After exiting the hall, Xiao Yuanzheng was already covered in cold sweat, and the autumn breeze in the outer courtyard was blowing in his face, and he only felt cold all over his body.

Father and son get together less and leave more, and the relationship is unfamiliar, and they are not very close to each other, even if Xiao Yuanzheng has always been careful to welcome him, as long as he is slightly unsatisfactory, he will still be reprimanded by his father and even beaten with a cane.

On the other hand, among the other brothers, the prince has the deepest relationship with his father, and the other younger brothers are also raised by their father because of their young age and are quite favored, only Xiao Yuanzheng himself is like an outsider in this family.

The bitterness in his heart was put aside for the time being, and he didn't dare to reveal his dissatisfaction, when he summoned the inner garden cronies to guard according to his father's instructions, and prepared to go to the Sword Pavilion to greet the Wei envoy in person, hoping that his father would not care about the previous things for the sake of being so diligent.

Because many armor soldiers were gathered in the barracks outside the city, there were not many soldiers left in the city, and Xiao Ji specifically pointed out that this matter must be carried out secretly and not leak news, so he could only transfer troops in the inner garden.

It's just that when Xiao Yuan was mobilizing the soldiers of the Inner Garden, there was another accident, originally he saw in the military book that a team of 300 people did not have the task of guarding, so he signed an order to transfer, but was directly rejected by the commander with the troops.

was severely reprimanded and beaten by his father first, and then even a small commander refused his order, Xiao Yuanzheng was furious in his heart, and even ordered the servants to lead him to see who was so bold and dared to disobey the order!

Soon the servants led Xiao Yuanzheng to a cypress hall in the inner garden, there were many tents set up in front of the hall, and hundreds of soldiers were stationed here inside and outside, which was the team that Xiao Yuanzheng was mobilizing.

"...... you wait"

Xiao Yuan took a step forward, and before he finished his scolding words, a man who looked like a soldier commander hurriedly stepped forward and bowed deeply: "The lower official knocks to see the king!" A certain battalion guard is ordered by the Supreme to guard the Rui Hall day and night, and is not allowed to leave, unless he intentionally disobeys the order, please forgive the king! ”

"Ruiden? Is it the temple that is full of flowers? Wait and retreat, and I'll come into the temple and have a look. ”

Xiao Yuanzheng was surprised when he heard this, he heard that there were temple pillars in the Inner Bed Bai Palace, which were as delicate and lovely as lotus flowers, and they were also one of the auspicious rays on which his father relied to establish the emperor, but he had only heard of it and never seen it, so he couldn't help but want to enter the palace to have a look.

However, the armor guards stationed here did not retreat a single step, except that there was no supreme warrant, and no one was required to enter the temple, so as not to disperse the rui qi.

Xiao Yuanzheng was extremely indignant in his heart, but he didn't dare to violate his father's order to violate the palace ban, so he could only retreat with a displeased face, but after walking out of a distance, he couldn't help but sneer softly: "Wang Dunyi's rod is not a good omen!" ”

A few days later, the envoy of the Western Wei Dynasty was secretly introduced into Chengdu by Xiao Yuanzhao, the king of Xiyang, and at the same time, the envoy sent to Badong also returned to Chengdu and brought back the reply of the crown prince Xiao Yuanzhao: Hou Jing's rebellion has indeed been quelled, Hou Jing has also been killed, and the news transmitted by the Western Wei side is all true.

"The shaft dares, the shaft dares to deceive me!"

Xiao Ji was naturally furious when he learned the news, on the one hand, naturally because his most trusted son dared to deceive him, and on the other hand, because after the rebellion was put down, his subsequent series of calculations and plans, including the fact that he had already been proclaimed emperor, would lose their legitimacy!

"Go, go! Take my sword and get the head of the rebel back! How dare he, how dare he deceive his father so much, and harm me so much......"

In a fit of rage, Xiao Jizhi unsheathed his sword and threw it on the ground, while waving his fist and roaring loudly.

Xiao Yuanzheng in the hall seemed to bow his head respectfully, but he looked at his father's angry appearance coldly, if he hadn't been reprimanded before, he was afraid that he couldn't help but step forward to pick up the sword and take the order happily, but now he was much more cautious, just waiting to see if there was anything to follow.

Soon, Wei Deng, the official of the East Palace, who returned with the envoy, bowed to the ground and said again and again: "Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry!" The reason why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince refused to tell the truth was because of other difficulties. Now Jiangling is trapped in the mouth of the gorge, and it is difficult to get out of the wood, and I have become incompatible, whether the thief is determined or not, the two towns will be difficult to be safe. Jiangling has the tendency to overlook the south of the Yangtze River, but my Shuzhong is closed on all sides, if I can't take the opportunity to rush out, I will be ...... by it."

Xiao Yuanzheng once served as the king of Xiangdong who was the Taishou of Xiyang and obeyed the orders of Jiangling, and after weighing the pros and cons at this time, he also temporarily put aside some distracting thoughts in his heart, kowtowed and said: "What Wei Jun said is indeed reasonable, and the officials need to weigh it carefully. Although the giant Kou is eliminated today, the Jiangnan Rebellion is by no means determined in the short term, and the Jiangling army will inevitably stagnate downstream. ”

Hearing what the strategist and his son said, the anger on Xiao Ji's face subsided slightly, and after his expression changed slightly, he still decided to send a cronie to Padang to investigate the latest changes in the situation in the outside world, and he was wary of the eldest son who dared to deceive him.

