There Will Always Be Protagonists With Delusions of Starting a Harem

Part 3.10

The seventh prince then took an old craftsman to face Emperor Yan. Emperor Yan didn't ask much, he bestowed rewards and then dismissed them. In the next morning court, the Emperor of Yan issued an imperial edict that bestowed the title of King to the seventh prince, Yan Mingli. The Emperor never had a crown prince, nor had he ever given the title of a king to any of his sons. Today the seventh prince was the first to be declared as one. Everyone had their own thoughts; some guessed this was the seventh prince's rise to the top, while others felt this was how the Emperor will restrain the Seventh Prince, and so his chance at the throne is gone.

Yan Mingli read the edict on the table with a gloomy face. His hands clenched and unclenched, then clenched again. His mood was evidently terrible.

His trusted eunuch leaned closer and reported in a low voice, "That person is making a ruckus. He said he thought of a new idea that will definitely help Your Highness earn money and that he also designed a device that will greatly improve farm irrigation."

"Oh?" Yan Mingli's mouth corners pulled up, his eyes had a slight cold glint.

"He has quite a lot of innovations.. But who knows if other people will present these items of his to Father the very next day!"

Originally he approached An Chengjie in order to hold the stain of Zhen Guo household in his hands so he can revive the issue in the future. An Chengjie unexpectedly really had some skills; he had dedicated quite a lot of formulas and blueprints, some time ago he had even made that amazing thing called explosives, but Yan Mingli didn't expect this meat pie that fell from the heaven will be poisoned!

His eunuch poured a cup of tea for him and carefully advised, "Your Highness needn't feel troubled over someone insignificant, this is a matter of keeping the useful ones, and killing the useless ones. Presently Your Highness is the first to be named king, after moving out of the palace into your kingly residence you will not need to walk on eggshells as now."

Yan Mingli touched the cup and contemplated without saying anything. The meat pie was really too enticing, he didn't want to let it go.... Like this, he carefully thought of a countermeasure.

The seventh prince's "offerings" continued to be presented; an instrument for irrigation, a military defence equipment, a way of increasing crop output, recommending a foreign land's seed. There was even an advanced army drill system. The court officials' reactions changed from the initial shock to subsequent apathy, the other princes' gaze at the seventh prince became more and more strange while the seventh prince expression turned worse and worse each time. However, the emperor of Yan still appeared to value the seventh prince and bestowed him rewards after rewards. He even handpicked two of his own concubines to reward him, it was said these imperial ladies were picked with the help of the empress dowager.

The system prompts repeatedly popped out, until finally, two days before the autumn hunt, Yan Mingli and protagonist's love probability dropped down to 50%. Ye Zhizhou switched off the screen then looked towards the desk where Yan Mingyong was playing chess by himself. He felt complex. Originally, Ye Zhizhou thought his lover was so small in this world, he's also bratty and stubborn; so he certainly needed to take good care of him. He didn't think he was being very naive; how could a child of the emperor be that simple? He only needed to mention his plan for the other boy to accomplish this much.

As the research results were repeatedly made public in the morning court, the seventh prince eventually held no more trust in An Chengjie. He immediately told people to close off the small villa outside the capital and dispatched people to watch him. An Chengjie was recently absorbed in finishing one work after another, so he didn't notice this change around him at all. His mind was immersed in a beautiful dream where he helped the seventh prince to reach the top and became a man above men himself, after that, he would ruthlessly torture the entire Zhen Guo household.