Chapter 64 The wind rises to Beijing! Shou Zhe is dead (seeking a monthly ticket)
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The Daqian royal family has produced countless descendants since Emperor Ziwei Xuandu.
With the change of power, the once direct lineage will gradually become a side branch, and the declining side branch may occasionally appear a person with amazing talent and beauty, making this lineage rise again.
As the largest aristocratic family in Daqian, the Wu family, like other aristocratic families with a long history, has a huge population base. However, the vast majority of them cannot be said to be very promising. At most, they rely on the name of the royal family to occupy more Some resources, or help to manage some royal properties.
However, the royal family is a royal family after all. It has a strong foundation and powerful strength. There are eleven princes still alive today, and the number of princes and counties is even larger.
Among them, Prince Dexin's lineage is currently the most powerful lineage in the royal family. There are two princes with magical power level cultivation alone, and the number of county princes has reached eighteen.
Moreover, the upward trend of this line is still very strong, and the future potential is far more than this.
Prince Kang, one of the quasi-emperor's sons, is one of the leaders of this younger generation.
Princess Xuening, who is now extremely favored by His Majesty, also comes from the bloodline of Prince Dexin. Her grandfather is Prince Yongan's cousin "Prince Rongjun". Although Prince Rongjun is not as talented as Prince Yongan, he is finally There is also the position of county king.
The small branch of King Rongjun is not very prosperous, and most of them are mediocre. No one has been able to rush to the Zifu realm and inherit his mantle, so that the current King Rongjun is 650 years old. My sons and grandsons have suffered a lot.
However, Prince Rongjun was always old-hearted. When he was five hundred years old, he couldn't help but renew his relationship. He gave birth to his youngest son Wu Yingcai despite his age. His talent and qualifications were quite good, and he actually awakened the relatively rare white dragon. Bloodline.
Relying on the old man's love for his young wife and son, Prince Rong found a way to obtain bloodline aptitude improvement fluid, etc., cultivated Wu Yingcai into a genius, and managed to marry him to Chen, the legitimate daughter of the Daqian Chen family. .
He is just waiting for Wu Yingcai to reach the Purple Mansion realm, then go to the battlefield outside the territory to earn some merits, and then report to His Majesty and then open a prince's palace for him. By then, his lineage will be regarded as one and two princes. The status and voice of the direct lineage are much higher.
The reason why Wu Yingcai is mentioned is because Wu Yingcai and Chen's legitimate daughter had an amazing daughter - Wu Xuening!
Her innate qualifications are extraordinary. She is also of the White Dragon bloodline, but much stronger than her father. When the bloodline qualifications were identified when she was seven or eight years old, she alerted Prince Dexin of this lineage, and reported it to His Majesty, and then He was included in the royal family's key training list and received top-notch treatment.
In addition to the importance that the royal family attaches to Wu Xuening, the Chen family, the leader of a third-grade family, also attaches great importance to Xuening, their direct granddaughter, and often secretly subsidizes her. Although it is not as good as the treatment of the magical power species in the family, it is still more than the resource subsidies of the ordinary purple family species.
Prince Rongjun and Wu Yingcai, as well as Xuening's mother Chen, also became popular because of Wu Xuening.
This day.
Rongjun Prince's Mansion.
Early in the morning, the servants of Prince Rongjun's Mansion began busy cleaning, decorating with lanterns and laying out red carpets.
This is not a happy event, but three distinguished guests are about to arrive at Rongjun Prince's Mansion.
The old and strong Prince Rong, together with his "young wife" Meng, who is about two hundred years old, as well as Wu Yingcai and Chen's couple, entertained the distinguished guests.
These three distinguished guests are Zhao Yijing, the princess of Kangjun, Zhao Zhikun, a supernatural being from the Anguo Palace, and Zhao Yuanqing, the great talent of the younger generation of the Anguo Palace.
Needless to say, Zhao Yijing. Her status is not comparable to that of an ordinary county princess, and there is a high probability that she will be crowned queen in the future.
And Zhao Zhikun of Anguo Duke's Mansion is also an extraordinary big man, a future ancestor of supernatural powers. Moreover, he has performed well in foreign battlefields several times and gained many military exploits. Even His Majesty is very impressed with him. Achievements are praised and often rewarded.
These are not the most important things. He is now the successor carefully cultivated by Zhao Hongbo, the chief assistant of the contemporary generation. He will be the mainstay of the Dagan Kingdom in the future and a top powerful man.
