Zhou Jinghuan stared at the injuries on Zhao Cheng's body and said in a daze: "You're so crazy for being so cruel to yourself!"
Mu Shanyue still didn't believe it, so he reached out and touched Zhao Cheng's upper body, and asked: "There are so many martial arts in the world, why do you have to practice this kind of... weird one?"
Zhao Cheng said seriously: "I, Zhao Cheng, don't practice martial arts. Once I decide to practice, I have to be unique! After all, there are very few people who practice this kind of martial arts. In time, I may not be able to become a master of Seven Injury Fist!"
"It's good to be ambitious..." Mu Shanyue thought for a moment and asked: "Since it was not Zhou Jinghuan's fault, do you really agree with this marriage?"
Zhao Cheng picked up the clothes and put them on, and said: "Yes, Mr. Mu, let's talk about it. The marriage between Dajing and Southern Zhou Dynasty will bring more benefits than disadvantages to Dajing at present."
Mu Shanyue looked disappointed, shook his head and walked towards Yuan Xiu, saying: "Your Majesty, look..."
Mu Shanyue did not say any more because he saw Yuan Xiu's body shaking.
In addition to his body shaking, Yuan Xiu also pursed his lips, rolled his eyes upward, and looked very uncomfortable on his face.
Mu Shanyue suddenly realized that His Majesty was not shaking because of fear or illness, but because...
Shaking with laughter!!
Mu Shanyue had been involved in officialdom all his life, but suddenly he couldn't understand it.
You are obviously the emperor and you are reluctant to let your sister marry abroad. Now Zhou Jinghuan is forcing you and Zhao Cheng is agreeing. Your Majesty, you should be angry and furious. Why are you shaking?
What is so funny?!
How did Mu Shanyue know that when Zhao Cheng took off his shirt and said that he was practicing the Seven Injuries Boxing, Yuan Xiu couldn't hold it in any longer.
If he were in the Imperial Study Room, his laughter at this moment might have lifted the roof, but there were so many people now, so he felt happy to smile openly, but he was afraid of being misunderstood as something else.
But this is uncomfortable...
My intestines are almost suffocated!
Wei You understood the reason and knew how uncomfortable the emperor was at this time, so he quickly said: "Your Majesty, are you feeling unwell?"
Yuan Xiu nodded quickly.
Wei You immediately said cleverly: "Your Majesty has a stomachache and wants to show his respects!"
Hearing this, all the people who came out of the queue retreated and lowered their heads, as if something big was about to happen.
In an atmosphere of collective 'silence', Wei You and Lu Lu helped Yuan Xiu walk to Yongshou Palace.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha--"
After Yuan Xiu entered Yongshou Palace, laughter seemed to be faintly heard in the nearby area.
Zhao Wudao: "The emperor is so happy when he poops!"
Zhao Cheng: "..."
Probably deliberately to avoid the marriage, Yuan Xiu stayed out for a long time this time. When he came back, it was already afternoon. Half of the people were already drunk and the atmosphere was as bad as yesterday.
Yuan Xiu didn't give Zhou Jinghuan a chance to speak, so he spoke first after arriving: "You guys have opened my eyes these past two days!"
"First, Zhou Nuo's two-hundred-step arrow pierced the copper heart, then Zhou Chuan and Chen Chong broke through the star observatory with one sword, and today I saw Zhao Cheng's Seven Injury Fist. Even I have the desire to practice martial arts.
Got it!"
Chen Changyun immediately flattered him and said, "If your majesty practices martial arts, he will definitely be a master!"
Yuan Xiu sat down on the dragon chair, waved his hands and said: "There are so many talents. Although I don't practice martial arts, I also know that the level of achievement in martial arts depends on hard work."
"I yearn for this world very much, and I also value people who practice martial arts. Therefore, I thought about it all night last night and decided to hold martial arts competitions after the state banquet!"
With that said, Yuan Xiu looked at the Zhou Chuan brothers and sisters, then at Chen Chong, and said: "There is no nationality restriction for the Jingguo military examination. Anyone who is willing to serve the Dajing, as long as he has real ability, I will grant him a high official position and a generous salary!"
Hearing this, everyone was shocked.
Especially the faces of the civil servants darkened.
Martial arts competition!
Like the imperial examination, open selection of talents for the people is indeed a good thing for the country. But in this way, the civil and military structure of the DPRK and China will change.
Civil servants are all speculating that Yuan Xiu's move is to start to improve the status of military attachés.
Everyone has a different identity and has a different attitude toward martial arts.
In Zhou Jinghuan's eyes, this was undoubtedly a bad signal. Just after Dajing's victory in the Northern Expedition, Yuan Xiu had tasted the sweetness of the war and wanted to vigorously develop the military.
Now that Dajing has no worries in the north, why is it still vigorously developing its military?
Aren't you just here for Southern Zhou?
In this case, the marriage is probably going to be a dirty deal.
The martial arts examination was like this in the eyes of civil servants and Zhou Jinghuan, but it had another meaning in the eyes of the people who recruited the Zhou Chuan brothers and sisters last night.
Yongshou Palace is the emperor's home court, and the palace is full of people. There is almost no blind spot for the emperor.
The emperor must know what they did last night.
But they were not worried, because even if they recruited the Zhou Chuan brothers and sisters, they were apparently asking them to serve the country, and the emperor would not be able to say anything.
But they seem to have overlooked one issue. They all want to recruit the Zhou Chuan brothers and sisters. Doesn’t the emperor not want to?
Since we are all serving the imperial court, it is better to stay with you than with me!
But now that the martial arts competitions are coming out, and all the masters want to rise to the top, they just need to behave and participate in the martial arts competitions.
At this time, if the powerful and powerful try to recruit them arbitrarily, it will affect national policy.
Wen Hu and Wen Tai looked at each other, thinking that the emperor had made a cruel move!
Yesterday Wenhu also told Zhou Chuan that Zhou Chuan wanted to find a force to rely on, and there was no one in the field who was tougher and more promising than the Mushan sect.
But now?
You can rise to great heights through martial arts. The emperor used his method to tell the masters in the world that I am the thickest thigh!
Zhao Cheng couldn't help but nodded and said: "Make good use of national policies, your Majesty's move is powerful."
He suddenly thought of something, immediately turned his head, looked at Zhou Chuan from a distance, and nodded slightly.
The next moment, just as Zhao Cheng expected, Yuan Xiu looked at Zhou Chuan and said: "Dajing's martial arts event, Master Zhou must not let me down."
Zhou Chuan stepped out and said: "Grassmen will participate."
Yuan Xiu nodded and said: "You and your sister have served the country well, so you can skip the preliminary examination directly!"
"yes!"
Seeing this, those who had the intention of recruiting the Zhou Chuan brothers and sisters sighed secretly, now it was completely hopeless.
After the martial arts competition was announced, Zhou Jinghuan jumped out again and said loudly: "Emperor Jing, on behalf of Southern Zhou Dynasty, I am uniting with Dajing..."
"Okay, okay!! I got it!!!"
Yuan Xiu interrupted Zhou Jinghuan, his temper became much better, he seemed tired, and said patiently: "Both the prince and I know that I only have a biological sister, the eldest princess, so it is normal for me to be reluctant to part with her. But in all fairness, there is peace between the two countries.
The people living and working in peace and contentment are much more important than the pain of separation between siblings..."
Zhou Jinghuan said in surprise: "Did Emperor Jing agree?"