One hundred and twenty-four: Princess Pingle, the battle of the court
Chapter 124
Yu Wenxiao's steps when he came to the main hall, every step was taken carefully, just like his many years of governance, for Yu Wenxiao, he only thought about one thing, that is, to get out of the shadow that had shrouded him for many years. But Yu Wenxiao had to control his emotions, even if he was already trembling with excitement, he had to gently pat his hand to calm it down. His Yuwen Xiao's light-colored eyebrows are only half cut, and the eyebrows that seem to be very funny are still a little interesting from a distance, and he can still see the appearance of an eagle, sitting on the throne, he is still in a posture of poised to attack, and the towering eagle hook nose looks down on everything in front of him.
Pseudo-Lu Jianyan poked Pseudo Qu'an with his elbow and whispered, "Don't patronize and eat... What do you want to say?"
Pseudo Qu'an hurriedly stopped the dishes and chopsticks, turned to the direction of Yuwen Xiao and said, "The old minister heard that the king wants to marry Princess Pingle to Shudi, why didn't he make a decision in a hurry without consulting with the ministers?"
"Yes, yes..."
"This is a very important matter, and it should be discussed with us..."
The ministers sitting on the right side began to discuss.
Yu Wenxiao did not discuss this matter with the ministers, firstly, there was no need to discuss, and secondly, he officially declared war with Qu'an.
"Qu Gong, everyone Aiqing! This marriage is a sure thing, and I have summoned you here today to tell you that at this time, since we have formed an alliance with Shu, we need to further sublimate our relationship with Shu! Don't you think that the decision of the widow is very wise?!" Yu Wenxiao laughed to himself, and then couldn't stop laughing.
The ministers in the audience were in an uproar, no matter how big or small the Northern Zhou Dynasty was, they had to go through the hands of Qu Gong before they could make a decision, this was the first time that Yu Wenxiao had not informed Qu Gong in advance.
"If the Northern Zhou can marry Hou Shu, it will naturally be a good thing, but can the Shu side agree to this family business...? If we send people over in a hurry and are turned away by others at that time, wouldn't it be ridiculous and generous?" The pseudo-Qu An didn't consider the feelings of the king of Zhou at all, he just repeated Qu An's usual way of doing things.
Yu Wenxiao was not annoyed by these words, he still had a light and breezy expression, and opened his mouth lightly and said: "Aiqing doesn't need to worry too much, the King of Shu has always had correspondence with the widow, and this family affair is fully represented by the envoy of the Shu Kingdom, and the King of Shu has already decided, what do you say?
There will always be hot potatoes, Fan Shijin didn't think there would be so many, and they were all thrown to himself. He wiped his forehead, and then said: "The marriage between Shu and Zhou is naturally so. ”
Yu Wenfu and the ministers on the left finally had a time to raise their eyebrows, and the smug expressions were all written on their faces.
No matter how tonight's banquet progresses, Yu Wenxiao never thought about letting Qu An go back, tonight's banquet is a real Hongmen banquet, and Qu An must die here, for the entire Northern Zhou Dynasty, as well as the illusion awakening of Yuwen Xiao and Yu Wenfu.
The moths on the roof of the main hall had moved quietly, and their voices were so small that a needle could drop louder than theirs.
Pseudo-Qu Gong didn't say much, picked up the wine glass and glanced at the direction of the pseudo-Lu Jianyan, no matter how he looked at Lu Jianyan in front of him, he felt that he was looking in the mirror, and his demeanor and movements were the same as him, if he didn't know it in advance, it would be difficult for anyone to guess it. Not only him, but none of you could have guessed.
Pseudo Lu Jianyan also picked up his wine glass and said to Pseudo Qu An: "Qu Gong, I will give you a glass." ”
"Good!"
After the two finished drinking, the pseudo-Lu Jianping put down his hand to the pseudo-Qu'an's lap and quickly wrote the word "death".
Pseudo Qu'an was so frightened that he almost didn't squirt out the wine, but fortunately he swallowed it in time, still looking at the direction of Pseudo Lu Jianyan in shock, wanting to learn something more from his eyes.
However, the pseudo-Lu Jianping did not intend to respond to the pseudo-Qu Gong, and the pupils in his eyes gradually lost focus. Qu An's age already speaks for himself, and he has seen a lot of scenes like this now, even if he doesn't have to look around carefully, he knows that the surroundings are full of swords and axes. Fortunately, Qu An placed his daughter in advance, whether it is success or failure this time, there will be no accidents for his daughter, as for his two sons under his knees, they are all at the border, and when the time comes, he only needs to go to Langya and Zhuge Lin, and he can also avoid the scourge of killing. Qu An, who was thinking like this, suddenly felt better, for many years it was like walking on a tightrope, and finally stopped walking on thin ice, the former little dragon also grew into a big dragon, and he was already an old and faint sick tiger. Qu An knew that Yu Wenxiao was going to take his life today, if he could win this game, he would be able to find a reason to put Yu Wenxiao under house arrest and set up a new king, and this Northern Zhou would still be in his Qu An's pocket.
Yu Wenxiao also glanced at Yu Wenfu, for the two of them, the most tricky thing was Qu An's illusion. Because it's an unknown, everything that is unknown in the world is terrifying.
"Princess Pingle has arrived!" shouted the officer.
As soon as the door opened, the temperature in the hall immediately dropped, followed by a fragrant fragrance that tugged at everyone's heartstrings.
