door. If he turned around that corner, it would be the junction between the court and the harem and Hong Lei would be waiting for him there.

Chi Zhao was still wondering how he could go to the prince regent’s mansion to find Shen Sixteen when a voice sounded again behind him.

Today, he seemed to be in high demand.

Chi Zhao turned around. Very coincidentally, the person who had stopped him just now was the left prime minister and now the person stopping him was the right prime minister.

The right one was a little older than the left, but he looked younger. If you ignored the grey hairs, he looked no different from a middle-aged person.

The right prime minister laughed and bowed to Chi Zhao. Without waiting for Chi Zhao to tell him to get up, he directly raised his head and looked at Chi Zhao with a smile that also didn’t seem like a smile, “Your Majesty, this old official recently got his hands on some top-grade calligraphy works and would like to take this opportunity to gift it to your Majesty. I wonder if Your Majesty would give me a chance to do so?”

Listen to this! This is the standard line for trouble! All that bunch of nonsense was basically telling the other party that he was ready to make trouble!

………

If he wanted to get out of the palace, he would need someone to help him. The right prime minister had clearly been turned into a divine assistant after the world progress had changed. Chi Zhao naturally had to accept his help.

Without going to the harem, Chi Zhao turned his feet and went with the right prime minister and eunuchs to the Qinzheng Hall. After arriving, he ordered the eunuchs to watch the door and then sat down in the main seat, “Speak now if you have something to say. Zhen is busy.”

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The palace was now almost completely under Shen Wumian’s control. Although he wasn’t around, his subordinates are everywhere, not to mention, even just Hong Lei alone was able to prevent him from doing anything.

The right prime minister looked at Chi Zhao and finally no longer smiled. He stored away his difficult to decipher smile and his eyes flashed with appreciation and interest, “This official thinks it’s pretty good. Your Majesty sure enough is not as cowardly as you seem, can certainly take over the important task given by the former Emperor.”

Chi Zhao: “……” Those words were too illogical. The task entrusted to him by the former Emperor was to live quietly, in obscurity. What kind of important task is that?

The right prime minister was also aware that Chen Yi was constantly being watched by others so this meeting of theirs would most definitely attract other people’s attention. He however had no other choice. Now was a once in a lifetime opportunity to take advantage of. Before Shen Wumian returns, everything must be settled.

He didn’t continue talking nonsense and very concisely explained his intentions. Chi Zhao continued to listen on expressionlessly, appearing very calm, but inside him, one word repeated itself over and over again.

Dammit!

Dammit!!

Dammit!!!

This right prime minister had concealed himself very well. He was actually more royalist than the royalist left prime minister!

However, it wasn’t appropriate calling him a royalist. His allegiance was towards the former Emperor, that is, the good Emperor who had unfortunately died too early.

To the left prime minister, if Chen Yi died, he could always find others with royal bloodlines. No matter what that person was, it was enough as long as they are surnamed Chen. To the right prime minister however, he became an official so that he could repay the former Emperor’s kindness. Since the former Emperor had asked him to protect the current young Emperor before his death, he was determined to protect Chen Yi.

Everyone here feared Shen Wumian. Many hoped that Shen Wumian would die, and the right prime minister was one of them. He acted like he didn’t care about anything but he in fact had always wanted to stab that bastard, Shen Wumian!

While stabbing, he would also curse at him. Where did you get that courage from?! How dare you covet His Majesty?! How dare you do that?! Is His Majesty someone you can covet?! Did you soak your brain in soybean paste?!

……….

So, when he learned that the barbarians had invaded, his first reaction wasn’t protecting Chen Empire but that he now had a chance to knock Shen Wumian down. The right prime minister had some hidden forces and manpower on his side and at the same time he could make use of the favours he had accumulated from those who also didn’t like Shen Wumian.

This method was very dangerous. If they failed, they wouldn’t be able to recover but if they won, it would be a wonderous occasion. If they wanted to make Chen Empire prosperous and strong again, the first thing they had to do was to deal with the corruption internally.

