Chapter 177: The Gathering of the Five Kings (I)
The seventh princess was immediately shocked when she heard the report from her subordinates, she didn't expect the eldest emperor brother and the sixth emperor brother to come so early, according to her estimation, it was most suitable for these two people to come to Xiyuan City two or three days in advance. After all, each has a big mess to take care of, how can there be so much time to stay! What's even more alarming is that these two actually came together, is it a coincidence or a good discussion? As the seventh princess, this aspect is quite sensitive, and if these two join forces, the strength will be too great.
At the same time, the seventh princess also showed great excitement and resentment, and the person she hated the most was the eldest prince Xia Zeyuan, who was ravaged back then, and still remembers it vividly, and left a very serious sequelae. Therefore, the seventh princess was a little anxious and ordered: "Send someone to monitor me closely immediately, especially Xia Zeyuan, send twice as many people to keep an eye on me!" I'm going to kill this demon! ”
"The princess is angry, Xia Zeyuan is extremely powerful now, and since he dares to come, he is prepared, we must not act rashly!" Duanmuqi hurriedly stepped forward and said, he escaped with the followers of the Seventh Princess, of course, he was also very hostile to the eldest prince, but Duanmuqi was still very calm!
Duanmuqi's policy for the Seventh Princess was to sit on his own fiefdom, keep an eye on the imperial city, and slowly erode towards the imperial city, so that the other princes could fight first to reap the benefits of the fishermen. Because the most powerful thing for the Seventh Princess is naval warfare, and it is not her strong point to compete for the Central Plains, so she has more than enough self-preservation, and she has to wait for the opportunity to compete for hegemony! Of course, this is all the plan after the emperor returned to the west.
"Hmmm! I know! The seventh princess regained her composure and said unwillingly, and then hummed to the two eunuchs who were still kneeling on the ground: "You two get up!" Useless things, you can set off now, go to King Wen's fiefdom, and find out how many people Xia Zeyuan brought with him this time, and what his strength is, but don't do it lightly, just come back and report to me! ”
"Yes! Slaves obey! The two eunuchs hurriedly got up from the ground, said respectfully, and then immediately set off for King Wen's fiefdom.
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In fact, the eldest prince did not come for the nineteenth princess this time, he really wanted to meet the seventh princess, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to learn about the strength of several other princes. The eldest prince has long been planning to dominate the country, but he also knows that King Ming, King Sheng, and King Rong are not fuel-efficient lamps, that is, King Wen's strength is relatively weak, and he is sandwiched between the fiefs of several princes.
The reason why the eldest prince chose to pass through King Wen's fiefdom and then to Xiyuan City was because he was afraid that the second king would attack him, King Ming's personality was ruthless and unscrupulous, even he didn't dare to take risks. The two have actually been intriguing for many years, and the eldest prince has not taken any advantage.
Although the eldest prince has many people, he is known as five million. But King Ming's ironclad army is not vegetarian. If King Ming wants to stick to his fiefdom, the eldest prince has no good way, after all, his troops are the strongest in cavalry, plus the iron crossbow army, he is better at launching large-scale battles on the open grassland, and is not good at attacking fortifications. What's more, King Ming's troops are well-equipped, which is the most enviable of all the princes, because King Ming's fief is rich in iron and stone. Therefore, although King Ming only has half of the great prince's people, he is not afraid of the eldest prince at all.
The eldest prince passed through King Wen to beware of King Ming, while His Royal Highness the Sixth Emperor had to pass through King Wen to reach Xiyuan City. But His Royal Highness the Sixth really wanted to make some deals with the eldest prince, and both of them wanted to have a good talk.
The most depressed is King Wen, he can only personally lead people to welcome the arrival of the two princes, and he has to make a lot of preparations to let the people and horses they bring eat and live well. Even Princess Wen is worried, she is not like Princess Ming, who can help her husband with advice. She can only manage the harem well, but the rest has no opinions, and she never participates in political affairs.
The three brothers met very affectionately and the atmosphere was very harmonious, but everyone knew that this was just a superficial phenomenon. King Wen carefully prepared a reception banquet to entertain the eldest prince and the six highnesses. But King Wen didn't dare to let Princess Wen attend to accompany him, he just came out to meet and say hello.
In this way, Princess Wen was also very scared in her heart, that is, she could still maintain her composure on the surface! This eldest prince is not only lustful, but also heard that he is extremely perverted to women, and what is even more terrifying is that he also likes to eat human flesh. Especially the meat of beautiful women! Therefore, after Princess Wen saw the eldest prince and the sixth highness, she immediately retreated.
During the banquet, the eldest prince was very interested, and laughed loudly with the two brothers, and the sixth highness flattered a few words from time to time, and seemed to be very happy. Only King Wen seemed a little submissive and smiled reluctantly.
