I am a ruler in troubled times

In the blink of an eye, it was the birthday of Emperor Yonghe.

In addition to Shuangliang and Chu who sent envoys, Yan and Li also sent birthday gifts.

The most rare thing is Yan Guo, and I don't know how long Emperor Xiao will be sullen for this passable birthday gift.

Emperor Yonghe had just removed Mu's nail, which had penetrated into his flesh and blood, and saw Zhao's prosperity, so many envoys from other countries came from afar on his birthday.

When people are happy, they look much younger than before.

Prince Liang's son and Prince Rui's son came here originally to please Emperor Yonghe, so naturally they would not give up on this excellent opportunity, and they threw good words at Emperor Yonghe who was sitting in a high position like money.

At the beginning, the envoys of Chu State could still watch the jokes of the envoys of Shuangliang leisurely.

After watching it for a long time, the more I think about it, the more wrong it becomes.

Shuangliang's attitude towards Zhao Guoyong and Emperor is so earnest, doesn't it seem that their Chu State's attitude is lax and they don't pay enough attention to Zhao Guoyong and Emperor?

So the envoys of Chu State also joined the flattering team of the envoys of Shuangliang.

When Minister Zhao saw this, he was also a joke from the beginning, but the more he watched it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

Don't these people want their jobs?

The Yonghe Emperor's birthday banquet immediately became a large-scale boasting scene.

Song Peiyu drank a few glasses of spirits that he would not normally drink, and was in a state of dizziness. His brain could still think normally, but his reaction speed was much slower than usual.

Whoever is speaking, Song Peiyu will turn her head to that direction, listen to that person intently, wait until the next person speaks, and then turn her gaze to another direction.

Anyone who notices Song Peiyu's movements will feel that Song Peiyu is very well-behaved at this time, such as Chong Yi, or Song Jinyu.

Chong Yi soon found another gaze that was always on Song Peiyu, followed this gaze, and happened to see Song Jinyu who was drinking with a smile.

Song Jinyu also noticed that Chong Yi was looking at him, but he didn't want to pay attention to Chong Yi.

Unexpectedly, after a moment of contemplation, Chong Yi moved his position slightly, just blocking Song Peiyu tightly.

The smile on Song Jinyu's face suddenly subsided, he couldn't see Song Peiyu anymore, he could only see Chong Yi standing in front of Song Peiyu, or occasionally saw the vermilion skirt that Song Peiyu was wearing today from the corner of the black dress.

He also stopped holding the wine glass, and suddenly felt that the wine in the glass not only lost its previous fragrance, but also became bitter.

No one would be blind to take the initiative to find happiness in the good days of Emperor Yonghe. Except for the unexpected enthusiasm of the envoys from various countries, the general process and effect of the Longevity Festival have met the expectations of those who prepared this banquet. Even because of the envoys from various countries The enthusiasm of the minister, the actual effect is even better than the expected effect.

When the bright colors of the sky were completely swallowed by the darkness, a grand firework was set off outside.

Song Peiyu has studied gunpowder for many years without success, but has harvested crop after crop of fireworks. The exquisiteness is nothing in Song Peiyu's eyes, but it is a rare sight in the eyes of others.

After the fireworks ended, Song Jinyu suddenly said loudly, "Your Majesty is drunk, Your Highness will take His Majesty back to rest."

Emperor Yonghe waved his hand immediately, "Zhen, I'm not drunk!"

It's a pity that Emperor Yonghe said he was not drunk, but his flushed face and uncoordinated hands betrayed him.

King Su, who had planned to take Emperor Yonghe to rest after the fireworks, stood up, but sat back after hearing Song Jinyu's words, looking at Chong Yi with palpable expectation, "Suzaku!"

Chong Yi didn't move immediately, but subconsciously looked at the drunk cat beside him.

Just now, he coaxed Song Peiyu to drink a few more glasses of wine. Song Peiyu was completely in a state of confusion, and his reaction speed was slower than when he was just slightly drunk.

Spotting Chong Yi's gaze, Song Jinyu raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth, walked to the seat in the East Palace, bent down and nodded on Song Peiyu's nose who was full of bewilderment, and said in a tone of almost incomprehensible accusation, "Drunk?"

Song Peiyu immediately grabbed Song Jinyu's finger, "I'm not drunk!"

The voice was so serious that the two men beside him stopped at the same time.

Song Jinyu looked at Chong Yi again, not only with vague dislike, but also with bright condemnation.

