After Shen Jin finished speaking, Chu Xiuming was silent. In fact, he had thought about this too. As long as Emperor Cheng felt that he was a greater threat than the Prince of England, cooperation would not be impossible.
Moreover, Emperor Cheng is so nervous about the matter of King Rui, which also has his relationship. After all, King Rui is also of the blood of the former emperor. It was only natural, after all, King Rui was also his father-in-law, so he was easy to control.
So when Chu Xiuming persuaded King Rui to come to the border town with him, he also took a big risk.
Not only that, if Emperor Cheng felt that Chu Xiuming was in danger, he might use a soft attitude to appease Chu Xiuming, and at the same time use thunderous means to deal with King Rui.
Chu Xiu knew this, Princess Rui knew it, and Zhao Ru and the others knew it too, so they told King Rui about the secret way in advance, and even angered King Rui with words, although Zhao Ru said that the son of the King of England came to the capital. I asked King Rui if he would abandon the queen mother, but what he was thinking about was actually Chu Xiuming's matter, and he would specifically mention the queen mother, but it was to disturb King Rui's mind and make King Rui unable to think elsewhere. The emperor is the elder brother of King Rui, and King Rui has never been a firm person. No one can guarantee that after returning to Beijing, after guessing Chu Xiuming and the Zhao family's plan, King Rui will temporarily soften his heart and tell the queen mother or sincerely. Emperor, it is better to let King Rui focus all his hatred on the son of King Ying and his fear on Emperor Cheng.
If it were any other emperor, I'm afraid they wouldn't join hands with someone like the Prince of England, but Emperor Cheng? None of them can guarantee that Prince Ying's son can bear it until now before doing anything, but because he doesn't know the Chu family's attitude and has scruples about the Chu family in his heart, he started to plot against the Chu family early on.
When the Chu family did nothing and guarded the frontier for Tianqi, Emperor Cheng continued to make small moves, either delaying the supply of food and grass, or refusing to rescue, using the Chu family and guarding against the Chu family, even because of his small moves. How can Emperor Cheng not feel guilty about the people who died in the Chu family
Emperor Cheng would like to see both the Chu family and Prince Ying's son suffer, and then he will take care of the overall situation, but the prince of England will allow Emperor Cheng to use it like this
Seeing Chu Xiuming's silence, Shen Jin already understood a little bit in her heart. In fact, she guessed many things from the attitudes of the people around her, because Shen Jin will always be Shen Jin, the one who can carefully live out a world no matter where she is People, she can't become someone like Chu Xiuming who knows everything.
"Emperor Cheng is no match for Prince Ying's son." Shen Jin said softly, lying on Chu Xiuming's body.
If Emperor Cheng wants to plot against Prince Ying and Chu Xiuming, unless Prince Ying deliberately allows him to succeed, otherwise... it is more likely that Prince Ying plotted against Emperor Cheng. Even so, it means that they have dealt with Chu Xiuming together, so Chu Xiuming hoped that the mountain range was really where the Prince of England hid his troops.
Chu Xiuming gently patted Shen Jin's back, "In any case, Emperor Cheng is now the king of a country." In fact, Emperor Cheng has never realized that his greatest advantage is that the emperor is the heart of the people. It is more useful than conspiracy, as long as he directly orders Chu Xiuming to deal with the son of King Ying, and use the people of the world to suppress Chu Xiuming, then even if Chu Xiuming knows the ultimate goal of Emperor Cheng, he will agree, because in such a situation, even if he puts If Chu Xiuyuan's identity is revealed, the common people will not stand by him, and it will easily make Chu Xiuyuan lose the hearts of the people.
However, Emperor Cheng gave up his advantages and liked to use some small tricks instead. This is why many veterans are not optimistic about him.
Different people sit on the throne, and they are of different types, but no matter which one they are, they must be upright enough. It does not mean that they cannot use other means when they become emperors. On the contrary, the emperor can use any means, but only because of suspicion No one is a fool to use those little tricks to kill the hero, the rabbit is not dead, the dog is already cooked, even if you don't say it, you will inevitably have some emotions in your heart.
