The favorite wife of the black-bellied prime minister

Chapter 599 The Second Marriage of the Goddess
"Your Majesty, look..." Zhai Yongping's urgency was written on his face, full of the color of asking for credit. On the way back to Beijing, he was thinking, how could there be such a coincidence in the world that he took advantage of it? .

The new emperor stared at the scroll for only a moment, and suddenly snatched the scroll from Zhai Yongping's hand, his expression changed drastically, and he stared greedily at the person in the painting.

Zhai Yongping didn't expect the new emperor to be so excited, and hurriedly continued to slap on the horse: "Hey, I thought, this daughter of the Yan family appeared in your majesty's dream. Could it be that the heavens have predicted that your majesty should be like this?" The one who ruled the world? Your Majesty, look, there are still two inscriptions on the painting..."

"'There is a phoenix coming to the ceremony, and the peach blossoms are stained with blood.' This is a prophecy. The minister thinks that these two sentences mean that because the daughter of the Yan family is born, the world will be unified, and it is only natural that blood will flow into rivers, and countries will fight for Yan. The daughter of the family must be bound to fight and bleed. The last two sentences, "King Xiang has a dream, and the goddess is married twice" should refer to the daughter of the Yan family who appeared in your majesty's dream. A stunning woman that is rare to see in the underground! If you have her, you can achieve great things! Therefore, this humble minister has been on his way day and night since he got this portrait, just wanting to get back to the palace as soon as possible and tell His Majesty about it..."

Zhai Yongping said to himself, all kinds of playthings and beauties he found for the new emperor in the past, he was also full of compliments like this, but he had never seen the new emperor's complexion so weird, that is A convulsion caused by excitement, so that even the facial features were slightly distorted.

Maybe the new emperor likes the people in the painting too much?There is also a moment of unspeakable excitement, Zhai Yongping thought.

"Who do you think is the person in this painting?" The new emperor looked at the person in the painting for a quarter of an hour before asking.

Although Zhai Yongping waited for a long time, he didn't dare to be negligent, and said with a smile: "Empress Xiqin, Your Majesty! Your Majesty's sweetheart, the person in the paintings, the people in thousands of paintings! How many times, I have seen Your Majesty paint with my own eyes... ...However, even if I know that I shouldn't say it, the only pity is that this goddess is the Queen of West Qin, if you want to get her, I'm afraid Your Majesty will have to..."

"Bastard!" Standing on the high platform, the new emperor suddenly kicked Zhai Yongping violently over, the look in his eyes showed a bit of frightening madness.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I deserve death for my crimes! You shouldn't talk about the government! You deserve to die! Your Majesty, calm down!" The new emperor doesn't know martial arts, but the young emperor still has enough strength. The kick made Zhai Yongping roll over to the ground.

Zhai Yongping didn't know where he was wrong, he only said that His Majesty cared about the diplomatic relations between the two countries and didn't want him to talk nonsense, even though he was in great pain, he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

After the death of the first emperor, since the new emperor ascended the throne, his temperament is unpredictable, which is known to all courtiers.

At this time, the new emperor listened to Zhai Yongping's noisy kowtow, still holding the picture scroll in his hand, staring at the face of the person in the picture and the two inscriptions beside his clothes, the corners of his lips twitched twitching, as if he couldn't laugh , and couldn't cry, he only had eyes for the person in the painting.

What does it mean to marry a goddess twice?King Xiang has a dream...there is a phoenix coming to the instrument...the peach blossoms are stained with blood, every single word is definitely not as the idiot Zhai Yongping said, but it is God's blessing to help him achieve eternal hegemony.

What is the use of eternal hegemony?
Some demons are more unbearable than the eternal dominance!
This painting is clearly reminding him that the True Dragon Emperor is just a mortal.

"Empress of West Qin Dynasty? Zhai Yongping, are you sure?" The new emperor sneered, and with a condescending attitude of overlooking, he quietly asked Zhai Yongping, "Where did you get this painting? If the person in the painting is the Queen of West Qin Dynasty, who is it?" Are you allowed to bring it back for me to see? What did Princess Ningkang say? She didn't say a word about that queen?"

The new emperor asked him several times, and Zhai Yongping was already extremely frightened. Since he won the martial arts examination, he has been favored by the new emperor, and now he understands what it means to be "accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger".

Zhai Yongping trembled and said: "No... I didn't mention it. I went to see Princess Ningkang. The princess and An Lehou were in harmony. I missed Your Majesty very much. I didn't mention the Queen of West Qin. This, this portrait is from West Qin Dynasty. As a gift from the prince, he said...that this is a Guanyin statue based on the face of the Western Qin Empress, and it was given to my emperor, wishing your majesty good health and happiness."

Zhai Yongping told the truth and did not dare to lie.

"Prince Cheng of the Western Qin Dynasty?" the new emperor read, and suddenly sneered: "Princess Ningkang misses me very much!"

Although Zhai Yongping is the new champion of martial arts, but he was born in a reckless family, he doesn't know much about the previous affairs, he used to observe words and demeanor to please the Holy Majesty, nine out of ten times he won the favor of the new emperor, but today, he doesn't understand the new emperor's mind.

