Chapter 258: The Audience (Second Watch)
Su Rong slept until the evening, and woke up to listen to Feng Ling talk about Xie Lin's assassination.
Su Rong raised his eyebrows, "Two cold arrows, two dead soldiers, this is really a dead hand." , she asked Feng Ling, "What did Xie Lin find?"
Feng Ling shook his head, "Only Little Prince Xie himself and King Ruian know."
Su Rong thought thoughtfully, "His Royal Highness the Prince, is there a message?"
Feng Ling shook his head.
Su Rong didn't plan to pay attention to it, now that even the little prince of the Ruian Mansion dares to assassinate him, the Ruian King will definitely be furious, and he will definitely spare no effort to find out the real culprit, this pool of water in Beijing is really completely stirred up by her.
After dinner, she went straight back to her room to sleep.
On the second day, early in the morning, after breakfast, he returned to the snow and rode into the palace at night.
The emperor went down to the early court, and when he heard the second prince of the Yexiang Mansion enter the palace, the emperor paused and immediately asked, "Where is he now?"
"The servant sent someone to bring the second son of the night to the Mingde Palace." Yu Gong is fair.
Ye Guixue is not a courtier of Daliang, and the emperor naturally can't be in the imperial study when he receives him.
The emperor bowed his head and walked towards the Mingde Palace.
In the Mingde Palace, the night returned to the snow to sit and drink tea, and the servants and palace maids who were waiting secretly looked at him, and the second son of the night was really as good as the rumors, such as Yushu Zhilan, which was dazzling.
It has been spread all over the capital now, before yesterday, the second son of the night and Miss Su Qi went to the Big Buddha Temple to worship the Buddha, and everyone speculated about the relationship between Ye Guixue and Su Rong.
Ye Guixue is the second son of the Southern Chu Night Mansion, and Su Rong is the little concubine of the Jiangzhou Thorn Mansion, and they have not been in the capital for a long time, could it be that they have known each other for a long time? There is even a saying that Su Rong withdrew from Zhou Gu's marriage in order to return to the snow at night.
The night return snow was pinched into the palace, and the emperor went down to the morning court, without delay, and did not let the night return snow wait for a long time, and came to the Mingde Palace.
Hearing the voice of the palace maids and eunuchs shouting "Your Majesty" in unison, Ye Guixue slowly stood up and saluted the Ming Huang figure who came in from outside, "Nan Chu Ye Guixue sees His Majesty Da Liang."
The emperor looked at the snow at night, and his grace was not bad, which was unforgettable, and he also praised it in his heart. In order to pull in the relationship between Nanchu and Daliang, Daliang tried his best to promote it, and then the lord of Zhenmin County made a marriage letter for Daliang and the prince of Nanchu, and once closely tied Nanchu and Daliang together.
He slowly raised his hand and said with a smile, "The second son of the night is exempt!"
The emperor walked to the main seat and sat down, smiled and invited Ye Guixue to take a seat, and said to him with great courtesy: "Second Prince of the Night, I heard that you came to the capital of Daliang, and I have long wanted to see you, but you are really difficult to invite, so that until today, I have only seen your people."
Guixue didn't hurry up at night, "Guixue came to Beijing and was a little uncomfortable, so I came to see you a few days late, please forgive me."
The emperor smiled and waved his hand, "The second prince of the night is busy, so naturally I won't blame you." , and asked with a smile: "The king of Nanchu has recently been able to build a royal body?"
Ye Guixue nodded, "Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, the king of my family has always been well, and the king is safe."
"That's good." The Emperor bowed his head, "I heard that your Night Prime Minister's Mansion is going to marry the Nangong family? So you sent your little niece to the Chengguo Mansion to settle down?"
"It's a small stay." Ye Guixue corrected with a smile, "My brother does have a marriage contract with Miss Nangong."
The emperor looked at the night returning to the snow, and beat around the bush, "The Night Phase Mansion and the Nangong Family ......"
When the night returned to the snow, he saw that the emperor paused, and he didn't answer, but listened to the following quietly.
The Emperor could only continue, "When did the relationship become so good?"
At that time, the county lord of Zhenmin was stirred by the Great Wei and the Nangong family within Southern Chu, and was forced to be helpless, and pro-Great Wei, if there was no night family towards the king of Southern Chu, the royal power of Southern Chu would change hands at that time. Therefore, for so many years, although the Nangong family and the Ye family have not moved the real chapter on the surface, in fact, there has been a small friction, and the relationship is really not good. The Nangong family is a relative, and the Ye family is a royalist, so they have not dealt with it, and now they have a marriage, which is really surprising.
Ye Guixue smiled and said, "The marriage between the two governments was facilitated by our king."
The Emperor was surprised, "Actually
But was it the king of Southern Chu who made it?" , he wanted to ask why, but if it involved the internal affairs of Nanchu, he couldn't ask, so he could only ask in a roundabout way: "Is the second prince of the night coming back to Daliang just for personal matters, or is he also on official business?"
