"Don't you want me to touch you anymore?" Shen Xihe glanced at Bu Shulin with a smile.
Bu Shulin saw her take a step forward and suddenly moved closer to the bed, which affected his wound and made him grimace in pain.
Shen Xihe chuckled softly: "You have to be careful in the future."
The playful expression on his face faded, and Bu Shulin's eyes became deep and focused: "I was careless. I never expected that His Majesty had the intention to kill me."
"Your Majesty is getting old, and the princes are reaching adulthood. He will become less and less patient." Shen Xihe crossed his hands in front of him, walked lightly and elegantly, and slowly walked to the window. His eyes penetrated the bamboo forest outside the window. The shadows of the bamboos swayed in his pupils that were like cold mist, vague and difficult to grasp. "In addition, Your Majesty is far from being suspicious and urgent. He acted like this. In addition to the rare opportunity, he must have had a plan in mind."
"Confident?" Bu Shulin savored these words, his eyes sharp. "You mean, His Majesty has arranged a spy in the Shunan army, next to my father!"
If she is put to death here, when the news reaches southern Shu, my father will certainly be heartbroken. This spy will take the opportunity to make trouble and say that my father died of grief. Even if someone finds out, the people appointed by the court will arrive immediately to take charge. For the safety of themselves and their families, they will remain silent.
What a great trick of transplanting flowers and trees without any bloodshed!
"What I thought was just one of the reasons." Shen Xihe stretched out his hand and gently fiddled with the green leaves placed by the windowsill. "Nothing is absolute. It is not difficult for His Majesty to guarantee that there will be no handle left this time, but he still made a move, which means..."
Shen Xihe turned around, her light gauze skirt shone brilliantly, and her eyes looked at Bu Shulin: "It means that Your Majesty is not afraid of fighting Shunan."
Bu Shulin's heart trembled: "Where does your majesty get the confidence from?"
Even if he was the emperor, he could not stand the test of assassinating his ministers first. Could he still be so strong as to command the surrounding garrisons of Southern Shu to follow his orders and encircle and suppress Southern Shu? Wasn't he afraid that these people would be suspicious of the emperor
"Your Majesty has never thought of suppressing Southern Shu with the garrison troops around Southern Shu." Shen Xihe's eyes were deep. "Your Majesty has already secretly organized a special force for five or six years. Now that this special force has become powerful, Your Majesty will naturally not be constrained by others. He really needs a good opportunity to sharpen his blade and use it to shock the four directions."
"Your Majesty actually secretly raised a surprise force?" Bu Shulin only learned about this at this moment, and her face changed drastically with shock.
To raise an army and keep it for five or six years without arousing suspicion is not an easy task even for an emperor.
Money and food are one thing, but the most difficult thing is people. A special force may have as few as a few hundred or as many as several thousand people. A large number of people are missing and no one reports it. This means that there are people in the local area who are backing up for Your Majesty, and that Your Majesty has absolute control over the selection of talents.
"Your Majesty has been on the throne for twenty years and has swept away the decadent situation during the reign of the previous emperor. In recent years, apart from being extremely selfish, he has not promoted any sycophantic ministers and has not condoned corruption. He is a wise leader in the eyes of civil and military officials and is also deeply supported by the people." Shen Xihe reminded.
Bu Shulin suffered such a great disaster this time and had to swallow his anger. It was impossible to reveal the emperor's cruelty without evidence.
Emperor Youning was an emperor with almost no shortcomings except for his great power and reputation. He was not greedy for women, was diligent and upright, brave and resourceful, and appointed people based on their merits. If he was a king who succeeded to the throne in a peaceful and prosperous era, the country would have been peaceful and prosperous.