[comprehensive] superior skills

"What did you say? The Liao people want to add new coins?!"

Zhao Zhen, who was supposed to be sitting high on the imperial steps, got up in disbelief and asked, "How much do they want this time? They won't use the drought in the grassland and the poor livelihood of the people as an excuse again?!"

Ever since the Song and Liao countries formed the Chanyuan alliance, not only did the Liao people never interact with each other as friendly as stated in the agreement, but they intensified their efforts to harass the border defenses and plunder the population and property of the Song region, relying on Empress Xiao's so-called aunt status Uninterruptedly sending envoys to Zhao's nephews and nephews to ask for offerings, their greed and shameless face is simply outrageous.

Recalling the arrogant face of the little prince in the Liao Kingdom embassy, ​​even Prime Minister Wang, who has always been tolerant, couldn't help being twitching with anger, "Your Majesty doesn't know, this time the envoy Yeluhao insisted on going out a few days ago At that time, the incident of being beaten and injured by the patrolling officials of the Kaifeng Mansion, it must be said that it is an inhumane act of our Song Dynasty to treat each other with such harsh words. If the emperor refuses to give him an explanation, then Yeluhao will return to the country and ask the Liao Lord to do something else Deal with it!"

If it wasn't for the fear of breaking the rule of non-beheading in the relationship between the two countries and being criticized by others, he would have sent someone to fork out the Liao bandit who had beaten him up and beat him to death with a stick.

"Hmph! I've heard about what happened that day!"

Zhao Zhen said as he stepped down from the throne, "Thanks to the princess traveling in low clothes in the street, I stopped those Khitan people who rode their horses to attack. Otherwise, I don't know how many innocent people will suffer if they are allowed to rush down the whole street!"

"At this point, if Yeluhao doesn't talk about self-examination, how can he attribute the fault to Zhan Wei, who enforces the law impartially?"

Thinking of the nimble royal cat, Zhao Zhen couldn't help showing a smile, "It's Zhan Zhao who is not afraid of power, so he dares to stand up and cooperate with the princess to repel the Liao thief. From this point of view, it is not in vain that I made a good couple. "

Before his smile faded away, Grand Master Pang who stood beside him gave Prime Minister Wang countless winks one after another, but it was a pity that the latter, like an old family member, closed his eyes slightly and turned a blind eye.

Pang Ji's strange actions did not wake up Wang Yanling, who was deliberately pretending to be deaf and dumb, but caught the emperor's attention, "Does the Grand Master have something to say?"

Zhao Zhen was originally a benevolent and generous monarch, and Pang Jifei was a veteran of the two dynasties and the father of a noble concubine in the harem, so he was naturally willing to give some preferential treatment.

"The old minister has something important to report!"

Without a trace, he glared fiercely at Prime Minister Wang who ran to the shelter from the wind alone. Pang Ji settled down and said, "Long live Qizuo, the Prince of Liao, Yeluhao, proposed an additional 10 taels of silver and 20 pieces of silk. In addition to making amends, you also want to ask to marry my court lady!"

"Marriage?" Zhao Zhen frowned and asked, "Since Song Liao established the covenant, there has never been such a move, so why did Yeluhao make such a request?"

"Because of him," Pang Ji hesitated and said bravely, "Because Yeluhao didn't think about food and drink after meeting Tianyou Diji on the street that day, and he swore to Yue that he would only marry this girl for life!"

"No reason!"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen flung himself around and cursed: "Then Yeluhao has been familiar with poetry and books since he was a child and has been in Beijing for many days. Don't you know that the princess has been betrothed by me to Zhan Huwei? If the princess marries far away from Liao, isn't it to make the world laugh at the daughter of the Zhao family who has married three husbands!"

What's more, Tianyou is his only younger sister, how could he have the heart to let her suffer in that wild place thousands of miles away.

"Think twice, Your Majesty!"

Pang Ji bowed to persuade: "Since the alliance between Song and Liao, not only the imperial court has saved countless military expenditures over the years, but even the people no longer have to suffer from wars and chaos, which makes the people who are almost dragged down by corvee and taxes The nationals of the two countries have a chance to reproduce and breathe."

Seeing that the emperor's expression softened a little, Grand Master Pang spoke again: "Nowadays it's rare that Yeluhao is willing to turn hostility into friendship. As the lord of all peoples, why can't His Majesty give up his little family and take care of everyone? Is it important for one person or tens of thousands? Believe it or not." Your Majesty has a choice in his mind!"

