Chapter 372: The former emperor?
Jiang Shouzhong had a profound understanding of the capricious side of this woman, and suddenly became angry again, as if she had reached menopause.
“No one likes you like this.”
Jiang Shouzhong patted his clothes, stood up and said with a smile.
Xiao Lingqiu's eyebrows were slightly raised, and her tone was a bit irritated: "I don't need others to like me, and I don't care about others liking me!"
"As long as you like it."
Jiang Shouzhong didn't want to argue with the woman, so he poured out the potion in the basin, poured some hot water into the tub, pulled up the screen, took off his clothes and started taking a bath. .
Xiao Lingqiu stared at the vague figure behind the screen, slowly put the embroidered shoes on her slender feet, lowered her head and continued to draw a list on the paper.
After a moment, she raised her beautiful face again, her lips opening several times.
But every time the words are about to blurt out, they seem to be blocked by the screen, and the unfinished words in my heart are swallowed back again, with hesitation and struggle in my eyes.
The sound of water was rushing...
A screen seemed to isolate the two of them into a different world.
The woman bit her lower lip gently, with a hint of complicated emotions between her brows. In the end, she chose silence, lowered her head and continued writing.
But her irritable heart could not allow her to concentrate on doing things anymore.
"I...am I really not lovable?"
After a while, a confused and slightly aggrieved voice sounded.
Xiao Lingqiu's bright eyes tried to capture the outline of the person behind him through the gaps in the screen.
Perhaps it was because her voice was too subtle, or perhaps the sound of water flowing when Jiang Shouzhong was bathing covered everything up, so there was no response from the other side.
Xiao Lingqiu looked gloomy, just lost in thought.
“Sometimes it’s very likable.”
The man suddenly spoke abruptly, "Just like today when you were directing the war, you were very charming."
Xiao Lingqiu was stunned, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled up into a smile.
“You haven’t met the best of me.”
The woman said.
This was the second time she said this, but her mood was completely different.
The first time is pride.
Because she believed that her most charming moment was when she was the queen mother of a country and ruled half of the world.
She was the best at that time.
The second time is looking forward to it.
She suddenly looked forward to the moment when Jiang Shouzhong learned her true identity.
But fantasy is fantasy, but from a practical and rational point of view, she doesn't want to tell the man her true identity. After all, this involves Miaomiao and... the subtle emotions she doesn't want to admit.
After Jiang Shouzhong took a bath, he replaced the woman with a bucket of hot water: "Go to rest early."
"Yes."
Xiao Lingqiu gently folded the table list.
Jiang Shouzhong couldn't help but asked curiously: "What are you doing with these?"
Xiao Lingqiu said casually: "There is a brand new and chaotic chessboard here. Everyone wants to master more chess pieces to get a share of the pie. So I want to try and see if I can steal a few chess pieces to make it easier for the Queen Mother in the future. Things."
"You are so loyal to the Queen Mother," Jiang Shouzhong complained.
Xiao Lingqiu tilted her head and thought for a moment, stared at Jiang Shouzhong seriously, and said word by word: "Because the Queen Mother is the only wise king who can make all the people in the world happy."
Jiang Shouzhong laughed it off. .
The man's tiny expression made Xiao Lingqiu very dissatisfied: "You don't believe it?"
"No, I believe it." Jiang Shouzhong said quickly.
Afraid that this loyal servant would get angry again for no reason, Jiang Shouzhong said seriously: "Your Queen Mother is definitely the most wise monarch in the history, unprecedented and unprecedented."
"You are the one. I don’t believe it!”
Xiao Lingqiu was a little angry.
This angry look is like a little girl losing her temper when she is not recognized.
This woman was anxious again... Jiang Shouzhong felt helpless in his heart and said bluntly:
"I believe that your Queen Mother can be a wise king, but she can make all the people in the world happy. I don't believe that. It can be said that no king since ancient times can achieve it. Can you be sure that the happiness you imagine and the happiness they want is really happiness? Can you live a good life? Can you take care of everyone's interests fairly and fairly?"
"I..."
"People are selfish."
Jiang Shouzhong walked up to the woman, gently brushed her hair from her forehead, and sighed,
"I'm not denying your Queen Mother's ability, nor am I mocking her ideals. But, how does reality change? , she knows better than anyone how difficult and unrealistic it is."
Xiao Lingqiu's thick, curved eyelashes blinked several times and slowly lowered, covering the dim light in her eyes.
Yes, she does know better than anyone else.
She is trying to transform a new world, eradicate all these old bad habits, and create an ideal paradise world where everyone can be happy.
But this is just a fantasy.
Even if she unifies the world by then, the world will not change anything.
