The relationship between King Sangtae and Jae-chun is very delicate, from the perspective of the monarch and ministers, one is the emperor of the suzerain, the other is the king of the vassal country, one is high and the other is low. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, in the late Qing Dynasty, the suzerain-vassal relationship between the Qing Dynasty and the vassal states was extremely fragile and unstable, and the feudal states bordering the territory were relatively stable, but the Ryukyus, which was separated from the Great Qing Kingdom by sea, could only rely on cultural and economic ties to maintain the suzerain-vassal relationship.

The Qing Kingdom did not have a navy, and had no real influence on any changes in the Ryukyu Kingdom other than moving their mouths.

In addition, the place where Jaechun studied was the main island of the Ryukyus, although the status was high, but he also lived here, and as a result, the two got along very equally, and it was because of the equality and the same brother that the two had a close personal relationship.

They are all the bloodline inheritance of the medieval feudal dynasty, and the two can feel the same confusion and pressure on their shoulders, and they have the same motivation for reform, and their mood is the same anxiety.

Because of this, the two have a lot of common language, and the two of them played together a lot when they were in Naha.

However, the national conditions are really different, one is that the barren island country has been completely annexed by the Chinese, and the other is that the volcanic magma inside the crisis-ridden mainland regime is accumulating energy, and the lives of the two emperors can only drift apart.

King Shang Tai finally followed the trend of the times, completely discarded the illusions of the past and threw himself into the Hidden Dragon Project, and he sacrificed all his royal power in exchange for the complete affirmation of his kingship by the entire Chinese people, and this affirmation was ready to be written into the Chinese code.

King Shang Tai, who is about to embark on his adventurous career, is destined to be colorful and full of legends in the second half of his life. But his Xiao brother Jae-chun was not so lucky.

The Great Qing Kingdom would not join the Hidden Dragon Project under any circumstances, the entire Eight Banners Military Group was intertwined and extremely powerful, and the Chinese did not want it, and the other could not afford to raise these parasites.

So Zaichun can only rely on himself, maybe the master will entrust him before the pro-government, but after the pro-government, Xiao Letian's energy and resources will still be focused on the development of the Chinese people themselves, and at that time, he can only rely on Zaichun himself to carry such a big empire.

The path of life is different, from a certain point of view, Sang-tae is very worried about Jae-chun, he understands too well what it is like to carry a country, a small Ryukyu is very heavy on his back, but Jae-chun has to carry a huge Qing Empire.

The child was destined to face an extremely cruel battle, and Shang Tai took pity on him.

So during this time, Sang-tae invited Jae-chun to his adventure king, and the two sailed together on the sea and had a lot of fun, which was Sang-tae using his own way to relieve pressure on Jae-chun.

Not only to relieve the pressure, but more importantly, Sangtae has a very strong sense of guilt for Jae-chun, and he feels very sorry for Jae-chun, because King Sangtae made an extremely difficult decision before this trip to the European visiting fleet.

It was the tenth day before the departure of the fleet, and on a stormy night of lightning and thunder, King Shantai's personal guard brought him an invitation, and the young king read the words on it and lit it in front of the lamp.

Seeing the black ashes fluttering like butterflies, he hesitated for a long time and finally put on his raincoat and left Shuri Castle.

A squalid tavern near the Naha pier, where the most ordinary stevedores gather, the cheap rum mixed with the liquor imported from the Qing Dynasty and the sake from Fuso, plus the smell of the food and the sweat of the workers, made King Shangtai cover his nose.

The tavern is small but has a hole inside, and when you go into the back kitchen and bypass the pantry, you enter a sandwich wall, which is an elaborate secret passage wall, which looks like a wall from the outside but allows one person to pass inside.

After turning five or six corners, pushing open a wooden door, there was a small room with chic decoration, which looked like a lady's boudoir, and the display and furnishings were all used by women.

In the middle of the room, a small round table was placed with four dishes, one soup and a few jugs of wine, but it was not a beautiful lady who was waiting for King Chantai, but a young man with a grim face.

"Xiang Ying......" King Shangtai exclaimed in a low voice.

"That's right, it's me, my king is unharmed......" The person who poured wine from the wine jug was none other than Xiang Ying, the captain of the Zhiyuan in civilian clothes.

This is really a guest I never expected, the note just now was written by the old minister Cai Mao himself, and there were not too many details written on it, that is, there was a confidential guest who wanted to see His Majesty, and asked His Majesty to follow the housekeeper out of Shuri City.

Who would have thought that this mysterious guest was actually the new star of the Navy Xiang Ying, the nephew of Long Ye!

"Why are you so mysterious? You want to see me go directly to Shuri Castle! I can't stop anyone......" King Shang Tai sat opposite Xiang Ying suspiciously, drank a glass of warm wine, and began to look at the place.

"Don't look at it, it's a secret place of mine that few people don't know...... So our conversation today will be highly confidential, and there will be no more than five people in the know!"

"Won't there be more than five?haha, you won't even hide it from the Führer......" King Shang Tai snorted, laughing and holding a chopsticks crystal elbow, but before he could put it in his mouth, his hand froze, because he didn't wait for Xiang Ying's response.

The atmosphere suddenly became weird, and King Shangtai stammered, "You, you, you...... Are you coming to see me without the Führer? Not that the Führer has a secret mission? What do you want to do?"

Born in an imperial family, the stories he has heard since he was a child are all intrigue and blood, this kind of person has a natural intuition about conspiracy, and he smells danger at once.

The chopsticks slammed on the table, the crystal elbow fell to the ground, and King Shang Tai glared angrily, "We are all closed disciples of the Führer, what do you have to hide from the Führer? Do you want to rebel...... Farewell!"

After speaking, he turned his head and left, but before he could reach the door, Xiang Ying grabbed him by the shoulder: "Don't be impatient! Don't be impatient! What are you thinking nonsense? Do you think I will be unfavorable to the Führer? You are wrong, I am going to discuss a major matter with you, a major matter that is beneficial to both our Führer and the Chinese people!"

"Sit down, sit down for me!" King Shang Tai was pressed back into the Taishi's chair after three or two strokes.

King Shangtai knew that he couldn't resist, since this was Xiang Ying's secret stronghold, it meant that he was already surrounded by his descendants, and his own guards were also isolated, so he couldn't escape at this moment.

However, Prince Shangtai is not afraid of Xiang Ying, because both of them are closed disciples and belong to the status of senior brothers, plus there is no conflict of interest, and Xiang Ying will not be an enemy of a rich prince who has completed his dedication.

The angry King Shangtai drank a glass of wine, "I tell you, there is nothing to say to people, especially not to carry the Führer on his back...... I won't keep it a secret from you, I'll tell the master everything when I get back!"

Xiang Ying smiled, "It doesn't matter, as long as you finish listening to what I said...... I'm sure you'll never reveal it to your master!"

The young captain's face suddenly turned cold, "My king, I want to talk to you about His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom, some things about our little junior brother Zaichun......