Zhen Zangzhu borrowed soldiers and horses from Fujian and besieged King Wu and Princess Shen in Wangchen Courtyard of Prince Wu's Mansion. Chen Ruiwen, an important minister, arrived and sat across from Zhen Zangzhu in the hall. Chen Ruiwen thought for a moment and said: "Master Zhen, you are also thinking
People who have passed the book."
Zhen Zangzhu immediately said: "I am a military commander."
Chen Ruiwen said solemnly: "Military generals should also know that if a subject offends the emperor, the whole country will rise up to attack him. Do you really want to be such a rebellious subject?"
The Fujian young general laughed and said to Zhen Zangzhu: "Is this really Chen Ruiwen of the Wu Kingdom?" Zhen Zangzhu nodded. The young general said, "How did a fool become a high-ranking minister?"
Zhen Zangzhu said: "He is not stupid, he is stuck in the past. According to the ordinary negotiation rules, the two parties cannot go straight to the issue after meeting, but must first have a bickering. This bickering is not a quarrel, let alone expressing one's own opinions, it is just
Just drop the book bag."
"Then Master Zhen will also drop his book bag later?"
"Originally it should be. But I have never read the Four Books and Five Classics, so I can't. Let him talk alone and let's have tea." Zhen Zangzhu said, "After he has finished speaking, give him a cup of tea to rest.
Then we can have serious negotiations."
The young general let out a long "Oh": "I understand. It's like dancing before singing an opera."
"That's right." Zhen Zangzhu looked at the opposite side and said, "I don't know how to jump to the next rank. Please excuse me, Mr. Chen, for dancing alone. Thank you for your hard work. Let me know when you finish the dance."
Chen Ruiwen couldn't say a word for a long time, but he slapped the table and shouted: "Zhen Zangzhu! You go deep alone, do you think you can make it?"
Zhen Zangzhu said: "Aren't you here to negotiate? With the prince, princess and Master Chen in your hands, why are you leaving?"
Chen Ruiwen has only been able to deal with reasonable people since he was born. He couldn't deal with people like Zhen Zangzhu and the Fujian young general. His face turned red from holding back. Suddenly, a maid came out from behind the screen of the meeting room. She said a blessing to everyone and whispered in a low voice.
He told Chen Ruiwen: "Mr. Chen, your Majesty has invited me." Chen Ruiwen hurriedly complained and followed her away.
Walking to the door of the wing next door, there were several Fujian soldiers guarding outside. The maid opened the curtain. The wing was not big. Chen Ruiwen saw a young woman in a green robe sitting on a nanmu chair at the door, with her hair tied up in a loose bun.
Her face was bare and powdery, as delicate and beautiful as a peony branch. Chen Ruiwen knew in his heart that this must be Concubine Shen, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Empress."
Concubine Shen stood up with a look of panic on her face: "Master Chen, save me~~"
Seeing that there was no one else in the house, Chen Ruiwen saw that the maid who led the way had also closed the door. He stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, where is the Crown Prince now?"
Concubine Shen also whispered: "I have hidden him so that thieves cannot find him."
Chen Ruiwen said: "This place is dangerous, and the thieves are cunning and vicious. Ask the queen where the prince is, and I will try to rescue him first. The prince is the foundation of the Wu Kingdom, and you must not go out on business."
Concubine Shen shook her head repeatedly: "My lord, I don't know what's going on. There is nothing you can do to save him right now. He is very safe. As long as the thieves retreat, he will be safe and sound." She pointed to the wall and her ears.
Chen Ruiwen understood what he meant. He rolled his eyes and made a gesture of writing. Concubine Shen still shook her head. Chen Ruiwen said in a low voice: "Can you please give me the Four Treasures of the Empress? I would like to write an essay."
Concubine Shen's eyes turned red: "Sir, when a scholar meets a soldier, it is useless to write articles and explain things. Instead, it makes the thieves suspicious. If not, why don't we negotiate with them in good faith and let them withdraw their troops first? I, the maids, will be terribly frightened."
