The best ring

In Yanfeng Country, there is only one princess who is eligible but unmarried, Zhao Qi. If the old emperor agrees to the marriage proposal from Tianji Country, doesn’t that mean he has to marry Zhao Qi to them?

This is obviously not possible!

Princess Zhao Qi is the apple of the old emperor’s eye. He is reluctant to marry her off, let alone marrying her off to another country. Once they get married, they will never see each other again. How could the old emperor accept this?

As for the old emperor’s reaction, everyone thought about it and understood the reason. The reason why the old emperor refused this marriage was probably because it was a bit of a loss of power and humiliation to the country, and because among the entire royal family, only the seventh princess Zhao Qi was a suitable candidate. The old emperor’s love for Zhao Qi was definitely known to the ministers in the hall.

"Your Majesty." Yuan Ji, the Minister of Personnel, took two steps to the side, stepped out of the queue, and bowed to the old emperor, saying, "At present, Tianji Kingdom and Shuiyue Kingdom have close exchanges, and they are also flirting with Fengye Kingdom. If we reject Tianji Kingdom's marriage request, I am afraid that these three countries will have unusual movements."

The old emperor also had a worried look between his eyebrows. How could he not know what Yuan Ji said?

If he didn't know this situation, the old emperor would probably not pay any attention to Tianji Kingdom's marriage request, let alone bring it to the court to talk about it. The letter handed by the emperor of Tianji Kingdom would also be thrown away by him as waste paper.

But now, the other three major countries, especially Shuiyue Kingdom and Tianji Kingdom, have too frequent exchanges, and their Yanfeng Kingdom is also full of rebellions and natural disasters. In this case, the old emperor can't help but worry.

"Does our great Yanfeng country need a woman to protect it? If it gets out, it will only make the world laugh at us and bring shame to our ancestors!" Li Yang, the Minister of War, stood up to refute Yuan Ji.

"This woman is not an ordinary woman, but a princess, a member of the royal family. As a member of the royal family, she should consider the country and make sacrifices when necessary." Yuan Ji said.

The old emperor did not speak, but his face became even uglier.

"Even if she is a princess, she is still a woman!" Li Yang said, "Protecting the country is our job as men."

"Then Lord Li, go and protect it. Why are you arguing with me in the court? Do you think you can protect the country if you win the argument with me here?" Yuan Ji said, "If your army had not been defeated repeatedly on the battlefield, how could we need to sacrifice the princess in exchange for peace? In the final analysis, this matter is caused by your incompetence!"

"Don't you have any responsibility?" Li Yang blushed, looked at Yuan Ji in anger, and accused him, "Just now, Minister Zhou said that many local officials embezzled food, which led to insufficient food reserves, and we There are many rebels in Yanfeng, but they were forced to rebel by local officials. These officials have no real ability, they only know how to bully the people, making it difficult for the people to survive, so they rebel. As the Minister of Personnel, it is your responsibility to supervise and review officials. You have appointed so many parasites to harm the local area, and your dereliction of duty is not small at all! "

"Yes, if it weren't for those local officials bullying the people, how could the situation in our Yanfeng be so corrupt?"

"You civil officials are very good at talking, but you don't see much real ability."

"Don't always put all the responsibility on our military commanders!"

Other military commanders also supported Li Yang.

Yuanji was scolded by Li Yang and his face was ugly. He glanced at Zhou Yanfeng slightly, but Zhou Yanfeng just stood there expressionlessly, as if the quarrel just now had nothing to do with him.

"This old fox, when he attacked those big soldiers, he didn't forget to dig a hole for me, hum!" Yuanji snorted in his heart.

He absolutely did not believe that Zhou Yanfeng's words just now were unintentional. In fact, in the court of Yanfeng State, in addition to the almost irreconcilable contradictions between the civil official group and the military general group, there were also many factions and fierce struggles within the civil official group. The civil officials always had more in their minds than those military generals.

"Our Yanfeng State has a vast territory and many officials. It is inevitable that there will be a few parasites occasionally." Yuanji said.

"Just admit that you are incompetent. Since you are incompetent, don't occupy a high position. Wouldn't it be better to give it to capable people?"

"Then you often lose battles, shouldn't you also resign your positions?"

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Yuanji and Li Yang refused to give in to each other and scolded each other. At first, they only attacked each other, but then they might be getting more and more angry, and some of them couldn't stop, and began to affect other people, causing more and more people to join the quarrel. The whole hall was like a vegetable market in the market, noisy.

However, everyone seemed to have gotten used to it. Civil officials and military officers had been arguing in this hall for many years, and no one thought there was anything wrong with it.

However, the old emperor was obviously in a bad mood today and didn't want to watch these people quarrel.

"Enough! Shut up!" The old emperor, who had been watching everyone in silence, finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted. In his anger, his face flushed abnormally again.

This time, more people in the hall noticed this situation, and their minds shifted from the quarrel to the old emperor.

Regarding the old emperor's physical condition, there have been various speculations in the court. Ministers who are close to each other will occasionally talk about this topic when chatting. It can be said that the old emperor's physical condition is the main concern of these ministers in the court. the things they care about most.

However, only these ministers themselves know how much of this concern is well-intentioned.

"Noise, noisy! You have been arguing for so many years, haven't you argued enough? You haven't argued enough, and I have seen enough!" The old emperor took a breath, glared at these ministers who he relied on in the past, and said: "I called you here today, not to let you shirk responsibility from each other or to quarrel! I asked you to think of a solution to this matter! What happened to you? You just know how to quarrel! Do you want to piss me off to death? , are you happy?”

"Your Majesty, calm down, I am guilty!"

Seeing that the old emperor was angry, everyone knelt down and confessed.

The old emperor knew that these people were confessing their crimes, but most of them didn't take it to heart. He snorted coldly, stood up, and said, "I will never agree to the marriage between Tianji Kingdom! When you go back, think of a solution for me. ! Unexpectedly, you should all retire and return home!”

After saying that, the old emperor flicked his sleeves and left the hall.

"Retreat!" the eunuch next to him shouted in a high-pitched voice.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Everyone was kneeling on the ground with their heads lowered, but the expressions on their faces were different. They were all thinking about what the old emperor said when he left.