Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 740 Identity
"Your Majesty, to kill Xue Ju's son, why bother with Du Tu and Cheng Rong, I have a way to make Xue Ju feel ashamed!" Bao Si smiled happily with bright eyes and bright teeth.

"What's the queen mother's strategy?" Shui Jian couldn't help but ask with clear eyes.

"Your Majesty, if we reply to the special envoy of the Yue Kingdom in this way, we can naturally silence the special envoy on the spot!" Bao Si leaned into Shui Jian's ear and confessed for a while.

The next day, at the Shuilong Shuren Hall, Shui Jian, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, looked at Zhu Kai, the envoy of Yue, who came forward to pay his respects, and asked happily, "Zhu Kai, it is a good thing that you, the Duke of Yue, want to join the imperial court. The crown prince has already been established, it can be said that the name is justified, if the official of the Yue Kingdom submits it and submits to the court, I can let the past go, what do you think?"

Seeing that Shui Jian had been tolerant, Zhu Kai quickly put forward Xue Ju's peace treaty: "To the emperor, in order to show the sincerity of the court, the Duke of Yue asked the emperor to escort the empress dowager to the Yue country, where she will be served by the Yue country. It means that the court is unified. In addition, the Duke of Yue hopes that the emperor canonize the Duke of Yue as the King of Jingchu and separate the south, and the court allocates 100 million taels of silver to reward the soldiers of the Vietnamese army."

"Bold Zhu Kai, what nonsense you are! Xue Ju, a defeated general, dares to threaten the court and blackmail the emperor. It is an unforgivable crime!" Before Zhu Kai could speak clearly, Cheng Rong was furious and rushed Zhu Kai scolded loudly.

"Well, the Duke of Yue is already very obedient. Besides, if the imperial court sends troops to the south, I'm afraid there is no chance of winning." Zhu Kai threatened intentionally.

"Zhu Kai, your Duke of Yue, this king is very clear about why you are negotiating with the court? You are the courtiers of the Great Zhou. If you are loyal to the emperor, you should go to Beijing to worship the emperor of the Great Zhou in person. Who doesn't know that your Duke of Yue is in various places?" Fabricate rumors everywhere, incite hatred, slander the court, slander important ministers, your so-called strength is blackmail everywhere, trying to threaten the court, tell you, Zhu Kai, don’t be too greedy, be careful that you will lose your life in the end!" Jug Tu continued Cheng Rong’s words With words, he scolded Zhu Kai fiercely, making Zhu Kai feel ashamed.

"Forget it, Zhu Kai, you should hurry back to your country of Yue and wait for the imperial army to go south!" Shui Jian said with a deliberately gloomy face.

"Your Majesty, what do you think if the imperial court only brought the Queen Mother to the Yue Kingdom?" Zhu Kai finally began to restrain himself.

"Zhu Kai, you are such a bastard. The court can't approve of anything else. You dare to ask the queen mother to be a hostage. You are really giving your Duke Yue a face. When this happens in the future, your Duke of Yue will be the first!" Rebellious, hurry up and get out!" Prime Minister Ming Chao scolded Zhu Kai.

Immediately, Zhu Kai was at a loss as to what to do, he quickly kowtowed to Shui Jian and said: "If the court has no sincerity at all, then the boy has no choice but to go back and report to the Duke of Yue, the court has no intention of forgiving at all, don't blame the boy for not reminding the emperor. "

"Zhu Kai, stop threatening each other, and tell you one more thing, there is nothing, hurry back to your lair, and wait for the imperial army to attack!" All the civil and military officials in the court expressed extreme protest.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhu Kai immediately left the Water Dragon Shuren Hall halfway, and suddenly he noticed that the guards of the Water Dragon Bookman Hall were all armed with swords, and looked like they were ready for battle.

"My lord, the imperial court is too tough. The ministers just raised our conditions, and Cheng Rong and other civil servants and military generals began to refute us on the spot, as if they were very confident! The emperor of Shuijian was even more furious, and directly demanded us Slaughtered by the neck!" Zhu Kai returned to Yuedu, and exaggerated the anger of the people in the Shuilong Shuren Temple to Xue Ju.

"It's really unreasonable. If it weren't for the fact that our country's army has not assembled yet, we would have joined forces with King Xiongba of Chu to go north to attack Shuijian Xiaoer!"

"My lord, when I came out of the Shuilong Shuren Hall, I found that the guards in the hall are all the elite of the Huben Army, and they can't leave their bodies. It feels like a military exercise is going on. Could it be that Shuijian is really planning to go south to attack us?" Zhu Kai He clearly reported to Xue Ju what he had seen and heard in Luoyang.

"Really? Since Shuijian's imperial palace is full of tiger and ben army, it means that they are indeed preparing to go south. If this is the case, our army will be alone and we will definitely not be able to win. Zhu Kai, why don't we use the name of King Qin to go to the south?" Shui Jian wanted the title of King of Yue, and then deliberately said that he would bring someone to visit the emperor in Beijing immediately, if Shui Jian knew that we were going to Beijing in person, he would not act rashly, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?" Xue Ju couldn't help but cunningly ordered Zhu Kai.

