Chapter 33: Long Life
Ling Tianxu and An Guifei accompanied Ling Qi to play in the hall, looking at the happy appearance of the family of three, Xiao Mo outside the door smiled slightly, but her heart seemed to be covered with a layer of gloom, she was already alone. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Xiao Mo originally wanted to let Ling Tianxu start with Concubine Li and bring Concubine Li's father over first, but Concubine Li stood on the side of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother was a person who was obedient to King Jing, so she had to give up this move.
An Guifei's father is a household secretary, an official in a high position, and An Guifei dares to go against the Queen Mother, so it is not bad to start with An Guifei first.
Recently, Ling Tianxu has often cared about Concubine An's mother and son, maybe because he listened to Xiao Mo's advice, maybe because he watched her help Xiao Mo that day.
Because Ling Qi was afraid of Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo had no choice but to stay outside the door until Concubine An's mother and son left. In short, seeing An Guifei was very happy, Xiao Mo was relieved.
When Xiao Mo is fine, he will always wipe the sword carefully, although it is just an ornament, Xiao Mo loves it very much, just because his father said that swords and weapons can protect the family and defend the country, and the people of the Qu family regard weapons as their lives.
"How's this sword going?" Ling Tianxu asked.
Xiao Mo gave him a blank look: "Knowingly asked." "The sword has never been unsheathed.
"Lu Guoxin has sent a peerless sword, as long as you can make me happy, I will give it to you." Ling Tianxu raised his eyebrows.
The weakest of several countries is Lu Guo, sandwiched between Qi and Zhou, although the place is small, but in the eyes of other countries, it is a piece of meat that is easy to eat in the mouth, so Lu Guo sent treasures to please the monarchs of several surrounding countries in three days, for fear of being beaten.
It is said that the people of Qi are fun, the people of Yan are good at business, the people of Ning are good at writing and ink, and the people of Lu are good at making all kinds of refined things, no matter what they send, they can mostly please the monarchs of various countries.
The year before last, Lu Guo gave Qi Guo a pair of gilded phoenix dance steps, which is a rare treasure in the world, and Emperor Taihong gave this step to the prince's biological mother, Shu Guifei, and Shu Guifei transferred it to Qu Duhuan.
Xiao Mo couldn't help but stop the movements in his hand, sighed in his heart, thinking about it, that pair of step shakes should have been buried with her.
Xiao Mo's expression was gloomy and he didn't speak for a long time.
"I'll just say it casually, angry? Rest assured, the sword will be given to you. ”
Xiao Mo hooked the corners of his lips, and said with calm eyes: "What do I want such a good sword for, don't forget what you promised me before." After that, she took the cold mask on the side and put it on, and she couldn't feel at ease for a day if she didn't know how to enjoy it.
"I've already explained, but it will take some time for the news to reach the Qi Palace."
"Your Majesty, King Wen asks to see you." Inner Supervisor Dao.
"Please."
Xiao Mo took the sword and stood beside Ling Tianxu.
"Your Majesty."
King Wen wanted to kneel down and say goodbye, but Ling Tianxu quickly stepped forward to support him: "Uncle Wen doesn't have to be polite. ”
"I heard that His Majesty went to King Jing's Mansion a few days ago?" King Wen asked.
"It is true."
King Wen hurriedly asked, "Does King Jing agree to withdraw the army?" ”
As Xiao Mo had expected that day, if he let King Wen go with him, he might be more anxious than Ling Tianxu to force King Jing to withdraw his troops, but even if these two joined forces, King Jing might not take them seriously.
"Ling Hao didn't see me."
King Wen was shocked, and then looked distressed: "What! King Jing dared not to take over, this is a big disrespect. ”
Seeing that King Wen was so excited, Xiao Mo persuaded: "King Jing is sick and inconvenient to see Your Majesty, it is also reasonable, the prince does not need to be anxious." ”
"What do you know, Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five, even if King Jing climbs, he should climb out of the mansion to meet him." King Wen scolded.
Xiao Mo was speechless, this is indeed the case in other countries, but this is in Yan Kingdom, can it be discussed together?
"That's it, let's wait until he's well." Ling Tianxu said lightly.
Under Xiao Mo's persuasion, even Ling Tianxu, who had a blood feud with King Jing, knew how to forbear and give in for the time being, but this King Wen was thinking about fighting hard with King Jing.
Today's scene makes Xiao Mo's impression of King Wen even worse, although he is also a relative of the emperor who is worried about the country and the people, but compared to Ling Tianxu, who is a little bit clear, King Wen seems to have his own characteristics, that is, stubbornness.
