The Northern Xiao Palace.

"There is a book, and there is nothing to retreat."

King Beixiao sat on the throne with a disgusted expression, and yesterday he had a wine conversation with the charming and weak concubine, and sang all night. I reluctantly crawled out of the gentle village this morning, and I didn't get angry, which was extraordinarily kind.

"The minister has the right to play."

King Beixiao opened his sleepy eyes, and when he saw that it was Zhou Qian's old horseman, his eyelids couldn't help jumping.

"Say."

Zhou Qian stood in the center of the royal court, his waist was straight, and he said with a stern face: "Your Majesty, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the king still needs to make plans in advance, so as not to have enough food for the people in the cold winter season, and they will not be hungry." ”

"The widow knows it in his heart, Aiqing doesn't need to say much."

Zhou Qian did not retreat but advanced, and made persistent efforts, "Your Majesty, be prepared for danger in times of peace, be prepared when you think, and be prepared." ”

King Beixiao glanced at him and was silent.

Zhou Qian said: "The king should take precautions before the rain, and dig a well without thirst." ”

King Beixiao can't wait to sew up his chattering mouth and shut him up forever!

"Now that the widow knows, what else is there to do?"

Zhou Qian did not retreat from the queue, and said loudly: "The minister has something to do." ”

King Beixiao felt that the fire of his ignorance was surging, but in the blink of an eye, it was on fire.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Say! ”

Zhou Qian didn't seem to notice his impatience, and said calmly, "Your Majesty, Qi Xiaoyun, the king of Eastern Qi Xian, led a large army to garrison the border, eyeing him fiercely. If the king sends troops to snatch the grain, it will be difficult to succeed. ”

King Beixiao was furious, "What about Qi Xiaoyun, my Beixiao boy is also iron-clad, not afraid of life and death." ”

"What the king said is true, but the minister thinks that he knows that there are tigers in the mountains, but he walks towards the tiger mountain, sometimes he is not brave and fearless, but he is asking for his own death."

"Zhou Qian, don't you think that the widow will not dare to kill you."

"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. The king wants his ministers to die, but the ministers dare not die. ”

King Beixiao was displeased, and looked at Zhou Qian's eyes full of murderous intent.

However, Zhou Qian looked at him fearlessly, and still tried to dissuade him, "Your Majesty, although snatching food can solve the urgent need, it is not a permanent solution, and this does not fundamentally solve the problem of food shortage. ”

"What do you say?"

Zhou Qian bent down slightly, "Your Majesty, I have a lot of talented people in Beixiao, if the king can post a notice and recruit talents with a lot of money, he will definitely be able to attract talents." ”

King Beixiao sneered, "You talked for a long time, but you didn't say why." ”

"Please think twice."

King Beixiao waved his hand impatiently, "Stand down, this matter will be discussed later." ”

"Your Majesty, time is running out, please make plans as soon as possible."

King Beixiao couldn't bear it anymore, and roared angrily: "Get out of the widow." ”

"If the king doesn't plan early, he won't be able to snatch the food at that time, and the people will suffer, can the king bear it?"

"No one has a claim on this matter," he said word for word, "and there is no need to say more! ”

Zhou Qian was not afraid of the anger of King Beixiao, and continued: "The king is now obsessed with the harem, if it goes on like this for a long time, it will definitely endanger the king's dragon body. ”

King Beixiao gritted his teeth and said, "You also have to take care of the affairs of the widow's harem?" ”

Zhou Qian shook his head, "The affairs of the harem can't be controlled by the ministers. But if the king is not safe because of this, it will endanger the government, which is something that the ministers never want to see. ”

"Are you cursing the widow?"

"The minister had no intention of doing so. Your Majesty, good medicine is good for sickness, loyal words are good for deeds, and ministers are ministers who are admonishing ministers, so they naturally have to advise the king! ”

King Beixiao didn't say a word, got up angrily, brushed his sleeves and left.