But the eldest prince didn't care at all, and later even proposed to climb his family with King Wen, which made King Wen dumbfounded, he didn't think about climbing with the eldest prince. But King Wen couldn't say it clearly, so he could only shirk and go back and need to discuss it with Princess Wen.
After a reception banquet, the eldest prince who ate was still quite satisfied, and the best burning knife alone was drunk more than a dozen jars, because there were many great princes and the cronies of the Sixth Highness here, among which the most eye-catching was the female military master Murong Feng next to the eldest prince, this woman has been following the eldest prince for ten years, and she looks very average, but she has deep trust from the eldest prince. From time to time, she can interject a few words, and even the Sixth Highness is very polite to her!
At the end of the reception banquet, the eldest prince was a little drunk, and before leaving, he asked King Wen for four maids to sleep, but by the next day, there were only three left, because the other one had already been eaten by him!
King Wen was sighing in his inner room and discussing with Princess Wen how to refuse the eldest prince's proposal to marry a family. To say that King Wen has a lot of children, there are actually twenty-seven, and the two eldest daughters are in their early twenties. King Wen is the leader in this regard, and he has the most children among all the princes. He got married early, and when the eldest prince followed the old emperor to fight the world, he didn't make any achievements, but he was busy chanting poems with talented women, and then they were all included in the harem. So he has the most children.
"No, the children of the eldest prince are also very fierce, how can our daughter marry them? You can't even marry his daughter! Princess Wen said with a sad face, the eldest prince not only wants a daughter-in-law, but also wants his daughter to marry here.
"Yes, marry my daughter as a hostage, and marry another daughter, and you can directly garrison troops here with me! It's the best of both worlds! "King Wen can still see the mystery in this, but how to deal with it! The daughter of the eldest prince is not like the daughter of King Wen, but she has been fighting with the eldest prince for several years, and she is very strong, how dare King Wen let his son marry such a strong wife! Isn't that looking for death?
"Then you'd better get an idea! It may not be true that our son will marry such a and come back, who knows if she will be like his father and like to eat people! Just think about it and get scared! Princess Wen cried and shouted, this time the eldest prince took a fancy to her son, and as for the daughter, she didn't give birth to it, so she put it in the back for the time being, and she really couldn't give this daughter away. At this time, Princess Wen had already thought of a way to lose the car and protect the handsome.
"Hmph, don't cry, this matter is not difficult to solve, just drag it out first, is it possible that he really turned against me?" King Wen thought about it for a while, and then said hatefully.
Early the next morning, the housekeeper ran in in a panic to report that one of the four maids sent yesterday had been sent back. King Ming thought that this maid was unfavorable and was returned, but he knew that he ran out and took a look to know that he was disemboweled, and he was eaten by the eldest prince, with a big hole in his chest, and the blood stains on it had turned black, which looked very terrifying! Princess Wen screamed in surprise and fainted in fright.
"Bastard! You won't deal with this kind of thing yourself, will you? Do I have to deal with it? Look at the princess who frightened her! Idiot, send someone to bury the body quickly! King Wen scolded in shock and anger, he didn't expect the eldest prince to be so cruel, and he didn't restrain himself at all.
At this time, the eldest prince and the sixth highness were talking and watching on the street with great interest, and they were still very envious of the prosperity of King Wen here, which was much more lively and flowery than their fiefdom.
The two did not look for those big restaurants, but stopped at a shop, one of them ordered a bowl of tofu soup, and ate it with relish, this is the shop that Mr. Fan is in charge of, that is, the shop of the nineteenth princess.
"Good! It's so creamy/delicious, and it's even better with grilled human meat! The eldest prince shook his head and said after eating two bowls in a row. There is still no tofu workshop in his fiefdom, and every time he wants to eat tofu, he must send someone to buy it back from King Wen's fiefdom quickly, and it takes almost a day to go back and forth. How can the tofu soup be so fresh now!
"It's still the Great Brotherhood to enjoy. These are all made by the nineteenth sister! His Royal Highness Sixth seemed to want to remind the eldest prince and said.
"Huh! Do you think I'm here for such a bowl of tofu soup? The eldest prince turned the bowl in his hand and said with a faint smile, but the bowl spun quickly, and then the eldest prince put the bowl back on the table and walked away.
His Royal Highness looked at the empty bowl suspiciously, and wanted to pick it up, but he only picked up a porcelain ring, and it turned out that the bowl had been split in two from the middle! His Royal Highness the Sixth was taken aback, he didn't expect that the martial arts of the Great Prince had reached the realm of Wuzun!
"Brother Huang, there is Wenxiang Pavilion in front, should our brothers go up and have a drink or two?" His Royal Highness Sixth hurriedly followed the footsteps of the eldest prince before he said with a smile.
"That's what I mean! Sixth brother, please! ”
"Brother Huang, please!"