Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 374
"Emissary Cui! This concubine is Princess Qiyu!"

When Cui Hongdu heard the woman in his arms whispering, he couldn't help being taken aback, thinking that he had heard it wrong, but just as he was about to ask, he heard the woman say softly: "Gecheng is very strict in monitoring this place, there is no way , I can only pretend to be a bed servant to have a secret conversation with you, please forgive me for being rude!"

"Prince, please forgive me!" Cui Hongdu heard clearly this time, and hastily pushed the woman out of his arms, but was hugged and couldn't be pushed out.

"Emissary Cui don't need to care!" Qi Yu whispered: "Gecheng has a group of spies who can penetrate every corner. This palace is his lair. We must not be careless. We can discuss it like this, so we don't have to worry about being discovered by outsiders. Already!"

"Such a discussion?" Cui Hongdu was full of Xiangyu at this time, but he couldn't laugh or cry. At this moment, he felt a softness behind his back, but another woman also turned into the quilt, and leaned over. I had to grit my teeth and endure.

"Envoy Cui, can we start discussing?" Princess Saitama asked

"Okay!" Cui Hongdu resisted the impulse and said.

"Very well, my first question is, what is the purpose of the envoys of the Tang Dynasty coming to the country? Will they plan to send troops to our country and turn it into a county like they did with Baekje?"

"Emperor Qiyu, it is clearly written in the national book: I was ordered by the emperor to come across the sea. There are three things in total: first, canonize your country, and determine the distinction between the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese kingdom; His subordinates are the sinners of Baekje, if they don’t punish Baekje for a day, Baekje will have no peace for a day, and must be returned; thirdly, the two countries should make good business relations, thinking that it will be a long-term plan!"

After Cui Hongdu finished talking about the three conditions, he immediately felt the tense body of the woman in his arms relax. Obviously, the three conditions he proposed were much more relaxed than Princess Saitama originally thought.

"There is no problem with the first one. My country is willing to regard Datang as the suzerain, but it does not accept hostages, pay tribute, and Tang soldiers and horses are not allowed to station in our country!"

"The princess is joking!" Cui Hongdu said with a smile, "You don't take hostages, you don't pay tribute, and you don't garrison troops. What kind of country is this? Are there such monarchs in the world?"

"That can accept hostages. The country is small and the people are poor, and they really can't afford to pay the tribute and support the army and horses of the upper country!"

"Prince, your country has sent envoys many times, and you are not ignorant of the situation in China. Silla is a vassal of my Tang Dynasty, and the Lord of Silla is the third secretary of Kaifu Yitong of my Tang Dynasty. , King of Shangzhu Kingdom, and King of Lelang County, Jin Renwen, the younger brother of the king, has been in Chang'an for more than ten years. How much tribute? How many Tang soldiers and horses are there on the land?"

"Then what does your envoy mean?"

"Princess, since your country is willing to accept the canonization and set the distinction between monarch and minister, then accepting hostages, paying tribute, and accepting soldiers from the upper kingdom is the right thing to do, it's just how much or how little!"

Cui Hongdu heard that the woman in his arms was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Then let's put this matter aside for the time being. The second matter is that Fu Yu Fengzhang came to vote for it. His wife is a noble daughter of the country. There are quite a lot, if you hand them over to your country, I am afraid that the nobles in the country will be dissatisfied!"

"Hehehe!" Cui Hongdu chuckled a few times: "As far as I know, Fuyu Fengzhang's wife is the daughter of Abebirov, right?"

"That's right!" Princess Saitama was startled inwardly, she didn't expect that the other party knew so much about her own situation: "Amber Hirov is a general of our country, he has made many meritorious deeds, he will definitely try his best to protect his son-in-law! "

"Princess! This time your country lost tens of thousands of teachers, and every family in the country wore filial piety. In the final analysis, it was all because of Fu Yu Fengzhang. You said that the nobles in the country would be dissatisfied for handing him over, isn't it a bit strange!"

"The outcome of the battle is unpredictable. Besides, the dispatch of troops this time is not all for the purpose of helping Yu Fengzhang, but more for the recovery of the four counties of Ren. This point is clear to the nobles!"

Hearing the words of Empress Qiyu, Cui Hongdu was slightly taken aback. He was a little surprised that the other party admitted that the Japanese sent troops to Baekje this time mainly to recover the four counties.He hesitated for a while, and decided to throw a hole card according to Wang Wenzuo's prearrangement: "Then what if the captured Japanese are exchanged for Fuyu Fengzhang and his men?"

