He quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty trusts me, and I am so grateful. The reason why I don't want to be an official is just because of my nature. Being an official requires mental effort, and I am a person who does whatever I want, so I am not suitable for being an official?"

Chongzhen snorted angrily and said: "In that case, how about I let you be a general who doesn't waste any effort and only focus on fighting on the battlefield?"

Li Yi gritted his teeth and said: "I cannot bear to kill by nature, and I don't want to face fighting on the battlefield, so I ask the emperor to show mercy."

Seeing that Li Yi was unable to make any progress, Chongzhen could only say in a cold voice: "In that case, then you should step back."

After saying that, he left angrily.

The eunuchs waiting nearby were all stunned at this scene, wondering why the two people who had just been at peace with each other suddenly broke down.

Li Yi could only smile bitterly. He really didn't want to get too entangled in the chaos between the imperial court and Liaodong. Even if he angered Emperor Chongzhen, he couldn't fall into it.

In fact, when Li Wensheng wanted Li Yi to serve as an official, Li Yi was not very enthusiastic. In the end, Wang Jin sought the post of Inspection Department. It was not that Li Yi was really stoic and unwilling to be an official, but that the current situation in the court was serious.

The mistake was complicated. I had offended a large number of officials such as Zhang Heng before, but they had already been staring at me. If I were to become an official in the court and they were in a high position, they would probably come up with endless tricks and suffer the consequences.

Not to mention, it may also affect Anxin and Fuguoshe.

Thinking in his heart, Li Yi followed the eunuch out of the palace.

On the other side, Emperor Chongzhen returned to Yangxin Hall angrily.
Chapter completed!