Emperor Cheng's method of sitting on the throne was not aboveboard, everyone knew this, but why at the beginning, except for those diehard loyalists, more people kept silent? Because for these people, as long as the person sitting on the throne belongs to the Shen family, and the royal bloodlines are not confused, it will be fine.
Because they are loyal to the emperor, whether it is for the people or for themselves, they all want to show their ambitions.
Shen Jin said, "I'll go."
"No." Chu Xiuming refused without hesitation.
Shen Jin had already thought it over, and said, "Actually, it's best for me to go, even you and Xiu Yuan are not as suitable as me."
Chu Xiuming was silent, Shen Jin put his face on Chu Xiuming's chest, and said, "If it's true, the Prince of England will probably send someone to negotiate with the border town, and at the same time find Emperor Cheng to cooperate. After all, compared with you, Emperor Cheng is easier to deal with."
In fact, Chu Xiuming had considered what Shen Jin said, and Shen Jin continued, "So it's safest for me to go, even if there is an ambush, they will not hurt me, they will only catch me alive, and then use it threaten you."
And if Chu Xiuming goes or Chu Xiu goes away, there will be no such treatment. I am afraid that he will be killed immediately, so only Shen Jin, her status will not be too heavy or too light, whether it is Emperor Cheng or Emperor Cheng. Prince Ying's son would feel that killing her would have no effect on the border town, but holding her to threaten Chu Xiuming was more or less useful.
Not only that, Emperor Cheng would not deal with Chu Xiuming openly, so the identity of Princess Shen Jin is also a kind of protection.
In the current situation, it is impossible not to go. This is not only related to the child, but also related to a future situation. As long as the son of the King of England is weakened, then no matter what Emperor Cheng thinks, all the officials in the court Even for his own comfort, he would find a way to let Emperor Cheng deal with the prince of England.
It would be best if Chu Xiuming reported a serious injury at that time...
Chu Xiuming gently stroked Shen Jin's hair and said, "You stay in the border town, don't you worry about leaving Dongdong?"
Shen Jin lowered her eyes slightly, what she could think of, Chu Xiuming would only think more, but is it really as safe as Shen Jin said? On the contrary, Shen Jin doesn't have the ability to protect herself at all. If something happens, others will certainly want to capture her alive, but swords and guns have no eyes. What if there is an emergency? So Chu Xiuming would not agree, nor would Shen Jin take risks. This was his wife, held in his palm, and he didn't want her to be wronged at all.
Hearing Dongdong, Shen Jin pursed her lips. Chu Xiuming was going to leave. If she also left, Dongdong would be left alone here. He was still so young, "Give Dongdong to my mother to take care of, when the time comes Mother Zhao, Anping and Anning all stayed."
Chu Xiuming still wanted to speak, but Shen Jin stood up and covered his mouth, "Husband, I'm just waiting for you in another place."
"It's different." Chu Xiuming was willing to compromise for Shen Jin on many things, but it was impossible in this matter. He moved Shen Jin's hand away, sat up and held Shen Jin in his arms, and looked down at Shen Jin. Shen Jin's eyes said.
Shen Jin smiled and said, "Husband, it's not necessarily true. What if there is nothing on the mountain range?"
So it's too early for them to say this now, Chu Xiuming sighed slowly, nodded and said, "En."
This matter has not been resolved, but it is tacit agreement not to mention it anymore.
In the capital, Kexianju has already prepared the things that King Rui wanted, because King Rui requested that all things be prepared in Ruiwang's mansion, so just after dawn, the people of Kexianju brought a lot of ingredients and tools into the back door. After leaving Prince Rui's Mansion, he started to work in a specially tidied up yard.
Several people tied up the live lamb first, and a strong man in his thirties skillfully slaughtered the lamb, and someone used materials to build a temporary table for roasting lamb in the open space...
At the same time, a middle-aged woman was also led into the main room. When King Rui saw this woman, he froze for a moment and said, "Nurse Zhen, why..."
