Flower Fairy's Tribulation

Zhao Yunxiao, who had been in Lusheng City for two or three months, was restless and wanted to find a clear answer from the top management of Nanhai so that he could return to Holy Spirit City. Lin Chenzhong and Hua Yueying deliberately avoided seeing him.

At this time, Zhao Yunxiao was no longer able to do whatever he wanted with the strength of Nine Flowers Gathering like he had 24 years ago. He had to endure the resentment of being deliberately left out and went to Pang Jianzhong and Huang Youxing, but they refused to reply on the grounds that they could not make the decision.

Zhao Yunxiao waited for several months but found nothing. In desperation, he asked Chen Jitong, his former friend, the new dignitary of the Nanhai Military Group, and the governor of the golden region who was about to return to the Golden City to take up his duties. Chen Jitong suggested that he go to the ruby ​​princess Jiang Youyou. Zhao Yunxiao was confused. Asked: "Queen Hongyujiang? She is the master of the harem - a master who can do important national affairs?"

Chen Jitong smiled and said: "Brother, please don't underestimate this young Queen Jiang. I can say that in the entire Nanhai Kingdom, in addition to the military advisor Princess Peony, the second uncrowned king is this young Queen. Her Royal Highness the Dragon and Phoenix Ruby Princess——"

Zhao Yunxiao: "Really?"

Chen Jitong: "Brother, think carefully about why Princess Hongyu can stand out, win the laurel crown, and be the mother of the world?"

Zhao Yunxiao: "How do I know? Is it because she is naturally beautiful and has unparalleled beauty in the world?"

Chen Jitong shook his head and said, "How dare you come here to be a messenger when you don't know anything?"

Zhao Yunxiao was speechless and waited for a while before saying: "Your life is on your side, so I have to follow..."

Chen Jitong said: "That's you, only a politically blind person like you can come here unharmed. If it were anyone else, there would be no return - so it is impossible for His Majesty the Pope to choose another wise man..."

Zhao Yunxiao asked doubtfully: "How do you say this?"

Chen Jitong said: "Brother, do you know who is actually in charge of the Nanhai Kingdom?"

Zhao Yunxiao said: "Does this need to be said? Isn't it the new emperor, the black boy Lin Chenzhong, a descendant of the Chu family of the ancient South China Sea?"

Chen Jitong smiled and shook his head.

Zhao Yunxiao said: "Well - the emperor is not the actual person in power? Is he a puppet? - Mr. Pang Jianzhong, the [-]-year-old man? I think his prestige is not lower than Lin Chenzhong..."

Chen Jitong shook his head again, and Zhao Yunxiao said: "Isn't that right? Could it be that Lin Chenzhong is afraid of his two queens..."

Chen Jitong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Brother, I won't embarrass you anymore. In fact, the uncrowned king of Nanhai Kingdom is Princess Peony, and the military advisor Hua Yueying——"

Zhao Yunxiao laughed and said: "She? The legendary gifted flower fairy? Why is it her? Even if she is smart, isn't she just a military advisor who gives orders on her behalf?? I heard that she and Lin Chenzhong have had an ambiguous relationship since they were young, and they have always been loyal to her. Baishun, right?”

Chen Jitong smiled bitterly: "—Forget it, you don't understand politics! You should have gone to Princess Peony, the rightful owner, to make decisions about peace negotiations—but let me tell you, based on the current situation, the senior officials of Nanhai Kingdom generally believe that the Holy Spirit The empire’s peace talks are really just a delaying tactic. It’s impossible to believe that the Pope is sincerely making peace and she won’t see you. Your only hope is to see Queen Hongyujiang, she might be able to give you an answer!”

Zhao Yunxiao was even more confused and asked: "Brother, since you said that Princess Peony is the actual person in power, you asked me to see Empress Jiang? You have confused me!"

Chen Jitong said: "Brother, let me say it again, if you want an answer and go back to Holy Spirit City to die, just go to Queen Jiang, otherwise you can go back directly!"

