Beijing, Shihu Hutong, Princess Jianning Mansion.
This mansion is the residence of Heshuo Jianning's eldest princess Ajige and her husband, Prince Pingxi's son Wu Yingxiong.
Although one of the host and hostess here is the daughter of Huang Taiji, the aunt of the current emperor Kangxi, and the other is the crown prince of Wu Sangui, the powerful King of Pingxi. But this house is simple and old. What it looked like when Ajige took over it (the year of the Qing Dynasty in Beijing), it is still what it looks like now. No decoration has been carried out. It is really low-key and cannot be any more low-key. If they hadn't known it in advance, no one would have thought that the people living here were actually Wu Sangui's eldest son and Huang Taiji's daughter.
But even though Wu Yingxiong was so low-key that he almost became invisible, his life was still getting more and more difficult. Especially after the fall of Obai, Wu Yingxiong obviously felt that he was in danger, and he felt that there was some powerful character lurking around his mansion. And the word "San Francisco" also made him feel uneasy...the Emperor Kangxi who took down Obai without mercy, and ignored Obei's past loyalty and tortured the old guy to death in prison. , the six characters "San Francisco", "River Service" and "Water Transport" have been written on the pillars of the South Study Room!
South Study is the place where Obai is captured!
This is going to attack San Francisco!
What makes Wu Yingxiong even more desperate is that last year Emperor Kangxi allowed Shang Zhixin, the eldest son of King Pingnan, Shang Kexi, to return to Guangdong to assist his father in managing government and military affairs. At the same time, he ignored Wu Sangui who claimed to be ill and did not mention it at all. Let Wu Yingxiong return to Yunnan to assist in vassal affairs... Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan in Fujian, died in the first month of this year, and Geng Jingzhong has successfully succeeded to the throne.
This made it clear that the three feudal lords should be treated differently and the focus should be on the Pingxi King family.
After Shang Zhixin left Beijing, Wu Yingxiong's mood became increasingly depressed. Except for the court meetings and other official activities that he had to attend, he, the prince of Pingxi, was a closed-door man.
Moreover, he was always unhappy at home. Apart from drinking, he would go into the Buddhist hall and recite "Amitabha" with Zen Master Qilong of Ciyuan Temple. Even Princess Jianning, who had always been in a good relationship, didn't pay much attention to him.
This Princess Jianning is not the same as the unruly, willful and somewhat masochistic Princess Jianning in "The Deer and the Cauldron". She is the daughter of the fat Huang Taiji, and her mother is a Mongolian. Naturally, she cannot be small... Princess Jianning is bigger than Wu Yingxiong!
And Wu Yingxiong is not a handsome guy. He is just a short and fat guy with an unattractive appearance. He has thin eyebrows, big eyes, and thick lips. He looks simple and honest. When he first married Princess Jianning, he was cheerful all day long. He was just a silly boy. But being a hostage for more than 20 years, especially in the past few years, being frightened every day by the "benevolent monarch" Kangxi who had already married the government, made me a little depressed.
But for some reason today, Wu Yingxiong, who had returned from the previous court, actually walked into the gate of the mansion in Shihu Hutong humming a little tune, and he was carrying a basket of mooncakes from Dashunzhai in his hand. Seeing his fat lady, he put the basket in front of him and said with a smile: "Look, Gege, the mooncakes from Dashunzhai are freshly baked... If you have a good appetite, why don't you come with ten first to satisfy your hunger?"
Princess Jianning was stunned again and again, "Sir, you went to the outer city after the court?"
At this time, the inner city of Beijing was very deserted. It was a city of bannermen. Those who were not under the banner were not allowed to live in the inner city, let alone do business. Therefore, the business in Beijing is basically in the outer city. Officials have to go to the outer city when they want to go out for consumption and take care of health care.
Since the news that Emperor Yongli was killed by his father reached Beijing, Wu Yingxiong rarely went to the outer city to spend money... It was not because he was afraid of being quietly killed by the Ming Dynasty survivors, but because he knew The reason why the birds are gone and the bows are hidden is to be low-key and low-key!
Wu Sangui, an old man in Yunnan, didn't know how difficult it was to take care of his master in Beijing. Wu Yingxiong, who accompanies the emperor like a tiger every day, certainly knows this truth.
