I just reached the maximum level, and you want me to be a puppet emperor?

Chapter 129 If you want to be my dog, you can’t just bark, you have to be able to do things! (Please subscribe and give me a monthly ticket)
"Let him in."

Judging from the look on Eunuch Cui's face, Li Chen thought that the Ice Bear Tribe must be asking for a secret meeting.

However, he was a little confused. Didn't the intelligence from the northern front say that the Ice Bear Tribe's city had already gathered soldiers from various northern tribes and set up defensive fortifications? This must be the rhythm of the front battlefield. Why did he ask for a meeting at this time?

The major tribes in the north also have their own cities. Li Chen has not been there yet, but according to the intelligence, the city walls are tall and are made up of countless huge and indestructible ice crystals. When you get close, you can feel the biting cold emanating from the surrounding areas of the city walls.

The biggest advantage of this type of city is that it is not only strong, but also easy to repair quickly after being destroyed, and it is also mainly adapted to the local climate.

In the Far North, the deeper you go, the colder it gets.

According to the records in the files, the last time they fought near the Great Snow Mountain, the combat capability of the soldiers of the Tian Ce Dynasty dropped significantly, and the commander at the time stopped the attack.

Northern tribes do have an innate advantage in their ability to resist freezing.

When Eunuch Cui returned to the imperial study again, he was followed by a mysterious man in a cloak.

After the man came in, he took off his cloak, knelt down and said, "Hu Yanlan, the envoy of the Ice Bear Tribe, pays respect to His Majesty!"

Li Chen was a little surprised to see that it was not Wa Gambu.

Huyan? Li Chen had seen this surname before. It belonged to the royal family of the Ice Bear King Court six hundred years ago.

"Why have you come to see me?" Li Chen was still looking at the files and did not look directly at Hu Yanlan.

However, Huyanlan was different from Wa Gambu. He was relatively humble and knelt on the ground the whole time.

"I am willing to lead my Ice Bear tribe to submit to Your Majesty and obey your orders!" Huyan Lan said humbly.

This sentence made Li Chen put down the file and examine this person carefully.

Huyan Lan looked to be in his forties, tall and strong, with a determined look on his face. He looked like a decent man with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

He seems like the type who can fight bravely on the battlefield and never surrender until his death. He doesn't seem like the type who would surrender before the battle even begins.

"Oh? Isn't your Ice Bear tribe the front line of the northern battlefield?" Li Chen asked.

"Your Majesty, it was only the current leader who acted on his own. We have no intention of making an enemy of Your Majesty. Moreover, Your Majesty wants to deal with the people of the Snow Eagle Tribe. I should be your vanguard and take the head of the Snow Eagle Tribe leader and present it to Your Majesty!" Huyan Lan spoke every word seriously.

It sounds like this guy is not on good terms with the leader of the Ice Bear Tribe and the leader of the Snow Eagle Tribe.

"Then tell me, how many people are under your command, what can you do for me, and what reward do you need." Li Chen asked three questions in a row.

Because he knew that Hu Yanlan must have some ulterior motive behind doing this.

It is impossible for someone to come to me for no reason and ask for nothing.

If that's the case, even children wouldn't believe it.

Hu Yanlan was still kneeling on the ground, telling his story seriously.

Hearing him speak, I felt like I had met Lin Yue'e in the past. This guy really started from the beginning.

Li Chen did not stop him and just listened to what he said.

According to Huyan Lan, he has been gifted since childhood, loved by the old chief and supported by the tribesmen. If there were no geniuses in the tribe, he would definitely be the next chief.

But at this time, a genius really emerged in the clan, named Huyan Yu.

Huyan Yu has extraordinary wisdom and talent, and can catch up with Huyan Lan.

I don’t know if Hu Yanlan is bragging here, but that’s what he said anyway.

The two of them were competing within the clan, and both had high popularity.

But Hu Yanyu colluded with the leader of the Snow Eagle tribe, the Khan of the Northern Royal Court, and summoned him to conquer other tribes.

At that time, Huyanlan thought that with this military achievement, his position as leader was secure.

While he was leading his troops to fight, the old leader suddenly "died of illness", Hu Yanyu became the new leader and forcibly took his sweetheart.

After he came back, he was not even allowed to see the patriarch's body.

Huyanlan also didn't understand why the old leader died out of the blue. Combined with the expedition and appointments made some time ago, he felt that this was a conspiracy.

