Chapter 222 Wang Qingci: The Prince Has Changed

Since Mu Zixuan gave birth to a child, Lu Chen basically did not go out for a period of time. He did not inspect the construction of the new city or go to the arsenal. He stayed in the palace to handle government affairs most of the time.

The construction of the new city was proceeding in an orderly manner, and the first batch of weapons manufactured by the arsenal was about to be completed. Lu Chen was now mainly waiting for the arrival of the great master Zhuge Chongguang.

Of course, in addition to Zhuge Chongguang, Lu Chen was also waiting for the birth of the baby in Da Zhou and Xiao Zhou's belly. He really wanted to know what kind of surprise these two children could bring him.

Early morning.

Lu Chen came out of Yelu Nanyan's room with a spring face. He had cultivated a night of feelings with Yelu Nanyan last night, and Lu Chen was now very happy.

After leaving Chunshengyuan, Lu Chen planned to go to the main courtyard for breakfast first, but at this time, a maid came towards Lu Chen.

"Your servant greets the prince, may the prince live a thousand years!"

Lu Chen nodded slightly and was about to continue walking towards the main courtyard, but the maid did not give way. She said, "Prince, Commander Qin wants to see you."

"He is already waiting for you in the study."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

Qin Yushan came to see him so early in the morning. Could it be that there is some important information?

Lu Chen did not even have breakfast and went directly to the study to see what Qin Yushan wanted to see him about.

When Lu Chen arrived at the courtyard where the study was located, he found that not only Qin Yushan was standing at the door of the study, but also Wang Qingci was standing at the door of the study.

Seeing Lu Chen coming, Qin Yushan immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Highness, long live Your Highness."

Lu Chen nodded, then walked directly into the study, saying, "Come in."

Then, Qin Yushan and Wang Qingci followed into the study, and Lu Chen asked, "Commander Qin, what do you want to see me so early in the morning?"

Qin Yushan took out a piece of information from his sleeve and put it on the desk, "Your Highness, there is movement in the capital!"

Hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned.

In the past few months, he has been waiting for his father to take action against those aristocratic families. Only when Daxia is in chaos can the court's attention be completely diverted, and he can incorporate the Northland into the Northland.

If the Northland is incorporated into the Northland now, it will definitely attract the attention of the court, which is very disadvantageous to him.

However, after waiting for a few months, there has been no movement in the capital, which makes Lu Chen doubt whether his father has really given up on taking action against the aristocratic families.

Dawu and Dagan have been in civil strife for a long time, but they have delayed for so long and have not taken any action. If the ancient families in the Daxia Dynasty are not cleared out as soon as possible, Daxia will miss a good opportunity when Dawu and Dagan recover.

After a few months, there is finally movement.

Lu Chen immediately opened the information on the table and read it carefully.

After reading the information on the table, Lu Chen smiled. It seems that the civil war in Daxia is about to break out.

A few days ago, Emperor Xia cleared out some officials from the aristocratic families in the court and began to mobilize the army on a large scale. Emperor Xia said that there was a plague in the Dagan Dynasty in the south, and he wanted to send troops to the south to guard the southern border to prevent the plague of the Dagan Dynasty from spreading to the Daxia Dynasty.

Even a fool can see that it is an excuse.

First, some officials of the Jiangnan family were cleared out, and then a large-scale mobilization of troops was carried out to the south. Isn’t it obvious that it is aimed at the Jiangnan family?

The Dagan Dynasty did have a plague, but even if it did, with the southern vassal kings guarding the border, it would not be so easy for the plague to spread to Daxia.

Although the number of troops in the vassal kings' fiefdoms was limited, there were at least 50,000 soldiers in one fiefdom. Couldn't 50,000 soldiers guard a border? The Dagan Dynasty did not start a war, and the soldiers in the fiefdoms only needed to prevent the infected people from running to Daxia.

This kind of small matter did not require the court to mobilize the army to the south. The intention of Emperor Xia was too obvious.

Lu Chen now couldn't understand his father.

