Fang Yuan seemed to have given Zhu Yihai a chance to choose, but in fact, Zhu Yihai had no chance to choose at all. If you want to preserve the status of the vassal kings of King Lu's lineage, as well as the glory and wealth, you must cooperate with Fang Yuan. Otherwise, if Fang Yuan broke through Shanyang County, the Lu Wang family would also disappear.

Zhu Yihai himself is ambitious and wants to make a career in this troubled era.

When he and Fang Yuan poisoned his brother Zhu Yipai and stole the throne of King Lu, he wanted to use Shandong as a base to make a career and even achieve the hegemony of the emperor.

But at that time, Shandong was in the hands of the great warlord Liu Zeqing, compared with Liu Zeqing, who had 100,000 troops, King Lu's 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses wanted to fight for Shandong, which was really difficult. But in the end, the Yanzhou Prefectures in southern Shandong were saved.

Later, the more powerful Sun Chuanting captured and killed Liu Zeqing, and he completely lost the opportunity to control Shandong, and could only accept the loss of Shandong's fiefdom and was sent to Huai'an Mansion.

What is even more tragic is that Huai'an Province is located in the most important Jianghuai defense line between the north and the south, and it is the junction of the two major armies in the north and south. Whether Sun Chuanting went south or Fang Yuan went north, the first thing to bear the brunt of was his Huai'an Mansion.

As a vassal king in such a key state capital, Sun Chuanting wanted to force him to go south when he went south, otherwise he would be beaten; Fang Yuan must also force him to go north with him, otherwise he will be destroyed. There is no room for him to continue to sit on the wall and watch, left and right.

Zhu Yihai is ambitious, but he can't do it from time to time, but he has a pair of strong enemies like Fang Yuan and Sun Chuanting, which is really difficult to show. can only rely on bribing and pleasing Fang Yuan, and even Fang Yuan's subordinates to keep the peace of King Lu's family.

Now that Fang Yuan had a direct showdown with him, he wanted to forcibly pull him on the thief ship in Jiangnan, and he had no room to refuse at all. The only way is to try to keep King Lu's family from being uprooted.

Zhu Yihai put down his wine glass, sighed deeply and said, "Regent, how can you guarantee that you can fulfill your promise today?!" ”

Seeing that he had finally chosen to give in, Fang Yuan began to ask himself for reassurance and promises, and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness King Lu, do you want a gold medal for avoiding death, or a Danshu iron coupon, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Zhu Yihai shook his head and said with a straight face, "The eldest son of the regent, Wang Fanghe of Anguo County is five years old, and I have a little daughter, Zhu Shuzhen, who is also only five years old, has a slight appearance, and is more proficient in exemplary etiquette. I don't know if I have the honor to marry into the palace and be the princess of the county?! ”

Fang Yuan was slightly stunned, and had to admire Zhu Yihai's vision and insight.

Fang He is obviously the most likely candidate for the regent throne at the moment. Since Fang Yuan wanted to forcibly pull Zhu Yi to ship on the sea, Zhu Yihai simply made a plan and put forward the proposal of tying the two families together completely, one with glory and one with loss. As long as his youngest daughter can become the princess of the county, or even become the regent princess in the future, King Lu's family will become in-laws with the Fang family, and it can be regarded as truly preserved.

Winning over Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, was an important part of Fang Yuan's Northern Expedition plan.

Huaiyang's geographical location is still secondary, with the addition of the Lu Wang family, the banner on the side of Fang Yuan Qingjun is more justifiable. Establishing the Lu dynasty as a model for the surrender of vassal kings can further persuade Zhu Cunji, the king of Qin in Shaanxi, to surrender.

Regarding Zhu Yihai's proposal to get married, Fang Yuan pondered for a while, and then decided to agree. Xiao Yuan's mind was to find a marriage with Jing Ling and win over the Xuanjia Army, and he had mentioned it to Fang Yuan more than once. But Fang Yuan didn't plan to let Xiao Yuan, Fang He's mother and son's hands reach into the Xuanjia Army, and let Fang He marry Zhu Shuzhen, the county lord of King Lu, was killing two birds with one stone.

As for whether Xiao Yuan will make a fuss after learning about it, it is not up to her.

Fang Yuan smiled heartily and said, "Since King Lu doesn't think dogs are vulgar, what reason do I have to refuse?" That's it! ”

Zhu Yihai raised his glass and touched him, and said loudly, "Regent, a word is a certainty!" ”

After the two talked about business, after a round of drinking, Fang Yuan suddenly asked, "Does King Lu want to take Chen Yuanyuan back to Huai'an Mansion this time?" ”

Zhu Yihai was stunned and said, "Yes, this delay is half a year, and she can't wait." ”

Fang Yuan smiled, clapped his hands, and shouted, "Bring Chen Yuanyuan up!" ”

The maid of the peach garden brought a beautiful woman who was sixteen years old into the hall and said respectfully, "The regent, King Lu, Chen Yuanyuan has brought it." ”

Zhu looked up and down at the woman brought by Fang Yuanling, she was beautiful, but it was obviously not the first beauty in Jiangnan who he wanted to marry back to the palace, Chen Yuanyuan.

