"Your Highness, what are you thinking about?" Xu Wuchen asked somewhat unnaturally.

For some reason, he felt that the Ninth Princess was even more difficult to deal with than the Empress.

Luo Linan suddenly approached Xu Wuchen secretly and wrote a line of words on the palm of Xu Wuchen's hand with his slender jade fingers.

"Royal husband, you don't want our relationship to be discovered by the Royal Sister, right?"

71 Deep into the Tiger's Den Xu Wuchen, the Darkening of the Empress and the Imperial Master 6K

In the royal study.

The empress and the imperial teacher were sitting at their desks, thinking about the several plans Xu Wuchen had just proposed, wondering which one was more suitable for the current Daqian Dynasty.

Xu Wuchen and Luo Linan sat opposite the desk.

This desk just happened to block all the little movements of Xu Wuchen and Luo Linan, and only the two of them knew what was happening.

Luo Linan's big, clear and bright eyes, like a pool of clear spring water, kept blinking, staring at Xu Wuchen's handsome face with interest.

Her seemingly innocent face actually had a sinister look to it.

It was as if he had caught Xu Wuchen and was blackmailing him.

"Cough..." Xu Wuchen coughed lightly and knocked the girl's head in annoyance.

This little girl has actually learned to threaten me.

However, if the empress knew the words he had just used to scare the girl, she would probably go crazy on the spot.

He had just dedicated himself to the great cause of serving his country, the Daqian Dynasty, just to capture Concubine Yun.

He immediately wanted to capture the ninth princess of the Daqian Dynasty.

It’s simply heartbreaking!

"Well... Your Majesty is going too far! He even hit my head! If your Majesty gets to know about those things, you, Your Majesty, will suffer no good!" Luo Linan touched his little head, and wrote words on the palm of Xu Wuchen's hand with his fingers with some grievance.

"So my dear princess, what exactly do you want to do?" Xu Wuchen looked at Luo Linan with a fake smile, and also wrote on the palm of Luo Linan's hand with his fingers.

He wanted to see what this Ninth Princess was up to!

"Husband, if you don't want your sister to know what's going on between us, then you have to listen to me!" Feeling the words written by Xu Wuchen, Luo Linan's beautiful face showed a sweet smile, with a bit of cunning and sinisterness, as if she had Xu Wuchen in her grasp.

"..."

Xu Wuchen glanced at Luo Linan, and a strange look flashed across his brows.

Gan!

This Ninth Princess plays very extravagantly.

Do you actually want to stage a plot with me that only happens in everyday anime?!

Do you still want to be the one being threatened?

"I wonder what Her Royal Highness wants me to do?" Xu Wuchen looked at the Ninth Princess with a playful expression, and wrote on her fair and slender legs with his fingers.

This little girl actually dared to threaten me!

But I have to say that the Ninth Princess' legs are indeed extraordinary.

The girl's legs are full of elasticity and feel very smooth to the touch, like white jade, making people love them.

Xu Wuchen's fingers wrote on the girl's legs stroke by stroke.

"Hmm..." Seeing that Xu Wuchen, this guy, did not even let go of a girl who had not yet reached the age of marriage in order to punish himself, Luo Linan could not help but glare at Xu Wuchen with some shame and anger.

Xu Wuchen's fingers slid across her legs.

The girl's delicate body trembled slightly.

There was a trembling touch.

In order to avoid embarrassing himself in front of the imperial sister, he discovered the little actions of the two of them.

Luo Linan, who had always been lawless, could only look at Xu Wuchen with a pleading look.

"Emperor Master, please let me go." The girl wrote softly on Xu Wuchen's hand.

"Wasn't the Ninth Princess very arrogant just now? Why is she begging for mercy so quickly?" Seeing the girl begging for mercy on her own initiative, Xu Wuchen's mouth curled up slightly and he continued to write on the girl's white legs.

This kind of naughty child just needs a strong stick education!

As long as you hit her hard with a stick, she will immediately become obedient.

After being tamed, it behaves more obediently than anyone else.

"Bastard..." Luo Linan looked at Xu Wuchen with pitiful eyes, his face full of grievance, and slowly uttered two barely audible words.

