Chapter 42 Who will be sent?

Qi Guo.

Yuanfei, who has been pregnant for five months, has become uneasy as her stomach gets bigger day by day. She is worried that the child in her belly will suddenly disappear. Previously, she felt that it was the right choice to put saffron in the queen's abortion medicine, but as the child grew up day by day, she suddenly began to be afraid that God would punish her for miscarriage because of what she had done before.

Sometimes, she will wake up in the middle of the night and touch her stomach in a panic to see if the child is safe. Because of this, the originally frank Yuanfei becomes suspicious all day long and always feels that the queen wants to harm the child in her stomach.

On the other hand, King Jinheng found out that the Department of Finance had misappropriated 500,000 taels of gold from the treasury. When he told Emperor Qi about this matter, Emperor Qi just asked King Jinheng to keep quiet. King Jinheng knew that Emperor Qi had decided to suppress this matter. He didn't want the pregnant Yuanfei to be in any danger.

However, when King Jinheng told Emperor Qi Wu Jinsong to misappropriate the treasury property, Emperor Qi remembered what Mei Nianfa had said before, and slowly accepted the fact that it was Yuanfei who caused the empress's miscarriage in his heart. Although he felt a little sorry for the queen, he had no way to deal with Yuanfei at present, so Emperor Qi decided to hide this matter in his heart forever and double the compensation for the queen in the future.

Just when the whole State of Qi fell into peace, there was news from the State of Lu that made Emperor Qi headache.

Previously, she married Princess Shuning of Lu and pushed the pregnant Princess Rong down from a high place, causing Princess Rong to have a miscarriage. This incident made a lot of noise in Lu, and they demanded that Princess Shuning be executed one after another.

But anyway, Shu Ning is the princess of the State of Qi, so for a while, Emperor Lu didn't know what to do, so he could only temporarily put her under house arrest.

In the main hall, Emperor Qi looked at the fact that none of the civil and military ministers of the dynasty could come up with a solution, and couldn't help saying angrily, "What's the use of raising you waste?"

"I am frightened."

"Your Majesty." King Jinheng said, "I think there is something else hidden in this matter."

"Oh? Let's talk about it."

"Your Majesty, Princess Shuning was seen by an old minister and grew up, and she would definitely not do such a thing."

"The prince's words are reasonable." Although Princess Shuning was not born by Emperor Qi, he did not want his niece to do such an unreasonable thing from the bottom of his heart.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Zhao Shun, who was originally going to resign, finally stayed under the persuasion of Emperor Qi, but his power in the court was not as good as before: "Your Majesty, I think that the most urgent thing now is to send someone to the State of Lu and find out the truth of the matter at the same time."

"What the Prime Minister said is also reasonable, so who should I send?" Emperor Qi asked, "Who of you would like to make an envoy to the State of Lu?"

Everyone knows that it is not a good job to send an envoy to the State of Lu. Not to mention the mountains and rivers along the way, it is winter now. Even if the State of Lu is not beaten to death by those grumpy Lu people, it will be frozen to death. So everyone, look at me, and I see that no one has come forward.

"Who the hell are you going to?" Emperor Qi's voice this time clearly showed displeasure.

"I want to recommend one person to the emperor." Speaking of Lin Zhiyuan, although Zhao Shun's power is not as good as before, he still follows Zhao Shun. It is not that he is so heartfelt, but that he feels that as long as the queen will give birth to a prince in the future, he can follow Pingbu Qingyun, and on the other hand, he and Zhao Shun are two when correcting the chaos. People are also closely connected, and it may not be a good thing to break this connection.

"Who do you want to recommend?"

"To the emperor, Weichen wants to recommend Liu Zichen."

"Liu Zichen?" Emperor Qi recalled in his mind, "Oh, do you mean Liu Zichen who was sent to Banan by me? I remember that he is your son-in-law, right?"

"Yes, your Majesty." Lin Zhiyuan said, "Then Banan is not too far from the State of Lu, which can save a little time on the road, and it can also be regarded as a little grinding for young people. And as far as Weichen knows, his sister is the side room of Ma Nian, the general of Lu Guozhen, so I think it is most appropriate to let Liu Zichen make an envoy to Lu.

"Okay, I will send an order to Banan immediately." Emperor Qi said, "If he makes contributions this time, I must reward him well."

"Thank you for your grace."

After retreating from the dynasty, Zhao Shun and Lin Zhiyuan decided to go to Juxialou for a drink.

"Mr. Lin, your son-in-law's sister is the side room of Ma Nian, General Lu Guozhen. Why have I never heard you mention this?"

Lin Zhiyuan took the cooked wine out of the small copper pot, first took a glass for Zhao Shun, and then filled his glass: "Alas, didn't Lu Guo and we have a war before? How dare I say this kind of thing, but now the situation is different, and naturally it can be said."

"So that's it, but it's okay. If he makes great contributions this time, he can return to the court." Zhao Shun said.

"Your Excellency, now that the concubine is pregnant, the emperor seems to spoil her very much. A few days ago, he also rewarded her with the pearl sent by Nanxia." Lin Zhiyuan said, "If the Empress hadn't had a miscarriage, alas..."

"Flowers are not red for a hundred days." Zhao Shun drank all the wine in the glass and said, "What about pregnancy? Even if she gives birth to a prince, she is just a concubine. What kind of climate can it be?"

"That's not what I said. What if one day this concubine flies to the branch and Phoenix? Look, the queen who has not given birth to a prince since ancient times is not facing the fate of autumn wind and falling leaves in the end, so whether it is a direct son or a commoner, she must have a child.

"Haha, this is not something we can decide. It depends on God's will."

"Yes, it depends on God's will." Lin Zhiyuan said with a smile, "Bear by the way, I heard that Li Dusi has a close relationship with a businessman. Do you know about this?"

Zhao Shun nodded and put down his glass: "Are you talking about the crazy businessman surnamed Shen?"

"Exact."

"I heard the Queen say this." Zhao Shun said.

"Does the Empress also know about this? How could she know?"

"She is the queen, how can she not know?" Zhao Shun smiled and said, "Although the queen is only 18 years old, her mind is delicate, and even I, as an elder brother, am ashamed of herself. Besides, how can you have no eyeliner as a queen? Don't you think so?"

"Your Excellency is right, that's right." Lin Zhiyuan filled Zhao Shun with wine glasses and said, "In fact, to tell you the truth, I have tried a lot of efforts to find out the origin of this businessman. As a result, do you guess what?"

"As a result, you didn't find anything."

"How do you know, my lord?"

"Because I also sent someone to check, and nothing was found. This unreasonableness seemed to suddenly emerge from the ground and could not find anything about him. I thought that since he was a businessman, he would definitely do business, but there was a very strong resistance that I couldn't continue to investigate.

"What kind of person has such ability? I don't think he is an ordinary businessman.

"Yes, but the most important thing is that this businessman who can provide political funds is on the side of the Empress Jiafei."

"Prempress? Isn't that the daughter of Lidu Sibeitangqi?

"She is a woman who is 100 times more terrible than Yuanfei."

"Do you have it?" Lin Zhiyuan asked, "I don't see this. Is there anything special about her?"

"You will know soon."