Chapter 112: Liberation
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“I don’t do anything, but I’m guaranteed to be a prince. If I fight, I’ll have to face either life or death. If I don’t fight, I’ll have a free life. Why should I fight in this situation?”
“Isn’t it good to be alive? Why would you want to die? If you are not careful, you will bring trouble to the people around you.”
[1]Here, he is referring himself as 3rd party – you
Ye Shuo was puzzled.
“I am a prince, and I can start my career whenever I want. With my personality, no one will entrust me with important tasks. When the time comes, I can go wherever I want and eat whatever I want.”
“With my father and brothers taking care of things, I just need to eat and drink every day. Do you think it’s uncomfortable to live like this?”
“Look at my father, he has to get up before dawn every day and stay awake until dark. He is always worried about this or that. If he is not careful, he will be scolded by the censors. In order to gain a good reputation as a wise ruler, he cannot talk back when he is scolded.”
“Whenever there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster, if it is serious, the emperor has to issue an edict of repentance, begging God to forgive him. He can’t leave the imperial city more than a few times a year. If he goes out more often, he will be scolded for wasting money and manpower. He has to be on guard against this and that every day, for fear that someone will covet the chair under his butt. He can’t even eat too much of his favorite things…”