[The Three Kingdoms] Golden Sun Exhibition

195 – Geumtaeyang, the thief (4)

“Why are all the feudal lords so anxious that they cannot become emperor?”

The person who wrote the name of Emperor, Yuhyeop sighed deeply in the dark room.

“Isn’t it because the authority of the current country has been greatly reduced due to Dong Zhuo’s tyranny?”

Next to the emperor stood the minister and Cao Cao, dressed as maids.

The two were talking alone in a place where no one was around, and no one except a handful of people knew about the honeymoon relationship between the emperor and Cao Cao.

“Victory.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“It should be said that the signs of decline that have been going on since the time of Emperor Huan were finally revealed during my father’s generation.”

“Your Majesty the Young Emperor was a good man, but you just chose the wrong people to surround yourself with.”

“Yes. He chose Xisangshi. And in his later years, he chose his maternal relatives, including Empress Dowager Xia, and made them pit each other against each other.”

The emperor turned his gaze to Cao Cao.

“Are you on my side?”

“As I always say, I am always on Your Majesty’s side as long as You grant what I wish.”

“What you wish for.”

“Yes. No more, no less.”

Jojo smiled brightly, showing more sincerity than ever.

“I want the blood of the Zhao family to mix with the blood of the Han imperial family, and… I want the position of king.”

“In reality, he is a king with greater power than the emperor.”

The emperor chuckled and shook his head.

“Good. If the blood of the Joe family is mixed, at least we won’t rebel against one country. It won’t be a counter-revolution.”

Is there any need to change the name of a country when the position of emperor of a country has already been taken over by a blood relative of the Jo family?

There may be someone with such ambitions, but at least it won’t happen as long as Cao Cao is alive.

“Also, the blood of the Joe family is just something recorded in the historical records. Even if they are not blood relatives, wouldn’t adoption be enough?”

“I really… How about you just reveal your will to the whole world? Cao Cao actually just wants the position of king and is by no means trying to usurp the throne.”

“hehehe, I have to pretend to be a traitor to weed out those who need to be weeded out.”

JoJo just shrugged his shoulders.

“Yuan Shu has shown his ambition for the first time. There are still Yu Biao of Jingzhou, Sun Ce of Dongwu, Ma Teng of Xiliang, Yu Zhang of Yizhu… and Yuan Shao of Hebei. If these are indeed subjects of a country, they will help me and take their land. “I will rule and be loyal to the emperor…”

“What if you have other feelings?”

“They will try to get rid of me.”

“What if there is someone who doesn’t know your true intentions and truly thinks you are a traitor? Isn’t there one person?”

“……Yoo Hyeon-deok.”

JoJo pouted his lips.

“He is a loyalist of Han, but he is ambitious. Would your Majesty be willing to hand over the throne to him?”

“Nothing.”

The emperor shook his head resolutely.

“The people we need in these difficult times are not just good people. And they are not people without power.”

The emperor fingered the golden sword scabbard hanging on the wall.

“If the current Liu Bei becomes emperor, it will only push the world into an even more difficult abyss. If Liu Bei had as much power as Sang Sang, or at least as much power as Liu Biao, I would have readily given up the throne. But what does he have? Hwang Suk’s “Lineage? That’s what I recognized. The position of General Left? That was also given to me by the Prime Minister. What does he have?”

The emperor ground his teeth.

“If you are Mr. Yu, just be like Mr. Yu, serve the emperor and serve the imperial family!”

“Your Majesty, are you worried about Yu Hyeon-deok?”

“Ah, I’m worried. I’m worried as much as I am worried about Seung-sang. Yu-bi…”

“Someone who cannot be easily trusted.”

Hearing Cao Cao’s words, the emperor covered his face with his hands.

“…It would have been easier to deal with him if he had revealed his power in an easy-to-understand way, or that he liked gold, or that he liked having a lot of land, or at least that he liked women.”

“Yu Bei likes the people.”

“Yes. He can be said to be a brave man and a good man. Can I truly trust someone like that? In these difficult times?”

“Well, you can believe it.”

Jojo smiled bitterly and pointed at himself.

“At least I don’t trust him, so I will do my best to hinder him?”

“…Yes. The minister would be like that. It’s really unfortunate. I’m different from my deceased brothers. Of course.”

The emperor twitched the corners of his mouth again and chuckled.

“So, Dong-tak, that pig must have put me in this position instead of Hyeop.”

“…….”

“And the same goes for Seungsang Cho here.”

“If you grant my wish, can I have someone else serve you, Your Majesty?”

“That’s why Seung-sang is treated like Dong-tak and gets criticized.”

“Isn’t it enough as long as you don’t usurp the throne and don’t exploit the people?”

“Tsk. Anyway. I hope the minister is truly grateful that I am the emperor. If Brother Hyeop was alive and present here, it would not be the minister who would have called me and talked to me, but Yu Hyeon-deok.”

“hehehe, I’m sorry. Same girls.”

“…okay.”

The emperor sighed deeply.

“I never thought being a woman was such a threatening position.”

“Isn’t it because among all the emperors in history, there has never been a woman as emperor?”

“There was a case. There was a case where she became emperor while hiding her identity as a woman.”