The reason why he insisted on getting married so strongly was because he still had some inhumane thoughts in his heart. Instead of keeping the princess to marry Yumao to help Bao Heizi, it would be better to send her far away to the Liao Kingdom to break up with each other.

"Here," Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment before making the most favorable decision, "Aiqing's words are justified, this world belongs to the Zhao family, and this country is also the country of the Zhao family. Share your worries!"

Pang Ji was about to laugh and praise when he heard the words, but the emperor's voice changed, "I will choose a noble daughter from the clan to make peace with the Liao Kingdom."

Unexpectedly, the emperor valued Tianyou Diji so much in his heart, and Pang Ji, who regretted offending Empress Dowager Liu, opened his mouth stiffly, and Fang wanted to say something to save him, but was interrupted by another scream.

"Long live!"

Bao Zheng, with a dark complexion, took a step forward and tried to persuade him: "The people of Liao are so greedy, they only opened their mouths to add new year coins yesterday, and today they dare to marry the princess. It will be too late to regret it by then!"

If it weren't for the fact that every time the Liao people threatened them, the whole court showed a weak posture of looking forward and backward, and not daring to act rashly, how could today's Liao state regard the great Song emperor as nothing?As a subject, how could he sit idly by and watch His Majesty make mistakes again and again, waste a great opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

"Bao Zheng! It's just a small matter that can be solved with a few 10 taels of silver. Why are you exaggerating?"

Grand Master Pang asked with a beard and staring eyes: "You don't want to give money to the Liao people, so why are you willing to watch the soldiers of the Song Dynasty blood-stain the battlefield and let those innocent people suffer another disaster? Thanks to you, you still claim to be the official of Qingtian Parents, without you Do you treat someone like a parent like this!"

"The grand master's words are wrong!"

Bao Zheng reasoned and said: "There is a saying that long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. Since there is always a war between Song and Liao, why bother to use the silver and cloth earned by the people to strengthen the people of Liao? In a war, wouldn’t it mean that we lose one enemy and a hundred of us!”

"You! What do you mean? Are you implying that I, Pang, is a treasonous person?!" Grand Master Pang trembled with anger, even the roots of his teeth were chattering.

"Grand Master calm down, Bao Zheng has no such intention."

Master Bao saw that his old opponent was so angry that his face was purple and his body was limp as if he was about to pass out at any time, so he hurriedly nodded and apologized.

"The two mistresses don't need to argue anymore, I, my mind has been decided."

Zhao Zhen, who didn't want to offend the old minister because of the imperial confrontation, had to stand up as a peacemaker, "Because the marriage involves the clan, I have to discuss it with the Queen Mother and the Eighth Prince Uncle before making a decision."

Exhausted, Zhao Zhenfang was about to wave his hand to make the three important ministers retreat, when the little eunuch's call came from outside the hall: "The Empress Dowager is here, God Bless the Empress is here!"

The emperor, who was forced by the old minister to almost send his sister to marry him, couldn't help feeling guilty, and hurriedly greeted him with a smiling face: "Why are the queen mother and Yumei coming here when you have time, but you have something to discuss with me?"

After Bao Zheng and others saluted and got up, Empress Dowager Liu stared at the uncomfortable Taishi Pang with a smirk and said slowly: "The Ai family doesn't want to come to Wende Palace to disturb the emperor, but if we mourn at such a critical moment, I still have to pretend to be nothing and sit in the harem like nothing happened, I'm afraid that the poor daughter of the Ai family will be forced into a desperate situation again."

Empress Dowager Liu, who was furious in her heart but didn't show the slightest bit, asked in a deep voice: "My lord, Aijia heard that Yeluhao, who had ulterior motives, wanted to make peace with Da Song, and even asked Tianyou to marry far away, right?"

"I just heard a few words from Grand Master Pang, how did the Empress know about it?"

Zhao Zhen unconsciously glanced at Master Taishi who was still alive and scolding Bao Zheng just now, but now he was hiding in the shade of a tree and pretending to be dead like a grasshopper after autumn, and said vaguely.

"Of course I heard from God!"

Song Ci refused to let the cheap mother leave a clue to spy on the emperor's traces, and he couldn't tell the story that he sent a detective team to monitor several giants day and night, so he could only blame the Liao people.

