"Your Majesty, I think the Xi family's daughter is the perfect one to be the queen." Ruan Dianfu came out to speak, and said loudly, regardless of the dark face of Xi Ye behind him.
"This matter is not urgent. We will wait until the daughter of the Xi family meets me." Liu Yu's face remained calm and he left some room for words. The courtiers who supported Li Hou couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. Their repeated requests were rejected. If he refused, the serious ones would even be pulled out and killed with a cane. Liu Yu warned him not to talk nonsense and that his queen could only be Jiang Jiangui, the granddaughter of Chang Shi.
However, Jiang Jiangui died in the Battle of Jiankang, and the country could not live without a heir for a day. In order to expand the royal family and stabilize politics, they had to risk their lives many times to report.
After the morning court ended, a minister surnamed Wang, who was usually close to Ruan Dianfu, followed Ruan Dianfu's footsteps and whispered in a low voice when no one was paying attention, "My lord, after the emperor took charge in recent years, you have rarely made decisions for him. , Today’s important matter involving the position of the queen seems strange to me, sir, can you tell me why it is the daughter of the Xi family?"
"What do you think of the various forces in the court?" Ruan Dianfu raised his eyebrows and asked without answering.
"It is roughly divided into three forces. The hawk faction led by your Excellency is used by the emperor. There is also the Qing faction headed by the Xi family and the dog faction composed of other neutral officials who do not take sides." The man considered his words and answered carefully.
"Not bad." Ruan Dianfu nodded in approval.
"Then what do you think of the Xi family?" Ruan Dianfu then asked.
"The Xi family has a high and powerful position and cannot be easily shaken." He shook his head slightly to express his opinion.
Not only did the Xi family almost monopolize the salt trade of the entire dynasty, and was as rich as any country, it was also a prominent family that lasted for several generations. Emperor Ming of the Song Dynasty even personally invited the head of the Xi family to sit on the dragon seat with him and give guidance to the country.
"That's natural. But with the marriage coming soon, who said that the power of the Xi family cannot be used by the emperor?" Ruan Dianfu said with a mysterious smile.
The person who was replaced by Brother Wang understood the twists and turns, and the emperor must have secretly approved of this matter. At this time, he was extremely lucky that he did not stand in line in a confused state in the court.
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Liu Yu specially left Xi Ye for lunch, "Xi Aiqing, you have to try this snowflake beef. The body of a yak from the snowy plateau is really rare." Liu Yu sat down with Xi Ye's father. The distance was very close, and he specially put a piece of tender beef in Xi's father's bowl.
"Your Majesty, I can't do it, I can't do it, I'll do it myself." Xi Ye suppressed the dark light in his eyes and observed the etiquette carefully. He never overstepped even a little bit between the monarch and his ministers.
Liu Yu put down his jade jacket and took a long breath, "Xi Aiqing, you must have heard the suggestions made by others in the court today. I want to ask your opinion."
There was a slight stalemate in the atmosphere, and Xi Ye answered with his hands raised, "Your Majesty, I don't know where the rumors came from that my little girl has the fate of a phoenix. I have been investigating this matter thoroughly recently, and I vow to find out the person behind the scenes. "
He had long been optimistic about his son-in-law, Xiao Yan, the young master of the Xiao family. Liu Yu was violent and paranoid by nature. How could he be willing to marry his beloved daughter to a high wall and live in the cold for half her life, getting involved in the filth of overt and covert fighting in the court.
Liu Yu's eyes were gloomy, and he pushed away the palace maids and eunuchs on both sides. He turned the cup gently, pondered for a moment and finally said, "Uncle Xi, we don't need to be so polite and distant in front of our own people. Xi Hui is really a beautiful lady from the south. Leave it to me." She will be treated well, you can rest assured."
Then he added, "The position of the Lord of the Sixth Palace has been vacant for so long, uncle. I reserved this specially for the Xi family."
When the words came to this level, Xi Ye gritted his teeth and blew his beard and stared in anger. He had no idea that Liu Yu, a stupid kid, would become so shameless after he regained his intelligence.
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true." Xi Ye responded, but in his heart he was thinking about how to evade Xi Hui's theory of Phoenix's fate.
