Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 489 489. Swan Meat

For Zhu Xiuyuan, he was almost sick of watching this kind of palace dance!
Because he was often invited to the palace by Emperor Chen to attend banquets and dances no less than fifty or sixty times...

Therefore, Zhu Xiuyuan's eyes were not fascinated by the singing and dancing. He took the opportunity to take a look at everyone.

Needless to say, Emperor Chen and Concubine You had watched the singing and dancing for most of their lives, and it seemed that they couldn't get enough of it. Emperor Chen was sitting on the dragon chair, tapping the beat with his fingers, looking intoxicated.

Li Jiye, the first person on the left, seemed to have little interest in singing and dancing. He drank and ate vegetables at the same time. He only occasionally glanced at the singing and dancing in the middle of the hall.

Then came Princess Anle, Li Qingnu... To Zhu Xiuyuan's surprise, this Li Qingnu, as a woman, actually watched with relish.She even forgot to eat the food and drink, and sat there upright, with her eyes almost on the dancer's body...

Zhu Xiuyuan was stunned for a while. This Princess Anle...could her orientation be abnormal?
But suddenly, Zhu Xiuyuan noticed that Li Qingnu's hands and feet were very restless, and she was eager to try. It seemed... She seemed to want to run over and dance with her?

Next came the prince, who watched with relish while drinking.

Then there is the King of Jinling... Well, this person is not that obsessed with singing and dancing, but he seems to... keep looking towards Princess Anle Li Qingnu!

Zhu Xiuyuan frowned, could this King of Jinling be...

Finally, Li Zhong, King Zhongshan, and others were opposite. Li Zhong, King Zhongshan, and others were all fascinated by the singing and dancing. They watched with gusto. Their eyes almost popped out of their eyes when they stared at the top-notch dancers collected by Emperor Chen. .

However...this King of Jiangdu is always an anomaly. He seems to have little interest in singing and dancing. He only cares about drinking and eating. He is somewhat similar to Li Jiye...

Unknowingly, several consecutive performances of singing and dancing ended, and time flew by. It was already more than an hour later.

The banquet was about the same.

So Li Jiye said, "I'm tired from the journey and want to go back to the post house to rest."

Emperor Chen naturally agreed and ordered Zhu Xiuyuan to personally escort the two envoys back to the post house.

Zhu Xiuyuan accepted the order and immediately led Li Jiye and Li Qingnu out of the palace, not to mention it for now.

Let's talk about the King of Jinling. He drank a few more drinks at the banquet just now and was a little drunk.

After leaving the palace and returning home, his brother King Kuaiji and his counselor Chen Dongyi were both in the living room, so they asked about receiving the Liang envoy.

The King of Jinling was so drunk that he couldn't help but start from the beginning.

Starting from the intrigue after entering the palace, and then leaving the palace with the crown prince, going to Chengtian Gate, to greet the envoy of Liang Guo, and talking about the envoy of Liang Guo getting off the car and landing...

"Second brother, you don't know...ah, Princess Anle of the Liang Kingdom is so beautiful! She is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen..."

King Jinling was really drunk. When he thought of Princess Anle's beautiful face, he couldn't help but look like a pig brother, with an evil smile on his face.

"Brother, I have heard that Princess Anle of the Liang Kingdom is one of the most beautiful princesses in all countries. And...according to legend, Princess Anle has a gentle personality..."

King Kuaiji pondered for a while and then said.

"Haha, second brother, you are right. The rumors are indeed true. Although Princess Anle has never spoken a word, it can be seen from her behavior that she must be a good princess with a gentle temperament..."

King Jinling was drunk, and when he mentioned Princess Anle, his face couldn't help but smile.

Chen Dongyi, the counselor on the other side, saw his two brothers' words and demeanor, his heart was moved, and he cupped his hands and said: "My lord, the villain has an idea. If this matter can be successful, it will be of great benefit to my lord!"

"Oh? What's your opinion, sir?"

The smile on King Jinling's face faded, he glanced at counselor Chen Dongyi, and his tone was a little cold.

Because before, it was Chen Dongyi's plan to use Luo Ding, the son of the ambassador of Jiangning Weaving Bureau, to disgust and humiliate Zhu Xiuyuan.

But the final result was that King Jinling's grandfather, Prime Minister Li Zhong, who had carefully trained officials for more than ten years, was uprooted by Zhu Xiuyuan...

