Heaven

Ji Kongqing secretly smiled inwardly, although it was the first time they met, the two of them cooperated really well.

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Chu Palace, Imperial Garden——

Today, there are lights and festoons in the imperial garden, where His Majesty the Emperor will personally receive the envoy from Jing Kingdom.

Chu and Jing have been in an alliance for many years, and they are related by marriage.

The highest-ranking concubine in the current harem of the Chu State—Concubine Xuan—is the same mother and sister of the former emperor of Jing State, and the current queen of Jing State is the only princess of Emperor Chu.

At the banquet, Emperor Chu first had someone read his handwritten letter, which was thousands of words long and eloquent, a congratulatory message, which made a detailed summary and good outlook on the friendly relations between the two countries.

There is also a secret mentioned in the article.

It turned out that Emperor Chu's grandfather was unfortunately killed by an adulterer when he was young and fell off a cliff.

Fortunately, there was a big river under the cliff. Emperor Chu's grandfather survived by luck, but drifted along the river to the territory of Jing Kingdom.

At that time, Emperor Jing, who happened to be traveling and passing by here, rescued him.

The two hit it off right away, they ate at the same table, slept in the same room, they almost became brothers with different surnames.It's a pity that they had to part ways due to misunderstanding.

The twists and turns of the whole story process and the bizarre experience are amazing.

Everyone knows that Jing Yan himself is a self-made emperor.

He lost his father since he was a child, and has no father or mother. It is impossible to verify where his ancestral home is. Even the name of the first emperor was pondered by him and Prime Minister Lu at that time after he proclaimed himself emperor.

However, such a story told by the emperor himself is so convincing that even the place where the ancestors stumbled and fell off the cliff was called Qingsong Cliff because of the two pine trees with crooked necks growing beside it. It is really unbelievable.

Everyone couldn't help thinking, why is it that since the founding of the state, Chu State has been extremely arrogant, conquering all the way, but it has always treated Jing State differently?Feelings are old from the ancestors!

There are also many people who suspect that Emperor Chu can't even remember the name of his own father, so how can he still remember the events of his grandfather's generation?There were talkative people around him explaining that it was naturally because Emperor Chu had strict family education, and he didn't dare to forget even a single needle or thread.What is Lao Tzu's name? Even if I forget my own name, I dare not forget the favor of others!

Those who still had doubts nodded secretly, and finally believed.

Only Jing Mingrui sat in his seat and sighed, I don't know how long he has been making up such a long story.The newly appointed Prime Minister Xiaolu is gentle and elegant, with a deep and pleasant voice, he is really a good person to tell a story.

The reason why Chu State has not moved Jing State is completely out of the old man's consistent strategic considerations.

The state of Jing and the state of Chu do not border on each other, one is south and the other is north, and the distance is far away.The Jing Empire is powerful, but it has always been self-defense, so it is a very good partner for alliance.

Otherwise, how could the old man have plagiarized a long poem from someone else and sent it to the country of Jing when he was not proclaimed emperor, saying that he admired the princess of Jing country for her talent and beauty, and had the cheek to marry her?

God knows, even though the poem praised the princess as having a fairy-like appearance and a beautiful heart, she didn't say which princess she admired!You must know that there were several princesses of the right age in Jinghuang Palace at that time.

At that time, Emperor Jing had no choice but to marry a direct sister based on his own understanding.

After Jing Yan's congratulatory message was finished, it was the turn of Jing Guo's envoy to come forward to offer gifts.

This time Mr. Xia Yuanxia, ​​who was on an envoy to Chu State, had a dignified appearance.

He was in his early thirties, with a slight beard on his lips, a square face, like a crown jade, and a burly figure.

According to legend, Emperor Jing Jixi paid great attention to people's appearance.

It may be because he himself is quite handsome. In the country of Jing, it is not necessarily true that someone who is beautiful will be promoted and get rich, but it is definitely difficult for the emperor to see the ugly.