Xu Wuchen continues like this.

She felt like she was going to be weird.

After all, the Daqian Dynasty still used traditional Chinese characters.

Xu Wuchen's words made the girl experience multiple tortures.

The itchy feeling is a bit more uncomfortable than tickling the armpits and belly.

"Since the Ninth Princess won't say anything, then I will just assume that she was confused for a moment and said some nonsense." Seeing that Luo Linan was about to cry because of his bullying.

Xu Wuchen finished writing the last paragraph with satisfaction and then withdrew his fingers.

"Damn it!" Luo Linan looked at Xu Wuchen's handsome profile and gritted his teeth.

Xu Wuchen's actions just now made her feel as if Xu Wuchen had written the correct words all over her legs.

The girl was filled with pain and discomfort.

"Imperial Master, Imperial Sister, what happened to you two?" The empress raised her head slightly and saw that the atmosphere between Xu Wuchen and Luo Linan was a little strange. She frowned slightly and asked in a cold voice with some confusion.

For some reason, she felt that the two people in front of her were a little strange.

It was as if something had happened.

But I thought that Luo Linan had not yet reached the age of marriage.

This guy Xu Wuchen was almost drained dry by that little slut Yun Fei yesterday.

He shouldn't attack his own sister.

"It's nothing. The Ninth Princess felt a little uncomfortable just now, so I checked her pulse." Hearing this, Xu Wuchen drooped his eyelids slightly and said calmly.

"Hmm? What's wrong with your royal sister? I'll go get the imperial physician for you." Upon hearing this, Luo Yaoguang looked at Luo Linan with some concern and asked.

As her sister from the same father and mother, Luo Lin'an was naturally her favorite person in the royal family.

On the contrary, the relationship between other members of the royal family and Luo Yaoguang was not very harmonious.

Especially the eldest prince who once competed with her for the throne.

Although she is the least favored one among them.

But the eldest prince and his men still regarded her as a thorn in their side.

Only Luo Linan's constant comforting allowed her to get all the way here.

So as soon as she inherited the throne, she named Luo Linan the eldest princess of the dynasty.

If Luo Linan was not still young, she would even want him to leave the palace and set up his own household.

After all, leaving the palace and setting up one's own household is the greatest honor for princes and princesses who fail to inherit the throne, and it is also their reliance for the rest of their lives.

"No need. I've just checked the Ninth Princess. She's fine. She's just been a little restless lately and has a fever. She may need to rest well." Xu Wuchen said lightly, glancing at Luo Linan beside him, his eyes full of affection and a smile on his face.

"You..." Hearing Xu Wuchen's words, Luo Linan couldn't help but feel a little angry.

She has always been the one taking advantage of others, when will it be someone else's turn to take advantage of her!

Even the eldest prince and his men have never gained any benefits in front of Luo Linan!

Because the girl is very good at talking and can use some sinister tactics.

The eldest prince could beat Luo Yaoguang, but he was too embarrassed to beat a little girl who had not yet reached marriage age.

He was even teased by Luo Linan many times.

But this guy Xu Wuchen has been bullying her since the first time they met!

"Is that so, sister?" Luo Yaoguang looked at Luo Linan with some suspicion and asked.

It's summer now, so it's not surprising to get a fever.

The strange thing is that she always feels that there seems to be something wrong with Xu Wuchen and Luo Linan.

"It's like this." Luo Linan glanced at Xu Wuchen, who looked like he was giving up and didn't care at all, and could only nod hatefully.

"Then you should go back and rest first." Seeing this, Luo Yaoguang said with a little concern.

"No need, I'm still energetic, and I also want to hear your opinions, so that I can assist you in the future!" Luo Linan shook his head and said with a sweet smile.

After saying that, Luo Linan gave Xu Wuchen a fierce look.

"The best strategy that the Imperial Master just mentioned is indeed a good one. Unfortunately, our Daqian Dynasty is in turmoil now, and this method is not really suitable." The empress glanced at Xu Wuchen and said with some regret.

