Chongzhen's situation was very bad, after he conquered Xiangyang City, he was not recognized by the other generals in Huguang, and after his order was issued, none of the generals responded.

"These damned people rebelled like this, I will kill them all." An angry Chongzhen roared in the study.

The guards and eunuchs or palace maids outside the door were all cautious, listening to the roar in the room, all of them were worried about Wu Chengen's safety.

Wu Chengen was actually not affected by the angry Chongzhen, he closed his eyes slightly as if the old monk was in a state of calm. For Chongzhen, who kept smashing things in front of him, he turned a deaf ear.

After a long time, Chongzhen smashed everything in the room to pieces, and then stopped out of breath. looked coldly at Wu Chengen, who was standing aside but indifferent, and a trace of displeasure flashed on his face.

Every time he gets angry, Wu Chengen will always be cautious and relieved and persuaded, but this performance obviously surprised Chongzhen. He said in a deep voice: "Cheng'en, don't you have anything to say? ”

Wu Chengen opened his eyes when he heard the voice, first glanced at Chongzhen, whose face was dark, and then said unhurriedly: "The emperor needs to vent, Chengen has nothing to say." ”

Chongzhen was even more displeased: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Wu Chengen explained: "The current situation in Huguang, it is abnormal if the emperor is not angry, so the slave maid did not feel inappropriate when she saw the emperor angry. ”

After hearing this, Chongzhen's gloomy face softened, and he was silent for a moment before he asked, "Now that no one in Huguang is willing to obey my orders, what insight do you have to solve the current predicament?" ”

At this moment, there is no one available around Chongzhen, except for the loyal Wu Chengen, he can't find a second person who can be trusted.

Wu Chengen also confessed, he shook his head directly and said: "Your Majesty, the current situation in Huguang is completely unsolvable, and now we only have less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and we can't deter others at all, and no one obeys the emperor's orders, so it is reasonable." ”

The truth is this, Chongzhen also understands it in his heart, but he is unwilling to do this. In order to let Huguang Fuwang's subordinates betray Fuwang, Chongzhen spent a lot of effort and benefits. Now is the time when they need to perform, but they have to come to such a result, which is unacceptable to anyone who encounters it.

"I know all this, and all I want to know now is what it takes to get those guys to obey me again?" Chongzhen once again emphasized the important point.

Wu Chengen fell into silence, frowned and thought for a long time, before he spoke: "Actually, if you want those people to obey orders, there is another way for the emperor to try, maybe it will succeed, but it's just ......."

"Just what, you're going to say it quickly?" Chongzhen had a look of hope on his face, and he couldn't wait.

"It's just that we're ready to pay for anything." In his opinion, everything is valuable, as long as the emperor can meet the requirements of those people, he will definitely be able to make them obey the order again.

And the problem is whether Chongzhen can meet the requirements of those people, which is the point.

Chongzhen frowned deeply when he heard this, what Wu Chengen said was actually the same as not saying, at this moment, Chongzhen has no one to say, let alone power, and there is no money if he wants money. It can be said that it has reached the point of having nothing, what can be used to meet the requirements of others?

But anyway, I don't know what those people are asking for, and Chongzhen still has a chance to give it a try. He thought for a long time, nodded and said, "Cheng'en, this matter will be handed over to you, ask their requirements clearly, and I will consider it again." ”

Wu Chengen sighed secretly in his heart, he didn't have much hope for himself. But it's still necessary to give it a try, and if you're lucky, you can still win over some people. One more person means more strength, in order to resist Mao Wenlong's attack at any time, Chongzhen has no choice.

However, what Chongzhen never expected was that King Fu, who was far away in Nanjing, received a letter from those old subordinates as soon as possible. According to what they said, King Fu learned that Chongzhen was in Xiangyang City at this moment.

What made King Fu even more happy was that these old subordinates who had betrayed him would actually start to show favor to him. According to them, as long as King Fu promised to readmit them and maintain their rank and military power, they were willing to unite and seize Chongzhen in exchange.

For this reason, King Fu was very excited, and there was no possibility of reconciliation between him and Chongzhen. Now just kill Chongzhen, not only can you take revenge, but also recapture Huguang, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

King Fu only hesitated slightly, and immediately wrote back to those old subordinates, bluntly saying that as long as he submitted to him, the previous things could be treated as if they had never happened. Of course, Chongzhen's head must also be sent, which is not negotiable.

After receiving the response of King Fu, the generals of Huguang began to gear up one by one, preparing to unite and send troops to attack Xiangyang City. At this moment, Wu Chengen was not ready to set off to meet these generals, but he had already received the news that they had united and sent troops to Xiangyang City.

Such an unexpected situation made Wu Chengen immediately feel a great crisis, he met Chongzhen and said to him: "Your Majesty, we can no longer stay in Huguang. ”

Chongzhen's expression was decadent, and he didn't expect that he would fall to this point. was full of confidence before, thinking that he had the ability to restore the Ming Dynasty, but now he was hit to the ground.

"Where else can we go without Huguang? Although the Ming Dynasty is big, there is no place for me! The decadent Chongzhen sighed, and the shadow of death had hung over his heart.

At this moment, the guard's roar suddenly sounded outside the door: "There are assassins......"

When Chongzhen and Wu Chengen were stunned, the door was opened, and they saw a figure standing upright outside the door. ”

Yes, the person who stood upright outside the door of the assassin was none other than Zhu Yujiao, the princess of Changping.

"See my father!" Zhu Yujiao walked into the house quickly and saluted Chongzhen.

"You...... What are you doing here? Chongzhen was very surprised, but he was imprisoned by Mao Wenlong, and at this moment, the sudden appearance of Princess Changping surprised him.

"Father, my daughter has heard about Nanjing, so she escaped." Princess Changping explained to Chongzhen her motive for escaping.

Then, without waiting for Chongzhen to ask again, Princess Changping continued: "Father, if you have nowhere to go, you might as well go with your daughter to my master's place to stay temporarily. ”

Wu Chengen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Majesty, what the princess said is reasonable, why don't we avoid the limelight for the time being." ”