Pei Qiu was about to thank him, but when he saw Xiahou Ba's face turned pale, he knew it was broken. The old teacher had tasted it. Now he was full of joy like boiling soup and poured snow on it, and disappeared in an instant.

'It seems that if you become this prince, Xiahou's old man would hate me to death...' Pei Qiu thought quickly in his heart, and finally sighed dejectedly, bowed to the Emperor Chu, and refused: "Your Majesty is wrong, and the old minister is in the five senses. However, the old master, who is so meritorious and meritorious, has not been granted a king. The old minister has shallow morality and talent, and he must not dare to overthrow it."

Xia Hou Ba's face cleared a little, and he wanted to say a few words in the scene, but he was afraid that Pei Qiu would beat the snake and follow the stick, so he could not speak...

The atmosphere in the field was extremely awkward, and the Emperor Chu laughed dryly:

"Hahaha, the old birthday boy is worried too much. I will never forget who I have forgotten, nor will I forget the old teacher."

As he said that, he glanced at Xiahou Ba, and slightly raised his tone and said, "I have already thought about it, but the time is not right. I just want to give the old teacher a surprise." After a pause, he comforted the old teacher softly and said, "Since the old birthday star does not want to be above the Grand Master, then I will tell you the truth. Next year, when the old teacher's seventy birthday, I will also be the king of you."

"..." Xiahou Ba's lips twitched, but he didn't thank him immediately. Even if he was crowned king next year, it would be behind Pei Qiu. How could he accept this?

"Not only is it a king," he heard the Shi Potian startled and said: "At that time, I will also add nine tins to the old teacher and be granted the title of the Datongzhu!"

"Ah..." All the distinguished guests in the hall were shocked when they heard this.

If so, if the first emperor just now granted Pei Qiu as the prince, it would be considered a pity reward. Then the first emperor would add nine tins to Xiahou Ba and granted the title of Dazhongzhu, which was simply to tell the people of the world that he had already planned to give up the country to the Xiahou family.

The so-called Nine Tin is the nine kinds of ritual vessels, which are the nine kinds of ritual objects given to the princes by the emperor and those whose ministers have special merits, and are the expression of the highest courtesy. It was originally just an honor, but the ministers who had accepted Nine Tin in history, such as Wang Mang, Cao Cao, Sima Zhao, etc., all usurped the throne and became emperors, so "Nine Tin" became synonymous with usurpation.

But before, once a powerful minister thinks he is qualified to be the emperor and wants His Majesty to move his nest, he will ask the emperor to add nine tins to himself to see the reactions of the people of the world. Like the Emperor of the First, who took the initiative to voluntarily add nine tins to his ministers, and then read through the history books, it is still the first copy.

As for the "Ota Tomb Prison", although it is not as sensitive as the "Add Jiuxi", it is actually even more deadly. It was an official position created by the Hu court of the Northern Dynasty. The Ota Tomb Prison was responsible for the national affairs and served as the emperor to protect the people. Although Xiahou Ba, the Central Secretariat, was the only one who covered the sky with one hand, was still bound by the framework of the three provinces and six ministries. However, the Ministry of the Ministry is now useless and cannot balance the Central Secretariat issued the government order, which would give him the current situation.

But no matter how you say it, the Secretariat is just a decision-making body, and the specific implementation depends on the Secretariat. Therefore, after Xiahou Ba issued the order, the execution situation depends on whether the Secretariat cooperates or not. Moreover, there are many things in the six ministries, and it is not convenient for the Secretariat to intervene. It all depends on the meaning of the Secretariat, otherwise there would be no situation where the Secretariat's children were in charge of the world.

As for the army, this is even more so. Although the Xiahou Gai can control half of the Beijing camp, the commander of the Imperial Army was Pei Jiao. Pei Gai also took advantage of the opportunity to resist Taiping Road to station 200,000 troops in Youyan, and the Xiahou Gai could not get involved at all. This became Xiahou Ba's biggest heart disease, otherwise he would not have to wait until the time is right and he would have been damn long ago!

