Mrs. Pin, one of the Red House

Wei Ruozhu led Meng Jiachen away, and Daiyu and others were led to a side hall by the female officer.

But this side hall is not the palace where they usually wait for the queen to summon, let alone the place where the wives from inside and outside meet.

The female officer blessed her body, served tea and snacks, and then led the palace people down with a salute.

"Here is..." Ning Yun looked around. Bogu racks, imperial concubines collapsed, partitions, armchairs, phoenix chairs, the windows were not made of the bright Korean paper used in ordinary palaces, but were pasted with green gauze. It is too big, but there are seven or eight screens inside, with four openings, six openings and eight openings, all of which are at the height of the carved beams.

A little familiar.

It's a bit like... the layout of receiving envoys from belligerent countries in the Honghe Temple of the Guo Dynasty.

Ning Yun had the honor to go once with Feng Jiwen and others, and the meeting was with Asai Chacha. Theoretically, their wives should not be present at that time, especially when the Guochao had not yet discussed a definite measure, but because they Knowing a few simple words in Japanese, she was called over by the Empress Dowager Lingyi.

Ning Yun glanced at Lin Yuzhen.

Daiyu was more straightforward and asked: "Princess, you said that you once met the Queen of Scotland?"

Lin Yuzhen spread her hands, "It's here, you don't have to guess anything." She beckoned the two of them to come closer, and said in a low voice, "Guess who is here today?"

"The Fusang side? Or the Holy See side, Taixi, that's the three places." Ning Yun said.

But Daiyu shook her head and said, "It won't be from the Holy See. Now Taixi and us are already at war. It is impossible for the empress to skip the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple to meet with the envoys from these two places in private."

Ning Yun shook his head and said, "Not necessarily."

When the two countries are at war and the situation is not good, it is possible for the high-level meeting to reach a tacit agreement, each step back, or to sell some conditions.

Just like the Empress Dowager Lingyi did such a thing.

Lin Yuzhen clapped her hands, "Don't make wild guesses, they are indeed from Fusang, but Ning Yun, you guessed it right, the Holy See and the Empress have always met alone, and skipped the Ministry of Rites."

To be exact, Taixi and the Holy See are now negotiating with Wei Ruozhu alone. On some important matters, both sides have a tacit understanding and there is no need for translation.

——Important matters related to the state and face of the Three Kingdoms are just for fear of news leaking out.

"Who is here from Fusang?" Daiyu asked subconsciously, and then answered her own question, "Is it from Toyotomi Hideo?"

Oda was defeated across the board, and Tokugawa's momentum was just right, so naturally there was no value in using it, right?

It seems that on the side of Fusang, Taixi is too busy to take care of herself, and the whole situation is changing rapidly.

But once the situation among these three parties is out of balance, the Jin Dynasty will lose its control over Fusang. If the Jin Dynasty and Taixi fight, it is uncertain which side Fusang will stand on. The East China Sea can directly open up the northern gateway of the Jin Dynasty.

Yan Yan frowned slightly, "What does the Empress think?"

Lin Yuzhen shook her head, she was not very clear, "I was ordered to enter the palace today."

At this moment, the female officer clapped her hands three times, and the three of them knew that Wei Ruozhu had come.

Wei Ruozhu seemed to come and go in a hurry, because he was still wearing the bright yellow Zhai gown with red trim and embroidered nine phoenixes that he wore when discussing business affairs, accompanied by a hollowed-out gold silk painting of the same color yarn, followed by a large group of court ladies and maids. .

The three of them were about to get up and salute, but Wei Ruozhu waved his hand, "That's all." He sat on the phoenix chair and told the female officer, "Pull the screen over, put down the curtain, and say to the person outside." The people in the palace are willing to meet them, but you don't know who they are, even the nobles in the palace."

The female officer made a promise, then turned and retreated.

Only now did Wei Ruozhu have the time to explain to Daiyu Ningyun and the others, "In a while, you can translate in a low voice, and you don't need to answer any questions for me." She said to Lin Yuzhen.

Lin Yuzhen got up and blessed her body.

"If the situation is really serious," Wei Ruozhu could vaguely see a bit of worry in his eyes. He was not as relaxed as when he met the Queen of Scotland before, and his description was much more serious. Mention this matter to the ministers." She and Ning Yun Daiyu said, "You just think of an excuse or make up an excuse based on what you know, I don't care, but I need an excuse. Yuko, go tell the cabinet courtiers about the mobilization of troops."

