Chapter 358 Extra Story 02 Five Years

In the seventh year of Mingde, Xia.

On the second day of June, the emperor Chu Qi, who had just turned fifty-seven years old, made an official decree on the Longevity Day, expressing righteously that he would follow the example of Yao and Shun, the Zen prince Chu Yi.

On behalf of the ministers, Mu Sheng, the current chief assistant, respectfully asked the emperor to take back his order, and he also spoke in a high-sounding way to praise the emperor's hard work in governance, thinking that at the age of the emperor, he could wait until he was an octogenarian to consider the matter of abdication.

But the emperor responded firmly: My will is determined first, and it is difficult to obey the opinions of others.

All the ministers knelt down and shouted long live.

Three days later, the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian drew up three dates for the Zen throne ceremony for the emperor and the prince to choose.

In the end, the Zen ceremony was chosen to be in the golden autumn and October.

The news spread, and the whole country celebrated.

Not only the great scene, but also other countries in the Quartet also heard the good news, and all countries sent envoys to the capital to participate in the Zen ceremony on the first day of October.

Since mid-September, envoys from various countries have arrived in the capital one after another, and the excited citizens of the capital spontaneously ran to the gate of the city to welcome these envoys. The capital has not been so lively for many years.

On this day, a lot of people gathered at the gate of the city, crowded and bustling, and noisy voices everywhere:

"Brother, why are there so many people today?"

"Don't you know? An envoy from South Vietnam is here today!"

"What's so rare about the South Vietnamese envoys?! It's not that the South Vietnamese envoys have never been to the capital before!"

"It's different this time! I heard that the person who came this time is the regent of South Vietnam!"

"Is that the regent and lord of the Tianyuan Division, Xia Houqing?"

"I heard that even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will come to welcome the Regent of the Yue Kingdom in person today."

"..."

As soon as the regent of South Vietnam was mentioned, the crowd near the city gate suddenly boiled up.

The regent of South Vietnam, Xia Houqing, was a legend.

Back then, when the sage Bailihong in the front of Nanyue was in power, Xia Houqing held the Tianyuan Division in his hand, and his power had already spread across the country, with one person under ten thousand.

Five years ago, when Bai Lihong was seriously ill, Xia Houqing was ordered to supervise the country, and the crown prince Bai Lizhao was emptied by Xia Houqing. Since then, Bai Lihong couldn't get sick and died within a year.

After that, Xia Houqing drafted an edict to abolish the prince Baili Zhao on the grounds that the prince was not filial or virtuous, and replaced the sixteenth prince Baili Wu of the Yue Kingdom who was only three months old at that time to succeed him. The regent king of the Han Dynasty took the emperor to order the princes, and completely controlled the power of Yue.

Xia Houqing's prestige has also spread to Dajing, and Xia Houqing's shadow is found in many dramas.

"Come, come, the envoy team from South Vietnam is here!"

Excited shouts came one after another like waves from outside the south city gate.

The eyes of the people on the street were all shining, and they stretched their necks curiously and looked towards the city gate.

After a while, the sound of rumbling horseshoes came from outside the city gate, getting louder and louder.

Before the people arrive, the flowers arrive first.

In the gentle autumn wind, pieces of bright red petals were blown over by the wind, and fell like a celestial maiden scattered flowers, as if there was a rain of petals.

There were bursts of exclamations from the mouths of the people watching the excitement on the side of the road, one after another.

Outside the city, hundreds of steeds galloped towards this side at a leisurely pace, and the leader was a young man in red clothes who was so beautiful that he didn't look like a real person.

The young man was dressed in a red dress like fire, with a red jade hairpin inserted in his half bun and half draped hair, which looked gorgeous, and he had a dangerous and strange aura lingering around him.

The bright red shirt of unknown material was shining brightly in the sun, and when the wind blew, the clothes danced gently, leaving ripples like water patterns.

Behind the young man was a group of bodyguards in black clothes and light armor riding black horses. Several of the bodyguards in black clothes were holding a flower basket in their hands, and scattered big red petals in the air, paved the street with flowers. A carpet of petals.

There was a strong fragrance of flowers in the air, and the golden bells rang crisply and melodiously.

At the end of the line were several gorgeous gold-painted and carved carriages. Under the sunlight, the carriages shone golden and extravagant.

The people all looked at Xia Houqing in red in amazement, and couldn't believe that this beautiful young man was the rumored fierce and ruthless South Vietnam regent.

Soon, another wave of orgasms hit the streets.

"It's His Royal Highness coming!"

"His Royal Highness has really come to welcome that envoy from Marquis Xia."

The people excitedly looked in the direction of the palace, and saw a handsome young man in an apricot-yellow python robe leading dozens of Luanyi guards riding towards the south gate.

The people shouted enthusiastically in unison: "His Royal Highness is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

Countless voices gathered together and resounded through the sky.