The first thing that came into everyone's eyes was a luxurious costume, the bright white clothes were like being covered with frost and snow, and the bright smile was like the bright moon in the sky. Just by looking at the eyebrows, you can know that she and Yu Wenxiao are the same mother, as long as the eyes are good-looking, you can ignore the importance of the eyebrows, or you can control any eyebrow shape. Princess Pingle walked in with the coolness of winter, as well as the elegant fragrance, no matter how everyone looked, Princess Pingle still wore a Peugeot smile, which was a very comfortable smile.
"You know at a glance that she's a good woman..."The wine in Xiong Jingyi's mouth leaked.
"That's definitely it..."Fan Shijin also saw God.
I don't know if it's the identity of the princess, or if Pingle is really beautiful, almost all the ministers in the audience look at it secretly, and don't forget to take a sip of wine and take a second look, so as not to look out of shape.
"Knock to the king. ”
"No courtesy. ”
Princess Pingle was just about to bend down and kneel, but Yu Wenxiao walked down and helped her up. During the period, she was given something, and Princess Pingle put it away without a moment's hesitation.
It was a folded piece of paper, presumably containing some kind of powder.
Princess Pingle walked to Yu Wenxiao's side, and the chief official brought a chair for her to sit down.
"Envoy of Shu, in order to show the sincerity of my Northern Zhou, Princess Pingle, who was specially selected by the widow, is the most beautiful of all the princesses!" Yu Wenxiao said proudly.
Princess Pingle smiled shyly, and then said, "Brother Wang is exaggerating..."
"The princess is as beautiful as a fairy, and it is indeed the appearance of a country and a city!" Fan Shijin hurriedly echoed.
"This banquet is a special banquet for the envoy of your country, and I hope to take care of the widowed Wang Mei on the way back to Shu! Haha!" Yu Wenxiao said.
"I will escort Princess Pingle to Shu safely! Please rest assured!" Fan Shijin bowed to the ground.
"Okay! With the words of the Fan envoy, this king will be relieved!" Yu Wenxiao raised a glass of wine, and then said: "Respect the envoy of the Shu Kingdom!"
"Respect the envoy of Shu Kingdom!" the ministers said in unison.
After everyone finished drinking, they put down their glasses.
Yu Wenxiao looked at Qu An and said, "The widow heard that Qu Gong's daughter is missing, but is there such a thing?"
"This is indeed the case! The old minister has searched the whole city, hoping to find it as soon as possible, alas!" Qu An sighed.
"Qu Gong is not too worried, maybe Qu Gong's daughter is going to play, maybe she will come back in a few days! Da Zhou still needs Qu Gong to preside over the overall situation, you must pay attention to your body!" Yu Wenxiao finished speaking, and gave a look to Princess Pingle beside him and said, "Pingle, don't go and toast Qu Gong yet." ”
Princess Pingle got up to pour the wine, while Yu Wenxiao continued to chat with Qu Gong.
Winter clothes are thick and wide, and the hands in the cuffs are basically invisible unless the sleeves are rolled up. So Pingle's progress was very smooth, and the subordinates were also very knowledgeable and did not interfere. Pingle slowly rubbed the piece of paper in his hand and poured the fine powder inside, but be very careful, if the powder fell in the tray, it would cause unnecessary trouble.
Princess Pingle is the biological sister of Yuwen Xiao's mother, and Yu Wenxiao has been dependent on each other since she was a child, after the brother and sister lost their mother's protection, it was Yu Wenxiao who has been in front as an elder brother, Pingle has understood this since she was a child, so she is willing to help Yu Wenxiao in many things. Yu Wenxiao once said to her: In the future, the princesses of the royal family will marry the royal families of other countries, if the royal families of other countries treat you badly, I will attack the past and let him know that you still have an older brother.
Pingle has always remembered this sentence now, and she believes that Yu Wenxiao has always remembered it too.
After pouring the wine, Princess Pingle took the two glasses of wine.
"Qu Gong, this is the royal pure brew, if it is not an important occasion, the widow is reluctant to take it out!" Yu Wenxiao said.
Pseudoqu An didn't want to take the glass of wine, because he had his own wine glass, and the wine glass also had wine, but it was a wine given by the emperor, so he couldn't refuse, and he didn't believe that Yu Wenxiao dared to poison him in public. So Pseudo Qu'an took the glass of wine and said, "It is indeed a good wine!"
"Qu Gong, please. Pingle smiled faintly, covered his sleeves and held the wine glass and drank it all.
Lu Jianyan also raised his hand and poured the wine into his stomach, this wine is indeed a good wine, far better than the wine on the table.
Pseudo Lu Jianyan stared at the glass of wine, he watched Pseudo Qu'an drink it with his own eyes, to be honest, he himself might not dare to drink this glass of wine, his intuition told him that even if this glass of wine was not poisonous, it was not ordinary wine.
"King Xie, Princess Xie!" said Pseudo Qu'an.
Yuwen Xiao paused and said: "Duke Qu, now that the princess is slim and has reached the age of marriage, and the widow is also old, I don't know if there is something to talk about?"
"The king says it's okay!" said the pseudo-Qu Gong.
"The widow wants to take charge of the army by himself, after all, Qu Gong is old, and it is time to enjoy his old age, if he still lets Qu Gong take on a heavy position, wouldn't it mean that the widow is not?!" Yu Wenxiao asked tentatively.