"This..." Zhao Zijin was startled. He knew better than anyone else that his son was a man with a sharp mouth, and he was also very timid. If he was sent to the south, let's not say whether he could take him with him.
Bing, I guess if any small country in the south harasses him, he will be scared to death.
The King of Heiqing chuckled, stepped down from the dragon throne, approached the two of them, reached out and patted Zhao Zijin on the shoulder, and said: "Zi Jin, you said that the qualifications of Prince Shanhe are not as good as those of Prince Ling. I'm afraid you are biased. The mother of Prince Shanhe is
She is my biological sister, and his biological father is also a member of the Wan family, a prominent noble in Blackwater City. His status should be higher than that of Prince Ling, right?"
Zhao Zijin: "Your Majesty, this..."
Lord Heiqing stretched out his hand to signal you to listen to what I have to say.
"And you said that Prince Ling has outstanding military achievements. I don't deny this, but how did I hear that he has been cultivating his own army in the south?"
Lord Heiqing said these words very softly, but his tone was very cold. When Zhao Zijin heard this, he was so frightened that he knelt down and shook his head like a rattle: "Old minister, I don't know this..."
The King of Heiqing patted him on the shoulder again and said: "It doesn't matter whether you know it or not. Prince Ling is a talent. I hope he will assist the Crown Prince in the future..." After that, the King of Heiqing turned around and returned to the Dragon Seat.
, after sitting down, he looked at Ma Xiaoquan and asked, "Shanhe, what do you think?"
Ma Xiaoquan was neither humble nor arrogant. He took a step forward and said with cupped hands: "Your Majesty, although Shanhe has no military exploits, Shanhe has also been to the United Unity before, and he also asked the Vulcan Empress of the United Unity to help cure smallpox. There must be this connection.
, Unity and unification should not exclude Shanhe. Furthermore, the king just said that the prince will cultivate his own army in the south. Shanhe seems to have heard about this news... and Shanhe also heard that Zhao Zijin and the people in the court
Some adults have a good relationship with Prince Ling..."
When Zhao Zijin heard this, he became anxious and pointed at Ma Xiaoquan and said: "Prince Shanhe, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense." Several officials behind Zhao Zijin and his faction also agreed, and some even knelt down in public.
Please ask the King of Heiqing to punish Ma Xiaoquan for defamation.
Ma Xiaoquan grinned and said: "I'm afraid you have forgotten what I, Wan Shanhe, do in this court, right? Well, I'll say it again, and I, uh, I, Prince Shanhe, am the official responsible for managing intelligence.
As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. My lords, do you think I, Wan Shanhe, lied, or do I tell the truth?"
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, all the officials headed by Zhao Zijin knelt down and said loudly: "We are loyal to the Heiqing Kingdom and share the worries of the King. We have never had any different intentions. We hope that the King will learn from it."
The King of Heiqing glanced at Ma Xiaoquan and thought that Shanhe, this guy really has a lot of skills. He hummed and yelled at Ma Xiaoquan angrily: "Wan Shanhe, although you are in charge of intelligence, the intelligence is also false. Maybe it's because of the estrangement between the small southern countries."
As a provocation, you must not use chicken feathers as arrows, do you understand?"
Ma Xiaoquan knew that the King of Heiqing was singing a double act with him, so he handed over his hand and said: "Your Majesty, I too..."
"Back off~" Lord Heiqing shouted.
Zhao Zijin glanced at Ma Xiaoquan sideways, and was secretly happy in his heart, hum, you are a little prince of mountains and rivers, you want to fight with me, Zhao Zijin? You are too young, who is Prince Ling, but the son of the King of Yue, the next king?
Up, hum hum...
Yang Jie, the king of Heiqing, said: "Although Prince Ling is good, the north is dangerous. He is the only son of my brother, the King of Yue. If anything happens, I can't explain it to the King of Yue. Besides, Shanhe has been to Hongzhou before. Although Hongzhou has many ethnic groups,
, but the actual folk customs are simple and honest. If we had not suppressed excessively, the tribes in Hongzhou would not have been able to rebel one after another..."
Zhang Guangtai said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there are people in the court secretly tipping off Hongzhou... Recently we have lost several small battles with Wanshiguo, so there may be some
You are starting to find a home for yourself, right? Zhao Zijin, Master Zhao?"
Zhao Zijin rolled his eyes at Zhang Guangtai, raised his head and raised his hand to the King of Heiqing in a righteous voice: "I, Zhao Zijin, do things openly and aboveboard, and I hope that the king will learn from it."
Lord Heiqing nodded and said: "I see Zijin's loyalty in my eyes and keep it in my heart... Okay, I think this matter is settled, let Shanhe go, who of you will still
Have an opinion?"
The king has spoken, and even the ministers who objected have chosen to keep silent.
Although Zhao Zijin did not fight for the rights and interests of Prince Ling, in fact, he did not want Prince Ling to unite and unify. After all, Hongzhou was dangerous, and the King of Yue had already given instructions for Prince Ling to cultivate his army in the south with peace of mind. In time,
The king of Heiqing died, and the prince came back from the south to assist the king of Yue in ascending the throne. The prince was given a high and powerful position, and he naturally became the heir apparent.
