I'm not Murong Chong

After the curfew was over, Chao Rucai hurried back to Yeting in the dark. The guards guarding the gate were the ones who had been placed by the Helan family and came in, so they would not leave any troubles. In addition to the palace servants, some inner court officials who needed to serve the court also lived in Yeting, and they could only enter and leave the Forbidden Palace by holding tokens in the corner gate corridors for a limited period of time, so the guarding of Yeting was not as strict as that of the imperial palace.

In the past half a year, Chao Ru has been low-key but generous, getting along with the people in Yeting like a fish in water, even the order of the Yeting knows that this low-ranking official, Chao Ru, relies on Helan outside and communicates with the palace, and is well-informed. Therefore, he made an exception and allocated a small courtyard for him to live in.

As soon as Chao Ru pushed open the courtyard door, the aroma of melting wine came to his nostrils. He raised his eyebrows slightly, and saw a jar of unsealed fine wine and two luminous cups on the stone table in the courtyard, flowing quietly Guanghua——This is a treasure in the palace, from Liangzhou, it is hard for others to see it, but now it is so casually discarded here.

He stepped forward and looked down, but the cups were all empty—"The remaining half of the altar, please warm it up, and wait for me to triumph, and then I will understand it!" The words of Hao Ru were still in his ears that day, and Chao Ru was as cold as water at night. If there is nothing to smile, it is really a triumphant return, and the night will come as promised.He summoned his attendants, and listened to his report: "General Ren came before your hour, and the younger one told the adults that he was not there, but he said it didn't matter, and he didn't want anyone to serve him. He sat alone under the tree in the courtyard and poured himself a drink." After waiting for more than an hour, he didn't leave in a hurry until the palace gate was closed at curfew."

Chao Ru listened with fascination, and shook the wine jar casually, only to find that it was empty.The attendant hurriedly said: "General Ren said that you must be too lazy to warm up the wine when he is not here, and drinking too much will hurt your health. He said——he will help you first, reluctantly."

He was just telling the truth, but Chao Ru suddenly stroked his forehead and laughed out loud, shaking his head while laughing, but there was a rare liveliness in his eyes.The attendant looked at him puzzled: "Why don't you enter the palace early tomorrow morning and go to the Mani Palace to pay a return visit to the general?"

Chao Ru waved his hand casually, pulled up his clothes and walked away - the future is long, so don't fight for the day and night.

Not long after Tuoba Gui returned to Luan, it was on the third day of March, and after that, spring returned to the land. According to the Xianbei custom, he should go to the Yinshan Mountain to pray for frost relief, so that the Kunlun God would bless Wei with good weather.Tuobagui didn't want to mobilize the crowd again, so he changed the place of worship to Wuzhou Mountain in the western suburbs of Pingcheng.

Rao is that the distance is approaching. As the most important sacrificial activity for the Xianbei tribe in a year, there is no shortage of preparations to be made. The twists and turns continued for several miles, completely encircling Wuzhou Mountain.

The southern foot of Wuzhou Mountain has long been under martial law. On both sides of the mountain road, there are ten steps and one hillock, and there are braziers igniting the wolf smoke.Just after the hour of the hour, Tuobagui led a group of officials and hundreds of officials to ascend the ranks. Eighteen wizards wearing pheasant tails and totems all over their heads sang and danced to lead the way, and walked step by step towards the top of the mountain.

The great witch of the Xianbei tribe was already waiting at the altar. Seeing Tuoba Gui, he did not kneel down. Instead, all the Xianbei people except the king knelt down and worshiped.Tuobagui is also dressed in Hu clothing today, with fur covering his shoulders, braided hair, a golden crown with folded wings on his head, and a long tassel hanging from lapis lazuli and red coral on one side of his ear.The big witch took a step forward, and wiped the blood-like paint on Tuoba Gui's forehead directly. Tuoba Gui bowed to accept it, and followed the big witch up to the high altar step by step.Then the eighteen sorcerers offered sacrificial offerings and surrounded them in a circle. The great sorcerer sat in the middle, and the emperor stood silently, listening to the words and prayers from the mouth of the great sorcerer's law enforcement device - Tuoba Gui could only bear it no matter how unhappy he was, at this moment The big witch is the incarnation of the Kunlun God and the spiritual emperor of the Xianbei people.

