Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 181: Melee (3)
"Qianxue, come in and sit down, Axi, let's watch tea!" At this time, Bao Si had already been served by Mingyue, and she had rolled up her cloud temples. On her bun, there were jasper hairpins and a few velvet flowers, with pink tassels falling, reflecting in the On the delicate face, if the eyes are swaying, it is charming.

"My sister is so pretty, no wonder the king is by my side and keeps praising her." Seeing Baosi staggering out, Mrs. Xue immediately smiled like a flower, and greeted Baosi eagerly.

"Get up, sister, you still come here for these vain gifts, but this morning, it's windy, so you're not afraid of catching a cold?" Bao Si said happily, caressing Mrs. Fuxue's glossy and black liuhai.

"It's okay, the king said that I am healthy and I am not afraid of evil spirits, but my sister is too thin. In the long run, I should take good care of it. The king also hopes that my sister will give birth to a little prince." Xuegui said with a smile.

"What? The king really said that?" Axi who was beside Baosi couldn't help asking, startled.

"I'm a puppy to lie to you. The king himself told me last night." Xue Gui stared at Axi in a serious manner.

"Axi!" Bao Si quietly gave Axi a look, and Axi quickly covered her mouth with a handkerchief.

"My dear sister, how about playing shuttlecock outside with me?" Bao Si's plain hand was holding on to Xue Guiren's catkins, and she stared at Xue Guiren's big mischievous eyes with concern.

"Okay, sister, let's compare and see who can kick more." Xue Gui said cheerfully.

Looking at Baosi and Xuegui who were excitedly outside the back garden, Axi couldn't help but quietly hid in the corner, and heaved a long sigh of relief: "God, the king still wants to change the crown prince, and moreover, he still wants to set up a young master." child!"

In the study room of Chaoyang Palace, the ambitious Ming Gong stared covetously at the territory map of the Great Zhou Dynasty hanging on the palace wall, expressing his hegemony and ideals in his heart.

"My lord, Cheng Rong is waiting outside the palace!" At this time, the imperial eunuch Xiao Ruzi respectfully knelt down to report.

"Let him come in." Mingong enthusiastically ordered with his hands behind his back.

After a while, Cheng Rong knelt down in front of Ming Gong and begged for peace: "Cheng Rong kowtowed to His Majesty, please give orders.

Ming Gong circled around the territory map vigorously, and said to Cheng Rong: "Cheng Rong, take a closer look, the current territory of my Great Zhou, since the former emperor Zhou Wu Wang took the country from Yin Shang, Which generation of kings can own and govern such a vast land? Look at the frontier Xirong, more than half of the passes that robbed the Central Plains have been recovered by us. We have established Jin, Lu, and Qin on the western border. Waiting for the vassal states, they are ruled by my prince, and cooperate with the local counties and counties to govern the people. Now, the land of many local landlords and powerful landowners has been investigated by the state. As long as there is land, they must pay taxes to the court. I have also distributed the land to the peasants. Although my Great Zhou has not reached the level of Chengkang's rule, compared with my father, the Great Zhou is obviously rejuvenated. Therefore, I am going to enshrine Zen in Qishan to worship the sages and Ancestor, what do you think?"

"No!" Cheng Rong resolutely rejected Ming Gong's arrogance.

"Why?" Mingong looked disappointed. "Because the people have not become rich, Your Majesty, the people are the most important, and the king is the least. Although the world is stable, after all, the war has just subsided, the place is corrupt, the officials are corrupt, and the people's lives are not rich, but Your Majesty wants to consolidate the imperial power. A large sum of money is used to conduct the luxurious and extravagant Zen ceremony, which will not only consume people's energy, but will also cause rumors everywhere, which is not good for the court!" Cheng Rong remonstrated desperately.

"Cheng Rong, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other thing. I want to go to Qishan to enshrine Zen, and my intention is to appease the hearts of the people, and to patrol the border and consolidate the border of our Great Zhou. Why not? Besides, more than half of the people in Beijing Minister, it's Wang Zhi's power, and my visit to Qishan can weaken their power?" Ming Gong said stubbornly.

Seeing that the deal was done, Cheng Rong didn't dare to say any more, so he had to ask An to step back. At this time, from the screen behind Ming Gong, Prime Minister Lu Kai stepped out.

"Lu Kai, more than [-] important ministers in this palace agreed with my Zen Conferring Ceremony, but Cheng Rong refused to live or die. What do you say, what should we do?" Ming Gong stared at Lu Kai angrily.

"My lord, Cheng Rong is afraid that someone will create rumors about him behind his back, destroying and isolating his interpersonal relationship in the court, so he dare not take on this matter of being scolded by others. I am sure that as long as your majesty gives him He will definitely be embarrassed to be promoted to a noble rank, and he will agree instead." Lu Kai wisely suggested.

The courtyard was deep, and just the night before Minggong was preparing to go to Qishan for the Fengchan ceremony, in the quiet Qiuyun Pavilion, a black shadow jumped from the palace wall in the middle of the night and went straight to the rockery in the back garden.

"It's you? How did you get injured? Could it be that Qutu fought on the battlefield?" The sneaky Concubine Yun stared in surprise at the man in black with his arms covered in white cloth.

"Yunniang, I really didn't expect that you even gave birth to a child by that stupid king? Do you think that our Xirong will be defeated and lose power from then on? You are wrong, this is just the beginning. We have a hundred thousand cavalry in the grassland. Small excavations are nothing to worry about, so please calm down and cooperate with us!"

"What do you want?" Concubine Yun stared in horror into the murderous eyes of the man in black.

"Continue to help us Xirong, spread rumors in Da Zhou, slander and rebel!" the man in black demanded viciously.

"Well, you want me to be completely sorry for Da Zhou?"

(End of this chapter)