I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Hundreds of years ago, it was very common for the monarchs of the two countries to entertain each other.

However, with the continuous annexation of small countries by various big countries, expanding territory, changing the country's title, and claiming to be the emperor of the empire, it is rare for the monarchs to entertain each other.

Especially in the past 200 years, Daqian and the emperor of Zhou have never met each other.

Even when negotiating important matters, they send envoys to each other.

This time, Qian and Zhou signed a covenant and formed an alliance. If the emperors of the two countries can go to a banquet together, it will be of great significance to the officials and people of the two countries!
At the same time, it also sent a clear signal to all countries in the world that the alliance between Qian and Zhou is not just a piece of paper!Instead, it actually binds the interests!Advance and retreat together!

Today, the alliance between the two countries is led by Fang Xiu, in other words, it is led by the Dagan court, and the little empress naturally wants to maintain the stability of the alliance.

Therefore, when she didn't want to see Li Yaoyue, she wondered whether to invite her to the banquet.

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When Lin Wan'er heard this, she remained silent.

After all, she is just a little maid, and she has no opinion on such a major event between the two countries.

On the dragon chair, Wu Mingkong saw that she was still silent, sighed helplessly, and said:

"If you invite Li Yaoyue to a banquet in the palace, this banquet can't be called a banquet for officials, you have to change the name, and the etiquette of the banquet can't be the same as the banquet for officials.
In terms of etiquette, I don't know much about it. You go and call the Minister of Rites to the palace to have an audience. I want to hear his thoughts. "

Lin Wan'er was slightly taken aback when she heard this, and subconsciously looked at the Empress, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty means that Mrs. Fang will be invited to the New Year's Eve banquet?"

Wu Mingkong gave her a squinting look, and said neither coldly nor indifferently: "It's quite kind of you to talk about Mrs. Fang."

Isn't your Highness calling yourself Mrs. Fang?

Lin Wan'er suddenly felt aggrieved, lowered her head, and said in a low voice, "I know I was wrong."

"You are right, she is indeed Mrs. Fang, but this time I invited her not because of her status as the prime minister's wife, but because of her status as the empress of Zhou."

After Wu Mingkong made his decision, he quickly adjusted his emotions, no longer entangled with the identity of Prime Minister Li Yaoyue's wife, and ordered: "Send someone to the Prime Minister's Mansion and let Fang Xiu come to see me."

Lin Wan'er was afraid that what she said would offend His Majesty, so she didn't dare to say more, she just saluted respectfully, and replied, "Yes! Your Majesty!"

An hour later, Fang Xiu appeared in front of Wu Mingkong.

"Your Majesty intends to invite Li Yaoyue to the banquet? Then when Li Yaoyue attends the banquet, will she be the wife of a minister, or the empress of Zhou?"

Fang Xiu never thought that the little empress would suddenly make such a fuss, and was a little dazed.

The little empress said: "Naturally she is the empress of Zhou."

"But."

Fang Xiu originally wanted to say, "However, no matter how weak the state of Zhou is now, the officials of the state of Zhou will not swallow this easily if their nominal emperor is allowed to attend the banquet held in the Dagan Palace with the etiquette of a courtier." , this kind of thing is actually a double-edged sword.

If it is used well, it may not be a bad thing to strengthen the court's rule in Zhou.

In a sense, letting Li Yaoyue attend the banquet is not much different from what he said before.

When all the officials of the state of Zhou heard the news, if they reacted violently, they tried every means to remove these people and let those who reacted less violently take the position.

In the beginning, Li Yaoyue was only allowed to attend the banquet, and then he used the tactic of cutting sausages, step by step to make Li Yaoyue, the empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a courtier of the little empress.

Over time, Zhou State became a de facto vassal state of Qian State.

"Your Majesty's idea is very good. I will write a letter to Bai Qi to make him ready to deal with the officials of the Zhou Kingdom."

Fang Xiu said solemnly.

When the little empress heard this, she was a little dazed, and asked, "I just invited Li Yaoyue to the banquet, let

What is Bai Qi doing to prepare? "

Fang Xiu looked at her suspiciously, and said, "Your Majesty is planning to receive Li Yaoyue with the etiquette of receiving an emperor?"

Wu Mingkong asked back: "Otherwise?"

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Fang Xiu was silent for a few seconds, and said: "As far as I know, the emperors of various countries have not met for hundreds of years. What kind of etiquette should be used in the palace to receive Li Yaoyue, the empress of the Zhou Kingdom?"