The rest of the courtiers were waiting under the altar. Except for the concubine and the prince who stood at the forefront, the Han people and Xianbei people were clearly divided into two sides, and even the expressions on their faces were quite different.

Ren Zhen unexpectedly raised his eyes to look at Mrs. He's place, but he saw a dense crowd of people, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

The prayer ceremony on the stage finally came to an end, and the guards carried an iron cage, in which a live wild boar was kept baring its teeth.Tuobagui personally went down to kill him, and burned him together with other offerings, which is called "sacrifice gift".Tuobagui knelt down on his knees amidst the pungent fireworks, raised his hands and kowtowed: "God bless Wei, God bless Xianbei!" The Xianbei relatives under the altar let out waves of cheers, and couldn't help but kowtow Worshipers came and went one after another, and the scene got a little out of control for a while.

When Tuobagui changed his bloody clothes halfway and took a short rest, only a few close officials were left around him. Cui Hong, Zhang Yan and other Han officials once again put forward to him the opinion of respecting Buddhism and Confucianism in order to restrain Xianbei's theocracy.Cui Hongdao: "Looking at the past and present, the emperors of the Central Plains Dynasty believed that the monarchy was granted by the gods, and they themselves were the incarnations of gods and Buddhas in the world. Every move was mysterious and mysterious. The so-called unpredictable power of heaven is also true. Even if they sacrificed to heaven and earth, there is no such thing. The reason why I succumbed to others and even personally committed dangers for my ministers to watch. The minister's view of today's situation may damage His majesty's dignity in the long run-Xianbei's witchcraft ceremony is not conducive to His majesty becoming the lord of the world, and the common people can't fully understand it. Accept, if things go on like this, the Hu-Han divide will only intensify."

Tuobagui was noncommittal, why didn't he know that to strengthen the centralization of the monarchy, he must be ideologically self-centered, so he started to promote Buddhism a long time ago, and even this time he changed the place of worship from Yinshan Mountain to the nearest Wuzhou Mountain uncharacteristically. In order to virtually weaken the influence of Xianbei religion.However, the effect is not obvious-although the common people are devout and worship Buddha, the nobles are still the same.In order to attack Gaoche some time ago, he changed his pro-Han policy in the past, and many of the newly promulgated decrees were biased towards Xianbei people, and now he has dealt with the problem, it is time to spare no effort to appease the other Xianbei relatives, let alone It's good to be right with them on this one.He clearly understood that he wanted to be the emperor of the Xianbei people as well as the emperor of the Han people, but without the military support of the Eight tribes of Xianbei, the local Han tyrants would definitely not support him as the emperor.

Zhang Yan said again: "Your Majesty, why don't you build Buddhist temples in Pingcheng, and then invite eminent monks to become national teachers and open an altar to spread the Dharma. With your Majesty's support, you will be able to get twice the result with half the effort. This is how Fu Jian in the past regained the hearts of the people in Guanzhong." -"

Tuobagui interrupted him unhappily, and changed his expression: "Mr. Zhang means that I am not as good as the king who lost his country? From having nothing to entering the pass to compete, how can I lose to Fu Jian who is now hiding in Xiliang?!"

Everyone was dumbfounded, and even Ren Zhen looked up at him in surprise.It is reasonable to say that although Tuobagui is headstrong, he is usually quite polite and accepts advice from corporals, and this anger is simply inexplicable.Tuoba Gui also realized that he had overreacted, so he waved his hand and said: "This move will lead to the Western Regions. Now our country is at loggerheads with Rouran, Liangzhou and Xiyan, and it took a lot of trouble to send troops to invite the eminent monks from India who are willing to use for me. So unrealistic."

Ren Zhen suddenly said: "Nowadays Buddhism is spreading eastward, it is difficult to find eminent monks, but there are all kinds of monks, big and small. You can dig Buddhist grottoes at the foot of Wuzhou Mountain, turn the whole mountain into a temple, and make statues with the image of the emperor." The appearance is dissolved on the stone statue of the Buddha, and the idea of ​​the divine right of kings can be spread to the hearts of every believer through the power of faith. As long as the royal family supports it and declares it to the world, even if the people in the Shimen are not in Wei, they will yearn for Pingcheng. , come here to preach the Dharma from thousands of miles away. You don’t need to bother to invite your majesty, there will also be eminent monks who have attained the Tao and come here admiringly—this is the so-called Ten Thousand Buddhas Chaozong’er.”

