Chapter 060 Chapter 60
Chapter 60
It was quiet.
The entire hall was deadly quiet.
Except for the sound of Prince Chungnyeong beating the civil servant, everyone in the hall wished they could stop breathing.
Everyone present wished that today was not a grand court meeting, especially those officials of lower ranks.
At least this way they don't have to go to court.
——I wouldn’t have heard such outrageous words.
These officials felt that their lives were about to end, and Marquis Weiyuan felt the same way.
The only ones present who didn't have to worry about their lives were probably the princes, but their expressions were still grim, as if they had discovered that their father had handed over the throne to King Chungnyeong.
The prince is already ten years old, but it is clear that he has not yet mastered the art of cultivating his Qi. The expression on his face is about to collapse, and his entire face is silently screaming.
'What did I hear? What did Pei Muchu say just now? Am I dreaming?'
However, the screams of the civil servant proved that he was now in a cruel reality.
The third prince Pei Muyan wanted to faint immediately to escape from such an embarrassing and dangerous situation.
But it was obvious that the good health he had maintained in the past year made it impossible for him to faint with a rosy face.
He even felt the skin on his face was burning and painful.
Pei Muyan touched his cheek, turned his head and saw that the other princes beside him couldn't help rubbing their faces, especially the crown prince who felt a little embarrassed.
I have to say that what King Chungnyeong said just now makes sense.
It makes so much sense that they feel as if their faces have been ripped off.
There was no expression on Weiyuan Hou's face now. It was not that he had calmed down, but that he could not control his facial nerves.
He had already used up all his strength before he immediately knelt on the ground and begged this little ancestor to stop.
The little remaining strength was used by Weiyuan Hou to suppress his breathing.
Weiyuan Hou believed that as long as that little ancestor stopped, he would immediately know what it meant to hear a needle falling on the ground.
Unfortunately, that little ancestor didn't stop at all, he didn't even look at Your Majesty.
If he just raised his head, he could see the murderous look on His Majesty's face - and the expressions of all the officials present seemed as if they were about to be buried in the ground.
Even Prime Minister Liu is no exception.
Marquis Weiyuan looked at the beads of sweat on Prime Minister Liu's head and thought with sympathy.
However, looking at the unhappy faces of the officials around him, Marquis Weiyuan suddenly felt that it was a good thing that today was the grand court meeting.
"Your Majesty can't possibly kill all the officials present."
Weiyuan Hou thought with peace of mind and relaxed a little.
"At most, killing the prime minister proves that there is a traitor."
Prime Minister Liu: Well, well, I saw the living King of Hell today.
Prime Minister Liu was almost in despair. He had actually reached the end of his current position, and his future life would be about helping the Liu family members to fight for more resources for his party.
At most, he could add one more thing to help his grandson secure the throne.
He thought about the setbacks and frustrations he would encounter in this position, and he even anticipated who would trip him up.
——But he never dreamed that the biggest obstacle was not created by his political enemies, nor was it given by the emperor.
Instead, it was given by Prince Chungnyeong, the little prince who Your Majesty will get rid of sooner or later!
If Prime Minister Liu had not remembered that His Majesty was upstairs, he would have jumped up from his original position and strangled Prince Chungnyeong to death for uttering such treasonous words.
——Although he might not be able to win.
But it would be good to be able to shut up this traitor.
After all, even if those words were said privately at home, they would be terrified. Now, they were actually said directly in front of His Majesty? And they were said in front of all the officials?
"What a waste, what about ceding territory and paying compensation? Can you say that in a grand court meeting? Isn't this just pointing at your Majesty and scolding him?"
Prime Minister Liu cursed in his heart in a rare unpolite manner, thinking that King Chungnyeong was simply crazy.
"Everyone knows the real situation. It's not the first time that women have been sacrificed. It has always been like this in every dynasty. Why did King Chungnyeong react so strongly? "
Prime Minister Liu cursed in his heart, and Prince Chungnyeong, who was beating the man, seemed to know what Prime Minister Liu was complaining about and shouted another sentence.
