Faced with Zhou Ping'an's explanation, Li Chen was noncommittal.
"Back off."
Seeing Zhou Ping'an slowly retreating after bowing again, Li Chen's eyes flickered uncertainly.
After tonight, he was certain that once Zhou Pingan had evil thoughts in his heart, he would definitely be a more difficult character than Zhao Xuanji.
But now, he is reluctant to kill Zhou Pingan.
How could a man as wise as Zhou Ping'an know that he was afraid of him?
But he still took the initiative to come over and stay.
Li Chen didn't even know if killing Zhou Ping'an would cause greater trouble.
What's more, for those in power, it is important to make good use of loyal ministers, and it is even more important to make good use of treacherous ministers.
Zhou Pingan is like a double-edged sword.
If you use it badly, you will hurt yourself.
Once you use it, it's really a magic weapon.
After thinking about it for a long time, Li Chen decided to endure it a little longer.
With the layout and strategic vision of a time traveler who has transcended this era for thousands of years, Li Chen believes that as long as he holds the power in his hands, he can build a powerful empire in the shortest time.
As long as his power does not waver and the Qin Empire is stable, people like Zhou Pingan can only work for himself no matter what his purpose is.
A few more days passed.
In the past few days, the situation in the capital has become increasingly strange and tense, all stemming from the increasingly intensified conflicts between the cabinet and the East Palace.
Many functional departments of the imperial court have almost come to a standstill because they do not cooperate with each other's work.
Officials who belong to their own camps don't want to see each other. It's okay to make sarcastic remarks when they meet. Those with more violent personalities will directly scold or even fight.
Don't underestimate the temper of these civil servants. Once they become impulsive, it is not impossible for them to do it themselves, even if they are seventy or eighty years old.
Several yamen simply stopped working and started fighting with each other because of bloody incidents involving officers fighting.
Regarding this situation, the cabinet has no intention of blocking it and is even fanning the flames.
As for the East Palace, although it did not fan the flames, it did not make any statement.
Everyone knows that neither the cabinet nor the East Palace will allow this situation to continue.
What everyone is waiting for is an opportunity.
An opportunity to completely solve the other party.
Under such dull political pressure, the situation in the capital has become increasingly tense, like a powder keg, and no one can tell when it will explode.
But on this day, everyone seems to have seen this opportunity arise.
An official document from Crescent Pass was this opportunity.
"The envoys of the Liao State agreed to the conditions of the Qin Empire, and brought over the promised cattle, sheep, horses, gold and silver treasures, and requested to enter the Crescent Pass to exchange for Yelu Guzanqi in the capital."
In this regard, the Eastern Palace and the cabinet were unexpectedly unanimous and agreed.
In the Xi Zheng Palace, Li Chen and Su Zhenting, who had just left the court, came in one after another. Su Zhenting said to Li Chen: "The government order has been passed to Yueya Pass, and the Liao envoys from Yueya Pass rushed to the capital. If you hurry up, it will be done in half a month."
arrive."
"This half month should be the last moment of peace."
Li Chen took the tea cup from Wan Jiaojiao's hand and said calmly: "Is there any movement from the military?"
"have."
Su Zhenting replied: "Zhao Xuanji is sending people to contact some generals, and some generals have already defected to him."
Li Chen sneered and said, "You really don't know how to live or die."
I don't know if this sentence refers to Zhao Xuanji or those generals who are sitting on the fence.
