At the beginning of the second year of Shunzhi, two princes appeared in Beijing and Nanjing at the same time, and both of them claimed to be Zhu Cihong, the prince of Chongzhen.

The news soon spread to the palace. Emperor Hongguang was watching the singing and dancing in the palace, and when he heard the news, he was so frightened that he sweated on his head and couldn't sleep at night.

Emperor Hongguang himself has no ambitions, and he became the emperor just to be able to eat, drink and have fun better. In addition, he, the emperor, was originally going 'shit luck' - it wasn't that the prince who could inherit the throne in front of him didn't appear, where would it be his turn!

And because of his accession to the throne, there has always been a force against him in the court, and even Ma Shiying said in the court that if the prince returns, he will immediately return the state to the prince. Now the prince appeared, regardless of whether it was true or not, first of all, he was worried and restless.

He hurriedly called someone to urgently recruit Ma Shiying into the apse to discuss countermeasures. Ma Shiying is also very strange, obviously Dolgon just caught the prince in the capital, why did a prince emerge in Nanjing immediately?

He was originally going to take advantage of the opportunity to save the prince to provoke Shi Kefa to attack Dolgon, and take the opportunity to get rid of this thorn in the eye. This time is good, Shi Kefa not only has no desire to send troops, but also provoked the Donglin Party and forced him to go to Emperor Hongguang to 'force the palace'.

Although it doesn't matter to him who becomes the emperor, who can guarantee that the new crown prince will be able to obey his words when he ascends the throne? Also, now I am under one person and above ten thousand, if I change to a new master, it will be difficult to protect my status.

"Ma Aiqing, you're here, now that there are two princes in Beijing and Nanjing at the same time, how should we deal with it?"

As soon as Ma Shiying walked into the door of the apse, Emperor Hongguang was already on top of the soft collapse, and he couldn't wait to scream.

Ma Shiying looked at the fat-headed, big-eared, indecisive emperor in front of him, in fact, his heart was also full of contempt. He didn't know how many times he had wondered: 'How can such a 'waste' sit on the throne of the emperor?' ’

But if it weren't for him, how could he Ma Shiying take the official position of Shoufu in the hands of the Donglin Party. He still needs such a puppet emperor who doesn't care about anything and only knows that he is obsessed with women all day long, and the rights he can give himself are definitely something that no one else can give.

"Your Majesty, why are you flustered about the two princes?"

"Ma Aiqing, this is related to my throne, how can you let me not care?"

Seeing that Ma Shiying looked like he didn't care about himself, Emperor Hongguang was even more anxious.

"Your Majesty, as for the crown prince captured by Dolgon, we only need to write a letter of resignation and ask him to send Dolgon back to Nanjing. As for..."

"Ma Aiqing, I have always regarded you as my right-hand man, and you even proposed to ask Dolgon that old thief to send the prince back?"

"Your Majesty, don't be impatient, how do you think with Dorgon's character, how can he send the crown prince back?"

Ma Shiying saw that the emperor didn't understand his intentions, so he had to be more straightforward.

He lowered his head and looked at Emperor Hongguang with a treacherous look in his eyes, with what he knew about this puppet emperor, how could he not know his intentions.

"Ma Aiqing is right, but, in case..."

"Your Majesty, if there is a case... Let's treat him in the same way as the prince of Nanjing. ”

"Aiqing, do you have any clever plans?"

"Your Majesty, do you remember how many people in the court today have seen the crown prince? What's more, when he left the capital at that time, the prince was still young. Later, I spent a period of time in the chaos of war, and I am afraid that my appearance has changed a lot now. Now, even if people who are familiar with him can't recognize him, it's normal. ”

Seeing that the emperor didn't speak, Ma Shiying continued.

"Aiqing means..."

"Your Majesty, a few days ago I went to see the son of an old man of mine. When I first met him, he was still an ignorant child, and now he has grown into a weak-crowned teenager. If someone hadn't told me that he was the son of my old man, I wouldn't have recognized him. ”

"Aiqing, you mean, you want to tell me that even if the prince is standing in front of me now, I won't recognize him?"

