In the imperial palace, as soon as Emperor Hongzhao asked the head of the guard to announce his retirement from the court, most of the ministers returned to their posts one after another, preparing to deal with government affairs, and only a few ministers stayed in front of the palace gate and waited for him to summon him alone.

Among them is Shen Qingtai.

"Brother Shen, isn't that one in your family making trouble?"

Shen Qingtai was questioned, looked for a sound, and found that Zhuo Weichuan, the Duke of Zheng Guogong who was talking to him, lowered his head, as if he had done something embarrassing and couldn't raise his head to be a man.

"Brother Yu Chuan, what's wrong with you? Why keep your head down? ”

When the words fell, there was a laugh next to him that tried his best to endure it, but he couldn't help it, this laughter angered Zhuo Weichuan, he raised his head suddenly, revealing his scratched face, but he couldn't care about it at the moment, and glared at Fang Maokang, the prince of Qi who was holding back his face and turned red, "You old horseman, what are you laughing at!" ”

The old man Qi Guogong was murdered, and he didn't hold it back, he let go of his smile, and after laughing, he said to Zhou Fa beside him: "If I hadn't known Zheng Gong early on, I would have thought that his title was picked up, and he couldn't even control a woman, hahaha." ”

Zhou Kaifa is the Zhou Lord who sent Xiyue to the imperial front before the upright, he is currently a student of the Duke of Qi, and the future prime minister of the Great Wei State, in the years when he was in power, he was also awarded the title of Duke as a civil official.

And Zheng Guogong Zhuo Weichuan, who was made fun of by them, was a student of Cheng Yibo, and in this life, he replaced Shen Qingtai as the sixth Guogong.

As for Uncle Chengyi, it was the Marquis of Chengyi who was killed by Xiyue for decades.

Zheng Guogong's merits can't be compared with Chengyi Bo, in terms of merit alone, Chengyi Bo can be crowned a duke, but he only got an earl, this is Emperor Hongzhao is beating and reminding him.

It was also the beginning of the Great Purge of Heroes.

"Duke Qi is questioning the emperor's justice?" Zheng Guogong is not a fool, and immediately refuted unceremoniously.

When Qi Guogong heard this, he immediately showed a look of sincerity and fear, and said respectfully to the place where the emperor was: "The old man didn't mean that, but he just felt that Zheng Gong, a dignified seven-foot man, was afraid of being so far inside, it was really a loss of face, you must know that you are Zheng Guogong who was personally crowned by the emperor!" ”

Although he said this, he had no sincerity in his expression, and he still looked down on Zheng Guogong in his heart, feeling that he was not worthy of his merits.

"That's not as good as your Duke Qi Guo, who is more than sixty years old, and he still marries a sixteen-year-old girl!" Zheng Guogong was not afraid at all, and glared at him.

"Gong Zheng, don't you mean to say the emperor? The emperor wants to recruit concubines, which of these concubines is not sixteen or seventeen years old? Zhou Kaifa interjected unhurriedly.

This is a beautiful return, even if it is appreciated by Qi Guogong's eyes.

"You!" Zheng Guogong's face was so angry that his face turned pale, but he was just a general, and he was far from being Zhou Kaifa's opponent in a verbal battle, so he could only be suffocated by anger.

"Please also ask a few grandfathers to be cautious, this is in the palace, not in your back garden." Shen Qingtai, who had been watching from the sidelines, said lightly.

Hearing that he finally spoke, the old Duke of Qi smiled like a fox, leaned into Shen Qingtai's ear, and deliberately lowered his voice to prevent others from hearing it, "Qingtai, don't worry, the emperor remembers you, this time you are not crowned, you will definitely be able to make up for it in the future, there are still remnants in the south, I will recommend you when the time comes." ”

Shen Qingtai's eyes didn't move, and he also smiled, "Thank you Gong Qi, but I'm satisfied." ”

His voice fell, and the emperor's guards, the commander of the guards, came out of the palace, "A few adults, the nightmare of the Seven Princes, the emperor is worried, I want to go and see, everyone please go back first, and we will discuss it tomorrow." ”

The emperor's guards were the first cases in Great Wei, and the rumors around the kings of later generations were basically eunuchs.

