In Chaoge City, the night is already deep.
Inside the royal court, the king's palace was still brightly lit, and the laughter of warblers and swallows disturbed the tranquility in the dark night.
The newly promoted minister in white clothes walked through the royal court with small steps. But when he reached the gate, he began to hesitate again. Listening to the inappropriate voice inside, Qin Yi stood outside the door calmly. Silently waiting for the sound to end.
Since Fei Zhong and You Hun resigned from the post of ministers and were promoted to lower officials in ascending order, two seniors have died heroically before him.
Without exception, they all disturbed the king's happy time and forced a man to report important matters at the most critical moment, and were killed by the king in anger.
He is more tactful and knows a little more flexibility than his predecessors. He is also a man and can understand the king's joys and sorrows, so he will interrupt appropriately every time when he can be disturbed, and be silent when he cannot be disturbed.
After a long time, the movement in the palace gradually became more intense, and then slowly returned to calm.
This is also a time when you can't interrupt casually. Men, more or less, have to reflect on it afterwards.
After probably silently counting five hundred times in his mind, Qin Yi estimated that it was almost time, and immediately gently knocked on the wooden door of the palace.
"Who's out there? What's important?"
"Your Majesty, there is news from merchants in the East City. The eldest son of Mengji Bohou's family in Northern Xinjiang, An, has been safely born a few days ago. Dr. Shang Rong came to inquire whether he should be rewarded with royal gifts. If so, Regarding awards, please let your Majesty decide what standards should be used for awards."
"Oh? Meng Chang gave birth to a son?"
Di Xin's eyes lit up, and with the help of the sage mode, he pushed Hu Ximei away, and accidentally threw the beauty under the couch, making Hu Ximei look unhappy in pain, and at the same time secretly smacked her tongue. Whenever the king heard the name Mengchang, he would always behave differently from other ministers.
Simply putting his robe on his body, the powerful Emperor Xin didn't care about the cold weather now or the possibility of spring. He directly opened the door, took the scroll from Qin Yi's hand, and read it carefully. .
"Hahaha, okay, this kid, I know that he has evil intentions towards our female general Chaoge, but I didn't expect the progress to be so fast."
"It's good to have a son. With an heir this time, this brat can feel a lot more at ease."
Looking at the high-spirited and laughing king in front of him, Qin Yi had a trace of confusion in his eyes.
The king has been so obsessed with people recently. You can call him fatuous. Once there is a war in the four frontiers, he is on the line better than anyone else. His wise and mighty appearance once reminded people of the late King Emperor Yi. But if you call him wise, When dealing with government affairs, he often turned in blank papers, and spent three days fishing and two days drying nets, which made the Prime Minister scold and roar countless times.
Mingming began to favor treacherous villains and concubines, but he was different. Once he heard the documents from Zhou Guo and Meng Ji, he was able to put aside his enjoyment and deal with them seriously.
This state of good and bad times was also the main reason why his two predecessors eventually died.
"Qin Yi, this should be rewarded, and it must be a big reward. It's just that the person who gives the reward does not have to be given to Mengchang. The brat feels comfortable. How much does having a child have to do with him?"
"Send an order to Dr. Shang Rong to give Mrs. Meng Ji a Xia Phi Phoenix crown and two feet of brocade in red, blue and green colors. I will confer Meng An, the son of Meng Chang, with the title of Meng Ji Weijue. Go immediately."
"promise!"
Sure enough, for the flowing princes and the iron-clad Meng Bohou, the strange combination of emperor and ministers of Emperor Xing and Mengchang was quite similar to the relationship between emperor and ministers that Wu Ding said to Fu. One dared to believe, the other dared to fight, and the two worked together to create a new world. Wu Ding's unprecedented prosperity.
A year ago in Northern Xinjiang, all the people of Dashang were worried. They were afraid that the situation of being corrupted by Northern Xinjiang would drag Dashang, this dilapidated old chariot, into the quagmire. In the fifth year of Emperor Xin's reign, at this time, once again... Look, this is not a drag. This is a super thigh that develops a little slowly.
A country can fight four enemies alone. If nothing happens, it can still go out to the East China Sea and go to the sea to slay dragons and gods.
Not only did Di Xin not feel jealous of his huge fame, but he continued to build momentum for him and gathered thousands of favors.
"Your Majesty, I heard a piece of news. Meng An seems to... seem to be in poor health after he was born, and is suffering from constant diseases. Do you think we don't need to be so anxious? We can..."
"Poor constitution? Why is this so? How could a powerful tiger give birth to a sickly lamb?"
"Well, there seems to be a rumor among the people that Meng Bohou committed too many crimes during his lifetime of fighting. However, because of his strong strength, he could not be punished by heaven and earth. This karma will be fulfilled on his children."
Di Xin, who was beaming with joy just now, immediately turned frosty on his face and looked at Qin Yi coldly. It wasn't until he felt his heart tremble and fell to his knees with a plop on the ground that Di Xin spoke slowly.
"I don't care where you heard the crazy talk. Three days. I only gave you three days. Send an order to Zhang Zichen. After three days, I will go to the Wa Palace to pray for Meng An. If no one is responsible for this, I will sacrifice you to heaven to inform the world."
Drenched sweat spread all over his body, and Qin Yi lamented in his heart, why he had violated his principles and actually talked about that person's fault.