This statement even surprised Cui Hao, who had been silent and unwilling to show his dew,—the boldness of such a handwriting was beyond the possession of a minister.It is said that Murong Chong has forgotten all his past events under the influence of drugs, it seems that his original nature has not been lost.

Tuobagui also glanced at Cui Hao, and forced a smile with uncertain eyes: "Sure enough, it's a good plan." Turning to Cui and Zhang, he said, "I will leave this matter to you—no matter how much it costs, the treasury will be taken by you." use."

The plan here was initially decided, and the vocal music was loud again at the other end.It turned out that according to the ancient Xianbei rituals, the monarch killed animals to sacrifice to the heavens, and the mother of the country cast gold to honor the land. Now the Northern Wei Palace is empty, and Tuoba Gui, in order to appease the Xianbei people, entrusted this heavy responsibility to Wei Wang Tuoba Yi, who was under one person, by He personally took out the cast golden man, blessed by the great witch, and then issued an edict to the ministers and nobles. This set of cumbersome prayer procedures for defrosting was completed.

However, when Tuobayi appeared on the stage in a cross-knit embroidered Dragon King robe and wearing a plain silver crown made of folded wings, Tuobagui squinted his eyes fiercely, and the faces of the few Hanchens around him also changed. They looked at each other in dismay—the crown of the king is white, which means the character of the emperor. No matter which dynasty in the past, no prince would dare to presume to be so presumptuous. To put it bluntly, this is treason!

But the Xianbei nobles still cheered happily without knowing it. First of all, they couldn't think of the doorway, and secondly, in their hearts, during the conflict between Hu and Han, Tuobagui often favored the Han people and reused Hanchen, and when Moti's family was wiped out. Where do you take into account the old love of flesh and blood?It's not as good as His Royal Highness King Wei being more intimate with them.

Tuobayi, just like Tuobagui before, was wiped with ox blood on the forehead by the great witch, knelt down on both knees, held high the ruler-long red sandalwood box sent by the wizard, and bowed his head to listen to the words of prayer composed of ancient Xianbei words , until the lengthy prayer was over, Tuoba Yi got up, opened the wooden box but was stunned in place as if struck by lightning.

The big witch next to him also looked intently and his expression changed drastically, and he immediately fell to the ground and knelt down, shouting endlessly.Before the end, the elbow and armpit changed, and everyone was baffled. It was Tuobayi who came back to his senses and presented the broken golden man to Tuobagui, with a worried expression on his face: "Your Majesty, it is impossible to cast a golden man by hand. It must be a warning from heaven!"

Tuobagui's face was ashen but he tried to bear it, and said calmly: "Oh? I wonder if there is any warning from heaven?"

Tuoba Yi took a look at the great witch who was still chanting like crazy, and said respectfully: "The great witch said that the deputy priest should be the empress this time, and it was the minister's younger brother Yuezu, so it is difficult to make a gold cast by hand. It is an oracle from heaven, I hope that His Majesty will set up the central palace as soon as possible to set the court order!"

"I have tolerated him for the time being, yet he still dares to control me!" In the Qingjin Palace, Tuobagui finally didn't have to hold back his anger, and lost his temper violently. .

Cui Hao bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty calm down, I feel that this matter is still strange, it is a bit of a coincidence—"

"Do you still think that there are some masters manipulating behind the scenes?!" Tuoba Gui slammed the case, and the nearest court lady shook all over, knocked over the teacup in her hand, and poured all the boiling water on Tuoba Gui's chest. On the back of her hand, she was so frightened that she trembled and cried bitterly on the spot, Tuoba Gui was made even more irritable by the crying, waved his hand and said: "Drag it, die!" Then he turned to Cui Hao: "He put on a white crown and swaggered through the streets Was someone manipulating? The golden man broke in his hands just now, was someone manipulating? Afterwards, he told me that it must be done immediately?! This expert knows Tuoba Yi's thoughts too well!"