The Daqian country system is where the royal family and the aristocratic family jointly rule the world. The bigger and more powerful the aristocratic family is, the more "shares" they can have in the Daqian collective, more political influence, and more power.
Nowadays, when there is only one second-grade family in Daqian, the position of chief assistant falls on the Zhao family, which is well deserved. This is also the share they deserve for their contributions to Daqian over the years.
Even if Prince An is lucky enough to ascend to the throne of the Great Emperor in the future, it will be difficult to shake the Zhao family's position as the first assistant in a short time. He can only weaken it little by little and support other aristocratic families, just like Emperor Longchang did with the Daqian Wang family. Instead.
This is the confidence of the second-grade family.
Another young genius, Zhao Yuanqing, is only fifty years old and has just entered the realm of heaven and humanity. According to Shang Jingcheng, he is still a young and energetic child!
At this time, Zhao Yuanqing was wearing a blue and white young Xuanwu costume. The fabric was made of the famous tribute fabric - Baiyun Lingjin fabric.
This fabric is woven from the spiritual cotton produced by the spiritual brocade tree, a heterogeneous spiritual plant that has reached the eighth level. This spiritual brocade is soft in texture and very tough. It is not only comfortable to wear, but also provides a considerable defensive effect. .It’s just that the price is extremely expensive. The average price of each set reaches 800,000 dry gold, which is more expensive than a medium-grade magic weapon!
That eighth-level spiritual brocade tree must grow on top-quality small wood-type spiritual veins, and it needs nutrients all year round. It takes ten years to produce a batch of spiritual cotton.
Even if the brocade weaving technology has been improved as much as possible, it can barely weave a dozen pieces of Baiyun Ling brocade, and a total of one or two hundred sets of clothes can be made, most of which are supplied to the royal family or exported to the Immortal Dynasty.
After all, there are too few monks in Daqian who can afford clothes made from Baiyun Lingjin.
This is not a question of whether you can afford it, but a question of whether you are willing to part with it. After all, clothes are consumables, unlike magic weapons that can be passed down for generations.
The Jin family of Guilongcheng, an inconspicuous fifth-grade family in the upper capital, has an average annual gross income of no less than a thousand handfuls of ten thousand gold just because they plant this eighth-level spiritual brocade tree in a suburban manor. It is very nourishing and comfortable, which really makes many aristocratic families "envy, envy and hate".
As for Zhao Yuanqing, who can wear Baiyunling brocade clothes, you can imagine how much he is favored by the Zhao family. On him, Zhao family's ambition to try to achieve a five or even six magical powers is entrusted to him.
Compared with the status of the Zhao family, although the people in the Rongjun Prince's Palace are members of the royal family, they are not the main lineage after all, and their confidence is much weaker after all. Judging from the regulations they entertained and the way they treated this visit. The degree of attention can reflect the difference in real status.
Prince Rongjun is already six or seven hundred years old. As a Xuanwu monk in the Purple Mansion Realm, he has entered his old age.
At this time, his beard and hair were all white, but he was in great spirits, his face was red, and he enthusiastically entertained the Zhao family: "Brother Zhikun, I heard that you have made great achievements in the battlefield outside the territory this time. With this meritorious service, Now that I am here, I will practice in the cabinet for a few more years and accumulate enough reputation and connections. It will be more logical to take over the position of Senior Hong Bo in the future. Congratulations~"
"Your Majesty, the Prince of the County, has given you the award." Zhao Zhikun said with a calm smile, "It is my duty to kill the enemy on the battlefield. When I was on the battlefield outside the territory, I also heard about the demeanor of Prince Rong, and I just lamented that I was born at the wrong time. I can see it with my own eyes.”
After exchanging a few compliments.
Princess Kangjun Zhao Yijing smiled lightly at Princess Rongjun and said, "Grandma Ninth, I heard that little Princess Xuening is living in the palace again? Our ancestors really dote on her."
Princess Meng of Rongjun County was born in the fourth-grade Meng family. The strongest ancestor in the family, Meng Yuanbai, was a third-grade official in the current dynasty. He held the position of director of the Sancai Department, which was a very popular time.
One of Meng Yuanbai and the Meng family was a third-rank official in the officialdom, and the other was a princess of the royal family. They relied on each other for support, forming a relatively stable and not weak power structure.
