Chapter 690: One Door and Three Kings
Chapter 690: Three Kings of One Sect
There was an uproar in Bianjing City. The King of Pingxi gave birth to a son, but he asked all tribes and vassal states to send congratulatory letters. This is another thing that has not been seen in previous dynasties.
But now it is not as good as before. If it weren't for the storm, maybe someone would have to argue with reason. After all, this fact is too incredible. But at this moment, it happens to be the time for Cai Jing to fall. How can you guys have the leisure to care about this?
The result was that something that was expected to cause a little shocking situation, but it ended in vain. Everyone became blind and deaf, allowing the situation to develop.
The Ministry of Rites took the lead in submitting the congratulations, and then the ministries and temples followed one after another, and then the various vassal states.
At this time, a news came from Bianjing City, which was said to be released by Lord Jiang Min of Dali Temple. It was said that the King of Pingxi was going to kill him, but the reason was that the prince was angry and bullied.
At this critical moment, everyone was stunned. It was not certain who bullied him. However, now they are holding something fatal, and others dare not take it out, but this King Pingxi is hard to say.
The Sect King? Even the prince was beaten in the street, but later, for some reason, he ordered people to be killed. Even the prince was surrounded by him. There is no need to say that from Cai Jing's disciples to Shangshu Province, which province was not slapped back and forth by Shen Ao? Now that even the Grand Master has fallen, will the Wanzi be afraid of this?
Thinking of this, everyone understands that if you can't be tough, you will definitely suffer a loss. No matter how hard you are, will you be as tough as the King of Pingxi? People kill more people than you can eat. Therefore, those who are ulterior motives will prepare gifts and apologize.
When giving gifts, you must first find out what the other party has, what they like, and what they don’t like. However, there is no need to find out what the hobbies of King Pingxi is. People like one thing, money.
Next, Shen Ao, who was concerned about talking to the empress dowager and didn't even say a few words to An Ning, came out of the palace. Before he could understand what was going on, he was crossed by the person who gave gifts to apologize.
Shen Ao also refused everyone. After calling Shen Langzi so many words, how much damage has his reputation been caused? Of course, you have to accept some gifts to be more comfortable.
After a few days, from Liu Sheng's statistics, the number of visitors has exceeded 300. As for the gift, it is at least 2 million yuan. This amount of money is an astronomical figure for Shen Ao. After hearing this number, Shen Ao held the teacup and smiled foolishly.
But at this time, the palace was also very fast. On the one hand, the officers from Dali Temple had already gone to Fujian Road. Needless to say, the Cai family had more than 70 people, and the number of people who could survive this year would never exceed double digits.
The entire Bianjing was reshuffled, so there were chaos everywhere. However, at this time, a memorial was handed over, causing an uproar.
The memorial was delivered by Li Bangyan, who was at its peak recently. The reason why Li Bangyan's memorial was shocking was that it involved King Pingxi. It was okay to mention King Pingxi, but it also involved Emperor Anning, saying that King Pingxi had made great contributions to the country, and Emperor Anning was also a nobleman of heaven. If Emperor Anning gave birth to a man, please give His Majesty the title of King.
Being the King...
Everyone was mute. Although the title of the Song Dynasty was not very valuable, it was not given casually. Many people were sharpened and might not even be able to make a marquis. Even a prince was a prince, and he was less than a certain age, and at most he was a duke. If he went up, he would have to wait for his qualifications. Now he was just a child of a prince, but he wanted to be granted the title of king, which was confusing.
Could this Li Langzi be crazy?
As it turns out, Li Bangyan is not crazy, most of the one in the palace... Cough cough...
It is said that when the memorial was handed over, Zhao Ji actually applauded and even said something that won my heart. Moreover, the actions of Your Majesty could be transmitted from the palace, but I was afraid that it was done intentionally, to explain the attitude in the palace.
However, this news is really unacceptable, and some people even think it is just a rumor and listen to it as a joke.
