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Chapter 14 The decree arrives

"Of course there is no problem with marrying Baoer. Come and tell me personally, there must be some other requirements, let's say it." Zhou Shixiong was actually very clear that if Zhu Ying was adopted as his concubine, the people in the Zhou royal family were not qualified to express their opinions, and Guan Chongguang would not agree. In this era, he was very interested in the superiors and inferiors of the superiors and inferiors. You Min and several other girls could not compare with Zhu Ying in terms of identity. Even if Zhu Ying's identity as a princess was excluded, he was Guan Chongguang's goddaughter, how could the adopted daughter of the imperial official be a concubine?

"Sir, you are a marquis now and are qualified to marry two wives of one official and one Ping. The official hopes that the marquis will take Baoer as a Ping wife, and there is nothing else to ask for." Guan Chongguang had already thought about it. Zhu Ying's identity was shameless. If he was a regular wife, he would report to the court to grant an imperial edict, which would easily reveal his strength. Although the status of a flat wife is not far from that of a regular wife, he does not need to report to the court for his ancestors for three generations, which is a very good choice.

"Okay, just do what you said." Zhou Shixiong thought that he treated his wives and concubines equally, and he didn't need to care about his nominal size, so he agreed readily.

Guan Chongguang solved the biggest problem in his heart and took out a letter from his sleeve with a smile, "Marty, the imperial envoy from the court has arrived. When do you see when can you go back?"

The letter was written by Fang Zhenghua. When he came to Pingxiangzhou, he learned that Zhou Shixiong went to Li Family Villa to give birth to Li Jie, so he wrote a letter to Guan Chongguang to bring it over. Zhou Shixiong opened the letter and looked at it, and his face turned dark. Fang Zhenghua just told Zhou Shixiong the original intention of Emperor Chongzhen, not only to ask him to return to Beijing, but also to bring his whole family back to the capital.

"Damn, who do he think he is? He is in charge of wherever I live? Is it a pussy!!!" Zhou Shixiong was really angry. He saw the might of imperial power for the first time and tore the veil of warmth between him and Emperor Chongzhen.

"Sir, why did you make you so lose your composure?" Guan Chongguang was startled when he saw Zhou Shixiong swearing.

"Zhu Youjian ordered me to go back to Beijing and asked me to move my whole family to Beijing! Damn, I really take myself seriously!" Zhou Shixiong still put the letter on the table and continued to curse indignantly.

Guan Chongguang's face looked very bad after reading the letter. He thought differently from Zhou Shixiong. Although Zhou Shixiong was just a small person in his previous life, his self-reliance and self-nature were imprinted in his bones. How could he obey the imperial power like the ancients? Guan Chongguang was considering the real problem. Once Zhu Ying entered the capital, the possibility of being seen through was almost certain. At that time, not only would Zhou Shixiong be implicated, but the Zhou king's lineage would be demoted to common people and exiled to the border.

"Sir, you can't go to the capital!" A minute ago, Guan Chongguang was still the imperial court official of the Ming Dynasty, and a minute later he became the vanguard of anti-imperialism and anti-power.

"Of course I can't go. I won't say that the court officials are fighting each other. Who can stand the Jiannu entering the pass once every two years? I won't go to death! Cheng Peng, think of a good way to make Zhu Youjian die. Don't bother me every now and then!" Emperor Chongzhen's title was thrown into the sea by Zhou Shixiong, and he kept calling him his name. Zhou Shixiong really hated this little fat man.

"There are many ways to resist the imperial edict, but the adults must think clearly that if the emperor cuts the imperial edict and deposed it to a commoner, even if the adults stay in Pingxiangzhou, it will be useless. Any magistrate can be used to send him to the emperor, life will be even more difficult!" Guan Chongguang tried his best to analyze the situation. He first determined the prerequisite for not being able to go to Beijing. Then he considered that he could not use fierce methods to fight against the imperial edict and wanted to preserve the title of Zhennan Hou.

Zhou Shixiong understood as soon as he thought about it. Although he was a powerful figure in Langshan Prefecture, he seemed to be able to set up a new stove at any time. If he had lost his identity as Marquis of Zhennan and the command of thousands of soldiers in Xiangzhou, he would have nothing and no one would have followed his advice.

Zhou Shixiong and Guan Chongguang calmed down and began to analyze how to achieve the goal of not having to go to Beijing and not making Zhu Youjian angry. The two discussed it all night and finally came to a conclusion that if they wanted to do this, someone would have to help them, and this person could only be the imperial envoy Fang Zhenghua.

"Go back to Pingxiangzhou first." Guan Chongguang rushed back to Pingxiangzhou with two panda eyes. Zhou Shixiong called You Min and others to explain the current situation in detail. "Dear ladies, you are all waiting for news here. Pingxiangzhou cannot return for the time being. If Zhu Youjian forces me to have no way out, my husband will take you out of the overseas and leave this damn place!"

Zhou Shixiong and his wife and prospective wives are young people in their twenties and have no deep feelings for their hometown. Since Zhou Shixiong said that there is still a way out for going to sea, the girls are relieved to send Zhou Shixiong away. Shang Yueqing is even a little happy because she is the prince's daughter of Ryukyu Kingdom. If Zhou Shixiong forces him to go to sea, Shang Yueqing plans to take Zhou Shixiong to Ryukyu Kingdom, and his life is good in Ryukyu Kingdom.

It has been three days since Fang Zhenghua and his group arrived in Pingxiangzhou. Not to mention Zhou Shixiong, they didn't even see a leader. The commander-in-chief of the Ministry of Defense, Guan Chongguang, visited Fang Zhenghua once, but there was no trace afterwards. Li Fusheng simply refused to open the door for Fang Zhenghua, no matter whether you are an imperial edict or a holy shit, he sent the man away if the Marquis was not at home.

