The powerful are independent of dynasties and empires, because they can control the heavens and the earth, so they are called immortals, if they reach this level, they have entered a new cultivation world, and ordinary ordinary rules and regulations can no longer be restrained. If there is a strong person in a dynasty, he can have a great right to speak, and it is very possible to even lead a dynasty, but these second-rate countries in Zhu Tianye have almost no strong status, and almost all the strong people in Zhu Tianye are produced by sects and families.

"I didn't expect this congratulatory gift from His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince to be so valuable, this is much more noticeable than any blood-red agate. ”

"With this spiritual artifact as the treasure of the town, in the future, my pro-dynasty will only be subdued by the four seas, and it seems that this time the congratulatory gifts of His Royal Highness the Four Princes will take the lead. ”

"Have you ever heard that in fact, when the first emperor Taizu was on the throne, there was a strong person in the Qin Dynasty. ”

"How is this possible? If the dynasty can be guarded by a powerful person, the prince's favor has already become the superior force in Zhu Tianye, why not fight with the Nine Mansions Alliance in this remote place?"

"Maybe it's a legend. How did Your Highness the Fourth Princely get this weapon from a powerful person?"

"Then who knows, maybe His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince will have an intersection with a strong person in Gangneung County, so the pressure on the other princes will be very huge. ”

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The hundred officials are like idle women chattering in the streets and alleys, the court was quite chaotic for a while, Emperor Qin saw it in his eyes, and hurriedly snorted coldly to calm the scene, looked at the Yongshengxi and said: "Present the spiritual weapon, let the widow take a look." ”

The big eunuch went to take the hook sickle, with horror in his eyes, but he still presented the hook sickle, but Emperor Qin just glanced at it, his eyebrows were deeply furrowed thoughtfully, and then he waved his hand, signaling the big eunuch to put the hook sickle under him, and said: "The fourth brother has a heart, it seems that he is standing very steadily in Jiangling County, and he can talk to these strong people with the status of scattered cultivation, even if they are widows on weekdays, it is difficult to invite them, and after going back, tell the fourth child, if there is any request, I will tell my subordinates to help him." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ji Shengxi bowed again, this time he took out a scroll of paper from his arms, held it to his chest and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince also said that celebrating His Majesty's Tianchen is not just by these decorations, this advice is written by His Highness himself, I hope Your Majesty can agree to His Highness's request under the condition of confidentiality." ”

The great eunuch presented the admonition again, Qin Huang held it in his hand, the hundred officials did not dare to look directly, and even the big eunuch also moved away evasively, Qin Huang read carefully, and his eyes gradually showed a dignified color, Dan Mi on the side saw Qin Huang with such a look, and also wanted to come through his gaze, but Qin Huang closed the admonition at this time, as if he didn't notice Dan Mi's demeanor, his eyes showed a rare sharpness, and asked: "How sure is he of the fourth child?"

Ji Shengxi said: "Your Highness said, if there is no accident, you can be ten percent sure, if there is an accident, ninety percent sure." As for these accidents, His Highness did not care. ”

When Emperor Qin heard this, his eyes showed hesitation, he hesitated for a long time, and said: "Okay, the widow agrees, you tell the fourth child, as long as he can do that, what he wants, the widow will give him." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Ji Shengxi was overjoyed, but the ministers were shocked.

Emperor Qin didn't announce what it was, but the hundred officials and many princes heard Emperor Qin's great approval, and the sentence "What he wants, the widow will give it to him" made everyone have a little conjecture, if the fourth prince Qiu absolutely wants the throne, will Emperor Qin also give it to him?

The eighth prince Qiu Zeng couldn't sit still, and stepped forward and said: "Father, the son has something to say, the messenger of the fourth brother has come from afar, and our brothers want to be entertained, speaking of which, we haven't seen the fourth brother for a long time, if you can, the son wants to ask more about the fourth brother in private, how about asking this gentleman to live in the post house first?"

Emperor Qin didn't seem to pay too much attention to these things, so he casually agreed. Ji Shengxi is a smart person, how can he not know what this Eighth Prince thinks in his heart, as long as he is temporarily left in the post house, he will have time to get some news out of his mouth, and it is not impossible to even completely rebel against him. However, he is not an ordinary debater, he is the most highly regarded debater under Qiu Jue.

