Coming out of Yin Jiao's room, I hurriedly asked Ximei: "Who is the county lord of Xinji?" ”

Ximei turned her head to look at me, "Lord Xin is the grandniece and granddaughter of Lady Xibo's eldest princess. Isn't this the time that Siber has been imprisoned by the king for nearly seven years? A month ago, Xiqi Gongzi Ji sent doctors Taidian and Hong Yao to Shangyi to pay tribute. The eldest princess of Taiji presented a special letter to the king. Ziyun is very old, and he hopes to see Xibo again before going to Huangquan, and says that he is willing to dedicate his niece and granddaughter Xinxi to the king, so as to accompany him. ”

I think back to my memories of my past life, as if the book says that there is such a thing as "dedicated to the daughter of the Xin family".

"However," continued Ximei, "the Lord of Xin Xi has not yet been canonized by the King. So the young lady can only call her the lord of the county, and cannot call her the lady. ”

"I see."

"Also, the eldest princess is the first sister of the king. Therefore, according to the generation, the lord of Xinxi should be called the uncle of the king. If the county lord calls Miss a sister, Miss Nezha doesn't have to refuse. ”

"Oh!" I replied, "How old is Lord Xin?" ”

Ximei thought for a moment, "About sixteen!" ”

So small!

In the queen's palace, Mrs. Daji is still dressed in plain white. She took the gift box and was about to hand it to the palace maid next to her, but immediately stopped. "Nezha, are you going to give a gift to Lord Xinxi?"

I hurriedly said, "Yes." Dean Ishiji prepared a spare gift for me. While checking out the spare gift box.

She took it and weighed it, and handed me the share given to her, "Give this to Lord Xin." ”

I couldn't help but be a little dazed. What does Daji mean by that?

"The king must be in the Star Picking Tower with the county lord of Xin Xi now. Let's go now! ”

Ximei and I followed Daji out of the middle palace and walked towards the Star Picking Tower. Walking to the front of the building, Daji bypassed the location where Mrs. Kui Jiang fell from the building as usual. Naturally, we followed suit.

The stairs were narrow and eerie, which made me feel a little uncomfortable. But Daji and Ximei behaved as usual, and I didn't think about it anymore.

We went up the stairs all the way to the seventh floor at the very top. We walked into a large hall, and saw the king playing chess at the table with a girl who looked smaller than me. The King is still dressed in a white robe. The county lord of Xin Xi was dressed in a colorful short dress and short skirt.

"See the King!"

"Flat!" When the king saw me, he laughed. "Isn't this my good niece Nezha! Have you returned from a study tour in Dongying? ”

Afterwards, Lord Xin and I exchanged greetings. I present a gift to the King and the Lord of Xin.

The king opened the box and looked at it, praised it, and then handed it to the palace people. And the county lord of Xin Xi just put the gift box on the table and did not open it.

"Lord of the County," Daji said, "why don't you open it and take a look?" ”

Xin Ji looked at the king. The King said, "Open it and take a look!" ”

Xin Xi timidly opened the box, "Ah! "Yes. Take out a string of pearl necklaces inside.

This necklace was really brought back from Fusang and picked up from the Hehai Dragon Clan trading house.

"This pearl looks so special!" Ximei said on the side.

"My lord, lord of the county," I explained, "this pearl was mined by the Sea Dragon Clan at a depth under the sea, and processed through hundreds of processes. ”

I know that there is no limit to the deepest part of the ocean floor in the world. However, most of the ancients had no concept of large numbers. They won't care anyway.

"That's a treasure!" The King said.

"Then please ask the king to personally put it on for the county lord of Xinxi!" Daji said.

"Good! Or the queen is thoughtful. The king said, and personally put on the necklace for Xin Xi. Looking at Xin Xi's happy appearance, she is completely like a child who has never seen the world.

But such an unworldly child, does he need Daji to go to great lengths to please?

"Nezha," said the King of the Emperor, "you haven't seen my star-picking tower yet!" With that, he got up and led us to the edge of the terrace.

Looking down from here, not only Lutai Palace, but also the entire Chaoge City can be seen.

I saw the small wine pool in the back garden, which was basically in a bottoming state. The meat hanging on the laurel tree next to it is also sparse.

"Uncle," I asked, "why is there no wine in the wine pool?" ”

The king patted me on the shoulder, "Nezha, I still remember that the last time you came here, you thought the wine pond and meat forest here were too small. Now I've built a big one inside the Dune Palace. Three days later, I will feast my ministers there. Then you will come, too! ”

"The courtiers must go!" Of course I'm going to go for this kind of thing.