"If you really want to marry someone, go and get married yourself! You're not bad looking, you can be the wife of a Xiongnu general! You know how painful it is when a knife is stuck in your body!"
These words were like a knife, making Prime Minister Liu's face even uglier. He also supported the marriage.
Otherwise, if the power of the military generals expands, the lives of their civil officials will become difficult, or to put it another way, their lives have not been easy recently.
Prime Minister Liu finally came to his senses and began to think about countermeasures, and his fellow officials also received hints and began to organize their wording.
At least we can't let King Chungnyeong get away so easily.
——And at the same time, I helped to mediate, just for show.
But even if they didn't pretend, they had no way to deal with the little prince.
The little prince really inherited the Bai family's physique perfectly. After the Chinese New Year, he was only eight years old and had a height of five heads. He pinned an adult to the ground and beat him, and no one around could pull him away.
This also shows how excited the little prince was.
"That's enough! Someone pull them apart!"
A loud shout finally separated the two people who had been inseparable for a while.
When Prince Chungnyeong was being pulled apart by several people, he did not forget to kick the civil official, and then he looked at Emperor Wonheung with tears in his eyes.
If you don’t know him, you might think he was bullied because of his tearful cat eyes.
'But in Pei Muchu's opinion, maybe he was really bullied.'
Pei Muli looked at Pei Muchu and thought.
He felt he was being bullied because he didn't win the fight for the foal.
When Emperor Yuanxing looked at the child he had raised since childhood, his heart was filled with murderous intent for the first time.
He just hated the child before, and his murderous intention was not so obvious. After all, the time had not come yet.
But now…
He felt that the time had come. If it wasn't right, this evil creature would have climbed over his head!
A hint of coldness flashed in Emperor Yuanxing's eyes. He turned the ring on his thumb with one hand and was about to speak when he heard a sharp voice shouting.
"Your Majesty! You must do the right thing for me, Your Majesty! King Chungnyeong beat me in public. This is a disrespect for your majesty, Your Majesty, and he even said something extremely treasonous!"
Finally escaping from the fist of that little devil, the civil servant loudly protested his innocence as soon as he recovered.
Sometimes in the court, whoever has the loudest voice is right.
Unfortunately, the civil servants don’t know that this principle is certainly sufficient in normal circumstances, but in the current situation...
——It will only increase Emperor Yuanxing’s disgust.
In particular, his words hit the sore spot of Emperor Yuanxing, making him feel a burning pain on his face.
then……
Emperor Yuanxing moved his murderous gaze away from the young prince who was about to kick the civil servant, and stared at the civil servant who was still crying and asking His Majesty to make a decision for him.
"My dear, please go down and let the imperial physician treat you first."
After hearing these words, the civil servant felt that it was a sure thing, that the emperor still valued him, and who knows, he might be able to catch the emperor's eye with this.
However, the next sentence undoubtedly sent him from heaven to hell.
"After you recover, go negotiate with the Xiongnu. These conditions are difficult for me to accept."
Emperor Yuanxing said lightly.
But it plunged the civil servants into despair.
Negotiate again?
Regardless of whether the conditions changed in the end, he might be killed by the Huns as an entertainment!
The civil servant wanted to refuse immediately, but the guards at the side immediately covered his mouth and dragged him away to treat his injuries.
After all the civil officials were dragged away, it was finally King Chungnyeong's turn.
Everyone present's eyes were focused on him.
King Chungnyeong still had tears in his eyes, and when the civil servant was dragged away, King Chungnyeong could even be seen spitting at him.
When he turned to look at His Majesty, his eyes were filled with tears again, as if he had been bullied. When he saw His Majesty looking at him, he pouted and said unconvincedly.
"Uncle Emperor! He has bad intentions and wants to put Uncle Emperor in an unjust situation!"
Emperor Yuanxing was so angry at the speciousness of his argument that he laughed.
Who is making up stories and who is trying to put him in an unjust position? As the emperor, doesn't he understand this?
