Following Gao Xian's summons, a man in his thirties walked up to the hall step by step with steady steps; he was seen wearing a light green brocade dress, with a light yellow jade pendant hanging around his waist, and a bun with a It is tied with a fine Hetian jade hairpin, and its length is between seven and eight feet. Its movements give people a strong sense of books.
"Caomin Zhang Shumin bows to your Majesty." The man in his thirties lifted the lower corner of his brocade robe and slowly knelt down on his knees. A series of movements appeared elegant and capable.
"Pingsheng." Xiao Shiyu smiled: "Li Shangshu, according to the ceremony, should the eldest son or the second son inherit the throne?"
"Since ancient times, the elders and younger ones have been orderly, and the eldest son will naturally inherit the throne." Li Congwen held a jade wat in his hand and bowed.
"Shumin has met my father." Zhang Shumin stood up and walked towards Zhang Peizhi, knelt down and saluted.
"You? Aren't you in your hometown? Why are you here in Jinling City?" Zhang Peizhi, with wet tears on his face, was very unhappy when he saw Zhang Shumin.
"My father, I am following your wishes to study and study in my hometown. I should not come to Jinling City without authorization; but His Majesty issued an order to recruit me, so I have to come." Zhang Shumin knelt down and bowed, with a solemn face: "Since ancient times, We put public before private, and I hope the father will forgive the child for his unfilial piety."
"What a man who puts public before private. It seems that my father is indeed old and it's time to take care of himself." Zhang Peizhi sighed: "Everything depends on His Majesty's will."
"My lords, do you have any objections to Zhang Shumin's hereditary succession to the position of agriculture minister?" Xiao Shiyu glanced at the ministers.
"All ministers have no objections." In the main hall, all the ministers said in unison.
"Princess, I wonder how injured Miss Yin is?" Tong Bo took this opportunity to ask Yuan Jin.
"Miss Yin's injury has completely recovered. The princess will no longer pursue the matter between her and Miss Liu." Yuan Jin looked sideways at Han Xun: "Mr. Han, I am really disappointed in you; you actually did it for You want to destroy the alliance between the two countries because of your own personal vendetta, which is simply a waste of Brother Wang’s trust in you!”
"Princess Princess, please report back to the prince and say that Xun's kindness to him can only be repaid in the future." After saying that, he followed the two guards and walked down the hall.
"Now that everything has been cleared up, Princess Murong and Princess Yuanjin, let's begin to make an alliance." Xiao Shiyu stood up from the dragon chair, waved his hands and sleeves, and the officials began to sing praises again.
At around midnight three days later, at dawn, a group of carriages and horses slowly left the east gate of Jinling and came to the spacious official road. The leader was wearing a guard uniform embroidered with Suzaku, with a fair face, a folding fan gently swinging, and a arrogant look. This person was Xu Shujian, the dean of the Suzaku Academy of the Jingwei Mansion, who was ordered to escort Princess Wei Yuan Jin back to Luoyang.
"Ning Shi prepares a glass of water and wine for the princess, and I will practice it for you." When the horse team walked along the official road to Shuiyun Pavilion, Liu Ningshi used her internal strength to send her voice into Yuan Jin's carriage.
"The same goes for Tong Bo." Tong Bo beside Liu Ningshi also sent his voice out.
"Stop!" Yuan Jin sighed faintly in the carriage, got out of the carriage, and walked slowly towards Tong and Liu; the autumn wind in the early morning blew her hair, adding a bit of tenderness to her strong temperament.
"Sister Jin, why did you leave without saying goodbye? Ning Shi hasn't thanked you yet!" Liu Ningshi took Yuan Jin's arm.
"Princess, Miss Liu and I will prepare some water and wine in this pavilion to practice for you. Please speak in the pavilion." Tong Bo bent down and spread his palms, making a gesture of invitation.