"Nezha," King Xuan waved his hand, "Look, is Chaoge City more beautiful than two years ago, and the road is wider?" ”

This is true. "Yes, uncle. This is all the uncle's good governance. ”

"You know what? Nezha, outside the city of Chaoge, there are millions of Dongyi slaves. It can be said that within a thousand miles, there is no wasteland. Now the government treasury is sufficient, and there is too much grain to eat. ”

When the king said this, the conversation suddenly changed. "But what I do, there are always people who oppose it!"

"Mei Jin?" I asked softly, tentatively.

"It's not just him!" King Su said angrily, "And he not only opposes me to build the Jiuchi Meat Forest, opposes me to build the Lutai Palace, but also opposes me sending troops to Dongyi, opposes me to quell the rebellion of the Nine Marquis, and opposes me to imprison Ji Chang......"

At this time, he glanced at Xin Xi next to him with a bewildered face (obviously the little girl was frightened by his words), and immediately added. "This year he was against my release of Sieber. Anyway, he has to oppose everything I decide. ”

After the king finished speaking in one breath, he was still angry, and his belly fell together. "The king is angry." Daji hurried over and stroked his chest to help him calm down.

"Uncle," I said, "Mei Jin has long since become a meat filler. Why would you be angry with a dead man? ”

"That's right." The King calmed down.

I then asked, "Sister Merlin, when are you going to execute you?" ”

The King stared at me closely, his gaze suddenly became cold, "Who said I was going to kill her?" "It scared me.

I hurriedly grabbed the white, "Two days ago, I heard that Mei Lin was in prison and outsiders were not allowed to see her. I want Mei Lin's parents to die, and no one cares. I was wounded and weakened. If you are imprisoned for a long time, you will die sooner or later. The uncle might as well give it off as soon as possible. Just ......"

"Just what?"

"Mei Jin is guilty and should be punished. Ran Meilin's sister and Nezha's mother are both the first Wang Wuyi. I hope to be able to meet my sister before she is killed, so as to fulfill the friendship of sisterhood. ”

The king looked at me, "Nezha, you are very skillful in pleading!" What is the guilt to be punished, and what is the friendship of sisters after the first king. It seems that only my six relatives don't recognize it. ”

I was already covered in cold sweat, my legs were shaking, and I couldn't help but kneel. "The courtiers don't dare!"

"Get up!" "Anyway, there are already many elders in the court who have interceded for her. If you don't have face, you have to give them face. I'll order her to be released another day! ”

"Thank you, uncle!"

He reached out and pulled me up, "That's just a small thing. Three days later, you should definitely come to the Dune Banquet! ”

I left the Star Picking Tower with Daji and Ximei. The breeze blew into the thin gauze clothes, and the sweaty belly and thighs suddenly felt cold.

Alas! I think I'm a dignified Miss Nezha, and I'm also a battle-hardened figure, did I just scare this bear?

Daji and Ximei didn't notice my embarrassment at all. I only heard Daji say: "The Zhou people call the eldest princess Taiji the sister of Lingtian. But looking at the county lord of Xinxi, can't you see this kind of temperament at all! ”

Ximei smiled and said: "This county lord is not a daughter of the Xin family, just a village girl, what knowledge can he have?" Besides, the Zhou people are on the border and the savages, where have they seen how many people from the Heavenly Empire. The eldest princess also relied on being the first emperor's sister to get the respect of the Zhou people! ”

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Press: The sister of Lingtian, it is generally believed that the "Dabang has a son, the sister of Lingtian" in "The Book of Poetry - Daming" should refer to the wife of King Wen.

Of course, there are also non-mainstream views that the sister of Lingtian is not too concubine. Tai Ji is the daughter of a small tribe of the Xin family, how can she be called a "big state with a son"? This "Sister of the Heavens" should be the sister of Emperor Yi.

My analysis of this is: First of all, except for the Book of Changes, in the official history, there is no record of Emperor Yi marrying his sister and Ji Chang. And from the original text of "I Ching-Returning to the Sister", there is no corroboration related to this.

Secondly, even if Di Yi's marriage to his sister does exist, the "Sister of the Heavens" cannot be her. How can a character who has been erased even in the official history appear in the official carol? This is inconsistent with Chinese historical and political logic.

Again, although the Youxin clan had declined at the end of the Shang dynasty, it undoubtedly had a noble bloodline, because Shang Tang's wife was also the daughter of the Youxin clan. And since Taiji is the wife of the great King Wen and the mother of King Wu, it is not unreasonable to deliberately raise her value in the ode and call her "a son of a great state".