Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Princess

The king of Yongming wanted to see no one else, but his mother-in-law. The princess.

It's not that King Yongming doesn't want to discuss this issue with others, but there is really no one in King Gui's mansion. During the Chongzhen period, anyone with a little talent would not defect to the vassal king. Lao Guiwang may have one or two staff, but under Zhang Xianzhong's pressure step by step, even his son was almost not saved, and what staff is more important than his son, these people are naturally scattered.

And the princess is the mother of the king of Yongming, and she is from a scholarly family, and the affairs of the entire Guiwang Mansion are handled by her, and she can be said to be full of words in the mansion, even if it is the old Guiwang when he is there, he does not dare to refute the face of the princess.

The princess is knowledgeable and fair. Therefore, she was convinced in the palace, and King Yongming also trusted her.

When the princess heard King Yongming's words relayed by Liu Chengyin, she only felt dizzy, and she held her forehead with her fingers, and her body was weak, and she was about to fall to the ground.

Seeing this, King Yongming was taken aback and said, "Mother, pass on Langzhong quickly." ”

"No, you don't." The princess took a deep breath and said, "You all go out, and no one is allowed to come in." ”

"Yes." The maids who were waiting around them were waiting outside the door, and they were all called in by the king of Yongming, but now they went out immediately, closed the doors and windows, and for a time in this room, only the princess and the king of Yongming were left.

"Son." The princess asked, "Do you want that position?" ”

"I, I don't know." King Yongming couldn't say clearly for a while, and after thinking for a while before he said, he seemed to want to, but he didn't seem to want to.

The princess was a little disappointed and said: "My son is not a talent in governing the world, if it is a peaceful season, I will naturally try my best to let you fight for this position, but now it is not, seeing the current situation of Hongguang and Longwu, I know that you will not be able to sit firmly in this position." ”

Who doesn't want his son to become a dragon, but his own children know that King Yongming is not stupid, but he is not a figure who can turn the tide, and now the situation of the Ming Dynasty must be turned around. King Yongming could not do this at all, so this position was a blessing and a curse for King Yongming.

If King Yongming was just a vassal king, after the change of dynasty, as a clan of the previous dynasty, he might have the opportunity to be demoted to a concubine, but if he was an emperor, he would almost never know what the fate would be.

"Then I'll go and reject him." King Yongming felt a little lost in his heart,

"No, you can't turn him back." The princess seemed to think of something, and her face turned pale. Said.

"Why?" King Yongming never thought that this would not work, and asked.

The princess sneered and said: "Liu Chengyin's wolf ambition, thanks to the king of Tang who values him so much, gave him all the cavalry in his hand, but Changsha City is in danger, but he does not think about serving the country sincerely, but retreats dozens of miles, and throws Changsha City to the thieves, he can be like this to the Tang King, how good can he be to my mother and son, if we categorically refuse, I am afraid that Liu Chengyin will come strong." ”

"This, this, this, how is it good?" King Yongming was taken aback and said, "This will not succeed in advance, nor will it succeed in retreating, what can I do?" ”

The princess got up, her mourning clothes were not removed, her whole body was plain and white, although she was old and no longer in her prime, but she looked dignified and elegant, and this temperament would not grow old because of her age. She thought about it for a long time and said, "Now the plan can only be a delaying strategy." ”

"How?" King Yongming immediately asked.

The princess whispered to King Yongming, so and so.

King Yongming got the will of the princess, and suddenly had a bottom in his heart, hurriedly changed his clothes, and came out to meet Liu Chengyin again.

King Yongming said: "General Liu is kind, King Lone has it, but Your Majesty is no more than the world." How could the lone king do such a thing, and such a big thing, it is impossible without the endorsement of a major minister. ”

Liu Chengyin asked the string sound and knew the meaning of elegance, in Liu Chengyin's understanding, King Yongming said that this is not good, that is not good, but it is just a condition, the first condition is that Longwu will not make any moves in one day. The second condition is to have the support of an important minister.

