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Chapter 364: Angels and Demons (Request for subscription and tickets)

Golden Dragon City, Sun Palace.

Hong Xiuquan was sitting in a study room that was a bit too large. In front of him was a rectangular mahogany desk. In addition to the most common four treasures of the study, there was also a piece of letter paper spread out on the desk.

The words on the letter were all crooked, and there were many traces of corrections, and of course there were also typos and misspellings. However, even for such a sloppy letter, Hong Xiuquan had already spent half an hour reading it. He repeatedly pondered over every sentence on it several times. Moreover, he did not read it alone, but also called Hong Rengan, Chen Chengrong, and Meng De'en to read it together.

Now the three of them were kneeling beside Hong Xiuquan's desk, all with happy looks on their faces.

Xiao Chaogui did not blame Hong Xiuquan in the letter, but thanked Hong Tianwang for helping him teach his unruly wife a lesson. He also said that after returning to Wuchang Prefecture, Hong Xuanjiao was hung up and whipped by him again. Now she knows she is wrong and dares not act recklessly again because she is the daughter of God.

"Ganbei, Chengrong, De'en, what do you think?"

Hong Xiuquan finally shifted his gaze from Xiao Chaogui's nonsense and looked at Hong Rengan, Chen Chengrong and Meng De'en.

"Heavenly King, it seems that the King of the West is also quite dissatisfied with the actions of the Queen Mother of the West. The King of the Wings's desire to open a palace in Nanchang should have nothing to do with him. It is all the Queen Mother of the West who made her own decision."

Hong Rengan smiled and said, "As long as the Western King does not oppose the Wing King, the Southern King will definitely not help the Wing King. It seems that the Wing King will soon return to Tianjing to apologize to you."

Hong Xiuquan frowned slightly and did not comment.

Chen Chengrong continued Hong Rengan's words and said, "Heavenly King, this is not the first time that the Western King has beaten his wife, and the Western Queen's wife's behavior is a bit... But the couple just fight like this, and it has been like this since they were in Zijing Mountain. It's nothing serious."

Hong Xiuquan snorted and laughed. It was no secret among the high-ranking officials of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that Hong Xiujiao was unfaithful to her husband.

She was just a witch who performed shaman dances in the Zijing Mountain area back then, and her surname was not Hong, but Yang. She was able to obtain the status of God's daughter by "dreaming of God". Wasn't it because Hong Xiuquan took special care of her?
Later, in order to recruit Xiao Chaogui, Hong Xiuquan asked her to get close to him. She was quite capable, and after a few interactions, she managed to make Xiao Chaogui the son-in-law of God.

Later, she became very close to Yang Xiuqing, and their relationship was somewhat unclear.
In addition to having some connections with Hong, Xiao and Yang, Hong Xuanjiao was also very close to Feng Yunshan and Shi Dakai. Later, she became very familiar with Luo Yaoguo, who was sent out of nowhere, and she also had a good relationship with Wei Changhui.

In short, the fact that these kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were quite close to her did not necessarily mean there was something going on, but in those days, men and women were still required to keep a distance from each other.

How could Xiao Chaogui not be annoyed by Hong Xuanjiao's behavior of making friends with the opposite sex so casually?
And Xiao Chaogui's "divine power" came from Hong Xuanjiao!
The reason why he was able to become the King of the West and obtain the privilege of "speaking on behalf of the Heavenly Brother" was, in the final analysis, because he married Hong Xuanjiao, the daughter of God?
Therefore, no matter how unfaithful Hong Xuanjiao was, Xiao Chaogui could not divorce her because he simply "could not live without" Hong Xuanjiao.

However, Hong Xiuquan ordered his men to beat Hong Xuanjiao with a stick, which gave Xiao Chaogui an excuse to beat Hong Xuanjiao up.

However, after Xiao Chaogui dealt with Hong Xuanjiao, he would find that he was severely slapped in the face by Hong Xiuquan.

Therefore, after Hong Xiuquan had his men beat Hong Xuanjiao, he immediately wrote a letter to Wuchang Prefecture, explaining to Xiao Chaogui why he wanted to beat Hong Xuanjiao - that was because Hong Xuanjiao was going to help Shi Dakai establish a government and a fiefdom in Jiangxi!
Now in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, only the "Four Living Fathers" can be granted fiefdoms!
Why was Shi Dakai promoted to “father”?
Having too many “dads” will cause their value to depreciate!

Why did Hong Xuanjiao take this step for Shi Dakai? Will there be any conflict between them?
"Heavenly King, it seems that the West King has been appeased for the time being. As long as the West King does not make trouble, the East King and the Wu King will not stand up for the Wing King."

Meng De'en smiled and analyzed: "The King of the South is not the type to push himself to the front. If the four kings of the Southeast and West Wu do not help the King of the Wing, the King of the Heaven can just paint a pie for the King of the Wing, such as allowing him to conquer the North and then be enfeoffed after reaching Northern Zhili."