Finally, he left the core area of ​​the Ice Bear Tribe and developed in the surrounding areas. Now he has an army of 100,000 people who are willing to be Li Chen's vanguard.

Hu Yanlan's expression was very calm when he said these words.

Li Chen said, "Do you want revenge? Take back what belongs to you?"

Hu Yanlan replied: "Your Majesty, I am not that superficial. I just want to be the king of the north! And your Majesty's loyal dog!"

Hu Yanlan has been developing in the north for so many years, but he only has an army of 100,000 people. Although they are brave and good at fighting, they are nothing in the face of a war of such a scale.

As long as he makes any unusual move, it would only take a few minutes for the current leader to destroy him.

Moreover, this is the limit of his development, and the current leader cannot allow him to develop further.

He is already at this age and there is no hope of success.

That is, they are unable to make further progress through their own efforts.

But now the opportunity is in front of him. As long as he serves Li Chen as a dog and as long as the army of the Tiance Dynasty can win, then not only can he become the chief of the Ice Bear Tribe, he can even take over the entire north.

So what if I work as a dog for Li Chen? My life is still inferior to others anyway.

Even if I become a dog, I want to be a dog of a higher status.

Hu Yanlan is a smaller version of the 'King of Zhennan' in the Ice Bear Tribe. He has wanted to rebel for a long time, but never had the chance.

Li Chen thought his reason was acceptable. At Huyan Lan's age, he should have certain ambitions. Only such a person would be willing to be a dog.

If he still uses the excuse that his loved ones were killed or his lover was kidnapped, Li Chen would not bother to care about him, because such a person is a man of blood and would never be willing to be a dog. At most, he just wants to use the power of others to achieve his own goals.

But if you want to be my dog, it's not enough to just bark at me, you have to know how to do things.

Li Chen first asked him to stand up, then said: "I am very pleased that you want to join me, but you can't just say it, you have to do something first to prove your ability to me. As for what to do, you decide for yourself."

At Li Chen's level, there is no shortage of dogs. There are many people who want to be his dog.

As long as he recruits them, many dogs from the northern tribes will surely come.

Since Huyan Lan took the initiative to want to be his dog, he would have to see what abilities this dog has. Li Chen would not raise a useless dog.

Hu Yanlan seemed to understand something and said that he would give His Majesty a surprise in a few days, then said goodbye and left the palace.

After he left, Eunuch Cui returned to the imperial study and waited for Li Chen's orders.

This is a smart man, because Li Chen asked him to check Hu Yanlan's information. Some things are not just what Hu Yanlan said.

If what he said was false, Li Chen would have someone deal with him.

When Eunuch Cui received the order and was about to leave, Li Chen asked, "What do you think of Hu Yanlan?"

He was very curious about the ability of Eunuch Cui, who was in charge of intelligence on a daily basis.

Eunuch Cui immediately stopped and said flatteringly, "Your Majesty, you are making things difficult for me. I am just a servant serving tea and water to Your Majesty. How can I understand these things?"

"Okay, go and do your work."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Chen didn't say anything after hearing Eunuch Cui's reaction. Eunuch Cui might know, but he didn't dare to say it.

Because he always remembers that he is a slave, and there is a certain difference between a slave and a subject.

If a slave talks too much and takes away the job of a minister, the minister will hate the slave.

If a servant says something wrong and makes his master unhappy, he will lose his job.

So the best way is to do your job well.

If the master is a little weaker, the servant can indeed help the master stabilize his position, and then the servant's status will also improve.

Master Li Chen is so powerful that Eunuch Cui feels that if his status is higher, he will probably be envied. This is enough.

Anyway, with your Majesty's intelligence and wisdom, he will definitely know about this kind of thing, so I don't need to worry too much.

Princess Cui has done her duty to be able to survive in this dangerous palace until now.

He is not the only one who does his duty in the palace.

In Concubine Yi's bedroom, Li Sining was talking to her mother about some things about cultivation. Ever since she came into contact with Chu Ruoyan, she was full of yearning for the outside world.

In the past, Li Sining either lived in her own house, Yunlu Academy, or the imperial palace, and had never been anywhere else.

And no matter where she went, she was protected by guards and maids, so her life was just so ordinary.

But before Chu Ruoyan entered the palace, she and fellow cultivators had trained outside, participated in various secret realms, and challenged powerful monsters.

I even escaped death many times and achieved certain improvements.

In recent chats, Chu Ruoyan talked about a lot of these things.

These were all things Li Si Ning had never experienced before, and she also wanted to go out and fight monsters to test her abilities. She also asked Chu Ruoyan for help, but Chu Ruoyan directly refused.