It's a pity that Chong Yi has long been used to all kinds of strange gazes. As long as the owner of the gaze is not Song Peiyu, Chong Yi will ignore it most of the time, and this time is no exception.

Song Jinyu raised the corners of his mouth, but his smile didn't reach his eyes, "Since Li Nu is drunk, I'll take him away first, so as not to disturb the interest of others. Your Highness, hurry up and take your majesty to drink sober soup. His majesty is watching I'm looking at you."

After finishing speaking, Song Jinyu bent down again and approached Song Peiyu, and took the trouble to ask Song Peiyu if he still knew who he was.

Chong Yi subconsciously looked in the direction of Emperor Yonghe.

Emperor Yonghe didn't pay much attention to Chong Yi at first, but after seeing Chong Yi's gaze, he looked over and waved wildly at Chong Yi.

After Chong Yi hesitated for a while, Song Peiyu softly called Big Brother, took the initiative to grab Song Jinyu's sleeve and got up, smiling and wanted to go to the other seat with Song Jinyu.

"raccoon……"

As soon as Chong Yi grabbed Song Peiyu's arm, he heard Emperor Yonghe calling from above, "Suzaku, come quickly! Pour wine for me!"

Song Jinyu just blocked the sight of Emperor Yonghe and King Su so that they could not see that Chong Yi was holding Song Peiyu's arm.

He looked at Chong Yi with a smile in his eyes, and said softly, "Go, Your Majesty is waiting for you."

After finishing speaking, Song Jinyu grabbed Song Peiyu's arm and gently lifted it up, breaking away from Chong Yi's hand smoothly.

Seeing that Chong Yi was willing to let go, Song Jinyu's face became better, and he took Song Peiyu away.

Chong Yi turned his head to look at the backs of Song Jinyu and Song Peiyu for a while, and then he was called out by the tireless Emperor Yonghe, and got up and went to the seat of Emperor Yonghe above.

At the beginning, Song Peiyu and Song Peiyu sat next to Chong Yi, and soon after the meeting, Lu Jihe, who found an opportunity to sit with Bo Yang in the back, saw the confrontation between Song Jinyu and Chong Yi clearly.

Lu Jihe and Bo Yang looked at each other with the same comfort in their eyes.

Finally someone can cure these two people, the picture is quite pleasing to the eye.

After Chong Yi spoke a few words with Emperor Yonghe, he immediately found that Emperor Yonghe was really drunk. Other than him, he only recognized the eldest princess and King Su who had left the banquet long ago.

That being the case, there is no need to stay at the banquet any longer.

Chong Yixue just acted like Song Jinyu coaxing Song Peiyu, stretched out his hand to Emperor Yonghe, and said softly, "Go, I'll take you back to rest."

It's a pity that although the drunk Emperor Yonghe was as deceitful as the drunk Song Peiyu, he was far less well-behaved than Song Peiyu. He immediately slapped Chong Yi's hand away, "I can drink another eleven jars of wine, come and serve me some wine!"

Chong Yi suddenly had nothing to say.

What kind of drunk is this... to be able to accurately name eleven jars of wine.

Recalling how Song Jinyu coaxed Song Peiyu just now, Chong Yi also bent down and looked at Emperor Yonghe, and asked softly, "Do you still know who I am?"

Emperor Yonghe slapped Chongyi's back without hesitation, and made a "boom" sound, so frightened that Eunuch Meng and Eunuch An, who stood not far away with their heads down, turned pale, and immediately looked up to see Chongyi's expression , I'm afraid that Emperor Yonghe will hit Chong Yi in a bad way.

Fortunately, Chong Yi was only a little dazed and didn't show pain, which made Eunuch Meng and Eunuch An feel relieved.

Emperor Yonghe's slap was not satisfying enough. After several slaps in a row, he pinched his waist and said proudly, "My Suzaku! Green is blue!"

Emperor Yonghe's sudden loud voice froze the noisy voices below, and everyone, whether drunk or not, looked up at Emperor Yonghe.

Realizing that Emperor Yonghe was praising the prince, the surprise and bewilderment on everyone's faces gradually turned into smiles, and they all bowed their hands in the direction of Emperor Yonghe, "Your Majesty is wise, the prince is as good as blue!"

Song Peiyu's reaction was slower than others. Hearing everyone yelling like this, she looked around for a while, then slowly put her hands together and repeated the words word by word.

Standing on a high place, Chong Yi could see all of Song Peiyu's reactions in his eyes. He also saw Song Peiyu's eyes shining brightly at Song Jinyu who was beside him after he finished speaking slowly, as if he wanted Song Jinyu to praise him .

