Peach Blossom Makeup

Chapter 162 Princess: So what if I just bully you too much
All gilded gold used as tribute naturally had fineness requirements, but the fineness of the gold was not decided by the emperor after seeing it.

The courtiers below did not move, and no one dared to be the No.1.

The emperor Xi Chaosheng's complexion gradually turned ugly, his eyes swept over the ministers who claimed to be his humerus in the past, and he snorted coldly.

At this moment, the son-in-law Qin Shou stood up suddenly, he was tall and tall, originally the son-in-law chair was taller than those around him, it was very conspicuous when he sat on it, now he stood up, he was even more upright.

He cupped his hands and saluted the emperor, his words were like ice beads bursting and piercing, "I have a thousand taels of gold, and I would like to offer it to the queen mother to wish her future success!"

As soon as the words fell, a group of young eunuchs came in carrying several boxes, and the boxes were specially tied with colorful silk knots.

After the five lacquered nanmu boxes were opened one by one, the golden light shone so dazzlingly that one couldn't help squinting slightly.

In the box, there are all kinds of gold cups and utensils randomly placed, as well as exquisite gold carvings, all of which are shiny and gold.

Concubine Luo curled her lips slightly, her eyes flashed away with disdain, others didn't know, but she knew very well that this thousand taels of gold was part of the spoils that Qin Shou got on Fengwo Cliff, and he just found someone to melt it into it. The Queen of Gold cast it separately, and just now it was used to please the Queen Mother, and by the way, to make the emperor's brother look good.

She felt that this man was really treacherous, and an old fox like Shangguan Ji couldn't compare to him at all.

Emperor Xi Chaosheng put one hand on his waist and his back behind his back, slowly stepped down from the dragon chair, stood in front of several boxes, and picked up a triangular gold bottle. The bright golden yellow color was obviously full of color and quite It is heavy in hand, so it can be seen that it is also solid, and it is not adulterated at all.

Xi Chaosheng smiled with satisfaction, "My son-in-law's intentions, I and the queen mother can see clearly, it is a good one."

Qin Shou smiled slightly, "A sage praises you, everything should be done by a minister."

Xi Chaosheng nodded and patted him on the shoulder, everything was self-evident.

He didn't care what the other courtiers were thinking, those few boxes were left in the hall in such a grandiose way, and he looked around with his hands behind his back and said, "The gold-painted princes of the son-in-law have also seen it. Definitely not bad."

Having said all this, the other ministers had no choice but to bite the bullet and bring up the prepared gold.

There were eunuchs who restrained themselves, and some who sang, the emperor looked at them one by one, and after seeing one, the eunuch behind him said at the top of his voice, "The servant of the left middle is 120 taels of gold."

Most of these blush golds are re-melted and cast into cups, saucers, or incense burners and gold bottles, carrying various auspicious meanings.

Xi Chaosheng was unhurried, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, very festive and talkative.

And the ministers who had handed over the gold and passed smoothly all quietly wiped their sweat with their sleeves, as if they had received an amnesty.

Finally, Xi Chaosheng walked up to a Yanguan who was a disciple of the Sima family in the past. His official position was not high, but the Yanguan was too special and was not liked by the emperor.

The official was also pedantic and stubborn, he actually took out a gold cup worth 50 taels, the gold cup was small and crudely made, it looked very perfunctory.

The smile on the corner of Xi Chaosheng's mouth suddenly turned cold. He glanced at the golden cup and said indifferently, "Is Aiqing trying to fool me with such a dull gold?"

This Longwei shout echoed throughout the East Deer Garden, and everyone in the hall couldn't help holding their breath.

The official said with a stern look and a stern look on the inside, thinking that it was above the court, flicking his sleeves and speaking righteously, "The official has a small salary, so he can only take out 50 taels, and the minister thinks that the matter of pouring gold is actually an act of coercion." , it is inappropriate.”

"Presumptuous!" Xi Chaosheng was as cold as ice, staring at the speaker with sharp eyes like a knife, pursing his lips, not hiding his anger at all, "I think this person is unkind, and has no filial piety at all, and I will treat you as a On the grounds that the official position is very light, I am perfunctory."

In the past, Xi Chaosheng was as warm and moist as water, and most mornings would make people forget that he was still an emperor, so they still felt that he was not majestic.

However, at this moment, the coercing majesty and fury all over his body made the officer tremble, and fell to his knees with a plop.

Xi Chaosheng looked at him condescendingly, and said coldly, "Come here, take away this person's official hat and official seal, demote him to a commoner, and never hire him!"

The officer was stunned for a moment, and when the imperial guards came to drag him out, he realized and shouted loudly, "Saint, please forgive me, please forgive me..."

However, Xi Chaosheng was unmoved, he flicked his sleeves and continued to look at the rest of the gold.

The courtiers beside them all bowed their heads and said nothing, some felt that their gold was not enough, so they quietly made up for it.

