It seemed like it should be a quiet night. There is no wind, no rain, the clear moonlight is soft and faint, covered with a layer of floating clouds as thin as a veil, and the white flowers will not dazzle the eyes of the window lattice. Mei Changsu slept very peacefully, without coughing or chest tightness so much that he had to get up in the middle of the night and sit for a while. This kind of sunshine and spring season is suitable for sleeping. The charcoal fire in the room was just removed yesterday, the air is very refreshing, and there is no sound of grass and insects in summer and autumn outside. thing.
However, Venus was fading, and before the east could see white, Fei Liu suddenly opened his eyes and stood up. The young man did not put on his cloak, and only wore a snow-white tunic. He walked to a bookshelf in the northwest corner of the bedroom, tilted his head to listen, and then turned around and came to Mei Changsu's bed, shaking his shoulders gently. .
"Brother Su!"
Unless he was in a drowsiness, Mei Changsu had always been in a light sleep, and after shaking it twice, he woke up, half-opening his eyes in a daze, reaching out and pressing his forehead, his voice still a little astringent: "What's the matter, Flying?"
"Knock on the door!"
Even though Mei Changsu had always been able to understand all the meanings of Fei Liu's simple words without error, he couldn't help being stunned at this moment.
He hurriedly got up and put on his clothes, scattered a bunch at will, put on a mink velvet cloak, took the warm tea handed over by Fei Liu to moisten his throat, and wiped his face with a cotton towel, and then walked quickly. Going to the bookshelf, I used my toes to count the points on the smooth and unmarked ground like a flower. On the west-facing wall, there was a narrow passage for only one person to enter and exit. Fei Liu was about to go in first, but Mei Changsu grabbed him and said in a low voice, "If you don't come today, will you wait outside for Brother Su?"
The young man showed a reluctant expression, but still obeyed the order obediently, and stepped aside, Mei Changsu dodged into the passage, and somehow triggered the mechanism inside, and the entire wall quickly returned to its original state. Fei Liu dragged a chair and sat down, his two bright black eyes stared at the corner of the wall intently, waiting very seriously.
Mei Changsu entered the wall, took the night pearl from his bosom for lighting, urged the mechanism to sink a few feet, and came to the entrance of a passage. Chen has commonly used tables and chairs, and the oil lamp on the stone wall has been lit. Under the yellow light, King Jing, dressed in cyan casual clothes, turned to Mei Changsu, who walked in slowly, and nodded to him as a salute.
"Mr. Su, I am disturbing you."
Mei Changsu bowed slightly and saluted, and said, "His Royal Highness is here when he is called. It is Su's duty to be disturbed. I just got up in a hurry, and the description is not complete. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
Prince Jing was obviously worried, but he still managed to show a smile, and raised his hand to signal Mei Changsu to sit down.
He came to visit in the early hours of the morning, there must be something difficult, but it is obviously not an urgent matter to meet with polite words, so Mei Changsu also followed his instructions and slowly sat down, Fang Xuxu asked: "His Royal Highness. See Su, what do you want to discuss?"
King Jing frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Speaking of which... this shouldn't have bothered Mr. Su, but it has nothing to do with what we are planning now. It's just... I really have no one to discuss, so I have to use Mr.'s wisdom. beads."
"Since Su serves His Royal Highness as the monarch, then His Highness's business is Su's business, and there is no need to say anything irrelevant. Please make it clear that Su may be effective, and he will do his best."
King Jing obviously expected his reaction, so he immediately smiled back and followed his tone: "Then I'll just say it straight. This afternoon, I entered the palace to give my mother a favor, and Sister Jingning came to find me. , I cried as soon as we met, begged me to save her, said yes... Da Chu will have a begging embassy to come to Beijing next month, if the royal father agrees, it seems that she is the only princess of the right age... "
"Marriage with Da Chu?" Mei Changsu thought for a while, "With the Nihuang County Lord sitting in the southern border, Liang and Chu were at a stalemate with each other. Going to pacify the Burmese barbarians, but we can also take the opportunity to take a break from the silver shortage in the past two years, which is also a good way. But since it is a marriage, it should be mutual communication. We have a princess to marry, and they should also have a princess to marry, Otherwise, we will be sending the master to a marriage. If Da Chu came here just to ask for marriage, His Majesty may not agree, but if they propose that the princesses marry each other, His Majesty will probably agree."
King Jing looked at the man who immediately entered the state of counselor with a bit of tears and laughter, and sighed: "Mr. Su, I don't want to know how likely my father is to agree, I want to ask, if my father agrees to a marriage, is there There is no way for Jing Ning to marry her. You know, she has her own sweetheart..."
Mei Changsu stared at the small shadow in front of her toes, and after watching it for a long time, her eyes slowly shifted to Prince Jing's face: "Excuse me, Your Highness, how many princesses are currently married?"
King Jing was stunned, then gritted his teeth and said, "Only Jing Ning..."
"Prince Princess, are there any unmarried people of suitable age who can be crowned as princesses?"
"... The brothers of the father's generation were scattered when they succeeded to the throne. There are only three uncles left: King Ji, King Qian, and King Li. Their county masters are unmarried, and there are about three or four others..."
"The Lord of Mingzhu County has hemoptysis and weak disease, the Lord of Mingchen County has a crippled left foot; the Lord of Mingrui County has been ordained for half a year; the Lord of Mingying County seems to have a disorder of madness. Since it is for the sake of marriage, what do you think Your Majesty is? Who can be sealed among these county masters?"
