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Chapter 77 Queen (Part [-])
Imperial City, Fengtai Palace.

"What does the queen mean is that Mo Zhuyin is inappropriate for Prince Ji?" Emperor Kui looked at the new moon queen sitting next to him, and asked in puzzlement, "I don't know why the queen made such a statement?"

The Queen of the Crescent Moon was wearing a fiery red phoenix robe, leaning lazily on the desk table of the soft couch, and said casually: "Although King Ji is a traitor of the Yaozu, he is still a member of the Yaozu. Could it be that your majesty has forgotten that?" Mo Zhuyin's identity? Does His Majesty think it's appropriate to assign her to a member of the monster clan? Or is it that His Majesty wants to ignore the meaning of that side, what is his own plan?"

Speaking of the latter, Empress Xinyue raised her eyelids lightly, and her gaze on Emperor Kui became a little sharp, as if she wanted to see through his thoughts.

Emperor Kui lowered his eyes, took a sip of tea from the teacup on the desk, and concealed the flash of deep meaning in his eyes.

"The queen is thinking about it, why would I have other plans, but this marriage was discussed by the national teacher and King Ji in advance, and I only heard the national teacher mention it yesterday." Emperor Kui calmed down while drinking tea. , smiled and said, "Besides, although King Ji is a member of the monster clan, he is also a hero among the people and a great hero of our dynasty. I still need to rely on him for many things. Right now he wants to marry Mo Zhuyin. It’s not good to go against his wish, besides, being able to marry a hero like King Ji is also Mo Zhuyin’s blessing, isn’t it?”

"Oh, good fortune? Could it be that Your Majesty thinks I'm a fool?"

"How could I..."

"How did the ten concubines of King Ji die? Is your majesty really ignorant or just pretending to be stupid? Mo Zhuyin has inherited the powerful spiritual power of the Wanqi lotus flower. Do you think we don't know? That's why King Ji wanted to marry her." Come on, if you don’t have the heart to swallow an elephant, be careful not to swallow it until you want to swallow it, but you will be skinned!”

Emperor Kui smiled calmly, "I think Prince Ji has other plans this time, not..."

The Queen of the New Moon squinted at Emperor Kui, a sneer appeared on her lips, and interrupted Emperor Kui, "Your Majesty, I don't care about any grievances between you and Wanqi Lianhua, or between you and King Linghai. What is the agreement between us? You violated the agreement between us once 15 years ago. The consequences of that time were not serious, and you will not be held accountable there. But this time, if His Majesty still wants to disregard us If you want to borrow a knife to kill people, then don't blame us for breaking the agreement and taking everything back."

Emperor Kui's expression changed suddenly, and the smile on his lips froze, "Queen, calm down, I didn't mean that."

"It's not the best, otherwise, I can't guarantee whether you can continue to be the king of Chuyang Kingdom!"

A trace of murderous intent flashed across Emperor Kui's heart, but it didn't show on his face. He said respectfully, "The empress is serious, but I don't know what is there about Mo Zhuyin that deserves so much attention over there?"

Empress Xinyue's eyes suddenly became sharp, and she exuded a chill that pierced the heart and lungs. She said slowly, "Murong Tingshen, there are some things that you shouldn't know. Don't ask too much. , otherwise, you won’t even know how you died.”

The words and demeanor contained a strong sense of warning, which made Emperor Kui feel a "thump" in his heart, and suddenly shuddered, "I must remember the queen's teachings."

Emperor Kui said this on the face, but he had another thought in his heart, he paused, and then asked: "I wonder if there are any new plans for Mo Zhuyin's marriage over there?"

The Empress of the New Moon restrained her fierce aura, resumed her usual lazy and casual posture, lowered her lower eyelids and caressed the non-existing folds of the phoenix robe, and said indifferently: "Mo Zhuyin's identity is special, and the environment in the National Teacher's Mansion is not very good. It's not suitable for her to stay longer. A suitable candidate has been selected over there. His Majesty just needs to warn King Ji not to be delusional. When Mo Zhuyin returns to the capital, His Majesty will choose a suitable time to marry him. .”

"I don't know which family is the young master?" Emperor Kui asked cautiously.

"Your Majesty guessed wrong. This person is not a wealthy family, but a merchant."

"Merchants?"

"That's right, the richest man in Chuyang Kingdom - Shiyue."

Emperor Kui was a little dazed for a while, and all the information about Shiyue automatically appeared in his mind after a while.

Shiyue, the leader of Liufeng Chamber of Commerce.

Liufenghui is a chamber of commerce that has emerged in the past hundred years and is united by many merchants. After decades of development, it now controls [-] leading merchants in [-] industries, and controls nearly [-]% of the entire Chuyang Kingdom. economic lifeline.In the hands of Shiyue, the leader of Liufenghui, he is in charge of the shipping business of the entire Chuyang country. All trade and shipping between Chuyang country and Linghai country are transported by ships of Liufenghui.The entire Liufenghui can be said to be extremely rich, even richer than the treasury of Chuyang Kingdom.

As for why, as a merchant, richer than the emperor, he can still live well without being ransacked, the reason can be traced back to the ancestors of the Shi family.

The surname at that time was the national surname of Hanxue Country.

Therefore, although the Shi family established the Liufenghui in Chuyang country, the members of the Shi family are actually from the Hanxue country, and they are also the royal relatives of the Hanxue country.

Shiyue's great-grandfather was the uncle of the first emperor of Hanxue Kingdom. He, who was still the prince, fell in love with the eldest princess of Chuyang Kingdom, who is the grandmother of Kui Emperor, but because the eldest princess was unwilling to leave Chuyang Kingdom to marry far away. Going to Hanxue Country, Shiyue's great-grandfather asked his father to allow him to come to Chuyang Country to marry the eldest princess. And this prince never took a concubine in his whole life, and had only one wife and one son until his death.

Therefore, although the Shi family is a merchant, they are actually relatives of the emperor in Hanxue Kingdom and Chuyang Kingdom; although no one is an official in the court, they are not white, but a dignified Prince Xuanbei's mansion with hereditary titles , the status in Chuyang Kingdom is not bad at all.

And a few days ago, Shiyue had received the imperial decree from Emperor Yuanyang of the Hanxue Kingdom, officially taking over the title of Prince Xuanbei, and the eldest son of Prince Xuanbei's mansion became the prince.

It's just that the people of the Shi family are very low-key. From Shiyue's father's generation, they took off the plaque of Xuanbei Prince's Mansion and put it on a Shifu. They also like to call themselves sons instead of princes outside. What's more, he was busy with the affairs of the chamber of commerce all day long, and spent more than half of the year at sea, so that no one in the capital had ever seen the prince's son.

With such a prominent family, how could the Queen of the New Moon actually say that it was not a big family, but just a merchant?
The corner of Kui Emperor's mouth twitched, and he was speechless for a while.

What is the purpose of promising Mo Zhuyin, who is related to the royal families of Linghai Kingdom and Chuyang Kingdom, to Shiyue, who has the royal blood of Hanxue Kingdom and Chuyang Kingdom?
Emperor Kui glanced heavily at the teacup in hand, and replied, "I understand."

(End of this chapter)