"Ever since I gave Liao dogs a good look on the street that day, Tianyou knew that those people would not let it go, so they sent people to monitor the Daliao embassy day and night."

When she said this, she proudly raised her chin, "Sure enough, I let Tianyou know about that wild donkey's plot to take personal revenge!"

"Wild donkey?" The few people in the hall, headed by Zhao Zhen, were taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

"Sister Yu, don't be naughty!"

The emperor pointed helplessly at the little princess who was standing next to the queen mother without any regrets, and said softly: "The queen mother is relieved, I will not let Tianyou marry Fangbang far away."

Empress Dowager Liu finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, and sincerely persuaded her: "Imperial Son, the Ai family knows your difficulties. The Khitan people's fierce and unreasonable Ai family has heard of it for a long time. If it is not you, it is your father who is still alive. Sometimes I dare not confront the Liao people head-on."

As for the marriage, as long as the beloved daughter is not involved, the queen mother still quite agrees with the emperor's decision.

It's still the same old saying, knowing a son is better than a mother, even if she is not her own, she has raised the emperor's son for more than [-] years, so how can she not know his cowardly and fearful temperament.

Instead of waiting until the emperor was frightened out of courage by the army of the Liao army, he might as well have given up some of his belongings and sent the Khitan people away.

As for the clan girl who replaced Tianyou to marry, she can only wait for this matter to make amends on her father and brother.

"Empress, even you agree with the emperor's marriage?"

Seeing Taishi Pang's fluke face, Song Ci vented angrily: "The Liao dog is so arrogant, isn't it because of the blind indulgence of the father and the emperor? Today they want Princess Shang, so you can give him one." Daughter of the Zhao family, once the people of Liao want this thousand miles of land again, will the emperor still want to give up the throne?!"

"God bless, don't be rude!" Empress Liu scolded urgently: "It's about the national policy, your brother has his own plans, how can you allow you to talk too much here."

I knew that this daughter was spoiled by the first emperor, but I didn't expect that she would dare to confront the emperor in front of important ministers.Now that the emperor thinks about the friendship between one mother and one sibling, he doesn't care about it. If things fail in the future, wouldn't all his words and deeds today become heart-pounding acts!

Thinking of the cold palace that had long been burned down by a fire, Empress Dowager Liu couldn't help being slightly dazed.

"Mother, Tianyou is right!"

Song Ci still tugged at Empress Dowager Liu's sleeve unwillingly, "God You can't believe that none of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty would dare to stand up and confront the Khitan dog."

Then she put her expectant eyes on Bao Zheng who had been silent all along, "Master Bao, do you also hope that the emperor will agree to Liao's shameless request?"

With the previous reasoning and striving to make a bottom line, she was not afraid of this black boy's sudden backlash, so she just pulled it to cheer herself up.

Bao Zheng only pondered for a moment, then solemnly said: "Princess, I think that everything can be done once or twice, and the Liao people are clearly betrayed people without faith. There is no teaching."

It was so easy to have a big person to help endorse the book, Song Ci said with a smile: "Look, Queen Mother, even Mr. Bao said that, so it can be seen that the Liao people are really hopeless!"

Seeing Empress Dowager Liu's complexion gradually loosened under Yumei's entanglement and persuasion, Zhao Zhen, who felt that he was shouldering the ancestral foundation, could only smile wryly: "I don't know how the Liao people are greedy and cruel, and the compromise every step of the way is no different from seeking skin with tigers." , Sooner or later, there will be backlash. But once a war breaks out, no matter the victory or defeat, the country will be affected and the people will be in trouble!"

Unwilling to let the Kaifeng Mansion add another boost after marrying the princess, Pang Ji took the opportunity to confuse and said: "Your Majesty! Now the special envoy of the Liao Kingdom is guarding the embassy and watching, no matter what happens between Song and Liao in the future, please Your Majesty immediately Let's make a decision about the marriage!"

"Master Pang!"

Song Ci stared coldly at this selfish little old man, and said sarcastically, "Since the grand master insisted on making peace, why don't you hurry up and send Concubine Pang Gui to the Liao Kingdom, so that those barbarians can see our Zhao family?" sincerity."

Anyway, the family surnamed Pang didn't have any good things, so they could send them out earlier so as not to be an eyesore in the palace.

