Beauty is poisonous

Chapter 178 Must Promise
How would his counselor answer such a rogue question?You can't use force, you can't use force, how can you solve this problem?
Zhuo Shitian looked anxiously at Tao Zhizhang. He was extremely satisfied with the two questions Tao Zhizhang had answered before, which greatly boosted the national prestige of Zhuo Kingdom, but if Tao Zhizhang couldn't answer the last question, Then it would be a big shame to lose face.

No, Momozhizao must answer.

"Satisfactory!" He coughed lightly, reminding Tao Zhizhang.

Tao Zhizhang looked at Zhuo Shitian with a slight smile, and Zhuo Shitian frowned. What does this mean?You can answer Momozhizao's appearance, but why not?
Wu De, he understood that Tao Zhizhang was asking for benefits from him!
I am extremely dissatisfied with Tao Zhizhang's behavior in my heart. When is this time? This dead girl doesn't think about how to protect the prestige of the country, but also thinks about her own little plan!It really pissed him off.

He also didn't want to think that Tao Zhizhang really didn't care about the country's face. Tao Zhizhang didn't answer the previous two questions just now. Wouldn't it be better to pretend to be a transparent person and eat and drink down there than to make the prince of Lu think about it?

You must know that Tao Zhijian is not in the limelight in this situation, but to attract hatred. Now when these ministers and ministers share the same hatred, they are grateful to Tao Zhizhi.After today, after all, there will be a little more jealousy. Jealousy is a vicious twin sister. Having jealousy will lead to many things that are not good for Momozhizao.

Not to mention that Tao Zhijian ruined the good deeds of Prince Lu, and Prince Lu would not let her go easily.

Zhuo Shitian doesn't think so, he only knows that there is no emperor in the world, no matter who it is, it should be sacrificed for Zhuo clan.

So Momozhizao took the opportunity to plot against him and he deserved it.

He was dissatisfied in his heart but he couldn't express it. Why did Tao Zhizhang have made meritorious service just now, wouldn't it be cold to everyone's heart to turn his face immediately?
He pretended to be generous and said: "No matter who of you can answer this question, I will promise a promise within my ability."

Tao Zhizhang laughed when she heard that, she was not afraid of Zhuo Shitian's repentance, with so many ministers and people from the vassal state and Lu State, Zhuo Shitian dared not speak without faith.

She walked slowly to the side of the willow tree, pulled down a long willow branch, then returned to the seat, and stretched the willow branch out of the table, just hanging like this.

Seeing that he had made a promise, Zhuo Shitian was almost mad with anger that this old god was still turning a deaf ear to him!

Prince Lu Guo had been looking at Tao Zhizhang expectantly, but when he saw Tao Zhizhang not only did not answer the question, but also made this strange gesture, he couldn't help but jokingly said, "Princess Xinxin, what are you doing?"

Good question!Just waiting for you to ask!
Tao Zhizhang didn't move his eyebrows, and said solemnly: "Fishing!"

"Fishing?" Prince Lu was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "Princess Xinxin, are you driven mad by this king's question? Are you fishing on flat ground with willow branches? How is this possible?"

Tao Zhizhang said calmly: "Does the prince know what kind of bricks the floor is made of?"

"What brick?"

"What we Zhuo people pay attention to is to celebrate the harvest every year, and fish is a homonym for Yu, so many patterns are decorated with fish, and the ground is made of fish tile bricks unique to our Zhuo country. Look at this Does the pattern on the bricks look like fish scales, and all the bricks form a big fish, I wonder if the prince can see it?"

Prince Lu took a closer look, and it turned out that there was really a lively stone fish on the ground, and he happened to be standing on the head of the fish, which was so skillful!
Then he laughed and said, "There are indeed fish on the ground, but does the princess want to catch this fish? I'm afraid this is just a dream come true?"

Tao Zhizhang mocked: "Since the carriage can give birth to foals, why can't I catch fish from the fish, tiles and bricks? The prince thought it was a fool's dream but came to ask me about the Zhuo Kingdom. Could it be that he deliberately humiliated the Zhuo Kingdom? ?”

Prince Lu was speechless immediately, and apologized again and again, only saying that it was just a joke.

The way he looked at Tao Zhizhang almost melted Tao Zhizhang, and made Zhuo Qihua go crazy with anger, but Zhuo Shitian calculated Tao Zhizhang and the prince of Lu Kingdom.

