Nanming Engineer

Chapter 278
"What? Marriage?" Emperor Yongli opened his mouth wide and yelled out, with a shocked expression on his face: "You want to marry yourself to Wang Huan?"

"Yes." Princess Changping nodded firmly, her face was like a pool of autumn water without a single ripple.

"Why? Did Wang Yingxiong say something to you?" Emperor Yongli frowned: "This person also had the idea of ​​​​marriage to me. Because it involves the royal family's face, I have not expressed my position. Could it be that this old man came to you directly? ?”

Princess Changping shook her head and said, "Governor Wang didn't say anything to me. I came up with this idea myself and has nothing to do with Governor Wang."

Yong Li's frown deepened, and he stared at Chang Ping and said: "It's not a big deal to marry ministers. It has happened since ancient times. In all dynasties, promising young men have been carefully selected as consorts, and this dynasty is no exception. , Logically speaking, it is a common practice and in line with etiquette. However, I only have one daughter, who is less than three years old, so it is difficult to marry Wang Huan. I originally wanted to choose one of the palace maids, adopt her as an adopted daughter, and marry the king as a princess. I’m happy, but time is tight and I haven’t had time to start preparations yet.”

He looked at Chang Ping meaningfully and said: "The princess is willing to marry Wang Huan, the age is appropriate, but the princess is the daughter of the first emperor, although she is the niece of my generation, she has a noble status, and Wang Huan is just a commoner. He is as humble as nothing, and his adoptive mother, Qin Liangyu, also lives in the chieftain of the barbarians, and there are no educated people in the family, nor the strength of a wealthy family, so it is too wronged for the princess to marry!"

Changping listened quietly, and when Yongli finished speaking, the long eyelashes on his cheeks fluttered lightly, as beautiful as a butterfly flapping its wings, his bright eyes moved slightly, and he looked at Emperor Yongli and said: "The emperor's deep meaning, Changping understands , but as the emperor said, there is no other suitable princess except Changping. The emperor hastily accepted a court lady as a princess, which is perfunctory. What kind of grievances have I never seen or suffered, and I don’t care about the status of the family. Besides, Chang Ping has lost an arm and has become disabled. Uncle Ping Liang is a young hero, majestic and majestic. Chang Ping married him. Lobby people carefully."

Emperor Yongli snorted in his nostrils and said: "The royal princess, the golden branches and jade leaves, even if she has some shortcomings, so what? Pingliangbo is just a young and successful warrior, to get a noble woman like the princess, and to be related to my royal family, This is a great favor given to him. I forgive him for not daring to be picky. There is no need to persuade others. I will send someone to invite Wang Yingxiong tomorrow and ask him to be the matchmaker to send news to Shizhu and settle the marriage."

He turned around and said to Princess Changping again: "It's just the princess, have you really made up your mind? Once you get married, you will go with Uncle Pingliang. No matter whether it is in the northwest or southwest, it will be desolate and bitter cold, or humid and cold. It can't compare to the prosperity of this capital city, and the hard days can be long."

Chang Ping smiled lightly, with determination on his white face: "Chang Ping's country was ruined and his family was destroyed. Since the time when the father's sword fell, he should have turned into a ghost of the underworld. He has been able to survive until now, but because of his father's revenge, The obsession to save my younger brother is nothing more than support, as long as you can kill the enemy with your hands, what does it matter even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire?"

Emperor Yongli sat down solemnly, and bowed his hands to Changping: "So, I am too worried."

Chang Ping raised his head, and said again: "Your Majesty, this matter is nothing more than attracting strong foreign aid, but this internal trouble is still there. Although Duke Hui is anyway, this man is ambitious and rebellious. Sooner or later it will become a serious problem, the emperor must be more careful."

Hearing the words, Yongli was troubled, and sighed weakly: "I know, but Duke Hui has a strong military force, and the court relies on him to support it. Even if he knows that he is lawless, he still has the power."

Chang Ping also sighed: "Chang Ping also knows, but tonight, Li Yuanyin actually sent people to assassinate Uncle Ping Liang and Grand Scholar Wang, which is too arrogant."

