"The Gu family is far away in Jizhou, far away from the imperial city. His Royal Highness the Battle King should not be of much help."
"You don't have to help me, just stop helping Prince Chen's Mansion." Rong Cang turned around and looked at Gu Chengye with a somewhat condescending look in his eyes, "There is only one supreme position, it's impossible for both of them to take it. .”
Gu Chengye secretly calculated that Rong Cang had a huge army. If he used a tough attitude to compete with him, no one would be his opponent in terms of military strength. Even if King Chen competed with him, he would not be able to compete for the time being. It was better to hide one's strength and wait for the opportunity.
It is nothing for the War King to take the position of crown prince. After all, the prince can be deposed. On the contrary, his taking the position of prince can make the imperial concubine and aunt more prominent. Even if she cannot be promoted to the queen, she can use the opportunity to cover the sky with one hand.
After Rong Cang had sat on the throne for a long time, the emperor would get older day by day and his mind would gradually become unclear. At that time, he would find a suitable opportunity to let Emperor Mu know that Rong Cang was not his son. Extremely angry and out of control, he The first person to be deposed and killed was Rong Cang.
The emperor became angry and his corpse floated thousands of miles away.
The palace is bound to undergo great changes, and the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty will only take advantage of the trend to support His Highness King Chen.
Even if the emperor would be dissatisfied with the imperial concubine and his aunt, he had no other choice because King Yu had fallen.
He could only pass the throne to King Chen.
Thinking of this, Gu Chengye nodded slowly: "I can promise your highness, but there are some things that I can't just say."
Rong Cang remained silent.
Gu Chengye raised his hand and patted it. The door of the private room was opened, and two women walked in with lowered eyebrows and knelt on the ground.
Both of them are about fourteen or fifteen years old, with delicate and bright looks, radiant white skin, and slim bodies that are not even tight. Their appearance is no less beautiful than the previous beauties.
"It's fine that His Highness is not interested in the beauties Mr. Chen gave to His Highness before. These two are the concubines of the Gu family." Gu Chengye said calmly, "We must be sincere in our cooperation. I only hope that His Highness is willing to keep them by his side. After bringing them back to the capital, it doesn't matter whether they become concubines or concubines, as long as His Highness the War King takes pity on them and gives them a place to stay."
Changqing frowned, did the Gu family want to put two eyes on the prince, or did they hope that the Gu family would have a place in the harem in the future?
Rong Cang's eyes were attentive: "My wife is very jealous, I'm afraid she won't agree to such a thing."
Gu Chengye couldn't help laughing: "Your Highness is joking. No matter how jealous the princess is, at most she can make a fuss and really stop her from taking a concubine? Besides, since your highness wants that position, he will inevitably have three palaces and six courtyards in the future. The princess cannot always disagree. "
The two girls raised their eyes and looked at Rong Cang timidly. Then they put their hands on the ground and knelt down: "I beg His Highness the War King to show mercy and accept the two slaves."
Rong Cang frowned slightly, then nodded slowly for a moment: "In that case, let the two of them stay."
"Thank you, Your Highness, the King of War." Gu Chengye smiled on his face, "In this case, is the cooperation between His Highness and I accomplished?"
"When will the money arrive?"
"It will take some time to raise the money." Gu Chengye thought for a moment, "When the prince leaves Shuozhou, I guarantee that the money will be sent to the north in full."
"You don't need to send it away." Rong Cang refused, "I will arrange for someone to come over and hand over to you."
"yes."
Rong Cang stood up and walked out. The two girls from the Gu family stood up and followed without saying a word. They never made eye contact with Gu Chengye from the beginning to the end.
Rong Cang came here on horseback. Because there were two more girls, Changqing could only call a carriage to take them.
It was late at night when I returned to the other courtyard.
Qi Jin and Uncle Xie Xiaoguo were still awake and were sitting on the stone table in the courtyard playing chess. When they saw Rong Cang coming back, they stepped forward to greet him: "Your Highness is back?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two girls walking in outside the gate. Qi Jin paused slightly: "Why did you bring two more girls back?"
Does the Gu family only know how to use the honey trap?
Moreover, she also uses honey traps on people who are not good at beauty.
I really don’t know what’s going on in their heads.
