Beauty is poisonous

Chapter 177 Three Questions from Prince Lu

The State of Lu is a country on the other side of the ocean. It is said that the people there have red eyebrows and green eyes, which makes people afraid.

The State of Lu is actually not called the State of Lu. It is said that it is a long string of tadpole-like characters that everyone can't understand. They only know that the pronunciation is the pronunciation of the State of Lu, so everyone calls it the State of Lu.

Tao Zhijuan couldn’t help being a little bit excited when she heard the prince of Lu’s request to see her. She had never seen someone with red eyebrows in her previous life or in this life. She only lived to be 15 years old in her previous life, so she has to say She is still a child, so she is naturally more curious about new things.

Zhuo Shitian was also very strange, he had never had any contact with the State of Lu. If he had to say yes, it would mean that the national caravan had some commercial ties with the State of Lu, but it never involved political exchanges.

So he was very surprised by the visit of the prince of Lu.

However, the visitor is a visitor, and as the emperor of the Zhuo family, he will naturally not neglect the visitor. After all, the tax revenue from business exchanges between the two countries is not a small amount. Is not it?
"Hurry up please!"

After a while, a group of strangely dressed people walked in.

Seeing the golden hair from a distance made everyone excited.

"My God, look, it's blonde hair!"

"Yeah, I've never seen hair like this in my life, it's amazing."

"Isn't that right! They said they have red eyebrows and green eyes, but the eyebrows are not red either, they are similar to the color of the hair, but darker."

"Look, their eyes are really green, no, there are blue ones, and transparent ones, my God, are these human eyes? Can they see things?"

In the beginning, it was just the wives and ladies whispering there, but gradually they became excited, and in the end, even the princes and ministers were not calm, and they also communicated in amazement.

Zhuo Shitian also looked at it in surprise, but in the end he is a man of deep affluence and he does not want to be underestimated by people from other countries.

Then he coughed softly, warning these people not to make a fuss.

The ministers had already been trained by Zhuo Shitian on weekdays to form a conditioned reflex. When they heard Zhuo Shitian's cough, they were so frightened that they came back to their senses.

These wives and ladies were all silent when they saw their husbands, so how could they care to look at it, and they were all honest.

In an instant, the noisy scene just now was quiet, as quiet as a cemetery.

Momoko burst out laughing.Zhuo Shitian gave her a warning look, and she quickly lowered her head.

Afterwards, he looked at Zhuo Qihua, but Zhuo Qihua winked to cheer her up, and she couldn't help laughing again.

After the Crown Prince of Lu State approached, Tao Zhizhang opened his eyes wide and almost focused on Prince Lu.Although they are not of the same type, it does not affect her appreciation of beauty.

This prince is too handsome, his skin is as white as snow, even Zhuo Qihua can't compare to him.

The key point is that Prince Lu's eyes are beautiful, they are blue, which made her think of the ocean at the first sight, wide and hidden turbulent.

Suddenly, her heart trembled, Haiyang?When the weather is calm, you feel that she is extremely gentle, but when she growls, she is ruthless.

This Prince Lu is not a kind person.

Squinting her eyes slightly, she began to calculate.

King Wu was designed by her, even if Zhuo Shitian was beaten to death, it would be impossible to marry her to King Wu. Now even if she begged to marry, Zhuo Shitian would not agree to it. He couldn't afford to lose this person !
But this Prince Lu is hard to say, in the eyes of Zhuo Shitian, there is no friendship, only interests, if this Prince Lu has any schemes, and there is some kind of marriage, it will be bad.

Her complexion changed slightly, and she looked at Zhuo Qihua with her wonderful eyes, just as Zhuo Qihua also looked at her, her eyes were a little gloomy.

It seems that the two still have a tacit understanding, and they both want to go together.

At this time, Tao Zhijuan didn't have any thoughts about looking at Prince Lu anymore, she just thought about how to get out, and her so-called getting out didn't mean leaving the banquet.

You must know that Zhuo Shitian's finger marriage doesn't care if she leaves or is present.

She was extremely anxious, although she wanted to think that she was worrying unnecessarily, but people have near-term worries without long-term considerations, and she dared not take such a risk.

He stared at Prince Lu in a daze, but his mind was preoccupied.

"Long live Zhuo Emperor!" Prince Lu knelt down on one knee facing Zhuo Shitian.

Zhuo Shitian was a little displeased. Is there a kneeling on one knee?It is clearly dishonest!
Seeing Zhuo Shitian's complexion, the accompanying people knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Emperor Zhuo, please accept our highest etiquette."

Zhuo Shitian sneered and said, "I don't know what is the highest etiquette in your country?"

"Emperor Zhuo, in our country of Lu, kneel down on one knee to express our greatest admiration, respect, Emperor Zhuo please accept it!"