"Exchange?" Empress Saitama's breathing suddenly became heavy: "Do you mean that you are willing to exchange our soldiers who were lost in Baekje?"

"Yes, for example, Lianxiong from the Ministry of Things, Shoujun Dashi and others, they are all in the hands of Datang! If your country can return Fu Yu Fengzhang, you can release these people back to the country!" Cui Hongdu laughed when he said this Laughter: "Princess, I actually find it difficult to understand why you are so persistent in the matter of Fuyu Fengzhang. Since this person has the blood of the Baekje royal family and is the leader of the judgment at the beginning, as long as he lives for a day, Baekje will be the leader." There is no peace. Your country keeps him as a treasure in your hands, is it because you still don’t give up on Baekje? If this is the case, then there is nothing to talk about!"

Empress Qiyu fell into silence, and Cui Hongdu's words hit his heart. As he said, the conflict between the Tang Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom was the battle for the restoration of Baekje, and Fuyu Fengzhang was the root of this war. If the Wa Kingdom insists on not surrendering Fuyu Fengzhang, it can only be explained that it still has plans for Baekje. If this is the case, then the peace between Tang and Wo is just empty talk.

"Then if we hand over Fuyu Fengzhang, Tang will still have to use troops. Wouldn't it be a villain for nothing?"

"Prince, the Tang Dynasty did not want your country to unilaterally hand over Fuyu Fengzhang, but to exchange the captives in his hands. Doesn't this show sincerity? Could it be said that in the eyes of your country, the people of your country are not as good as Fuyu Fengzhang? Help escape the captives!"

This time Empress Qiyu was finally forced into a corner, she gritted her teeth: "The envoy's words are very reasonable, I will support the surrender of Fuyu Fengzhang, but the real power is in Katsuragi's hands, what I say may not mean anything! "

"The Katsuragi you're talking about is the eldest brother's prince, right? Is he enthroned as king now?"

"Yes, that's him!" Princess Saitama nodded: "He hasn't succeeded to the throne yet!"

"Then who is on the throne?"

"The throne is vacant, and now there is no one in the country to be king!"

"That's weird!" Cui Hongdu laughed and said, "As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day. How could your country have no king for such a long time? Besides, if the throne is vacant, who will I give the letter of credence I brought? Who?"

"This is indeed a trouble!" Princess Saitama whispered: "It is also for this reason, so Katsuragi left you in the palace!"

"So that's what happened. I'm wondering why he doesn't let us go to the capital with all kinds of preferential treatment every day. It turns out that there is an unspeakable secret!" Cui Hongdu laughed mockingly: "Then those who have Are you qualified to take the throne?"

"Actually, there are only three of them, me, Katsuragi, and his brother Hairen!"

"Oh? Can a woman from your country be king?" Cui Hongdu asked.

"That's right, the previous king was a woman. According to the usual practice, I do have the right to be king. In fact, my brother is Katsuragi's biggest enemy. Unfortunately, he has already been killed by that fellow!" Saitama's body trembled slightly. , obviously already extremely angry.

"Then, princess, don't you want to deal with the two brothers, one against two, the situation is worrying!"

"The envoy guessed wrong!" Princess Qiyu chuckled and said, "Although Prince Hairen and Katsuragi are brothers, they have split up in order to fight for the throne. Prince Hairen has married me and joined forces to deal with Katsuragi. Two vs. one is true, but the two are on my side, not Katsuragi!"

Cui Hongdu was taken aback when he heard the words, and then laughed: "I really didn't expect that if it's as you said, wouldn't it mean that your side has the upper hand?"

"That's not necessarily the case!" Princess Qitama shook her head: "Although Katsuragi and Hairen are brothers, Gecheng is much older than Hairen, and they are about the same as father and son. Moreover, Gecheng has been in charge of state affairs for many years. If it weren't for this The defeat of Baekje in the second expedition caused a lot of damage to his prestige, and he has already succeeded to the throne directly, so there will be no such situation at all!"

"So that's it!" Cui Hongdu nodded: "In other words, then I will stay here for a while, by the way, the princess ventured here tonight, what exactly do you want?"

"I came to meet your envoy for two reasons: first, I hope to understand the purpose of your envoy's visit; second, I hope to seek Tang's support to defeat Katsuragi, ascend to the throne, and avenge the killing of my brother! "

"The princess should have understood the first matter. As for the second matter, to be honest, I'm in the palace now and can't do anything, let alone which side to support!"