It's a pity that Chong Yi doesn't have much energy to focus on Song Peiyu at this time, and he still has to face Emperor Yonghe who is almost losing his mind.

Although he has already failed twice on the way of imitating Song Jinyu to coax Song Peiyu, there is no doubt that it is more difficult for Chong Yi to coax Emperor Yonghe himself.

After a brief hesitation, Chong Yi decided that he had to learn it again.

If it doesn't work this time, just carry Emperor Yonghe back to Qinzheng Hall.

Emperor Yonghe has already proved to him with his actions that there is no reason to talk to a drunk, unless it is a cute drunk like Li Nu.

Chong Yi finally glanced at Song Peiyu, who was sitting obediently beside Song Jinyu, and stretched out his hand to Emperor Yonghe, with a sigh in his voice, "I'll take you..."

Looking at Emperor Yonghe's body, which was stronger than his appearance, Chong Yi gave up hope before he finished speaking, and the declarative sentence became a question sentence, "I will take you home?"

As expected, Emperor Yonghe didn't respond, his drunkenness seemed to be getting worse, he looked at Chong Yi with suspicion, as if he couldn't even recognize Chong Yi anymore.

Just when Chong Yi was about to give up completely and directly carried Emperor Yonghe back to Qinzheng Hall to drink sober soup, Emperor Yonghe's big hand suddenly slapped Chong Yi's outstretched hand aggressively, "Go! Go home!"

Chong Yi's eyebrows softened almost invisibly, and he secretly dragged Emperor Yonghe up, almost dragging Emperor Yonghe to the apse.

His legs were so weak that he couldn't walk, and he said he wasn't drunk.

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After Emperor Yonghe and Chong Yi left, Song Jinyu asked Song Er and Song Jingming to 'watch' Song Peiyu, and immediately went to Shang Shuling.

The two informed the other courtiers that His Majesty will not come back, and everyone can leave the table.

Lu Jihe glanced at Song Peiyu, who was being 'molested' by the people of the Song family, and suddenly felt that he had the potential to tell a story to Chong Yi, at least he already had a story that would definitely interest Chong Yi.

It's a pity that telling this story may cost the storyteller... It's better to leave this good job to others, Lu Jihe happily made a decision.

Luo Yong and Wei Zhiyuan, who were caught by Lu Jihe's eyes, suddenly felt chills down their backs and started sneezing crazily.

Chong Yi, who dragged Emperor Yonghe to the back hall, knew nothing about the thoughts of the people in the front hall. After he found Emperor Yonghe's feet dragging on the ground for the second time, he stopped in place and looked at Emperor Yonghe's face.

In his impression, Emperor Yonghe's drinking capacity is definitely not bad, at least not to the point where he can't even touch the ground.

Emperor Yonghe stared at Chongyi with his tiger eyes, but his mind was more sober than when he was in the front hall just now.

He pointed to the apse, which was still some distance away, and said, "It hasn't arrived yet, why did it stop?"

I'm afraid that when you go back, you will find that you have lost all your shoes.

Chong Yi's gaze signaled for Eunuch Meng and Eunuch An not far away to support Emperor Yonghe.

Emperor Yonghe, who was originally honest and let Chongyi play around, immediately began to resist, "Go away! Let Suzaku help me, I..."

Chong Yi half squatted in front of Emperor Yonghe, with the helplessness that had been repeated tonight in his usual calm tone, "Come on, I will carry you on my back."

Emperor Yonghe was stunned, and immediately pushed Eunuch Meng and Eunuch An, and rushed towards Chong Yi's back without thinking.

The faces of Eunuch Meng and Eunuch An turned green.

"His Majesty!"

Please don't make a fool of His Highness.

Being smashed by Emperor Yonghe, who was almost twice his size, Chong Yi remained motionless, and easily got up to go to the apse. The speed was more than a little faster than when he dragged Emperor Yonghe away just now.

In the silence, the rough sobs were highlighted very clearly.

Chong Yi stopped in his tracks, a daze flashed across his face.

The choking sound came from his back.

It was Emperor Yonghe who cried.

Chong Yi had never seen Emperor Yonghe cry.

He had met Chongzong before. Although Mu Wan had always detained him in the backyard before Chongzong's death, there were always times when Mu Wan couldn't restrain him, such as when the family had dinner together during festivals or a banquet prepared at the General's Mansion.

Chong Yi never resented Emperor Yonghe for being abused by Mu Wan when he was a child.

