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The Strongest Fox-Demon (71)
Some of the ministers supported Prince Qi privately. After so many years, it was impossible for them to change sides overnight, so they could only make things difficult for Li Yufeng. Unfortunately, Li Yufeng was undaunted by the challenges they posed. His ‘All-knowing Scholar’ moniker wasn’t derived from fortune-telling but from his forces that were spread throughout the north and south of the country. It was for them that he was so well-informed.
In recent months, because of being with Chu Xiang, he has strengthened his power immensely and fortified his forces in the capital. Joining the battle for the heir apparent was not an impulsive decision. He has made complete preparations and of course has the means to deal with them.
There were quite a few ministers who sincerely worked for the common people and supported the Emperor. After they found out about the disaster, Li Yufeng assigned tasks to each of them, and those who supported Prince Qi were allotted dispensable errands. These people’s hearts’ dropped to the bottom, including one of them, Prince Qi’s hidden pawn who had never been exposed. When he received his mission, his face couldn’t be anymore ugly. He couldn’t figure out how Li Yufeng figured out who he supported.
However, the more things turned out like this, the more the ministers dared not underestimate Li Yufeng. They thought he was a country bumpkin prince who had never entered the court, but they didn’t even know that he had been in the capital for so long and had even taken part in the national imperial exam. This was enough to show that Li Yufeng’s means were unusual, and there were people in the court who worked for him.
The ministers didn’t know which lady Li Yufeng married, but in less than a day, all the officials and dignitaries in the capital knew that his wife was doing charity and disaster relief. His wife was treating plague patients in the suburbs of the capital. Even his wife’s sister and friend had already set off to the south to deliver disaster relief supplies. He also asked for an imperial decree to be sent after them, assigning that friend as a secret imperial envoy.
The point was that no one knew who that friend was, let alone notify someone in the south to make preparations. The entire capital was placed under martial law. All those who tried to send messages out were shocked to see their missives in their study rooms, truncated and sent back to them. How massive was that power capable of intercepting all letters and silently delivering them into their study rooms? If even their own residence was not safe, who would dare to act rashly?!
Li Yufeng subdued them as soon as he struck. All the officials in the capital tensed up, and they all waited and watched obediently. Those who received errands also carried them out meticulously. Everything Li Yufeng ordered was advancing at the fastest speed.
The Emperor was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, and then he laughed, with pride oozing out of his laughter. He underestimated his son. When he was seriously ill, it was a great relief to learn that his favorite son possessed such skills. After pondering for a long time, the Emperor also began to secretly ask people to arrange a series of matters. Since his son has what it takes, he must find a way to protect him and let him gather achievements and then smoothly rise to the top.
Li Yufeng used extreme measures to stabilize the situation in the capital for fear of troubles popping up. Although Chu Xiang was fond of exciting things and would enjoy the fun, he still felt disgusted with the issues with his family and thus had to solve them before Chu Xiang’s return.
After a few busy hours of sorting these things out, Li Yufeng went out of the palace in disguise, dodged everyone and went to a small town on the outskirts of the capital. He tracked Chu Xiang’s aura and found her.
“Xiang’er, how is it going?”
Chu Xiang was not surprised when she saw him. She waved her hands to the nervous village chief and the others and said, “Everyone, please follow my instructions and deliver porridge and medicine to everyone. I’ll be there to examine them later. Come to me if you have any questions.”
“Yes, yes,” the village chief and his company responded respectfully and quickly obeyed her instructions.
Li Yufeng smiled and said, “You hold prestige here.”
“They regard me as a savior, a living God. If they were to know that I am a fox demon, they would most likely be scared to death.” Chu Xiang shook her head in amusement. “How did you do in the exam? What took you so long to get here?”
Li Yufeng said confidently, “Being the champion scholar is a sure thing.” He squatted down in front of Chu Xiang, looked up at her and said hesitantly, “I did something today. Ahem… it’s about my family and another level of identity. I have no achievements to speak of before so I didn’t tell you. I don’t know whether you like it or not, but I think you should not care about it. Moreover, facilitating your work will certainly become much more convenient…”
Chu Xiang rubbed his face, wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned into his arms. She said, “What are you talking about? Just spit it out. Who is your family and what is your identity?”
“His Majesty is my father,” Li Yufeng replied with the simplest words.
It immediately clicked with Chu Xiang. “Oh—— No wonder when that Third Prince asked me to tell his fortune that day, I couldn’t figure it out. He turns out to be a family.”
“Lao San(Lao-indicates familiarity and the order of birth in the family. In this case, Third), just ignore that bastard. I’ll deal with him later.” Li Yufeng never took the idiot, Lao San, seriously. It never occurred to him that he would dare to harass his wife. He was really courting death!
Chu Xiang smiled and nodded. She stepped back and looked Li Yufeng up and down a few times, and said with a smile, “I didn’t expect my husband to be a prince… So have you declared war today? What? Do you want to fight for the throne?”
“That’s what I told my Imperial Father, but whether I want to fight for it or not depends on whether you want to be the empress.” Li Yufeng got up and hugged her, and whispered in her ear, “How about sharing the empire with me?”
His “sharing” really meant “sharing”. Two people sit on an equal footing and govern the country. An Emperor and an Empress, joining hands to rule.
Chu Xiang narrowed her eyes. “You can’t cultivate as the Emperor, so won’t you have to spend less decades with me?”
Li Yufeng grinned from ear to ear. “Can’t bear to part with me? Of course the feeling is mutual, that’s why when we’ve had enough fun, we’ll find someone to inherit the throne and play elsewhere. After dumping the throne, I continue to cultivate, can’t I?”
“I knew you weren’t that honest.” Chu Xiang kissed him on the lips and said with a smile, “Okay, I haven’t tried being a Demon Empress yet, just for fun.”