Chapter 389: Red Face and Troubled Water

The red face is not a disaster, and the cheap concubine is also a pity.

Thousands of worries and troubles are all caused by the world.

Since ancient times, many emperors have loved the country and loved the beauty more

If the emperor's roots are deep and the country is stable, then it will be a beauty of the country, and future generations will not criticize. But if you lose the country because you love beauty, then beauty will naturally become a disaster in the eyes of future generations. The former, such as Zhang Lihua and Yang Guifei, followed by Chen Yuanyuan, were all infamous through the ages only for harming the foundation of the emperor's industry.

In fact, loving the country and loving the beauty is just the king's say, and there are 3,000 beauties in the harem, but who can really regret the root of the country. Many people blame women for the rise and fall of dynasties, but in fact, they are also suspected of making excuses for men's mistakes. In short, the country is in the hands of Junshan, even if the demon concubine has a strong pillow wind, it still depends on whether the king is a god or not.

Therefore, the reason why Hongyan has become a disaster is actually that many times, it is only because men have a bad heart.

Originally, an Oiran came to a brothel in Zhuozhou, and it was not a big deal at all. In the capital, there are much larger and more famous kilns than this Furong Building, but they can't be counted at all, why the emperor who has lived in the deep palace for a long time can know this news, it is really puzzling.

Even a person in the court like King Xiao, who has a little bit of the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes, didn't notice that there was such an Oiran jackpot in Zhuozhou City.

In this way, the emperor learned the news before King Xiao, and asked King Xiao to bring him here, which was really strange. King Xiao is a god man, and when he was already a little nervous, he was extra careful. It's just that he doesn't know the details of this Furong Building, and he doesn't know where the legendary beauty comes from, so he can't figure out who is behind it for a while.

Although Wu Buxiao only went downstairs for a short while, he seemed to have news immediately, so he quickly went upstairs again.

"Oh! Mr. Wu, there is news so soon? King Xiao couldn't help but admire Wu Buxiao's ability to inquire about the news.

"The prince wants to inquire about it, but there is no Ming Xin'er for the time being. However, I heard about another thing, I wonder if the prince is interested in hearing it? Wu Buxiao seemed to be pretending to be mysterious, and he seemed to be a little worried.

"Between you and me, if there's anything you can't talk about, tell me quickly." King Xiao said a little anxiously.

However, Wu Buxiao didn't say it out loud directly, but walked to King Xiao and said to him alone.

After hearing this, King Xiao couldn't help but glance at the Sheng Ling people in the temple, and then at the emperor again, his expression really became worried, and he only asked with some suspicion: "Is this really the case?" ”

"It's true. Lord Wang, you think, the current power of the temple, not to mention the vicinity of Jingshi, is the entire north of the Yellow River, and it is also their territory. Whether these places are heroes in the rivers and lakes, or peddlers and merchants, who doesn't have more or less dealings with Sheng Ling people? Wu Buxiao reminded King Xiao in a whisper, but he seemed to be afraid that the emperor who was admiring the beauty in front of him would hear it, so he was a little worried.

"But what kind of territory Sheng Ling has in the capital, why do you have to arrange to come so far away, if we are not fooled, won't he waste his efforts?" King Xiao was still puzzled.

"There is probably one more thing that the prince doesn't know." Wu Buxiao said tentatively.

Wu Buxiao can become King Xiao's first military division, the chief staff, and naturally has his strengths. He is not only good at finding out news, but he is also very smart and cautious, and knows how to judge the situation at any time. He knows the truth of "accompanying the king as accompanying the tiger", so even though he has been with King Xiao for many years, in front of King Xiao, he is always careful and vigilant when speaking, and he never dares to say a word lightly. There are some things, even if he already knows, as long as King Xiao doesn't ask, he will never talk about it. Misfortune comes from the mouth, and that naturally makes sense. Because, in the palace, the more you know, the more dangerous it often becomes. He is a news king himself, so he knows very well that he can be involved in the vortex of right and wrong at any time.

"What's the matter? Hurry up, don't always say half and leave half. "King Xiao actually has some minds about Wu Buxiao's problem, but he has been in contact with Wu Buxiao for so long, so he naturally knows his habits, so he won't blame him directly.

"The prince shouldn't know yet, in fact, the person who instigated the emperor to come here was Manager Shi. The reason why they arranged things here is probably because they are afraid that the prince will be suspicious. Wu Buxiao actually had something to say, but he didn't dare to say it anymore, because no matter if this word reached the ears of Sheng Lingren or the ears of Shi Zhong, the chief eunuch, he might be in big trouble. Even if it reaches the ears of the emperor, then he is likely to cause a lot of right and wrong.

The relationship between Shi Zhong, the chief eunuch, and Sheng Lingren is well known to everyone in the world. Since it was Shi Zhong who instigated the emperor to come here, then this matter is obviously very clear. Wu Buxiao didn't know what to say, one was afraid of disaster coming out of his mouth, and the other was that he also believed that King Xiao would immediately understand the stakes.