Afterwards, Xi Chaosheng demoted several ministers one after another for the same reason of insufficient gold quality. Wang is in collusion.

Killing chickens to make an example to monkeys is nothing more than that.

When he finally arrived in front of Shangguan Ji, Xi Chaosheng raised his eyes to look at him, only to see Shangguan's eyes watching his nose, his nose looking at his heart, and the appearance of an old god with his hands folded.

In front of him, there was only one ingot of 20 taels of gold ingots, and even the recasting was saved.

Xi Chaosheng said with a smile that was not a smile, "Shangguan loves Qing, don't you think that the official given by me is too light? There is not enough gold in the mansion? So I don't want to melt it."

Shangguan Ji twitched his black beard under his chin, and replied with drooping eyelids, "According to the words of the sage, I think that courtesy is light on affection, and even if there is great filial piety, affection is enough, and ceremony is something outside the body, so it should not be fancy. "

"Oh?" Xi Chaosheng reached out to pick up the ingot of gold ingot, tossed it up and down and weighed it, "Shangguan Aiqing's words are very true, and I thought so too, but Aiqing's 20 taels is the least, Aiqing Do you think it’s the past?”

Shangguan Ji's face didn't change, he said again, "It depends on how the sage sees it."

There was a smile on the corner of Xi Chaosheng's mouth, but the smile didn't reach the bottom of his eyes, and it condensed into frost that could not be melted at the tip of his eyes, "So Ai Qing thinks, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Shangguan Ji finally raised his eyelids, glanced at Xi Chaosheng, and said meaningfully, "I am afraid, and dare not speculate on the holy will."

"What else are you afraid of?" Xi Chaosheng raised his voice suddenly, and he took the gold ingot in his hand and threw it at Shangguan Ji's face, "You dare to look at me to such an extent, Shangguan Ji, do you want to go against it?"

Shangguan Ji turned his head slightly, avoiding the ingot of gold ingot, and said calmly, "I dare not."

Xi Chaosheng sneered one after another, the nine-dragon crown on his head was shaking violently, obviously out of anger, he kicked down the table in front of Shangguan Ji, and issued an order, "Decide my will, Shangguan Ji despises the power of the sky, Behavior is insignificant, I don't know the seriousness, take away the power of the Suzaku camp of Shangguan's family, hand in the tiger talisman of the Suzaku army, read it in Shangguan's Ji Dynasty, and I can spare him the death penalty, but the crime of living is inevitable. job!"

As soon as the imperial decree came down, there was an uproar in the court, and only those courtiers realized that today's gold-sprinkling matter was originally aimed at the Shangguan's family, and the few people who were demoted at first were just appetizers.

Shangguan Jiyin's hands in his sleeves trembled, he watched Xi Chao for a while, and then took off his official hat himself, but he didn't take out the tiger talisman of the Suzaku Army.

"Minister, obey the order!" He put on the official hat with both hands, and knelt down on one knee.

Shangguan Xiao, who was standing behind him, took off his official hat and knelt down.

Since the eunuch took away Shangguan Ji's official hat, Xi Chaosheng pursed his lips tightly, and he looked at Shangguan Ji expressionlessly, speechless for a while.

At this moment, Prince Gong, who was sitting in front of the prince, stood up suddenly. He was still holding a wine cup, but his expression was strange.

Xi Chaosheng looked at him, and listened to King Gong's words, "Saint, don't be impulsive. General Shangguan used to have outstanding military exploits and a great reputation. If he is demoted like this, I am afraid that someone in the Suzaku camp will criticize him."

Hearing this, Xi Chaosheng sneered, "Oh? If that's the case, what does Prince Gong think?"

Prince Gong shyly smiled at the general, "Isn't it enough to let General Shangguan and the saint admit their mistakes? As for the gold, we can make up for it later."

Xi Chaosheng's eyes were filled with murderous intent, he looked back and forth between Prince Gong and Shangguan Ji, and finally said speciously, "I don't know, the relationship between Uncle Huang and Shangguan Aiqing is so close."

These words made people feel cold, Prince Gong stopped the smile on his face, and laughed a few times, "The sage was joking, I just felt sorry for General Shangguan."

Xi Chaosheng cut his hands behind his back and raised his chin, "It's such a pity for the emperor, why don't you suffer for Shangguan Aiqing?"

Prince Gong was taken aback for a moment, he didn't seem to be able to react, he couldn't hold his hand firmly, the cup fell to the ground and shattered into pieces, and a ball of wine was splashed on his robe.

Xi Chaosheng's peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, sure enough, Commander Gu rushed in, folded his hands and knelt down and said anxiously, "Saint, Shangguan Ye of Shangguan's family mobilized the Suzaku Army without authorization, and the entire palace is currently under the control of the Suzaku Legion. surrounded."

