The cell in Xuzhou City was ransacked by some inexplicable assassins, and several jailers died, and many assassins died. After inspecting the scene, Min Shaoqing came to the conclusion that these assassins were sent by King Huai to rescue Lord Min.

When Min Shaoqing informed the new emperor of the news, the new emperor was silent for a long time and finally asked, "Is General Liu back?" ”

Min Shaoqing was stunned for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, these assassins ......"

"The assassins are not here to assassinate me, just leave it to Min Taishou to deal with, unless General Liu comes back, you don't have to tell me about the rest."

The new emperor looked irritable, and then he went into the inner hall to rest.

Min Shaoqing's face was in a cold sweat, and it seemed that nothing could compare to the status of "General Liu" in the eyes of the new emperor now. It may be that the new emperor has not been on the throne for a long time, and there are no close people around him, and this time the royal expedition is very dangerous, and he is homesick and misses his relatives.

Min Shaoqing consulted with Shi Ma Feng and others, meaning whether to think about the emperor and find someone to take care of the emperor's daily life. To put it bluntly, it is to offer a few beauties to the new emperor to relieve the emperor's boredom.

Ma Feng felt that Min Shaoqing's idea was good, after Luan drove into Xuzhou City, the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou City could be said to be ready to fight against the Huai Army, and some local wealthy families also wanted to take the opportunity to befriend the new emperor, and it was a blessing to be able to meet the Son of Heaven for several lifetimes. If you choose some ladies from these wealthy families to serve the emperor, it can not only make the emperor not want to leave, but also take advantage of the will of the local family, and kill multiple birds with one stone.

One is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer, but there is a lack of an intermediate coordinator and organizer. And Min Shaoqing is the Taishou of Xuzhou. The best person for the organizers.

"Did you ask the emperor first?" An official in Xuzhou asked tentatively.

"The matter of dedication. It's better to be private. Min Shaoqing said after thinking about it. Such things should not be known to the people, otherwise it will damage the prestige of the Son of Heaven. ”

The matter was discussed, and the next two days were discussed with the wealthy families in Xuzhou City, so all kinds of ladies were sent to the Taishou Mansion. Min Shaoqing didn't know much about the new emperor's preferences, so he invited the new emperor's constant attendant Wu Gonggong, who guessed what was going on when he saw those women, and exclaimed: "No, no!" ”

Min Shaoqing asked in surprise, "Gonggong Wu." Why not? ”

"You don't know how to say, the emperor has a deep relationship with his wife, and ah......" Gonggong Wu didn't seem to want to say, but he had to say, and twisted, "General Liu, he doesn't allow the emperor to accept concubines at will." ”

It's that Liu Wenyan again, Min Shaoqing is a little angry, I haven't seen this person these days, but what I hear the most is his name. This Liu Wenyan seems to be the shadow of the new emperor. The new emperor is like an ant on a hot pot when he doesn't see him for a day, and now Zhilu Dao is still a nosy minister. Does the new emperor want to take a concubine, and a courtier should be in charge?

"Father-in-law Wu, in this way, the official will select a few women, and then hand them over to the emperor to choose, if the emperor does not accept it, then how about returning it?"

Gonggong Wu's face was embarrassed, obviously he didn't want to accept this proposal, because he had been by the emperor's side for a long time, and he knew very well the new emperor and that Liu Wenyan. The new emperor is tightly controlled, in fact, when he is the emperor, he will also have some special ideas in his heart, such as accepting wives and concubines.

Min Shaoqing's beauty selection does not pay as much attention to family and character as Yuan Bolang, he pays more attention to beauty, mainly to keep the emperor in Xuzhou for a few more days. After all, as long as Luan Jia stays in Xuzhou City, there will be a steady stream of reinforcements here, and Xuzhou City will also be paid special attention to by the imperial court. It's just that he also knows that Xuzhou City will be attacked even more fiercely than the previous time.

After selecting four beautiful women with excellent looks and offering them to the emperor's temporary palace, Min Shaoqing waited anxiously for the news over there, wondering if Emperor Lu Dao would return all or a few until dawn the next day. There is still no news of return, Min Shaoqing is finally relieved, it seems that the emperor's vision is not so special, they are all things that like beauty. Young and vigorous, how can you not be tempted by beautiful women in front of you?

He was about to go back to rest, when he saw the emperor come to the Taishou Mansion with a sad face, Min Shaoqing was stunned, the new emperor should be lingering in the palace at this time, could it be that the emperor also has the habit of getting up early?

"The minister greets the emperor."

"No need, does General Liu have any news?"

It's the damn Liu Wenyan again, Min Shaoqing scolded secretly in his heart, feeling that the new emperor came to Taishou Mansion not to thank him for his "loyalty to the monarch and the country", but to inquire about Liu Wenyan's whereabouts.

"No news yet." Min Shaoqing replied calmly.

"Oh, I'll be notified as soon as there's news." The new emperor's mood didn't seem to be too high, so he turned around and left, and even Gonggong Wu fell into the hall.

Wu Gongcheng wanted to chase the new emperor, but was caught by Min Shaoqing, Min Shaoqing asked: "Wu Gonggong, those four women ......?"

"What woman?" Gonggong Wu was stunned.

"It was sent to the palace by the official last night."

