The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Ying really didn't know much about the Angkor Dynasty.

Even because of the language difference, the communication between the two sides is not much.

In the official name of Ming Dynasty, it is called Chenla.

The Angkor Dynasty is the name of the Khmer people themselves, which is similar to the Ming Dynasty. In Nanyang, it is also called the Khmer Empire. After all, the main ethnic group is the Khmer people.

Diplomatic matters were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, so they called the Minister of Rites, Ren Hengtai, over.

Although Ren Hengtai has a bit of a stubborn personality, he still has a lot of knowledge. Often such a stubborn person has a bit of talent for reading.

Hearing that His Royal Highness Taisun summoned him, Ren Hengtai's heart suddenly turned cold.

"It's been almost two years. His Royal Highness won't trouble me because of the previous incident."

Two years ago, at the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Ying proposed to reform the imperial examination system, and Ren Hengtai, as the minister of the Ministry of Rites, was the first to stand up and sing the opposite.

Naturally, there was nothing to blame in normal court debates, but the imperial examination system was a great success later, which showed that the reform was effective.

Zhu Ying didn't remember it, but Ren Hengtai always remembered it in his heart.

This is to worry that His Royal Highness will settle accounts after autumn.

"Ren Hengtai, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, pays homage to His Royal Highness Taisun."

When Ren Hengtai saw Zhu Ying, he knelt down and kowtowed immediately.

Seeing this, Zhu Ying was a little puzzled, and asked, "Ren Shilang, did you do something wrong?"

Under normal circumstances, except for meetings like the early court, there will be kowtows. It is enough for the monarchs and ministers to meet each other on weekdays, and it is not necessary to kowtow at any time.

Kowtowing when meeting is a habit only in the later Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"The minister is guilty." Cold sweat broke out on Ren Hengtai's forehead all of a sudden, and His Royal Highness called him to come to settle accounts.

Zhu Ying asked curiously; "What's your crime, let's hear it."

Ren Hengtai pondered for a while, not knowing where His Majesty Taisun had caught him, so he tentatively said: "I shouldn't be sleeping secretly while on duty and neglecting my duties."

What's the point of sneaking a nap at work?This is all normal.

Getting up so early in the morning and rushing to the morning morning, few can survive the whole day.

"What else is there?" Zhu Ying asked again.

He already realized that Ren Hengtai was going to make a mistake, so he made fun of it first.

Ren Hengtai's back was drenched, he gritted his teeth and said, "I shouldn't have secretly gone to the Qiushui Building a few days ago, please punish him, His Royal Highness."

Qiushui is not a brothel, its nature is similar to that of a brothel.

And Zhu Yuanzhang once ordered Ming officials to go whoring, and he was punished as a crime when he was found out.

Now this ban is basically described as false, but it has not been canceled in law, and it can be punished if it is really pursued.

"Is there any more?" Zhu Ying asked.

This made Ren Hengtai anxious, sweat was already dripping down his chin, and he was in a panic, thinking hard about what he did wrong.

In fact, as the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, he is basically equivalent to the power of the Shangshu without the Ministry of Rites.

Ren Hengtai usually keeps himself clean and works hard.

I really can't think of an answer at this moment.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I asked you to come here this time to ask you some things about Zhenla. As the servant of the Ministry of Rites, you should be most familiar with these things."

Zhu Ying said with a smile, and at the same time asked the eunuch Guo Zhong to move a seat over.

Looking at Ren Hengtai's situation, I'm afraid he will lose his footing.

Hearing this, Ren Hengtai wanted to cry immediately, but at the same time relaxed his mind, but he almost fell limp when he got up.

Zhu Ying's simple words can be said to be the distance between life and death for Ren Hengtai.

The power of the king is so terrifying. For example, some faint kings in history, even important court officials, might be executed for a trivial matter.

The so-called companionship is like companionship with a tiger, that is the truth.

After taking a breath, Ren Hengtai didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly replied: "The Chenla kingdom established diplomatic relations with our Ming Dynasty in the sixth year of Hongwu, and the king of Chenla, Kuerna, sent an envoy, Naijilang, to offer things."

"After that, the tribute will be paid every three to five years, respectively from the ninth year of Hongwu to the 14th year of Hongwu and the 19th year of Hongwu"

"Now the envoy of the Chenla Kingdom is Amona, who arrived in the capital of the Ming Dynasty in May this year, and is expected to return to Chenla by water after September."

Speaking of this, Ren Hengtai paused slightly, and said: "According to my understanding, the Chenla mission was accompanied by Sultana, the daughter of King Khurna of Chenla, but it was not reported to the Ministry of Rites. It should be a private act."