The courtiers scattered quickly, and the Hubu Shangshu, who had been friends with Zhou Qian in the past, looked at him with a worried face, "What's wrong with your lord today, why do you keep doing it against the king?" ”

If the king wants to kill him, it will be easy, isn't he killing himself?

Zhou Qian let out a long sigh, "Lord Chen doesn't know that this official has been a minister for so many years, and he has not made any achievements, so he is really ashamed of the word minister." ”

Lord Chen leaned to Zhou Qian's side and whispered: "No one knows the king's thoughts, if you don't want to die, you shouldn't contradict the king like this." ”

"Man is inherently mortal, and this is an inescapable fate. I just don't want to live a foolish life, and I just want to die. ”

Master Chen patted him on the shoulder, "I know your thoughts, and it is the greatest luck that the king did not bother with you today." But next time you can't say for sure, you have to be careful and do it yourself. ”

Zhou Qian didn't say a word, raised his head silently, looked at the not very clear sky, and frowned.

King Beixiao returned to the imperial study, kicked over the table and chair, and said angrily: "Sooner or later, one day, the widow will kill that old horseman." ”

Coincidentally, Concubine Li walked in with the boiled soup, and when she saw that Wang Shangzheng was furious, she immediately walked to his side, and her fair-skinned soft hair gently stroked his frowning brow.

"Your Majesty, what makes you so angry?"

"Zhou Qian's old man is becoming more and more presumptuous, and today in the court, he dares to accuse the widow of the harem, which is really hateful!"

Concubine Li immediately said indignantly: "The king is the king, and he Zhou Qian is the minister, what qualifications does the courtier have to accuse the king of the harem?" ”

She racked her brains to get favored, and her brother was only promoted to three levels in a row, so she couldn't be disturbed by Zhou Qian's old horseman.

"Your Majesty," she fell into the arms of King Beixiao as if she had no bones, her lips opened lightly, and her voice was like a warbler's cry, "It is said that if you don't see the king for a day, you will feel that you miss it tightly." ”

King Beixiao's small hand gently clasped her delicate chin, and her deep voice had a hint of magnetism, "Does Concubine Ai want to be widowed, or do you want to be widowed and love you?" ”

Concubine Li's pretty face turned red in an instant, and she shyly hammered King Beixiao's shoulder with her hand, and said coquettishly, "Your Majesty, you are bullying your concubines again." ”

King Beixiao smiled evilly, grabbed Concubine Li suddenly, and strode towards the dormitory behind.

After a while, the sound of glamour filled the entire hall.

The next day, the court of Beixiao was slaughtered, for no other reason, and the minister Zhou Qian reprimanded the king in public for indulging in the harem and ignoring the government.

"Zhou Qian!" King Beixiao roared loudly, "Are you tired of being crooked?" If you want to die, the widow will do you now! ”

Immediately, the court fell to their knees, and they said in unison: "Think twice, the king." ”

These people will only make him think twice about everything, think twice, think twice, think twice.

"If anyone wants to die with him, the widow will do it together."

Zhou Qian's back was straight, "The king is the heaven of Beixiao, if this life of the minister can be exchanged for the king's attention to government affairs, the minister will have no complaints." ”

"You are presumptuous!"

"Your Majesty," Zhou Qian kowtowed three times in a row, "Please also ask the king to return to the court, don't linger in the harem." ”

King Beixiao was furious, "Come on, drag Zhou Qian to the widow." ”

When the courtiers heard this, they hurriedly said, "The king thinks twice." ”

However, King Beixiao was still unmoved, and the two guards immediately walked in when they heard this, put up Zhou Qian's shoulders, and dragged him to go out.

"Your Majesty, it's not a pity for the ministers to die, but the people of Li are innocent, and they are still waiting for the king's favor..."