It can be described as a big defeat!
Although the King of Jinling wanted to adopt this plan, he still blamed the counselor Chen Dongyi. If he had not planned this strategy, the King of Jinling would not have adopted it... Therefore, his attitude seemed a little cold.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, Princess Anle of the Liang Kingdom is not married yet, and the same is true for the prince... Since the prince admires Princess Anle so much, why not... marry her back to the palace!"

When King Jinling and King Kuaiji heard this, they immediately froze there, frowning for a moment in thought.

"Your Majesty, Princess Anle is very popular with Emperor Liang and regards her as the apple of his eye. Moreover, Princess Anle's brother, King Qian of the Liang Kingdom, is very likely to be named the crown prince of the Liang Kingdom, and between Princess Anle and King Qian, there is no relationship between brother and sister. The situation is very good!"

"If the prince marries Princess Anle, he will have the support of Emperor Liang nearby, and the help of the future Emperor Liang will be far away! This will be of extremely important benefit to the prince's great cause!"

After Chen Dongyi finished speaking, he bowed and held his hands, and then kept this posture.

King Jinling was still frowning in deep thought, but the corners of his mouth were slowly rising. It could be seen that he was extremely satisfied with this strategy.

After all, it is Liang Guo!
The title of "Qiangliang" is not for nothing.

If he marries Princess Anle, not only will he have a beautiful woman, but he will also get help from Emperor Liang. This is simply killing two birds with one stone!
It will be of great benefit to him in regaining the position of prince in the future.

"Brother, what you said is wonderful. This is indeed a great thing. Brother Huang, I think you should adopt your opinion and agree." King Kuaiji also said.

The smile on King Jinling's face became even wider. Seeing that counselor Chen Dongyi was still bowing and cupping his hands, he went over in person and helped him up: "Sir, you are really my deputy general. Please get up quickly. This is a very clever plan. I will help you." How could the king refuse to accept it?"

Chen Dongyi took advantage of the situation and stood up straight, cupped his hands and said: "It is the duty of a villain to make suggestions for the prince. If the prince can adopt the villain's suggestions, the villain is very happy!"

"Hahaha!"

The King of Jinling laughed loudly and patted Chen Dongyi on the shoulder, "Sir, if this is accomplished, I will definitely give you a heavy reward! If you win the position of crown prince in the future, sir, you will be my candidate for prime minister! Hahaha …”

Chen Dongyi was naturally frightened, but also grateful.

"However, sir, although this plan is clever, Princess Anle is much loved, she is the jewel in Emperor Liang's palm, and the Kingdom of Liang is high above, how can this king propose to marry me? Please teach me, sir."

"Your Majesty, please don't rush into this matter... Well, in my opinion, Your Majesty should take care of it slowly. Anyway, Princess Anle will stay in the capital for dozens of days. Your Majesty has plenty of opportunities... But first, Your Majesty should go and investigate. If you have the support of the Prime Minister and the Queen, this matter will be much easier." Chen Dongyi paid his respects.

"Well, what you said makes sense! Without further ado, I will go see grandpa right now!"

As a result, King Jinling, who had just returned to his mansion, packed up his things again, left the mansion, and went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

But it was said that the Prime Minister Li Zhong, after returning from the palace, sat in the study and read various documents.

Suddenly, a servant came to report that King Jinling wanted to see him.

Li Zhong said "Oh", continued to hold the documents in both hands, and only said: "Bring me here to meet you!"

The servant obeyed the order and left. After a while, King Jinling walked in the door, stood three feet in front of the desk, bowed his hands and said, "Grandpa!"

"Duan'er, why did you come to see me?"

Li Zhong still held the document in both hands, only lowering it slightly so that he could look at the King of Jinling in front of the desk.

The "Duan'er" in his words refers to the King of Jinling, whose surname is Liu Duan.

"Grandpa..."

At that moment, King Jinling told Chen Dongyi all about his plan. After he finished speaking, he stared at Li Zhong expectantly.

"Um……"

Li Zhong frowned immediately, threw down the document with a snap, stood up from the chair, and walked around with his hands behind his back, as if he was thinking deeply.

Seeing this, King Jinling did not dare to say anything. He just stood there, his eyes moving as Li Zhong moved around, waiting quietly and expectantly.

"This method is wonderful!"

Suddenly, Li Zhong stopped, looked at King Jinling with two small and clear eyes, and said with a smile: "If Duan'er marries that Princess Anle, it will be of immeasurable benefit to your future and your great cause! This matter will be of immeasurable benefit to you. The truth is that I agree!"

"Thank you, Grandpa!"

King Jinling was immediately excited. In his opinion, if Li Zhong agreed, the matter would be half successful.

