Chapter 86 Conditions for Alliance
Bi Yuntao was full of wine and food, but of course, there was no wine. He patted his belly with satisfaction and burped.
Do you want to go look for Han Wuyong's room now? ! Bi Yuntao touched his chin and thought.
"Ha!" Bi Yuntao yawned involuntarily, feeling sleepy. Forget it, I'm procrastinating again, let's talk about it after I wake up.
But as soon as I lay down, I heard a knock on the door: "Dong, dong, dong!"
Grandma is so annoying. She always comes over when I feel sleepy. Bi Yuntao lifted up the quilt and covered his head, let him go and pretended not to be there!
"Dong dong dong!" The person who knocked on the door was extremely patient and kept knocking on the door one after another, as if he was very sure that Bi Yuntao was in the house.
"Here we come! Stop knocking. Where is the soul?!" Bi Yuntao got up and opened the door, cursing, with a look of impatience on his face.
"Creak!" With a sound, the door opened. Before he could see who it was, Bi Yuntao directly cursed, "Are you finished? Don't you know this is King Qi's room!"
"The fourth emperor brother has such a big temper!" the eldest prince said. "It seems that I have disturbed the Fourth Emperor!"
Only then did Bi Yuntao see clearly that the eldest prince was standing in front of the door. He scratched his head and said, "The eldest prince came to see the emperor. What do I need to do?!"
"You bastard, why don't you let us in quickly?! Why are you blocking the door?!" The imperial concubine looked behind Bi Yuntao suspiciously, "You're not doing something good, are you?!"
Bi Yuntao hurriedly looked at himself and let them in, "No way, mother-in-law, can't you give me some trust?! After all, I am also your son!"
"Huh!" The imperial concubine looked around the room, and when she saw that nothing happened as she thought, she snorted coldly and found a chair to sit down. "It's just because you are my son that I can't trust you very much. !”
Bi Yuntao collapsed on the bed helplessly, "Don't let the family scandal be publicized. The eldest prince is still here! Can't you save some face for me?!"
"Haha!" The eldest prince laughed, "It doesn't matter, we are all a family anyway, where is the family scandal?"
"By the way, concubine, why are you and the eldest prince together?! What's the matter with you coming to see me?" Bi Yuntao sat up and looked at the two of them.
"You! What are you doing every day?!" The imperial concubine complained, "Didn't we agree before lunch that we would come over to discuss the alliance together after lunch?! Why haven't you forgotten even one day has passed? Already?!"
"Oh!" Bi Yuntao suddenly realized, and then he remembered that the eldest prince had indeed said such words before lunch.
"So, eldest prince, how are you going to form an alliance?!" Bi Yuntao looked at the eldest prince and asked.
"The imperial concubine mentioned the alliance in advance. Didn't you tell us the conditions first?!"
Bi Yuntao raised his eyebrows and was about to retort, but the imperial concubine said in advance, "Shut up, just listen by the side! You don't have to worry about anything!"
"Hey! Yes, yes!" Bi Yuntao shrank his neck and said yes repeatedly. I can't afford to offend you. You have the highest status in the whole room. If you say shut up, just shut up!
"My Lady, I wonder how you plan to discuss this with me?"
"First of all, I would like to put forward a few conditions. If you cannot agree, we will not discuss our alliance." The imperial concubine did not answer his questions, but kept talking to herself.
The eldest prince did not answer immediately, but pondered for a moment, and then said, "My dear concubine, please tell me first! If I think it's okay, then it won't be a problem, but if the conditions you mentioned are unacceptable to me, then what will happen between us?" The alliance between us can only be abandoned!"
"Okay! Let me tell you the first and most important condition first," the imperial concubine said.
"Your Majesty, please tell me!" The eldest prince nodded.
"The first condition is that if you win the battle for the throne in the future, you cannot harm the King of Qi, nor can you deprive him of his title."
The eldest prince was deep in thought but did not speak. The aunt also knew that the eldest prince needed time to think, so she did not urge him. Bi Yuntao, who was on the side, couldn't help but rolled his eyes when he heard the conditions proposed by the imperial concubine.
If I were the eldest prince, and won the battle for the legitimate title, and won the throne, I would demote the other party to a commoner status, so that the other party would never be allowed to enter the capital, and send people to keep an eye on him secretly. This would not only prevent future troubles, but also make the other party really If there is any trouble and evil intentions arise, every move of the other party will be under his control.
Sure enough, just as Bi Yuntao thought, the eldest prince also considered it and couldn't help but laugh, "My dear concubine, what are the benefits of doing this? I thought about it, but I really didn't think of what benefits it would have to me!"
"First Prince, how smart are you to not consider what's best for you?!"
"Oh?!" the eldest prince said, "What are the benefits? Please tell me in detail!"
