Chapter 346: Sitting Trapped
Wang Meiren, who was eager to save her son, became more and more difficult to deal with, Yang Feng had to hide every time he returned to the palace, but he refused to go to see the Queen Mother, he couldn't explain his plan to Wang Meiren, let alone make any guarantees. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
He couldn't say to a sad, angry, anxious mother: it was Da Chu who really needed protection, not the emperor himself.
In fact, he could not say such things to anyone, and the ministers knew it by their hearts, and they were able to cooperate with the Central Palm Seal.
Yang Feng returned to the palace in the early hours of the morning, after all, he couldn't ignore the palace, he had to deal with some affairs, this time he received not the queen mother's decree, but the queen's invitation.
Yang Feng sighed, and had to go to see the queen, in his eyes, the queen was more reasonable than Wang Meiren.
Cui Xiaojun didn't expect that the emperor's suffering was not over, he had quietly dried his tears these days, and he couldn't cry anymore after seeing Yang Feng, so he could only kneel down and beg.
Yang Feng hurriedly turned sideways and got out of the way, also knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and didn't dare to accept this big gift.
The queen got up with the support of the maid, and Yang Feng kept kneeling on the ground.
"Yang Gong......" Cui Xiaojun had a thousand words in his heart, and he didn't know how to say it, but he couldn't help but say, "Why did Your Majesty suffer this hardship?" ”
"Great Chu is very lucky, it is the current saint who suffers from this, among the many emperors of Great Chu, probably only Taizu and His Majesty can afford it."
If Wang Meiren heard this, she would immediately be furious, but the queen squeezed out a smile and took Yang Feng's words as a sincere compliment, "Well, only Your Majesty can afford it, but ...... Is Yang Gong really saving His Majesty? ”
Yang Feng kowtowed and said: "Do my best, I don't dare to slack off a little, but I am stupid and incompetent, and I have not lifted the siege of Jincheng so far." ”
Cui Xiaojun was silent for a while, deep in her heart, she felt that Yang Feng and the ministers of the court were not wrong, but after all, it was the emperor who was besieged, and she was the person she loved deeply, she couldn't be calm, "I heard that Da Danyu accepted the conditions of the peace talks and was willing to lift the siege, as long as it was ......."
"As long as Da Chu gives up a large territory and restores the old Qi country."
There are many conditions put forward by Da Danyu, and these two are the most deadly.
Cui Xiaojun said in a tangled way: "If you can exchange for Your Majesty to return to Beijing safely, all this is worth it, right?" ”
Yang Feng raised his head and didn't get up, but his expression became serious, "The key is here, Your Majesty will not come back." ”
"Huh? Won't Da Danyu release people? ”
"If Da Shan Yu feels safe, it is possible to break the siege, but His Majesty himself does not want to come back."
The Empress was silent.
Yang Feng was not the one who had followed the emperor the most, but he was the one who knew the emperor the most, and continued: "Your Majesty has been a puppet for a period of time, and you hate it, and what Da Shan Yu wants is a puppet, and it has to be a puppet of your own volition, and it is difficult for Your Majesty to accept it. Even if the ministers of the court agreed to all the conditions of the Huns, they would eventually be sent to Jincheng and approved by Your Majesty, and I know that Your Majesty will not agree. ”
Cui Xiaojun finally cried, cried for a while, took the towel from the maid's hand, gently wiped away her tears, and asked solemnly: "Is there no way at all?" ”
"Today's plan is to let Da Danyu 'cherish' His Majesty, and therefore lower the terms of peace talks, which may make His Majesty compromise."
"So Duke Yang made Emperor Wu's great-grandson a marquis, and he will be crowned king next, right?"
Such a big thing can't be hidden from the palace, Yang Feng can only kowtow.
"I understand that if there is another Great Chu Emperor in the capital, Da Shan Yu will feel nervous, and feel that it is more in the interests of the Huns to hurry up and negotiate with His Majesty."
