"No, my Ting'er is the most powerful~~ You are not alone. That Wan Shanhe, you can make good use of him..."
"Father~~"
Zhao Yuntai smiled and said: "Yang Jie sent Wan Shanhe to make peace with us. In fact, Wan Shanhe is just a chess piece. Even if he understands, he can't change the fate of the chess piece... Ting'er, so my father wants to
What I’m saying is, you shouldn’t love that Wan Shanhe. You can stop while you still just like him..."
Princess Ting smiled bitterly: "It seems that I am not completely in control of my destiny...Father, in fact, like Wan Shanhe, I am a pawn of you and Yang Jie, the king of Heiqing.
, isn’t it?”
Zhao Yuntai smiled bitterly and nodded: "Actually, we are all pawns of fate..."
...
Floating City, Ma Xiao's family.
"Hey, hey, prince, you can't cheat in this chess game, and you can't regret it, and you can't deliberately delay it. Hurry up~" Zhang Youcai fiddled with the chess pieces in his hand and urged Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan was sweating profusely and said: "I know, I know, please don't rush me, isn't that what I was thinking?"
Zhang Youcai smiled and said: "The prince's chess skills are not just mentioned by his subordinates, they are really too..."
Before Zhang Youcai finished speaking, Ma Xiaoquan roared, picked up a chess piece, and slammed it on the chessboard.
"General~"
Zhang Youcai was stunned, looked down, and said with a smile: "The prince is sure he wants to be a general?"
"Of course~" Ma Xiaoquan said confidently with his hands on his hips.
Zhang Youcai laughed, picked up a chess piece, and hit Ma Xiaoquan's "handsome" hard: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, you lost~"
"Ah?" Ma Xiaoquan looked down and saw that he had indeed lost.
"No, no, no, you've deceived me~"
"Hey, hey, hey, you can't say that. Playing chess is just like fighting. Soldiers never tire of deceit, okay? Bring it, bring it. As I said just now, you have to take it if you lose~"
Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips, reluctantly took out two gold beads and threw them to Zhang Youcai.
Zhang Youcai smiled and took the golden bead, raised his eyebrows and asked: "Your Majesty, do you still want to do it?"
"Hmph, you're not here anymore. In just a moment, you have won ten gold beads from me, no more~"
Zhang Youcai smiled and put away the chess pieces. He changed his playful expression and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the garrison is almost done~ With so many people, we can't let them sit idle~"
"Haha, I just wanted to tell you about this. I went to find Zhao Wenyi, and he has agreed to let us people be responsible for guarding the Fire Temple~ The Fire Temple is so big, there must be a guard~"
Zhang Youcai said: "No matter how big the Fire Temple is, it doesn't need two thousand people~"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "The garrison is so large that we can reclaim some farmland and let these two thousand people take turns to either farm or guard the Fire Temple. Of course, our garrison must also have guards. With such an allocation, maybe there are not enough people.
Here~"
Zhang Youcai nodded: "Okay, I understand, I will do it now~"
...
A few days later, inside the Fire Temple.
Li Qinghan put down the roster in his hand, raised his head with a frown and asked, "Does the Fire Temple need so many people?"
In front of Li Qinghan stood a man wearing the uniform of the Vulcan Cult. The man said respectfully: "To answer my question, judging from the current situation, we only need a lot more manpower. Because our Vulcan Cult has joined the
The religion is very strict, so many people often petition, and even do some extreme things. If these Black and Green soldiers were used, those who would petition casually would be stopped outside, and they wouldn't be able to say anything."
Li Qinghan said: "What you said doesn't sound like what you said to me? Has anyone taught you?"
The man shook his head: "Replying to your Majesty, no one taught me anything. I just told you the truth. Well, that Wan Shanhe is waiting outside the palace for your Majesty's summons. Madam, do you want him to come in?"
Li Qinghan was stunned for a moment, thinking that Ma Xiaoquan was actually waiting outside. Huh, if I am a subordinate, he must have taught me. You, a stinky man, are still such a scoundrel.
"Then go ahead and call some elders from the church..."
"Yes~"
...
Ma Xiaoquan walked into the hall and saw Li Qinghan from a distance. He was also very excited and had even been in love. As long as there was no one around, he would definitely go up and hug her.
But just as Ma Xiaoquan was thinking about it, several people also wearing Vulcan uniforms walked in, two men and two women.
Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and saw that the Vulcan Cult uniforms worn by these two men and two women were different from those of the people outside the door. Well, they seemed to be people with status. Unexpectedly, Qinghan was responsible for the Vulcan Cult.
So good.
"Haha, is this the Prince Consort?" A male elder walked up and greeted Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan also responded politely: "Wan Shanhe is here for the first time, so I hope the elders will take care of me. Well, the queen is still ahead, let's go together~"
...
