In the small building near the lake, looking at the leaving figures of King Yi and his son, King Xiang's face became extremely gloomy.
He thought that King Yi would be difficult to persuade, but he didn't expect that he would get up and leave without even listening to what he had to say.
This attitude really surprised him.
What went wrong?
Intuition told Zhu Zhanzhen that there must be the shadow of Min King Zhu Huixun among them. After all, after King Yi arrived in Beijing, he saw very few people.
If anyone could say anything to him, then it was only Zhu Huixun.
"asshole!"
Thinking of Zhu Huixuan's smile hiding a knife, Zhu Zhanzhen couldn't help but cursed so hard that the cup in his hand was about to be crushed by him.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyong, who was standing by, was a little worried and said.
"Father, calm down your anger. Anger can harm your body."
Obviously, Zhu Qiyong also knew why his father was angry. After stopping for a moment, he hesitated and asked.
"Father, I think King Yi saw something, so..."
Now Zhu Zhanxun is banned from the palace, but Zhu Qiyong can still go to Zongxue to study, and can freely enter and leave the ten princes' palaces, so many things are handled by his hands. Naturally, Zhu Qiyong also understands some things.
At first, Zhu Zhanzhen wrote back to King Yi, suggesting that he meet Yu Qian outside the city in advance. In fact, he had no good intentions. He was sure that the two would clash, and Yu Qian's character would not bow his head. In this way, Yi Qian
Before the king entered the capital, he offended the emperor first.
In this way, King Xiang could use him to achieve his own goals.
As for what King Xiang’s purpose is…
"Of course I will defeat King Min and regain the position of Da Zongzheng!"
While King Xiang was still angry in the small house near the lake, King Yi had already returned to his own courtyard.
These courtyards were originally cleaned, so it didn't take too long to just place them in place.
Leaning on the soft couch, facing Zhu Mianyuan's question, King Yi took a sip of the sobering tea and said calmly.
At this moment, King Yi was neither as angry and reckless as when he was with Zhu Huixuan, nor as calm and indifferent as when he was talking to King Xiang. There was a hint of worry on his face, and his eyebrows were tightly knitted together, as if he was answering.
Zhu Mianyuan's words seemed like he was mumbling to himself.
"If my father is right, what King Xiang didn't finish just now is actually very simple. He wants to use his father to unite other vassal kings to impeach King Min, or, if it is not impeachment, then at least to unite together.
, and opposed the imperial court’s measures to rectify clan affairs.”
After hearing this, Zhu Mianyuan was a little surprised and said.
"So, is it true that His Majesty wants to rectify the affairs of the clan? Then I, Yifan..."
Seeing his son's uncontrollable look, Zhu Yongding glared at him impatiently and said.
"What's the rush? The sky won't fall!"
As he spoke, a trace of thought flashed across his brows, and he seemed to feel a little irritated. So, after thinking about it, he ordered the person to take out the two walnuts that he had always liked, and turned them around in his hand, finally making up his mind.
After a while, he frowned.
"Whether it's King Min's words or King Xiang's words, you can't believe them at all."
"However, the words of both of them revealed the court's attitude towards suppressing the clan, so this should be correct."
"However, they didn't have any good intentions when they revealed this to me. They just wanted to take advantage of us."
Relatively speaking, King Xiang's attitude is more clearly revealed, which shows that he is more eager for this matter and King Min is more stable. In addition to his own personality, it should also be related to his more stable situation.
In private, the relationship between father and son, Zhu Yongyi and Zhu Mianxuan, was even closer. Zhu Mianxuan had long been accustomed to his father's temper, so he didn't take his attitude to heart at all. After thinking about it, he continued to ask
.
"According to what my father said, King Xiang probably wants us to help contact other vassal kings. After all, he is now banned from the palace, and his reputation in the clan has been almost ruined. Even if he wants to contact other vassal kings,
Even in the clan, I’m afraid no one will believe him.”
"But what does King Min want to do? When we first met, he didn't seem to have anything he needed us to do..."
Zhu Yongyi turned the walnuts in his hand, sneered and said.
"I don't know what King Min wants to do, but what King Xiang said may be false, but one thing is true, that is, the new King Min is indeed a scheming character."
Seeing Zhu Mianyuan's confused expression, Zhu Yongding sighed and explained.