Wei Ruozhu had already made up her mind, she wanted to fight.

Because in terms of harmony, it is really a long night and a lot of dreams, and it is useless to retreat for a while.

Fusang is a white-eyed wolf who can't get enough to eat.

If Fusang is given the illusion that they can avenge their kindness and bite back, then the final victim will be the Jin Dynasty.

This was the first thought that came to her after she got the news, and she never considered other ways at all.

Daiyu and Ning Yun looked at each other, and they were more or less aware of Wei Ruozhu's temper, knowing that even if it was smallpox, as long as Wei Ruozhu made up his mind, it would basically be useless, so they didn't say anything.

When the female officer came in again, she led a few people to the back of the screen, stretched her body through the curtain, and said, "They're here."

No honorifics were used.

The female officer turned around again, and said to those people in Fusang language: "Tell me about this matter from the beginning."

The few people seemed to mutter for a while, and finally one of them got up and said: "I am really sorry for disturbing your country, and I am here to apologize to your country."

The female officer glanced at Wei Ruozhu, but Wei Ruozhu just shook his head without saying a word.

The female officer said: "My master wants you to tell the ins and outs of this matter. She will not answer any of your questions, nor will she come to ask you in person. Seeing you is the best she can do. You just need to tell the matter Just explain it from beginning to end.”

The man paused for a moment, as if he was not sure about the identity of the other party, and he didn't know how much to say, and finally said after a long silence: "I am Genjing Heng, the daimyo of Edo, and I have come to Jin Dynasty by order of my family's Imperial Palace. towards."

He also introduced the identity of the person who came together, and finally explained what happened to Fusang.

General Tokugawa captured King Su who fled, but he did not hand it over to the Jin Dynasty. Instead, he chopped off his head and used it to threaten the Toyotomi family in Kyoto. He said that we can even capture the princes of the Jin Dynasty Live like this.

Lin Yuzhen was about to stop while translating, and looked at Wei Ruozhu's face.

No wonder Wei Ruozhu brought this matter up on the scene.

Speaking of this, even if it is the anti-king of our country, it will not bring such a thing.

The people of the Jin Dynasty have the qualifications to deal with it only because of the Jin Dynasty.

Daiyu turned her head to look at Wei Ruozhu, who was leaning on the phoenix chair, rubbing his forehead once and for all, and waved to the female officer.

The female official understood, "You go down first and make arrangements. Will the queen and emperor of our country receive you? I will let you know if there is any news." After that, she led a few people down.

Wei Ruozhu leaned back, "What do you guys think?"

Ning Yun said: "Although this matter is too much for Fusang, we have already ordered the Jin Dynasty and many neighboring countries to be decisive against King Su. I am afraid that it will not stand up if we say it."

What the Tokugawa family dare to do means that they are not afraid of being unable to stand up in public opinion.

"This palace knows." Wei Ruozhu sighed, "If we still can't find a feasible solution, when the news comes, I have to reward this group of bastards who don't know their surnames."

At this time, Daiyu suddenly thought of a way, "Madam, I have a way, but I don't know if it will work or not."

"Rehabilitate King Su." After thinking for a while, Daiyu said: "Restore his royal status first, treat his descendants generously, consecrate his biological mother, first show kindness, and wait until the news from normal channels comes out in a few days. The descendants of the king will naturally write a letter to ask for an explanation, and the empress only needs to follow the trend."

"It's inappropriate to change the order from day to day." Ning Yun felt that this might not work, "If King Su is rehabilitated, then the rest of the county kings will probably have to give an explanation. Generally, it will arouse the speculation of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty."

Now the emperor has no reserve and no son.

Wei Ruozhu knew this well.

What Daiyu said was a good way, and it was also the only feasible way, but this way would make all the officials think that the royal family might choose someone from the clan to inherit the throne.

This is not good for her or Meng Jiachen.

And to say the least is the majesty of the royal family. It is not worthwhile to cause political turmoil in the country just to find an excuse to go to war.

Daiyu thought for a while, and pursed her lips. It's not that she has no choice, but this method is a little... too much, and she tentatively said: "What if it is to rectify the name through other methods?"

Another way is marriage.

She didn't want to say this way.

Because this is a major marriage event for a girl, which is related to the happiness of the rest of her life.

After I finished speaking, I regretted it again.

