The government and the opposition in the southern capital are also quietly changing, and this change is based on a small person, that is, a foreign prince who is thousands of miles away, people naturally do not feel panicked, just a prince, not deeply involved in the world, can set off any big wind and waves, as for harmony, it is just the whim of the current emperor. Everyone in the Nandu Imperial Palace knows about Yu Gu, but they are all used as jokes and jokes after tea and dinner.

In the palace, the Emperor of the Southern Capital, the Qing Emperor, is holding a feast, which is considered to be the activity of the Qing Emperor, a weekly banquet, civil and military officials, full of seats. The Qing Emperor was notoriously arrogant and extravagant, and his ruthlessness was notoriously ruthless, but he was also known for his good governance of the country.

On the moon banquet, singing and dancing are leveling, everyone's mentality is relaxed, and the Qingdi is taking advantage of this atmosphere to throw away the test of life and death when people are drinking heartily, and even Zai Lianzheng is almost hit. If it weren't for the fact that the prime minister was upset that day, he worked hard for the drought in the south, and was poured a few glasses of wine by Shangshu and Huan of the Ministry of Rites, the emperor would not have had the opportunity to use the side knock strategy to make the prime minister obediently confess that he was too close to the Empress Dowager Ye in private.

The Qingdi has countless schemes, and he can easily make the civil and military officials take the initiative to confess without the need to bend into tricks, and without the eyes of the private investigation bureau, so that they can also maintain internal unity and cut off any signs of forming a party for personal gain, which is also the reason why the political prosperity of the southern capital and the unity of the civil and military officials for the country.

Just when people were bored, Guo Qingzu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, today Yucheng sent two carts of jade playthings, and the minister doesn't know how to dispose of them, and I hope Your Majesty will decide." ”

Qingdi is a rough person, and he doesn't know what jade is missing, but he is also a good-faced person, every time he pretends to appreciate it, he also saves the jokes of people in the world, and he can pretend to be past once or twice, but recently, the jade in Yucheng has been sent very frequently, which makes people a little bored, and Qingdi said impatiently, "Guo Shangshu, I ask you, is there a rare jade sent this time?" ”

Guo Shangshu replied resignedly, "Back to Your Majesty, most of them are bottles and cans, there is no difference, but there is one item in it, the ministers and subordinates are really not good, it is said to be a defective product, thinking that Yucheng does not dare to fool us with this kind of thing, thinking if there is anything special, please palm your eyes." ”

After saying that, with a wave of his hand, someone came to the top of the main hall with a tray in both hands. Emperor Qing and Baiguan were all interested in Guo Shangshu's words, and they looked at the tray, which was covered with a piece of gauze, which was very mysterious.

Emperor Qing was a little impatient, shook off his dragon robe, stood up excitedly, pointed to the tray and said, "Guo Shangshu, don't sell Guanzi, quickly lift the cloth, let me see what good things can be in this jade city." ”

Guo Shangshu's ability to steer the rudder in the wind was really admirable, and seeing that the Qing Emperor was interested, he simply proposed, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this kind of rare thing in the world is better for you to uncover it yourself." ”

The Qingdi walked off the dragon platform with great interest, did not immediately uncover the gauze, but looked back and forth around the tray, the Qingdi is also a good gambler, and he is also greedy to see the hundred officials, so he came up with a gambling game, "Zhong Aiqing, you might as well guess what kind of artifact this is, if anyone guesses correctly, I will give him these two cars of jade, how about it?" If you guess wrong, you will be fined five glasses of wine. ”

Who doesn't know that two boxes of jade can buy a mansion, but compared to five glasses of wine, it seems less tempting, after all, drunk, ugly, accidentally leaking some unknown news, it is too cost-effective. The civil and military officials suddenly lost interest and were all waiting to watch the play.

Emperor Qing was a little unhappy when he saw everyone squeaking for a long time, as the prime minister above one person and under ten thousand people, he had to stand up at this time, and said at the risk of death, "Your Majesty, it is really difficult to judge what is so-called through the gauze, can you let the minister step forward and touch it through the gauze?" ”

At this time, there was a noise outside the door, it should be someone who wanted to trespass, there was chaos, suddenly, the door was pushed open, and it was a graceful and colorful girl who came in, although she was rude just now, but she was wearing a pale pink dress, which was like a flower in the wind, making people feel like a spring breeze, and it just so happened that the gauze on the tray was blown to the ground by this gust of wind, and no one saw it, and everyone's eyes were attracted by this girl.

She swaggered into the lobby, where there were many guards, and no one dared to stop her.

"Qingyu, what are you doing here, don't you know that I am having a feast and talking about business?" Disturbed by Qingyu like this, the Qingdi had no interest at all, and sat on the dragon chair stupidly.

