"The subordinate is just a small squire, how can he compare with Lord Shangshu?"

"There is a vacant position in the Ministry of Rites, this king has already written to His Majesty a year ago, and asked Liu Yuanzhi and several other ministers to write to recommend you, although this king is now grounded, but this appointment should come down after the opening of the dynasty. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"My subordinates, thank you for your support, His Royal Highness King Yan." Zhang Bao knelt down with some excitement to thank him.

Shi Shi smiled bitterly: "You are the only one who can give advice around this king, you are loyal to this king, how can this king treat you badly?" ”

"The subordinates will definitely go to the soup for His Highness, and they will not hesitate!" After Zhang Bao finished speaking, he kowtowed again.

"Alright, alright, you get up."

"Yes."

"I heard that my father is sick, I was grounded in the mansion, and I can't go to visit my father, Lao Jiu will definitely seize the opportunity to make a big fuss, you talk about it, what should this king do?"

"If your subordinates have a plan, it depends on whether Your Highness is willing or not."

"You say!" Shi Shi suddenly became interested.

"I heard that the princess is virtuous and virtuous, and she is very good at words, why don't you send her mother into the palace? First, you can do your filial piety for Your Highness, and second, you can say good things in front of Your Highness, maybe Your Majesty will pardon Your Highness soon. ”

"What you said also has some truth, the Liang family is the concubine chosen by her father for this king, and her father won the title of King Liang by virtue of his military exploits, let her go, maybe it will be more effective than this king going in person."

"Exactly!"

"You're a good idea, this king will call her over immediately." Shi Shi got up with a smile and asked his subordinates to pass the Liang family over.

Zhang Bao smiled and stood silently aside.

Early the next morning, Liu Yuanzhi entered the palace and came to Huilan Palace, where Shi Hu passed on the investigation order for the assassination in Wolong Mountain.

"Liu Yuanzhi, do you understand what I mean? Don't show any favoritism, just be what is going on, and don't deceive and live up to my expectations of you. ”

"Your Majesty will obey your Majesty's commands."

"Your Majesty, look at you, this is the concubine's own brother, why are you talking so seriously?" Liu Guifei said on the side.

"No, no, Your Majesty is right, Niangniang doesn't have to be nervous."

"Ahem~" Shi Hu coughed, and then said: "I saw that you were loyal and honest, so I handed it over to you to do this, you are still young now, you need to exercise more, you will go to Dali Temple later, let Xiao Li of Dali Temple cooperate with you, you must check this matter to me clearly, do you understand?" If anyone stops you, tell me. ”

"Obey the order!"

"Your Majesty, it's rare for a concubine to see her brother, if you finish your order, can you let the concubine and her brother have a good conversation?"

"Go ahead, go ahead, but in this harem, you can't move around at will, do you understand?" Shi Hu looked at Liu Yuanzhi and asked.

Liu Yuanzhi naturally understood what Shi Hu meant, and nodded hurriedly and said; "The minister understands, the minister understands."

Shi Hu waved his hand, then closed his eyes and rested.

Liu Guifei and Liu Yuanzhi left the room with interest, Liu Yuanzhi followed Liu Guifei to the side hall, Liu Guifei said to a few slaves: "All retreat, the palace and Lord Liu have something to say." ”

"Yes." The slaves replied in unison.

Liu Yuanzhi saw the slaves and maids retreating, and said with a little restraint: "How is Niangniang recently?" ”

Liu Guifei said with a smile: "Big brother, here we are two brothers and sisters, not to talk about the courtesy of monarchs and ministers, only about the love of brothers and sisters." ”

"Hehehehe." Liu Yuanzhi smiled a little embarrassedly and asked, "How is my sister doing recently?" I heard about Wolong Mountain a few days ago, and I heard about it the next day, but fortunately you're fine. ”

"It's good to eat and dress well in the palace, big brother doesn't have to worry, I went to Wolong Mountain a few days ago, I originally just planned to stay there for a few days and see the scenery on the mountain, I never thought that I would have encountered such a thing, fortunately His Royal Highness King Qing saved me at that time, otherwise my little sister would have been a ghost under the knife."

"I've heard about this incident, but King Yan guesses that King Qing did it himself, which is called a thief shouting to catch a thief."

"But what the confession said said was instructed by His Royal Highness King Yan."

"How can you judge that it is King Yan based on that confession alone? What's more, I know very well that Yan Wang is a single person, he can't do such a thing. Liu Yuanzhi looked at Liu Guifei and said, "Sister, there is a saying, as an elder brother, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

"Big brother, when did you become so polite to your sister, your own family, what can't you say?"

"My sister now has the grace of His Majesty, and she is glorious, and she has followed you a lot of light for her brother......"

"Big brother, just say what you have to say, what's wrong with you today? Deliberately polite to my sister? Liu Guifei interrupted Liu Yuanzhi's words.

