Chapter Seven: A Coincidence Meeting with the Second Prince
Chapter 7 A chance meeting with the second prince
The second prince of Chen State, Chen Zhong, was tolerant and rarely appeared in the mouths of courtiers and people. He had been stationed in Fencheng at the junction of Chen State and Qin State. He had a heavy army to guard against Qin's invasion. He would not return to the court unless King Chen summoned him.
.Chen Zhong was born to the empress. He was deeply loved by the empress dowager. He was also very talented in culture and military skills. He rarely suffered defeat in many conflicts with the Qin army. He was stationed in the north of Chen State and maintained peace in the country.
After the incident at Fengyue Tower, Qi Cifang followed Wuyou King Qi Si's instructions to be careful in everything, be tolerant when encountering difficulties, and just concentrate on business. Wuyou King also often visited Xiao Tianyou's house.
On this day, as soon as King Wuyou arrived at the gate of Xiao Tianyou's mansion, he saw that the security in front of the gate was tighter than usual, and the number of soldiers guarding the gate was not their usual appearance. When he was hesitating whether to go in, Xiao Tianyou's manager happened to see him, and hurriedly left the house.
Welcome out.
The manager's surname was Xiao, so King Wuyou asked: "Manager Xiao, is there something going on in this mansion? Why is it different from the past?"
Manager Xiao smiled and replied: "Mr. Qi, come into the mansion and talk!" He asked King Wuyou to come, and then said in a low voice: "The second prince is talking to my family in the mansion. Mr. Qi will go to the side room to sit down first. I will
Go and report back to your lord for knowing."
King Wuyou's heart moved. He had already made friends with various people in Luo City, but he had never met the second prince and knew very little about them. If he had this opportunity today, he would like to meet them.
Not long after, Manager Xiao came over to see Prince Wuyou and said that Xiao Tianyou and the second prince were waiting in the hall.
King Wuyou followed and walked in, and saw Xiao Tianyou already at the door. The two held hands and walked in. King Wuyou saw a young prince sitting in the main seat in the hall, dressed in gorgeous clothes and full of heroic spirit.
Xiao Tianyou hurriedly introduced him. The second prince Chen Zhong's eyes were like stars, and he glanced at King Wuyou. There was a smile on his lips, and he raised his hand to sit down. King Wuyou also smiled.
Xiao Tianyou sat on both sides.
Chen Zhong looked at King Wuyou and said, "Young Master Qi is very impressive. I guess he is also a descendant of an aristocratic family in Qi!" King Wuyou replied, "The second prince is ridiculous. Xiaoke's family has been doing business for generations, doing things in various places.
Porcelain business. Now a Qi Porcelain Workshop has opened in Luo City, and Mr. Xiao is the one who is taking the job. I got to meet the second prince today, and I hope the prince will support him more in the future."
The second prince waved his hand and said: "This is the right thing to ask Mr. Xiao. Xiao Wang doesn't know much about merchants. He has rarely been in Kyoto in the past few years. I'm afraid he won't be able to take care of Mr. Qi's business."
King Wuyou also knew that Chen Zhongshi was polite to him. A prince like him who was sitting on one side would disdain to interact with ordinary people. He smiled, said some polite words, and then asked, "Prince is back this time."
If it's a favor, how about Xiao Ke setting up a banquet to welcome the prince and wash away his dust. Mr. Xiao, you must make this happen."
Xiao Tianyou nodded and said to the second prince: "Prince, this Young Master Qi is a person worth getting to know. He is talented and generous. He also has some friends in Qi State who are about the same age as you. You might as well get closer to each other.
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The second prince smiled, took a sip of tea, and said: "I would like to make friends with Mr. Qi, but the army is busy. If Mr. Qi succeeds in doing business in Fencheng, I will give him warm hospitality."
