From Li Huacheng's clear and calm voice, Li Tianlan felt an almost strong self-confidence.
This is undoubtedly a showdown.
Just why today?
What Qin Weibai predicted should happen in Youzhou did not happen.
Things in Liaodong are still at a stalemate.
Shengshi Fund is currently equally stable.
The overall situation in Zhongzhou is calm, so why did Li Huacheng suddenly choose to have a showdown with him today?
Is it because you value Kuangtu Li so much that your patience is exhausted, and you are eager to fish him out to complete the plan before the election?
or...
Is it because something happened within the academy that could affect Li Huacheng's decision-making that no one could see, and that made Li Huacheng make up his mind?
And this matter is obviously not suitable to be exposed now?
Qin Weibai knew about this.
But he didn't choose to tell him.
Is it because he didn’t know that this matter would be more beneficial to the East Palace?
Li Tianlan glanced in the direction of the living room.
In the sight is Qin Weibai's slim and graceful back, light and elegant, looking very happy.
This woman deserves to be spanked again.
Li Tianlan flicked the ash from his cigarette and looked at Li Huacheng: "It seems that you really had a pleasant conversation."
Li Huacheng laughed and said softly: "He agreed to come with me."
"he agrees?"
Li Tianlan suddenly sneered: "Did the president make something wrong? Or did he forget something? Kuangtu Li is now my prisoner, a prisoner detained here. He agrees to go with you? His will is here
What’s the value? I’ve kept him here for so long, can he just leave with his consent?”
He narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Huacheng: "If you want to take him away, don't ask me for my opinion. Go ask him first. Hehe, the East Palace is a small door, and the president really doesn't take me seriously."
Li Huacheng lowered his eyelids, his expression neither happy nor angry, and his voice neither salty nor bland: "Then I'm telling you now, I'm going to take him away."
What is strength?
What is domineering?
At this moment, facing the president, who many people thought had no temper, Li Tianlan felt for the first time a huge sense of oppression that was almost coming to his face.
"I don't agree."
Li Tianlan said lightly, he tilted his head, looked at Li Huacheng, and sneered: "My attitude is here, I don't agree, but I want to see if I don't nod today, whether Li Huacheng can leave the East Palace alive!"
Li Huacheng's body quietly tensed up for a moment.
The corners of his mouth quirked up, half-smiling but not smiling
Said: "Li Huacheng?"
"Slip of the tongue."
Li Tianlan said calmly: "I want to say something about Kuangtu Li."
"Oh, slip of the tongue."
Li Huacheng muttered lightly. This is indeed an explainable reason, but it can also be said that Li Tianlan just thought so in his heart and said it outright. It can also be understood that Li Tianlan was threatening.
The worst case scenario is to fall out.
"I believe it."
Li Huacheng nodded.
"It does not matter."
Li Tianlan said: "The important thing is that I have already said that I don't agree. Do you want to try to take him away by force?"
"Here comes the tea."
A voice with a slight smile sounded.
Qin Weibai walked into the balcony carrying an exquisite tray and placed two cups of tea in front of Li Tianlan and Li Huacheng respectively.
The fragrance of tea and body fragrance float gently.
Li Huacheng was silent for a while and then laughed: "Why is this so? If I really wanted to take him away by force, he should be with me now."
Li Tianlan turned the teacup expressionlessly, his eyes cold.
"Tianlan, you should know very well that Li Kuangtu refused to join the East Palace. In the current situation, you offered such generous conditions, but he refused, which means that he will not be able to join in the future.
East Palace."
Li Huacheng said slowly: "In this case, there is no point in leaving him here."
"It's much better than letting him go and giving the East Palace another opponent."
Li Tianlan said lightly.
"That's what it sounds like."
Li Huacheng smiled and nodded: "But if you keep him locked up, how can you really annex Tiandu Purgatory? A large part of the people in Tiandu Purgatory are from the Li family, and their hearts may be towards you, or they may be towards Li Kuangtu
, But to put it bluntly, it’s all a dilemma. If you keep Kuangtu Li in custody, don’t you worry about Tiandu Purgatory, or even the old Li family members in the East Palace?”
"Locked here, at least he can still be alive."
Li Tianlan said calmly.
Li Huacheng looked at him quietly and asked, "You don't want to kill him?"
Li Tianlan nodded, then quickly shook his head.
To be honest, he didn't think it through.
I didn’t want to kill Kuangtu Li before today.
The best plan in his mind was the condition he proposed to Li Kuangtu.
This is also in line with the expectations of most people in the Li family.
The Eastern Imperial Palace and Tiandu Purgatory merge with each other without large-scale conflict.
Both parties have their own gains and are harmonious.
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The family was reunited, with Li Tianlan as the leader and Li Kuangtu as the assistant, allowing the Li family to return to its peak and then create a dynasty similar to the Wang family in Beihai.
This is the best ending.
But Li Kuangtu did not accept it.
How good are the conditions he proposed?
So good that apart from that, there was only one condition left that could be better than the one he proposed.
That is to let Li Kuangtu become the master of the East Palace, and Li Tianlan step back and become the deputy palace master, handing everything in his hands to Li Kuangtu.
Apart from this, there was no other condition that could be better than what he gave Li Kuangtu.
Nothing better at all.
But Li Kuangtu did not accept it.
At that moment, Li Tianlan's mood was very complicated, including disappointment, anger, self-deprecation, and finally turned into indifference.
From the moment he left the room where Kuangzu Li was imprisoned.
In his mind, it was no longer a matter of whether he wanted to kill Li Kuangtu or not.
Whether the other party did not accept the condition was because of pride, paranoia, or ignorance, it doesn't matter.
Because they are enemies.
All enemies can be killed.
Toward Li Kuangtu, he felt that he had done all he could to be benevolent and righteous.
"So your current reason is not a reason."
Li Huacheng said lightly: "You don't care about Li Kuangtu's life or death now. As long as he leaves, you won't show any mercy to him. In this case, you have no scruples about killing him. Li Kuangtu was here before
It may be important to you, but now that he has chosen to become your enemy, it is not that important. He is just your enemy now."
"Just?"
Li Tianlan laughed: "Do you know that just one sentence from you is equivalent to asking me to let the tiger go back to the mountain? If I nod today, the Li family and the East Palace will probably pay countless lives as the price of my nod today."
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"If the East Palace wants to develop, it is inevitable to make sacrifices."
Li Huacheng's voice was cold.
"Then I can at least choose to reduce one enemy."
Li Tianlan said coldly.
"You can't choose."
Li Huacheng faced Li Tianlan's sharpness without hesitation, and was extremely calm: "I don't agree, and Zhongzhou doesn't agree either. In Tiandu Purgatory, Li Kuangtu must become your enemy. From another angle, you can think of this as Zhongzhou's confrontation with
Your test can also be said to be my test for you."
"test?"
Li Tianlan seemed to have heard a joke and sneered: "Why do you test me?"
Li Huacheng picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Just because I am the president of Zhongzhou now."