Xi Chaosheng's eyes sharpened, and the bubbling anger filled his body, and he asked Shangguan Ji, "Shangguan's family is really good, a young man who has not been an official can actually mobilize my army of Vermilion Birds, who will give you that?" courage?"

Shangguan Ji stood up slowly. He flicked his robe, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He looked at Xi Chaosheng contemptuously, turned around and clasped his hands to Prince Gong, "If Prince Gong doesn't dislike me, Shangguan Ji is full of old bones, and the Shangguan family is willing to swear allegiance to King Gong to the death!"

As he said that, he lifted the hem of his robe and knelt down to Prince Gong!

This action of his made the whole court astonished, and the ministers beside him were in shock. Among them, the courtiers of the Shangguan family also stood up and knelt behind Shangguan Ji without hesitation, expressing their support for Prince Gong with silent actions.

King Ning, who was sitting with King Gong, and King Shun, who was not very present all this time, looked at each other, and they both moved away from him, not getting involved.

King Gong didn't pay attention to the actions of King Ning and King Shun, he looked at Xi Chaosheng with a sarcasm on his face, then glanced at the Queen Mother, and said with a half smile, "Queen Mother, Saint, this is definitely not my wish, and I never thought of it." what."

The queen mother slapped the armrest, stood up abruptly, glared at him and said, "Prince Gong, good trick!"

Xi Chaosheng didn't speak, but his expression was not very good-looking. The queen mother said arrogantly, "Are you going to force the saint to write an abdication edict and let you, Prince Gong, sit on the dragon chair?"

The ending of the last word is elongated, bringing out an inexplicable timidity.

Prince Gong was puzzled, things seemed to be going too smoothly today, so he said cautiously, "Emperor's sister-in-law don't push me, I'm not made to be a saint."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and said to Shangguan, "General Shangguan, don't make me fall into injustice."

Shangguan Ji sneered, pointed to the sky and said, "Xichao gave birth to a child, who is indecisive and has no opinions. How can such a cowardly person be called an emperor?"

"I am a big Yin, if Prince Gong doesn't stand up, I'm afraid the time will be short, and the sun will go to the west." He also acted, and he was crying all the time as he said it.

Prince Gong didn't say a word, and now he's not humble.

Xi Chaosheng's face turned pale, he knew it was not good to be indecisive, but Shangguan Ji said this in front of the officials, he still felt uncomfortable.

Concubine Luo, who had been watching coldly, couldn't see that her brother was being bullied. She snorted coldly and said with a flick of her sleeves, "Shit! Shangguan Ji, the ancient sages' loyalty to the emperor and patriotism have made you eat into the dog's belly, wanting to rebel Just say it clearly, don't talk about these useless things, babble, I see your mouth is as good as a woman's foot wrap."

She didn't give anyone a chance to speak, and continued, "If you directly say that your Shangguan family colluded with Prince Gong and wants to rebel in front of all the officials, I will think highly of you! "

"You actually said some hypocritical and contrived words that make people disgusting for no reason. Your old face is not too embarrassing. I feel ashamed for the parents who raised you!"

"You behave like this, I think the folk saying is very suitable for you."

Seeing that everyone was listening, Concubine Luo curled her lips and smiled, her red lips were as beautiful as a begonia, but she was full of disdain and sarcasm, "It's like being a female cousin and wanting to set up a memorial archway. They are more ashamed than you!"

Concubine Luo has always been a vicious talker, and she will do whatever it takes to make people unhappy.

These few words immediately made Shangguan Ji's face flushed, very angry, but there was nowhere to spread the evil fire, even Prince Gong's face was not very good-looking.

And the courtiers beside him quietly lowered their heads, covered them with wide sleeves, and laughed while shaking their sleeves.

"Heh..." Qin Shou chuckled lightly.

Others didn't dare to laugh blatantly, but Qin Shou didn't have any scruples at all. Seeing Concubine Luo's sarcasm, she spoke bluntly and didn't leave any room for it. In the past, these words were only scolded at him, but now he scolded others when he saw her , a strange sense of satisfaction rose in my heart.

With his smile, all eyes turned towards him, Qin Shou raised the corner of his mouth and waved his hands, coughed lightly in a very insincere way, and echoed Concubine Luo, "I think what the princess said is very reasonable and to the point."

Shangguan Ji was so angry that his face flushed turned livid in an instant. Prince Gong raised his eyes and looked at Qin Shou with a difficult expression, no emotion.

Qin Shou didn't think it was messy enough, so he added a sentence at the end, "I also think that General Shangguan should think more about what the princess said. You need to know that Kyushu knows it. Not everyone can afford to be scolded like a princess."

But no, he was the only one who scolded him like that before.

Shangguan Jijue's mouth was sweet, and he swallowed the bloody smell that gushed out after biting the tip of his tongue, but Shangguan Xiao standing behind him couldn't help it, he rushed out, stomped his feet, and glared angrily. Concubine Luo, "Princess, you are too deceitful!"

(End of this chapter)