In Zhutian Tower, everyone looked at Li Daoyi teaching the little guy Mengmeng a lesson.
"I told you before not to go to the palace these days, but you just didn't listen. If you didn't pay attention, you would slip away." Li Daoyi lifted Mengmeng's collar and hung her in the air.
"Humph, how boring it is here!" The little guy wasn't afraid at all.
"Long'er." Li Daoyi shouted.
Then the figure of Xiao Longnu slowly appeared.
Li Daoyi threw Mengmeng's head over, and Xiao Longnu reached out to catch the little guy.
"Keep an eye on her. Before Yin Shou ascends the throne, you must not let her go out. Otherwise, you won't be allowed to cook whatever she wants to eat." Li Daoyi said to Xiao Longnu.
"Oh, I just don't want to go out." Mengmeng said obediently when she heard that she couldn't eat delicious food.
"You, stop being naughty, let's go, I made a new dish, go try it." Xiao Longnu fondly touched her cute little face.
"Let's go, let's go." Mengmeng's eyes suddenly lit up, and with a wave of her hand, the two left.
"Hey, there's really nothing we can do about this kid." Li Daoyi shook his head.
"Hahaha, fellow Taoist, you don't know how envious we are. Who wouldn't want to have such a cute little guy?" Zhen Yuanzi said with a smile.
This little episode passed quickly. As the day of his enthronement approached, more than half of the princes from all over the world came. The rest were really because the journey was too far, but they also sent people to send gifts. In addition, people from all over the Great Shang Dynasty came. Many generals also came, and since the new king ascended the throne, they naturally came to express their loyalty, including Li Jing.
But at this moment, Li Jingzheng was standing awkwardly outside Yin Shou's mansion, with the door closed. No matter how much he begged, there was no response, causing passers-by to stop.
"Su Zhi, I know I was wrong, open the door quickly." Li Jing said loudly.
However, there was still no response inside.
When he was helpless, someone came from the crowd behind him.
"General Li." The visitor shouted.
Li Jing looked back and saw that it was Bigan.
"Master Xiang." Li Jing saluted quickly. Bigan is the king's younger brother. He has a distinguished status and is also the second prime minister.
"What? Madam is still angry?" Bigan joked.
Li Jing's face suddenly turned red. It seemed that his story had already spread throughout Chaoge.
"Make the prime minister laugh."
"Haha, let me give it a try." Bigan smiled and walked forward.
"I'm Bi Gan, why don't you open the door?"
"Squeak..."
As soon as Bigan finished speaking, the door slowly opened in an instant.
Several servants quickly came out and saluted.
"Greetings to the Prime Minister."
They dared to stop Li Jing, but they didn't dare to stop Yin Shou's uncle.
"Get up!"
"Let's go in with me." Bigan patted Li Jing and said.
"Thank you, Prime Minister." Li Jing said quickly.
Then he glared at several servants and followed Bigan in.
When the two came to the backyard, Jiang Rou and Mrs. Yin were startled.
"Uncle Wang, why are you here?"
"Greetings to the Prime Minister."
"What? People have found the door of their house and they are still not allowed in? After all, he is a general soldier. He is turned away and the people are laughing at him, isn't he?" Bigan said.
"What Uncle Wang said is that I didn't think carefully." Jiang Rou said quickly.
"Prime Minister, I don't blame Jiang Rou, it was all my idea. It was me. I don't want to see this bastard." Mrs. Yin said quickly, and after speaking, she stared at Li Jing indifferently.
"Okay, okay, what a big deal, Jiang Rou. I'm here to take you into the palace. Yin Shou is about to ascend the throne. There are some rules and matters in the palace that you need to know." Bigan obviously didn't want to get involved in the affairs between the two. , then greeted Jiang Judo.
"Yes, Uncle Wang." Jiang Rou nodded, gave Yin Suchhi a look to signal her not to go too far, and then walked up to Li Jing.
"Li Jing."
"Here." Li Jing quickly bowed.
"I know you are pregnant. I hope you won't make her angry again, otherwise I will ask Yin Shou to send you to an extremely cold place." After saying that, he followed Bigan and left.
"Uh..." Li Jing suddenly didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Sure enough, women, no matter what their status and status, cannot be messed with casually.
At the same time, several luxurious carriages stopped at the entrance of Zhutian Tower.
The waiter at the door saw this and ran in quickly. After a while, Dongfang Bubai, dressed in red, walked out.
At this time, the people around were whispering to these carriages. From their words, Dongfang Bubai learned that this was the carriage of the Western Da Bohou.
Sure enough, several people walked out of the western carriage at the same time, including Jiang Wenhuan, the son of Dong Bohou, whom Dongfang Bubai had met before. He helped Jiang Hengchu, who was in his fifties, to get out of the carriage. Father, Zhutian Tower has arrived.
After Dongbohou are the other three great princes.
Dashang had Western princes, namely Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu, Nanbohou E Chongyu, Xibohou Jichang and Beibohou Chonghou Hu. Among the Westerners, Dongbohou was the strongest and had the largest territory, followed by Xibohou Jichang.