He can solve the things he just doesn't want to solve by himself, why should he blame others for not helping him?

Similarly, no matter how much Mu Wan said bad things about Chongzong to him, saying that Chongzong robbed his father and his future...Chongyi never minded.

He only remembered that Chongzong was a very careful person, he would remember things from a long time ago, and he would also remember his few hobbies.

When Chongzong died in battle, Mu Wan told him excitedly that God opened his eyes and let the people who robbed him suffer a terrible death, his chance finally came.

He also deliberately filled his sleeve pocket with ginger water, and told him to cry while hugging Emperor Yonghe and King Su in Chongzong's mourning hall.

Chong Yi naturally would not do such a boring thing.

He was forced by Mu Wan to stay in the mourning hall for three days without shedding a single tear.

Instead, Mu Wan, who cursed Chongzong every day for a bad death, cried more sadly than Chongzong's mother in the mourning hall, and even fainted several times from crying.

The only one who never shed a single tear like him is Emperor Yonghe.

But Chong Yi could feel that, compared to the almost negligible sadness in his heart, Emperor Yonghe was really in pain.

It's just that Emperor Yonghe chose to hide his deep-rooted scars, and easily refused to let others see his weak side.

Chongzong's funeral was the first time that Chong Yi, who had little contact with Emperor Yonghe before, paid a lot of attention to Emperor Yonghe.

For a long time afterwards, Chong Yi thought that nothing could defeat Emperor Yonghe and make him lose his composure.

Not long after, Chong Yi saw that Emperor Yonghe was so angry that he lost his mind.

It was because it was discovered that he was raised and abandoned by Mu Wan.

Now, after ten years, Emperor Yonghe, who he thought would never cry, was lying on his back, choked up.

Chong Yi opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.

he doesn't know what to say

It would be nice if the raccoon slave was here.

Li Nu must know why Emperor Yonghe cried.

As early as when the choking sound sounded, Eunuch Meng and Eunuch An stopped where they were, and no longer followed Chongyi and Emperor Yonghe.

He obviously stopped because he was afraid of seeing Emperor Yonghe's gaffe, and would be disgusted by Chong Yi or the sober Emperor Yonghe. Eunuch An glanced at the backs of Chongyi and Yonghe Emperor who walked into the darkness, but then chased after them.

He put the glazed lamp in Chong Yi's hand, smiled kindly at Chong Yi, and then looked at Chong Yi and Emperor Yonghe as they walked forward.

When approaching the gate of the apse, Chong Yi suddenly stopped and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

The whimpering on his back suddenly stopped, but the tears streaming down his neck didn't stop.

Chong Yi hesitated for a moment, then looked at the gate of the back palace, turned his footsteps, and carried Emperor Yonghe to the garden between Qinzheng Palace and the back palace.

Emperor Yonghe didn't speak, so he turned around silently with his back on his back. The glazed lamp in his hand burned out and became dim. Chong Yi found a branch at random, hung the glazed lamp on his back, and continued to carry Emperor Yonghe on his back. go forward.

Obviously no one spoke, but Chong Yi felt that he seemed to be understanding something.

Although he couldn't tell the specific reason, he somewhat understood why Song Peiyu obeyed Song Jinyu's advice.

After an unknown amount of time, Emperor Yonghe on Chongyi's back finally agreed to speak, "Where is this?"

Chong Yi kept walking, and continued to walk forward at a steady and slow speed, "The garden behind the Palace of Qinzheng."

Emperor Yonghe raised his head immediately, and said in surprise, "Don't you want to go back to the apse? Why did you come to the back garden? Where are Lao Meng and An Qing lazy? Why is there no one to light the lamp for you!"

Chong Yi stopped.

Is this because the alcohol in my head is flowing out of my eyes?

Emperor Yonghe seemed to have just realized that he was being carried by Chongyi, and hurriedly struggled to get off Chongyi, complaining endlessly, "Why do you want me to carry me, my guard of honor? It's okay to let the twelve guards come, how can you let me Tired."

After hearing Emperor Yonghe's words, Chong Yi's mood...is very complicated.

He could feel that every sentence that Emperor Yonghe said was ironic.

From this, it can be concluded that although Emperor Yonghe was drunk, he never really didn't know who he was, and he clearly remembered what he did just now.

The person who choked on his back just now is the person in front of him who can't wait to get rid of the relationship with himself just now.

Chongyi chose not to argue with Emperor Yonghe.