Liu Yuanzhi was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "At present, the ministers of the court and the central government are talking about the establishment of the prince, my sister must have heard of it, and the focus of the ministers' discussion is still on King Yan and King Qing. ”

Liu Guifei said with some dissatisfaction: "The eldest brother is here as a lobbyist for King Yan today?" ”

Liu Yuanzhi didn't notice Concubine Liu's expression, and continued: "No, no, brother, not for King Yan to be a lobbyist, although King Yan also has the heart to let you help, but Brother Wei doesn't want you to get involved in this battle, do you understand?" ”

"Big brother seems to have been doing things for King Yan for a long time, right? Why don't you win over the little sister for King Yan? ”

Liu Yuanzhi smiled bitterly: "It's not easy for my brother to get to this point, if you choose neutrality, no matter who wins in the end, there will be no good fruit to eat, rather than this, it's better to gamble." If King Yan succeeds to the throne, I will not only sit firmly in the position of the head of the household, but I will also have more gifts at that time, and I will be regarded as a glorious ancestor. ”

"Then why didn't the eldest brother choose to support King Qing? Could it be that he is worse than King Yan? ”

"King Yan is quite scheming, ruthless, and has no spirit of a benevolent king, if he becomes the emperor in the future, I am afraid that it will be a bad thing for the people of Zhao State."

"But King Yan is cowardly by nature and has no opinions, if he encounters a traitorous minister who abuses his power, I am afraid it will be more terrible than King Qing succeeding to the throne as the emperor, right?" Liu Guifei asked rhetorically.

"You ......" Liu Yuanzhi was speechless by Liu Guifei's words.

"Big brother, my sister will be careful in doing things, just persuade my brother not to be blindly loyal, my parents are no longer there, you are my only relative, do you understand?"

Liu Yuanzhi glanced at Liu Guifei meaningfully, and sighed deeply: "It seems that King Qing has already looked for you, and you can only talk about it here, you have your own opinions, you can do it, if you don't get involved, try to be alone." ”

"Big brother......" Liu Guifei felt a little sad in her heart.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, big brother will go first."

After Liu Yuanzhi finished speaking, he stood up and walked out, Liu Guifei's eyes were a little moist, her parents died early, Liu Yuanzhi was like a brother and father to her, and the relationship between the two has always been very good, but today's choice between the two seems to have a serious disagreement.

"By the way, your sister-in-law gave birth to a son a year ago, our Liu family has a queen, you have time to go home and see, enter the palace this morning, your sister-in-law asked me to tell you, she is very worried about you."

"Well......" Liu Guifei nodded vigorously and watched Liu Yuanzhi leave the side hall.

If she is allowed to choose again, she would rather marry an ordinary family, but unfortunately time cannot be turned back, she has already become a woman of the emperor's family, and she enjoys endless glory and wealth, but she is on the cusp of the morning every day. It took her five years to establish the absolute status of her harem, but this will one day come to naught with Shi Hu's departure.

"Mother." Xiao Xiang suddenly shouted softly at the door.

Concubine Liu's thoughts were pulled back by Xiao Xiang's sudden voice, she quickly wiped her tears and asked, "What's wrong?" Summoned by His Majesty? ”

"No, it's Lord Liang who is here."

"Lord Liang? Which Liang county lord? Liu Guifei didn't react for a while.

"It was the daughter of King Liang, who was personally crowned by His Majesty back then, and later married into the Yan Wangfu and became the concubine of His Royal Highness the King of Yan."

Liu Guifei thought for a long time, and then she reacted: "It turned out to be her, and the palace didn't think of it for a while." ”

"Niang Niang remembered?"

"This palace has nothing to do with her, why did she come?"

"He said that he came to visit His Majesty on behalf of King Yan, and he is talking to His Majesty at the moment."

When Liu Guifei heard this, she naturally understood that this Liang County Lord was here, and on the surface, she was doing her filial piety for King Yan, but in fact, she came as a lobbyist for King Yan.

"Let's go, let's take a look." Liu Guifei hurriedly walked out of the side hall.

"Your Majesty, niece sees you coming."

It was the Lord of Liang who spoke. This Liang County Lord is similar to Liu Guifei's age, if it is said that Liu Guifei has charming eyes and red lips, sinking fish and geese, then this Liang County Lord can be described as ice muscles and jade bones, and he will captivate the country and the city.

"Why did you suddenly come to see me today? Oh, I think about it, I haven't seen you in seven or eight years, right? Shi Hu looked at the iceberg beauty in front of him in a daze, and couldn't help but feel a little confused, even if this was his daughter-in-law.

"Your Majesty, how can it be that long? Obviously, it was six years and eight months, when my father passed away, you personally went to see him off on the old man's last journey, and my niece said a few words to you at that time! ”

"Yes, yes, not long after you married Shi'er, I remembered." Shi Hu looked at Lord Liang, his eyes didn't roll, and he said, "I didn't expect that after a few years, my good niece has become more and more beautiful." ”

Lord Liang is not only beautiful, but also a more shrewd woman, how could he not see that Shi Hu's eyes reveal clearly carnal greed? She pretended not to know, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is making fun of your niece, right?" Since marrying His Royal Highness King Yan, she has been working hard every day, and her niece is about to become a yellow-faced woman. ”

"It seems that Shi'er, this rabbit cub, has wronged you, and I will scold him another day." Shi Hu said, grabbing the hand of the Liang County Lord and said.