Chapter 88 The Dowager Princess

What King Yongming wants to see is none other than his aunt. The Queen Dowager.

It's not that King Yongming doesn't want to discuss this issue with others, but that there is really no one in the palace of King Gui. During the Chongzhen period, no one with a little bit of talent would defect to the vassal king. The old King Gui may have one or two staff, but

Under Zhang Xianzhong's pressing step by step, he almost lost his son. If there were any staff more important than his son, these people were naturally scattered.

As the Queen Dowager is the aunt of King Yongming and comes from a scholarly family, she handles all matters in Prince Gui's Mansion. She is a very good person in the Mansion. Even when Old Prince Gui was around, he did not dare to refute the Princess's reputation.

The Crown Princess is knowledgeable and fair in dealing with matters. Therefore, she is convinced by people in the palace, and King Yongming also trusts her.

As soon as Princess Wang heard what King Yongming relayed to Liu Chengyin, she felt dizzy and held her forehead with her fingers. Her body weakened and she was about to fall to the ground.

When King Yongming saw this, he was shocked and said: "Mother, please tell the doctor quickly."

"No need." The princess took a deep breath and said, "You all go out, no one is allowed in."

"Yes." The maids who were waiting beside her were waiting outside the door. When King Yongming called them all in, they immediately went out and closed the doors and windows. For a while, only the Queen Dowager and King Yongming were left in the room.

"Son." Princess Wang asked: "Do you want that position?"

"I, I don't know." King Yongming couldn't explain clearly for a while. He thought about it for a while before he said it. He seemed to want it, but he didn't seem to want to.

The princess was a little disappointed and said: "My son is not a person who can govern the world. If it were a time of peace, I would naturally try my best to let you fight for this position, but it is not the case now. Seeing the current situation of Hongguang and Longwu, I know that this position is given to you.

You can't sit still either."

Who doesn’t want their children to become successful, but their children know that King Yongming is not a fool, but he is not a person who can turn the tide. Now the situation in the Ming Dynasty must be turned around. King Yongming cannot do this at all, so this position is very important to King Yongming.

In other words, it is a disaster rather than a blessing.

If King Yongming was just a vassal king, after the change of dynasty, as a member of the previous clan, he might have the opportunity to be demoted to a commoner, but if he became emperor, it is almost impossible to know what his fate would be.

"Then I will reject him now." King Yongming felt a little disappointed.

"No, we can't refuse him." Wang Taifei seemed to have thought of something and her face turned pale.

"Why?" King Yongming asked, never having thought that this would not work.

The princess sneered and said: "Liu Chengyin was ambitious. Fortunately, the king of Tang valued him so much and gave him all the cavalry. As a result, Changsha City was in danger, but he did not want to serve the country sincerely. Instead, he retreated dozens of miles and lost Changsha City.

As for the thief, he can do this to the King of Tang, and how can he be so good to me, mother and son? If we refuse flatly, I'm afraid Liu Chengyin will come to force us."

"This, this, this, what should we do?" King Yongming was shocked and said: "We can't advance, we can't retreat, so what can we do?"

The princess stood up, her mourning clothes were still on, and she was completely white. Although she was getting older and no longer in her prime, she still looked dignified and elegant. Her temperament would not fade with age. She thought for a long time and said: "

The only plan now is to delay the attack."

"How to do it?" King Yongming asked immediately.

The princess whispered to King Yongming, "That's it."

King Yongming got the Queen Dowager's order and immediately knew the details. He hurriedly changed his clothes and went out to meet Liu Chengyin again.

King Yongming said: "General Liu's kindness is appreciated by King Gu, but His Majesty is unparalleled in the world. How could King Gu do such a thing? It is absolutely impossible for such a major event without the endorsement of an important minister."

Liu Chengyin asked about the sound of the string and knew the elegant meaning. In Liu Chengyin's understanding, King Yongming said that this was not possible and that was not possible, but he was just putting forward conditions. The first condition was that he would not make any move during Longwu's day. The second condition

The second condition is the support of an important minister.

