After the child's mind was read, the tyrant caught the male queen with a black face

He said tactfully, "Um... Lord Liu, I have something I really want to ask you. How many years will you decide to live in Xia Country?"

Envoy Liu blinked and said calmly, "Today."

The Grand Secretary took a deep breath and said, "Is that so? But didn't you just tell them to go to Chen Guoliu's house to find you..."

Envoy Liu looked at the Grand Secretary with a half-smile and said, "Let them go find Qilinzi of the Liu family of Chen State. What does it have to do with Liu Mingxia of Xia State?"

Grand Secretary: ...

Envoy Liu looked at Qi Kuan again: "Do you have any questions?"

Qi Kuan smiled and shook his head: "No. Welcome Sir Liu, no... Liu Mingxia to Daxia."

Liu Mingxia stood up straight and performed the full etiquette of a commoner meeting an official: "I dare not. Thank you, sir."

Then she left very casually without even looking at the Grand Secretary.

The Grand Secretary could not help looking at Qi Kuan and said in a low voice: "It's over. Is this mission considered a failure? If she doesn't return to Chen State, how can she pass on information to us? We..."

Qi Kuan waited patiently for the Grand Secretary to finish speaking before he spoke: "Sir, spies can incite many rebellions, but it is difficult to meet a protagonist as capable as Envoy Liu."

Qi Kuan emphasized the word "protagonist" and continued: "She is willing to completely sever her identity from the State of Chen, so staying in the State of Xia is a good thing."

The university scholar paused: Hiss, he almost forgot that watching and studying the "female protagonist" was their original intention.

Qi Kuan added: "Besides, His Majesty attaches great importance to the imperial examination. She is worthy."

The Grand Secretary nodded: "I know. But what does it have to do with her?"

The Crown Prince, Prime Minister Li, and Prime Minister Wang were all sent out to monitor the selection of talents for the imperial examination, which was enough to show how much the emperor valued it. But what did this have to do with Envoy Liu?

Qi Kuan was speechless for a moment, and looked at the Grand Secretary as if he was looking at his own silly Third Prince.

Because of this little sense of familiarity, Qi Kuan couldn't help but nag a few more words.

He said, "Envoy Liu will change her identity to take the imperial examination. Then her gender and talent will become one of the best banners for the beneficiaries of the imperial examination. With such a banner figure, it will be enough to attract more and more people to participate. In this way, Your Majesty will surely be much happier in promoting the imperial examination for both men and women."

The Grand Secretary was enlightened and said sincerely, "Yes, yes, yes. I was thinking wrongly before..."

At this point, the Grand Secretary was suddenly stunned.

Yes, no wonder Envoy Liu was so confident and confident in what he said just now. It seems that he had thought it all through a long time ago.

Wow, she is worthy of being the heroine of a revenge novel.

……

The turmoil surrounding the Queen Mother's relatives by marriage not only caused a stir in Daxia, but also in the states of Chen and Chu.

The Emperor of Chen issued five orders in succession, asking the Chen envoys to take advantage of the chaos to win over the officials of Xia and take back the three cities as soon as possible. For this, they could pay a certain amount of gold and silver as compensation.

However, before entering the Xia Kingdom, these five orders were all taken down by the Jinyiwei with the help of Envoy Liu.

The Jinyiwei changed the "three" cities mentioned above to "two", and changed "a certain amount of gold and silver can be compensated" to "compensate with gold, silver and ore at any cost, and strengthen cooperation with the Queen Mother of Xia."

However, the Chen State delegation remained in Xia State.

They first discovered the truth that Envoy Liu was "suspected of drowning" and were scared to death. After all, they and Envoy Liu were the last people in conflict, and they were afraid of being suspected of being the murderer.

Now seeing Chen Guo’s “anxious” orders, he became even more panicked, like an ant on a hot pan, and was in a state of panic.