"No, there is a way!" Princess Qiyu laughed and said, "Katsuragi won't let you go to the capital, but if you say you want to go back to Baekje, he won't stop you!"

"So what, even if I go back to Baekje and report these things to my superiors, what's the point? Do you want the Tang Dynasty to send troops here? But you just didn't even want to pay tribute to the garrison!"

"Of course I don't want you to send troops, but as long as your country's envoys come to the capital and claim to ask the culprit who sent troops to Baekje to abdicate before negotiating peace, then Katsuragi will naturally not be able to ascend the throne!" Princess Saitama smiled slyly.

"That's okay too? Didn't you say that Katsuragi has been in charge of state affairs for many years?"

"One moment and another, that's why he doesn't let you go to the capital!" Princess Saitama smiled and said, "Right now, the two sides in the capital are pretty much the same power, as long as one side increases a little bit more power, it will be able to ascend the throne!"

"Even if what you said is true, then I can't go to the capital?"

"Yes, this is a sea chart!" Princess Saitama took out a piece of silk paper from her arms: "This marks an island, next time your ship doesn't need to go to Chikushi, you can go directly to the island, there are people on the island , he will take your ship directly to the capital by sea, so Katsuragi will not be able to stop you!"

Cui Hongdu took the silk paper, thinking in his heart that no matter what the woman said is true or not, he will discuss it with Zen Master Huicong after dawn before making a decision, and here he agrees.Thinking of this, he put away the silk paper: "In that case, let's come here first tonight, why are you leaving?"

"Pfft!" Princess Qiyu laughed and said, "What else can I do? Naturally, it is what it is normally, and today is what it is! Otherwise, the palace is full of the eyeliner of Katsuragi, at least dozens of pairs of eyes staring at this place, if there is even a little It's different, isn't it telling Katsuragi that something is wrong?"

"How about today?" Cui Hongdu was stunned, and said in the middle of his mouth: "Yes, but——"

"What's the matter! What's the big deal about the love between men and women, the great relationship of the country? Our Yamato people don't have as many rules as your Tang people. Don't tell me you are a man, and you still want our daughter's family to help you?"

Cui Hongdu wanted to speak, but found that the two pieces of flesh in front of him and behind him squirmed, and he couldn't speak when the words reached his mouth, and then they got closer and closer, sandwiching him, like a meat pie.

The next day, early morning.

Huicong pushed open the door and took a deep breath, only to feel a fresh air filled with the fragrance of flowers rushing into his lungs, and suddenly felt uncomfortable all over his body, subconsciously said "Amitabha!"

After reciting the Buddha, he walked out of the door, raised his hands and kicked his legs in the corridor, loosened his muscles and bones, and walked around in the orange grove twice. He just came back and just walked up the stairs when he heard a creak, Cui Hongdu's door It was also opened, and Cui Hongdu came out from it, unkempt, yawning, looking like he didn't get enough sleep.

"Brother Cui, you woke up a lot later than usual. The poor monk has already wandered around the orange grove twice before you got up. This is not uncommon!"

"Really?" Cui Hongdu lowered his head a little ashamedly: "I made the Zen master laugh. Tomorrow, no, I will definitely change my past from now on!"

Huicong was speaking casually, but he didn't expect Cui Hongdu to react so strongly, he said with a smile, "Brother Cui, why bother? It's just a joke, we two stay in this palace, to put it nicely, we are envoys, saying To put it bluntly, it’s a prisoner, nothing more than better food and use, so what’s the big deal if you sleep a little longer!”

"What Zen Master said is true!" Cui Hongdu coughed twice, and he looked left and right: "Zen Master, if there is nothing wrong, can you walk around the forest with me again?"

"Is it okay? What else can I do here!" Huicong said with a smile, "Brother Cui, you are too polite!"

"Okay, let's go for a walk!" Cui Hongdu and Huicong walked into the orange grove, and when they went deep, Cui Hongdu confirmed that there was no one around, and said in a low voice: "Zen Master, a strange thing happened last night, just listen to me." Say!" So he described the two women who came to the bed last night from the Japanese, one of whom claimed to be Princess Saitama, and described everything that happened afterwards, and finally said: "Zen Master, this matter has a lot to do with it. , I don’t dare to make a decision alone, so I ask you to think about it together before making a decision!”

"There are indeed many strange things about this matter!" Huicong thought for a moment and said, "Has the woman produced any proof of her identity?"

"No!" Cui Hongdu shook his head: "But even if she showed something, I couldn't tell the truth from the fake!"

(End of this chapter)