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Chapter 277 You don't have to act stupid, just act like yourself! (Please subscribe, please vote)
"Old Five, what do you think I should do?"

Li Ji came to the place where the fifth prince Li Ran lived and told him what happened in the imperial study today.

Li Ran is very low-key. He lives in a relatively secluded place, and the food he serves to entertain guests is quite ordinary, such as melon seeds and fruits.

There is no trace of the domineering attitude he had when he was the regent and competing for the throne.

After Li Ji came in, he grabbed the melon seeds and started cracking them. He behaved very casually. He was not the heir to the throne before, and even though he was a prince now, he did not put on airs.

After hearing what happened, Li Ran replied, "To be honest, the Prince of Zhennan taught me for a while before, and I am very familiar with his temper. He holds grudges and is vindictive. He has many methods. When he was helping the late emperor seize power, many people died at his hands. These people disappeared inexplicably, and even left no trace. You can see how he behaved."

The more Li Ji listened, the more guilty he felt. He even ate melon seeds more slowly and said cautiously, "Is it really that scary?"

Li Ran took a sip of tea and continued, "I'm not trying to scare you. The Prince of Zhennan is a very suspicious person, but he can see the situation very clearly. I heard that he recently compromised with His Majesty. So His Majesty asked you to go there to test his loyalty to the royal family. Even if he pretends to be loyal, he is still loyal."

This time Li Ji asked the right person. There were no more than ten people in the imperial capital who knew Prince Zhennan better than Li Ran.

Why not ask Xu Zifeng, even though Li Ji and Xu Zifeng do know each other.

But Xu Zifeng might not necessarily help him with this favor. After all, the Prince of Zhennan is Xu Zifeng's biological father.

Li Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Then what should I do?"

When Li Ran heard this, he wanted to curse, "Don't you use your brain at all?"

I have already reminded you here, and you are still asking me?
I don’t know if you are really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.

If it were anyone else, Li Ran would think they were pretending.

But Li Ji failed twice in investment and business, and Li Ran thought he must be really stupid.

So he could only continue to instruct: "When you go to the south, you must not act too cowardly. If you act too cowardly, the King of Zhennan will let you go, but if you do so, you will lose the face of the royal family.
Even if His Majesty doesn't punish you after you come back, those ministers will definitely report you to death. How can you possibly gain military merit? But if you act too arrogantly, with the temper of the Prince of Zhennan, he might even kill you."

Hearing this, Li Ji swallowed his saliva, stopped eating melon seeds, and said, "No way, I was sent by His Majesty, how dare he kill me?"

Li Ran smiled and said, "That's easy. You go fight the sea tribe, and while he's arranging his troops, he can send a group of sea tribe to kill you. It's easy. Then report to the court and say it was your own reckless attack. He won't be responsible at all. He can even make you disappear mysteriously on the way back to the imperial capital. He has used this method many times."

In order to compete for the throne, before the late emperor and Prince of Zhennan had a falling out, Li Ran had tried to win over Prince of Zhennan. He must have known Prince of Zhennan.

But as he said that, Li Ji became more and more afraid. He didn't expect that a trip to the South would involve so many tricks, and he might even lose his life.

It seemed that Li Ji had understood, but he certainly couldn't think of a solution.

Li Ran continued, "So what you have to do is to use your status to bully others. Don't use your status to talk to the King of Zhennan. This will make it a confrontation between you and the King of Zhennan. Although you are also a prince, you are not qualified enough. He will think you are offending him no matter what you say.
But you expressed that you were sent by His Majesty to deliver the message, and your every word and action represented His Majesty, so it became a confrontation between the Prince of Zhennan and His Majesty. The Prince of Zhennan would definitely give His Majesty face, and there are few people in the entire Tiance Dynasty who dare not give His Majesty face.

In some stages when you don’t understand something, you just play dumb. Actually, you don’t have to play dumb. Just play at your normal level.”