I found that although Emperor Yonghe walked steadily, his eyesight was still not as good as usual. It was very difficult to walk in the completely dark garden without lights.

Chong Yi silently took Emperor Yonghe's arm.

Emperor Yonghe's body became stiff almost invisibly. From striding forward, he wished he could return to Qinzheng Palace immediately, completely reversed the previous events, and became almost standing still, wanting to keep walking on this road.

After a long time, Emperor Yonghe said nonchalantly, "At the banquet just now, the envoys of Shuangliang expressed their desire to marry Zhao Guo, and were willing to send their compatriots and sisters to Zhao Guo. What do you think?"

"The imperial doctor said that if Uncle Wang wants to have a son, he must first raise his kidneys, and it is not advisable to have too many intercourse." Chong Yi's first thought flashed through his mind.Tell Yonghe Emperor honestly, in exchange for Yonghe Emperor's resounding slap on his back.

"Evil! Just know how to anger me!"

Emperor Yonghe was able to hold back his anger in the first half of his sentence, but was laughed out of anger at the second half of his sentence.

He just wanted to test whether Chong Yi's attitude towards marrying a wife and having children had changed in the past two years.

Unexpectedly, Chong Yi had already set his sights on his uncle.

evil creature!

Emperor Yonghe stopped and took Chongyi to the gazebo in the garden. After the two sat down side by side, Emperor Yonghe sighed, "It's that bitch who delayed you. If you don't want to get married, don't want to. I'll do it later." I won't mention it to you anymore."

After hearing this, Chong Yi subconsciously thought of the shopkeeper of Yuling Pavilion he met in Qingxian County. The shopkeeper of Yuling Pavilion told him that there were also men marrying men in Beidi.

If that person is Song Peiyu, of course he is willing to start a family.

Before Chongyi could figure out how to speak, Emperor Yonghe had already followed the words just now and said, "Don't count on Sandan, Qingluan has six younger sisters, and I haven't seen a younger brother. It can be seen that our family is not rich in children. life."

Chong Yi was silent.

It was Emperor Yonghe's birthday just now, and the girls from Prince Su's Mansion celebrated his birthday alone.The seven girls were either slim, or stood together in the arms of the nanny, and it was only then that Chong Yi realized that King Su was especially recruiting girls.

Although Emperor Yonghe had only one son, Chongyi, he had three sons with Empress Yuan, but the situation was extremely difficult back then, so they couldn't keep them.

However, after King Su had Chongzong, he gathered all the seven fairies and never saw the boy again.

Emperor Yonghe looked into the depths of the darkness with far-sighted eyes, and patted Chongyi's thigh, "In this way, Qingluan is also a big girl. Even if Sandan and younger siblings are reluctant to part with it, I still have to choose a son-in-law for her. Find a son-in-law for Qingluan Come back, and when Qingluan gives birth to the eldest son, he will be adopted under your name."

"No." Chong Yi immediately refused.

Emperor Yonghe was not in a hurry to get angry, he asked Chongyi calmly, "Why not? As long as Qingluan is around, I won't look at her younger sister, after all, younger siblings have been suffering with Sandan for so many years."

While speaking, Emperor Yonghe's brows flashed indifferently, "I also thought about using Qingluan's younger sister. Only by leaving the son to the mother at that time can we avoid future troubles forever. But after all, it is your sister and my niece. Being ruthless is too hurtful, and the retribution is nothing to me, I'm afraid it will damage your blessing."

Chong Yi shook his head slowly.

Instead, he didn't think as much about Yonghe Emperor.

Listening to the school teacher talking about the current affairs for many years, Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe would talk to him about the political affairs of the court whenever they found the opportunity.

Although Chong Yi is still not interested in the affairs of the court, he is not a fool after all, on the contrary he is very clear in his heart.

Finding the root cause of the affairs of the court is the same reason.

Only Chong Yi didn't want to understand, didn't want to spend all his time thinking about it, without Chong Yi thinking about it, he still couldn't figure it out.

I heard Emperor Yonghe said that he would let the eldest princess find a son-in-law and then adopt him.

Chong Yi could immediately think that if Emperor Yonghe and King Su had such an idea, the eldest princess' son-in-law would have to be carefully selected.

It doesn't work if you come from a big family, or too humble, and even the grandparents and brothers of the son-in-law have to be framed in specific conditions...

He and Li Nu stayed together, but he wanted Qingluan to marry a complete stranger under the arrangement of Emperor Yonghe and King Su, and give birth to a child who was expected by his expecting mother.