At this time, Eunuch Li leaned into Zhuo Shitian's ear and said a few words, presumably to tell Zhuo Shitian that the people of the Lu Kingdom knelt down on one knee even when they saw the King of Lu.

Zhuo Shitian's complexion became better, but in his heart he despised that Lu State was a barbarian country after all, kneeling on one leg, could it be that the other leg has not evolved well and cannot be bent?
He didn't show his face, and said lightly: "Let's get down, give me a seat!"

The ministers adjusted their seats wisely. Since there is a prince from another country, his status is higher than all the people here, so he naturally sat at the bottom of Zhuo Shitian.

After some greetings from the guests and hosts, Prince Lu was not too tired, but said directly: "Emperor Zhuo, this king is here to sign a long-term trade contract with Emperor Zhuo."

"Long-term trade contract?" Zhuo Shitian pondered for a while, he is not very familiar with business, this should be a matter of the Ministry of Commerce.

At this time, the Minister of Rites of the Ministry of Commerce came out, saluted and said, "Prince Lu, I don't know what contract you want to sign with my emperor, how to sign it?"

Prince Lu smiled slightly and said: "Don't be busy, this time I am here, I also have something to ask for."

Zhuo Shitian's eyes narrowed slightly, to put it nicely, he was asking for something, how could the communication between countries be so pure, it was clearly to give him a blow.

At the moment, he smiled and said: "Is there something that the big country of Lu Guoyang can't solve?"

Prince Lu's expression remained unchanged and he said: "Naturally, people in the Lu Kingdom know it, but since we want to cooperate with the Zhuo Kingdom, our Lu Kingdom also needs to know whether the Zhuo Kingdom has this ability, right?"

Well, you Prince Lu, it turns out that you really messed up the situation!To put it nicely, if you want to ask for something, don't you just say that you are here to provoke me?
The person next door to Mary is indeed a red-haired devil, and his mind is also very sinister!

Zhuo Shitian was so angry that he even burst out with foul language, and his gaze towards Prince Lu was swishing like a knife.

I don't know whether it was Prince Lu who was dull or thick-skinned, as if he didn't feel anything, his fair face was still so white, even his expression didn't change at all.

"However, I believe that with the size of the Zhuo Kingdom, we will be able to solve the problems of the people of Lu Kingdom."

Zhuo Shitian held his breath, gritted his teeth and said, "What's the problem?"

He didn't believe that with so many talents in Zhuo Kingdom, he couldn't compare to the red-haired devil with red eyebrows, green eyes and long hands!
Prince Lu completely ignored Zhuo Shitian's expression, still smiling lightly, stretched out his hand and patted gently.

After a while, two people from the state of Lu came in carrying a large stone.

Zhuo Shitian looked at the stone strangely, no matter how you looked at it, it was just an ordinary big stone, and when he looked again, the soil on the big stone was fresh, and after a second look, he found that the stone was just outside the temple. What does Prince Lu want to do?Do you want to play tricks on him?

Immediately his eyes became even more gloomy, and he said solemnly: "Prince Lu, what do you mean? You dug up my rocks and moved them in front of me. Are you making fun of me?"

Prince Lu bowed slightly and smiled: "Emperor Zhuo, don't worry, listen to this king to explain. Back then, a little girl in the State of Lu asked her servants to dig a stone from the palace garden of the State of Lu to the palace for the King of Lu to answer questions." Yes, this king is also imitating the example, if this stone is destroyed, this king will pay Zhuo Emperor!"

After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands, and the servants of the Lu Kingdom immediately took out a box, and then opened it in front of everyone, and suddenly streams of warm and moist light flowed out, and inside was a pearl hair the size of a fist. With bright light.

Rao Zhuo Shitian was used to seeing treasures and was surprised by his eyes, but when he thought of Prince Lu's intentions, a cold light suddenly appeared in his eyes!
This damn red-haired ghost did it on purpose, knowing that he couldn't ask this red-haired ghost to pay a priceless pearl for a broken stone!
Sure enough, the visitor was not good!
There was an ugly smile on his face and he said, "Although it is said that Prince Lu's act of taking without warning is not in line with the principles of Confucius and Mencius in our country, but it is unnecessary to pay for such precious pearls! I am not short of these, The children liked it when they were young, and took it out to play with from time to time, but now they don’t play with it when they grow up, if Prince Lu likes it, he can take a few with him when he leaves.”

Hey, Xiao Mian, isn’t it General Zhen’s army?Now I will fight back against you!Anyway, you don't have the face to really want it!

After hearing this, Prince Lu's snow-white face finally turned black, which made Tao Zhizhang a little bit happier.

Anyway, this Prince Lu was too arrogant, he dared to laugh at Zhuo Kingdom, so Tao Zhizhuan was still happy to see Prince Lu deflated.