It's not that Chen Ruiwen has never seen a beauty. This woman is dignified but not charming. It's obvious that she was so frightened that she insisted on being a maid. She is also a bit pitiful, and her heart feels as if she has been pinched. But there is no way for him to let this happen. When the soldiers retreated, he comforted them and said, "Don't be afraid, your Majesty. Your royal concubines are not bandits but Fujian officers and soldiers. They dare not offend the Imperial Majesty seriously. The message of the subordinates will definitely make them frightened. I ask the Imperial Majesty to give me the four treasures of the study."
Concubine Shen's face was filled with disappointment. She lowered her head slightly and thought for a moment, then said: "The appeal is really useless. But... there is no other way."
Chen Ruiwen hurriedly asked: "What good advice does the empress have?"
Concubine Shen stood up, looked at him and smiled sweetly: "My lord, please stay away for a moment. I will go out to discuss with Lord Zhen."
Chen Ruiwen frowned: "Your Majesty is the royal concubine of King Wu, so it would be inappropriate to show her face rashly."
Concubine Shen sighed: "My life is in other people's hands, how can I say what's right or wrong?" She ordered the maid to go to her room to get makeup, powder and jewelry. The maid agreed and went out. Suddenly there were only two people left in the room. Chen Ruiwen Seeing Concubine Shen sitting slumped, her hands and neck as white as jade, she felt extremely itchy, so she quickly looked away.
After a while, the maid came over with Concubine Shen's dowry and turned to look at Chen Ruiwen. Chen Ruiwen hurriedly left.
The maid then helped Concubine Shen dress up and said sarcastically: "Didn't it work?"
Concubine Shen said feebly: "It's half done."
"There's no such thing as half," the maid said, "It just didn't work." She opened her bun and combed her hair.
Concubine Shen sighed: "All the beauties from Wu State are in the palace. Is there any woman in this palace who can surpass me?"
The maid said: "It's not that this person is not lewd. However, when compared to power, beauty was immediately outclassed. The same goes for King Wu."
Concubine Shen murmured: "Historical books praise Si and Daji for causing harm to the country through sex. Could it be that men at that time didn't love the country?"
The maid burst into laughter: "It takes thousands of years for a few women to bring harm to the country through sex? Are they really beautiful for hundreds of years? There are beauties from generation to generation, and no one loses to the others. It only takes a few hundred years for one to appear. He is just a king who is fascinated by women." She paused, "However, there are always men who are fascinated by women in the world. Because we see so few beauties, suddenly finding them is like digging for sand and seeing a pearl."
Concubine Shen smiled bitterly and said leisurely: "You are right. In the early years, I worked hard on four men. Two of them were manipulated by me, and they were both inferior people. Although one was fascinated by me, , His wife said it’s okay if she can’t find me. The other one already has a sweetheart and treats me as if I’m nothing.”
The maid said: "Your Majesty is a rare and stunning beauty in the world, there is no doubt about it. However, being rare does not mean that she is unparalleled. Beauty is originally thin and fat, not to mention that beauties age easily."
Concubine Shen sighed again. After a while, the maid dressed up for her. Concubine Shen looked in the mirror and saw that she was shining brightly. After looking at it for a while, she suddenly asked: "Do you know who the lord is? Male or female?”
"male."
"Have you ever married a wife?"
The maid adjusted Concubine Shen's clothes with a smile: "He took great pains to poach his wife from his enemies, and now she has become a legend."
Concubine Shen's eyes moved: "Have you seen it? Is it beautiful?"
"I have never seen him in person, I have only seen photos in newspapers. That magnanimity... can't be described in a beautiful word?" The maid thought for a while, "Probably only Prime Minister Lin in Beijing can compare."
Concubine Shen was startled and said, "Please ask someone to take a picture for me another day." The mirror was placed on the table. Concubine Shen saw the maid standing behind her in the mirror and her mouth twitched. Then she stood up and said, "Come out. .”