"Your Majesty, the army of the Qi State has also been assembled, and now the two armies are no more than a hundred miles apart, and this matter cannot be delayed any longer." King Wen said.
Xiao Mo was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Who is the general of Qi Guo's army?" ”
"It's King Feng, the third prince of the Qi Kingdom."
Xiao Mo stared and whispered: "Qin Zhao." ”
Xiao Mo was extremely surprised, in the face of such a fierce opponent of Yan State, Emperor Taihong did not send a veteran general to fight on the battlefield, but actually sent the fledgling King Feng.
King Feng went on the expedition, most likely because his biological mother Concubine Hui was behind the scenes, but he didn't expect Emperor Taihong to agree, did he believe in Qin Zhao's ability too much, or did he think that Yan Guo was just scaring and scaring him, and this battle couldn't be fought?
Even though she was in the Yan Kingdom, Xiao Mo had an inseparable affection for the land of the Qi Kingdom, which was laid down by the heroes of her Qu family, and now Emperor Taihong was so relieved that he boldly took it to his son who had not yet reached the crown for trial.
At this time, an inner eunuch walked in, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, in a few days it will be the Birthday Day, and the Queen Mother sent a servant to ask, who does Your Majesty plan to prepare?" ”
"Leave this matter to Concubine An." Ling Tianxu said.
"This ......" the inner supervisor refused to leave.
Xiao Mo saw the appearance of the inner eunuch and knew that Ling Tianxu's reply was definitely not in line with the Queen Mother's wishes, where did the Queen Mother send someone to ask, it was obvious that she was here to ask for an errand for Concubine Li.
Xiao Mo said lightly: "Your Majesty has already issued an edict, and the Wanshou Festival will be taken care of by Concubine An, so don't step down quickly." "Anyway, everything that should have been offended before has been offended, and I'm not afraid of being a bad guy again.
When he had nothing to do in the past few days, Xiao Mo put on a red rope and woven half of the jade jue given by the old man into a bracelet, and weaved a peach blossom on each side of the jade to decorate.
Tied to Hao's wrist, the peach blossoms made of the red rope are like blood, and a cup of poisonous wine under the peach tree, she will never forget!
The longevity festival of Yan Kingdom is Ling Tianxu's birthday, and he has only one friend by his side when he is reborn in this life, should he also be prepared.
The embroidery skills were taught by her aunt Concubine Xiao, and she couldn't handle it if she wasn't skilled, but the kung fu of braiding the rope was learned from her mother since she was a child.
Xiao Mo asked Xiao Liu to find the golden rope without Ling Tianxu knowing, and secretly rushed to make a birthday gift.
On the day of the Wanshou Festival, Ling Tianxu accepted the congratulations of the ministers in the Huangji Hall in the morning, but King Jing still did not show up, except for the rival Qi Guo and the arrogant Zhou Guo, the monarchs of several other countries sent envoys to congratulate him.
At noon, the ministers and envoys were feasted, and in the evening, when the emperor's relatives and family celebrated behind closed doors in the back court, King Jing still did not come.
This made Xiao Mo very interested in King Jing, who had only heard his name and had not seen him for a long time.
On such an occasion, Xiao Mo could only stand aside with Xiao Liu and watch the relatives and nobles stagger, and when it was time to offer congratulatory gifts, he heard that the internal supervisor had reported the names of many eldest princesses, which showed that Ling Tianxu had many sisters, but there were no brothers, could it be that the first emperor was blessed?
"King Jing's Greeting-"
Hearing the inner eunuch shouting, Xiao Mo came back to his senses and looked outside the hall with the people present.
In the end, as expected, it was not King Jing who came, but Steward Li, who came in with a brocade box, who had seen him last time. ”
"The butler can also enter the palace?" Xiao Mo asked.
Xiao Liu replied in a low voice: "Lord Xiao doesn't know, the housekeeper of this Jingwang Mansion is the fourth-rank official of the imperial court." ”
Four-grade officials as housekeepers! This made her look at the owner of the mansion again.
When Xiao Mo was surprised, Steward Li had already approached, and after handing the congratulatory gift to the inner prison, he knelt on the ground and said a few polite words of congratulations for King Jing.
People are not polite, King Jing's thoughts today are mostly the same as Xiao Mo's thoughts that day, King Jing's gifts and Ling Tianxu's visit to the sick are nothing more than for the ministers and the people to see.
What kind of congratulatory gift will a character like King Jing give, everyone present was curious, and Xiao Mo was no exception, watching the brocade box slowly open.