Lei Qianliu secretly scolded Feng Beichen in his heart as an "old fox", but he also knew that it was difficult for him to ride a tiger at this time. The theory of the scattered banquet was proposed by him, and now Feng Beichen has already responded, just saying that he wants to complete the surrender of the Lei Kingdom, so he naturally can't say that I don't want to do it. Isn't that tantamount to saying in front of the envoys of all the countries, "I don't have a seed, and I just want to flee when the matter comes"?

Therefore, he could only smile and say: "The third brother is still thoughtful...... Master, command someone to bring the gold in. ”

As soon as I finished reading a joke, there was another joke to watch, and the envoys of all countries were naturally willing to be guests. Not long after, the Sui tribute of the Lei Kingdom was carried to the Penglai Palace.

At this time, the singer and the dancing girl had already retreated to the "conpoy", and Bo Xinlan's position was also cleaned up, leaving only the empty stone floor and a group of people waiting to see the excitement.

Originally, the emperor and Rong Yunxi could naturally have fun at this time, after all, they had been fighting with Lei Guo for a long time, and finally came out with a result at this time. And let Lei Qianliu kneel in the Penglai Palace, and finally avenged Yi'er. However, seeing Lei Qianliu reluctantly kneeling in front of Lei Guo's Sui Gong, there was no sense of joy in their hearts.

Because for them, the biggest thing today is not Lei Qianliu's kneeling, but Xing'er, who is still crying in Rong Yunxi's arms, and Bo Xinlan, who is still in a coma in the apse.

"The ministers came with the annual tribute to pay their respects to His Majesty." Lei Qianliu's face was calm, but from his voice, he could still clearly hear the reluctance.

Naturally, no one thought that Lei Qianliu would be willing to be a minister. What everyone wants to see is that he is reluctant, but he has to be embarrassed.

The emperor didn't have the heart to embarrass Lei Qianliu, not because he was worried about Bo Xinlan, but because he didn't have this plan in the first place. In front of the envoys of various countries, Lei Qianliu was embarrassed, but he practiced the Wind Country, making people say that the Emperor of the Wind Country is a villain, and the Wind Country is not a big mistake.

"Brother-in-law, please get ......up quickly," the emperor said with a smile, "This is just a formality, in the future, the two countries will be in the same boat and have no two hearts, this is the most important thing." ”

"What the third brother said is extremely true." Lei Qianliu responded, and got up according to the emperor's words, not wanting to stay on the ground for a moment.

After all, he is the emperor of a country, and he should be on an equal footing with Feng Beichen, but at this time, he is asked to bow to Feng Beichen like this, how can he be willing? This is a great shame for him.

However, in order to achieve great things, some shame has to be endured. If he hadn't paralyzed Feng Beichen with this, how could he Lei Guo get a chance to recuperate? There is a shortage of food and grass in the country, and the troops are insufficient, and if the war continues, the consequences will be unimaginable.

For the sake of the Thunder Country for thousands of years, for the great plan of his father to dominate the world, as a descendant of the royal family of the Thunder Country, as the emperor of the Thunder Country, even if he wants his life, he must do it.

When he was not seated on the throne, he saw the throne as supreme power and endless honor. But when he sat on the high imperial seat, looked at his civil and military officials, and looked at his thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, he knew that there was an invisible burden on the throne. But whoever sits on it has no escape.

This burden is – responsibility.

He shoulders the expectations of the royal family of Lei Country for generations, the net worth and lives of tens of millions of people in Lei Country, and the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in Lei Country...... These responsibilities weighed heavily on him, and he couldn't breathe.

The people who came with him today, except for Song Taishi, had only one end, and that was death.

Tonight, the shame on the Penglai Hall of the Wind Country will only end on the Penglai Hall and return to China, even if everyone in the country knows that they are temporarily weighing up and claiming to be a minister to the Wind Country, no one will know that their emperor is in the Penglai Hall of the Wind Country and in front of the envoys of the countries, how much humiliation and humiliation they have.