The gift list presented by Jing Guo this time was more than ten pages long. Of course, most of the rare treasures recorded in it were copied from the Korean court.

Originally, a few rare beauties should be listed on this kind of list, but unfortunately everyone knows that Emperor Chu is not close to women, and it is more likely that he can't get close to women because of "the widow has a disease", so he dare not go Touched his bad luck.

After appreciating all the gold, jade and jewelry that could be carried to the hall, Xia Yuan read out loudly the number of civilian husbands brought from South Korea this time, the ratio of men and women, and the average age.

At this time, the population of the world was about 500 million.South Korea is located in the south and has a dense population with a total population of more than [-] million.

At that time, Emperor Jing Ji Xi heard the request from Emperor Jing Xuan of Chu, thought it over for a while, and felt that giving some Korean peasants from Chu State in exchange for the land that Jing State urgently needed could be regarded as taking what they needed, so he readily agreed.In order to make Emperor Chu more satisfied, he specially added a group of Korean craftsmen and sent them along.

After reading out this item, Xia Yuan brought up the issue of offering the God Machine Ballista.

Originally, swords should not be used rashly in front of the king of a country, but Jing Yan was curious about the power of the famous magic ballista, so he asked the guards to roll out one to perform on the spot.

Because the sky was dark, in order to let people see more clearly, all the ballistas fired fire crossbows.

There was only a sound of the mechanism, and the target three hundred steps away had been shot into a honeycomb, and a raging fire was also ignited.

Naturally, Jing Yan was greatly impressed by such a magical weapon. The princes and ministers of Chu State at the banquet were also awed by the power of the ballista, and their expressions were a little stiff.

Xia Yuan was still modest, but all the missionaries under him showed arrogance.

Jing Guo has always been good at making weapons, and the organs and tools are unparalleled in the world.

However, the previous generations of emperors had no ambitions and never expanded outwards, and other countries were afraid of his defensive weapon and did not dare to provoke him at will.In this generation, Jing Emperor Ji Xi didn't know why, and went against the norm, and sent troops to destroy South Korea just because South Korea was self-righteous.

Han Jun of this generation is a pedantic scholar who likes to bury his head in piles of old papers.

He studied for most of his life and wrote a book "Annotation to the Celestial Calendar", which verified in detail that the capital city of South Korea was the place where the heaven and man came into the world, and that the royal palace in Korea was built on the site of the legendary palace of heaven and man. Yes, and the Korean royal family is the real descendant of heaven and man!

He also printed tens of thousands of copies of his "shocking works" at his own expense, and put them in the posthouse for people to read at will.

It's a pity that people all over the world laughed after hearing this.I heard that Han Jun is just a two-sealed celestial being, and he pretends to be a true celestial blood, which is really ridiculous.

Unexpectedly, after Emperor Jing saw it, he became furious, and used Han Jun's disrespect to the ancestors of the Jing Kingdom as an excuse to beat him up and destroy the country!

Before Emperor Jing sent troops, he secretly borrowed troops from Emperor Chu, hoping that the Chu army could contain the [-] defenders in northern Korea.

Emperor Chu actually admired Han Jun's imagination.Maybe because of being caught by the imperial concubine's pillow, he casually sent the eldest prince to attack South Korea through the country of Yue.

Unexpectedly, Han Jun was so stupid that he listened to the villain's slander, and before the battle was fought, he recruited Li Di, the commander of Beiguan, to Beijing and put him under house arrest. He threatened to marry the princess to him and wait for a good day to get married.

As soon as the Chu army arrived at Beiguan, they saw that the opponent's new general was unpopular at all, and their morale was in a slump.

The eldest prince adopted the stratagem of the military division and shot the news into Guanzhong that Jing State had broken seven cities in a row in the south and was besieging South Korea's capital Shucheng.

Sure enough, the next day, the Han army was distracted and defeated with one blow.

Three thousand armored cavalry from the state of Chu successfully crossed the Beiguan Pass, pushed all the way south, and even occupied many cities, and soon joined forces with the army of the state of Jing who conquered the city of Shoucheng. Since then, South Korea has been completely wiped out from the world.

