Chapter 1073 Beili is in an uproar 6
"My dear, please stand up."
Prime Minister Gao led a group of officials to stand up.
"I summoned you here today because I want your advice on something." said Emperor Beili.
Prime Minister Gao was a shrewd man. When he heard this, he knew it was something very important.
Pan Zhen, Guan Qirui and others were elected in recent years. They provide advice to the emperor and are highly valued by the emperor.
"What do you think of the Penglai Fairy Mountain?" asked Emperor Beili.
Penglai Fairy Mountain?
When Prime Minister Gao heard the name Penglai, his eyes lit up, then darkened again, and he felt very nervous. His son suffered from dwarfism, and he had searched all over the world for a miracle doctor who could cure him, but he couldn't find a cure. Later, he saw a record about Penglai in a small seal script book that had been passed down for thousands of years.
There is medicine to cure dwarfs above Penglai.
Therefore, the Prime Minister's Office has never missed any information related to Penglai Fairy Mountain, and has also sent many people to the deep sea, but found nothing.
He originally thought that Takaki's height would remain at the level of a six or seven-year-old, but unexpectedly, he had grown taller every year over the past ten years, and his height was even slightly taller than that of the prince.
Because of this incident, he knew that many people were saying that the Prime Minister's Mansion knew the location of Penglai Fairy Mountain and had taken medicine to treat the dwarf in Gaoqi.
The emperor has always been suspicious of the Prime Minister's Mansion and sent people to investigate. Even if Gao Qi argued that he had not taken any medicine, no one believed him because of his height!
The emperor mentioned Penglai. Could it be that he had some evidence against him, or believed someone and wanted to test him?
"Your Majesty said that the Penglai Fairy Mountain is a legend, but there are always wild collections and illustrated books that record things about Penglai. I think it is not a legend, but Penglai is a place that none of us can go to." Pan Zhen spoke first.
"Unable to go somewhere? Where do you think it is, Master?" asked Emperor Beili.
"The sea is vast, and sudden storms always come from the deep sea. I believe it is in the deep sea."
"Not entirely. I heard that the Bermuda Auction has the yin and yang elements, and it is said that it grew from the mountains on the border of Nanyuan. This matter has been widely circulated in the four countries, and many investigations have proved that it is not fake, it really grew from the mountains." Guan Qirui said.
Pan Zhen: "Master Guan, do you think Penglai is in Nanyuan?"
“Although I’m not sure it’s in the South Abyss, it’s definitely not in the deep sea.”
How could a fairy mountain in the deep sea suddenly grow on the mountain range?
He had heard that the yin and yang of the tree at Bermuda auction had been growing for hundreds of years.
"People can walk through the mountains, but cannot set foot in the deep sea. If it is on land, how can a mountain be hidden?" Pan Zhen firmly believes in his judgment.
If it is not in the deep sea, how can such a huge fairy mountain not be found?
"The world is vast, with countless wildernesses and mountains. How can Lord Pan think that anyone can set foot there? Not to mention anything else, even in the depths of northern Hebei, who would dare to enter?"
"How does Master Guan know that no one has set foot here? Doesn't Master Guan know everything about everyone in the world?"
"Lord Pan, I am only speaking the truth. If you must argue, let me return my original words. For thousands of years, people have been heading to the deep sea. How could Lord Pan know that they were involved?" Guan Qirui was calm.
"Master Guan..."
"Okay." Emperor Beili interrupted.
Pan Zhen glared at Guan Qirui and replied to the Emperor of Beili: "Your Majesty, the deep sea is dangerous and no one in the world can enter it. Lord Guan is just making false claims."
Emperor Beili did not respond, but instead looked at Sun Zhong and Prime Minister Gao, who had remained silent. "Lord Sun and Lord Gao, what are your thoughts?"
Here it comes——
Prime Minister Gao's heart skipped a beat, and a little sweat broke out on his forehead. "Your Majesty, I... agree with what Lord Pan said."
