Princess Changping sat in the chair, immersed in the memories, there were tears flashing in her eyes, three years ago in the city of Beijing, scenes of unbearable past events unfolded in front of her eyes one by one like a picture scroll, holding a long sword and revealing her hideous father, the fire-filled imperial city, the grandfather who was behind the ghost in front of the person, called his younger brother in a panic, flashed in turn, like a burst of sharp cones piercing the heart, ruthlessly peeled off her wounds that had just healed, and the blood was dripping.

Wang Huan waited quietly, not in a hurry or impatient.

As soon as she entered the tent, as soon as Princess Changping spoke, Wang Hua heard that this one-armed Chitose was here to spy on her.

The purpose of the spy is nothing more than to see how Wang Huan is temperamental, whether he has a loyal heart, and whether he is worthy of reuse and dependence.

Emperors have always only cared about themselves, not others, since ancient times.

And Wang Huan happened to have the intention to attract Yongli to return to the west, but this matter could not be directly raised and put forward, it must be revealed in a roundabout way, otherwise it would be too direct, not to mention Emperor Yongli and the group of staff around him, even Princess Changping would be disgusted, beware of what Wang Huan meant by asking the emperor in the past, whether he was another warlord who held the emperor's self-esteem hostage.

Therefore, Wang Huan did not say anything else, first considered from the perspective of Yongli, analyzed the situation in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and clearly pointed out that the current situation of Emperor Yongli was very inappropriate, surrounded by wolves, and there was no reliable strong armed force to protect it, how dangerous it was.

After half a ring, Princess Changping came back to her senses and was surprised to find that Wang Huan had been standing on one side for a long time.

She calmed down slightly, her face returned to her normal color, and she said with a hint of bitterness: "Pingliang Bo's heart of loyalty to the monarch is understood by this palace, but what the uncle said is a bit exaggerated, right?" ”

Wang Huan bowed slightly, listening attentively.

"After Huiguo Gong anyway, the situation in the south is very good, Jiangxi Jin Shengheng and others according to Nanchang to plot the whole province, and Guangdong across Ganzhou, and although Ganzhou is a strong city, but it is not an insurmountable city, this city, Jiangxi and Guangdong are connected together, take care of each other, rely on each other, more than stable, slowly operate, how can it be as the uncle said, there is no place for the emperor? In addition, Governor He's Huguang and Zheng's Fujian are spreading good news everywhere, if there are no loyal ministers, how can the ministers be willing to contribute to the Ming Dynasty? Princess Changping thought about it and refuted Wang Huan's words one by one, showing a big picture that was extremely incommensurate with her age.

"And the uncle said that Huiguo Gong has a rebellion in the past, and whether Anzhi will betray the lord again, according to the palace, it is unlikely." The more Princess Changping spoke, the more she spoke, the more confident she became, her voice was not loud but her words were fine, and she made sense: "First, all martial artists, pay attention to the word loyalty, traitors are scolded by thousands of people, Huiguo Gong has had once, and he will never dare to come back for the second time, otherwise, how will he behave in the future?" I'm afraid that after being in front of others, I will never be able to raise my head again. ”

Second, although the Qing court came from the outside of the Fang, but also learned Chinese to read Hanshu, the chief emperor Taiji, once recruited Han sages, for him to repair books and read history, so the Tartars on the contrary, the most important laws and regulations, anyone who dared to resist and rebel against the Qing court, all were slaughtered and exterminated, Huiguo Gong anyway, killed all the people in the city of Guangzhou, announced the head of the public, to show determination. This kind of behavior is equivalent to severing all the relations between Huiguo Gong and the Tartars, and since then there has been no advance or retreat, and the Qing court will never die, so the palace and the emperor are convinced that Huiguo Gong will never rebel again. ”

At this point, Wang Huan raised his head slightly, and when Changping stopped, he said lightly: "Huiguo Gong's army, but the emperor's army?" ”

Changping was speaking heartily, and when he was poked by Wang Huan's words, he suddenly trembled all over, his expression became unnatural, and he said insincerely: "Huiguo Gong eats the king's lu, of course, he is loyal to the king, and his soldiers and horses are naturally the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Wang Huan looked at Changping, his eyes and her eyes touched lightly in the air, and then he avoided it, lowered his head and said sonorously: "Chitose, although Wang Huan is stupid, but he also understands the reason, the things at the banquet tonight are all in Wang Huan's heart, the ministers are grateful to the emperor for bringing the holy family, and they also understand who obstructs the reward of Weichen and Governor Wang, if it is really a loyal courtier, he will never do this kind of thing that makes the heroes cold, this move is no different from self-destruction of the Great Wall!" And the emperor overrode public opinion and insisted on supporting Weichen, I am afraid that it is also for the perspective of balancing forces, after all, one more powerful military minister will have more protection, if it were not for seeing Huiguo Gong cover the sky with one hand, the emperor would not be so desperate to promote Weichen. ”

"Besides, Huiguo Gong anyway, Guangzhou has become the most powerful city in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the capital of Emperor Shaowu, which is used as the national capital, which is no better, but the emperor does not go, and insists on living in this small city of Zhaoqing, why? It's not to maintain the strictness of the imperial authority and not to do the thing of the dragon entering the tiger pool. ”

"Two things together, Chitose, tell me, is this soldier of Huiguo Gong really the emperor's soldier?" Wang Huan said slowly, and said the last few words meaningfully.

Princess Changping's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and she said angrily: "Uncle Pingliang, you have gone too far, speculating on the holy will is very disrespectful. ”

"Passed?" Wang Huan said: "No, Weichen hasn't finished speaking, just tonight, before Weichen entered this military camp, on the way back from Shuiyue Palace, Weichen and Governor Wang were intercepted and killed by a group of assassins!" ”

"Assassins? Interception? Changping looked up sharply, a look of surprise.

