Fox Two's mocking words made Fox Three feel distraught. He had clearly only wanted to find a right-hand man, someone who wasn't too stupid, so how come he ended up being offered to be someone's mount
He has such good vision, how could he not know
In a trance, Fox Three, who was happy to be promoted to the youngest brother of the family, saw a ray of light, the dim candlelight coming from the woodshed, his final destination.
"Okay, don't be dejected. Before you leave for Ningzhou, come with me to the secret realm of the imperial city. I'll give you some remedial lessons. How much you can learn depends on your luck." Seeing that the blow was almost enough, Fox Two threw an apple at him.
Fox Three was extremely moved. He nodded his head and wiped his snot on Fox Two's clothes: "Mother, I know you still love me."
"Well, I like your optimism and confidence."
Fox Two raised his hand and picked up Fox Three, then slowly disappeared into the ground. "Knowing shame leads to courage. If you want to continue to be brothers with Lu Bei, instead of being ridden under him and never being able to turn things around, then remember this humiliation!"
Fox Three: (a`′a)
It is a bit frustrating, but from another perspective, it is not a bad thing.
The second son of the Fox family can kill Lianxu after he becomes a spirit, and Lianxu can kill the combined body. One day, he will be invincible in the world and become a peerless god like Qilijing. Who in the world dares not give the eldest son of the Fox family some face when he travels around the world
If you don’t give it to me, let my brother go!
“Hehehe…”
Bang!
"You heartless bastard, if you keep laughing, I'll tear your mouth apart."
That night, Fox Three spent the night surrounded by Fox Two's motherly love. There were screams in the sky above Qingqiu Palace, and the little white foxes were so frightened that they huddled together and trembled.
Also huddled together was Zhu Qiyou, with a worried look on his face. The beautiful queen, who was so stunning that she could captivate all men, did not seem as fragrant as before in his arms.
He confronted Fox Two and asked for an explanation, but he kept talking nonsense to him, saying black was white. He was so angry that he left with his sleeves thrown out.
Then he asked the old emperor to seek justice, but Zhu Bangchun pondered for a moment, then sold his eldest daughter with a smile.
According to Zhu Bangchun, the Imperial Tutor and Hu Er were not members of the royal family after all, and they all had their own interests. Cooperation was just a matter of mutual benefit. Now that he had abdicated, Zhu Qiyou was unable to check and balance the two strong women with his ability. If this marriage could be facilitated, it would be a good thing for Zhu Qiyou's rule.
After hitting a wall twice in a row, Zhu Qiyu felt cold in his heart. He was angry at Hu Er's unreasonableness and slandering the imperial sister's innocence. He was even more angry at Zhu Bangchun's indifference to family affection and using the imperial sister as a political bargaining chip.
He understands the truth, but he doesn't want to understand.
Zhu Qiyou only knew that he had only one imperial sister, who had taken good care of him since childhood. If anyone bullied him, he would stand up for him. He would sacrifice no one else but his imperial sister's happiness.
Seeing that the emperor was perfunctory, the queen who was sleeping in the same bed with him forced a smile and secretly cursed the vixen for being shameless.
She had heard that His Majesty had secretly gone to Qingqiu Palace today. She could guess what happened during that time from his current listlessness.
Damn vixen!
…
The next morning, Zhu Qiyu summoned Zhu Qilan to the imperial garden. Seeing his sister, who was exhausted from the journey, he was both happy and sad. He waved his hands and painted with a stern face.
I won’t draw a phoenix today. It’s too simple and boring to draw it all day long.
Later, when he changed his style to painting the Dapeng bird, he worked hard, restrained his painting skills, and tried his best to make it look like a chicken.
At one side, the old eunuch lowered his head and drooped his shoulders, his mind wandering as usual.
"Changming greets His Majesty."
"My sister is so polite. Come, please take a seat."
Hearing Zhu Qilan calling him "Your Majesty" instead of "Royal Brother", and hearing the strangeness in his words, without any of the intimacy they used to have, Zhu Qiyu was extremely distressed. All of a sudden his painting skills improved dramatically, and he started to paint with his brush, and the chick on the rice paper came out lifelike.
It's all your fault, you bastard!
Zhu Qilan thanked him and sat down. Seeing Zhu Qiyu with his back to him, looking guilty and ashamed, he sneered in his heart.
She was not a person who liked to talk nonsense, so she said directly: "Your Majesty, Changming came to the capital this time, firstly to visit his father and mother, and secondly... to ask for an audience with Your Majesty for someone!"