Wu Mingkong said: "I have already asked the Minister of Rites about this question, and he told me that before the monarchs of the various countries attended the banquet together, they sat opposite each other in the main hall. On one side was the emperor of country A and the ministers of country A, and on the other side was the emperor of country A. If the emperor of country B and the courtiers of country B hold a banquet in country A, then country A will be on the left and country B will be on the right.”

The little empress talked a lot in one breath, all about the etiquette after the two countries' princesses meet.

It can be seen that she proposed such an idea, not on a whim, but after careful consideration.

After a while.

The little empress stopped, looked at Fang Xiu, blinked her eyes, and asked, "What do you think?"

Fang Xiu thought for a while and said, "Since Your Majesty wants to do this, I have no objection."

Wu Mingkong curled his lips, and said a little unhappy: "Judging from your tone, I think I'm just looking for trouble."

Fang Xiu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty misunderstood, His Majesty's doing so will naturally have many benefits for the alliance between the two countries, but"

Speaking of which, stop abruptly.

Wu Mingkong looked at him without blinking his eyes, waited for him to speak, but didn't wait for the next sentence for a long time, pouted and said: "What I hate the most is half-speaking, just what, you say it!"

Fang Xiudao: "I'm afraid that His Majesty will be unhappy if I say it."

"What am I doing!"

Wu Mingkong glanced at him sideways, and said angrily: "If you make me unhappy, you don't say enough!"

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Fang Xiu was speechless to refute, and after a few seconds of silence, he expressed his inner thoughts.

"Your Majesty's doing this is indeed good for the alliance between the two countries, but it will also give the people of Zhou the illusion that Zhou is still as strong as before, and the defeat now is only a short-term defeat. Sooner or later, they will rise again. "

Wu Mingkong was slightly startled when he heard this, and asked, "Will it be?"

Fang Xiudao: "There will be some people who have such thoughts. However, if Li Yaoyue is received with the etiquette of courtiers, although the courtiers and people of Zhou State will be angry, it will also plant a seed for Zhou State, let them know Now that the state of Zhou is no longer what it used to be, they are only worthy of being my vassal state."

Wu Mingkong thought for a few seconds, and said, "But this will intensify the conflict, and it may not be a good thing for you."

Fang Xiudao: "I am the Prime Minister of Dagan and the Regent of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He is the only important minister who holds important positions in both courts. Intensifying conflicts may not be a good thing for my ministers, but it is a good thing for Your Majesty."

After the words fell, Wu Mingkong fell into deep thought.

After a while.

She finally understood what Fang Xiu meant.

If the conflict is not intensified.

The alliance between the two countries will become more stable, and Fang Xiu's power will reach an unprecedented peak.

After all, he is an important minister in the imperial courts of the two countries, equal to the actual leader of the alliance between the two countries, and his status is even better than the two empresses.

However, when Fang Xiu passed away one day in the future, where should this alliance go?
Re-elect a leader to serve as the prime minister of the Qian state and the regent of the Zhou state?

Obviously not in the interests of the emperors of the two countries.

If the contradiction is intensified, it will be a completely different result.

The relationship between the Qian State and the Zhou State is more similar to the suzerain state and the vassal state than the alliance.

The higher status is always the Empress Qian.

Undoubtedly, compared with the former, the one who benefited more is the little empress, the empress of the Qian Kingdom.

"What etiquette do you think should be used to invite Li Yaoyue?"

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After a lot of knots, Wu Mingkong still couldn't make a decision, so he couldn't help asking.

When Fang Xiu heard this question, he was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly a warm smile appeared on his face, and said: "I think that it is a good thing for the people of the two countries to make Qian and Zhou into an actual alliance. , at least two strands of rope are twisted together, the strength will always be stronger, and you will have more confidence in facing the enemy."

"I see."

Wu Mingkong nodded and said: "In this case, according to what the Minister of Rites said, set the location of the banquet to the left and right sides."

"However, if this is the case, Li Yaoyue is the only person on the right side, or invite a few more courtiers from the state of Zhou and let them come to the banquet?"

When Fang Xiu heard this, he was about to speak, but before he could speak, he heard the little empress say to herself:
"New Year's Eve is just around the corner. It should be too late to invite Zhou Guo's courtiers at this time. After all, we have a Da Zhou courtier here."

When Wu Mingkong said this, he looked up at Fang Xiu, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Is that so? Your Royal Highness the Regent?"

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Fang Xiu was speechless for a moment.

Wu Mingkong said again: "Why don't we let you sit beside Li Yaoyue then?"

Fang Xiu thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible."

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Since that's the case, we will arrange it like this when the time comes!"

Fang Xiudao: "I listen to Your Majesty!"