He had not taken action before, not only did he not take action, but he also made Lu Shuyun the prince, and later he opened up the right to operate the salt industry, which led to the continuous rise in salt prices in Daxia, feeding all the salt-making families in Jiangnan.

As a result, after so long, now he thinks of cleaning up the aristocratic families, and it is so ostentatious.

No matter how stupid those Jiangnan noble families are, they can guess that Emperor Xia is planning to send troops south to deal with them, right?

According to the current situation, I am afraid that news of the noble families' rebellion will come in a few days.

After reading the intelligence in his hand, Lu Chen said: "Write back to Commander Liang and ask him to keep an eye on the movements of the noble families in the Jiangnan area."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave."

Wang Qingci was still on the side, and Qin Yushan still had some eyesight.

Lu Chen nodded and said, "Well, you go and do your own thing."

As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, Qin Yushan turned and left the study.

After Qin Yushan left, Lu Chen looked up at Wang Qingci in front of him.

After Lu Chen's nourishment during this period of time, Wang Qingci's figure became more enchanting, and the whole person became more charming.

Lu Chen smiled and said, "What does the owner Wang want to see me early in the morning?"

Wang Qingci took out a piece of information, put it on Lu Chen's desk, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, there are rumors that the Grand Master of Huanyu Academy went to the Dayue Dynasty, and discussed something privately with Emperor Yue. It seems that Plan to move Huanyu Academy to Dayue Dynasty."

Hearing this, Lu Chen smiled faintly. He picked up the information on the table and just glanced at it.

Obviously, Zhuge Chongguang went to the Dayue Dynasty just to deceive others. His real purpose was to come to the Northern Kingdom.

After all, there are so many students in Huanyu Academy. It is impossible to go to the North Country all at once. There must be a process.

As for the meeting between Zhuge Chongguang and Emperor Yue, it is not surprising at all. Zhuge Chongguang is also a great master of Wen Sheng. A great master will be respected no matter which dynasty he is in.

There is a high probability that Emperor Yue wanted to win over Zhuge Chongguang and let him join the Yue Dynasty, so he met Zhuge Chongguang in private.

But it is a pity that Zhuge Chongguang cannot join the Dayue Dynasty.

Wang Qingci reminded at this time: "Recently, the situation of Huanyu Academy in the Daqian Dynasty is relatively poor. Some people say that the reason why the Daqian Dynasty encountered the plague was because the students of Huanyu Academy did not abide by etiquette and laws, and did not respect ghosts and gods, so God only A plague will be sent to punish the Daqian Dynasty.

"Zhuge Chongguang, the dean of Huanyu Academy, is visiting other dynasties at this time. Most likely, he wants to find a new place for Huanyu Academy. Don't you think this is an opportunity?"

Wang Qingci can also see what the Northern Kingdom lacks most now.

Lu Chen has basically not done that kind of thing with her in the study in the past few months, mostly because Lu Chen is too busy.

There are not so many officials in the North Country, and many things need to be handled by Lu Chen personally. This is why Lu Chen is basically in a high-intensity working state after entering the study, and has no intention of relaxing with Wang Qingci.

Lu Chen used to take care of Wang Qingci in the study. Since Lu Chen had more things to do and became busy, Wang Qingci returned to the inner courtyard by himself and waited for Lu Chen to take care of Lu Chen on his way to Chunsheng Courtyard in the evening. Come to your room to be seduced.

Wang Qingci would also become greedy after not cultivating a relationship with the young prince for a long time, so she would occasionally return to the inner courtyard to find Lu Chen to satisfy her craving. Although every time she came back, her mind would be confused when she woke up the next day, but occasionally It's not a big deal once, as long as it doesn't happen every day.

What Wang Qingci is thinking now is, since Huanyu Academy is so unpopular, why not take advantage of this opportunity to recruit Huanyu Academy to Beiguo.

Not to mention that all the students from Huanyu Academy are expected to be officials, Zhuge Chongguang, the great master of literary sage alone, is worthy of Lu Chen's acceptance of the entire Huanyu Academy.