Chu Yi's horse stopped four or five feet away from Xia Houqing, and Xia Houqing looked at each other with a smile. The two arched their hands at each other, and then galloped side by side towards the palace.

The temperaments of the two young people are completely different. Chu Yi is elegant and noble, like a bright moon, like an intoxicating spring breeze; Xia Houqing is as coquettish and flamboyant as Namanzhushahua.

The two walked side by side, and the horse under their crotches galloped unhurriedly, leisurely.

All the welcoming people followed Chu Yi and Xia Houqing with their eyes, watching them drift away.

In the crowd, someone said dully: "Why do I feel that His Royal Highness and Nanyue, the Regent, seem to know each other?"

"Isn't this normal?" Another person next to him said loudly, "Our highness the Crown Prince has stayed in Yue for eight years. Isn't it a matter of course to know Xia Houqing?"

"Then Jing and Yue will no longer be at war, right?"

"..."

Amidst all kinds of speculation, Chu Yi and Xia Houqing rode their horses away, and their figures disappeared at the palace gate.

Chu Yi and Xia Houqing walked through Dajingmen, Chengtianmen and Wumen, dismounted at Taihemen and walked instead.

This is not the first time Xia Houqing has come to the capital, but it is the first time he has come to Dajing's palace.

The rising sun casts warm sunlight, and the surrounding palaces have red walls and yellow tiles, carved railings and painted buildings, cornices and corners, and the golden glazed tiles on the roof are shining, gorgeous and magnificent, with a sense of royal majesty and majesty.

Xia Houqing strolled forward leisurely in the courtyard, her bewitching phoenix eyes were deep and charming.

Dajing's palace was left over from the previous dynasty.

Fifty-seven years ago, after the Taizu Emperor Chu Jing established the Dajing Dynasty, he designated the capital as the capital of the country. Instead of building another palace, he directly used the Forbidden City from the previous dynasty.

His father and grandfather dreamed of returning to the Forbidden City.

They all felt that this place should belong to their Wei family.

"Ah--"

Xia Houqing's bewitching red lips showed a treacherous smile, she flicked her sleeves lightly, took out something from her wide cuffs, and threw it to Chu Yi beside her without hesitation...

"then!"

The fist-sized jade seal drew a curve in the air.

Chu Yi raised his hand to take the jade seal with a calm smile, without even moving the corners of his eyes or brows.

A few steps behind, Jing Shan, Xia Houqing's relative, watched this scene, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, this is the jade seal of the emperor of Yue Kingdom.

Xia Houqing said with a half-smile, "It's what you want."

As he spoke, he continued to walk forward, looking at the Jinluan Palace directly in front of him with deep eyes, and the strange smile on his face deepened again, "Chu Yi, you have kept the agreement, and I have also fulfilled mine." promise."

"But...whether you can get it or not depends on you."

"What are your plans?"

Xia Houqing casually raised her hand and brushed off a petal floating on her shoulder, and straightened the cuff embroidered with dark patterns.

What he said just now seemed to imply that he would not help Chu Yi.

Chu Yi casually played with the Chihu Niu Yuxi. This casual movement was done by him, elegant and free.

With such a jade seal alone, it is of course impossible to say that Chu Yi has won Dayue. This thing is just a symbol, representing Xia Houqing's attitude.

Chu Yi curled his lips into a smile, and only spit out a few words lightly: "One force will drop ten meetings."

The five words are extremely domineering.

Xia Houqing was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing, her smile was enchanting, crazy and reckless, the big red dress fluttered in the wind, like a raging fire.

"Crack! Crack!"

He lightly clapped his hands happily, and couldn't stop laughing for a long time, with a sense of gloating in his smile.

"I don't know if those people in the Yue Kingdom who thought that Young Master Yi was pure in mind and sent back to the country would cause civil strife in Dajing and the imperial family of Dajing, and then the Yue Kingdom would be able to take Dajing with the opportunity, are they blind... "Xia Houqing seems to be praising Chu Yi, but also seems to be hurting Chu Yi.

"It's easy to talk about." Chu Yi smiled, smiling like a spring breeze, and only took these as Xia Houqing's compliments to him.

While talking, the two arrived outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

It's really boring. Xia Houqing twitched her lips, thinking: This young master Yi has so many eyes.

The two came to sit down in the Xipei Hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and immediately a servant served drinks for them.

But Xia Houqing just glanced at the jug in disgust.

Jing Shan naturally knew his master, and quickly took out his own wine from the food box, filled half a glass of wine in a luminous cup, and offered it to Xia Houqing with both hands.

Xia Houqing shook the luminous cup, the aroma of the wine was overflowing, she raised her lips and smiled, and asked meaningfully: "I gave you the 'thing', when do you plan to use it?"

Chu Yi understood that the other party was asking him when he planned to take over the Yue Kingdom, and said with a smile: "That depends on when Lord Xiahou returns to the Yue Kingdom."

"Together?" Xia Houqing raised her eyebrows lightly, as if asking casually, but also with a bit of provocation.

