Three days later, the Jiangnan envoy sent by the court returned to Beijing to report to the current emperor Dugu Tianpeng about his situation in Duanqingzhai.

During these three days, Li Xianlong, his senior brother and junior brother traveled all over the capital, and he was very happy. He would nag Li Yuanchao about what he said that night every day. Li Yuanchao knew that the risk of doing this was extremely high, and he couldn't make up for the moment. He went to the palace several times to discuss with Li Xianlong's aunt, Concubine Li, but there was no final result. He could only drag it on first, neither agree nor object, and was very embarrassed. He was really embarrassed as a father. The other party was not an ordinary family, and he had to consider the consequences of this matter. Although the Prime Minister's House had many thought tanks, he couldn't tell the reason.

In the bright weather, the palace's political hall, the emperor Dugu Tianpeng, who is now the Dugu Dynasty, is wearing a golden dragon robe, with exquisite workmanship and bright colors. Only this person in the Dugu Dynasty can wear this dress. However, due to excessive wine color, his face is slightly white, his short beard, a square national face, and a slightly fat body, it can be inferred that he was a handsome man when he was young. Unfortunately, he is not energetic now, drooping, his eyelids, purple-red lips, and the crown on his head is shining with golden light. Nine scattered pearls were hung in front and behind the crown plate, which means the nine-five-noble master, so that everyone in the world knows that he is the supreme ruler of this dynasty.

"Let's meet the special envoy of Xuan Jiangnan." Dugu Tianpeng said the first sentence when he went to the hall and sat on the dragon throne.

The old eunuch next to him repeated this sentence, his voice like a duck, but his voice was surprisingly high and extremely unpleasant. The ministers had proposed to replace the eunuch of the Sili, but for some reason Dugu Tianpeng insisted on leaving him.

In fact, many officials' names are not known as the emperor. They are usually given official titles. There is no morning court at all. Only when a major event occurs, a minister will invite the morning court like today. In fact, Dugu Tianpeng knew in his heart that there is no meaning to be early or early court. One civil minister is close to the prime minister Li Yuanchao, and the other military general is close to Kou Tianyun, the Minister of War. Both civil and military officials are separated and control the politics and military of the entire country. There is no such thing as the emperor. What is the following situation is just what they hear from their mouths. What is useful is that when they think about it and make a decision, he asks him to wave his pen on the imperial edict and put the jade seal on it.

The envoy wore court clothes to the palace to meet the emperor, knelt down and said, "The envoy of Jiangnan bowed to Your Majesty, I wish Your Majesty good health."

Dugu Tianpeng waved his hand and said, "Okay, no gift, get up, let's talk about your trip to Jiangnan. I haven't been there for more than ten years."

The Jiangnan Special Envoy stood up from the ground, raised his head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." This special envoy turned out to be Zeng Cheng, the one who returned to the capital three days ago.

Zeng Cheng told the ministers and Dugu Tianpeng present one by one. In addition to Li Yuanchao already knowing everything, everyone listened with relish, especially the martial arts competition, which was even more fascinating. Dugu Tianpeng was a warrior and an emperor, and good martial arts were also the nature of a warrior. He nodded when he heard the wonderful things and asked a few questions from time to time. For a while, everyone was addicted to Zeng Cheng's words, as if they were in a storytelling.

"Okay, Mr. Changfeng is indeed very skilled in martial arts. He won the last game for Cao Ruifeng at the last moment. I have indeed many strange people in the world!" Dugu Tianpeng laughed loudly. The ministers had not seen their Emperor's Majesty laugh so happily for many days, so they also smiled and praised Changfeng's skilled in martial arts.

When Dugu Tianpeng kept talking about "Changfeng", his head suddenly became hot and an electric current passed through his body, as if he was remembering something, and asked Zeng Chengdao: "Who is this Mr. Changfeng? Have you ever seen him look like?"

Zeng Cheng told Dugu Tianpeng that Changfeng was Mr. Xixi from Lin Mansion and was lent to Cao Ruifeng, and then carefully described his appearance. The basic meaning was that Changfeng's appearance was an old scholar in a rural area.

Dugu Tianpeng immediately explained his doubts in his heart, because the name Changfeng was the name of his sixth son, so he suddenly asked this question. Only a few of his confidant royal families knew about this. Because in the chaos army, Dugu Tianpeng was afraid that someone would know about it and would kill the child, so he hid it from everyone, picked up a baby girl, and said that she was his own flesh and blood, which is the current Princess Qian. Now Mr. Changfeng is probably older than him, so how could he be his lost son? There are so many people with the same name and faith in the world, what's strange about this?

The ministers didn't understand why Dugu Tianpeng suddenly became interested in a martial artist in the martial arts world. Fortunately, he did not go into it, so the ministers could only speculate on themselves below.