Yongli was startled, as if a big stone was hanging from his heart: "What? An assassination?" He asked anxiously, "Is there something wrong with Uncle Pingliang and Xueshi Wang?"

"The two guards are great, but fortunately they are safe and sound." Princess Changping said.

Emperor Yongli's heart suddenly dropped the stone to the ground, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, okay, it's fine if there's nothing to do, it's fine to have nothing to do."

He slapped the short table with a "slap" again, and said angrily, "This Li Yuanyin, it's unreasonable, it's too much! I just didn't follow their wishes and sealed the official titles of Wang Huan and others. He To assassinate openly, to be so jealous, to be as unreasonable as a street gangster, how unreasonable, how unreasonable!"

Chang Ping persuaded: "Your Majesty, please appease your anger. Now it is his Li family that is relying on him, and you can't make mistakes. According to Wang Huan, the assassination was done very cleanly. There is no evidence left to live, and it can't be counted on Li Yuanyin's head. The Emperor knows that This matter will be kept in my mind in the future
It is. ”

Emperor Yongli raised his hands that were a little red from clapping, he was stunned at first, then thought about it sadly, he fell back weakly, leaned on the armrest of the soft couch, looked up at the sky, and muttered to himself: " Don't make mistakes? They are the ones who made mistakes, not me..."

Chang Ping raised his head and looked out towards the gate of the palace, and saw that the carved gate was tightly shut, and there was no one else in the palace except himself and Yongli, so he said in a low voice: "The emperor, this time, the imperial decree was forcibly sealed and sealed. The titles of Wang Huan and others are equivalent to a signal to the Li family, indicating that the emperor is not a puppet in their hands. Although they let out a sigh, they also put the emperor in danger. Emperor Xiaojing is an example of powerful ministers illegally acting on behalf of the emperor, and now most of the clan's descendants live in Guangdong and Guangxi, the emperor must beware of their secret murders and choose someone to establish a new emperor title."

Emperor Yongli's face turned pale, and his whole body felt even more powerless. He was spread out on the soft couch, unable to move, and he was in a daze without saying a word.

Chang Ping also bowed his head in silence, thinking about his thoughts, the huge palace suddenly fell silent, empty and silent, only the occasional "cracking" sound when the giant candle was burning, which made the air almost stagnant. The main hall brought a voice.

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In the imperial palace, Princess Changping and Emperor Yongli plotted all night long, while the Kuizhou military camp outside the city also looked like they were facing an enemy.

In Wang Huan's large tent, there was a long table with a huge map spread out on the table. The map was rough and the scale was seriously distorted. The mountains, rivers, rivers and cities painted on it could only be roughly seen in one direction, and it was not accurate.

But even so, Wang Huan secretly bought this map from the Zhaoqing Forbidden Army for hundreds of taels of silver, so it was extremely valuable.

At this moment, the lights in the tent were brightly lit, and Li Dingguo and other generals gathered around Wang Huan, staring at the map with concentration and listening to Wang Huan's words.

"This is a map of the entire province of Guangdong. It was drawn during the Wanli period of the imperial court. Although it is a bit scribbled, it can still be used. Please look, this is Zhaoqing, which is where we are. There are bright lands on all sides. We If you want to go back to Sichuan, there are two ways to go. One is to go along the same way, passing through Decheng and Wuzhou to enter Guangxi. Guangxi is the territory of Qu Shisi. This road is probably not as easy as it was when we came here; the second is to go north to Huguang and enter Sichuan via Shaoyang, this road must pass through the territory of He Tengjiao and Duyinxi, which is also difficult." Wang Huan pointed to the red bars on the map. thin lines drawn with cinnabar, explained.

He snapped his fingers easily and said with a smile: "If we want to kill Li Yuanyin and go back safely, we must first plan our retreat. Otherwise, with more than 2000 of us, it will be difficult to kill hundreds of thousands of troops from Guangdong and Guangxi. Big."

(End of this chapter)