There was a circle of people in the courtyard where the Peacock Platform in the inn was temporarily staying, and Chu Huan was also among the crowd.

The birthday ceremony for heaven is approaching. Yang Zhen, the head of the Hexi Ministry of Rites, came to inspect it personally, and it has been confirmed that the Peacock Platform will be the finale, and the last one will offer skills to His Majesty the Emperor.

Peacock Platform naturally attaches great importance to this. Today, the sky is clear and the Jinling Bird ordered everyone to gather for the last big rehearsal before the performance.

Although his dancing skills are outstanding, it is unusual for everyone in the Peacock Platform to show their skills.

When Jinling Bird came over, only Xiaoning followed him this time, but Xiao Lian was not seen. She was dressed elegantly and still had a mask and gauze. Everyone was whispering in a low voice, but when they saw Jinling Bird coming over, they were silent.

"Mr. Yang from the Ministry of Rites came yesterday." Jinling Que glanced at everyone and said softly: "There are many art troupes for this birthday worship, and there are many art troupes to offer... Originally, our Peacock Platform had to offer three art troupes, but Mr. Yang said that the time for the birthday troupes to offer heaven was not short, and the emperor could not participate in the birthday troupes for a long time, so the art troupes could only offer the best art troupes. The few art troupes originally prepared by our Peacock Platform could only retain one."

Everyone looked at each other, and the Peacock Platform had indeed made careful choices for this birthday ceremony.

Peacock Platform is naturally a relatively large art troupe. Such an art troupe can easily produce dozens of exciting art items and select three or four wonderful art items from them, which is a bit of thought.

But no one expected that in a word from the Ministry of Rites, Peacock could only retain one artistic item, so naturally there was no good choice. The art of Peacock Platform in the station is naturally the "peacock flowing clouds" of Jinling Bird.

Jinling Que whispered: "Mr. Yang called us to offer the peacock platform a peacock cloud, so... By the day of the birthday ceremony of worshiping heaven, we can't go to all of our peacock platform."

Many people suddenly seemed a little disappointed.

The construction of the Heavenly Palace in Hexi is a huge project. When he travels to Hexi, many people actually want to see how grand the Immortal Palace is. The Heavenly Palace is very vigilant and is the emperor's temple. Not to mention such art troupes, even those who are nobles are not qualified to enter the Heavenly Palace. Everyone is naturally very excited to have the opportunity to enter the Heavenly Palace, but only then did they realize that not everyone can enter the Peacock Platform this time.

Mao Renju finally left the list and said, "Girl, if it's just a peacock flowing cloud, we will have at least five people entering this time..."

Jinling Bird's head is slightly dotted: "In addition to me, double flowers and double feathers are indispensable."

Chu Huan was a little confused, not knowing what the "double flowers and double feathers" meant. Mao Renju was next to Chu Huan. Seeing Chu Huan's doubts, he explained: "Bamboo Hero, the girl's peacock's flowing clouds are performed on the cloud group. The so-called double feathers are like the two wings of a peacock, one holding the auspicious cloud group, and the other assisting the girl with rise and fall. As for the double flowers, they are two fairy flowers on the nine heavens, which are part of the peacock's flowing clouds."

Chu Huan didn't know much about the art troupe, but Chu Huan still couldn't understand Mao Renju's explanation.

Jinling Que had already said to Chu Huan at this time: "Hero Zhu, I have promised to bring you into the palace, so I will naturally not break my promise, but I will be wronged to be one of the two feathers." She said this and waved her hand: "Hero Zhu and Leader Mao stay first, and the others will go down and rest first."

Everyone was helpless, but they still dispersed one after another.

Mao Renju and others left before asking, "Girl, since Hero Zhu has appeared as Shuangyu, I wonder if it is Chongyu or Qingyu..."

Jinling Que thought for a while before saying to Chu Huan: "Hero Zhu, Chongyu holds Xiangyun, Qingyu wants to cooperate with me to understand... Time is in a hurry, and it is impossible to practice this day or two. If Zhuhe is willing, I wonder if he can serve as my Chongyu."

Chu Huan laughed and said, "Miss, is Chongyu working hard, right?"

Jinling Bird's head is slightly dotted: "That's what it means."

"Leave the strength to me." Chu Huan laughed and said, "I don't understand art skills. If you want to cooperate, it's really difficult for me. It's not a problem to live." After a pause, he asked, "But my appearance looks like a rogue in the world and cannot be regarded as a noble place..."

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhu." Mao Renju smiled and said, "Since we are Shuangyu, we naturally need to be carefully decorated to ensure that no one can see what we look like."

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In the Hexi Governor's Office, Feng Yuanpo was frowning at this time, and Feng Tianxiao was standing beside him.

"Are you sure they didn't talk about anything else?" Feng Yuanpo asked with a serious expression.

Feng Tianxiao nodded and said, "After the prince went to the headquarters, he immediately summoned Yuan Chongshang and Mellon. The prince summoned them mainly to suppress the bandits. The prince asked them to make suggestions to the emperor during the birthday ceremony of worshiping heaven and would send troops to suppress the bandits."

"Didn't say anything else?"

Feng Tian smiled and said, "Our people have been listening from beginning to end, and they have not said anything else. The prince actually didn't say much. Instead, Yuan Chongshang repeatedly expressed his loyalty to the prince. After saying that after the ceremony of worshiping heaven, he immediately rushed back to Anyi, summoned troops and obeyed the order. As long as the order was given, he would send troops immediately."