"Yes, I didn't expect that the Imperial Preceptor could come up with such a brilliant idea! What a pity, if the late emperor was still in power, he could have received the assistance of the Imperial Preceptor and the current situation would not have occurred." The National Preceptor also nodded and said with some emotion.

Xu Wuchen's Enfeoffment Order and the method of dividing the north and the south amazed both the empress and the imperial teacher.

If it were in times of peace and prosperity.

This method is definitely the most effective means to curb the vassal kings!

Unfortunately, the current Daqian Dynasty has already been involved in land annexation and private appropriation of fertile farmland to a very serious level.

After all, those princes lived long lives, and they would even frequently ask for titles for their grandchildren and great-grandchildren, which put the land of the Daqian Dynasty into a difficult situation.

In addition, the civil service group also has its own privileges.

This directly forced the people below into having no way out.

I am afraid that before the Enfeoffment Order can take effect, the people of the Daqian Dynasty will have already risen up in rebellion.

"If we want to stop their land annexation, the key is to strictly control the number, rather than counting by headcount. So even if we implement the Enfeoffment Order in the future, we must follow this point." Xu Wuchen heard this and said lightly, "In addition, we must eliminate bad policies so that they have no loopholes to take advantage of and cannot make up excuses to encroach on good farmland."

Some princes had no ambitions and even did things for self-preservation.

What can they do every day?

There is nothing else to do except giving birth to babies like crazy.

After all, a career in officialdom is out of the question. If they dare to show interest in it, I'm afraid the emperor will be the first to suspect him.

As for other professions, if it weren't for the money, how many people would want to work?

Therefore, these princes could only continue to create people.

And the people they created will get a portion of the land.

As the situation worsened, not only was the national treasury emptied, but even the people's fertile land was occupied by them. The people had no choice but to sell their children and work for them all their lives, just to avoid starving to death.

"Indeed, what the Imperial Master said is very true. It's a pity that Taizu took it for granted at the time. He only thought about protecting the royal family, but never thought about the rebelliousness of these princes after they had a certain status and power. And he never thought about how much impact such generous treatment would have on them." The empress nodded slightly and said with emotion.

"After all, when Taizu first founded the country, the Daqian Dynasty was in a state of disrepair and political instability, and the vassal kings were indeed more reliable than outsiders. However, with the dilution of blood and changes in people's hearts, these vassal kings have become the most difficult to deal with." Xu Wuchen said indifferently, "In fact, as early as the time of the previous emperor, the vassal kings should have been reduced, instead of dragging it on until now."

"Yes, it's a pity that when the late emperor was in power, the borders were unstable, and the late emperor could only fight wars in the south and the north. He had no time to take care of these vassal kings and needed their help. When the borders were slightly stabilized, the late emperor was seriously ill and had no energy or ability to take care of them." The national teacher sighed softly.

"As for the worst plan, I feel it is a bit too risky. Although the aristocratic families and the princes are mutually restrained, it would be difficult for me to rely on them to fight each other while I sit in the central army and wait to clean up the mess. After all, many of them have colluded with each other."

The empress narrowed her eyes and frowned as she said, "Also, when Taizu was in power, he had already weakened the aristocratic families a lot. Their strength is not even comparable to that of the civil service group. It is unrealistic to expect them to defeat the vassal kings. Moreover, if they really were to be defeated, the situation would be even worse."

"That's true, so the worst plan only exists in theory." Xu Wuchen nodded slightly, looked at the empress with a smile and said, "After all, if you want to drive the tiger to devour the wolf, then you must let them have enough interests to fight for, and their interests are always power and money. But the current Daqian Dynasty can no longer withstand such a toss. If we are not careful, we will lose everything."

When Taizu founded the country, he felt deeply threatened by the aristocratic families.

He adopted extremely domineering means and captured all the powerful members of the aristocratic families.

Most of those who stayed were just local tyrants.

If they were to wrestle the princes, although they could not say that they had much chance of winning, their bodyguards and the princes' private soldiers were not completely powerless.

However, it is obviously not easy to make the aristocratic families and the princes fight each other.

Neither party is stupid.

Then we can only act in their interests.

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