The country of Eguo is a vassal state surnamed Yao, the daughter of Hu Yufang, married to King Li Jihu, so naturally it should be called Li Yao.

In the early spring of April, the snow of the winter had long since melted, and the bones of the countless flowers and branches in the palace were bursting heads. Walking on the long road sandwiched by vermilion brick walls, Li Yao only felt that her mood was extremely comfortable, and even the pace of the whole person was much brisker, and she was about to fly.

The maid behind her followed breathlessly, and whispered: "My mother, princess, don't go so fast, this is in the palace, don't let people see jokes."

Li Yao stuck out her tongue when she heard this, although she couldn't stop smiling on her face, she still slowed down a little in the end. She looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, with willow eyebrows and almond eyes, a gorgeous complexion, and a very charming eyebrow.

The maid whispered, "The first time I see the Son of Heaven, it depends on whether I can be favored in the future. Mama wants the slave to watch you, but you must not be so reckless. When she was a girl back then, it was ------."

"Okay, okay, I must learn from my aunt, I must be a model of a demure and gentle palace concubine who does not smile toothlessly, okay?" Li Yao rolled her eyes mischievously. Since she can remember, she knew that the E family had a second concubine of the Son of Heaven, and later she was crowned the successor, which was even more incredible, and became the arrogance of the entire Hubei country. Not to mention the Hou Hou's own home, it is in the home of the common people in the mountains and wilderness, which parent does not teach his daughter: "You see how Wang Yao Niangniang is, it is because she is how she is a child------

Because of this, when she learned that her father had chosen her to serve the king, her heart was so happy that it seemed to fly, and it was all like a dream. She will be like her aunt, a strange woman who brings supreme glory to her family and her mother country, and she believes she can do it.

Seeing that she was so open-mouthed, the maid was anxious: "Oh, hey, my aunt, you are talking nonsense again. Who in this world doesn't know that the queen scheduled by the Son of Heaven is the princess surnamed Jiang of Shenguo, you want to be a model of the palace concubine, this word spreads, where will the future queen go? Princess, this is the palace, you have to think clearly in everything you say and do, and don't say anything if you don't understand a word."

"Alright, alright." Li Yao's Xingtou was defeated a little sneeringly, and muttered, "I knew that I wouldn't bring you to marry, and I kept chattering about being ten years older than me, really!"

Fortunately, it is not far from the main hall, and the master and servant can end this senseless dispute.

Jia Jia, who had a white beard, greeted him with a smile, and before anyone arrived, he arrived: "This is the princess of Eguo, right? The Son of Heaven is discussing with Mr. Rongyi, please wait a while, and the old slave will go to spread the word first."

The chamberlain Jia said while secretly looking at Li Yao. I saw that she was wearing a peach-colored satin waist placket long jacket, with a circle of gray squirrel fur on the neckline and cuffs, embroidered with golden twigs and flowers at the bottom, and a moon-white skirt with a moon-white thread underneath; On the chest hangs a huge auspicious Ruyi Liufu red gold lock, golden and dazzling; On the head is a pair of jeweled gilded jasper hairpins. The end is radiant and radiant.

Since the death of Shaoji, the palace of Haojing has not added a female master, so Li Yao's dress appeared in front of the steps of the main hall, how can it not be eye-catching? Facing the eyes that surrounded her everywhere and in all directions, Li Yao was both excited and apprehensive, and helped the jasper hairpin on her head, and after being sure that she was not wearing it crookedly, she stood up with her whole skirt.

She didn't notice that after the waiter Jia turned around, the smile on his face suddenly retracted and changed to a melancholy look. There is another Eyao, which is not a good thing for him.

"Lone doesn't want to see her! It's not okay, let her live in Xuanning like her aunt, it--------'s not right, it would have been changed to Wang'e Palace a long time ago, you just take her there. I don't want to see her."

Sure enough, before the chamberlain Jia finished speaking, Ji Hu Dan heard the word "Eshi", so he refused her advice without thinking. The chamberlain Jia glanced at Rong Yi on the side, his expression was a little hesitant, and Rong Yi persuaded knowingly: "King, this daughter is not only the daughter of the Hou Yufang, but also the granddaughter of the Duke of Zhou. Besides, it is common for the palace concubine to pay homage to the king when she enters the palace, no matter how you say it, you still meet and set a position."

"Position? What position?" When Ji Hu heard this, his stubborn temper came up even more, and he didn't care about anything: "Gu hasn't gotten married yet, where does he have any position? She wanted a place

, after Lone's wedding, let the queen seal her! Nope!"

The chamberlain Jia retreated, Rong Yi pursed his lips, and persuaded in a low voice, "Great King, isn't this good? Even if you don't look at Eyufang, you shouldn't hurt Zhou Gong's dignity too much. Even if the king doesn't like the E clan anymore, he can't leave the matter of face behind!"

"The old horseman?" Ji Hu waved his sleeves and said impatiently: "It's okay not to mention him, the daughter of E Yufang, and the grandson of Zhou Gongding, these two are lonely and hateful people, and Lone really doesn't want to see this E, so it's better to treat this person in the palace as if there is no such person." By the way, where did you just go? Didn't Mr. say that there is a way to balance the country without a fight? Lonely is listening."

"The king," Rong Yi said, "The minister thinks that the ambition of the Eyu Fang cannot be suppressed for a long time just by marrying a woman, and the fundamental way is to stifle the vital points of his livelihood and force him to comply, so as to dispel his ambition of not being a subordinate."

"But how to choke the key points of the people's livelihood in Hubei?"

"Think about it, the king thinks about it, the country of Hubei is located in the land of the Jianghan River, there is enough food, clothing and hemp, and it guards the road with Zaojin, and there is no shortage of copper. What, then, do they lack?"

Ji Hu lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly said, "Salt! They are short of salt."

"The king is smart." Rong Yi bowed and praised from the bottom of his heart.

"Yes, sir. It's just that if the salt industry comes from the Qi of the East China Sea today, since the king cooked the Marquis of Qi, the relationship between the royal family and the Qi country is not as good as before." Regarding the mistake of the previous king, Ji Hu only had a long sigh.

"It's man-made. The minister's strategy was to take the marriage between Princess Boji and the new Marquis of Qi as an opportunity to go to Qi to contact and take the opportunity to explore the production and marketing of sea salt in Qi State. The minister can try to appoint his disciples to monopolize the trade route of selling large quantities of sea salt to the Hubei country, and once it succeeds, it will be like choking the throat of the Hubei country, and the soldiers who can be subdued without a fight."

"Great." Ji Hu was excited to shoot the case, and his eyebrows suddenly danced: "Mr. has no last resort, and he will definitely be able to succeed immediately." It's a pity that the production of halogen soda in my Guanzhong is too small, and it is not enough to be used in the city of Pickaxe Beijing, otherwise, why should Mr. go through this experience?"

"For the Yong'an of the Great Zhou Society, for my Wang Qianqiu's meritorious deeds, the minister's liver and brain are smeared, and he will never give up!" Rong Yi made a solemn oath.