Let Me Shoulder this Blame! 165

Chapter 165 – Historically Memorable Villainy Arc

Song Rong spoke, “One mountain cannot house two tigers. The Right Minister and the Left Minister cannot co-exist together. If one does not die, they will fight endlessly. The Left Minister’s daughter entered the imperial harem. She became an imperial concubine and even birthed a prince, so it’s normal for him to want to suppress the emperor. But there is no one from the Lu family in the imperial harem. The Right Minister did not try to curry favor with the emperor. Since he cannot co-exist with the Left Minister, all he had to do was earn the emperor’s favor while he was still the crown prince, then he wouldn’t have to worry about not being able to live a life of luxury and pleasures.”

After he straightened out the contradicting mess that has been entrenched in his heart all this time, Song Rong turned around his hands behind his back. His gaze was scorching.

“Lu Li is not a short-sighted person. The late emperor was already getting on in years and the crown prince would ascend the throne sooner or later… so why would he feel the need to suppress the emperor?”

The advisor was at a loss for words. He stared at Song Rong in a daze.

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Song Rong rushed over to the table and spread out the imperial decree with a severe look in his eyes, “Copy this and go investigate each of these charges one by one.”

Seeing that Song Rong was not giving this order flippantly, the advisor’s expression shifted slightly, “Wangye, the emperor has made up his mind, if you insist on defying the edict…”

“So what if I defy the edict?”

Song Rong turned around coldly. His eyes fell on the window. Every word that he spoke was resolute and decisive, “The new dynasty has just been established, and everything is complicated. Since the emperor doesn’t have time to look into this, I will investigate it myself.”

Song Rong has a lot of battle experience. From the moment he went to the window, he already knew that there was a shadow guard outside.

The emperor still needed to rely heavily on him for the time being, so logically he would not dare to send shadow guards into his palace for surveillance, yet a shadow guard still came. It could only be due to Lu Li’s presence in his palace.

As someone born into the imperial family, Song Rong needed to learn about intrigue, power, and conflict from the day that he could walk and talk.

Since he could think of these things, it was impossible for Song Zhilan to not have considered them.

It’s just that his chest was already filled with hatred, so he deliberately ignored these details that clearly violated the harmony. Perhaps in the bottom of the young emperor’s heart, he also faintly feared looking for any truth hidden below the murky depths.

But Song Rong must get to the bottom of this.

The advisor was stunned for a while. Then he heaved a long sigh, raised his hand to pick up a brush, and copied down the imperial decree carefully.

The moon hung in the middle of the sky. The night was getting darker.

The injuries on his body were not light, so Su Shi slept deeply through the night. It wasn’t until dawn when loud shouts outside his door woke him up.

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An unfamiliar middle-aged man was sitting by his bedside. When the man saw him wake up, he quickly got up and saluted, “You’re awake, Prime Minister. This one is the wangfu’s advisor Shen Mao-”

“Is it time to go to court?”

Before Shen Mao could say the excuse that Song Rong gave him, Lu Li interrupted him in a low voice. The advisor was stunned for a moment. Lu Li actually propped himself up in bed.

His body bore serious injuries and his face was already pale. Sitting up like this was really pushing his body to its limits, and the blood quickly drained from his lips.

The advisor’s expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly moved to help Lu Li: “Prime Minister, wangye said that you must not move around carelessly… the noise outside is not a big deal, you just need to rest in peace. Wangye will come back to see you later.”

Su Shi remained silent. He brushed aside the advisor’s helping hand and just looked serenely at him.

After all, Lu Li had occupied a high position for a long time, so despite being injured his aura remained undisturbed. The advisor’s voice became quieter and quieter, until he finally lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

“It’s time for morning court and the emperor has sent someone to look for me, so naturally he intends to convict me. No matter how willful your wangye is he should not be personally obstructing the emperor.”

Having roughly heard the noisy dispute outside, Su Shi’s eyes were light, and he tried his best to stand up.

Song Rong was not the protagonist, so he couldn’t see the value of the other person’s misunderstanding. He could only guess based on intuition, so he might not be able to counter Song Rong’s actions in a timely manner. Getting convicted at court was the highlight scene for gaining experience points. No matter how the regent tried to obstruct him, he must go to court.

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The advisor’s expression looked more and more awkward. He wanted to stop Lu Li, but he didn’t have the courage to do so. He could only watch helplessly as Lu Li put on his clothes. A twist of his body caused his wound to open up and the glaring red color of blood immediately spread.

But that person did not seem to feel the pain at all. He continued to put on his clothes with an unmoved expression on his face. He didn’t even twitch his eyebrows or eyes in the slightest.

Song Rong was away from the palace and on the battlefield all year round, so there weren’t many expensive clothes in the palace. He eventually found some long black robes with a pattern of thunder and clouds on it for Lu Li. The ink-colored fabric was slightly dull, but it was just right for concealing the oozing blood.

After putting on all his clothes and grooming his appearance, Su Shi turned around and left the room. He headed towards the main door.

There were two groups of people facing each other at the door. Judging from their postures, it seemed like they have already been struggling against each other for quite some time.

The imperial guard obeyed the emperor’s orders absolutely, so they stood outside the door motionlessly and refused to retreat without seeing Lu Li. However, Song Rong had no intention of handing Lu Li over at all. These soldiers fought on the battlefield all year round. They stood guard at the door with murderous looks on their faces. They also did not intend to back down an inch.

For people not in the know, it looked like the emperor wanted to conduct a search and seizure of the regent’s palace.

Su Shi sighed lowly and walked towards the door. He passed Song Rong and walked slowly towards the imperial guards with their swords and halberds.

“Prime Minister!”

There was an anxious shout behind him, with unabashed concern and worry. Su Shi paused slightly, and finally stood still and turned around.

Song Rong looked at him, his heroic sword eyebrows were tightly furrowed. His gaze became deeper and deeper. The expression in his eyes was one of blood and pain.

In the end, Su Shi’s heart softened a little and the look in his eyes also softened a little. He cupped his hands in salute and said warmly to him, “I slept well last night. Thank you, wangye. Lu Li should go now.”

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