...
Seeing that there were no more objections in the court, Lord Heiqing nodded and said: "Okay, then it's settled, Wanshanhe..."
Ma Xiaoquan came out of the queue and said respectfully: "I'm here~"
"From today on, as long as the United Union responds to the letter, you will immediately go to get married. You are also considered half of my royal family. You can choose the betrothal gift of your choice. In addition, I will also give you an army of two thousand people."
Ma Xiaoquan said respectfully: "Yes~"
...
After leaving the court, some officials came forward to congratulate Ma Xiaoquan. Although Ma Xiaoquan knew that most of them did not mean it sincerely, people came to congratulate them and could not deny their dignity. Ma Xiaoquan responded with a smile one by one.
When it was Zhao Zijin's turn, the old guy stepped forward with a smile and cupped his hands and said: "Prince Shanhe has a long way to go to get married this time. He has also gone there. He always remembers me and sends me some local specialties from the United Nations to try...
..."
"Haha, if Mr. Zhao has any questions, I will naturally send them to you. Please don't worry, Mr. Zhao."
After the two exchanged greetings, Ma Xiaoquan turned and left. Looking at his retreating figure, a follower walked up to Zhao Zijin and whispered: "Sir, allocate troops to Wanshanhe. The deployment is still..."
Zhao Zijin's originally smiling face suddenly turned gloomy. His eyes turned cold and he said: "I have discussed with the King of Yue earlier. Didn't Yang Jie want to allocate troops? Then allocate the most difficult-to-manage people to Wan Shanhe, hum.
Humph, when he makes a fool of himself, we can force Gong Yangjie and ask him to send Prince Ling. As long as Prince Ling takes his people to the United Alliance, and then recruits the forces of the United Alliance and the forces of Hongzhou, we can counterattack.
Blackwater City, captured in one fell swoop..."
The attendant nodded repeatedly: "Your Excellency is wise~"
"Hmph~~"
...
While waiting for the reply from United Unity, Ma Xiaoquan was not idle, because he had nominally become the quasi-consort of United Unity, so in the past few days, in addition to urging the palace to prepare betrothal gifts, his cabin also received a rare wave of news.
Another wave of guests.
That night, after dealing with the last wave of guests, Ma Xiaoquan lay down on the bed a little tired to rest and relax.
"Bang bang bang~" The door rang. Ma Xiaoquan really didn't want to entertain anymore, so he shouted: "I'm tired today, come back tomorrow~"
The other party seemed to be very persistent. Even though Ma Xiaoquan had stated that he would no longer have any visitors, the other party still knocked on the door, and the knocking got louder and louder.
Ma Xiaoquan stood up in frustration and had no choice but to step forward and open the door. When the door opened, he saw Wan Tianyang and Wan Yubo.
Each of the two men brought a bottle of wine. When they saw Ma Xiaoquan, they smiled and said, "I wanted to push the door open, but I thought you should open the door."
"Oh, you two, well, as soon as I saw the wine bottles in your hands, I knew I was going to get drunk tonight."
The two walked into the hut with smiles. After looking around for a while, Wan Yubo said: "Compared to Wanjia, the conditions here are indeed much worse..."
"Hey, it's not that bad actually. I just need to get some sleep."
Wan Tianyang put down the wine bottle, poured a glass for each of the three people, and said: "Then first, I would like to congratulate our heir apparent on becoming the prince consort of the United Nations, come and do it."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly, picked up the wine glass, and said, "It's already this time, and you're still teasing me."
Wan Tianyang raised his eyebrows and said: "What do you mean by running against you? It is said that the united Princess Ting is beautiful and she is still very young after living for more than a hundred years. Shanhe, if you are like others, maybe you won't be able to
Getting older."
"Go, go, talk nonsense, come on, do it, do it~"
After the three of them had a drink, they sat down and Wan Yubo said: "Brother Shanhe, we are going to unite to unify. I heard that you have been assigned an army of 2,000 people. I am afraid that you will be asked to conquer Hongzhou?"
"Haha, you all can see it. Yes, the king has this intention."
Wan Tianyang said: "It is said that the two thousand people assigned to you were managed by Zhao Zijin. They are all thorns in the mountains and rivers. What should you do?"
Ma Xiaoquan dragged his chin and said: "We can only take one step at a time, but thank you for reminding me so that I can be prepared to deal with it. Come on, let's not go home until we get drunk tonight."
"Okay, I won't go home until I'm drunk~~"
...
The next day, when Ma Xiaoquan got up dizzy, Wan Tianyang and Wan Yubo had already left. They left a note on the desk, telling Ma Xiaoquan that they had left long ago, and also ordered a package for Ma Xiaoquan to be delivered to his door.
Lunch.
Ma Xiaoquan rubbed his temples, picked up the time on the table and looked at it. Then he realized why they ordered lunch for him. It turned out that it was already noon.
"Bang bang bang..." The door rang, and Ma Xiaoquan said please come in, and saw a teenage girl walking in with a vegetable basket on her arm.
The little girl was a little nervous when she saw Ma Xiaoquan. She stopped without saying a word and said solemnly: "Sir, this is the lunch you asked for..."