With Zhuge Chongguang as the great master, the deterrent power of the Northern Kingdom will be greatly enhanced in the future. Even if the Northern Kingdom wants to be independent in the future, the court will not dare to act rashly.

So far, in the Great Xia Dynasty, no vassal state has a great master. It is difficult to say secretly, but at least there is no such thing on the surface.

The Northern Kingdom already has a Grand Master named Lu Chen, and with the addition of another Grand Master, there are two Grand Masters. A feudal country with two Grand Masters can completely disobey the imperial court.

Of course, this was just Wang Qingci's personal thought. She also knew that the scholars at Huanyu Academy had unrealistic ideas in their minds all day long, so it was hard to say whether Lu Chen, the ruler, would be willing to accept those scholars.

After all, for now, no ruler is willing to accept scholars who are full of ideas about Datong.

After hearing Wang Qingci's words, Lu Chen smiled and then asked: "Opportunity? What opportunity?"

"In your opinion, Qingci, the scholars at Huanyu Academy are of great use to Beiguo?"

After hearing what Lu Chen said, Wang Qingci thought that Lu Chen, like other rulers, looked down on the scholars at Huanyu Academy, so he said: "Your Majesty, although those scholars have some unrealistic ideas in their heads. , but their ideas are good for the common people. If those students from Huanyu Academy can come to Beiguo to serve as officials, the Nu family believes that they will serve the common people wholeheartedly. "

"If you serve the people wholeheartedly as an official, the people will definitely attribute all their achievements to you. This will make the people trust Beiwang Mansion more and stabilize your rule."

Hearing Wang Qingci's words, Lu Chen smiled, and then asked: "Qingci, haven't you ever thought that if these people all come to the North Kingdom, will one day they will directly ignore me as the prince, and then the North Kingdom will They have the final say in everything, and even asked me to hand over all the properties of Beiwang Mansion? "

this……

Wang Qingci thought for a moment, if it was the group of people from Huanyu Academy, they might really let the ruling class give up their interests to the people.

So these people are indeed a threat to the prince Lu Chen. It's no wonder that Lu Chen doesn't want them.

Then Wang Qingci said: "What the prince said is that the slave family has some fantastic ideas."

Just when Wang Qingci said that Lu Chen was not interested in Huanyu Academy, Lu Chen suddenly said: "No, you are not crazy. If it were an ordinary vassal king, he would not want these scholars from Huanyu Academy, and he would I’m worried that those people will come and isolate themselves from the country.”

"But I am different from other feudal lords."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Wang Qingci was stunned for a moment, and then she asked: "Do you mean to recruit Zhuge Chongguang and those students from Huanyu Academy?"

"Recruiting?" Lu Chen smiled faintly.

"You think too much. I won't recruit them."

This...

If Lu Chen doesn't recruit them, how can they come to the North Country? Lu Chen is obviously not very interested in Huanyu Academy.

Come to think of it, Lu Chen is the supreme ruler of the North Country after all. Although he said that he would not have too much rejection of them, he must not be very interested in the group of scholars in Huanyu Academy.

Just when Wang Qingci was thinking this, Lu Chen said: "Huanyu Academy is originally mine, why do I need to recruit them."

What?

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Wang Qingci was stunned. She seriously suspected that there was something wrong with her ears, causing hallucinations.

After Wang Qingci came to her senses, she immediately asked: "Prince, you are not kidding me, Huanyu Academy is yours?"

Lu Chen smiled and asked: "Why, are you surprised?"

"I..."

Wang Qingci hesitated to speak, this is no longer a question of surprise or not.

Huanyu Academy is in the Dagan Dynasty. The entire Huanyu Academy actually belongs to Lu Chen?

As far as she knows, the history of Huanyu Academy seems to be much older than Lu Chen's age, right? Huanyu Academy has been established for decades. It was founded by Zhuge Chongguang when he was young. How come the entire Huanyu Academy has become Lu Chen's now?