There are only a few ministers in the Longwu Dynasty who can be called important ministers, and if one of them agrees, Liu Chengyin feels that it is too difficult to read.

"Is there a candidate for His Highness?" Liu Chengyin asked.

"Yes." King Yongming said, "Lord Qu. ”

Liu Chengyin's heart moved, and he also felt that this person was quite suitable. As the governor of Guangxi, Qu Shiyun has a close relationship with some armies in Guangxi because of the pacification of the rebellion of King Jingjiang.

Although there are not many troops in Guangxi either.

In addition, Qu Shiyun is not treated well by Longwu, if it weren't for Qu Shiyun's position during the Chongzhen period, it can be regarded as an old qualification, Longwu has long wanted to change Qu Shiyun, not to mention anything else, it is Qian Qianyi's disciple, it is enough to make Longwu uncomfortable.

Liu Chengyin didn't care much about this.

After all, he is just waiting for the price to sell, and maybe when he sells in the future, he will have to borrow the channel of Chong Qu Shiyun.

However, there is one thing that Liu Chengyin knows, these civil officials are thin-skinned, and if they go to woo him now, I am afraid that they will be rejected, after all, Longwu is not dead. Think long-term.

For the first time, Liu Chengyin felt that Longwu's death was a little slow, and said: "The minister knows His Highness's intentions, and this matter should be considered in the long run." ”

King Yongming secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Liu Chengyin also had no intention of staying here for a long time in King Yongming, so he immediately came out with Jiao Lian, and after leaving King Gui's Mansion, Liu Chengyin sneered, and he didn't know if he had seen through anything, and it was not easy to say anything by Jiao Lian's side, so he instructed left and right: "Keep an eye on King Gui's Mansion for me, and I must not let King Yongming leave King Gui's Mansion for half a step." ”

"Yes." Liu Chengyin's subordinates immediately agreed, and many cavalrymen stayed, almost blatantly looking at the gates of King Gui's Mansion.

Liu Chengyin, intentionally or unintentionally, glanced at Jiao Lian, as if he was warning something.

After King Yongming sent Liu Chengyin away again, his heart was slightly relieved, and without saying a word, he immediately went back to find the princess.

The princess was also waiting for King Yongming to come over. Hearing King Yongming tell him about the situation, the princess breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Anyway, today is a fool. It's just that I'm afraid Liu Chengyin won't give up so easily. ”

When King Yongming heard this, he was greatly stunned. Then the eunuch Zhang Fulu trotted over all the way and said, "Oh no, prince, concubine, there are soldiers outside who have surrounded the gates of all mansions, and they don't even let go of the dog hole." ”

"What?" King Yongming could hardly believe it, and said, "Why did he do this? ”

The princess sneered and said, "It's just a strange thing to live in, Liu Chengyin will never give up on you." Then the sneer dissipated, and said: "I just want to see that your father and son are safe, but I don't want to be born as a nobleman, but for the troubled times, life and death are up to me." Your father, your eldest brother will go, no matter what, I will also leave a little blood for your family. ”

"My son." The princess said: "Pick a few maids in the mansion and send them all to your house from now on." ”

King Yongming was taken aback and said, "The child would not dare to be so unfilial. ”

The filial piety period of the old Gui King has not yet passed, and there may be sex in the filial piety period, but the plan cannot be put on the table.

"At this time, you are still talking about this." The princess said: "I now treat you as a dead person, I just ask you to get them pregnant as soon as possible, and while they are in Hengyang City, they can be placed incognito, and some bones and blood will be left for King Gui's lineage." There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great, this is great filial piety. ”

"How far has it been?" King Yongming still has some unclear ideas. He is just a young man in his early twenties, not much different in age from Zheng Chenggong, and he was raised in the midst of wealth and nobility, and he was bent on being cultivated as a rich idler.

In his opinion, it was already terrifying enough that the thieves were raging in Hunan and he almost died. It's just that after listening to the concubine, I am afraid that the future days will be even more frightened than when the thief is present. He couldn't imagine what the days ahead would be.