King Zhou was furious when he heard this and thought: "This old man relies on the fact that he is a veteran of three dynasties. The day before yesterday, I wrote a poem in Nuwa Temple to praise the beauty of Nuwa, but he just led his officials to remonstrate and harass him endlessly. I can't have a moment of peace. Today, I just want to choose a few beauties to accompany the king, but they come out to make noise. This is really abominable and should be severely punished!"
However, there was another voice in his heart saying: "This Shang Rong is an important minister left behind by the late emperor. He has always been loyal to the country, but how could he harm me." The two thoughts in his mind kept changing, and the look on Emperor Xin's face was also changing.
All the ministers were sweating for the old prime minister, because, in recent days, the mind trick used by Quasi Body has slowly suppressed Emperor Xin's true dragon energy. Emperor Xin has become more and more irritable in recent days. Already, the staff has killed many palace maids and palace servants.
After a long time, Emperor Xin's reason finally defeated his evil thoughts and said: "Your words are very good, but I just stopped what you said." After saying this, the ministers retired from the court and returned to the palace.
Emperor Xin wanted to do the beauty pageant but was blocked by Shang Rong, not to mention it. He only said that since Qingxu was expelled from the Wa Palace by Empress Nuwa, he knew that the empress had made up her mind and was beyond her control, so she sadly returned to Wangwu Mountain.
I wanted to go and kill the three demons of Xuanyuan Tomb, but I thought it would be easy to kill the three demons, but the empress would send others to go, but it would still be useless, and I would blame empress Nuwa for nothing. On the contrary, it is even more detrimental to interception.
He wanted to tell Empress Nuwa that he was blocked by Zhunti and the changes in Emperor Xin, but he thought that the saint must be extremely precise in his actions. I was afraid that Zhun had arranged everything in advance. Even if he asked Empress Nuwa to check, she would probably not be able to find anything, so she couldn't help but feel sad. .
When Qingxu thought of this, he stopped thinking about it and concentrated on preparing for the upcoming battle to confer on the gods.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the eighth year of Emperor Xin's reign. April of this year was the day when the four major princes in the world led eight hundred people to worship the emperor. All the princes in the world came to Chaoge to worship the emperor. At this time, when the Grand Master heard that Zhong was not in the capital, King Zhou favored Fei Zhong and Youhun. All the princes knew that these two men were controlling the government and wielding power. They had no choice but to bribe them first to satisfy their wishes. As the saying goes, "Before leaving the court, the emperor came to pay homage to the Prime Minister." ".
Even Jiang Huanchu, the Marquis of Dongbo, had no choice but to condescend to go as the head of state. However, one of the princes named Su Minghu was the Marquis of Jizhou, and he was a direct descendant of the Yan Emperor Shennong's family. This person's life is as strong and upright as fire, but he didn't know the fate of Ben Jing. In the past, when he saw the slightest injustice or lawlessness, he would be punished by law and punished a lot under the pretense, so neither of them ever gave him a gift. It was also when something happened that day, the two of them found out that all the princes in the world sent gifts to Dusuhu, but Dusuhu was rude and Shan was furious and resentful in his heart.
On the day of the audience, Emperor Xin went to court after all the civil and military officials had paid their respects. A senior official came forward and said, "This is the year of the imperial court. All the princes in the world are congratulating you outside the Meridian Gate and waiting for your Majesty's arrival."
Di Xin asked Xiang Shangrong how to deal with it.
Shang Rong came out of the squad and said: "Your Majesty can announce that the princes from the four towns will meet with the king to inquire about the people's customs, and they will do their best to ensure the country's security. The rest of the princes will congratulate outside the Meridian Gate."
Emperor Xin heard the memorial and said, "What Ai Qing said is true." He turned to Zhongguan and said, "Xuansi led the princes to the temple to pay their respects. The rest of the people congratulated outside the Meridian Gate."
After hearing the imperial edict, the princes of the Eight Hundred Towns outside the Meridian Gate went to the mountains outside the Meridian Gate to call out their congratulations. Then the princes from the four towns in the east, south, west, and north led the princes in neat court clothes, shook their jade pei, entered the Meridian Gate, crossed the Jiulong Bridge, and went to Danchi Mountain to pay their respects. He prostrated himself in front of the palace and waited for Emperor Xin's decree.
