"It's ridiculous!" Yin Xiao threw the fold on the ground, making a crisp sound, and the ministers lowered their heads, not daring to make any changes at this time, for fear that Yin Xiao would implicate his anger on himself.

"I am a great country of the Celestial Empire, but I was so provoked by a vassal country." Yin Xiao clenched his fists, his face was full of anger, and his lips trembled a little with anger. At this year's Mid-Autumn Festival dinner, the vassal kingdom suddenly wanted to visit and worship, in fact, the small country pilgrimage was originally a good thing, just to show the prestige of the big country and the respect of the Quartet for the big country, in order to consolidate the status of his own big country, so Yin Xiao was very happy because of this incident at the beginning, and he was fully prepared to welcome the vassal country.

However, what Yin Xiao didn't expect was that the vassal state sent someone to come to the letter, saying that he hoped to be able to learn from the capable people of Mucheng, if Mucheng won, they will enter the palace tens of thousands of horses, cattle and sheep and pottery, if their vassal country itself wins, I hope Yin Xiao can allow the vassal country to stop coming to worship in the future. And at the end, it was noted that Yin Xiao must agree to their request, and after the competition, only if the vassal state loses convincingly, can he be led by Mucheng willingly.

"Your Majesty." Zheng Ze suddenly stepped forward and saluted, "Wei Chen thinks that such a barbaric and small country as a vassal country is simply not enough to put in his eyes, and their such rude request is dignified and there is no need to compromise." ”

Zheng Ze smiled slightly, he had led the army to win a few battles recently, and it was when the spring breeze was proud, and he was a little carried away.

"......" Yin Xiao looked at Zheng Ze and didn't speak, his eyes were full of anger and embarrassment, and he secretly scolded this brainless Zheng Ze in his heart. The implication of the vassal compromises is obvious, if Mucheng does not agree to their request, then they will start a war and no longer come to the court in their own way. Although Mucheng is a small barbaric country, the military horses are very rich, and the army is also well-trained, and the weakest point of Mucheng is the military strength. Yin Xiao is angry in this dilemma, being provoked by the vassal state hurts his dignity, but he can't directly convince him by force, and he has never contributed to the other party's breeze. And now that Zheng Ze is so thoughtless in the court, how can people who understand the situation not see Yin Xiao's embarrassment, Zheng Ze simply slapped him in the face again.

"Your Majesty." Shen Shen Qingchen suddenly stepped forward and relieved the somewhat embarrassing atmosphere, "Although the vassal country is a small country, his disbelief can also show from the side that the prestige of our Mucheng is not in place enough, we might as well take this opportunity to agree to his request and let him lose convincingly, so as to also give a warning to other small countries that are about to move." Shen Qingchen's words were euphemistic, and he gave Yin Xiao a step down.

"Aiqing has a point." Yin Xiao looked at Shen Qingchen with satisfaction, his original intention was to let a minister come forward and affirm this decision, and he would have a good level, while Shen Qingchen was very knowledgeable and interesting, and solved Yin Xiao's problem well, and it was not in vain that Yin Xiao appreciated and promoted him on weekdays.

Zheng Ze looked at Yin Xiao from the side and looked at Shen Qingchen with great appreciation, he was very angry and jealous in his heart, he didn't understand why he had won so many battles for the country, Yin Xiao didn't even look at himself, he never gave him some material last time, he never promoted himself, but he favored this hairy boy so much, so that he became a squire at a young age, if nothing else, he would soon be added to the rank of knight.

Shen Mingwei on the side looked at Shen Qingchen, who was so responsible, courageous and flexible, and also bowed his head and smiled with satisfaction, this son has always been his pride.

"Then I don't know what you Aiqing think of this competition?" Yin Xiao threw out a question again, this competition was initiated by the vassal state, all the links were designed by themselves, and the initiative was in their hands, so that the opposing party's Mucheng was very passive.

"Your Majesty!" Zheng Ze was a little anxious to show himself, but he didn't want to step on the minefield, "How can we let the vassal country lead the way like this!" ”

"You step down!" Yin Xiao patted the handle of the dragon chair angrily, his face flushed with anger, this Zheng Ze didn't save face for him, how could he not know how to indulge the vassal country too much, but what choice did he have.

Shen Qingchen lowered his eyes on the side, there was no emotion on his face, but his eyes were full of disdain and sarcasm. Although Zheng Ze is a fool, there is one thing he said right, Mu Chengtai let the vassal country lead the way, so cowardly and blindly compromised, where is there any great power demeanor and prestige, all this, in the final analysis, is because Yin Xiao himself is too cowardly and incompetent and has no talent, and he only knows how to let the minister find a way to retreat blindly when encountering problems, and he does not know how to strengthen the weak links of the country, so he has fallen into such a dilemma, if Yin Qi is the emperor, he will definitely handle things decisively and beautifully and in an orderly manner. How could there be such an embarrassing situation today?