It was precisely this that Meng valued so much that he was willing to marry the young prodigy's legitimate daughter to the bad old man of Prince Rong to continue their marriage.
But this position of power is far inferior to that of the Princess of Kang County.
Even though Meng was older than Zhao Yijing and slightly older, she was still smiling at this time, showing a somewhat flattering expression: "The inner guards came to summon us. It was our ancestor who ordered Xuening to live in the palace and entertain a few children." guest."
Among the entire Rongjun Prince's Palace, the most accomplished one is of course the little Princess Xuening. Although Xuening is young, she is of high seniority. She is the same generation as Kangjun Prince Wu Chengsi.
Prince Rong is the same generation as Prince Yong'an and Prince Kang's grandfather, Prince Tai. It can be seen that the blood relationship between them is relatively close.
After another round of small talk and polite exchanges.
Princess Kangjun finally explained her purpose of coming: "Grandpa Ninth, Grandma Ninth. Yijing is here this time to say goodbye to Yuan Qing. Yuan Qing is the direct descendant of the Zhao family and has extraordinary talents. He will probably inherit Anguo in the future." The title of Duke."
Say goodbye.
In fact, this time the Zhao family is the princess of Kangjun, Zhao Zhikun, the great genius of the Purple Mansion Realm, and Zhao Yuanqing, the direct descendant of the Zhao family. It is so grand that Prince Rong and his wife, as well as Wu Yingcai and his wife, have already expected it.
Taking stock of all the young family members in Daqian, there are almost none who are worthy of Wu Xuening, and Zhao Yuanqing can barely be considered one.
The reason why I say it is reluctant is because Xue Ning is a great genius, and she is also a direct descendant of the royal family. Her status is more noble than ordinary great geniuses.
Generally speaking, if the marriage is carried out in a way where women are weak and men are strong, it is not uncommon for Xue Ning to marry the sons of other imperial royal families, other first-class families, or even the super-class families of the Immortal Dynasty.
"His Royal Highness Prince Rongjun." Zhao Yuankun said helpfully, "Our Zhao family and our Prince Dexin have many marriages with each other, and their relationship is already close. If the little princess can marry Yuan Qing, it will be a powerful alliance. Although our Zhao family has It's not as good as a first-class family, but it's better because it's close to home. By then, little Princess Xuening will be just like she's never been married, and she can go back to her parents' home whenever she wants."
Rongjun Wang and his wife also considered this matter. If Xuening married to another country or to the Immortal Dynasty, although it would be more suitable for her talent and status, it would still be too far away from home. And the Zhao family is actually not bad at all. Waiting for Kang After the county king ascends the throne, he will also become a top family with powerful power, and the interests of each other will be more closely integrated.
However, Wu Xuening is not an ordinary child after all. The benefits brought by her marriage involve too many things and cannot be decided directly by them.
Although Rongjun Wang and his wife were a little moved after hearing this, they did not dare to make any suggestions. They kept saying: "This matter must be reported to the ancestor Ming Dexin and listen to his opinion."
"Don't worry, Your Highness Prince Rong. As for Prince Dexin, our ancestors have already exchanged opinions with him, and he is very supportive of this," Zhao Yuankun said.
"Since the ancestors don't have any objections, of course I am happy to see it happen." Prince Rong said relievedly.
"Okay, okay, if that's the case, then we, the Zhao family, are going to make preparations and come to formally propose marriage on a certain day." Zhao Yuankun said.
On such occasions, Wu Yingcai and his wife, Wu Xuening's biological parents, had almost no right to speak or vote.
Wu Yingcai had known for a long time that he would probably not be able to make the final decision on Xuening's marriage, so he was mentally prepared and had no objections to Zhao Yuanqing's child, so he always acted calmly, but Chen's face looked vaguely unhappy.
But now in front of Princess Kang, Zhao Zhikun and others, she still controlled her expression and didn't show it too obviously.
After the party ended, Wu Yingcai and his wife returned to their garden.
But Chen couldn't hold it in anymore and immediately exploded: "Wu Yingcai, that old guy is going to sell Xuening, but you don't even fart?"
Wu Yingcai looked slightly startled: "Madam, do you disagree with this marriage? I think Yuan Qing's child is very good. He has great talent, great potential, and he has no choice as a person."
