Da Chu, Pengcheng.

Yaoguang surrendered to Emperor Jiajing, and this earth-shattering change almost scared Xiang Chong to death!

In the previous dynasty, civil and military officials invited Xiang Chong to go to the court to discuss matters.

"Going to court?"

"The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, who can win Jiajing? Who can make Yaoguang surrender? ”

"I can't go to court!"

"Is there a fart in the court?"

"I'm going to see the Queen Mother!"

Xiang Chong left behind a group of eunuchs and palace maids, and regardless of the prestige of the Son of Heaven, he ran into the Empress Dowager Li's bedroom.

"Queen Mother!"

"It's over, it's really over this time!"

"What are you talking nonsense?" Empress Dowager Li took a cup of tea and took a sip calmly and elegantly.

The Queen Mother is well maintained.

Ten years have passed, and the charm of is still there.

Coupled with a supreme and noble palace dress, on the surface, it is enough for the appearance of the queen mother of a country.

"Queen Mother, haven't you looked at the Celestial Mirror?" Xiang Chong's face was pale, and sweat was like rain. "Our backer Yaoguang, she actually lost! In front of the people of the world, bow down to Emperor Jiajing! ”

"If you lose, you lose." Empress Dowager Li said leisurely: "What's all the fuss? ”

Xiang Chong was stunned.

When the catastrophe is coming, why is the Queen Mother so calm?

Unless, she already has a solution?

"Queen Mother, if you have a way, tell the emperor quickly!?" Xiang Ning said excitedly.

Empress Dowager Li did not speak.

On the contrary, it was Gonggong Chen on the side, bowing like a shrimp, holding a cup of tea and handing it to Xiang Chong.

"Your Majesty, please use tea first."

Xiang Chong was stunned.

The old eunuch is the confidant of the Empress Dowager Li, and her every move is quite meaningful, and it is by no means as simple as offering tea at will.

Helpless, Xiang Chong could only pick up the teacup and swallow it like a donkey drinking water.

"That's right."

Empress Dowager Li finally spoke.

"Emperor, you are the Ninety-Five, and you are also the bloodline of the Taizu Overlord."

"You are the Son of Great Chu, you should collapse in front of Mount Tai and not change your color!"

"Don't scream and be startled because the world changes."

The Queen Mother's tone is extremely confident, and she faintly controls the overall situation and sits firmly on the Diaoyutai platform.

When she finally finished speaking, Xiang Chong was embarrassed to find that it was all empty words and big truths, and there was no dry goods?

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is wise and wise, and she already has a way to break the situation."

Gonggong Chen is like a comical person.

Some words, if the Queen Mother said it herself, would be somewhat boastful.

But coming out of Grandpa Chen's mouth, it was really just right.

"What the Queen Mother means, one backer has fallen, let's find another one."

Xiang Chong listened as if he understood but did not understand.

He wondered, "Looking for another backer?" Is there anyone in this world who can compete with Emperor Jiajing? ”

Gonggong Chen said with a smile on his face: "No one can compete with Emperor Daming, then ask Emperor Daming to be a backer for His Majesty and the Queen Mother, isn't this okay?" ”

"What!?"

"Do you want me to betray the alliance and take Da Chu to officially join Da Ming?"

"What about the Son of Heaven of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Han and Wu?"

"Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan are not all my allies...... Is it? ”

Xiang Chong spoke, and his voice weakened.

Allies or something, he really didn't care too much, he just said what he just said according to common sense.

Gonggong Chen smiled again.

"Your Majesty, please remember."

"Man, by nature, and always will be, a selfish animal."

"It is human nature to pursue personal gain."

"In the vast majority of cases, pure justice is only a negative virtue."

Xiang Chong was dumbfounded when he heard it!

The words that came out of the old eunuch's mouth, although they were easy to understand, were wordless, and Xiang Chong was speechless to refute!