"Emperor Qiming, the old minister has an idea." Zhang Zuopeng stepped forward and saluted, speaking at an unhurried pace, and people's somewhat flustered hearts instantly settled down, "There are three competitions initiated by this feudal country, literature, martial arts, and arts. Even if they play tricks in the question, they can't escape the most fundamental three words, as long as we Mucheng prepare in advance and figure out their hole cards, we are not afraid of being compared to them. ”

"What Aiqing said is reasonable." Yin Xiao nodded affirmatively, and the original uneasiness disappeared a little, "This Wen and Wu, in the final analysis, only those tricks, and they are not enough, my Heavenly Empire is full of talents, so why worry about being compared." However, this art is a problem, I heard that their domain has a national treasure, proficient in opera and dance, at this time, let me find this talent who is good at art. ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister has an idea that I don't know whether to say or not." Yu Yan, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly stepped forward.

"Aiqing has something to say."

"I heard that the national treasure of that feudal country is by no means mediocre, not to be underestimated, although our Mucheng is full of talents, but ordinary singers and dancers must not be able to compete with it. According to the old minister's view, Concubine Mengniang was once the first official to be born, and her dance was already in a magical realm, and the dance of the crown princess Shen Qingyan was also famous all over the world. ”

Yu Yan lowered his eyes and finished his thoughts, which was greatly appreciated by Yin Xiao, and immediately agreed with Yu Yan's opinion. Yu Yan returned to his place after saluting, but the corners of his mouth were slightly sneering. This Yu Yan is the biological father of Concubine Li.

Shen Mingwei and Shen Qingchen glanced at each other, this is a scheming and cunning act, at this time, the first phase of Concubine Meng and Shen Qingyan was launched, wanting to kill two birds with one stone. If the dance of the two wins, it is fine, if they lose, then they will be punished, and then the two will be eradicated together, which not only consolidates the status of Concubine Li, but also clears the obstacles for Yin Yuan. However, what Shen Mingwei and Shen Qingchen did was just glance at each other, but they did not step forward to stop them.

At night, Concubine Li wore a cloak and came to the stage of her tryst with Zheng Ze again, her face full of anger.

"You're here!" Zheng Ze looked at Concubine Li with joy in his eyes, and couldn't wait to take Concubine Li into his arms, but was stunned by Concubine Li's slap.

"You idiot! Today in the court, how could you be so stupid and say such stupid things, now Yin Xiao has completely lost confidence in you, don't think about being promoted again in the future! Li Guifei was trembling with anger, it seems that Zheng Ze's chess will be useless in the open in the future, and there is only something to do in the dark.

"......" Zheng Ze was beaten, and reacted for a long time before he realized that he had caused trouble, and hurriedly grabbed Li Guifei's sleeve, "You help me, help me, please!" ”

Concubine Li shook Zheng Ze's hand away in disgust, suppressed her anger, and looked at Zheng Ze indifferently.

"This palace asks you, whose idea was to let Concubine Meng and Shen Qingyan dance together."

"Yes....... O your father. Zheng Ze was a little confused by the second monk and told Concubine Li.

"What did you say?" Concubine Li frowned and looked at Zheng Ze, a little unbelievably her father, but then clenched her fists very angrily, and sighed hatefully, "What a nosy!" ”

"What's wrong? Isn't this a good method, just killing two birds with one stone? Zheng Ze looked at Concubine Li suspiciously, although his brain was not smart enough, but he could also see that this was indeed a good idea to kill two birds with one stone, he didn't understand why Concubine Li was so angry, "Are you afraid that Concubine Meng and Shen Qingyan will join forces?" It's okay, that Concubine Meng is just an official with no background, even if she can blow the pillow wind to Yin Xiao, it won't play a role. ”

Concubine Li listened to Zheng Ze's words, but she didn't stretch her brows, just sighed heavily and turned to leave.

On the other side, Shen Qingyan had just received the holy decree.

"The retainers take the order." Shen Qingyan knelt down and saluted, took the holy decree, and asked Cui Wei to send away the eunuch who came to announce the decree, and then threw the holy decree aside casually and sat on the chair.

"Congratulations, your plan has been successfully implemented." Shen smiled lightly and raised his eyebrows at Yin Qi.

Yin Qi just smiled faintly and patted Shen Qingyan's head.

On the side, Shen Qingchen walked out of a secret door and sat next to the two.

"The plan went so smoothly, thanks to Yu playing the old fox, if he hadn't thought of a poisonous plan to kill two birds with one stone, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to meet Curry so easily."

"It's been a long time since I've seen Curry, so I don't know if he's doing well." Yin Qi smiled.

"You don't have a lot of letters." Shen Qingchen glanced at Yin Qi, "You are ruthless enough, let Curry come out like this, don't you see Yin Xiao's face, it's all green." ”

"Heh, he's been eating too much oil and water lately, and Green Dot is healthier." Yin Qi shrugged, not taking Yin Xiao to heart at all.

Shen Qingchen and Shen Qingyan glanced at each other helplessly, and did not comment on Yin Qi, who had a strong sense of revenge.

"Next, it's up to you." Yin Qi patted Shen Qingyan's hand.

"Don't worry, I can still do the dance." Shen smiled confidently, reassuring Yin Qi.

"Oops." Shen Qingyan put his arms behind his head and sighed, "It seems that Mucheng is about to change the sky." ”