Let's ask the soldiers of the world, can you refuse a person's tongue?

The purple coral inlaid gold screen that the eleventh prince found from the south, the rare night pearl of the eighth prince, and the amphora ancient urn bottle made by a famous kiln of the seventh prince, but the Qin Emperor just nodded, after all, they were just some ornaments, far inferior to the weapons of the status of the powerhouse sent by Qiu Jue.

The eldest prince walked out slowly, but the seventh prince smiled and said, "Brother eldest emperor, I heard that the congratulatory gift you gave was a birthday compendium, but I don't know how to bring it to the palace today?"

"This doesn't bother the seventh brother. ”

Qiu Ling scolded coldly, then raised his hand, signaled the people outside the hall to push in an iron cage, and knelt forward and bowed: "Father, this is the auspicious bird giant golden gull that I specially sent someone to find from the coast of the South China Sea, and my subordinates squatted on the beach for a year and three months before hunting it. This bird is covered with golden feathers, and its eyes are blazing, and it is almost impossible to find this kind of existence anywhere else in Zhu Tianye, but because of this noble image, he is called the descendant of the sacred bird Phoenix by countless people on the seaside, symbolizing the wind and rain and the peace of the world. ”

Emperor Qin was slightly surprised, and said: "I haven't seen this golden feather divine bird widow, quickly open it and let the widow take a look, if it is really as you said, I will raise this divine bird in the inner palace, as a divine beast of my dynasty, in order to suppress luck." ”

Qiuling said: "Father, although this bird is a divine bird, but after all, it has survived in the wild for many years, and it is inevitable that the beast heart will be difficult to train in a short period of time. ”

The big eunuch smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the Great Prince is reasonable, Your Majesty should step back." ”

Emperor Qin hesitated slightly, but seeing that Concubine Zhen Dan Mi was also curious, he said: "It's nothing, just call a few guards to come in and guard, Concubine Zhen and I want to get closer to see the demeanor of this divine bird, you can send someone to arrange it." ”

"Yes. ”

When everything was ready, Qiu Ling ordered his subordinates to slowly uncover the black cloth covering the iron cage, and he also knelt under His Royal Highness, shouting: "Tianchen has dragons and phoenixes to worship, and the earth and the gods are together, wishing my father and the emperor eternal blessings." ”

Qiu Ling bowed slowly, he originally thought that when he finished saying his birthday message, the black cloth covering the divine bird was also completely uncovered, and the hundred officials should echo his kneeling birthday wishes, but why didn't anyone speak?

Qiu Ling slowly raised his head and found that there was silence above the main hall, all the officials were silent, Concubine Zhen Dan Mi looked frightened, and Emperor Qin looked at him with a cold face, this strange scene froze for a long time, Emperor Qin said: "This is your congratulatory gift to the widow?"

There was a hint of intimidation in his tone, Qiu Ling's body was startled, and he was saying: "The giant golden gull on the coast of the South China Sea may not look too powerful, but ......" His slanted eyes suddenly saw the divine bird in the iron cage, where is this divine bird, it is clearly an eagle with a dying breath covered in scales!

Qiu Ling turned around and looked at the black eagle in the cage in disbelief, covered with whiplash injuries, and many feathers had fallen off its wings, and it was curled up in the middle of the iron cage, which made people look very cruel and terrifying.

"How is it possible? I have seen a giant gull covered in golden feathers, how can it become a scarred eagle? How could it be?

Qiu Ling cast angry eyes on the two subordinates, who were also full of horror, knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, I don't know, we are guarding the golden gull alone, as for how it came to be like this, I don't know! I don't know! Your Highness spare your life, Your Highness spare your life!"

Sending a wounded eagle to the emperor when he celebrated his birthday, Qiu Ling was already aware of the seriousness of the matter, and he thought that it must be the means of the seventh or eleventh eleventh, but since he had reached this situation, if he just blindly argued, it would not be effective at all, but if he didn't argue, then there would be no chance to argue in the future. 04

"You two deserve to die, drag it out and break the corpse into pieces!" Qiu Ling shouted angrily, then turned around, knelt on the ground, kowtowed his head and said: "Father, this must be someone deliberately framing his son, I obviously brought a spirited golden gull before, I don't know how it became like this, my father's discerning eyes will definitely be able to take a fancy to it......"

