He Has Come To Propose 10

"This servant views both you and the Head Grand Secretariat as Northern Liang's… powerful ministers." Zhu Shen was initially going to say 'important ministers'—but after a moment of thought, decided to use the more accurate phrase, 'powerful ministers'. "You hold power over life and death second only to the emperor. That is something most people can only dream of, yet the Head Grand Secretariat couldn't care less about it and plans to resign. From the perspective of an ordinary person such as me, there are two possibilities. One, it could be that he has more important things at hand than being a Head Grand Secretariat. If not that, it is possible that he's just tired of being a powerful minister…"

Li Ruoxuan chewed on those words. "Is there anyone who could get tired of holding power?"

"The Head Grand Secretariat doesn't seem like someone greedy for power…" Zhu Shen muttered.

"So, am I greedy for power?" Li Ruoxuan cast a sideways glance at Zhu Shen.