As soon as she entered the door, Qingyu was attracted by the tray, and even forgot what she was doing in the main hall, she stepped forward to pick up the jade in the tray, walked proudly in front of the Qingdi and said, "Brother Emperor, I know what this thing is, let me come for you one by one." ”

In the eyes of the outside world, the relationship between Qingdi and Qingyu is simply a model brother and sister, but only Qingyu herself knows, these are made for others to see, she paused and continued, "This jade from the appearance, is a completely defective product, said to be a jade dagger, but the pattern is the pattern of fish scales, and most importantly, its lower part is still incomplete, obviously a dagger is divided into two parts, so can you think of what shape it is missing?" ”

When the civil and military officials of the dynasty did not know herring, it was one of the best in the southern capital, how many people wanted to cling to this family business, so there was a rush to answer the question of herring, everyone said in unison, "Princess herring, according to what you said, the rest is generally not the head of the fish." ”

Qingyu nodded, and continued, "Yes, the adults are only half right, the rest of this dagger is indeed a fish head, but it is not an ordinary fish head, but a fish head full of spikes, as far as I know, the spikes are two or three centimeters long, and there are two spikes on each side of the fish head. ”

Before the herring fish finished speaking, Guo Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites stood up, everyone knows that this Guo Shangshu just wants to shake his wit in front of the herring fish princess, win the favor of the herring fish princess, so that his son Guo Yuedong can be in the limelight, so as to promote the marriage of the two families, the slaughter is the most unaccustomed to Guo Shangshu's virtue, so he immediately saw the needle and said, "Qingyu princess, according to what you say, this dagger is not simple, and the nature of other jade is different, other jade is mostly for ornamental, utensils, and cooking utensils, and this jade is a weapon." ”

After listening to Prime Minister Lian's analysis, everyone began to exchange ears, speculating one after another, "Is it that Yucheng wants to meet with the soldiers of Nandu, and now even the weapons dare to be sent." ”

Emperor Qing saw that the scene was a little chaotic, and after listening to the words of Qingyu and the prime minister, he also understood what was going on, so he pretended to be profound, "Zhong Aiqing don't need to panic, even if sending this dagger is the meaning of war, when no one knows today, this Yucheng soldiers are a group of useless people, besides, as far as I know, this Emperor Yu is not a person who is easy to deal with, and he will not make his intentions so clear." Emperor Qing's words were also to appease everyone, but Guo Shangshu still said with a fear that the world would not be chaotic, "Your Majesty, even if Yucheng has no such intentions, but if you dare to send a dagger today, you won't be able to send anything tomorrow, and we are not so easy to fool." ”

Guo Shangshu's words were not unreasonable, everyone began to talk again, Qingyu was extremely bored standing aside, listening to these politicians speculating wildly, she thought that if she didn't end this matter as soon as possible, she would come for nothing today, so she took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, and gently let the dagger slide down from her hand.

Everyone was stunned by the crisp sound, but what surprised them even more was that the jade dagger was thrown to the ground and was undamaged. Before they could calm down, Qingyu had already picked up the jade dagger, and hurriedly seized the opportunity to say, "Lord Guo, when this dagger was sent, there should have been a book, right?" There should be some explanation in this document, and as for what the dagger is used for, it is clear in the document. ”

Guo Shangshu was called by Qingyu, and immediately came to his senses, and asked Nuo Nuo, "Your Majesty, can you let the minister submit the documents." ”

"Submit it quickly, Guo Shangshu, hurry up and read it to me, what is written in this document." Qingdi was also very curious.

I saw Guo Shangshu take the paperwork, open the document one by one, and read, "Nandu personally opened: all the jade playthings this time are for the three princes to propose, and the Qingdi and the Qingyu princess are invited to smile, and this fish dagger is the love token of the three princes for the herring princess." ”

Listening to it, Qingyu felt that something was wrong, how could it be related to herself, and suddenly thought of what the Queen Mother said to herself in the Queen Mother's bedroom in the afternoon, and the Queen Mother did not finish her words at that time, so Qingyu wanted to come to the emperor's brother to figure it out, and now she probably knows that she is going to marry someone she doesn't know, and she is the prince of the enemy country.

She snatched the paperwork, how she hoped that Guo Shangshu had read it wrong, or that the person above was not herself, but Qingfeng, or Qinglan, for this reason, she carefully read it several times, for fear of missing a word, but after reading it, Qingyu's heart was already as stiff as the dagger in her hand, she closed her eyes, thinking that she was going to marry the prince of an enemy country, maybe she was still a cripple or a mute, she thought of this was very painful, she couldn't understand why the emperor's brother chose her. But after thinking about it, maybe this family affair was wishful thinking on the part of the prince of Yucheng, so he asked with a fluke mentality, "Brother Emperor, have you heard, this Emperor of Yucheng is talking nonsense, it's just a fool's dream, you won't agree to me marrying his son." ”

Seeing that the herring fish was holding a document in his left hand and a dagger like a herring fish in his right hand, the Qing Emperor said slowly, "This dagger is the same as your name, it is all cyan, shaped like a fish, and the herring dagger is also very fate with you." After speaking, he immediately got up and disappeared behind the screen, perhaps because he was afraid that the herring fish would ask something again.

Qingyu looked at the dagger in his hand, thinking about what the emperor's brother said just now, is this really fate? Do you really want to marry the prince you don't know from the enemy country?