The Taiji Hall was very lively, and almost all the officials of the court and the central government came today.

They also all know what the empress is going to announce in the Taiji Hall today, but the strange thing is that it is already the time to say goodbye, why haven't they seen the figures of the empress and Wang Xiaolai?

Not only that, but even the shadow of the Eight Sages King can't be seen.

asked Lao Xiangguo, and the latter just shirked and said he didn't know.

In this way, the courtiers couldn't help but think about it.

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In the imperial study, Wang Xiaolai and the Eight Sages have been here for three days.

After Yuluo City said that the Inhumans had invaded the south, the two of them had been discussing this matter with the empress.

At noon today, I received a battle report signed by Shen Yijing.

The content of the battle report is very simple, it is nothing more than the frozen canyon fortress, which has been attacked by a group of strange beasts.

The general of the city guard, Yu Xue, was killed in battle, and the commander Shen Yijing was seriously injured, but he finally repelled the attacks of those beasts.

As soon as the empress saw this letter, she knew that it was not written by Shen Yijing, and that rough man couldn't write such beautiful words, so she didn't have to guess, it was designated as his son Shen Xiyuan.

"What was sent to Daxing City today was not only this letter, but also the corpse of the monster mentioned in the letter." Empress Dao.

Wang Xiaolai and the Eight Sages both nodded, and when the battle report came, the two of them had already seen the monster corpse that had been brought back by the envoy.

The Eight Sages King and the Empress don't know each other, but it doesn't mean that Wang Xiaolai doesn't know what the monster is called.

"Fish Ape..."

"Fish ape? What do you mean? The empress was puzzled.

Wang Xiaolai said: "That kind of monster name, called Fish Ape, is captive by Inhumans. ”

Seeing that the Empress and the Eight Sages King both showed strange expressions, Wang Xiaolai hurriedly explained: "Before the Inhumans start the war, they will release their captive monsters to take the lead, first, to consume the strength of the defenders, and secondly, to reduce their own losses, this is their consistent style." ”

The Eight Sages keenly captured a key question: "You mean, the Inhumans will also attack the Frozen Canyon Fortress?" ”

Wang Xiaolai nodded: "If nothing else, the Frozen Canyon Fortress has already been lost." ”

The empress's expression was gloomy: "So, we have to settle the affairs of Daxing City as soon as possible, and then deal with the matter of the invasion of the Inhumans." ”

The Eight Sages King shook his head: "No, the invasion of Inhumans is to come for the sake of immortality, relatively speaking, this matter is the most important thing." ”

"What are you going to do, uncle?" The Empress asked.

The Eight Sages King said: "In this way, I will immediately take the Thunder Fire Iron Horse to the north and take over the war in the north." ”

Wang Xiaolai nodded: "Okay, after you go, I will immediately organize the Protector Legion and be ready to support at any time." ”

The empress glanced at Wang Xiaolai, quite resentful, but then again, the empress also knew the priorities, so she could only agree.

The Eight Sages King stood up: "Without further ado, I'll set off for the north now." ”

The empress said: "Uncle Huang, that moment..."

The Eight Sages King knew that the empress was talking about the engagement of the Taiji Palace, so he smiled and said: "Time is pressing, and the old minister of Your Majesty's engagement is not able to participate, but the old minister will send a big gift to Your Majesty on the battlefield in the north." ”

Empress: "···"

"Then Uncle Huang is careful in everything, if the war is urgent, you can withdraw at any time, in short, I don't want Uncle Huang to have anything." The empress cared.

What she said was from the bottom of her heart, from the second year of the Apocalypse to the present, the empress has seen too many close people leaving, the invincible Lu Gongyou in the world, the Zhao Weng Zhao Liwen who served the Son of Heaven for the Three Dynasties and was regarded as an elder by herself.

If something happened to the Eight Sages King again, the empress really didn't know what to do.

The Eight Sages King also understood the empress's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty can rest assured. ”

With that, he got up and strode away.

After the Eight Sages King left, the empress looked at Wang Xiaolai: "Okay, now it's time for us to go down to business." ”

After speaking, the empress's face turned red for no reason.

The empress blushed, and Wang Xiaolai also blushed.

Both of them were a little apprehensive at this time, they couldn't see what they had pressed before, but now that they were idle, the problem was exposed.

With a soft hum, the two of them got up and walked in the direction of the Taiji Hall with a tacit understanding.

Out of the imperial study, walking on the royal road, the two of them did not walk close to each other as before, on the contrary, the two of them invariably pulled away.