No one had ever thought that Li Bangyan had received an eunuch from the harem three days ago. If he recognized this eunuch, he would probably know that this person was a popular person around Concubine Zheng. The eunuch and Li Bangyan only said one sentence and left. This sentence was: "Which is more important, the Song Dynasty or the Western Xia? Why is the descendant of the princess of the Western Xia Kingdom the crown prince and the grandson of the emperor a commoner? Your Majesty was worried. Is there any way for the Li clerk?"
Li Bangyan was so smart that he immediately realized one of the problems. This problem had already involved the dispute between the decency of the Tian family and the national system, the issue of the magistrate and the vassal states. He thought about it all night and remembered the strange phenomena of Zhao Ji suddenly asked someone to submit a congratulatory statement, so he no longer hesitated and immediately wrote a memorial and handed it over.
Chen Ao heard the news and just smiled bitterly. However, King Jin came here at noon and asked Chen Ao with a cold face: "Ziheng is not going to get married anymore."
Chen Ao saw the King of Jin and was really helpless, just said, "What should the Empress Dowager say?"
Zhao Zong blinked at him: "The faster the better, but you have to submit a memorial first. Otherwise, it wouldn't sound nice to say it, right? It's like the palace is anxious to marry someone to you."
Chen Ao thought to himself, isn’t the King of Jin in a hurry to marry someone to me?
Chen Ao smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I will write a letter immediately to avoid the concern of King Jin."
Zhao Zong turned his face and raised his airs: "I promised in advance that my daughter is extremely precious. If you want to marry her, you have to learn from her mistakes and grit your teeth. I have to wait for me to think about it again to see if it will be fulfilled."
Hey, do you still have to think? Chen Ao looked at King Jin strangely, and this guy is still getting more and more aggressive.
Chen Ao hesitated for a moment and said to Zhao Zong: "You old man, think about it carefully."
Seeing Chen Ao's humble appearance, Zhao Zong immediately said happily: "Tell me the truth, the Queen Mother's side..." He deliberately wanted to keep it a secret, and waited for Chen Ao to ask what was wrong. Unexpectedly, Chen Ao looked like he was not interested in asking, so he had to continue in disappointment: "The Queen Mother's side also acquiesced to the title of the king."
Chen Ao finally couldn't help asking, "What king is it?"
Zhao Zong smiled and said, "Of course, he is the child in An Ning's belly."
Chen Ao was stunned for a moment, and Zhao Zong continued, "This is the Empress Dowager's view of this king. This rule is made. If Ziheng has a child in the future..." He laughed giggling, as if he had taken advantage of it, and then he called out, "You are very bored here. I am leaving. Remember, please submit a memorial."
His son was confused about his title of king, but Chen Ao was still thinking about whether it was a good or a bad thing, but in the end he simply left it all behind, feeling in his heart that this king was afraid it was not simple.
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On the third day of the fifth month, heavy rain fell in the sky. The raging wind cleaned up the dust that had accumulated for half a month, and the little rain flowers washed away the dust. However, it was not a good thing for Chen Ao. Early in the morning, he had to enter the palace in the raging weather. It is said that Zhao Ji was about to be the king, but the specific procedures had to wait until the child landed before proceeding. Now it is mostly to test Chen Ao's meaning.
There was a rain outside, and I was afraid that I could not even cover my straw raincoat, so I had to ride a carriage and all the way to the palace gate. Someone chased me from behind and said, "Prince, Lord Li Qing and Li have written."
Li Qing and Shen Ao kept sending letters, all of which were sent together with the backup of the Xixia government memorials. It should have been three days later. Now it was suddenly delivered, so there must be some news. Chen Ao asked: "Where is the letter?"
The person who came said, "I didn't bring it. The person who sent the letter said that he must hand it to the prince himself. Even the princesses refused to give it to him. When he arrived at the palace, he was so tired that he couldn't move, so he had to let him take a break first."
Something big happened! This is Chen Ao’s intuition. Although Li Qing was cautious, he was so cautious that he only allowed himself to send it in person and also gave it to him personally. This was extraordinary.
Chen Ao suppressed his temper and said, "You go back for now, I will come back after entering the palace."
