Inside the palace

Qianzheng Palace is King Zhao's study, and several little eunuchs are busy rummaging through things at this time.

"Hurry up, find out." An old eunuch who was dressed more ornate than several eunuchs, darker in color, and looked a little status, hurriedly urged.

"Tell the Chief, it's almost there, I've found it soon." A little eunuch with the best eyes said that although he was not serving closely by King Zhao's side, he usually came to clean often, and he was more familiar with the furnishings in the palace, and the speed of finding things was faster.

"Slowly, don't hurry up, the adults are waiting." The old eunuch remembered the situation in King Zhao's room, and he was even more anxious, and he couldn't offend anyone in it.

The little eunuch looked at the folds in his hand, some of which were still at the bottom, and he carefully pulled them out of the bottom. Looking at the traces on it, it seems to be some years, I don't know what to do now.

Although I had doubts in my mind, the speed did not decrease at all. He knew that the more people who knew in the palace, the faster they would die.

"Lord Sir, let's see if that's it."

glanced at the fold in front of him, nodded after making sure it was correct, and said to the little eunuch in front of him, who had a little eye, "You, take them, come with me." ”

The little eunuch shouted excitedly, "Tsk." ”

If the head manager can take him over, then he can shake a few glances in front of King Zhao, and it is still good to have an appearance rate, regardless of whether King Zhao can remember him as a person or not.

The old eunuch saw that the little eunuch behind him was very elf, and he patted him well, coaxing him very happy, and he didn't want him to have any mistakes, and when the time came, he would affect himself, so he reminded: "Wait and be cautious, don't go on a business trip, don't raise your head no matter what you hear, what you should listen to and what you shouldn't hear, you know." ”

Of course, the little eunuch knew that the old eunuch was both reminding him and threatening him, so that he would not be troubled by him.

"Don't worry, Lord Steward, the little one understands."

The old eunuch saw that he was so interested, nodded and walked quickly.

When I passed by Qin Siyu's courtyard, I saw many doctors rushing out, and I didn't know when, so I couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong with those doctors?" Like seeing a flood beast? ”

Of course he knew that it was the mansion of Princess Zhao, who was the most unfavored in the palace and had no background, but the princess didn't suffer from smallpox, didn't those doctors go to treat her? How does it look like a refugee.

The old eunuch glanced at it and said unhappily: "It's none of your business, it's better to leave it alone, and get closer to Luoxia Tower less in the future." ”

When the little eunuch saw that the old eunuch really took a detour, he would rather walk more than pass through Luoxia Tower.

Of course, what does the old eunuch say is also the old man in King Zhao's courtyard, he doesn't know what news, this Princess Zhao, I really don't know if her life is good or not, it is rare to survive this smallpox for so long, I am afraid that she is still alone. Besides, no one would have done their best to heal her, but now King Zhao has hired doctors with a lot of money, and even asked for help from two other countries, but the tragedy is that there are so many doctors, and none of them can cure her, so forget it, those doctors who went in for treatment yesterday have a high fever today, and they are suspected of suffering from smallpox. Because of this, the doctors who originally planned to try it all regretted it, and some of them entered the palace and refused to go over to have a look.

The little eunuch just looked at Luoxia Tower from a distance, and a trace of pity and sympathy flashed in his eyes.

King Zhao's room was guarded by many guards, and he had to go through layers of inspections before he could enter.

When he came to King Zhao's room, he heard the noisy quarrel inside.

in the room

"Lord, my country already has a princess of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and there can be no more side concubines of the Great Zhou Kingdom. You must know that the son of the wife cannot inherit the throne, but the son of the side concubine is different. The eldest son of the side concubine is a candidate to inherit the throne. If the Great Zhou people are made side concubines, will her son rule our Shang Kingdom in the future? Xia Guan would rather die than watch the Shang Kingdom fall into the hands of the Great Zhou people. ”

"Lord Wang, Lord Shang is right, how can the daughter of a small official know the prince, and even make the prince infatuated with her, one of them may be a bureau, a bureau deliberately made by the Great Zhou State, if we accept it, the Shang Kingdom will be eaten by the Great Zhou State in the future, how about the people of our Shang Kingdom?"

"Lord Wang, what the two adults said is true, please check it out."

Several adults kept talking, each of them focusing on the country, which made King Zhao angry, but he couldn't refute it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, are you thinking too much, this king just wants to marry a side concubine, and no one has married yet, so let's talk about inheriting the unification, this king still has a long life, are you all looking forward to the death of this king?"

King Zhao's sharp eyes stared at the people kneeling below, he hated being threatened the most, and now this group of people was good, they didn't take him in their eyes at all, and dared to kneel outside the door to threaten him.

Thinking of this, I thought of a sentence sent by the Ouyang clan, if he made these officials cold-hearted, she would kill Li Xin'er, no matter how much King Zhao hated her in the future.