But for this big stone, Tao Zhizhu was also very surprised, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Prince Lu's gourd.

After all, Prince Lu is a deep person, his displeasure is only fleeting, and he regained his gentlemanly demeanor, and said: "Emperor Zhuo, you have also seen this big stone now, in fact, the king's problem is simple, just want to Ask the masters of the Zhuo Kingdom to peel off the skin of this stone!"

"Huh? Skinning the stone?"

"Where did the skin of the stone come from?"

"That's right, this red-haired devil is clearly trying to make things difficult for us!"

"Hateful red-haired ghost, you are simply deceiving people too much! No, I must speak to the emperor and let the emperor beat this red-haired ghost out!"

"Master Zhang, keep your voice down, these red-haired ghosts are evil, they will talk about us! Besides, the emperor hasn't spoken yet, so please stay safe!"

Everyone was discussing indignantly, looking at Prince Lu's eyes full of poison.

Zhuo Shitian was also trembling with anger, this hateful red-haired ghost really came to make things difficult for Zhuo Kingdom.
He sneered mercilessly at the moment: "Prince Lu is here to amuse me?"

"Don't dare, is this a difficult question? The princess of my country of Lu answered it in an instant!" Prince Lu was so arrogant that he finally showed his fox tail.

Zhuo Qihua was so angry that his teeth itched. If the people of Lu State really answered, he would definitely say that it was impossible, and then he would be really ashamed and thrown into the ditch.

His eyes swept over all the ministers, and he said coldly: "All the lovers are people who have read poetry and books and are talented, why don't you answer them!"

The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay. They had read a lot of books, so they had to stand here, but they had never heard of peeling the stone skin. How could they solve it!
Tao Qiqi also used her brain, thinking, if she can solve this big problem, she might snatch Lihua's position as the main concubine, and if she can't, she has to get a flat concubine!
It's just that her wish is beautiful, but her mind can't help her.

Tao Zhijuan's heart moved, this is a good opportunity, if she can get Zhuo Shitian's promise in front of the minister to let her marry freely, it will be a matter of once and for all.

But there are also risks. If she gets the limelight, more people will plot against her.

This risk and opportunity coexist, she weighed it for a while, and finally gritted her teeth, she should try to make an imperial decree, otherwise this kind of thing will come back again, when will it end?
So, she stood up.

In an instant, the whispering voice just now disappeared, and everyone looked at Momozhizao in surprise.

Tao Qiqi turned her eyes and said, "Second sister, sit down quickly, everyone is trying to find a way, don't disturb everyone's thinking."

The voice is not high, but not low, just enough for everyone to hear.

Tao Zhizhi laughed mockingly, so impatient to step on her to climb up?
It's a pity, she is Tao Zhijian, not Tao Hanrui, how could she be bullied by others?
She glanced at Tao Qiqi coldly, causing Tao Qiqi to lower her head.

King Wu, however, stared at Tao Zhizhang intently, wondering and wondering why, he always felt that this woman must have a way to answer this tricky question, if she could answer, what kind of treasure would he lose? ah!

Zhuo Shitian's eyes lit up, he had been in contact with Tao Zhizhi for so long, although the number of times was not many, but he knew Tao Zhijian's ability very well, and knew that she was not the kind of person who didn't know what was important.

"Xingxin, what can you do?"

After Tao Zhizhang glanced at Prince Lu sarcastically, he walked towards Zhuo Shitian gracefully and said, "Father, even a three-year-old child in Zhuo Kingdom can answer such a simple question. It’s just that I don’t bother to answer, but our politeness to Prince Lu will cause Prince Lu to misunderstand us, so my daughter dared to ask the emperor to agree to let her answer this question!"

"Hahaha!" Zhuo Shitian was overjoyed, as expected, Tao Zhizhang could speak, not only could solve this problem, but also put Zhuo Guo's posture to a high level, worthy of being his... daughter!
Prince Lu looked at Tao Zhizhang contemptuously. He never believed that this half-faced woman could solve it. One must know that it took ten years for someone in Lu State to solve this very ingenious answer.

Tao Zhizhang just pretended that he didn't see Prince Lu, but swayed towards the rock, and after turning around a few times, he said with emotion: "Oh, what a beautiful rock, it's a pity that it's about to be peeled, I don't know how to peel it." What will happen to the Empress Pi!"

Prince Lu said maliciously: "This princess will know after peeling its skin."

Tao Zhizhang nodded solemnly: "Prince Lu is right, come here, bring some butcher's knives, sharpen them quickly!"

Prince Lu wondered: "What's the use of killing a pig?"

"Of course it's for Prince Lu. I believe that Prince Lu didn't bring a knife when he came to the palace?"

"Of course!" But that's not the point, he didn't bring a knife to show respect, but what would he do with a butcher's knife?What does it have to do with skinning a stone?

