In the early morning of the next day, the princess, under the escort of a thousand brocade guards, took 20,000 Xuanjia soldiers and drove into the boundary of Nanjing City.

It wasn't until the city of Nanjing that the sergeants guarding the city noticed that something was wrong and hurriedly closed the city gate.

The princess got a report from the front that Nanjing City had closed the city gate, and this was okay?!

She immediately ordered Zheng Zhibao and 20,000 Xuanjia troops to line up outside the city of Nanjing, set up twenty artillery pieces, form an artillery position, and prepare for the siege.

The princess sent someone into Nanjing City to spread the word, asking Zhu Cihuan, the prince of the prison country, to go out of the city immediately and explain in person. Without leaving the city within two hours, the Xuanjia army began to attack the city!

Zheng Zhibao did not dare to disobey, and immediately followed the princess's explanation, and waited solemnly under the city of Nanjing, as long as the deadline of two hours arrived, he began to attack the city.

Half an hour later, Zhu Cihuan, the prince of the prison country, who got the news, also took a hundred personal guards to open a city gate and personally greeted the princess and her party.

Seeing that Zhu Cihuan finally came out in person, the princess got out of the carriage and asked Zhu Cihuan coldly, "Imperial brother, I came to catch up with the imperial brother, why did the imperial brother close the city gate and refuse people thousands of miles away?!" ”

Zhu Cihuan was taken aback when he looked at such a big formation behind her, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to open all the city gates immediately, and then replied, "The imperial sister came to reminisce about the past, but she brought so many people and horses, and the officers and soldiers of Nanjing City misunderstood. ”

The princess said lightly, "Brother Huang, the war ahead is tight, and I came to Nanjing City to borrow grain on behalf of the regent." Worried that the officials and gentry in Nanjing City would cry poor and refuse to borrow grain. Coming with the Jinyi Guard and the Xuanjia Army, it is estimated that it will be easier to borrow food. ”

The princess's words couldn't be clearer, and Zhu Cihuan also knew that if Nanjing City honestly handed over the grain this time, it would be to borrow grain; If it is sloppy and prevarication, it is a food grab.

In Zhu Cihuan's opinion, the princess came with Jinyiwei and Xuanjia Jun, which was deliberately targeting him. In the position of the princess, even if she is engaged in the reality of the hypocritical monarch, she also wants to be on the emperor's throne. If he becomes the prince of the prison country, he will inevitably be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future, where is there still the position of Chongzhen?

Zhu Cihuan would never doubt that the princess had the idea of taking advantage of the topic to go crazy on this trip, if he really did not cooperate with the grain borrowing work of the regent palace at this critical juncture of the war, and was charged with colluding with the imperial court in the capital, he, the prince of the prison country, would be completely finished.

Zhu Cihuan asked tentatively, "Sister Huang, how much grain do you want to borrow this time?" ”

The princess said lightly, "300,000 stone grains, within half a month, must be gathered." On behalf of the regent, I also promised that I would return it after the war, and I would count a cent of interest. Brother Huang, the Northern Expedition is the top priority, and please support the Regent's Northern Expedition. ”

The princess deliberately said an extra 100,000 stones, which was to free up room for bargaining, and even if Zhu Cihuan and the officials of Nanjing City discounted, they should not have lost 200,000 stones of grain.

Zhu Cihuan was busy and resigned, and invited the princess and her party into the city to catch up.

The princess ordered Zheng Zhibao to lead 20,000 Xuanjia troops to the guard post in Nanjing to rest and recuperate, and she only brought 1,000 elite brocade guards into the city. With the combat power of this brocade guard, the ordinary Ming army of 5,000 people can't do anything.

Zhu Cihuan settled the princess and her entourage to rest in the palace, and ordered the male servants and maids of the palace to serve wholeheartedly, so he ordered Gao Hongtu and Jiang Yueguang to be the main force of a group of palace cronies to discuss the matter of raising grain.

Gao Hongtu was involved in the rebellion case before, and Fang Yuan asked Zhu Cihuan to be punished, but Zhu Cihuan only dismissed him from office, or stayed in the palace as a staff member.

