After discussing this, the time was already past noon, and the king of Shang left all the ministers to have lunch in the palace together.

During the banquet, Huang Xue also took the opportunity to say a few words alone with Ziya, mainly asking him why he stayed in the court as an official. According to the TV series, Ziya is going to be a military advisor to King Wu of Zhou, but I am afraid that serving under the throne of Shang is not what he wants.

Ziya was still extremely kind to Huang Xue, but the purpose of his coming here was a secret within the sect, but he didn't dare to reveal it easily, so he had to prevaricate at will under the pretext of entering the world to practice.

Huang Xue understands Ziya's personality, and he understands Ziya's status in the god list, looking at his indescribable appearance, of course he won't believe this kind of nonsense, but since he doesn't want to say it, he must also have his own difficulties, and he really doesn't need to debunk it.

But this is not a bad thing, now that he has entered the court as an official, and the king of Shang is not as mediocre as in the TV series, then in the future, he will understand more about the difficulties of the court, maybe he will change his mind and will not help King Wu rebel.

Ziya also asked how she escaped with her life under Nuwa's hands, Huang Xue was afraid of the Yuan Shi Tianzun behind him, and naturally she was even more nonsense, only saying that Nuwa's subordinates were merciful, and I don't know whether he believed it or not.

The two who used to be on the same road are now unable to fully trust each other because of their respective positions, which also makes Huang Xue feel a little inexplicably sad in her heart.

After lunch, the ministers had their own duties and dispersed.

Huang Xue still had other doubts in his heart, so he asked the king of Shang to return to Xinqing Palace with him and mentioned the doubts in his heart to him.

Huang Xue's question is still Hu Jiaomei, she wants to know what Hu Jiaomei has done in the palace.

The spring equinox is Hu Jiaomei's personal maidservant, and it stands to reason that she knows Hu Jiaomei's whereabouts the most, but according to what she said, Hu Jiaomei's behavior is actually very normal, and even better than Huang Xue herself in many aspects, there is nothing too abnormal at all.

The spring equinox grew up in the Su family, so naturally there was no need to deceive her, but in this way, it made Huang Xue even more puzzled.

Hu Jiaomei is such a thousand-year-old fox demon, she spent so much effort to sneak into the palace, but she didn't do anything, just to be a princess with peace of mind?

Since there is no useful information here for the spring equinox, Huang Xue has to ask the king of Shang for advice, presumably there are some big things, Hu Jiaomei will only talk to the king of Shang alone, and the identity of the spring equinox will not be known.

The king of Shang also felt the same way, he knew that Huang Xue was thoughtful, and he might be able to figure out Hu Jiaomei's purpose, so he called Jiao Fang to come in and recall with him, which was regarded as sorting out the details of Hu Jiaomei's entry into the palace in detail.

In the end, Huang Xue determined two directions of investigation, which are actually the only two suspicious points.

First, it is still Lutai, the Lutai project was promoted by Hu Jiaomei, and Hu Ximei pulled Chonghou Hu to pay money to repair it. Chonghou Hu also ran away for this, in this era, it is definitely not because of the arrears of the project money that the people are chasing the debt, there must be a deeper reason. There must be a cat here, and she will find out for herself.

Second, Prince Yin Quan, according to the spring equinox, Hu Jiaomei is too fond of Yin Quan, which is really unreasonable for a thousand-year-old demon, and there must be something that needs to be investigated. It's just that now Yin Quan has just lost his mother, and it is said that he will move out of the West Palace soon, and the child's mood is not stable.

That night, the king of Shang stayed in Xinqing Palace, and the husband and wife reunited after a long absence.

Early the next morning, when Huang Xue woke up, the king of Shang had already gone to the morning court, she had breakfast, and was going to go to Lutai to investigate carefully, but there was a spring equinox to report, and Huang Yan came to visit her in the palace.

Seeing Huang Yan, the two naturally had endless words, chatted a few words of homely things, and of course, there was also some emotion about what happened to Huang Guifei, and Huang Yan talked about the main purpose of coming to her this time.

This time, it was King Wucheng and Zigan who asked Huang Yan to come, because they came up with a fanciful idea - to let Huang Xue adopt Prince Yin Quan.

This idea is really a bit sudden, although Huang Xue and Huang Guifei are both princesses, but everyone has their own generations, Huang Xue is actually the same as Huang Yan, she treats Huang Guifei as an adult, and on informal occasions, Yin Quan has always called Huang Xue her sister. Now that he wants to turn this younger brother into a son, it really makes Huang Xue a little difficult to accept.

Huang Yan saw that Huang Xue was a little hesitant, so she persuaded Huang Xue according to what King Wucheng and Zigan had taught before she came.

Speaking of which, this matter is actually beneficial to Huang Xue and harmless, although Huang Xue is favored, but there is nothing to do, receiving Yin Power as a son will greatly stabilize her position, and the mother is expensive with her son, and it is just around the corner to ascend to the throne of the queen.

At the same time, Yin Quan has a favored princess like her as a mother, and she can also become the crown prince smoothly, and no one dares to disagree, which also contributes to the stability of the imperial court.

What's more, originally because of the relationship between Huang Xue and King Wucheng, the Su and Huang families have become allies in the court, one inside and one outside, watching and helping each other, and the two families have also gained a lot of benefits over the years. And if Huang Xue can accept Yin Quan as his son, the alliance between the two families will be even more unbreakable, after all, Yin Quan still has to call King Wucheng his uncle, but this generation is even more of a headache.

Of course, in the end, Huang Yan herself added an article, Yin Quan is really pitiful, if Huang Xue doesn't accept him as a son, he needs to move out of the palace to live alone, facing a more complex world, which is a bit cruel for an eight-year-old child.

Since Huang Yan has said everything to this, Huang Xue agreed after some thought, the palace is the most complicated place in the world, and Zigan and King Wucheng are extremely sophisticated, since they have analyzed the matter so clearly, there is no need for them to refuse.

If she refuses, presumably the next one to persuade is Princess Jia of Wucheng, or her father and mother who are far away in Jizhou, anyway, she will definitely have to compromise in the end, it is better to sell Huang Yan in advance to save face.

Of course, this matter must be raised by her to the king of Shang, but it is difficult to say that Zigan and King Wucheng are the family affairs of the Son of Heaven, and it must be taboo for the ministers to talk about it.

Now that the big thing has been said, Huang Xue pulled Huang Yan and went to Lutai with her to investigate the situation.

The Lutai project has only completed the foundation part, and the originally planned three-story platform has only been repaired with half a floor. No way, in this era, there is no construction machinery, everything depends on manpower, and slow progress of the project is inevitable.

Huang Xue and Huang Yan circled around the deer platform five times, but they didn't see any problems, they found a few palace people, and knocked them with wooden sticks and stone by stone, wanting to see if there were any hidden mechanisms. After a day of tossing, the final conclusion was that Lutai was of good quality, with no secret passages, no traps, no cutting corners, and no problems.

It's really hell, Hu Jiaomei really plans to build a world wonder, and wants to unlock the architectural skill achievements of the Great Shang Dynasty?

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