But seeing this evil creature looking at him with full dependence, with a clear and foolish light in his eyes, Emperor Yuanxing suddenly had an idea.
This pair of eyes, which were so similar to those of his brilliant and talented brother, the Crown Prince, were particularly dependent on him.
But what would happen if that bastard found out that all the love he had shown him before was a lie?
Emperor Yuanxing suddenly didn't want it to end like this, especially after that evil creature had pointed at his nose and scolded him without knowing it.
"If an official is beaten during the reign of the emperor, King Chungnyeong will be confined to his palace for three months, and the rest of the officials are not allowed to plead for mercy."
Emperor Yuanxing said helplessly.
However, all the officials present looked surprised. Even Prime Minister Liu, who knew the truth, looked at His Majesty with shock.
"I didn't expect that His Majesty would endure to such an extent for the sake of his own reputation. He was scolded and pointed at his nose, but he just let King Chungnyeong be confined to his house."
As Prime Minister Liu thought about this, an idea suddenly popped up in his mind.
Could it be that Your Majesty has really developed feelings for someone?
Prime Minister Liu subconsciously looked in the direction of King Chungnyeong.
——Just happened to meet the reluctant expression of King Chungnyeong.
"I feel relieved," Prime Minister Liu thought, "Even if there is love, it will be destroyed by King Chungnyeong."
Prime Minister Liu, who was thinking this, did not notice the calmness in King Chungnyeong's eyes after he turned around.
*
"Host, host, your dandy mission has completely ended!"
As soon as Gu Youxing entered the consciousness space 777, he set off fireworks and said happily.
Gu Youxing opened his personal panel and saw that the task interface clearly showed that the settlement had begun, but the strange thing was that the new task had been refreshed on the personal panel this time.
——But the system summary remains the same.
Personal panel
Name: [Gu Youxing (Number of activated avatars: 4)]
Age: [25]
Current identity: [Pei Muchu (6)]
The plot world: ["The Return of the Hou Family" (click for original text)]
Task progress bar:
- Overall mission: [Get rid of cannon fodder status and reach the pinnacle of life]
- Current mission: [Please take your dude status and reach the pinnacle of life!]
- Mission Objective: [Please make the emperor dumbfounded!]
- Mission Progress: [0/100]
- Current sentiment value: [2033585]
- [Store Entrance]
System summary: "After this battle in the court, you are the most untouchable person in the entire Feng Dynasty, the great you know who!"】
Gu Youxing subconsciously touched his nose. He was quite satisfied with his nose and didn't want to lose it for the time being.
The reward for this mission was quite in line with what Gu Youxing had expected.
Ordinary rewards are still gold, silver, jewelry, and some courses.
The previous computer courses made Taoduoduo's APP stand out among similar shopping platforms.
After a year of development, Taoduoduo is now ubiquitous in the modern world and is used by most ordinary people.
Unfortunately, Taoduoduo’s most critical advantage has not been developed. After all, there are no stable and cheap suppliers now.
Gu Youxing's eyes deepened. Perhaps he should speed up the progress of the ancient world.
The cheap industrial zone he wants is definitely impossible to appear in the modern world. Country A’s policies do not support it. If it is built, he can just wait for others to pick it.
But the ancient world could have tried harder.
Thinking of this, Gu Youxing's hand scratched the special reward.
[Special rewards: World Aid X1, Bai Yueguang's overseas admission consent letter (modern version) X1, vest X1 (countdown four days)]
Gu Youkang looked at the time of the vest and it just happened to coincide with the time of world fusion, which coincided with his plan.
Otherwise, he would have to find reasons to delay the fusion of the worlds.
But what about this white moonlight halo? Both worlds are quite simple and there is no place for him to use special products.
Gu Youxing clicked in to take a look out of curiosity.
[Bai Yueguang's foreign admission letter: 'Bai Yueguang just went abroad, not dead, can't the male protagonist even afford a plane ticket? ']
"Oh, this special item can gain a lot of emotional value when used with the Regret Aura. Just be careful about the time of use, lest you are not back by the time the other person is done regretting, which would easily lead to bad luck."