Because that Princess Anle of the Liang Kingdom is really a sweet potato.

Not only is she beautiful, but her status is also a huge help to his future husband!

In Chen's royal family, there are really many princes of matching age.

The greatest threat to King Jinling is the crown prince!
Because the prince does not have a princess yet.

However, if grandpa agrees, then he has some chance of winning the marriage to Princess Anle.

"But Duan'er, if you want to marry Princess Anle of Liang Kingdom, it is extremely difficult and cannot be done overnight..." Li Zhong added.

King Jinling's excitement suddenly stopped and he hurriedly bowed and said: "Grandpa, please do your best to facilitate this matter. My grandson will be grateful!"

"Well..." Li Zhong waved his hand and stroked his beard and said, "Don't worry, Duan'er, I will try my best to help you facilitate this matter, but there are some things that you can do first, Duan'er."

"May I ask grandpa, what is it?"

"First, you enter the palace immediately and seek your mother's opinion on this matter. Your mother is the master of the harem after all, and her opinion is also very important!"

"Secondly, to put it mildly, this matter is also a matter between you young people. Duan Er, you are also considered a good-looking talent, Fengshen is handsome, why don't you approach that Princess An Le in advance, and try to make a good impression. If you can To be favored by Princess Anle is naturally the best!" "Thank you, grandpa, for your reminder, grandson knows. Grandpa, it's not too late, then grandson will leave now, and go to the palace to meet the queen first?"

"Well, let's go!"

So King Jinling left the Prime Minister's Mansion and went straight to the imperial city.

On the way, the King of Jinling thought of his grandfather's strong support. Then he had come out on top in the battle for Princess Anle, and the beautiful thing about him returning home with a beautiful woman and even winning the crown prince's position was just a matter of time. Very close!
Thinking of the beautiful appearance of Princess Anle and the position of the crown prince, King Jinling felt ecstatic.

He seemed to feel that the entire world of Chen State would belong to him...

He couldn't help but think in his mind: "Hey, hey, if I take over the world of Chen State, the first thing I will do is capture the temptress in the palace, make her succumb to my flattery, and then build a special building for her." A brothel allows her to receive guests every day and be ridden by thousands of people..."

"By the way, there is also that Jiangcheng uncle Zhu Xiuyuan, I will kill him with a thousand knives! There are also King Zhongshan, the prince, etc. Hehe, you all just wait for me!"

However, King Jinling, who was happily rushing to the imperial city, was caught off guard by a blow in the head outside the Meridian Gate!

He was completely pulled out of his beautiful fantasy, and was whipped hard by the cruel reality, which hurt him to the bone!

King Jinling is a prince and can enter and exit the imperial city freely, but if he wants to enter the Forbidden City, he must pass through the Meridian Gate.As an adult prince, he naturally cannot enter or leave the Meridian Gate at will.

Therefore, the confident King Jinling asked the Jinwu Guards at Meridian Gate to report on his behalf.

The Jinwu Guard did not dare to neglect and went to report it immediately.

But he waited outside the Meridian Gate for a long time before a young eunuch came over and said that His Majesty was busy...

King Jinling handed over a piece of gold, and the little eunuch just revealed the reason. It turned out that Emperor Chen and Concubine You had gone to play in the artificial hot spring again, and ordered no one to disturb them.

The eunuch in charge of communication was very good at assessing the situation. He had risked his own life to report Zhu Xiuyuan's request before.

But this King of Jinling... As we all know, His Majesty does not like to see King of Jinling. Otherwise, as the eldest son of the emperor, why is he not the prince?

Furthermore, the current prince is the son of Concubine You, so it can be said that Concubine You and the King of Jinling are natural political enemies...

This King of Jinling is not something Emperor Chen wants to see, and he and Concubine You are natural political enemies... For multiple reasons, a fool would risk his life to pass the news.

Unless he doesn't want to live anymore.

Ever since, King Jinling, who was waiting outside the Meridian Gate, was expecting such a result.

This was a real slap in the face.

He was stunned.

"It's this temptress again..." King Jinling muttered viciously. His heart was ups and downs. After silently reciting the "punishment" he had given to the temptress in his mind, he felt better.

King Jinling thought about Princess Anle's beauty and the position of the prince, so he endured it.

Outside the Meridian Gate, he waited for another two hours before he received a reply from Emperor Chen who agreed to let him enter the palace to see the queen.

……

Half an hour later, King Jinling came out of the palace.

He had a smile on his face and walked with a breeze.

