Chapter 1098: Emperor Jian's Heart <<<
"Amitabha Buddha."
Li Chen's backup plan for the White Lotus Sect leader didn't go to waste.
As dusk fell, Li Chen, who was still busy with government affairs in the Xizheng Hall, saw Gong Huiyu appear before him.
"Is anyone here?"
Li Chen looked up at Gong Huiyu, then continued to lower his head and perfect his reform plan, asking in a bland tone.
"Here we are," Gong Huiyu nodded.
"Why don't you come in?" Li Chen didn't even raise his head this time.
Gong Huiyu said calmly, "He said he doesn't like the palace, so please, Your Highness, move outside for a moment."
"Ha."
Li Chen smiled and said, "Such a big show."
"Since Your Highness has a request for me, I should display the virtue of being magnanimous and respectful towards the wise."
Palace Huiyu paused for a moment after finishing her sentence and added, "His exact words."
<"Then let him go back to where he came from." >
Li Chen said indifferently: "I am the prince. What is he? Just a martial artist who has rallied a bunch of riff-raff and thinks he has bargaining chips with me?"
"Even if one possesses great martial arts prowess, to acquire such skills yet refuse to serve the country and instead plot to overthrow the imperial court is unacceptable. This palace granted him an opportunity, which was already a stroke of fortune from heaven. Since he fails to appreciate it, then let us part ways."
Li Chen's words landed, and a light chuckle echoed in the Xizheng Hall.
Looking up again, a young man in a white-bottom ink-wash scholar's robe had already stood with his hands behind his back beside Gong Huiyu.
This young man was quite handsome. He wore white ink-wash clothes, with a few simple strokes of ink bamboo laid out on silk. Ordinary people wouldn't dare to wear such clothes outside, nine out of ten couldn't bring out the charm they possessed.
But this young man, he wore the refined attire with such flair, leaving an unforgettable impression on anyone who laid eyes upon him.
He had no topknot, but instead wore his long hair, which fell past his shoulders, in stark contrast to his refined and courteous attire.
At first glance, Li Chen's impression of him wasn't that the young man was a peerless master, nor that he was the leader of the Bai Lian Sect. Instead, he seemed more like a madman.
When Li Chen looked at him, he was also looking back at Li Chen.
Their eyes locked in a silent struggle.
Li Chen saw a chasm.
But what the leader of the White Lotus Sect saw, Li Chen had no idea.
Putting down his pen, Li Chen stood up straight without speaking.
He was waiting, waiting for the leader of the Bai Lian sect to reveal themselves.
This is momentum, do not yield.
The one who spoke first seemed a little guilty.
...the thought of the White Lotus Sect's leader seemed to align with Li Chen's. He remained silent, merely observing Li Chen with keen interest....
The atmosphere in the Xizheng Hall froze for a moment.
Gong Huiyu remained aloof and indifferent. She ignored the two men who had been glaring at each other since they first met. She walked over to the bookshelf on her own, picked up a storybook, and read it with relish.
Just at this moment, Wan Jiaojiao walked back with Li Chen's medicine in hand.
"Your Highness, it's time for your medicine..."
Just as Wan Jiaojiao finished speaking, she saw the leader of the White Lotus sect staring at Li Chen. She immediately frowned and scolded him: "Bold! To dare look directly at His Highness is a crime punishable by heaven, kneel down at once!"
Wan Jiaojiao's appearance broke the silence.
The leader of the White Lotus Sect glanced at Wan Jiaojiao, whom he could crush with a single hand, then his gaze returned to Li Chen. He raised his hand and said, "A mere martial artist, with a humble heart, has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
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