Prosperity, the people suffer. If they die, the people will suffer.
How can everyone be happy?
Perhaps on a deeper level, what she told Jiang Shouzhong was just to cover up her desire for power.
She didn't want men to think that the Queen Mother Yanrong was an ambitious female politician.
Such a woman is not lovable at all.
"Okay, go take a bath quickly, the water is getting cold." Jiang Shouzhong patted the woman's shoulder, interrupting the woman's chaotic thoughts.
Xiao Lingqiu silently took a shower and slept on the bed.
Lying on the bed, Jiang Shouzhong imitated what the other party had done before, gently swiping his palms on the bed between the two of them, trying to establish a boundary.
However, before he could complete this action, Xiao Lingqiu got into his arms.
Familiar and docile like a kitten.
Jiang Shouzhong froze slightly.
The woman's wet and fragrant hair sticks to the man's bare chest, feeling ice cold.
Jiang Shouzhong was lost for a moment and gently hugged the woman. "Don't touch me."
The next moment, the woman's dull warning sounded.
Jiang Shouzhong touched his nose and had to move his hand away.
Xiao Lingqiu leaned into the other man's arms, and her hot breath sprayed on the man's chest, tickling him, and said softly: "Jiang Mo, I don't like you at all, really."
——
The capital city of Dazhou is still in danger of war.
Although the elite pro-army troops under the command of Crown Prince Zhou Min repeatedly attacked the city, with wars raging from the sky and arrows falling like rain, Zhou Zhong, as the new emperor, was not incompetent.
Not only did he firmly defend the capital, he even occasionally sent out surprise troops to counterattack, catching the enemy by surprise.
So the capital is still at peace now.
It's night, and the lights in Prince Zhen's palace are brightly lit.
When Nightingale heard the information brought by Zhuge Xuanji, her autumn-like eyes suddenly widened with astonishment on her face: "What? Brother Jiang disappeared in Zhenxuan Mountain!?"
"Yes, Missing.”
Zhuge Xuanji nodded slightly.
Nightingale suddenly became furious, her brows filled with disbelief and dissatisfaction: "Are you kidding? Didn't he go to Zhenxuan Mountain to get the Daomen River Map? Why did he disappear?"
< br>Zhuge Xuanji stroked his long beard and frowned:
"I didn't expect such a change. It stands to reason that as long as he successfully passes the Daozu test, he can get the Daomen River Map. But who knew that this guy would disappear after entering the Daozu tomb.
Now The people from Zhenxuan Mountain have searched almost the entire mountain, and there is not even a trace of Dugu Luoxue. This kid seems to have disappeared out of thin air. It's really strange."
"He. Where have you gone?" Nightingale looked ugly.
Zhuge Xuanji spread his hands: "Didn't I tell you, this kid disappeared out of thin air, and I don't know about it."
"Don't know?"
Nightingale rushed forward aggressively and grabbed the opponent's long beard, with an angry look on his face, "Then quickly figure out where Brother Jiang is!?"
Zhuge Xuanji screamed in pain: "Girl, you are so stupid Are you going to bully your master and destroy your ancestors?”
“I don’t care, find him for me!”
Nightingale said fiercely.
Zhuge Xuanji finally broke free, rubbed his sore chin and said helplessly:
"Can this be calculated? Your master is a charlatan, and you girl is not ignorant. Although you usually calculate the hexagrams very accurately, in fact, you just learned a lot of information that others don't know, and calculated it. .
But girl, don’t you know that guy Jiang Shouzhong? This guy is so lucky that nothing will happen to him.”
Nighting raised her eyebrows: “No, little brother Jiang. , what will happen to our plan next?"
Zhuge Xuanji sat on the chair slowly, picked up a pear and took a bite and said:
"Let's proceed according to our original plan. , You girl, you don’t know what you’re doing wrong, you insist on letting this kid Jiang Shouzhong be the emperor. You see, he is nothing but an emperor..."
Seeing his apprentice staring at him coldly, Zhuge Xuanji quickly swallowed the words he was about to complain about Jiang Shouzhong, and said with a smile:
"In short, you listened to the master right, you should be the new queen of this continent, and then it's completed You fulfilled your mother's last wish, right?"
Nightingale sneered: "My mother will not seek the throne. You once said that our Mo family is a descendant of the previous dynasty's Dragon Guard clan. Who knew you were? It’s not made up.”
Zhuge Xuanji smiled and said nothing.
Seeing his apprentice still sulking with a pretty face, Zhuge Xuanji had no choice but to patiently explain:
"Girl, there are many things that I can't tell you too much, just because I am also caught in a confusing situation. Among the hundreds of scholars, the Moh family is the only one left in Pingyang Moh family. And the Moh family is indeed the protector of the former dynasty. The dragon clan specializes in protecting the emperor.
