King's Landing GL

Chapter 30 Refers to the court

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Murong Bai had a big banquet for the officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and I followed behind her with a stern face, in front of a vase responsible for eating and laughing.

I know it's a bit inappropriate for me to do this, but the question is, if I don't do this, do I have to imitate Murong Bai and say some polite words to those ministers?Besides, look at how displeased those ministers are at me now... Tsk tsk, I might as well pretend I can't see it!

Unhappy is not happy, I still put on a gentle and refined look on my face, and I toasted them with Murong Bai.It's just that I don't know how this toast provoked them, but they actually wished Murong Bai and I auspicious new year and an early birth... I have not felt very comfortable since I heard this. After the new year, Murong Bai will be 24 years old.At her age, a woman is already the mother of several children.Although no one cares about whether she will have a baby, I am a little worried that according to Murong Bai's deeds to the state of Qin, I can't guarantee that she will really give birth to a baby to inherit the throne...

Thinking of this, I couldn't eat anymore, and I managed to hold on to the whole banquet, so I said hello to Murong Bai and went back to the Hall of Eternal Life.

When I got to the hall, I called Mu San:

"Mu San, do you think children are...important to a woman?"

Mu San blushed Zhang Jun's face, stammered for a long time before saying:

"Your Majesty, I...I am a eunuch...I don't know..."

I was blocked, speechless:

"Didn't it make you excited?"

He blushed again:

"I... I forgot..."

I:"......"

Forget it, I let him go out and be quiet by myself.

In the end, it was not quiet, but was frightened instead, because at the family banquet on New Year's Eve, I was annoyed by Murong Yu's uneasy and kind appearance, but in the middle of the meal, he said:

"I don't know when Wang Mei and Wang Jun plan to have a child? It's better to be an uncle as a brother."

I shook my chopsticks, and my face turned red.

On the other side, Murong Bai's uncle Wang Murong Zhan came forward and said:

"They're still young, not in a hurry. Unlike me, old!"

Jane smiles:

"How do you look like an old person? I am really old." After finishing speaking, he glanced at me who was still in shock and Murong Bai who was calm.

Because it is a family banquet, it is not as polite as before. It is really not easy for the royal family to sit down and have a meal in harmony.

Family banquets and family banquets are all surnamed Murong.Even Princess Murong Jing'an, whom I have never seen before, is here, as well as Murong Zhan's wife, Murong Yu and his wife... Well, they have normal relations with me.

I glanced at the sky outside the main hall. In previous years, at this time, Guigu Mountain was lit up and down, and the brothers and sisters had a good time drinking and chatting about world affairs, which was very lively.Now I am here in the Palace of the Qin Dynasty, smiling at these royal family members... It's not that serious, it's just... I miss Guigu Mountain very much.

Murong Bai took some food for me, and said softly:

"Think about Ghost Valley Mountain?"

I nodded, took a sip of my wine, and said nothing.

At the banquet, the topic went around and around, and somehow it turned around to the issue of children. I was stuck in my chest and didn't know what to say.

But Murong Bai smiled and said:

"When the time is more stable, I will consider it with Wang Jun."

Everyone nodded in reassurance.I know that the state of Qin has always been very orthodox, and only the children of the main house and the main wife will have the opportunity to inherit the rule.Otherwise...I'm afraid the throne should belong to Murong Yu.

I carefully glanced at Murong Yu, he was handsome and bright-eyed, and he didn't look like someone with ulterior motives.In fact, in the bottom of my heart, I would rather Murong Yu be on the throne at the beginning. If Murong Bai was just a princess, I think it would be much easier for me to walk with her.But that's impossible...

But now even the issue of children has been brought up on the agenda, and it is impossible to have a child with Murong Bai if I kill me.And she's talking like this now... I'm really afraid of what I'm afraid of.

