Bright Spring

Zhang said: "The concubine will never stop thinking about the prince! The concubine is your first wife, and because you have become the crown prince, the concubine is the honorable concubine. So why should the concubine be the crown prince?" Make the East Palace restless?

Jealousy, or eradicating dissidents?The crown prince is still young, and there will be other concubines in the future; if the concubine can't accommodate others, will I kill all the emperor's grandchildren in the future? ! "

It was only at this time that Guo Yan came to her senses, Zhang Shi originally wanted to let her get away first, as for whether Luo Er died, Zhang Shi didn't care at all.

Sure enough, Mrs. Zhang took a deep breath and said, "Regardless of whether Luo'er did that thing or not, this concubine couldn't have been instigated by her; this concubine is the main concubine of the Eastern Palace, so she needs to behave like this? Concubine Guo, what do you think?" Woolen cloth?"

How dare she ask blatantly?

Guo Yan gritted her teeth to suppress the indignation in her heart. Before the evidence was conclusive, she certainly couldn't say that about the crown prince and concubine.She said coldly: "With the personal confession of the court lady Su'er, such a thing will never be groundless."

The prince said nothing.Guo Yan saw his expression. Although the prince was usually inconvenient and afraid of his father, he was a man with a clear mind and was not easy to be fooled.

At this moment, Mrs. Zhang suddenly pointed to the sleeve of the maid Su'er and said: "Take out the things in the sleeve pocket."

Guo Yan and Su'er's expressions changed suddenly.Before Guo Yan could speak, Mrs. Zhang immediately stared at Guo Yan and said, "Concubine Guo, you can no longer frighten|intimidate this court lady with side-talking."

Su'er curled up on the ground trembling.

Mrs. Zhang said again: "Do you want to take it out yourself, or let someone search it out?"

With a sound of "ding dong", the golden hairpin was finally pulled out by Su'er, and she fell to the ground unsteadily.

Guo Yan only felt that the surrounding desks and roofs were spinning, and her head was dizzy for a while, and she almost fainted.

Mrs. Zhang laughed, and said with a sneer, "You dirty hands and feet, a lowly servant girl with bad conduct! How can the crown prince believe what you say for a person like you?"

"Come on!" the prince yelled.

A few eunuchs and court ladies quickly walked to the door and stood there bowing down. An eunuch asked, "What is the crown prince's order?"

The prince said: "Drag this servant who stole the gold hairpin down here, and beat her to death! Kill her! Just shut her mouth, so that she won't make people laugh at her in the imperial city."

"Yes, the crown prince." The eunuch replied.

Su'er collapsed on the ground and couldn't speak, and she didn't even say a word.

After the maid was dragged away by the eunuchs, the crown prince looked at the pale Guo Yan and said, "The queen mother is not feeling well recently, and she has been bedridden for almost two months. This matter has not yet come to light, so you must be patient and don't worry about it." Nonsense, if the yelling reaches the queen mother's ears and angers her, we will be unfilial!"

After saying that, the prince got up straight and asked the eunuch to help him away.

Mrs. Zhang did not follow, and when the prince left the dining room, she walked up to Guo Yan who was in a daze, and said bitterly: "Guo Yan! No matter how much scheming you have, Zhanji is destined to be the eldest son of the crown prince; even if I Your innocence has been calculated, Zhanji is still the emperor's grandson! Don't you think about yourself, have you thought about Zhanji?"

Although Mrs. Zhang was unscathed this time, the prince is not completely without ideas.If Su'er was threatened for stealing|stealing, she would definitely tell that kind of lie?Therefore, in the eyes of the crown prince, Mrs. Zhang couldn't completely get rid of the responsibility. She was very angry, and she also had a lot of resentment towards Guo Yan!

Guo Yan heard the naked|naked|naked threat from this sentence, and felt her whole body go numb for a while.

... Early the next morning, the court lady Luoer was found in her room, hanged herself and "suicide".The state of death was the same as that of the court lady whom the prince passed by, no different.

Chapter 325 Claim

On a sunny day, An Nanguo Thang Long City, the sun is warm.It is difficult to have a winter breath in the weather that is not cold even in unlined clothes.

On the opposite side of the rippling moat, stands quietly the royal palace of the eastern capital of Annan Kingdom.This palace, which had finally survived the war, seemed a little lonely at this moment.

Zhu Gaoxu's residence is just outside the palace, and even the Queen Chen has not moved into the palace for the time being.

In the hall of Xingyuanli, Zhu Gaoxu was looking at the map and meditating.This afternoon Zhang Fu came back from the front line of Jiangjiang, and reported the latest military situation...

The Annan Army dispatched troops from Manhaikou (Nan Dinh Province) to march on the Qianjiang River. Zhang Fu set up an ambush on both sides of the bank, and defeated the Annan Army's attack with firearms, bows and crossbows on both sides.