After this battle, Jing Kingdom's prestige was greatly enhanced, but many people saw that Ji Xi was different from previous Jing emperors, perhaps he was a very ambitious person, and they secretly guarded against it.

After watching the performance of the magic ballista, Xia Yuan remembered that Mr. Kongqing specially invited by Emperor Chu hadn't appeared yet, so he proposed that Mr. Kongqing should perform the dance in public at the banquet.

Jing Yan is now more curious than ever about Mr. Kong Qing, and when he heard about this proposal, he immediately agreed.

Seeing his impatient look, Xia Yuan couldn't help being surprised. Could it be that the rumors about Emperor Chu's "difficulty rising up" are false, and he has become so anxious?

He quietly raised his eyes to look at the fifth prince who was sitting on the side and rumored that he would not let Emperor Chu get close to women.I saw that the other party was expressionless, and there was no joy or anger on his face.

It should be no objection, right?

Anyway, Emperor Chu himself wanted to come. In case of accidents, if you accidentally overdo it, you can’t blame Jing Guo for your body injury...it should be?

Xia Yuan immediately sent someone to invite Mr. Kong Qing.

Ji Kongqing was wearing a red dress, holding a gavel tied with seven feet of red silk, two snare drums pinned to his waist, and rushed into the venue to the sound of music.

Someone had already vacated a large space in the middle and lit torches so that Mr. Kong Qing could perform.

I saw him with crimson lips, willow-leaf eyebrows, handsome appearance, long black hair tied into a ponytail, and a fiery red figure dancing wantonly to the music.

When he bends down, when he turns his head, he reveals a myriad of amorous feelings...

Everyone at the banquet watched him dance intently, and they couldn't help but beat the beat to accompany him.

After dancing to a song, I was intoxicated in it for a long time and couldn't extricate myself.

"Okay, that's really great!" Emperor Chu's face was flushed red, "There are such wonderful people in the world, come here, come forward and let me take a closer look!"

Ji Kongqing lowered his eyes and walked forward as he said.

Jing Yan was excited, imagining a scene of brothers fighting in his heart, he grabbed Ji Kongqing's hand and looked up and down, secretly imagining that he would be more suitable to stand with that son.

The Fourth Prince Jing Mingfei saw it and felt anxious.

Although my father has almost lived a life of abstinence for so many years, but Qing'er looks so good, if my father wants to have any ideas...

Could it be that the father forgot that I begged him to bring Qinger here? !

He hastily reminded him: "Father, I have already said that Mr. Kong Qing's dancing posture is the best in the world. I think that when I first saw him dancing in Jing Kingdom's palace..."

"Cut, how can you look like a man with such a girl?" As soon as Jing Mingrui said this, everyone in the room was so shocked that they dropped their chopsticks, and the envoys of the Kingdom of Jing even twitched their mouths.

It's definitely not that they complain about Mr. Kong Qing in their own country.

You must know that the young master's appearance and talent are recognized all over the world, they don't have to argue with the blind guys at all.

But...but...why is the Fifth Prince of Chu State able to say this?

Before coming to Chu, everyone had heard about the life story of the fifth prince, but no one knew what he looked like.Everyone thought that he was just plain-looking, so there were no special rumors.

For this reason, everyone secretly wondered, according to legend, isn't this prince very similar to the most beloved woman of Emperor Chu, the only queen of Chu?Could it be that Emperor Chu's vision is very different from ordinary people?

Didn't they also say that he has the blood of heaven and man?

You must know that the descendants of heaven and man cannot be said to be as beautiful as gods, but they basically look much better than ordinary people.Is the Fifth Prince a special case?

After the state of Chu, the envoys never had the chance to meet the real fifth prince.

But before today's banquet, a guard from the palace specially came to deliver a message.

The fifth prince will also be present at the dinner today, the fifth prince hates people talking about his appearance the most, and told them that if they are lucky enough to see the fifth prince today, they must not show their faces, let alone stare at the fifth prince's face.

