Xuanyuan Hill, the Great Emperor’s Palace…
While Zhang Tiezheng and Bian Heng were overlooking the scenery below them from the sky above Pingzhou, in an attic of the East Palace of the Emperor's Palace, Fang Qingming was sitting quietly in the room with two elegant women wearing phoenix crowns.
As the former mastermind of Prince Changying, the passage of more than twenty years, coupled with the setbacks and blows caused by the assassination of Prince Changying, have caused Fang Qingming to have some frost between his temples and forehead. There were a few more wrinkles on his face, but his eyes were still as calm and clear as water. Although his overall temperament lacked a bit of the high-spirited style he had when he guided the country, it had a bit more depth that grew stronger with age.
Although Prince Changying is no longer here, Fang Qingming is more respected by those around him.
The so-called people around the prince, there are two most important ones, one is the biological mother of Prince Changying, Queen Shaoyi, and the other is the crown prince's concubine, Mrs. Xiao.
When Emperor Xuanyuan was on the throne, there was also an empress Wen in the emperor's palace, who commanded the harem of the emperor's palace and was the mother of the world. However, empress Wen was not a knight, so she only lived to be more than two hundred years old before she passed away. , since Empress Wen, Emperor Xuanyuan has not established another queen in the emperor's palace. At most, she has only established a concubine. The latter has a status above the other concubines. She is the same as the queen, but she is not a real queen. In the emperor's palace The biological mother of all the princes is Empress Yi. There are 17 empresses in the entire emperor's palace. The total number of emperor Xuanyuan's princes and princesses is thirty-nine.
In the emperor's palace, all empresses are called empresses. Each has a title and title of divine rank, and each has its own courtyard.
At this moment, the two women sitting opposite Fang Qingming were none other than Prince Changying's biological mother, Queen Shaoyi, and the crown prince, Mrs. Xiao.
Empress Shaoyi, the biological mother of Prince Changying, looks like a stunningly beautiful woman in her fifties. She is extremely graceful, with a face as smooth as cream and no wrinkles. She wears a gorgeous python tapestry dress, and Decorated with tassels, cloud shoulders, jade belts, and flower waists, and wearing a five-screen phoenix crown, wherever you look, a royal style will naturally appear.
The Crown Princess, Mrs. Xiao, looks much younger, with an appearance in her thirties. It goes without saying that a woman who can become a Crown Princess is naturally beautiful and fragrant. Mrs. Xiao is also dressed in gorgeous ornaments, but she wears a phoenix crown with four screens. Phoenix crown.
At this moment, Fang Qingming's face was calm and she was quietly sipping the tea in front of her. On the contrary, the faces of the two women, Queen Shaoyi and Mrs. Xiao, were full of worry, and there were clouds of worry between their eyebrows.
The sound of hurried footsteps came from outside. It was the female official beside Queen Shaoyi. She walked through the two doors outside, rolled up the bead curtain, and walked in quickly.
"Queen Qi, there has been news over there..." The personal female officer quickly bowed and reported as soon as she came in.
"No need to be polite, what's the news over there? Mr. Fang is here, please tell the truth quickly..." Queen Shaoyi glanced at Fang Qingming and urged slightly uncontrollably.
"Yes!" The personal female officer nodded to Fang Qingming and said clearly, "The news from General Wei said that Lord Qianji's flying boat was approaching Pingzhou City, but Lord Qianji had no choice. Let the flying boat land outside the Great Emperor's Palace, but still choose to let the flying boat land at the airport outside Xuanyuan Hill... "
Thousand Machines Emperor, this is Zhang Tie’s current name in Taixia. Ever since Zhang Tie destroyed three demon camps on the battlefield that day and demonstrated the secret method of Wujianpeng King Sutra, the Thousand Machines Emperor’s name seems to have changed. In a matter of days, it spread among Taixia and the entire human race.
This title, to many people, seems to have a profound meaning and is worth pondering, because the word emperor is not something ordinary people can wear. Zhang Tie practiced the classics of the emperor level and advanced to the holy level. His achievements have been glorious throughout the ages, and he is called the emperor. It was not too much at first, but at this time, Taixia was leaderless, and no one in the Xuanyuan Hill Emperor's Palace could be expected to ascend to the great treasure. The word "Emperor" sounded strange to many people in the Xuanyuan Hill Emperor's Palace. A frightening taste and complex feelings.
At this moment, Xuanyuan Hill has already been in a state of chaos. Countless people are eagerly awaiting Zhang Tie's arrival, but the people in the Emperor's Palace are the most anxious among them.
