Chapter 118
Although Qi State was the weakest among all the vassal states, under the iron-fisted governance of the empress, the people here still lived a barely adequate life.
After Fanyintian and Miaochengtian rode their horses and took Belo's family of three into Fengxiang City, they came straight to the gate of Qi Wang Mansion.
"Your Highness, the King of Yan, the Queen of Yan, and Princess Tianyun, please!" Fanyintian made a "please come in" gesture to Beikai and the other two.
The real King of Qi, Li Maozhen, had left Qi State for several years. The current King of Qi was pretended by his sister, the Empress of Huanyinfang. Therefore, the architectural style of the entire Qi Wang Mansion has tended to be a kind of looming softness.
In the backyard of Qi Wang Mansion, the empress, who was dressed as a man, had already dressed up as the King of Qi and brewed a pot of good tea here. Beside her, Xuanjingtian and Duowentian, two of the Nine Heavens Saints, were standing.
"Report to the King of Qi, His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan and his men have arrived!" A girl dressed as a servant came to the Empress.
"Bring them here!" The Empress covered the teacup on the table.
"Yes, King Qi!" The servant girl stood up and left.
Under the guidance of the servant girl, the three members of the Bello family all walked towards the Empress with dignified square steps and lotus steps.
"Wow! Three beautiful sisters again! Especially the one sitting!" When there was still a distance of seven or eight meters from the Empress and others, Besha, who had been keeping her dignity, suddenly broke down. She let go of her parents' hands and rushed straight towards the Empress.
The Empress was shocked by this sudden scene. For a moment, she didn't know how to deal with it. When she came to her senses, Besha had been rubbing against her arms for a long time.
"Your Highness, Prince Qi, I am a playful girl. I hope you can forgive me!" Bello walked to the Empress and saluted with both hands clasped.
"It doesn't matter. It's a child's nature to be playful!" The Empress picked up Besha. She looked at Xiaobei in her arms and couldn't help but think of herself in the past.
"Xiaobei, that's enough. Come back quickly!" Kaisha came to the Empress and stretched out her hands to Besha in her arms.
"Mother, I like to stay with this sister. Let's take her back too!" Besha's little hands tightly grasped the Empress's clothes and wouldn't let go.
"Xiaobei, why didn't I realize that you have this kind of personality? How can you fall in love with everyone you meet?" Kaisha stared at Besha with a slightly serious expression.
"Mother, I'm not a boy, how can I love every girl I meet? No, I don't love my sisters that way!" Betha left the empress's arms reluctantly.
"You stay here for a while, Queen Yan and the little princess, Your Highness Prince Yan, please lend me a step to talk!" The empress stood up and made a "please move" gesture to Bello.
"Wait for me here! Your Highness Prince Qi, please!" Bello first made a "please" gesture, and then he walked away one step ahead of the empress.
The empress took Bello to a pavilion in the lotus pond in Prince Qi's mansion, and they sat down on the stone bench and stone table in the pavilion.
"Your Highness Prince Yan, you are very brave! You dare to take the risk of the world!" The empress personally brewed a pot of light tea for Bello.
"Why not? In terms of martial arts, no one in the world is my opponent! In terms of strong soldiers and horses, Yan State is not afraid of anyone's challenge now!" Belo picked up the cup of light tea.
"That's right! Zhu Wen and Buliang Shuai were defeated by you one after another. Ask yourself, is there anything in the world that you dare not do?" The empress made a cup of tea for herself.
"Your Highness Qi Wang is so kind! I dare to ask Your Highness Qi Wang, you are carrying the burden of the entire Qi State alone, aren't you tired?" Belo put down the teacup in her hand.
"What if I'm tired? What if I'm not tired? Being in this position, I can't help myself many times!" The empress also put down the teacup in her hand.
"I wonder if Your Highness Qi Wang has ever thought about finding an ally for yourself?" Belo picked up the teapot and began to refill the two teacups with water.
"Don't you know, Your Highness, that Qi is the weakest vassal state in the world? Isn't the so-called alliance just the big fish eating the small fish? If I really form an alliance with someone, then Qi will no longer exist!" The empress raised the cup of tea with both hands.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, Qi, don't worry. If you form an alliance with me, I will make Qi even more powerful!" BeiLuo raised his teacup and wanted to clink glasses with the empress, but was deliberately avoided by the other party.
"In troubled times, people's hearts are not as good as before. Please forgive me for not gambling with you on the future of Qi!" The empress did not clink glasses with Belo, and she drank the cup of tea in her hand by herself.
"Understand!" Belo also drank the cup of tea in his hand alone.
Although the conversation with the empress ended unpleasantly, Belo still stayed in the Qi Wang Mansion with his wife and daughter to continue to be a guest, and the empress did not go to neglect Bei Kai's family of three because of the unpleasant ending.
During the time when she was a guest in Qi Wang Mansion, Besha, the little flower carrot, would play with different beauties every day, and every one of the Nine Heavens Saints could not escape the fate of being rubbed by her.
For Besha's active sticking, the Nine Heavens Saints not only did not feel bored, but also found it quite interesting. They all liked this little cutie very much.
Besha would not bother Beikai and the others, so they could enjoy a life of debauchery during the day and romance at night in the Qiwang Mansion anytime and anywhere.
"Fanyintian, I envy Queen Yan so much! I heard that there is not even a single extra concubine in the harem of His Royal Highness Yanwang!" Miaochengtian said with jealousy.
"Miaochengtian, do you like His Royal Highness Yanwang? If you like, I will go to Qiwang to match you up and let you become a concubine of His Royal Highness Yanwang!" Fanyintian teased Miaochengtian.
Miaochengtian did not respond, she turned around and left with a red face.
When the empress learned of Miaochengtian's intentions, she really went to Belo alone and proposed the idea of betrothing Miaochengtian to him.
Belo, who only had Kaisha in his heart, naturally rejected the empress's kindness without hesitation, and he also took the opportunity to propose that there were many outstanding men in his Tianren Pavilion.
If the empress is interested, why not let Huanyinfang and Tianren Pavilion have a friendly exchange!
Faced with Belo's proposal, the empress smiled and acquiesced.
After making up his mind, Belo asked the ten unmarried golden guards of the twelve golden guards in Tianren Pavilion, led by Liu Zhiyuan, to come to Fengxiang City.
Yes, in order to make Yuan Tiangang fall into the trap he designed, Belo sent all the members of Tianren Pavilion to other places when he left Yan State. The members of Tianren Pavilion who are still in Yan State are just a group of pre-selected members who were temporarily formed.
As the (later) Han Gaozu in the official history, Liu Zhiyuan only took less than three months to successfully capture the heart of Fanyintian, and Guo Wei, the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, who was second only to him in the official history, also followed closely and gained the favor of Xuanjingtian.
After confirming that Xuan Jingtian's secular name was no longer Chai, Bello had already silently lit a candle in his heart for Chai Rong of this world: Your good godfather no longer belongs to you!
