Emperor Zhengde saw that Ning Ziqing only bowed to him halfway, and his eyes flashed.

And there are two people sitting under him, one of them has a thin face, a silver hair meticulously combed behind his head, with a little sleek and sharp between his eyebrows and eyes, while the other looks much kinder, his whole eyebrows and eyes are a little charity and wisdom, which makes people feel good at first sight.

These two people are the current prime ministers of the Great Zhou, Wei Jian and Si Hou Yu.

After Yin Shao was removed, the position of prime minister in the court could not be vacant, but Emperor Zhengde was afraid that he would nourish another Yin family with his power, so he set the post of prime minister into two prime ministers, and the two people who served as the left and right phases were Wei Jian and Si Hou Yu.

Wei Jian was born in a very low background but was very good at drilling camps, good at making the way of the dragon, and won the emperor's heart above the government, and Sihou Yu was the elder of the two dynasties, and he was also a great Confucian who shocked the Great Zhou, and the first emperor once praised Sihou Yu as the second Yin Shao of the Great Zhou, and he was also deeply respected by the old ministers in the court.

The two have different backgrounds, so that they have different political views and temperaments, Wei Jian can't look down on Si Hou Yu's integrity and integrity, and Si Hou Yu can't look down on Wei Jian's villain tricks, the two are extremely unkind to each other, so they are also committed to suppressing each other's factional forces, so that in addition to the pure ministers in today's Great Zhou Dynasty, the two factions are clearly distinguished, and they check and balance each other, although there are occasional people who defect to the prince, but most of them are not unbreakable, which is also the situation that Emperor Zhengde hopes to see the most.

Today, Emperor Zhengde summoned Ning Ziqing and asked the two of them to come together, and at this time, the two of them reacted differently after seeing Xue Rou's movements.

Wei Jian was displeased, while Si Hou Yu looked at Xue Rou and nodded secretly.

"Bold Ning Ziqing. Why don't you kneel when you see Your Majesty. The little eunuch beside Emperor Zhengde shouted loudly.

Xue Rou just looked at Emperor Zhengde lightly when he heard this, with the Ning family's current wealth, no matter which emperor the Ning family saw, they didn't need to bow down. Kneeling will make people suspicious, not to mention that the person in front of her is Huo Jiancheng, even if it is just for acting Xue Rou is not willing to bend her knees to him, so she just said with a cold expression: "The Ning family has a family motto, and the children of the Ning family only kneel to the elders of heaven and earth, and they cannot bend their knees to others, please forgive Emperor Zhou Xià." ”

The corners of Chen Yuan's mouth moved slightly. looked at Emperor Zhengde with some concern, but he didn't want Emperor Zhengde to just glance at the two people below with some dark color in his eyes.

Sihou Yu remembered what Emperor Zhengde had said before, but he frowned slightly and did not speak. Instead, Wei Jian frowned and said: "The words of the sages are respected by heaven and earth, this has been the way of human ethics since ancient times, but the Ning family only chooses four of them, isn't it against ethics?" ”

Xue Rou raised her eyebrows. "Heaven and earth must not be disrespectful. The elder must not be disrespected, but if it is anything else, the Ning family has never been attached to any country, so how can you say it? ”

Wei Jian's eyes were sharp, and there was a hint of coercion in his tone, "But my Great Zhou Kingdom is rich and strong, and the power of His Majesty the Son of Heaven is even more intimidating to all countries, can't he still afford to worship you?" ”

"You are?" Xue Rou raised her eyebrows and looked at Wei Jian.

"I am the prime minister of the Great Zhou. Wei Jian. ”

Xue Rou quietly looked at the righteous and awe-inspiring half-hundred old man, and saw that he was aggressive when he saw him. How she didn't know what he thought.

Wei Jian's behavior like this is just words to force her to make a gesture of submission to Emperor Zhengde, and once she kneels down today, if she is not the Ning family, there will naturally be no good end, but if she is really the Ziqing of the Ning family, after this kneeling, not only will the Ning family be a little shorter when facing Emperor Zhengde in the future, but once today's events are spread, others will only think that the Ning family has surrendered to the Great Zhou from now on.

Xue Rou looked at Wei Jian for a while and suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Wei Jian frowned and shouted.

Xue Rou smiled lightly: "I laugh at Prime Minister Wei Cheng's eloquence, but as far as I know, the current Zuo Xiang of the Great Zhou Dynasty is the teacher of the Beirong prince of the year, and he was ordered by the first emperor of Beirong to teach the prince of Beirong, that is, the current king of Beirong, but twenty years ago when the civil strife in Beirong, the then Beirong emperor abandoned the prince who was killed and fled to the Great Zhou Kingdom alone. replaced the late Prime Minister Yin and became one of the new prime ministers of the Great Zhou, enjoying the honor of being one person and above ten thousand people, that person must be you, right? ”

Wei Jian's face was instantly embarrassed, this was a stain that he couldn't get rid of in his life, even if there was something else hidden in the events of the year, but he couldn't mention it to anyone, and it was precisely because of this that no matter how high and respected his status was, when outsiders talked about him, the first thing they talked about was still the filth of his betrayal of the old master.

He didn't expect Ning Ziqing to tear apart the old things so stubbornly, so that he couldn't get off the stage.

Si Hou Yu on the side looked at the iron blue on Wei Jian's face, his eyes were full of smiles, he originally looked down on Wei Jian, and felt that he was just a villain who didn't want to make progress and drill the skills of the camp, if it wasn't for His Majesty's favor, how could he be on an equal footing with him, at this time, when he heard the white-clothed young man in front of him uncover Wei Jian's scar, although Si Hou Yu was not sure if Xue Rou was really a member of the Ning family, but he admired her very much for her sharp mouth and arrogance.

Xue Rou felt Si Hou Yu's kindness, nodded at him, then turned his head to look at Wei Jian, who looked extremely difficult to see, and said with a light smile: "Since Prime Minister Wei Cheng persuaded him with the words of the sage, don't you know that the sage also once said that loyal ministers are not the second master?" Even a person like Prime Minister Wei who understands common sense can abandon the old lord and throw himself into the arms of the new monarch, the Ning family thinks that they are not as good as Wei Xiang, and they are afraid that they will not be able to avoid vulgarity in the future, in order not to be poked in the backbone in the future, Ning Ziqing still doesn't want to bow down, Emperor Zhou, what do you think? ”

Emperor Zhengde's expression was a little gloomy.

Seeing this, Sihou Yu opened his mouth and played a round, "Your Majesty, the Ning family has a family motto, Ning Gongzi should obey it, Ning Gongzi, His Majesty is a benevolent king, he will not care about these false courtesies, Fang Cai Zuoxiang is just a joke, Ning Gongzi doesn't have to take it seriously." ”

Xue Rou smiled lightly: "Then thank Emperor Zhou for your understanding." ”

Emperor Zhengde was praised by Sihou Yu, his face really looked better, remembering that no matter which emperor he saw before, he had never made a big salute, not to mention that Ning Ziqing was rumored to be the next generation of the Ning family at the helm, he didn't bow down to himself, but he was more like the Ning family, and the anger in Emperor Zhengde's heart unconsciously dispersed a lot.

"What Prime Minister Sihou said is exactly what I thought, since the Ning family's family motto is like this, you don't need to make an exception here, Chen Yuan, take a seat."

Chen Yuan on the side hurriedly ordered someone to move the chair and put it in front of Xue Rou, and Xue Rou nodded slightly and sat on the chair generously. (To be continued......)

ps: The fourth update ~ Kavinka's good ecstasy, ahh