In a roadside tea shop in the northern suburbs of Qianjing City, an old man was sitting by the stove, holding an old iron pot to boil tea. There were only two tables in total, and a young man was sitting at one of them.

There are very few people coming and going here, and there may not be a customer in a day, but only a few woodcutters who pass by will ask for a glass of water. After a long time, everyone is used to it. Some people even say that this tea shop is called the woodcutter tea shop. .

After the old man's iron pot boiled, he wrapped the handle with a towel, brought the hot iron pot over, poured a glass of water for the young man and said with a smile: "Guest officer, tea is here."

The young man nodded, and said when he was pouring water: "The Wan Yao King argued with them at first, but was wounded by the four together, it was Zhou An and Hua Wuyue who rushed to save him.

Unexpectedly, their combination of the sun, the moon, the universe, and the pearls is so powerful that the four demons are all beaten away together. It's a pity that the Sword of Stars was taken away by them, otherwise the power of my combination of sun, stars and moon will surely surpass him. "

The old man frowned, walked back, put the iron pot on top of the coal stove, sat on the bench next to him, and took out the welding smoke to smoke.

The young man was also silent, drinking tea.

After a while, the old man exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Wan Yao Wang and they used to be brothers and sisters, and they had a very good relationship. When they came, he would stay with Zhou An. What is the relationship between them?"

"In this world, the only one who can make the Wan Yao King loyal is the Seven Illusory Demon Lord. Back then, he fought Zheng together, and he has already been defeated. Could it be that Zhou An is the reincarnation of the Seven Illusory Demon Lord!" The young man showed surprise.

"The last time Emperor Taizu fought with Zhou An, I sealed his demonic nature, and the sudden outbreak of demonic nature made people suspicious. If it was the psychic demon pupil, then it would make sense.

It's just that I've seen the psychic demon pupils before, his eyes glowed purple, not the psychic demon pupils. Moreover, it is absolutely impossible for the five major bloodlines of the demon world to appear on human beings, which really confuses me. As the old man said, he took another deep breath of welding fume.

"If he is the reincarnation of the Seven Illusory Demon Lords, it is impossible for Heitian Great Sage, Qingling Demon Saint, Nine-tailed Fox Immortal, and Caiyi Fairy to fight back. There must be another reason, or is it that the Wan Yao King was controlled by Zhou An?" asked the youth.

"Continue to stare at Dongwangzhuang. The time of Zhengmoyuedu is just around the corner. There can't be any mistakes there. I'll figure out how to deal with the emperor," said the old man.

The young man finished his cup of tea in one gulp, got up and walked to the big tree next to him, untied the rein, and rode away on the big bay red horse.

The old man watched him go away, exhaled a puff of smoke, knocked the welding smoke on his feet a few times, shook out the ash inside, and then started to pack up the tea shop and leave.

A few days later, it was the New Year's Day. Originally, Qianjing should be decorated with lanterns and festoons, preparing for the biggest festival.

But in the past few days, there have been constant demon disasters, and many people died, causing the whole city to be cast a shadow, hiding at home and not daring to come out, especially at night, there are almost no one on the street except the patrolling Jin Yiwei and demon hunters .

At this moment, the Guangming Hall in the imperial palace is preparing a banquet for all officials to celebrate the new year.

The ministers had been waiting in the side hall early on. In the past, they all came here because of the Empress Dowager. If the emperor took the lead, it is estimated that only some ministers at the bottom would come, let alone come here early to wait.

When all the food and wine were prepared and the bell rang three times, the ministers lined up to enter the hall, and all the officials in the court arrived, and none of them was late.

When Zhou An and Shangguan Rong came out, the ministers who had just sat down all stood up and shouted in unison: "I wish the emperor and empress long life."

It was the first time in the past six months that Zhou An heard the ministers calling him that in unison. He smiled slightly, and after sitting down with the queen, he said, "Take a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the ministers bowed again in unison before sitting down respectfully, without the previous arrogant posture, and all of them looked trembling.

At this time, a female officer shouted: "The banquet begins."

Soon the music started and the dancers began to dance.

Hua Wuyue doesn't like to participate in this kind of annual festival. For her, this kind of festival is meaningless. It's better to practice. Zhou An didn't force her to do as she likes.

After drinking for three rounds, one of the leading ministers stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have prepared a small gift to celebrate the New Year."

"Well, okay, present it here, let everyone appreciate it together, and be happy."

Zhou An knew that these people were starting to please her now, and didn't care much about their gifts. They were nothing more than rare treasures in the eyes of mortals, and the space in her system had piled up like a mountain.

Outside the gate, a woman in a goose-yellow gorgeous dress came in, holding an exquisite wooden box in her hand.

This woman has a ruddy face, snow-white skin, and an excellent temperament. Under her eyebrows are beautiful eyes full of affection, and black and thick shawl hair. She walks slowly step by step, with a face that is three points shy, three points spring, and three points nervous.

Seeing Zhou An and Shangguan Rong look at each other, Zhou An is helpless, but for such a beautiful woman, there is love, but it's just a liking for beauty. Now he is no longer a boy who just crossed over. His face was red, his neck was thick, his heart was beating like numbness, and he was out of control.

The woman walked to the front, saluted and said: "See the emperor and empress, may my emperor have great blessings."

Zhou An asked plainly: "What is it that you offer? Open it and let all the ministers have a look."