"What a fart!" Mrs. Chen said angrily with dissatisfaction, "Although Xuening is of your royal blood, she also has the blood of our Chen family. Our ancestors treated her like a treasure and had to give her everything they had in the family.
She keeps a share. You are so good that you actually marry her off to the Zhao family. Where will this move put us, the Chen family?"
You must know that the Chen family now has two magical powers, and its power and status in the court are second only to the Zhao family. They have secretly planned to develop three magical powers and become a second-grade family.
Although the two aristocratic families have not had any major conflicts on the surface, in fact, they have secretly clashed countless times in various fields, and there is a vague sense of tit-for-tat.
"Madam... but Ancestor Dexin also agreed." Wu Yingcai said with an unnatural look on his face after being scolded, "I believe that Ancestor must have his own ideas."
"Of course he has an idea!" This incident made Mrs. Chen so angry that she couldn't help but say, "Isn't the goal that the old guy wants to achieve most now is to let Prince Kang succeed in succeeding to the throne? Therefore, he did not hesitate to use Xue Ning
Sell it to the Zhao family as a bargaining chip so that they can put aside all scruples and go all out to support Prince Kang. By the way, they can also tie us Chen family to the warship and force us to take sides. Why would he not
for?"
The Zhao family is not simple. It is the only second-grade family in Daqian Kingdom. Apart from the inheritance of Emperor Lingxu, the comprehensive strength of the Zhao family is almost equal to 30 to 40% of the royal family.
Once the Zhao family puts aside their scruples and chooses to support Prince Kang without reservation and oppose Prince An, the entire royal family with voting rights will inevitably have more scruples, and even His Majesty will consider it carefully.
"Isn't it good for Prince Kang to succeed to the throne?" Wu Yingcai said, "We are very close to him, much closer than Prince An. He is my nephew..."
"Let's not talk about whether he succeeds or not, but why should we sacrifice our Chen family's granddaughter to please the Zhao family?" Chen said dissatisfied, "Wu Yingcai, you go to Dexin ancestor immediately and say this.
You don’t agree to this marriage for the time being and you need to think about it!”
"What?" Wu Yingcai's face turned pale with fright, "You, you, you, you actually asked me to disobey Ancestor Dexin?"
"I knew you didn't dare." Mrs. Chen's face was extremely unkind, "But Patriarch Dexin really went too far in this matter, and he didn't take me, Mrs. Chen, seriously. Mrs. Zhao is indeed very
Powerful, but are our Chen family so easy to bully? Our Chen family also has two ancestors with magical powers!"
"Although Xuening is of royal blood, she is still the granddaughter that our Chen family has high hopes for. Did he ask our ancestors for their opinions before making a decision?"
"Come here, prepare the car. I want to go back to my parents' house immediately to find my brother and my ancestors."
After Mrs. Chen lost her temper, she immediately returned to her parents' home.
Wu Yingcai was somewhat henpecked, so he hurriedly followed him. His wife, the Chen family, was not a simple person. Her brother, Chen Jinglong, was a contemporary of the Daqian Chen family with supernatural powers, so he could not be a simple character.
It is conceivable that when the people of the third-grade Chen family learned about this, they would be in a state of panic again.
Let’s not mention this for now.
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same time period.
Guandu, Anjiang, Changning.
Today's Anjiang Guandu in Changning has long been contracted to the Wang family, who is responsible for the repair, maintenance, and operation. Except for 30% of the income as contracting fees, the Wang family is responsible for the rest.
However, under Wang's management, Anjiang Guandu became increasingly busy, and the port expanded, gradually becoming the first port in the lower reaches of Anjiang. Many goods flowing out of Longzuo County by waterway gradually gathered in Anjiang Guandu.
The busy business has also prompted more merchants to come to dig for gold. Most of them are casual cultivators, or are from the Xuanwu family, which is not popular in the ninth grade or below, or are descendants of some families.
They travel alone, in groups, or in groups, relying on a small number of horse-drawn carriages to transport goods, earning sometimes meager and sometimes huge profits.
Don't underestimate the shipping industry. In terms of transportation scale and capital alone, they are far inferior to regular trading companies.
But precisely because they spend their days crawling around at the bottom, facing the most basic foundation of society, and constantly in contact with people from all kinds of religions and schools, they always have some secret information channels at their disposal, and their sense of smell is often very keen.
Some powerful merchants are no worse than some regular merchants in terms of their sense of smell.
