Sheng Shi Merciful Light

This time, it was not Fang Ruyuan who was able to arrange it properly. We should be very grateful to the King of Chu and the Secret Service under the jurisdiction of Wei Zhong, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. There are also two hard-working factions, Su Min and Wang Zhihong, who are second in the new department and Jinshi in the new department.

Let me first talk about the Confidentiality Department of the Privy Council.

The Privy Council originally had two functions - to mobilize the country's military and horses and to manage intelligence.The former item is a full-time job, but the latter item is more important. However, because Emperor Tianshou strongly supports Ye Xingwei, the performance of the confidential department is mediocre, and it has not played a real role.

Since the King of Chu took over... er, to help Deputy Shu Wei to make suggestions, in just a few months, he has perfected various rules and regulations of the Privy Council Confidential Department, the selection of talents and the reward and punishment system for tasks, and extensive and in-depth cooperation with businessmen, expanding the scope of business. The "business scope" has also improved the confidentiality, and the compensation work for the dead and injured is in place.

The Privy Council has grown and grown, and the night guards, who hide deeper, work together to obtain information, and the work is really getting better and better.

This time "all nations come to court", it is not that the Ministry of Rituals waited until the letter of credence before slowly starting to prepare, but that the Confidentiality Department of the Privy Council had already been watching the envoys from various countries when they set off, controlling their movements all the way, and even what plans the envoys had in private Also slowly detected.Today, the governor of the Privy Council was also sent to assist Honglu Temple, and the best-looking imperial guards were dispatched to maintain order.

Fang Ruyuan admired the King of Chu very much. He really didn't know how the King of Chu was so capable. He was sick all year round and didn't see any big moves, but he did so many things quietly.

The most important thing is that the king of Chu can always plan ahead, can plan and calculate, and has done some work that needs to be done a long time ago, so Fang Ruyuan feels handy in handling the affairs related to "All nations come to court".Everyone performed their duties, and there was no hectic scene as he had expected.

The king of Chu is indeed the lucky god of Dinghai, Ziwei's lucky star, and the male god of the whole people.

I feel more at ease with him around.

Not only is the king of Chu's methods commendable, but he is eclectic, and knowing people and doing things well is also a major advantage.They actually directly used Su Min and Wang Zhihong to help Fang Ruyuan arrange various matters for the envoy, which made today's originally chaotic scene orderly.

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Don't mention everyone's ups and downs, just talk about our protagonist Mu Ci.

Mu Ci went to the palace early in the morning to accompany Emperor Deguang, and the two brothers read together the credentials of the envoys from various countries, as well as various secret performances of the envoys submitted by the Privy Council Confidentiality Department and Ye Xingwei.

Mou Yu followed Mu Ci into the palace, and the new chief official Shui Tanhua.

Emperor Deguang asked concerned: "Is Tanhualang competent?" He was still a little uneasy, afraid that the ninth younger brother would think that he was interfering in the affairs of the Chu Palace and would stuff people into it.

"That's it." Mu Ci didn't have time to dwell on this. He directly started to turn over the book, and found the credentials submitted by the Eastern Peninsula Linyi Kingdom and the South China Sea Donglin Kingdom. , put three copies together, and then... Mu Ci's usual indifferent and calm expression was broken, and she frowned slightly, with a serious expression.

Mu Zhan seldom saw the expression on Mu Ci's face, so he couldn't help becoming serious, and asked him with a frown: "What's wrong?"

"Marriage?" Mu Ci looked at Mu Zan.

"Well, it happens often. From the beginning of the Han Dynasty to the previous dynasty, there have been princesses who married far away, and there have been princesses who married far away in my dynasty." Mu Zhan said that the queen of Nanli Kingdom is their lucky one. Princess Xining, the only granddaughter of the late King Liu, married 14 years ago after being adopted by Emperor Tianshou as an adopted daughter.

The envoys of Linyi State and Donglin State wanted to marry the princess to Emperor Deguang.Mu Zhan was actually a little moved, because this shows that Daxing is a great dynasty for the two small countries, and marrying the princess means submitting to some extent.It seems that the newly established Dinghai Prefecture in the East China Sea just happened to "wrap dumplings" for Donglin Kingdom, and the northern end of Dinghai Prefecture happened to be not far from Linyi Kingdom.

For the two countries, this is indeed an expression of submission, marrying a princess in exchange for peace.

And Bei Rong wants to marry the princess to their eldest prince.Thinking of Bei Rong, Mu Zhan obviously hooked his lips and smiled mockingly.