"I also agree with what Lord Pan said." Sun Zhongru came to the palace late, but he had a strong ability to read people's expressions. The emperor was obsessed with the Penglai Fairy Mountain, and if he said something wrong, he would get into trouble.
Guan Qirui was upset. Why was Prime Minister Gao standing with Lord Pan today?
Pan Zhen was also a little surprised. It was rare for Prime Minister Gao to agree with him.
Sang Qi remained silent, his heart already stirring with undercurrents. He knew too well what his father was thinking. Ye Qianning, damn Ye Qianning, since he wasn't dead, he didn't hide, but instead made such a big fuss.
Doesn’t she know that the first bird to stick its head out gets shot down?
"No one can set foot in the deep sea? Do you all agree?" Emperor Beili asked again.
“Yes, yes.”
"yes."
The three adults responded in unison, but Guan Qirui remained silent.
"Your Excellency's remarks are totally wrong." Emperor Beili raised his voice.
Prime Minister Gao shuddered again, wondering what the Emperor had discovered that would lead him to say so.
"Your Majesty, the winds in the deep sea are so strong that even the largest ships cannot withstand the waves. No one can return once they enter the deep sea. Countless people from the four countries die in the deep sea every year." Pan Zhen didn't understand why the emperor was so sure.
If someone could really enter the deep sea, how could Penglai remain undiscovered for thousands of years?
"There was a man who came from the deep sea, carrying the Fengling Horn with him. It took him only three days to reach the land from the deep sea. He was riding on a small boat that could accommodate more than a dozen people." Emperor Beili said.
When these words were spoken, everyone in the hall was shocked.
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. Even Beili's largest merchant ship cannot sail in the deep sea. Wouldn't a small boat be overturned by the wind and waves in an instant?"
"The emperor's rumors are not credible."
"Fengling Horn, isn't that the Penglai thing mentioned in the Miscellaneous Atlas?" Guan Qirui was shocked and then asked, "Could it be an immortal?"
"Nonsense, there are no immortals in the world." Sun Zhong didn't believe it.
Guan Qirui did not indulge him in front of the emperor: "Lord Sun does not believe in immortals, so every year when the royal priests come, Lord Sun is just pretending, isn't he insincere?"
"You..." Sun Zhong's expression changed, and he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Bei Li: "Your Majesty, I dare not blaspheme the immortals. I just don't believe in ghosts and monsters. I spoke too hastily. I hope Your Majesty will punish me."
"Don't believe in ghosts? Do you still remember Ye Qianning, the daughter of Marquis Xiang Ming, ten years ago?" asked Emperor Beili.
Prime Minister Gao was deeply impressed by this name. He had heard about the events in Dayu City, but he still couldn't quite believe it. How could someone who had been dead for several days be alive?
Pan Zhen and Guan Qirui couldn't remember it at once, but after a moment of silence they finally remembered it.
"Remember, Marquis Xiang Ming's daughter abducted the Eighth Prince and nearly caused the Eighth Prince to die in Sifang Mountain. She is guilty of capital punishment." Guan Qirui was not an imperial censor at that time. He remembered that one year Marquis Xiang Ming was summoned back to the palace. A fast horse galloped through the street and almost hit him and his mother.
Although Xiang Minghou pulled the reins, the mother fell ill after being frightened and passed away soon after.
Over the years, whenever Guan Qirui thought of his mother's death, he wished he could kill Xiang Minghou with his own hands.
Pan Zhen was speechless.
I always feel that every word the emperor said today has a deep meaning. Penglai Fairy Mountain, Marquis Xiang Ming, and Marquis Xiang Ming's daughter don't seem to have much to do with each other. What does the emperor want to say?
Prime Minister Gao couldn't figure out what the emperor meant and didn't dare to speak.
Sun Zhong had only been in the court for five years. He was not in the capital at that time and had only heard some rumors. Most of these rumors were not very credible.