"I would like to advise you again, brother, walk more along the road, see more, understand the sentiments of the people, and listen to the voices of the people all over the world. Should you follow the Holy Spirit Empire, which is harsh and fierce, or turn to the Ming Dynasty? , there should be a decision, foolish loyalty--against the law of heaven--"

Zhao Yunxiao interrupted him and said: "Okay, I have my own ideas about where to go, so I won't bother my dear brother - Queen Jiang is in palace confinement, and I am a foreign envoy. I fear there will be inconvenience - how can I see her?"

Chen Jitong said: "Empress Jiang has not been in the harem in the past few days. She and Huang Youxing and others moved to the Wusheng Royal Elf Warrior School for temporary residence. If you go to find her there, you might be able to gain something -"

Zhao Yunxiao asked curiously: "Why does Queen Jiang not live in the deep palace, but move to live outside the palace? What is the reason? Are they jealous and at odds with each other just after they got married?"

Chen Jitong rolled his eyes and said, "Brother, you know nothing about politics. Telling you about politics is just playing the piano to an ox, so don't ask!"

Zhao Yunxiao was doubtful, so he came to visit the renovated Wucheng Royal Elf Warrior School.

From the outside, it looks like an empty school because students are on summer vacation, but inside it looks like a heavily guarded military fortress, with troops standing three steps, one post, and five steps behind.

Zhao Yunxiao reported his name and explained his purpose of coming, and sure enough, he saw Queen Jiang Youyou and the noble concubine Guli Qiusha, dressed in casual clothes and fishing quietly with Huang Youxing, at the edge of Furong Lake.

When Zhao Yunxiao arrived, sisters Guli Qiusha were a little nervous and stayed close to Jiang Youyou and Huang Youxing respectively, fearing that they would suddenly attack.

Huang Youxing asked the guard to bring a fishing rod to Zhao Yunxiao and asked him to fish with it. Zhao Yunxiao did not take it easy and explained his purpose straight to the point. Huang Youxing shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Jiang Youyou said: "Old hero Zhao, please move away and don't disturb your adoptive father's fishing pleasure!"

Zhao Yunxiao invited Zhao Yunxiao to sit and drink tea at the Furong Pavilion by the lake, and asked with a smile: "The old hero has come to this palace for this matter. There must be an expert behind it!"

Zhao Yunxiao was about to say that it was Chen Jitong who gave the advice, but after thinking for a while, he held back his words and said, "Well - there must be an expert's advice, otherwise His Highness would never dare to disturb you as a newlywed!"

Jiang Youyou was a married woman for the first time and had already tied up her golden hair. She tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said to herself: "Let me guess which master knew that I was here with my adoptive father and asked him to You come to me for inquiries..."

She frowned for a moment and then relaxed, nodded and said to herself: "It must be him! No one else will help you with this thankless job - no one else has the courage or wisdom to help you except him!"

Jiang Youyou didn't point out who it was, which made Zhao Yunxiao full of doubts, but he finally suppressed his doubts.

Jiang Youyou smiled and said: "As for whether it is war or peace, if you must give a clear answer, then please go back and tell His Majesty the Pope that you can make peace if you agree to three conditions for me in the South China Sea!"

Zhao Yunxiao asked hurriedly: "His Highness made it clear?"

Jiang Youyou smiled and said: "First, allow Hero Zhao to leave the Holy Spirit Empire and join the South China Sea Kingdom. He will condescend to be appointed as the principal of the Royal Elf Warrior School. He will educate the royal children for me in the future. If you can help me, I will be honored!"

Zhao Yunxiao stood up in surprise, thought for a moment, then sat down and said: "How could Zhao be so virtuous? This is actually the first condition?! Thank you for your highness, I am grateful. But dozens of members of my family, young and old, are here." City of the Holy Spirit, please allow me to think twice about this matter - what about the second thing, Your Highness Chrysostom?"

Jiang Youyou nodded and said: "Okay, the second thing is that you know very well that the Baqiu Kingdom has a feud with the Jiang family. Please ask the Holy Spirit Army to withdraw from the 21 provinces and districts of the Baqiu Kingdom!"

When Zhao Yunxiao heard this, he stood up again and asked: "What? Your Highness wants the entire state of Baqiu with just one sentence? How is this—this—possible?"

