Father can be an enemy to the country

Inside the Tamra General Administration Office.

Zheng Mengzhou was struck by lightning. After a long while, he slowly shook his head and said with difficulty: "My lord, I am sorry, I can't obey your order. My Zheng family has served the Goryeo royal family for generations, and I am the top scholar appointed by King Gongmin. I really can't go against my ancestors and let down the late king."

"Stop pretending here. Everyone in the country knows that Wang Yu is not the descendant of King Gongmin, but the son of Sin Don?!" Li Chenggui sneered and refuted, then took the initiative to volunteer:

"Father, let the child go! Three days is a little tight. I promise that within five days, I will bring Sin Yu to you!"

"No need, this is not the duty of the governor." Zhu Zhen shook his head and ordered Feng Cheng: "You go."

"Yes!" Feng Cheng took the order without saying a word and left immediately.

Lee Seong-gye was so moved that he thought to himself that his father didn't want to dirty his hands. He really cared about him...

~~

After receiving the order, Feng Cheng immediately sailed north. Driven by the strong ocean current, he arrived at Licheng Port two days later.

This gateway port of Goryeo Kaijing was handed over to the Ming army ten years ago, and a Ming army coastal defense thousand households were stationed there.

After Feng Cheng landed, he ordered the coastal defense thousand households to immediately gather troops and rush to Kaijing, thirty miles away, with him overnight.

The next morning, he led his troops to the city of Kaijing.

The Goryeo imperial guards guarding the city chose to stand on Lee Seong-gye's side in the coup ten years ago. In the following ten years, they formed a close alliance and fought fiercely with the royalists in the court.

So they opened the city gate directly and let Feng Cheng and his party into Kaijing.

There was also a guard horse stationed in Kaijing City, the full name of which was the Kaijing Guard of the Goryeo Dusi of the Ming Dynasty. Although only the officers were from the Ming Dynasty, and all the soldiers were Koreans, they were proud of being the Ming Dynasty's official army and had completely forgotten their motherland and the king.

At Feng Cheng's order, they immediately grabbed their weapons and rushed to the gate of the palace.

The people guarding the Goryeo Palace were not Lee Seong-gye's men, but the Goryeo king's confidants. Seeing a large group of people rushing towards the palace gate with murderous intent, they hurriedly wanted to close the palace gate.

But it was too late. Feng Cheng's vanguard cavalry galloped over and blocked the half-closed city gate:

"According to the king's order, the Goryeo Dusi entered the palace on official business!" The commander who led the team showed the king's order gold medal given to Feng Cheng by Zhu Zhen, and shouted: "Open the palace gate immediately, and those who violate it will be punished for treason!"

The Goryeo Yulin Army inside the palace gate had already drawn their swords and arrows, and now they dared not move.

In fact, they didn't recognize the gold medal, but they knew that the people coming were the Celestial Empire's garrison in Goryeo, so who would dare to act rashly?

Since Goryeo had become a foreign province of the Ming Dynasty, naturally, there were also official reports delivered on time. In addition to the vigorous propaganda of Feng Cheng and other Celestial Empire people, at least everyone in Kaijing City knew that the Ming soldiers of the Ming Dynasty completely wiped out the Northern Yuan Dynasty and captured the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Now that the power of the Celestial Empire is at its peak, who dares to touch the tiger's whiskers?

So they knew very well that even if they defeated the Ming army, the king would hand them over as scapegoats to calm the anger of the Celestial Empire.

In the end, the Goryeo Yulin Army still obediently opened the city gate and made way...

~~

In the palace bedroom.

Goryeo King Wang Yu was playing music with his beauties. He was young and romantic, good at various musical instruments, and especially liked to play the piano.

At this moment, he sat cross-legged, playing the piano with both hands, Queen Li played the piano, and the favorite concubine Cui held the flute, playing Goryeo's "Gang Kongcheng Song" together.

The diamond finger means that the city wall is strong. It is said that this is the song that was made when the Goryeo king was chased by the Mongolian army to Ganghwa Island for refuge. Later, after the Yuan army retreated, the king returned to the palace. The people were very happy, so they made this song.

The melody of this song is sonorous and passionate, which is very different from the tune that Wang Yu likes on weekdays. The two beauties don’t know why he has changed his nature, but since the king likes it, they just follow it.

Halfway through the performance, the young king suddenly raised his hand to stop playing, and the two beauties also stopped quickly and looked at the king in confusion.

"You are playing it wrong." Wang Yu shook his head and said, "In order to fight against the Mongols, our ancestors took refuge in Ganghwa Island. After several rounds of negotiations, they finally saved the royal family and let our country continue. So when people made this song at that time, they were full of joy of surviving the disaster and gratitude for God's blessing."

"Isn't it our own credit?" The young queen asked with a blink of her eyes.

"Ourselves?" Wang Yu laughed at himself and said, "You think too highly of us."

"But God will bless Goryeo." Cui said crisply, "No one can take away the king's kingdom."

"Haha, well said, that's the feeling!" Wang Yu looked at the concubine with appreciation and said, "Come, let's play it again."

"Yes." The two girls responded in a delicate voice.

The music sounded again, and this time it really became more graceful and ethereal.

Wang Yu smiled with satisfaction and immersed himself in the embrace of the music...

In this music, the fully armed Ming army rushed into the palace.

The panicked footsteps broke the silence of the bedroom. The eunuch pushed open the door of the palace and screamed, "The emperor is not good, the Ming army is coming in!"

"Ah?" The two beauties were pale and the music was stagnant.

"Don't stop, finish it." Wang Yu said in a deep voice, and continued to play the piano.

"This..." The two beauties had no choice but to suppress their panic and trembling hands and continue playing the music.

The eunuchs and the guards who arrived later were all dumbfounded. It was already so late, why didn't they run away and still play the piano? What kind of music was this?

The captain of the guard was about to step forward and force him away, but Wang Yu shouted: "Don't come over!"

"Your Majesty, leave quickly, it's too late if you don't leave!" the head guard said urgently.

"Where are we going?" Wang Yu said with a wry smile while playing the piano: "If Li Chenggui hadn't complained, Ming Dynasty would have interfered with our business? Since it was Li Chenggui who caused the trouble, can we still leave?"

He had known that this day was destined from the moment of Li Chengliang's coup ten years ago.

"..." The guards stopped immediately. They could already imagine the tragic scene of escorting the king to escape from the palace, being surrounded by the imperial army, and then all of them being killed.

In just this moment of hesitation, the bedroom was surrounded by Ming troops. The Ming troops armed with swords and guns rushed into the palace gate. The guards and eunuchs quickly retreated to the king and stood in front of him.

"Your Highness, our prince has invited you." Feng Cheng held his sword hilt in his hand and walked in with his head held high.

"Can't Feng Dutong wait until I finish playing this song?" Wang Yu said helplessly.

"Okay, let's all be listeners." Feng Cheng took off his helmet and held it on his waist with one hand.

"Forget it, I'm not in the mood anymore." Wang Yu sighed and stood up and said, "I can go with you, but please don't hurt the palace family."

"Your Majesty..." The beauties looked at him with tears in their eyes.

"Don't worry, this is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. No one can burn, kill, and loot." Feng Cheng had no choice but to put on his helmet again and said in a deep voice.

"Then I'm relieved." Wang Yu nodded and ordered the eunuch: "Get my seal and ribbon."

The eunuch quickly went to Shang Baojian to get the gold seal and put the purple ribbon on Wang Yu's belt.

Wang Yu followed the Ming army and left his palace as the beauty bid farewell to him in tears.