Although Prince Lu was suspected of deceiving him this time, they were all resolved by Tao Zhizhang. This time not only did not damage the prestige of the country, but also demonstrated the strength of the country, so Zhuo Shitian's behavior towards Prince Lu can already be forgiven.

However, this forgiveness is determined by how much benefits it will give to the Zhuo family. If it does not meet his requirements, he will still threaten it.

Just when Zhuo Shitian's eyeballs were rolling around, thinking that if the two countries marry, it will bring more benefits to Zhuo's family, Tao Zhizhi came out and bowed to him: " Royal father, just now you said that if you answered the prince of Lu's question, you can make a promise to your son, I wonder if it counts?"

nonsense!Of course... it doesn't count!
Zhuo Shitian gritted his teeth and looked at Tao Zhizhang in warning, but Tao Zhizhang was not moved at all, instead he stared at him persistently.

The eyes of the two met in the air, and sparks came out from the collision with hissing, that was a brutal killing.

It may be that the scene was too quiet, so Zhuo Shitian finally compromised, he looked back, and said lightly: "A gentleman is hard to follow, not to mention that I am the Son of Heaven, so I will keep my word. After this matter, you Make a request, and I will do my best to fulfill it!"

Tao Zhizhang smiled sarcastically, after this incident?The day lily is also cold!At that time, he will make an imperial decree to grant a marriage. What's the use of her asking for that promise?
Immediately, he bowed again: "The minister just thought of a request, so there is no need to be an afterthought. Let's take advantage of the fact that all the ministers are begging the father. How about the father?"

Zhuo Shitian said with a straight face: "Nonsense! This is the time to receive distinguished guests, don't let your temper, quickly back down!"

Tao Zhizhang's face sank slightly, and he stood there stubbornly.

At this time, Lihua was already standing beside Sima Jue because it was given to the King of Wu, so she went to Sima Jue and whispered something in Sima Jue's ear.

A strange color and anger flashed across Sima Jue's face, but he strode out.

"Your Majesty, I'm also very curious about Princess Xinxin's request, why don't I let my servant wait and listen?"

Zhuo Shitian wished he could kill this annoying Sima Jue immediately!Well, you Sima Jue, I have proposed a marriage for you in a proper way, if you don't say it, it will make me lose face, what kind of moth come up now?

Don't you obviously hate Momozhizao?Why did this help Momozhizao?

With a sullen face, he looked at Sima Jue angrily and said nothing.

His silence does not mean that Sima Jue is a calm person. Sima Jue looked like two good brothers, and winked at Prince Lu and said: "Prince, don't you wonder what will happen to Princess Xinxin who can solve the three tricky questions you raised?" Do you want it?"

Prince Lu pondered for a while, no matter how shrewd he was, he didn't know that Tao Zhijuan wanted a promise of independent marriage, so from the bottom of his heart, he had a good impression of Tao Zhijuan, but hoped that her request would be accepted by Zhuo Shitian.

Seeing that Zhuo Shitian's pushing back and forth in this way must be a request that is not good for Zhuo Shitian, and for this point, Prince Lu felt that he should also support Tao Zhijian.

So he also nodded and said: "Emperor Zhuo, this king is also very curious, why not let the princess talk about it."

Zhuo Shitian almost yelled, you golden-haired devil has really lost his mind, you can do this kind of self-defeating thing!Don't you know that once I agree to Tao Zhixun's request, you will never want to marry Tao Zhixun in this life?

Don't think I didn't see your sneaky eyes looking at Momozhizao all the time!
He thought for a while, and induced: "Prince Lu, don't you have any request?"

He hoped that Prince Lu would propose it first, then he would immediately discuss the conditions with Prince Lu and agree to it, so that even if he wanted to raise Tao Zhijian's request, it would be too late!
He had a good plan, but he missed the behavior and habits of Lu people. Although Lu people are arrogant, there is one thing that always shows their demeanor outside. Not to mention that Tao Zhizhang made demands before him, that is At the same time, he will let Tao Zhijian.

So Prince Lu smiled and said: "Don't worry, this king's matter is more complicated, we will discuss it later, let's listen to Princess Xinxin first!"

After finishing speaking, he smiled flatteringly at Momozhizao, trying to gain a good impression in front of the beauty.

