Ye Chang looked at King Jin. Before he left Beijing, he still had some black hair, but now his hair and beard are all white. It can be seen that the past few months have been very difficult for him.
He said, "It's true that the life of my father, queen, mother and concubine cannot be saved, but it is still possible to save the court situation in Southern Qi. It depends on what King Jin does."
King Jin was startled, "What do you mean?"
Ye Chang looked at him, "I mean, do you want to save the lives of Liu Yan and everyone in the Jin Palace, or the life of the King of Xiang County?"
King Jin looked at Ye Chang, his face changed, "I forgot that you came to find me just after you returned to Beijing. You must have some plans? You might as well just tell me."
Ye Chang said, "To put it bluntly, if you want to save the lives of Liu Yan and everyone in the Jin Palace, then cooperate with me and join hands to deal with the eldest prince. If you want to save the life of the King of Xiang County, then, today, I will treat you as if I didn't Come."
King Jin looked at him, was silent for a moment, and said, "What ability does this king have to help you now?"
Ye Chang said, "For so many years, the clan has been headed by you. What I need is not you alone, but the solidarity of the clan. Although you are alone, the entire clan stands behind you. Although I am also from the clan, I am not as good as you. It's old and spicy."
King Jin suddenly looked at him, looked at him carefully for a moment, and said, "Have you finally figured out which seat you want to take over?"
Ye Chang nodded, and said calmly, "You're right, this world belongs to the Liu family. I am a descendant of the Liu family. I don't have any reason to do nothing. I don't care about the foundation of my ancestors, and I don't care about the people of the Southern Qi Dynasty?"
The King of Jin sighed upon hearing this, "If your father and king had figured it out like you did back then, how could this Southern Qi state be like this?"
Ye Chang said, "At this time and at that time, my father took over the emperor's decree and concealed it unfairly. Now, the emperor has abandoned countless princes and gave me an imperial decree to pass on the throne. Whether it is the father or the emperor, They are all benevolent and righteous people. They are all thinking about the stability of the people in the Southern Qi Dynasty, and the peace and happiness of the people."
King Jin said, "After you say it this way, the knot that I have been struggling with for decades has been easily resolved. It seems that I am wrong."
Ye Chang said, "If it weren't for your troubles, Nan Qi would not be in this situation today."
King Jin said, "Without us, the Southern Qi Dynasty would still be the descendants of the previous dynasty."
Ye Chang said, "No matter who will be in charge of this country, as long as the world is stable and the people are safe and peaceful, it's nothing." After finishing speaking, he looked at King Jin, "Your mother and concubine are also the princesses of the previous dynasty, and they also have the blood of the previous dynasty. .”
King Jin was silent for a moment, "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be unwilling."
Ye Chang looked at him, "Is King Jin willing now? On the one hand is the life of you and everyone in Prince Jin's mansion, and on the other is the world of your own son. It's a dilemma."
King Jin fell silent again.
Ye Chang said, "However, the king of Xiangjun will not succeed. He thinks that he has been planning in Dongjing for many years, recruiting soldiers privately, and relying on hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to enter Beijing and ascend to a high position? He is too overestimating himself For so many years, he has been king in Dongjing, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away. He is probably just watching the sky from a well, and he doesn’t know how much he is.”
The king of Jin did not agree with him.
Ye Chang said, "Think about it, my lord! If you don't join hands with me, I'm just going to pay more attention to the eldest prince. It's not that easy to deal with him. In comparison, your deal is a good deal .”
The King of Jin looked at Ye Chang, "I abandoned the King of Xiangjun. If you help me, can you protect the Jin Palace? The lives of three hundred and forty-three people?"
Ye Chang said, "Yes!" After finishing speaking, he said, "You didn't count yourself."
King Jin put down the teacup, "My old life, I have done something wrong to my ancestors, so I don't want to survive. As long as you can keep Liu Yan, I will help you."
Ye Chang said, "Now, Nuan'er should have arrived in Shonan City. As long as Liu Yan is in Shonan, Nuan'er will not turn to death for my sake. So, don't worry."
King Jin was slightly startled, "Is the concubine safe?"
Ye Chang said, "Of course it's fine. The person the eldest prince uses is the ancestor of Wangdi Mountain. Even if she turns her back on the teacher's door, she can't get rid of her roots. After all, she is from Wangdi Mountain. After closing the door, she is still one of her own. It doesn't matter if it's merciful, or Nuan Er cleverly pinches her weakness. In short, she is safe and sound, so I can do it with confidence."
The king of Jin nodded and said with emotion, "The talented people come out from generation to generation, and the new generation replaces the old ones. This king is indeed old. In this life, this king claims to be not mediocre, but in fact he is muddle-headed. I've spent my whole life with one tendon twisted. The only thing that hurts is Liu Yan, who was brought up by my side since childhood."
Ye Chang had already seen through that compared to King Xiangjun, Liu Yan was the most important in King Jin's heart, so he grasped this point and only came to negotiate with him today.
The King of Jin said again, "Liu Wen said long ago that I would fetch water from a bamboo basket in vain, but now it turned out to be vain. Forget it, I don't have a clearer understanding than him. I have spent so many years in vain. He let go of Liu Yan. I took it, this is what tied me from the root. I can't figure out my son, and I admit it."