"Empress Mingjian."
"But no one can guess what Da Shan Yu is thinking, if he thinks that His Majesty is useless, he will simply ...... Why don't you just break the net? ”
Yang Feng can still only kowtow, between him and the ministers, there is a final plan that no one will declare, if the Huns are indifferent, and refuse to lower the conditions of peace talks, then the emperor is basically hopeless to return to Beijing, they can only support the new monarch, even if the new monarch is not qualified, it is stronger than the state of the world without an owner.
Cui Xiaojun sat down gloomily, Wang Meiren was right, except for the two of them, there was no third person in this world who wholeheartedly wanted the emperor to return to Beijing safely, but she felt that what others did might not be wrong.
"Your Majesty regards Yang Gong as a teacher, and entrusts the entire capital, the palace and the imperial court to Yang Gong ......"
"Please believe the queen, it is not easy for me to make such a decision, but I have to do this, even if I become a sinner through the ages, the sin is also on Yang alone."
Cui Xiaojun wanted to be angry for a while, wanted to cry for a while, and wanted to beg for a while, but finally she said flatly: "What does Yang Gong need me to do?" ”
"Comfort Your Majesty's mother, please don't ...... Forget it, just comfort. ”
Cui Xiaojun nodded, knowing that this task was not easy at all, Wang Meiren had reached the verge of madness, and the queen's calmness was likely to be regarded as disloyal," Yang Gong ...... Have you thought about it later? ”
Yang Feng was slightly stunned, and then understood that if the emperor couldn't come back, it would be a good thing for him, the new monarch would inevitably rely on him when he ascended the throne, and Wang Meiren had no possibility of becoming the queen mother, even if she had hatred, it would be useless.
The most troublesome thing is that the emperor returned safely, Wang Meiren was named the second queen mother, and she really held the power, she probably would not easily forgive Yang Feng and others for their actions.
"The minister doesn't love his body, Yang has no regrets."
The queen didn't say anything more, Yang Feng retired, dealt with a few official affairs, and finally made up his mind, discussed with the minister in the early morning, and canonized the great-grandson of Emperor Wu as the king of Qi in the name of the queen mother, and the seal of the queen mother has always been in his hands, and things are convenient.
The news was immediately transmitted to the Kanto, and everywhere it went, it was shaken, and the subjects of Great Chu really believed that the capital was going to support a new monarch this time, and officials and nobles from all over the country sent people back to Beijing to inquire about the news, preparing to establish contact with the emerging Waiwei family.
The ugly king of Luoyang found that it was becoming more and more difficult to supervise the release of grain, and there was no emperor as a backer, and the weight of the word "ugly king" was greatly reduced, but he did not give up, Henan Yin and the merchants refused to contribute money and efforts, so he used his reputation to borrow, in short, to carry things on smoothly.
He said nothing about the emperor's safety.
After hearing that the king of Xinqi was crowned, Dr. Qu Zixi, a doctor of Guozijian, sighed and said to the disciples of Luoyang: "Hundreds of officials perform their duties, someone rescues them, and someone must be loyal. ”
At noon that day, Qu Zixi went on the road, and seventeen disciples followed him uninvited, saying that they were seeing him off, but they never looked back.
The news continued to the east, reaching the Qi State, and the rebels finally understood that they had been deceived, and it was impossible for the British king in their hands to succeed to the throne, so they went north with great fanfare to attack the Chu army with the Huns.
Cui Hong couldn't help but be furious after getting the news, thinking that the Cui family was going to lose the identity of the queen again.
Chai Yue and Zhao Ruosu, a scholar from the Zhongshushe, came to persuade each other, and tried their best to make Cui Hong understand that seriously fighting a battle with the Huns is the most important thing at present, if this battle is won, Jincheng may have a turnaround, even if the incident happens, the capital has to set up a new monarch, and the winning general will have more power.