Chu Yi nodded calmly.

Xia Houqing smiled again, with slight ripples in her gloomy eyes, and said deliberately: "Leave as soon as you ascend the throne, you are not afraid that someone will take advantage of your absence..."

It is impossible for Xia Houqing to stay in Dajing for a long time. He plans to leave the capital and return to Yue after the Zen ceremony on the first day of October.

"What about you?" Chu Yi asked lightly.

What he meant was that Xia Houqing also left the Yue Kingdom and came to the great scene. Isn't Xia Houqing afraid that after he leaves the Yue Kingdom, there will be some changes in the court of the Yue Kingdom?

The eyes of the two met each other quietly.

As soon as the wind blew, the two laughed lightly at the same time.

They all understood each other's meaning, if they walked away for a few days and the whole court could be turned upside down, it meant that they were incompetent.

It took Chu Yi five full years to completely control the scene in his hands. Now he is confident enough that even if he leaves for a while, the court will not be in chaos.

"Have a drink?" Chu Yi slowly picked up the jug on the table, and personally poured Xia Houqing a glass of Pear Blossom White, the wine was fragrant and clear.

Xia Houqing frowned slightly, with a disgusted expression on her face, she stared at the glass of Pear Blossom White for a long time.

Finally, he put down the half glass of wine in his hand and picked up the glass of Lihuabai.

He sniffed the aroma of the wine, raised his glass to Chu Yi as a gesture of toast, then raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp.

Chu Yi drank the wine in the glass unhurriedly, and then refilled himself.

Amidst the sound of pouring wine, the servant's salute sounded outside: "Prince Princess."

"Meow!"

At the same time, there was a soft cat meow.

Xia Houqing had just picked up the glass of wine again, and her hands couldn't help shaking.

A little wine spilled from the glass, and a few drops of red wine splashed on the back of his hand.

The fair skin contrasted sharply with the red liquor.

Xia Houqing frowned, took out a plain white handkerchief, and slowly wiped the back of his hand and fingers, wiping every finger clean, then he took the wine-stained handkerchief casually Throw it aside.

The door curtain was lifted from the outside, and Gu Yanfei strolled in leisurely holding a long-haired three-colored cat.

Gu Yanfei is already in his twenties, with a slender and graceful figure, two inches taller than five years ago.

Today she was wearing a lilac-colored thin silk beige embroidered with hibiscus flowers all over the place. It was lined with a frosty white jacket with a small vertical collar, and a blue lotus-colored thread-stitched long skirt underneath.

A golden phoenix inlaid with southern beads was inserted between her fluffy buns. When she walked, a string of tassels spit out by the golden phoenix swayed gently.

The Sanhua cat in her arms is no longer a milk cat, it has doubled in size, and its fur is as shiny, soft and smooth as before.

"Lord Xiahou, long time no see." Gu Yanfei smiled slightly, his brows and eyes curved like crescent moons, and his smile was pleasant.

They also haven't seen each other for five years.

But from Xia Houqing's point of view, every time he meets Gu Yanfei, nothing good seems to happen.

"Long time no see." Xia Houqing glanced lazily at Gu Yanfei, feeling that this woman would not be gentle and virtuous even if she married a woman.

"Meow, meow, meow~~"

Why haven't you come to play with cats for so many years!

Qingguang still knew Xia Houqing, and remembered that this human being and his subordinates took good care of it, so he happily flew towards Xia Houqing's embrace.

The cat jumped up, its fluffy and soft body stretched out in mid-air, its posture was extremely beautiful.

But when Xia Houqing raised her hand, her big sleeve flew up, and her right hand grabbed the back of the cat's neck, holding the cat.

Qingguang's four fleshy claws instantly exploded into a plum blossom shape in mid-air, with hook-like sharp claws sticking out.

"Get out!" Xia Houqing threw the cat out in disgust, her eyes seemed to say, it's so dirty.

The cat adjusted its posture in mid-air and landed lightly on the ground.

Jing Shan looked at the cat eagerly from the side, and felt that the cat was so beautiful, as before... no, it was even more beautiful than before!

"Meow!" Qingguang never gave up lightly, and rushed towards Xia Houqing persistently, her emerald green cat eyes sparkling.

That red headband with the gold wire in the human hair is so pretty!

Qingguang briskly jumped onto the tea table next to Xia Houqing, and rubbed his fluffy head affectionately against his sleeves, leaving strands of cat hair on his sleeves, and on the big red shirt. Especially eye-catching.

Qingguang squinted his eyes happily, and let out a "meow, meow" sound from his mouth, his voice was soft and waxy as before.

Come play with the cat!

"..." Xia Houqing looked at the cat with a blank expression on her face, her eyelashes were half down, and her eyes gradually became gentle.

"Meow meow meow~~"

"Meow meow meow~~"

The cat meowing sounded one after another in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, drifting away with the autumn wind...

(End of episode 02)

See you tomorrow~

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