It was successful, the queen very much agreed with his idea of ​​marrying Princess Anle of Liang, and said that she would do her best to plan this matter for him...

The proud King of Jinling recalled Li Zhong's two suggestions to him. The first was to seek the Queen's opinion, and the second was to approach Princess Anle Li Qingnu to try to leave a good impression.

As a result, the confident King of Jinling rushed directly to the post house where the Liang envoy was staying after leaving the palace.

……

Let's say that Zhu Xiuyuan, under the order of Emperor Chen, took Liang Guo's envoys out of the palace, rushed to the post house where he was staying, and sent them into it, Zhu Xiuyuan asked them to rest first, and he retreated out by himself and went back to the mansion.

Because Li Jiye and the others had been on the road for several days, the boats and cars were exhausted, and it was getting dark now, and if they said that they would not have enough time to go out to play, so it is better to rest today, recharge their energy, and wait until tomorrow to make arrangements.

The post house has been tidied up long ago, and the beds and beddings have all been replaced with new ones. The guys in the original post house have also been evacuated long ago, and the place has been completely vacated for the Liang Guo envoys and their followers to live in.

However, Li Qingnu didn't want to use the bedding reserved in the post house. She was on a mission to Chen State and brought bedding from the princess's mansion and was ordering her maids to put it in place.

In addition, some ornaments, calligraphy and paintings, etc. also need to be rearranged.

The gifts brought to Zhu Xiuyuan and the others must also be carefully put away, and they will be brought with them when they visit Jiangcheng Uncle's Mansion tomorrow...

Naturally, servants and maids took care of these trivial matters, and she and her elder brother Li Jiye took a rest in the living room of the post house, drinking tea and chatting.

Suddenly, a soldier from the Liang Kingdom came and said, "Your Majesty, Princess, we have a visitor!"

"Oh, guest? Is it Brother Zhu who has left and returned? Didn't I tell you that if Brother Zhu comes here, he can go straight in without having to report?"

Li Jiye frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, not Uncle Zhu, that man claims to be the King of Jinling."

"King Jinling?" Li Jiye thought for a long time, and then he remembered that this King Jinling seemed to be the one he saw in the palace today, "What's the matter with him?"

Li Jiye's tone has become cold.

To be honest, he didn't want to give face to anyone in the Chen Kingdom's court except Zhu Xiuyuan and Chen Huang.

This is the pride that belongs to the messengers of God.

"Uh... Your Majesty, Princess, the King of Jinling said... he wanted to see the Princess!"

"puff!"

After hearing this, Li Jiye spurted out the tea he had just drank.

He didn't care about choking, and stared angrily, "What? He wants to see the imperial sister?"

"Brother Emperor, are you okay? I don't want to see the King of Jinling!"

Li Qingnu was also a little angry. Her behavior was probably as if she was being harassed by wild bees and butterflies. She felt nauseated and had goosebumps on her wrists.

"Imperial sister, don't worry!"

Li Jiye came to his senses and quickly comforted Li Qingnu. Then he turned to stare at the soldier and said in a cold voice: "King Jinling, you are such an idiot! Beat me away with sticks. If he dares to come and harass me again, I will kill you." Wang will definitely ask Emperor Chen for an explanation!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The soldiers took orders and left.

……

After half an hour.

Jinling Palace.

"Hiss... lightly lightly... you slave, are you trying to murder this king, please lighten up!"

King Jinling was so angry that he snatched the medicine bottle from the servant's hand and threw it to the ground. In an instant, the room was filled with ceramic shards and medicine powder.

The servants immediately fell to their knees and trembled.

"Brother, calm down. You are injured now and must be given medicine... Hey, those envoys from the Liang Kingdom are really hateful. How could they do it... It's okay to hit people, but they also specifically hit people in the face. ..." King Kuaiji sighed.

"Hey, second brother, stop talking!"

King Jinling sat down slumped, his head and face covered with swelling.

His expression was extremely complicated and at the same time full of shock.

The fact that he was beaten was secondary. The most important thing was that the words of those Liang soldiers were terrifying.

They actually said that if he dared to harass him again, he would ask Chen Huang for an explanation...

OMG!

Needless to say, if this matter really gets to Emperor Chen, the one who will be unlucky in the end will definitely be King Jinling!

Moreover, the idea of ​​marrying Princess Anle is truly wishful thinking!
His beating was in vain!

It's just that King Jinling didn't expect that from the beginning, his idea was just wishful thinking.

It's like a toad wants to eat swan meat!
It was him.

【Ask for a monthly ticket】

(End of this chapter)