Chapter 118 (1/2)

Chapter 118

Chapter 118 A Solo Journey of Ten Thousand Miles

Once Long Chen returned home, he stayed by his parents’ side the entire time . Now that he was about to leave, Long Chen treasured this remaining time all the more .

There was one time when Long Chen and Chu Yao went to visit the imperial palace to see Chu Feng who was just blankly lost in thought when they arrived .

“What, now that you’re about to become Emperor, have you been crushed by the pressure?” teased Long Chen .

Chu Feng was delighted to see the two of them come visit him . “Brother Long, sister, how did you have time to come?”

“We came to see if this future emperor was goofing off, and as expected, we weren’t disappointed,” laughed Chu Yao .

Chu Feng reddened slightly and somewhat unnaturally said, “The entire empire is in chaos now . That mess is now all my problem, and now I can’t even sleep well anymore . ”

Long Chen saw that Chu Feng’s eyes were a bit redder than usual and knew that the pressure was getting to him . “The best skill of a leader is to know how to use your people . Otherwise if you do everything personally, you’ll be tired to death . Since the start of time, all smart rulers have a couple skilled aides, while incapable rulers had disloyal officials . It’s up to you to see through the good and bad in others . You must be perceptive and have a heart that is not easily deceived . In order to control everything, there are times when you must be ruthless and merciless . ”

Long Chen’s last words were said extremely darkly and seriously . Chu Yao and Chu Feng were both shook .

“To be a ruler requires you to be ruthless . Not only must you be ruthless to others, you must also be ruthless to yourself . Otherwise it will be extremely difficult to maintain your position,” solemnly said Long Chen .

“Long Chen, Phoenix Cry is already calm and at peace now . The Grand Xia that was watching Phoenix Cry like a tiger watches its prey has already become a complete mess of internal discord . Phoenix Cry won’t have any more enemies in the future, so why do you have to scare Chu Feng?” Chu Yao grumbled .

“Sister, brother Long is correct . To be a generation’s true ruler is to be ruthless to oneself . This generation of enemies has been swept clean by brother Long and uncle . But once this empire is pa.s.sed onto my descendants, they will also have to face powerful enemies of their own . If I am not ruthless enough and simply lazily rule, I won’t be a good example to the next generation, and Phoenix Cry will begin to decline starting from me . By the time it reaches my grandchildren, the entire empire will probably collapse . Brother Long, I understand!” said Chu Feng .

“I feel like calling me brother Long isn’t the best appellation . If you address me as as your sister’s husband, I will be much happier,” smiled Long Chen .

“Long Chen, you… scoundrel!” Chu Yao was naturally someone sensitive and shy . She swatted Long Chen and ran off with a red face .

Once Chu Yao left, Long Chen turned to Chu Feng and said, “Your sister and I are about to leave Phoenix Cry . I came here in order to say farewell to you . ”

Pain flickered in Chu Feng’s eyes . “I already know . My sister and I have relied on each other for our entire lives . We were forced to play the fool just in order to survive . But now that we are finally free, we have to part . I know my sister loves you very much . I also know you will treasure her as much as you treasure your own life . So I’m rea.s.sured . ”

“Yup, don’t worry . I won’t let down Chu Yao,” solemnly swore Long Chen .

When Chu Yao and Long Chen were just leaving the palace, they ran into fatty Yu . He was wearing court robes that made him seem extremely stylish .

“Brother Long, I found you! We’ve prepared a feast to send you off!”

“How do you guys know about that?”Long Chen was stunned .

“Do you even need to ask? There’s not a single person in the capital who doesn’t know about it! Quick, let’s go! You can’t go back home until you’re completely drunk!”

Long Chen and Chu Yao arrived at the Heroic a.s.sembly House . s.h.i.+ Feng, Shou Hou, and all the others were already there . Seeing Long Chen arrive, they all stood up to greet him .

“Long Chen, are you really leaving?” s.h.i.+ Feng was reluctant to part with him .

Long Chen nodded . “I want to go see that wider and vaster sky . s.h.i.+ Feng, how about you come take a look too?”

s.h.i.+ Feng’s eyes brightened but that light faded quickly and he shook his head . “Ah, forget about it . With just my little capabilities, it’s not even close to enough . ”

“How are you so modest today?” laughed Long Chen .

“Haha, brother Long, s.h.i.+ Feng isn’t being modest . He’s just unwilling to leave the capital . He’s unwilling to part with a beauty,” explained Shou Hou .

“A beauty?”

“Long Chen, don’t listen to their nonsense . ” s.h.i.+ Feng actually turned red .

“Brother Long, s.h.i.+ Feng is your brother in the sense of friends.h.i.+p, but now you’ll have another relation too!” mysteriously laughed another person .

“What relation?” Long Chen became increasingly curious .

“Hehe, in the future, you two will be brother-in-laws!” mischeiviously laughed fatty Yu .

Long Chen and Chu Yao were bother startled . They hadn’t heard anything about this before .

“Hehe, the crown prince has already played matchmaker for the second princess and s.h.i.+ Feng . In just a short while, s.h.i.+ Feng will be able to bring a beauty back home . ”

Long Chen and Chu Yao exchanged a glance . He could see the trace of astonishment and helplessness in the other’s eyes .

The first and second princesses weren’t on good terms with Chu Feng . But in order to pull in the talented s.h.i.+ Feng in, Chu Feng had used the second princess as a bargaining chip .

This was something that a ruler had to be able to do and was completely normal, but Chu Yao still felt a bit uncomfortable inside .

Long Chen tightly held her hand beneath the table . “Chu Feng understands how to protect himself . Isn’t this a good thing? We can leave rea.s.sured . ”

Chu Yao nodded . Long Chen was right . If Chu Feng didn’t understand such tactics, she would be even more worried .