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"Father, why are you so worried? If you don't tell your daughter, maybe she can help you solve something." Xi Hui put a cup of hot tea on Xi Ye's desk and put it on his desk as soon as he got home. After being locked up in the study room, the Qingliu leader who was over 150 years old, Master Xi completely lost her manners at this moment, and her anxious footsteps almost ran to her yard. Xi Hui smiled lightly and rushed over to relieve her worries.
"Daughter, I want to ask you, if you don't marry Xiao Yan, marry into the palace wall and accept your phoenix life, are you willing?" He was such a beloved daughter. After thinking for a long time, Xi Ye I decided to ask Xi Hui for his opinion.
The entire Xi family is almost shrouded in dark clouds. This is obviously because there is a driving force behind the scenes, which puts the Xi family in a difficult situation. But no one knows whether Emperor Liu Yu or other courtiers are the young emperor? Xi Hui's phoenix eyes rolled around, and within a moment, he roughly understood the reason, "Father, you should know, how could this theory of phoenix fate appear out of thin air? The emperor must also be well aware of it." Why is it that when you are born, the night suddenly becomes bright, and the sky falls? Ziweixing has a good omen. Once she takes the position of queen, she will definitely save the royal family from dire straits. The rumors become more and more outrageous.
In recent years, his status has been at its peak, and countless eyes, including the royal family, have been watching. Now that the situation is unstable and the government and the public are in turmoil, Feng Ming's statement is obviously well-prepared.
She paused and said, "Father, I absolutely cannot agree to this. My daughter does not want to be trapped by the palace wall for the rest of her life. She only wants to join an ordinary Qingliu family, be a mistress, make her own decisions, and grow old lovingly with her husband. However, there is a plan. Get rid of the siege at this time." Xi Hui's beautiful eyes wrinkled slightly, he thought for a while, then leaned in front of Xi Ye and whispered a few words. After Xi Ye heard this, he couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised Xi Hui for his intelligence.
A few days later, the Xi family sent a message to all dignitaries in Beijing to hold a hundred-flower banquet. There were many people in the court who had good ears and eyes, and they all knew that the Xi family might suddenly become relatives of the emperor, so they all brought gifts to show their respect, and there were many guests.
During this Hundred Flowers Banquet, although the noble ladies had already been warned by their masters to be careful in their words and deeds, a shocking news broke out on the spot. Xi Hui, the legitimate daughter of the Xi family, suddenly contracted the vicious disease smallpox. His face was now covered with sores and pus and blood, and he seemed to be completely invisible.
The cause of the incident was that a guest was looking for the hut and lost his way. When asking for directions, he accidentally knocked over the maid's palm. The maid cried and said that the medicine had been spilled. What should the lady do? The guests were curious and asked again and again, and the maid told the whole story.
Everyone was in an uproar. Smallpox was a contagious disease. The Xi family actually dared to hold a banquet. Even though Xi Ye personally assured everyone that Xi Hui had been isolated in other side rooms and would not infect others, the guests still used various excuses. After leaving the banquet, although he lost some reputation, he still saved Xi Hui's marriage.
Not long after, the news spread throughout the capital that the daughter of the Xi family, Xi Hui, who was about to become the queen, was suffering from a serious illness. The mother-in-law was ill and her appearance was completely disfigured. This was unbecoming. Rumors began to spread that she was the emperor Liu Yuke's.
When Liu Yu heard the news, he was reviewing the memorial in his study. He was so angry that he lost all manners and threw the memorial on the promotion of Xi Ye on the ground.
"Come here, let me investigate this matter thoroughly. I want to see if this daughter of the Xi family is really sick." Liu Yu's face was gloomy, and there were emotions in his eyes that ordinary people could not understand.
Liu Yu's personal eunuch was ordered to visit the Xi family with gifts. He saw the beautiful woman in the past covered with white gauze, weakly lingering on the bed. The smell of medicine overflowed in the room. The breeze blew the white gauze and inadvertently fell off, revealing a pitted face. , the father-in-law immediately understood in his heart that the daughter of the Xi family was really sick.
Not long after, some courtiers in the court handed over a document saying that the daughter of the Xi family could not assume the role of the mother of the country after what she had experienced. I can't afford to consume such a huge imperial favor.
Liu Yu waved his sleeves and had no choice but to withdraw his will. He had his own ideas and reasons. If the stalemate continued, it would be even more embarrassing if Xi Ye united with the courtiers to force him.
