Chapter Twenty-Seven: Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron
Kang Yuqing's entry into the palace was arranged three days later.
The prince sat in the center of the hall, the door opened, the sunlight stretched the shadow of a person for a long time, he walked in slowly, saluted and greeted, and was as polite as the lord of Yufei.
I saw that he was dressed in a light plain jacket, looking taller and thinner, and in his gestures, he naturally revealed the appearance of an elegant scholar, which made people unconsciously feel a little closer.
The prince let him get up and gave him a seat. But he politely refused. As if he didn't dare to relax before the war, Kang Yuqing insisted on standing in the center of the hall and being able to look directly at the prince.
The prince felt a little uneasy, he glanced at Li Kai and Zhao Baojiang standing next to him, but there was no rise or fall on their faces.
"Your Highness." Kang Yuqing knelt down, "The grass people entered the palace this time just for one thing. He held a brocade box in both hands. On his father's orders, he presented this object to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”
Zhao Baojiang solemnly took it and sent it to the prince. The prince owed a debt backwards, and Zhao Baojiang took the opportunity to open the brocade box. There was nothing scary in it, just two small seals.
Seeing this thing made the prince completely stunned.
This is the Zhenbei Army Soldier Fu and the Zhenbei Army Commander-in-Chief Shuai Yin.
What does Zhenbei Hou mean?
"Your Highness." Kang Yuqing knocked his head again, "The Hou Mansion in Zhenbei is full of loyal martyrs, but there is an unworthy descendant Kang Yuche." Now that he is imprisoned, his father really has no face to be in charge of the Zhenbei Army. The Hou Mansion in Zhenbei has the grace of the emperor, and he does not dare to keep the handsome seal. ”
The prince was speechless for a while, only staring at the talisman, and couldn't figure out why his mind was full of ideas.
"Please also ask the emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to forgive their sins." Kang Yuqing kowtowed again.
The prince looked at Li Kai for help, Li Kai shook his head at him, but he didn't speak.
In general, trying to find a way to take a breath, the prince first let Kang Yuqing sit down, and then asked a few words of homely things at random, which was a relief.
A few days ago, I had calculated with Li Kai how many possibilities there were, but I didn't expect that the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei would come up with the trick of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle.
This talisman and handsome seal, although the prince has been planning to succeed, but in such a situation, it is a hot potato.
"Second son Kang, these two things can't be handed over at will." The prince took the box, got down from the palace, and handed it back to Kang Yuqing with his own hands.
Kang Yuqing's body tightened, and he kowtowed again. The hands were not intended to be taken at all. "Your Highness forgives your sins, Your Highness forgives your sins. The handover of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion is sloppy, it is really helpless, I hope His Royal Highness will see that his father is seriously ill......"
"Zhenbei Hou is sick?"
"Yes, when my father heard that the third brother had been imprisoned, he fainted angrily before he could ask the reason. It took three days and three nights to wake up. The first thing I did when I woke up was to tell the grass people to enter Beijing. ”
"Master Hou is sick, Qu Daoling didn't hand over a fold, he, the governor, is really getting more and more unruly."
"Master Qu has been busy with affairs recently, and it is inevitable that there will be times when he can't take care of everything." Kang Yuqing raised his head to meet the prince's gaze and smiled politely, "My father's body is gradually recovering, and I don't dare to worry about the court." ”
The words busy with affairs were obviously aimed at himself, and the prince pulled the corners of his mouth back slightly, and squeezed out a smile stiffly, "That's good." ”
"Your Highness forgives your sins, my father is very old, and now he is sick again. I really didn't dare to reluctantly take charge of the Zhenbei Army. Kang Yuqing's face was a little more sad.
"Isn't there still a prince Kang Yutong?"
"Big brother, since four years ago, he injured his legs and feet, and he was disabled, and his body bones are not as good as before. Now it is quite difficult to walk, how dare you take over such a heavy task of the Zhenbei Army. ”
"I, I don't know the Son...... Alas. The prince sighed. This Kang Yuqing is really not an ordinary tongue, and there is a sense of sincerity when he says it this time.
If it weren't for Yuan Xingang staring at Youyun City for a few years, he would have almost believed Kang Yuqing.
"I hope that the imperial court will give priority to the military affairs of the Zhenbei Army, and entrust this important task to someone who is worthy of it." Kang Yuqing lowered his body again.
The prince glanced back at Li Kai. Seeing him nod at himself.
"Okay, I'll take back the talisman first, and let Hou Ye recuperate with peace of mind. After I get better, I will come to invite Master Hou again. ”
"Your Highness is wise and decisive, and Your Highness is grateful for the Zhenbei Hou Mansion." Kang Yuqing kowtowed heavily.