"I ...... I didn't see that Gonggong Chen was actually a well-educated person? In a few words, it is more profound than the truth that many Confucian scholars have realized in their lifetime? ”

Xiang Chong's face really overflowed with some admiration.

But the more he looked like this, the more embarrassed Father-in-law Chen became.

"Your Majesty." The old eunuch looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

"Aang?"

The few sentences that the slave just said were "The Wealth of Nations" and "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" published by Jin Gongfan Li three years ago. These two sets of books are extremely popular, doesn't Your Majesty know? ”

Xiang Chong's old face turned red instantly.

"Adulterous ...... How can I read a book of treacherous appearances? ”

The old eunuch also felt that he was too talkative.

Over the years, not to mention Fan Li's works, even if they are the works of famous Confucians, I have never seen Xiang Chong read a page and a half.

"Yaoguang has surrendered to Emperor Jiajing, and there are not many of our Great Chu Kingdom."

At this time, Empress Dowager Li finally spoke.

"If people in the world want to scold treachery, they will only scold Yaoguang first, this is one of them."

"Second, if Emperor Jiajing wants to unify the world, his enemies should be the remaining three Mahayana realm emperors, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan."

"Our Dachu can't threaten him, surrender is sincere attachment, and Emperor Jiajing has no reason to refuse."

Xiang Chong also felt that it made sense when he heard it.

It's just that I am still a little unwilling in my heart.

"The whole country returns to the Ming Dynasty?"

"Queen Mother, are we going to Daming to be courtiers in the future?"

"The taste of sending people under the fence...... It's really uncomfortable. ”

The issue of treatment is already the biggest worry in Xiang Chong's heart.

As for the shame of begging, the ancestors and the rivers and mountains and societies, he didn't take it too seriously.

"Silly boy."

Empress Dowager Li smiled.

"Surrender doesn't mean you have to go to Daming."

"Let's ask ourselves to abolish the emperor's title, change the title of the country, or the princes and kings, follow the story of the Spring and Autumn Period, and serve the Ming Dynasty as the orthodoxy of the world."

"Chudi, please ask His Majesty Jiajing to give us two gifts as a fief for the princes."

"Can he not agree to this request?"

Xiang Chong suddenly realized.

After making trouble for a long time, I only need to give up the false name of the Son of Heaven to continue to live in a safe corner?

"Wonderful!"

"That's wonderful!"

"The Queen Mother! The emperor is willing to abolish the title of emperor and call him the king of Chu, or the Duke of Chu and the Marquis of Chu. ”

"As long as Emperor Jiajing agrees, his son is willing to guard Chu for the Ming Dynasty for generations."

When Empress Dowager Li heard this, she also nodded with satisfaction: "The son is teachable, he is really a good child of the mourning family." ”

The two were happy, but Gonggong Chen remembered someone.

He sighed a little disappointed: "It's just that Fan Li is still in power. He sent troops this time, and I don't know what the result will be? ”

"Humph!"

Xiang Chong sneered.

"Even if Yaoguang is defeated, it will only be lost to Emperor Jiajing."

"How many catties and taels does he dare to provoke the majesty of Daci?"

"Not to mention that Daci has 300,000 soldiers, and my queen is in charge herself."

"Wu Qi has been sleeping for ten years and has not woken up, with the queen's current cultivation, who is her opponent under Fan Li?"

As soon as the words fell.

There was a henchman in the queen mother's palace, who ran in from outside the palace out of breath.

"If you lose your honor in front of the palace, what kind of system will it become?" Gonggong Chen glared at the little eunuch and said coldly: "No matter what you do, you will be dragged out and beaten with twenty sticks in a while." ”

"Yes...... But ......" the little eunuch was full of grievances. "There is a military report that the Duke of Jin led a large army to attack the imperial city of Chaoge, and the soldiers and civilians of Daci surrendered. The queen mother escaped not far from the city, and was killed by the sword lord Hanyue herself! ”