"If it hadn't been when Aunt—no, when Nannan's mother came over, hehe."
Xu Sanshi did not say much, but from the idiot's silly grin alone, Huo Yuhao could guess that it was then that Xu Sanshi had truly won Jiang Nannan's complete approval and successfully won the beauty's hand.
"Besides," Xu Sanshi said resentfully, taking a bite of the grilled fish Huo Yuhao had handed him, "you're allowed to slack off by grilling fish outside, so what's wrong with me slacking off for a while?"
"Many of the old interest groups in the Dou Ling Empire have already been cleared out by the Sun Moon Empire. I couldn't be bothered with all that civilian administration, so I promoted a group of officials from elsewhere and brought them into the capital, leaving them to handle everything."
"Anyway, you and Princess Vina took the time to discuss it before, didn't you? The Three Great Empires of Douluo Continent will all have to undergo reforms in the future—and major ones at that."
"Since that's the case, why should I bother? If I get too familiar with a bunch of ministers and gather a group around myself, wouldn't that just cause trouble for you when you come to reform things?"
Huo Yuhao could only smile helplessly at that.
It had to be said that Xu Sanshi's words did make some sense. Although he now held the highest political authority in the Dou Ling Empire, Xu Sanshi himself was not deeply involved in political circles.
Even if Huo Yuhao reformed the system later, those people would find it difficult to turn to Xu Sanshi, thus hindering the progress of the reforms.
"I'm not slacking off on purpose. I'm just..."
Huo Yuhao wanted to defend his grilled-fish antics, but after thinking about it, he merely shrugged.