Shu Blossoms

Chapter 256 The Conspiracy Emerges
In Jiankang Palace, Emperor Zhou looked at the letter for a long time without saying a word, his expression unpredictable, Gao Han asked softly, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Emperor Zhou snorted coldly: "The Tuoba clan, young and old, are used to calculating, so if they are willing to give up so much money, they naturally ask for a lot!"

As he said, he threw it towards Gao Han, and Gao Han quickly took it carefully and glanced at it, exclaiming: "Da Wei really wants to win Princess Danyang."

Gao Han has been staying by Emperor Zhou's side all the time, knowing something about his thoughts, he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, this Emperor Wei actually said that if he can win Princess Danyang, Great Wei and Great Zhou will not fight each other in their lifetime. Maybe it's true I fell in love with Princess Danyang."

"Hmph, there is another layer of meaning in what he said, didn't you see it?"

Seeing Gao Han's puzzled face, Emperor Zhou got up and walked out of the hall, looked at the north and said softly: "His other meaning is that if Wei'er doesn't marry to Dawei, maybe he will fight against each other."

"At the beginning, didn't Emperor Wei sign an agreement with me, Da Zhou, that he would not fight within ten years? Could it be?"

Gao Han was horrified, this letter from Emperor Wei was to roast Emperor Zhou and Princess Danyang on the fire.Today's Great Zhou has just recovered from the last Northern Expedition, so it is really inappropriate to start another war.

If the content of this letter is passed to the previous dynasty, I am afraid that Princess Danyang will be forced to marry by those gentry.

But His Majesty obviously had other plans for Princess Danyang before.

"Light up the lamp!" Emperor Zhou ordered softly, and Gao Han immediately understood, and lit the oil lamp. Emperor Zhou put the letter on the candle, and the flame ignited the letter paper, and the edge of the paper began to turn yellow.

Zhou Di didn't know what to think of, and took back the paper to extinguish the flames, folded the letter and put it in the letterhead, and kept it in a secret place.

After tidying up, Emperor Zhou looked at Gao Han and asked, "Today is Jili, did the Xiao family propose marriage to the eldest princess?"

"Yes." Gao Han bowed and nodded, "The Eldest Princess has already handed over the certificate for entering the palace tomorrow."

"You go to Xiao's mansion right now and tell Xiao Yucheng."

"Your Majesty, what you are talking about is the Great Wei." Gao Han glanced at Emperor Zhou, then quickly fell silent, and only said in a low voice: "Yes."

Taking a few steps back, he turned around and rushed towards the Xiao Mansion.

It was dusk at this time, and the afterglow of the setting sun filled the huge Jiankang Palace, but it still couldn't resist the chill of autumn.

In the Xiao Mansion, Xiao Yucheng had just rushed back from outside the city, he originally planned to attend Zheng Wei's Jiji ceremony today, but he did not expect that the sudden emergency of the Stone City garrison was delayed until now.

He came back in a hurry just to ask his mother if there was a clue to what he entrusted before.

That girl was not as good as Ji before, and most of the gentlemen in Jiankang City walked around that girl. He could still calm down, thinking that she was still young, and he was stationed in the military camp all year round. Let her talk about it later.

But a month ago when he heard about the Great Wei Mission, Xiao Yucheng couldn't sit still, he felt vaguely ominous in his heart, so he hurriedly urged his mother to go to the eldest princess's mansion to propose marriage.

Xiao Yucheng fell off his horse in front of the gate of the Xiao Mansion, and a servant came up to take the horse away. He climbed up the steps and before entering the gate, he heard the sound of hooves not far away.Out of curiosity, he looked back, and vaguely saw that it was a carriage from the palace, and it seemed that it should have come to Xiao's residence.

After thinking for a while, he came down and waited in front of the door, but after a while the carriage stopped in front of Xiao's mansion, and it was Gao Han, the chief eunuch who came down.

Xiao Yucheng was secretly surprised that the big inner prisoner traveled with a light car and only brought a small inner prisoner with him.

Although he was puzzled in his heart, he still hurriedly went up to greet him, cupping his fists and saluting: "Great Inner Supervisor."

Gao Han nodded, and said without greeting, "General Xiao, you are here today because His Majesty has something to say to General Xiao."

