Empress True Colors

Ten miles outside the city of Sanshui County, there is a gazebo where passers-by rest their feet. There is a lot of people on weekdays, but today it is empty. At the side of the pavilion, there used to be a nearby farmer who came to sell tea to earn some pocket money. Today, the man who sold tea also shivered and curled up to the side, looking in horror at the man in black in the pavilion who poured and drank by himself.

The man was very young, sitting with his back to the official road, wearing a simple but elegant black satin robe, with long hair and only a white jade hairpin, he couldn't tell which was brighter, the black hair or the black satin, or which was brighter, the jade hairpin or the fingers. slender.

There are a few people standing tall and short in the pavilion, those with arms folded, those leaning on the pillars, those who look up and look at the way, with different postures, but they are all sighing.

"My lord." A man frowned, with a disapproving look on his face, "You have obviously found His Majesty, why do you have to give up, avoid Sanshui County, and give way to Gong Yin?"

The man in black didn't answer. He flicked his fingers on the rim of the bowl, making a jingling sound. The bowl was an ordinary coarse porcelain bowl that served tea in the gazebo, and there was a gap on the side of the bowl.

The other person snorted coldly, "My lord, you didn't give way to Gong Yin, who is Gong Yin?"

The man in black smiled, and the sound of flicking the bowl with his fingers was clear and clear, without any change.

"I really don't know what he's here for?" Someone said angrily, "He is in full power in the palace, controlling the government, and running the lord is not enough. Even going abroad to meet the master, what do you want to do? He is not afraid Once we leave the Great Wilderness, will the Six Kingdoms and Eight Divisions take the opportunity to cause chaos?"

"It's good to be chaotic!" One of them laughed, "Gong Yin's power is all over the court, and he has the final say on the succession of the throne. If this continues, he may not be able to sit in that position before long and become the first male emperor in my dynasty. I have commanded my ancestor Yousheng Taizu that a man is not allowed to be emperor in the Great Desolation, and he dared to spy on the Great Treasure, but he is only bringing himself to perish!"

"The emperor Taizu was proficient in the art of astrolabe calculation. He once said that the dynasty of the Great Wilderness Empress had a shocking turning point since the 108th generation. Those who obeyed the world prospered, and those who went against the Great Desolation fell into ruin. Isn't it the 108th generation now? ? Could it be that Emperor Taizu's prophecy said that Gong Yin would replace Dahuang's female emperor tradition and become the first male emperor in Dahuang?"

"His ambition doesn't stop there? He also wants to centralize power and unify the Great Wilderness. The current Great Wilderness Dynasty can only rule the land of Dige City and its surrounding three provinces and twelve counties. The remaining six kingdoms and eight tribes are all Emperor Taizu The vassal state that was enfeoffed by the dynasty enjoys exclusive autonomy and has developed from generation to generation. It has already become a state within a state. The kings shrank in their own state, and they violated the orders of the dynasty. After taking power and forcefully summoning the princes of the Six Kingdoms as hostages to live in Dige, the attitude of seeing the Six Kingdoms and the Eight Divisions became subtle."

"Speaking of the proton incident, I really don't understand. What method did Gong Yin use to make the six kingdoms and eight departments obediently send his son as a hostage? It's incredible!"

"This is not the only thing that is unbelievable? He ordered the re-measurement of the country's land, formulated commercial laws, opened up many trade bans, and exercised commercial control over the six countries. I had no choice but to cling to him closely, seeing his power getting stronger and stronger, but at this moment a Queen of Destiny appeared..."

With a "ding", the man in black tapped his fingers slightly, and everyone shut up immediately.

There was silence in the pavilion, and the sound of breathing seemed a little depressed. The man who was serving the tea wanted to leave but dared not. Hearing those rebellious words, he had a bad intuition and wanted to cover his ears.

After a while, someone muttered in a low voice: "The dynasty's control over the six countries is getting weaker, but the six countries are jealous of the eight parts around them. The eight parts are now being squeezed by the six countries. Are you also asking for help from our adults? Look, my lord..."

