Bai Lianhua was speechless.
He felt that he was almost convinced by Yang Chongyin's logic... It was terrible.
Yang Chongyin then asked: "Will you hate me because of this?"
He seemed to be ready to say it all at once: "Actually, there is one more thing you may not know. Both the sect leader and the Great Elder have lost their cultivation... Yes, this is also related to me."
Bai Lianhua looked up in surprise.
"My life has been forcibly changed by them since I was a child. I am a stranger to my parents, and I am not allowed to have any emotional turmoil..."
—Bai Lianhua was probably the only accident in his life that was not planned in advance by the head and elders.
"I hate them very much in my heart. If I didn't think that they have always treated you well, I would not show mercy and spare their lives."
"This me may be very different from the Senior Brother Yang you imagined... Isn't it scary?"
Bai Lianhua was dumb.
Yang Chongyin's eyes dimmed obviously, but he still looked straight at Bai Lianhua, unwilling to look away.
Bai Lianhua couldn't bear it in his heart: "No."
Of course he understands that the sect leader and the elders are not really good people, what they did to Yang Chongyin was indeed too much... But in fact, there was another reason why they treated him well, if he was just Bai Lianhua without any additional identity, That's not necessarily the case.
"I know that what happened to senior brother is not fair, and you should have resentment and hatred in your heart."
Bai Lianhua forced a smile: "Actually, I had a vague premonition... I know that my brother's heart is not peaceful, and it's not always as calm and breezy as it appears."
He pursed his lips: "Although I am a bit stupid by nature, I am not as stupid as my brother imagined."
"Where is someone who is treated like that but can still maintain the same state of mind, I understand this from the very beginning... Brother is a living person, not a puppet that can be manipulated at will."
Yang Chongyin's expression moved slightly: "Since you know that I am not as good as you imagined, why do you still want to get close to me?"
"I don't know either." Bai Lianhua looked up at him, her eyes were clear, "If I can understand, maybe I can restrain myself, and I won't always want to take the initiative to talk to my brother."
"You are still my Senior Brother Yang. I don't hate you, and I won't be afraid of you... The one who planted wrong karma from the beginning is the national teacher system that has been passed down for many years, the first emperor, the head and the elders... not the senior brother you."
"I think, I don't have the position and qualifications to accuse senior brother of what you did wrong."
Bai Lianhua uttered the standard lines of Bailianhua with a complicated mood: "I just... feel that the common people are innocent."
"Whenever there is chaos in the world, the people will suffer."
"Look, these days, those town residents who come to you and me for fortune-telling, although they may have such and other shortcomings, they are all very lively and lovely people."
"However, once the fortunes of the country decline to the point of causing chaos in the world, they will lose such a stable life and run around and become displaced."
He looked at Yang Chongyin with a pleading face: "Brother, it's not too late, the fate of the country can still be restored."
Although the dynasty is now full of internal and external troubles, as long as there is no outbreak for a day, there is still a possibility of salvation.
However, only Yang Chongyin can do this in this world.
Yang Chongyin sighed softly: "As expected, you are still like this, as always."
—With compassion, I hope the world is safe and healthy.
He laughed at himself: "The last person in the world who really cares about me is finally persuading me to fulfill the duties that a national teacher should have."
Bai Lianhua lowered her head in bewilderment.
Yang Chongyin's tone was so sad that he felt as if he had no face to face Yang Chongyin.
Yang Chongyin paused, but continued to speak: "But if it's you, it's fine."
Hearing this, Bai Lianhua couldn't help looking at Yang Chongyin again, and opened his eyes wide.
"It's just that since Junior Brother Bai has the ambition to cherish the world, why not cherish me first."
"It's up to you to bring me back all the emotions they've stripped me of over the years."
"Now that I have become the national teacher and the head of the sect, no one can restrain me anymore and keep me from being emotional."
Yang Chongyin showed a smile.
Bai Lianhua instinctively realized the important point in Yang Chongyin's words: "All emotions?"
"Yes, I am very greedy. Love from relatives, care from friends, love from husband and wife... I want everything from you."
"You said that you are not as ignorant of the world as I imagined... Then have you noticed that I like you?"
