Chapter 10 The Dragon King's Misplaced Mandarin Duck Spectrum
Dragon Palace in the East China Sea
"Father, I beg you, just promise us to get married. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info "The seventh princess Qianyu knelt on the crystal palace and cried into tears. She was wearing a lilac gown, with a cloud bun on her head, a delicate face, and strings of tears on her pink face, giving people a feeling of pity.
She was the seventh daughter of the Dragon King, and when she was born, the entire Dragon Palace glowed with colorful lights. Her cry was crisp and melodious, like a beautiful piece of music. For this reason, Longxin Dayue appreciated a lot of delicacies and jewelry.
By the time he was thirteen years old, the child became more and more beautiful and moving, and he was ingenious and kind-hearted. The dragon king likes this daughter very much, and when he is fine, he goes to the Crescent Moon Palace to sit for a while.
Once, when the dragon king went to see her, he was catching a cold and was not yet well. Qianyu saw that her father was always coughing, so she went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of white pear water and added some Chuanbei. After the dragon king drank it, he happily said to Qianyu: "Why is this water so delicious, it is still my Qian'er, I know filial piety, although I have many children, but there are not many who are as filial as Qian'er, I am really blessed to be a father, and I have such a good daughter as you." ā
Qianyu replied with a smile: "Look at what my father said, isn't it right to be filial to my father?" The Dragon King touched Qianyu's head, and then walked out of the Crescent Palace with a smile. The next day, the dragon king's cough improved significantly. The dragon king loved this daughter even more. He said to Qianyu's mother, Concubine Shuniang: "Qianyu, this child is Bingxue and smart, and she must find a good mother-in-law in the future." ā
"Yes, this child is not only ingenious, but also knows filial piety to his parents, and has always said that 'mothers are more precious than children', Your Majesty loves Yu'er so much, even my face as a mother is bright. I wonder what kind of in-laws this child will find in the future? ā
"You don't have to worry about this, I heard that the son of Prime Minister Gui's family is a talent, one day I will ask him, have you married? If not, it's a great marriage. ā
Although the son of Prime Minister Gui looks dignified, he is a guy with a deep city and a bad stomach. The gentlemen he got acquainted with dragged him to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, rob the people's daughters, oppress the people, and do all kinds of evil. Relying on Lao Tzu being a first-class member of the court, those bullied people had to swallow their anger, thinking that they were unlucky, and they couldn't afford to hide if they couldn't be provoked? Later, when I saw him again, I avoided him from afar, and some of them opened shops to do small business, so they closed their stores, but they didn't do business on this day, and they didn't want to cause trouble.
On this day, after the end of the Dragon King's early dynasty, he left Prime Minister Gui alone and asked: "Prime Minister, I heard that you have a son who looks dignified, I don't know how old he is this year, can he be married?" ā
Prime Minister Gui Cheng shrunk his neck, hunched his back, stroked his long beard and said, "Thanks to Your Majesty's praise, the dog is twenty-eight this year and has not yet been married." ā
"Since I haven't married a wife yet, why don't I be a matchmaker and marry the little girl to him?" The Dragon King looked at Prime Minister Turtle with a smile.
"Please forgive your majesty, forgive me for daring to ask which of your majesty's daughters is ready to marry my dog? Of course, no matter which daughter it is, I feel very honored, how can I marry His Majesty's daughter as a daughter-in-law, this is a blessing that my ancestors have cultivated in the last few lifetimes. ā
Prime Minister Gui Cheng is a loyal old minister, from the time the Dragon King was seven years old he began to assist him, in the blink of an eye, more than 70 years have passed through ups and downs, and now although he is old, but his body is still healthy. Because he has always been loyal to the Dragon King, he asked for retirement several times, but the Dragon King did not agree to him. Such a veteran figure is like the right-hand man of the Dragon King, once he retires, the Dragon King always seems to be missing something, so he has never agreed to the Prime Minister's retirement request.
"It's my seventh daughter, and now she's fifteen years old, and I want to find a good in-law for her, I wonder if the prime minister agrees to this family business?"
The seventh daughter of the dragon king is smart and clever, ingenious, kind-hearted, and filial to her parents.