This is the way to survive that Li Ran told Li Ji.

What he meant by his last sentence was that Li Ji was stupid anyway and there was no need to pretend to be stupid.

Li Ji understood what was said, but he couldn't refute it.

He didn't think he was stupid, but compared to the other princes, he was certainly not smart.

This time Li Chen asked him to go alone, and he certainly couldn't bring Li Ran with him. Li Ran was too lazy to go with him. Wouldn't it be working in vain? It would be better for him to practice in the imperial capital.

Sometimes, Li Ran also learned a lot from Li Chen.

Now that he has military merit, his status has become official and he doesn't have to hide in the dark like before.

Then what he needs to consider is his own strength. As long as he reaches the Saint Realm, then dealing with the second and third brothers will be an easy matter.

The second brother ran away like a defeated dog, his master was thrown into the Sky Prison, the third brother's military power was confiscated, and he dared not say a word, all because of Li Chen's powerful strength.

Li Ran also felt that he suffered a loss because he did not train his strength to the extreme before competing for the throne. As the saying goes, "A big tree attracts the wind", which led to his death.

If he could cultivate to the Saint level, what qualifications would the prince have to compete with him? Thinking of this, he cultivated even harder.

On the other side, in the imperial study.

Li Chen stretched and finally finished today's work.

After asking the palace maid, I learned that Li Si Ning was in Concubine Yi's palace.

Li Chen was busy for a while, preparing to check on Li Si Ning's training and give her resources.

It's time to relax, so I walked into the harem.

As soon as they arrived at Concubine Yi's palace, Li Sining and Concubine Yi hurried out from the inner room to greet them.

Li Sining is still the same, with a beautiful face and a flawless figure with golden ratio. Every line on her body is just right, and she is breathtakingly beautiful.

The eyes are not only clear but also full of vitality, making people feel all worries gone at a glance.

The plump and large-looking woman next to her was none other than Concubine Yi.

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

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

Li Chen even felt that after not seeing Concubine Yi for a while, she seemed to be a lot older than before.

In fact, he didn't know that Concubine Yi used to wrap herself tightly, so her size looked only average. Today, when she was trying on clothes, she heard that Li Chen had arrived, so she came out in a hurry without wearing anything underneath, so her size looked much bigger than before.

If you look closely, you can see two tempting details.

Especially when Concubine Yi met Li Chen, Li Chen could indeed see a nice scenery from this perspective.

"Brother, when did you come back? Why didn't you inform me?" Li Si Ning said resentfully, her face full of longing.

There have been a lot of things happening among the sea tribe recently. Li Chen has been in the coastal areas and came back very suddenly, so no one knew about it.

"I came to see you right after I got back. How's your training been lately?"

Li Chen touched her head and said with a smile.

Li Sining immediately said that there would be no problem with her practice. During the time when her brother was away, many concubines in the harem would guide her in her practice. Mu Qingrou and Alyssa had different opinions and even competed with each other.

As for the result, no one knows, as they competed alone.

Moreover, Li Sining also discovered that the young concubines in the harem were also very enthusiastic in their cultivation, which almost drove Li Sining to death.

In the past, the strength of Li Chen’s harem was comparable to that of one of the top sects in the world.

But now, Li Sining feels that they are already the number one force in the world.

In this world, Li Si Ning's only motivation is to gain Li Chen's recognition.

Li Chen asked her to practice, and she worked very hard.

She found an open space in the palace and started to fight with Li Chen, demonstrating various martial arts to Li Chen.

The breeze blew gently, and the sunlight sprinkled on the bluestone ground, casting a faint halo.

Li Chen stood with his hands behind his back, his dark robe fluttering in the wind. He had an indifferent expression and looked calmly at Li Si Ning opposite him.

Facing the emperor at the saint level, Li Sining displayed all the skills she had learned without reservation.

She quickly formed seals with her hands, and a powerful spiritual energy suddenly burst out from her body.

(End of this chapter)