King Wuyou also knew that this was just a polite word from Chen Zhong, but he left it for himself to turn around. He quickly handed over his hands to express his thanks, and even said: "I will definitely trouble the second prince then." Seeing that the second prince and Xiao Tianyou had something to do,
To be honest, since Xiao Tianyou has already introduced him, he can just look for opportunities to get closer to the second prince slowly in the future. Thinking of this, King Wuyou stood up to leave, and the second prince stood up and nodded briefly as a farewell.
Xiao Tianyou sent him out, and when he got to the courtyard, he said to King Wuyou: "The second prince was at odds with the eldest prince, so he was sent to Fencheng by King Chen to guard it. Although he could not move around in the court early, he still had powerful troops, and his strength was actually
Not small, he is considered a little emperor in Fencheng. If you want to go to Fencheng, just look for him, and the queen is from Qin, so he actually has some skills in Qin."
King Wuyou gave another word of admiration, and then asked Xiao Tianyou to say many kind words.
Xiao Tianyou patted King Wuyou on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, I'll make an appointment to sit together. Brothers, just take care of yourself." King Wuyou asked, "I really admire the second prince. I want to
Send him a few utensils, what do you think, brother?" Xiao Tianyou thought for a moment and said, "The second prince is in the military camp, but he is also good at poetry and painting. If you have good calligraphy and painting, prepare two pairs.
Also choose some pieces of porcelain from your shop."
King Wuyou returned to the shop and asked Gu Yuetian to quickly prepare a few pieces of extremely fine porcelain, and also ordered to find a few more ink paintings by famous artists from the previous dynasty. After hearing this, Gu Yuetian smiled and said: "I have something in my hand.
There are a few pieces, but the market price is very high. I wonder if you are willing to bid." King Ashoka slapped him and said, "You are all mine, not to mention all your calligraphy and paintings, bring them to me."
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Gu Yuetian said bitterly: "Why don't you become a thief?!"
King Wushu said: "I will become a thief now! Do you want a painting or your life?"
"I'm afraid of you, just give me a day and I'll get it for you." Gu Yuetian finished speaking through gritted teeth, then beat his chest and went out.
King Wuyou returned to the backyard and went upstairs. He saw Ying'er working as a nun with the girl, taking needle and thread to embroider a piece of brocade. When he went up to take a look, Ying'er was already hiding behind him. He returned to the table with a smile.
After sitting down, Mingliang poured some tea, and King Wuyou took it and took a sip. He knew that Ying'er and he couldn't hide secrets, and he would lose his temper if he didn't ask her, so he told himself instead. Sure enough, when Ying'er saw her
As King Wushu sat drinking water, he took the half-embroidered brocade, walked to King Wushu, and showed it to him.
On the light red brocade, Ying'er embroidered a pair of mandarin ducks. The mandarin ducks were already embroidered and only needed to be embellished with some water patterns and lotus leaves. King Wuyou took it in his hand and asked with a smile: "I have only been out for half a day.
Just embroider this mandarin duck, and the female red will get better and better!"
Ying'er felt so beautiful after being praised by King Wuyou that her eyes turned into crescent moons when she smiled. She called her to come over and let King Wuyou take a look at her embroidery, saying that she wanted to make a pair of pillows. After that,
But he found that King Wuyou was just staring at him, his face looked as if it had been painted pink, and he lowered his head and said nothing.
King Wuyou saw that Yinger's shy look was really endearing, so he leaned over and kissed her on the forehead, and then said to her: "Yinger, we have been here for a while, are you homesick?"
"Brother Si, are we going back?" Yinger looked at King Wuyou and asked softly. King Wuyou smiled, Yinger looked calm now, but in fact, she had long wanted to go back to Qi, but she knew
King Wuyou didn't finish the matter, so he just didn't want to mention his thoughts about Qi Guo. It was precisely to distract her from the pain of homesickness that King Wuyou took her to Feng Yue Pavilion to learn the piano, and took her out with him in his free time on weekdays.
Seeing Ying'er asking, King Wuyou nodded and said, "In three or two days, we can go back."
Ying'er's face showed joy. She looked back at ** and laughed out loud, "**, we can go home soon!"