777 said excitedly.
Gu Youxing looked at these special products and frowned helplessly.
These special products really feel out of place in these worlds.
Fortunately, Gu Youxing didn’t need these for the time being. After classifying and storing these things as usual, Gu Youxing started to look at the new task.
When the news of Ningyun Pass being breached came, Gu Youxing was also stunned for a moment. He did not expect that there would actually be idiots in this world who would specifically attack their own defense line. But when he thought about the fact that there are still politicians in modern times who specifically poison civilians, Gu Youxing could only say that such idiots really exist in every world.
Marshal Bai collapsed in anger after being rejected when he requested to fight. Gu Youxing could only shake his head helplessly and poured him some nutrient solution to keep him alive.
After Ningyun Pass was breached, Gu Youxing's original plan was no longer useful. He had originally wanted to set a trap for Emperor Yuanxing and make him so angry that he had a stroke, but now it seems that this is no longer necessary.
The breach of Ningyun Pass was enough to make Emperor Yuanxing suffer a stroke.
To be honest, Gu Youxing really intended to intercept the footsteps of the cultivation world coming to the ancient world in advance, and he did not want to touch Emperor Yuanxing for the time being.
For society, even if Emperor Yuanxing is just a mascot that is kept in the dark, it is better than having no one at all.
At least there will be less social unrest.
Unfortunately, Emperor Yuanxing brought his own death upon himself by setting his sights on Princess Funing.
Thinking of this, Gu Youxing narrowed his eyes.
He would not let Fu Ning go to marry, but...
This incident is a good lead.
Isn’t it?
Gu Youxing thought about leaving the consciousness space and returning to the real world.
[Host, what are you going to do next? Princess Funing will not go to marry, so will the second or third princess be next? ]
777 asked doubtfully.
[No, in fact, none of them will go to marry. When the people from the cultivation world come, it is still unclear whether the Huns will still exist in this world.]
【？ 】
Gu Youxing walked towards Marshal Bai's seat and talked to 777 in his mind.
[One is the country where the daughter of the elder of Huanhai Sect was when she was undergoing the tribulation. Her father, mother and children were all here. Although there are a few annoying mortals, they can all be destroyed with a flick of the finger.]
Gu Youxing changed the subject and continued, "The other is a force that bullied the family of the elder's daughter during her tribulation, and also angered the elder's daughter's father so much that he was bedridden. 】
[Any fool knows which one to choose. ]
Gu Youxing summed it up in a short sentence.
777 immediately nodded in affirmation, but then another question arose.
[But host, what if there is a force that is hostile to Huanhai Sect? ]
Gu Youxing blinked his eyes, pretending to be the little prince, and threw himself into Old Madam Bai's arms half crying.
His talk without action did not stop him from chatting with 777.
【Don’t worry about this. 】
Gu Youxing said it concisely.
【They won’t come in.】
*
What happened at the grand court meeting that day spread to the entire capital at an extremely fast speed.
Of course, the officials did not spread those treasonous words out loud, but only told their family members that King Chungnyeong had said treasonous words. However, His Majesty did not punish him. On the contrary, he only confined King Chungnyeong to his home for three months.
However, after the civil servant who had a conflict with King Chungnyeong was cured, he was directly thrown to the front line to negotiate with the Huns, and was eventually killed by the Huns as a sacrifice.
His Majesty did not say anything, but instead sent civil officials to negotiate, and this time the talks were much more serious.
But no one paid much attention to these serious news. Compared with the peaceful negotiations with the Huns, which they had no control over, their gossipy hearts were more burning with how much King Chungnyeong was favored by His Majesty.
Even princesses are no exception.
In the studio, the princesses were drawing on the table and whispering about these things.
Although it is called a studio, it is actually a separate courtyard, and there are even people specifically responsible for guarding it, for fear that some guy might come out and offend the guests.