Han Ruzi, who was trapped in Jincheng, didn't know anything about these things, he sent away Feng Ju, the secretary of the ministry, and handed over the responsibility of defending the city to Fan Bangshan and Cai Xinghai, and found that he had nothing to do anymore, he had used all means, it depended on whether and how Da Shan Yu accepted the recruitment.
It was from this moment that he regained his initial composure, and he could read the content of the book, he summoned the pianist Zhang Zhuohe alone, and ordered him to stroke the qin, or passionate, or sad, or detached, or arrogant, the more emotional the qin song, the more calm he was.
He even resumed his practice and said to Meng E: "If it is not for other effects, just because it can boost the spirit, the internal strength is worth cultivating." ”
Meng E was more silent than ever and taught more seriously.
"Look, you want to learn the art of the emperor, but what you see is the emperor's dilemma."
"I've learned more than ever on these days." Meng E didn't regret it at all, and even secretly felt glad that she escaped from Linzi in time, otherwise, she would only be in suspense about Jincheng thousands of miles away now.
"If the city is broken, you have to find a way to escape." There was only one day left before the date of Da Danyu's ultimatum, and Han Ruzi felt that he had to make arrangements for something.
Meng E looked at the emperor suspiciously, she had never thought of escaping alone.
Han Ruzi sighed: "Family affairs are difficult to break, if I return to Beijing safely, the person who needs protection is the queen, if I can't, the one who needs protection is my mother, she is very strong, and she will not be persecuted, I only hope that you can tell my mother for me, I died in Jincheng without regrets, please don't be too sad, let alone hate anyone, this is my choice, it has nothing to do with others." ”
Meng E thought for a while, nodded, and after a long while, she said in a low voice: "I may not be able to escape." ”
Han Ruzi smiled slightly, at this time, he had nothing to force.
After dawn, Han Ruzi presided over the court meeting, the time was not long, and the officials did not have much to say, after the end, Han Ruzi got up, ordered the eunuch to bring wine, distributed it to everyone, and then said: "All the gentlemen drink this cup together, and you can guard the Jincheng with all the gentlemen, it is worth my trip." ”
Regardless of the civil and military generals, everyone put on armor, no one knelt down and kowtowed, and no one cried bitterly, everyone raised their glasses and drank together, and then withdrew from the palace and went to their own positions.
Han Ruzi patrolled the city, where he passed, the mountain shouted long live, the men of Jincheng had already boarded the city to guard, barely enough 8,000 people, the armor was not enough, many people could only fight with their bare hands, but they were ready with stones and iron balls, and they could also fight.
Back at the palace, Han Ruzi toasted to the accompanying eunuchs, guards and others, and under the influence of the emperor and the atmosphere of the whole city, no eunuch dared to cry.
Han Ruzi said to Cui Teng: "I will give you the pianist Zhang Qinyan, I hope you don't think it's too late." ”
Cui Teng had already drunk a few glasses of wine with the emperor, full of pride, and said: "It's not too late, the Spring Festival is worth 10,000 gold, I, Cui Teng, have no regrets for a long time, and the rest will be handed over to Your Majesty." ”
Han Ruzi shook his head with a smile and said to the King of the East China Sea, "What are your wishes?" ”
"I have no wishes, only regrets."
"What regrets?"
"I couldn't say goodbye to my mother."
Concubine Cui died in the palace, and she didn't see her son for many days, and at the last moment, the king of the East China Sea only cared about this matter, and he had nothing to say to the Tan family.
Han Ruzi sighed softly, he didn't say goodbye to his mother, and the king of the East China Sea smiled: "But I have nothing to worry about, I can always see her again anyway." ”
The emperor and all the people around him also changed their armor, climbed the southern city, and had lunch with the soldiers at the head of the city, and all the flags were taken out, densely packed, almost around the city wall.
Outside the city, a large number of Hun cavalry gathered near the siege machine, just waiting for dark, just waiting for the order, they will launch the last siege of the city. (To be continued.) )