Qing Yan who was sitting on one side was quiet, I felt distressed watching it.After coming to Qin for many days, I already knew the subtlety of Qingyan's identity.On the one hand, he is young and people in the palace are unpredictable, so I really feel sorry for my good apprentice.On the other hand, like me, he only relies on Murong Bai in this deep palace.

I sighed, and softly called Qingyan:

"Qingyan."

"Sir." He immediately got up and saluted me.

Everyone looked at us without speaking, Murong Bai glanced at me, indifferently.

I laugh:

"Today's New Year's Eve, why don't you come to dance the sword?"

His childish stature stands erect:

"promise."

Murong Bai ordered someone to fetch the sword and handed it to Qingyan.

He bowed to everyone, took three steps back, the sword moved, and the wind moved.Alternate between strength and quantity, each move is fully executed.

Turn sideways and return the sword.Sharp!

Step up, lift up.The sword is swaying!

"Okay!" The crowd applauded and praised.

Qingyan said:

"It's a shame to be honest."

"It's all from my own family, so where are the ugly words coming from?" The Empress Dowager said kindly with a face similar to Murong Bai's, and she was quite pleased with the words.

"Sit down and have a meal." Murong Bai said lightly to Qing, and looked at me again, his eyes were dark.

I know what Murong Bai is thinking, if I let Qing Yan show off at the family banquet, I will probably cause him some trouble.But I had to do this. The information Zongshiqi gave me was never investigated to the end. I have been secretly investigating for the past few months.In the end, he didn't expect that another matter would be involved, and this matter might threaten Murong Bai's throne.I let Qingyan come forward now because I want to tell the person in the dark that if something happens to Murong Bai, Murong Qingyan will be in charge.And if that person is smart, he will definitely find an opportunity to get rid of Qingyan.

I have made a net and am waiting for the man.

As everyone knows, I have already joined the Internet.

Thinking about it carefully, the half a year since Su Yu left Qin Dynasty was actually the most stable life I lived in Qin Dynasty.Since then, various forces have secretly moved, and I have gradually deviated from my original intention.

The only constant is my love for Murong Bai.

However, love sighs that the world is changeable.

After the beginning of spring, Murong Bai became much more busy.I can't help much, and I can't understand her military affairs.So I had no choice but to go to the kitchen to cook all day long, and go to Ruofei Temple to teach my good disciples.

Maybe it was because I made Qingyan's sword dance work on New Year's Eve last time. These days, the forces in the court are moving secretly, but that person is hiding too deep, and I can't find him, so I have no choice but to continue to play a long game.But the sky doesn't follow people's wishes, one day when I went back to the Hall of Eternal Life, I saw Murong Bai's gloomy face, almost watering.I felt uneasy and asked her why.

She silently handed me a memorial, and I opened it to have a look.He secretly called something bad in his heart, the state of Qin had planned reforms for more than half a year, and the two countries of Chu and Chen were quite peaceful, but the nomadic Hu people on the border invaded Qin at this time.

Isn't this fucking looking for trouble?

I put down the memorial and asked softly:

"What's your plan?"

Murong Bai frowned:

"I'm afraid I'm going to fight one of them."

I nodded.I know what Murong Bai is struggling with. Qin Guo has just reformed, although he is rich but not strong.If there is a war with the Hu people, it is afraid that Chu and Chen will take advantage of the Qin war and conspire to attack Qin.Second, if there is going to be a war, the treasury will be consumed.I am afraid that her great cause of world domination will be postponed.

Murong Bai had waited too long, she couldn't miscalculate.

"Are there any reserve soldiers?"

"Li Wu." She said lightly.

I thought about it for a while, and said:

"It's okay for Li Yi to lead as a major general."

She looked up at me, thought for a moment, and nodded:

"This matter needs to be discussed again."

I answered, but I had another calculation in my heart.

In the court hall the next day, Murong Bai announced that Li Wu would lead the army, and Li Yi would be the vanguard. On the second day of April, he would lead the army northward and start a war with the Hu people.

After retreating from the court, Li Wu pulled me with a bitter face:

"Xiao Zongzong, it's not suitable for me to go to such a far place at my age? Besides, there is nothing there. I have been going for several months. Can a bird come out of my mouth? I would rather just... …”

Before he finished speaking, Li Yi stepped forward and pulled him back.Apologize to me:

"Your Majesty, my father didn't mean that..."

I twitched my mouth, didn't you mean that?I don't know who Li Wu is?Seeing his appearance, he probably met a certain lover in which pavilion, and he was afraid that the beautiful woman would follow someone else when he came back.

I pulled Li Wu over, whispered a few words to him, and then patted him on the shoulder with an expression of "everyone can understand a man".Li Wu smiled openly:

“So wonderful and wonderful...”

Li Yi kept his face dark and didn't speak.

I waved to Li Yi and called him aside:

"Yi, I have a question I want to ask you."

Li Yi said with trepidation:

"Your Majesty has defeated the evil minister, and the minister will be..."

I waved my hand and interrupted his polite speech.I said seriously:

"March to war—what's the pay?"

Yes, this is my plan.Just in time for this march to fight, I plan to clean up the redundant personnel in the court in private.If not, it will be a disaster if there is a war with Chu and Chen in the future.

However, the matter of redundant staff controlling military pay is a long-standing disease since the founding of the Qin Dynasty. This is a dark place that everyone knows in their hearts, but they let it go.In addition to involving too many officials in this matter, it is also likely to involve members of the royal family.

Murong Bai definitely can't casually investigate the matter of military pay, as a king, she has too much consideration.Military pay, this is what she most wants to touch but is the last thing she can touch.The interests are too wide, and if you move, you will move your whole body.No matter how iron-blooded she is, she dare not bet on the security of the court.

Only me, who has nothing but has real power, dares to move.I'm not afraid of anything, and they can't do anything to me.Just like the case where I came forward to reform the law, the matter of checking the military salary-only I am suitable.I don't want to go through this muddy water, because I have already provoked the displeasure of many nobles because of the political reform.If I now take my hands off the military pay that has been secretly prevalent among Qin officials, I'm afraid I will really leave Qin sideways.But I have to take care of it, military pay is a matter of national importance.If one day, Qin State wants to unify the world.Without iron and blood and strict discipline, needless to say war, redundant staff can disintegrate this not-so-powerful country by itself.

Corruption is the most intractable disease in a country.

If not cured, it becomes terminally ill.

Control, pain its whole body.

I know that since I have this idea, my stable life in Qin will come to an end.

Sure enough, after hearing what I said, Li Yi's face froze. He carefully looked around and said in a low voice:

"Your Majesty! This matter... absolutely impossible!"

As a soldier in the army, Li Yi naturally knew how hateful those who embezzled military pay were.His brothers and comrades in the frontier shed their blood to defend the country, but when they returned to the barracks, they couldn't even eat a bowl of clean white rice!What they eat is the coarse grains that ordinary people eat, mixed with gravel and sand, and it is difficult to see the smell of oil.In winter, the soldiers even have worn out clothes to keep out the cold.However, those of them who joined the army were defending those redundant personnel!

To die on the battlefield is an honor even though death!

Starve to death and freeze to death, what can be tolerated!

I shook my head and said seriously:

"You are a member of the army, and you are more aware of the consequences of those redundant staff than I am."

Li Yi clasped his fists and said:

"Your Majesty's grace, my frontier soldiers will never forget it!"

I smile lightly:

"Do you remember nothing? Now you have to help me find out who those people are..."

The voice lowered, and a secret fight officially started.

When I returned to the Hall of Eternal Life, Murong Bai had already been waiting for me for a long time.I went forward, smiled gently and said:

"Have you been waiting long?"

She shook her head, and after a long silence, she called out the window as if she had made up her mind:

"Mo Shan!"

A moment later, a woman in a dark blue suit came in from the window with a sword in her arms, and saluted Murong Bai with a cold face:

"Lord."

I swallowed my saliva and said in surprise:

"My lord? She is your personal army?!" How insecure is this woman?Is it not enough to have the Imperial Forest Army and also support a private army? !

Murong Bai nodded, then took out a deep red jade tablet from her bosom and handed it to me, with a drop of blood and a sword tattooed on it.I held the jade tablet, and my heart sank.It was only the beginning of March, but I felt a chill enter my body.Presumably, it must be that jade...too cold.

Murong Bai's voice was still calm:

"This is the token for ordering the blood droplet, please keep it. In the future, Mo Shan will be responsible for your safety."

"Why?" I asked unwillingly.

She was silent for a moment, turned her head away:

"I......"

I nodded knowingly and interrupted her:

"I see," he gripped the jade plaque firmly, and smiled, "Thank you."

Of course I know Murong Bai's difficulties.I said earlier that I will give whatever she wants.I don't ask her to fight against the court for me, and I know that it is the most clear choice for her to protect herself at this time.But... why she did this, I still feel cold.

Sure enough, I was still hoping that she could... change something for me.

I may still love her enough, otherwise, I wouldn't ask her to change something for me.

Guigu Zongheng, Guigu Zongheng, between you and her, it's just a deal.It doesn't matter if you dig out your heart or your lungs.That's all your own business, how can you expect others to return you equally?

She is the king, the king of Qin.

Not your king alone, never, never.

On the second day of April, the army set off.

Murong Bai was dressed in a black robe on the marching platform, with green silk on his shoulders, and said in a deep voice to the soldiers below the stage:

"In this battle, defend our frontier - only win and never lose!"

The crowd shouted:

"Only victorious and undefeated!"

"Only victorious and undefeated!"

"Only victorious and undefeated!"

I was in the distance, quietly looking at the woman with her back turned to me, with a peaceful look in my eyes.

Murong Bai, Murong Bai.

You know how much I love you.

After Li Wu led the army to set off, Murong Bai became even more busy, and although I had nothing to do on the surface, I secretly made people in the blood to watch the officials in the court closely.I've already prepared for the worst - if I can't get evidence, then I'd rather kill by mistake.

Human life, in my eyes at that moment, is so unimportant.In the past, my master taught me that all living beings are equal, but now I regard human life as an ant for the sake of Qin.But I haven't practiced it yet, but some people did it before me, and things deviated from my expectations.

That day when Murong Bai and I were having lunch together, Li Dequan hurried in and whispered something in Murong Bai's ear.Murong Bai's face darkened, he glanced at me, got up and left.

I thought it was no big deal, or a big deal that had nothing to do with me.Calculating the date, Li Wu must have been stationed at the border, so I took it for granted that this matter had something to do with the front line.

But things are not what I thought, Murong Bai went for a few hours, from what Mu San said, it seems that several important ministers in the court have rushed to the imperial study room in the afternoon.I frowned, wondering if something happened to Li Wu?

At dusk, Murong Bai came back exhausted.Before I had time to ask her anything, she looked at me with a look that I couldn't see through, and asked:

"You—have you ever had a grudge against Qin?"

I was inexplicably asked by her:

"what?"

She shook her head, withdrew her servants, was silent for a while, and then said:

"Last night, Mr. Zhang from the Ministry of Officials and Mr. Sun from the Military Weapons Supervisor were killed at home."

My heart skipped a beat, aren't these two the ones I'm focusing on?How could it be... Suddenly remembering what she asked me just now, my heart was cold, and I couldn't believe it:

"You doubt me?!"

How can it be!How could I do such a stupid thing!If those two were dead, the case of military pay would not be investigated.Even though I once had the idea of ​​killing people if I couldn't grasp the evidence, it was based on my full suspicion and being able to deal with the consequences!

Now that those two people died for no reason, if someone secretly accuses me of what I have done... I have a cold war in my heart: wouldn't the nobles and ministers of the DPRK and China fight me to the death? !

After hearing my words, Murong Bai pursed his lips, raised his hands and rubbed the center of his brows, and said wearily:

"I am the king of this country. You know the consequences of this matter better than me..."

I sneered:

"So I, an outsider, should be suspected?!"

She looked at me without speaking, but frowned her thin eyebrows.

I took a deep breath and calmly said:

"I'll find out."

Who is making trouble - I must find out!

She was silent for a moment, sighed, and then said:

"No need."

"What do you mean?" I stared at her, "You think I did it?!"

"You come forward to investigate - things will get worse." She said calmly, "Whether you did it or not, you are not allowed to come forward!"

I was silent, I naturally knew what she meant.Now those aristocratic ministers are beginning to doubt me, whether I admit it or not, this is basically what they believe to be the truth.If I keep checking, I'm afraid...

"Why?" I whispered.

She won't let me check, but how can those nobles let it go?I now have to choose - jump off a cliff or commit suicide?

All are doomed.

She turned her head to the side, and after a long time I heard an inaudible voice faintly say:

"You...can't die."

After that day, Murong Bai ordered Blood Droplet to protect me secretly, and her confidants were responsible for all my basic necessities of life.I didn't understand why she did this at first, but after I encountered too many "accidents" in the next period of time, I understood.

Someone is going to kill me.

Blatantly trying to kill me.

The situation in the court became more and more tense. After Master Zhang and Master Sun died, for some reason, the news about my secret and thorough investigation of the military pay leaked out. In this way, everyone was more convinced that I had lynched and killed the two adults.Everyone related to the issue of military pay was terrified, they confronted me, but Murong Bai's tough attitude made them unable to do anything to me.

What broke this weird balance was the assassination of Prime Minister You in the mansion.Although the man is not dead, but when he woke up, he insisted that I sent someone to kill him.

Everyone glared at me, and I was pushed into a situation that everyone hates.

My life in Qin State is getting more and more difficult.But I was still checking the military pay, Murong Bai didn't say anything about it, only strengthened the guards.

In June, the front line was victorious, and food and grass were in short supply.The people I sent to investigate secretly returned without result, and the next day, two more ministers were killed in the mansion.The government and the public were shocked, and they all resigned.

Restaurant private room

"Master." The man in the iron mask bowed to a man in a dark blue shirt.

"How?" the man asked.

"Return to Master: As expected. The aristocratic ministers headed by Mr. Li have been kneeling outside the Xuanzheng Hall for a day."

The man nodded in satisfaction, and the corner of his mouth curled up in a very good mood:

"Go down."

"promise."

Xuanzheng Hall

I looked at the kneeling people outside the hall and sneered twice.Call wood three:

"Mu San, tell me - how much do they hate me?"

They even asked Murong Bai to hand me over to the Ministry of Punishments indiscriminately.How much do these people hate me?Hate me for cutting their rights?Or do you hate me for checking the military pay for breaking their way?

Mu San lowered his head and whispered:

"Slave, no... I don't know."

I was a little irritable, and it happened that the servant brought me the summer soup that was boiled for me, and I took it and drank it down.Looking at the inner hall with the closed gate, Murong Bai and Gan Luo had already stayed inside for an hour.

Things are... a little difficult.

My brain is running fast, I don't know who is behind this who is eager to pull me off the horse, he is secretly telling me.If I let them get their wish this time... I may never have a chance to stand up again!

I rubbed my brows, and I found out more or less those who were involved in the military pay. Because of this, the soldiers on the frontier had a much better life than before on this expedition.But this is not enough!The biggest beneficiary behind is hiding too deeply, and time is not enough.

What should I do?

What can I do......

How to do?

I was pacing and walking while thinking, and suddenly there was a tingling pain in my heart.I stopped, trying to get my own pulse, but my eyes turned black, my nose felt hot—my body shook instantly, and I fell down.

Actually... Poisoned!

(End of this chapter)