Why did the imperial court massacre your entire Mo family? I really thought it was because I said a prophecy that "the Mo family in Pingyang has the art of slaying dragons" scared the emperor into killing all your family members. ?
Do you really think that you are going to such great lengths to suppress the snake demon named Mengniang?
Hey, although Zhou Chang does things to extremes sometimes, if it is not enough to threaten him, , he never paid attention to it.
Because your mother, Mo Ruye, is secretly looking for the descendants of the previous royal family. Because your Mo family does possess the rumored dragon-slaying technique, that's why Zhou Chang is afraid. Already..."
Nightingale slapped the pear out of the opponent's hand and said coldly: "But you liar once said that the orthodox line of the previous royal family has become extinct."
"It is indeed true."
Faced with his apprentice's rudeness, Zhuge Xuanji was not angry. He picked up a pear from the ground and wiped it with his sleeve. He continued to take a bite, nodded and said,
"The last emperor of the previous dynasty, There are no heirs left. Then the human emperor's true lineage is gone."
Nightingale stared at the old man with a look that wanted to strangle him: "In this case, what is my mother looking for? ? I think you are deliberately lying to me and making it up."
Nightingale, who was a little out of control because of Jiang Shouzhong's disappearance, spoke in an increasingly aggressive tone.
Zhuge Xuanji sighed: "I am sure that the last emperor of the previous dynasty had no heirs, but your mother seemed to have heard some rumors, so she went to look for it."
Nightingale was silent for a moment, Said: "To be honest, even if what you said is true, I still can't understand the meaning of my mother doing this and what she is thinking.
Two hundred and thirty years have passed since the establishment of Dazhou. In the past five years, it has experienced prosperity, decline, and resurgence, and now it is falling apart... But no matter what, it has completely replaced the previous dynasty.
Even if my mother finds the descendants of the previous dynasty's royal family, now. How many people still remember the existence of the previous dynasty, and how many are willing to support and be loyal? It’s just a joke.”
Zhuge Xuanji laughed: "Girl, the rise of any dynasty needs to win the hearts and minds of the people again, rather than relying on old feelings.
Whether it is the common people or the nobles, as long as most of them are satisfied, This dynasty is now stable. As for your mother, it is just for the mission of the family. She does not have much ambition. This is her fate and your fate.
As for whether the previous dynasty can be resurrected. , it only depends on whether the new Human Emperor who is assisting him has the ability and luck. Of course, he must also have that mysterious and mysterious luck.
Before I became the master, I agreed that you would take Jiang Shouzhong as the new Human Emperor. After years of searching, the descendant of the former royal family is indeed gone. Secondly, that boy is Haotian's lucky son.
Thirdly, I can't resist your temper. He is a descendant of the Dragon Guard clan, no one can care who you want to assist.”
Having said this, Zhuge Xuanji looked disappointed.
He continued: "Of course, from the perspective of selfishness as a teacher, since the descendants of the previous royal family are gone, it doesn't matter if the Dragon Guard clan becomes emperor. Besides, the founding emperor of the previous dynasty once said to your Mohist ancestors, If the emperor is stupid and incompetent, he can replace him..."
"I don't believe your nonsense!"
Nightingale rolled her eyes, "If that's true, the last emperor of the previous dynasty was like that. You are stupid and unscrupulous, and you have made people angry because of a vixen. Why didn’t we, the dragon-protecting clan, replace him?”
Hearing this, Zhuge Xuanji’s expression showed a hint of complexity, and he laughed at himself:
"Only God knows whether the last emperor is faint or not. After all, since ancient times, winners have liked to use the Spring and Autumn style of writing."
The Nightingale muttered: "No matter how much the Spring and Autumn style of writing is, it can't change the king who has perished. "
Zhuge Xuanji smiled and did not argue with Nightingale on this issue. He asked instead:
"Have you found the secret vault in the palace?"
< br>Nightingale nodded: "I found it, but only the outer door was opened, and there is nothing like what you said. The inner door has a dragon vein lock. The old man from Qintian Prison promised me that I can open it in ten days at most, but he didn't Do you know if this old guy is lying? ”
Zhu Ge Cooperate with us.
The Confucian sage chose Zhou Zhong out of necessity, but he had his own considerations.
As for the military sage Yu Wenlie, it was also because of him. More loyal to Zhou Chang."
"Queen Luo Wanqing also left the capital."
Nightingale suddenly said.
Zhuge Xuanji's eyes flashed: "This woman will not keep filial piety to her husband. Now she probably wants to find Jiang Shouzhong and continue to hunt down her father's ghost."
(This chapter End)