But once Xiahou Ba becomes the Dazhong Prison, everything will be different. All the civil and military officials of the court are under the control of Dazhong Prison, and all the governments are out of Dazhong Prison's Mansion. Cui Yan, the Shangshu Ling, has completely become his subordinate. The six ministries controlled by Cui Yan must report to him. More importantly, Xiahou Ba can legitimately interfere in all the troops, dissolve the influence of Pei's clan in the army bit by bit, and transfer the 200,000 Northern Army of Pei's clan to the mainland to slowly digest it...

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The words of the Emperor Chu made the Yangshou Hall silent, and all the big men were thinking hard, not knowing what the hell was selling in Huangfu Yu’s gourd.

Xiahou Ba was also mixed for a while, and it was really hard to decide. What he was happy about was that the Emperor of the First Emperor gave in public was almost equivalent to surrendering directly. But what he was worried about was that he had not yet exerted his strength, why did he surrender? Could it be that there was no trap waiting for him to get into it?

So it is time to go with the flow, and then just refuse and refuse to be politely, without being tempted by the First Emperor, the old teacher really cannot judge.

He felt his heart beating, and even the change in Baoen Temple did not hesitate so much.

After a while, Xiahou Ba realized that everyone in the room was waiting for him to express his opinion. Looking at the big longevity character on the wall, he remembered that today was Pei Qiu's birthday, and no matter what, he should not have been entangled in this matter.

But Xiahou Ba himself did not realize that he had actually fallen into the trap of the Emperor's innocence. Sure enough, the old master looked a little clear, and he laughed and broke the silence in the hall and said, "Today is Duke Ding's birthday, why did he touch me?" As he said that, he glanced at Pei Qiu and persuaded him in a fake way: Since Your Majesty opened the golden mouth and the old master's birthday is the same, I think you don't refuse."

"Yes, the Grand Master has spoken. The old birthday boy has no excuses now, right?" The Emperor Chu also agreed with a smile.

Pei Qiu then bent over in panic and thanked him, but felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly.

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The Emperor initially toasted Xiahou Ba and several dukes again, and then set up his way back to the palace. From beginning to end, he had never eaten a sip of food from the Pei family, nor had he drunk a sip of wine from the Pei family...

As soon as the emperor left, the birthday party really began. Even the giants in the Birthday Hall felt much more comfortable.

A group of old men took turns to drink for Pei Qiu. Xiahou Baxian and Pei Qiu had a drink, and then sat there in a daze, forgetting that he had vowed to punish Cui Yan for three cups.

He didn't look for Cui Yan, but Cui Yan couldn't take him as nothing. After he finished respecting Pei Qiu, Cui Yan gritted his teeth and brought the wine to Xiahou Ba, and laughed and said, "Trial Master, I'll apologize to you."

"Oh..." Xia Houba was stunned and realized that it was Cui Yan coming to apologize to him. He and Cui Yan had a heavy drink.

After drinking, Xiahou Ba refused to let Cui Yan go, and pulled him half-true and asked, "Brother, are you a little bit old? For the sake of the clever things of my grandchildren, I really plan to never interact with me?"

Cui Yanxin said, is it because I don’t interact with you? Or are you squeezing me all day long? But Lao Lingjun felt like a mirror in his heart. He knew that Xiahou Ba had already taken the Tao of the First Emperor and began to regard himself as the Dazhongzhao, so he naturally had to change his attitude towards himself.

But since Cui Yan made up his mind to watch the wall, he naturally would not point out this level, and only saw his good show with a clear understanding.

"Oh, aren't you afraid that the Grand Master will be angry and knock me with a big stick?" He didn't compete with Xiahou Ba. Who ignored who was the one who ignored him, just gave in with a wry smile.

"Nonsense." Xiahou Ba glared at him and pretended to be angry: "No one can knock on you. We have been playing since we were young. When did we say a harsh word to you?"

"Yes, that's because I'm overthinking." Cui Yan nodded, punished himself with another cup, and looked at Xiahou Badao: "Is it so relieved?"

"Well..." Xia Houba pretended to stroke his beard and said with a stern face: "It's still a cup."
Chapter completed!