Chapter 43 The Black Hand Behind the Prime Minister
Facing Xiao Tian who directly snatched the jade pendant from his hand, Liu Aotian still had a dark face and said nothing.
"Prime Minister Liu, thank you." Xiao Tian raised the jade pendant in his hand and waved it in front of the other party.
Liu Aotian looked at Xiao Tian in front of him, feeling very depressed.
But he still had to maintain self-restraint and said in a low voice: "It belongs to His Majesty. It should be returned to its original owner. There is nothing to thank you for."
"Prime Minister Liu, what I'm talking about is this golden inheritance book and the six million spiritual stones." Xiao Tian waved his hand with a look of shame on his face, "Originally, I only wanted five million."
"Who would have thought that Prime Minister Liu is so rich that he would give away an extra million."
Xiao Tian looked solemn, clenched his left fist and slowly raised it until he stopped in front of Liu Aotian.
With a "wave" sound, a thumb popped out.
"Thank you, you are a good person." Xiao Tian gestured with his thumbs, expressing his gratitude solemnly.
Liu Aotian remained calm on the surface, but his long beard trembled slightly, which revealed his restless mood.
damn it……
This person is so annoying!
"Okay, Xiao Tian, don't be rude and unforgiving." Zi Ruoyan suddenly said on the imperial stage, "If the prime minister is sick, who will send gifts?"
Many ministers in the Dayan Palace quickly lowered their heads, shrugged their shoulders, and suppressed laughter.
Your Majesty and the Prince have learned bad things, and they both know how to hurt others by opening their mouths.
In the past, Prime Minister Liu often used the trick of pretending to be ill to frustrate His Majesty.
Isn’t this statement a mockery of Prime Minister Liu’s past behavior?
However, Liu Aotian took a deep breath and could only pretend that he did not understand, and bowed slightly: "Thank you for your protection, Your Majesty. Your gift will be sent to the palace in the afternoon."
"Then I would also like to thank the Prime Minister for his generous donation." Zi Ruoyan raised the corners of her mouth slightly, then looked around the hall and waved the sleeves of her royal robe.
"So, is there anything else to start?"
In the Great Yan Hall, all the ministers remained silent and bowed silently.
Seeing this, Zi Ruoyan was in a good mood and spoke brightly: "Retreat from the court!"
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
Zi Ruoyan stood up and left the Dayan Palace accompanied by the attendant maid.
The ministers then straightened up, turned around and walked towards the outside of Dayan Palace.
After walking out of the hall, the officials also gathered together in twos and threes.
Among them, Prime Minister Liu Aotian was walking as fast as flying, with a gloomy face, and he led Liu Shimei away quickly, not wanting to stay any longer.
The courtiers of the prime minister's line also left dejectedly under the joking eyes of Zhong Yangming and others.
Liu Aotian's dynasty was defeated at the meeting. They were also defeated, there was no difference.
On the other hand, Zhong Yangming's side was full of laughter and the atmosphere was great.
The joys and sorrows of people are indeed different.
"Zhong Shangshu, I have won a great victory today. I will go to your house for dinner tonight." Xiao Tian walked out of the Dayan Palace and walked towards Zhong Yangming, shouting.
As for his side, the two girls Zhong Ling and Liu Yan followed him obediently, as if they were two little followers.
Here, in addition to Zhong Yangming and Zhong Lishuang, there are other courtiers from the Emperor Protector lineage.
When they saw Xiao Tian coming, they all raised their hands: "I have seen Prince Xiao. The prince was really brave just now."
"Prince Xiao really makes us proud. When we see him up close, he really has extraordinary temperament."
"The prince is really talented. He can overpower the prime minister. His face just now was as black as the bottom of a pot."
These courtiers spoke highly of Xiao Tian and changed their past impressions.
In the past, they still didn't understand why His Majesty found an ordinary person of unknown origin to be his husband.
Now it seems that it is His Majesty after all.
The judgment of picking people is really vicious, and not those who are ministers can compare with it.
"I like to hear this. Each person has a jar of Qingyan Empress Wine. When the time comes, he will send someone to Zhong Shangshu's house to get it." Xiao Tian waved his hand, very proudly.
Everyone looked at each other and praised the prince's generosity.
"Prince, which one should we choose?" the red-nosed Minister of Tobe suddenly spoke, his eyes obviously very fiery.
After hearing this, Zhong Yangming got angry and slapped the other party: "It's nonsense, the prince rewarded you, and you started it."
