Li Chen got closer and closer, so close that the two of them could clearly feel each other's breath.
Zhao Qinglan was struggling in her heart, and she realized that she could never go on like this.
But Li Chen seemed to be completely fearless and kept making further progress.
The hall was eerily quiet.
This feeling of being a thief made Li Chen feel more excited.
"This is the Fengxi Palace, where the queen lives. You, are you really not afraid of death?" Zhao Qinglan spoke urgently and threatened in a low voice.
"Afraid, why are you not afraid of death? There is no one in the world who is not afraid of death."
Li Chen stood up slightly and pushed Zhao Qinglan down on the large seat with a very aggressive posture. He looked down at the woman under him, his mother-in-law, with an extremely aggressive look in his eyes.
Zhao Qinglan was even more shocked and scared.
"So, let's keep our voices down."
Li Chen's words made Zhao Qinglan feel ashamed and angry.
At this moment, the voice of the Ninth Prince came from outside the door.
"Mother, I seem to have heard your voice next door. Is there something wrong? Do you need me to come in?"
"No! Don't come in!"
Li Xuan's sudden voice frightened Zhao Qinglan, who was already extremely nervous, to straighten his body.
At this time, she was fully focused on how to prevent Li Xuan from discovering this matter, and her guard against Li Chen was slightly relaxed. However, Li Chen seemed to be the most skilled swordsman and immediately seized this rare opportunity, completely bullying him.
Pressing on him, a pair of hands had quietly reached into the gap in the clothes around Zhao Qinglan's waist.
This taboo-breaking contact stimulated Li Chen and Zhao Qinglan as if they were electrified.
Zhao Qinglan was more ashamed and angry.
But Li Chen was more proud.
"Mother, are you really okay?" Li Xuan's worried voice came again.
Zhao Qinglan was extremely angry.
She had never found the Ninth Prince to be so annoying and troublesome.
One hand firmly pressed down on Li Chen's hand that she wanted to cut off. On the other hand, Zhao Qinglan pretended to be calm and said: "I said it's okay, so it's okay. Go back and review today's homework!"
Li Xuan outside the door didn't know why, but his flattery of concern was rewarded with a scolding. He suddenly became even more depressed. He thought he was caught by Li Chen when he went to the Supervisor of Ceremonies to read the memorial, so that even the queen was worried about it.
I am dissatisfied with my own carelessness.
Thinking like this, Li Xuan, who felt more and more frightened in his heart, responded aggrievedly and left.
Feeling that there was finally no one outside the door, Zhao Qinglan said to Li Chen in a stern tone: "Have you been presumptuous enough?"
"How can this be enough?"
Li Chen rubbed his cheek against her smooth face, feeling the infinitely beautiful touch. Li Chen turned his head and planted a strawberry directly.
Zhao Qinglan didn't know what Li Chen was going to do, but the sudden movement made her scream in surprise.
She wanted to struggle and push Li Chen away, but she couldn't resist Li Chen with her little strength.
Zhao Qinglan was helpless and was pressed tightly by Li Chen until Li Chen raised his head from her neck with satisfaction.
Looking at the bright red strawberry he made on his snow-white neck, Li Chen said with satisfaction: "It looks much better."
Zhao Qinglan didn't know what Li Chen had done. He raised his hand to touch his neck, but he only felt a trace of saliva left by Li Chen.
Zhao Qinglan, who was so ashamed and angry, didn't know where he got the strength to push Li Chen up from his body.
After regaining her freedom, she got up from the chair like a frightened rabbit and ran away far away.
A pair of eyes full of resentment stared at Li Chen. Zhao Qinglan knew that she had let Li Chen take advantage of her again today, and she felt angry and aggrieved. Feeling that she had been disadvantaged many times, she said angrily: "Get out! Get out of here!"
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Li Chen kept staring at Zhao Qinglan's neck, as if he was admiring a newly completed work of art.
After Zhao Qinglan finished speaking, Li Chen raised his hand and bowed respectfully, saying: "In that case, I will leave first. Queen, please pay attention to the phoenix body."
Zhao Qinglan indeed makes Li Chen ready to make a move, but it's not a big deal to use some tricks on this empress whose mother is the queen of the world. But if she really wants to do something, the time has not yet come, and Li Chen doesn't want to cause a scene just for the sake of quick pleasure.
The mutiny is coming.
Men, you have to watch your belt!
There is a good chance that within the walls of this deep palace, Zhao Qinglan, the phoenix, cannot escape.
After saying that, Li Chen walked away in a big way.
Zhao Qinglan always felt that there was something in Li Chen's last words. After Li Chen left, she immediately came to sit in front of the bronze mirror. She turned her head to reveal her slender neck like a swan, but she saw herself in the bronze mirror, snow-white.
A red mark like a strawberry was clearly printed on his neck.
When Zhao Qinglan came back to her senses, she was extremely embarrassed and angry. She now knew the purpose of what Li Chen had done before.
"This shameless person!"
Zhao Qinglan felt that her pure and pure body had been defiled and left traces by Li Chen, and she was extremely angry.
At this time, Li Xuan, who knew that Li Chen had finally left, hurried in to pay his respects.
"Mother, Prince, the Prince didn't say anything, did he?" Li Xuan asked worriedly.
Zhao Qinglan immediately pulled the collar with her hand to cover the strawberry traces, and scolded Li Xuan: "Who let you in? How unbecoming is it to break in here without warning?"
Li Xuan's face turned pale and he hurriedly bowed his head and said: "I know my sin, I know my sin."
"I'm just worried that the prince will say something or punish me. I'm frightened. Please forgive me."