Tao Zhizhang is not stingy with smiles, anyway, as long as he doesn't marry this Prince Lu, what's the point of showing a smile?Besides, there might be business cooperation with Prince Lu in the future, so why offend others?
Zhuo Qihua's face became darker when he saw it, and he said to Zhuo Shitian angrily: "Uncle, Tao Zhizhang wants to talk to her, let her talk, it's so boring, I've finished a hundred sentences!"

Zhuo Shi choked on the weather, bastard, isn't he doing this to strengthen the Zhuo Kingdom?Isn't it everyone's responsibility to make the country rich and powerful?You, Zhuo Qihua, are still a child of the royal family, so how do you know about women and not your responsibilities?

He deliberately put pressure on Tao Zhizhang again, but Tao Zhizhang still stared at him with firm eyes, making him impossible to hide.

At this time, Empress Cui smiled and said, "What is the wish of Xinxin? Why don't you come to this palace to listen!"

Zhuo Shitian is going crazy, is Empress Cui here to slow him down?Didn't you see that he was trying to figure out a way to keep Momozhizao from speaking?Fortunately, she joined in!

He didn't know that Empress Cui and him were originally a marriage of various interests and powers, and they had no feelings at all. Even if Empress Cui liked him, it was also worn away by his ruthlessness over the years.

And Tao Zhizhang is different from Empress Cui, she has no children in her life, and she will never have children in this life, she really likes Tao Zhizhang, so can you not help Tao Zhizhang?

Tao Zhizhuan's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said quickly: "After returning to mother, actually, I don't have any serious requests, I just want to ask my father to agree to my son's marriage in the future! Believe that this request does not violate morality, and does not violate the law. It won't affect the court's decision-making, and it won't be in the slightest disadvantage to the father, right?"

Her words completely blocked Zhuo Shitian's retreat.Even if Zhuo Shitian mentioned a flower, he couldn't quibble.

Empress Cui smiled slightly and said, "It's a trivial request."

Turning to face Zhuo Shitian, he said: "Your Majesty, since I have recognized the adoptive daughter of Xin Xin, the concubine, who is a mother, is very ashamed, and has never done anything for her, but she makes some fun things from time to time. To honor the Emperor and his concubines, now Xinxin has such a small request, what do you think, Your Majesty?"

Look at your size!

Zhuo Shitian glared at the queen, and said with a smirk: "The queen is a good mother!"

Empress Cui felt a pain in her heart, she knew that she would never be a mother in this life, but she satirized her with these words.This is because Zhuo Shitian got angry with her because of peach tree.

But it's nothing, isn't this kind of thing experienced a lot?When did she ever recruit Shitian to like him?Anyway, if you don't like it, it doesn't matter if you deepen it a little bit, it's impossible for him to abolish her as a queen!

With a bright smile on his face: "The emperor also knows that the concubine has no children, so naturally he regards Xinxin as his own!"

Zhuo Shitian's heart softened when he heard this. In fact, before Cui Shi married into the palace, he knew that the Cui family wanted Cui Shi to take sterilization drugs. If he wanted to help, he could still have a way to replace the medicine It's just that he was too lazy to take care of it, so the tragedy happened.

Over the years, Mrs. Cui managed the harem conscientiously, and was very magnanimous and virtuous, and handled things impartially, which helped him solve his worries.

But he has respect for her, no love or pity, even the routine work on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, Yichun fell asleep, so he still owes Mrs. Cui.

And peach tree...

His eyes fell on Momozhisao, thinking of that year...

Finally, he sighed and said: "Since Xinxin said so, then I promise to let Xinxin marry independently from now on!"

"Thank you, Father! Long live, long live, long live!" Momozhizao was overjoyed, and thanked him impatiently.

As for Cui Shi, she didn't need to thank her, because Xie Cui Shi at this time was not a thank you but a victim.

Zhuo Shitian just agreed with his soft heart for a moment, and he would immediately reply to his coldness. If she thanked Cui Shi, it would just make Zhuo Shitian hate Cui Shi.

Prince Lu was startled, he didn't expect Tao Zhizhang to make such a request, he was secretly annoyed, hating himself for making such an extra mouthful, but now it's a good thing, his idea has come to nothing.

For a while, I looked sleepy.

Sima Jue, on the other hand, glanced at Tao Zhizhang with complicated eyes and returned to his seat, took the wine that Li Hua offered, and gulped it down in a gulp.

The only person in the arena who was happy was Zhuo Qihua, you could tell by his beaming face.