After hearing the words of the personal female officer, the two women, Queen Shaoyi and Mrs. Xiao, seemed to heave a long sigh of relief. After waving their hands to let the female officer go down, Queen Shaoyi looked at Fang Qingming with admiration and spoke again, "As expected, Zhang Tie did not let the flying boat land outside the Emperor's Palace. Then, I will leave everything to you, sir!"
Mrs. Xiao stood up and saluted directly to Fang Qingming, "Without my husband's constant help these years, we, the orphans and widowed mothers, really don't know how we would have gained a foothold in Xuanyuan Hill!" Mrs. Xiao said. , tears were about to come down, "Well, Meng Shidao is the Taifu, and he was recommended by the Prince to become the Great Situ, ranking among the three princes. But as soon as the Prince is gone, Meng Shidao no longer cares about the slightest friendship with the Prince in the past, and in the blink of an eye he will Supporting others, it’s really chilling to think about it!”
Fang Qingming stood up, returned the gift, and sighed, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has great talents and great plans, but at a time of national crisis, he died for the country, and his ambition is hard to repay. Although His Highness the Crown Prince is no longer here, his heroic name still exists and he is still respected by the world. The blessings are endless. This time, Qing Ming will try his best. If this thing really happens, it will not be Qing Ming's fault, but God's blessing. Regarding Meng Shidao, Madam, you don't have to worry about it. , this time Emperor Qianji comes to Xuanyuan Hill, he has exhausted all his party spirit, as long as Emperor Qianji supports everything, everything can be settled, Qing Ming will go visit King Guangnan now!"
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At the same time, in the Zhuoxin Garden not far from the Emperor's Palace, Meng Shidao, the great Situ and one of the three princes of Taixia, was leisurely feeding the goldfish in the pond with bait.
This Zhuoxin Garden is newly built. The name remains the same and the owner remains the same. The only thing that has changed is that the entire garden is more than ten times larger than the Zhuoxin Garden when Meng Shidao was still the Taifu. The garden is surrounded by a tall circle. The birch trees are lush and green. The entire yard is a forest of birch trees. The tall birch trees not only block the eyes of all the curious people around from peeking into the garden, but also block the sunlight in the sky. At this moment, the sky The scorching sun is high, but there are layers of shade everywhere in the Zhuoxin Garden, and little sunlight can penetrate. This also makes the Zhuoxin Garden look somewhat gloomy. In the early spring temperature of Xuanyuan Hill, it even seems... A little bit inexplicably cold.
"So, Zhang Tie will not just let the flying boat land outside the palace. I didn't expect that he is really a gentleman..." Meng Shidao was concentrating on feeding the fish and seemed to be talking to himself, seeming to be quite emotional. He said, "Knowing that Zhang Tie is coming to Xuanyuan Hill, my humble heart garden has become a lot deserted these days..."
Meng Shidao did not look back, and there was no one behind him. But among the layers of tree shade, there was a shadow, like a tree shade, clinging tightly to the ground. It looked extremely strange, with only thin Look, you can see that the shadow seems to be a human figure...
The shadow seemed to be saying something, but unfortunately, no one except Meng Shidao could hear the shadow's voice.
"At this time, these small tricks are useless. Even if one hundred million or one billion people die in Xuanyuan Hill, Zhang Tie will not lose a hair..." Meng Shidao threw away the fish food and shook his head. "You go down, everything goes as planned, but I still want to see Zhang Tie here again. I'm afraid there won't be many such opportunities in the future..."
The shadow dissipated, as if it had never appeared before, and Meng Shidao was still concentrating on feeding the fish.
A slightly larger piece of fish food was thrown down. From the bottom of the fish pond, an ordinary-looking goldfish suddenly jumped out of the water like an arrow. It swallowed the piece of fish food before other goldfish came around.
"Why are you so fast?" Looking at the goldfish, Meng Shidao frowned slightly and murmured to himself. He paused for a moment, holding a little fish food without moving. Only the depths of the pupils in his eyes flashed. Moving strange light, like a will-o'-the-wisp...
After a while, Meng Shidao loosened his fingers, and the bit of fish food in his hand fell into the water again. A red and black goldfish swam over quickly and swallowed the bit of fish food in one gulp.
In less than five seconds, the red and black goldfish that had just swallowed the fish food suddenly became violent. In the mouth of the red and black goldfish, two rows of fine and sharp teeth suddenly grew. When it opened its mouth, it He bit off half of the body of a goldfish next to him and swallowed it in his stomach. The other goldfish in the pool suddenly panicked. The violent red and black goldfish began to slaughter in the water. In just a moment, the entire pool was covered with blood. In the middle, it becomes blood red...