"The emperor is wise, and this is exactly what it means to be a minister." Ma Shiying saw that the emperor finally understood what he meant, and smiled secretly.

As soon as the prince came out of the tavern, he went straight to the bazaar, and he had enough of the beggar-like clothes. The shopkeeper of the fabric shop, when he saw that the beggar was about to break in, was about to drive him away, who knew that the man shook his hand and took out a piece of silver, and the shopkeeper's face immediately changed, and he immediately changed to a smile.

changed his outfit, and still carried five hundred taels of silver tickets in his arms, of course, he was going to Yichun Courtyard, the most popular in Yangzhou. Yichun Courtyard is located in the most lively West Street in Yangzhou, and you can smell a strong smell of rouge perfume from a distance. The door beckoned, and the bewitching woman was seducing the man passing by with an ecstatic voice.

As soon as the companion walked over, he was immediately pulled in by the two women at the door, and the old bustard, who was wearing a bright red cheongsam, immediately greeted him.

"Where did this son's noble surname come from?"

"The surname is Zhu, from the capital." The companion read a big grinning sentence, which scared the bustard.

"Zhu Gongzi, from the capital, is still surnamed Zhu, that is not an ordinary dignitary."

"Old bustard, you talk too much nonsense, just call me out to welcome all your popular girls."

"Yo, Zhu Gongzi looked at what you said, we have a lot of girls here, it depends on whether you spend this."

The big breath of the companion reading can be regarded as calming the old bustard, and the surname Zhu from the capital is either rich or expensive.

"Is it enough," the companion took out a silver ticket of five hundred taels and shook it in front of the old bustard's eyes.

"Enough, of course enough, bright red, come out and pick up the guests."

With the call of the old bustard, a woman wearing a red and green cheongsam walked down from the upper floor, with a pair of charming eyes that seduced the soul, and looked carefully at the companion, as if it was intentional and unintentional. This is okay not to look at, but it is full of bones to see the companion reading, and her eyes can no longer be separated from her every move.

Two days have passed, and 'Zhu Gongzi' has been in the bright red room and has never come out.

Yanhong scouted for two days in a row, always thinking that she had met a wealthy master, who knows, this Zhu Gongzi has never seen anything other valuable except for showing the five hundred taels of silver ticket.

No matter how good Yanhong's temper is, she can't get any benefits, and she starts to get a little impatient. As soon as he secretly told the bustard, the bustard's face changed, and he called the thugs to go straight to the bright red room, and he was about to drive people out.

"Zhu Gongzi, you've been here for two days, shouldn't you also add some food expenses?"

Zhu Gongzi is lying on the bed sleeping, two days in a row accompanied by beautiful women, drunk and dreaming of death, when he opens his eyes, he is a beauty, and when he closes his eyes, he is still a beauty, if this kind of life can be drunk for a long time, how good it would be.

But today doesn't seem to be very good, as soon as I opened my eyes, the old bustard stood in front of the bed with the thugs of the brothel, looking at this posture, today is more than auspicious.

"Old bustard, you really look down on people. Do you know who I am? "Companion Reading is starting to want to cheat again.

"Who do I care you are? If you have money, you are an uncle, and if you don't have money, get out of here. ”

"I'm from the capital." Seeing that the old bustard did not have a soft mouth at all, Zhu Gongzi panicked.

"Don't tell me anything about the capital? Now the capital is under the control of the Qing Dynasty. Your surname is Zhu, and you're a fart. ”

"You, you, you, I'm the guest of honor invited by your son-in-law of Lord Shi, do you dare to talk to me like this, aren't you afraid that I will sue you in front of Lord Shi?" Seeing that he couldn't hold it anymore, he could only move out of Li Shuangxi's name.

"Master Shi and his son-in-law? Don't be kidding us, they never come to a place like ours. "Speaking of Master Shi, the old bustard is still a little scared, but how can the guy in front of him who obviously eats the 'overlord meal' be connected with the image of Lord Shi?