Bai Lianhua was stunned... She never expected that Yang Chongyin, who always liked to do things around the corner, would be so straightforward at this time.
"I...I..." During this time, Bai Lianhua, who had become accustomed to the soothing rhythm when getting along with Yang Chongyin, was really dizzy from this straight ball.
Yang Chongyin continued: "Isn't Junior Brother willing?"
"In other words... the dynasty owes me, is Junior Brother Bai willing to pay it instead?"
Bai Lianhua's heart skipped a beat, and she forced herself to show a puzzled expression: "Brother, where did you say that?"
Yang Chongyin was unmoved: "You should also belong to the prince, shouldn't you?"
He was unable to predict Bai Lianhua's own fate. This was because after he succeeded as the national teacher, he discovered clues among many royal secrets, and he was sensitively aware that maybe Bai Lianhua's identity was in doubt, but he was actually of royal blood... It was just the late emperor. An illegitimate child living outside.
It is precisely because of his special status that even though Bai Lianhua's qualifications are mediocre, he is still arranged to join the sect, because for some people, the only way to put him under their noses is the most reassuring, and at the same time can maximize Cut off his fate with the throne as much as possible.
But all those who joined the sect have more or less severed their ties with the secular world. Maybe it is not as extreme as he cut off the mortal relationship at the beginning, but it has already drawn an insurmountable natural moat between ordinary people.
A person who deals with illusory things all day is obviously not a threat.
—While the other princes were taught by the best teachers and competed with each other to win connections, Bai Lianhua was quietly learning how to be a "magic stick"... Over the years, what can he do
The head and the elders did take care of Bai Lianhua, but on the other hand, they were restricting him all the time.
The school did not strictly prohibit disciples from entering and leaving. Most of the disciples had more or less daily experience of going out. Even he, with the acquiescence of the head and the elders, ran out to visit his family once, although in the end he only got pain.
But only Bai Lianhua has never gone out once since he started, even if he is greedy, he often just asks other senior brothers and sisters to bring him some novelty snacks.
At that time, everyone in the sect amusedly thought that it was Bai Lianhua who was too lazy to go out and walk around, but thinking about it, it might not be the case.
In particular, although the head and the elders were kind to him, they were too kind. They never strictly demanded Bai Lianhua's studies, and even deliberately condoned... Now that I think about it, I don't know if they have the intention of raising him.
If it wasn't for Bai Lianhua's innocence, he might not even have the opportunity to practice later... Or, this training was a deadly trap.
Yang Chongyin once suspected that Bai Lianhua's disappearance was actually related to his identity, and there was something else hidden.
As the next national teacher, he has the ability to influence the candidate for the new monarch in the future... And what about Bai Lianhua? An embarrassingly abandoned prince, but has a close relationship with him.
He clearly understood what kind of heart Bai Lianhua had. It wasn't intentional, he wouldn't have such deep plans, but in the eyes of others who coveted the throne, it might be extremely annoying.
Bai Lianhua was flirting, but she couldn't deny it at all.
—He thought Yang Chongyin wouldn't know.
Indeed, thanks to the system, his status in this world, apart from being Yang Chongyin's fellow apprentice on the surface, is also an embarrassing prince.
In a sense, he is the son of Yang Chongyin's enemy? After all, Yang Chongyin hated the dynasty that brought him such a fate, and he also hated the late emperor.
... Hey, it's also a bloodbath.
But thanks to this identity, he can prevent the head and elders from taking some coercive measures against Yang Chongyin in the early stage of the mission, and he can get close to Yang Chongyin several times without worrying that he will really disappear—even if it’s just because of him. For the sake of his blood, the head of the sect and the elders still have to show some face to him.
Yang Chongyin's voice was still cold, but he was saying some bewitching words, which made Bai Lianhua's scalp tingle.
"Speaking of which, junior brother, since you are of the blood of the late emperor, you are naturally qualified to sit on the Dragon Throne... Do you want me to help you ascend the throne?"
"As long as you want, I have the ability."
Bai Lianhua: "???"
No, no, no... Bai Lianhua quickly shook her head, not understanding how the topic suddenly changed to this.
Yang Chongyin's thinking jumped so much that he couldn't keep up.