Xuanxia

Chapter 581 Marriage
"Ha ha ha ha--"

Zifei picked up the grapes with her fingertips, and before she put them into her mouth, she heard Zhao Yuan's loud laughter coming from afar.

Her eyes lit up slightly, and she quickly put down the grapes, stood up and went out to greet him.

After taking only two steps, he saw Zhao Yuan striding towards him, his face full of joy. When he saw Zi Fei, he hugged her in his arms and kissed her hard without waiting for her to ask any questions.

"Oh, Your Majesty, it's broad daylight..."

Zi Fei pretended to be shy, struggled a few times, and stretched out her slender hand to gently block Zhao Yuan's mouth: "Ling Cairen and the others will come to have tea with me later. It will be embarrassing if they see us."

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Yuan pried her hands apart and kissed them fiercely a few more times before letting her go: "I am happy today!"

He did not need Zi Fei to ask questions, and excitedly recounted the details of today's debate one by one. Among them, Fu Qingzhou mentioned the "Ministry of Justice" and "Judicial Examination", which made his face flushed and his mouth dry, and he drank tea several times.

Zi Fei was secretly shocked when she heard this and almost couldn't suppress the joy on her face.

With her shrewdness, how could she not figure out what a powerful method this "Minister of Enlightenment" had?

What a powerful method! What a deep layout!

"But the emperor..."

She blinked and pretended to be stupid: "You don't like the noble families to encroach too much on the court, but the Mingli Division also accepts disciples from noble families. Doesn't this give disciples from noble families more opportunities?"

"Hahaha, what do you know?" Zhao Yuan laughed, "Others may not know, but I know Brother Fu's bad intentions. Is Mingjian Pavilion another government office? Once you enter Mingjian Pavilion, no matter whose family you are from, you will eventually become my person! The noble families want to extend their hands into Mingjian Pavilion, but in the end, they will only be restrained by their own children!"

"Is that so?" Zi Fei blinked and asked, "Those people from the noble families couldn't think of this?"

"Of course they can think of it!"

Zhao Yuan raised his lips and said, "So what? How could they miss this opportunity? As long as the bait is fragrant and fat enough, they will be unable to resist jumping on it and taking a bite even if there are traps all around!"

Zi Fei chuckled and said, "That Young Master Fu... no, now we should call him Uncle Qianlong. He is really as smart as the legend says."

"hey-hey……"

Zhao Yuan stroked his chin and smiled proudly, "Brother Fu is worthy of being Brother Fu. We originally only wanted to reform the imperial examination system, but reforming the imperial examination system is not something that can be done overnight. It also involves a lot of power struggles and is very troublesome. Now the noble families are willing to support his plan. The judicial examination is a 'new imperial examination system', so it will be much easier to promote it. This time, he really relieved me of a big worry!"

Hearing him say this, Zi Fei's face suddenly darkened, she showed a bit of sadness, and turned her head away.

Zhao Yuan was startled: "What's wrong?"

"…He was helping Your Majesty share your worries, but you ignored my worries."

Concubine Zi lowered her head and said aggrievedly: "In order to save Fu Qingzhou late that night, I took out all the magic weapons given by my master. Afterwards, Your Majesty also told me that Fu Qingzhou found out that Huijue, the rebellious monk of Jinchan Temple, was colluding with the Yuan family, not to mention, not to mention..."

She bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes: "Not to mention that little bitch Concubine Jing! She actually borrowed the power of the Yuan family and asked the Jinchan Temple to prepare such a vicious spell for her! She wants to kill me!"

Concubine Zi raised her head, and tears welled up in her eyes as she did so, which made people feel particularly pitiful: "Your Majesty told me this! But now you...are only concerned about appeasing the noble families and have never punished Concubine Jing!"

"Oh, oh..." Zhao Yuan panicked.

He had never seen this caring elder sister cry. He hurriedly carried Zi Fei to sit aside and clumsily wiped away her tears: "I will deal with it, I will deal with it!"

