Chapter 43 What if I don’t give it to you?

Time went back to a moment ago. When Fan Xian came out of the imperial study, he met the crown prince and the second prince outside the door.

When Li Chengqian saw Fan Xian leaving, he didn't want to pay any attention to him. He shouted coldly, turned around and left.

Li Chengze hurriedly stepped forward and apologized to Fan Xian, saying that the assassination had absolutely nothing to do with him.

Fan Xian smiled slightly, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking. He only said, "This matter has nothing to do with Your Highness. When the incident happened, didn't Your Highness send Xie Bian to help?"

Li Chengze breathed a sigh of relief and said, "No matter what, I invited you to the appointment. If this happened, everyone would suspect that I was the one who did it. Now, I am very lucky to be able to clarify this matter with you. I guess, Brother Fan, you already have someone to suspect."

Here, Li Chengze almost said the prince's name directly.

"This matter is still under investigation, so we can't jump to conclusions. To be honest, Your Highness, I am under the order of His Majesty to go out of the city and hunt down the courtesan Si Lili. This..."

Li Chengze nodded: "Of course, father's order must be carried out first, and I dare not delay. In this case, I will not bother you anymore. After the matter is settled, I will set up a wine to apologize to Brother Fan!" After saying that, he bowed and saluted!
If it were an ordinary person, they would have been impressed by the Second Prince's magnanimity and put aside their grudges. But Fan Xian just shook his head, bowed in return, and left the palace to look for Wang Qinian.

The Second Prince, on the other hand, looked at Fan Xian's departing back with an unclear expression, wondering how to calm the matter down.

At this time, Fan Xian found Wang Qinian and explained the tracking plan to him. Then the two of them went their separate ways. Wang Qinian went back to get the items he needed for the tracking and waited at the city gate. Fan Xian took some time to say goodbye to his "chicken leg" girl.

Afterwards, they came to the city gate and met up with Wang Qinian. The two followed the horse hoof prints and left the city.

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Kyoto, inside the Imperial Palace.

Facing Li An's confident answer, Emperor Qing laughed loudly and said, "Of course I believe you, sir. After all, you didn't make a mistake in your calculations."

At this moment, the entrance to the imperial study was guarded by Gong Dian, who had just entered the ninth rank from the eighth rank, and outside the gate facing the lake, if I was not mistaken, Hong Sixiang should be silently guarding it! Not to mention Yan Xiaoyi who was squatting on some rooftop!
Li An thought to himself, analyzing the situation in front of him. The three ninth-grade warriors looked around, some were tanky and some were damage-dealers, and some could fight both long-range and close-range. And there was also the most powerful Grandmaster in front of him, the Emperor Qing, who was hiding the deepest!
This sword of mine is extremely dangerous. If Emperor Qing is determined to get rid of me, then I can only see whether this ultimate Wind God Leg is just a false reputation!

Fortunately, Emperor Qing’s suspicious character saved Li An again!
In his heart, he had already confirmed that Li Ang came out of the temple and must have his own mission.

And judging from the fact that as long as a price is paid, it seems that all questions can be answered from Ang Lee, it seems that the secret and location of the temple can be found not only from Sean.

"Sir, do you have any plans to serve as an official in the court?" Emperor Qing extended an olive branch.

Li An shook his head: "I am a greedy person who only wants to tell fortunes and read faces. If I become an official in the court, I will be tempted by wealth and I will not be able to control my hands." His reason is very tenable and true. If there is a job worth millions of taels in front of him one day, he will definitely pack up and flee to Qi.

Li An went on to say, "Besides, I have already accepted more than a dozen disciples and I don't have any free time. I am afraid that I will fail your Majesty's kindness!"

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Qing's eyes lit up, and he found a breakthrough point: "In this case, I will appoint you as a university bachelor, and order someone to build a college for you, and appoint you as the college's chief priest. I hope you won't refuse!"

"This..." Li An was about to refuse, but was interrupted by Emperor Qing, whose reason left him speechless: "The poem "Ode to the Willow" shows your talent. Just now you declined the offer to be an official in the court, so don't refuse the position of university scholar and academy chief priest again!"

Well, you have the final say, no need to ask me!
With a sigh, Li An bowed his hands and thanked: "I, your humble servant, thank you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Qing laughed and said, "Now that the business is done, let's chat casually. Scholar, don't be nervous."

If you take this seriously, you will lose! Li An thought.

"I wonder what your majesty wants to ask this time?" Emperor Qing stood up, turned his hands slightly, brushed his long sleeves, walked out of the imperial study, and came to the pavilion in front of the lake outside the room. Li An saw this and followed closely.

When he walked out of the door and turned around, he saw, as expected, Hong Sixiang was standing outside the door. When he saw Li An looking at him, he lowered his head slightly and said nothing.

After the two of them sat down in the pavilion, Emperor Qing asked, "When I was in Qing, I started a newspaper to enlighten the people, set up the Supervisory Council to supervise all officials, controlled the inner treasury to gather the wealth of the world, and commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, allowing Qing to grow from a small border country to what it is today."

You are really good, did you do all this? Wasn't it all done by Ye Qingmei?
He immediately saluted and said, "Your Majesty is wise and wise, and your contribution will be remembered for generations to come!"

As if seeing through Li An's perfunctory response, Emperor Qing didn't care whether he was sincere or not, and continued: "I did all this just to ask the scholar, when will I be able to unify the world and achieve that unparalleled feat?"

"Today, Qing is indeed the most powerful empire in the world. However, it is not so easy to unify Northern Qi and Dongyi City, or even the Western Hu and the barbarians further north." Li An shook his head. The Qing might be able to expand its territory and gain a city or a piece of land, but it is unlikely to completely swallow up Qi.

They could only rely on the strategy of nibbling away at the enemy to weaken Northern Qi.

"I am aware of the difficulty involved. You just need to answer me: Can I achieve my wish in my lifetime?"

"No!" Li An said firmly. Not to mention you, even your son couldn't do it.

Emperor Qing was not disappointed when he heard this, he just asked: "What if we add the things there?"

Isn't this complete nonsense? You have to be able to control the temple too!

"Naturally."

Emperor Qing's eyes gradually became sharp as he looked straight into Li An's eyes. The majesty of an emperor mixed with the aura of a grandmaster swept over him!

"You know what's in there, right?"

Although it was a question, Emperor Qing's tone was very firm and full of affirmation. His aura also reached its peak at this moment! His clothes were bulging and fluttering!

Is this the gap between us?
"Know!"

Emperor Qing nodded, and gradually lost his momentum: "Master, can you help me achieve my mission?"

"Your Majesty, I have answered many questions since I entered the palace today. For this part, I hope Your Majesty will pay me the reward later." Li An did not answer Emperor Qing's question directly, but abruptly asked for payment.

Sure enough, Hong Sixiang, who was at the door of the imperial study, raised his aura and locked onto Li An.

As this energy flowed, a sharp arrow came from afar, aiming at his body.

"Haha, hahaha, you are the first person in this world who dares to ask for something from me in person!" Emperor Qing's face was full of surprise, as if he had not expected Li An to answer in this way, but there was a hint of admiration in his tone.

"What if I don't give it?"

(End of this chapter)