Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess -
Chapter 560 - 283: Rescue Someone from the Bottom of the Lake?
Chapter 560: Chapter 283: Rescue Someone from the Bottom of the Lake?
In the room, the two sat opposite each other separated by an incense table.
Luo Wanqing lit some high-quality sandalwood to suppress the scent on her.
Although she could use magic to eliminate the odor left after lovemaking, she still harbored a child within her, risked letting some escape, and those with keen noses could still detect it.
"Seeking an audience with me to talk about your feelings, I suspect your head was caught in a door."
Luo Wanqing was still her venomous-tongued self.
She slightly lowered her body to cover her slightly protruding belly.
Given her personality, she really didn’t care about the Emperor knowing that she was fooling around outside since they were only husband and wife in name, with not a shred of real emotion.
But after all, she was the Empress of a nation, and there was some face to be maintained.
Zhou Chang looked around the lavishly decorated room, and after a maid brought in some top-notch tea, he said with self-mockery, "I just suddenly wanted to find someone to talk to."
"Why don’t you go to Noble Consort Lin, whom you dote on the most? Is she not close enough to your heart?"
Luo Wanqing scoffed.
The Emperor, looking at her gorgeous and captivating face, teased, "Is the Empress feeling jealous?"
But upon seeing the icy coldness in her squinted eyes, the Emperor knew he had overstepped and apologized with a smile, saying softly, "No emperor wishes to be a lonesome man; after all, he hopes there is someone he can speak with by his side."
"Then abdicate, change your identity and be a playboy searching for a confidante in Jianghu."
Luo Wanqing said casually.
Zhou Chang sighed lightly, "If I were to abdicate, not only would I die immediately, but Dazhou would also be doomed."
Luo Wanqing stared at him, "Have you ever thought that even if you don’t abdicate, Dazhou may one day be doomed?"
If anyone else had spoken these words, they would have been dragged out and beheaded, but Zhou Chang, already familiar with his wife’s character, simply laughed it off.
Luo Wanqing said indifferently, "Only those at the center can see the essence. This house of Dazhou, which ought to collapse, is being propped up by you, but for how much longer?
The massacre in Qingzhou is the most foolish decision any ruler can make in any dynasty. But you are not a fool; you know better than anyone how grave the consequences of such an action are.
Yet you still did it, indicating you’re at a stage where you must take a gamble, signifying that Dazhou can no longer afford to drag its feet."
Zhou Chang nodded slightly, "When Jiang Wan helped me ascend the throne, it was because she saw that I could sustain Dazhou and save those people on the brink of national and familial ruin.
But to prop up a nation on the verge of falling apart is very hard, too hard. For many years, Dazhou has appeared stable, but it’s maintained by extreme measures.
Setting aside the foreign troubles, the increasing internal dangers: the rift between localities and the court, policy delays, clan interests... Countless sharpening contradictions..."
The Emperor paused, picked up his tea, took a sip, and asked softly, "Do you know the best way to strengthen a nation riddled with internal strife?"
Luo Wanqing slightly parted her crimson lips and softly uttered two words, "Plunder."
"Exactly, external plunder."
The Emperor nodded approvingly and said, "If we could take back those states we conceded to Yanrong, if we could swallow Yanrong’s fat land, if we could skim a layer of oil from Nanjin Country, Loulan, and many other small nations, the situation for Dazhou Country would improve greatly. At least, we could shift the internal conflicts outward.
But as of now, we still lack the strength to undertake such plunder; we must sharpen our knife as quickly as possible by extreme means, to slaughter the enemy!"
Luo Wanqing suddenly remembered Jiang Mo’s puzzled look and spoke in an indifferent tone, "Sharpening this knife with the blood of eighty thousand people is a grand move, but I’m afraid... you might not be able to hold it."
The Emperor suddenly gripped his teacup firmly.
Then he confidently smiled and said, "This knife can only be held by me, and I will definitely hold it firm!"
Luo Wanqing replied, "The Asura Queen is not so easily controlled."
The Emperor neither agreed nor disagreed, smiling languidly, "Indeed, the preceding Emperor even lost his life without being able to control her. But that girl Ran Qingchen... I can control her with ease."
Luo Wanqing’s eyes flickered.
The Asura Queen could only attach herself to Ran Qingchen.
And at present, Ran Qingchen was firmly under the Emperor’s control.
Unless the Asura Queen found another host, but the problem was, only Ran Qingchen was suitable in this world.
This was an unsolvable trap.
"If..."
Luo Wanqing was about to speak when she suddenly furrowed her brow and instinctively covered her belly.
Something had slipped out unintentionally.
Luo Wanqing exerted a slight force to close her thighs tightly and continued to ask, "What if there are accidents?"
As a top Cultivator, she was most attuned to the unpredictability of the Dao of Heaven.
The price of unleashing the devil is often irreparable.
The Emperor was silent for a moment, staring at the leaves floating in his tea, and slowly said, "Then, it would mean Heaven has forsaken Dazhou."
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The Li Family.
Wen Er knelt on the ground, drooping his head while listening to the scolding from his sister.
Li Nanshuang sat lazily in the chair, staring blankly at the ceiling, and ignored the pleading looks repeatedly thrown by her second uncle.
The Li Family was a military household.
In the previous dynasty, their ancestors had held the position of a great general.
Later, due to political struggles, they were convicted and stripped of their posts.
It was not until the rise of the Dazhou Dynasty that they were reassigned and used again. Furthermore, Li Nanshuang’s grandfather had established numerous military merits and had been granted a noble title by the court.
Li Nanshuang’s father was named Li Kuang, the current head of the Li Family, a commanding officer at the border of Fengcheng holding a fourth-rank official position. He played an important role in the peaceful negotiations with Yanrong during the Dan Yun treaty.
Even Empress Dowager Xiao had praised this man for his unparalleled bravery, believing that given time, he could rival the God of War, Bei Jing.
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