Aunt Zhen is much older than when she was in the palace. If King Rui was not familiar with her, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to recognize her. At this time, Aunt Zhen is not as decent as she was in the palace. She is wearing some shabby clothes. Just like the most ordinary women, Madam Zhen was not surprised when she saw King Rui and Princess Rui. After all, when the people from Kexianju came over with the note last night, she was already prepared.
"This old slave greets the prince and concubine." Madam Zhen said respectfully.
King Rui hurriedly said, "Mommy, get up and sit down, what's going on?"
"Your Majesty." Princess Rui interrupted King Rui, first asked Nanny Zhen to sit down, and poured tea for her with her own hands. Nanny Zhen hurriedly got up and said, "Mommy, why are you alone outside the palace?" ?”
Mother Zhen waited for Princess Rui to sit back beside King Rui again, and then she sat down and said, "It was the Queen Mother's order, that day..." Mother Zhen just briefly said about the quarrel between Emperor Cheng and the Queen Mother.
King Rui's eyes turned red, and he said guiltily, "It's all my fault. If it wasn't for my selfishness, let the Queen Mother help me... Your Majesty will not be burdened by the Queen Mother."
"My lord, don't say that. If the queen mother finds out, she will be sad." Zhen Zhen sighed in her heart. Although King Rui was a little weaker and incompetent, compared with Emperor Cheng, he respected the queen mother even more. At that time, the queen mother let her When she left the palace, she told her to wait for King Rui's people to come and tell King Rui everything. At that time, Mother Zhen thought that King Rui might not come back, but she didn't expect that it really was a mother-child bond
King Rui lowered his head, his expression was unclear. In fact, his heart was full of sadness and resentment. It would be bad for his mother to be too much. It would be very good for Emperor Cheng and him, but what about Emperor Cheng? That's the mother who gave birth to them and raised them... Thinking of what the princess said, King Rui wished to visit the queen mother right away, but Emperor Cheng refused to allow him to enter the palace, even if he wanted to comfort the queen mother, he couldn't do it.
Princess Rui looked at Nanny Zhen and asked, "Does the Empress Dowager have anything to say to the prince?"
"Yes." Mother Zhen said respectfully, "That day His Majesty took the opportunity to anger many people around the Empress Dowager, even the old slaves were beaten. The Empress Dowager simply sent those people who could be sent out of the palace. His Majesty was also transferred to another place, so His Majesty arranged for people to serve him, so as to save the lives of the old slave and others."
King Rui clenched his fists and tried to hold back his anger. Nanny Zhen said calmly, "This old slave has been waiting for the lord under the Queen Mother's order." As he spoke, he took out a stack of bank notes from his bosom, and put his hands together. Holding it to King Rui, "This is all the savings of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager asked the old slave to give these to the prince."
"What does Queen Mother mean?" King Rui asked with a frown instead of picking up the banknotes.
Mother Zhen said respectfully, "The queen mother asked the prince to go to the border town."
King Rui frowned, if it wasn't for the queen mother, he would have gone to the border town long ago, but at this time the queen mother specifically asked Zhenmao to stay outside and tell him this? Princess Rui also frowned, and looked at the banknotes. The Queen Mother could not just ask Nanny Zhen to send these banknotes to King Rui, because it was unnecessary.
However, Mother Zhen just got up and put the bank note in King Rui's hand in a respectful manner, then looked at Princess Rui, and said, "The queen mother also specially ordered this old slave, if the princess comes back with the prince this time, take the child It's all arranged properly, so there's no need to avoid the princess next time."
King Rui said, "If you have something to say, just say it. The princess and this king will live and die together, and we will share weal and woe."
Mother Zhen heard the words and said, "Yes, the queen mother asked the old servant to tell the prince that the jade seal of His Majesty is fake."
"What?" King Rui couldn't hold back his exclamation, but Nanny Zhen kept looking at Princess Rui. Seeing that she couldn't hide the panic on her face, she was relieved. It seemed that Princess Rui didn't know about it before. .
Mother Zhen said, "The real jade seal was hidden by the Crown Princess, but no one knows where it is hidden. Besides the jade seal... there is also the late emperor's edict."