Cui Hao raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and took half a step back without any trace, thinking in his heart: I'm afraid this person can guess not only Tuoba Yi's thoughts, but also everyone's thoughts including Tuoba Gui's. .He didn't dare to refute Tuobagui directly, so he had to pass by: "King Wei's open words on the mountain are indeed in line with the wishes of Xianbei's relatives and princes. They believe in the words of the gods and great witches most. The court ministers will all ask His Majesty to establish a queen as soon as possible..."

"What he thinks is beautiful! A son is more precious than a mother, and setting up a queen is equivalent to setting up a crown prince. He wants to force me to express my opinion—I will never do what he wants!" But if the Liu family is not established, the Helan family will be established, and it will become a cheap Helan. Nervous.Therefore, Tuobagui was unwilling no matter who was chosen as queen.

Cui Hao took the opportunity to say: "The greater the crisis, the more weight should be taken lightly. No matter how pressured by the relatives of Xianbei, His Majesty can perfunctory but cannot compromise. The final strategy of the dispersed tribes must not be changed-so when preparing to gradually remove the military power of each department You can't touch King Wei—otherwise, if you provoke those Xianbei princes who are already dissatisfied, I'm afraid it will fall into someone's arms and cause civil strife."

Tuoba Gui sneered and said, "If I hadn't known that you had never had any private contacts with Tuoba Yi, I would have thought you were also a member of the Wei Party! You still feel that there are so-called behind-the-scenes masters who are fueling the flames and stirring up trouble in Wei's country. Luan, okay, then I will give you some more time, if you still can't find out, then don't say such mysterious things!"

Cui Hao secretly heaved a sigh of relief. He knew that although Tuoba Gui secretly used him as a think tank, he also asked Hou Guan to monitor his every move. Fortunately, Tuoba Gui still treated him who was always alone. Count trust.He naturally tried his best to agree, but he heard Tuoba Gui say: "The medicine...does it have any bad effects?"

Cui Hao immediately understood, and hurriedly said: "Aside from making you feel tired occasionally, there is no evil effect."

Tuoba Gui rubbed the center of his brows: "...then increase the dose, and send it to the Mani Hall at a fixed time every day. And—" He opened his eyes and looked at Cui Hao, "A few more Xiaoyao Pills, no, Do you have it now? I'm going to take it right away."

Cui Hao, like other disciples from famous families, often takes Wushisan, and he is good at making alchemy and talking about it. He always keeps the medicine on his body. Angry and irritable, he went to see the "General Ren", fearing that the relationship between the two would be affected, and would rather take Xiaoyao Pills to suppress it forcibly.

He did not expect that Tuobagui, who always said that one is the only one, would endure this for others. After the battle of Gaoche, Ren Zhenguan worshiped the hussars, which was beyond his expectation - Tuobagui did exactly that when he did not rebel against Xiyan General Hussars.This cannot but be said to be a great coincidence, and also contrary to Tuobagui's original plan to hide him in the palace. It seems that this man's influence on the emperor cannot be underestimated.

Cui Hao had something on his mind, so he didn't leave the palace, but came straight to Yeting. Ye Tingling's rank is fourth grade, which is higher than Cui Hao's secretary. Not daring to be negligent, he hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Why is Cui Yilang's night visit?"

Cui Hao relied on his lofty status, and he didn't show courtesy to this "superior" who he regarded as a servant, so he asked straight to the point: "Today's carriage, horses, ceremonies and uniforms for the trip to Wuzhou Mountain were all prepared by Yeting officials?" See The other party nodded and chased after him: "I will call the people who will prepare crowns and clothes for the princes and princes to see me." If it is said that the golden man broke, it may be out of Tuoba Yi's selfishness. Nine out of ten evil tricks are done by others, as long as you follow the clues, there will always be clues.

Ye Tingling is a little unhappy now, even his father, Cui Shangshu, who is now the first rank, has no right to intervene in the internal affairs of the palace, let alone a secretary Lang?Although it is not obvious to refute Cui Hao's face, it is procrastinating and slow to find someone. In the end, only three of the four subordinate officials came, and one named Wang Sanwa was called into the palace just now. , did not return on errands.

I asked which palace was called to tailor clothes to ask questions, but no one could answer.Cui Hao frowned while cross-examining—in fact, those who can enter the court are those who are innocent and have no doubts, it depends on whether there are orders behind the scenes.Who would have thought that someone was not there by such a coincidence at this time... Ye Ting Ling was still saying: "The curfew is coming soon, Wang Sanwa will definitely return to Ye Ting before the palace gate is closed, Cui Yilang can wait for a while."