There were only a few ministers who could be called important ministers in the Longwu Dynasty. Liu Chengyin found it too difficult to read if one of them agreed.

"Does your Highness have a candidate?" Liu Chengyin asked.

"Yes." King Yongming said, "Master Qu."

Liu Chengyin's heart moved, and he felt that this person was quite suitable. As the governor of Guangxi, Qu Shichun had been in ruins in the Ming Dynasty. A governor with real power could already be said to be an important minister. Because of the suppression of the rebellion of King Jingjiang, Qu Shichun had connections with some military forces in Guangxi.

Very close too.

Although there are not many troops in Guangxi.

In addition, Qu Shichun was not favored by Longwu. If Qu Shichun had not been in the position since the Chongzhen period and was considered senior, Longwu would have wanted to replace Qu Shichun. Among other things, it was Qian Qianyi.

A disciple is enough to make Longwu very uncomfortable.

Liu Chengyin didn't care much about this.

After all, he is just waiting for the price to sell, and he may have to rely on Qu Shichu's channels when selling in the future.

However, Liu Chengyin knew one thing. These civil servants were all thin-skinned. If they tried to woo him now, they would probably be rebuffed. After all, Longwu was not dead yet. He had to think about it in the long term.

For the first time, Liu Chengyin felt that Longwu's death was a little too slow, and said: "I know your Highness's intention, and this matter should be discussed in the long term."

King Yongming breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Liu Chengyin had no intention of staying with King Yongming for a long time, so he immediately came out with Jiao Lian. After leaving Prince Gui's Mansion, Liu Chengyin sneered. He didn't know if he had seen through something. It was hard to tell when he was around Jiao Lian. The superior ordered his left and right: "

Keep an eye on Prince Gui's Mansion, and I am determined not to let Prince Yongming leave even half a step away from Prince Gui's Mansion."

"Yes." Liu Chengyin's men immediately agreed, leaving many cavalrymen to look at the various gates of Prince Gui's Mansion almost blatantly.

Liu Chengyin glanced at Jiao Lian intentionally or unintentionally, as if he was warning something.

After King Yongming sent Liu Chengyin away again, he felt slightly relieved and immediately went back to find Princess Wang without saying a word.

Wang Taifei was also waiting for King Yongming to come over. After hearing King Yongming explain the situation in detail, Wang Taifei breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Anyway, today's fooling around is over. But I'm afraid Liu Chengyin won't be like this.

Give up easily."

When King Yongming heard this, he was greatly shocked. Then the eunuch Zhang Fulu trotted over and said, "It's not good, Prince and Concubine. There are soldiers outside who have surrounded all the gates of the palace, even the dog holes."

"What?" King Yongming could hardly believe it and said, "Why would he do this?"

The princess sneered and said: "It's just a rare thing to live in. Liu Chengyin is determined not to give up on you." Then the sneer disappeared and she said: "I just want to see you and your son in peace, but I don't want to be born into a noble family and end up in troubled times.

Life or death is not up to you. Your father and your eldest brother will go, no matter what, I will leave some flesh and blood for your family."

"My son," the princess said, "Choose a few maids from the mansion and send them all to your house from now on."

King Yongming was shocked and said: "My child dare not be so unfilial."

The period of filial piety for the old King Gui has not passed yet. He may have sex secretly during the period of filial piety, but the decision cannot be put on the table.

"You are still talking about this at this time." Wang Taifei said: "I regard you as a dead person now. I just ask you to get them pregnant as soon as possible. While they are in Hengyang City, you can place them anonymously and serve as King Gui's wife.

It’s just a little bit of blood left in one vein. There are three kinds of unfilial piety. The greatest is not having an offspring. This is the greatest filial piety.”

"Have things reached this point?" King Yongming still has some unclear ideas. He is just a young man in his early twenties, not much different in age from Zheng Chenggong. He was raised in wealth and wanted to be cultivated as a

Rich and idle people.

In his opinion, it was terrifying enough that the Xian bandits were wreaking havoc in Hunan and he almost died. But after hearing what the concubine said, the future might be even more frightening than when the Xian bandits were around. He simply could not imagine the future.
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