"Yes." The woman held the box with one hand and opened it with the other. Inside was a jade slab placed on top of the golden brocade.

"This is one of the treasures in the Heavenly Book of Jade and Silk. It records the location of a fairy palace. You's family accidentally auctioned off this treasure. Thinking that the emperor is already gifted with great power, he dedicated it to the emperor."

The woman's voice was soft and beautiful, and it was very pleasant to hear. Many ministers around listened to it and were distracted. They all lowered their heads and dared not look at the woman directly.

The queen smiled and asked, "Is it the jade and silk scriptures that Master You presented, or this beauty?"

Master You immediately stood up and bowed: "This woman is You Yunzhi, the fifth daughter of the You family. If the Emperor takes a fancy to her, it will be her blessing and the You family's blessing."

Zhou An frowned, these ministers really regarded themselves as the original emperors, and they liked beauty.

At this time, offering a daughter is either to arrange eyeliner, or to compete for favor like Shangguan Rong. Now he likes the stability of the harem very much. When it comes to a woman, I lose my mind.

He was just about to decline, when Shangguan Rong suddenly said: "You Yunzhi, the fourth in the Qianjing flower list, not to mention both talent and appearance, is said to be the disciple of the elders of the Qixia Sect, Master You is willing to let her enter the palace as a concubine? "

"It's her blessing to be favored by the emperor and the empress. It's too late for the You family to be happy, and this time her master also agreed." Master You said.

Zhou An looked at Shangguan Rong and didn't understand what she wanted to do. This woman must have another purpose.

Shangguan Rong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, since the last harem rebellion, the concubines in each palace have died, and those who have been dismissed have been dismissed. Now there are only concubines in the palace, such as the concubines, Empress Baihua, Ziyan, Ziqiong, and Zixuan." , just this time, you adults have the heart, you can add concubines to the harem, so that people in the world will not ridicule that the palace is not as good as a rich man in a small town."

Zhou An didn't know what the queen's purpose was, but with her heart, she wouldn't mess around, so she didn't ask any more questions on the spot, nodded and said, "The queen said, then stay."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Empress." You Yunzhi saluted, and handed over the wooden box to the female official who came over, and gave it to the emperor.

"Today is the New Year's Day, let's celebrate together, and give me a seat." The queen said, and the maid immediately brought tables and chairs and placed them next to the queen.

After You Yunzhi took his seat, the queen glanced at the other ministers and said, "All those who offer gifts come up at once, and let the emperor see how the treasures collected by the major families of the Qianyuan Empire are."

The adults present glanced at each other and asked the people outside to bring up gifts.

Sure enough, nearly half of the families sent rare beauties. The beauties sent this time were completely different from when Zhou An was a puppet in the hands of the queen mother.

The women in front of them can be said to be half monks, and they are all core trainers of their family. This time, for the future of the family, they also want to learn from the great benefits brought by the Shangguan family's sending to Shangguan Rong, and they all send the best of the family.

Otherwise, if we only choose the beautiful ones now, it will definitely be difficult for the emperor to catch them. The families behind these ministers have to try their best to please them.

Zhou An allowed Shangguan Rong to manage the government, making these big families think that even though Zhou An has great power, he still likes beauty. He allowed Shangguan Rong to be an empress, and he was willing to support him behind the scenes. Everyone wanted a share of the benefits.

Zhou An also saw this, and was just wondering why Shangguan Rong wanted to accept these people. No matter how you look at it, it is not good for Shangguan Rong.

Half of the ministers couldn't find a woman comparable to Shangguan Rong, so they could only start with items. The gifts were treasures for monks, some were refining materials, and some were pills for monks.

Seeing a large array of treasures in front of him, Zhou An really lamented that although there are few monks in the big families, they are all big families that dominate one side after all, and they have a lot of resources in their hands. Not as good as these big families.

After all, monks are far behind in business ability of these people, and the speed of collecting materials by commercial means is beyond the reach of monks relying on Fuyuan to search for them personally.

Even Zhou An was moved by these things. Many medicinal materials were refined by Baihua Palace, which can produce very good elixirs. There are even things handed down from ancient times. Everyone knows that they are good things, but no one can decipher them. .

Zhou An took away these treasures, and Shangguan Rong ordered the girls to be taken to the harem. They will settle down first and make arrangements tomorrow.

After all these people were arranged, the banquet continued, and the ministers were secretly happy when they saw that the emperor had accepted them. They hoped that one day their women would have the same rights as Shangguan Rong.

At this time, an unremarkable minister stood up, walked to the middle and said with a proud face: "Your Majesty, other ministers sent beauties and treasures, but I don't have their financial resources, so I can only send a message."

Everyone was surprised that this minister was known to everyone. He was a hardworking and quiet official. Of course, this was compared with the senior officials in the court. Compared with the whole country, his official position was not small.

Shangguan Rong was surprised, this person seemed to be called Mei Zimo, he was an honest man, serious in his work, almost never spoke in court, why did he have the guts to present a message to the emperor this time.

While everyone was curious, Mei Zimo took out a mirror from his cuff, projected a light curtain in front of him, and a picture appeared.

In the eye of an earth fire spring, there are two swords, and a woman is hanging on the two swords, bound by the magic lock, and the evil spirit and essence are being drawn out by the formation and sent into the two swords.

Everyone was surprised to see this, but Zhou An could tell at a glance that this woman was Mrs. Taohua, Hua Wuyue's master.

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