Chapter III: Planting
Jiang Zhengdao knew that his daughter was smart, and it was probably not difficult for her to guess it, but he never expected her reaction to be so fast.
She seemed to be still puzzled, but at this time, she was already in a daze, but in a moment's time, she had already guessed everything.
Jiang Zhengdao pondered for a moment, got up and grabbed Xue's hand, he couldn't say too much to her, but the matter had come to this point, at least to save her and her daughter's lives: "Madam, I was thinking about how to tell you, but now that Mengyun is smart and has already guessed everything, then you two will pack up your things and set off immediately to find the Queen Mother in Taihu Lake." ”
Xue is simple, but not stupid, even if he doesn't know what happened, he knows that the situation is serious. At this moment, he left his husband and son, but went to Taihu Lake with his daughter, not really to seek the blessing of the Queen Mother, but to find an excuse to leave Beijing to protect them before the catastrophe came.
Of course she wants to live, but if her home is not there, what is the point of her living?
Xue Qingyu shook his head lightly, instinctively refused this proposal, and looked at his daughter again, and saw Jiang Mengyun also shook his head firmly: "Dad, it's too late...... From the moment you and your brothers stepped into Kyoto, our general's mansion has already entered the net of heaven and earth, and the prince has the help of high-ranking people by his side, this is a dead end......"
"As long as my mother and I step out of the gate of the General's Mansion, we will be taken down by their people immediately, and then we will be accused of absconding in fear of crime, or vainly trying to cooperate with the enemy and betray the country, we will not be able to tell even if we have ten mouths!"
"There are only three ways to go now," Jiang Mengyun said hurriedly, "Either the whole family will take refuge in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, or the Fourth Prince, or desperately resist and flee Kyoto regardless of reputation, and then try to explain when the emperor returns to Beijing." Father...... If my daughter guessed correctly, did the prince deliberately try to win you over in the palace? ”
The more she listened, the more ugly Jiang Zhengdao's face became, obviously disagreeing with all these three opinions, until she asked the last sentence, and then nodded and said, "Yes." ”
"Are you saying that you are the emperor's courtier and are loyal to the saint?"
"Yes."
"Did he threaten you, if you don't support him now, even if you want to regret it in the future, you won't be given a chance, does it mean that there are internal ghosts in the army, and the court has suffered defeats in the past because you are not strict in governing the army, and there is even reason to suspect you...... Fornicated with the girders? ”
"Yes."
"Are you saying that you want to be holy and never accept being slandered like this?"
"Yes."
"Is the prince furious, saying that you have a honey-bellied sword, but in fact you harbor evil intentions? Does it mean that you actually want to support the Four Princes? ”
"Yes."
Jiang Mengyun asked, Jiang Zhengdao answered, and the more he answered, the more upright he became, but the more she asked, the more cold she became, and in the end, her whole body was faintly cold.
"Dad, you are a loyal minister, so you will feel that the prince's move is unreasonable, you are dedicated to the court, loyal to Your Majesty, how can you meddle in the emperor's family affairs at will. The emperor is in good health, and it is still early to pass on the throne, as long as His Majesty is here, whether it is the crown prince or the fourth prince, he will not be your king, you probably ...... Didn't say anything good. ”
"Humph!" Jiang Zhengdao didn't open his mouth this time, but the second brother next to him couldn't help jumping up when he heard it.
"Good words? He talked nonsense, in order to get the support of his courtiers, he dared to use military affairs to frame him, and he dared to accuse his father of being a person, and his father was the protector general of Daning, of course, he had to teach him well! Don't say it's Dad, I want to scold him! We were born and died on the battlefield, he was good, fighting in the palace, and dared to pull it on us, I'm bah! Framed us for fornicating with the thieves of the Liang Kingdom, are everyone else stupid? Who would believe it! ”
No one will believe it, but so what? They don't need others to really believe anything, they just need a trumped-up charge for them to be able to do it, and the goal has been achieved.
Jiang Mengyun sat down completely paralyzed, collapsed on the chair and couldn't speak for a long time. She looked weakly at her eldest brother, who had always been steady and serious, and wanted to ask him why he didn't persuade him at that time, but she couldn't say it again.
It's too late, and it's pointless to pursue the previous matter, not to mention that the eldest brother is an upright person, but I'm afraid that I can't get used to the prince's style. And the three roads he proposed, my father will not take any of them. What to do? For the first time in his life, Jiang Mengyun had a feeling that he couldn't control his fate.
She is used to being confident, used to strategizing, and used to taking everything into her own hands, but this time when it comes to life and death, she can only sigh and be powerless.
For the word "loyal monarch", in Jiang Mengyun's view, it should not be completely selfless, at least compared with his own life, some harmless compromises can be made. She thought so, but she couldn't impose it on her father and brothers.
It's as if they won't insist on imposing this foolish loyalty on her and her mother.
Otherwise, Dad wouldn't have wanted them to run for their lives.
The prince is already insidious and treacherous, and now he doesn't know who he has to guide him, this trick forces them to make a choice in the general's mansion, if they follow, then they are naturally happy, if they don't, they want to do everything possible to completely eliminate the power of the general's mansion, to prevent others from being cheapened in the future.
Jiang Mengyun raised his head, his father and mother sat steadily, fearless at all, the eldest brother still had a cold face, but his body was straight, and the second brother was full of resentment, and there was dissatisfaction with this matter everywhere in his body. What else can she do in the face of such a family?
Groveling has never been their style of acting, my father has been fighting horses all his life, and my brothers are also hot-blooded men on the battlefield......
How could she possibly do it?
Rao is no matter how resourceful she is on weekdays, she is completely defeated at this moment. What to do? I don't know if it's too late for her to secretly send someone to the Four Princes' Mansion to surrender to Cheng now, or ...... Directly reversed? However, while she was still thinking nonsense, a sudden change occurred.
Suddenly there was a noisy noise outside, and then a little maid hurriedly knocked on the door from outside and shouted: "General, madam, it's not good, there are many people who have broken in outside, all with weapons and the prince's handbook, and said...... Those who say that our general's mansion has been mixed into the enemy country......"
A small guy roared in a mess: "What are you doing, what are you doing, this is the General's Mansion, you dare to trespass?!" Stop, stop! ”
After a while, another sharp and miserable voice shouted: "Oh no, the weapon has been moved!" ”
Jiang Mengyun stood up suddenly.
It's coming so fast! It seems that the crown prince really doesn't want to have long nights and dreams, and in any case, he must dispose of them before the emperor returns to Beijing, so now they have only one way left, delay as much time as possible, and then leave everything to fate.