I don't understand and I'm not good at expressing myself.
"That year, the child was shot to death. I sent several imperial doctors to check on him. He was indeed dead. His body stayed there for two days and was snatched away by a crazy Taoist when he was leaving the city. The dead child came back ten years later. If it's not a ghost story, then what is it?" asked Emperor Beili.
Guan Qirui and Sun Zhong had heard about this matter a long time ago, but of course they did not believe it, and many nobles did not want to talk about the matter of Xiang Minghou.
As court officials, they knew something, and there were also some bad rumors among the people.
"Your Majesty, Marquis Xiang Ming is deceiving the emperor. Otherwise, why would Dean Chen insist on taking Ye Qianning out of the city?" Prime Minister Gao's last statement was intercepted by Zhan Jia.
This time is different. Since the emperor asked again, he must have found out something.
"I don't believe in ghosts. Maybe the child met a miracle doctor, so he came back to life." Pan Zhen had heard rumors about the child a long time ago.
"A miracle doctor? Not even the Medicine King Valley can bring the dead back to life. Apart from the medicinal materials from Penglai Fairy Mountain, I can't think of any other medicine that can bring back to life someone who has been dead for a few days." Emperor Beili said.
"Indeed, the birth of the two yin and yang back then was related to Ye Qianning." Prime Minister Gao was overjoyed.
"The emperor's rumors are not credible." Pan Zhen reminded.
"Lord Pan, didn't you say that no one has ever set foot in the deep sea? Then do you know that Ye Qianning came from the direction of the deep sea, and it only took three days to travel from the deep sea to the land by boat." Emperor Beili glanced at Pan Zhen.
Pan Zhen finally realized after hearing this that the emperor was talking about Ye Qianning. No wonder he went through so much trouble to let them in.
"It only took three days to get from the deep sea to the land?" Sun Zhong was speechless.
Pan Zhen and Guan Qirui were both shocked. No matter which direction they came from, it would take more than a month to reach the deep sea.
Three days? How is that possible!
Although Sang Qi was shocked that Ye Qianning was still alive, he never asked anyone to check for exact information. To him, Ye Qianning was insignificant and dispensable.
As long as she didn't appear in front of him, he wouldn't care whether she was dead or alive in the future.
But when his father mentioned the engagement today, he knew that Ye Qianning was coming back.
"I have sent people to Dayu City to investigate in detail. Ye Qianning did come from the deep sea and rescued a merchant ship that had been lost at sea for over a month. The people on the ship said that they had been sailing straight and it took them a month to reach Dayu City. Ye Qianning landed in just three days. The secret guards visited Dayu City, and everyone who had seen Ye Qianning confirmed that she landed a month earlier than the people on the merchant ship. There is no mistake." Emperor Beili was surprised to find out this.
He originally wanted to use the Zhan family to call the person back, but he didn't expect the Zhan family to refuse to listen, and Zhan Chi did not bring the person back.
Sun Zhong, Pan Zhen, and Guan Qi listened silently. First, they were shocked by Ye Qianning's deeds. Second, they were shocked that the emperor would let the royal guards investigate. Third, they were a little confused.
What is your intention?
I don't understand even after saying so much...
"Your Majesty, I have said it long ago that Ye Qianning is definitely a monster. There is no one in the world who can steer a ship to the deep sea in three days." Prime Minister Gao was indignant.
Emperor Beili said calmly, "More than a month ago, the Yin-Yang Xiangsheng appeared again and was auctioned at Baimu Xun. Today, I received a secret letter from Baimu Xun, saying that Xiang Minghou and Ye Qianning also appeared in Baimu Xun and bought the Yin-Yang Xiangsheng for 100 million. They split it open in public and took out the seeds. They were planted in a magical soil and they sprouted instantly. They will be fully grown in half a month."
