The Three Kingdoms: General Yu She, reincarnated a hundred times.

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The Imperial Seal before us was deliberately left in Luoyang by Li Ru.

Without Li Ru's indulgence, not only would Princess Wannian be surrounded by spies day and night, but even the emperor would be under constant surveillance. How could she have secretly kept the imperial seal without anyone noticing?

If it weren't for Li Ru's indulgence, although the Imperial Seal of the State was not used daily like the Six Seals of the Emperor, so much time has passed, has no one checked and discovered that the Imperial Seal is missing?

The entire court, including Dong Zhuo, was completely unaware of this. Could it be that the ten-year-old emperor and his half-sister, under the watchful eyes of the emperor, could have accomplished such a scheme?

If it weren't for Li Ru's indulgence, Princess Wannian, with her high status, should have gone to Chang'an with the emperor long ago. How could she have been left behind?

The only one who could truly keep the entire court and Dong Zhuo in the dark was Li Ru!

His reason for leaving the imperial seal in Luoyang was similar to Yu She's previous plan to relocate the capital, which was to leave Luoyang to the feudal lords.

There is only one imperial seal, but the feudal lords have eighteen seals. The "two peaches kill three warriors" strategy was used to sow discord among the feudal lords!

After all, what was the Imperial Seal of the State to Li Ru? Just a piece of jade. If it could intensify the infighting among the feudal lords, cause the alliance to collapse, and lead to the feudal lords killing each other, he would be more than willing to send all six imperial seals to them.

Once the world is unified, we can print as many Imperial Seals as we want, so why should we hesitate?

But this matter could only be done in private; it could not be discussed with Dong Zhuo.

Li Ru may not value the Imperial Seal, but that doesn't mean Dong Zhuo doesn't. Some things cannot be explained with words, and Dong Zhuo would never agree to the plan to give the Imperial Seal to the feudal lords.

Therefore, Li Ru could only secretly guide the emperor and Princess Wannian to achieve this plan. This was also his last insurance policy for himself. If things went wrong, he could push the blame onto the emperor in front of Dong Zhuo and clear himself of any involvement.

But what's going on with this scene?

"I went to great lengths and carefully planned every step of the way to finally leave this seal in Luoyang under the guise of Princess Wannian, and then secretly spread rumors in her ear that the Prime Minister would order the princess to serve him in bed."

With Princess Wannian's fierce spirit, she would rather die in Luoyang with the seal than live in Chang'an in disgrace. She would surely be able to lose the seal in Luoyang. Every step of the way was the result of her painstaking efforts.

But why did this seal end up back in the hands of the Prime Minister?

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Li Ru stared blankly at the jade seal in Dong Zhuo's hand, his face full of surprise and doubt, speechless for a moment.

Upon seeing this, Dong Zhuo chuckled.

"Wen You was also startled? Not to mention you, I was also quite surprised when Zi Chuan took out this seal."

It was thanks to his quick thinking that we were able to recover the national treasure without even realizing it. If it had fallen into the hands of the feudal lords beyond the Great Wall, we fear it would have been impossible to retrieve it, causing us to lose all sense of righteousness in the world.

"Zichuan?"

Li Ru smiled apologetically and repeatedly apologized.

"It was the scholar who failed in his duty. Because the imperial seal was not usually used, no one was ordered to investigate it for a long time, and it has not been discovered until now."

Dong Zhuo had no doubts about him, so he waved his hand to indicate that it was alright. "Now that the matter of moving the capital has largely fallen on your shoulders, and there are so many complicated matters, it is only natural that you might overlook something for a moment."

Fortunately, the imperial seal has been returned by Zichuan, so Wenyou need not blame herself.

Seeing this, Li Ru quickly probed, "But I wonder how Zichuan is..."

"That's exactly what I was going to ask you."

Dong Zhuo then recounted in detail all the matters that Yu She had just reported, and asked him:

"But I don't know why Zichuan was being so secretive with me just now, his words seemed to have a deeper meaning, but he refused to say it outright."

He simply said he would ask you, and you would know his meaning.

If the Prime Minister still has any questions, he may privately summon Wen You and ask him; then he will understand my meaning.

Upon hearing Dong Zhuo repeat Yu She's words and learning that Princess Wannian was dead, Li Ru was terrified, his back covered in a cold sweat.

"Is it clear what you mean?"

Now that things have come to this point, how could Li Ru not understand Yu She's deeper meaning?

No wonder Yu She refused to explain himself and only found out his meaning when the Prime Minister summoned me to ask.

They're targeting me!

He must have stumbled upon Princess Wannian's affair, thus seeing through my scheme, and becoming dissatisfied with me for acting on my own behind the Prime Minister's back.

However, considering that my thoughts and plans were all for the sake of the Prime Minister, I did not expose the matter, which would have created a rift between me and the Prime Minister. I simply returned the imperial seal.

This was both a warning and a gesture of leniency, leaving me to explain to the Prime Minister myself, which already gave me ample room to maneuver.

His plans were flawless, almost supernatural; yet he acted with compassion, always considering the interests of all parties. Zichuan was truly a kind and compassionate man!

Now that Yu She had left himself room to maneuver, Li Ru was not going to let him down. He followed the obvious clue that Yu She had deliberately left behind, a clue that even a fool could see was very carefully laid out.

[By placing all the blame on the Emperor and Princess Wannian, and under the pretext of maintaining a facade of harmony between Dong Zhuo and the Emperor, everything was kept hidden.]

However, this was a plan that Li Ru had prepared long ago to escape, and now it seems that Yu She saw through it and used it as a convenient option.

Although the two did not discuss or argue face-to-face as before, they could be said to have "tacitly understood" each other, with "Horned Shark" and "Laughing Tiger" joining forces once again.

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Thinking of this, Li Ru then pretended to ponder and, following the lead deliberately left by Yu She, mentioned something that seemed completely unrelated.

"Does the Prime Minister mean that the first thing Zichuan reported to you was not the Imperial Seal, but Princess Wannian's longing for Luoyang, which led to her suicide?"

Dong Zhuo nodded slightly, seemingly lost in thought. "Wen You means that Zichuan's deeper meaning might be related to this matter?"

"Exactly!"

The kind-hearted Yu She had already set up the steps, so Li Ru naturally took the opportunity to speak up.

"Prime Minister, please consider this: the Imperial Seal is the Emperor's treasure, how precious is it? How could it have been lost? And what kind of thief could have stolen this treasure from the Emperor's hands?"

Besides Princess Wannian, who else could get close to him and do this intimately?

Moreover, if this treasure were lost, how could the emperor not know?

If this treasure falls into the hands of the feudal lords, and they use the pretext of presenting the imperial treasure to the emperor in Chang'an, holding this great righteousness in their hands, how can the prime minister refuse?

If the prime minister obstructs, he will surely harbor rebellious intentions; if he releases, the feudal lords will have a legitimate reason to serve the emperor!

This is indeed the Emperor's scheme to harm the Chancellor, but Zichuan is wary of this and therefore cannot speak of it openly.

Upon hearing this, Dong Zhuo suddenly realized what was happening, and how could he not be filled with shock and anger?

"You brat!"

Without my assistance, how could he sit comfortably on the throne of the emperor?

How dare you plot against me in secret?

"Guards, quickly bring the Emperor..."

"Prime Minister, this is unacceptable!"

If that's the case, then Zichuan's painstaking efforts will have been in vain.

Li Ru quickly intervened, saying:

"The reason why Zichuan did not mention the matter of Princess Wannian, but only claimed that a thief had stolen the imperial seal, was precisely to maintain the relationship between the prime minister and the emperor."

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