He wants to make his subjects firmly believe that they are not tired of deceiving the Wind Country, but they are playing fools on the Wind Country. He wants to make his subjects firmly believe that the Great Thunder Clan is the most noble place in this world, they are not only the Tieqin of the grassland, but also the king of the world!

Feng Beichen, the shame you inflicted on me today, in time, I will definitely get it back!

After Lei Qianliu bowed, the emperor talked and laughed with the envoys of various countries as usual, and did not feel any embarrassment because of the scandal just now. Just as they were talking and laughing, and were about to say "loose feast", I suddenly saw a little eunuch standing at the door, who walked in quickly from the door with his head bowed, and walked from the side of the banquet, bypassing the "scallop", and coming to Li Zhonggui's side.

The little eunuch whispered a few words in Li Zhonggui's ear, and Li Zhonggui whispered another order to him, but did not report it to the emperor.

The emperor didn't seem to care about the actions of these two eunuchs, and still said the words of the banquet with a smile as usual, but Rong Yunxi's heart sank, knowing that most of it was Bo Xinlan's follow-up arrangement.

If there was no subsequent evidence, but just the bowl of poisonous porridge and Zhiqiu's rebuttal, the matter would have reached an impasse. Since Bo Xinlan decided to do it, and was so determined to do it at the cost of her own body, she naturally had to be prepared, how could she be so confused? What's more, behind Bo Xinlan, there may be Qin Yingyue.

The emperor ordered the banquet to disperse, and the envoys of various countries made a polite departure from the banquet according to the ceremony, and the emperor asked Prince Jing to send it off on his behalf. He also deliberately said to Murong Yan: "I have always wanted to learn chess skills with the Monarch Lord, but unfortunately the Monarch Pavilion Lord was in a hurry last time, and I didn't have time to fight against him. Since Brother Murong is a close friend of the Monarch Lord, he has to work hard for him! Brother Murong must stay in the Wind Country for a few more days, and I will go to the post house to play chess with you another day! ”

Murong Yan is also an emperor anyway, and unlike the envoys of other countries, he has to care for him a few more words. When the emperor said this, he didn't actually have any deep meaning, just a routine politeness.

After some false politeness, the emperor had no intention of staying longer, and naturally there was no need to watch them leave, so he quickly walked into the apse with Rong Yunxi.

The front hall of Penglai Hall is extremely spacious, but the apse is not big, just a bedroom that is slightly larger than the ordinary palace room. Several imperial doctors are acupuncture and poisoning Bo Xinlan together, a total of four imperial doctors, one of whom is in charge of one place, so as not to make mistakes.

Originally, Xing'er was already crying in Rong Yunxi's arms, but when she entered the apse and saw her mother lying on the bed, she cried again, stretching out her little hand to grab Bo Xinlan.

Rong Yunxi saw that at this time, beside Dongxue, who was standing next to the bed, in addition to Yunsheng, there was another person - Xiao Tao of Frost Dew Pavilion.

But just the appearance of Xiao Tao, Rong Yunxi can be sure that this matter must be a joint effort between Bo Xinlan and Qin Yingyue. Bo Xinlan rushed to the front first, and Qin Yingyue was steadily strategizing behind. These two joined forces in order to bring her down in one fell swoop.

The emperor naturally saw Xiao Tao, and without waiting for Xiao Tao to say hello to Rong Yunxi and the emperor, Li Zhonggui, who followed up with him, said: "Xiao Luzi said just now that the little peach girl in Qin's palace asked to see the emperor, and the slave saw that it was not suitable just now, so he asked Xiao Luzi to take the little peach girl to the apse to wait first. ”

The emperor nodded, looked at Xiao Tao, and asked, "What do you want to see me?" ”

Xiao Tao hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Slave maid to Your Majesty and the Queen Mother to say goodbye...... Slaves...... The slave and maid have something to tell. ”

"Hmm." The emperor answered, and did not let her get up, but just said, "You can say it." ”

Xiao Tao raised her head, glanced at Rong Yunxi, looked scared, and hurriedly lowered her head. Zhiwu said: "Slave maid...... Slaves...... On the way to the imperial dining room just now, the slave maid met the winter snow girl who was running in a hurry, and the slave maid stopped her curiously and asked, only to know that something had happened to Concubine Bo. At that time, I was just sighing, and I didn't take it to heart, but the more I went to the imperial dining room, the more I felt that something was wrong......"