"Ridiculous! Concubine Pang is already the lord of the emperor's golden book, how can she be bullied by barbarians?"

Hearing such extremely absurd things suddenly, Pang Ji's eyes popped out, "What's more, the one Yeluhao wanted to marry was Tianyou Diji, if it wasn't for the emperor who cared about the family relationship and refused to let go, why should the ministers make trouble here?" to date?!"

Regardless of Brother Cheap's stunned stupidity, Song Ci cleverly argued: "The grand master has learned from the past and the present. Haven't you heard that brothers are like siblings and wives are like clothes? What's more, compared to the queen of the dynasty, Concubine Pang Guifei barely counts What's so hard about a beanbag?"

"And the reason why Yeluhao asked to marry me was because he had never seen the beauty of Concubine Pang. If you let him know that the grand master treats Liao people so kindly, he will definitely take your beloved daughter away with eight sedan chairs. Welcome back! At that time, not only will the grand master seek benevolence and benevolence, but the people of the two countries will no longer have to suffer from wars, wouldn't it be a wonderful thing to have the best of both worlds!"

"you!"

Unexpectedly, another sharp-mouthed warrior was added to the Kaifeng Mansion. The unbearable Taishi Pang had no choice but to scold the emperor's son-in-law: "The meddling of the harem is the source of the disaster. Please think twice, Your Majesty, and don't listen to the princess' one-sided words!"

Seeing him retreating without a fight, Song Ci raised his head and said proudly: "Tianyou is the Zhao family's blood and blood, and this matter is related to my life. Since you and others can lie, why can't I say so?"

Don't think that she didn't know about Old Man Pang's plan to push herself out to get married if she wasn't in the hall. The girl's revenge can't wait for a moment, and this is considered to be the end of the beam.

"Enough is enough! Yumei, please be safe and don't be impatient, and the Grand Master should not talk too much. Zhen, there is still a method available!"

Desperately at a loss as to what to do, Zhao Zhen finally couldn't help but complained, "Banban, ask for my father's last decree for me!"

Except for Chen Lin, who had a premonition, all the people in the hall stood on the spot for a moment.

Especially Taishi Pang, who had been arguing endlessly with Bao Zheng and the princess just now, was even more stunned, "Could it be that the first emperor had already expected the disaster of today? If that is the case, why should I be that early bird and offend the empress dowager?" I regret it!"

Even Empress Dowager Liu stared intently at Chen Lin who came from the back of the palace holding a brocade box, wondering what was hidden in it.

Slowly holding the brocade box up to the top of his hair, Chen Lin raised his voice and said, "All honorable ministers kowtow to welcome the late emperor's edict!"

As soon as these words came out, apart from the solemn Zhao family, the three courtiers headed by Prime Minister Wang all kowtowed to the ground and said, "Long live my emperor!"

Zhao Zhen took a step forward and took the brocade box preciously, placed it on the imperial case, and then took out a bundle of fine incense and a carefully carved copper incense burner from it.

Empress Dowager Liu saw that the item in the box was not a relic of the late emperor, she couldn't help exclaiming: "What is this? My son, where is your father's imperial edict?"

The rest of the courtiers couldn't help but look suspicious, but it was inconvenient for them to ask questions because of their identities.Now that the Empress Dowager has opened her mouth to raise doubts, they all looked at the calm-faced His Majesty the Emperor in unison.

"The two objects in the hands of the queen mother and the minister are the will left by the emperor."

Zhao Zhen carefully took out three sticks from the stick of fine incense, and put them in the incense burner filled with fine sand, "Before the father passed away, he left a sentence for his son: 'If you are in trouble, light this incense.' "

While he was speaking, he had already used a little red fire folder to put it on the incense head, "Today, my minister is in a dilemma, so I can only respectfully ask my father to judge me!"

Standing in the hall, Bao Zheng, the Grand Master, and the Prime Minister could not help but look at each other, "Could it be that the emperor was confused by the popularity of the Liao Dynasty, otherwise how could the blue sky come up with such a strange nonsense?"

Unexpectedly, seeing the emperor's actions, not to mention the three important ministers as if they were hit by a sap, even the Empress Dowager Liu became anxious, only Song Ci still smiled and watched the pillar drift away There is a fine fragrance of green smoke.