Cui Hao didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and walked away, first ordering the guards of the Habayashi to stop all the people entering and leaving the palace gate at the moment, while he walked around the front three palaces, the back bedroom and the seven palaces, without even seeing a single person , he has always been weak, and now he is even more tired and out of breath, so he found a piece of bluestone in the imperial garden to sit down and rest for a while.As soon as he raised his sleeves to wipe off his sweat, he heard several exclamations from the Kunlun Pool not far away, followed by the voices of the palace people rushing to tell each other: "Someone slipped and fell into the water!"

"Catch it up and have a look! Go invite General Habayashi!"

Cui Hao jumped up and walked quickly, pushed aside the crowd and squeezed to the front to see, there was indeed a floating corpse in the Royal Lake, with a lifelike appearance, it seemed that it had entered the water not long ago, and it was Wang Sanwa who he had searched and failed to find. .

Contrary to the panic-stricken palace people around, Cui Hao's face was calm and terrifying - this was the last situation he wanted to face, his opponent was already able to cooperate with the forces in the palace, and it was very likely that he was already lurking in the palace. By the emperor's side.

The small-scale disturbance in Kunlun Pond did not affect the depths of the palace at all, and the Mani Hall was brightly lit and peaceful.

Tuobagui stepped into the palace room, Ren Zhen turned his back to him and was being changed by Xiao Yingzi, when he saw Tuobagui came in, he hurriedly let go and kowtowed, Tuobagui signaled to step back, stepped forward and embraced the indifferent Ren Zhen from behind, Playing with the Mani Orb hanging from his waist with one hand, untied his hair bun with the other hand, buried it in the crook of his neck and said, "Just came back?"

Ren Zhen covered his skirt, raised his head, and glanced at him: "Strolling around. I can't compare to His Majesty who is so busy with all kinds of affairs. I have a job now, and Your Majesty is not afraid of criticism if he keeps me in the palace?"

"Who dares? On this point, I have nothing to discuss." Tuobagui was afraid that Ren Zhen would think of going out of the palace to work again, and meddling in the affairs of the Northern Wei Dynasty—he said it more than once on the way back to Beijing.Then he bowed his head, kissed his lips, and said vaguely: "Besides, isn't my general in the palace protecting my 'dragon vein' personally?"

Ren Zhen felt that the stiffness behind him became more and more straight, like a giant dragon eager to breathe fire.Involuntarily, he stretched out his left hand to hold it lightly, pinched it lightly, squinted sideways, and said with a smile on his lips: "Your Majesty, who protects whom?"

Tuobagui loves to see his expression the most, and said with a temperless smile: "It's all the same. Above all, you are the emperor's emperor."

Spring is about to bloom in the Central Plains, and Liaodong Dragon City is still dripping into ice.

The inside of the hall is as warm as spring, with smokeless silver charcoal burning in the copper charcoal trays placed in the corner, and the East China Sea shark beads held by the copper lamp slaves on both sides are dull, and the thick brocade curtains around are motionless. The fire in the gilt-gold suanni incense burner placed in the center is burning, and the scent of ambergris makes the room warmer and more ambiguous.

Suddenly there was a chuckle and a few gasps from inside the treasure bed tent, and Murong Xi's voice came out indistinctly: "Why is this so bad? I heard that you recently married the concubine daughter of Gaotande, the king of Goguryeo. , could it be that... the newlyweds... were drained?"

Feng Ba let out a heavy breath, turned over, and lay down beside Murong Xi, his sweaty muscular barriers were clear: "It's nothing. We are now rooted in Liaodong, and we are separated from Goguryeo. I married her for the sake of the two countries." diplomatic relations."

Murong Xi's clothes were half-faded, his hair was disheveled, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were full of lust. He curled his lips and said mockingly: "General, I just made you Duke of Wuyi. You and your younger brother Feng Hong are already in control of the military. You are so powerful, what shortcomings do you have?"

