"Who is it not this official meeting?" Although Lian Shengjie's answer was full of confidence, you can tell how dry his voice is if you listen carefully.

Xiao Xiao squinted at his fierce face, sneered and ignored it.

The slender fingers with distinct bones held the delicate gold-painted white porcelain wine cup, and immediately a beautiful maid with a smile like a flower held a copper kettle to pour wine for him.

The amber elixir falls into the wine cup, and the color is crystal clear and mellow.

The maid's red lips were slightly upturned, and her eyes carefully lingered on Xiao Xiao's handsome face, and her cheeks immediately dizzy, and her eyes drooped shyly.

Lian Shengjie, who watched this scene, was envious, couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and took a few quick steps forward.

Xiao Xiao didn't care, raised his head and drank the wine, the Adam's apple rolled, and the hard arc of his jaw added a bit of casualness and domineering to him.

The maid's cheeks became redder and redder, and she was about to pour wine, but she pinched the wine cup with her slender fingers and turned it upside down, waved her hand to signal the person to retreat, squinted at Lian Shengjie, and said lazily:

"Lord Lian must have received the will of the Holy Lord, otherwise he would not have been emboldened to see this king and not salute."

Only then did Lian Shengjie look away from the beauty, and with the sharp eyes hidden in the mockery of the above, his body trembled, and he almost knelt.

"Ahem, this official, this official is here by order. It's not like some people come without permission. Lian Shengjie said extremely worried.

He was really scared of being beaten, and when he saw the owl, he tensed all over, and the places behind him began to ache faintly.

Xiao Xiao raised his eyebrows and smiled, and casually pointed to the vacant seat: "Sit down, why stand and reply, this king didn't punish you for standing." ”

Lian Shengjie's face turned red, his anger rose, his timidity subsided a little, and he sat down opposite the owl with his neck stalked.

Seeing that the two of Da Zhou seemed to be at odds, Honglu Siqing's nervous palms were sweating, for fear that the two would fight if they didn't agree with each other, if something like this happened under his nose, the emperor would definitely be angry.

Seeing that Lian Shengjie stopped speaking after taking a seat, Honglu Temple Qing breathed a sigh of relief, ordered several officials accompanying him to sit down together, and ordered a banquet and singing and dancing.

The sound of the elegant orchestral silk bamboo is melodious and pleasant, the young dancing girl is dressed in tulle dance clothes, the dancing posture is graceful and beautiful, in the magnificent flower hall, there is a bit of ethereal fairy, and the jade plate on the table of the eight immortals spread with the red brocade peony flower tablecloth, the wine is mellow.

Somerset was eating food and wine, and there were beautiful women waiting for me, staring at the dancing girl with good eyes, only to feel comfortable physically and mentally, and the tense mood relaxed in an instant.

Xiao Xiao squinted at Lian Somerset's stupid look, took the wine jug in the maid's hand and poured it for himself, and his eyes were extremely cold when he admired the singing and dancing, as if he did not see such a beautiful scenery in the world in his eyes at all.

Honglu Siqing and other Dayan officials, seeing the diametrically opposite attitude of Xiao Xiao and Lian Shengjie, each had a conjecture in their hearts, and they did not dare to participate in the battle between the two, so they only accompanied them silently.

After three rounds of drinking, Lian Shengjie completely relaxed, and his mood rose because of the drinking.

"Prince Zhongshun, what kind of crime should you be guilty of coming to Dayan without permission this time?" was originally an awe-inspiring sentence, but he had no confidence to stutter after drinking.

The owl said lazily: "The peace talks between the two countries have been successful and they have become friendly neighbors, but this king is just walking around, what is the crime?" ”

"You're a strong word! As the commander of the Tiger Army, don't you know that your position is important? The Holy One did not allow you to travel, but you decided privately, do you know that you have angered the Holy One? Lian Shengjie was drunk and angrily reprimanded.

The singing and dancing stopped abruptly, and everyone was silenced by Lian Shengjie's sudden anger.

Honglu Siqing didn't dare to participate in the affairs of the Great Zhou, so he hurriedly got up, waved his hand and retreated with everyone.

The scene of singing and dancing just now is quiet and weird.

Xiao Xiao took a sip of wine and didn't bother to speak.

Lian Shengjie saw that he was silent, and sneered: "If you don't speak, you're afraid!" I'll tell you Xiao Zhixi, it's not been a day or two since I've watched you run rampant. You have always been disrespectful to us, the former ministers of Northern Hebei, and we have been loyal to the saint, but you have raised your nose and raised your eyes at us, and beat and scolded us at every turn, but fortunately, the emperor and the saint have also seen through your domineering nature. ”

Xiao Xiao gouged out his ears, "Finished?" ”

"The emperor asked this official to ask you, why didn't you go back to the capital but came to Dayan! You still don't answer?! ”

"Outside the general, the military order is not subject to it."

He put down the flask, and the bottom of the brass kettle touched the tabletop, making a "du" sound.

"What's more, this king has his own reasons."

Lian Shengjie saw that he didn't scold as before, and he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

What about the Tiger Talisman with the Tiger Army?

What if the 100,000 tiger army is brave and good at fighting, and what if one enemy is ten?

Even if Xiao Xiao is a prince, he still wants to bow down to the saint, and he is afraid of the officials of the old department of Northern Hebei and the Long Xiang army of Ji Zeyu in Dingbei!

Not to mention that the Long Xiang army has sufficient troops.

It is only said that when the Great Zhou Dynasty set foot on the mountains and rivers of Northern Hebei, the Xiao Xiao led the Tiger Ben Army to do those charges and slaughters for the vanguard; The officials who had obviously said that they had surrendered were also cut alive and fed to the dogs with a knife, and this viciousness had already made the old ministers of Northern Hebei jealous.