“In the end, it was discovered and ruined.”

“So. Still….”

The emperor turned his head.

“As long as it doesn’t get discovered, right?”

“…Yes, yes. That’s right.”

Her face towards Jojo somehow resembled Jojo.

“Surely he was the one I was looking for?”

“It is clear. We have already completed the cross-examination through the person who accompanied us. Didn’t your Majesty also confirm that the woman who was with you was Jung-dal?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The Emperor placed his hand on his chest and smiled slightly.

“…I want to end my life as an emperor and now live as a woman.”

“But shouldn’t you still use the name Hyeop?”

“I don’t know. If you have a son, he will be called Yuhyeop’s son. When he gets older, if you tell him roughly how the situation unfolded, he will understand.”

The emperor smiled and nodded towards Cao Cao.

“A woman as pretty and capable as a minister offers to do convergence purification. Do you really think she will refuse?”

“I want to become a king and live like a king in the land I want to rule.”

“Then put someone trustworthy like you in and leave.”

“Well, that’s as much as you want.”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

It was impossible to think of it as a conversation between an emperor and a minister, but since it was a place where no one could see, both were able to talk comfortably.

however.

“Excuse me, Your Majesty.”

“…What’s going on?”

The emperor lowered his voice and glanced at Cao Cao.

Cao Cao hurriedly lowered his waist and took up his stance, while the emperor became irritated at the attendant who called him from outside.

“I’m sure I told you not to call me unless it was urgent.”

“Excuse me, sir, but I’m not the one who dares to do anything…”

“Now? Who came looking for me? Who dares?”

“Well, that is….”

Even Jojo, the vizier, is unable to visit without permission due to the attention of others, but who on earth would come ‘secretly’ like this at night?

“…Your Majesty’s ‘old secret friend’ has come to visit.”

“!!”

The emperor’s head suddenly turned.

Then, he tilted his head a few times towards Jo Jo, who slightly raised his head, and then stroked his chin for a moment.

“…There will be no need to add a beard. Ask him to come in.”

“yes.”

Again, again.

With a cheerful sound, a woman in black entered the room.

As soon as the woman with gray hair saw the emperor, she bowed deeply and greeted him.

“God, the family flower meets your Majesty.”

“…It’s been a while, Culture.”

“Yes. …but.”

Gafu pointed to the attendant next to him.

“It doesn’t seem like you’re an ordinary attendant. Does it seem like you’ve made another secret friend besides me?”

“…Hoo.”

“…Raise your head.”

Gafu immediately recognized the identity of the maid, Jojo.

“My name is Jo Ah-man, the maid who serves His Majesty.”

“…Do you think you can hide your identity by dying your hair and tightening your chest?”

“yes.”

Jojo, or rather Joaman, was confident.

Gafu had a sour expression for a moment, but shook his head and turned his gaze to the emperor.

“It’s a good thing that I don’t have to ask you what’s really going on and tell you twice. Your Majesty, I’m sorry for coming to you so quickly. Can I get to the point first?”

“…is it related to winning?”

“Yes. It seems that His Majesty’s new secret friend has many enemies.”

“Of course. Even if we just go to Hebeuk right now—”

“I don’t think so.”

At Gahu’s words, Jo Aman’s expression hardened.

“Are you aware that there is a movement to assassinate Minister Jo?”

* * *

“Oh, I really feel like I’m going to die.”

Shin Ya-seong.

Currently, I am working so hard that I have to postpone my lectures for a while at the academy to deal with the refugees.

“I am helping people clear their land, buy trees, and rebuild their houses so that I can enjoy some kind of wealth and fame.”

“All for the taxes they will pay in the future?”

“That’s not even my tax money.”

“I don’t know. What will happen.”

Pang Tong laughed at me and was busy writing colorful letters on the cloth on the floor with a huge brush.

“Isn’t this martial arts competition all about keeping their spirits up?”

“I don’t know. Write straight.”

“At one point, you told me to write like usual!”

“I know that your handwriting is not correct and that it is not correct. What I meant was that you should write correctly as you normally do. Don’t try to write well for no reason.”

“Then it makes me feel like I’m a waste of money!”

“What do you say? I once heard that cursive writing is aesthetics.”

Zhuge Liang was too soft, standing up was too hard, and Jin Jun was too small.

The person who could write in the roughest, boldest, boldest, and most expressive font was Bangtong.

“…Who is the greatest dragon in Jingzhou?”

I sighed at the words written by Bang Tong.

“Oh, ouch! Don’t pull my ears!!!”

“I said I was unmanned.”

“Why! An unmanned person is a dragon!”

“Is it because you don’t know what the dragon symbolizes?”

“Hmph. What do you say? Zhuge Liang said he was a dragon.”

“…….”

That’s Zhuge Liang.

“Okay, I already wrote it down. I can’t write it down any more perfectly. And you’re picking warriors, right? Oh, just trust me. Yong! Men die in a hurry.”

“…I don’t know. Well, is there any other phrase?”

“I am Lu Bu of Jingju?”

“You shouldn’t lift a dead person.”

Shinya First Martial Arts Competition.

The journey to find the best dragon in Jingzhou has just begun.