Gao Hongtu obviously knows the military situation ahead these days, and knows that it is the critical time for the decisive battle between the two regimes in the capital and Jiangnan, so he said, "Lord Wang, the old minister heard about the military situation ahead, and the Shandong Governor Sun is preparing for a decisive battle with the regent, and this victory is unpredictable. The old minister suggested that the prince should not participate in the Northern Expedition, and wait for the regent and Inspector Sun to decide the victory. ”

Zhu Cihuan is very afraid of the teacher Fang Yuan, if he plays on the wall at this juncture, and waits for Fang Yuan's class teacher to come back, then he will have it?! What's more, the princess is still waiting to provoke him, and wants to abolish his position as the prince of the prison country and make room for his father Chongzhen. Don't say that playing on the wall, you can't get together enough 200,000 stone food, and it is estimated that you will also give the princess a handle.

Zhu Cihuan sighed and said, "Elder Gao, the great cause of the Northern Expedition can't be a child's play, let's think of raising 300,000 stone military rations!" The imperial sister also promised that she could pay a cent of interest, so you go and ask, do the rich merchants in the city have any grain?! ”

Gao Hongtu said sharply, "Lord Wang, as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, how can you help the abuse?!" Fang Yuan is just your nominal teacher, but it is your father and brother who are sitting in the capital, where is there any talk of helping outsiders and attacking their own relatives?! Once Fang Yuan's Northern Expedition is successful, the next goal is to kill the regent and usurp the Ming Dynasty! ”

He and Fang Yuan said that the public was reasonable, and the mother said that the mother was reasonable, and Zhu Cihuan could not judge right and wrong for a while, so he could only sit on the throne, sighing and sighing.

Above the lobby, there was silence for a while.

"Who said that aiding the regent is aiding the abuse?! Who dares to divide the friendship between the regent and the prince of the prison country?! ”

A cold voice sounded outside the lobby, it was the princess who came!

Jin Yiwei had already installed a lot of eyeliner in the palace, and the discussion of everyone in the lobby also went to report to the princess, and the princess got the news and immediately rushed to the lobby with a large number of Jin Yiwei.

Gao Hongtu is Lao Jiang's temperament, the older he gets, the hotter he becomes, seeing that the princess has arrived, he also puts life and death aside, and asked in a cold voice, "Princess Kunxing, you are the princess of the Ming Dynasty, and you actually helped the traitors plot against the Ming Dynasty, and you are also worthy of being called the son and daughter of the Zhu family?!" ”

The princess said coldly, "Gao Hongtu, now the person who launched a coup d'état and rebelled and forced his father to the harem is not a concubine, but the prince of the prison country. Even the King of Qin and the King of Lu are willing to raise troops together to fight against the unsubordinate, you dare to open your eyes and say nonsense! ”

"Moreover, now in the capital court, it is the prince of the prison country who is in charge, and the Jiangnan regime is respected by the prince of the prison country, this war is just a civil war of the Ming Dynasty, why is the world not the world of the Ming Dynasty? ! You cursed the Ming Dynasty to die, and you are the real rebel and thief! ”

"Gao Lao thief, if you are really a loyal minister, you should follow the example of Sun Chuanting and Zhang Guowei, go back to the capital to die, and support your father to succeed to the throne. Instead of accepting Hong Chengchou's silver, he got Hong Chengchou's promise to subvert the Jiangnan regime that adhered to the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Gao Hongtu's old face changed color slightly, and he said strongly, "What Hong Chengchou's silver?" What kind of official is Xu?! ”

The princess clapped her hands, and Hu Qi immediately took a servant of the Gao Mansion with the Jinyi Guard, presented a confession, and said in a deep voice, "Princess, the spies sent by the Jinyi Guard have been lurking in the Gao Mansion for three years, and finally found the evidence that Gao Hongtu colluded with Hong Chengchou and plotted to subvert. ”

The princess took the confession, didn't look at it, and threw it directly away from the lobby, "The evidence of Gao Hong's plot against the crime is conclusive, and he has repeatedly refused to change his life, so immediately arrest the staff outside the lobby!" ”

Hu Qi gave up his hand, and three wolf-like brocade guards rushed up, grabbed Gao Hongtu, pulled out the official mansion and escorted him to the outside of the palace hall to start the court staff.

The court staff, even the teacher Fang Yuan had never used it, Zhu Cihuan didn't expect that the imperial sister and princess's methods were even tougher than the teacher Fang Yuan, and he was so frightened that his face was like death, and he didn't dare to stop it at all.