People may predict the cruelty of reality, but when they are really faced with the cruelty of reality, they may not be able to accept it happily.

King Zhou's fists were loose and tight, tight and loose, and his eyes were lowered to hide the gloom in his eyes. A small, white and weak hand reached over from the side and gently covered his hand, making him feel extremely warm.

King Zhou grabbed Bao Xi's hand with his backhand and held it tightly in his palm. He won't admit that he will really fall in love with any woman. He just needed a little bit of mental support. The country he inherited was a mess, and there was no one to help him with the slightest bit of pressure.

Everyone only sees the strength of this country, who would know that if he is not careful, this powerful empire will be ruined? He is just in this moment, and needs a little encouragement.

"It's going to pass!" Bao Xi felt that her hand was hurt, but she still comforted King Zhou gently.

The sound of a clear spring instantly melted all the arrogance of King Zhou. King Zhou hugged the beautiful woman in front of him in his arms and covered his lips as red as the most gorgeous peony in front of him.

When Doctor Wu was carried out of the inner hall, there was a red stain of blood hanging from the corner of his lips. Rong He happened to see the side silhouette of the two people standing side by side with their hands at the door, and quickly closed the door of the temple and quietly guarded outside.

Everyone in the palace was saying that Doctor Wu had committed suicide in fear of sin. Although Empress Shen was very confident in her father's plan and didn't think that this matter would be able to defeat her, when Doctor Wu confessed in the inner hall of Linhua Hall that day, only King Zhou and Bao Xi were there, and no one knew what he said, and she couldn't help but feel uneasy.

After waiting like this for several days, King Zhou really sent someone to ask her. But it was just to ask, and Empress Shen didn't admit it, and King Zhou didn't do anything with her.

However, Empress Shen's son Yijiu heard that King Zhou had sent someone to investigate Empress Shen because of the matter of Medical Officer Wu, so he hurriedly sent someone to send a letter to Hou Shen. Then he ran to the palace of the king of Zhou to deal with political affairs and made a big fuss. It is not said that this is a trap set by King Zhou's favored daughter (that is, Bao Yao and Bao Xi) to Empress Shen.

King Zhou was summoning two courtiers to discuss matters, and when he saw Yi Jiu rushing in to make trouble so carelessly, his face immediately became gloomy.

"You two go first!" King Zhou said to the two men.

"Yes!" the two of them didn't expect to bump into this kind of scene, and they wished they could become invisible. Now that King Zhou spoke, he naturally quickly answered and ran away.

King Zhou didn't make a sound, just stared at Yi Jiu gloomily.

Yi Jiu was covered in hair, but thinking about King Zhou's love for those two praise girls and protecting the unborn concubine, he felt very unhappy in his heart. Anyway, with his grandfather as his backer, he fought against the barbarians and was about to return to the dynasty victoriously. He held one-third of the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou in his hands, all of which were his own support forces, and his confidence returned.

"This matter was said by the medical officer himself, and you are full of nonsense. You are the crown prince, don't you know how to deal with things?" King Zhou finally suppressed the anger in his heart and said kindly.

He was indeed negligent in disciplining the prince, so that the child was deeply influenced by her mother. But there have been a lot of things going on lately, and the pressure is too great, and he doesn't want to spend this energy on dealing with his son again. King Zhou didn't ask the prince to help him, after all, he had the blood of two families in his body, and he was destined to be in a dilemma. Moreover, Yijiu is his only son who has grown up safely at present, although King Zhou is dissatisfied with him, he still wants this son to be taken out of this matter.

However, Yi Jiu didn't know whether he was too worried about the safety of Empress Shen, or afraid that King Zhou would blame him, so he muttered, "I only know that my father shouldn't favor his daughter." Who knows whether what Doctor Wu said is true or false? I have already asked people to sue my grandfather."

"Smack"! Zhou Wang picked up a book on the case and smashed it down. He can tolerate the prince's ignorance, but he can't tolerate his heart towards an outsider. In this way, how to ensure the stability of the Great Zhou Dynasty?

"Come on!" the prince has no words and deeds, and he will be grounded in the East Palace in the future, and he will not come out without an edict!" King Zhou finished speaking and left angrily.

"Prince, please!" Rong He looked at Yi Jiu with contempt and asked the two inner eunuchs to come and pull him. Such a big person, even if he can't see the ambition of the Shen family clearly, he should understand something, at least not drag his own father back! This is stupid! If he is allowed to inherit the Great Zhou Dynasty, he will not be handed over to Shen Hou?

"Get out of here, I'll go by myself!" Yijiu flicked his sleeves and left angrily.

When Bao Xi heard about the prince, she didn't know what to say, but she couldn't help but sympathize with King Zhou.

The final outcome of the matter of Medical Officer Wu was that Bao Xi justifiably went to her Phixiang Palace to raise a baby at the request of Mrs. Jiang, but Empress Shen was only reprimanded and blamed by King Zhou for poor management. The gain of Bao Yao, who exposed the Wu Medical Officer, was the greatest, and he got the power to help Shen Hou Assist in some things in the harem.