Fang Zhenghua was not affected by the attitudes of the two. He walked around Baiyun City every day, or went to Baiyu Creek to fish, which was very leisurely. Wu Mengming and his subordinates had a group of Jinyiwei who were so angry that they had to behave with their tails in the capital. When they came to Pingxiangzhou, some people didn't take them seriously. This was really outrageous.

Unfortunately, Wu Mengming had received guidance from Fang Zhenghua and knew that Zhou Shixiong, the marquis, could not be offended. Even if he was furious, Wu Mengming still had to patiently comfort his subordinates and did not dare to deliberately cause trouble.

On the sixth day, Zhou Si, the second steward of the Marquis' Mansion, came to command the commander and the envoy to invite the imperial envoy to the Marquis' Mansion. Zhou Shixiong welcomed the angel at the gate. Seeing his respectful posture, Fang Zhengzheng read out the imperial edict in a regular manner. Zhou Shixiong bowed his hand to receive the imperial edict, and everything was peaceful beyond imagination. That night, Zhou Shixiong held a banquet to entertain the imperial envoy, and Zhou Shixiong personally toasted one by one, causing the twenty Jinyiwei and Wu Mengming, the households, to be unconscious.

"Xiao Fang, let's have a good chat." At this time, Zhou Shixiong smiled and waved to Fang Zhenghua. The two left the side hall and went to the study to discuss secretly.

"Sir, the officials are helpless. I don't know what they have to do. As long as the officials can do it, they will definitely not refuse." Fang Zhenghua knelt down as soon as he entered the study and immediately cleared himself out. He was really afraid of Zhou Shixiong's stingy nature and really hated him, he would definitely not have a good life in the future.

"Get up, we're going to do this, who do you think of me!" Zhou Shixiong waved his hand impatiently, pointed to the chair beside him and asked Fang Zhenghua to sit down. "Xiao Fang, I don't want to go to Beijing, do you have any good ideas?"

Zhou Shixiong made a request straight to the point, and Fang Zhenghua smiled bitterly and replied, "I knew that lords would not let go of the lower officials so easily. lords, lords thought that resisting the order was not a good way, so he angered. The lord rewards he had worked hard would be gone. lords have a way to make lords not go to the capital without irritating. I just don't know if lords can make such a great sacrifice."

Founder Zhenghua was considering how to deal with Zhou Shixiong along the way. Zhou Shixiong chose to steal it in order to leave Beijing, so he definitely didn't want to go back to the capital. But Founder Zhenghua remembered that Zhou Shixiong's purpose of going to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination was to have an identity and not be afraid of being bullied and exploited by the government. Zhou Shixiong would definitely not accept the result of being demoted. Fortunately, the journey from Beijing to Pingxiangzhou was long, and Fang Zhenghua considered it more meticulously. When he came to Pingxiangzhou, he found that Pingxiangzhou had developed beyond expectations. Fang Zhenghua made up his mind. As long as Zhou Shixiong asked, he would contribute the method he had figured out. As for how Zhou Shixiong decided it was not his business.

"Sacrifice? What sacrifice!" Zhou Shixiong did not expect that Fang Zhenghua had helped him think about it, and the reason he said was very similar to what Guan Chongguang thought of.

"Maybe I don't know why you must settle in the capital, right?" Fang Zhenghua was not in a hurry to offer treasures, but instead discussed the purpose of Emperor Chongzhen with Zhou Shixiong.

Zhou Shixiong thought about it and shook his head, "To be honest, I really haven't thought about this problem. Although I, a marquis, was exchanged for military merits, the court has no shortage of capable people in marching and fighting, and I have not reached the essential level. Only medical skills, I understand!" Zhou Shixiong did not need Fang Zhenghua to explain clearly, and he understood as soon as he reviewed. Only medical skills was the reason why Emperor Chongzhen refused to let him go. Zhou Shixiong believed that no one on earth could surpass him in medical skills.

"It's best for adults to understand. Long live. In order to let adults be with you, you won't mind any means, such as placing your family in the capital." Zhou Shixiong understood the meaning of Fang Zhenghua. He forced Zhou Shixiong to go to the capital to take care of Emperor Chongzhen's family. Emperor Chongzhen was also afraid that Zhou Shixiong would be unable to do anything in medicine or treatment, so he took Zhou Shixiong's family in his hands. Emperor Chongzhen believed that no matter how character Zhou Shixiong had, he would not dare to do anything randomly.

In other words, Emperor Chongzhen only cared about Zhou Shixiong's medical skills and had never considered anything like entering the court as an official. Zhou Shixiong sighed, Xiao He succeeded and failed, and this kind of thing would actually be his turn.

"Xiao Fang, what you said about sacrifice is to let me die?" Since Zhou Shixiong figured out what Emperor Chongzhen wanted, he quickly figured out what Fang Zhenghua meant.

"Adults are good at medical skills, and I believe they can do it, such as fake death. But this corpse will be sent to the capital for long live viewing. I don't know if there is any good way to hide it from the sky." Fang Zhenghua thought of fake death, and Zhou Shixiong also thought of it, but Fang Zhenghua's reminder shocked Zhou Shixiong. Yes, if Emperor Chongzhen also thought of this and destroyed his body, he might have made it true!

Zhou Shixiong was wandering around in the study. Fake death was a feasible way, but it was a bit difficult to hide it from the level of imperial doctor Zhu. What's more, once Emperor Chongzhen had doubts, it was not impossible to crack the fake death.

"Marty, the Jinyiwei have been sent to the guest room to rest. My father asked me to ask me what else to give." Li Wei reported loudly outside the door, and Zhou Shixiong's eyes lit up and thought of a good idea.
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