"Yes, I went to the outer city," Wu Yingxiong said with a smile, "Isn't the Mid-Autumn Festival coming soon? Monk Zhilong and Geng Zhaozhong went to Dashun Zhai for a quick meal and saw freshly made mutton stuffing. I bought a basket of mooncakes and came back."
"What?" Princess Jianning took the basket and took her husband with her to walk into the palace. She entered the inner hall and stepped back. Then she frowned and asked, "What happened? Are you keeping a low profile?" It has been more than twenty years, how dare you eat with them today without fear of someone chewing their tongue in front of the Long Live Lord?"
Wu Yingxiong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Fu Jin, to tell you the truth, I have kept a low profile for more than 20 years, but I have actually seen through it long ago... Under the rule of our Long Live Lord, there is no use pretending to be a grandson!"
"Then you're still pretending?"
Wu Yingxiong smiled bitterly: "I'm just lying to myself!"
"Then what's going on today?" Princess Jianning half-joked, "It's a holiday, aren't you going to lie?"
Wu Yingxiong shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with celebrating the festival but not celebrating it, but being happy!"
"Happy? Why?"
"Because the three of us can be regarded as living Bodhisattvas who save people from suffering!"
"The living Bodhisattva who saves the suffering? Who is it?"
"The Third Prince Zhu!" Wu Yingxiong lowered his voice, "Gege, did you know? The Third Prince Zhu raised an army in Chaozhou to rebel... and killed two hundred flag soldiers of Xushun Duke's Mansion one after another! An assistant The collar is almost gone, haha, this Third Prince Zhu is really awesome, it seems he is the real deal!"
The information Wu Yingxiong obtained from Shang Zhilong and Geng Zhaozhong was certainly more timely than the information obtained by Emperor Kangxi.
Shang Zhilong and Geng Zhaozhong have maintained flying pigeon correspondence with Guangzhou and Fuzhou. Although flying pigeon letters cannot be used to send top-secret information, the real-time battle report between Duke Xushun and Prince Zhu is not considered top-secret.
Therefore, Shang and Geng received more timely and accurate information than Kangxi - they already knew the losses caused to Duke Xushun's mansion in the battle when Zhu Hesheng broke out, and they also learned that Duke Xushun died from serious injuries. How many flag soldiers are there? These two figures plus the number of people killed and missing in the previous "Battle of Empty City Strategy", the Xushun Mansion has lost more than 180 people, including the seriously injured and disabled, even 200 people cannot be defeated!
Wu Yingxiong smiled again: "Now I can finally live a peaceful life for a few years!"
"How many years will it take?" Princess Jianning was still a little worried. "If Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong are going to send troops to suppress them, how many years can the Third Prince Zhu last?"
"Why are you willing to kill him?" Wu Yingxiong shook his head and said, "I regretted killing Emperor Yongli last time. This time, I finally got the third prince Zhu. He is quite capable of fighting. How can I keep him well? I'm glad that Maybe they are old and confused, but Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong are still young!
In addition, Liu Jinzhong from Chao Town is also a Geng Jingzhong and will not make great efforts. Now Deng Guangming is riding a tiger alone, unable to dismount. If the emperor really wants to destroy Prince Zhu, he will have to send troops from the north to the south. If Shang and Geng were smarter, this bad war would be easier to fight. This way I can always stay safe for a few years..."
"It will be fine in a few years..." Princess Jianning thought to herself: "In a few years, Wu Sangui may be dead. The emperor can't stop him from succeeding to the throne, right? As long as he reaches Yunnan, then It’s just that the emperor is far away!”
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a cough outside the door, and then the voice of Wu Yingxiong's eldest son Wu Shilin came: "Amma, Monk Qilong from Ciyuan Temple is here to accompany you in chanting sutras again."
"Okay, I'll be here right away!" Wu Yingxiong agreed, and smiled at his wife, Princess Jianning, "Gege, if the third prince of Chaozhou can get up, maybe it's because the Bodhisattva is blessing me, so I still have to recite this sutra... "You eat some moon cakes first, and I'll go and recite sutras with that monk Yang for a while. If you don't eat them all, leave two for me."
After hearing this, Princess Jianning glared at Wu Yingxiong: "I know! There's a whole basket, where can I eat it?"
After saying this, the fat Princess Heshuo Jianning picked up a fresh mutton mooncake and ate it in two or three bites!