"What is the purpose of forming an alliance with you?!" The imperial concubine asked instead of explaining in a hurry.
"Of course we will jointly deal with the second and third princes."
"That's right. Judging from the current situation, the second prince and the third prince have secretly united together.
King Qi now no longer has the right to inherit the throne, and can be regarded as withdrawing from the competition for the throne.
At present, you, the eldest prince, are the only one left to deal with the two of them. Although they have not taken action yet, in the future, you will definitely be unable to deal with them alone.
And you also know that King Qi has attracted a lot of hatred from the second and third princes because of what happened before. You can hide in the dark and take action at any time. This is a great time. "
When the imperial concubine said this, she felt it was reasonable, but there was still a trace of concern in her heart, "What you said is indeed reasonable, imperial concubine. Although it is said that King Qi no longer has the right to inherit the throne, these matters are not a matter of a word from the emperor. "The eldest prince paused and continued, "If it's just this benefit, it won't make me interested."
The imperial concubine also knew that these petty gains could not attract the eldest prince to happily agree to form an alliance with her, so she immediately threw out another bait to make him agree.
"Since King Qi has attracted the hatred of the two of them, they will definitely fight to the death with King Qi. You can just push the dirty work to King Qi. Anyway, King Qi has no desire to be the emperor. He only wants to Sitting among the beauties in the world."
"Oh? Is that so?" The eldest prince looked doubtfully at Bi Yuntao, who was resting with his eyes closed.
But after waiting for a long time, Bi Yuntao didn't speak. Even the imperial concubine was a little confused. She turned to look at Bi Yuntao and saw him sleeping soundly. She was very angry. But she was there. I'm here to help him make suggestions. Fortunately for him, he actually dozed off here.
The imperial concubine stretched out her leg and kicked him, scolding: "The eldest prince is asking you a question!"
Bi Yuntao felt a pain in his calf. He opened his eyes in confusion and looked at the imperial concubine who had kicked him. His face was full of doubts. He didn't understand how he could kick himself? !
When the imperial concubine saw the confusion on his face, she knew that he had not listened to the conversation just now. She gritted her teeth and said, "Do you want to have imperial power over the country, or do you want to have beautiful women?"
But Bi Yuntao just kept silent, as if it had nothing to do with him. The imperial concubine's anger that she had finally suppressed suddenly surged up, and with enough strength, she kicked him hard again. "say!"
"Didn't you tell me to shut up?" Bi Yuntao grinned and rubbed his calf. It really hurt. It must have been swollen from the kick, and maybe even bruised.
"You!" When the imperial concubine heard this, she was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven.
Bi Yuntao grinned in pain. When he saw his mother-in-law who was so angry that her face was contorted, he did not dare to speak glibly anymore and quickly said, "Needless to say, of course you are sitting on a beautiful woman. Being an emperor is so tiring. You have to work every day. I have to go to court, correcting memorials basically takes a day, and at night I have to work with the beauties in the harem for the next generation. Sooner or later I will die of overwork. I am too lazy to do it!"
The eldest prince nodded inaudibly, knowing in his heart that according to King Qi's palace, it was unlikely that what he said was a lie. Now the previous worries disappeared.
"Okay! You can continue to sleep!" The imperial concubine said to Bi Yuntao angrily.
When Bi Yuntao heard what the imperial concubine said, he fell back with relief without saying a word, spread out on the bed, and fell asleep.
"Hey!" The imperial concubine shook her head in disgust, "I'll make you laugh, eldest prince!"
"Haha! It doesn't matter!" the eldest prince said with a smile, "The fourth emperor's brother is just a real person and doesn't stick to trivial matters. Yun Xiao is really envious!"
"Just pick something nice to say!" the imperial concubine said, "Let's continue the topic we just didn't finish."
"When you win the throne, it will be of great use to keep King Qi alive!"
"How can I see it?"
"By keeping King Qi alive, you can leave a reputation among the people for valuing brotherhood. This reputation can give you great prestige among the people. It will play a great role in stabilizing your throne in the future!"
The eldest prince did not ask questions this time, but glanced thoughtfully at Bi Yuntao, who was sleeping on the bed, and chuckled.
"Okay, Yun Xiao, I can agree to this condition, but you, the noble concubine, put forward a condition. Correspondingly, should I also put forward a condition?"
"It's natural! Just agree to it!" The imperial concubine breathed a sigh of relief. She was deeply afraid that the eldest prince would not agree to this condition, which would lead to the collapse of the conversation. But fortunately, the eldest prince agreed. Now Bi Yuntao's future life is really in danger. are guaranteed.
"Just tell me what conditions you have!"
"My condition is very simple. I know that the imperial concubine is secretly helping me behind the Four Emperors, so my condition is to help me win the throne and never have second thoughts."