These people are now obedient to the Great Zhou, and in their hearts, Xiao Xiao is the culprit who led to the demise of Northern Hebei.

How can they not hate the cowards?

And the strength of the owl is feared by the saints, and Ji Zeyu's Long Xiang army is growing stronger day by day, which is a sharp weapon to balance the tiger army. But the owl still doesn't know how to restrain, he is still arrogant and arrogant, and he is prone to playing tricks.

Lian Shengjie, as a courtier of Northern Hebei who surrendered to the Great Zhou, has been unpleasant for many days.

Now seeing that under his questioning, he just said with a calm face that "the general will not be subject to foreign military orders", and he was really proud and about to float.

"You've been proud for too long." Lian Shengjie laughed and said: "Brother, I advise you, be more restrained, now you are good to explain to me, I can also give you a few good words in the letter to the saint, otherwise, I am afraid that you will not know how to die." Besides, why did you come to Dayan, it's not for me to ask, but for the saint. ”

As Lian Shengjie spoke, he stood up with his arms on the Eight Immortals table, leaning over to listen, but his face was full of mockery, "Come on, come on, you talk to me first." ”

Xiao Xiao kept smiling and lowering his eyes, playing with the gold cup in his hand.

The tiger beside him had already been purple by Lian Shengjie's smug face, and he couldn't wait to rush up and break his neck.

Seeing that Xiao Xiao was still silent, Lian Shengjie leaned forward a little further, and said with a smug smile: "Why didn't you say it?" You say you have a point, but you tell you what you do! ”

"Smack!" With a crisp sound, Lian Shengjie covered his face, which was red and swollen in an instant, in disbelief, and looked at Xiao Xiao blankly.

"What are you, and what qualifications do you have to listen to this king?" Xiao Xiao stood up and looked down condescendingly at Lian Shengjie's blue and white face.

Lian Shengjie's wine was awakened, recalling his mocking words, covering his face and taking a few steps backwards, as if he could escape the range of Xiao Xiao's attack in this way.

Seeing that he didn't bother to pay attention to him, he turned around and left the flower hall with Huzi.

Lian Shengjie covered his face and stared at the back of the owl, and roared inwardly: "You, don't be rampant, sooner or later you will cry!" ”

And this scene in the house had already been seen clearly by Honglu Siqing and others who were peeping on the crack of the door, and quietly reported it to the emperor.

The emperor was holding the empress, sitting on the Arhat bed with a bright yellow mattress in the window of the imperial study.

After listening to Honglu Siqing's words, the queen smiled coquettishly: "It seems that the Prince of Zhongshun is nothing more than that." ”

The emperor was also fed up with the domineering, patted the queen's buttocks, and whispered a few words in her ear.

The queen was coquettish for a while, and when she saw that the emperor really wanted her to leave, she reluctantly left the imperial study with someone.

The emperor smiled and watched the queen walk away, then he looked at it, stood up and said, "In this way, Emperor Zhou is afraid of Xiao Zhixi. ”

Wechen also felt so. Otherwise, with Xiao Zhixi's usual domineering temperament, he would definitely not tolerate the repeated questioning of the king. ”

"Cut! I know that such a person who is rampant when he gains power will not be rich for a long time. Can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch? Emperor Zhou was afraid that he would not be accustomed to what he was doing for a long time, and he intended to suppress it. Otherwise, how could that surnamed Lian dare to be so bold in front of Xiao Zhixi? ”

"Your Majesty." Honglu Siqing nodded again and again.

The emperor waved his hand and sent Honglu Temple Qing down.

When there was no one left and right, the emperor sat down with a gloomy face behind the dragon book case of black lacquered paulownia.

Recalling that during the day, his politeness to Xiao Zhixi made so many people and courtiers look at him, and the emperor felt regretful.

Who knew that Xiao Zhixi's status in Da Zhou had already been shaken?

If he knew this, he should have been tougher! The amount of Xi is now unable to influence Emperor Zhou's thoughts!

Would he have listened to the threat of war from Xiao Zhixi?

What a mistake, a mistake!

In a fit of rage, the emperor swept all the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones on the table to the ground.

The guards and attendants outside the hall heard the sound and rushed in in a panic to escort the car. Seeing that it was the emperor who had a dragon nature, he was a little relieved, but everyone was silent and did not dare to approach and persuade.

The emperor's temper has become more and more irritable in recent days. Often a rage cannot be controlled. The last time the great eunuch Bingbi didn't persuade him, he was pulled out and beaten with twenty boards.

If it weren't for the fact that the eunuch of Bingbi had accumulated a lot of power and had a relationship in advance, where would he still be alive now?

When the emperor smashed everything he could smash, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Give me the elixir that Liu Xiangu has offered."

"Yes." The great eunuch immediately went to fetch a delicate gold box, and presented a jet-black pill in both hands.

The emperor swallowed the cold wine, and immediately felt very refreshed and happy.

He laughed and said, "The Liu Xiangu recommended by the queen is very good, and I instructed the queen to let her reward her as appropriate, and take whatever she wants from my inner money." ”

"Yes. The slave and the maid will go. The big eunuch smiled and saluted, and whispered to the little chamberlain to quietly clean up the mess on the ground.

The emperor thought for a while and said: "Also, you Ming'er went to pass the decree early in the morning, my grace to the Qin family is not fake, the Sun family has now become a super first-class order, and the reward should not be less, the plaque of the Qin family I Ming'er wrote that you sent it to let people do, and also, set up a memorial arch for the Sun family in front of the Qin family, after you sent the reward early in the morning, you also went to the Qin family and explained it." ”

"The slave obeys."