After Emperor Xin asked the four people to stand up, he asked about the people's customs and other things. The four people answered in order. Emperor Xin heard that Long Yan was overjoyed to discuss matters with each other, and Yabi Gan held a banquet in Xianqing Hall to treat each other. The four ministers kowtowed and thanked each other. They left Danqi and went to the Xianqing Hall to have a banquet.
After Emperor Xin retired from the court, he summoned Fei Zhong and You Hun and asked, "The day before yesterday, I wanted to order the princes of the four uncles to offer beautiful women, but Prime Minister Shang Rong stopped me. Now I want to mention this matter again, okay?"
Fei Zhong and You Hun looked at each other, stepped forward, and said, "The day before yesterday, Your Majesty promised the old Prime Minister that he would no longer do beauty pageants. If the old matter is brought up again today, it will inevitably make people think that Your Majesty is not enough to win the trust of his subjects. I will definitely think it is unacceptable."
He looked at Di Xin cautiously and said, "I heard that Jizhou Hou Suhu has a beautiful girl with a graceful, leisurely, and virtuous nature. If she is chosen to serve as a servant in the palace, it would be unreasonable to choose a daughter without disturbing the people of the world." Eye-catching."
But it turned out that Fei Zhong and You Hun were angry at Su Hu for refusing to bribe them and deliberately punished Su Hu. They thought that Su Hu was upright and would not send their daughter to the palace. When the emperor was angry and Su Hu was killed, it was regarded as repaying Su Hu. Disrespect your own hatred. "
Emperor Xin was overjoyed when he heard this and summoned Su Hu into the palace to discuss the matter.
The result was indeed what Fei Zhong and You Hun thought, but Su Hu was unwilling to send his daughter to the palace and said sternly: "I heard that if you cultivate virtue and diligent government, all the people will be happy and admire the scenery of the world, and you will live forever in heaven." In the past, there was Xia who lost power and indulged in debauchery, but my ancestors were not arrogant, did not possess wealth, were virtuous, had official merits, were rewarded, were generous, and were benevolent. Only then did Xia Zhangxin herald the prosperity of the nation and protect its destiny. Following the example of the king of Xia is the way to defeat. If the king loves sex, he will overthrow the country; if the ministers love sex, they will destroy the ancestral temple; and if the common people love sex, they will kill their own bodies. If the king is the standard of his ministers, he will not obey the Taoist ministers. I can't bear to compare it to being a treacherous person! I'm afraid that the 600-year-old business will be ruined by Your Majesty."
When Emperor Xin heard this, he was furious and wanted to kill Su Hu. Fei Zhong and You Hun felt that killing Su Hu alone was not enough to quench their anger, which would destroy his family and his family. Then he slandered Emperor Xin and asked Emperor Xin to release Su Hu and ask Su Hu to send his daughter. Thinking of Su Hu's character, he would definitely not send her daughter. When the emperor was furious and the heavenly soldiers arrived, Su Hu's whole family would naturally not be able to escape the disaster of annihilation.
After Su Hu returned to the post house, he was bewitched by his family generals and wrote the poem "A bad king and his ministers will defeat the five permanent members. Su Hu of Jizhou will never go to the Shang Dynasty!" and led the family generals to escape from Chaoge and rush back to their homeland.
After hearing this, Emperor Xin was furious and sent his army to conquer. After being blocked by a group of ministers, he decided to send Xibo Hou Jichang and Beibo Hou Chonghou Hu to lead their respective armies to victory. When the ministers heard this, they were shocked beyond belief.
Jichang, the Marquis of Xibo, was extremely happy when he heard that Emperor Xin had lost his moral character in the past two years. This time he heard that Su Hu had gone to court and Emperor Xin asked him and Chonghou Hu to go on an expedition. He was even more happy and thought: "If I can make Su Hu If Su Hu dedicated his daughter to Emperor Xin, Emperor Xin would be confused by his beauty and neglect the government; if Su Hu would rather die together than sacrifice his daughter, then cutting off Su Hu would also weaken the strength of the Yin Shang Dynasty. No matter how he raised it, it would be beneficial to him and harmless.
He made an appointment with Chonghou Hu, and Chonghou Hu would go first and then he would arrive.