Confined to a mere Liaodong Peninsula, the power is overwhelming?There is also a Koguryo next door watching.Feng Ba secretly slandered, but he didn't say it out - he knew that Murong Xi had no interest in the general situation of the world, military, political and diplomatic affairs.After Murong Sheng's death, Murong Xi used the support of the army to get rid of all those who could threaten him in the Murong family, and finally ascended the throne as emperor. Regardless of government affairs, major internal and external affairs are entrusted to the Feng brothers. There are even rumors of "Emperor Murong Feng's army".

Feng Ba glanced at him, and said: "I was thinking that Tuobagui had just destroyed Gaoche, and now his territory is as far as Beihai, bordering our two counties of Yuyang and Shanggu. If he intends to expand his territory eastward, he can only Relying on the Qin Zhao Great Wall built in the old days, I am afraid that it will not be able to withstand the Wei army's iron cavalry."

Murong Xi shoved him in disappointment when he heard the words: "This matter has to be said at this moment? Hasn't Tuoba Gui not yet called? If he wanted to destroy our Houyan, he would have killed us all when Zhongshan fought. Give up all the lands in the Central Plains and Hebei, and retreat to Liaodong, and it won't hinder his eyes. He can even accommodate Murong De's Nanyan, let alone me?"

Feng Ba hugged him back, kissed his sweaty temples, but sneered in his heart——Since ancient times, whoever thinks of a vast territory?Now the temporary alliance with Murongde's Nanyan is just for strategic considerations, to create a buffer zone between the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty to avoid a direct confrontation with the Beifu Army before it is fully prepared.Murong Xi still thinks that Tuoba Gui will read him the so-called old love? "Nowadays in the Central Plains, the Northern Wei Dynasty is the most powerful. Nanyan, who has shrunk to Shandong, has almost served Wei as the suzerain. Hundreds of musicians and dancers used by the queen were sent to Pingcheng to please Tuoba Gui. I was afraid that if Tuoba Gui didn't go south, he would go east—"

Murong Xi interrupted him impatiently: "Then should I retreat to Goguryeo now? If I can't fight and can't escape, what do you think should be done?"

"Marriage." Feng Ba thought carefully, "Murong Bao still has a young daughter waiting in his boudoir, we can take the initiative to ask for a marriage with Tuoba Wei, and come to explore Tuobagui's mind. If he accepts, Houyan can at least Keep peace for ten years, and slowly recuperate."

Murong Xi's heart was slightly sour, and suddenly he felt a little uncomfortable, he frowned, and said urgently: "Whatever, you just go to prepare."

Just as Feng Ba was about to speak, he suddenly heard a commotion outside the hall. Murong Xi stood up with a frown, lifted the bed curtain, raised his legs and lay down on the bed, and roared outside: "Who is making noise!"——Now he is the Lord of Houyan, before the palace Who would dare to be so presumptuous?

The door of the palace was pushed open abruptly, but it was Empress Dowager Ding who broke free from the obstruction of the servants and barged in. Her well-groomed eyebrows and eyes were full of anger. When she saw Murong Xi's disheveled clothes, how could she not know what her little lover was doing? , snorted coldly, and was about to step forward: "Why, are you hiding something shady here again, or are you afraid that I will break through your adultery again?"

Feng Ba hid behind him, and Murong Xi didn't care about it so that people would see that even the Great General Sima was his guest, so he tore away Empress Dowager Ding, suppressing his anger, and said, "Back to you!" Go to the Lianhua Palace, and stop meddling in my business!"

Empress Dowager Ding's eyes were red, and she did not give in: "I am in charge of the harem, why can't I control your sneaky things?"

Murong Xi was already full of anger and didn't know where to vent it. Hearing this, he was furious. He raised his hand and slapped him over, knocking Empress Dowager Ding's towering bun down to the ground. He staggered and fell. He fell to the ground, and the maids and eunuchs who followed couldn't support him enough, and his eyes were straightened in shock.