Looking at the entire Longzuo County, Changningwei is undoubtedly the place with the most opportunities to make money, and the richest places in Changningwei are of course Ping'an Town, Xin'an Town and other places.
Wang's bulk purchases of goods come from Qian's Trading Company, which is very good at land logistics. And the purchases of small and expensive goods are all operated through Shouda Trading Company.
But even so, there are still countless businessmen who smell the business opportunities.
Wang's appetite for all kinds of seeds, metals, high-quality wood, strange ores, oils, and other high-quality raw materials is almost bottomless.
Although Qian's Trading Company and Shouda Trading Company took care of most of the demand, they were unable to lick the bottom of the market too clean. And the merchants were good at going deep into the market and digging out the detailed transactions at the bottom.
They searched for the resources that the Wang family needed from the bottom of society, and then transported them to Ping'an Town to obtain high profit returns. Then based on this "friendship", they purchased some Wang family's specialty products from the Wang family and continued their journey.
It’s a trivial market. Many traders have made a fortune, and the more they do it, the bigger they become~
And the Wang family also intentionally or unintentionally supports some outstanding merchants to fill the resource gap caused by the growing demand for raw materials. Thousands of merchants, like hard-working ants, search for resources everywhere, and then...
Transported to the Wang family drop by drop.
The amount each time is not large, but the total amount of resources added up is very huge.
Among the foot traders who were coming and going, there were two foot traders, one old and one young. Although they were new foot traders, they understood Wang's needs very well.
They had an old carriage carrying the thick iron ingots that Wang wanted most, as well as some high-quality fabrics, musk, refined carbon, etc. that could meet the needs of the residents under Wang's jurisdiction, all of which were in short supply on Wang's territory.
goods.
When the goods were suitable, they declared the goods and checked their identities. They quickly passed the checkpoint set up by Wang and obtained temporary passes for Ping'an Town and Xin'an Town.
After that, the two of them took the ferry to Ping'an Town like other traveling merchants.
The dilapidated carriage drove slowly on the wide and smooth road in Ping'an Town. Out of the sight of the Wang family generals who had sharp eyes and looked at people as if they were interrogating prisoners, the two traveling merchants, one large and one small, finally relaxed.
Take a breath.
While driving the carriage, they looked around, as if admiring the novel scenery of Ping'an Town that was different from other places.
One of the younger traveling merchants asked restrainedly: "Master, I heard that the Wang family is now dominating the sky in Longzuo County. Today I saw that it was true. Even the pass is a maverick. If we just come here for an unannounced visit, won't it be very difficult?
Danger?"
"I heard that there was a precedent of local tax officials who went on unannounced visits to die inexplicably."
"Don't worry, there are not 10,000, but 8,000 merchants coming and going in Ping'an Town every day. Not to mention that it is impossible for them to interrogate everyone's origins, not to mention that the identities we pretend are all true and reliable, and the security is very high
.”
"Besides, the methods used by the aristocratic family to evade taxes are nothing more than those. Your teacher and I have been tax officials for so many years. I am very knowledgeable in these matters, and I guarantee that they will be checked accurately. It won't take long for us to retire with success.
"
Upon hearing this, the young man immediately became energetic and immediately pestered the teacher to ask what the family's tax evasion methods were.
The old tax official was so troubled that he had no choice but to explain to him.
"The first is to 'hide the land in the acres'." The tax official dressed as an old merchant explained, "This method is simple to say. You only need to relax your hand a few feet when measuring the acres, and you can measure the acres one by one.
The allocated land is registered as one acre, and one of the allocated land is "hidden". In this case, one thousand acres, ten thousand acres, and the hidden land is quite considerable. This is "hiding the land in the mu".
This part of the hidden land is not included in the measured land, so there is no need to pay taxes."
In the early days of land reclamation, local aristocratic families had extremely high prestige in the local area, and local officials would often turn a blind eye to them. This was not difficult to achieve.
"There is a very simple way to solve this situation. That is to re-measure the land. This time, I brought the latest 'portable ruler' launched by the engineering department, which can accurately measure the acres. When we got to the place, we
By quietly taking a test, we will know whether the Wang family has played the trick of "hiding the land in the acres". When the time comes, we will report it to the top, and the three agencies will conduct a thorough inventory and measurement, and we will definitely be able to hide the Wang family.
All the land was vomited out.”