Ruan Dianfu, who was standing below, was as clear-eyed as Ming Jing. Liu Yu didn't know, but he knew that the minister who stood up first was one of Xi Ye's subordinates.
After the dynasty was over, everyone faced Xi Ye and expressed their regrets. But secretly, there were also those who were not angry at first. At this moment, they were happily thinking about whether their daughter would have a chance to be sent to the palace. If she could give birth to a child, A son and a half daughter can be regarded as changing the lintel of the family.
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Green mountains are clustered together, and white clouds are wandering in the sky. The meeting hall of the Shangqing Sect, in the main hall made of pure white fluorite, has thirteen giant pillars supporting the tall dome. It is only decorated with crocodile silk, but there is a brilliance like glass flowing around.
The Dao Discussion Conference is approaching, and the heads of important cultivation sects have almost gathered here to discuss the details.
The head of the Shangqing Sect, Lu Xiujing, stood as tall as a pine tree and sat in the middle. He glanced around and said calmly, "My colleagues, after many years of exploration, we have finally found the traces of the magic beads." The voice was unhurried, but it was All over the entire corner of the hall.
"Where, where? Lu Xiujing, can't you finish it in one breath? What annoys me the most is the way you talk like this. It's like you're hanging on to my life every time." The fat leader of Gezaoshan Lingbao Sect Duobao Taoist Sun Buer shouted, "His body weighs more than three hundred kilograms, and the wrinkles on his face have piled up, squeezing his eyes into thin slits. When he heard the word "Magic Pearl", his eyes had already started to light up.
"Damn fat man, you can't wait for my master to speak first, and you can't dare to jump in front of my master without seeing what you look like." Sun Youyue held a piece of grass in his mouth and stood aside with his sword in his hands, his eyes disdainful, and he spoke He laughed at Sun Buer and defended Lu Xiujing.
Sun Buer hated people calling him Fatty the most in his life. He jumped in anger when he heard this, "Sun Youyue, if you call me Fatty again, you are dead. Be careful, I will tell you what happened when you and I went out to the Netherworld last time." Tell your master what happened." As he spoke, the sound of a string of magic weapons colliding on his body came from the tinkling sound.
Sun Youyue's face turned pale when he saw him mentioning the past. He hurriedly made a gesture of shutting up to signal Sun Buer to stop talking nonsense, and then cursed secretly, "Old man, you are so noisy."
Sun Buer likes to collect all kinds of treasures. After collecting them, he has a weird habit. Instead of using magic weapons to store them like other people, he keeps them on his body. Whenever he goes out to far away places, he is bound to be hunted down by others. Ichiban.
But although he is fat, he is extremely agile and dexterous. In addition, he throws out one or two low-level magic weapons from time to time to confuse the enemy, so he often avoids other people's attacks and is at large.
"That's enough, you two, stop talking so much, it's making my ears hurt." The person who spoke was Dugu Yuyun, the master swordsman of Shushan Immortal Sword Sect.
Dugu Yuyun's hair is as long as snow, simply tied up, his eyebrows are as long as willows, his body is like a jade tree, his cold and aloof eyes seem to have no focus, and his whole body is filled with aloof aura.
As soon as he opened his mouth, Sun Youyue and Sun Buer quickly fell silent. Dugu Yuyun was an expert in swordsmanship, and his character was just like his sword. One sword frost-frozen the fourteen states. No matter what he said, he would not be able to escape. Even friends could not escape being cut by him. After a while, Sun Youyue and Sun Buer were used to being rude. After being targeted by each other many times, they were really afraid of him.
"The magic bead was found in the misty swamp." Lu Xiujing said after the hall was silent for a while.
A female voice suddenly sounded, "Misty Swamp? After thirty-six years, is it going to be reopened?" The person who spoke had frost on his brows and was unsmiling. He was Han Yingxue, the master of Qingcheng Mountain.
Lu Xiujing nodded, and then said: "Fellow Taoists, the misty swamp in the southwest of Zhongzhou is about to be reopened after thirty-six years, and the ancient battlefields in it will also be revealed to the world. By then, the Beiming Family, the Southern Xinjiang Wu Clan, and the Western Region Jialan, the Quanrong clan, and the East China Sea Immortal Island will all send elite disciples to the trial."
Lu Xiujing sighed and continued, "The magic beads must not fall into the hands of the northern cultivation family, otherwise the world will be in chaos."
Everyone looked serious and nodded to express their understanding.
