Zhu Qiyu thought about it carefully and realized that he should really place two women beside King Xiang.
For the key figures of the Emperor's faction, we should vigorously deploy spies and strengthen monitoring in all aspects.
So Zhu Qiyu nodded vigorously and asked Lin Xiangyu: "Prince Xiang is my uncle. He has traveled three thousand miles all the way, and I feel really sorry for him.
Two women must be sent to express filial piety. Has the princess thought of a good choice? "
When Lin Xiangyu heard this, she looked at Qianxue and Suxi beside Zhu Qiyu with a smile.
Zhu Qiyu was almost frightened and fell over. He quickly moved forward and protected a pair of little sisters behind him.
Lin Xiangyu was stunned when she saw this, and just when she was about to speak, Qianxue smiled bitterly behind Zhu Qiyu and said: "Hey, husband, you don't have to protect us, you don't enjoy us sisters anyway, so let's sacrifice ourselves and make some contributions for your husband. .”
"No, no, no, no, no, you two little sisters are my forbidden sweethearts, so I can't give them away."
"Then you don't let us two sleep together. Other sisters have the opportunity to be favored, but we two don't. Staying at home and not enjoying it is a waste of money. It's better to give it away for others to use."
Zhu Qiyu smiled helplessly and said: "Okay, when it comes to the Flower Festival next month, even if you are old, I will just let you two sleep with me. When the Flower Festival next year, I will give you two more flowers. .”
Hearing this, Qianxue and Su Xi covered their mouths and kept laughing.
Zhu Qiyu felt that Monk Zhang Er was confused, and he couldn't help but asked curiously: "Do you really want to be played with by me? I agreed to let you sleep with me, but why are you so happy?"
Qianxue covered her waist and replied with a smile: "My husband just sent his daughter to become a habitual offender. My sister just looked at us. You actually think that my sister wants to send us out."
"Otherwise, did Yan'er have other intentions just now?"
Qianxue smiled and said: "The person who will be given to Prince Xiang has already been arranged, and the slave family is personally responsible for it. My sister looked at us just now because she wanted the slave family to report to her husband. Why do you think it is my sister who wants to send us away? Woolen cloth?"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly realized when he heard this: "Hey, I was shocked, it turns out this is the case. Since you have made arrangements, I don't care, let's go to bed early."
…
On the twenty-second day of the first lunar month, early in the morning.
King Xiang got up, had breakfast, and his entourage had already packed up.
Just as he was about to leave, the concierge sent in a message. King Xiang opened it and couldn't help laughing. Among the diners who ate at the same table in Jietianlou yesterday, there was a wealthy businessman from Jiangxi named Zhang Yan, who came to see him off together with a man from the capital named Li Xin.
King Xiang could see through this at a glance: he lived in Changsha, close to Jiangxi. Jiangxi's wealthy businessmen got the opportunity and rushed to curry favor with their prince, so that he could make it easier for him to do business in Changsha in the future. It is human nature for businessmen to pursue profits.
As for Li Xin, he was pulled by Zhang Yan as a foil.
As expected, Li Xin just sent some local products from Beijing to show his appreciation, while Zhang Yan was enthusiastic and said to King Xiang very sincerely:
"Yesterday when I visited Tianlou for a while, I saw a lot of neglect in my heart, and I felt quite uneasy. Your Highness is here, and the journey has been tiring, and I have nothing special to do. I would like to dedicate two girls to relieve your fatigue. Please be patient. Be disgusted."
After saying that, Zhang Yan clapped his hands, and two bright and charming women walked in and knelt down to salute.
King Xiang was about to refuse, but he just lowered his head and glanced briefly, and then changed his mind.
The two women have graceful and slender figures, and looks that would captivate a country, but that's the second best. The key point is that these are two foreign beauties from the Western Regions, who have a more unique flavor than Han women.
Because of this exotic sentiment, King Xiang decided not to refuse such an original gift.