Dugu Tianpeng realized that his behavior had just aroused speculation from the ministers, so he laughed and said, "I am very happy today and I am very happy. I thought that Mr. Changfeng looked like a paranormal. It turned out that he was just like a teacher. It really disappointed me!"

It turned out that I was in a good mood and asked a few more questions, and everyone immediately explained their doubts.

"Then was Cao Ruifeng, the daughter of Cao Gongfang, who became the head of the village?" Dugu Tianpeng continued to ask Zeng Chengdao.

Zeng Cheng replied: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Okay, I will issue an edict tomorrow to appoint her as the governor of the river. If there is nothing to do, please leave the court today." Dugu Tianpeng might have wanted to go back to the harem to have breakfast with his concubines, and then drink and have fun. Ahha, that's really fun!

"Your Majesty, please wait, the old minister has something to report." Li Yuanchao didn't want Dugu Tianpeng to leave the Political Affairs Hall so early. His plan has not been implemented yet?

Dugu Tianpeng put down his raised foot and said, "If you have anything to do with Li Aiqing, please tell me quickly."

"Your Majesty, the old minister believes that it is not appropriate to grant Cao Ruifeng the governor of the river now." Li Yuanchao bowed and said.

Dugu Tianpeng seemed to know that Li Yuanchao would stop him and asked in confusion: "Why did the Qing family have this idea? I think this is a natural thing?"

Li Yuanchao said the reason he made it up and said: "This Cao Ruifeng is the daughter of the governor of the River. She is now the chief leader of the Thirteen-way waters. It is understandable to succeed the governor of the River. However, her foundation is not stable yet and her prestige among the people is not as high as her father. Although she has received the support of some people, the old minister doubts whether she can support her. This is one of them. The second is that she is a weak woman. Even if she is very skilled in martial arts, she will get married sooner or later. If she leaves the hamlet after getting married, who will inherit the position of this governor? Then she will still trouble the court. Third, Cao Ruifeng is only twenty years old. How can she lead those experienced masters in the martial arts world? If she rashly signs her as the governor of the River, there will definitely be some people who are dissatisfied. Therefore, I think that she will first conduct a half-year investigation, observe her abilities, and then make a decision."

Dugu Tianpeng had to admit that these words were reasonable, so he nodded and said, "The Qing family said some truths." The group of people who belonged to Li Yuanchao agreed immediately. Li Yuanchao looked happy, and it seemed that he was half successful. He quietly looked at his opponent Kou Tianyun and demonstrated: Don't you also want to win over these people? Why don't you speak?

Kou Tianyun was worried that he could not find a way to win over these tens of thousands of people. Now, if you cultivate Lian Teng, I will show my kindness to Cao Ruifeng and let her fall to my side. You don’t want to dominate the entire Crescent River. So he stood up from the team and bowed and said, “Your Majesty, I think the words of the Prime Minister are subject to discussion.”

Dugu Tianpeng was eager for their internal struggle. After being interested, he decided not to go to the harem and said to Kou Tianyun: "What do Kou Qing's family think? Please tell me."

"Report to Your Majesty, Tianyun believes that the Prime Minister's view is really full of loopholes..." Kou Tianyun was interrupted by Li Yuanchao before he could continue to speak: "I believe General Kou must have thought more profoundly than me."

Kou Tianyun understood that the meaning of acne was too much appreciated, so he said modestly: "That's natural. Of course, Tianyun would not have as superficial theories as the Prime Minister. I think that the person who dissatisfied was the Prime Minister, right?" He cursed Li Yuanchao directly, which was in line with the personality of a military general.

"Kou Tianyun, you dare to frame the original minister. If the original minister doesn't know Cao Ruifeng, why would he not accept it?" Li Yuanchao was angry and embarrassed.

The two of them didn't even talk about the topic, and they attacked each other in the Political Affairs Hall. The ministers stayed away from them, fearing that the spitting stars would splash on them.

Dugu Tianpeng is not surprised. This is a common thing. It would be fine if there is no morning court. If there is no morning court, they will definitely quarrel. This is also a major feature of the Political Consultative Hall.

Dugu Tianpeng waited until they were tired of arguing and had sex, and then he came forward to scold him: "What kind of morality? Both Qing families are for state affairs. Why should they affect everyone's relationship for a small verbal dispute? Don't stop for me."