After he finished speaking, Pan Zhen and the others pondered for a long time, unable to recover, with puzzled expressions on their faces.
"If we can really grow the Yin-Yang-Xiang-Yang plant, I don't need to tell you how valuable it is. You, my dear ministers, also know how important it is." Emperor Beili said again.
"Forehead……"
Pan Zhen was the first to react.
Prime Minister Gao and the other two did recover somewhat, but their expressions were a bit confused and difficult to describe.
It was like listening to a fantastical story, clearly fake, yet someone insisted on arguing it was true...
Things like rapid plant growth... Could it be that the Emperor's soul has been taken away by something...
Do you believe in nonsense?
Emperor Beili took in the expressions of the few people and spoke with a deeper tone: "Do you doubt that what I said is false?"
“…”
Sun Zhong seemed to be saying, it's not fake, it's very fake——
"I dare not. If Your Majesty Ye Qianning really knows these things, then it is definitely witchcraft." Prime Minister Gao did not believe it either, but the emperor did!
Pan Zhen hesitated to speak. As a Taifu, he was well-educated and had never seen such a bizarre thing in any book.
If someone else spoke like this in front of him, he would definitely think that person had gone crazy.
"Your Majesty, no matter whether it is true or not, since the news has come from Bermuda, we might as well wait and see whether there will be any results in half a month." Guan Qirui was half-believing and half-doubting.
"Father, what Lord Guan said is very true. Let's have someone investigate again to see if it is really as the letter says." Sang Qi, who had been silent all this time, stepped forward and saluted.
"Wait? If the result is real, it will take at least three days for the letter to reach Beili. If we send people to look for it by then, we will be left behind. Even if there is no result, the Fengling Horn in her hand is still a treasure. And I heard that she also auctioned an ice crystal in Bermuda. It is magnificent. Most importantly, the ice crystal can change the temperature and can instantly put out a mountain fire, turning fire into ice. This item was bought by the Crown Prince of Xiyan." The Emperor of Beili glanced at a few people: "Do you think we should wait?"
Sang Qi pursed his lips.
When Prime Minister Gao heard about Fengling Horn, his eyes changed: "Fengling Horn is from the Penglai Immortal Mountain."
"Ice crystals that can extinguish an entire mountain fire in an instant? Prince Xiyan bought it, this thing is worth it." Pan Zhen questioned things that grew rapidly, but he would not question Prince Xiyan.
"If ice crystals really exist, then the seedlings born from the yin and yang may also really exist." Guan Qirui also believed it a little.
How could Prince Xiyan be easily fooled?
"So, my dear ministers, what do you think about the changes?" asked the Emperor of Beili.
Guan Qirui and Sun Zhong looked at each other and understood the emperor's purpose this time. Who wouldn't want to curry favor with a person who has so many treasures in his hands?
"Your Majesty, Marquis Xiang Ming is unruly and undisciplined. He left like that back then. It would be difficult to get him to join Beili." Pan Zhen is more than ten years older than Marquis Xiang Ming.
I have known Xiang Minghou quite well since he came to the court.
Even if Xiang Minghou came to Beili, he might not be able to live in peace.
"Marquis Xiang Ming rebelled in the past, but the emperor didn't kill him, so he became grateful." Guan Qirui said.
The Grand Tutor glared at him and said, "Master Guan is not clear about what happened ten years ago, so it's better to keep quiet."
"Are you saying, Grand Tutor, that Marquis Xiang Ming was wronged?" Prime Minister Gao snorted coldly.
"Prime Minister Gao, there is no need to rush to put the blame on me." The Grand Tutor's voice was cold.
Prime Minister Gao bowed and saluted the Emperor. "Your Majesty, although Marquis Xiang Ming has been stripped of his nationality, his name is still in the Xiang family tree, and he is still a Northern Li native. Your Majesty, mindful of his military exploits, has granted him permission to return. This is a great blessing for the Xiang family."
(End of this chapter)
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