Fortunately, when he was wearing a hat, he came to the palace, many people congratulated him. Chen Ao responded with a smile, but was full of worries. At this time, Li Qing sent an urgent letter. Could it be that something happened in Xixia? Princess Miaomiao lived in Xixia alone, Chen Ao was the most worried. She went to Wenjing Pavilion with great worries and asked someone to inform him.
Zhao Ji was writing the word "Zhennan" on rice paper while splashing ink. When he heard the eunuch coming to report, he narrowed his eyes and said, "Call King Pingxi to come in."
Chen Ao came in and saluted, and poked his head out of order and said, "Your Majesty is writing running scripts?"
Zhao Ji waved to him: "Come and take a look."
Chen Ao walked over, with only two words on the big paper. The font is extremely large and it is made of thin gold, which makes it look a little smaller. The most beautiful thing about the crane body is the fineness, which lies in the elegance between the lines. However, just two words, the beauty is missing a lot.
Zhennan... Pingxi...
Chen Ao vaguely remembers that there was a King of Pingxi named Wu Sangui in later generations, and there was a King of Zhennan, who was Shang Kexi or Geng Jingzhong. Anyway, these three were basically not good birds. When Chen Ao thought of this King of Zhennan, he had a bad premonition.
Zhao Ji threw a pen and said with a smile: "How is I writing?"
Chen Ao smiled bitterly and said, "Among the kings, Your Majesty's running script deserves the best."
Zhao Ji curled his lips and smiled and said, "I'll ask you again, what's the word "Zhennan"?"
Chen Ao was silent for a moment and said, "What is your Majesty's intention?"
Zhao Ji smiled faintly and said, "If Princess An Ning is a man, I will entrust him as a vassal king and be on an equal footing with you."
Chen Ao was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty..."
Zhao Ji said lightly: "Fujian Road is not small anymore. You can draw one or two mansions and continue to enfeoff. Why? You can't bear to leave?"
Old fox! Chen Ao complained in his heart that he ordered a son to be the vassal king, but this vassal was cut off from the eldest son's vassal, which meant that the Song Dynasty had no loss. However, Zhao Ji was eager to compete for his grandson's property. There was only one Fujian Road. He was originally from his eldest son, but now he was thinking about cutting out some of it for his second son.
Chen Ao was treated equally by his two sons, and could not tell which one is more important, but Chen Ao did not do such a business that could lose money. Chen Ao hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, it is not certain whether An Ning has a man or a daughter. Is it too early to talk about this?"
Zhao Ji smiled and said, "It's a man. I had a dream last night that my grandson stood by the sea and worshiped the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Temple."
Chen Ao immediately said: "I also had a dream."
Zhao Ji said: "What did you dream of?"
Chen Ao smiled bitterly and said, "I dreamed that two tigers were fighting for a deer. A real dragon suddenly descended from the sky and drove a big tiger away."
Zhao Ji laughed and said, "It's okay not to cut off the vassal land from Fujian Road. Haven't you built many Governor's Offices from Nanyang? You can also put the Governor's Office in Nanyang under the jurisdiction of Zhennan. My Nanyang Navy is rewarded to the King of Zhennan."
When Chen Ao heard what he said, he thought to himself that Nanyang is so big, he will accept it for the time being. At that time, it will be a matter of being disobedient and then cut it off. He is still afraid that he will not be able to place a vassal king? Anyway, with the title of Emperor Zhao Ji's grandson, no one dares to say anything even if he is the king.
Chen Ao narrowed his eyes and suddenly thought of the Japanese island. The area of the Governor's Office on the Japanese island is quite large, accounting for one-quarter of the Japanese island. Such a large piece of fertile land and excellent coast, if a feudal town is built there...
Seeing that he was silent, Zhao Ji said, "I thought about it all the time. My grandson should have a name. Your eldest son is a vassal king. Do I still have to be a concubine's son and a vassal citizen? The King of Zhennan gave him this. As for the matter of the vassal state, I will talk about it later."
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Finally... I didn't rush into the top eight, hoping to be in the field.
Chapter completed!