Under Wen Tianzong's surprised gaze, Ye Chen waved his hand and said speciously: "It's just some medicine refining matters. Mr. Wen only needs to take it strictly in accordance with my instructions and there will be no problem."
"Then can Mr. Ye please make it clear?"
The more Ye Chen refused to elaborate, the more curious Wen Tianzong became.
After all, this elixir is for him to take, and he doesn't want any problems to occur.
But Ye Chen didn't want to explain, and instead talked about other things, "By the way, Mr. Wen came here just to get this filth-removing elixir, right?"
Wen Tianzong was a little depressed.
If Ye Chen didn't explain it clearly, he felt even more unsure, and he didn't dare to take it indiscriminately.
"It seems that after I return, I have to let the alchemist in the house make a good appraisal, otherwise I won't know how I got infected!"
With this in mind, he did not continue to ask, but just responded: "Asking for the elixir is only secondary. The main reason I come here next time is to catch up with you, Mr. Ye!"
"Reminiscing about old times!"
Ye Chen nodded, "It's okay, I just have nothing to do, so why don't I have a chat with Mr. Wen about my life ideals?"
"Very good!"
Seeing that Ye Chen didn't refuse, Wen Tianzong was overjoyed and immediately started chattering endlessly.
Ye Chen is also very cooperative and tries his best to suit whatever the other person wants.
So much so that within a short time of chatting, Wen Tianzong subconsciously felt that his relationship with Ye Chen had reached the point of life and death.
However, he is not stupid. During the chat, he did not forget to make various insinuations and test which prince Ye Chen would like to support more...and so on.
In this regard, Ye Chen naturally continued to use the vows he had made to excuse himself.
Naturally, Wen Tianzong didn't really believe it, so he immediately changed his method of testing.
"If you were Young Master Ye and were in my situation, how should you assist the third prince in his fight for the throne?"
He asked this because he wanted to continue to test whether Ye Chen was interested in the fight for the throne.
Secondly, I naturally want to ask Ye Chen for his opinion.
After all, he is Nanlang in the oracle, and his far-reaching vision is definitely not something he can match.
If he could learn a few tricks from Ye Chen, he might be able to show off his skills and become famous.
"Well..."
Ye Chen pondered for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know Mr. Wen very well, so it's hard to say, but if I were to assist the third prince, as long as all the civil servants and officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion could listen to my orders unconditionally, I would have
Find a way to help him win the throne in one fell swoop!"
As soon as these words came out, Wen Tianzong's eyes suddenly lit up, "Is this true?"
Ye Chen's expression froze, pretending to be belatedly aware of it, and hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Don't take it seriously, I'm just talking casually, it doesn't happen, it really doesn't happen!"
The more deliberately he tried to cover it up, the more tightly Wen Tianzong clung to it, "Master Ye, can you really use the civil servants and officials in the Prime Minister's Office to assist the third prince in winning the throne in one fell swoop?"
"Young master, please don't be embarrassed!"
Ye Chen continued to evade, "I was just talking casually, I couldn't count. I drank too much just now and was just talking nonsense. Please don't leak it, Mr. Wen, so as to avoid many misunderstandings about me by outsiders!"
"That's...okay!"
Seeing Ye Chen's continuous denials, Wen Tianzong had no choice but to give up, "Don't worry, Mr. Ye, with our relationship, I will naturally not say nonsense!"
"That's good!"
Ye Chen took a long breath and raised his glass again, "Come on, keep drinking. To be successful in life, you must have fun. Don't let the golden bottle stand empty against the moon!"
"What a poem, what a poem!"
Wen Tianzong jumped up at the crime, "Young master Ye is indeed extremely talented and knowledgeable. This kind of well-explained talent is really beyond my reach!"
"Uh... Mr. Wen is so complimentary!"
Ye Chen wiped away cold sweat.
The poem he just casually said, "If you are proud of life, you must enjoy it to the fullest, and don't let the golden bottles stand empty against the moon." He just borrowed from ancient historical poems to express his own emotions, but he did not say it himself.
Next, Wen Tianzong used wine to test His Highness Ye Chen again.
The elements of temptation are nothing more than the following.
First, under what circumstances would Ye Chen be willing to get involved in the struggle for the throne.
Secondly, if he is involved in a battle for the throne, Ye Chen will choose which prince to support.
Third, if he asks Ye Chen to come out to assist the third prince, what conditions will Ye Chen need to agree?
Ye Chen naturally responded to these temptations in an ambiguous manner.
Of course, in the process of perfunctory, he did not forget to express something implicitly.
It is not impossible to assist the third prince Nangong Xiao on his own, but the prerequisite is that the civil servants and officials under the Prime Minister's Mansion must listen to his orders unconditionally.
Otherwise, no need to discuss anything!
Of course, even if the prime minister hears about it and the third prince Nangong Xiao agrees, he still needs to think carefully.
And this was exactly the purpose of his nonsense with Wen Tianzong.
Until he could no longer probe for any more information, Wen Tianzong finally stopped staying and found an excuse to leave in frustration.
After Wen Tianzong, the second prince Nangong Kaige also visited personally with a group of generals who had just returned from the border of the Western Regions.
Nangong Kaige was much more direct than the other princes. He first apologized to Ye Chen, and then begged Ye Chen to help him fight for the throne.
To this, Ye Chen did not agree, but he also did not refuse directly. He just said that it would depend on the situation in the future. He was not in the mood to participate in the battle for the throne now.
This vague answer made Nangong Kaige very disappointed.
Under various hints from his subordinates, he bit the bullet and said: "Master Ye, how can you help me?"
"Your Highness, this question is really difficult for others to ask!"
Ye Chen smiled bitterly and said, "I just said that I have no intention of participating in the battle for the throne for the time being."
"What if circumstances force you to participate?"
Nangong Kaige asked.
"If that's the case..."
Ye Chen pondered for a moment, then pretended to be serious and said: "Of course I will participate!"
"Then Master, are you willing to help me?"
Nangong Kaige became even more urgent.
What he was waiting for was Ye Chen's compromise.
Since Ye Chen has said that he is willing to intervene in the struggle for the throne if he has to, he definitely hopes that Ye Chen will be on his side.
"Your Highness, do you still remember what happened at the border of the Western Region when the Black Seal Empire's million-strong army forced the border?"
Ye Chen did not answer directly, but instead mentioned what happened a few months ago.
"of course I remember!"
Nangong Kaige nodded without thinking, "At that time, if you hadn't been a master of strategy and used various ingenious strategies to repel the million-strong army of the Black Seal Empire, the Yong'an Empire's western border might have been lost!"
"Your Highness, just remember!"
Ye Chen nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Then the Second Highness is still willing to trust me like he did at the border of the Western Region?"
"Of course I do!"
Nangong Kaige only hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily, "As long as Mr. Ye is willing to help me, any manpower and material resources in my hands can be used by you unconditionally!"