King Ping never thought that raising a private army of 5,000 people would cost so much money.

"Well, the king knows, and in a few days he will have the money delivered."

When the cronies heard the prince's promise, they breathed a sigh of relief and bowed and retreated.

When people left, King Ping instructed his side to follow, "Invite Mama Li from the mother's side." ”

"Yes, lord, my subordinates will go."

Mama Li was invited by King Ping's people in the starry night.

The Royal Study.

King Ping said bluntly: "Mama Li, may the silver from Guangnan be sent this month?" ”

Mama Li didn't expect King Ping to ask this, she was embarrassed: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid it won't work, I may have to wait for two or three months." ”

King Ping's brows suddenly frowned, "Mama, you tell me the truth, is there something wrong with the Liu family in Guangnan?" ”

Otherwise, how could the money that had been punctual every month in the past stop since November last year?

And it was three or four months, when he needed the silver the most!

Mama Li saw that it was not okay not to give King Ping a suitable explanation for this matter today, and knew that the concubine would no longer be able to hide it.

I had no choice but to say: "Lord Wang, you guessed right, something did happen to the Liu family." Niangniang also received the news from the Liu family a few days ago and knew the specific situation. The old man of the Liu family is gone, Mrs. Yu and Li Hong Tusi are in a dirty relationship, the two are fighting for power, the secret of the silver mine has been leaked, and the forces of the Quang Nam Protectorate have also known and mixed in, and now the upper echelons of Guangnan are in chaos......"

King Ping never thought that Quang Nam would suddenly become like this.

He clenched his fists, "Why didn't you tell this king earlier!" ”

Mama Li's face was bitter, "Lord, Niangniang didn't expect it to deteriorate to this point, now is the most critical time, the regent's power has been reduced, the emperor has not obtained real power, you need to strengthen your power, Niangniang is afraid that you will worry, so I didn't tell you these things at the first time." ”

"You ......"

King Ping stood up and walked anxiously around the study.

At this moment, he wanted to accuse his mother, but he couldn't speak.

Although the mother concubine did not tell him in advance that it was wrong, the mother concubine was indeed for his good.

Quang Nam was in chaos, and he couldn't rely on Quang Nam's support at all, so he could only plan everything by himself.

Mama Li instructed the palace maids behind her, and soon the two palace maids carried in a wooden box.

"Lord Wang, don't blame Niangniang, for so many years, Niangniang has been dedicated to you. Niangniang knows that you are short of silver, and these are made up by Niangniang for you, hoping to solve the urgent need of the prince. ”

King Ping walked over to the wooden box and reached out to open it.

I saw that the wooden box was full of all kinds of jewelry that Concubine Liu Gui had saved over the years without the palace emblem.

There is also a small wooden box next to it, which contains five thousand taels of silver tickets.

After selling these jewelry, he was able to make up about 50,000 taels of silver for King Ping.

Many of the jewelry is still the filial piety of King Ping to the noble concubine in recent years.

Gui Taifei took out all the things she pressed at the bottom of the box to support her son.

King Ping paused, "No, Mama, I can't ask for these, this is the concubine's bottom money." ”

Mama Li shook her head, "Since Niangniang asked the old slave to send it, she won't bring it back." Niangniang said, her things are the prince's, the prince can use it with confidence, this is a specially picked out jewelry without any emblem, sold out, and others can't find anything unusual. ”

King Ping can't help it, he really needs a sum of money now, and he doesn't need to be given to him by Concubine Liu Gui, and he doesn't know where to raise this money for the time being.

King Ping nodded, "Mama thanked the mother concubine for this king." ”

"The prince and the mother are polite. By the way, Niangniang also asked the old slave to tell the prince that Niangniang didn't believe the spy Luo Chu who was placed by the regent's side. ”

King Ping frowned, "Why?" ”

"A few days ago, Mrs. Guang Nanyu wrote a letter, saying that Luo Chunai was the descendant of the Eleventh Eleventh. Niangniang was afraid that Luo Chu deliberately lurked beside the prince in order to take revenge. ”

Pingwang: ......

"So the mother concubine sent someone to assassinate Luo Chu?"

Mama Lee: ......

Mama Li, who was silent for a moment, nodded.

King Ping smiled bitterly, no wonder all the people he sent to Luo Chu had no response, and there was no news sent back by Luo Chu, for fear that the mother concubine would be exposed, and all these people would be killed by Luo Chu.

How did the concubine know that he had already begun to suspect Luo Chu, but Luo Chu did not do anything to damage his interests, he had been giving Luo Chu a chance, hoping to sincerely accept Luo Chu for his use.

Although Luo Chu's identity is doubtful, Luo Chu really deserves the title of "Mr. Luo".

Even if he succeeds to the throne in the future, Luo Chu can be of great use in the court!

Now it's all ruined by the mother's concubine.

Now I'm afraid that no matter what means are used, Luo Chu will no longer be able to recover.

It's actually nothing to lose Luo Chu, but I'm afraid that Luo Chu will really help the regent or take refuge with the eldest princess, which is the worst.

Although the things sent by Concubine Liu Gui solved the temporary difficulties, King Ping felt even more headaches.

After sending Mama Li away, King Ping didn't feel sleepy at all, and sat in the study until dawn.

Regent's Palace.

The regent is gathering his cronies to discuss important matters.

I thought that during the time when Qin Shuhuang left the capital to go to Beidi, the power of the regent party could expand rapidly.

Who would have thought that after a few months, not only did it not expand, but the forces that were lost before could not be recovered.

After Du Haomiao, the head of the household department, was gone, his position was sought by the neutral party.

At that time, the Regent Party needed to keep a low profile, so it did not compete for this position.

But later, some officials who had defected to the regent not long ago turned against each other, some of them to the neutral party, and some to the party of King Ping.

With the weakening of the power of the regent, the power of King Ping is rising rapidly!

In addition to the neutral party, King Ping already has almost thirty percent of the power in the court!

A dark-skinned and lean strategist said: "Lord Wang, I don't think we should focus on the emperor now, we should focus on dealing with King Ping, and if we don't suppress King Ping's lineage, in another year and a half, I am afraid that fifty percent of the forces in the court will be swallowed up by King Ping." ”

The emperor Qin Shumin has not officially married, and secondly, his power is limited, his biggest backing The eldest princess is still trapped in Beidi, I don't know life and death, even if Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is in the capital, so what, the whole capital knows that the eldest princess and the emperor's sister and brother are not compatible.

Everyone in the flower hall felt that what they said was reasonable and agreed.

The regent frowned and asked the guards beside him, "Can you receive letters from General Liu and Mr. Luo?" ”

In the past, the two of them didn't send letters much, and they would write a letter to the regent every month, but this time, almost three months have passed, and they haven't received a single letter.

The guard shook his head.

"Is there any news of the eldest princess?"

The guard spoke: "I received a letter from the Cao family a month ago, General Cao said that the eldest princess, General Liu, and Mr. Luo, had gone to Beidi. ”

All in Beidi?

"Don't worry, General Liu and Mr. Luo are not ordinary people, plus Beidi has the help of the Wolf King, and his subordinates feel that the eldest princess wants to return to Dawu alive, which is fantastic."

Indeed, Rao couldn't help but worry in his heart, but being persuaded by his subordinates like this, the regent suddenly felt much more comfortable.

Having decided on a means to suppress the Pingwang party, the regent strode back to his backyard.

He summoned the princess regent to ask, "What happened to the poison on the emperor's body?" When will it work? ”