The maid responded: "Okay." Concubine Shen's face moved slightly and she pursed her lips.
At this moment, Chen Ruiwen had returned to the hall. He heard someone shouting from behind the screen, "The empress is coming out." He quickly turned around. I saw Concubine Shen coming out gracefully, followed by two maids, as if she were a fairy descending from the realm, and she stared at her unconsciously. After a while, he suddenly came back to his senses and looked at the green bricks on the ground. Then he stepped forward and saluted: "See you, Princess."
Concubine Shen lightly opened her red lips: "Thank you for your hard work, sir." Chen Ruiwen said repeatedly, "I'm ashamed."
Zhen Zangzhu said coldly: "Are you the demon concubine Shen?"
Concubine Shen said: "Master Zhen calls me a demon concubine, what's the difference between Master Chen calling Master Zhen a rebellious minister?"
Zhen Zangzhu was startled, then smiled and said: "It seems to be no different."
Concubine Shen sat down on the guest seat and said straightly: "Besides covering up my sleeves to attack slander, and being charming and charming, I also have other abilities."
Zhen Zangzhu looked at her intently for a moment: "For example?"
"For example, sending a message." Concubine Shen reached out and asked the maid for tea. The maid hurriedly put the tea into her hand. She lowered her eyebrows and took a sip, then held the tea in her hand and said, "Across the rain of muskets from your army, I still Sent the letter."
Zhen Zangzhu chuckled and said: "I don't know which general I want to give it to? It could be Wei Ruoheng from South America."
"Not the general." Concubine Shen said, "If there is anything wrong between me, the prince, and Mr. Chen, someone will let the prince go."
Zhen Zangzhu was stunned: "Let him go?"
Concubine Shen nodded: "Let it go. Let it go. Where he will go, who he will find, and what he will do is unknown." Zhen Zangzhu's expression changed in vain, and murderous intent suddenly burst out. Concubine Shen took another sip of tea. , "Maybe we can go to South America to find Wei Ruoheng and the two gentlemen from the Bao family."
Zhen Zangzhu narrowed her eyes and looked at her for a long time, then the corners of her mouth raised up into a half-smile: "Ms. Shen is joking."
Concubine Shen raised her head slightly and smiled like a spring breeze: "Master Zhen, do you think I am joking?"
Zhen Zangzhu's face was like a juggling flag, turning red, green, white, and black. After a long time, he sat up straight and said seriously to Concubine Shen: "Now that we are doing it, we will be tied. Madam Shen, do you have any suggestions?"
Concubine Shen smiled and said, "I know Lord Zhen is aware of current affairs." Then she stretched out her slender jade finger and made a horizontal stroke in front of her, "Each of you take one step back, and add two to one to make five."
Chen Ruiwen was shocked and blurted out: "No!"
Zhen Zangzhu frowned and thought for a moment: "What does your Majesty mean by dividing the Kingdom of Wu?"
Concubine Shen closed the tea cup with both hands and said leisurely: "Didn't the Chu State divide it into ten pieces?"
Chen Ruiwen shouted: "Absolutely not!"
Zhen Zangzhu thought for a long time: "Which piece does the empress want?"
Chen Ruiwen became louder and louder: "The reason why the country of Wu is so powerful is that its territory is slightly larger than other countries. If the earth is broken due to some trivial things, where will the prince be placed?!"
Concubine Shen said: "Our prince naturally wants the Kingdom of Wu."
Zhen Zangzhu raised her eyebrows: "Does our grandson want South America?"
Concubine Shen smiled: "Master Zhen, are you willing to agree?"
"Of course I refuse."
"I also know that you have spent all your energy on Shanghai in the past few years. If I want to get that port, I'm afraid I won't be able to get it."
Zhen Zangzhu nodded: "I really can't hold it. Otherwise, Mr. Chen would have reached out to take it."
Concubine Shen also nodded: "Since that's the case, we don't want it anymore."