Chong Yi felt that it was completely unnecessary.

"You are still young, what do you want to do so much?" Chong Yi shook his head disapprovingly.

In his opinion, Emperor Yonghe's [-]th birthday is completely unnecessary to start worrying about the next successor now.

As long as Song Peiyu's thoughts of worrying about the country and the people remain unchanged, he will no longer have the idea of ​​"running away when Emperor Yonghe dies".

Whether it is Emperor Yonghe or him, there is still a lot of time to slowly think about who the next heir to the throne is.

Emperor Yonghe was angry and happy after hearing Chongyi's words.

Nu Chongyi has an attitude of not caring about important family and country affairs like the heir, but he is uncontrollably happy because he heard his son say that he is young.

He quickly guessed that Chongyi's refusal to let the eldest princess marry, perhaps because he considered the eldest princess's mood, the smile on the corner of his mouth was more comfortable, and he said deliberately, "How do you know whether Qingluan would prefer to marry someone? Her children will inherit the throne."

Chong Yi also looked into the distance following the eyes of Emperor Yonghe, and became firm, "No, according to Qingluan's intention, find her a consort she likes, and don't tell her that you thought about adopting her eldest son to me .”

Chong Yi knew that so far the eldest princess had no ambition to have a child to inherit the throne, and he did not hope that the eldest princess would have such an ambition.

Just now, Chong Yi had already made up his mind.

Sooner or later, he will announce to the world that he will marry Soong Peiyu. After he succeeds, the political affairs will be handed over to Soong Peiyu. If it is as Emperor Yonghe thinks, the eldest princess will marry someone she doesn't like, and her children will be everywhere from now on. Succession to the throne.

Song Peiyu will become the princess' enemy from the standpoint.

Chong Yi didn't want to see such a scene.

He would rather hold a child casually, saying that the child of Emperor Yonghe or King Su would be the heir.

In his heart, whether it is Song Peiyu, Emperor Yonghe and King Su, they are much more important than the so-called Jiangshan.

As for the next successor who has no blood relationship with him, will he be unfilial...

Chong Yi didn't care at all, he would change if he was not filial, at worst, he would change after the elders who cared about blood inheritance passed away.

Seeing Chongyi's resolute attitude, Emperor Yonghe could only let this matter go, but secretly made up his mind to hold back the eldest princess's marriage.

Wait until next year, he will ask Chong Yi again.

If Chong Yi's mind has not changed, he will ask King Su to choose a son-in-law for the eldest princess.

Although he had such thoughts in his heart, Emperor Yonghe knew very well that with Chongyi's character, the decisions he made probably would not change again.

Just like saying last year that he would not get married or marry a wife and have children, it is still the answer now.

Emperor Yonghe sighed for a long time, raised his hand and patted Chong Yi's shoulder, "Let's go, go back to Qinzheng Palace."

Chong Yi didn't get up immediately, and looked up at Emperor Yonghe even more scorchingly.

Didn't you still ask him if he was going to marry a wife and have children? Why didn't you ask?

As long as Emperor Yonghe asked again, he would tell Emperor Yonghe that although he still didn't want to marry a wife and have children, he was willing to start a family and start a business.

After this idea came up, Chong Yi recalled the four ordinary words 'get married and start a career', and for the first time felt that these four words were very reasonable.

It is precisely because of Song Peiyu's existence that he is willing to give up the idea of ​​waiting for Princess Chang, Emperor Yonghe, King Su and others to run away after leaving this world, and gradually accepts that he will be the prince and the future of Zhao Guo's next emperor.

This is not the same as starting a family.

It's a pity that Emperor Yonghe, who had a round of violent outbursts due to drunkenness, was exhausted, and he didn't notice Chongyi's thoughts at all.

Feeling that Chong Yi was still sitting in the same place, Emperor Yonghe just stretched out his hand to pull Chong Yi up.Obviously, he and Chong Yi could understand the tacit understanding of each other's thoughts without exchanging eyes.

Until the end, when the light in Chong Yi's eyes completely dimmed, he didn't take the initiative to mention his desire to start a family.

It's not because he's embarrassed, nor because he's not in a hurry, but because he can feel that now is still not the best time to bring up this matter.

Wait, wait until the eldest princess gets married, his matter will no longer affect the eldest princess, and then mention this matter with Emperor Yonghe.

After being brought back to the Song Mansion by Song Jinyu, Song Peiyu, the drunk cat who had been favored by the female relatives for a long time, had no idea that this night, he almost came out passively in front of Emperor Yonghe.

