Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1547 Liaison Officer

From the perspective of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Yilong attempted to handle the parent-child relationship like that of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, a relationship free of any resentment. However, to this day, no such case of father and son harming each other has occurred in the Ming Dynasty.

However, from the perspective of the Ming Dynasty, this second point is understandable:

The tiger is the king of beasts; who dares to provoke its wrath? Only the bond between parent and child makes one look back at every step.

The same goes for dragons.

Ao Zang ultimately had no intention of punishing his daughter any further. Furthermore, his arrangements for Xiao Hong also revealed that Ao Zang intended to send Yi Ji to garrison Ryukyu; otherwise, he wouldn't have had Shang Luo deal with Xiao Hong's matter first before formally conveying the order to Yi Ji.

If Shangluo cannot persuade her to go out, then Yiji's eventual status will likely be far more important than it is now—if it really comes to that, Shangluo will probably have no choice but to offer some words of dissuasion.

Of course, that didn't happen in the end, and both Kokoro and Otohime now have their own fiefdoms, which is a happy ending for everyone.

"Well then, I'm off. I might as well strike while the iron is hot and tell Otohime the good news so she can get ready to be released from prison."

"Heh," Yi Ji sneered, "Shang Tianjun, you're too kind-hearted. My father asked you to persuade the Dragon King of Taiye Pond to leave before releasing me, probably not to see if he could save me a place."

"what is that?"

"If the Taiye Dragon King cannot leave Ryukyu, I'm afraid I'll face the punishment of having my scales removed. He will execute me or strip me of my dragon scales."

"Is that so? Why?"

"Because he is the ultimate rational person, he wouldn't let his daughter affect the Dragon Palace's grand plan. He knows that only by giving Ryukyu a place to belong can he check my position. He has always only seen me as a threat, not just his daughter—it's more accurate to say he's a colleague. After all, although the Dragon King is the most powerful, the Princess Consort manages the affairs of the Dragon Clan, and there is a fundamental conflict between the two. This is a conflict between monarchical power and clan power. It probably can't be resolved without one of us dying."

"So, what's your take on the current situation?"

“I want to thank you.” Otohime lowered her head deeply. “You prevented my father and me from taking that step that we had to face. If we had really taken that step, neither my father nor I would have had to show our claws to the other side. A civil war among the dragons would have been inevitable, and it might have been a 50% to 50% civil war.”

"Your influence is that strong?"

"Because we sea dwellers don't all yearn for life on land. Our biological instincts and the clans formed according to tradition are the most powerful forces—at least in the past. Of course, now the power of many clans has been dismantled by the modernization of the Dragon Palace. But at a time like this, to have a pure and innocent true dragon like Xiao Hong appear outside the Dragon Palace, I say, Lord Shang, you really are a lucky star for the Dragon Palace."

"Xiao Hong was raised by the emperor."

"But you gave her a second life. You were the one who brought her out of her dormant state."

"Hmm," Shangluo thought for a moment, "So, shall we accept this appointment?"

"Do you want to hear the truth?"

"Actually, you don't have to tell the truth," Shangluo replied, "because I trust you."

"what?"

Is there anything you don't understand?

"Because you trust me, so I can say whatever I want? Why is that?" "Because from now on, I will assume you are telling the truth. If you betray my trust, then I will be the one to decide your punishment."

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"You know what I mean, right?"

Otohime nodded: "Although my father is already very strict, I think your place is the strictest."

"Same to you. After all, only the bond between parents and children can be looked back upon step by step. Even if it comes to the point where you have no choice but to fight each other, I believe that the bond between you father and daughter will still remain. But I'm different; I don't know you well."

"Actually, I'm a little envious of the Taiye Dragon King."

"How to say?"

Princess Otohime countered, "Do you remember why I came to the capital in the first place?"

"You're here as a liaison, right? And what happened?"

Shangluo never expected that Yiji would be betrayed by her father in this way. Her father had given her a problematic credit card; the card, which was supposed to allow unlimited spending, instead attracted the police.

The trap was set right there. People in Shangluo now find this method of arrest quite intriguing.

Obviously, if we directly say that we want to imprison Princess Otohime in the Imperial Prison, then this matter will be quite difficult to carry out, because Princess Otohime cannot simply surrender when faced with the Imperial Guards who come to arrest her.

However, if they first detained her on the grounds of "suspected economic crimes and the need to cooperate with the investigation," then secretly put a dragon-binding rope on her, and finally sent her directly to the imperial prison with the gates locked—using this escalating method, Princess Otohime would be captured. By the time she realized something was wrong, she had already completely lost her chance to escape.

“I was thinking, what if I hadn’t been arrested back then, but had stayed here as a liaison officer? Maybe this time it would have been me instead of her who was motivated.”

"What do you want to do?"

"It's nothing, just some instincts related to genes and evolution. Xiao Hong likes you a lot, doesn't she? — Never mind, let's not talk about that. At first, I never imagined I'd be locked up like this for so long. By the way, have you closed that debit card case yet? Don't wait until I've finished my business and then lock me up again for the same reason."

"Don't worry, it won't happen again next time. We did that last time because the Embroidered Uniform Guard didn't have many extraordinary combatants at the time. If they couldn't take you down immediately, they were afraid of breaking things. It's different now. Now we don't need that kind of trick to capture you. We can capture you whenever we want."

"You're saying this to put my mind at ease at all."

"I'm not a quick-acting heart medicine, I'm here to discuss something with you."

“Alright, alright, Lord Shang Tian.” Yi Ji extended her hand. “I agree. I agree to everything you said. I will handle the affairs of Qianye Dragon Palace in place of my father, and I will cooperate with Taiye Dragon King to maximize profits for the Dragon Palace within the Dragon Palace system. I swear by Gui Xu that I will never rebel against the Dragon Palace while in office. If you need me, I can swear not to betray you. But, isn’t it too late to want to be the Dragon Palace’s liaison now?”

"You've missed the time."

"Well, let's talk about it next time if there's a chance. Next time."

(End of this chapter)