"That's enough!" Emperor Qin snorted coldly, and suddenly no one dared to respond, he looked at Qiuling coldly and said: "Mistaking the black eagle for the golden gull, and the wild fowl in the cage as the divine bird, today the widow has a birthday, and the widow is the emperor of the Qin Dynasty, but you are carrying a scarred and dying black shadow, is this cursing me to die early? No matter what the reason, no one dares to do such an act of yours in all dynasties, are you guilty?"

"But what Erchen gave was a golden ou ......"

"The widow asks you if you know your sin?"

"Erchen...... Confession!" Qiu Ling bowed unwillingly to the ground, and at this moment, his heart was like ashes.

Emperor Qin said: "The eldest prince Qiuling desecrated the imperial power, weighed thirty rods, and entered the cold palace, and he was not allowed to enter the court again in this life." ”

A few ministers who defended Qiuling were about to come out to plead, and Emperor Qin shouted again: "If there is a plea, sit down according to the crime!"

As soon as these words came out, no one dared to speak anymore.

Qiu Ling's eyes were red, seeing that no one in the court dared to speak for himself, his heart was already extremely cold, the emperor's order could not be violated, he escaped the involvement of Luanlai's conspiracy a few years ago, but after all, he fell here, he was unwilling, but no matter how much unwillingness he had, it was just unwillingness, he no longer had any power.

Qiu Ling knelt on the ground and wept: "Kneel down and thank your father for the grace of heaven!"

He lost, lost with nothing, and didn't even know who his enemies were.

Qiu Ling turned around and walked out of the hall, and a guard had already restrained him, and gradually disappeared in front of the hundred officials.

In fact, it is not difficult to see that this situation is obviously that someone is secretly making a move and swapping Jin Ou and the black shadow, but no one cares about this, and the eldest prince Qiuling finally collapsed because of his own negligence.

Emperor Qin's eyes flickered slightly, and he couldn't bear it slightly, but he still didn't say anything more.

The son in his eyes should have great ability, if he can't even avoid these tricks, why should he be his heir.

Rather than giving him the opportunity to continue fighting in the whirlpool, it is better to take the opportunity to let him give up the fight for the throne and thus save himself, which can be regarded as the last bit of mercy of being a father.

Dan Mi looked frightened, leaned on Emperor Qin's side and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine is very frightened by this black eagle, let's go back and rest quickly!"

"Okay, it's all caused by this unfilial son, when you go back to the inner palace and ask the palace maid to cook you a bowl of soothing tea to recuperate, if the concubine is really sick, the widow will be distressed. Emperor Qin nodded, then grabbed Dan Mi's slender waist and left slowly, and the hundred officials bowed their heads and bowed, but they didn't dare to show their voices.

Emperor Qin suddenly said: "The ministers can have a banquet, and in the month of this year, the widows will elect the candidates for the prince to assist the widows in governing the government." ”

Emperor Qin left slowly, but this sentence once again set off a great wave, which meant that Emperor Qin acknowledged the struggle between the princes and encouraged them to compete, and from time to time more wind and rain fell on the capital of the Qin Dynasty.

Luanlai Lakeside, Gao Xinlin sat on the shore in a cloth robe, it seemed that fishing had become a part of his life, no matter when, he seemed to be holding the rod.

After Qiu Yuan came here, Gao Xinlin still just said a casual greeting and did not give a salute, and Qiu Yuan was not surprised. Qiu Yuan told all the details of the court hall this day, and Gao Xinlin was just listening, and seemed to want to remain silent.

