Inside the Blood Dome King City.

It didn't take long for several tables in the courtyard to be full of people, most of them were beautiful women, and the men were only Huang Qi's grandson, and after a while, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl in a pale green dress appeared in the courtyard.

The footsteps of the person who came were light like a mountain elf, his appearance was beautiful, his eyebrows were powdered, his green onions were pointed and his feet were jade, and his reluctant little face suddenly smiled after seeing Huang Yi who was sitting at the bottom seriously, attracting everyone's attention.

Three steps and two steps, and went directly towards Huang Yi: "Brother Huang Yi, you are here today, I thought that as in previous years, only the dreamers were there." ”

"Your Royal Highness the eldest princess. ”

Huang Yi was still very restrained, stood up and saluted the visitor, and then stopped speaking.

Qin Mosheng pursed his lips, obviously dissatisfied with his brother, who was famous in the imperial capital, and actually pulled Huang Yi to sit at the last table.

Huang Qi looked at Mrs. Meng of the dreamer opposite and the girl Meng Zhiyao beside her, this girl was at least five points similar to the one who was at the dinner party in Zhang Luo, but she was a little more young and immature, and her timid appearance was also very cute, even he, the older generation, had heard of the name of the dream fairy of the dreamer in Xuanshui Province in the north, and the prince who went to propose marriage in the imperial capital was about to merge with the powerful children of the five northern provinces, and even the imperial capital royal academy and the northern Qianji Academy were opposed because of this.

Mrs. Meng seemed to sense something and saluted Huang Qi, while Meng Zhiyao beside her looked at Huang Yi.

Suddenly, the noisy scene quieted down, the emperor of the blood dome and a person walked into the courtyard while laughing, all of them got up to salute, most of them bowed, only the queen mother, the empress, Huang Qi and Mrs. Meng just signaled.

When the emperor walked in front of Huang Qi, he paused, looked at the Queen Mother sitting next to him and said, "Mother, it doesn't seem appropriate for you to sit here. ”

"There's nothing inappropriate, Xiao Qi and I haven't seen each other for a long time, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about us. ”

The emperor didn't say anything, but pulled Qin Mosheng next to Huang Yi up, and walked directly to the main seat regardless of her resistance.

The national teacher who came with the emperor saluted the queen mother and Huang Qi respectively, and then walked to the upper seat with the emperor.

"Today is my birthday, so you don't have to be restrained, it's just a family dinner. After speaking, the emperor raised his glass and drank it all, Meng Xuanji poured another cup for the emperor on the side, originally these things were not what she needed to do as a queen, but since she followed the current emperor, she has always shown that she is just a wife in front of the emperor, not the master mother of the blood dome.

A not grand birthday banquet was held in such a small courtyard, during which the emperor saluted Huang Qi several glasses of wine, and patted Huang Yi on the shoulder to express his appreciation for him.

In the second half of the night, all the palaces went back after seeing each other, only the last Huang Qi and the national teacher followed the emperor to the imperial study, while Huang Yi was guarding outside the imperial study, and he was not qualified to participate in the conversation inside.

After entering the imperial study, Huang Qi bowed to the emperor, unlike before, this time Huang Qi's head was buried very deeply.

"Your Majesty, the old decay is no longer roundabout, the Xiao family is bold and reckless, and the nine clans should be punished, but I don't know if I can be gracious on the contributions of Old Lord Xiao and Lord Xiao over the years. ”

"Are you here to be a lobbyist for the Liu family?"

"Yes and no, don't hide it from Your Majesty, the Liu family has gradually escaped from the control of the old man over the years, the old man came this time just to hope not to let the blood dome be turbulent, a Xiao family is not a big deal, if there is a war because of this, the gains outweigh the losses. ”

"Hmph, do I want to thank Uncle Guo for serving the country and the people!"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Changqinggong's statement is also reasonable. The national teacher on the side said something for Old Man Huang.