"Teacher, you don't understand this. Nowadays, the Qingyan Empress wine is divided into four grades." This long-time disciple laughed.
"Hey, I'm happy today, don't worry about it." Xiao Tian said, while gesturing towards the minister, "Eight golds and eight diamonds, supreme level!"
"Prince, you are so heroic." The minister said, his tone trembling.
As for the others, their eyes immediately turned green.
A group of people were extremely excited, but were finally stopped by Zhong Yangming, and they all hurried to do things.
"You are indeed very good." Zhong Lishuang glanced at Xiao Tian, finally nodded with satisfaction, turned and left.
For a moment, in the White Jade Square outside the Dayan Palace, there were only the guards on duty in the distance and Xiao Tian and the other three.
"That guy won't make excuses for using these six million spirit stones, right?" Xiao Tian played with the jade pendant in his hand and asked Zhong Ling and Liu Yan.
Liu Yan shook her head: "No, since Liu Aotian said it, he will do it."
"This Prime Minister Liu is really weird. I'm afraid he has some small thoughts." Xiao Tian curled his lips, but he was too lazy to care too much.
He had also seen just now that Liu Aotian was capable. The current situation in the Great Yan Dynasty also required this person to stabilize the court and help govern the country.
"Your Majesty, what happened to that ancient book that caused people to die suddenly?" Zhong Ling asked curiously. Xiao Tian flipped through the book as if nothing happened, which made her wonder if the ancient book that had been passed down was broken.
"What book are you talking about? It seems to be some kind of inheritance book from the Ancient God Clan. It prohibits those who can kill those who are in the tenth-level holy realm or below." Xiao Tian replied casually.
When Zhong Ling and Liu Yan heard this, their eyes widened.
obliterate...
Tenth level holy realm?
"Ancient God Clan, what is that?" Liu Yan said subconsciously.
Xiao Tian glanced at the two of them: "Don't you know?"
"We have only heard that besides the human race, there is also the demon race, but we have never heard of the ancient god race." The two of them shook their heads in unison.
But Zhong Ling was obviously more curious about other things: "Prince, if you keep opening and closing the book, will this help you get the inheritance?"
Liu Yan also looked at Xiao Tian, she was also very curious.
"It doesn't help." Xiao Tian shook his head and looked at Zhong Ling strangely, "How could you have such an outrageous idea? How could it be possible that opening and closing books would help the inheritance."
"Then why do you keep doing that, Prince?"
"Because of the forbidden power in the book, the massage is quite comfortable." Xiao Tian explained while making a gesture of turning the book, "It's just that the power is intermittent, so I keep opening and closing the book."
"..."
The two women were silent again and couldn't help but cover their faces.
That is the power to obliterate the holy realm...
Do you use it for massage?
Prince, please be a human being!
Liu Mansion.
Liu Aotian went directly back to his mansion and told the people in his mansion to prepare and collect six million spiritual stones to send to the palace.
Then he took a bath for himself and stayed in the house to rest.
"Father, this Xiao Tian is going too far." Liu Shimei paced back and forth in the hall, furious, "Why don't we just take him?"
At this point, Liu Shimei made a horizontal stroke on her neck.
Liu Aotian didn't speak, just stared at him coldly.
Facing his father's gaze, Liu Shimei swallowed and slowly put down his hand.
"The matter has come to an end. Don't let a small person with no cultivation ruin the big event." Liu Aotian looked at his son and whispered, "Your performance today makes my father very disappointed."
"Father, I..."
"One day, when I return to the empire, you will not be able to get into the hall if you behave like this!" Liu Aotian stood up and poked Liu Shimei's head, "Have you forgotten all the principles I taught you in the past?"
"I know I was wrong, father." Liu Shimei hurriedly lowered his head.
Liu Aotian shook his head, walked to the threshold of the hall, put his hands behind his back and looked at the sky in the distance.
"After so many years, when the time comes, the day of returning to the empire is getting closer and closer. We must be more careful at the last moment."
Liu Shimei lowered his head: "Yes!"
"Send someone to get the news about Xiao Tian's inheritance gold book and release it as soon as possible." Liu Aotian spoke again and told Liu Shimei, "It will cause some trouble for Xiao Tian, bastard, and give Zi Ruoyan some headaches."
"This makes it easier to do things."
"It's really unlucky. If it weren't for that strange and terrifying strong man named King of Hell who randomly destroyed the Xueyun Tower and kidnapped Xiao Tian, I would have succeeded and controlled Zi Ruoyan."