Half a month later, Zhu Kai went north to Luoyang again, and proposed to Shui Jian that the King of Yue was going to Beijing. Yuedu reported.

Seeing the urgent report sent by Zhu Kai, Xue Ju took a deep breath and smacked his tongue at the officials, "Shui Jian is really prepared, and he is not even afraid of his country's Duke personally going to Beijing, which means they are sure We are already preparing to go south to crusade, and taking advantage of this opportunity, we must order Zhu Kai, and only suggest that Shui Jian can make his country's prince king, Shui Jian sees that we are also very imposing, and will definitely restrain himself for the time being!"

Finally, at the end of the year, Shui Jian promulgated an imperial decree to confer Xue Ju as the king of Yue, exempting him from going to Beijing to pay homage. A negotiation, because of Baosi's cleverness and wisdom, made the threatened court frighten Xue Ju's courage.

Shui Jian felt that since he succeeded to the throne, he has been a sage and a martial artist, so he couldn't help but feel complacent. Under the instigation of the senior doctor Hua Gu, he ordered Lishan to rebuild the Li Palace. On this day, he brought Queen Ma to enjoy in Wang Chunting. See Seeing the remnants of lotus and withered grass on the waterside pavilion and pond, his mood suddenly changed from being satisfied to gloomy. Seeing Shui Jian was a little melancholy, Mrs. Ma quickly stroked Shui Jian's shoulder, and asked softly: "Your Majesty, what makes you feel sad?" Are you so worried about getting lost?"

"Queen, I can't tell why I'm so palpitating right now, but I seem to have heard rumors outside the palace that the Empress Dowager's growing authority is due to the support of Dug Tu, Cheng Rong, and Queen Ping, Axi. Zitong, think about it. Think, is this credible?" Shui Jian couldn't help frowning.

"Your Majesty, these rumors are intentionally created by the villain Xue Ju colluding with some treacherous men in the court. They play tricks, frame Zhongliang, and even pretend to be characters to fool the officials in the court. This is not the first time!" Axi was worried, and hurriedly reminded Shui Jiandao out of righteous indignation.

"Well, Queen, you are right!" Shui Jian stroked his beard and smiled.

Back at the Wenhua Palace, Shui Jian was admiring the tributes from all over the country with great interest. The pearls and emeralds were shining brightly, which made him overjoyed. Suddenly, the eunuch De Ru beside Shui Jian accidentally said: "I am really sorry for these treasures. These treasures might be sent to Jianjia Palace by those snobs someday."

"You dog slave, you are so bold!" Shui Jian was furious when he heard De Ru's words, and loudly reprimanded De Ru.

"The servant deserves to die, but the emperor, the servant also thinks of the emperor. It is true that the tributes from these places have long been given to the queen mother by the princes of those forces. The queen mother is probably afraid that the emperor will not know and lose face. I came here." De Ru was frightened and kowtowed in reply.

"It's abominable! Does the court have to listen to the Queen Mother giving orders there? What's the matter with the emperor?" Shui Jian was filled with anger and kicked De Ru down.

"Sir, my servant has already told the emperor according to your arrangement. It seems that the emperor really believes it!" In the middle of the night, in a dark alley in the palace, the sinister Deru secretly asked the person in front of him. A person reported in detail what happened during the day.

"That's right, Eunuch De, as long as you create some false situations to confuse the emperor and cause the emperor to hold grudges against the queen mother and Cheng Rong and others, I will definitely reward you with a lot of money!" The mysterious man suddenly smiled slyly.

In Luoyang City, Cheng Rong rode a horse and went hunting with An Tong in the outskirts. Suddenly, there were some strange discussions in his ears. Cheng Rong was very worried and immediately said to An Tong: "An Tong, remind Qu Tu, it seems that there is another attack in the capital. Who is secretly spreading rumors, maybe it will be another big disaster!"

In the dark and damp prison, Xu Chao was suddenly thrown into prison and tortured. With a stubborn face, Xu Chao loudly protested to the interrogating officials of the Ministry of Justice.

"Xu Chao, you kid, you actually secretly planned to support the Empress Dowager as Regent and dethrone the Emperor, quickly recruit, and tell me if there is such a thing?" Wen Guangda, a treacherous official of the Ministry of Punishment, threatened Xu Chao loudly.

At the same time, in the alleys of the capital, Prime Minister Mingchao was suddenly followed by a group of people with strange identities.

"My lord, it seems that we have eyes behind us, could it be an assassin?" Fang Gui, Mingchao's servant, reminded Mingchao cautiously.

"Ah!" Ming Chao suddenly felt a pain in his arm, and his family immediately checked with a lantern, and suddenly found that Ming Chao's arm had been hit by a dark dart.

"King Zheng, the Prime Minister was secretly assassinated last night and was seriously injured, lying ill in bed!" The next day, at the time of the court, An Tong reported to Qu Tu in a panic.

"What? How could the dignified prime minister be watched and stabbed at night? It's really lawless!" Jue Tu suddenly looked horrified.

"Kutu, Xu Chao also suddenly disappeared in the market, and I heard that he has been arrested by the Ministry of Criminal Justice!" Cheng Rong stared at Qutu and told Qutu.

(End of this chapter)