"Hey! Why are you doing this? I hate to see farewell." Yuan Jin reluctantly followed Tong and Liu into the pavilion: "Such a separation only adds to the sadness."
"Sister Jin, if you leave without saying goodbye, wouldn't it be even more sad?" Liu Ningshi shook Yuan Jin's arm with tears in her eyes.
"Princess, thank you very much for your help this time." Tong Bo picked up the wine pot and filled the three wine bottles on the Qingshi Terrace: "If the princess hadn't released false news that she was going to deal with Murong Li, Han Xun would not have exposed himself so quickly."
"Brother Xiangyun, there is something unclear about Ningshi. How did you lead the murderer Yao Zhu and other drug testers into the Valley of the Shadow of Death." Liu Ningshi blinked at Tong Bo.
"It's Qiongqi." Tong Bo smiled and said: "He knew that Murong Li was going to meet with Yongzhu in Stone City, so he revealed the news to me; and we ambushed them in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, which was their only way. "
"Is that the man in black who fought with us in Panshi Village?" Liu Ningshi asked in confusion: "This man is vicious and vicious, how could he surrender so strangely?"
"Because he was hit by my hidden weapon. If he wants to heal his injury, he must do this." Tong Bo shook his head and sighed: "For someone who only cares about himself, do you think he will care about the lives of others?"
"Then why are you asking me to release the news about dealing with Murong Li? How could Han Xun be so nervous after hearing this, and even find someone to tip off the news?" Yuan Jin was also curious.
"Princess, if my guess is correct, the plan to rent the city between Yan and Wei this time was led by Murong Li and Han Xun." Tong Bo sneered: "Murong Li is an unpredictable person. I'm afraid he has some problems with Han Xun. More ulterior plans."
"Yes! The last time Guanyi was attacked, Han Xun also used this as a reason to let me meet Murong Li for tea." Yuan Jin nodded.
"Judging from what happened to Miss Liu and the last time the princess told us in Weiguanyi about the negotiation process in the Royal Garden, it seems that Han Xun has intentionally or unintentionally guided favorable results to Murong Li on many occasions." Tong Bo's eyes gradually deepened: "So, I took a gamble and asked the princess to let the news out; then, Han Xun revealed the news to Murong Li; I was also sure that Murong Li must know what he had done. Why, but I keep pretending to be stupid.”
"No wonder when Brother Ren and I left Hanmei Pavilion, we saw Wei Tianlin whispering something in Murong Li's ear." Liu Ningshi hurriedly realized.
"That's right." Tong Bo nodded.
"Brother Xiangyun, if Murong Li also goes to Stone City, wouldn't that be a bad thing?" Liu Ningshi blurted out.
"He won't go." Tong Bo laughed: "This person has always been cautious. You and the ghosts beat him up in Hanmei Pavilion. Does he still dare to act rashly?"
"Brother Xiangyun is indeed cunning and cunning. He plots against others every step of the way." Liu Ningshi joked.
"Old and cunning? I can't bear this evaluation?" Tong Bo said with a black line: "Isn't it just to save you that I worked so hard?"
"Wei Tong is very resourceful." Even Yuan Jin, who had always been strict, smiled slightly this time.
"It's getting late, Miss Liu, let's toast the princess together." The three of them raised their bottles to each other and drank the whole drink.
"Both of you, let's say goodbye." Yuan Jin bowed and said, "If you have time to come to Luoyang in the future, Jin will definitely take you to visit the mountains and rivers of Luoyang."
"Princess, this is a bottle of Fixed Evil Pill; although it cannot eradicate the pain caused by practicing Black Evil Fist, it can alleviate the pain by five points." Tong Bo took out a white porcelain bottle and handed it over.
"Thank you, farewell." Yuan Jin didn't show any pretense, took the porcelain bottle and turned around.
In the inner hall of Yanyi Pavilion, Murong Li was holding a wine bottle in his left hand and holding a wine pot high in his right hand. The wine in the pot was poured into the wine bottle in a thin line.
