Controversy is still going on outside, the grandmaster Cui Hong, who was entrusted with the important task, resigned in every possible way, while other ministers recommended it with all their might.
King Donghai leaned sideways against the door, listened for a while, took a few steps back, touched his chin, frowned and pondered, "The queen mother's trick is really insidious. On the surface, she was dealing with King Qi, but she actually wanted to take the opportunity to squeeze my uncle. Leaving the capital, making the rest of the Cui family hostages, killing two birds with one stone."
Han Ruzi shook his head, "It's not killing two birds with one stone. I guess the queen mother is showing her favor to Mrs. Cui, hoping to reconcile with him."
"Huh?" The King of the East Sea squinted at Han Ruzi in dissatisfaction, "What do you know, the battle for power is more fierce than the battlefield of real swords and real guns, the Cui family and the Shangguan family... Forget it, you can't understand, what does the queen mother look like? I don't know, but guessing her thoughts here is ridiculous."
There was only an open door. Han Ruzi really wanted to go out and see what the queen mother who decided his fate looked like, but he didn't move. He obeyed Yang Feng's instructions, listened more and said less. .
The debate outside continued. The Queen Mother gave many favorable conditions, more troops, more power, and even allowed Cui Hong to act arbitrarily in Qi. Cui Hong could no longer refuse, but he could hear it, and he agreed. Very reluctant, with a lot of doubts in my heart.
"How can uncle agree?" The King of Donghai was anxious in the warm pavilion, pacing back and forth, "As soon as he leaves, the queen mother will attack the entire Cui family, no matter how many troops there are outside. No, I have to Go out and remind him."
The King of the East Sea pushed open a crack in the door, slipped out sideways, and closed the door.
The crusade against Qi is not as simple as appointing a general. Or drive straight in and really attack the palace of King Qi? The ministers had different opinions, and there were still many details, such as which troops should be recruited, which princes should be recruited, which should be guarded, and so on.
Unfamiliar place names, official names, people's names, and many past events appeared one after another. Han Ruzi didn't have time to remember.
It seems that the disaster was caused by Emperor Wu. He was extremely suspicious in his later years and was unwilling to establish a prince. At the same time, he gave almost every son a little hope. After Emperor Huan took the throne, this hope became the seed of rebellion. He just wanted to solve this big problem, but unfortunately, he had to deal with too many things in just three years, and he had never been able to free up his hands.
The content of what the ministers discussed became more and more trivial. Han Ruzi sat down in a chair and thought about it for a while, but still felt that the queen mother was showing her favor rather than framing the Cui family.
He felt a little dizzy, the task assigned by Yang Feng was too difficult, far beyond the limit of a thirteen-year-old boy. Han Ruzi closed his eyes and rested for a while, then opened his eyes to look at Meng E by the window, and said with a smile, "Is your injury okay?"
Perhaps because of the presence of other people, Meng E was more indifferent than usual, and after waiting for a while, she barely spit out two words: "It's okay."
Han Ruzi took out a paper bag from his arms and spread it out on several tables. Inside was the sweet-scented osmanthus cake he left behind at dinner. He picked up a piece and said to Meng E and another palace maid, "You guys are hungry too. Bar."
Meng E looked away.
"You all have to eat, too. People outside are very busy, and they won't think of this place for a while. It's okay to eat something to fill your stomach." Han Ruzi smiled at the palace maid in the corner.
Just as Meng E was about to open her mouth to speak, another palace maid spoke first, her voice was rough, she was indeed a man, probably a man without a clean body, "Sister, don't listen to him, we're not from the palace, we don't need to please. emperor."
"So you are brother and sister, what's your name?" Han Ruzi made up his mind to continue the conversation, he had something to ask.
The man took a half step forward, his eyes cold, "Use your trick on others, we don't participate in the affairs of the palace."
"Aren't you protecting me?"
"We're just doing what we're told."
"By whom?"
The man took another half step forward, and Meng E by the window said, "He is still a child."
The man didn't think so, "You heard what the eunuch Yang Feng said, this is an ambitious child, a wolf who has not grown up, and is no different from other people in the palace. If he gains power, he will still be a foolish monarch."
Meng E did not speak again, and Han Ruzi was surprised. The Meng brothers and sisters hated the palace so much, why did they enter the palace as guards
"I'm just a 'dumb prince' who wants to live." Han Ruzi was not angry, but admired Meng E's straightforwardness, "Like you, I don't like the palace, and would rather live in a poor street with my mother. I have a choice, and I will refuse to be emperor without hesitation."
Han Ruzi's words were not completely sincere. He liked being an emperor a little bit, but he had to be a real emperor. He was a real emperor like he was now, and he was always in danger of life.
"I was still learning the art of being an emperor a moment ago, but now I don't want to be an emperor anymore?" Brother Meng E looked at his sister, "People in the palace are so treacherous, you must always be careful, never..."
Someone pushed the door and came in. Brother Meng E retreated to the wall and returned to the state of the living statue.
The King of Donghai saw the cakes on several cases at a glance, strode over, grabbed a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, "I starved to death, everyone patronized the crusade against King Qi, and completely forgot about my serious prince. "
"Have you spoken to Master Cui?" Han Ruzi asked.
