Chapter 27 Qingmei is fierce [Seeking follow-up reading]

The stars and the moon shine together, and the winter wind blows.

Walking alone on the way out of the palace, Wei Mingqi recalled what Wan Renshan had just told him about the information about the Southwestern Delegation.

The result surprised him a little.

The so-called delegation did not represent the small southwestern court, but several dignitaries in the small court who wanted to "abandon darkness and join the light". The most critical one among them was even conferred a title of marquis by the small court, held military power, and was the best fighter in the southwestern army. He was in a high position and had great power in the small court.

'Suspected to be Kui'

This is the evaluation of this person by the East Ya spy.

This kind of person would be treated as a guest of honor by any force, not to mention the Guanzhong court. Now the other party suddenly sends an envoy to so-called abandon darkness and join the light. Even if the court feels that there is something fishy, ​​it has to treat it with caution.

Therefore, the old eunuch simply gave him the task of investigating the mission. This way, not only would there be room for maneuver when the matter was exposed, but it would also be a subtle statement to Wei Mingqi that the matter of the thieves really had nothing to do with the palace.

'Southwest, East Garden, Concubine Shi...'

Wei Mingqi chewed on a few key words and vaguely grasped the clue in his mind, but whether it was true or not, he had to go back and take a look at the detailed information to know.

"cough--"

Suddenly, a pretentious cough was heard from the front.

Wei Mingqi came back to his senses and found that he was not far from the palace gate. There was an acquaintance waiting for him in the snow.

"Wei——"

"No money!"

Wei Mingqi spoke first to stop the other person from speaking, and then he calmly explained: "The monthly salary has not yet been paid, and the third rank has no surplus food. I'm afraid that Envoy Liu's trip today was in vain."

"You got promoted again?!"

"Hmm~ Lord Wan has promoted me to be the commander of the Blue Dragon Hub of the Western Palace."

"You deserve to die, Wei!"

The white-faced eunuch was so anxious that he jumped up and down in the snow. After a long while, he came up to him and whispered through gritted teeth:

"We'll talk about the money later. Come with me. There's an important person who wants to see you. You'll be a snack later."

"Your Excellency? Which honorable one?"

"A noble person who can pull you down to the bottom."

"..."

Queen Mother?

Wei Mingqi frowned slightly and followed him to a carriage parked on the side of the road. Then the white-faced eunuch bowed his head respectfully in the direction of the pedals and said softly:
"The Wei pacification envoy is here."

"Let him come up—"

A sickly female voice came from the carriage.

In an instant, a figure emerged in Wei Mingqi's mind, and his expression suddenly became extremely interesting. He ignored the white-faced eunuch who was winking at him and got on the sedan chair on his own.

When he pushed open the door, hot air hit him in the face. Wei Mingqi looked over and saw two fire tripods in the huge luxurious sedan chair. There was thick bedding piled on the soft couch in the innermost part. At this moment, with the help of a female official, the bedding squirmed for a while, and a petite figure crawled out from it.

After all these years, she is still as cute as a delicate porcelain doll, still has that gloomy expression on her face as if everyone in the world owes her money, and still... as fierce as she was back then.

Dengdengdeng-

Just after getting out of bed, the girl in a black skirt jumped off the couch, grabbed a sword hanging on the wall, and walked towards him aggressively, regardless of the wrinkles on her body and the lazy hair on her forehead.

Swish!
The cold light came out of the sheath, and Wei Mingqi felt a heavy burden on his shoulders.

"Tell me! Are you going to rebel——"

The girl, who was only as tall as his chest, gritted her teeth and said angrily, "I've only let you go out for a few days and you're already killing people everywhere! There's even a bunch of traitors from the Mocking Heaven Palace stuffed into the Hub. Have you forgotten what I warned you about that year?!"

Wei Mingqi looked at her quietly. After a moment, he made a move that made the female official in front of the couch widen her eyes and shout angrily:
"How dare you! Don't be rude to His Majesty!"

"..." Wei Mingqi took his hand back from the girl's head and said with a click of the tongue: "It's been three years, haven't you grown at all?"

Hearing this, the girl who had just looked up in a daze suddenly blushed, and raised her sword with her two slender wrists, ready to chop:
"I am going to kill you--"

The sword was so heavy for her that her hands shook as she lifted it.

Wei Mingqi looked at her furious expression and suddenly asked, "Did you come to see me this time without telling the Queen Mother?"

"you--"

The girl pursed her lips and said angrily: "Don't change the subject! Tell me! Are you going to rebel?!"

Her current appearance is completely different from what she looked like more than ten years ago, so much so that Wei Mingqi found her fresh and new when he first saw her and couldn't help teasing her.

"Do you know why the Queen Mother doesn't let you get close to me?"

"I said, don't--"

"Because she knows that if I harbor resentment towards the imperial court and want to cause chaos in the world, I only need to find an opportunity like now to break your neck, and the imperial court in Guanzhong will collapse without a fight, and the entire Central Plains will be filled with murderous intent, and dragons and snakes will rise from the land."

"..."

What he said was so scary that not only did the female official rush forward to pull the girl back into her arms, but the white-faced eunuch also coughed outside the carriage.

"let me go!"

"His Majesty--"

The girl struggled out of the lady-in-waiting’s arms, walked up to him and raised her face stubbornly: “If I were afraid, I wouldn’t come!”

"..."

The two of them didn't spend too long together, only about two years, and they were either arguing or fighting, so the memories are not very good.

But, we are friends after all.

Wei Mingqi liked to tell the truth to his friends, so he looked down at her for a moment and said:

"In your mind, you think that everyone in the Heavenly Palace is a rebel, but weren't they the ones who killed the Three Principals of the Western Palace this time? The imperial court didn't bear any bad name in that, so who got the advantage?"

“…They are because of you.”

"Or because of you? They were all obedient citizens at home. When their families were destroyed because of a bullshit prophecy, where was the law of the court?"

Hearing this, the girl looked very embarrassed and said, "The world is not at peace yet. You are well aware of the local forces. How can you——"

"Who made her the emperor?"

"..."

"Since she is the ruler of the country, whether it is responsibility or resentment, if she doesn't bear it, who will? If you are not good at it, then practice more. If you can't afford it, don't play. If it really doesn't work, then abdicate and return to the small court in the southwest. The world can be more stable then."

"..."

The girl's eyes went blank due to his sharp words, and her face gradually turned red. Although she was cute, the female official who knew her well hurried forward to help her onto the bed, and did not forget to turn around and glare at Wei Mingqi:

"You traitor! You know the truth but you still insult me ​​like this! I'm so ashamed of you -"

"He's right."

The girl's face returned to normal, and she said in a deep voice, "It is the emperor who failed to govern the nine provinces. I am guilty of all this. Wei Mingqi, you should go back."

"..."

If he only saw her as a young girl, Wei Mingqi could stay here and comfort her. But she was the master of the country and the continuation of the imperial power, so many things could only be left for her to digest silently.

After he got off the carriage, the white-faced eunuch escorted him for a while, but he kept complaining to him along the way because he was absent-minded:
"Your Majesty is only twelve years old. How could you say such hurtful words? Although I have not been in the imperial court, everyone in the palace knows your Majesty's temper. He is exactly like Suzong. If he doesn't regard you as a friend, he will not risk meeting you."

"Since the day you ascended the throne, Your Majesty has always addressed me as "Zhen" even in front of all the nobles. Only you have addressed me as "I" before and after. You—"

Wei Mingqi suddenly stopped.

(End of this chapter)