The Western Dabohous were all independent kingdoms, but they had to bear the obligation to raise troops and serve the king, and their relationship with the court was very complicated. In addition, there are nearly two hundred small vassal states that rule under the Western vassal states. These small vassal states are not strong, but they are numerous. If they are all unified, they will be an extremely powerful force. Nowadays, with the consolidation of the central royal power, starting from the generation of Emperor Yi's father, Grandpa Yin Shou, the contradiction between Chaoge and the localities has gradually emerged, and the existence of the Western Dabohou Kingdom has become a serious problem for the royal power. .
"Well, everyone, let's go." Jiang Hengchu said to the people behind him.
"It turns out to be Dong Bohou, please come in quickly." Dongfang said with a smile.
"Are you an Oriental girl? You are indeed as beautiful as a fairy. Sorry to bother you." Jiang Hengchu said with a smile.
Soon, everyone walked into the Zhutian Tower. As they had said hello in advance, the Zhutian Tower was not open to the public today in order to entertain a few princes.
Ji Fa supported Ji Chang and walked past Dongfang Bubai. Dongfang Bubai glanced at Ji Fa curiously and thought to himself, is this the Son of Destiny mentioned by the Tao?
Entering the building, everyone was stunned by the luxurious decoration inside. It must be said that Li Daoyi's avant-garde decoration style was really shocking to people of this period.
"Hahaha, Xi Wei, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
A voice came from upstairs. Everyone looked up and saw Wen Zhongji waiting in the aisle on the eighth floor.
"Haha, Taishi, I kept you waiting for a long time." Chonghou Hu laughed.
"The princes, please come this way." Dongfang Bubai pointed to a room next to the stairs and said.
"This?" Several people were a little confused. Why did they have to go into that small room instead of taking the stairs upstairs?
"Please." Dongfang said again.
"Father, let's go in and go to the eighth floor. We can't take the stairs." Jiang Wenhuan said quickly.
Then everyone walked in. After entering, they saw a white light coming from Dongfang Bubai's hand, and the room suddenly shone brightly.
Several people immediately covered their eyes.
"Okay." Dongfang Bubai said.
All this happened in an instant.
Several people recovered from the shock and found that they and others had appeared in a spacious and bright room, and Wen Zhong was sitting at a big table with a smile.
"The magical power of the Immortal family..." Ji Chang murmured.
"It turns out that the girl is a monk from the Immortal family. Please forgive me for my blindness." The Westerner said quickly.
"Haha, come on, come on, sit down, sit down." Wen Zhongye greeted him repeatedly.
The Westerners sat down one by one, while Jiang Wenhuan and Ji Fa stood aside respectfully.
"How is it? Are you shocked?" Wen Zhong said with a smile.
"The Grand Master is laughing." Ji Chang nodded.
"Today I am entertaining my old friends from the West. Please stay out of the room, otherwise I will not be happy." Wen Zhong said.
"Hahaha..." As soon as these words came out, several people laughed.
Although the Western Dahou had some disagreements with the imperial court, on the surface, everyone still did not break the layer of paper, otherwise they would not have come when Yin Shou ascended the throne.
Wen Zhong was very talkative and soon raised the mood.
"Grand Master, I wonder which master built this Zhutian Tower? It's so magical." Ji Chang stood by the window and looked down.
"It must be an immortal, no need to ask." Jiang Hengchu said.
"I mean who is that immortal?" Ji Chang continued.
Wen Zhong touched his beard and then said.
"Don't say it, don't say it."
Seeing Wen Zhong like this, several other people also became curious and started asking questions.
In fact, Xida Bohou is no stranger to Taoist practitioners. There are Taoist practitioners under his command.
"Several of you, it's not that I didn't tell you. It's true that even I can't afford to offend this person. Please forgive me." Wen Zhong said helplessly. Naturally, he would not reveal how many people Li Daoyi had given.
Seeing him like this, the others could only give up.
Then everyone started talking about Yin Shou's ascension to the throne, and Chong Houhu said.
"I heard that the new king will issue a new decree when he ascends the throne? Can the Grand Master tell me something about it?"
"There is nothing unspeakable. After the new king ascends the throne, in addition to the general amnesty, he will also exempt all Chaoge's slaves from their status and return them to freedom." Wen Zhong said slowly.
"What?" Nanbohou E Chongyu suddenly stood up, his face full of disbelief.
Except for Jiang Hengchu, who had already received the news, everyone else was also shocked.
"How can that be done?" Chonghou Hu pulled Ehou Ye beside him to sit down, and then said.
"Oh? Why not?" Wen Zhong asked knowingly.
"Slaves are our foundation. If we remove their identity, wouldn't the world be in chaos? If those slaves don't work, produce, or fight, what will happen?" Chonghou Hu said.
"Tsk, I don't understand what the Marquis said. It's just to remove the word "slave" from their heads. Doesn't this conflict with whether they work or not?"
"Chaoge has lifted the shackles of the slaves a few years ago. I haven't seen them running away or being lazy. Instead, they are more diligent than before. Isn't this proof?" Wen Zhong said.
Several people were immediately speechless. They naturally knew about Chao Ge. In fact, everyone wanted to see a joke at the beginning, but they did not expect that the result would disappoint them.
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.
Ji Fa, who was standing aside, frowned and fell into deep thought. In his heart, he vaguely felt that Wen Zhong's statement was right.
