Chapter 437: Retreat is Advance
Since seeing Xiao He and Huo Xiaoyan, King Chen's mind has long been out of Kyoto City, and he has long since flown to the rivers and lakes outside that day.
King Chen was really a courageous person, and early the next morning, he reported this matter directly to the emperor in the morning court. said that the people of Chongyang Sword Pavilion had helped him before, and he was always ungrateful and did not want to see people, and said that he must take the princess to attend the wedding ceremony of Xiao He and Zhao Furong.
The emperor only smiled and blamed King Chen for being playful, but also approved his invitation, allowing him to not go to court for a month.
Regarding this move of King Chen, the ministers of the court and the central government have a lot of discussions. Most people think that King Chen is a little too hasty to do this.
"How shall they know that this is the wisdom of this king?" King Chen personally packed his luggage and said proudly, "Now that this king is in the limelight, if you don't go out to hide, after a long time, you may become the target of everyone." If this king doesn't make room for his eldest brother, how can he let him toss, can't this king strike first? ”
"If you want to go and play, you just say, what are you doing with so many high-sounding reasons?" Rong Yunxi was also buried in packing up his things, too lazy to take care of him.
"The mountains and rivers are such a great event, how can this king miss it?" King Chen raised his eyebrows, looking at Rong Yunxi's eyes, full of color.
made Rong Yunxi so hung that he didn't learn from Huo Xiaoyan's appearance, and called him a "stinky rascal"!
It's just that jokes are jokes, and she believes what King Chen said. At such a critical juncture, everyone thought that King Chen could not leave Kyoto City, but King Chen did the opposite. Not only can it sift through the confused and undetermined ones in the existing camp, but it can also make the father confused.
Because the crown prince let Qu Fucheng blame, the emperor was already quite jealous of King Chen's desire to seize the heir. was waiting for King Chen to make another move, but King Chen suddenly left the court and went to play in the mountains and rivers. How could the emperor not think it was strange? I can't help but think, is there something strange about what happened before?
But the emperor will never think about the previous things carefully because of this, let alone investigate deeply. Just look at what happens next, right?
Even if Qu Fucheng's bite of the prince was not instructed by King Chen, King Chen's desire to seize the heir is also known to everyone at this time. The attitude that the emperor is adopting now is to watch the tiger fight from a mountain and watch the tricks of his two sons coldly. Perhaps the emperor just wants to see clearly the ability and character of his two sons in such a contest.
Being in the royal family, especially a capable prince, it is impossible not to have the heart to win the heir. He wanted to make his sons want nothing to want, but it was impossible. So the current emperor, after this battle between the crown prince and King Chen, is estimated to have seen it. Well, if you want to fight, then it will be up to you to fight.
Anyway, King Chen and the crown prince fought back and forth, and the final victory or defeat still depended on the emperor. Not only the final victory or defeat, but even the small losses and small wins in the process depend on the emperor.
If the emperor wants to control this battle for the succession in a balanced state, then it is very simple, as long as the king of Chen has the upper hand, slightly suppress the king of Chen, and slightly suppress the prince when the prince has the upper hand, the strength of the king of Chen and the prince is the strength of one and the other, and so on on endlessly, no one can completely win.
So in this contest, the person who gets the most benefits is still the emperor.
The emperor wants to take advantage of King Chen's desire to seize the heir and borrow him to get rid of the Zhenguo Mansion. What happened after the fall of the Zhenguo Mansion...... But I can't say for sure. Who wins and who loses is just a matter of the emperor's words.
Therefore, at this time, King Chen took the initiative to choose to take a step back, which is very wise. First, it can make the emperor feel that he was wronged in the matter of Qufu City, and he is using this as a reminder; The second is to let the emperor see it, and then, it is the prince who makes the first move. Let the emperor see the current situation clearly and see that the crown prince is aggressive. It can be seen that he can't stop if he wants to.
So far, he doesn't want the emperor to think that he doesn't have the heart to have many concubines. It's to let the emperor know that he is forced to do it.
In fact, this is indeed his most real situation, right?
As a last resort.
If King Chen is allowed to choose with his original heart, Rong Yunxi firmly believes that what King Chen chooses must be to be an idle prince like King Jing to live this life freely. But his mother's identity and his resemblance to the emperor make him doomed to be at ease. The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, and he must have understood this since he was a child. Therefore, in the accumulation of growth, he has become such a calculating and clever appearance.
He doesn't remember his heart, he doesn't want to remember, and he can never go back.
But it is precisely this kind of him that makes people feel distressed and reluctant to let go......
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"Niangniang...... "The little girl at the door trotted all the way to Zhaode Courtyard, and reported, "There was a carriage from King Ling's mansion at the door, and the people inside said that it was Concubine Cai, the side concubine of His Royal Highness King Ling, and wanted to ask to see Niangniang." ”
Rong Yunxi glanced at King Chen and asked, "Concubine Cai only said she wanted to see me?" ”
The little girl nodded and said, "Yes, Concubine Cai only asked the slave and said that your mother was not there." The slave said that the mother was there, and Concubine Cai asked the slave to pass it on. He also said that it should be faster. The slave saw that she was in a hurry, so she trotted all the way over. ”
"Okay, go and bring her in." Rong Yun Xi Road.