After everyone respectfully retreated, the Marquis of Zhongwu returned to the palace, and the emperor did not go to visit the seven princes, but stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, and heard the footsteps and asked in a deep voice: "What are their expressions?" ”

It turned out that he could hear the conversation of several people clearly.

Marquis Zhongwu shook his head, "Back to the emperor, Zheng Guogong has a bitter face, and there is anger in his eyes, Qi Guogong, Xinyong Marquis and Lord Zhou, can't see it." ”

"Hmph, these people have become famous one by one, and they are no longer the brothers they used to be."

Marquis Zhongwu could only see the emperor's back, not his expression, but with that cold and arrogant back, he felt panicked, and immediately lowered his head and didn't dare to look more.

After Shen Qingtai came out of the palace, he led the horse to walk on the street with a heavy heart, not a long distance, and walked for almost an hour, until the sun was shining and the pedestrians went home for lunch, and he saw the four big characters of the Marquis of Xinyong's mansion.

However, there were many onlookers gathered in front of the Hou Mansion, and they exchanged their heads and didn't know what they were talking about.

With so many onlookers, could something have happened in the house?

His heart tightened, and he ran quickly.

"Marquis Xinyong is here!"

I don't know who shouted, the crowd branched out a way, Shen Qingtai walked through the crowd, and saw two beautiful women kneeling at the door of the mansion sobbing, they immediately turned their heads when they heard the three words of Xinyong Hou, and cried sadly: "Hou Ye, please have mercy on the concubine and be the master for the concubine!" ”

One of the two women looks beautiful and refined, like a fairy coming from the mountains, and the other is charming and enchanting, and her eyes are full of affection.

Such a beautiful woman, a glance and a smile are breathtaking, not to mention Chu Chu kneeling pitifully in front of him, Shen Qingtai is also a man, in the face of the cry of a beauty, how can he be hard-hearted, but he always remembers that there is a good wife at home, and the affairs of the back house, Mrs. is in charge.

However, in front of everyone's eyes, the concubine cried and begged, and it was rewarded by the emperor, so he had to take care of it.

"What are you?"

The two beauties saw Marquis Xin Yong for the first time, and saw that although he was thin but born majestic and upright, they were secretly happy in their hearts, but their faces were still sad.

"Lord Hou, Mrs. said that she did not agree to the concubine of Lord Hou, so she drove the concubine out of the mansion, but the concubine was rewarded by the emperor to Lord Hou, and the emperor did not dare to do it, so he could only kneel here and wait for Lord Hou to be the master of the concubine." One of them, a charming and enchanting beauty, spoke.

Shen Qingtai was stunned on the spot when he heard this, Mrs. was so intense? Do you even dare to disobey the emperor's order?

When the onlookers heard this, they sighed, and muttered to the people around them: "I heard that Mrs. Shen was also born in a scholarly family before, and she was literate and hyphenated, and now she is still a powerful female official next to the queen's mother. ”

"Is that enough?!"

Passers-by were talking, and when they were on the rise, they were suddenly startled by the roar, and they all looked at Shen Qingtai, who was furious, and when they saw his murderous eyes, they realized who they were gossiping.

Although the Marquis of Xin Yong was not named the Duke of Xin Yong, it was not something they could discuss at will, especially when they suddenly remembered the rumors about the murderous Marquis of Xin Yong, they turned pale with fright, turned around and ran.

There are no onlookers, but Shen Qingtai's expression does not dare to relax in the slightest, there is his knotted wife living in the mansion, and there is a concubine rewarded by the emperor kneeling outside the mansion, embarrassed!

Just when they were in distress, the closed mansions opened with a 'quack'.