Chapter 90: Wu Niangniang!

"Who am I? Who am I?"

"I'm Zhou Lingyun, no, who is Zhou Lingyun? No, I'm Zhou Lingyun!"

"I'm Zhou ...... Zhou Ling...... I am...... Plum...... Li Yun!

"Yes, that's right, I'm Li Yun! I'm Li Yun, the 'Marquis of Wu'an' in Great Xia!"

“......”

A voice kept echoing in Li Yiqi's mind, a sharp pain came from the depths of his mind, and countless fragmented memories poured out like a breaking wave, and they appeared in front of his eyes-

At the beginning of the thirty-ninth year of Emperor Xia's reign, Emperor Zonghuang died suddenly without warning, which immediately led to chaos in the court.

In February of the same year, during the national mourning, a large-scale plague broke out in Yangzhou and Jingzhou, and several cities became dead cities overnight.

In the middle of the same year, when the heavy snow stopped, the Di people in northern Xinjiang raised troops to attack the summer.

In April of the 39th year of the Xia Emperor's calendar, the Ying people of Dongzhou invaded, the Haizhou Protectorate went to war, and suddenly encountered a wave that had not been encountered in a hundred years on the sea, both sides were annihilated, the battle of Daxia lost 150,000 soldiers, more than 300 large and small warships, the Ying people lost 66,000 people, more than 100 warships, it can be said that it was a 'encirclement and suppression' battle but because of natural disasters, resulting in the loss of Daxia three times that of the enemy.

In June of the same year, many forces in the Western Regions gathered to attack Xia, and the four towns on the Anxi front lost three towns, and the Anxi army had to withdraw to the Anxi Protectorate, and the forces of Great Xia were beaten out of the Western Regions. In the same month, after several months of fierce battles, the Di people in northern Xinjiang broke through the Yuhu Pass, and most of the protectors of the northwestern capital were killed in battle, and half of the cities in Liangzhou fell......

In August of the same year, after more than a year of dormancy, the Nanban once again gathered the strength of millions of barbarians to storm the town of Nanguan, and the captain of the capital Chi Yuan defended according to the natural danger, but because of the plague in Jing and Yang, the grain production was seriously reduced, not to mention, the epidemic that lasted for more than half a year seemed to be slowly infected in the army, and the southern Xinjiang was in an emergency!

......

In a short period of time, one bad news came one after another, the government and the opposition were in an uproar, and the people were even more angry.

The country can not be without a monarch for a day, at this time it is even more necessary for a person to be able to turn the tide and support the general of the building, however, although the government is temporarily represented by the three dukes, but for the next Xia Emperor, no one dares to express his position easily.

......

In the harem of Great Xia, by the Jade Lotus Golden Pond, a thin and beautiful figure was sitting alone in the pavilion.

It was a woman dressed in palace clothes, and the woman looked no more than twenty years old, and her appearance was stunning.

"Niangniang, Wu Anhou is here. A young female official dressed as a palace maid walked up to her with light steps and said respectfully.

"Hustle. ”

In the gazebo, the woman in the palace costume did not reply.

"Yes. ”

Not long after the palace maid retreated, a long figure walked to the side of the pavilion, this person was dressed in a gorgeous purple marquis, carrying a purple and gold crown on his head, his demeanor was majestic, his bearing was majestic, his eyes were wide, and he walked with a dragon and tiger, obviously a martial arts master.

"Wu Anhou, you're here. ”

The woman in the pavilion didn't look at him, but just picked up her glass and raised her head to take a sip of wine.

"Minister, Li Yun see Wu Niangniang!"

Li Yiqi took a deep breath and knelt on one knee, his tone generous and powerful.

"Flatten. ”

The thin and thin woman in palace clothes raised her glass again, drank the remaining wine in the cup, and asked Youyou, "How did you do that?"

Li Yiqi's face changed slightly, his eyes flickered, he lowered his head, and replied in a deep voice: "Back to Niangniang, the minister has reviewed all the information about the officials who came to the capital to participate in the examination in the past six years, and did not find a person named Zhou Lingyun. Then, according to Niangniang's intentions, without spreading the news, the minister privately sent people from the Li family to secretly visit all the inns and restaurants in the capital, but they did not find anyone who matched the portrait provided by Niangniang. ”

"Didn't you find it......"

Hearing this, the woman in the palace dress in the pavilion finally stood up, her voice was light and fluttering, extremely pleasant, but her tone was extremely indifferent, and even gave people a sense of oppression.

"Niangniang has lost weight again......" Li Yiqi quietly raised his gaze, looked at the thin figure of the woman in palace clothes, and sighed secretly in his heart.

The look in the palace dress in the pavilion changed, and after a long time, she sighed in her heart, waved her hand softly, and said, "Flatten, come up and sit." ”

"Yes. ”

Li Yiqi smiled slightly, did not hesitate, got up, flicked his sleeves, walked into the pavilion, and sat opposite the woman in the palace costume.

