My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 404 Use every possible means

Being handsome is a lie, but using Kang Chengqian as the emperor of Wu is real. Regardless of whether the civil and military officials in Jiangdong later establish another emperor, Kang Chengqian's role is unquestionable.

Watching the other party exit the palace gate tremblingly, the smile on Su Chen's face gradually faded, she leaned back on the chair and hooked her fingers. ,

Wu Zixun stepped forward quickly and bowed.

"Ask Governor Zheng to send people to keep a close eye on Kang Chenggan's family. Even though he has come to seek refuge, he should still be careful not to go back on his word midway. If there is any abnormal movement, everyone else can be killed, except Kang Chenggan. Of course, if there is no abnormal movement, then it will be fine. most."

Wu Zixun has been following Su Chen for a long time. From being in a hurry at the beginning to being familiar with everything now, everything he handles, whether it is dark or upright, is handled in an orderly manner.

"By the way, let's call the Taiwei and the Prime Minister here." Su Chen thought about it and added.

Wu Zixun responded respectfully, and immediately walked out of the hall quickly, taking the words with him, and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion in the Imperial City in person, where he invited Zhuge Liang, who was leisurely playing with flowers and plants, and Jia Xu, who was reading in the room. .

Not long after, the two of them drove into the palace in a carriage. This was Su Chen's permission for them.

"My minister Zhuge Liang (Jia Xu) pays homage to Your Majesty!"

After entering the main hall, Zhuge Liang, whom he had not seen for two years, was a little younger than before. He looked like a middle-aged handsome man. He waved his crane fan and greeted him with a smile, "Your Majesty, I wonder if I have anything to ask you?"

Jia Xu was probably betrayed once by Su Chen in front of all the army generals when he was in Liang State. At this moment, the old man stood beside him with his beard twirled and said nothing.

"About Vietnam."

Su Chen didn't pay attention to Jia Xu's behavior. It was just a little joke between the monarch and his ministers. He stood up from the dragon chair and pointed his fingertips on the table. "The Kingdom of Wu is already in the bag now, so there is nothing to worry about. But the Kingdom of Yue is still in the world." The relationship between the mountains and the forest is like marriage, but we don’t need this relationship now, and it won’t look good if it’s torn apart.”

"Your Majesty, do you want to take over the country of Yue without spending a single soldier?"

Sure enough, talking to smart people is comfortable.

Su Chen just expressed concern that Zhuge Liang had already stated his purpose, smiled and shook the crane fan, "This matter is easy to say. Your Majesty wants to take over the Yue Kingdom, why not start with the one in the palace?"

Jia Xu on the side closed her eyes, pursed her lips and suppressed a smile.

In the palace?

Su Chen narrowed his eyes and stopped tapping his fingertips. Only then did he understand who Zhuge Liang was talking about, the princess married from the Yue Kingdom - Meng Yuyin.

'This girl got married two years ago and has been leaving her here. She went to the palace to rest yesterday and no one was sent to inform her. ’

Su Chen leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. What came to his mind was the image of a fourteen-year-old girl two years ago, crying when she was sent to the Central Plains in a carriage in a wedding dress.

He is now sixteen years old.

Su Chen closed his eyes and nodded slightly, "I understand what the Prime Minister means, but Meng Tong, the king of Yue State, has seven sons, and it is not the turn of a woman."

"Your Majesty, there is no bloodshed when it comes to the crown prince position." Jia Xu suddenly said.

"Then six princes can't die, not to mention it is getting worse and worse. How can the king of Yue country just sit idly by and ignore it?"

"What if Your Majesty makes a secret promise to the six families and promises them to be crown princes?"

they?

Sure enough, it was the old fox. Su Chen was prompted by him, and he realized in his mind that he wanted to kill the prince first, and then use Meng Yuyin to go home to express condolences, secretly promising the six princes. After all, Meng Yuyin returned to Yue State to represent Su. Chen, the emperor of the Xia Kingdom.

With the support of the Emperor's brother-in-law or brother-in-law of the Xia Kingdom, and without the crown prince, anyone who covets the throne will be tempted.

But with Meng Yuyin pulling the strings, it would be difficult for others to notice.

The difficulty lies in why Meng Yuyin is willing to do this. No wonder Zhuge Liang asked Su Chen to start from the palace.

"I understand what to do." Su Chen opened his eyes, and a smile appeared on his face again. Then he talked to Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu for a while, and then returned to the harem. He remembered that he was a concubine whom he had only met once. Yingzhaodian, who lives in the back garden, lives in seclusion and simplicity.