The guard finally reminded that there were foreigners who violated the taboo of the fifth prince before, and were given to death on the spot by Emperor Chu.

Hearing this, the envoys were all secretly startled.

How amazing is this Fifth Prince?

When they actually met the fifth prince, everyone was so grateful to the previous guards!

Oh my god, is he still a man who looks so monstrous?

If this face were on a woman, it would definitely be a beauty that would overwhelm a country and a city.Now that it grows on a man's body, it actually adds three points of evil, which is even more confusing.

After the envoys entered the table, they had no choice but to keep their eyes straight, staring at everything, in short, they just didn't let their eyes fall on the Fifth Prince's body, so that they could easily resist the temptation of beauty.

Therefore, as soon as Jing Mingrui uttered these words, everyone's mind immediately came up with the sentence: "Actually, you don't look like a man, do you?" God bless, no one really said it.

"Oh, Rui'er, do you have a problem with Mr. Kong Qing's appearance?"

Emperor Chu found himself even more excited!

why?

He thought of another possibility!

Could it be that Rui'er is not interested in Mr. Kong Qing?Could it be that he came to ask for someone because he didn't want the fourth child to be fascinated by him?Could it be that……? !

Why didn't I feel it before?

A bloody story about brothers' forbidden love rose in His Majesty's mind, and his heartbeat soared again.

Over there, Jing Mingfei's sentence was cut off right there, asking the emperor to allow Mr. Kongqing to live in the mansion, and he was suffocated in his heart by Jing Mingrui's astonishing words.

He just wanted to bring back the topic, who would have thought that the father would take the words of the fifth emperor again, now he had to listen to the fifth emperor's argument first, and then find a chance to speak.

Brother Wuhuang is really too, he looks so evil that he still can't get used to other people's faces that are even more wicked than him!

Ah, that's wrong, Qing'er is as beautiful as an orchid in the empty valley, how can someone like the Fifth Emperor be compared with him?

"It doesn't matter if you look like a mother, even those hobbies are motherly, like playing the piano and dancing, isn't this something that the courtesan in the brothel likes to do? I really don't know what the Jing people think, and they still treat him as a fool." Spread it around like a treasure. If such a person is in our country of Chu, he can only be regarded as a waste!" Jing Mingrui's words were full of sarcasm.

Everyone has already secretly speculated, could it be that the fifth prince thought that Mr. Kong Qing was too beautiful, and he was jealous, so he deliberately made things difficult?

Mr. Kongqing's three masters of piano, chess and dance are actually said by him to be... a hobby.

It is said that the Fifth Prince was born in a military camp and spoke vulgarly, which is true.

Ji Kongqing still lowered his head and didn't argue, but his hands were tightly clutching his sleeves, his shoulders trembled slightly, and it was obvious that he was very angry, which made people feel sorry for him.

"Rui'er, after all, the national conditions of the two countries are different, so don't talk nonsense." Seeing that his beloved son was about to set fire to the allies, Jing Yan had no choice but to stop him, "Although I don't have much reading, I have a good understanding of literati and refined scholars." I have always been very respectful. Besides, although Mr. Soraharu is famous for his piano, dancing, and chess skills, how do you know that he has no other skills?"

"You can tell if you have real skills. If this sissy really has real talents and learning, what's the point of me paying him back in public?" Jing Mingrui obviously didn't believe it.

"Hey, besides playing the piano and dancing, what else can you do?" He raised his chin to Ji Kongqing.

Everyone at the banquet thought that Mr. Kong Qing had outstanding talents, but it was really difficult to find one that would convince this rude prince.

Jing Mingfei was even more annoyed that his younger brother was embarrassing his sweetheart, and just about to open his mouth to persuade him, Ji Kongqing suddenly raised his head slowly and looked at Jing Mingrui calmly.

He smiled slightly, his eyes were as bright as stars for a moment: "My fifth prince, I am not talented, but I have some experience in archery."