King Jing didn't know much about the situation of the daughters of the imperial family, but since Mei Changsu said this, he was not wrong, and he couldn't help but feel heavier. The Lord of Jue County, the same year as Jing Ning…”
Mei Changsu smiled coldly, "Do what you don't want, don't do it to others. There is a young man in the family of Mingjue County and the Dazai Nangong of the previous dynasty, but it was temporarily postponed because the other's mother died before the engagement. There are a lot of people in the capital who know about it, your Highness, you were out of the army at that time, so I don’t know.”
King Jing listened in a daze, and the muscles on his cheeks twitched slightly: "According to Mr.'s intention, once the royal father allows the kiss, Jing Ning will have no room for maneuver?"
Mei Changsu's expression was indifferent, but there was some pity hidden in the bottom of his eyes, and his tone was very cold: "Jingning is a princess, even if she doesn't marry outside, marriage is destined to be her own. Hasn't she faced this fact yet?"
"Having said that, it's really difficult to cut the relationship. Guan Zhen has been with me for a while, and he is indeed a good young man. I can't bear to see them being forcibly torn apart."
"No matter how good Guan Zhen is, after all, he came from a humble background, and he doesn't have the illustrious power to reach the heavens. The word 'Shangzhu' can never be his turn. Princess Jingning is in the royal family, so you should know that within this palace wall, she can What kind of love are you looking forward to? There is a reason for your heart. Not only can you not convince Your Majesty, but it will also damage the princess' innocence and bring disaster to Guan Zhen's entire clan. Therefore, Your Highness can't help her with this task. Not to mention the princess, how many folk women can choose their son-in-law according to their liking?"
King Jing let out a long sigh, "Don't I know what you said? But Jing Ning cried like that, I really pity her infatuated, thinking that Mr. may have some weird tricks, so I came to discuss."
Mei Changsu glanced at him and suddenly said, "Since you're talking about this, do you only think of Princess Jingning, Your Highness?"
King Jing was stunned, obviously not knowing what he meant by this.
"If a princess is married in Da Chu, it must be married to a prince, and she must not be a concubine. Your Highness thinks about it, who will marry?"
"Ah?!" King Jing immediately heard what he meant, and couldn't help pressing the table, "Sir means..."
Mei Changsu said solemnly: "After all, Da Chu is an enemy country, and among the princesses of the Chu country, I have never heard of a person who is as worthy as a phoenix. Your Majesty has always been suspicious. Since His Highness is determined to take the heir and marry an enemy country. It's not a good thing for the princess to be the concubine, after all, Su must try to prevent this peach blossom for His Highness."
King Jing's expression brightened, "Since Mr. has a way to refuse my relatives, why is Jingning over there..."
"The situation is different, right? Among the princesses, only Jing Ning is suitable for marriage, but you are not the only candidate for the prince. The prince and Prince Yu already have concubines, and your majesty would not let them marry the princess of the enemy country, so let's leave it out. The two of them. Among the remaining people, although the third His Royal Highness is slightly disabled, and the fifth His Royal Highness is closed to study and does not listen to political affairs, but they are all real princes, and they have not yet resumed their roles. The more they look like this, it has nothing to do with the succession of the throne. The prince of the prince is more suitable to marry. Therefore, once His Majesty agrees to marry, he will definitely choose among the three of you. Before getting married, you must first combine the eight characters, and Princess Jingning's eight characters will be sent to Da Chu to be married. Princess Da Chu's horoscope will be sent here to be tested by the people in Litianjian. I can think of a way to make the result of the quiz go according to our wishes. It doesn't matter who marries her, as long as your highness has your horoscope. It's fine if you don't get along with Princess Da Chu."
"Why, there are people who obey Mr. Yu in the Litian Prison?"
"It can't be said to obey orders, but... there are some methods that can be used."
Prince Jing's eyes were deep, and he looked directly at Mei Changsu, "When Mr. Su first entered the capital, he felt as if he was burdened by the reputation of being a 'unicorn genius', and was forced to come here by the prince Yuwang. But now it seems that, sir, you are planning ahead, but you seem to have come prepared..."
Mei Changsu smiled indifferently, and said calmly: "Su Mou is arrogant and talented, and he is not willing to succumb to the rivers and lakes and do nothing. Youdao is to help the country and be famous, and it has always been a man's ambition. If it is not ruthless After a lot of hard work and a bit of self-confidence, how could Su dare rashly abandon the easy shortcuts like the Crown Prince and King Yu, and decide to serve His Highness wholeheartedly as your monarch?"
King Jing thought about these remarks in his heart, neither could he be able to appreciate his authenticity, nor did he want to examine it in detail. It is true that Mei Changsu is wholeheartedly trying to assist him in becoming a great treasure, which Xiao Jingyan has never doubted, but he is still confused about the real reason why Mei Changsu finally chose him, but at this time, King Jing still does not have much Deep obsession is to find out the truth. After all, it is a difficult time for the future, and there are too many more important things to be prioritized. To him, this inscrutable counselor is the most powerful sword in his hand, as long as it works well, as for how this sword was forged, and why the snow blade came out of its sheath, he was at this moment. don't really care.
The secret room is not a tea house. It is time to talk about it here, and there is no reason to continue to sit down and chat. Although the purpose of coming here was not achieved, King Jing himself understood that Jing Ning had little hope of escaping, so although he was a little disappointed, he was not depressed. The two said goodbye lightly, and each followed the secret passage back to their rooms.