After waking up, recalling all the things that happened during the Yonghe Emperor's birthday banquet, Song Peiyu's deepest impression was that he was teased by the whole family like a little fool.

Forget about the elder brothers and female relatives, they are all elders who watched him grow up.

Song Jingming and Song Jingjue actually ate Xiong Xinbao's guts, completely disregarding his dignity as an uncle.

There is also Chong Yi, the culprit, don't think that he has no memory when he is drunk!

Originally, he stopped drinking when he was slightly tipsy, but it was Chong Yi who tricked him into drinking several more glasses before he got so ridiculously drunk.

Soon after Emperor Yonghe's birthday banquet, the envoys of Chu State bid farewell to Emperor Yonghe.

If they don't start from Xianyang, they may not be able to return to Chu before the year.

Naturally, Emperor Yonghe would not embarrass the envoys of the Chu Kingdom, and deliberately picked out a lot of things from his private treasury to give back to the Emperor Chu, including two intact silver mirrors.

Apart from gifting to a few people in Xianyang, Song Peiyu only publicly auctioned three flawless full-length silver mirrors in the Qihuo City, all of which sold for sky-high prices of several thousand taels of gold.

Until now, there is no place in Kyushu where there is not a thousand golden mirrors.

Emperor Yonghe's gift in return was not insignificant.

After the envoys of Chu State left, the envoys of Shuangliang became more eager.

They were all staring at the movement on the other side, even if they were calm at first, they would be affected when they noticed the change in the other side's attitude.

They were not in a hurry to return to Liangzhou for the New Year, but they were anxious to get a reply from Zhao Guo.

On behalf of King Liang, the son of Liang Wang said that as long as Zhao Guo is willing to help Xi Liang conquer Dong Liang, Xi Liang is willing to take the initiative to return to Zhao Guo.

Prince Rui's son brought a lot of interesting news to Zhao State, such as the source of Di Puppet, Chen Guo sent many people to secretly sneak into Zhao State... Even after the failure of the marriage between Chu State and Zhao State, Princess Lingyun of Chu State was in Changzhou. Information about the assassination of the Princess Mansion.

Coincidentally, these news are all related to Chen Guo.

Prince Rui's son said that his father still has more tangible evidence, as long as Zhao Guo is willing to openly form an alliance with Dongliang, Dongliang is not only willing to present these evidences with both hands, but also willing to share the news network he has carefully managed for many years. Send it to Zhao Guo.

On the surface, the officials in Xianyang didn't care about the envoys of Shuangliang at all, but in fact they had been arguing about the envoys of Shuangliang for several months.

Only less than 20 people can know the conditions proposed by Shuangliang in detail.

It was less than 20 people who almost knocked down the roof of Qinzheng Palace.

Some people support Xiliang, and Zhao Guo has completely taken over Weiguo and turned it into Weijun.

If Liangzhou can be taken again without major setbacks, the territory of Zhao State will surpass that of Chen State, which occupies Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and become the first state in Kyushu.

Others feel that the so-called 'Number One Country in Kyushu' is just a false name.

The conditions proposed by Xiliang are easy to tempt, but there are hidden traps.

Zhao Guo wanted to send troops to help Xiliang conquer Dongliang, and then send civilian officials to govern Liangzhou without the military power of Liangzhou.

In case Liang Wang suddenly turned his face one day, wouldn't all the manpower and material resources he had spent before become a joke.

It's better to follow Liang Wang's words and first clarify the conspiracy that was not thoroughly investigated before.

Song Peiyu was fortunate to accompany Chong Yi to listen to the quarrel of the veterans. After listening to it for a month, Song Peiyu would subconsciously avoid the chopsticks when he saw chickens and ducks on the dinner table.

He is afraid.

Fortunately, no matter what point of view people are in favor of, they are all for the sake of Zhao Guo wholeheartedly. Only when the starting point and the main focus of consideration are different, differences will arise.

After a month, the envoys of Shuangliang were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and frequently made small moves in private.

If it continues to drag on, it is very likely that Shuangliang will be forced to think that there is no way out, and will take risks and act irrationally.

After everyone expounded their views for the last time, Emperor Yonghe set his sights on the three leaders, "What do you think?"

Shang Shuling agreed to cooperate with Dongliang. He felt that after cooperating with Dongliang, Zhao Guo had a chance to win Xiliang, which was always threatened by the party.

