If a person's ambition was too high but their ability was not enough, it was easy to fall into Li Feng's situation. Emperor Long An certainly knew the way of power and tactics, but in the end, the most powerful shepherd dog could still only lead sheep. Even if it had sharp teeth and could kill a wolf in a one on one fight, it could not become the king of wolves — that was the general logic applied to humans as well.

Gu Yun did not need to inquire about the main political opinions or how many factions there were in the court. Whatever the purpose of Xu Ling on this trip was, no matter which faction he belonged to, in the end, he was Li Feng's man.

Li Feng liked this type of mallet, who did not use flattering words, did not form a party, with no status and no background, he only pursued the word 'pure minister' for all his life.

In the eyes of Emperor Long An, the words 'pure minister' had two meanings: first, they must have been promoted by the Emperor himself, with no support from any noble family or powerful minister behind their backs, their background must be clean, and secondly, they must make the Emperor feel reassured and be easy to control.

In the beginning, Yan Wang Li Min, had indeed walked this path. At that time, he had no foundation, no place of dependence, no power, and no influence in the court, only a meager bit of royal blood in his entire being. It was also his mixed blood that caused doubts in people. He almost resembled an ignorant man fearlessly shouldering the beam of the Grand Council. He was, of course, a 'pure minister' in Li Feng's eyes.

However, Li Feng later found that Yan Wang was no 'ignorant man'. He possessed too many tactics big and small that could summon the clouds and rain. The Emperor was already fooled by him once and thus no longer dared to believe in his 'purity', that was why Emperor Long An had sent someone purer to restrain him.

Through the swallow-like eyes on Master Xu's face, there was an Emperor looking out. It was a pity that inside that 'Qian Li Yan' was the personality of a newborn, it was presumably that Yan Wang's many tricks had not yet been used, he had already placed himself onto the hook.

Right now, Great Liang did not have a place for a true loyal and pure minister. Gu Yun, who had for many years avoided dipping his hands in internal affairs, still knew full well what type of people they were.

Chang Geng's behavior after entering the court, even though he was far away in the Frontier, he had heard a little about what he had done. But knowing and hearing was one thing, seeing was another.