Chapter 80 The sour taste
Xuan Yi once heard Su Ci say something funny and weird.
An angry woman is harder to catch than a pig to be slaughtered during the Chinese New Year.
At this moment, he finally understood the meaning of this wise saying with fear.
"My dear, be careful with your stomach..."
Su Ci dodged to the left swiftly: "Your Majesty, my name is Shufei, not Aifei."
"... Concubine Shu, please get on the sedan chair first, don't rush..."
Su Ci swiftly dodged to the right and said, "Your Majesty, I feel I am unworthy of the title of virtuous and kind. Please change my title."
"Porcelain..."
Su Ci danced lightly, and did a perfect 360-degree head shake.
"Calling her the Jealous Concubine is quite appropriate, because it means jealous. Otherwise, I'd call her the Jealous Concubine, because it means jealous!"
“…”
Xuan Yi sighed deeply and picked the person up in his arms.
"Don't move. Listen to me first. Song Yanwen heard about the Yuezhou rebellion in Lianzhou and was quite concerned. He brought back a map of Lingdong. He made some original marks. Only Concubine Liang knows what they mean. That's why I went there."
"Oh."
Su Ci rolled her eyes. "Oh, the war in Yuezhou is in full swing right now. He even had time to create some self-made symbols on the map he brought back for people to guess. And the only one who knows the answer is his own sister. Haha, he really cares about it, but I don't know what he cares about."
Xuan Yi paused, then his eyes darkened slightly.
"Zhuang Yu."
Zhuang Yu, who was following from a distance, ran over hurriedly: "Your Majesty."
"Have Concubine Liang clearly annotate the markings on the topographic map and submit it to the local gazetteer immediately. It must be delivered to Yuezhou as quickly as possible. Also, have Concubine Liang confined to Ganquan Palace for a month."
"…yes!"
Xuan Yi lowered his eyes and looked at the person with a chubby face who was hugging her chest and turning her head away to avoid touching him. He suddenly chuckled and walked easily to the bench in the pavilion by the lake and sat down.
"Hmm, why does it smell so sour?"
"Oh, then your Majesty, are you feeling a little hot?"
Before he could finish his words, the tender little hand touched his waist and pinched and twisted it mercilessly.
"cough…"
Xuan Yi took a deep breath, grabbed Wuqing's little hand and stroked his fur: "Ci'er, you should understand my feelings. Have you calmed down?"
"snort."
The reason why Su Ci was so indulged by Her Majesty the Queen Mother was because she was very good at judging people's behavior and would never overdo anything, always knowing when to stop.
Appropriate little fights and non-offensive disturbances can not only add to the liveliness of a character's character, but also gradually test and expand the other person's tolerance.
She knew very well that this was ancient times and Xuan Yi was the king of a country, so he couldn't lose face. So she would only be a little unrestrained in private, and only the few close people around her could see it.
But just now, there were a bunch of people following her, including Concubine Liang and people from Ganquan Palace. Her words of questioning in public were too much, and it was not a good thing not only for His Majesty, but also for her.
But now it seems that Xuan Yi's tolerance has been refreshed a bit.
"The harem is full of your majesty's concubines. Your majesty should go and see them openly. Why are you being so secretive? That's why they are angry."
"…surreptitiously?"
Xuan Yi was both amused and confused: "How can I be sneaky? It's broad daylight in the Imperial Garden, what can I do?"
"Who knows?"
Su Ci calmed down and extended her other hand to him to rub his face, while looking at the faint blue under his eyes.
"You haven't slept well since the Yuezhou unrest. Didn't you say that most of the Yuezhou troops have been withdrawn and King Yu's ragtag group is no longer a threat? Why are you still so busy?"
"Yuezhou is indeed not a threat."
Xuan Yi's eyes narrowed slightly. "But due to the rebellion in Yuezhou, Northern Liang and Southern Jin are ready to make moves, and the border areas are not very peaceful."