"All marriages must not be agreed!"

"Why?" Mu Yan asked.The people of Donglin Kingdom are dark and short, and the quality of the princesses cannot be guaranteed, but Linyi Kingdom is a place where beauties are produced. Taizong and Emperor Changping both have concubines who were born in Linyi Kingdom.

"Third brother, you are young and handsome, wise and holy, and the princess will definitely admire you, but the motivation behind them is not pure. Women's pillows are very strong, and it will affect your judgment to some extent. And..." Mu Ci smiled but not a smile Touching Mu Zhan's handsome face with sharp edges and corners, "The stability and peace of the family and country can only be obtained from the sword on the back of the horse. Why ask the third brother to sacrifice his appearance."

"Catch it!" Mu Zan lovingly scratched Mu Ci's small straight nose.

Shui Lianxin saw the two brothers relaxing and joking at a close distance, and after careful observation, she found that although the two were close, there was indeed no ambiguity at all.For a moment, I was thinking about it again—I and Mu Ci are also brothers, but Mu Ci really treats him...

why?

Shui Lianxin was a little crazy thinking about it for a while.

Mu Ci patted Mu Zhan's hand away, and suddenly looked serious: "Third brother, you have to be careful that someone uses the princess to provoke our brothers."

"How to say?"

Mu Ci sneered: "If someone deliberately says that their princess is going to marry the most powerful hero in the world, that hero is the King of Chu."

Mu Zhan: "..."

"Probably."

"However, they are not stupid, how could they use such crude means to provoke us?"

"They think that our brothers are harmonious on the surface, but there is a estrangement in private. If we don't succeed once, we will come a few more times... That's what the so-called 'communication makes money, and accumulation destroys bones' means."

Mu Zhan held Mu Ci's hand solemnly: "Ninth Brother, I won't doubt you."

"I know that." Mu Ci patted Mu Zan reassuringly.

When mentioning the princess, Mu Zhan thought of the marriage of the ninth younger brother. Recently, he always seized every opportunity to persuade the ninth younger brother, saying: "I am not very interested in the princess. Do you have a fancy? Lin Yiguo has a beautiful woman, be yours." ... It's not good for a princess, but it's not bad to be a side concubine."

Ninth Brother has a great prestige in Daxing. It is really not humiliating for a princess of a small country to be a side concubine.And I believe that Lin Yiguo will not have any objections.

Mu Ci: "..."

"You don't have a single woman by your side. You married off all the court ladies that the Prime Minister sent to you last time. Ninth Brother, even if you don't like a woman, there must be someone to carry on your family, so that you can enjoy incense in the future. You This makes the third brother very worried."

"I know it in my heart, don't worry about it."

"Elder brother is like a father. I promised my father to take care of your affairs when my father is away. You will be eighteen in the next year. You are actually seventeen. A man always wants to have a family and have children, huh?" Mu Zan said , "Besides, you also agreed to get married."

Have you ever wanted to get married?Shui Lianxin pricked up her ears and paid attention.

"Yes, there will be a grand marriage, but I will choose the person myself." Mu Ci said.

Mu Yan's eyes lit up!There is a show!He hurriedly asked, "Who did you see?"

"Whoever you fancy will follow me?" Mu Ci asked.

Mu Zhan was very keenly aware of a hint of danger, and instinctively agreed that he would regret it, so he said: "It depends on the situation. You are the king of Chu. You must not be too outrageous, and the ancestral temple will not be able to explain it." Soften her tone, "Why don't you ask your sister-in-law to show you... Anyway, women are in the back house, marry you a gentler one, and ask her to give birth to a child... As for the others... She can't control your front yard anyway. Go, or not with you?"

It doesn't matter if you like men, men don't need to be kept in the back house.

Mu Ci was also drunk by Mu Zan's perseverance, so she could only sigh: "I know what to do, so don't get meddled, lest it will be a waste of help."

"Okay!" Mu Zhan thought of the rumor that the ninth brother raised an actor to spoil his beard, and then thought of his own brother's willful and lawless temperament, and tried to persuade him, "Ninth brother, raise one or two lovely and beautiful boys... er, young people. It’s okay to have fun, people don’t waste their youth, and I can’t help you, as long as you are happy. But getting married and having children is a lifelong event, it’s the right path, and human ethics are normal, so don’t think about it.”

...For example, marry a man and go back or something.

Mu Ci waved impatiently: "I've said that I have my own plan, you old man is so talkative, if you talk too much, I'll turn my face off!"

