Bright Spring

Ruan Jian suddenly realized, and blurted out: "Oh..."

Li Li showed a smile: "Remember?"

"I remember." Ruan Jian repeated Li Li's words, but with different tone and meaning.He went on to say, "I used to be the minister of the military department of the Chongguang Dynasty. When Emperor Chongguang (Chen Jikuo) was selecting envoys, I met Chen Xianzhen, and I felt familiar just now."

Ruan Jian said a few words, then glanced at Chen Xianzhen again.This woman was really good-looking, although she was not as good as his previous wife, but she must be considered a rare beauty in Dai Viet.

The climate of Dai Viet (An Nam) is exposed to strong sunlight all year round. Most people have dark skin. Some people are naturally dark, but most of them are sunburned.However, what Dai Viet men consider beautiful is fair-skinned and long-straight hair, which seems to be because they have been immersed in the culture of the Northern Dynasty for many years.

In such a climate, fair-looking beauties can only be women from wealthy families who don't need to go out to work, or even noblemen.

Ruan Jian wondered why Chen Xianzhen came to meet privately at night?Ruan Jian thought of his wife who had betrayed him, and thought to himself: Could it be that King Pingding came to Chen Xianzhen to appease my heart?

"King Ping Ding doesn't need..." Ruan Jian hurriedly said politely.But before he finished speaking, Li Li said, "Ruan Qing, don't think too much."

Even Chen Xianzhen seemed to have sensed Ruan Jian's intentions, looked him up and down, and there was a look of contempt in her eyes.

Ruan Jian was immediately embarrassed, but luckily he pretended not to know before he could finish the sentence.

Li Li looked at Chen Xianzhen who was standing in the room, and asked, "Why do you hate the Ming Emperor so much?"

Ruan Jian once again showed a look of sudden realization, and he hurriedly dissuaded him: "Putting down Wang Sansi, this matter is almost impossible to succeed."

Li Li said: "Ruan Qing, don't worry, listen to what Chen Xianzhen has to say, and it won't be too late to make a conclusion."

Ruan Jian nodded, turned his head involuntarily, and asked Chen Xianzhen curiously: "When you went to Jinling, what did the emperor of Ming do to you?"

Chen Xianzhen turned a deaf ear to it, and even said something that seemed irrelevant: "Do you still remember a major event that happened during Emperor Jian Ding's time? Emperor Jian Ding killed the generals Deng Rong and Ruan Jingzhen, causing Ruan Jingzhen's son, Ruan Jingyi, to escape and go to the Emperor Chongguang."

Ruan Jian nodded and said, "I know about that big event, and many people know about it."

After the "Battle of Annan Kingdom" in the Yongle era, the Ming Dynasty fully occupied Annan Kingdom, directly included the entire territory of Annan Kingdom into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and established the system of prefectures and counties to implement direct rule; The Ming army shrunk its defense and abandoned most of the area.During this period of time, the uprisings in Annan Kingdom were surging.There were two successively called "Emperors of Dayue", first Chen Wei, namely Emperor Jianding; later Chen Jikuo took his place, namely Emperor Chongguang.

Chen Xianzhen said: "This incident happened because of me."

Ruan Jian was surprised, a little unbelievable, the so-called "post-Chen Dynasty" period, the key event in which the strength of the two generations of Dai Viet emperors ebbed and flowed, was only because of a woman?

Chen Xianzhen said: "I'm telling the truth. At that time, Emperor Jian Ding took a fancy to me (the royal family of Annan Kingdom, who only married the clan with the same surname) and wanted to make me a concubine. But Emperor Jian Ding's mother hated me very much and opposed it; she After being unable to dissuade me, she planned to kill me altogether. At that time, Ruan Jingyi, the son of General Ruan Jingzhen, was the general of the palace guards. The Queen Mother ordered Ruan Jingyi to lead the troops to do this. "

When Chen Xianzhen said this, his eyes were a bit complicated, "But I didn't expect that Ruan Jingyi suddenly mutinied, even killed someone, and ran away with me."

Li Li seemed to have known the inside story for a long time, and he listened calmly.Ruan Jian was very surprised.

Chen Xianzhen glanced at Ruan Jian, "Lord Ruan already knew what happened next. There was already strife and suspicion within Emperor Jian Ding. At that time, someone took the opportunity to slander, breaking the last trust between the monarch and his ministers, and two generals were killed. Among them is Ruan Jingyi's father."

Ruan Jian frowned and said, "Why did Ruan Jingyi want to do that?"

Chen Xianzhen smiled wryly: "Master Ruan, what do you think?"

The room fell into silence, and everyone seemed to be thinking about Ruan Jingyi's thoughts of killing his father for an irrelevant little mother.

The person who broke the silence was Chen Xianzhen: "Ruan Jingyi didn't seem very attractive when he was young. He was gloomy and inactive. He came from a family of generals, but he liked to study alone, so he later became a general and was very special. No. Ruan Jingyi is timid and weak, not brave enough, but good at strategy.