With Chu Ruoyan's level of cultivation, she can still protect herself when faced with an emergency, but how can she protect Li Sining?

When she went there before, she was surrounded by the son of destiny like Xiao Ming, as well as the geniuses of the imperial capital like Liu Hao and Wu Qi.

Li Chen could indeed protect Li Si Ning, but Li Chen felt that her cultivation was too low and there was no point in letting her go out to gain experience, so he directly refused.

So Li Si Ning was bored and had no choice but to come to her mother's bedroom to complain.

The beautiful and plump woman sitting in front of her was Concubine Yi.

Concubine Yi was wearing a purple and red dress today, which made her snow-white skin look even whiter and more flawless.

The long skirt wraps around her slender, round legs and well-proportioned figure.

Just by sitting there, she gave people a feeling of being radiant with youthful looks but not angry but majestic.

Of course, this kind of intimidation without anger is only used when facing Li Sining, who is her daughter.

Not to mention seeing Li Chen and the Queen Mother, Concubine Yi had a calm expression when she saw other people in the palace.

To talk about how beautiful Concubine Yi is, Li Sining, the emperor's unique beauty, was inherited from her mother.

Concubine Yi is the mature version of Li Si Ning.

When Concubine Yi first entered the palace, she was also a stunning beauty, and many concubines felt that their status would be threatened.

But Concubine Yi knew that she had no background, and it would be easy for other concubines to get rid of her. All she had to do was wait until she lost the favor of His Majesty, and that would be the end of her.

Therefore, since entering the palace, she has always behaved obediently and has not fought or competed for anything, so she has not been envied by other concubines.

Later on, she lost the emperor's favor, but because she managed the relationships well, other concubines would occasionally help her, and she has been living like this until now.

Concubine Yi knew that this was the way to survive, so she passed this method on to her daughter, letting her daughter put on the mask of being well-behaved and sensible.

Over the years, every prince has taken good care of Li Sining. Even the late emperor praised Li Sining for being sensible. Concubine Yi felt that this was enough.

But since Li Chen succeeded to the throne, Li Sining took off the mask and released her nature.

Concubine Yi felt that if this continued, Li Sining might bump into other people.

Even though she is being taken care of by Li Chen now, that is also because Li Chen does not have many women at this stage. If Li Chen starts to take concubines, he will have no time to take care of Li Si Ning.

As long as Li Chen doesn't take care of her, those people whom Li Sining has offended will definitely take revenge on her.

When Li Chen took his first concubine, Concubine Yi began to worry.

Because she found out that Chu Ruoyan was from a second-rate family. If such a child entered the palace, he would definitely find a way to gain Li Chen's exclusive favor and then develop his own family.

Then Li Sining, who sticks to Li Chen, might be the thorn in Chu Ruoyan's eyes.

Just when Concubine Yi was planning to keep Li Sining away from Li Chen, Li Sining actually became close to Chu Ruoyan, and they became best friends who could talk about anything.

This made Concubine Yi unable to understand what Chu Ruoyan was thinking.

In fact, it was right that she didn't understand. According to normal logic, the children of aristocratic families entered the palace with the purpose of developing their families. They didn't actually like the emperor, they were just making a deal.

Chu Ruoyan just likes Li Chen, and they have a certain emotional foundation, so Chu Ruoyan’s purpose is not very strong.

As Li Si Ning gained more and more power, she became more and more "unscrupulous" in the palace.

At least in Concubine Yi's eyes, Li Sining was indeed a little inappropriate and did not look like a princess.

In her opinion, if this continued, Li Sining would most likely offend the Queen Mother.

So when the Empress Dowager arranged the marriage, Concubine Yi naturally agreed.

He even thought that it would be a good idea for Li Sining to go to the Zou family, away from the disputes in the palace.

But she didn't know what Li Chen said, the Queen Mother actually changed her mind and began to pamper Li Si Ning, treating her like her own daughter.

Concubine Yi really couldn't understand why her daughter could be taken care of by the emperor, the empress dowager and the emperor's concubine at the same time. Why was this so different from her own experience over the years?

Looking at how arrogant Li Sining's position is in the harem now, Concubine Yi is really afraid that something will happen to her.

In fact, Concubine Yi has the heart of a victim and she thinks from the perspective of a victim.

If it is the other way around, it can be understood that whoever dares to offend Li Sining here will narrow his path!