Seeing Li Xuan's hopeless look, Zhao Qinglan just felt that he could not turn steel into steel.
They are both the emperor's sons, so why are there such big differences between the Li Xuan and Li Chen that I chose.
It seems that it is time to explain to his father how powerful he is. I am afraid that Li Xuan simply cannot bear such a big responsibility.
Thinking of this, Zhao Qinglan said bitterly: "The prince is just using the topic as an excuse. Even if he has the power to supervise the country, you are still the prince. Although the emperor is unconscious, he is still alive. Can he kill you?"
"Looking at how frightened you are, just such a small thing makes you panic and uneasy. How can you trust me to entrust you with a heavier burden in the future?"
Looking at Li Xuan's speechless coward, Zhao Qinglan snorted angrily and scolded: "Get out of here!"
Li Xuan felt extremely wronged and hated him to the extreme.
It seems that since the prince came to supervise the country, his aura and glory, as well as the trust of his mother, have all disappeared.
And all this was brought about by the prince!
If one day he takes over as the crown prince, his mother will trust and love him again.
Thinking of this, the resentment in Li Xuan's heart grew crazily.
But he did not dare to express his inner emotions, so he could only kowtow to Zhao Qinglan and then retreat angrily.
Quietness returned to the palace. Zhao Qinglan sat in front of the bronze mirror and gently touched the strawberry traces with her fingers. She still seemed to have the smell of Li Chen on her body, which made her extremely ashamed and angry.
"Damn guy!!!"
Li Chen, who was proud of the spring breeze, returned to the East Palace. He was in a good mood and was about to see Zhao Rui. Before he could leave, he saw several eunuchs carrying a box of memorials to pay their respects.
Eunuch Sanbao led one of the eunuchs, an old eunuch in his forties, and bowed respectfully to Li Chen: "Your Highness, the Chief of Ceremonies has sent a memorial."
Glancing at the middle-aged eunuch kneeling behind Sanbao, Li Chen asked, "Is this the person you think is reliable?"
Sanbao hurriedly said: "This man's name is Chen Shou. He has been in the palace for twenty-one years and has a very clean foundation."
Prince's East Palace, in Xi Zheng Palace.
Li Chen sat on the gilded dragon chair at the top, looking at the two kneeling eunuchs Sanbao and Chen Shou below.
"Keep your head up."
After hearing Li Chen's words, Chen Shou slowly raised his head, but still didn't dare to look directly at Li Chen with his eyelids drooped.
In the palace, it is a serious sin for eunuchs and maids to look directly at the prince.
"Do you know my employment standards?" Li Chen asked.
"This slave doesn't know."
Chen Shou lowered his eyebrows and replied respectfully: "My slave only knows to do the things that the prince has ordered. I don't ask about other things that I shouldn't ask, I don't listen to what I shouldn't listen to, and I don't understand what I shouldn't understand."
Li Chen laughed and said to Eunuch Sanbao: "Yes, I am very satisfied with the person you chose."
Eunuch Sanbao said hurriedly: "Your Highness, Chen Shou knows the rules best, but he offended Wei Xian before, and has been living the most miserable life these years. Now that Your Highness gives him a chance, he will naturally be willing to do everything for His Highness."
"Very good."
Li Chen said lightly: "Then this eunuch who writes the pen will let you do it. If you satisfy me, you can get more, but if I am not satisfied..."
"This slave is willing to die to apologize." Chen Shou knelt on his knees, put his palms on the ground, and knocked his forehead heavily to show that he was bowing to the ground.
Li Chen took a deep look at Chen Shou, waved his hand and said: "Bring up all the memorials. I want to read them one by one."
This was the first time that Li Chen had read the memorial, and it was also the first time that he had the most intuitive and comprehensive understanding of the operation of the Qin Empire through the memorial in the manner of the prince of this country.
The contents of the memorial are varied.
Some flattered the emperor, some asked about the emperor's condition, and some celebrated the prince's supervision of the country.
But more often than not, there are still reports of traces of enemy troops on the border, and even small groups of Huns jumping over the border to commit chaos and robbery in some places.
These situations happen every year, but this year seems to be particularly common.
Others stated the domestic disaster situation and asked the court for disaster relief.
All the above accounted for half of the memorial, and the remaining half were all flattering Zhao Xuanji.
It can be seen from this that the seemingly powerful empire of Da Qin was already decayed.
Putting aside the memorials that flattered and said some useless words, Li Chen focused on those reporting disasters and border wars.
All memorials have approval notes written by the cabinet.
"According to the usual practice, the Secretary of Ceremonies will write the contents of the cabinet approval note in a memorial with a cinnabar red pen, which will list some methods and opinions, and then return it to the local officials."
As if worried that Li Chen didn't know the memorial process, Chen Shou explained carefully.
Li Chen held a memorial in his hand.
This memorial was submitted by Hu Kaizhi, the chief envoy of Nanhe Province.
"The chief envoy of Nanhe Province reported that Nanhe suffered a once-in-50-year flood. Three Yellow River dams were closed and two dams collapsed. The disaster stretched for thousands of miles and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. The government urgently needed relief. This disaster has happened twice.
Months ago, why did the cabinet only approve a document to allow Nanhe Province to raise food for disaster relief on its own?"
Chen Shou replied: "The national treasury is under the management of the Ministry of Revenue. What the Ministry of Revenue means is that the national treasury is empty and the court itself has no money... Naturally, we can only let the local governments find their own solutions."
Li Chen's face darkened.
"Go and call Renault Mountain, the Minister of Household Affairs."