Rong Cang walked to the study without saying a word, Qi Jin and Uncle Xie Xiaoguo followed him all the way. When they approached the door of the study, the two girls still stayed close to each other, and even had the intention of following him to the study.
Qi Jin raised his hand to stop them: "The study is such an important place, it's inconvenient for you to go there."
The two girls stood motionless. Qi Jin thought they would be obedient, but he didn't expect that as soon as he retracted his arms, the two of them followed him.
Rong Cang's voice sounded in the study: "Let them come in."
Qi Jin felt strange: "Yes."
When the two girls entered the door, Uncle Xie Xiaoguo glanced at them expressionlessly, then saw the two of them walking up to Rong Cang: "I will wait for His Highness to change his clothes."
Qi Jin's mouth twitched and he couldn't help but remind him again: "This is a study, not a bedroom -"
When the girl raised her hand to reach for Rong Cang's sleeve, a piece of paper was quietly thrust into his hand.
Another girl lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes: "The master of the house asked the slave family to serve His Highness the War King well."
"Go and wait outside first. I have something to discuss."
"yes."
The two girls had no choice but to turn around and walk out.
Rong Cang sat down on the chair, raised his eyes and saw that the doors and windows were closed tightly, and then he opened the note in his hand.
When Qi Jin and Uncle Xie Xiaoguo saw this, they realized that the two girls were not stupid, but smart, and His Highness the War King must have seen their purpose, so he agreed to let them stay.
Rong Cang read the words on the note and handed it to Qi Jin: "You guys take a look."
There was only one sentence on the note: I am willing to help His Royal Highness the King of War to eradicate the Gu family, Gu Yilan presented it.
Qi Jin raised his eyebrows slightly: "What is this?"
Didn’t it mean that the Gu family was unanimous in speaking out at critical moments?
It seems that the rumors cannot be trusted at all.
Compared with this note, Uncle Xie Xiaoguo was more concerned about the conversation between Rong Cang and Gu Chengye: "What did Your Highness just talk to the eldest son of the Gu family?"
Rong Cang said: "I only made two demands to him. One is five million taels of silver, and the other is that they stop helping King Chen."
Five million taels of silver?
Qi Jin was speechless and couldn't help turning his head to look at Uncle Xie Xiaoguo: "The Ministry of Revenue is going to get rich."
He didn't even ask Gu Chengye if he would agree. There was nothing Rong Cang wanted to do that he couldn't do so far.
Although on the surface it seemed that they were standing on the Gu family's territory and their stance was very passive, in fact from the moment they set foot on Shuozhou, the Gu family had already stepped into the gate of hell.
No matter how many calculations they make, they are just hanging on for a while. Do they really think they can control His Majesty the King of War?
How ridiculous.
Uncle Xie Xiaoguo said calmly: "Five million taels are the taxes that Jizhou should pay, and there is also disaster relief money allocated by the court, so it can only be regarded as their repayment."
"That's true." Qi Jin nodded slowly, "But it is a happy thing that there is no disaster. Besides, after those account books are sent to the capital, the emperor will definitely confiscate the Duke Protector's Mansion, and then he will be able to extract a large sum of money. In short, The treasury doesn’t have to worry about it in the past two years.”
"The Gu family's five million taels do not need to be turned over to the national treasury." Rong Cang said calmly, "I plan to use it to pay military salaries to the soldiers, supply food and grass, replace weapons, and make winter clothes to keep out the cold."
After a pause, he looked at Qi Jin: "Your father is guarding the southern border, so he should equip the soldiers with all the equipment they need. Although the winter in the southern border is not as bitterly cold as in the north, there should be no shortage of cold-proof clothing."
When Qi Jin heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "If my father knew that the War King was so concerned about the soldiers in the southern border, he would probably be moved to death."
"Before I returned to the capital, the battle in Mobei was a tragic one. The generals died on the battlefield and more than half of the army was lost. They should be unable to fight again within two years." Rong Cang said indifferently, "But they are predatory by nature. If they want to It is impossible for them to stay calm for too long, so I am determined to destroy Mobei. Therefore, within the next year, the soldiers in the north must prepare enough weapons and arrows, horses and armor in advance to be ready for battle at any time. .”
Destroy Mobei?
Qi Jin was startled. He didn't expect that he had such a plan in his heart, and his mood was complicated for a moment.