Li Yiqi's eyes fell on the stone table in front of him, and he saw a few wine jugs and two wine bottles on the edge of the scattered folds, he casually lifted one wine jug, shook it, and found that it was empty, so he lifted the other one and found that it was empty. He glanced at the person in front of him, sighed secretly, and frowned, "Niangniang...... Attention should be paid to the body. ”

"Lots of words. ”

The woman in the palace costume snorted coldly, her voice was clear and beautiful, but it was majestic.

Hearing this, Li Yiqi smiled bitterly, he finally found a wine jug that was still half left, poured himself a glass, and said with a smile: "The minister is guilty, admit punishment." ”

With that, Li Yiqi drank a glass of wine, but soon he frowned.

Because, he found out that this wine was not a special elixir in the palace, but a spirit!

The fierceness of this wine, even he, a soldier who crisscrossed the battlefield, felt a burning pain in his chest, but so many wine jugs were empty, could it be ...... Li Yiqi glanced up at the person in front of him with a strange expression.

"Do you know what this palace is looking for you to do today?" The woman in the palace costume stared at Li Yiqi, her eyes sharp, and she asked coldly.

"Isn't it for what happened just now?" Li Yiqi replied with a frown.

He actually didn't understand why this lady who secretly controlled the government and the opposition asked him to secretly look for the person named 'Zhou Lingyun', with her current status, as long as she made a clear order, the whole world would move to find that person for her.

It's just that as a concubine in the harem, such a blatant search for a man, even if the first emperor dies and the new emperor is not established, it will inevitably attract criticism, but those who once criticized her back then ended up very miserable......

"Look. The woman in the palace costume looked cold, and threw a book over, and her phoenix eyes flashed with coldness.

"Yes. Li Yiqi respectfully took the fold, just glanced at the content on it, and his eyelids suddenly jumped wildly.

"Many people blame the palace, saying that the palace controls the government, takes the power to get power, and sets up the imperial court, last month there was another defeat in the northwest, the northwest capital lost 70,000 soldiers, and the Lianshan camp was almost lost, that Wei Xiao was sent by the palace, so this responsibility fell on the head of the palace. The woman in the palace costume laughed, but there was no smile in her eyes.

When Li Yiqi heard this, his brows furrowed deeply, and without waiting for the other party to hand it over, he began to take the initiative to read the rest of the folds.

It stands to reason that it is a capital offense for a courtier to read the master's recital, but Li Yiqi knows that the woman in the palace has never cared about so much red tape, so he swept the content of the recital at a glance and ten lines, and asked in a condensed voice: "How is Niangniang going to deal with it?"

"Let's go to Zhenjun, see that there are still a few official positions missing, go there for the rest of your life. The woman in the palace costume said in an indifferent tone and without emotion.

"Alas. ”

Hearing this, Li Yiqi could only sigh, and said with a wry smile: "Niangniang, you continue to make enemies, I'm afraid it will ......."

"What will it be?" the woman asked with a sneer.

"It's going to be attacked by a crowd. Li Yiqi shook his head and said with a wry smile, after he finished reading the last book, he stacked all the folds neatly, and then stood up respectfully, clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "I hope Niangniang will think twice." ”

Hearing this, the Qianying opposite Li Yiqi looked indifferent, looked at him deeply, and after a long time, his cherry lips opened lightly, and he said quietly: "Do you know, the first emperor died of illness, and some people suspect that it was the palace...... The eldest prince died in the northern Xinjiang, and some people suspected that the palace had done something in private...... Wei Xiao was defeated, and some people suspected that it was instigated by the palace, in order to borrow a knife to kill people and kill those Great Xia border troops who were loyal to the first emperor. ”

"Whenever something goes wrong, this group of people will find a reason to splash dirty water on Bengong's body, do you want Bengong to endure it?"

Although her appearance is overwhelming, the woman's willow-like eyebrows are slightly raised, revealing a fierce taste, and a pair of bright phoenix eyes reveal a ruthless, indifferent, and incomparable majesty.

When Li Yiqi heard this, he hung his head and fell silent, he naturally knew why these ministers wanted to carry guns and sticks in the recital.

In the past few years, this warrior lady of the harem has suddenly shined, like a secret big hand controlling the government, reforming the rule of officials, rewarding farmers, and attaching importance to the selection of talents, so that there are many talents in the court.

However, there are not a few people who oppose her, and in the face of this kind of people, this lady's methods have never been merciful.

Therefore, the ministers of the court have three points of respect, three points of fear, three points of hostility, and a dependence on this harem lady.

This seemingly unreasonable dependence actually comes from the Great Xia royal family and the only remaining protector spirit in the deep palace of Great Xia-the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow.

The so-called country cannot be without a king for a day, and now it has been more than a year since the death of the emperor, but the new emperor has not been established for a long time, and this is not without reason.