Accepting this gift will not only relieve boredom on the road, but also make the journey no longer boring. And after returning to Changsha Palace, even if you don't want to use them anymore, you can easily sell them for fifty thousand taels if you sell two top-quality beauties.
If the mountain is not high, it will be famous if there are immortals; if the water is not deep, if there is a dragon, it will be spiritual.
The exotic beauties used by King Xiang were no ordinary women. Some of them were sought after by wealthy businessmen. It was not impossible to raise the price to one hundred thousand taels.
Thinking back to Jie Tianlou's prosperous business of robbing money and making huge profits, Prince Xiang was naturally unwilling to refuse the one hundred thousand taels of silver that came to his door.
So King Xiang refused a few times, then reluctantly accepted.
Zhang Yan, the one who gave the gift, thanked King Xiang profusely for the gift, which greatly satisfied King Xiang's vanity.
So King Xiang smiled at Zhang Yan and said: "In the future, when Mr. Zhang passes by Changsha on business, he will come to Prince Xiang's Mansion. There is a century-old wine in the mansion. Let's have a few drinks then."
Zhang Yan and Li Xin thanked them profusely before saying goodbye and leaving.
After King Xiang saw them off, he led his entourage and embarked on the journey home with the two beauties, more than a hundred eunuchs and maids rewarded by the emperor, two tigers, and a bunch of rare birds and animals.
All the princes seemed to have agreed upon it, and all those who could leave in the morning left, leaving only the King of Min and the King of Soochow who were left in the capital by Zhu Qiyu.
As the princes left, everyone in the government and the public breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the princes have now been cut off from their vassals and have completely lost their real power, they still put a lot of pressure on the courtiers. If so many princes collectively make trouble, it will be a huge headache.
Fortunately, the princes did not delve into the ministers' support for the new king, nor did they express too much dissatisfaction with the subsequent defense of Beijing and the aftermath.
There must be a lot of dissatisfaction among the princes, but the fight between the emperor and the queen mother passed too quickly. In just one month, there were frequent back and forths and strange moves.
During this period, there were a series of cruel and cruel methods such as poisoning, killing with sticks, hanging, self-immolation, and death, which made it impossible for the lords to participate deeply.
Although everyone sympathized with the Supreme Emperor, no one was willing to lose their lives and lose their title.
In the morning, the vassal kings left one after another, and in the afternoon, there was another small reshuffle of power in the inner court.
First, the eunuchs in charge of Queen Mother Sun, Queen Qian, and Queen Zhou made adjustments, and Gao Ping was officially appointed as the general manager of Yinghua Palace. Ruan Rang also served as the general manager of Changchun Palace, and Ruan Lang also served as the general manager of Qianqing Palace.
Secondly, Ruan Xi was previously ordered by Zhu Qiyu to form a thousand pure troops to guard the inner court. By this time, the Jing Army had been formed, and Ruan Xi was promoted to the position of Eunuch Bingbi, Supervisor of Ceremonies, replacing Wang Jin, and also in charge of the Royal Supervisory Seal.
Chen Mian took over the governor of the capital, which was originally in charge of Ruan Xi.
Another senior eunuch, Bingbi Wang Jin, resigned from the post of imperial eunuch and became responsible for the inner study hall.
From then on, Ruan Xi was responsible for the inner court guards, the inner factory supervisor Zhang Yong was responsible for monitoring the entire imperial city, and the imperial horse supervisor Hao Yi was responsible for guarding the imperial city.
Immediately afterwards, Ruan Xi dispatched the Jing Army and placed sentries around the Yinghua Palace, Changchun Palace, and Kunning Palace to provide tight protection around the clock.
After this series of changes in the inner court, the eleven chief eunuchs in the inner court that Zhu Qiyu had previously appointed were once again changed and their powers were redistributed. Now even the Queen Mother Sun was confused and couldn't figure out who belonged to whom.
(End of chapter)