"Then she is Yuan Keng's granddaughter! Yuan Keng's brother is the second assistant of the cabinet, and his son is the governor of Fuhe Province. Now I have to use the power of the Yuan family to help Yue Heng rise up, so I can't touch them right away!"

As he spoke, seeing that Concubine Zi was still looking away with tears in her eyes, Zhao Yuan could only helplessly say, "Oh, my dear Yun'er, I promise you, as long as the Mingli Division becomes powerful, I will take action against Concubine Jing!"

After hearing these words, Zi Fei finally turned her head doubtfully and glanced at him dimly.

When Zhao Yuan saw her pair of big eyes, his soul almost flew away, and his bones softened. He smiled and said, "I have been fed up with her for a long time. Look, how long has it been since I last visited her? If it weren't for the sake of those two old men Yuan Keng and Yuan Ye, I wouldn't even bother to pay attention to her!" "Now that the evidence of the collusion between the Yuan family and the evil monk Huijue has fallen on her, of course I will take action against her then!"

Hearing this, Concubine Zi finally burst into laughter and put her arms around his neck: "Your Majesty, you have to keep your word."

Seeing the beauty smile again, Zhao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and a bit of lust flashed in his eyes - it seemed that Zi Fei's rare tearful look really excited him.

But unfortunately, before the emperor could do anything, Zifei's personal maid Tian'er started shouting from far outside the courtyard.

"Empress! Empress!"

When Zi Fei heard this, she sighed, "Are Ling Cairen and the others here?"

Zhao Yuan waved his hand impatiently: "Let them go!"

"Your Majesty~"

Concubine Zi laughed and said, "That's not good. This is in broad daylight. If others knew about it, they would call me a bad woman who seduced the master and brought disaster to the country and the people."

After a lot of coaxing from her, Zhao Yuan finally stood up in disappointment. After some tenderness and care, he left reluctantly.

After Zhao Yuan disappeared, a half-smiley teasing voice came from not far away: "Uncle Ziyun, what kind of strong medicine did you feed him? In broad daylight, he almost couldn't hold it in?"

Zifei tilted her head to look.

Tian'er walked in with her head lowered, and the person following her was not Ling Cairen, but... Qiuchan.

Zi Fei glanced at her and raised her lips: "Why, you want it? Uncle Master will give you some, you can use it to feed Fu Qingzhou."

Qiu Chan's cheeks were slightly red, but she was unwilling to be outdone: "Humph, I don't bother to use such despicable means to snatch a man."

"Okay~" Zi Fei sat down lazily: "You didn't come here to quarrel, did you? Shouldn't you go back to the temple? Why are you still staying in the capital?"

"Master has sent a message that the reputation of the Golden Cicada Temple has greatly declined, and the Wulin Alliance is in name only. The rise of my Purple Air Immortal Wind Temple will be in the near future."

Qiu Chan's eyes flickered as she said, "Of course... I need the cooperation of Uncle Ziyun."

Zi Fei smiled and said, "I knew that Bai He still couldn't forget the obsession of her master back then."

After saying that, she waved to Tian'er.

Tian'er was startled for a moment, but soon understood, nodded slightly, and then quickly retreated, leaving the courtyard to the uncle and nephew.

"Go ahead."

Zi Fei said faintly: "Senior Sister Baihe, what do you want to do?"

Qiu Chan bit her lip and said slowly: "...marriage."

"what?"

Zi Fei glared, then sneered, "No way, is she so petty? How come she is one of the top three masters under Xuan Xing, but she can only come up with a marriage? It was fine to send me to the palace back then, but now she wants to sell you out too?"

"Do not……"

Qiu Chan said helplessly: "Master, she wants to... use the name of sending me to marry her to stimulate Fu Qingzhou and force him to do something."

"Exciting, Fu Qingzhou?!" Zi Fei's eyes widened even more, and then she couldn't hold it back and burst into laughter, laughing so hard that she fell forward and backward, and her body shook...

(End of this chapter)