"Yes! If it weren't for the courage of the guards led by Wei Chen and the repulsion of the assassins, it is difficult to say what would have happened tonight. Wang Huan said: "Weichen checked, there is no mark on the assassin's body, but the firearms and blades used are all in the military standard, who sent them?" You can guess it. ”

Changping's face turned a little pale, and he looked Wang Huan up and down to confirm that he was uninjured and traceless, so he breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately returned to his normal color, and said, "Uncle, don't guess, so as not to hurt the harmony." Zhaoqing was initially decided, it is inevitable that there will be some small work, and there are often people in the Tartar area, this matter will be strictly investigated by the city defense and forbidden army, and the uncle will go in and out, so be careful. ”

Wang Huan shook his head and said solemnly: "I will endure for a while, others will deceive me for a lifetime, Wang Huan has his own decisions on this matter, but Chitose rest assured, Weichen will not cause trouble to the emperor." ”

"Please calm your anger first, the palace will go back to the imperial city, report this matter to the emperor, and before the emperor has holy will, please don't act rashly, so as not to give birth to right and wrong in the capital." Changping frowned, stood up, and said to Wang Huan, she noticed that this matter was extraordinary, and someone dared to assassinate Wang Huan directly, indicating that she was very dissatisfied with Emperor Yongli's decision and dared to kill Wang Huan, so maybe she dared to do Yongli, and she had to go back to report it quickly and strengthen the defense around Yongli.

Wang Huan turned sideways to see him off, but his mouth didn't stop, and he said softly: "Please tell the saint that Wang Huan is in Sichuan, no matter how big the situation is, it is also the emperor's, if the emperor is forced by the situation and cannot settle down, he can send a messenger to send a letter to the ministers at any time, and the ministers will also lead the crowd to greet them." ”

Princess Changping walked quickly past Wang Huan, lifted the curtain and walked out, noncommittal to Wang Huan's words.

Outside the tent, Wang Yingxiong had already waited for his forehead to burst, and he wanted to get closer several times to eavesdrop, but was stopped by Wang Huan's guards mercilessly, so he had to go around in circles outside boredly, trampling a large piece of grass outside the big tent.

Princess Changping walked out of the big tent, Wang Yingxiong hurriedly greeted her, but Changping just nodded hurriedly, didn't even say a word, and jumped directly on a white horse brought by the guard, with chic and smooth movements, obviously often doing this.

Seeing the red clothes on Changping's body disappear into the night like a ball of fire surrounded by the guards of the brigade, Wang Yingxiong opened his mouth wide and was at a loss.

He blinked, looked at Wang Huan who was standing at the door of the big tent, and wanted to lean over and inquire.

Wang Huan spoke first: "Lord Wang, it's late at night, let's talk about it tomorrow." With that, he turned around and ordered the guards to call Li Dingguo, Liu Yun and Ma Wannian over, and then entered the big tent, leaving Wang Yingxiong alone outside the tent in a daze.

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At the top of the southern city of Zhaoqing City, a high-rise building is built in a huge garden house, which is the Yongming Palace, the residence of Yongli.

The night was dark, and there was no sound in the city, except for the wandering of the husband, and even the insects and ants, which usually whispered and whispered, seemed to fall into a deep sleep and forgot to make a sound.

In the Yongming Palace, a few lonely lamps swayed, creating a bit of dim light for the empty hall, and the shadows of several huge pillars dangled on the wall with the candlelight, as if a ghost was terrifying, and the light could not shine in the depths of the hall, black shadows, empty and palpitating.

At the entrance of the innermost hall, several palace people dozed off on the steps, yawning one after another, but they did not dare to leave.

The palace people looked at it with tired eyes, and were suddenly startled, turned over and stood up extremely quickly, bowed together and said, "I've seen the princess Chitose!" ”

Princess Changping looked at the hall with lights and asked, "Your Majesty hasn't slept yet?" ”

An elderly palace man replied cautiously: "Yes, the emperor is still reading." ”

Princess Changping looked at the palace door and was about to let someone report it, but she heard a voice from inside: "Is Changping here?" Come on in! ”

The palace people stepped forward and pushed open the door of the palace for Princess Changping, and a beam of light shot out from the palace, so that Princess Changping could see the scene in the palace at a glance.

Two blue glazed crane beak candlesticks stand high on both sides of the main hall, more than a dozen giant candles embellish it, illuminate the whole hall transparently, a pot of sandalwood is placed on a rosewood low table, is bubbling with a refreshing aroma, in the middle of the main hall, there is an incomparably huge ink mountain and river picture screen, the panorama of Yanshan is painted, with a strong pen, splashing ink freehand, the desolation of the north land jumps on the paper, obviously from the hands of famous artists.

There is a soft couch under the screen, there are a few on the couch, Yongli is sitting on the couch, looking at a book spread on the table with relish, and on the side of the soft couch, there is a large bookshelf, which is full of countless thread-bound books.

Yongli should have been reading the book for a long time, his eyes were a little red, he rubbed his eyes, and said happily to Changping who was standing at the door: "Where are you standing and what are you doing?" Come in, come, and show the princess a seat. ”

Changping entered in response, and the palace people hurriedly moved a chair from a corner of the hall, put a soft cushion, and then consciously retreated and closed the palace door.

Sitting on the chair, before he could speak, Yongli couldn't bear it anymore, leaned his upper body towards Changping, and asked softly with an expectant face: "Princess, how is it?" Is this child credible? ”

(End of chapter)