Gao Xin said: "Wenxiang, the fourth prince, and the eldest prince, these three things can be regarded as big things, Your Highness has done a good job, and has not interfered in any of them, if you speak, I am afraid that Your Majesty's list of princes will also remove you." ”

Qiu Yuan said: "Mr. is really powerful, and I am also thinking like this." There is also the messenger of the fourth brother, a debater named Jishengxi, who lives in the post house at the south gate of the city, and the eighth and eleventh have sent people to find out the news, and my people have been eavesdropping in the post house. It is rumored that the argument is quite fierce, and the people of the eighth and eleventh have been luring and intimidating, and even resorting to various means together, but Na Yongshengxi grasped the characteristics of the people who came and did not dare to kill him, so he opened his three-inch tongue to refute them one by one, and he quoted scriptures and scolded, and all kinds of examples and ancient sayings came easily, all of which were used as reasons for refusal. That Jishengxi is very knowledgeable, although the eight and eleven of the eight and eleven are all eloquent people, but they are not the same as the mouth of the Shengxi, he is a sword to drive a group of visitors out of the post house, it is said that the eight and eleven who are waiting in the dark have black faces. ”

"Oh, that's a capable person. Gao Xinlin deliberately lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of scaring away the fish in the lake, and said: "The four princes are now fledgling, and many talents are uninvited, as can be seen from today's incident in the Shengxi River." Although Ji Shengxi is just a powerless debater, the advantage of his lips and tongue can rival thousands of armor soldiers and the talents of the four princes, and we can't match it!"

Qiu Yuan was quite dissatisfied, and said: "Why did the gentleman deliberately increase their morale? Although the fourth brother is developing well in Gangneung County now, I also have a lot of arrangements around the capital, so I may not be weaker than him." Now that Qiuling has been framed and entered the cold palace, my opponent is one less person, and I can take the opportunity to recruit a few ministers of Shangshu, and in a few years, more than half of the people in this court will support me, and I dare to fight with anyone. ”

"Hmph!" Gao Xinlin was slightly angry, and said: "Your Highness's words are false, how can Emperor Cheng judge so arbitrarily, just today, His Majesty the Emperor is angry, and all kinds of calculations of the eldest prince will turn into dust, as long as he is not the emperor for a day, he will not be able to say these big words for a day." According to the current situation, although His Majesty the Emperor is no longer respected and convinced, the majesty is still there, and all the power is still in the hands of His Majesty. ”

Qiu Yuan said in a panic: "Sir, did you see something?"

Gao Xin said: "Didn't Your Majesty say that? This year, the candidate for the crown prince will be announced, which means that Your Majesty is also aware of the decline of his power and intends to use some actions to maintain his power." Although the emperor may be incompetent, he must be extremely concerned about his own throne, and if someone dares to trespass, he will naturally get an unforgivable end. What His Highness has to do is to secretly garrison troops, continue to absorb the forces around the capital, expand his influence, and make himself stand out in the support of hundreds of officials. ”

Qiu Yuan said: "Sir, this seems to be different from the Taoguang way you said before. ”

Gao Xin said: "The current situation is completely different, His Majesty the Fourth Prince can send the weapons of the powerful as a gift, and secretly make an agreement with His Majesty the Emperor, which means that His Majesty the Emperor really wants to choose the prince, if His Royal Highness loses in this competition, then there will be no ability to turn over." Besides, now that the eldest prince is out of power, it is the time for His Royal Highness to accumulate people's hearts, and Wen Xiang can also take you to recruit him again to find out his attitude. ”

Qiu Yuan pondered for a long time and said, "Sir, I know, I have kept these things in mind, but I don't know anything, who is the black hand who framed Qiu Ling?"

Gao Xin's eyes showed hesitation, slowly put away the fishing rod, and said: "This, I don't know, originally His Highness did the most appropriate thing to do, but His Highness didn't do it, but someone took the lead, but this person's methods are mysterious, there are almost no clues, and I can't speculate." But I think that the person who can use the means to this level must be His Royal Highness the Four Princes, and in my consciousness, only the Four Princes have this ability. ”

"Qiu Jue...... Qiu Jue muttered his name carefully on his lips, and couldn't help but feel a little cool, even if Qiu Jue hadn't actually done anything, but why did his actions make people feel frightened? This is what Qiu Yuan can't believe and can't bear.

"Does Mr. take Qiu Jue too seriously?"

Gao Xinlin glanced at Qiu Yuan with both eyes, and said with a frightened expression: "No, the kind of person of the fourth prince, others will only underestimate him, he has no highest point." If one day he kills the fairy, I won't have the slightest doubt. ”