The emperor came forward and if he quarreled again, it would be a crime of disrespect. None of them could bear this crime now. They stopped and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"Okay, Kou Qing's family tells you about your reasons." Dugu Tianpeng said to Kou Tianyun.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Kou Tianyun bowed and said, "Cao Ruifeng is now the head of the village, and should be appointed as the governor of the river. If time is delayed, it will arouse suspicion from others. The court is not satisfied with Cao Ruifeng as the governor of the river. At that time, the thirteen people will be suspicious of each other for this matter. Who does the court want to be the governor of the river? If there is a person who separates the head of the village, it will be separated from the original intention of His Majesty's hand over the river to their own management. Your Majesty, think about it, only by concentrating the river under one person's management will benefit the people on both sides of the thirteen people. Besides, although Cao Ruifeng will marry, as long as he chooses a husband among the thirteen people, he will not have to leave the river. Why is it so troublesome? Experience is also growing day by day. Tianyun believes that the father of the tiger has no dog and daughter, and Cao Ruifeng can definitely take on this important task!"

These words were also fully supported by the generals under his command, and they all expressed their support.

"The Kou Qing family is very reasonable," Dugu Tianpeng said, "It's impossible to make all the sense, there is always one that should be the most reasonable!" So he turned to Zeng Chengdao, the special envoy who just returned, and said: "The special envoy of Jiangnan, you are here in the Qing family. This time, you are the best at quitting the river. You have the most say in the enthronement. What do you have any opinions?"

"Weicheng thinks that both of them make sense, and we don't know which one should agree to. We are not very familiar with the situation when we went to Jiangnan for the first time. We met Cao Ruifeng for the first time. We don't know what she is capable of. We really can't provide anything to Your Majesty. Please forgive your punishment!" Zeng Cheng knelt in the hall and said. It seems that no one wants to offend him. There is a middle school in the court who maintains his independence and does not completely join the two parties.

Dugu Tianpeng knew that he would not have any good opinions, so he asked Dugu Tianrui, the assistant prince who was squinting his eyes, and said, "What do you think of this matter?"

When Dugu Tianrui saw him asking, all the ministers looked at him eagerly and couldn't help but answer. So he opened his eyes, cleared his throat and said, "Brother, is the Emperor making things difficult for the Emperor. The Emperor has never asked about state affairs. How do you answer this?"

"But as the prince of the regent, I should always give some advice." Dugu Tianpeng said to this half-brother.

"Since the emperor brother insists on the emperor brother, then the emperor brother will say it." Dugu Tianrui also said with a good reputation: "The emperor brother thinks the reasons of the two adults make sense, but we can only choose one of them to execute them. Choosing which one is the key now. Friends, do you think so?"

This sentence immediately won a lot of approval. Dugu Tianrui was very satisfied with this effect and said: "It's better to draw a life-and-death lottery!"

As soon as this said, I was in an uproar. I thought there was a brilliant solution, and how could this be considered a solution?

Dugu Tianpeng also felt that the emperor's method was a bit outrageous. This was not a way to deal with state affairs. It was like a joke, so he scolded: "Emperor, you are too ridiculous. How can you decide by drawing lots of appointing imperial officials?"

"It was the emperor brother who insisted on letting the emperor brother say it, but the emperor brother didn't want to say it." Dugu Tianrui was not very wise at first, and it was already very embarrassing to think of such a trick. Then he knew that he would even bring a few scolds, so he really shouldn't say it.

Dugu Tianpeng was not patient to continue like this, and no one could think of any compromise solution, so he announced his retirement to the court and discussed it tomorrow!

When Li Yuanchao returned to his mansion, he happened to meet Li Xianlong and the other two who were about to go out. He pulled the three of them to his study and told the story of the morning court this morning.

After listening to it, the three of them remained silent. The problems that they thought were easy to solve would cause so much trouble.

After discussing, Li Yuanchao stood up and decided to go to the palace to discuss with Concubine Li to see if her power could affect Dugu Tianpeng's decision this time. Li Xianlong and the other three couldn't think of any good idea, so they had to stay in the prime minister's mansion and wait for news about Li Yuanchao.

Li Yuanchao came back soon and did not bring back any news. Concubine Li was taken to the garden by Dugu Tianpeng before Li Yuanchao arrived in the palace. Of course, she could not come out to see this brother. Li Yuanchao returned in vain.

So he decided to stay in the capital and wait for the final result. Yang Zhifang and Zhang Shuhua left the capital and personally repay everything to Ouyang Zhen, and assisted Ouyang Zhen.

The day passed quickly, and it was an attractive night again. When there were no pedestrians on the street and every household fell asleep, Zeng Cheng sneaked into the mansion three days ago and saw that he was still the man in black.

"You have seen the scene of the morning and morning court this morning?" The man in black said first with his back to Zeng Cheng.

"Yes, Zeng Cheng all witnessed it with his own eyes, lord." Zeng Cheng half-kneeled at the feet of the man in black.

"At present, we must let Cao Ruifeng become the governor of the river as soon as possible so that my plan can be continued, do you know?" the man in black said in a low voice.

"I understand, lord, what should we do to prevent Li Yuanchao from opposing the enthronement of Cao Ruifeng as the governor of the river?" Zeng Cheng continued to ask.