Donghai Wang shook his head and swallowed the food in his mouth, "No need, my uncle and I have a good heart, and he will understand with a wink. Now he is making conditions with the queen mother, and wants my uncle to take risks. It's okay, but don't think about it. 'Teach the tiger away from the mountain', even if the tiger leaves the mountain, the mountain is still the tiger's territory."
The voice outside was much quieter and could not be heard clearly. Han Ruzi imagined the situation outside and said to the King of the East Sea, "You should ask your uncle to take Liu Jie away."
"Liu Jie? He's dead, why take him away? You don't understand this kind of thing at all, don't intervene." Donghai Wang shook the teapot on the case and found it was empty, and said to the two silent palace maids : "It looks like it's impossible for you to do some work, tsk tsk, where did the queen mother find someone? It's really... independent."
Han Ruzi approached the King of the East Sea and said, "If you go outside and ask for a pot of tea, say it's for me, and then tell your uncle with his eyes to ask him to ask the Queen Mother for Liu Jie and his fellow assassins, and take them to the State of Qi to confront King Qi."
Donghai King looked up and down the emperor, "You are crazy, you really think I'm a follower, and you actually let me do such a thing? The Cui family will not lose power, and we will definitely win in the end."
"The Queen Mother and Mrs. Cui doubt each other, the longer the standoff, the worse it will be for both parties..."
"It's the queen mother who should give in!" said the king of the East Sea angrily, regardless of the presence of the two palace maids, "she is threatening the whole world. If my uncle did not give in, the queen mother would kill us both and give King Qi is a reason to rebel. She has already succeeded once, and she wants to do it again? No, absolutely not this time."
"The queen mother would give in. Before, the queen mother had empty hands, so she took the whole world as a threat. Now that she has the world in her hands, she will not take any more risks. As long as she agrees to hand over Liu Jie and his fellow assassins to Taifu Cui, it means that She's giving in."
Donghai King frowned more and more tightly, and looked at the emperor again, "What did someone say to you?"
"No." Having said that, Han Ruzi glanced at brother Meng E in the corner. "There are many doubts about the assassination. Now the assassin committed suicide. Only a few accomplices and Liu Jieshang are left. Who are they in control of..."
"Anyone can explain the assassination incident at will." King Donghai finally woke up, "If the queen mother refuses to hand over her accomplices, it means that she really wants to kill my uncle and King Qi. If she hands it over, my uncle will have a handle on it, um..."
The East Sea King stared at the emperor, as if to take out his heart with his eyes. He suddenly turned to the door and slipped out sideways. A eunuch glanced into the warm pavilion through the crack of the door and closed the door.
The voice of Taifu Cui Hong happened to be heard outside, "Qi has a large territory and a large number of troops. With the garrisoned troops in the Guandong counties, I am afraid that it is difficult to win, and it will only bring shame to the court..."
Cui Hong still refused to take office immediately, and was looking for various reasons to delay the time. As two big relatives, the Cui family and the Shangguan family were too jealous of each other, and it was difficult to gain mutual trust. To be more clear: Shangguan and Cui maintain a balance anyway. Although they are fragile, they will not break for a while. Qi, which is thousands of miles away and out of control, is the biggest threat to both sides.
After all, Han Ruzi didn't know the Queen Mother's personality. Maybe she just wanted to solve the internal worries of Cui Clan and the foreign trouble King Qi at the same time, but Han Ruzi had to make this assumption, because he still wanted to save the life of Liu Jie.
"Sometimes it's to save people a little bit treacherous." Han Ruzi said to brother Meng E.
If Liu Jie goes to prison normally, he will definitely die. If he turns to Cui Hong and becomes the handle, he may live a little longer. Han Ruzi can only do this step. Yang was warned not to interfere, but he feels that if he does not do it for Liu Jie If you order something, you will not only feel uneasy, but will be more trapped within ten steps.
Brother Meng E shook his head, "I've seen a lot of ways to buy people's hearts. You're still too tender. Even if Liu Jie escapes, it's not you who will be thankful."
"I don't expect to be thankful, but... My mother once said to me, 'Life is never good, and if you accept your fate, it will be even worse.' Even in a very small house, my mother would not let me idle, I think it's a habit that I have to do, no matter what."
Brother Meng E looked at his sister and reminded: "Be careful, it's not Liu Jie that the emperor wants to buy, it's you and me."
Han Ruzi smiled, the frankness here contrasted sharply with the suspicion and temptation outside.
When the King of the East Sea came back, his face was sinking like water, and Han Ruzi was shocked, "Can't you talk to Master Cui? Or does the Queen Mother disagree?"
"Uncle knows what I want to say by looking at my mouth shape, and the queen mother agrees." Donghai Wang's expression became more and more gloomy.
The King of the East Sea is moody, and Han Ruzi doesn't care, but this time is different. The King of the East Sea approached and whispered, "You have a queen."
"What?" Han Ruzi was really startled.
"My uncle's daughter, she wants to enter the palace and become a queen." Donghai Wang's face became more and more red, "She should have married me, you bastard!"