"You didn't come to the capital with your father at that time, so you don't know what happened when the kings came to the capital to congratulate you. Your Majesty held a banquet for the clan. During the banquet, King Guangtong and King Yangzong made a fuss, accusing King Zhennan of framing his eldest brother.
, but it was a shock.”
"Although it was finally resolved satisfactorily, it is not necessarily the case that this matter is really what we saw at the end. It's just that the final ending is what the court needs and what His Majesty needs."
"Whether it is true or not, in the end, if such a sensational case can be passed safely, the means will not be simple."
"On the carriage just now, King Min didn't say anything. It's not that he has no needs, but that his methods are better than King Xiang."
"Of course, King Xiang is not a good person. At present, it seems that the court's intention to suppress the clan is already obvious. At this time, King Xiang took advantage of Yi Fan's affairs and asked us to conflict with Yu Qian. It was obvious that he had dug someone
Pit, waiting for me to jump into it."
"What a shame that I accidentally fell into his trap!"
"I'm afraid that at this time, he is very proud!"
Across the bleak autumn wind outside the window, a faint anger appeared in King Yi's eyes, and the walnuts in his hand were a little faster.
At the same time, after drinking two more glasses of wine, Zhu Zhanxiang felt that his restlessness was slightly relieved. Facing Zhu Qiyong's worries, he also sneered and said.
"So what if he sees it? At this point, does he have any choice? In other words, can he swallow this breath?"
Zhu Zhanzhen admitted that his judgment about Zhu Yongyi was indeed wrong. This person was not the idiot king who only knew how to act recklessly and had no brains as rumored.
However, the rumors are not groundless. Over the years, King Yi has been doing a lot of misdeeds in the fiefdom, and they are not false.
In particular, he instigated ruffians to attack imperial officials, held a swaggering banquet to threaten local officials, and now he had such a conflict with Yu Qian outside the city.
These things are all real!
If this is the case, it shows that even if King Yi has some wisdom, he cannot escape the common problem of many feudal kings, which is a arrogant and self-centered temperament.
With the identity of the vassal king, he has the capital to not put anyone in his eyes. This is the fundamental reason for the success of Prince Xiang's strategy.
Doesn’t King Yi know that Yu Qian is an important minister of the imperial court? Doesn’t he know that when Yu Qian leaves the capital, he is targeting Yi Fan?
Of course he knew, but the long-standing habit of being aloof and the privilege of the vassal king made him not care about it.
No matter how important the court minister was, Yu Qian could not really do anything to the dignified vassal king, so he knew that there might be a conflict when they met outside the city.
However, he felt that he could afford the price, or in other words, he had always behaved this way and could not change it overnight.
The only thing that can really make him calm down his temper is when he faces a vassal king like him, or the emperor.
Therefore, this is the reason why King Xiang did not go to great lengths to conceal his intention to induce a conflict between King Yi and Yu Qian.
After glancing at Zhu Qiyong, Zhu Zhanzhen slowly calmed down and spoke.
"The King of Yi overestimated himself. He thought it was okay to offend Yu Qian, but he did not know that Yu Qian was different from ordinary important officials of the court. The emperor protected Qian in all the government affairs of the court. It is obvious that in the heart of the emperor, Yu Qian's
The status is not ordinary."
"If he offends other ministers, even if he is ordered to rectify the army, but after all he cares about his family ties, the emperor will not care too much, at least not on the surface, but he has provoked Yu Qian..."
"The hour outside the Meridian Gate should have made Prince Yi sober up a lot, but what's the use? The emperor won't get angry easily, but if he does get angry, it won't be easy to calm down!"
"Now, King Yi is just like me, still riding a tiger with difficulty?"
Yifan was already full of misdeeds, which made the emperor unhappy.
Now, Yu Qian was provoked again, which made the Emperor Lei Lei furious. This can be seen from the treatment of Prince Yi and his son in the palace today.
After staying in the capital for so long, King Xiang had at least some understanding of the emperor's temperament and style.
When people do things today, they don’t like to do things to perfection. Even if something is serious, there will still be some room left to show kindness and generosity.
But this time, he didn't even see King Yi. He left the two of them outside the Meridian Gate in the hot sun for an hour. At the end, he said they were banned from the Ten Princes' Mansion and sent them away.
This kind of treatment may not seem serious, but in fact, it is much uglier than scolding Prince Yi and his son.