Jiang Youyou smiled and asked Zhao Yunxiao: "Old hero, I'm making an offer to Pope Yin Mu, not you. I'm just asking the Pope whether he agrees or not!"

Zhao Yunxiao hit a nail that was neither soft nor hard, and sat down embarrassedly and said: "What His Highness said is absolutely true. I am really not qualified to make decisions for His Majesty the Pope. I will convey His Highness's wishes truthfully. What about the third thing? ?”

Jiang Youyou sighed and said: "Hey - my Majesty has just ascended to the throne, and the harem is empty. There are far less than a hundred beauties serving the king, let alone the ordinary number of three thousand. It is really shabby and detrimental to the image of the emperor's family. It makes me a wife and concubine. I am worried and embarrassed, and now I urgently need to select beauties from all over the country to fill my harem to share my worries. I heard that the emperor's grandson Yin Mihong has a daughter Yin Qianqian who is both talented and beautiful. She is named the Pearl Princess. She is naturally beautiful, has a beautiful face, and is in the prime of her life. She is waiting for her in the boudoir. I want her. How about being my king’s concubine and marrying the Holy Spirit Empire forever?”

Zhao Yunxiao jumped up from the stool in surprise and said in a panic: "This matter must not be done. Princess Pearl is the apple of His Majesty the Pope's eye and treats it as a treasure. The Pope has said before that she will not be allowed to marry far away. All the royal families of the three great empires in the past wanted her. If you don't get it, how can you go to the sweltering place of Green Sheng City and take you as a hostage——"

Jiang Youyou smiled and said: "What the old hero means is that the Pope will not agree to my three conditions?"

Zhao Yunxiao smiled awkwardly again and said: "Well - I can't make a decision for His Majesty the Pope, but I'm afraid it's the same!"

Jiang Youyou said unceremoniously: "Old hero, I advise you not to meddle in this nosy business. It is better to become a teacher and be respected by others!"

Zhao Yunxiao sighed helplessly and said: "Please forgive me for being unreasonable. Peace negotiation is a national matter and a foreign matter. Your Highness is the mother of the world and the master of the inner palace. Can you be the master of the monarchs and ministers of the Nanhai Kingdom?"

Jiang Youyou smiled and said: "I am wrongly loved by His Majesty, so you may not be able to listen to a word of mine. If you don't believe that I have this ability, why bother asking?"

Zhao Yunxiao was speechless.

Jiang Youyou added: "If the Pope doesn't agree to any of these three conditions, just pretend I didn't say it!"

Zhao Yunxiao frowned and stood awkwardly for a while, then said: "The Pope would rather give up the 21 provinces of Baqiu Kingdom than Princess Pearl. I think it is absolutely impossible to ask Princess Pearl to go to Lusheng City to be his concubine. , can you change one? There are no less than a hundred young and beautiful princesses in the Yin royal family. If you change it to someone else - even ten princesses, I think there is room for negotiation..."

Jiang Youyou gently shook her folding fan and said with a smile: "Ah Zhong once mentioned to me that I heard that His Majesty the Pope regarded Princess Pearl as the jewel in his palm. He would not think about it for a day without food and tea. I thought there must be something special about Princess Pearl. If he could get it, it would be a great comfort. For the rest of my life, I only want Princess Pearl to give her husband a smile, and there is no need to talk about anything else!"

Zhao Yunxiao almost fainted and said: "Your Highness, you mean that the Holy Spirit Empire and the Nanhai Kingdom cannot coexist and there will be a war?"

Jiang Youyou smiled and said: "You'd better ask His Majesty the Pope whether it's war or peace, let him decide! But after I finish my ugly words, if he agrees to the last two, but you don't come, it will still be invalid!"

Zhao Yunxiao left with a wry smile, and Qiu Sha saw him off.

Zhao Yunxiao walked away, and Huang Youxing asked Jiang Youyou: "Yuyou, when did you learn to be as sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued as Yueying, and you can put your opponent on the fire with your words? Why do you need to embarrass others? Yin Mu faction It’s impossible to agree to these conditions!”