Ye Guixue said bluntly: "It is both a private matter and an official business."
The Emperor sat up straight, "Oh? What is the official duty?"
Ye Guixue smiled, "Welcome back my Southern Chu princess from Daliang."
The emperor's heart was relieved, it turned out that Ye Guixue was really here for Su Rong, and the Night Phase Mansion was still the Night Phase Mansion tied to the King of Southern Chu, his face instantly eased, and he said with a smile: "Since the second prince of the night is blunt, I will also ask you bluntly." Are you talking about Su Rong?"
Night return snow chin head, "Back to Your Majesty, exactly."
The emperor said: "I also know that Su Rong is the daughter of the lord of Zhenmin and the king of Southern Chu, and the old protector has been keeping it a secret all these years, and he has not said anything to me, so that I only know now."
He looked at Ye Guixue, "I wonder when the King of Southern Chu found out?"
Ye Guixue said, "Our king learned about it five years ago."
The emperor was stunned, "Since I learned about it five years ago......
Ye Guixue said truthfully: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, the situation in Southern Chu has not been very stable, and our king has only one royal daughter under his knees, if we can't pave the way for it, how can we welcome the royal daughter back to Southern Chu smoothly?"
The emperor suddenly, "What the King of Southern Chu is thinking about."
He sighed, "Su Rong is also my niece. When my cousin sacrificed her life for righteousness, I still grieve to this day, and if I had known that she had a daughter left, I would not have let Su Rong suffer in Jiangning County for many years."
Night return snow does not answer this.
The Emperor recalled, "The Lord of Zhenmin is like my sister, although she cruelly did not tell me that she had a daughter, but now that I know it, I must not ignore it."
He looked at Ye Guixue, "I don't know what the King of Southern Chu is going to do?"
Ye Guixue said: "The king said that as long as the princess returns to Southern Chu, the princess's plan is our king's plan."
The emperor was shocked, he didn't expect that the king of Southern Chu valued Su Rong so much, and did not use royal power to suppress her, what this meant was that as long as Su Rong returned to Southern Chu, everything would be listened to her. This is before the person arrived in Nanchu, and he handed over the power in advance?
The Emperor maintained the composure on his face and nodded, "Your king has only this royal daughter under his knees, and he should be treated like this. Although I haven't met Su Rong yet, she has done a lot of things since she came to Beijing, and I have long paid attention to her. Originally, when I learned of her life experience, I wanted to summon her immediately, but I was stopped by the old protector of the country, worried that Da Wei would be in trouble, what happened back then, since the county lord Zhenmin faked his death and got out, if Da Wei learned about it, he would not give up, because the peace treaty she signed was afraid that it would be invalidated. If Great Wei tears up the peace treaty, I am afraid that the dispute between the two countries will start again, and if I can't be fully prepared, it will indeed be difficult to see her and confirm her identity."
Ye Guixue nodded understandingly, "What Your Majesty said is that the old protector is extremely considerate." , He paused, "But our king explained before leaving, the marriage book between the county lord of Zhenmin and our king back then was not really torn up, and our king wanted him and the daughter of the county lord of Zhenmin to be welcomed back to Nanchu in a dignified manner. Her identity is beyond doubt. And as soon as possible."
The emperor was stunned when he heard this, "What do you mean that the king is not afraid of war? Nan Chu has been prepared all these years?"
If the king of Nanchu knew five years earlier than him, he should indeed have this preparation and plan earlier, otherwise he would not have said it so bluntly.
Ye Guixue nodded, "What our king means is that the identity of the princess is unquestionable, if the Great Wei comes to attack, our king will still be the same as back then, together with the Great Liang, to fight against the Great Wei."
He looked at the King of Southern Chu and said bluntly, "Could it be that Da Liang has been completely unprepared all these years?"
The king of Southern Chu shook his head, "After the Great Liang War, the first emperor lost his niece and cousin, although he signed a peace treaty of non-aggression, but since I ascended the throne, it is naturally impossible to blindly and naively believe that the Great Wei will one day not tear up the peace treaty, so the three sons of the Protectorate Mansion have been joining the army and training diligently."
If it weren't for the fact that Great Wei would turn his face one day, how could he have allowed the Protector Mansion to this day?
Ye Guixue nodded, "It's good that the beam is not completely unprepared. Our king also said,
The lord of Zhenmin was born in Daliang, grew up in Daliang, and the world can be learned from the dedication of Daliang, even if she faked her death and got out, she was also in front of Wei Buren, she put it in the back, and governed her body in the way of others. Therefore, our king hopes that His Majesty will recognize his niece in a dignified manner, and in the name of the lord of Zhengzhenmin, we in Nanchu will also welcome back the royal daughter in a dignified manner."
The king of Southern Chu bowed his head, "What the king of Southern Chu said is extremely true, and I also feel that it is reasonable."