"I don't need him to change his words, I want him to be unable to object." said the man in black.

"What's the trick of lord?" Zeng Cheng asked closer.

"In the morning court today, didn't the Auxiliary Prince propose to draw a life-and-death lottery? I will arrange it. You will stand up and draw lots at that time. Do you know what to do?" The man in black said majestic.

"I understand, I will do my best." Zeng Cheng whispered.

"Okay, go, remember not to leak traces?" The man in black ordered Zeng Chengdao cautiously.

"I'm leaving!" Zeng Cheng stood up, took a step back, turned around, and disappeared into the vast night.

Early the next morning, I was also in the Political Affairs Hall. All the officials who asked for leave yesterday did not come to attend today. They probably knew that there was a show today. They stood in a full hall, whispering and talking, and a mess.

"Your Majesty is here." Accompanied by the old eunuch Ya Gong's voice, Dugu Tianpeng walked into the Political Affairs Hall, and the hall was silent, waiting for Dugu Tianpeng to sit on the dragon throne.

"Your Majesty, all blessings!" The ministers lined up and said in unison.

Dugu Tianpeng is in high spirits today. Not only is he not late for the morning court, but he is also a quarter of an hour earlier, which is something that has not been done for many years.

Dugu Tianpeng sat in his seat and said haha: "You all don't need to be polite, you all raise your head and talk back and forth."

The ministers raised their heads and looked at the high emperor. No one dared to speak first. It was completely different from the lively scene just now.

"Isn't it something that was unannounced yesterday? Why didn't you say nothing?" Dugu Tianpeng looked at his ministers strangely.

"Li Qing's family, you talk first." Dugu Tianpeng named Li Yuan Chaodao.

"The old minister didn't expect that, please forgive me." Li Yuanchao didn't want to be the first to sacrifice. Although he could cover the sky with one hand, he still needed the person in front of him to give him this power.

"Then Kou Qing's family, you can tell me." Dugu Tianpeng saw that Li Yuanchao was unwilling to say it, so he turned to Kou Tianyun.

"Your Majesty, I support the appointment of Cao Ruifeng as the governor of the river." Kou Tianyun thought to himself that if you don't say it, I will say it, maybe His Majesty the Emperor will agree.

"Okay, Kou Qing's family agrees with the enthronement. Do other Qing's families have any opinions?" It means that he decided that he had no opinions.

Li Yuanchao still did not move. It turned out that he had already agreed with his gangsters that he would not come forward today and his subordinates would object. This caused the opposition from other civil officials and the dispute started again, which made a big fuss.

Dugu Tianpeng smiled bitterly at Dugu Tianrui who was standing at the bottom and said, "Brother Emperor, what should I do now?"

"Emperor brother, the emperor brother is still the same, the lottery is decided!" Dugu Tianrui opened his eyes and said, then closed his eyes again, ignoring him, the emperor's brother.

Dugu Tianpeng didn't care that making this decision would make people laugh at all over the world. In order to resolve the dispute in front of him, he shouted: "Do you still have me, the emperor? How can so many people make noise in the political hall?"

The ministers stopped with the emperor's loud scolding and stared at Dugu Tianpeng in a daze. What should you do if you asked him to stop?

Dugu Tianpeng sighed and said, "Let's decide to draw lots!"

It was strange that neither side had a right answer. Maybe they thought this might be the best method and the most ridiculous method. In short, the method was decided by the emperor, and the emperor himself would be laughed at in the future, and what is the matter with the ministers?

Li Yuanchao wanted to send the right answer, but then he thought that two of the four people with the right to speak had agreed. Even if they sent the right answer, the one who had the right answer would definitely agree. If the opponent opposed it, he would not be able to oppose it. In short, whether it was your objection or your approval, the lottery was still going to go on. Why both parties had the luck of the two sides. I still had half of my hope. Even if I lost, I had other ways to do it, so why would I be afraid!

Kou Tianyun thought to himself that it would be best if the group of mobs could fight for it. It would be fine if he couldn't fight for it. Win or lose, it didn't matter to him. What would he do if he opposed it, and he would suffer.

The subtle hearts and relationships of all parties led to this ridiculous decision, but the impact of this incident on future generations was extremely huge. He laid the military foundation for Changfeng to unify the entire crescent moon. Dugu Tianpeng also believed in his wise decision.

"Are that Jiangnan special envoy going up today?" Dugu Tianpeng knew that in the hall, either from Li Yuanchao or from Kou Tianyun's military, these people might cheat for their own side. They could not believe that only the envoy who just returned from Jiangnan was appointed temporarily. Without any background, he would not favor either side. He pulled out one of the bamboo sticks and believed that this was God's will.
To be continued...