Chapter 131: Jin, Qi
Emperor Jin is only about forty, in the prime of life, carefully governing the country, now the Jin State is not as good as Chu, the Shang two countries are strong, but not much different, the Jin State and the Shang State have a very good relationship for hundreds of years, the same breath and branches, together annexed several small countries, only to develop to the current scale.
The night was already dark, but the Qinzheng Palace, where Emperor Jin was located, was brightly lit, and it was not until his arm was slightly sore that he raised his head from the folds.
Although he is not a beautiful man, he has no majesty and should not be offended, and the henchman next to him hurriedly brought hot tea over and motioned to the palace maid next to him to help His Majesty rub his shoulders.
The eunuch advised, "Your Majesty, the hour is not early, go to bed early." ”
Emperor Jin drank a few sips of tea, nodded and said, "You can arrange it." ”
The eunuch was about to pass on the dragon, but the outside came to report, there was a secret report, and the Jin Emperor ordered it to be transmitted.
A black-robed man wearing a black cloak and a mask uncovered his cloak, knelt down at the foot of the steps, and presented two letters in both hands.
The big eunuch took it, Emperor Jin looked at the dark lines on the two letters, and smiled inexplicably, first opened one of them, and after reading it, the content was not much different from before, but the tone was a little eager, and the big eunuch just saw a red mark at the end of the letter, vaguely like a dragon pattern.
Receiving a letter, it was from Lian Jin, and in addition to some politeness, his focus was to ask the Jin delegation to leave one month in advance, and both Jin and Shang set off in advance, I don't know the intention, but there is nothing difficult about this matter, with the friendship between the two countries for many years, there is nothing that can't be done.
"I heard that Chu Guo has made some moves recently?"
The black-robed man said, "Exactly, it seems to be inseparable from the Shang Kingdom." ”
It seems that the trip in advance must have other plans.
The Xie family jumped out again and sent someone to watch carefully. ”
"Yes. ”
Emperor Jin said to the great eunuch, "Polishing ink for me." ”
The little waiter hurriedly laid out the paper for him, the big eunuch sharpened the ink, the Jin Emperor wrote a reply, the big eunuch took out a small box, and the Jin Emperor took out a private seal, covered it, sealed the fire paint, and handed it to the black-robed man, "Send it back to Lian Jin." ”
The black-robed man took the letter, kowtowed, and retreated.
"It seems that the selection of envoys is about to be reformulated. ”
"Your Majesty, this prince of the Shang State has always been unable to get along with the Chu State, do we really want to help him? ”
"The two countries are diplomatic relations, this little thing is nothing, I am not helping Lian Jin, it is Shangguo. ”
The great eunuch echoed, "Your Majesty is wise. ”
As early as the dynasty, His Majesty announced that the envoy would be sent one month in advance, led by Zhou Jin, the prince of the eldest princess's mansion, from the Luohe River to Chubian, and then to Yingdu.
Your Majesty has always said that there is no difference, not to mention that there are no interests involved in this matter, so the ministers have no objections, but the preparations need to be accelerated.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, His Majesty personally passed Zhou Jin into the palace, and the two talked for an hour, and when Zhou Jin left the palace, he was relaxed.
The eldest princess only has one son, so she is naturally a little reluctant, but seeing the young son's full ambition, she can't bear to restrain him, so she just admonishes him many times.
It's just that Zhou Yu thought about what the emperor's uncle had told him, but he didn't notice his mother's worries, thinking that he didn't know what the situation of Chu was like.
Qi is located in the east of the border between Shang and Jin, and it is necessary to do business in Chu, and Jin and Qin need to cross the Jin State, and the tail of Luoshui is the smallest of the five countries, but it is not enterprising, relying on the Shang State, and the Shang and Jin countries, which are good at fighting in the south and the north, did not occupy his meaning, but showed the meaning of protection.
The State of Qi thought that it was the defeat of the Shang and Jin Dynasty and the Xie Xuan of the State of Chu, when the domestic grain and grass were cut off, and the Qi State was the grace of the two countries to help each other, so they were at ease in a corner of the corner, close to the big tree.
Qi is the farthest away from Chu, so you have to prepare in advance and set off in advance, and the best thing to do is to be with Shang Jin, and receive a letter from the prince of Shang State, asking them to leave in advance, and when they are with them, they should agree.
When the imperial Taibao, is the emperor of the Emperor Qi's uncle, the Emperor Qi is very worried about the style of seeking pleasure, a corner of peace is not a long-term solution after all, although the Shang State temporarily shelters the Qi State, but there is always a high profile, the prince of the Shang State will not be invited for no reason, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no other plans, and the Qi State should think of a long-term plan.
The Taibao, who is only forty years old, is engaged in state affairs, and his hair is already half white, and he kneels in the palace to beg, please Your Majesty concentrate on national affairs and do not make decisions impulsively.
Such a scene happens almost every month, and if Lord Taibao does not advise His Majesty, the people in the palace are not used to it.
And Emperor Qi was also as usual, hugging his favorite concubine, only when the outside advice did not exist, I saw that although he was only in his thirties, his face was already haggard, and half of his body was hollowed out by wine.
The favorite concubine drank a few glasses of wine, was already slightly drunk, and said in Emperor Qi's ear, "That dead old man is disturbing the peace and quiet outside, Your Majesty should let people drive him away." ”
Emperor Qi raised his narrow eyes and glanced at her, "Dead old man, how do you want to get rid of him." ”
The favorite concubine thought that Emperor Qi had listened to her words, and said with a smile, "It's good to drive away the whip, and he will remember the pain of the beating, so naturally he will not come to harass His Majesty again." ”
Emperor Qi sighed a few times, "It's really a good plan." ”
pushed the favorite concubine down from his side, "Come on, pull her down and beat me to death with a whip." ”
The concubine didn't react for a while, and when someone was about to pull her down, she realized that His Majesty was not joking, and hurriedly cried and begged for mercy.