I seem to have seen him when I was younger, but I don't remember.He said he remembered very clearly, remembered every detail, and recalled it repeatedly. "

Ruan Jian said: "Ruan Jingyi is timid, but what he did was really earth-shattering." He then sighed: "A biting dog doesn't bark."

Chen Xianzhen looked at Ruan Jian angrily.

Li Li hurriedly said with a smile: "He was just joking, don't take it too seriously. You know about Ruan Qing's wife? Ruan Qing is a bit cynical, which is normal."

Ruan Jian looked at Chen Xianzhen: "You have a deep affection for Ruan Jingyi, don't you?"

He seemed to understand Chen Xianzhen's hatred, because Ruan Jingyi was arrested by the Ming army and taken to Jinling to be beheaded.

Unexpectedly, Chen Xianzhen said: "He is like my elder brother and relative. I trust him more than my family."

Ruan Jian frowned and said, "Is this how you feel?"

Li Li said: "Ruan Qing, although you married a famous beauty from Da Viet, you don't understand women. A smart woman doesn't like to marry a man who is equally smart and has a lot of money. If she is seen through everything, that kind of feeling It's bad. It's like...wearing a piece of elegant gold jewelry, but someone says it's gold-plated. Ruan Qing thinks about what kind of person Ruan Jingyi is."

Ruan Jian thought of a dark and thin man.He knew Ruan Jingyi, a general under Emperor Chongguang's command, who was unattractive and looked loose.Of course, Ruan Jian also has self-knowledge, his appearance is not very good, his head is big, his body is not big enough, it feels a bit weird, as if he hasn't grown up.

Chen Xianzhen frowned and said, "Does King Pingding mean that my elegance and beauty are all disguised?"

Ruan Jian said: "Chen Xianzhen, pay attention to your words. Although you are the clan of the Chen Dynasty, the previous Chen Dynasty no longer exists. In front of you is King Pingding."

Li Li, however, looked generous, waved his hands and said: "It's okay, don't stick to small details. I blame me for being wrong. In fact, Chen Xian is really just high-spirited."

Ruan Jian suddenly realized that Li Li really wanted to use Chen Xianzhen again.Because Ruan Jian knows Li Li very well, he is not a tolerant person at all, but he still treats useful people very kindly.It seems that this is "only talent"?

Chen Xianzhen suddenly said: "I have seen the kind of woman that King Pingding mentioned."

"Who?" Lily asked.

Chen Xianzhen said angrily: "The mother of that marionette Chen Zhengyuan in Shenglong. She is a begging dog, a weak prostitute!"

Ruan Jian and Li Li immediately looked at each other in blank dismay.

Li Li said: "I've seen the fake empress Chen, she doesn't seem to be that bad, but she's a bit weak. Do you hate her very much?"

"I don't hate her. I hate her and find her dirty." Chen Xianzhen said.

Ruan Jian asked thoughtfully: "I don't quite understand. You resent Zhu Gaoxu, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, because Zhu Gaoxu killed Ruan Jingyi? But it doesn't seem to make sense. I remember that the person who sent you to Jinling was Ruan Jing Yi, Ruan Jingyi is the deputy envoy. The whole thing seems to be a beauty trick, if you two are in love, why do you want to do that?"

Chen Xianzhen said: "Ruan Jingyi is not an ordinary man. He just wants to play with me, occupy me, and only covet my beauty. He doesn't want me to feel uncomfortable, and he follows my thoughts."

Ruan Jian sighed and said, "But this will make Ruan Jingyi very uncomfortable. Why did you do that?"

Chen Xianzhen said coldly: "I am the clan of the Chen Dynasty! I am originally a nobleman, and I will never be a slave to the pirates. I volunteer to be loyal to the clan of the Chen Dynasty."

Li Li clapped his hands and praised: "This king admires you very much."

Ruan Jian thought for a while calmly, and then asked: "You and Ruan Jingyi are envoys to the Ming Kingdom, you should want Ming to recognize the 'Dayue Kingdom'. Now that Chen Zhengyuan has been canonized as king, the original goal is impossible to achieve .So this time, you want to kill Zhu Gaoxu for revenge?"

Chen Xianzhen looked at Ruan Jian very seriously, and nodded slightly.

"Why?" Ruan Jian said, "Even if this kind of thing succeeds, I'm afraid there will be no return."

Deep anger appeared in Chen Xianzhen's eyes, "That person treats me like a plaything, a prostitute! He insulted me casually."

The dim room fell silent again, and there was no sound at all in the remote mountain at night.

After a while, Li Licai said to Ruan Jian: "There is an inside story. Chen Xianzhen's body was not touched by others, but dedicated to Zhu Gaoxu. With Ruan Jingyi's knowledge, she dedicated her innocence to Zhu Gaoxu. It's a pity. It didn’t work at all, and was sent back later.”

For a while, Ruan Jian couldn't deduce exactly how deep Chen Xianzhen's resentment was. After all, it wasn't the revenge of killing his father and mother.At best, Zhu Gaoxu just killed a person who was kind to her; but Chen Xianzhen also hinted that she didn't seem to have any feelings for Ruan Jingyi.

As for Zhu Gaoxu's puppet, Queen Mother Chen, Chen Xianzhen also said: I just hate it.