Ren Hengtai cautiously raised his head and glanced at His Royal Highness, feeling more interested, and immediately continued: "This Sultana has the appearance of an Obaro, and she is not as tall as a Chenla person."

"That's why I specifically inquired that it was born to the concubine Obaro, the king of Chenla. His appearance is extremely exotic. If His Highness is interested, I should let him come to see His Highness."

A woman with a height of 1.7 meters is already eye-catching in the south, let alone her blond hair.

Sultana is very famous in Tianjie Temple, and there are not a few suitors.

It's just that Chenla is relatively strong in Nanyang. As a princess of Chenla, most people don't have the qualifications to pursue it.

Ren Hengtai wondered in his heart whether His Highness Taisun got the news about Sultana from somewhere, so he summoned himself to ask.

Of course he didn't know that His Royal Highness Grandson didn't return to the palace last night, and he had already put Princess Sultana of Chenla to sleep, and she would be canonized as a concubine in the future.

"The current situation in Chenla Kingdom, Ren Shilang knows a little bit about it, and he will tell you what he knows." Naturally, Zhu Ying didn't need to talk about Sultana.

Now that there is no Minister of Rites, the highest official of the Ming Dynasty that envoys from various countries can contact is Ren Hengtai, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites.

As a big country at the hegemony level, Daming would be inferior to any country when it came, so it was natural for it to curry favor with Ren Hengtai on weekdays.

Ren Hengtai knows a little bit about some gossip and anecdotes in various countries.

In Ren Hengtai's narration, he gradually became familiar with the country of Chenla.

Chenla used to be very strong, and it was a big country that cannot be ignored in the entire Indochina Peninsula.

The Angkor Dynasty has a history of nearly 600 years from the beginning of its establishment to the present, and it is a real old kingdom.

At that time, the Central Plains Dynasty was still in the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty.

After 600 years of history, the current Chenla Kingdom has also shown signs of decline.

Especially in the past hundred years, it has continuously fought wars with Siam and Champa, and the country has gradually declined.

As Sultana said, the eldest brother, the eldest son of the king of Chenla, Hurna, Sanlie Popiya, has reached the point where he needs to rely on the support of the general of the Lancang Kingdom to inherit the throne.

After getting a general understanding, Zhu Ying asked Ren Hengtai to step down.

Ren Hengtai's hanging heart finally fell to the ground.

This time, he was terrified.

Taisun's power is growing day by day, and it has reached the point where it is difficult to hear any opposition.

Even if he was a stubborn speaker, he would keep his mouth shut when talking about His Highness the Grandson.

The speaker system was created by His Majesty, and their power also comes from His Majesty's support. Now His Royal Highness is obviously disgusted with the speaker system, and has no intention of following His Majesty's emphasis on speakers.

One courtier after another, His Majesty is old, and the grandson is young but powerful. This Ming Dynasty will be dominated by the grandson from now on, and the officials are not fools, so naturally they will not talk against each other.

The silence officer had already seen His Highness Taisun's attitude.

Originally, the reputation of the speech officer was similar to that of Jin Yiwei, and without the support of the future emperor, he would naturally decline slowly.

The eunuchs who caused disasters for eunuchs in the history of Ming Dynasty were completely eliminated just because of Zhu Ying's attitude.

This is Zhu Ying.

It doesn't matter whether it's Zhu Yunqi or Zhu Di, or even the prince Zhu Biao is still alive.

Because they will be more willing to follow the teachings of their ancestors.

Zhu Di, the emperor of Yongle, violated the ancestral precepts to fight Annan, and was reprimanded by the officials, so he could only bear it in the end.

Zhu Ying didn't like to spoil them.

Sultana was completely panicked at the moment.

She inquired around and found out that Amona was captured by Jin Yiwei.

Jin Yiwei, this is the most powerful yamen in Ming Dynasty, not one of them.

Even the envoys of various countries did not want to deal with him. If they were targeted by Jin Yiwei, even the ministers of the Ming court would have no choice, let alone envoys from small countries like them.

No matter how anxious she was, Sultana had no choice but to think of Zhu Ying in the end.

In Daming, she seemed to know such a person of status as Zhu Ying.

Amona was arrested by Jin Yiwei as a troublemaker because he went to Wenxiang Pavilion to find him.

"Zhu Ying should be able to help, at least ask what's going on."

At this time, Sultana felt a little regretful.

Apart from knowing Zhu Ying's name, she didn't even know where he lived, let alone how to find him.

Finally, it was time for the sky to darken.