Before he finished speaking, Chen Ruiwen shouted again: "Mother, no! The prince is still here!"
Shen and Zhen turned to look at him. Zhen Zangzhu made a gesture to Concubine Shen, which meant that you can resolve the matters in your home by yourself. Concubine Shen smiled bitterly and said: "How can I want to divide the country and split the soil? This is not the case. There is absolutely no way. If Mr. Chen still doesn't understand, just go out and ask General Wang who is guarding outside the mansion." Chen Ruiwen was startled. Concubine Shen sighed, "Anyway, Wangchen Courtyard is not far from the mansion gate. We are here. Wait, Mr. Chen, go and come back quickly."
Chen Ruiwen hesitated for a moment and looked at Zhen Zangzhu, who had a sarcastic look on his face; and then looked at the young Fujian general, who was elated. After thinking for a while, he raised his hand to Concubine Shen and said, "I'll be back soon." Concubine Shen nodded slightly. .
Chen Ruiwen ran out of the palace gate without anyone stopping him. He asked the Wu soldiers outside where General Wang was. This man was the leader of the Wu King's guard camp. He was standing against the wall of the palace with a face as cold as ice. Chen Ruiwen was busy. He ran forward and asked in a low voice: "General Wang, have you sent someone to ask for reinforcements?"
General Wang slowly shook his head: "What kind of reinforcements are you asking for? I don't even know what kind of firearms they are using. The range is twice as far as ours. How many reinforcements come will cause many deaths."
Chen Ruiwen took a breath and was stunned for a long time: "Then... what should we do?"
General Wang raised his eyes and looked at him: "I don't know what to do. The firearms are much worse than others, and if you fight with determination, you will be invincible. May I ask Mr. Chen what to do?" Chen Ruiwen's eyes were dazzled. The soles of his feet swayed.
After a long while, Chen Ruiwen trudged back to Wangchen Courtyard, dejected. The Fujian general immediately laughed and said, "Mr. Chen, are you dizzy from the sun?" Zhen Zangzhu took a sip of tea calmly.
Concubine Shen sighed: "Master Chen, have you understood?" Chen Ruiwen nodded. Concubine Shen ordered, "Come here and get the map of Wu."
After a while, a eunuch brought a map from the study and spread it on the desk. Concubine Shen and Zhen Zangzhu gathered around them. Chen Ruiwen hesitated for a moment and sat on the chair without moving, pretending to be too frightened. He knew very well that now Zhen Zangzhu borrowed elite soldiers and captured the prince and princess. He obviously had the upper hand. When the country was divided and the country was torn apart, he would most likely want to take some advantage. Afterwards, the government and the public of Wu State would not be criticized. If he himself had not been involved, he would be blamed. Concubine Gui Shen carried it all by herself. After all, she was a female, so her reputation didn't matter to her.
Unexpectedly, the two of them separated very quickly, and it took only a stick of incense to separate them! Chen Ruiwen stepped forward and took a look, and used an ink pen to draw the boundary line on the map. The area with Jinling was written "Wu", and brought it to Shanghai. The word "Yue" was written on that piece. Zhen Zangzhu did not get any benefits. The formal method is to add two to one to make five, and the two places are about the same size.
Chen Ruiwen frowned: If that country is called Yue, it would be unlucky for Wu. He asked, "Can you change the name of the country over there?"
Zhen Zangzhu excused himself and said, "I won't change."
Concubine Shen said: "It's just a country name, it doesn't matter." She glanced at a few men. "Is this the matter settled?"
Zhen Zangzhu nodded: "Yes." She smiled and cupped her hands towards Concubine Shen, "Concubine Shen is well-deserved. Since we are brothers and neighbors, I ask Wu Guo to take care of her in the future."
Concubine Shen thanked her for her blessings and said, "The State of Wu also asks the State of Yue to take good care of it."
"It's easy to say. Welcome Wu Guo to come to Shanghai port to ship goods."