jdhmnovel Chapter 286 Offering Advice
Chapter 286 Offering Advice
"I said, I don't eat, don't you understand?"
Jiang Chuchu slowly took off her cloak, revealing a delicate face. She glanced at the table piled high with food and smiled.
"It seems that my sister has sent a lot of things to the emperor."
Emperor Nanchu raised his head when he heard this, and saw Jiang Chuchu, and spoke with some emotion.
"What? Just because you send me some worthless things, I should be grateful and let you do whatever you want?"
Jiang Chuchu lowered her eyes. "When the emperor gets angry, millions of people die. Father is the emperor, how can he be manipulated? As long as you want, who in this world is not an ant under your feet?"
Emperor Nanchu scoffed, "Did Zhaohua ask you to come? To be a lobbyist? Actually, she doesn't need to bother so much. Whether I am happy or not is not important. After all, I have to depend on you youngsters for my meals now."
"Father, you have misunderstood your daughter. Chuchu is very different from my sister."
"Oh?" Emperor Nan Chu raised an eyebrow. "What's the difference?"
Jiang Chuchu's smile remained unchanged upon hearing this. She took a few small steps and was already in front of the dining table.
Then, with a "bang", she smashed a plate of food on the table.
"At the very least, I won't force Father to do anything he doesn't want to do, or eat anything he doesn't want to eat. And I won't be like my sister, who only cares about power. She's so obsessed with pushing her brother to the top that she's even willing to use Father as a stepping stone. It's truly disheartening."
Emperor Nanchu looked at Jiang Chuchu in confusion. "Oh? I remember you were very close to both Zhaohua and Boxuan. Logically, you should be going to Boxuan's tent right now."
"Close? Father, that's not true. Bo Hyun and I were born in the same womb, but you will always be my father. No one can replace you. As for Jiang Lige, you won't have forgotten, will you? The reason why I was able to marry into the Xu family as a concubine was all thanks to her."
After hearing this, Emperor Nanchu raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Chuchu.
"If you have anything to say, please speak frankly. I am a leisurely person now, and I don't have the energy to guess what you are thinking."
Jiang Chuchu smiled and offered Emperor Nanchu a cup of tea. "I just feel sorry for my father. My sister, in order to protect her own wealth and glory, forced my father to abdicate. This is truly unfilial. I simply cannot bear to see my father suffer such humiliation."
The Emperor of Nanchu has been filled with grief and anger recently because of the abdication, and Jiang Chuchu's words are undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire.
This made him frown and said unhappily.
"What exactly does Chuchu want to say?"
Jiang Chuchu replied readily, "I just think that father should take action and not let you control me. I can still discuss things with you in a gentle and considerate manner, but it's just because I think that forcing the emperor to abdicate and killing his father is not a good reputation, and I want to make Jiang Boxuan's path smoother. But if you compromise, father, when the new emperor ascends the throne, you will be a thorn in the eyes of your sister and brother. Rather than being an eyesore, it's better to get rid of you. If you are powerless and can enjoy your old age, it's fine, but if even your life is in danger, can you still let me do this?"
Emperor Nan Chu sneered and said angrily, "She dares?!"
"Father knows perfectly well how great the temptation of power is. When the world prostrates itself at your feet, all the paternal love, all the moral principles of high and low, can be discarded."
Emperor Nanchu pondered in silence. He had ascended the throne with the blood of countless people on his hands. No one knew better than him how pertinent Jiang Chuchu's words were.
He understood that the new emperor did not need an emperor emeritus to guide him.
Leaving cleanly is what he needs.
Seeing that Emperor Nanchu frowned, Jiang Chuchu knew that the time had come. She stopped hiding it and whispered softly in Emperor Nanchu's ear.
"To be honest, I have a plan that can help father keep the throne."
Hearing this, Emperor Nanchu finally became interested. "Oh? What's Chuchu's plan?"
Jiang Chuchu whispered in the emperor's ear and told him her plan in detail.
After hearing this, Emperor Nanchu's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, but he quickly regained his composure and analyzed.
"Although this plan is good, you also know that those traitors have already signed letters of surrender and I'm afraid they won't help me. And the rest of the people are now being watched by Ning Yunxiao's people. Any slight movement will arouse their suspicion."
Jiang Chuchu smiled and said with confidence.
"So, it's Father who needs a daughter?"
"What do you mean?"
Jiang Chuchu was still smiling, but every word she said was shocking.
"If Your Majesty has no one else to use, why not use the Owl Breaker?"
Even the Southern Chu Emperor's eyes widened. "Poxiao and our Southern Chu have an irreconcilable feud. Your actions are tantamount to inviting a wolf into the house! You are truly insane!"
Jiang Chuchu said nonchalantly, "Father, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Don't forget, Po Xiao is also Sheng Ling's enemy. Now, who else can help us besides Po Xiao? Besides, during the Three Kingdoms War, although Po Xiao had many rifts with us, Nan Chu, if the two countries can join forces to fight Sheng Ling now, it might even become a great story."
Emperor Nanchu looked solemn and asked with a frown.
"Why were you able to convince Poxiao to help us?"
The implication is why she knows Poxiaoren.
Jiang Chuchu was not surprised that Emperor Nanchu would ask this question, and she had already prepared an answer long ago.
"It's Prince Xu. Prince Xu has long been suppressed by the current Emperor Shengwu and has been secretly cultivating his own power. He knows people from the Poxiao Nation, and I am simply taking advantage of Prince Xu's influence to help my father resolve this urgent matter."
Emperor Nanchu raised an eyebrow. "What about Prince Xu? Or rather, what about you? There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. You've helped me so much, but what terms do you want to negotiate with me?"
Jiang Chuchu smiled calmly and spoke in a natural way.
"If Prince Xu ascends the throne, my daughter will be the queen."
As soon as Jiang Chuchu said this, Emperor Nanchu's doubts disappeared instantly.
I never thought that my daughter, who has always been low-key, would have such ambitions.
But then again, how many people who grew up in the imperial city would be content with a dull life?
She is like this, and so am I.
Thinking of this, the Emperor of Nanchu pondered for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Okay, deal."
Jiang Chuchu smiled brightly, "Then, Father, let's have a pleasant cooperation."
"It's a pleasure to work with you." Emperor Nanchu replied, then asked what puzzled him. "But I still have one thing I don't understand. If Ning Yunxiao falls into my hands, can he really influence Emperor Shengwu's decision?"
Jiang Chuchu was confident, "Of course, there's something Father may not know yet, right?"
"what?"
"Everyone knows that Emperor Shengwu was injured on the battlefield and will never have children. However, few people know that Emperor Shengwu still has an illegitimate son alive. This person is Ning Yunxiao."