You are already cultivating immortality, who would fight with you alone?

"No, no, no, Mr. Liu, the Prime Minister is just outside the mansion, you have not been abandoned!" After hearing this, Liu Yuntian's face changed suddenly. He didn't even have time to put on his shoes, and quickly ran out of the mansion gate.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, he saw Liu Ziqing directing a group of servants to continuously load various goods onto the carriage.

"Father, what are you doing?" Liu Yuntian slowly approached while carefully switching his feet, rubbing the soles of his feet hard on his trouser legs, trying to remove the tiny grains of sand stuck on them.

Liu Ziqing turned around and glanced at his son, then gradually lowered his gaze to Liu Yuntian's bare feet and said slowly, "I remember I left shoes for you."

"It doesn't matter, father. Where are you going to move to?" Liu Yuntian's voice was low and firm, his eyes full of doubts and confusion.

"There is no safer place in Daliang now. Here, I have three million national defense troops who can protect our Liu family."

His tone was sincere, but with a hint of anxiety.

"Three million?" Liu Ziqing sneered, "Do you know why aristocratic families can last forever?"

Faced with Liu Ziqing's irrelevant answer, Liu Yuntian was silent for a moment. Although his father was a corrupt scholar, he could not have been the prime minister until now just by relying on the protection of his ancestors, so he decided to have a good talk with his father.

"Because they control books and prevent common people from accessing knowledge, the talents who can govern the country can only be selected from among them."

While Liu Ziqing was directing the servants to move the books, he turned around and patted Liu Yuntian on the shoulder, "Have you ever thought about why they can control the books?"

At this point, Liu Ziqing took off the jade pendant from Liu Yuntian's waist and asked, "What's your reaction when I take the jade pendant from your waist?"

Liu Yuntian thought for a moment and replied, "You are my father, so what's mine is naturally yours. Of course you can take it away."

Liu Ziqing shook his head and put the jade pendant back into his hand. "What if I'm not your father?"

"That's impossible."

“But the people agreed.”

Liu Ziqing sighed and looked at him with pity. "Your ideas for governing the country are very advanced. Your father is proud of you, but you have to understand that the better the policy, the more correct it is. Only the suitable one is right."

"Like you said, the truth is often in the hands of a few people. The people are ignorant. They are the people because they have no ability to distinguish right from wrong. As long as you give them a little guidance, you can mobilize their emotions, and they will follow public opinion as if they have lost their minds."

“Is this what you mean by the will of the people?”

Liu Ziqing stared at Liu Yuntian's eyes seriously, pointed his index finger at his chest, and said, "Your people's hearts... can be manipulated."

"Father, I..."

Liu Ziqing raised his hand to signal Liu Yuntian to shut up, and sighed, "I know, you have said many times that whoever is good to the people will be supported by the people, and that's right."

"The mistake is that how can the people know that you are doing good for them?"

After that, he pointed in all directions of the capital: "You suppressed the nobles, took the land from them and returned it to the country, and even distributed the precious land to the common people. For those who don't want to farm, you let them learn to grow spiritual herbs and take care of spiritual beasts from you. You have arranged everything, but have they ever been grateful to you? When I was walking on the street, I even heard storytellers scolding you!"

Liu Yuntian nodded and said, "Father, these are all manipulated by the remnants of the aristocratic families. Although I destroyed the aristocratic families, I have never done anything to harm the people. Right and wrong, good and evil will be judged by the public, and by the people. Their scolding me just shows that the people are not afraid of me, but only the remnants of the aristocratic families are afraid of me, so they lead the people to say these words."

Liu Yunhai shook his head and sighed, "But have you ever thought that after being incited, these ignorant people will curse you and then really hate you?"

Liu Ziqing shook his head in disappointment. "You still don't understand. Human nature is twisted. If you are nice to someone, he won't believe that you are nice to him. He will think that this is all he has earned through his own efforts. If you exploit them, they will believe that they are not working hard enough!"

“We can neither let them be well-fed nor let them starve to death.”

Watching the last big box being loaded onto the carriage, Liu Ziqing straightened his clothes, took an official hat from the carriage and put it on his head solemnly, "Let's go, son. Your father will accompany you to your last court today."

Then he walked forward and said, "Go and change your clothes quickly, don't keep His Majesty waiting for too long."

Liu Yuntian turned around and waved. Qi Xing, who was in the distance, was already trotting over with a python robe and boots in his hands. Liu Yuntian took the boots and put them on his feet casually, then quickly caught up with his father.

While Qi Xing was helping her dress, he looked at Liu Ziqing's profile and asked, "How did you know that His Majesty would attend court today? I don't remember telling you."

Liu Ziqing did not answer him. Instead, with a smile on his face, he changed the subject and said, "I forgot to congratulate you. You are going to be a brother."

"install?"

Liu Yuntian opened his eyes wide, stood there in a daze, and just watched his father go away.

After coming to his senses, he hurriedly snatched the belt from Qi Xing's hand, chased after him again, and asked with a sigh: "Does my mother know?"

Liu Ziqing turned around with a stern face and shouted angrily, "How dare you! When did our Liu family have the tradition of taking concubines? Stop talking nonsense!"

Hearing this, Liu Yuntian was speechless, but he couldn't help but cautiously asked tentatively: "Then... is it an illegitimate child?"

"Pa!" With a crisp sound, Liu Ziqing slapped Liu Yuntian hard on the head, stared at him fiercely with eyes wide open, and said unhappily: "Your mother is pregnant!"

"I'm already 19 years old, father!" Liu Yuntian exclaimed in disbelief, his face full of shock.

"My eldest son is a waste, so I can only give birth to a younger one." Liu Ziqing sighed helplessly, smoothed his beard with a wry smile, then put his other hand behind his waist, walked slowly, and muttered to himself.

However, after walking a few steps, Liu Ziqing seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Liu Yuntian, his eyes calm, and said in a flat tone: "Don't pretend to be so unapproachable. You are obviously a cheerful child, why do you have to pretend to be like this? Majesty can't be faked."

Then he thought of something and added, "It wasn't earned by killing people."

Liu Yuntian scratched his head. "Why do I feel like you are making arrangements for your final resting place? Father, are you going to die?"

"It's you who is going to die!" Liu Ziqing sighed.

"Me? Haha," Liu Yuntian smiled awkwardly, "Father, are you kidding me? How could I die? I have three million national defense troops and sixteen Jindan personal guards..."