At the same time, he also secretly hated the person who made him mention this, so he did not hesitate to tell him.
"Your Majesty, this is You Cang. It was You Cang who instigated me to say this. This matter has nothing to do with me. I am a high-ranking official but I have an order. How can a minister like me, who is far from being a high-ranking official, refuse?"
If it were some other insignificant names, that would be fine. You Cang was a senior official of the Great Shang Dynasty. For a moment, Di Xin actually slapped himself in the face. He would not have killed the senior official just because of some gossipy news. Bar.
Naturally, civilians or ordinary officials would kill without restraint, but the impact of killing ministers would be huge, and Emperor Xin would not wantonly kill important ministers just for the ill breath in his chest.
As a result, the anger increased again and returned to Qin Yi.
"If evil comes, push this guy down for me. After three days, he will be sacrificed to heaven. I will use him as the main sacrifice."
"Your Majesty, I am wronged. I was deceived. I really had no intention of slandering Meng Bohou!"
At this moment, a slim, graceful and beautiful woman, wearing a thin yellow gauze palace dress Shi Shiran, walked out of the inner room. Her messy bun and side-sliding clothes added a bit of charm to her. An enchanting and charming scent.
"Your Majesty, I think you may have misunderstood Master Qin this time!"
Di Xin turned around and looked at the woman in front of him coldly.
Although he doted on Hu Ximei, he was also the king of Shang after all. When could such a low-status woman intervene in the state affairs of Dachang? He likes beautiful women, but Hu Ximei is not the only one in this world who can be so beautiful.
At this point, Hu Ximei didn't feel much fear. Instead, she looked at Di Xin's heartless look and said softly.
"Your Majesty, the servants in the palace also listened to what the servants in the palace said casually. They said that Doctor You Cang had been coveting the position of Prime Minister Bigan for a long time by linking up with the four princes to recruit foreign aid!"
"I know that you, your Majesty, may not believe me, but can you still not believe in You Hun, the senior official who has been with you for many years? Is it true or not? He is You Cang's husband. Naturally, he knows what his father has done better than anyone else. .”
Di Xin's mood warmed up a little, but he asked suspiciously.
"Since you know that they are son-in-law, why are you so sure that You Hun can tell the truth and report his grandfather?"
"Ah? I don't know. Isn't it said by everyone that Youhun is the minister you single-handedly promoted, and he is the most loyal to you? Since he is loyal to you, the king, and not to his close relatives, I guess he is I am willing to tell the truth for you."
Emperor Xin remained silent, and Hu Ximei did not urge him. He just took out a piece of white fox and snow fur from Northern Xinjiang, which the king loved as a tribute, and put it on his shoulders.
The entire royal palace was silent, except for Qin Yi, who was dragged far away and was still screaming and begging for mercy.
"Come here, send someone to ask for the doctor You Hun. Hehe, I am very curious about what shocking words You Hun can say."
Hu Ximei laughed, looking a little cheerful, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is wise."
After saying that, he gently opened the hem of the king's robe, knelt on the ground and leaned forward.
At Nong Yin's house in the south of the city, Qian Yin looked at Ji Dan who was blocking him in front of him with an angry face. He suddenly pulled out the peach wood sword in his hand, pointed at Ji Dan and cursed angrily.
"Don't tell me those big things. Mengchang has a son. I can't go back to Northern Xinjiang. I agreed to stay for only a few years. Now I'm asked to stay for a few more years. If I continue to stay, I'm afraid that you will be gone by then." To become the prime minister of the Great Shang Dynasty, I will become a doctor."
"If you want to stay, be that licentious Shang King's bitch, and be his most loyal minister, don't get involved with me. I just want to go home, go home, go home!"
Ji Dan remained unmoved. Qian Yin was angry not just once or twice, but by changing the subject a little and trying to coax him, it was actually very easy to deal with it.
But today, Ji Dan didn't want to coax this bold and arrogant old man anymore, so he asked in a cold tone.
"So is this the reason why you colluded with You Hun and secretly colluded with Dr. You Cang by forging a large amount of fake information while I was busy farming?"
Ji Dan seemed to hate the iron, and rushed forward, regardless of whether he was a mortal opponent of Qian Yin or not, and started fighting with him.
"Let go, let me tell you, Master Tao, my cultivation is all over the world. I was afraid of hurting you, so I didn't do anything cruel. If you do anything to me again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Zhuo! Ji Dan, how dare you steal the peach!! You are a scholar, how can you be so shameless?"
After the two of them fought each other like street gangsters for a while, Qian Yin said to Ji Dan with black eyes, a bruised nose and a swollen face.
"Let's go. I have to go. I'm in the wrong for this matter. If I get a beating from you, we'll pay it forward."
"Liang Qing? It's my mother's fault. You just designed it, and you went out of your way to hide it from me. Do you think I would feel better if you ran away? You are such a heartless Taoist priest."
"Why are you still hanging around? Have you brought the improved seeds? Have you brought all the experimental data? If everything is ready, why don't you hurry up and run with me?"
"Dog Taoist, can you breathe a sigh of relief next time? You have collaborated with the internal ministers to assassinate the prime minister. Not to mention whether the king will believe it and whether he will blame Beijiang. Once this matter comes out, do you think that as the prince of Zhou? Can I survive? My mother, do you know that you almost killed me!!"
(End of chapter)