"Bah bang bang!" A man in a bamboo hat opened the door, and bursts of applause sounded from his hands: "I didn't expect that Mr. Murong's wine tasting skills are superb, but his wine pouring skills are even more superb."
"Since we're here, let's have a drink first." Murong Li turned his back to the man in the hat and threw the wine bottle with his left hand, making a beautiful arc and flying out.
"Good wine! This is the second time I have tasted Mr. Murong's Bamboo Leaf Green." The man took off his bamboo hat and presented it to him. The wine bottle stopped on the bamboo hat impartially.
"Mr. Ye, you're here just in time. Come and have a drink with me to relieve your boredom." Murong Li knelt down on the futon with a melancholy look on his face.
"Mr. Murong invites you, so of course Ye is more respectful than obedient." Ye Hu, who took off his bamboo hat, drank all the bamboo leaves in the wine bottle in one gulp, and knelt down on the futon opposite Murong Li.
"Come, have another drink." Murong Li picked up the jug and filled Ye Hu's wine bottle first, then filled himself: "I couldn't get the best alliance this time. It's all because Han Xun wanted to take revenge. And ruined the plan.”
"The drug testers Han Xun hired are not reliable either. I almost got hurt by them." Ye Hu knocked on the table.
"So, you took the opportunity to perform a cruel trick, which not only saved the beauty, but also escaped the pursuit of Tingwei and the Xuanwu Academy gang?" Murong Li looked at Ye Hu with a smile on his face, but thought in his heart : "Fortunately I didn't go to Stone City to meet these people who are testing the medicine, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable."
"I just don't want to marry the second young lady of the Zhang family." Ye Hu shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "On the other hand, Master Murong is always thinking about the position of chief guard of Xuanwu Academy. What does he want?"
"Isn't it just because I want Mr. Ye to get his wish that I pull An Dafang down at any cost?" Murong Li drank another cup of Bamboo Leaf Green in one gulp.
"Then Ye would like to thank Young Master Murong." Ye Hu said something to Murong Li, but his eyes were full of disdain: "But Han Xun is now in Tingwei Mansion, he won't betray us, right?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Ye, he doesn't dare." Murong said very confidently: "Just treat him as a dead man. Let's talk about the next plan."
At the fourth watch of midnight, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, Han Xun was imprisoned in the dark prison of the Netherworld Palace of Tingwei Mansion.
In addition to some thatch on the ground floor, there was a small window opened on the north side of the cell, with only a ray of moonlight reflecting in.
Han Xun leaned against the south wall, placed a palm on the moonlight, closed his eyes and meditated: "The moonlight is so beautiful tonight, but it's a pity that I won't be able to see it anymore."
With a "squeak", the door of the dark cell suddenly opened, and a man in a blue cloak with his face covered tightly stood in front of Han Xun. Behind him was a man in a black suit.
"I'm really flattered that His Majesty can come here to visit me so late." Han Xun slowly opened his eyes and stared at the cloaked man in front of him.
"Prime Minister Han is very calm, yet he is not at all confused even though he is in a dark prison. Hey! Such a talent should have been my right-hand man, but he never thought of being used by Yuan Mang in the end. What a pity." The man took off his cloak and handed it to him. After Jin pretended to be a man and showed a deep face, he was clearly the Qi Emperor Xiao Shiyu.
"You go out first. I have something to talk to Prime Minister Han alone." Xiao Shiyu waved to the man behind him, and the man in the smart suit withdrew respectfully.
"How? Do you regret agreeing to my request?" Xiao Shiyu sat on the small stool that the handsome man moved in and looked at Han Xun with a smile.
"For Xun, as long as he can avenge great revenge in this life, what does it matter about personal life and death?" Han Xun looked satisfied: "I can have a long talk with His Majesty again in this life, and Xun will die without regrets!"
"I feel the same way." Xiao Shiyu nodded.