"The second is the 'late plowing method'." The old tax official obviously had a lot of experience, and he talked about these things in a clear and logical way. "This method is also simple. It is to lie about the time when opening up wasteland."
"For example, a piece of land has been developed enough for farming in five years, but the family does not report it. Instead, it delays it for more than 20 years and then reports it for land registration. After adding the land registration,
There are still fifty years of tax holiday, which is equivalent to an extra twenty years of tax exemption."
The Wang family has been opening up wasteland for decades, and it is not too simple to use this method.
"In this case, it is relatively troublesome to investigate. It requires detailed visits and investigations. The maturity of the land must also be appraised. However, as long as this is done, there will definitely be flaws. As long as the visits are careful enough, you can always find them.
of evidence.”
"Third, it is the spiritual field tax that is the most difficult to investigate. This is also the main tax evasion by aristocratic families." The old tax officer was a little confused when it came to the spiritual field tax. "The spiritual fields developed by aristocratic families often contain a lot of secrets.
Either it is in a very secret place, or it is set up with formation restrictions, and outsiders will never be allowed in, making it extremely difficult to check. However, if you insist on checking, it is not impossible. After all, as long as you plant spiritual materials and elixirs, you can
It is impossible to leave no trace. For example, purple-leaf polygonum multiflorum needs to be irrigated every month with spiritual springs containing Yimu spiritual energy. There are also many requirements for planting other elixirs and spiritual materials, and most of them need to be transported into the spiritual energy from outside.
Tian, we can use this information to deduce the types of spiritual plants grown in the spiritual field."
"I see. This is indeed a good idea." The young tax official nodded convincingly, "Aristocratic families cultivate spiritual plants for only two purposes, either for their own use and to refine them into elixirs, or to sell them to others in exchange for their own use.
The required resources. If we pay close attention to their external sales channels, we should be able to gain something. With two-phase verification, the error can be controlled within a relatively small range."
"Yes, children can be taught." The old tax official stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction. He was obviously very satisfied with his apprentice's inference. "However, this method has certain errors after all. Unless it is necessary, don't use it.
Our trip is for an unannounced visit. We will first measure the acres and then conduct a secret inspection. Everything is based on ensuring our own safety. We must act cautiously to avoid alerting the enemy."
"Once we seize evidence, we will report it immediately."
"As for the follow-up investigation, the adults above will naturally have to worry about it. Don't rush ahead because of greed for credit."
The most taboo thing in their profession is to take advantage of others by taking advantage of them. I don’t know how many tax officials who go on unannounced visits have fallen into this trap.
The old tax official was worried that the young man would lose his sense of proportion due to his youth and exuberance, and thus lose his life, so he repeatedly warned him.
While talking, another carriage came from the opposite direction.
The master and apprentice immediately pretended to be ordinary traveling merchants and covered up the matter calmly.
Soon, the master and the apprentice successfully "sneaked into" Ping'an Town and began to investigate secretly, trying to find evidence of Wang's tax evasion. Unfortunately, they underestimated Wang's defense methods and the importance he attached to intelligence work.
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If the Wang family had not intentionally indulged, they would have been intercepted and caught in Guandu, Changning.
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same time period.
"Wangxian Pavilion" beside the Imperial Garden of the Imperial Palace.
The whole pavilion is made of spiritual wood and is more than tens of feet high. From a high position, you can take in most of the scenery of the imperial garden.
There are many rooms in Wangxian Pavilion, and they are also taken care of by eunuchs and maidens, so the children live here and feel very comfortable.
The most important thing is that "Wangxian Pavilion" is one of the most spiritual places in the palace, which is very beneficial to the growth of children.
The top of Wangxian Pavilion.
It has carved beams and painted buildings and is transparent from all sides. It is also the place with the best view in the whole Wangxian Pavilion. It is a good place to drink and have fun, recite poetry and paint, or even hold a barbecue party or something.
This is not just talking, but really roasting.
The chefs from the imperial dining room were called over, and they cooked and grilled all kinds of rare delicacies on the spot.
Emperor Longchang was playing chess. His opponent was Wang Anye, no, to be precise, it was Wang Anye's master Ji Wuchen.
Among the people present, except for Wu Zhixing and Wu Xuening who were somewhat interested in watching the battle, others like Wang Lilong, Wang Yingxuan, and the five wolf cubs were all staring at the barbecue eagerly, their saliva almost flowing out.