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Wu Mingkong's delicate face showed annoyance, but there was nothing he could do about him.

After all, he was the one who proposed to let him sit beside Li Yaoyue.

Originally, I just wanted to say something to make him angry, but who would have thought that he would actually agree.

"Your Majesty is not happy looking at it. Whoever angered His Majesty, I will vent my anger on Your Majesty!"

Fang Xiu didn't seem to know the reason for the little empress's anger, so he said solemnly.

Wu Mingkong gritted his teeth, and said angrily: "You dog! When the time comes, you will sit beside me and pour wine for me! Li Yaoyue is so mad!"

"Didn't Your Majesty say just now that the minister is the regent of the Great Zhou Dynasty and a subject of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he should sit beside Li Yaoyue?"

Fang Xiu frowned and said.

Wu Mingkong glared at him and said, "Now I have changed my mind again, can't I?"

Fang Xiu finally couldn't help laughing when he saw her looking angry but helpless.

The so-called food and love to play, probably is the case.

He obviously didn't grasp his own strength, and he was thinking about Yin and Yang all day long.

Seeing Fang Xiu laughing, Wu Mingkong wanted to pretend to be annoyed, but he also laughed for some reason.

The two smiled and looked at each other.

After a while.

Wu Mingkong said: "It suddenly occurred to me that if the alliance between the two countries continues and I have a child with you, what should this child call Li Yaoyue?"

When Fang Xiu heard this, he subconsciously wanted to joke, "Chen's first child is with Li Yaoyue?", but seeing the serious expression on the little empress's face, he immediately realized that this joke was inappropriate.

After thinking for a few seconds, he said equally seriously: "We have to see the time, before I marry Your Majesty, did I divorce Li Yaoyue?"

Wu Mingkong looked up at Fang Xiu, wanting to say, "If you don't want to get rid of her, do you still want to have three wives and four concubines?" After thinking about it, in fact, in terms of the current situation, the best result is to let him have three wives Four concubines.

If this is the case, the alliance between the two countries will not only become more stable, but may even merge into one.

However, this kind of result was not what she wanted, nor was it what Fang Xiu wanted.

Therefore, just silence.

"We'll talk about the future. The New Year's Eve dinner will be held in a few days. After you return to the mansion, tell Li Yaoyue about it so that she can prepare for it. I will send a clothing bureau The female officer sewed it, and handed it over to her when the time comes.”

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu and said seriously.

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A cold system prompt sounded.

Fang Xiu was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but look at the Empress twice more.

After being silent for a few seconds, he suddenly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to hold her delicate body in his arms, and said softly: "I have always wanted to be a couple with your majesty for the rest of my life, and when the situation stabilizes in the future, I will be with your majesty." If you want a child, leave all these troubles to him, and I will accompany His Majesty to leave Chang'an and go sightseeing in the mountains and rivers."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the little empress.

"I'm not as ruthless as you, and leave the burden to the child."

Wu Mingkong was touched by the fact that Fang Xiu could always detect the changes in her emotions, even though she felt that she was hiding them well.

Therefore, I didn't talk about Daji, Yang Yuhuan, and Fang Xiu's so-called "one couple for life".

"The future will be discussed in the future. The most important thing now is to practice how to have children."

Fang Xiu put his arms around the little empress's slender waist and said with a smile.

If you want a child, can you still practice?

There was a trace of doubt in the beautiful peach blossom eyes of the little empress.

Just as he was about to ask, he suddenly felt a force hugging him horizontally.

"you you."

The little empress was startled, her pretty face instantly turned red, and she said in a trembling voice, "It's not dark yet, what are you going to do!"

Fang Xiu put on a serious look, and paused every word: "Practice with Your Majesty, how to have a child!"

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The little empress blushed, but she didn't know how to refute him.

Hearing the strong heartbeat from Fang Xiu's chest, he simply closed his eyes and left him alone.

Whatever you do, it has nothing to do with me!

After a stick of incense.

Outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Lin Wan'er listened to the movement from the hall, her pretty face blushed slightly, she looked up at the sky, and a word came to her mind, and she thought to herself: If this is put in the scriptures, His Majesty and Fang Xiangxiang are a pair of foolish ruler and female ministers. .

It was two hours after Fang Xiu left the palace.

The sky is dark.

Xiangguo Mansion is still brightly lit.

All the servants in the house were busy preparing for the new year, and it seemed very lively.

Fang Xiu walked through the corridor and returned to the courtyard. He was about to take a rest when he suddenly heard a cold voice not far away.

"You sent someone to tell me before, let me come to see you, here I am."