Although King Zhou did not say what this "assistant part of the matter" was, he just explained to Shen Hou, Bao Yao had no cronies, and Shen Hou could not really let her manage anything, but as soon as this name came out, Bao Yao was in the limelight in this harem for a while. Because this kind of thing has never happened before, Bao Yao's limelight even overshadowed Bao Yao, who was pregnant before.

The punishment of Prince Yijiu was simply beyond everyone's expectations. Even Empress Shen didn't expect that the one who was punished the most severely in this matter would be the crown prince. She went to King Zhou to plead, but King Zhou didn't see her at all. Just after the matter of the military medical officer, Shen Hou didn't dare to make any more trouble, so he had to send a message to Shen Hou to ask him to come back quickly.

Why didn't King Zhou severely punish Empress Shen? In order to avoid arousing the vigilance of Hou Shen, he startled the snake. Now that he has a heavy army, he can only be dealt with after he returns to Hokyo and hands over the military power. Otherwise, if he directly raised troops to rebel, although those soldiers might not all listen to him, it would be a big disaster.

The reason why the matter of Medical Officer Wu broke out was mainly to justifiably send Bao Xi to Mrs. Jiang to raise the baby and keep the child. King Zhou must have an heir other than Yijiu, otherwise the struggle between him and Shenhou will be a joke, and Da Zhou will still fall into the hands of the Shen family sooner or later. Thinking of Yijiu's daytime appearance, King Zhou felt a headache.

Fortunately, the people of the Ji family have also grown up. Taking advantage of the opportunity for Shenhou to personally leave Beijing to lead his troops, King Zhou asked Uncle Ji to take over the city defense and janissaries of Hojing. Under the will of King Zhou, Uncle Ji quietly infiltrated the elite soldiers of his fiefdom into Haojing.

Shenhou has been operating in Hojing for decades, and most of the children of the Shen family are in important positions. King Zhou was worried about the long list. If they are directly dismissed, or if they are demoted on a large scale, they will definitely arouse the vigilance of Shenhou. If he leads his troops and does not return to Beijing, the risk will be too great. After all, the tiger talisman is in his hands, and he has the right to command those soldiers and horses.

The plan now is to make Shenhou return to Beijing willingly. The king of Zhou also had to arrange a qiē before Shenhou returned to Beijing, and disposed of him by Shun. Otherwise, if you miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to have such an opportunity again in the future.

However, how could Shenhou hold one-third of the military power of the Great Zhou, how could he willingly hand it back?

King Zhou frowned, and sat on the side of the desk for almost an hour, motionless.

Bao Xi lived in the Phixiang Hall moist and comfortable, the only fly in the ointment was that it was not suitable for King Zhou to go to the place where Mrs. Jiang lived, so Bao Xi was often taught by Mrs. Jiang how to capture the king's heart and how not to snub him during his pregnancy. Today, she was driven by Mrs. Jiang to the palace where King Zhou was handling government affairs to deliver food.

King Zhou had been worried all morning, and he was already hungry. Just thinking about things in my heart and not feeling hungry. The subordinates saw that his face was not good, and they did not dare to disturb. At this time, I suddenly smelled a fragrance on the tip of my nose, and I couldn't help but salivate. When I looked up, it was Bao Xi who came.

"What delicious food did Mrs. Tai ask you to deliver today?" said King Zhou with a playful smile on his face.

"A piece of Rong Shu beef soup, a part of boiling, and a piece of sheep pounding. "Actually, it's beef stew with beans, rice with meat sauce, and lamb tenderloin. Bao Xi replied as she took the food out of the lunch box and put it on a small table next to her for eating.

"It's very fragrant! Mrs. Tai has a heart!" King Zhou moved to the dining table and picked up his chopsticks.

Mrs. Jiang instigated Bao Xi to do these things every day, and both of them knew it, and they often laughed and laughed. This can be regarded as a happy event between them! It's just that Mrs. Jiang doesn't know about it, and she often rushes to send "surprises".

"I heard Rong He say that His Majesty has been worried all morning, what is it that makes His Majesty worry so much?" Bao Xi waited for King Zhou to finish eating before starting to chat with him. walked to the table where King Zhou put the chapter and saw the long list.

"What is this? are all Shen family?"

"Yes. This king is thinking about how to deal with them, but it will not alarm Shenhou and make him vigilant. ”

King Zhou and Bao Xi got used to getting along casually in private, and they didn't feel anything wrong at all. And Bao Xi is very smart, and can often give him a stunning idea coldly.

Bao Xi took the list and looked at it for a while, and then said to King Zhou: "The concubine has heard a sentence, I don't know if it's right." ”

"Tell me about it!"

"If heaven wants to make it die, it must first make it mad. Why don't you promote them all to other positions!" Bao Xi blinked her big beautiful eyes and looked at Zhou Wangdao meaningfully.

King Zhou understood what she meant as soon as he heard it, and couldn't help but high-five and praise: "Good idea!

When he turned around, he promoted those in the Shen family to one or two levels in the officialdom and sent them to the post of "leisure pension".

The sons and daughters of the Shen family thought that King Zhou was grateful for the merits of Shen Hou and the favor he gave to their family!

At the same time, the king of Zhou, under the construction of Bao Xi, released the news of his intention to give Shenhou the title of king on an informal occasion.