The Yulin soldiers who stood guard in the palace also wore a red silk on their bodies today.

When the two walked into the Taiji Hall before and after, there was a cheer in the hall.

The matter between Wang Xiaolai and the empress has become a foregone conclusion, even if they oppose it, it is useless.

In this case, why not be a favor, otherwise, it is easy to be resented by the empress and offend Wang Xiaolai.

According to the rules, the engagement of the Son of Heaven was originally supposed to be led by the chief eunuch in the palace, Le Sheng Taile, who led the Gong'e Huangmen and personally went to the Taifu Mansion to hire, but if she did this, the empress always felt a little embarrassed, and after thinking about it, she decided to do it simply directly in the Taiji Palace.

Externally, the empress's explanation is that it is an extraordinary period, and if it can be saved, it will be saved.

It's just that few officials believe this, and if you can save it, you can save it, why don't you disarm?

The two columns of civil and military ministers were slapped open, and countless eunuchs and palace maids came up left and right, leading sheep and carrying wine, wearing red and green, some holding grains, and some holding gold, silver and precious jade.

The drum music played, and in front of the ministers, Father-in-law Le took out the holy decree that the empress had already prepared, stood up from the team, cleared his throat and said: "There is Taifu Wang Xiaolai, who is clever and talented, and can be called the pillar of the country..."

Baba Lala's Father-in-law Le praised a lot, and finally, the conversation changed and lengthened his voice: "The Son of Heaven responds to the hearts of all the people, obeys the will of the hundred officials, and specially hires Taifu Wang Xiaolai ~~~"

Liu Maolin pushed Wang Xiaolai in the class.

Wang Xiaolai glanced back, then walked out a little shyly, and knelt on one knee in front of the empress in front of the civil and military ministers, clenched his fists above his head, and buried his head deeply: "Minister, Wang Xiaolai, obey the holy decree." ”

The empress held down the shy beckoning in her heart, and the narcissus on the side sent a gold-inlaid white hosta, wrapped with a red belt.

The empress took the book, walked to Wang Xiaolai's side, gently brought the hairpin red, and then helped insert it into Wang Xiaolai's hair.

Wang Xiaolai also took out a gold medal from his waist and respectfully returned it to the empress.

The empress deliberately glanced at the gold medal, smiled, and gently said in his ear by helping Wang Xiaolai up: "You guy, you just don't want to suffer, what's wrong with you letting out some blood today?" And return the gold medal I gave you back to me. ”

Wang Xiaolai's old face flushed, and he smiled: "Isn't that unprepared?" ”

The empress pouted: "What about the property that I gave you at the beginning, which was originally Zhao Sui?" I don't believe it, there are so many gems and jade, can't you find one? ”

"Your Majesty, didn't all those properties of Zhao Sui be used to build the Saibei Corridor and expand the Protector Legion?"

The empress hehe: "To put it bluntly, you just don't want to bleed, I don't know you yet?" ”

In three or two sentences, the empress said two bloodlettings, I don't know why, Wang Xiaolai felt a little uncomfortable hearing these two words, as if there was some disaster waiting for him in front.

But seeing that the empress was full of interest, Wang Xiaolai was not embarrassed to disturb the empress's thoughts.

Standing up, after the gifts of both parties were exchanged, the engagement was completed, the empress slapped her hand, and the ministers all rushed out, going to the outside of the Taiji Palace, and the wine banquet was already prepared.

The empress watched the ministers come in and out, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and asked Wang Xiaolai, "Have you seen Suizhu?" ”

Wang Xiaolai was fiddling with the white hosta on his head and shook his head: "No, why Your Majesty, do you have something to do with Suizhu?" ”

The empress waved her hand and said, "No, it's okay." ”

As he spoke, he saw Yu Yumo who was about to go out, so he called him over.

When the latter saw the empress and Wang Xiaolai, he also bowed his hand very politely: "I have seen Your Majesty, I have seen General Tian." (Qiang)"

The empress hummed softly and asked, "King Qiang, have you seen Suizhu?" (Qiang)"

Yu Yumo touched the back of his head: "His Royal Highness Suizhu returned to Silla yesterday." Why didn't Your Highness tell you? (Qiang)"

The empress was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then smiled and said: "Say, I said, I forgot, okay King Qiang, you go out first and get acquainted with the ministers." (Qiang)"

Yu Zhimo nodded: "Obey." (Qiang)"