Mu Zun flashed aggrieved little eyes: "...Ninth brother, I'm not an old man."

Mu Ci: "..." He had forgotten how sensitive the Mu family is to the word "old".

……

The two brothers were talking, when Peng Yu came in, cautiously said: "Your Majesty, the Queen..."

"What's the matter?" Mu Yan asked.

Peng Yu said: "Early this morning, Princess Duanmin and Princess Jingyang went to the Hall of Renming to pay their respects, and then... begged the Queen, but they didn't want to get married. The Queen couldn't make a decision, so she sent someone to ask Her Majesty what she meant."

Mu Ci has always known about these two princesses, but she didn't pay much attention to them.

Mu Zhan thought that Mu Ci didn't know, and explained: "Duanmin is the sixth younger sister, born to Concubine Shu, and she is 20 years old this year. The youngest seventh sister is [-] years old, named Princess Jingyang, and the two still live in Guanju Palace. No marriage was agreed upon."

The emperor's daughter is too difficult to marry, and the high and the low are not enough. These two have no brothers yet, and the mother can rely on them.

Mu Ci said: "You Enke this year, there are so many young talents, and none of them are suitable for Shangzhu?" Mu Ci cast her eyes on Shui Lianxin for the first time.

Shuilianxin shuddered, gave Mu Ci a warning look, then lowered her head to act obediently.

Mu Ci stopped paying attention to him, and said to Peng Yu: "You go back to sister-in-law, so that the two younger sisters can rest assured. Brothers will never send their own sisters to foreign countries, unless they step on our dead bodies."

Mu Zun was pleased with Mu Ci's brother-sister friendship: "Don't worry, they dare not want Duanmin and Jingyang. They usually choose a girl from the clan to be the princess and marry them."

"No, that doesn't work either!" Mu Ci said to Mu Zhan seriously and solemnly, "Don't have the idea of ​​getting married, regardless of the offspring, or even ordinary peasant daughters, they are all our compatriots and cannot be given to foreign countries."

Mu Zhan frowned. He grew up accepting the three views of marriage, which he didn't understand.

Mu Ci's words sonorously said: "Being married has lost my dignity, the great dynasty, [-] million men, don't want to defend the motherland with blood and life, and entrust the responsibility of the country's safety to a weak woman, this is a shame and a shame!"

Emperor Deguang was shocked in his heart, and frowned in thought.There were many people waiting on the side, Grand Master Zhao Jiu, Zhongshu Sheren and Qi Jilang didn't think there was anything wrong with getting married, but now they were all shocked after hearing these remarks.

Mu Ci squinted her eyes, and said in a cool tone, "If you can't even protect your sisters and daughters, but let their delicate bodies stand in front of you, are you and I still men?"

Mu Zhan: "..." It seems that he is really not a man.

"in addition……"

and also?

"The marriage marriage not only sent our sisters and daughters, but also sent a large amount of money, which is no different from betraying the country. Such a self-willed depravity, but it can only be exchanged for a while, not for a lifetime. The enemy spent all the income from the marriage, so why not Will you be greedy again?"

Everyone: "..."

Zhao Jiu stroked his beard and said, "That's true. Princess Wenluo of the old Zhou brought prosperity to Gao Fan, but once she died, the old Zhou was weak, and Gao Fan immediately rebelled, using the knowledge and skills he brought from China to forge weapons and kill It is extremely hateful for the people of China to rob wealth!"

Mu Zhan: "...Ninth brother, what you said seems to make sense."

"It's not like, what I said is the truth. Our great ancestor has done a good job. If we really want to avoid the suffering of war, we can only beat all the invading enemies, hurt them, and make them dare not be arrogant again. , rather than a cowardly and incompetent marriage. The thousands of women in Daxingchao are our sisters. As men, we must protect them, even if we die in front, we cannot sacrifice them."

So I was deeply shocked, who doesn't have daughters and sisters?Who would be willing to send their sisters and daughters to a foreign country, and let others grind them, beyond the reach of the whip.

Qi Jilang quickly recorded the remarks of the King of Chu and recorded them in the annals of history.

Shui Lianxin was even more deeply moved, the more she understood Mu Ci, the more she appreciated, admired and respected him.Now he regrets it to death, if he has the patience to understand more, respect more, and cherish more, he will not be impulsive due to misunderstanding...it will not be the current situation.

Thinking of this, Shui Lian's brows tightened - Mu Ci probably didn't know what she was doing... right?Why have you always been so indifferent to him?

Is it...

He... got it?

impossible?