This Goddess was reborn, His Majesty was furious because she couldn't reach her?

Zhai Yongping still wanted to live, so he tried to speak according to the new emperor's will to exonerate himself, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty... If your majesty doesn't believe it, call Yang Feng and Zhao Tuo Zhao and others to ask, how dare this humble minister Deceiving Your Majesty? The person in this painting is undoubtedly the Empress of West Qin! If I dare to speak half a lie, I will die! It seems that I have been serving Your Majesty for a long time before I know what His Majesty is thinking and what His Majesty wrote. What does the person in the painting look like, and even if Master Yang and the others saw the West Qin Empress, they would definitely not go into details with His Majesty, who knows that His Majesty has loved the person in the painting for a long time! My ministers are so loyal, Your Majesty has learned from you!"

Zhai Yongping said a lot of words, but he never heard any reaction from the new emperor. He boldly looked up and found that the new emperor looked at him like he was looking at a fool——

That kind of condescending, naked and undisguised disdain made Zhai Yongping chill from head to toe.

"Your Majesty, this lowly official deserves to die!" Zhai Yongping hurriedly lowered his head again, knocking his forehead on the cold ground.

Even so, the eyes of the new emperor did not change much, staring at Zhai Yongping, it was still like looking at a fool.

"Your Majesty, why are you so angry?"

Suddenly someone spoke outside the hall. It was Gao Xian, the chief eunuch, who heard the noise and stepped in from the outside.

As an old man in front of the previous emperor, the new emperor treated Gao Xian well. Seeing Gao Xian coming now, the gloom on the new emperor's face was swept away, and he seemed to be very happy to greet Gao Xian: "Eunuch Gao, you are here." Just right. Come and take a look at this new painting I got, it is said that it is painted according to the face of the Empress of West Qin, the people in the painting are very lifelike."

When the new emperor stayed at Shi Ji's place, he didn't like Gao Xian and other old slaves to follow him, so Gao Xian was not as inseparable as he used to be with the previous emperor.The new emperor has changed a group of servants to serve him according to his preferences, and this palace has been a different world since the former emperor passed away.

Gao Xian had already seen some clues from the expression of the new emperor and the fear of the champion of martial arts, and knew that there must be something strange in this painting.The new emperor loves to dance and write, especially when he paints well. Where did this painting offend the new emperor?How could the paintings of Empress Xiqin be brought into the Imperial City of Shengjing?
But when Gao Xian took the scroll in the hands of the new emperor and saw the person in the painting for the first time, he was shocked and dropped the scroll to the ground.

The muffled sound of both ends of the scroll hitting the ground could be heard very clearly in the huge Zichen Hall, and the smile on the new emperor's face was fleeting.

Gao Xian had already knelt down, picked up the scroll, and held it above his head with both hands: "The old slave is old, his hands and feet are useless, my emperor forgives me!"

Even the impeccable Eunuch Gao lost his mind when he saw the people in the painting. For the first time, he lost his sense of proportion, and Zhai Yongping felt at a loss.

The new emperor did not blame Gao Xian for his recklessness, but looked at him with lowered eyes, and asked indifferently: "Does Eunuch Gao know the person in the painting? Does he look familiar?"

"Old slave is old and dim-sighted, dare not speak nonsense, please forgive me!" Gao Xian bowed to the ground, never saying anything.

The new emperor couldn't get the answer he wanted, so he sneered: "Since Eunuch Gao is not clever in his hands and feet, and his eyes are useless, it is better to guard the mausoleum for the late emperor. Shouling is also Eunuch Gao's good fortune. I have others to take care of me, so Eunuch Gao doesn't have to worry about it anymore."

"..." Gao Xian was stunned for a moment, then leaned over and kowtowed: "The old slave thanked the emperor for his kindness!"

The old slave who accompanied the late emperor the longest, was sent to guard the late emperor's tomb instead of enjoying his old age. The imperial tomb was cold and lonely all his life.

"In that case, let Eunuch Gao go, and I won't keep you any longer. It's just... I hope Eunuch Gao can really be so old-fashioned that he doesn't dare to speak nonsense. If I find out that Eunuch Gao is talking about this painting to others, I will just let you go." Not happy anymore." The new emperor said with a half-smile.

Gao Xian kowtowed to the ground and bowed again, saying: "From today on, this old slave will guard the tomb for the late emperor wholeheartedly, and will not say a word."

"Come here, escort Gao Gonggong." The new emperor casually withdrew the painting from Gao Xian's hand.

The guards of the forbidden army entered and took Gao Xian down in accordance with the imperial decree.

Zhai Yongping was afraid of causing such a big disturbance because of one painting, but he was powerless to save himself, and he just waited for the new emperor to punish him.

The new emperor watched Gao Xian's back leave, looked around, the Zichen Palace was empty, and it was lonely as if it could not be seen at a glance.There used to be swords, swords, and blood in the hall. The dragon seat was stained with blood, and it seemed to be stained with another layer. It was a bloodthirsty monster that would never stop.