Emperor Qi frowned and said, "Plug her mouth." ”
The guards came in, held her down, and gagged her with a cloth.
"He is my own imperial uncle, dedicated to the people, what are you, dare to humiliate him, and don't pull him down. ”
"Where are the new beauties, announce them to serve. ”
Close eunuch, go and deliver the decree at once.
Taibao, who was kneeling outside and begging, saw the guards dragging a disheveled bewitching palace concubine out, and looked at him viciously, I don't know why.
The sun was gradually rising, and the Taibao was already sweating profusely, and he still shouted advice from time to time.
After a while, Emperor Qi came out with a new beauty in his arms, the woman was obviously not used to such closeness, and the eunuch who was traveling with him was carrying a bowl of cold mung bean soup.
Everyone hurriedly saluted, and Emperor Qi said, "Okay, Uncle Huang, get up quickly, if you fall, government affairs will accumulate a lot, the weather is hot, I prepared mung bean soup for Uncle Huang, Uncle Huang went to the summer, go back." ”
"Your Majesty, I hope you can think about it"
Emperor Qi interrupted him, "Uncle Huang knows why that woman was dragged down just now, because she insulted you, Uncle Huang is dedicated to the country, I respect you, no one can insult you, I have ordered someone to say that she was whipped to death, for Uncle Huang's anger." ”
Taibao was stunned, although His Majesty was mediocre and ignored the government, he really trusted himself and was about to speak.
"I know Uncle Huang's ambition, but the Qi country has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, and now it is powerless to return to the sky, one day is just a day, people can't live in imagination, the Qi country is used to it. ”
Taibao's heart was shocked, and before he could come back to his senses, Emperor Qi had already turned around and left with the beauty in his arms, "It's better to be sent by the imperial uncle this time, and it's better to take a look at the other four countries." ”
The eunuch held the tray and knelt next to the Taibao, "My lord, Your Majesty's heart." ”
Taibao picked up the bowl, although there was a lot of sugar in it, his heart was still bitter, Your Majesty was annoyed by himself, did he break himself.
Among the Shang countries, Ning Ming had already set off to Cui Jie's camp, and it was he who gave advice to the prince, inviting Jin and Qi to send envoys at about the same time to distract them from each other so as to rescue Cui Yue.
Xie Chang was busy rectifying the forces of all parties, and he hadn't personally interrogated Cui Yue, but he just sent his henchmen, and Cui Yue and his subordinates were also tough, so if they didn't say anything, Xie Chang sent someone to check her identity, and was ready to attack her weakness.
Although Cui Yue's arm was connected, because he was not treated in time, his left hand was half wasted and cut off for a few days, from a poisonous snake that had just waited for an opportunity to become a dull mouse with dull eyes but a silent bite.
Six or seven days have passed since Tianshen and the others arrived in Sigui City, and Sister Yan and Nan Qi have recovered well, but Xie Yuan has not woken up yet.
Nan Qi knew that his martial arts were all in ruin and he could no longer practice martial arts, but he was indifferent and not sad, but everyone knew that he was still uncomfortable in his heart.
He comforted everyone, "I used to think that I could be a general like General Xie Ming, but now that my martial arts are gone, it seems that my goal is more ambitious, to be a commander in command of the three armies, but it is okay to not know martial arts." ”
He Zhou said, "That's right, you are the third person that I admire in He Zhou." ”
Sister Yan said, "Misfortune and blessing depend on it, if you want to be the coach, you will definitely come true." ”
Nan Qi smiled and nodded.
These days, in addition to replenishing her body, Tianshen also took her around for a walk, intentionally or unintentionally enlightened, and Sister Yan finally wanted to open it.
It's taking medicine these days, Sister Yan has a box of crescent candy, and I've eaten more than half of it, and as soon as I opened it today, it suddenly became full again, and when I thought about it slightly, I knew that it was Tianshen.
Just thinking that the original sugar below was about to melt away, someone came to report, Xie Chang sent someone here, it turned out that it was the little girl, everyone arrived at the main hall, and they all knew her origin, and all kinds of flavors were mixed.
Sister Yan looked at her for a moment, but the girl came over and apologized softly, although Sister Yan did not wear a mask, the girl still recognized it, that look will not be wrong.
"Sister, I'm sorry. ”
"Why are you saying sorry. ”
"Because an uncle said that the uncle who fainted can't eat sugar, and I shouldn't give him sugar gourds. ”
Sister Yan sighed in her heart and looked at her for a while, "You come with me." ”
Sister Yan took her to Xie Yuan's room, Xie Yuan was still unconscious, and the girl looked at him timidly, not daring to approach.
"What's your name?"
"My name is Le'er. ”
"Le'er, Ku'er, it depends on your creation, if my father wakes up, I will forgive you and let you be a veritable Le'er, otherwise, you will change your name to Ku'er in the future." ”
"Uncle will definitely wake up. ”
Everyone looked at this scene, and their hearts were still soft-hearted, but they had to scare the children with a hard mouth, obviously Qingyue had already said that Xie Yuan was about to wake up, the child was innocent, and now there were no parents, but Sister Yan didn't open her mouth to forgive her, and others didn't say much, after all, the poison was fed to Xie Yuan's mouth by herself.
Eighteen suddenly broke in in a panic and said, "Master, Madame is here." ”
Except for Xie Ling, everyone else didn't understand why Madame was here, why was Eighteen panicked, Madame came, shouldn't it be, Tianshen faintly guessed something.
Xie Ling took Xie Yu out to welcome him, and his sister had no intention of going out.