Jiang Youyou smiled and said: "Father, it doesn't matter whether the Yin Mu sect agrees or not. As long as Zhao Yunxiao recovers, the Yin Mu sect will definitely doubt Zhao Yunxiao's loyalty, and Zhao Yunxiao will definitely feel cold. In all likelihood, he will leave the Holy Spirit Empire and join us in the future. camp!"

Huang Youxing shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "Needless to say, this must be a counter-intuitive plan taught to you by Yue Ying. Zhao Yunxiao, Zhao Yunxiao, this foolish man who is full of knowledge - Yue Ying, this girl has scheming in her hair, and there is no one in the world who can mess with her. People who don’t understand, so what if they are the top experts in the Nine Flowers Gathering? Aren’t they under her control?”

Jiang Youyou pursed her lips and complained: "That's right! Looking at the world, no matter whether it's a man or a woman, beautiful or ugly, old or young, who is not part of the goblin's calculations? I'm dissatisfied with you saying that sometimes she just wants to have more When she glanced at me, I was afraid that she would have some bad ideas on me, and I felt terrified and trembling, as if I was missing a piece of flesh - Foster father, if one day the goblin wants to plot against me, you can't just sit idly by and ignore it... "

Huang Youxing said: "You two sisters have a deep love for each other and it doesn't end like this!"

Jiang Youyou: "Father, don't you know that Zhongke has spoiled that goblin these years? Don't you know how domineering she is? - It's simply outrageous!"

Huang Youxing: "Why do you see it?"

Jiang Youyou: "Many years ago in the Milky Way Forest, my cousin had a disagreement with her and only told her half a word. The goblin frowned, and Ah Zhong almost slapped her in the face with her big mouth. Since then, My cousin was half shorter in front of her, with a lowered eyebrow like a mouse seeing a cat, and she didn't dare to express her anger. What's more, I am a little wife who is not popular at all? I can serve you and I am considered a high incense. Got it!"

"I'm not lying. I've seen it with my own eyes. If you don't believe me, ask cousin Yiyun if this happened? But I feel like she may not dare to admit the past. If she dares to complain even a word, she will probably have a big mouth..."

Huang Youxing burst into laughter. He knew that Jiang Youyou was betting that he would not be able to participate in the old memories of boys and girls flirting and being jealous. He smiled and said: "Yuyou, I'm afraid you are no less thoughtful than Yueying..."

Jiang Youyou said with a smile: "I am stupid, and I am not one ten thousandth as scheming as Yueying..."

Qiu Sha came back and reported to Jiang Youyou: "Mother, Zhao Yunxiao keeps saying to himself: Impossible! Impossible!..."

Since the wedding, Guli Qiusha stopped calling her princess and changed her name to empress. Jiang Youyou liked this new title very much.

She pulled Qiu Qiu away from the lake, and asked shyly in a low voice: "What did the female officer of the Palace Bureau say? Will Ah Zhong come to school tonight?"

Qiu Sha whispered: "The message hasn't been sent yet - I'll go and ask, your majesty, or invite your majesty to come over?"

Jiang Youyou hesitated and asked: "Don't ask, it's so embarrassing. Who cares about him whether he loves him or not? It's just my cousin and the big-eyed thief who treat him as a treasure and spoil him. I don't care about him - Where did he spend the night last night? Was it my cousin's Baiyun Palace? "

Qiu Sha leaned into Jiang Youyou's ear and whispered with a smile: "In the twins' Zhuoshui Palace, I heard from the little palace maid that the three of them spent the night together..."

Jiang Youyou covered her mouth and smiled, and said with a shy smile: "Three people?!...Together??!!...It's so embarrassing...It's true that the big-eyed thief can do this kind of thing just because of his temper. I don’t even need to lose face——”

Qiu Sha said: "My dear, you misunderstood. I heard that the three of them were chatting on the roof and counting the stars all night..."

Jiang Youyou was so embarrassed that she twisted Qiu Sha's pointed elf ears and said, "You are so long-winded...can't you say it clearly at once?"

Qiu Sha hurriedly begged for mercy: "My queen, please forgive me, please forgive me... You have your own wild imaginations, why do you blame me for being unclear about my speech..."