He gently put the picture scroll in his hand on the table, the breath in his voice became heavier, and he tried his best not to attack: "Zhai Yongping, thanks to you reminding me, Yang Feng, Zhao Tuo and the others must have seen the Queen of West Qin. Forgot?"

"Yes, they should have met the queen before Wei Chen..." Zhai Yongping didn't know, he didn't dare to raise his head, he only cared about responding.

Xindi sneered.

If it is true, then Yang Feng and Zhao Tuo are all capital offences!

All, all, all, damn, die!

The huge Daxing Kingdom is his territory, but although his officials shouted "Long live, long live", they concealed such an important matter. Since returning from their envoy to the West Qin in October last year, Yang Feng and Zhao Tuosheng kept the secret Lie him so far!

Zhai Yongping, an idiot, doesn't know what the inscriptions in this painting mean, but Gao Xian must be clear about it, but Gao Xian refuses to say a word!

Back then, he naturally knew who lived in "You Feng Lai Yi" in Zuo Xiang's mansion.That day in the peach grove in the side courtyard, someone's blood flowed like a river, which was also the beginning of his disaster.

In those few days, what a miserable life he lived, with a knife on his neck, sent to a big prison, chased and killed by the Imperial Army and Jingwei Army like a mouse crossing the street, hiding in the Buddhist hall of Fahua Temple with the mouse... ...His painful and unbearable past came back with these short inscriptions!

Even if "Xiang Wang has a dream" refers to him, what does "the second marriage of the goddess" mean?
Second marriage, or second marriage to the same person? !

A few days ago, I got the news that Prince Cheng of the Western Qin Dynasty was dead, and the reputation of the Great Emperor of the Western Qin Dynasty for killing his father, seizing the throne, and killing his mother and brother had spread. The portrait that Prince Cheng gave as a gift before his death could have been a whim , never had any deep meaning?

No matter where Prince Cheng learned about Sheng Jing's past and his secrets, everything is clearly revealed. This painting is specially for him to help him solve all his confusion——

Ascending to a high position, he has his own secrets that he cannot discover among the ants, and also has things that he cannot touch as a courtier and common people.

Previously, he had found in the palace the marriage proposal letter from Emperor Xiqin, proposing to marry Princess Rongchang, who had been widowed for only a few days, as the queen, and an official document from Emperor Xiqin who was in a hurry when the Turks invaded south. Join forces with Daxing to fight against the Turks.

How fresh, if the Emperor Xiqin had never met Princess Rongchang of Daxing, if she only lived in the words and imagination of the world, who would love her as deeply as he does?

It has been the fourth year that the majestic place in the Western Qin Dynasty was changed to "Rongchang", how arrogant and presumptuous it is!In the past, he was not very comfortable looking at the word "Rongchang". He only thought that the emperor of Western Qin was arrogant and arrogant, and dared to use this word as his year name, but now he really feels that something is weird!
"Zhai Yongping." The new emperor raised his voice.

"The humble minister is here!" Zhai Yongping was still terrified.

"Follow me to the Zuo Xiang's mansion, I want to see what hidden secrets are hidden in the Zuo Xiang's mansion in the east of the city!" The new emperor said, striding towards the outside of the hall.

Shi Ji waited in the imperial garden for a long time, but she didn't see the new emperor coming to accompany her, so she looked for it by herself, and just happened to meet the new emperor leaving the Zichen Palace with Zhai Yongping, she rushed up to meet her, and said coquettishly: "Oh, Your Majesty, Lord Zhai is here!" What good thing made His Majesty forget about his concubines?"

This Empress Shi Ji, who was born in the Lane of Fireworks and Willows, is very charming, which is why Zhai Yongping is so favored.

In the past, Zhai Yongping could sing along with her to make the new emperor happy, but now Zhai Yongping didn't dare to answer a word, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head slightly, lest the new emperor would get angry.

The new emperor hadn't had a fit yet, Ren Shiji snuggled into his arms presumptuously, but stretched out his hand to lift Shi Ji's chin, carefully looked at her eyebrows and eyes, the smile on her face was somewhat different from the past.

"Your Majesty, what is there on the face of the concubine? Is it because the lotus cream that the concubine used today is not very good-looking? How about your majesty try the newly sent lotus cream for the concubine later? Or the newly made rouge paste?" ?” Shi Ji still acted presumptuously and coquettishly, without any scruples, and followed the new emperor's usual preferences.

Although the new emperor laughed, the young man's eyes were cold, and even with a little sarcasm, he squeezed Shi Ji's chin: "Little shrew, I will give you an explanation when I come back."

The force used by the new emperor was a bit heavy, not like flirting in the past, Shi Ji shivered inexplicably, but the new emperor had already dropped her chin, got into the car and drove straight out of the palace without looking back.

……

Zuo Xiangfu in the east of Shengjing City.

Zuo Chancellor Mo Song knelt down to greet Shengjia with a look of lovelessness, and the new emperor turned the entire Zuo Chancellor's mansion, including the side courtyard "please don't ask me", upside down on the grounds that there was a rebellious party. .

Digging three feet below the ground, I finally found the clues of the secret passage Mu Lian had mentioned.

(End of this chapter)