It’s no wonder that since the address of the studio was announced, many scholars and people who were eager to get rich overnight have been wandering outside the yard all day long.
He was taught a lesson by King Chungnyeong's guards before he calmed down.
"...So father really dotes on Pei Muchu. All the treatments that we princesses don't have are given to Prince Zhongning."
The eldest princess spoke with envy and jealousy, but there was no fear in her words. After all, she was already engaged, and it was her father who specially asked Prime Minister Liu to act as a matchmaker. She would definitely not have a chance to marry this time.
The second and third princesses became much more silent. After all, if a marriage was to take place, they would be the most likely to be chosen as they were not much older than Princess Funing.
Princess Funing had a younger brother who went against her father for her, but they didn't have such a brother.
Can……
They don't want to marry either.
And although Pei Muchu's words were too outrageous, they really touched their hearts.
They cannot study the Four Books and Five Classics, cannot learn martial arts, cannot attend court, and cannot participate in government affairs...
They cannot interfere in anything that happens in the court.
but!
Why should they have to bear the final consequences?
The second princess and the third princess looked at each other and wanted to say something to their sisters but did not dare to say it out loud for fear that the other party would think they had ulterior motives.
The two could only look at each other and draw the blueprint silently.
The atmosphere in the entire studio was depressing and sad.
Lu Yirou listened to these words and looked at the two princesses with sadness in her eyes. She knew the inside story and she didn't even think that Princess Fuling could escape this disaster.
'Your Majesty's favor for King Chungnyeong is all just a plot to flatter and kill King Chungnyeong. King Chungnyeong was only confined to his residence for three months after beating an official that day. The entire court is probably his enemy. No one wants to be beaten for no reason, but in the end the culprit is only confined to his residence.'
The reborn daughter of the Marquis's family thought about it, with compassion in her eyes.
After all, what was supposed to happen in this life still happened. No matter how many times she hinted to the Fourth Prince, unfortunately, she was not the one who made the decision now.
Moreover, he was Emperor Yuanxing, who was extremely suspicious and valued civil affairs over military affairs.
Lin Cao'er pushed open the door of the studio and was frightened by the depressing atmosphere inside.
Just as she was about to speak, she remembered the rumors that were spreading all over the capital today, and her eyes were filled with sadness when she looked at the two princesses.
In ancient times, only a few princesses who were married off for foreign countries had a good ending. What's more, none of these princesses were taught political skills. They were all just following the three obediences and four virtues, as if they were a pet being sent away.
The probability of surviving in the fierce Xiongnu royal court is comparable to a comet hitting the earth.
Lin Cao'er looked at the princesses with sympathy but said nothing as she could not save herself either.
She is still a slave now. Although in this world, the slaves of Prince Zhongning's Mansion are much better off than ordinary civilians, Lin Cao'er still feels extremely uneasy because her life and property all depend on the will of one person.
She thought as she opened the recorded application form.
The image of the young prince taking out the fan - it should be something called a space bag - kept appearing in her mind. She also kept recalling the cultivation novels she had read before, and for a moment she was a little absent-minded.
She longed to practice Taoism and take control of her own destiny, but now she didn't even know where to start.
"It seems that I need to draw the Qi into my body first, but do I have spiritual roots? Can I draw the Qi into my body?" Lin Cao'er thought, and her movements slowed down.
Fortunately, everyone was distracted today. After all, the news coming out of the palace was too shocking.
The princesses finished their work for the day in such a silent atmosphere.
After returning to the palace, the eldest princess and the fourth princess were fine, but the second princess and the third princess went to find their mothers.
They didn't want to go out and marry, but now they had no choice and they had to discuss countermeasures in advance.
But the situation was not as bad as they thought.
But it's only for them.
A day later, an imperial edict arrived at Prince Chungnyeong's palace.
"… to promote friendship between the two countries, I decree this!"
Zhang Dehai spoke in a drawn-out voice to King Chungnyeong, who was staring in front of him with eyes wide open and a look of disbelief on his face.
"Your Majesty, please accept the order."
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