"Didn't you want to send beautiful women?" Gonggong Wu complained, "Fortunately, the new emperor thought that it was the maid you sent, but he just asked them to serve tea and water, and the new emperor's mind was not here at all." ”

Min Shaoqing was shocked, this new emperor is not as serious as rumored, but like a promising monarch. Beauty is now, just let me be a maid? But those are everyone's young ladies, when did the thin skin and tender meat do what the maid did, and they were tyrannical!

Min Shaoqing sighed in his heart, and muttered in his heart, how could he talk to the family behind the four beauties when he turned around, could it be that the new emperor was dissatisfied with the four women and sent them to be maids?

There is no impermeable wall in this world, sooner or later the big family will know about today's events, and I don't know what they will think of this new emperor.

Ma Feng came to see Min Shaoqing in a hurry, it was the family behind the four women who asked him to ask, knowing that the new emperor just called the four women as handmaidens, Ma Feng sighed and said: "What does this new emperor think?" Except that Liu Wenyan is still Liu Wenyan, does he have a habit of dragon yang and doesn't like women and men? ”

Min Shaoqing hurriedly looked around, and when he saw that no one was relieved, he shouted: "You can also talk nonsense about such things!?" ”

Ma Feng realized that his attitude was unscrupulous, even if there was such a thing, it could not be publicized everywhere, and saying it in public was tantamount to committing a big disrespect and losing his head. Qu Zhu, the president of the Imperial Forest Army, has been wandering around the new emperor, and his eyes are also staring at the officials of Xuzhou City, but he can't be caught by him as a handle.

Ma Feng complained in a low voice: "This Liu Wenyan, who moved Luan Jia to Xuzhou City, he himself is gone, he must be greedy for life and afraid of death, he is afraid of death, he hid in the rear, such a shameless villain, the emperor still trusts him." It's really chilling for our courtiers. ”

"You're chilling? What kind of heart is cold, the new emperor can come to Xuzhou City, isn't it an encouragement to my Xuzhou military and civilians? Speaking of which, Liu Wenyan can be regarded as daring to act, daring to let the Son of Heaven take risks, if he is not a powerful minister with great wisdom and strategy, then he is a shameless villain who does not distinguish between severity and importance, what kind of person do you think he is? ”

Ma Feng was stunned for a moment, he wanted to say that Liu Wenyan was a villain, but thinking about it, it didn't seem to be. The ghost knows what kind of person he is.

…………

Xuzhou City is in a state of intense preparation for the approaching war, and Jiankang City is much calmer, except for the city gate because King Huai was assassinated and martial law, the rest are no different from usual.

And it was at this time that the envoys of the imperial court, under the leadership of Yuan Bolang, the right minister, entered the city.

Originally, the envoy of the Son of Heaven, King Huai should have personally gone out of the city to greet him. But because the situation is different this time, the court and the king of Huai are tearing their faces for the world, belonging to both the enemy and us, so this time the envoy also seems to be an envoy to the enemy country, at least the king of Huai did not show the importance of this envoy group, but correspondingly, sent Huai Xiang Meng Chuliang out of the city to welcome.

If it is just an ordinary diplomatic official, it at least shows that the motive of King Huai to prepare for peace talks is not pure, at least not sincere.

As soon as Meng Chuliang saw the arrogant Yuan Bolang, he immediately confessed, saying that King Huai was assassinated and wounded, coupled with years of depression, he could not come out to greet the envoys.

Speaking very decently, the reason is also very good, Yuan Bolang, who was very annoyed and was about to leave with his sleeves brushed up, also eased his frowning brows a little, and entered the city accompanied by Meng Chuliang and other officials from Huaidi.

That damn boy, he didn't come by himself, but he called the old man to come, making it clear that he wanted the old man to suffer the idleness of these villains! Yuan Bolang had scolded Liu Wenyan hundreds of times in his heart along the way, and he made up for it again at this time.

After entering the city, he had not yet settled a place to live, and he did not say when he would go to see King Huai, Meng Chuliang directly invited the envoy to the annex of King Huai's Mansion, a square table, four corners and four people, this is to start negotiations immediately, Yuan Bolang's journey was tired, and he didn't even give him a chance to rest.

"Huaixiang, what do you mean by this?"

When Yuan Bolang saw that he was coming to such a place, his tone became cold.

Meng Chuliang said with a smile: "My king is very worried about the safety of the prince, and presumably the imperial court also hopes to call off the army as soon as possible so that Huainan can regain peace." Let's get straight to the point, and don't waste time. ”

Clearly wanting to engage in fatigue bombing, not only did he not give the envoys time to rest, but also invited a third party, that is, the representative of King Ding, to prepare to supervise the negotiations in the name of a third party. Even if Yuan Bolang is angry, he is the same person of the court, and the same king is the matter, so let the emperor send an envoy to negotiate with you, and he still does so many tricks, showing that he is not subservient!

But Yuan Bolang also knew that this was someone else's territory, and the consequences of the attack were very unfavorable to him, so he had to negotiate the conditions of the two sides first in accordance with the established steps.

Yuan Bolang sat on the side of the table and took out a clay sealed notebook, which Liu Wenyan had originally presented to the emperor for negotiation, and the emperor sealed this notebook, stipulating that Yuan Bolang could only open it during negotiations.

That kid must not have any good intentions! Before Yuan Bolang opened this notebook, he knew that the conditions prescribed on the Dao must not be easy for King Huai to agree. In other words, this negotiation was originally to send him and trap him. (To be continued......)