Chapter 55 The Woman in the Dust (23)

King Chen Dong originally decided to lead a large army of men and horses directly into the capital, so that the subjects of the world and the important ministers of the court could see his power to intimidate the four seas and ascend to the throne. However, Su Duojiao felt that it was inappropriate, and persuaded him to only lead the 5,000 red-character army that attacked Chen Li's army last time, the reason was that the prince entered Beijing this time to accept the Zen concession, and it was not appropriate to bring too many people, otherwise it would appear disrespectful to the court. King Chen Dong felt that it was also very reasonable, so he decided to only take these five thousand elites and a few retinues, as well as Su Duojiao and others, because he already trusted her very much, and her advice was indispensable. As for Dongyang Mansion, he will be governed by his henchman Wang Cangbai for the time being.

And Chen Dongwang rode his favorite "Qingfeng", which is a famous horse that travels thousands of miles a day, and it is also the emperor who rewarded him with his repeated military exploits in those years, and he can't wait to go to Beijing to accept the Zen position, so he rides this horse.

And King Chen Dong was afraid that things would be variable, so he was anxious to accept the emperor's concession as soon as possible, so that the overall situation had been decided, and he could let go of the big stone in his heart, so they were ready to go on a mighty day, day and night, as if the flock of birds rushed back to nature, after a few days of travel, they finally rushed to the outskirts of the capital, and when they entered the city, they were the prosperous imperial capital, the foot of the Son of Heaven.

After a while, everyone seemed to hear the sound of thousands of horses galloping in the distance, and the sound was huge, and suddenly they vaguely saw a pair of troops in mourning clothes approaching, and quickly approached them.

I saw that the lord above immediately dismounted, and cried and mourned: "Prince Chen Dong, you can finally enter Beijing, the last will be Xu Chu, the emperor died due to a long illness, and died today, the last general is specially ordered by Xiangguo to welcome the prince into the palace to mourn the emperor, and then immediately succeed to the emperor's throne." ”

Hearing this, King Chen Dong's heart was really extremely happy, and he could finally justifiably realize his wish for many years, but he also had to pretend to be extremely sad, covering his eyes, as if he was wiping tears, and pretending to be sad: "What? Imperial nephew, he will die at a young age, my imperial nephew!"

"Lord, don't be too worried, let's hurry into Beijing, it's just that the capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and there are many guards in the palace, so you shouldn't bring all the soldiers and swords and swords, so let them camp here first, and then deploy them by you after succeeding to the throne." General Xu Chu looked at King Chen Dong and said.

King Chen Dong felt that it was reasonable, and was about to agree, but Su Duojiao, who was disguised as a man, came out, looked at everyone and said: "Please forgive this general, the rest of the soldiers can set up camp here, but this General Meng is a general of the royal family, and the prince is like a brother and sister to him, and he can't leave half a step, so let him hand over the sword and enter the palace with us, do you think it's okay?" Su Duojiao pointed her finger at General Meng and said, because this General Meng Xiang is the most respected person in the Red Character Army, she has already designed it, if Chen Dong Wang An can't help but show his objection, then let this General Meng be a witness. And King Chen Dong himself didn't know why Duojiao wanted to bring General Meng into the palace, but since she opened her mouth, she must have her reasons.

"Well, since this is the case, the prince and the civil officials can enter together, and as for the military generals, except for General Meng, they will all stay here. Seeing Su Duojiao say this, this greeting envoy couldn't help but be a favor.

After a while, their group was arranged in this way, followed behind the greeting envoy General Xu, and then entered the capital with great momentum, and after a while, they arrived at the palace, General Xu led the way in front, and they followed behind, ready to enter the majestic and sacred hall.

But he never expected that the imperial court also issued a document to the king of Northern Qi, and when he heard that the emperor had died of illness, he also rushed here day and night, not only that, but also led Liu Yunhe to come.

King Chen Dong and the King of Northern Qi met in the middle of the road, facing each other, their eyes were full of hostility, and neither of them would let go of anyone, and they looked at each other for a while. The king of Northern Qi pretended to be full of smiles, but in fact, he hid a knife in his smile and said: "King Chen Dong has not seen him for a long time, is the place all right?"

King Chen Dong also greeted people with a fake smile, and said: "Thanks to your Hongfu, although there are a few young people on this king's side, how can it affect the overall situation of this king, and they are all slaughtered and eaten by this king." In fact, he deliberately targeted the king of Northern Qi, and the young man in his words actually referred to the king of Northern Qi.

And the king of Northern Qi didn't know the meaning of the words, but after all, he was here to hold the emperor's funeral, so he didn't want to make a big deal about it, and then looked at Su Duojiao and said: "Duojiao girl, you have been going for many days, let this king talk about it, and thank you Chen Dongyang for your hospitality to her for many days, now you should return to this king's side." ”

When King Chen Dong heard this, he said unhappily: "Wait, I said the king of Northern Qi, this king likes Su Duojiao more and more, why don't you give this woman to this king." ”

The king of Northern Qi said: "This Su Duojiao is originally from my Yangzhou, how can she linger and forget to return to her hometown, Miss Su, come here." ”

"Miss Su, don't go over. So the two of them refused to give in to each other, spoke ill of each other, and fought for a woman in this sacred place.

After a while, King Chen Dong held back his anger and said, "Otherwise, let's make a deal, you give Miss Su to this king, and this king also has a lot of talented people, you can choose as you choose, how about we barter the goods?"

"No, this king can't do without Su Duojiao, how can I send her to you. ”

The two of them couldn't knit, Su Duojiao saw this, stepped forward and said to the second king: "Thank you for the two princes' love for the little girl, but the little girl is a person, a person with thoughts and feelings, and it is not a cargo that can be forcibly taken by others. In fact, Su Duojiao was hinting at it, and of course the two of them understood, so they listened to Duojiao's meaning and "hummed" to each other.

The next moment later, they all entered the main hall, and saw that the courtiers were all wearing mourning clothes, crying all over the sky, and they looked very distressed.

Chen Dongwang's eyes swept over everyone for a while, he is also a veteran of the theater world, although he is very happy in his heart, but he can't show it, but he has to pretend to cry bitterly, only to see him suddenly run forward and hug and slap the emperor's coffin, hug his head and cry: "My good nephew, why did you leave us at a young age, oh my God, oh my God, God mourns the hero, isn't this letting us send white-haired people to black-haired people? Come back quickly, come back quickly!" It seemed to be very sad and angry, and it was unusually uncomfortable, and everyone looked at this two-faced King Chen Dong. Xiangguo stepped forward and said with relief: "Please mourn the prince's day, don't be like this, let the emperor go uneasy." ”

Who knew that King Chen Dong was even more painful, and he actually read the memorial text as soon as he spoke, and wept bitterly and said: "The heavenly veins are broken, the mountains and rivers are down, the wind is miserable and the rain is boundless, yesterday's dream warned me, and today I am shocked to hear the bad news, and I am mourning! The holy monarch is very happy, and the Qiankun is called the hero of the world, and the great cause of the prosperous world is recreated, and the sky is not false to the king, and the unfortunate death is sad, and the sorrow is sad! The whole country is sad and reprimands the heavens and the earth, and we are willing to chase the king in the ground, woo hoo and mourn!"

When everyone saw this, they were full of curiosity, why did King Chen Dong cry so sadly? More than everyone present, there is a possibility that it is sincerely painful, because it was his own nephew who died, and he cared about the feelings of flesh and blood, and the other possibility is that he was putting on a show and winning the praise of everyone.

The next moment, I didn't expect that Xiang Guo would raise his wine glass and prepare to fall down, what is this going to do?