"You, don't think about going out every day. You should listen to His Majesty and practice honestly. At least practice to the Void Breaking Realm, then you will be able to protect yourself. Besides, His Majesty is so busy, you should not cause trouble."

Concubine Yi speaks very gently, with an intellectual beauty.

"I didn't cause any trouble. I have been practicing very hard."

Li Sining felt very aggrieved, even though she was such a sensible person.

But the speed of cultivation is still very slow, and it will take a few more days to reach the Saint realm.

If Li Chen hadn't asked her to calm down a little more, she might have already started to force a breakthrough.

In fact, Concubine Yi called Li Sining here today because she had other things to ask.

That was because Crown Princess Yun Shang asked her to ask Li Sining what type of women Li Chen liked.

You've asked the right person. Although Li Sining doesn't dare to say anything else, she has done research in this area.

Li Si Ning stood up and took a closer look at her mother, then said, "My brother should like a beautiful, big-breasted, good-looking, and gentle mother."

Concubine Yi: “.”

The first half of the sentence almost scared her. This damn girl actually used me as an example. Why didn’t you talk about the Queen Mother?

If Li Sining knew what Concubine Yi was thinking, she would definitely say: I was just thinking of saying that the Queen Mother should come, I just happened to see the right one.

In fact, she was not wrong. She was speaking according to Ji Lianyu's standards.

We can't always meet Chu Ruoyan's standards, because Chu Ruoyan is also a supermodel.

That night, Yunchang received the "clue" provided by Concubine Yi.

I thought to myself: Isn’t this me!
However, there is indeed such a person in her mind, but this person is not easy to deal with, and she hasn't seen him for a long time.

He holds a very high status in the Yun family. Because of his extraordinary talent, he was accepted into the sect for training since he was a child.

She had been to the Yun family’s banquet last time. Yun Chang was struck by how stunning she was the first time she saw her. She had a mature, intellectual beauty that transcended the immaturity of a young girl.

The most important thing is that it is big enough, Li Chen will definitely like it.

If Li Sining wasn't joking, Li Chen probably preferred mature ones.

Yun Shang remembered the name of this elder, Yun Yuehua.

But the problem is that the monks of the sects generally look down on the imperial court, so how could they devote themselves to Your Majesty for their own sake?

Just when Yun Shang was considering other candidates, a servant from the mansion came to report that there was a woman outside the door who claimed to be from the Yun family and wanted to see the Crown Princess.

Yun Shang was very puzzled. Since the death of the crown prince, very few people from the Yun family came, because most of the Yun family members who came were asking the crown prince to do something for them. Who could this be?

Since they were from her own family, Yun Shang let them in.

When the maid brought in her fellow clansmen, Yun Shang was shocked. Looking at the gentle, dignified woman in front of her, who also had a hint of fairy air, wasn't this the family elder Yun Yuehua that she had just been thinking about?

Yun Yuehua and Yun Shang's father Yun Xu are of the same generation, and Yun Xu is an elder of the sect with a very high status. He didn't know what she wanted to see him about.

In fact, Yun Yuehua came to the imperial capital because she wanted to help the Tianyan Divine Sect overcome its difficulties.

In the parliament hall, Yun Yuehua heard Fairy Youlan say that she was coming to the imperial capital, and she thought of her niece who was the crown princess.

Maybe I can use this relationship to have a good talk with the emperor of the Tiance Dynasty. It will definitely be easier to talk with an acquaintance acting as a peacemaker.

When she told this to Fairy Youlan, Fairy Youlan thought it was unnecessary. What is the relationship between me and Li Chen? Do I need to use someone else to act as a bridge?

We were both just acting.

But Fairy Youlan couldn't say that, so she could only agree.

He was also afraid that Yun Yuehua would find out something, so after arriving in the imperial capital, he asked her to find the Crown Princess.

Yun Yuehua said that he would definitely work hard, so he came to the Prince's Mansion that night.

Yun Shang and Yun Yuehua were not very familiar with each other, so they seemed a little unfamiliar when they met.

When Yun Yuehua came in, she saw a young woman wearing gorgeous palace clothes, with gold hairpins and jade ornaments on her head, and with a beautiful face.

This made her feel a little emotional. She still remembered that when she met Yun Shang before, she was still a delicate and pretty girl, but now she has become so graceful and elegant.

"Niece Yunshang, I haven't seen you for many years. Are you okay?" Yun Yuehua walked into the hall and asked softly, with a hint of tenderness and concern in her tone.

(End of this chapter)