On the bright side, the princes of Great Xia are all established in accordance with Confucian etiquette, but in fact, the founding ancestor of Great Xia, Emperor Qin, known as the 'Holy Emperor', has long stated that those who can inherit the throne for future generations must be recognized by the dragon bird!

The reason why the dragon bird is revered as the 'Holy Spirit' of Great Xia is because it has a talent of its own - to detect and change the fortune of the country.

The theory of luck seems to be illusory, but if you look at the thousand-year history of the entire Great Xia, you can still find a clue.

If the person approved by the dragon bird succeeds to the throne of the Xia Emperor, the national fortune will inevitably prosper, and the national fortune will inevitably be lost if the dragon bird chooses the lord and succeeds to the Xia Emperor.

Thirty-one emperors of Great Xia, seven Ming monarchs, eleven British lords, the rest of the people, and a few people looked extremely virtuous when they were hidden dragons, once they ascended the throne, their temperament changed greatly, and when these people were in power, natural disasters and man-made disasters, locust plagues and floods were frequent.

And those Xia Emperors who can be called Ming Jun and Ying Zhu have done one thing - the day the new emperor ascended the throne, he stepped on the dragon sparrow, controlled the six directions, traveled the world, looked down on the rivers and mountains of Great Xia, and proved in front of the people of the world that he had been recognized by the 'Holy Spirit'.

When these people ascended the throne, it is said that Lang Lang was emptied, there were no clouds, natural disasters were almost none, and the harvest was extremely rich every year.

This is the fortune of the country!

That is to say, the dragon bird is not blind in choosing the master, but to see through the way of heaven, see through the hearts of the people, and truly choose the king who is in line with the inheritance of the throne - it is said that except for the 'holy emperor' Emperor Qin, all the British lords and Ming monarchs have been highly recognized and affectionate by the dragon bird when they were young.

But......

Leaving aside the great prince who has died in battle, it seems that it is extremely difficult to determine the candidate for the new emperor.

Since the second prince was born, he has been infected with a strange disease, and he has been infected in bed all the year round, and he can't even walk.

The third prince is an extremely mediocre person, and his temperament is extremely promised, and he will be scared to cry when he sees a dead mouse, such a person is obviously not suitable to be the lord of the world.

Compared with the cowardice of the third prince, the fourth prince is a bold person, and quite a means, the city, but the fourth temperament is very cool, moody, and good abuse of the people, the four princes' mansion almost every once in a while to quietly send out a few corpses that were killed by the four princes, when the emperor was still alive, some Confucian ministers had jointly written to reprimand him.

Let's talk about the five princes, because the five princes committed a taboo in the palace when they were young, they were still locked up in the Zongren Mansion, and their lives and deaths are still unknown.

Compared with the third, fourth, and fifth, the sixth prince is a good choice.

The six princes are polite, modest and docile, the only drawback is that they like women, and there are groups of wives and concubines in the house, in fact, such a person is not too big to be the Xia Emperor, however, the real problem of the sixth child is not in the preference for women, but in his birth - the biological mother of the six princes is a daughter in the Western Regions, that is to say, the blood of the six princes is not pure, and the possibility of the six princes inheriting the throne is even lower than that of the five princes who have been imprisoned by the Zongren Mansion for many years and whose life and death are unknown.

As a result, the ministers had a headache and focused their attention on the remaining royal disciples.

After excluding the above princes, the ministers all set their eyes on the two princes who were about to tie their buns - the seventh prince Xia Zhen and the eleventh prince Xia Ying.

These two princes, who have emerged as teenagers and have amazing talents in both Confucianism and martial arts, are undoubtedly the best heirs to the next throne, and the most important thing is that the attitude of the Holy Spirit in the palace towards these two princes is not as disgusted and rejected as other princes.

In other words, these two princes are qualified to step on the back of the dragon sparrow in the future.

From this point of view, Xia Zhen and Xia Ying are undoubtedly the best choices for the throne at present.

However, these two people have not yet tied their hair, and since the founding of the Xia Dynasty, there has been no precedent for a prince to succeed to the throne before the age of twenty, and even if he wants to succeed to the throne, he will have to wait until these two princes reach adulthood.

However, even if these two princes are adults, who should they choose?

asked Sangong Jiuqing, Sangong was silent, Jiuqing shook his head and said nothing.

asked the six ministers, and the six ministers each prevaricated.

Ask the many elders of the Feng Pavilion, this group of old things that have gone through two or three dynasties will only be muddy.

No one dares to talk nonsense at this juncture!

Great Xia founded the country with the 'Holy Spirit', the emperor is dead, the dragon bird has not yet chosen a master, and no one dares to express his attitude casually.

The way of heaven, the loss of more than enough to make up for the shortage, the national fortune can be lost by manpower, but not by manpower, today's Great Xia Dynasty, can it withstand a catastrophe?

The national fortune is the key to the reversal of the defeat in Great Xia, and the key to changing the national fortune is in the 'Holy Spirit' - the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow!