Condescending and Condescending

On the eighth day of the seventh month of the fifth year of Yongning, King Long returned to the court, and the empress led all the civil and military officials out of the city to meet him.

Fang Yanqin didn't join in the fun because Chen Ci came suddenly.

It still came in over the wall.

Fang Yanqin frowned.

He remembered that the last time he went to find Chen Ci, Chen Ci used his eyes to mock the dignified nobles of the royal family, even doing such things as climbing over the wall.

Noticing Fang Yanqin's gaze, Chen Ci's ears turned red, and he raised his eyebrows uncomfortably.

Only then did Fang Yanqin react.

Is now the time to get confused?

So he immediately strode forward and hugged Chen Ci: "Why are you here?"

Chen Ci also reacted.

Is now the time to be shy?

So his ears became redder immediately, but his face didn't show it, he said lightly: "I miss you."

Fang Yanqin's heart warmed.

After all, in this small world, this is the first time that Chen Ci has actively expressed his love for him.

So he couldn't help rubbing the person into his arms: "Well, I miss you too."

However, Chen Ci: "..."

Do you remember the dog talk and dog talk you said?

It's the saying that thinking about you is thinking about your gun...

Or was he implying that it wasn't obvious enough.

Chen Ci was silent.

So he said every word, even his neck turned red: "I said I missed you."

Fang Yanqin: "I heard..."

Fang Yanqin: "...Huh?"

If he doesn't understand this, he is not worthy of being a dog.

But did Chen Ci take the initiative too far?

So he straightened up and looked at Chen Ci with burning eyes.

Chen Ci tilted his head uncomfortably, and said, "If you...then I'll go back first."

Before he finished speaking, Fang Yanqin hugged him up.

Startled, Chen Ci subconsciously put his arms around Fang Yanqin's neck, and was bitten viciously by Fang Yanqin on the corner of his mouth.

Fang Yanqin: "Don't think about it."

After all, the meat can slip away when it reaches his mouth, so he really doesn't need to be a dog.

Then he directly put Chen Ci on the desk, and opposite was a bronze mirror.

Chen Ci: "..."

Jane, it's an insult to gentleness.

But Chen Ci did not refuse, but instead hugged the person who made trouble on him.

Anyway, it's the last time, so let him be presumptuous for a while.

he thinks.

After all, he is the Chen family, how could he be with the enemy.

He has already made a mistake, so naturally he can't continue to make mistakes, otherwise he will have no face to meet the ancestors of the Chen family in the future.

What's more, if nothing unexpected happens, after tonight, Fang Yanqin will be the emperor.

How could he be willing to bear the infamy of Fang Yanqin, which will last forever.

The most important thing is, who can guarantee that Fang Yanqin will treat him as before after he becomes the emperor, at least Fang Yanqin will definitely marry a wife and have children in the future, otherwise how will the country he won so hard be passed on.

Thinking of this, Chen Ci couldn't help tearing from the corner of his eyes.

Fang Yanqin: "..."

Here comes the part of his wife's imagination.

What can dialect Qin do.

He could only work harder with his wife to start the experiment.

After all, his wife is so sad, of course he should make him happier!

So it was not until dusk that Chen Ci came out from the Taki Palace in the capital.

Seeing this, the servant who had been waiting outside immediately greeted him: "Patriarch, you are here, Zhao Yan has been looking for you."

"understood."

Chen Ci turned his head and took one last look at Fang Yanqin's position, and said, "Let's go!"

Seeing Chen Ci approaching, Zhao Yan couldn't help complaining: "Where have you been, my people have never found you."

Chen Ci gave a perfunctory salute: "Success or failure depends on today, so just in case, my subordinates went to check each checkpoint again."

"Good good."

Hearing what Chen Ci said, Zhao Yan couldn't blame Chen Ci.

Thinking again that after tonight, he would be the emperor, Zhao Yan couldn't help clenching his fists excitedly.

Then, as if he remembered something, he stretched out his hand and patted Chen Ci's shoulder, and said triumphantly, "Xiuzhi, I am able to have what I am today, all thanks to your help, don't worry, I will not treat you badly in the future."

Chen Ci immediately suppressed the sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, bowed and said: "Ci will definitely live up to your kindness."

That night, the empress held a celebration banquet in the Palace of Preserving Harmony in honor of King Taki and the meritorious soldiers.

As the family members of King Taki, Fang Yanqin's family was naturally also invited.

Get off the carriage, look at the guards with guns every three steps and every five steps on the city wall, and then hear the faint music from the palace, Cai Zhengye has pale temples and an old face, he can't help but clenched He touched the hand of his daughter beside him: "Son, it's your parents who hurt you."

Because he knew that after today, their family would never be able to get rid of Zhao Yan again.

Thinking of this, he picked up the crutch in his hand and slammed it on the ground twice: "Zhuzi, Shuzi, hateful..."

The family just wanted to live their own lives behind closed doors, and they didn't want any glory or wealth.

But that bastard Zhao Yan, he wants to climb another high branch, just go for it, but he refuses to part with his daughter, because he is greedy for his daughter's beauty, and because he thinks that his daughter has been his woman, if she marries again The others just gave him a cuckold, so they forced his daughter to stay by his side, causing him to be separated from his flesh and blood, and his children and grandchildren cut off.

Miss Cai's family couldn't help but shed tears too: "Father, stop talking..."

It's just that compared to the miserable wind and rain on the side of the Cai family, the expressions of Pei Shi and Zhao Ningmeng on the side are completely opposite.

So much so that those wives were stunned when they saw the almost uncontrollable excitement and excitement in Pei's eyes.

Why is Mrs. Pei so happy?

After all, now who doesn't know that King Taki has hated their mother and son for a long time, does she really think that after King Taki succeeds to the throne, he will follow the etiquette and make her a queen?

And anyone with a discerning eye knows that after King Taki succeeds to the throne, he will definitely make Zhao Yan the crown prince.

It is said that Zhao Yan's biological mother was persecuted to death by the Pei family.

It is conceivable that Zhao Yan will not let Pei's mother and son go in the future.

So why is Pei so happy?

Could it be that Mrs. Pei is crazy?

Thinking of this, everyone looked at the Pei family with nothing but pity.

In the end, they didn't forget to move the seats to the side, lest Mrs. Pei would explode and hurt others.

It even included Pei's sister-in-law.

Not only because they are not easy to deal with on weekdays, but also because the Pei family has annoyed King Long now, and they can't even bring the Pei family to King Long. Although the brothers and sisters of the Pei family didn't say anything, she couldn't help but hate him Pei Shi.

The Palace of Preserving Harmony is the largest palace in the imperial city. According to the system, when the emperor gives a banquet, the emperor's imperial banquet table is set under the eaves in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the seats of the kings are arranged on the platforms on the east and west sides of the Royal Road. Further down is the vast square, and there are eight blue curtain sheds on the left and right. The banquet tables of civil and military officials are placed under the left curtain shed, and the banquet tables of the inner and outer Mingfu are displayed on the right. 1

That is to say, civil and military officials and wives inside and outside sit together, and they can see what happens on the throne.

Soon, the Empress will arrive.

According to the rules, Guanglu Temple must first lead civil and military officials to offer three rounds of wine to the emperor.

But at this time, who would be in the mood to taste wine?

Because according to the procedure, after the toast, it was the emperor who spoke.

Everyone knows that the highlight of this banquet is coming.

So they sat up straight involuntarily, and looked up at the empress on the throne.

The empress laughed miserably, raised the wine glass in her hand, and said: "All the ministers have offered me three glasses of wine, and I will also offer you three glasses of wine."

"This first glass of wine, I respect all the soldiers present here. If it weren't for your brave fighting, there would be no peace for me today."

After speaking, she raised her head and drank it down.

Of course, she is pregnant now, and what she drinks is actually tea.

But no one cares about that at all.

"For the second cup of wine, I respect all the princes present here. Thank you all for your understanding, and the matter of reducing the vassal status can be carried out smoothly. As for the placement of the princes, I have discussed the specific process with all the officials. The princes will stay in the capital. Although there is no order to leave the capital, the Ministry of Households will give you 1 taels of salary and 5000 dendrobium of lumi every year, and [-] taels of salary and [-] dendrobium of lumi in the year of the son..."

According to the current prices, one Dendrobium Lumi is approximately equal to one tael of silver.

This salary is not low, after all, the salary of a first-rank official these days is only 1000 taels of silver and [-] hu of lumi.

And the reason why she gave such preferential treatment conditions was purely to buy these vassal kings, after all, she still counted on these vassal kings to support her children in the future.

Those vassal kings were overjoyed immediately, and said again and again: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your generosity."

Speaking of this, the empress was silent for a while.

Then she turned her head to look at King Long under the impatient gazes of civil and military officials: "I want to respect King Long for this third glass of wine."

She said: "I have been in power for five years, during which the world was in turmoil. Thanks to King Long, Guozuo was able to survive... So I decided to follow the destiny and the hearts of the people, and Zen is located in King Long."

At the end, she couldn't help closing her eyes.

"No, Your Majesty."

It was King Taki who spoke.

I saw him rushing out of class and knelt down on the ground: "The minister's talents and virtues are shallow, and he never dares to have the heart of arrogance."

And those civil and military officials also came out of Banshan and shouted: "Your Majesty, please take it back."

Of course it's not because King Taki doesn't want to be emperor.

It's because the ancient usurpers, in order to make their usurping the throne appear fair, would first decline three times when the emperor took the throne, pretending that they actually didn't want to accept the throne, but they were forced to do so, and in the end they could only be respectful rather than obedient.

The end is hypocritical.

Not to mention King Taki, because even though he said that, his whole body was already trembling with excitement.

He planned for two lifetimes, and finally he was going to be the emperor.

So can he not be excited?

He couldn't help but think about which two characters he would choose as his year name after he ascended the throne, how he would reward Zhao Yan, those officials under his command, and his group of concubines, and what position he should reward...

By the way, he should also marry a young and beautiful queen. I heard that the youngest daughter of the head of the Shen family in Jiangdong was born with stunning beauty. The most important thing is that she is only 16 years old this year...

Thinking of this, King Taki became even more excited!

Seeing this scene, the empress not only couldn't expose him, but also suppressed the bitterness and nausea in her heart to appease him: "King Taki is too modest..."

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded: "Since King Taki is not willing to accept the throne, your majesty might as well sit on me!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

They subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound, only to see Zhao Yan standing up from the ground.

Zhao Yan?

King Taki suddenly felt uneasy, he thought he heard it wrong: "Zhao Yan, what did you say?"

Zhao Yan changed his usual respect and glanced at him contemptuously: "I said, since you don't want to be emperor, then I will be."

King Taki finally realized that something was wrong: "Zhao Yan, what do you want to do?"

He subconsciously called out to the left and right: "Come on, come on!"

The surrounding guards with guns moved immediately, but they raised their muskets and aimed at King Taki and the civil and military officials.

Not only the empress, but all civil and military officials were also dumbfounded.

They never expected that the development of the matter would suddenly turn such a big corner.

So they couldn't help taking a step back, even a few days ago they wrote letters of sincerity to King Taki, saying that they were willing to die for him.

Seeing this scene, King Taki laughed angrily.

But now it's not about these things, because things have come to this point, if King Taki didn't know Zhao Yan's purpose, then he would have lived in vain for so many years.

He was furious: "Zhao Yan, are you crazy?"

Zhao Yan laughed loudly and said, "I don't know if I'm crazy or not, but I know you'll be a lot older next year, and your dreams are beautiful."

Then he changed his voice and said with a sneer: "I didn't quell any of the civil uprising in the southwest, the barbarian expedition, and the rebellion of the thirteen kings. Why do you step on my credit to ascend to the throne?"

King Taki immediately said: "Didn't I pull you up with my own hand? If I hadn't paid you money to find craftsmen for you, you thought you could have developed the musket so quickly... If I hadn't brought you back back then, You are still just a mere son-in-law—”

Just speaking of this, King Taki couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

After all, even if he didn't bring Zhao Yan back, Zhao Yan was destined to ascend to a high position.

Then he remembered his current situation.

So he immediately softened his voice: "Besides, you are my son, and the throne will be passed on to you sooner or later."

"Ah."

Zhao Yan: "I can obviously be the founding emperor, and my name will last forever, why should I be a successor emperor who is not inferior?"

Then his voice changed again: "And am I really your son?"

"what?"

The crowd was stunned again.

Zhao Yan looked sad and indignant: "My father is clearly Zhao Wei from the Zhao family in the south of the Yangtze River. It is you who have taken a fancy to the business in my hand, and you know that I still hold a priceless glass prescription and soap prescription in my hand." , just want to keep it for yourself, but you know that I am strong by nature and cannot be forced, so you slander me as your illegitimate child. My mother is afraid of your power, dare not resist, and dare not tell me the truth, but You were afraid that the matter would be leaked, so in the end you brutally killed her."

"Yes."

At this time, a group of people squeezed out from the crowd. They were not exactly the members of the Zhao family who went to Shandong to bring Zhao Yan's biological mother, the Chen family, back to the south of the Yangtze River.

They were filled with indignation: "Ah Yan was born at full term, and we watched him grow up. How could he become your son?"

"Poor Mrs. Chen, she was fine on the way we took her back, but when we were about to get home, she died suddenly."

"So you didn't kill people, who else could kill them?"

……

Everyone was shocked by such a turn of events.

The entire Hall of Supreme Harmony fell into dead silence in an instant.

Until the next Pei Shi couldn't help but snort, and said: "Only you, an old white-eyed wolf and a little white-eyed wolf, are you ashamed to say that you are not father and son?"

Everyone subconsciously recalled what King Taki and Zhao Yan did, and couldn't help laughing.

Then they realized that their faces turned pale.

Because is now the time to say this?

So much so that Mrs. Pei, who was not far away, could only fly over and cover Pei's mouth, lest she bring trouble to the Pei family again.

It was only then that King Taki and the vassals came to their senses.

"You, are you trying to get rid of us?"

As for why you have to put aside the relationship with the royal family of Qian Dynasty?

Of course, it is to make his forced palace more justifiable. After all, if he is still the son of King Taki, then his current behavior is treasonous and unscrupulous. Even if he becomes the emperor in the future, he will only be infamous for thousands of years.

But if he is not the son of King Taki, then his behavior today can only be regarded as revenge for his mother, which is a way of great filial piety that will last forever.

The most important thing is that a vassal king needs to be given a salary of 2 taels of silver every year. More than 70 vassal kings, plus their heirs, will spend 200 million taels of silver a year just to support them. He doesn’t have that Free time to raise such a pile of trash.

And only by setting aside his relationship with the royal family of the Qian Dynasty, can he justifiably get rid of these burdens.

Those vassal kings obviously thought of this too, they stood up one after another, and were about to scold Zhao Yan for his snake-heartedness.

But in the next second, their legs went limp, they sat down again, and then spit out a mouthful of blood.

Only then did they come to their senses, clutching their stomachs that were cut like knives and axes, and said with scarlet eyes: "You, you actually poisoned the wine and vegetables..."

Looking at the princes and concubines they brought, they all fell to the ground clutching their stomachs, howling endlessly.

boom!

When the civil and military officials saw this, they all looked at Zhao Yan, who was at the top, in horror.

Zhao Yan was also taken aback.

He really didn't intend to dispose of these feudal princes at the palace banquet.

So this should be Chen Ci's handwriting.

But this is good, at least the purpose of killing chickens and monkeys has been achieved.

King Ting was really scared, he said in a panic: "Zhao, Zhao Yan, I am really your biological father, think about it, if I wasn't your biological father, I could win over Zhao Ningmeng to help you win over the Song family. Marry Song Lu that trash, can I use the lives of Pei's mother and son as bait to lure the barbarians to invade in order to accumulate military exploits for you?"

Hearing these words, everyone felt a chill in their hearts, so it was not a coincidence that the barbarians were imprisoned, but King Taki's deliberate calculation.

Just to help a concubine, he did not hesitate to sacrifice the names of his wife and children, thinking about it made him feel chills in his heart.

As a result, when everyone looked at Pei's mother and daughter again, there was more pity in their eyes.

Zhao Yan also seemed to have expected King Taki to say this, so he sneered and said, "That's because you saw that I took out a magic weapon like a musket, and deliberately acted with Pei's mother and son in order to win me over." Look, I guess when you really ascend to the throne, I will be the first one to get rid of."

"puff!"

Pei laughed again: "It's as if the bunch of concubines in the backyard of King Long's Mansion and the children in their womb are all fake."

Zhao Yan's face suddenly darkened.

But then King Taki's voice sounded: "So from the beginning, you have planned..."

Looking at Zhao Yan's actions, King Taki finally understood that Zhao Yan was determined to pull him down, and maybe what happened to those vassal kings would be his future.

Thinking of this, King Taki trembled all over: "Zhao Yan, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go."

He knew what kind of person Zhao Yan was, yet he still chose to cooperate with him.

This is nothing but seeking skin from a tiger.

If I had known it would be today, when he was reborn, he should have directly sent someone to get rid of Zhao Yan,

But now it's useless for him to regret it.

Zhao Yan was too lazy to talk to them anymore.

He turned to look at the empress directly: "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

The empress was already pale.

She never thought that things would turn out like this in the end.

The reason why she was willing to give the Zen throne to King Long was because King Long was also a member of the Zhao family anyway, and he couldn't write two Zhaos in one stroke.

But now Zhao Yan has put aside his relationship with King Taki. If she gives Zhao Yan the Zen throne, if Zhao Yan establishes a new dynasty, then the country will be subjugated if she works hard, won't she become the king of subjugation?

Knowing that Zhao Yan would even give up the life of his biological mother for the sake of power and status, one can imagine how Zhao Yan will deal with her in the future.

But just to show her sincerity, she had handed over all the defense work of the palace to King Taki, otherwise how could Zhao Yan have the opportunity to replace all the guards in the palace with his people without anyone noticing.

So now she doesn't even have the qualifications to burn the boat.

She lost again.

A crushing defeat!

So much so that the only thing she can do now is to ask for help from those literati Qingliu who together with Prince Taki forced the palace.

After all, they are all high-ranking officials, and they receive the salary of the Zhao family emperor.

As a result, in the next second, I saw these people knelt down towards Zhao Yan without hesitation: "I will see the new emperor, long live long live long live."

After all, the bodies of those princes are still there.

Seeing this scene, the Empress' face was ashen.

Zhao Yan laughed out loud.

"Good good!"

He finally waited for this day!

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan couldn't help but open his hands in high spirits.

So much so that only his laughter echoed in the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Just smiling, he suddenly found that there was still a group of people standing next to him.

He took a closer look, only to find that apart from Pei's mother and son, the group of people were all major families headed by Gao Hong, including Chen Ci.

Chen Ci?

what happened?

For no reason, Zhao Yan suddenly panicked.

But he quickly realized that there would be nothing wrong with Chen Ci, after all, he was so loyal to him.

Zhao Yan immediately withdrew his hand and reminded: "Xiuzhi, it's time to recover..."

He thought that Chen Ci and the others were too happy, so he hasn't recovered yet.

As a result, before he finished speaking, Chen Ci sneered and said, "It's really a dog-eat-dog show!"

This development, this tone...

Those civil and military officials kneeling on the ground couldn't help grinning.

Again?

The expression on Zhao Yan's face froze instantly: "Xiuzhi, what do you mean?"

"What else could it mean!"

Chen Ci said casually: "I didn't quell any of the Civil Upheaval in the Southwest, the Expedition to the Barbarians, and the Rebellion of the Thirteen Kings. Why do you step on my merits to ascend to the throne?"

"what?"

Zhao Yan was taken aback for a moment before he realized it.

This is not exactly what he said just now to refute King Taki.

He immediately understood Chen Ci's intentions, and even his reaction was exactly the same as that of King Taki: "Come here, take down this rebellious minister and traitor for me."

Then he watched as his subordinates subconsciously wanted to stand up, but after hesitating for a while, they knelt back again.

After all, as Chen Ci said, these three major signs belong to Chen Ci's greatest contribution, and considering Zhao Yan's character, they are of course more willing to be loyal to Chen Ci.

As for the other half, as soon as they stood up, they were forced back by the black muzzles of the guards' hands.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Yan's face turned green.

Obviously, he took advantage of the opportunity to change the defense of the palace to change King Taki's manpower, and Chen Ci also took this opportunity to replace all the manpower with his.

"Chen Xiuzhi, Chen Ci... I didn't expect that I would have a good day."

If we say how proud he was before that, then how embarrassed and terrified he is now.

"Chen Ci, don't be complacent, don't forget, even if you can change these guards, don't forget, I still have 40 troops in my hand, they can't all be bought by you, so Even if you grab the throne, you won't be able to escape."

It's just that when he said this, Zhao Yan didn't have the confidence at all.

Because he knew that with Chen Ci's character, if he was not fully prepared, how dare he rebel rashly.

Sure enough, the next moment, Chen Ci said: "Of course I know this, so I specially sent someone to tell your cronies about the situation here. Calculate the time, and they should have arrived by now."

Before the words fell, there was a sudden shout of killing outside.

But Zhao Yan panicked even more: "Chen Ci, what do you want to do?"

Chen Ci didn't speak, but turned to look at Fang Yanqin.

Everyone followed his gaze immediately.

Fang Yanqin smiled, he knew he should play.

I saw him standing up from the chair and walking to the people step by step.

"Prince Yan Qinlong?"

King Taki and the others were shocked.

What does this have to do with Zhao Yanqin?

I only heard Fang Yanqin say: "Where is the army of Dongchang Mansion?"

In the next second, thousands of soldiers filed out from both sides of the hall: "The last general is waiting."

Fang Yanqin turned his head to look at the army that had rushed into the Meridian Gate and rushed towards the Supreme Harmony Gate, and only said, "Meet the enemy."

"As ordered."

The voices of thousands of soldiers resounded over the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Zhao Yan looked at the heavy machine guns and rocket launchers in the hands of the Dongchang army, and he was completely dumbfounded.

How did these, these things appear in ancient times.

False, must be false!

But soon he discovered that the scene in front of him was indeed real.

Because just as the Dongchang government army boarded the gate tower of Taihe Gate and set up their guns, the soldiers led by his cronies were already rushing to the Gate of Supreme Harmony.

In the next second, the guns roared, the ground shook and the mountains shook, and endless screams pierced the sky.

Two minutes later, the gunfire stopped abruptly.

And the group of civil and military officials with blank faces were all driven out of the Taihe Gate.

In the huge square, corpses were piled up like a mountain, and blood flowed into a river.

Some timid female relatives fainted directly when they saw this scene.

Only then did Chen Ci raise his voice and said, "Do you know where these divine soldiers come from?"

"It was the meteorite that fell from the sky outside the city of Jinan that day, so it was never King Taki who was truly favored by the heavens, but my lord Zhao Yanqin."

Hearing this, Gao Hong and the others immediately stood up and knelt down on the ground: "I will see my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Seeing this, the civil and military officials also reacted one after another. Isn't it just to support another emperor? Anyway, their original purpose was just to pull the empress down and gain a share of the merits of the dragon.

At least one of their current goals has been achieved.

Not to mention that the situation is stronger than people now.

So they knelt down without hesitation: "I will see my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Seeing this scene, Pei Shi and Zhao Ningmeng clenched their fists excitedly.

Chen Ci also let out a long sigh of relief.

And this was the last thing he could do for Fang Yanqin.

Thinking of this, he took one last look at the man beside him, took a silent step back, and then turned around directly.

It's just that it's something that he has been mentally prepared for a long time ago. For some reason, when he lifted his foot to leave, he felt that every step was worth a thousand gold.

Thinking of this, Chen Ci felt sore in his heart.

Unexpectedly, in the next second, he was grabbed by Fang Yanqin, and then he heard him say: "Everyone, get up, I have little talent and learning, and I am really not worthy of being an emperor."

"What's more, my mother is still alive. If I become the emperor, will my mother come to worship me in the future?"

"The most important thing is that I have already joined the Jiangnan Chen family."

As soon as this remark came out, it was no less than a shock.

Chen Ci raised his head suddenly, and looked at Fang Yanqin in disbelief.