With the time it took to finish a cup of tea, the right prime minister told the young Emperor everything that had to be said. He spoke until his throat was dry, but he didn’t dare drink and just stared firmly at the young Emperor, “What do you think Your Majesty?”

Chi Zhao silently closed his mouth that was slightly open from shock and thought seriously for a while, “How long do you need?”

“Answering Your Majesty, fifteen days.”

When he gave this answer, the right prime minister felt a little frustrated inside. He naturally knew that fifteen days was too long but Shen Wumian’s power had stretched far across the capital so it wouldn’t be easy getting rid of it and gaining a firm foothold.

Hearing this answer, Chi Zhao wasn’t very surprised. Fifteen days however was too long.

Chi Zhao smiled faintly, “Ten days should be enough.”

Answering the right prime minister’s surprised look, Chi Zhao slowly added, “Zhen will help you.”

Leaving Qinzheng Hall, Chi Zhao returned to his quarters. Along the way, although Hong Lei didn’t say anything, Chi Zhao saw her exchange a look with one of the eunuchs. She was probably trying to investigate what happened. Chi Zhao didn’t care and only continued to drink the lotus soup in his bowl.

【Can you really shorten fifteen days into ten days?】

Chi Zhao swallowed and answered inside, “Of course. The people outside can be dealt with by the right prime minister and I can deal with the people inside. As long as the palace is sorted, it shouldn’t be a problem outside.”

The main system found it very strange. He wasn’t trying to look down on Chi Zhao but……Chi Zhao’s personality and intelligence definitely wasn’t suitable for being involved with politics. Although he was smart, he wasn’t sly. If he really got involved with power struggles, he probably wouldn’t survive longer than three episodes.

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But Chi Zhao’s answer was filled with confidence, as if he really did have that ability.

【Then what are you planning to do? Before he left, Shen Wumian had placed his most powerful subordinates both inside and outside the palace. Let alone people, even a bird will not be able to fly out from this place. Even if the right prime minister can send assassins in, they probably wouldn’t be able to last long.】

“What’s the assassin for?” Chi Zhao wondered.

【….If the assassins don’t come in, who will help you deal with them?】

Chi Zhao was even more confused, “Why does someone need to help me?”

The main system was speechless.

【Did you want to go against a group of them alone?】

And they are also proficient at martial arts. With Chi Zhao’s small body, just a sneeze from them would knock him down!

……..

“Why would I go against them? Isn’t that just asking for death?” Chi Zhao replied calmly, “I’m not stupid.”

【Then what do you plan to do?】

The main system was losing his patience. Chi Zhao took another sip of his lotus soup and slowly answered.

“It’s very simple.” Chi Zhao smiled, “Drug them.”

Main system: “……..”

After a moment of silence, the main system could only cruelly tear apart Chi Zhao’s naïve thoughts.

【Those people are all proficient at martial arts. Ordinary poison won’t work on them. Even if you do get something that’s not ordinary, how would you poison them? They are all extremely vigilant such that even if there was something wrong with their food, they wouldn’t even eat it anymore. All poison have a taste or colour to it. Those that are colourless and tasteless and highly toxic only exist in novels or still needs to be studied further so they currently don’t exist in this world.】

Chi Zhao lightly blinked, “Who said I’m going to poison them? I said I’m going to drug them. It won’t endanger their lives; it’ll just make them sleep for a night. I would then use that opportunity to tie and lock them up.

Was there a difference? The difficulty of the two was exactly the same!

The tired main system paused for a moment. He thought abut it and asked a question he had been wondering for a while now.

【Do you have a way to get knock-out drugs?】

Chi Zhao shook his head, “No need for knock-out drugs. I have a drug with me, and plenty of it too. No need to worry too much. This thing is colourless, tasteless and has no side effects. The effect will wear off after sleeping for a night so it’s very humane.”

The more the main system listened, the more he felt that it strangely sounded familiar.

【Are you referring to……】

Chi Zhao smiled brightly, “I’m referring to the one spring night potion.”

Main system: “……….”

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