The five people walked to the main seat of the main hall, and the four elders of the Vulcan Sect knelt down and called the empress safe. Ma Xiaoquan pursed his lips, feeling like he wanted to laugh.
Of course Li Qinghan knew that Ma Xiaoquan wanted to laugh, so she slapped the armrest of the chair with a "pop" sound. Ma Xiaoquan was not frightened, but the four elders were so frightened that they quickly shouted, "Mom, please calm down, I am wrong."
Ma Xiaoquan realized that he had gone too far, and quickly put away his smile, bowed to Li Qinghan and said: "Mother Wan'an, I am from..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Qinghan said angrily: "We have met in Wanshanhe, Heiqing Kingdom, and I cured your smallpox~ What are you doing here today?"
"Uh~~" Ma Xiaoquan lowered his head and stuck out his tongue, with a cold heart. It was really shameless.
"Your Majesty~" Ma Xiaoquan raised his head, "The main thing is to discuss with your Majesty. I will allocate some people to maintain law and order for the Vulcan Sect. What do you think your Majesty will do?"
Li Qinghan was very conflicted in her heart. She loved Ma Xiaoquan, but because she left without saying goodbye, she felt guilty about Ma Xiaoquan. In addition, her son was in the hands of Zhao Wenyi. She knew that if Zhao Wenyi knew that Ma Xiaoquan was here,
Then my son Feng'er's life would be in danger.
"Hmph~ What if I don't agree?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Mother, please don't reject me so quickly. According to my investigation, in recent days, many people from outside the Vulcan Sect have come, either wanting to join the religion or want to cure diseases. However, the Vulcan Sect has
It is not very casual to attract followers, so many people want to go through the back door, or even refuse to leave. I guess there must be many such people, right?"
Li Qinghan glanced at Ma Xiaoquan and thought to himself, you are a bad guy. You have learned everything about this matter within a few days of coming here.
"Keep talking~"
"Well, I also know that it seems that Zhao Wenyi made a request and said that he could help the queen to take care of it, but the queen doesn't seem to appreciate it, hehe~~"
Li Qinghan smiled slightly: "That's not necessarily true. What if I agree to Zhao Wenyi?"
"Ah? You agreed?" Ma Xiaoquan felt jealous and frowned, "How could you agree to him?"
Li Qinghan pursed his lips and almost laughed when he saw Ma Xiaoquan's jealous look.
"Why can't I agree to him? Wan Shanhe, my relationship with Zhao Wenyi is better than yours, right?"
"This..." Ma Xiaoquan was choked by Li Qinghan's words and was unable to respond.
Li Qinghan felt very proud, waved his hand, and changed the topic: "But it would be good to give you people from the Black and Green Kingdom a chance~ Zhao Wenyi's identity, I'm afraid it's not that convenient to help me..."
Ma Xiaoquan took a breath and nodded: "That's right, um, madam, oh no, madam, I have already thought of the plan~~Please take a look~" As he said that, Ma Xiaoquan took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and planned to go up directly
To Li Qinghan.
"Presumptuous~" A female elder stopped Ma Xiaoquan, took the paper from his hand, gave him a blank look, and then presented it to Li Qinghan respectfully.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and looked at Li Qinghan.
Li Qinghan seemed to be in a good mood. He took the paper and said without looking at it: "Then I agree~ You should do it as soon as possible~"
"Ah? You haven't seen it yet?"
Li Qinghan smiled slightly: "Do you need to see it?"
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head: "It seems...there is really no need..."
Li Qinghan nodded and said to the four elders sitting down: "Please take a look at this plan. Whether it is appropriate or not, you can decide~" After that, Li Qinghan stood up, glanced at Ma Xiaoquan, and then left.
.
"Hey... Your Majesty, what I said..." Before Ma Xiaoquan could finish speaking, a male elder grabbed him and said, "Prince-in-law, since Your Majesty has left this matter to me...
If you don’t want us, then let’s discuss it~”
"Uh, then~~Okay..."
...
After leaving the Fire Temple, Ma Xiaoquan was a little disappointed. Although he met Li Qinghan, the meeting was different from what he imagined. Li Qinghan seemed to have really let go of him.
"Hey~ It seems that I am too sentimental..."
At the door, Zhang Youcai was anxiously waiting for Ma Xiaoquan. When he saw him coming out, he quickly went up to him and asked, "Your Majesty, how is it? Has the Vulcan Empress agreed?"
Ma Xiaoquan glanced at Zhang Youcai, nodded and said, "I agree~"
"Really, that's great~ I knew that if the Crown Prince takes action, he must be the most powerful~ Crown Prince, you are so powerful~"
Ma Xiaoquan was not in the mood to listen to Zhang Youcai's flattery, so he sighed and turned away.
Zhang Youcai was stunned for a moment, looked at Ma Xiaoquan's disappearing back, and murmured: "Why did the prince become so obedient after he came out of the Fire Temple? Did something happen? No, I have to ask the prince, he