"Originally, when the old King Liang was alive, he gathered the strength of the entire Liangzhou to fight against the party and make Liangzhou flourish. Since the death of the old Liangzhou, Liangzhou has been divided into East Liang and West Liang. West Liang only depends on half of Liangzhou At the beginning of the struggle against party items, I couldn’t see anything at first, but I have been living on the foundation left by the old Liang King these years. This is the price of Liangzhou’s grain in the past ten years. The price of grain in Dongliang and Xiliang is almost half the difference .”

Shang Shuling took out a small booklet with specific data from his pocket and handed it to Emperor Yonghe.

In addition to food prices, there are other reasons that prompted Shang Shuling to want to 'Youdong Liang Naxi Liang' first.

For example, after Prince Rui occupied East Liang, he immediately ordered people to completely block the trade routes that could lead West Liang to the outside world, and also did not allow merchants from other countries to go to West Liang.

If Xiliang wants to do business with the outside world, it can only detour through Chu State, or directly buy things from Chu State at high prices that Xiliang does not have.

If things go on like this, in just a dozen years, not only the most important food price, but also the price difference between Dongliang and Xiliang other items is very large, even exceeding the price difference of food.

Therefore, Shang Shuling believes that we should take this opportunity to take Xiliang first, get the approval of the people of Xiliang, and then take Dongliang by boiling frogs in warm water.

The people of Dongliang found that the life of the people of Xiliang who were not as good as theirs was getting better and better, and even surpassed them, so they would naturally feel dissatisfied with Prince Rui.

Moreover, Prince Rui boasted that he was clever but not tough, maybe after Zhao Guo captured Xiliang, he would impatiently hand over the letter of surrender and take the initiative to surrender to Zhao Guo.

After Emperor Yonghe read the booklet of Shang Shuling, he handed the booklet to Chong Yi, and turned to look at Uncle Yunyang, "What do you think, Ai Qing?"

Uncle Yunyang shook his head, "I feel that what your colleagues say is reasonable, but I can't make up my mind."

Emperor Yonghe didn't make things difficult for Uncle Yunyang, and turned his attention to Chong Yi again, signaling Chong Yi with his eyes that it was his turn.

Chong Yi himself didn't have any thoughts on this matter, if it were for him to say it, the most convenient thing would be to use what Yunyang Bogang said directly.

But yesterday he was caught by Song Peiyu beside him to make up lessons, and he also took out a pocketbook from his chest.

Chong Yi, no, Song Peiyu's point of view is that children make choices, and adults must choose everything.

Chong Yi handed the booklet to Empress Yonghe, and began to recite it from scratch without emotion.

Xiliang and Dongliang will compete to please Zhao Guo, and when they get no response from Zhao Guo, they will be in chaos, and even show the idea of ​​wanting to go the wrong way and put all their eggs in one basket. In the final analysis, they are afraid of Zhao Guo.

If Zhao Guo can reassure Xiliang and Dongliang, the rivalry between Liangzhou and Liangzhou can be maintained and dragged on.

No matter whether Zhao Guo wins Xiliang first or Dongliang first, he will face the risk that the people of Liangzhou will hate Zhao Guo and support the remaining "King of Liangzhou" with all their strength.

For Zhao Guo, the safest way is to attack Xiliang and Dongliang at the same time, which can not only make Xiliang and Dongliang feel a sense of crisis at all times, and compete to perform in front of Zhao Guo, but also reduce the price Zhao Guo has to pay. lowest.

Because of Emperor Yonghe's unconditional support, even if the courtiers did not support Chongyi's idea, they had to let the people from the East Palace contact the envoys of Shuangliang first.

When Chongyi's idea fails, the rest of the courtiers will have a chance to try theirs again.

It's a pity that Song Peiyu won't give others a chance.

He spent five days, meeting successively with Prince Liang and Prince Rui several times.

After waiting for another month, Prince Liang and Prince Rui communicated with Liangzhou.

Finally reached a consensus with Shuangliang before the new year.

Years later, Zhao Guo also announced the establishment of an alliance with Xiliang and Dongliang.

In order to express his sincerity, Zhao Guoguo opened grain stores in various places in Xiliang, selling various grains in limited quantities at prices lower than the market price in Xiliang.

Xiliang needs to provide Zhao Guo with a batch of high-quality stallions every year.

Liang Wang clearly knew that Zhao Guo wanted to slowly extend his hand into Xiliang by controlling the price of food in Xiliang, but he couldn't refuse the temptation of cheap food.

Moreover, Zhao Guo will also sell things cheaply in Dongliang, but it is not grain but Zhao paper.