Not to mention anything else, these heads knocked to make the prince very comfortable, if he didn't prepare first, who could escape the clever words of the second son.
"The grass people have another reluctant request."
Finally waited for this sentence, the prince could be regarded as able to breathe a sigh of relief, and now it was his turn to make a move.
"Third brother Kang Yuche...... Can His Royal Highness look at the martyrs of the Kang family for the sake of the country and the people, and be light. ”
"The case of the third prince has not yet been concluded, if it is ......"
Before the prince finished speaking, Kang Yuqing suddenly seemed to think of something and became excited.
"The grass people deserve death for their crimes, such an unreasonable request is really ten thousand deaths, Your Highness must not remember it, the Zhenbei Hou Mansion obeys His Highness's ruling."
The prince was dumbfounded and didn't dare to say a word.
Li Kaimu sent Kang Yuqing out of the main hall, slowly becoming blurred in the sun, and sighed sincerely, "Second son Kang, not only is he good at poetry, but he is also very good at his kung fu." ”
"This play is much better than his brother's." The prince looked at the contents of the brocade box and was distracted, in this scene just now, he was considered to have lost. The Hou Mansion in Zhenbei gambles with military talismans, as long as one is lightly dropped. The one who came to intercede was just a grass people, no matter whether they advanced or retreated, they could have a set of rhetoric.
"Who is Your Highness going to give this handsome seal to?" The key to Li Kai's question, he has to quickly find someone to take over the handsome seal, otherwise after the news spreads, there may be a lot of turmoil.
"Didn't you agree to take this too? So what do you think. ”
"Isn't the Zhenbei Army divided into left and right generals? The marshal couldn't act, so naturally the generals on the left and right led the army. ”
The crown prince shook his head, "How can it be so simple, this is the rule of wartime." Besides, these two generals are confidants of the Kang family, who will take this. ”
"And who are you going to give it to? It can't be the He brothers, right? ”
"They, give them 30,000 distant mountain troops, I regret it. If it weren't for the fact that they helped me once, I wouldn't have ......."
"Then you will marry someone's sister, which can be regarded as repaying the favor. Why bother with the brothers of the Far Mountain Army. ”
"Alright. Get down to business. ”
The prince's face was displeased, and Li Kaiyou didn't dare to make fun of this matter anymore, so he had to change his head, "Then according to the highest rank in the army, Dingguo Gong, Huang Jue ......"
"He? So old. When I went to Youyun City, I was worried that he would break half his life on the road. ”
"I mean his son ......"
"That loser? The Zongren Mansion of the Criminal Department is still pressing him a bunch of cases, if it weren't for his father's face......"
Li Kai was no longer surprised by the fact that the prince didn't like to listen to what people said, and he raised his voice, "I mean the other son of Dingguo Gong, the concubine in the Zhenbei Army." ”
"His son? On an errand in the Zhenbei Army? ”
"It's said that he joined the army."
"Zhao Baojiang, go to the military department to get this yellow ......"
"Huang Heyuan."
"Yes, Huang Heyuan's job experience."
Zhao Baojiang went out in response, and just went out and turned back. "Your Highness, General He Qiguang asks to see you."
"You really can't talk about people during the day." The crown prince shrugged at Li Kai.
He just said that he was here to pay New Year's greetings, but after talking about it, he went around those things again. He was going to replace most of the officers of the Far Mountain Army. The prince still prevaricated him with the excuse that he was worried about the instability of the people in the army.
However, the prince guessed that he chose this time to come, and he was afraid that he had another thing in mind.
"I heard that the second son of the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei entered the palace today. I don't know if Weichen has a chance to meet this talent. ”
"Oh, it's unfortunate that General He came, he just left the palace. If General He wants to see him, it won't be difficult. His house is about a corner away from your house. ”
He Qiguang was very embarrassed by Li Kai's words, and simply didn't hide his purpose, "Your Highness, Weichen is worried that Kang Yuqing's purpose of entering the palace is not pure, and he is afraid that he will use the Zhenbei Army to blackmail His Highness to release Kang Yuche." ”
"He, a civilian, doesn't have the ability to do this. General Ho doesn't have to worry. ”
"However, Kang Yuqing has always been cunning......"
"General He is too careful, he is only here for the marriage of the lord of Yufei County."
He Qiguang was blocked by the prince like this, and he was a little embarrassed. He stood for a while before continuing, "His Royal Highness is about to get married, and it should be celebrated by the whole world, and the whole world should celebrate together. ”
The prince seemed completely unconcerned about what he was going to say next, and he had already rummaged through the folds on the table.