Song Zhong came to the embassy of Tianjie Temple in person.

"Miss Sultana, Young Master Zhu is here to invite you."

The envoys from various countries have hardly dealt with Jin Yiwei, so naturally they don't know Song Zhong, the governor.

When Sultana heard that it was someone from Zhu Ying's faction, of course she followed happily.

An elegant room on the third floor of Ping An Restaurant.

When Sultana came over, Zhu Ying happened to be almost there.

"Zhu Ying, do you know anyone in Jinyiwei? The envoys of our Angkor Dynasty were all captured by Jinyiwei."

Sultana didn't have the heart to eat at this time, she saw Zhu Ying and asked directly, with hope in her tone.

Zhu Ying turned to look at Song Zhong, knowingly asked, "What's going on here?"

Of course Song Zhong understood, he quickly bowed his head and said, "Young master, last night the Chenla mission brought a dozen guards to Wenxiang Pavilion to make trouble, and there happened to be a Jinyi guard passing by on patrol, so they were all arrested and sent to jail."

Zhu Ying nodded, and said lightly, "Since it's nothing serious, let's go and release him."

Song Zhong bowed and said, "Yes, young master."

After answering, Song Zhong turned around and left to order his subordinates to go down.

It's not Song Zhong's turn to take care of such a trivial matter as letting people go.

"Are you so good?" Sultana's eyes lit up at the moment.

She also said last night that Zhu Ying is very powerful, but this power is completely different from today's power.

Zhu Ying picked up a piece of white and tender fish and put it into Sultana's bowl and said, "This is a sea fish caught from your side in Chenla. Let's try to see if it tastes like this."

"Since the matter has been resolved, let's have dinner first, it's not okay to be hungry."

No matter how stupid Sultana is, it is definitely not easy to guess Zhu Ying's identity.

"The Jinyiwei Yamen is under the direct jurisdiction of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Neither the emperor's relatives nor court ministers can interfere, but you can directly let the Jinyiwei Yamen release people."

"There are only two people in Daming who can order Jinyiwei Yamen to act. Apart from the Emperor of Ming, there is only the most famous grandson of Daming."

Having said that, Sultana was stunned.

He just stared at Zhu Ying in a daze for a while, and finally his mouth became oh, and he asked with a trembling tone: "Could it be that you are the grandson of Ming Dynasty!!!"

Zhu Ying smiled and said, "You guessed right, here, I will reward you with a piece of shark fin."

Sultana was already overwhelmed by surprise at this time, so excited that she spoke Khmer and chattered a lot.

It was only later that he realized that he quickly switched to Chinese and said, "Oh my God, my man is actually the most honorable grandson of Ming Dynasty and the future emperor of Ming Dynasty."

Then he asked nervously; "Then will you make me your concubine? If I become your concubine, then I don't have to marry to Lancang country, and I can stay in Daming forever."

"Whether it's the father or the eldest brother, they can't control me anymore."

Zhu Ying said affirmatively; "You forget that I told you yesterday that you are my woman, so of course I will make you my concubine."

Then he added: "The child we give birth to will be the king of the Angkor dynasty in the future."

Sultana asked curiously; "Are you going to attack Angkor?"

Zhu Ying shook his head and said, "You can't say that. Today I have asked about the situation of the Angkor dynasty. Now Angkor is no longer as strong as it was then, and the army has become weak."

"Your father, Wang Hu'er, is not in good health and is no longer able to control the entire country, and your elder brother Sanlie Popiya is even worse."

"Since you have become my concubine, I will naturally send an army to Angkor to assist the Angkor royal family's rule."

Zhu Ying didn't have any scruples in his words. He had already seen that Sultana didn't have much affection for her father and elder brother.

He simply expressed his thoughts.

"Great, then we have to give birth to a son as soon as possible, and when our son grows up, he can inherit Angkor."

While speaking, Sultana bypassed the table and sat directly next to Zhu Ying, but she didn't intend to sit down, but squatted down slightly.

"I'm hungry." Sultana said, looking straight at Zhu Ying.

Zhu Ying immediately turned to look at Guo Zhong who was waiting beside him.

Guo Zhong immediately closed the door of the private room, and ordered the entire floor to be sealed off, strictly prohibiting anyone from going upstairs.

Two sticks of incense passed by.

The door of the private room opened, and Sultana licked her lips eagerly.

She was already hungry on a worried day, and with some local dishes from Chenla, it was considered a good meal.

Zhu Ying simply took her to Kunning Palace tonight.

Sultana hasn't seen what Daming's palace looks like yet.