"You mean, this is Sheng Ling and Gonggong Shi, deliberately tricked the emperor and me?" King Xiao made his words clear.

"Lord Mingjian!" Wu Buxiao didn't admit it directly, but only replied in an affirmative tone.

In this way, this woman's origin must not be simple! Does Mr. Wu have any news? King Xiao finally went back to the previous topic.

"Since they have set up this bureau, they must have made careful preparations, the origin of this woman cannot be found for the time being, please give the prince more time in the next few days." Wu Buxiao asked helplessly.

King Xiao knew that Wu Buxiao was a hundred Xiaosheng in the rivers and lakes, and if even he couldn't find out about the news, then others would naturally not be able to inquire about it. Moreover, it is very likely that this news has been completely deliberately blocked.

"I'll give you fifty thousand taels!"

Suddenly, a person shouted loudly, and then, there was silence in the Furong Building, and everyone's eyes had already turned to the emperor.

King Xiao was still discussing with Wu Buxiao, but when he suddenly heard that the emperor had killed a sky-high price in one go, he was immediately stunned.

King Xiao just talked to Wu Buxiao, but he didn't pay attention, and the price was already starting to climb below. The starting price was originally five hundred taels, but it was climbed up by Hao Kun, a good man, and it came to five thousand taels in just a moment.

But at this moment, the emperor was arrogant, and raised the price tenfold in one go, directly asking for 50,000 taels.

When Sheng Lingren saw it, he immediately smiled slightly, and only whispered a few words to his two sons, and then felt very satisfied.

"Second brother, please think twice! Now the business in Huguang is not good, we are in the season of money, and the silver is also very nervous! At this time, except for the few people who had seen the emperor, many of the other people present did not know the identity of the emperor, so King Xiao did not dare to call him "emperor", but called him "second brother". He said that Huguang's business was not good, and they were in the season of money. In fact, the situation in Huguang is still unsettled, and the national treasury is still very tight.

"No matter how bad the business is, 50,000 taels is not much, can't I use it?" In the eyes of the emperor, 50,000 taels is not much, but in fact, it is simply that if you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are!

Since the emperor ascended the throne, almost all the big and small affairs have been handled by Prince Xiao himself, and the emperor has at most just made an idea and decided on a plan.

He is the emperor, he wants to use money, and naturally no one dares to say the word "no", so King Xiao can only reply: "Yes, naturally it can be used!" ”

"Good! This son's price is fifty or twenty thousand, but is there anyone who pays higher? Wei Taining was also very interested, obviously he didn't expect the price to be so high.

Sure enough, everyone didn't dare to speak up. Although many people have money, they can also pay a higher price, but most of these people have recognized the identities of the emperor and King Xiao. There are also some people, although they have this heart, but they don't have so much money at all, and they can't pay this price at all.

The emperor is determined to win, although the four major families have a big business, who dares to collide with the emperor?

"Good! Fifty thousand taels, Miss Ying'er, will belong to this son tonight. Wei Taining saw that no one offered a higher price, so he could only announce.

"Big brother, you go and tell the boss that I will redeem this girl." His Majesty was very satisfied, and then immediately found something to do with King Xiao.

"Do you really want to take her back to the palace?" King Xiao asked very quietly.

"You don't have any jokes, doesn't the imperial brother know?" The emperor said that he had gotten up, and after he finished speaking, he immediately went downstairs to see the beauty.

King Xiao was very unhappy in his heart, and seemed to faintly feel that he had been calculated by others. As for how serious the consequences are, he can't see it yet.

King Xiao has actually found out that the mastermind behind the Guanyin case is the person who is Sheng Ling of the Temple, but the time is not yet ripe, and he can't attack him at all. He was thinking hard about how to deal with Sheng Lingren and pull out the nail of the temple in the capital, but he didn't want Sheng Lingren to make a move to make a move, so he took the lead in reversing him, and even laid out a beauty plan for him directly in front of the emperor. If this woman is really Sheng Lingren's person, and then she gets the emperor's favor, I am afraid that if she wants to deal with Sheng Lingren again, it will be even more difficult. What's more, at that time, there was Dongchang to support him, and if this woman became the imperial concubine again, I am afraid that when the time comes, let alone deal with Sheng Ling and Shi Zhong, it will be a bit dangerous to protect herself.

Although King Xiao and the emperor are compatriots of the same mother and were both born to the Queen Mother, this does not mean that the emperor will not touch him in the future. In history, after the emperor sat down in the country, he killed his brother again, but there are no more examples to count.

Although King Xiao knew that this situation would not fall on him for the time being, he could not help but guard against it. The emperor is young now, and it is easy to be confused by some pillow winds, so Sheng Lingren gave this set to King Xiao, and he was indeed a little clever, which happened to hit King Xiao's weakness.

King Xiao thought so, but there was no way but to discuss the redemption with Wei Taining first.