"But Ningzhou Lubei?"
Zhu Qiyou's voice trembled. The thing he was most worried about had happened. The imperial sister and the bird man were in love with each other. There was no coercion, no inducement, and no conspiracy.
I rushed to the capital city in order to express my feelings and ask him not to stop me.
impossible!
He made a harsh statement today, betting the throne on it, and he would never let that bastard succeed.
"It's this person." Zhu Qilan snorted coldly. She knew that Zhu Qiyu was the one behind everything.
"Sister, listen to my advice. Ningzhou Lubei is not just a place..."
"Chang Ming knows that he is not an ordinary person, Your Majesty does not need to say more."
Zhu Qilan said firmly: "Your Majesty, please don't meddle in other people's business. Changming has his own plans for the future!"
"What do you mean by meddling in other people's business? I am just worried that you, my sister, will be deceived by a villain. Then Ningzhou Lubei..."
"He is a good person, but Changming is not worthy of him." Zhu Qilan turned his head and said.
Why do you say that too? What’s so good about that guy
Isn't it just that he has practiced for less than a year, and he can kill Lianxu in the state of transformation? What's so great about it? If I want to kill a Lianxu, I don't even need to do anything, I just need to open my mouth.
The more I think about it, the angrier I get.JPG
Zhu Qiyou threw down his brush and glared at Zhu Qilan: "Nonsense, you are the eldest princess of Wu Zhou, my biological sister. There are only others in the world who are not worthy of you. How can you be unworthy of others?"
"In this case, please revoke your order and call the people back."
Zhu Qilan stood up and faced Zhu Qiyou without giving in: "Your Majesty, please help me choose a suitable husband for Changming, but Changming has already vowed to never marry. Although Lu Bei is good, Changming feels that she is not worthy of him."
"No way, you deserve..."
Zhu Qiyou was already annoyed and was about to refute when he heard the words, but halfway through his words, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Take it slow first, he needs to stroke it.
Sensing the resistance of his sister, Zhu Qiyou narrowed his eyes slightly, turned around and picked up the brush, and sneered, "Changming, what do you mean by that? You are the eldest daughter of the royal family, so you can stay single if you swear not to marry?"
"Changming knows that he has no choice. If Your Majesty insists on issuing an order, Changming dare not disobey. However, we are sleeping in the same bed but have different dreams, so we will inevitably meet at war. It is difficult for Changming to guarantee whether there will be bloody disasters in the future." Zhu Qilan gritted his teeth.
What a bloody disaster! He deserves to have his head chopped off!
Zhu Qiyou was overjoyed. He finally understood that all the previous things were misunderstandings. The imperial sister was still the same imperial sister and had been on the same side of his mind from the beginning to the end.
He lifted up the rice paper, threw away the waste painting, and started writing again, feeling happy and saying, "Changming, do you know where Lu Bei was born and who his godmother is?"
"Who?"
Zhu Qilan frowned. She had sent people to check the real information about Lu Bei.
After dealing with the Huangji Sect, he subcontracted it to the Xuanyinsi and finally got to the bottom of it.
But Zhu Qilan had always been skeptical about the authenticity of this information. The Xiantian Realm could compete with her Great Perfection of the Spiritualization Realm. With just a little practice, the Spiritualization Realm could crush the old monster of the Refining Void Realm. Not to mention the incredible qualifications for cultivation, the skills and bloodline used alone were not ordinary, and could never be cultivated in a small mountain like Sanqing Peak.
She thought the information was unclear because Zhu Qiyou was secretly doing something wrong. Although she was quite disdainful, she was really curious about Lu Bei's background.
Who on earth was it, which immortal cultivation family or sect, that cultivated such a dead person
"Do you remember when we were young, in addition to Mr. Taifu, there was also a second teacher who taught you and me how to read and write?" Zhu Qiyu said calmly.
"Mr. Second..."
"Lu Bei is her adopted son?"
A foxy figure flashed through Zhu Qilan's mind. Unlike Zhu Qiyou, she didn't know much about Hu Er. She only knew that this teacher was a wealthy businessman in the capital, good at using money to make a living, and had connections. There were rumors that he had an unclear relationship with his father, and his mother had some small opinions about him.
"That's right, Mr. Er is a..."