Finally, Envoy Zhou came out to take charge of the situation and said, "Envoy Liu is your majesty's confidant and a young talent. We must make achievements before returning. Give more money to the queen mother and get news that is beneficial to the State of Chen as soon as possible before returning."

Therefore, the Minister of Finance of the Xia Kingdom looked at the piles of gold bricks and smiled so hard that his teeth were not visible.

He even told the Minister of War who was in charge of fabricating false intelligence: "Mix some true and false news together. Keep the Chen delegation stable, and pluck the wool from the sheep slowly, don't kill them all at once."

The Minister of War was speechless, but when he gave Chen State false news, he changed the news of nine false and one true to six false and four true. Of course, he was not shaken by the promise of the Minister of Revenue to increase military expenditure.

……

The Emperor of Chu ordered the Fourth Prince to contact the Queen Mother of Xia.

After receiving the order, the Fourth Prince of Chu quickly found the bald Grand Master and asked him what to do.

The bald Grand Master shook his head slightly: "The Xia Kingdom dared to deal with the Queen Mother's relatives at the speed of thunder, which is enough to show that the Queen Mother is in a very bad situation. If you approach rashly, there may be a trap."

The fourth prince of Chu frowned slightly: "Does the Grand Master mean that we should completely give up the Queen Mother line?"

The bald Grand Master said sincerely, "That's exactly it."

The fourth prince of Chu State was silent for a moment, and then he suddenly said, "Grand Master, has your granddaughter ever told you when she is willing to come to Chu State to visit you?"

The bald Grand Master's heart sank, and he sighed: "This time, I made this suggestion without any selfish motives. If the Fourth Prince doesn't believe it, I won't say it again in the future."

The fourth prince of Chu instantly realized that his attitude just now was inappropriate. He quickly bowed and helped the bald Grand Master up: "Grand Master, I have no other intentions, but my father has already ordered that we must contact the Queen Mother. I hope that Grand Master can give me some advice."

The bald great master could only try to cheer himself up and continue giving advice.

But he sighed in his heart: Xia Guo's conspiracy! Even though he was honest with the Fourth Prince, their relationship was gone forever.

……

As for Shu, when the court was about to end, the Shu officials reported to the regent prince that the Queen Mother Xia's relatives had misfortune.

The Shu Kingdom's eldest prince had only one reaction after hearing this: "Mount Wutai? Well, send someone over there."

Shu official:?

The Queen Mother of Xia has returned from Mount Wutai. What are we going to do by sending people there now?

Among them, there was an ambitious official named Yu Tu, who bowed cautiously and said, "Your Highness, do you want to explore the relevant information left behind? In the early years, I arranged for someone to be near Mount Wutai..."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" The eldest prince of Shu Kingdom immediately looked at Yu Tu, "Hurry up and write a list of all the scenery, historical sites, delicious food and fun things around Mount Wutai for me. Also, buy all the toys nearby. Okay, let's adjourn."

After saying this, the eldest prince of Shu stood up and left.

Yu Tu was confused: "Huh?"

Yu Tu's friend spoke sympathetically, "That Chen nobleman has recently brought a lot of Mount Wutai's gadgets and Zen stories to make the ladies very happy. Your Highness must have developed a competitive spirit."

Yu Tu was devastated: "What! This, this... a tyrant..."

Yu Tu's friend quickly covered Yu Tu's mouth and said, "Stop howling. After all, the eldest prince is still very reliable in other government affairs, such as the previous handling of land annexation and the passing business tax. What if you let the eldest prince go and the emperor take over? What if he runs naked in the court? Which one do you choose?"

Yu Tu shuddered all over and remained silent for a long time. Suddenly, he took off his official hat, turned around and left.

Yu Tu's friend was stunned. Just as he chased after him, he heard Yu Tu say, "Damn it, I don't want to choose either of these two pieces of shit. If you don't want me here, I'll find another place to stay. Let's go."

……