Ning Yun asked, "Are there still unmarried princesses in the palace?"

There are only two unmarried princesses in the palace, one is Meng Liangchen and the other is Meng Jiachen.

Meng Jiachen is the future queen, how could her marriage event be used for this move?

If you want to come to the guard, you won't consider this at all.

Especially Hui Jing's status, Hui Jing was already embarrassed in the palace, and she might become an abandoned child at any time, and after doing so, Hui Jing was completely abandoned by the royal family.

If King Su's son had no ambitions, that's all. If he thought about things he shouldn't think about, then Huijing's life, this life, would be ruined.

But this is the only possible way...

Daiyu glanced at Ning Yun in astonishment, only to realize that this method came from her mouth.

Daiyu remembered that when she questioned Lin Hai once, Lin Hai told her: "There are many unavoidable things in life, and there are many unavoidable things in court. You will know in the future."

She didn't believe it then.

Now she believes that this is a game between the interests of the Jin Dynasty and the lifelong affairs of a princess, but this idea is to come out of her mouth.

Wei Ruozhu responded, "You mean you can..."

She thinks this method is feasible.

A girl in the palace is born as a royal and dies as a royal ghost.

"If this works well, it will be a good story." Lin Yuzhen understood that intermarriage of cousins ​​in the royal family is a common thing, "but I don't know if Huijing is willing or not."

Lin Yuzhen didn't care about anything else at all.

Wei Ruozhu said: "What does she have to do with disagreement?" She smiled slightly, and turned the wrench in her hand, "Then let's do it like this."

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"Today's behavior is not like your usual style." After coming out of Fengyi Palace, Ning Yun saw that Daiyu was in a trance, so she insisted on pulling Daiyu to go to the princess's mansion, and said for her It's about talking about yourself.

Lin Yuzhen was still busy with other things, so naturally she didn't participate.

Daiyu leaned on the incense table, still looking like she was in a trance, and said: "You say, am I a good person or a bad person?"

Ning Yun said: "I have killed people, indirectly or directly, and I have killed many people, so..." She poured a cup of tea and handed it to Daiyu, "I don't know, I live in Hou Mansion, born in Hou's mansion, grew up in Hou's mansion, so I can't answer this question."

She paused, and said to Daiyu, "You are a good person according to my standards."

"Before entering the palace, I didn't even dare to think about such a method." Daiyu pointed with her fingers, "From Yu Yanlong in the south of the Yangtze River to now, I still feel a little restless in my heart at the beginning, and I can't sleep at night. But now, it has become a matter of course.”

"This is the ruling and opposition parties. If you want to survive, you must first give up your conscience, your conscience, and everything you can give up." Ning Yun thought for a while, although he felt that he had no position to say some things, but I still said, "This is not the back house. If the women in the back house are soft-hearted, they can still have a place, but in the court, many of them are forced. If there is a first need, there will be a second, and a third." , there is no turning back.”

She sat opposite to Daiyu, "From the very beginning when you were ordered to enter the palace and became Princess Zhaohui's husband, you should have imagined that there is no turning back for you."

Daiyu leaned on her arm, "Sometimes I hated my father, hated him for treating my mother, me, and my sister as pawns for his own political career. At that time we had a big fight, I said , the only thing in my father's heart is my younger brother, even for me, he didn't have any sincerity. At that time, my father said, you will know in the future that there are many things that you cannot decide or control. The only thing you can do is go with the flow."

"Now I seem to understand why he said that."

She smiled tiredly, "I'm a little afraid of myself now, I belong to that piece of poetic and picturesque, I thought that there is a place of ease, drinking a pot of tea, and writing poems in my spare time is life, but I feel that the more I go The farther I go, sometimes, things are out of my control, and I feel my heart is cold, and I can't sleep at night." She raised her eyes and glanced at Ning Yun, "Have you ever had such an experience?"

"I said before, I love power and love power." Ning Yun sighed, "You have no turning back, and there is no medicine for regret in the world, so the only way is to learn to accept such a life."

She is also an insecure person.

Sometimes Daiyu would trust Jia Min and her, but when she was critical, she dared not entrust things to Wang.

This is the ruling and opposition parties.

As long as you are in the government and the opposition, your heart will gradually harden, without any consciousness.

Daiyu frowned and smiled, as if she had figured it out, and she seemed to have made up her mind, "Don't talk about it, do you still remember what my aunt told me?"

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