After confirming that the news was correct, Xiao Ji instructed Xiao Yuanzheng to secretly bring the envoy of the Western Wei to meet him, wanting to see what the Western Wei had planned.

The envoy sent by the Western Wei Dynasty was named Wang Qing, a steady and shrewd middle-aged man, and he was accompanied by Liu Fan, whom Li Tai recommended to the Chinese and foreign governments and was more familiar with the personnel in Shuzhong.

The group was introduced into the inner garden, and after meeting Xiao Ji, they behaved quite politely, and their rhetoric was not as irritable and sharp as in the letter.

Xiao Ji didn't pay much attention to Wang Qingduo, his eyes fell directly on Liu Fan, and he said in a deep voice: "Liu Lang used to be an old acquaintance, but now it is the will of God to make people go elsewhere, and I will not abandon you." Last year, you had to go around, so that the two countries could stop the war and repair, and send the children back to China, and now you come again, what do you want? ”

When Liu Fan heard this, he couldn't help but show shame, glanced at Wang Qing who was at the same table, and then got up again to bow to Xiao Ji and replied respectfully: "The king still remembers the old righteousness, and he is very grateful for his humble position. The former was derelict in his duties and moderation, but fortunately in the Wei State, General Li did not dislike it with ugliness, and was appointed with grace, and now he was recommended to the country, and was ordered to make the homeland, with the intention of repairing, and there was nothing else to do! ”

After saying this, he bowed deeply and then returned to his seat, leaning sideways behind Wang Qing.

At this time, Wang Qing also stood up and said to Xiao Jizuo: "The former is a book, and the king must have watched it. As Liu Senjun said, this mission is intended to be repaired, and there is nothing else to do. A certain class was ordered by the Emperor Wentai of Anding Gongyu ......"

"What the black otter is drawing, I also have the information. Don't talk nonsense, come quickly! ”

Because he was misled by the wrong information before, the situation in the country is now very different from what he knows, Xiao Ji was also in a very bad mood when facing the envoy of the Western Wei Dynasty, and many of the tougher words before were inconvenient to speak, but he just pulled down his face and said in a deep voice, hoping to send this vicious neighbor as soon as possible, and then concentrate on solving the contradictions and disputes between him and Jiangling.

Wang Qing saw that Xiao Ji's attitude was so blunt and direct, even if he didn't talk nonsense anymore, he even told the various conditions explained by Daxingtai one by one.

Wang Qing talked endlessly, but Xiao Ji's face became darker the more he listened, and he couldn't hold back several times and wanted to open his mouth to interrupt his words, but he still gritted his teeth and endured it, but his teeth were already clucking, and his clenched fists were also white.

waited until Wang Qing finished stating the requirements of the Western Wei Dynasty, Xiao Ji did not respond, but waved his hand with a sinking face to take these envoys of the Western Wei Dynasty away from the inner garden and place them outside for the time being.

After the envoys of the Western Wei Dynasty left, Xiao Jidang ordered the officials in charge of money and goods to come here quickly, and when these financial officials arrived, he asked in a deep voice: "How much brocade is still in the house?" How much can you sell in the near future? ”

Before the envoy of the Western Wei Dynasty told that his country had been clearing the roads in Longnan and other places, even if he proposed to buy Shu brocade exclusively with Shuzhong Mutual Market, the conditions offered were very low, and he said that if Shuzhong did not agree to this request of the mutual market, then he would not let Cun Jin go out of Shu!

Although Shuzhong has developed cultivation and weaving in recent years, the stalls are not small, especially Xiao Ji knows that the rebellion of Hou Jing has been pacified, and the confrontation with Jiangling may be transformed into a long-term one, of course, it is necessary to have more material reserves in quantity and type. Once the export channels of Shu brocade are cut off, it will be greatly detrimental to the development of the follow-up situation.

Among the financial officials, there was an old man who looked like a Hu man in the Western Regions, and after hearing this, he hurriedly sent the accounting book forward, and began to report it seriously.

"Why is there so much brocade? Didn't you say a few days ago that there is a way to sell tens of thousands of materials? ”

After learning about the inventory in the house, Xiao Ji's face suddenly sank, and he asked in a loud voice. Although Shu brocade in the outside world is excellent, best-selling, but in Shu is not a treasure, just a relatively strong, profitable commodity, only the Shu brocade into different commodities transported back to Shu can reflect its value, but if all are stored in the warehouse, it will make the material reserves become single.

"Yes, it's the king of Xiyang, who stopped the Shiyi ...... of brocade goods."

He Xihu and other subordinate officials saw the emperor's face full of anger, and they hurriedly trembled and said.

When Xiao Ji heard this, he was even more angry, and his anger soared directly to the extreme by being backstabbed by his son one after another, and he shouted angrily: "Quickly tie that rebel son to me in front of the palace!" He is a living foreigner who has not been in Shu for a long time, how dare he interfere in my confidential state affairs! ”

Xiao Yuanzheng was still busy handling affairs elsewhere, and for some reason suddenly rushed to a team of Inner Garden Guards, and directly twisted him up and dragged him to the front of the Inner Garden Palace.