For clan kings like them, the actual punishment is certainly painful, but what they care more about is face and dignity.
When the emperor does this, it is typically not very harmful but highly insulting.
Let the majestic vassal king be exposed to the sun and be watched and discussed by a group of low-level officials. King Yi was able to bear it and left without turning around. This was already a surprise to King Xiang.
You must know that the last time Zhu Huixun "pleaded for mercy" outside the Meridian Gate, although the scene was similar, at that time, he was just a prince, and he had a conflict with a prince like Prince Xiang. Strictly speaking, he was considered a low-level criminal.
respect.
Of course, this is not accurate, because Zhu Huixuan's seniority is higher than his, and the clan cannot just look at the title, but in the final analysis, this is a matter within the clan, and the status is equal.
However, in this case, no matter how important Yu Qian was in the imperial court, he was just a minister.
He had a conflict with King Yi. No matter how you put it, it was an offense to the king. Even if King Yi was at fault and there was a difference between his superiority and inferiority, he should not just punish King Yi.
But the emperor just did this. For King Yi, the physical harm was secondary, and the psychological humiliation was the most unbearable.
Therefore, given King Yi's self-centered character, it would not be easy to swallow this bad breath.
What's more, he was not popular with the emperor to begin with, and now that he had caused such trouble, the emperor was probably not interested in saying a word to him.
In this way, if he wants to solve the Yi Fan issue, he can only cooperate with King Xiang!
This is what King Xiang said, it’s hard to get off the tiger, but...
"Prince Xiang's abacus is very good, but he overestimates himself, or in other words, he underestimates his opponent!"
Thinking of what he had experienced outside the Meridian Gate, King Yi's face flushed with blood, but in the end, he suppressed it and sneered.
"He felt that the king had provoked Yu Qian and hated the emperor, so he could only cooperate with him to incite the clan to fight against the imperial court and promote him to the throne. But he forgot that he is not the only one in the capital who is capable of taking advantage of the clan's methods.
one!"
"Father, you mean, Uncle Min King?"
Zhu Mianyi also frowned and asked.
Zhu Yongyi nodded and said.
"I provoked Yu Qian because I did not think carefully. Although there have been rumors from the outside world that His Majesty relies heavily on him, it is really beyond my expectation that His Majesty is so angry with a mere civil servant."
"The letter written by King Xiang is an understatement. It is simply avoiding the important matter. His Majesty's first favorite minister...this reminder from King Min is not just talking about Yu Qian's matter. He is reminding me that I am being treated by Xiang."
The king has plotted against you!"
Zhu Mianyuan blinked and realized that this was what King Min said when he finally left.
Also, if it hadn't been for his reminder, the father and son would not have linked the punishment they received outside the Meridian Gate to Yu Qian.
More likely, they would think that the emperor was angry with Yifan for causing trouble.
Then, Zhu Mianyuan said.
"Father is right, King Xiang wants to use us to unite with other clans to defeat King Min, but King Min is not easy to mess with. He rushed us to reveal the twists and turns here before meeting with King Xiang.
Father, I just hope that we don’t trust King Xiang easily.”
"But what is his purpose?"
After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Mianyuan continued.
"Furthermore, even if my father has guessed this, His Majesty is obviously furious about Yu Qian's matter this time. Coupled with the incident caused by Yi Fan, we are afraid that we will really offend His Majesty this time. Sacred Heart
If this is the case, if we really want to rectify the affairs of the clan, I, Yi Fan, will definitely be attacked, so we can’t just sit back and wait for death, right?”
Zhu Yongyi's face darkened.
He knew in his heart that this was King Xiang's plan, but he didn't have a good solution at the moment as to how to solve it.
After frowning and thinking for a moment, he pressed his forehead and said.
"There is no need to worry for the moment. If no accident occurs, then we will have to make excuses with King Xiang even if we pinch our noses."
"But now that King Min has intervened, there may be other opportunities. Now we know King Xiang's intention, but that guy King Min still doesn't know what he wants to do."
"If you show courtesy for nothing, you must ask for something. He will definitely come to your door again. The matter of Yi Fan will not be solved in one day. Let's wait a little longer..."
Outside the window, the breeze was blowing and autumn leaves were falling.
The sun set in the west, and the brilliant sunset glow smeared the entire sky, as red as blood.
However, in this capital, there are very few people who are willing to appreciate the beautiful scenery...