He knows very well what his mother is, now the Ouyang clan basically ignores Li Xin'er, it's just that Li Xin'er hasn't hindered her yet, if Li Xin'er harms King Zhao and is shameless by the entire Shang country, and he also turns his face with the officials, with Ouyang's son's heart, Li Xin'er will definitely be destroyed.

Ouyang's ruthlessness, he knows it very well, but no matter what she says, she is also his mother, everything she does is for his good, he can't say anything to her, he can only try his best to protect his beloved.

The kneeling officials kowtowed, only one of them straightened, and he glanced at the angry King Zhao, and then at the officials below who were trembling with fright. The most taboo thing for every ruler is to find a successor, which means that his position will soon be replaced by others, so it is understandable that the officials are scared to death when they hear King Zhao say that, but King Zhao, is it necessary to force the loyal ministers step by step for the sake of a woman?

He said coldly: "The prince thinks too much, the adults are also anxious for the country, the wolf ambition of the Great Zhou Kingdom, everyone knows it, and the question of the successor, it is true that the Shang Kingdom has been handed down through the generations, and it is not raised by the adults, please check it out." ”

As soon as Ouyang Bao said this, the officials below hurriedly echoed.

"Ask the prince to be clear, the lower official can show the bright moon, if it is for the sake of the Shang country, the prince will let the official die, and the official is willing."

"That's right, the official has made his will clear as soon as he dies, please fulfill it to the prince."

A large number of officials said that they wanted to die Mingzhi, how could King Zhao accept it, those who came today are the pillars of the Shang Kingdom, and each of them is an indispensable part. If King Zhao really let them die to make their will, I believe that the elders of the Elder Pavilion will also intervene.

"You, you're forcing the king." The anger in King Zhao's eyes was like a fire dragon that was about to rush out, and he felt unpleasant to everyone when he saw it.

King Zhao stared at a straight body, he knelt without humility or arrogance, his waist was straight, without a trace of fear, this is Ouyang's younger brother, Ouyang Bao, is also the national teacher of the Shang Kingdom, the main force of this group of people.

Ouyang Bao is a very wise person, he usually helps King Zhao a lot, and King Zhao also respects this uncle very much, but later, this uncle's power seems to be getting bigger and bigger, so big that even King Zhao feels threatened.

Later, gradually, King Zhao began to cultivate his subordinates, and he was also estranged from this uncle a lot, which is also the biggest reason why he refused to marry Ouyang Lingling as a side concubine, and his love for Li Xin'er was just a cover-up.

"The prince laughed, how dare you adults do this, they are just showing their intentions, if the prince thinks they are just talking, you might as well wait and see if they will die to show their will?"

When he said this, none of the officials commented, so he knew Ou Yibao's status in the hearts of those officials, and he was afraid that if Ouyang Bao let them die, they would go immediately.

"If I promise that the son born to Li Xin'er in the future will not inherit the throne, I don't know what your lords think?"

King Zhao had no choice but to retreat.

"Lord Wang, maybe you don't know, this concubine is an even more important person than the concubine in the eyes of our Shang people, not any cats and dogs picked up on the roadside."

Ouyang Bao said that Li Xin'er was the cat and dog that was picked up on the side of the road, and his tone was full of disdain.

King Zhao was furious, how could he easily be so slandered by his beloved.

"Ouyang Bao, don't go too far, Xin'er, she is not a cat or dog on the side of the road, she is empathetic, smart and witty, and has a pleasant demeanor, not like the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty at all, but like us businessmen, so bold." King Zhao was bent on saying good things for his beloved woman, but he didn't react for a while, he actually called Ouyang Guoshi's real name.

Ouyang Bao didn't take it seriously, just smiled. "A big Zhou country, how can you raise people to be like us Shang people, you must know that just as my Shang people don't like the big Zhou people, the big Zhou people are not ashamed of us Shang people, and think that we are barbarians, so in this case, even if it is just the daughter of a small official, it will not be raised like a Shang people, I think the prince should know better than the lower officials, whether this is something that someone did on purpose."

Ouyang Bao's words were sonorous, winning the approval of all the officials, but King Zhao's face became worse and worse, of course he would not doubt Li Xin'er, he just felt that all the officials were on Ouyang Bao's side, which damaged his majesty.

"This king has sent someone to investigate, Li Xin'er is indeed just an ordinary official girl, but her father married a stepwife in Shangguo, and the stepwife is not a good person, she doesn't let Xin'er learn qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and doesn't hire a master to teach her, everything she learns is self-taught, because she has no contact with the master, so her temperament is natural."

King Zhao is not a person who trusts others easily, on the first day he met Li Xin'er, he asked someone to find out and make sure that there was no problem, so he had a deep friendship with Li Xin'er.

"Okay, since the prince said that there is nothing suspicious about Miss Li, then ask the prince to let Zongren Mansion investigate."