Chapter 326 (1/2)

The emperor dismissed the servant, took up the brush, dipped it in some ink, and wrote down the comments on the fold wholeheartedly. Chu Chengxun looked at him for a long time. Sit on one side. Thoughts drifted outside the palace.

”On that table is your favorite date paste yam cake when you were a child,” the emperor raised his eyes. ”Don't you try it. I asked the imperial dining room to get up and make it this morning. I thought you would come.”

Chu Chengxun just looked down. He smiled and said, ”I have some toothache. I can't eat such sweet and greasy things.”

”I don't think you've noticed that you don't like eating for a long time.” the emperor bent his lips. ”People always become. It's normal for you to change your taste and like to eat other things. If you like to eat, tell me. When you come to the study, I'll ask someone to cook it for you.”

”It's enough for me to have a few sips of green tea. The emperor is considerate. Thank you very much.”

The emperor Nuo Zui, ”you're just too polite. I'm a monarch and minister with you outside, but I'm a brother inside. It's normal for me to prepare what you like to eat.”

”Yes, I know.” Chu Chengxun smiled with a low eyebrow. ”What is the emperor looking for me for?”

The emperor put down his pen. Slowly strolled in front of him, ”you've been living in Duan Wang's house. Has there been any change there?”

”Duan Wang's mind has been on the sick Princess Duan recently. He has less time to go out to meet the minister, so he's still safe,” Chu Chengxun said in a deep voice. ”The emperor doesn't have to worry.”

”I can't not worry,” the emperor's eyes became more and more profound. ”I don't trust him when he goes out. I always feel that I make friends with the minister in private to compete with me. I don't trust him if he doesn't go out, and I feel that there is action behind him.”

Chu Chengxun smiled bitterly and said, ”what does the emperor want him to do? Duanwang can't do either on the left or on the right.”

The emperor looked at him faintly, ”he is a brave and capable prince in my heart, but he is also a traitor who will endanger my rule.”

”Duan Wang will not betray the emperor,” Chu Chengxun was surprised. ”Why does the emperor have such concerns?”

The emperor narrowed his eyes and stared at him. ”You have been with him for so long, why can't you see that he is such a person? Don't you stare at him carefully for me?”

Chu Chengxun was stunned and said with some hesitation: ”how does the emperor suspect that the minister has come? The minister has been helping the emperor keep an eye on Duanwang.”

”Why do I think you are a little biased towards Duan Wang,” the emperor said. ”I asked you to keep an eye on Duan Wang in the palace. You should also secretly develop your own forces to suppress Duan Wang. Don't become a faction with Duan Wang, but come to plan on me.”

Chu Chengxun quickly stood up and explained: ”the emperor misunderstood his minister. He knew that he came back to the state of Qin to help the emperor brother. How could he be in the same faction with people who the emperor brother didn't approve and target the emperor brother together?” it turned out that he didn't ask him to come here today to understand Duanwang's situation, but to test his bias. Chu Chengxun swallowed a breath and was almost cheated by him.

The emperor was silent for a long time, tilted his head and said with a smile, ”I knew you would always stand on my side. Duanwang is a very smart man. You must not be cheated by him.”

”The emperor's brother is his elder brother. How could he betray the emperor? He always works for the emperor's brother,” Chu Chengxun hurriedly showed his loyalty. ”But the emperor's brother must believe him. He will suppress the Duanwang and let the prince he likes ascend the throne.”

The emperor looked at him with appreciation and said with a smile, ”I'm also very satisfied with you. I don't think you're very interested in your forces. I thought you stood with Duanwang secretly. I'm really afraid that I don't even have anyone to trust.”

”I won't,” Chu Chengxun shook his head and his eyes twinkled with certainty. ”The reason why I didn't start to develop my power in the court is mainly because I'm afraid that Duan Wang is suspicious. Now I'm still in the stage of taking his trust. I must take my time and don't scare the snake.”

”You have your own plan, and I believe your plan,” the emperor looked down and smiled at him. ”In the future, when there are only two of us in private, you don't have to call me the emperor. Call the emperor's brother more cordially.”

Chu Chengxun's smile grew stronger on his lips, but there was no waves in his heart, ”yes, brother Huang.”

In front of the charcoal fire in the small stove, the rising spark Xingzi flashed in the air. Xi Yu helped him beat his shoulder and asked softly, ”why does the prince show such a tired look every time he sees the emperor?”

Chu Chengxun half narrowed his eyes. ”Do you think I'm tired after meeting Duanwang, or after meeting the emperor?”

Xiyu drooped his eyes for a moment and replied, ”of course after meeting the emperor.”

”You can also see that in front of the emperor, I always have to cooperate with him to perform the drama of brotherhood, and what I say in front of Duanwang, so I'm naturally more relaxed in front of Duanwang.”

Xiyu nodded and smiled: ”but the slave felt so hungry that the prince was most relaxed in front of the princess to be. Although he didn't have to be so tired in front of Duanwang, the prince was still a little nervous and his expression was much more serious, but in front of the princess to be, the corners of the prince's lips would still be slightly aroused, and there was more smile on his lips.”

Chu Chengxun raised his mouth and glanced at him obliquely. Xi Yu surprised and pointed to his face, ”the prince is like this in front of the prospective princess.”