And Tao Qiqi has always stared at Tao Zhizhang with the most vicious and resentful eyes, why is she so unlucky, and Tao Zhizhang has won the honor of independent marriage!
Not to mention that everyone in the field has their own thoughts, Zhuo Shitian is a person who has been in the top position for a long time. Although it is a pity that a good chess piece cannot play its due role, compared to the national interest, it is only a drop in the ocean.

He said to Prince Lu: "Prince Lu, did you come to Zhuo Kingdom this time just to ask for answers to three questions?"

Prince Lu returned to normal after being sad for a while, and said shrewdly: "This time, the king is here to export porcelain from your country to our country of Lu. Emperor Zhuo also knows that our country is a big country that exports porcelain from your country. To buy one-third of the porcelain produced in your country."

Zhuo Shitian glanced at the Minister of the Household Department, and the Minister of the Household Department hurriedly said: "What Prince Lu said is very true, do you know what other ideas Prince Lu has?"

"I do have some ideas. I believe Emperor Zhuo also knows that porcelain is fragile. After crossing the ocean and arriving in our country of Lu, there is always some wear and tear, but sometimes nearly one-third of the purchase is lost. , This king wants to know who should bear this part of the loss?"

The servant of the household department said displeasedly: "When we signed the agreement with the Lu State, our Zhuo State only distributed the corresponding porcelain according to your Lu State's money. As for the damage, how can we manage it?"

"Isn't this inappropriate? Who knows whether these porcelains were broken when you installed them, or they were really broken on the road? After all, the people who transported them are you from the Zhuo Kingdom, right?"

The servant of the household department was furious: "Prince Lu, what do you mean by that? Don't you think that we Zhuo people are stealers, rapers and tricksters in your heart? You are deceiving people too much!"

Prince Lu smiled lightly and said: "I don't want to think so, but the porcelain received is indeed broken, isn't it? Unless the porcelain is intact when you hand it over to our country, this king can be sure that the porcelain is the same from the time it was sent out. Intact."

"...You...you..." Hubu Shilang wanted to refute, but he was speechless. How can you say that the porcelain is indeed broken, but you can't tell now, can you?
At this time, the minister of the Ministry of Industry said: "It's better to let Lu Guo send people to our court, and when the goods are sent out, they can inspect them!"

Prince Lu sneered: "Isn't this lord never going to experience the people's sentiments? How many people do I have to send to inspect such a huge amount of porcelain! Of course, if Emperor Zhuo has no objection, there are people in the State of Lu who will send five Sixty thousand people can come to inspect, but who will pay the wages?"

Zhuo Shitian's lips twitched fiercely, fifty to sixty thousand people!Thanks to his eloquence, the population of Zhuo Kingdom is only a few hundred thousand, and even when fighting with other countries, it usually only sends 10 troops.

If these [-] to [-] golden-haired devils stayed in Zhuo Kingdom, wouldn't they become his confidant's troubles?
Not to mention wanting him to make offerings, dreaming!

He glanced at Gonghu's servant with some displeasure, and if he didn't understand, don't open his mouth. He wanted to punish him. If Prince Lu really got 6 or [-] people, he wouldn't even have time to cry.

Gonghu Shilang was so frightened by Zhuo Shitian's stare that he almost collapsed on the ground.

The Minister of the Household Department thought for a while and said, "I don't know if Prince Lu has any good ideas?"

"What's the matter of high opinions and low opinions? It's still the same sentence. Our country should not bear this part of the loss. Our country pays for good porcelain! There is no shortage!"

While speaking, he slightly satirized the country of Zhuo.

Hubu Shilang looked at Zhuo Shitian in surprise, Zhuo Shitian was expressionless but everyone who knew him knew that he was angry.

The servant of the household department was so frightened that he quickly confronted Prince Lu. In order to show off and win greater benefits for the Zhuo Kingdom, he had a verbal debate with Prince Lu in the garden.

Seeing that Zhuo Shizai's complexion was getting worse and worse, but the servant of the household department and Prince Lu still couldn't come up with a good solution, Tao Zhizhang sighed softly.

Forget it, it's always a member of the Zhuo family, and just got a promise, so let Zhuo Shitian be happy.

She said in a crisp voice: "Stop arguing, both of you, can you listen to what I have to say?"

The servant of the household department immediately stopped talking, feeling relieved.

Prince Lu also looked at Tao Zhizhang with interest, he knew that this woman was smart, maybe she really had a way.

Tao Zhizhang cleared his throat and said, "Prince Lu, are you satisfied that the porcelains I promised to you are all good?"

