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Zhao Liangchen had thought about this a long time ago: "Your Majesty, private soldiers cannot be incorporated into the Imperial Guard. There are many meritorious descendants in the Imperial Guard. These families are intertwined and have intertwined interests.

The soldiers recruited in Chanzhou were all poor people. If they were incorporated into the imperial guards, it would be difficult for them to integrate.

Moreover, although the imperial guards did not rebel with Prince Liang in the end, it is unknown how many of them had second thoughts, and it is difficult to identify them. The emperor may not be at ease using them.

The soldiers in Chanzhou are truly loyal to the emperor. It would be better to form another army to protect the safety of Shangjing City and the emperor, and let them check and balance the imperial guards."

The emperor nodded. He thought so too. The reason he asked Zhao Liangchen was just to see what he thought. After all, he was now the commander of the imperial guards, and it was his idea to recruit the soldiers of Chanzhou. The emperor was afraid that Zhao Liangchen wanted these soldiers.

At this time, lunch was delivered from the imperial kitchen, and the emperor asked Zhao Liangchen to have lunch with him.

The lunch was very sumptuous, and there were many things Zhao Liangchen had never seen before, but for Zhao Liangchen, such a sumptuous meal was not as good as a bowl of beef noodles at his teacher's home.

After finishing his meal with the emperor, he left the palace. On his way out, he met Zou Tai, who waved at him from a distance: "Good morning."

Zhao Liangchen walked over quickly, frowned, and asked, "Why haven't you left yet?"

Zou Tai touched his head embarrassedly: "Waiting for you."

Zhao Liangchen: "What are you waiting for me for? You probably didn't sleep all night last night. Go back and get some rest."

Zou Tai hesitated and asked, "What are you going to do when your parents die?"

Zhao Liangchen's eyes dimmed for a moment: "I will collect their bodies and bury them."

Zou Tai was silent for a moment and then said, "I'll help you."

Zhao Liangchen did not refuse. He always cherished the kindness of his friends.

The two men left the palace together. Suddenly, a black shadow pounced on Zhao Liangchen not far from the palace gate. Before Zhao Liangchen could react, Zou Tai quickly stood in front of him and kicked the person away.

Zou Tai thought that he had encountered the remnants of King Liang's faction who were trying to assassinate Zhao Liangchen, so he killed him. When the person flew out and fell heavily to the ground and vomited blood, he found out that it was Zhao Liangsi.

After seeing who it was, Zou Tai was a little flustered. He hurriedly explained to Zhao Liangchen: "Liangchen, I didn't know it was him. I thought it was King Liang's men."

Zhao Liangchen patted his shoulder soothingly: "It's okay, I don't blame you."

After he finished speaking, he walked up to Zhao Liangsi and asked coldly, "What are you doing?"

Zhao Liangsi spat out several mouthfuls of blood and looked seriously injured, but he still glared at Zhao Liangchen with resentment: "It's all your fault, Zhao Liangchen. Why do you make the decision for me? You have everything, but I have nothing. I'm going to kill you."

Zhao Liangchen squatted down, looking Zhao Liangsi in the eye, and asked calmly, "Are you sure you want to tell me this here? You promised to use your merits to exchange for the Zhao family's innocence in the court. If your words just now were to reach the emperor's ears, what would he think of you?"

Zhao Liangsi glanced at the imperial guards at the palace gate and saw that they were all looking over here, and some were even walking over.

The imperial guards were all Zhao Liangchen's men. He was afraid that those words would really be heard by the emperor, making the emperor think that he had changed his mind, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it, but his resentful eyes seemed to want to swallow Zhao Liangchen.

Zhao Liangchen ignored his expression and felt his chest to make sure his ribs were not broken. He then said to Zou Tai, "Go find a carriage."

Zou Tai hurried to find a car. Zhao Liangsi endured the pain, slapped Zhao Liangchen's hand away, and said viciously: "None of your business, don't come here and pretend to be sympathetic."

Zhao Liangchen stood up and said condescendingly, "I don't want to bother with you either, but I have to go collect the bodies of my father and mother. They died for you, and I think you should go see them one last time."

Zhao Liangsi's pale face instantly turned ashen as he roared in anger, "Stop slandering me. How can you be sure that my father and mother died because of me?"

Zhao Liangchen curled his lips slightly: "Didn't you expose them to the emperor? When you wrote that letter to the emperor, didn't you know that they would die?"

Zhao Liangsi panicked instantly: "What letter? I don't know. It was you, you who killed them. Yes, you deceived my father. You openly supported King Liang, but secretly betrayed King Liang and my father. It was you who killed them. You are the culprit."

Zhao Liangchen chuckled lightly, "Father did introduce King Liang to me, but he never told me that King Liang had any intention of disloyalty, and King Liang never asked me to do anything disloyal.

It was because you wrote a letter to the emperor exposing my father and Prince Liang that they were exposed.

As for me siding with the Emperor, isn't that what I should do? You know how my parents treated me since I was little. I have no feelings for them, so of course I choose loyalty.

But you were raised by them, your legitimate son, and you actually betrayed them. You are truly heartless and ruthless."

Zhao Liangsi did not want to admit that he had killed his parents. He denied it again and again: "No, that's not the case. I told the emperor that I just didn't want my parents to do anything wrong. The emperor will not kill them because I have made a good report."

Zhao Liangchen: "The Emperor will not kill them, but they have betrayed him for so many years, and the Emperor will be disgusted. If you want to save them, you can only use your merits in exchange. Are you willing to do so? You don't want to. Your mother didn't want you to be embarrassed or implicated. She killed my father and then committed suicide, so you are the one who killed them."

Zhao Liangsi collapsed when he thought of his lost achievements. "You did this on purpose. You knew my mother committed suicide to avoid implicating me, yet you used my achievements to exonerate those unrelated people. You just can't bear to see me prosper. My mother died in vain. I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you."

Zhao Liangchen stepped on the hand that Zhao Liangsi extended to him and said calmly, "Why don't you understand? I'm saving you.

In order to climb up the ladder, you suppressed me and betrayed your own parents. How could the emperor possibly use a person as cruel and inhuman as you?

The emperor does not want to use you, but you have made contributions, so he has to reward you. If the emperor rewards you with a high position and generous salary according to your wishes, the emperor will feel like a thorn in his heart and will always be wary of you, and may even be afraid that you will betray him and look for an opportunity to kill you.

But if you can use your merits to exchange for the Zhao family's innocence this time, you can also demonstrate your benevolence and righteousness, and change the emperor's impression of you.

Although you have no merit, the emperor knows that he owes you, and he will arrange a position for you when you pass the imperial examination and enter the officialdom.

My dear brother, I will teach you one last time: don't be too eager for quick success. Sometimes retreat is progress."

After he finished speaking, he raised his foot. Zhao Liangsi was stunned. He didn't care about the pain in his body and hands, and just stared blankly.

He felt that what Zhao Liangchen said was wrong and was fooling him, but another voice in his mind told him that what Zhao Liangchen said was right. Who would reuse a person who betrayed his parents?

Zhao Liangchen didn't care what he was thinking. Seeing that Zou Tai had already hired a carriage, he grabbed Zhao Liangsi and threw him into the carriage.