Feng Yuanpo smiled faintly and said, "Anye is short of soldiers and food. In order to clear the Huang family, the emperor sent Chu Huan to Anyi to search the house, but he created General Mu... General Mu died and the Huang family was captured. Anyi had already suffered great damage to his vitality."

"What my father said," Feng Tianxiao sneered: "When the people of Xiliang fought to the northwest, there was a shortage of supplies in the northwest. Anyi and Xishan were drawn into the northwest... They were already very weak, and the Huang family was later scattered, which seemed to be a weed, but there was no sign of the Huang family in Anyi? With this knife, not only did the Huang family cut off, but also cut Anyi into pieces. The money and grain of the Huang family were confiscated, and they were all included in the treasury and sent to the capital. Anyi was already empty. Yuan Chongshang said arrogantly and wanted to summon troops to suppress bandits. The court could not take out money and grain, and he himself had no money and no food. I want to see how many people he could summon?"

Feng Yuanpo smiled disdainfully: "Yuan Chongshang, Meilong and others are just clowns who jumped into the beam, not worth mentioning..."

"What my father said," Feng Tianxiao whispered: "Yuan Chongshang and Meilong are not worth worrying about. Even Qiao Mingtang in the West Mountain. Although it is stronger than Yuan Chongshang, it can't cause any trouble. After all, Chi Refining Electric is the most difficult to deal with." After a moment of pondering, a little admiration appeared in his eyes, and he whispered: "The father and commander thought about building the Heavenly Palace, and not having to pay the court's penny. He only had a single power in Hexi to build the Heavenly Palace. The child was quite complaining at that time, even the officials under his command seemed to be dissatisfied, but now looking back, his father's move was really a one-shot shot, and it was extremely exquisite."

Feng Yuanpo picked up the tea cup, picked up the tea cover and blew the tea powder, and smiled and said, "A few arrows can be used to kill you? What do you understand?"

"At that time, the northwest was turmoil and the southeast was rebelled, and the Qingtian King of Hebei was also revived." Feng Tianxiao sat down on the chair beside Feng Yuanpo. "In contrast, the imperial court, the emperor practiced Taoism and built the Tongtian Hall, and the officials in the court were even more greedy and the national treasury was empty. At that time, the imperial court would inevitably extend his hands to collect money and grain from all walks of life."

Feng Yuanpo put down the teacup, just gently caressed his long beard, without saying a word.

"Look at the various roads of Anyi, the foundation has been taken away in the past few years." Feng Tian smiled and sneered: "But my father advised the emperor early on to build the Heavenly Palace in Hexi and not have a penny of silver in the court. But the court did not expect that although we did not need to ask for a penny of silver from the court, the court had no reason to collect money and grain from us."

Feng Yuanbo's mouth smiled and still didn't say anything.

"Not only that, since we want to build the Heavenly Palace for the emperor, then the money and food in Hexi are naturally controlled by my father. No matter what taxes are added, the court naturally understands what is going on and will not intervene anymore." Feng Tianxiao chuckled: "In this way, my father can increase taxes in Hexi. The people of Hexi all know that these taxes are to build the Heavenly Palace for the emperor. In this way, we increase taxes, and the people will only hate the emperor, not us...!"

Feng Yuanpo finally smiled and said, "The people of Hexi are full of complaints about the court?"

"As long as my father goes down and walks around, he will know what the people are thinking." Feng Tian smiled and said: "The people of Hexi hate the emperor to the core. They all think that the taxes increased in the past few years are what the emperor means."

Feng Yuanpo sighed: "The people's hearts are available."

"In addition, in order to build the Heavenly Palace, my father summoned a large number of young and strong people, and these over 100,000 people were all strong laborers." Feng Tianxiao chuckled: "If he really wanted to suppress bandits in the morning, as long as he opened the arsenal, these people would be able to join the army in a blink of an eye, and there was no need to make a big move to recruit soldiers everywhere... Although he spent countless money on building the Heavenly Palace, no matter what, these money remained in Hexi, unlike Anyi and other roads, and were taken away from the time."

Feng Yuan said, "If it weren't for the construction of the Heavenly Palace and the sanction of the money and food of the Qingtian King in Hebei, the court would have to conquer Hexi. If this is true, you, my father and son would probably have difficulty even eating bran and grass."

"Looking at the world, the only one who can be stronger than us now is Chi Liandian." Feng Tianxiao clenched his fist and said, "As long as Chi Liandian dies, the generals under his command will be divided into pieces, and Liaodong will be in chaos. At that time..." At this point, Feng Tianxiao did not continue to say it, but his eyes were full of light.

Suddenly, I heard a voice from outside the door: "Urgent report!"

Feng Tianxiao immediately stood up and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Tan Qianhu sent someone to report urgently that the Liaodong Governor Chi Liandian has entered Wuzhou." A person from the gate reported: "At the latest tomorrow, you will be able to arrive at Wuping Prefecture!"

Feng Yuanpo also stood up suddenly and his expression became serious: "Is Chi Lian Di really here?"

"Tan Qianhu reported that Chi Liandian brought eight hundred Chibei Tuqi, who was already in Fanmen area." The visitor said respectfully: "Tan Qianhu asked the Superintendent Feng to instruct whether to stop the eight hundred Chibei!"
Chapter completed!