People in the harem are not allowed to interfere in politics. He never talked about court affairs with concubines in the past, but Su Ci was different. In her eyes, state affairs were often regarded as trivial matters of ordinary people. The novel remarks she made were not only interesting, but also quite reasonable.
"It's human nature to take advantage of the chaos and try to profit from it."
Su Ci's eyes flashed with cunning: "Your Majesty, if they can do it, so can we."
Xuan Yi leaned back in his chair, lazily looking at the girl on his lap who was thinking of another bad idea.
"How can it be done? Tell me."
"Ever since Nanny Hua and the others came to Yufu Palace, I've been eating, drinking, and sleeping all day. I'm not even allowed to draw with charcoal pencils. I was so bored that I asked my brother to bring in a lot of new storybooks. Not only are there stories about talented men and beautiful women, infatuated men and resentful women, but there are also a lot of rumors and stories between different countries."
Su Ci grinned, "It is said that the King of Beiliang has a quirk. He is extremely obsessed with women's feet, but he finds it shameful and has strictly forbidden anyone from telling anyone about it. Anyone in the palace who mentions it will be beaten to death."
"And there's the regent of Southern Jin. I heard he had an affair with the young emperor's biological mother and is suspected to be his biological father. That's why he eliminated the Southern Jin empress dowager and the crown prince's faction and tried his best to help a ten-year-old child ascend the throne..."
"Hmm..."
Xuan Yi frowned suspiciously, "There's no way such private palace matters could be leaked. I guess they must have been made up in a storybook, right?"
"Oh, don't worry about whether it's made up or not. They're too idle to watch us, Dayong, make a fool of ourselves. So let's find them something to do."
"Just find a few soldiers at the border to quietly spread these words. It would be best if they spread them throughout Northern Liang and Southern Jin. Gossip is human nature. A few people can make a tiger, and a lot of gossip can melt gold. Even falsehood can become truth."
Su Ci chuckled slyly, "If this is true, the King of Northern Liang and the King of Southern Jin will undoubtedly suspect a traitor and investigate thoroughly. This is especially true of the Regent of Southern Jin. He has made countless enemies in his quest to support the young emperor. How many people are waiting to use this rumor to turn things around?"
"It doesn't matter if it's fake. It will make them beat their chests and spit blood in anger, and they will vigorously suppress the rumors. Regardless of whether it's true or not, it will cause unrest in their court for a while. Let's see if they still have the leisure to watch the joke of our Great Yong."
"Oh."
Xuan Yi raised an eyebrow and looked at the cunning girl with amusement: "The method is quite satisfying, but the means are a bit, uh, low-class."
"That's not right."
Su Ci sullenly shook her head. "This is just a battle, and they're not afraid of deception. Your Majesty, have you forgotten the battle between Southern Jin and our Great Yong at Nanhai Pass ten years ago? They stained their swords, spears, and arrows with the filth of plague patients, causing our Great Yong to lose countless soldiers?"
"And then there's Beiliang. They're stealing food and poisoning the river, releasing poisonous snakes and scorpions, capturing the elderly, the weak, women, and children, and then abusing and killing them on the battlefield. Which of these methods are considered decent?"
“…”
Xuan Yi straightened his expression, his eyes filled with a hint of surprise. "How old were you ten years ago? You already knew about the Battle of Nanhai Pass, and you're so aware of the despicable habits of the Liang people in the north. Did you learn all that from storybooks?"
No, she has the original version of Goldfinger.
Thanks to the original novel's saintly heroine's character who wanders around everywhere and wants to meddle in everything, she learned a lot of secrets.
"Your Majesty, I am lazy, but I am also very smart."
Su Ci proudly shook her bangs and said, "This is called a true person never reveals his true face, and the sea cannot be measured by a bucket~"
"Ha ha."
Xuan Yi couldn't help laughing. He raised his hand and pinched her chin, his eyes flickering slightly.
"I have always known that Ci'er is a person with hidden intelligence."
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