Everyone was silent again, the land of the Great Desolation is vast, but the geographical distribution of the entire country is very strange. The innermost part is the royal city and the provinces and counties under the influence of the royal city. The six kingdoms surround the royal city, and the eight tribes surround the six kingdoms. The outermost part is various natural swamps, isolating the mainland countries. The whole Great Wilderness is like a huge layer cake, exuding all kinds of mysterious smells in the corners that the world can't touch.

This kind of pattern would not exist in the rest of the mainland, and the royal city is surrounded by powerful vassal states in the very center. Wouldn't that be the end of being wiped out in minutes? However, the Great Wilderness has its own special features. The Eight Parts in the outermost circle have many feuds with the rulers of the Six Kingdoms. If the Six Kingdoms want to attack the royal city, the Eight Parts will definitely bite back.

But the eight tribes can't attack the six countries without authorization, because the eight tribes also have various conflicts with each other. Once one of them goes to war, they have to beware of whether the other tribes on both sides will take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, and there is no way out, because behind It is the swamp.

Therefore, over the years, the relationship between the dynasty and the six kingdoms, and between the six kingdoms and the eight tribes has become more and more complicated, and the entanglement of interests has become more and more closely intertwined. Survival is stalemate and communication has been balanced. If you want to move, no one dares to move first.

Every time when such a chaotic situation is mentioned, everyone can't help but marvel at the wisdom and painstaking efforts of the ancestor emperor while having a headache. This kind of national structure is related to the special situation when the country was founded in the Great Wilderness, but the ancestor emperors formed such a pattern of mutual restraint in such a disadvantage, and it has been maintained stably for hundreds of years. territory.

Thinking of the Emperor Taizu, everyone couldn't help but think of the Emperor Taizu and the entanglement with the Yelu family for generations, and couldn't help shutting their mouths tightly.

People are thinking about the ambition of Gong Yin, the master of the right country, to conquer the six kingdoms and deter the eight tribes, while thinking about Yeluqi, the master of the left country, who is unwilling to be reconciled to the gradual decline of his family, and is also wandering among the six kingdoms and eight tribes Form an alliance to fight against Gong Yin's encroachment on imperial power. The most direct conflict between the two at present is centered on their attitudes towards the Queen—Gong Yin's reluctance to welcome the Queen caused his wishful thinking to change, but Yeluqi and the forces behind him insisted on welcoming the Queen, delaying time, and fighting against the Queen. Luan Gongyin's plan.

So that unlucky queen, unknowingly, became a piece of stuffing that didn't know whether it was fragrant or stinky. I hope that when the battle is over, she will still have some scum left...

Everyone was silent, but Yeluqi seemed more interested in talking, tapped his fingers on the edge of the bowl, and drank the bitter tea in one gulp.

The tea leaves were poor, and the tea water had an unclean oily sheen, far inferior to the worst tea he used on a daily basis, but he drank it very smoothly, without even frowning.

Eat delicacies, but also taste the grassroots, the world of the superior, don't care about the little things in the world.

He put down the tea bowl and asked with a smile, "Have they left already?"

"Yes." Someone replied, "Gong Yin has already taken them away from Sanshui."

Yeluqi nodded and said with a smile: "Since Gong Yin came to pick up the queen in person, let him pick it up. I'll wait until I return home."

"grown ups!"

Yeluqi raised his palm, and everyone immediately fell silent.

"What's your name? Feeling aggrieved and shameless?" Yeluqi smiled amiably, "I'll go back first, so as to pave the way for Grand Master Gong and Her Majesty the Queen. Of course, when I go back to the country first, I will naturally Spread the news that the queen has been found to the whole country, so that all the ministers can prepare in advance and welcome His Majesty from hundreds of miles away."

If everyone realizes something.