Xiao Tianyou came to Qi Ci Fang the next day and asked King Wuyou to make preparations. He had already made an appointment with the second prince to go to the Queen Mother's palace in the evening. Because King Wuyou often accompanied Xiao Tianyou to the Queen Mother's place to pay tribute to some fancy gadgets.
, one time she took Yinger with her, and the Queen Mother fell in love with this handsome and lovely girl, and insisted on accepting her as her granddaughter. Xiao Tianyou said that it would mess up the seniority, so the Queen Mother gave up, but told Yinger to visit her often.
.This time when the second prince came back, the Queen Mother met the second prince in her palace and asked Xiao Tianyou to call King Wuyou and Ying'er to come with him.
King Wuyou knew that although the Queen Mother was a female, her voice in the Chen Dynasty was very important, because the Queen Mother was from Qin, married into the Chen family, and accompanied King Chen's father in the north and south, and made plans. King Chen's father also had the
With the support of the Qin people, he became a general, gradually acquired powerful troops, and established a separate empire, making King Chen the Chen Kingdom he is today. Although the Queen Mother was deep in the palace and seemed to ignore the government affairs, in fact, there were many people in the government.
Confidants, the current Queen of Chen State is the daughter of a prince chosen by the Queen Mother from the State of Qin. Therefore, the Queen Mother prefers the second prince born to the Queen. This is also the reason why Chen State has not been able to establish a prince.
The Queen Mother naturally saw that King Wuyou was not just a businessman as he said. Ying'er was gentle and courteous in the Queen Mother's palace. She followed the etiquette in the palace and there were many rare treasures in the palace. Ying'er saw that
She also looked indifferent, and it was natural to see that she was definitely not a daughter of the people. From this, it was also deduced that King Wuyou must be from a large family in Qi. At this time, Qi and Chen were both powerful in the country, and there were people from the Central Plains competing for supremacy.
Momentum, and Chen Jun's new defeat a year ago, the alignment strategy will naturally change. With a descendant of a big family as an introduction, it will naturally be much easier. This is why the Queen Mother asked Xiao Tianyou to call King Wuyou to meet the second prince Chen Zhong this time.
reason.
Before the founding of the country, King Chen had one wife and the eldest prince Chen Cheng. However, due to the battle on the battlefield, he unfortunately blocked an arrow for King Chen and died in the enemy's formation. Therefore, King Chen Liang treated the eldest prince with great love, and Chen Cheng grew up.
After that, he also practiced civil and military strategies, fought on the battlefield, and made many military exploits. King Chen originally wanted to make Chen Cheng the crown prince, but because the Queen Mother refused, he had to hold off. Now the second prince has gathered troops to defend Fencheng, and the eldest prince
He fought with the old marshal Chen Qi all year round in various parts of the Chen Kingdom; the third prince Chen Yi had also grown up, and followed the prime minister Xu Boxiong in the court to move around in various ministries all the year round. The princes of the three families each had their own thoughts, and each had their own power in the court.
King Wuyou came to Chen State this time and opened the Qi Porcelain Shop in Luo City to learn about the affairs of Chen State's court, because both Prince Qi Yi and King Wuyou Qi Si had seen it. In the future, Qi State wanted to unify the Central Plains.
His opponent will definitely be Chen Guo.
King Wuyou took Ying'er, and the sisters followed. Gu Yuetian and a waiter drove to Xiao Tianyou's house, and then followed Xiao Tianyou to the Queen Mother's Palace.
When the second prince met King Wuyou at the Queen Mother's side, he became obviously enthusiastic. He held King Wuyou's hand and chatted happily. Most of his words were intended to win over him. When he occasionally talked about the general trend of the world, King Wuyou also took it from it.
I heard that Chen Zhong's ambition was not limited to Chen. I couldn't help but secretly sigh in my heart. The kings of Qi and Chen established their kingdoms one after another, and their descendants looked at the world and planned to unify the world. It seemed that the war in the future would be even more magnificent.