Wang Qingci asked curiously: "Prince, is Zhuge Chongguang also your man?"

Lu Chen said: "Of course."

"He went to the Dayue Dynasty this time not to surrender to the Dayue Dynasty, his real purpose is to come to the North."

"In a few days, Zhuge Chongguang will come to Yancheng."

This...

Although it felt a little incredible, Wang Qingci quickly accepted this shocking news in her heart. After all, the man she was facing was Lu Chen, a strange man who could break through the Grandmaster realm at the age of seventeen. Nothing was impossible for him.

Wang Qingci thought for a moment, then said: "Since Huanyu Academy is the power of the prince, I will no longer pay attention to the affairs of Huanyu Academy."

"No, we still need to pay more attention to the situation of Huanyu Academy. Huanyu Academy is still in Dagan and has not moved to the North Country. If Huanyu Academy encounters any problems, Tingyu Tower can help in secret."

Wang Qingci said: "I understand. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

"Well, okay, you go and do your thing."

After the voice fell, Lu Chen lowered his head and picked up the information sent by Qin Yushan just now, and read it carefully.

Seeing this scene, Wang Qingci curled her cherry lips. Lu Chen has changed a lot recently. If it was before, he would have scolded her in the study. Now Lu Chen doesn't scold her in the study, which makes her feel very uncomfortable.

Wang Qingci sighed slightly in her heart. The little prince has become too serious, which is not a good thing.

Just when Wang Qingci was feeling emotional, Lu Chen noticed that Wang Qingci did not leave the study immediately. He looked up at Wang Qingci and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Do you have anything else to do?"

Wang Qingci hurriedly said: "No...No, I'll leave now."

Speaking of this, Wang Qingci turned and left the study.

Wang Qingci thought that all the ridiculous things Lu Chen did before were because Lu Chen was still young, after all, he was only sixteen or seventeen years old.

As Lu Chen gradually grew up, his mind would become more and more mature. After maturity, Lu Chen might not do those ridiculous things in the past.

For some reason, she didn't want Lu Chen to grow up. In the past, she could still act like a sister in front of Lu Chen, and then provoke Lu Chen in various ways, stimulating Lu Chen to deal with her severely.

But I'm afraid that this won't be possible in the future. Once a person matures, his thoughts will change. If she still wants to tease Lu Chen like before, not only will Lu Chen not be excited, but Lu Chen may hate her.

When she thought of this, Wang Qingci felt extremely lost in her heart.

She had long realized that there would be such a day, but she didn't expect it to come so soon. In less than a year, Lu Chen had changed so much, becoming so mature and manly.

She still liked the little prince who always touched her and wanted to be rough with her.

The more Wang Qingci thought about it, the more depressed he felt.

At this time, Lu Chen also found that something was wrong with Wang Qingci.

Lu Chen always felt that Wang Qingci had something on his mind.

Lu Chen then called up Wang Qingci's personal information.

[Name: Wang Qingci]

[Identity: The favorite female slave of the Northern King, the concubine of the Northern King, the owner of Tingyu Tower, a half-step master. She found that the Northern King had changed recently, becoming serious and mature, and no longer treated her like he used to, which made her feel very disappointed. She felt that the Northern King had played enough with her as a female slave and might abandon her at any time. ]

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This...

Seeing Wang Qingci's latest information, Lu Chen felt a little speechless.

During this period of time, he rarely treated Wang Qingci like he used to. One reason was that he had too many things to do. He had endless government affairs to deal with every day. When he was in the study, he had almost no thoughts about women. So when Wang Qingci came to the study to find him, he would talk about things.

Although he rarely did that kind of thing with Wang Qingci in the study, when Wang Qingci came back at night occasionally, he would still go to Wang Qingci's room to play role-playing games with her.

Wang Qingci actually felt that he had changed? She even felt disappointed because of this?

Could it be that in Wang Qingci's mind, he was actually caring about her performance by arguing with her, and now that he suddenly became so serious, he didn't like her anymore?

Heh...

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