"Dayan is an enemy country, and it has traveled thousands of miles, with wind and frost." Yeluqi sighed, with a worried expression, "I don't know if the national teacher can accompany His Majesty back to the country smoothly. It is really worrying."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Thousands of miles away, surrounded by enemies, the national teacher returns to the country with His Majesty, if there is any accident along the way, wouldn't it be the national teacher's great crime? And the master rushed back to the country first, and while Gong Yin was away, he could also make some arrangements...

Seeing the inscrutable smile of the master, someone thought of the letter the master received a few days ago, maybe, on the way of Gong Guoshi, he has been "taken care of" and it is unknown.

"What's more, when the former queen was alive..." Someone gave a sinister laugh.

Everyone suddenly understood, the corners of their lips pulled, and hehe.

The former queen died suddenly, and she was still accused of being unfaithful after her death. There were also some unbearable rumors circulating inside and outside the court, which painted pink and ambiguous colors on the affairs of the unlucky woman. At this moment, the rumors have not dissipated, and the new queen has appeared. Although the new queen is another person, in the minds of the people of Dahuangze, who believe in reincarnation, the new queen is the reincarnation of the predecessor. Naturally, the past, reputation and character of the predecessor will be passed on together. . The former queen was also the only queen who died violently because of the crime of filth. In this case, it is conceivable what those old antiques who obeyed the rules and the enemies of the former queen would do...

"But my lord..." Someone asked puzzledly, "Didn't you advocate welcoming the queen? If something happened to the queen, wouldn't it be..."

Yeluqi looked at him with a smile, his expression was genuinely amiable, but the person who asked the question couldn't help shivering, feeling uneasy in his ignorance.

The rest sighed.

This new guy, in the future, will never have a chance to be successful.

The emperor can have it at any time, but the chance to convict Gong Yin, the teacher of the right country, will not be there at any time. Gong Yin is very powerful and cautious. He has been in Yuzhao Palace for many years without taking a single step. It is more difficult to find his omissions than climbing to the sky. He finally left the palace or even the country. Whoever misses this opportunity is not worthy of being here. Live in the wilderness battle.

So when the Lord heard Gong Yin's arrival, he immediately ran away, this is also for future plans, to remove suspicion.

Yeluqi flicked his fingers, put down the tea bowl, got up and left.

"Remember, there is never a goal that needs to be absolutely adhered to before interests and the overall situation."

His black clothes fluttered, like a shadow in the sky after dusk, he slid out soundlessly, from the beginning to the end, without even looking at the tea man.

Everyone bowed and followed away.

The man who had been waiting for the tea in fear all the time, waited for a long time before they walked into the gazebo, saw a ten taels of silver beside the tea bowl, blue and white with frost, and looked good, he couldn't help but narrowed his eyes with a smile.

It's just a bowl of tea, these guests are so generous, but the content of their discussion is too shocking, do you want to take the time to talk to the pavilion chief...

While thinking about it, the man put away the silver and also put away the tea bowl, when he touched the tea bowl with his fingers, he suddenly let out a cry of surprise.

At some point in time, countless radioactive cracks appeared on the teacup.

It must have been caused by the finger tapping of the man in black just now. The strange thing is that there are so many cracks, it should have been broken long ago, but the bowl is still intact, and the remaining tea in it does not leak a single drop.

The tea man touched it curiously.

With a sound of "click", the tea bowl burst, and a piece of porcelain stained with tea at the bottom shot out, and with a sound of "click", it shot into the throat of the man with tea.

The tea man fell backwards, and before the blood flowed out, it was blocked by the tiles, and only on the edge of the tiles was a blood stain that was slowly turning black.

The first move is that the killer will not succeed, and the second move is that the last drop of tea is poisoned.

The tea man quietly fell to the ground, and the ten taels of silver fell by his hand.

Beech wood coffins are decorated with five taels of silver, and funeral clothes and funeral ceremonies are decorated with three taels of silver. Ask someone to punch two taels of acupuncture.

Add it up, exactly ten taels of silver.