Now that I think about it, I always have to go and take a look.

It was early July, when the flowers were blooming. Su Chen walked through the flower garden path on the side of the apse. The red, yellow, and pink flowers swayed slightly in the breeze, attracting many bees and butterflies to fly among the flowers. Come and fly.

The surrounding maids and eunuchs saw Su Chen, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and the bodyguards from a distance. They quickly stopped walking or doing anything, and knelt down on both sides, waiting for the emperor to pass in front of them.

The cloud-patterned gold shoes that came over suddenly stopped in front of a palace maid. Su Chen raised his hand: "Get up."

The palace maid stood up carefully, not daring to raise her head, and kept her bowed posture.

"What are your orders, Your Majesty?"

"Where is Meng Zhaoyi staying in the back hall recently? How are you doing recently?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Zhaoyi has always lived in the west wing and has never changed places." The palace maid must have been in and out of the back hall often. She answered without any hesitation, "...Zhaoyi cultivated flowers and played the piano in spring and summer, read books and practiced calligraphy in autumn and winter, and occasionally Embroidered girl red.”

Su Chen nodded and waved the kneeling eunuchs and maids to leave. After passing to the west chamber, he also told Dian Wei and Xu Chu not to follow them.

"How can that be done? What if that mother... Zhaoyi wants to harm His Majesty?" Xu Chu wanted to follow, but Dian Wei held his shoulders and pulled him back, "Do you think that Yue woman is stronger than Tuoba Kui? ?”

Xu Chu thought for a while and shook his head repeatedly, the fat on his face swaying: "That can't be compared."

"That's enough." After Dian Wei finished speaking, he walked to a side room nearby, causing Xu Chu to frown, "Where are you going?"

"Leave this place to Zhong Kang, and I'll take a nap."

Dian Wei turned his back, raised his hand and waved back, pushed the door open and walked into the next room. After a few seconds, he could hear loud snoring, and the doors and windows were shaken slightly.

"Did you fall asleep so quickly?" Xu Chu muttered and glanced at the room, then walked to the corridor door connecting the west wing and stood there, guarding the place to prevent anyone from entering or exiting at will.

Over there, Su Chen walked alone to the west wing. There were also many potted plants and many flowers. From a distance, he could see a woman in a white dress sitting on an outdoor chair in the flower garden. There were shady branches above, lazily. She was flipping through the book in her hand, and there was a palace maid holding a cattail leaf fan beside her, gently fanning her to relieve the heat.

"Xiao He, go get a bowl of green plum soup."

The woman reclining on the couch, wearing a white lace dress, and wearing embroidered shoes, crossed her feet and hung to the floor. She leaned on the armrest, turning the pages of the book in her hand, and softly called the palace maid who was shaking the fan.

The palace maid was not old, about fourteen years old. She responded obediently and went to the room. After a while, she came out again. She held the porcelain bowl in both hands and moved her feet carefully, for fear that someone would accidentally blow the green plum inside. The soup spilled.

She had just taken a few steps out when she saw Su Chen's figure. She had never seen Su Chen before. Suddenly she saw a man appear here. She was about to scream and call for the guards, but Su Chen flicked his finger and the little palace maid kept holding the bowl. His posture was frozen in place, with only his eyeballs spinning anxiously in his sockets.

Su Chen took the green plum soup from her hand and walked to Meng Yuyin, who was leaning on the couch over there. The girl didn't seem to notice that the palace maid had changed.

"Put it here, by the way... I heard that His Majesty is back. Do you think he will come to live with me this time..."

The girl turned her head and reached for the green plum soup. In her peripheral vision, she saw a tall figure standing beside her. She was so startled that she stood up like a rabbit. When she saw Su Chen's face , her pretty face turned slightly red, and after she realized what she was doing, she hurriedly lowered herself to give him a blessing.

"I...I, my concubine, pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"Green plum soup."

Su Chen chuckled and handed her the green plum soup. Meng Yuyin took it with a blushing face, holding the soup bowl and standing there at a loss. She looked down at the soup bowl in her hand, thinking that she had just asked the emperor to serve her. Serving the soup, I couldn't help but stick out the tip of my tongue.

"Are you reading this book?"

Su Chen looked past her and landed on the book on the couch. "My China" was clearly written on the cover of the book.

(End of this chapter)