"The late emperor's edict?" King Rui looked at Mother Zhen.
"Yes." Mother Zhen said, "This old slave is rude, I wonder if there is a place to avoid it?"
Even if she was as calm as Princess Rui, she took a few deep breaths at this time before she calmed down and said, "Mommy, please follow me."
Nanny Zhen backed away slightly, folded her hands on her lower abdomen and lowered her head. Princess Rui led Nanny Zhen into the room, but King Rui hadn't reacted yet. When she got to the inner room, Nanny Zhen took off her coat , middle clothes, and then took off the bright yellow will that was tightly bound by the belt and other things at the waist.
Regardless of putting on clothes, she held it to Princess Rui with both hands. Princess Rui took it, but without opening it, she just said, "Let's go out and leave it to the prince."
Mother Zhen respectfully responded, and then put on the clothes one by one. At this time, she was relieved to give the will to Princess Rui. After she went out, she saw that King Rui finally calmed down, but seeing Princess Rui When he was holding something in his hand, he swallowed, Princess Rui handed it to King Rui, and then King Rui opened it and read it, it was indeed the last emperor's edict, the content was to pass the throne to the crown prince.
"But the prince has already..." After reading the edict, King Rui handed the edict to Princess Rui, hesitating for a while and said.
Princess Rui pursed her lips, looking at how to use it. If it is used well, the effect is not bad, especially... the prince's grandson is still alive. With this edict, it can also prove that the prince's lineage is the first emperor's heart object of interest.
Nanny Zhen said, "My lord, you just keep this. If you get to the border town, hand it over to Marquis Yongning."
King Rui looked at Princess Rui, then at Nanny Zhen, and agreed. Princess Rui folded up the edict and put it in King Rui's place. He looked at Nanny Zhen and asked, "How did the Queen Mother leave this edict?" down?"
Mother Zhen gritted her teeth and said, "Your Majesty's original edict was false."
Although they all had guesses in their hearts when they saw this, they were still shocked when Zhenmao said it. Zhenzhen then said, "This is true, and Emperor Cheng didn't know it. At that time ... was hidden by the Queen Mother."
Mother Zhen was ambiguous, but Princess Rui already understood. At that time, the queen mother was afraid that she would secretly hide the edict because she saw Emperor Cheng's attitude of killing the prince's line and the remaining princes. The mother of Emperor Cheng is not only the mother of Emperor Cheng, she also has a younger son who needs to be protected, so the queen mother can tolerate Emperor Cheng raising and abolishing King Rui, but she cannot tolerate Emperor Cheng threatening the life of King Rui, so now Taking out this edict is just to give King Rui some bargaining chips.
If Emperor Cheng didn't have the intention to get rid of King Rui, I'm afraid the queen mother would never take out this edict in her lifetime.
If Emperor Cheng knew, even his biological mother was so guarded against him, and he didn't know what it was thinking.
Mother Zhen took a deep breath and said, "The queen mother asked me to say something to the prince, 'My son is also of the blood of the late emperor. If there is a day, my son might as well replace it. I just ask my son to see the mother's face and give it to others." Brother, leave a way out'."
"I never thought of that." King Rui said with a drastic change of expression.
Princess Rui understood all the queen mother's plans. She gave so many bargaining chips, but because she only thought that Emperor Cheng, King Rui and Prince Ying's son were left in the blood of the first emperor, so let King Rui take these to find Chu Xiuming also has an extra guarantee, not only for King Rui but also for himself, because whether it is Emperor Cheng or King Rui who wins the emperor in the end, they are better than the sons of King Ying, because she is a high-ranking queen mother, but The queen mother made all kinds of calculations, but she didn't expect that there were still people in the prince's line still alive.
Mother Zhen looked at King Rui, and said, "The queen mother also knows that the prince has no such intentions, but the prince sometimes cannot help himself."
King Rui gritted his teeth and said, "Is the queen mother very dangerous?"
If he really left, what would the Queen Mother do? How will Emperor Cheng treat his empress mother
When Mother Zhen heard the words, she looked at King Rui with more kind eyes, and said, "No matter what, the queen mother is His Majesty's mother, so please rest assured, even if it is for the sake of the prince, the queen mother will take good care of you."
