My Scheming Little Devil-Chapter 1791: Frightened

The ambition buried deep within the heart, never seeing the light of day, was suddenly exposed completely naked.

This feeling left him horrified, yet stirred a violent new wave of emotions.

This child, so terrifying, can even glimpse his innermost desires. What on earth has he experienced before, to possess such powerful insight into human nature? This kind of ability must be the accumulation of countless experiences, this child must have gone through many significant events in the core whirlpool of power.

Only then could he hone such a formidable insight into politics and the human heart.

"Humph, I am indeed unwilling." The Councilman snorted, making no effort to conceal his ambition, then his face sank, his fierce brows showed strong arrogance and dominance, "Because I don’t think any successor can do better than me in leading this empire to a higher position. I cannot let others ruin the empire I single-handedly pushed to prosperity!"

He wasn’t solely motivated by his own ambition; having mingled in politics for decades, now all the key figures of power in the empire were under his command. There were capable people, but far from his equal.

How could he be content to let someone incapable of surpassing him take this position?

"So, Father, you are eager to create an opportunity and work hard to prevent the fate of stepping down a year later. And I know, there is a special situation, like in times of war, to stabilize the domestic and international situation, the Councilman can serve another term without the limitation of re-election. Therefore, you deliberately stirred up this incident, intensifying the domestic war sentiment, so when the momentum is sufficient, you could seize the opportunity for re-election!" Ji Lingkong said.

The Councilman’s pupils contracted, his lips tightened, saying nothing for a long time.

After a while, he looked at Ji Lingkong unexpectedly, revealing a few degrees of appreciation.

"You only got half of it right."

Ji Lingkong’s eyes shook, greatly surprised: "Do you have other purposes?"

"Ha, re-election is just another seven years at most, you think my ambition is just to muddle through another seven years? Such ambition is far from enough; a true ambitious person is not content with this!" The Councilman’s deep voice was domineering and arrogant, "What I am striving for is not just re-election, but to seek a rightful opportunity to amend the supreme constitution, abolishing the rule of only serving three terms!"

Ji Lingkong’s face was shocked, not expecting this foster father to have an even greater ambition than imagined, aiming to abolish the supreme constitution. This means removing the law of serving only three terms, allowing indefinite re-election as long as the people are willing to elect him.

Could it be his aim is to become a lifelong president?

Truly a massive and startling ambition.

Even he did not guess it.

After all, his contact with this foster father was still short, and usual appearances of this foster father as a devoted husband indeed concealed his ambition; he did not expect the man’s goal to be so grand.

"What’s wrong, scared?" The Councilman couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

Ji Lingkong gave a wry smile: "A little, but more admiration."

"Admiration?" The Councilman was quite surprised at his use of this word.

"Yes, there are many daydreamers in this world, many ambitious too, but few have the courage to turn such ambition and dreams into reality. Father, I admire you as a strong man with the heart of a conqueror, a king who dares to challenge convention!"

The Councilman’s body shook, filled with surprise and vibration in his heart, not expecting that in the eyes of this child, he wasn’t a despicably evil politician.