He Chen glanced at each other and shrugged slightly: "I haven't provoked her recently." Seeing that she is about to give birth, she came to me to do something. ”
Actually, it's just pretending to be relaxed. At this time, her heart had already risen to her throat.
Cai Miaorong came to him with a big belly, and said that if you let the little guy hurry up, there must be something urgent. What could make her so anxious? Naturally...... The matter of King Ling.
But King Chen didn't mean to evade, and was still carefully packing his luggage.
After a while, the little maid led Cai Miaorong into the house.
"Why did Concubine Cai's sister-in-law come over in person? My sister-in-law is not in good health, if there is anything, let the people below pass it on, and I will go to see my sister-in-law the same. Rong Yunxi stepped forward and politely helped Concubine Cai. He led her to a chair in the small study, and took a thick cushion for her to lean on.
As soon as Concubine Cai sat down, she asked: "When I was in my mother's house before, I heard Niangniang say that she was a little involved with the rivers and lakes, I don't know if Niangniang knows the people of Ziyun Pavilion?" ”
"Purple Cloud Pavilion ......" Rong Yunxi groaned slightly, "It's a familiar name......
"Isn't it Jun Ziye's territory? is the rumored most beautiful man in the rivers and lakes. King Chen said.
Concubine Cai saw that King Chen was also in the house, obviously she didn't mean to avoid King Chen. King Chen himself was not polite, did not shy away from it, and directly mixed in.
"Can Your Highness know?" As soon as she heard King Chen ask like this, Concubine Cai's face was full of eagerness and surprise.
King Chen shook his head and said truthfully: "This king just went to Qingyun Villa to join in the fun, but he doesn't know Jun Ziye's fairy-like characters on the rivers and lakes. ”
Hearing what King Chen said, Concubine Cai was deflated and said dejectedly: "How can this be good......
At this time, Rong Yunxi's heart is heavier and heavier than her heart.
Concubine Cai's appearance was completely panicked, and she had no idea at all. If it weren't for King Ling's business, it wouldn't have made her so anxious.
Suddenly, Cai Miaorong seemed to suddenly grasp a life-saving rope, and asked King Chen: "Since Your Highness has heard of the place of Ziyun Pavilion, and you also have a lot of friendship with the people on the rivers and lakes. If you ask people on the rivers and lakes to help you and let them go to Ziyun Pavilion to intercede, it will still work, right? ”
After speaking, he handed a letter to King Chen: "Your Highness, this is a letter from the border pass." ”
King Chen took it and looked at it carefully......
Rong Yunxi's heart hung in the air, but seeing that King Chen didn't mean to show her, and Cai Miaorong was present, she could only wait so quietly. Waiting to hear what happened from the words of King Chen and Cai Miaorong.
After reading it, King Chen folded the letter and handed it to Cai Miaorong. Obviously, Cai Miaorong came to find her, and she was sitting next to Cai Miaorong, but King Chen deliberately treated her as air.
"Since Adjutant Sui meant to let his sister-in-law go to the Queen Mother and the emperor, this king felt that his sister-in-law should go to the palace as soon as possible. Let's see what is arranged in the palace...... Since that Jun Ziye is so difficult to deal with, only the appearance of the Weiyang Palace is enough. ”
"I know that the palace must be found", Concubine Cai said anxiously, "But I heard that those people in the rivers and lakes, some of them hate the court and the powerful the most." I thought, if there was a person with prestige in the rivers and lakes, or someone who had a good personal relationship with Jun Ziye, wouldn't the result be better? After all, your second brother is ...... We don't have much time left, and now we've been delayed for a month, if there is no more cure......"
Rong Yunxi heard this, and her heart throbbed. However, he still didn't ask anything.
Obviously, King Ling was poisoned, but this poison will not make people die quickly, and there is still a chance to save it. It's just that it won't last long, and the antidote must be obtained as soon as possible.
And you don't need to ask to know that the antidote to this poison is only available in Ziyun Pavilion. But that Jun Ziye is a person with a strange temper, and the people under the command of King Ling asked for it before, but they definitely didn't ask for it. So I had to spread the news to Kyoto City, thinking that if someone from Weiyang Palace came forward, Jun Ziye might sell face.
Obviously, Concubine Cai also realized that Jun Ziye, a person in the rivers and lakes, is very strange, if he lets the people in the palace go, he may think that we have the appearance of oppressing him with power. In this way, not only will he not be able to find a cure, but it will annoy him and make things worse.
So I thought that if there was a person from the rivers and lakes who took the people in the palace to go, it would be a friend who introduced a friend, and there was nothing about the powerful. That's why I was in a hurry to come to King Chen's Mansion to find them first......