King Rui lowered his head and did not speak. Mother Zhen knew that King Rui had such an indecisive temperament, so she didn't care, but looked at Princess Rui and said, "Princess, the queen mother said that the concubine is a smart person, so she naturally knows how to choose. The Marquis of Yongning is The son-in-law of the prince, the prince has only four sons, the eldest son and the second son are all from the concubine, if that day... the concubine also knows the character of the prince, she will never treat the concubine and the eldest son badly."
This temptation is not insignificant, but the Queen Mother will never know what Princess Rui wants, but at this time Princess Rui just nodded and said, "It's easy for Mammy to say, but... why does Marquis Yongning want to help the prince? It's a success." Naturally, he is a hero. If he fails, or if the King of England succeeds in the end, then the century-old reputation of the Chu family will be ruined once, not to mention, it will be stigmatized for thousands of years. Even if the Chu family pushes the prince, what will they gain? Really Can you get more than now? And if the Chu family preserves their strength, no matter whether the prince of England wins or loses in the end, the Chu family will be invincible with military power in their hands."
Nanny Zhen knew that Princess Rui was telling the truth, so she considered it entirely for the sake of King Rui. The current connection between the Chu family and King Rui was nothing more than the concubine who married King Rui. However, the century-old reputation of the Chu family was comparable to a woman. Naturally, the former is more important.
King Rui also looked at Nanny Zhen when she heard the words, and Nanny Zhen thought of what the queen mother said, and said, "The queen mother said that it is better to use a king of the opposite sex, and seal all the places in the northwest to the Marquis of Yongning, so that he can control himself... The specific queen mother said Please also ask the princess to ask Mr. Zhao. In the past thirty years, I am afraid that many people have forgotten the glory of the Zhao family as a family of five Jinshi. Is it true that the Zhao family is really willing to stay silent? When the time comes, the prince will really succeed. I'm afraid I still have to rely on Mr. Zhao a lot."
Princess Rui had to admit that the Empress Dowager was really good at controlling people's hearts. If these temptations had not been planned, even Princess Rui would have been moved. Hearing this, she lowered her eyes slightly and said nothing. Mother Zhen continued, "Princess You can also think about it, if the prince really succeeds, then the son is the prince, the future king of a country, and the princess is the mother of the country, then the Zhao family is not only the mother of the prince, but also the meritorious service of the dragon."
"I see." Princess Rui let out a breath slowly, as if she had made up her mind.
Mother Zhen felt relieved when she saw this, she looked at King Rui and said, "My lord, the queen mother asked this old slave to tell my lord to listen more to what my lord has to say, the husband and wife are of the same heart, and my lord will never leave when my lord is in danger. If the prince feels sorry for the princess in the slightest, the queen mother will definitely make the decision for the princess."
"I won't." King Rui said quickly.
Princess Rui smiled slightly when she heard the words, and she didn't say anything. Mother Zhen continued, "The queen mother also said that the queen mother will help take care of the girls in the palace if the prince sends them to the palace." "Your Majesty, please don't worry about the matter of the Empress Dowager Yongle, the Empress Dowager will take care of it."
King Rui frowned, wanted to say something but was stopped by Princess Rui, Princess Rui said, "I know, it's just that the fourth girl is not in good health, and I'm afraid she won't be able to enter the palace. I will pack the fifth girl's things these few days , send her into the palace to accompany the Queen Mother."
Nanny Zhen was completely relieved when she heard the words. It seemed that Princess Rui had already made a decision. What King Rui wanted to say just now, Nanny Zhen also understood in her heart that the queen mother was barely able to protect herself, so how could she still have the ability to protect Shen Qi? That's all it said, but King Rui obviously saw it and wanted to ask, but Princess Rui stopped her. Princess Rui had already made a decision to sacrifice Shen Qi for King Rui and his son.
It's not that the queen mother doesn't love her granddaughter Shen Qi, but compared with her son and grandson, a married granddaughter is not that important.