Tao Zhizhi smiled and said: "That's right, our Zhuo Kingdom has always advocated benevolence and righteousness, and we can't directly peel the skin of living things, so please ask Prince Lu to let the blood out of this stone, and then we will naturally do it for you." It peels!"

"Let... let... bloodletting?" Prince Lu was tongue-tied, "Where did the blood come from this stone?"

Tao Zhiyan's eyes turned cold, and he shot at Prince Lu aggressively like an arrow: "Prince Lu also knows that the stone has no blood, so I ask you, where did the stone come from skin! I dare say that Prince Lu is here to amuse Zhuo Kingdom Is it?"

Prince Lu was speechless, staring at Tao Zhijian in a daze.

"it is good!"

Zhuo Shitian was overjoyed and applauded loudly, this satisfaction is really satisfactory, and it has promoted his national prestige!Did the red-haired ghost next door to Mary deceive him that there is no one in the country?

The ministers were also overjoyed, they were naturally happy that they could bring honor to the Zhuo Kingdom.

The expressions of those ladies and ladies are more subtle. They are happy that they have won the country, but they are very jealous of Taozhi. It turns out that the answer is so simple. If they knew they would answer it, they would be able to win the battle and become famous. The world is over!

Tao Qiqi even regretted it, she hated her stupidity to death, why didn't she think of it!
But in the blink of an eye, she stared at Tao Zhizhang with hatred and viciousness. They were all Tao Zhizhang. They knew the answer but didn't tell her. Seeing her become a side concubine, it was really vicious!
Not to mention that these people have different minds, but Prince Lu put aside his contempt for Tao Zhijian, and carefully looked at Tao Zhijian.

At this time, Momozhizao happened to be facing him with a beautiful face, and instantly he felt his heart skip a beat, as if it was love at first sight.

As soon as Taozhizun saw it, he was startled, thinking that he must kill the red-haired ghost, or the golden-haired ghost, before he opened his mouth!
However, she should still have a chance, because the golden-haired ghost came here definitely prepared, and would not let Zhuo Kingdom go just by making things difficult.

According to her estimate, there should be three, so as long as she doesn't answer the third one, I believe that Zhuo Shitian will nervously agree, and then is the best time for her to ask for it.

Sure enough, Prince Lu said again: "Emperor Zhuo, may I ask if you have a way to let a person come to see this king, but she can't come by the road, and she can't not walk the road, she can't wear clothes, but she can't not wear them. I brought a gift that wasn't a gift, and she had to say hello, but not greeting."

All the ministers felt dizzy when they heard this. Why can't they take the big road, or can't they not take the big road?
Isn't this a contradiction?Is this to let go or not to let go?

Zhuo Shitian was also dizzy, annoyed that the red-haired ghost was so cunning, what kind of problem is this?
Tao Zhizhang made a move to the little eunuch, and whispered a few words to the little eunuch.

The little eunuch glanced at Zhuo Shitian, and retreated with Zhuo Shitian's permission.

After a while, the little eunuch came in naked with a big fishing net on his body, and walked in holding a donkey's tail. Along the way, he carefully stepped on the donkey's footprints, and he came in front of Prince Lu. He curtseyed, did not speak, raised his hand slightly, and a bird of unknown origin flew away.

Prince Lu wondered, "What does this mean?"

Tao Zhizhang said solemnly: "Didn't Prince Lu say that he is looking for someone who can't walk the big road, but also has to walk the big road? This eunuch came here by stepping on the footprints of a donkey. He didn't leave footprints on the ground, which means he didn't walk the big road. But in fact, he is taking the big road again. Therefore, the first condition of Prince Lu is met.

As for the fishnet he wears, it is even simpler. The fishnet is not clothes, but he is still wearing clothes if he is not naked.

He saluted you, did not speak, and met your conditions.

As for the gift for you, did you see it just now? "

"See it? Didn't see it!" Prince Lu shook his head hastily, only then did the ghost see what the hell it was, and flew away.

Tao Zhizhang said calmly: "That is a gift for Prince Lu, but Prince Lu didn't see it, so it is not a gift, but he is indeed a head, so it is not a gift, I don't know what Prince Lu thinks How did the palace respond?"

Prince Lu thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Princess Xinxin is really resourceful, I admire you, but I still have one last question, if you answer it, I will definitely give you a big surprise!"

Get lost, what a surprise, you can tell it's fright from the look in your golden-haired ghost's eyes!
Tao Zhizhang stood there unmoved, and said calmly: "Prince Lu, please come up with the third question!"

"Okay!" Prince Lu said with a smile: "A poor man's mare got under another man's carriage and gave birth to a foal. Promise, insisting that his car gave birth to this little pony, what do you say?"

Tao Zhizhang remained silent, and Zhuo Shitian became anxious in an instant.

(End of this chapter)