Then the Hu family immediately gave up the Pingjin Beach north of the Dajiang (Red River), so the Daming navy transferred from Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi was able to go to the lower reaches of the Dajiang River.Since then, the officers and soldiers have occupied the entire Dajiang River Basin, as well as a large area of ​​land north and south of the river.

Things are looking good.The Hu family seemed to have some troops in their hands, but at this time the fertile land of Annan Kingdom was gone, many Annan people saw the situation clearly, there were many surrenders, and the morale of Annan soldiers was panicked and low.Next, the Ming army went directly south to capture the Western Capital and completely wiped out the Hu regime, and it was just around the corner.

But what gave Zhu Gaoxu a little headache was that Zhang Fu and a group of generals all advocated directly occupying Annan State, and wanted to write a letter to set up a chief envoy in Annan State.

Just as he was weighing the pros and cons, Queen Chen came into the hall.Only then did Zhu Gaoxu come back to his senses, remembering that Mrs. Chen was invited by him.

"His Royal Highness, do you have something to tell me?" Chen asked softly.

Zhu Gaoxu made a sound, but did not answer immediately.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen waited for a while, and said, "When I got outside, a general said that the King of Han and General Zhang were discussing important matters, so I waited in the corridor for a while. I couldn't hear the people in the room clearly outside. I don't know what General Zhang said to make His Highness the King of Han so worried?"

Zhu Gaoxu had no choice but to say: "Xincheng Marquis Zhang Fu persuaded me to support the Chen family. There are also many generals who seem to have the same idea as Zhang Fu, advocating the occupation of An Nanguo. Zhang Fu said that many of us died, so we just gave it to the Chen family. They are not convinced."

After hearing this, Chen's expression changed slightly, and he asked cautiously: "Will the King of Han obey the wishes of the generals?"

"This matter is ultimately up to the emperor to decide." Zhu Gaoxu said.

But Chen asked again: "Will your opinion, King of Han, change?"

Zhu Gaoxu quickly shook his head and said: "The generals advocated the occupation of Annan Kingdom for nothing more than to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty and gain the great merit of opening up the territory; the generals are not worried about wars, and they have military merits when they fight. But I still think, Politics of the Chen Clan is more beneficial to the overall situation..."

But why hasn't he weighed his own self-interest in his heart?

If you think for yourself and claim to be the same as the generals, you will be more recognized by the generals, which seems to be the most beneficial... But this is not the case, the low-level soldiers may not want to continue fighting; what is even more unfavorable is that Zhu Gaoxu has the same nostrils as the generals Venting his anger will make his father Zhu Di even more wary.

Therefore, no matter which proposition you choose, you will not necessarily get benefits.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu saw Chen's frightened look, and he didn't seem to believe that Zhu Gaoxu was so selfless.Sure enough, she is a very defensive woman.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu didn't want to tell his own trade-offs. In that case, the Chen family might feel even more insecure.

He pondered and said: "I am not a prince or uncle. I want to make contributions in the battle of conquering the southern kingdom. But the world will know what I did and why I did it. I hope that I have some value to this world. So I will not easily Change your mind!"

Chen raised her head, her bright eyes flicked across Zhu Gaoxu's face.

Zhu Gaoxu turned around and went to the back of the desk, and said again: "The queen is invited to come here today to discuss the matter of Prince Chen Zhengyuan. I have already sent people back to Kunming City, brought a letter back, and ordered the guards of the palace to send troops to escort Chen Zhengyuan to Shenglong. "

Chen asked a little surprised: "I haven't seen General Zhao Ping recently. Has he been sent back to Yunnan Mansion?"

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said: "Zhao Ping went to Chen Tianping's manor, which is the place where the queen has been hiding for several years. Zhao Ping will bring all the people on the manor back to Shenglong City, and also find the midwife who delivered the queen. Now we have to The thing to do is to first find evidence to prove the identity of the prince."

Chen's expression was complicated, but it was filled with joy.In any case, Zhu Gaoxu was already working on this matter, so she couldn't help guessing.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Chen Shi and said: "The queen summoned all the former ministers, the more people the better, in order to prove your identity as queen and that you were pregnant when you left the palace. Can this be done?"

Chen nodded without hesitation: "There are many old ministers of Shenglong, and there are many people who know me." She showed a worried expression again, "Will the Emperor Ming agree with Chen Zhengyuan as king? Will Zhengyuan return to Shenglong City?" Wouldn't it be dangerous?"

Zhu Gaoxu comforted and said: "The prince has a good chance of ascending the throne. The prince is still young and the queen is a woman. My father will not worry about you rebelling against Daming. Canonizing Chen Zhengyuan is a good choice."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen suddenly asked in a slightly joking tone: "The King of Han also thinks our mother and son are easy to manipulate?"

Zhu Gaoxu froze for a moment, then shook his head slightly: "Not all women are weak, I don't think the queen is like that."

Chen said: "Does the King of Han remember the day Chen Xingwang was killed?"