Zhu Yihai asked hesitantly, "This, Regent, this is not Chen Yuanyuan!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled faintly, pretending not to know and asked the woman, "Your name is not Chen Yuanyuan?!" ”

The woman saluted and said softly, "Slave, surname Chen, name charming, word round, everyone calls me Chen Yuanyuan!" ”

Zhu Yihai was confused by the second monk at this time, and said in surprise, "However, it was not her who promised me to go to Huai'an Mansion, it was another Chen Yuanyuan." ”

Fang Yuan sighed lightly and continued to ask, "Who is the other Chen Yuanyuan?" Did you promise to answer King Lu in person? ”

Zhu Yihai was stunned, as he was the king of Lu, how could he personally ask Chen Yuanyuan in person if he wanted to go to Huai'an Mansion, if Chen Yuanyuan refused, where would King Lu's face be?

Zhu Yihai sent a personal servant to probe Chen Yuanyuan's tone, and the servant came back to deliver Chen Yuanyuan's answer.

He stared sideways at the house slave who had been running errands before, and scolded angrily, "Why do you ask? Who's asking?! Who promised to return to Huai'an Mansion with King Gu? ”

The house slave was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, and said to Fang Yuan and Zhu Yihai, "His Royal Highness King Lu, the little slave is asking Chen Yuanyuan!" The regent, it's Chen Yuanyuan, who is in charge of the peach garden! ”

Fang Yuan's face suddenly became gloomy, he got up suddenly, and said coldly, "What? The person in charge of the peach garden is a concubine of the palace, named Xing Yuan. Are you saying that King Lu has taken a fancy to the concubine of my palace and wants to bring it back to Huai'an Mansion?! ”

"Someone, let Xing Yuan come out to question!"

Chen Yuanyuan, who had been waiting behind the screen for a long time, came out in front of the two of them, and bowed to the two, "The concubine bows to the regent, King Lu." ”

The house slave pointed at Chen Yuanyuan and shouted loudly, "It's her!" Your Highness, that's her! ”

When Zhu Yihai saw the beauty he liked, he changed his name to Xing Yuan, and she was also a woman from the Regent's Palace, Fang Yuan's favorite concubine, her face was so frightened that her face was bloodless, the wine glass also fell on the table, and the wine spilled all over the ground.

Fang Yuan took Zhu Yihai's horror into his eyes, and continued to act unhurriedly, "Xing Yuan, did you promise to return to Huai'an Mansion with King Lu?!" ”

Chen Yuanyuan also couldn't help but laugh, and said solemnly, "His Royal Highness King Lu came to ask for Chen Yuanyuan, a famous prostitute in Peach Garden, and the concubine thought that His Royal Highness King Lu was a distinguished guest, so she agreed. Where would a person whose concubine is a regent dare to agree? ”

She forcibly squeezed out a few more tears and said, "Regent, are you humiliating the concubine?!" The concubine doesn't want to live anymore! ”

Fang Yuan looked at Zhu Yihai and asked slowly, "King Lu, what you are asking me for is Chen Yuanyuan." Are you fanciing Xing Yuan or Chen Yuanyuan?! ”

Zhu Yihai was completely blindfolded this time, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he didn't know what happened in the middle, why Chen Yuanyuan suddenly changed into Xing Yuan. Of course, even if he lent him a guts, he didn't dare to admit that it was Fang Yuan's favorite concubine!

The atmosphere at the scene was quite awkward.

After the embarrassing silence, Zhu Yihai had completely come back to his senses, Fang Yuan wanted to regret it at all, and didn't want him to take away the real Chen Yuanyuan. The reason why he performed a play in public was to send him a ladder and ask him to go down the ladder, admit to giving up the real Chen Yuanyuan, and take away the fake Chen Yuanyuan. In this scene, resolve the embarrassment faced by both parties.

When the fake is true, it is also false, and when it is false, it is also true.

Zhu Yihai is an old bird, of course he knows how this game is played, sighed deeply, immediately pulled out his sword, pulled over the house slave who passed the word, and pinched his neck, so that he couldn't speak, so he stabbed it with a sword.

He stabbed to death the house slave who passed the message, kicked it away again, and then threw away his sword, and Chong Fang Yuan made amends, "Regent, of course I fancy Chen Yuanyuan, not Xing Yuan of the palace." It's this damned house slave who even confesses his mistake, and he offends the Regent by spreading the word indiscriminately, and I have killed him to make amends to the Regent!" ”

Fang Yuan looked at the house slave who was constantly twitching and struggling on the ground, and was silent when he saw the house slave who couldn't live. This house slave was really wronged and suffered an unjustified disaster. But in order to save face, Zhu Yihai would not be embarrassed on the spot and cause people to laugh, so he could only die.

Fang Yuan sighed secretly, and continued to finish the last scene of this scene, which was also the climax, "Xing Yuan, listen, immediately announce to the outside world, Chen Yuanyuan from Taoyuan will be brought back to Huai'an Mansion by King Lu." In the future, there will be no Chen Yuanyuan in Taoyuan, so take off her brand! ”

"Also, this time you have caused such a big disaster, you are not allowed to stay in the peach garden anymore, go back to the palace to think about it behind closed doors, and wait for punishment!"

"Yes! Regent! ”

Chen Yuanyuan responded softly, pretending to wipe away tears, but secretly laughed in his heart, Fang Yuan's move to steal the beam and change the pillar is really a trick among the best moves. not only sent Zhu Yihai away without hurting face, but also directly threw a pot to Zhu Yihai to carry. In the future, even if it spreads, Chen Yuanyuan, the former No. 1 beauty in the south of the Yangtze River, also went to the Lu Palace, not in the Regent Palace.

Zhu Yihai carried this pot, and he could be regarded as having an explanation for public opinion.

From then on, Chen Yuanyuan, one of the eight Yans of Qin Huai, can be regarded as a complete whitewash!