Ye Chang thought of Liu Wen and asked, "Uncle Wen left Beijing long ago, right?"
King Jin said, "I don't know, I haven't seen him for a long time."
Ye Chang pondered, "The eldest prince sent Liu Yan to leave Beijing to go to Dongjing. Uncle Wen couldn't just ignore him, and he must have gone after him secretly. After all, Uncle Wen is different from you. He only has this one biological son, and you have Jin The palace is full."
King Jin nodded, "Maybe, I don't care about him long ago."
The two have known each other since they were young, and whether it is right or wrong, they spread it out, explained clearly, and the agreement was reached in a few words.
After the agreement was reached, the clan was wrapped up in King Jin.
Ye Chang left Jinwang Mansion.
For so many years, the King of Jin has not only acted well in front of Ye Chang, but also performed deeply and worked hard in front of everyone. Therefore, few people know the inside story of King Rong An's death in battle and feel that Ye Chang had a will to inherit the throne, and it was normal for King Jin to call on the clan to support him, and it was a matter of course.
Today's Ye Chang represents the rebirth and hope of the royal family, and also represents that the clan will have a good life in the future.
In the past few months, not only the courtiers have been lifeless, but also the descendants of the clan and nobles dare not show off their spirits, for fear of offending the eldest prince, and being deprived of a hat, which is not pleasing to the eye.
Compared with the eldest prince, everyone in the clan still thinks that Ye Chang is good, benevolent, and righteous.
The people at Yushitai made perfect preparations and impeached the eldest prince in front of civil and military officials in the morning court, but unfortunately, the eldest prince did not come to court today.
The courtiers waited for a long time, and Xiaoyingzi came to pass the message, "My lords, the eldest prince caught wind and cold last night, so he won't go to court today."
When everyone heard this, they were all startled.
Xu Yunchu frowned, "The eldest prince caught a cold last night? Did you ask the imperial doctor to see it?"
Xiaoyingzi shook his head, "It's the servant's neglect of duty. When I called the eldest prince to wake up early this morning, I found out that the eldest prince has a persistent high fever. I just sent someone to the imperial hospital to call the imperial doctor."
Xu Yunchu thought that it seemed that the First Prince wanted to avoid Yushitai's impeachment, so he made such a bad move. He glanced at the time, thinking that if Ye Chang had gone to Prince Jin's mansion earlier, he would have finished negotiating with King Jin by now. He nodded and said, "Since that's the case, the First Prince's health is important, so let's press the court affairs for a day."
Xiaoyingzi nodded and said, "The eldest prince has ordered that court affairs should not be delayed, and all memorials will be determined by the prime minister."
Everyone looked at the prime minister.
Prime Minister Sun cupped his hands, "The old minister is getting old, and now there are important matters in the court, and the eldest prince needs to make decisions. The eldest prince is just caught with the wind and cold, and it will be better soon. Put aside the affairs of the court for a day or two, and it will be fine." It doesn't matter, the old minister is confused and can't make the decision."
Xiaoyingzi saw that the prime minister didn't answer, and said, "Since the prime minister said so, I'll give you a call when the miscellaneous family go back to the eldest prince."
The prime minister nodded.
The eldest prince did not go to court early, and the adults at Yushitai could only suppress the matter of impeachment for the time being. The courtiers felt that when the eldest prince was the prince, it was common for the first prince to be exposed to wind and cold every three days, but since he returned from Lingyun Temple Jing, since he became the First Prince, in the past few months, he has not seen any bad health. Yesterday, he had a confrontation with Ye Shizi, and went to the Guozhang's mansion to make a fuss. Now the wind and cold are strange, obviously it is not as simple as getting the wind and cold.
But no matter what, it's always good not to see the gloomy face of the First Prince.
After Ye Chang returned to the mansion, when he heard that the eldest prince hadn't come to court early, he couldn't help but think that according to the eldest prince's temperament, he must pay for it. He didn't get any benefits yesterday, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't avoid going to court like this today.
There is nothing more than one reason for not going to court, that is, he is delaying time and waiting for an opportunity. In today's Southern Qi capital, in his opinion, the eldest prince doesn't have many chances. So, his chance should be foreign aid
He thought of Concubine Xiao Xian of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Concubine Xiao Xian is now in power in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, controlling the regime of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. If she puts pressure on the Southern Qi, she will tear up the peace agreement between the two countries and raise troops against the Southern Qi.
Now that there are disasters in various parts of the Southern Qi, the Northern Zhou's words to raise troops in the Southern Qi are indeed a good way to relieve the pressure on the First Prince.
He immediately wrote three letters with three flying eagles and sent them to the Western Region, Yanbei, and Jiangnan respectively, to Su Cheng, Su Yan, King Yanbei, the prince of Yanbei Prince, Ye Xi.
He took care of the First Prince and Xiang County King. Now it was an internal matter of the Southern Qi Dynasty and no outside interference was allowed. If Concubine Xiao Xian dared to send troops to trample on the territory of the Southern Qi Dynasty, then he would have to pay the price in blood this time.