Prime Minister Gui Cheng bowed twice to the west, and then to the south twice, prostrate on the ground, trembling and replied: "Thank you Your Majesty for cutting love, willing to give the pearl in your palm to our family, there are countless words of gratitude, please forgive the old minister for not knowing what to do before, repeatedly resigned, and wanted to go home to enjoy the blessings." Now, for the sake of the country and His Majesty, the old minister is a fool of his heart and will never give up. Even if I die of exhaustion in the court, I am willing. ā
When the dragon king heard this, he laughed: "How can it be as serious as you say, I see that your body is okay, and the amount of food is okay, I am reluctant to let you leave my side." You also know that there are few important ministers in the DPRK who are loyal to me, and I hope that you will accompany me for a few more years, and when you cultivate a few successors that I am satisfied with, it will not be too late for you to go home and hug your grandson. ā
"Thank you Your Majesty for valuing the old minister so much, in fact, why don't the ministers want to be by Your Majesty's side."
The dragon king got up and walked to the side of the turtle prime minister, slowly helped him up, and said, "Get up and speak." ā
The turtle prime minister dragged his bulky body up from the ground, looked at the dragon king's two long, somewhat white beards and said: "I think back then, Your Majesty was still a teenager, I accompanied Your Majesty to hunt, at that time, Your Majesty was so majestic. Mountains full of tigers and leopards are chased by you everywhere, pheasants and rabbits are frightened by you. Every time you come back from the hunt, you will have a feast and reward us old ministers. When I think about it, it feels like it happened yesterday. ā
When Prime Minister Gui Cheng said these words, there was a light in his eyes, as if he saw the scene of working hard with the Dragon King when he was young again.
"Yes, I remember one time you got drunk and asked someone to carry you home without knowing it, and you slept for two days and two nights before you got up."
"Huh." Prime Minister Gui bowed his head embarrassedly. "Young and vigorous, who's to say it's not."
Prime Minister's Office
Farewell to the Dragon King, Prime Minister Gui returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Prime Minister's wife walked into the front hall on crutches.
"Master, you're back." Madame greeted and sat down. "Did he agree to your request for retirement from the Dragon King?"
"Don't talk about retirement in the future." The prime minister took off his coat and sat opposite his wife. A maid had already brewed a good dragon well and put two bowls in front of the prime minister and the prime minister's wife.
"What's wrong?" The Prime Minister's wife was puzzled, "Why is this dragon king so unkind, thinking that our family has sold his life for the royal family for so many years, and now you are old, you can't do it anymore, and you won't let you go home to retire, is he happy to let you die of exhaustion in the court?" ā
"Shh......h Be quiet, you are so loud that you are not afraid that the wall has ears, this will reach the ears of those villains, and it will not attract death? If I want to be famous for a lifetime, don't go to the end, my reputation will be ruined in the hands of those villains, then I can't even turn a blind eye to death! ā
"Bah, what the hell. Don't be afraid of attracting bad luck. The lady spat a few mouthfuls on the ground, turned her head and asked her husband, "Then tell me why you are not allowed to mention retirement in the future?" ā
Prime Minister Gui Cheng took a sip of tea and said: "The Dragon King married his daughter to our family, do you think I'm embarrassed to mention retirement?" ā
"The princess married into our family? Oh, that's a great thing! Madame happily slapped her thigh. After a pause, she asked, "I don't know which princess is going to marry our son?" ā
"Seven Princesses. The Dragon King promised the Seventh Princess to be our son's daughter-in-law, don't you say it's a blessing from eight lifetimes of cultivation? I heard that the seventh princess has been ingenious since she was a child, she is beautiful, kind-hearted, and filial to her parents, and she can't find such a daughter-in-law with a lantern. Tell me, is it because of the smoke from our ancestral grave that we will hand in such good luck? As soon as this princess was mentioned, Prime Minister Gui couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and accidentally choked on the tea, followed by a violent cough.
"Look at you, you're so old, and you're so careless when you drink water." The prime minister's wife was busy and wanted to give him a thump on the back. The prime minister waved his hand, indicating that it was no big deal. Madame returned to her seat and sat down.
"Oh, it's really an ancestor who has accumulated virtue, so that our son can marry such a good daughter-in-law. The Dragon King values our family so much, we're really embarrassed to mention retirement again. That...... For the sake of our son, you will dedicate a few more years to the court. ā
"Yes, the Dragon King is as kind to our family as a mountain, and now we are putting the lives of the whole family on the line, and we can't repay his great kindness."
"What are you talking about, taking your life?!"
"I'm just such a metaphor for a while, look at you, why are you so sensitive?"