"Huang Qi, if you are really sincere, it is better to hand over the control of your Huang family's garrison in Gyeonggi to me, and I guarantee that your Huang family will be fine. ”

"Your Majesty said with a smile, the garrison has always been Your Majesty's, how can I get the control of the Huang family. ”

"In that case, do we have anything else to talk about?"

"Your Majesty, the old man can't help himself, there are hundreds of people up and down the Huang family, and the old man doesn't dare to take risks, please forgive your majesty. ”

"Then don't talk about it, you can go back, I want to see if it's the hard bones of your three families, or the tiger and wolf of my blood dome. ”

Huang Qi knelt directly on the ground and made a big salute: "Your Majesty, don't, the Liu family and Ole have a connection, Ole has been planning a lot for so many years, if you can't make a quick decision, I'm afraid that the country will fall." ”

The emperor's eyes were cold, how could he not know that Ole's Chen soldiers on the border have increased more and more in recent years, and everyone knows which side they are targeting, which is why he attached so much importance to that list at the beginning, but in the end he found that this list was just a means of Ole.

"That's good, if you can represent the three families, I will make a bet with you. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak. ”

"Li Yu'er will escort the list to the imperial capital in a month, the three of you and I will not make a move, if the list is sent to the imperial capital, the Xiao family will cut it off on their own, if not, then I will no longer be held accountable for the previous affairs of the Xiao family. ”

Huang Qi's face was embarrassed, the emperor's seemingly fair gamble was actually a hidden mystery, even if the three families won, then the three families and the Li family were completely on the opposite side, and Li Yuer's status in the Li family was not low.

This gambling battle is a competition between the secret forces of the two sides, and the list is actually not important, even if it is delivered, there is no way to confirm whether it is true or false, so in fact, the gambling game is Li Yuer's birth, Xiao's death, Li Yuer's death, Xiao's family's death.

After some thought, Huang Qi finally agreed to the gamble, and left the imperial study without landing, and the grandfather and grandson returned to the Huang family accompanied by the forbidden army.

Inside the Imperial Study.

"Your Majesty, will your decision make the Li family feel guilty?"

"No, I have discussed with the old man of the Li family, the Li family is originally my people, this time it is just for them to go to the Ming place, as for Li Yu'er, I believe she will be fine. ”

"How could Your Majesty suddenly change his mind? because of the Queen Mother?"

"Because of your words, troubled times are coming. ”

Then the emperor got up and prepared to leave, signaling that the national teacher could also go back, but when he walked to the door, he took out a scroll from his cuff and threw it to Xun Ziyan, saying, "Guess what gift my uncle gave me." ”

The national teacher didn't guess and opened the scroll directly, and then saw the four big characters of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing "A Loyal Martyr", and the payment was signed in Huang Zanghai.

"Your Majesty, after seeing the Huang family, you really have a heart, but the minister knows that Old Man Huang has not lived very well in the past ten years. ”

The emperor didn't look back and stepped out of the door, and finally floated a sentence: "You can see clearly, the payment is Huang Zanghai, not Huang Qi." ”

There is a valley in the west of the imperial capital, called Luoshen Stream, which is a quiet place with wonderful scenery but little name in the imperial capital.

To say that although there are not many people who know about this Luoshen Stream, everyone who has seen it is comparable to the bluestone villa in the imperial capital. The whole mountain stream occupies a small area, but the scenery is wonderful, a gurgling water between the peaks and mountains leads straight to the ground from the edge of the sky, the place where the water falls is a bottomless lake, only a few days a year on the vast lake surface will be stripped off by the spring breeze, revealing an endless and green lake like jade, there will be a few tall lotus flowers swaying with the wind from time to time on the lake surface, there seems to be a fairy shadow dancing on the water surface under the mist on weekdays, so it is named Luoshen Stream.

At the foot of the mountain in this secluded place, there is a manor that is a little-known property of the Huang family in the imperial capital, which is also the reason why Luo Shenjian is not well-known, because it is a private territory.

At this moment, in the living room of the Huang family's house, there are three old men, and the one sitting on the seat is Huang Qi, the old man of the Huang family.