Xiao Tao continued: "The slave maid also went to the imperial dining room before, because the little master originally sent Xia Guo to pick up things, and Xia Guo did not return for a long time. The slave and the little master thought that Xia Guo was playful, so they didn't pay attention to it, and another slave and maid came over. It was this time that the slave maid saw the girl Zhiqiu. And the girl Zhiqiu was in a hurry, looking like she was in a hurry and a little scared...... What could scare Miss Zhiqiu like this? The more the slave maid thought about it, the more strange she felt, and she felt that it was better to tell the emperor. ”

When the emperor heard this, he just said lightly: "Zhiqiu has indeed been to the imperial dining room, and she has already told me just now." ”

It doesn't seem to be suspicious of Zhiqiu. It seems that because of Xiao Tao's appearance and Xiao Tao's words, the emperor has become a little convinced of Zhiqiu.

If you look at it from this point of view, wouldn't Qin Yingyue let Xiao Tao come over, wouldn't it be too much to cover up? The palace is so big and there are so many hours, why did Xiao Tao just meet Zhiqiu at that time? Isn't it too much of a coincidence? The emperor would inevitably not have thought that this was Qin Yingyue and Bo Xinlan setting up a situation together to harm her. Dongxue asked Zhiqiu to go to the imperial dining room, and Qin Yingyue sent Xiao Tao over again and asked her to testify.

Qin Yingyue and Bo Xinlan naturally didn't expect that Zhiqiu would be so frightened that they would make the first move, and they thought that Zhiqiu would hold back and dare not say it. In this way, it is natural that someone will come over and point out that Zhiqiu went to the imperial dining room. The emperor knew that Zhiqiu had been to the imperial dining room, so he called the palace daughters and grandmothers in the imperial dining room to inquire and asked them if they had seen Zhiqiu. In this way, it is natural to think that Zhiqiu was poisoned, and it is natural to think that it was she who instigated it.

Xiao Tao's appearance and words can make the emperor easily think of Qin Yingyue and Bo Xinlan's entire plan...... How could Qin Yingyue be so stupid?

So even though what she heard at this time was that the emperor was on her side, Rong Yunxi did not relax her vigilance. Instead, he waited for Xiao Tao's next words, wanting to see what other tricks Qin Yingyue had.

Xiao Tao obviously didn't expect Zhiqiu to take the initiative to recruit the emperor, and when she heard the emperor say this, she was obviously stunned for a moment. It can also be seen from this that Qin Yingyue did not expect this layer. But that doesn't matter. Qin Yingyue's big move must be behind, and what Xiao Tao is going to say next is what matters.

Xiao Tao said: "That's so, but the slave is too talkative...... But there is one more thing, slave maid...... The slave ......" as she spoke, suddenly choking up. Busy covering his face, pretending to be calm. After a while, he put down the hand covering his face, and as if he had made up his mind, he kowtowed heavily and said, "Please ask Your Majesty to make the decision for Xia Guo...... I beg Your Majesty to give Xia Guo a fair ......"

The emperor was surprised and said, "Xia Guo? Who is Xia Guo? ”

Where would the emperor care about a small palace daughter in the Frost Dew Pavilion? Hearing Xiao Tao say so seriously, it is inevitable that she is a little confused.

"Back to Your Majesty, Xia Guo is the palace daughter in the Frost Dew Pavilion, and she was sent by the Internal Affairs Office after the little master entered the palace. Xia Guo is not treated by His Majesty and the Queen Mother on weekdays because the little lord is not treated, and he always neglects the little lord and does things very unsatisfactorily. Today, the little master asked Xia Guo to go to the imperial dining room to get almonds and milk, Xia Guo has been gone for a long time and has not returned, the little master has long been accustomed to her neglect, but he doesn't think there is anything, just let the slave go to get it again. But until it was already dark, Xia Guo still hadn't returned......"