Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

Time passed day by day.

From autumn to winter, Shangjing ushered in the first snow of this year.

What is the happiest thing on a snowy day?

Naturally, I would stay at home and eat hot pot!

The hot and spicy red soup kept tumbling, making a gurgling sound.

Thinly sliced ​​beef is put into the soup and scalded, then taken out and rolled in a dipping plate.

Eat it in your mouth, the taste is so beautiful!

It would be even better if I could have another jug ​​of wine at this time.

It's a pity that Hua Manman's body's capacity for alcohol is too low, causing her to get drunk whenever she drinks, and when she gets drunk, she will become dizzy, and it is easy for a certain dog man to talk to her.

In desperation, she could only refuse the wine glass handed to her and concentrate on eating.

Li Ji and Master Feihe held wine glasses and chatted while drinking.

Snowflakes fluttered outside the window, and the house was warm.

Reverend Feihe has been living in Prince Zhao's Mansion recently.

The food here is so good that it keeps him gaining weight.

Now he has become a white and fat Taoist priest again.

Neither Li Ji nor Hua Manman asked him when he would go back, and he himself seemed to have forgotten about going back. He happily ate and drank with Hua Manman every day, not to mention how happy he was when he was young.

Probably because he found that King Zhao was too leisurely, the emperor sent him an errand temporarily, asking him to lead the troops to meet the Xiliang mission.

The second prince Li Hao was envious of this job, and he also wanted to welcome the Xiliang mission on behalf of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Li Hao is straight-hearted, since he wants it, he will take action.

He immediately ran to beg his father, hoping to let him and King Zhao go to meet the mission together.

The emperor felt that it would be good for Li Hao to follow King Zhao to learn more. By the way, he could also let Li Hao restrain King Zhao so that King Zhao would not make trouble again, so he nodded in agreement.

This made the Fifth Prince Li Yan very angry.

He also wants to represent the Great Zhou Dynasty to welcome the mission!

Why did such a beautiful job fall on King Zhao? The second prince actually had the nerve to beg his father to let him follow? What a thick skin!

The sour water in Li Yan's belly gushed out, almost killing him with acid.

He ran to his mother and concubine to complain.

Concubine Liu Gui felt sorry for her son, and deliberately found a time when the emperor was in a good mood, and asked the fifth prince to accompany the mission to receive the mission.

Unfortunately, the emperor did not agree.

From the emperor's point of view, it was enough to have King Zhao and the second prince leading the team to welcome the mission. If the fifth prince was added, it would appear that the Great Zhou Dynasty was too zealous and a bit self-defeating.

The emperor didn't think it was necessary.

When Hua Manman learned that King Zhao was going to meet the Xiliang Mission, the plot about the Xiliang Mission immediately came to mind.

In the original text of "Gong Mou", the Xiliang mission not only brought a large amount of tribute this time, but also brought Princess Longzhu who they called "the pearl of the desert".

In this kind of Gongdou novel, once there are princesses and princesses from other countries, marriage will definitely be involved.

This time is no exception.

Xiliang wanted to marry Da Zhou, and the object of the marriage was naturally the emperor.

These have nothing to do with Huamanman.

She was more worried about King Zhao.

When Li Ji was fighting against the army of Xiliang, unfortunately, he was ambushed, his legs were broken by boulders, and he was hit by a poisonous arrow.

Although Xiliang was still defeated later, and he offered to bow his head and become a minister, and the emperor of Zhou Dynasty also accepted the letter of surrender from the king of Xiliang, but for Li Ji, Xiliang still had a blood feud with him.

But the emperor wanted Li Ji to lead a team to meet the Xiliang mission.

This is too embarrassing!

It was at this time that the emperor summoned King Zhao to the palace to have an audience.

Hua Manman sent King Zhao out, she endured and endured, but she still couldn't hold back, and said what was in her heart.

"Can't someone else go to meet the Xiliang Mission?"

Li Ji looked into Shanghua Manman's worried eyes, and heard her thinking——

"The emperor clearly has so many people to choose from, why did he choose King Zhao to meet the Xiliang mission? Doesn't he know that there is a grudge between King Zhao and Xiliang? Why can't he think about King Zhao?"

Li Ji smiled.

When others learned that he was going to meet the Xiliang Mission, they would worry that he would deliberately obstruct it, which would affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Only Hua Manman is worried that he will be wronged.

Hua Manman was puzzled: "What are you laughing at?"

Li Ji: "It's nothing, the golden words of the sage can be changed by others at will. Don't worry, nothing will happen."

He touched Hua Manman's head, strode out of the palace, got on his horse, and went straight to the palace.

Li Ji entered the palace unimpeded all the way to Hanzhang Hall.

"My humble minister pays homage to His Majesty."

The emperor asked him not to be too polite.

"Come and sit down and play chess with me. We haven't played chess together for a long time."

Li Ji was also polite, and immediately lifted the hem of his clothes, and sat in the empty seat opposite the emperor.

The emperor holds the black pieces, and Li Ji holds the white pieces.

The two sides are evenly matched.

In the end, Li Ji narrowly defeated the emperor by a half-son.

Although the emperor lost, he was quite happy.

He threw away the chess piece, and said with a smile: "It's still the most enjoyable to play chess with you. Others will deliberately give way to me, only you will not deliberately let the water go."

It's not that the emperor didn't understand the reason why those people deliberately released the water. On the one hand, those people wanted to make him happy, and on the other hand, they were afraid that if they won the emperor, they would arouse hatred.

Little did he know that he played chess just to enjoy the delicate feeling of coming and going during the game.

Those people who thought they were smart made the emperor lose that sense of sophistication. Even if he won, winning would be boring.

Li Ji: "Your Majesty's chess skills are superb, and I don't dare to release water. After all, I also want to win."

The emperor smiled even wider.

"As long as you are a chess player, there is no one who doesn't want to win. You are fine."

He smiled, and suddenly changed the topic.

"I sent you to meet the Xiliang mission, do you have some thoughts in your heart?"

Li Ji picked up the white pieces on the chessboard one by one, put them into the chess box, and said in his mouth.

"Weichen naturally has ideas."

The emperor put away his smile: "If you have any ideas, just say it."

Li Ji: "Although Xiliang has bowed his head and proclaimed himself a minister, I always feel that these are just appearances.

Weichen has fought with them so many times on the battlefield, so he knows their temperament very well.

They are not the kind of people who will be content with others.

It is likely that they just quietly recuperated under the guise of surrender, secretly looking for opportunities to counterattack. "

The emperor was silent.

It's not that he can't think of this level, but he has no better choice.

Da Zhou has been fighting Xiliang for several years, whether it is people or money, Da Zhou has already lost a lot. If the fight continues, the treasury may not be able to support it.

And that's it.

He can no longer give King Zhao a chance to make contributions.

Li Ji seemed to have expected that the emperor would not answer this question, and continued as if nothing happened.

"Your Majesty must have guessed this a long time ago. The reason why you sent me to receive the Xiliang mission is probably to let me come forward to frighten those Xiliang people and give them a good beating."