The empire belongs to Ying Zheng, so it is natural for him to make the decision - of course, Ying Zheng should bear the consequences.

Regarding Gu Xun's answer, Ying Zheng said nothing and changed the topic:

"How's the situation on the mirage?"

"Everything is calm." He picked up a chess piece and played with it, and replied calmly, "Of course, I have no involvement in the specific internal situation. If your Majesty wants to know, you need to ask someone from the Yin Yang family."

"Who should I ask?" Ying Zheng then asked a rather unreasonable question.

"Uh..." Gu Xun was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses and replied, "It depends on what questions Your Majesty wants to ask."

"If it's a question related to the mirage itself, it's natural to ask Yun Zhongjun, who is the owner of the ship. If you want to ask questions that go beyond the ship itself, you have to ask the Luna Star Soul."

"I can't guarantee whether the latter can get a satisfactory answer."

Ying Zheng should have known all the information related to the mirage before setting off from Xianyang, and there was no need to ask for it at the moment.

But the reality is that he wants to ask, and it sounds like he plans to ask in private.

This means that Ying Zheng is on guard against Donghuang Taiyi - basically all the information he knew before came directly or indirectly from Donghuang Taiyi.

Even if there are questions, it would be difficult for Ying Zheng to verify them.

But now that he is in Sanghai, thousands of miles away from Xianyang, and beyond the control of Donghuang Taiyi, he can try to get past Donghuang Taiyi and obtain possible more authentic information from other members of the Yin and Yang family.

Gu Xun didn't realize what Ying Zheng wanted to do at first, but after he figured it out...it seemed like it wasn't a big deal.

It is normal for Ying Zheng to be on guard against Donghuang Taiyi, and it is also normal for him to want to obtain more information.

However, Gu Xun deeply doubted whether he could gain anything.

The people of the Yin Yang family are simple-minded and basically don't know anything, but those who know a little more have their own little thoughts, and their purpose most likely has nothing to do with Ying Zheng.

Under such circumstances, it is really unlikely that they would be willing to disclose information to Ying Zheng.

No matter how powerful Ying Zheng was as the emperor, he was in a completely passive position when it came to the mirage's voyage.

After silently playing a few moves of chess, Ying Zheng suddenly made a request, "Is it convenient for the Imperial Master to handle some mirage matters on my behalf?"

"I am at odds with the Yin Yang family, and Your Majesty also knows that. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for me." Gu Xun refused the request without hesitation.

When Ying Zheng saw this, he didn't force it and returned his attention to the chessboard.

………………

Half an hour later, Gu Xun left Ying Zheng's residence.

As soon as he came out of the yard, Zhang Han immediately came up to him, his face a little anxious and hesitant as he asked:

"Your Majesty, he..."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Xun interrupted him directly, "The emperor was frightened by an assassination before and still needs to recover. You should continue as usual and don't let anyone disturb the emperor."

"...Yes." Zhang Han was forced back, leaving only one word.

Zhang Han actually wanted to ask when the emperor would show up.

Although he built the entire General's Mansion into an iron barrel, he still needed a lot of manpower to maintain this status quo, and he occupied almost all the Secret Guard manpower at hand.

Of course, consuming more manpower is not a problem. The problem is that manpower is still relatively tight, so that every member of the Shadow Guard is working under high pressure - there is rest time, but not much.

This state of continuous high-intensity work is obviously unsustainable.

In contrast, those who wanted to invade the General's Mansion came one after another without any rest or need for rest.

Who can keep spending time with them?

But no matter how difficult it was, Zhang Han couldn't complain.

Since Gu Xun said that the emperor still needs to cultivate, then he has to continue to hold on.

However, Zhang Han felt a little aggrieved - not because of the dilemma he faced, but because while he was trapped in the general's mansion, Zhao Gao was having a great time killing people outside.

The task of protecting the emperor fell entirely on the Shadow Guards, and Luo Wang only provided very limited manpower assistance.

Instead, Zhao Gao took advantage of the turmoil in various places caused by the emperor's lack of appearance, and led the main force of the net to search everywhere, killing and arresting those who should be killed, and took a lot of credit.

Zhang Han didn't care about the issue of merit, because no matter how you calculate the merit of protecting the emperor, it is the greatest, and it is far more important than arresting and killing people.

Even though Zhao Gaoneng went on a killing spree, the fact that he could only trap the small general's mansion was too frustrating.

Especially since the conditions for Zhao Gaoneng to carry out the killing spree were created by him...

Of course, the world's unhappiness often stems from dissatisfaction.

While Zhang Han was feeling aggrieved that he could only defend the general's palace, Zhao Gao was probably also secretly gnashing his teeth at the fact that he was completely unable to intervene in the great merit of protecting the emperor.

Seeing him like this, Gu Xun thought for a moment and then ordered:

"Transfer the defense line outside the General's Mansion to Luowang, keep only the defense in the core area, and free up part of it for the Mirage."

"...Yes." Zhang Han once again turned a thousand words into one word with complicated emotions.

Gu Xun had told him before that he would look after the mirage if he had any spare energy. Unfortunately, he really had no spare energy and it was too late to mobilize manpower temporarily, so he had to give up.

Unexpectedly, Gu Xun would emphasize the mirage thing again.

Zhang Han didn't mind sending people to guard the mirage, but he had already held it for two days, and the defense of the General's Mansion had been honed and perfected. However, he gave up halfway at this time and suddenly gave Zhao Gao some of the credit for protecting the emperor...

I feel even more frustrated.

But he still couldn't say no.
Chapter completed!