Zhu Qiyou paused, then turned to look at his sister's changing expression. "I don't know what her status is, but you just need to know that my father is very supportive of this marriage. If Lu Bei marries into Changming Mansion, it will be a great thing for the royal family."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Qilan's face suddenly changed and she clenched her fists tightly. As she expected, the conflict between the royal family and the Huangji Sect had reached a point where it could not be delayed any longer. As the eldest princess, she had no way to avoid it now.
"In this case, Your Majesty may issue an order. Changming has no objection."
The eldest princess has the responsibilities and obligations of a princess, Zhu Qilan comforted herself in this way. After saying this, her tense heartstrings and fists suddenly relaxed, her obsession dissipated, and her realm unknowingly rose a point.
"You're worrying too much, sister. Father's agreement doesn't mean I agree. Don't worry, I won't issue an order to force you." Observing his words and expressions, Zhu Qiyu felt relieved.
The imperial sister is still the pure and innocent imperial sister, that’s for sure!
As for why the pure and innocent imperial sister lowered herself to practice dual cultivation with Lu Bei, which led to the tragedy of the two of them being in cahoots with each other, he now wanted to understand the reason.
The guy named Lu used his name to cheat and deceive people. The royal sister was naive and was deceived by him, so she was completely unaware of his success!
It is hateful that this bird fellow forged an imperial edict and tarnished the reputation of the imperial sister. He was so bold. If it were not for Fox Er's protection, his family would have been confiscated and his property would have been exterminated according to the law.
"What does your majesty mean? You sent Lu Bei to conceal his identity and get close to Changming, and now..." Zhu Qilan looked at Zhu Qiyu with full of doubt, a little confused.
"When did I..."
Zhu Qiyou was cursing the bastard in his heart, but when he came to his senses, he stopped and nodded heavily: "Yes, I sent him."
"What do you mean?"
"Find out what's in your mind!"
Zhu Qiyou said with wisdom: "Father thinks that marriage is a good thing, but I don't think so. A forced melon is not sweet. Changming, just do what you want. I will support you from behind."
"But the Huangji Sect is powerful, and my father also said that the marriage will be good for the royal family." Zhu Qilan said hesitantly.
"It's no good. My father is old and dim-sighted and doesn't understand politics. Changming doesn't need to worry about him. I have my own ideas."
"Can… "
"No buts. The imperial power is stable and the Huangji Sect cannot cause any trouble."
"In that case, thank you very much, my royal brother." Zhu Qilan stared at his younger brother suspiciously, always feeling that something was wrong.
"Hahaha-"
Zhu Qiyou felt relieved when he heard the word "royal brother". He pointed at the rice paper with a smile and said, "Royal sister, please take a look at this painting of mys, the Cloud Peng Thousands of Miles Away. How good is it?"
"No, it looks like a chicken scratching its head."
"Well said."
Zhu Qiyou nodded in agreement and wrote down his name: "A chicken is just a chicken. It can never become a roc when it flies, let alone climb up to the phoenix in the sky!"
"No, the shape of a chicken's paw refers to the emperor's painting skills."
"Royal sister... uh, still so... so humorous."
…
Zhu Qilan left the Imperial Garden and headed straight towards Zhaotai Garden.
When facing his mother, he naturally couldn't have the same attitude as when facing Zhu Qiyu. In order to calm the empress dowager's chattering, he pulled Lu Bei in as a shield and was quite tactful in his answers.
"Just barely passable, average cultivation..."
"I don't have any advantages, I'm just an honest person."
"We are still young, we will consider it in a few years..."
"Changming has his own ideas. He is very obedient and dares not to have any opinions."
"… "
As for Zhu Qiyu, after watching his sister leave, he could no longer suppress the smile on his face. He patted the old eunuch's shoulder happily, showing his back teeth to him.
"Draft an imperial decree. Ningzhou Lu Bei is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and has made many outstanding achievements. I am very pleased. I will grant you a golden belt, an imperial sword, and a reward of 10,000 taels of silver, and appoint you as the Purple Guard of the Xuanyin Division."
"One more thing, the princess is alone outside, so it is inevitable that she will attract many admirers. I ask Lord Lu to help her. If you have free time, please visit Changming Mansion often."
After these two sentences, it was confirmed that Lu Bei was "one of us".
Based on Zhu Qiyu's understanding of his sister's tough character, once this decree was passed on, even if Lu Bei was eloquent, he would not be able to win the heart of the sister because of his impure motives.
The situation is set!!
“Wonderful!”
Zhu Qiyou became more and more proud as he thought about it, and continued, "Also, frame this painting of the flying roc and send it to Ningzhou along with the imperial decree to show my expectations for Lord Lu."