Xiao Yucheng hurriedly wanted to kneel down, but Gao Han held him back, and said anxiously: "The Great Wei gave gifts of two thousand good horses, five thousand cattle and sheep, Qian Wanguan intends to win Princess Danyang, if His Majesty agrees, not only will he offer several times the dowry, but also Promise that you will not fight in your lifetime."

After speaking, he let go, turned and walked to the carriage.

Xiao Yucheng was stunned for a moment, and quickly called him to stop: "Dare to ask the chief eunuch, what is Your Majesty's attitude towards this matter?"

As soon as he said this, Gao Han looked at him sharply.

Xiao Yucheng did not back down, and said word by word: "The Great Inner Supervisor also watched the princess grow up, and the princess even gave you a new suit during the Chinese New Year."

For some reason, Gao Han's face softened, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty planned to burn that letter, but he put it away again, and ordered me to deliver the letter to General Xiao."

"Thank you, Chief Inspector!"

Xiao Yucheng bent down to the end, and when he got up again, Gao Han had already left in the car.

Xiao Yucheng turned his head to look at the depths of the opposite alley, narrowed his eyes slightly, and then turned back to the house.

And in the opposite alley, a figure flashed past, taking advantage of the slightly dark sky, he walked all the way into the post house.

The person in the post said in a low voice: "The inner eunuch next to the Emperor of Zhou came out of the palace to meet Xiao Yucheng just now. But the area around them is too open, and there are some masters hiding in secret, I dare not get too close, I can't hear clearly they said."

The person in the room nodded without saying a word, and the person left with fists in their hands and saluted.

"It seems that things are as you expected. Emperor Zhou did not directly refuse His Majesty's invitation, but sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight."

An old voice came from inside the room, and his body was as vicissitudes as the voice. He slowly turned his head and looked at the old Taoist priest with white hair and childlike face opposite him with burning eyes.

"Naturally, I've been by his side for a long time, so I naturally want to know more."

The old Taoist is Zhang Ruo, the old national teacher who was beaten by Zheng Wei a few days ago until he couldn't get out of bed, but now he quietly entered the post house where the Wei mission was temporarily staying.

"I haven't seen you for so many years. You still seem to be the same. You really have a good cultivation. Unlike me, I am old and my body is rotten. I almost lost my life after traveling thousands of miles!"

The person who spoke before suddenly sighed.

"Brother He Ba, you have worked too hard these years, and now you are even more depressed. You will take some time to rest and take some pills I gave you, and you will feel better."

Zhang Ruo's tone was very familiar. Hearing his words and talking to him, the old man turned out to be He Bajing of Great Wei.

He Bajing listened to his words, coldness flashed across his lowered eyes, and he still sighed: "Now my Heba family has fallen. If I hadn't said that I was familiar with the Great Master Zhou, our emperor might not Will allow me to come and plan this."

"If you have anything to say, just say it in the letter, why bother you to make this trip by yourself."

Zhang Ru's eyes flickered.

He Bajing didn't seem to notice his abnormality, looked at the people standing in the corner of the room and sighed, "Brother Zhang should know that I have found my grandson, and that poor daughter died in Dazhou, how can I not come to see it in my lifetime?" Look. And if the Heba clan wants to make a comeback, it must be done, and regain the emperor's reliance!"

When He Bajing said the last thing, a strange light suddenly burst out in his eyes, and he looked at Zhang Ruo scorchingly.

Zhang Ru didn't know why he was in a daze, but he didn't notice anything unusual about He Bajing.

The person standing in the corner of the room also turned to look at Zhang Ruo with a cold and unpredictable expression.

And that familiar face has lost the ugly scar, and has restored its handsome appearance.

This person is naturally Amu who stayed in Dawei back then. Now that he has set foot on this land again, he feels both familiar and strange.

Perhaps it was because the atmosphere in the room was particularly depressing, so Zhang Ru stood up and said goodbye.

He Bajing didn't keep him, and asked Amu to send him outside the house. He didn't continue to see him off, but stood there watching a group of guards escort Zhang Ruozuo away.

"The older he gets, the more he is afraid of death!" He Bajing snorted softly.

Amu smiled faintly, "He was afraid that the little girl would beat him so hard that she wouldn't be able to get up again!"

(End of this chapter)