Hong Xiuquan smiled and nodded: "Of course!"

In fact, he still wanted to win over Shi Dakai, but he couldn't give him the title of "King of Jiangxi". There was no way to make the four living fathers vassal. He was the father! Shi Dakai was not the father, and if he was to be made a vassal, should Wei Changhui be made a vassal? And what about Hong Rengan, Hu Yihuang, and Qin Rigang who were about to be made kings?
If everyone was given a title of "vassal and promotion", wouldn't the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom become a "political system with eight fathers"? What's the point of him being the Heavenly King?
Therefore, Shi Dakai must be suppressed. Otherwise, the next person to be granted a fiefdom would be Wei Changhui.
Hong Xiujiao's support for Shi Dakai in Tianjing put her in trouble.

But Xiao Chaogui was slapped in the face after all. Will he join forces with Luo Yaoguo to seek revenge?
Hong Xiuquan was a little worried again. It was not good to have too many fathers!

At this moment, Bian Sanniang suddenly hurried in, and when she arrived in front of Hong Xiuquan, she bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the female camp supervisor Meng Erniang reported that a foreign woman who claimed to be your cousin sent from Japan to serve you was captured and has been taken to Jinlong City."

"What? My cousin?" Hong Xiuquan was stunned: "What's going on?"

Bian Sanniang said, "It seems to be Jiao Liang."

"Ah?" Hong Xiuquan heard, "Why is he like this again?" At this point, his face darkened: "Cut that woman surnamed Yang!"

"Heavenly King, that woman's surname is not Yang, but she has foreign blood!"

"Oh?" Hong Xiuquan's eyes lit up and he quickly changed his words, "Foreign girl, bring it up here for me to see! The Heavenly Father appeared in my dream a few days ago and said that he would send me a foreign sister to be my queen."

In fact, Hong Xiuquan had long wanted to try foreign food!
In his original "daydream", the Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother both have a bit of "Western flavor", Maria is also a foreigner, and he also has a queen in heaven, who should be a foreign girl.
Seeing Bian Sanniang taking orders and leaving, Hong Xiuquan waved to Hong Rengan, Chen Chengrong and Meng De'en, asking them to leave first. Then he put away Xiao Chaogui's letter and waited for the foreign girl to arrive in his large study.

The rice didn't know that it almost lost its head.
When Bian Sanniang went to report to Hong Xiuquan, she had been very well-behaved under the supervision of Meng Erniang, kneeling outside the Sun Palace in Jinlong City, looking at the magnificent hall, her beautiful face full of expressions of admiration and piety.

"The king summons you to come in, follow me!"

Bian Sanniang strode over with her sword on her waist, gave her an order, and then pulled her up without untying her. She marched her towards the Sun Palace. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they finally arrived outside a hall guarded by a dozen female officials and female soldiers.

Bian Sanniang first handed Daozi to the female officials and soldiers to search her body, and then she went in to report to Hong Xiuquan. When she came out again, the female officials and soldiers had found a letter on Daozi's body. Bian Sanniang knew a little bit of writing, and after looking at the envelope, she found that it was written to Hong Tianwang. So she and the letter were taken into the hall where Hong Xiuquan was.

The interior of the hall was extremely spacious. Daozi saw a man with a golden crown, dragon robe, long beard and white face sitting behind a desk. He was surrounded by a dozen female officials and female soldiers.

"Your Majesty!"

Bian Sanniang shouted.

"Hay. Yes!"

Daozi agreed, bent her legs, and knelt on the hard floor tiles. Her upper body was still tied tightly with hemp ropes, so she was not very flexible, but she still struggled to lower her body and knocked her forehead heavily on the floor tiles. She kowtowed once, twice, and then nine times, which seemed to have broken her forehead. Finally, she pressed her forehead tightly against the floor tiles.

While Daozi was kowtowing, Bian Sanniang had already handed Hong Daquan's letter to Hong Xiuquan, and then retreated.

"I am Inako, a woman from Nagasaki, Japan. I have come to Tianjing to serve His Majesty the Heavenly King on the orders of Bishop Hong. Long live the Heavenly King. Long live the Heavenly King."

When Hong Xiuquan opened the envelope and took out the letter inside, Daozi's pious voice rang out.

"Oh, you are Japanese? But why do I think you look a bit like a Westerner?" Hong Xiuquan asked curiously.

"My mother is Japanese and my father is Western." Inako answered respectfully, her forehead still pressed against the ground, a few drops of blood dripping down.

"Oh," Hong Xiuquan nodded, "Are you here to serve me?"

Daozi said in a trembling voice, "Yes! Please give me a chance, Your Majesty. I am willing to be your servant!"

"Good! Good!" Hong Xiuquan smiled with satisfaction: "Brother Daquan will still get the job done." As he spoke, he picked up the letter and took a look. Then his voice trembled: "What? Angels communicate with demons?"

(End of this chapter)