Empress Dowager Ding rubbed her red and swollen cheeks, and stared at Murongxi in disbelief—when she was young and widowed, how gentle and considerate was Murongxi, the King of Hejian?Otherwise, she would not support the succession of the late emperor Murong Sheng's posthumous son on the grounds of being the empress dowager, and support Murong Xi, who is the uncle of Murong Sheng, to inherit the throne on the grounds of "Nation Lai Changjun".Who would have thought that after he ascended the throne, he would no longer be affectionate as before. Not only did he seldom favor him, but he even bought beautiful women and children to spend time and wine unscrupulously.A few days ago, she couldn't help asking her teacher to ask her a crime. It was also here that she saw Murong Xi sleeping with two coquettish women, and uttered all kinds of obscene words. She angrily threatened to use it to confuse the Lord. However, Murong Xi stopped her and sent her back extremely coldly. Afterwards, Empress Dowager Ding became more and more angry, and found a chance to kill the two daughters with a stick. When Murong Xi found out, Although he didn't go into it further, he clearly issued an edict admonishing the empress dowager to be immoral and immoral. Since then, he never stepped into her bedroom, and the relationship between the two seemed to be broken.Empress Dowager Nading lives alone in the cold palace, looking back on the present and thinking about the past, regretting hard to bear, but she did not expect Murong Xi to be too lazy to even the most basic politeness this time, burst into tears, and said angrily: "This palace is a dignified empress dowager, how dare your majesty be ungrateful?" present?"

Feng Ba slowly covered his clothes behind the curtain, and listened to the continuous drama outside without any panic.

Sure enough, Murong Xi sneered: "So the Empress Dowager also knows her identity? As the emperor's wife, Kui Ye broke into my bedroom and yelled. What kind of courtesy and shame is it?"

In front of the palace full of people, Empress Dowager Ding couldn't be more ashamed and annoyed, and blurted out: "Did your Majesty forget how you got your throne?"

"Why, the Empress Dowager still wants to start another dynasty and support an emperor? I'm afraid you won't have this chance!" Murong Xi narrowed his eyes slightly, with a flash of murderous intent. Displaced. The national teacher Tan Meng said that nobles praying to the Buddha can avoid natural disasters and war disasters, and the empress dowager mother is honored to the world, so just sacrifice once for the country and the people."

Empress Dowager Ding froze for a moment, terrified in her heart, she rushed up and grabbed Murong Xi's clothes frantically: "Does the emperor want to kill me?! Are you afraid of retribution for acting so perversely?!"

Murong Xi coldly glanced at Ding Hou, who had disheveled hair and lost all her phoenix appearance, leaned over and whispered: "Sister-in-law, I never really loved you. Murong Bao has been dead for so many years, it is inevitable to be lonely under the nine springs, why don't sister-in-law go down to accompany you?" Where is my husband?" Before he finished speaking, he pulled back his sleeves with his hands, avoided taking a few steps, and said loudly, "Come here, send the Queen Mother back to Lianhua Palace to devote herself to worshiping the Buddha-from tonight, the gate of the palace will be closed, and everyone waits." Do not come in or out!"

The guards who had been waiting outside the door rushed up and pushed the crying Queen Mother away—Murong Xi did what he said, and cut off all supplies for Queen Mother Ding, and imprisoned her in the Lianhua Palace, and no one was allowed to visit and serve her. A few days later, Murong Bao's widow died of freezing and starving, which caused another uproar in the court.

However, that's all for later.

Feng Ba stretched his waist comfortably, knowing that Murong Xi must no longer be in the mood to have fun after this trouble, so he stayed on the bed and put on his boots, tying up his belt and facing the layman: "The time is coming, sir I'm back home."

Sure enough, Murong Xi didn't stop him, allowing Feng Ba to enter and leave the palace as if he was entering a land without people - he has today, thanks to Feng's support all the way for more than ten years. You can't even trust him, Murong Xi simply doesn't know who else in this world will stand by his side unwaveringly.

As soon as Feng Bafu went out, his soldiers immediately put on a bright cloak for him. He kept walking, and walked down the stairs calmly in the cold wind, but his eyes were full of gusts of wind—in fact, he I have been busy with government affairs for the past few years, and I have almost no skills to spare. The time when I can stay in the palace is very rare. Murong Xi is not thinking about being romantic and lustful all day long. Empress Dowager Ding will not come sooner or later. How come she just got rumors at this time Erdi came here to completely anger Murong Xi who no longer cared about her?

When the letter of credence for alliance and marriage was sent to Pingcheng, Tuoba Gui was feeling overwhelmed by the news that he had been arrested.As soon as several Hanchen counselors heard about this, they all advised to accept the policy of marriage with the Murong family. In terms of background, Princess Murong is naturally superior to the Liu family and the Helan family. If she marries her, then immediately Whoever is the queen has another way.