The courtiers said again in unison, "The king thinks twice." ”

Seeing that the ministers were all working against him, King Beixiao became even more angry, he angrily shook his wide sleeves and said hatefully: "Retreat from the dynasty." ”

In the imperial study, the tables and stools that the guards had just set up were kicked over by King Beixiao, and he was still angry, picked up the delicate tea bowl on the dragon case, and threw it on the ground.

The sound of crackling sounded from time to time, and the guards were silent one by one, not daring to speak loudly, for fear of alarming the people in the house.

"Concubine Li, the king is in a bad mood today."

"Because of what?"

"Maybe it's because of Lord Zhou."

Concubine Li nodded clearly, she tidied up the slightly wrinkled skirt, and then twisted her slender waist and walked in.

"Your Majesty."

The delicate and weak voice came from behind herself, which did not lead to the back of King Beixiao, Concubine Li was a little lost, she stretched out her arm, wrapped around his lean waist, and said nothing.

King Beixiao's reason was burned away by anger at this moment, and he suddenly knocked off Concubine Li's hand around his waist, turned back sharply, and grabbed her fragile neck.

"Your Majesty," Concubine Li's eyes widened, frightened by one million and two hundred thousand, "It's a concubine." ”

"If it weren't for you, the old man wouldn't have been whispering those things in the widow's ear every day, and although the widow hated to kill the old man, the widow couldn't kill him. But a widow can kill you. ”

Concubine Li was not lightly frightened, and her pretty face was faded with blood, and she was as pale as paper.

"Your Majesty..."

King Beixiao's eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, Concubine Li only felt that her breathing was getting worse and worse, she struggled desperately, and her little hands kept slapping King Beixiao's hand.

However, the big hand like iron tongs did not loosen in the slightest.

Concubine Li's little face turned red, the fear of death made her lose her soul, she looked at the man with cold eyes in despair, and she mourned more than her heart died.

She never thought that the man who was still with her yesterday would kill her mercilessly today.

All the sweetness of the past is just a passing moment, and between the throne and her, he undoubtedly chooses the former.

Hate, she hated his ruthlessness to death.

Finally, the struggling little hand was weakly put down, and the beautiful butterfly, so far, completely broke its wings.

Concubine Li died, and King Beixiao still didn't let go of his hand, until the guards came to report that Zhou Qian had been imprisoned, and he let go of his hand expressionlessly.

"Go to jail."

King Beixiao didn't look at the beauty without a trace of breath, and turned around and left mercilessly.

The guards looked at Concubine Li, who was not blind, and hurriedly left in fright.

King Beixiao came to the prison angrily, and looked coldly at Zhou Qian sitting in the grass.

"You have angered the widow many times, and the widow did not want to deal with you, but you have become more and more presumptuous, and have challenged the majesty of the widow several times, are you guilty?"

Zhou Qian heard his voice, knelt on the ground slowly, and said unhurriedly: "Minister, confess." ”

"As a courtier, you have meddled in the affairs of the widow's harem several times, can you be guilty?"

Zhou Qian's old god replied, "Minister, I don't know the crime." ”

King Beixiao raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Zhou Qian! ”

This old puppet is simply angry with him.

"It is a great taboo for kings to be fascinated by women. Regardless of anything else, it is said that the last king of the previous dynasty did not play the princes because of his favorite concubines, and then he lost the country. ”

King Beixiao's face was very ugly, and he looked at Zhou Qian's eyes and almost wanted to breathe fire.

However, Zhou Qian was still not afraid of death and said: "Your Majesty, the lessons of the previous car are vivid, and you will know the gains and losses by taking history as a mirror." ”

King Beixiao gritted his teeth hatefully, "Zhou Qian, do you know that these disrespectful words you said today are enough to cut off your head." ”

"The minister knows."

"Don't you think that the widow will not dare to kill you?"

Zhou Qian chuckled, "Of course the king dares." ”

He understands everything, but he is not afraid of death to provoke him, what is his intention?