"It's natural."

"However, porcelain is a fragile product. It should not be so easy to guarantee that it is [-]% good. I wonder what Prince Lu thinks?"

"really!"

"So we can only say that we try our best to ensure the integrity of the goods, but manpower is always invincible, and there will inevitably be some losses on the way. If the loss is less than 5.00%, I wonder if Prince Lu can accept it?"

Prince Lu thought for a while, and motioned to the people beside him to calculate. After seeing the calculated data, he nodded: "This is acceptable!"

"Okay, since you can accept it, let's make an agreement, and increase the order by [-]% according to the quantity you are currently ordering. How about we promise to minimize the loss?"

Prince Lu asked strangely: "Why do you want to increase the order by [-]%?"

"Isn't the prince complaining that sometimes [-]% of the porcelain is lost when you get it, which means that the order is [-]% short of what the prince ordered, so I want you to increase the order by [-]%! Even if there is a loss, you can guarantee the quantity ordered by the prince, right? "

Prince Lu thought about this for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay."

Tao Zhizhang smiled triumphantly and said, "Well, how about Prince Lu and the Ministry of Households sign an agreement!"

Naturally, Prince Lu has no problem. Anyway, he doesn't need to bear such a big loss, so he has achieved his goal.

But how dare the servant of the household department sign with him?It's not that he doesn't want his head, dare to listen to his heart and do this?This is a loss of [-] yuan, how much does it cost!

Zhuo Shitian also stared at Tao Zhizhang dissatisfied, who gave her the courage?
At this time, Taozhizhang said to the Minister of the Household Department: "Master Minister, don't worry, I have a way to make the porcelain basically not bad, even if it is broken, it must be within 5.00%, and the Ministry of Households will not pay a penny!"

"What? The princess still has such abilities?"

"It's not that I have the ability, but that it has the ability!"

Tao Zhizhi pointed to the mung bean soup on the table to help digestion.

"Mung bean soup?" The household servant was stunned for a while, still not knowing the relationship between mung bean soup and the damage of porcelain.

"No, it's mung beans! Not only mung beans, but also soybeans! You just need to sprinkle some of these beans into the porcelain and pour some water on it!"

"Why?" Hubu Shilang still didn't understand, and looked at Momozhizao in a daze.

Momozhizao's beautiful eyes turned, and he found that not only the Minister of Tobe, but all the people were confused, he couldn't help sighing, they really don't know the difference between grains and grains, it's strange to expect them to understand!

Then he stopped counting on them, and said with a smile: "I don't know, these beans will germinate as long as they touch water. The sprouts are soft and slender, and they will go into the open space. Soon the gap will be filled. Block it. The road from Zhuo State to Lu State is full of rainy roads, and there are even waves beating on the sea. If this palace expected this box to be correct, it must have been wet all year round, right?"

Prince Lu laughed and said, "The princess is really smart, she is indeed wet."

"This creates the conditions for these beans to become bean sprouts. Imagine that under these conditions, the bean sprouts can't grow wildly? It only takes three days to fill the gaps between the porcelain. Is it possible for porcelain to break when it touches soft bean sprouts?"

Only then did everyone understand, and each of them showed joy.

Prince Lu frowned slightly, and looked at Tao Zhizhang in astonishment, knowing that Tao Zhizhang was smart, but he didn't expect him to be so smart, but he was just a bit cunning!
Obviously he didn't need to buy [-]% more if he had no losses, but he was fooled by the conditions she released first and bought [-]% more.

If you regret it right now, it would be looked down upon, forget it, just buy [-]% more, and reduce the porcelain from Song Guojin by [-]%.

A feast for both guests and hosts.

When Tao Zhizhu's carriage arrived outside the palace and was waiting for Zhuo Qihua, there was a knock on the door outside the carriage.

Tao Zhizhang opened it and saw that it was Sima Jue.

She frowned slightly: "What's the king of Wu doing?" She didn't want to have blatant contact with Sima Jue outside the palace, wouldn't this make Zhuo Shitian afraid of her?

Sima Jue said with a half-smile, "Princess is so scheming! It's stupid to give birth to this king. She personally proposed to marry two pieces of rubble but gave up the real pearl."

Momozhizao smiled and said with a pun: "Sometimes giving up is the best choice!"

Sima Jue's eyes lit up, and he looked at Tao Zhijian with burning enthusiasm.

(End of this chapter)