"Dead kill!" Emperor Longchang fell down and killed Wang Anye, a big dragon. He laughed heartily, "Hahaha, Anye, even with the help of Senior Ji, you can't do it. You are still planning to send the next wave
Who is coming up? Is it Miss Wuliang or Sister Seven? Or are you hiding other sisters? Wow haha~"
"Hey, you are a great emperor, how dare you bully a child?" The seventh sister of Legion Banner couldn't stand it, and she spat, "Is it worth laughing so wildly when you win against a twelve-year-old child?"
"I am an emperor who is about to die of old age, why can't I be arrogant?" Emperor Longchang smiled proudly, "Anye, I will teach you to be good. In this game of chess, although there is some luck, in the end
What you strive for is accumulation and foundation. In the future, in your life, don’t let yourself get carried away just because everything is going smoothly.”
"Thank you for your teaching, Your Majesty." Wang Anye stood up and saluted solemnly.
"You're a teachable boy, much better than your great-grandfather." Emperor Longchang said as if he had met Wang Shouzhe.
During this period of time, although Emperor Longchang was very angry with the few little wolf cubs they brought out, these little cubs were a little bit more bearish, and they were really lovable.
He simply held this barbecue party and kept them all tied up, right?
Sure enough, under the temptation of delicious food and the personal supervision of him, the great emperor, everyone suddenly became more honest.
Apart from being a little naughty, these children and little wolf cubs are actually pretty good. The Yao family has received three times the compensation, as well as the real "Afterglow Picture of the Divine Dynasty", except for the loss of half a Taoist weapon... this matter
I can't think about it carefully, because I feel heartbroken when I think about it carefully.
At this moment.
The inner guard came to report that it was Chen Jinglong of the Daqian Chen family who wanted to see the emperor.
Chen Jinglong is a magical species of Chen's generation. He has just reached the sixth level of the Purple Mansion Realm at the age of 300. He will definitely be one of the pillars of the future Daqian Kingdom. Even now, Chen Jinglong can be regarded as one of the pillars. He is very talented and has performed well in both civil and martial arts, and he has made many meritorious deeds for the great cadres.
Even the emperor pays more attention to such handsome men.
"Invite him over." Emperor Longchang smiled and said to Wu Xuening, "Xue Ning, what kind of nose does your uncle have? He must have smelled the aroma of the barbecue I carefully prepared."
Wu Xuening rolled her eyes, but she pouted and muttered: "My mother must be afraid that I will be naughty in the palace, so she specially asked my uncle to put a tight spell on me."
There are many people she is afraid of, but Chen Jinglong is one of them.
Not long after, a mature man who looked "in his thirties" came up to Wangxian Pavilion under the leadership of the chamberlain.
"Jinglong meets your majesty." Chen Jinglong bowed his hands in salute.
"Don't be too polite, Jinglong. You came just in time. Play a game of chess with me. If you win, I'll treat you to some meat." Emperor Longchang waved his hand kindly. After all, he is the younger generation he values and has been cultivating, so he is naturally very kind.
"Back to Your Majesty, Jinglong is angry now and can't concentrate on playing chess." Chen Jinglong's face was ugly, as if he was suppressing his overwhelming anger, and he apologized while suppressing his emotions.
"Oh?" Emperor Longchang looked him up and down, "Jinglong, you came this time with bad intentions. Is this... a complaint? You are a mid- to late-stage Zifu realm's magical seed and a pillar of the country. Who dares to bully you?"
"Your Majesty." Chen Jinglong bowed deeply and said with an ugly face, "The Zhao family and Prince Dexin actually discussed that my niece Xuening should be betrothed to Zhao Yuanqing, the Zhao family's boy."
"That's right, I, Mrs. Chen, are indeed not qualified to give advice on Xuening's marriage. But at least we, Mrs. Chen or Xuening, should be consulted in advance, right? No matter what, we won't be looked upon by Prince Dexin. But he has to ask His Majesty what you mean, right? You love Xuening so much, and her marriage must be approved by you."
"Scared?" Wu Xuening, who was just about to meet her uncle, was suddenly confused.
What the hell?
This little princess is already betrothed when she comes out to have a barbecue??
Her beautiful face turned pale, and at this moment, she secretly glanced at Wang Anye subconsciously. Although she didn't know why she looked at Wang Anye, she still looked at him instinctively.
"Haha~"
The gentle smile on Emperor Longchang's face gradually solidified.