I don't know what kind of materials these three incense sticks are made of. Although their appearance is plain, they can exude an enchanting fragrance that seems to have the power to seduce people's souls. No fear and no worries, I wish I could immerse myself in the graceful fairyland it outlines for life and life.

But for a moment, at the moment when everyone was floating like falling into the clouds, there suddenly appeared in the tightly closed hall a scream that went straight into the sky.

Zhao Zhen only felt a black and white shadow suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and his eyes followed closely, but he saw a big bird with a red head and black tail slowly hovering over the hall, making a sharp cry from time to time.

"Good God..."

As soon as this object came out, Zhao Zhen suddenly felt that his chest could no longer wrap his restless heart, so he could only press firmly on his chest with his palm.

Including the three courtiers who had previously treated the emperor's behavior as a joke, they immediately became dumbfounded and looked like idiots. Together with Chen Lin, all the eyeballs that could move in the hall were tightly attached to the big bird, wishing they could not get out of the frame. out.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the big bird that uttered its last chirp slowly landed in front of the spacious palace wall, and after tilting its head to straighten the feathers on its wings, it lay obediently on the ground.

Before Zhao Zhen wanted to go up to touch the crane that was suspected to be the real body of the late emperor, a white shadow slowly appeared on the white wall, standing beside the bird with a smile.

Because he almost mistook the late emperor for a crane before, Zhao Zhen didn't dare to jump to conclusions any longer, so he had to ask vaguely to the visitor who was not stained with dust and looked like a banished fairy: "I don't know what's wrong with this A fairy..."

The visitor smiled slightly, "I was originally a whisk in the hands of Daoist Sanqing. I was transformed into a human form because of the thousands of years of teaching and fireworks. Later, in order to find a chance to meet the love, I specially threw thousands of strands of silk into the three thousand realms below the realm. In order to achieve a positive result. 18 years ago, there was the last strand of silk that should be returned to this body. I somehow felt that this object was destined to the Zhao Dynasty. And the Tianyou Emperor Ji behind your majesty is The predestined person who merged with my distraction."

"what!"

Because the immortal on the opposite side has been shrouded in divine light and cannot see his face clearly, Zhao Zhen can only draw a conclusion that he would never dare to think about from the echo floating in the air, "The immortal said, my The imperial sister was actually made by a god?"

When the immortal on the opposite side nodded, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but muttered to himself: "No wonder, no wonder the father was so ecstatic when he found out that the queen mother was pregnant, and specially used the word "God Bless" for the emperor's sister. Looking at it now, it really is the blessing of Chengtian!"

Suddenly learning about the royal secrets, Bao Zheng and the four of them were all distracted as if they were listening to a strange conversation book. Only the Empress Dowager Liu, who was overwhelmed with surprise, held her daughter's arm tightly, for fear that she would be snatched back by that unmatched fairy. .

"At the beginning of the chaos, I was born, and the Liangyi and Taiji were searched for. Now I am born with physiology, and I don't swim in the wonders of the three vehicles."

Accompanied by the sound of gold and stone like a fairy sound, Zhao Zhen and a group of courtiers who were still in the clouds and mist, as if in a dream, only saw the fairy on the opposite side flick their fingers, and there was a lustrous luster following him. His movements submerged into the body of Tianyou Diji, and after swimming through the whole body, he transformed into many colorful lights.

"This karma is over, I'm going."

Before the words were finished, everyone saw this immortal who had never left a Taoist name and waved his hand, then flew into the sky with a crane, and fled away quietly in an instant.

After a while, the sound of the fairy faded away, and only a ray of light remained on the empty palace wall, which lasted for a long time, and Changze was in this majestic and solemn palace.

The author has something to say:

"Feng Shen Yan Yi"

Song Ci: The heroine is going to sacrifice her best skills again, pretending to be a magic stick. =, =

You are like that fire, the blazing flame warms me~~

The following is the happy little theater

―――The restless daily life of the adults after being gagged.

Lord Bao: "Guard Zhan, your daughter-in-law, alas, this residence is really beyond words."

Prime Minister Wang: "Rou'er, do you know, alas, dad is fine, you can go to the garden to play with butterflies."

Grand Master Pang: "Daughter! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!"

Concubine Pang Gui: "Father, what's the matter with you? Didn't that bag of sunspots turn against you again?"

Taishi Pang: "...I feel bitter for my father, but my father can't say it."