Chapter 178 I don't know why this concubine married such an embroidered pillow
Hua Jin looked at Princess Ruan generously,
"If Princess Ruan wants to take Princess Qi to Hushan County, then just discuss it with Princess Qi. I have no objections from my side."
"No, I didn't want to take away Princess Qi. I changed my mind temporarily and wanted to make a deal with Princess Xiao Li."
Princess Ruan frowned and looked at Hua Jin,
"Sun Guogong's troops came to the capital of Hushan County and surrounded my Prince Ruan's Palace. If Prince Ruan's Palace doesn't give him a large sum of money, it will be difficult for Prince Ruan to even go out."
She said, with a hint of resentment in her tone,
"Our prince is weak-tempered, so he gave us money at the beginning, but Sun Guogong asked for more and more money every time. After almost emptying Prince Ruan's palace, Sun Guogong set his sights on my natal family."
In the beginning, Duke Sun's attitude towards King Ruan and Princess Ruan was quite good. Even if he asked for money, he was respectful and polite.
But as King Ruan gave in again and again, Sun Guogong's appetite became bigger and bigger, and his attitude became worse and worse.
Just listening to Princess Ruan talking, her eyes turned red.
"He said he wants to marry my sister. Doesn't this mean that he wants to tear apart my entire family?"
Lian'er, who was standing behind Hua Jin, felt her scalp numb. She interrupted and asked:
"Dong Sun Guo said he wants to marry your sister?"
Did you hear that right? How old is Mr. Sun Guogong? He must be at least forty or fifty years old. Princess Ruan is not very old, so her sister is only in her teens at most.
Where does Sun Guogong have the shame to openly make such a request?
"Yes, the betrothal gifts have been sent to my natal family. I am really helpless and can't beat him. Fortunately, during these days, King Xiao Li has been checking Sun Guogong from time to time to prevent his behavior from going too far.
Getting more and more arrogant."
Princess Ruan's sister now lives in Prince Ruan's mansion. The most unscrupulous thing that Duke Sun Guo did was to break into the boudoir of Princess Ruan's sister.
This frightened everyone in Prince Ruan's palace.
Princess Ruan's sister was even more crying. She packed her luggage that night and hurriedly fled back to her parents' home.
However, as soon as she returned to her parents' home, Sun Guogong's betrothal gift was sent to her.
At this point, will the Yu family marry or not? Even if they don't want to marry Yu Jiajia to Sun Guogong, the Yu family has to agree to it on the surface due to Sun Guogong's 350,000 troops.
But secretly, the Yu family put a lot of pressure on Princess Ruan. Princess Ruan married into the royal family from the richest family, the Yu family. If the Yu family wanted to marry another daughter, she would definitely marry into the royal family.
To be fair, you can't marry someone worse than Princess Ruan.
After hearing what Princess Ruan said, Hua Jin probably knew why Princess Ruan came to her.
She just thought it was a little funny and asked:
"Sun Guogong originally had an army of 500,000, but now that he has arrived in your Hushan County, there are only 350,000 troops left?"
"It is said that one after another, they were restrained a lot by the Shence Army."
I don’t know the specific Princess Ruan. Prince Ruan’s palace is really not good at marching and fighting.
She also heard from people who came along the way that she knew that the Shence Army had been pulling Sun Guogong's soldiers. Because it was not a big battle, it was just a small guerrilla fight, so it didn't cause much sensation.
But Duke Sun Guo only has 350,000 soldiers left. This is certain. All Princess Ruan's sources of information say so.
Hua Jin thought for a moment and said:
"If we want to deal with Sun Guogong, in addition to our Xiaoli King restraining Sun Guogong, we also have to ask Ruan King to support himself. After all, the battle between Beidi and Beirong has only just ended, and the border is not stable enough. If the gods are scattered at this time,
If there is too much energy in planning the army, if Beirong changes, the entire Tianjing Kingdom will be in danger."
The smile on Princess Ruan's face was a little forced. She nodded in agreement with Hua Jin's words,
"It's true. It's just that our prince's temperament is the most talkative and weakest among all the princes and nobles. I don't know why I married him with such an embroidered pillow. Little Princess Li doesn't know that Hushan County is now
The situation is, to put it bluntly, we in Hushan County don’t even have a decent King Ruan army.”
Although it is unbelievable, Princess Ruan is not lying. Each king's fiefdom has its own army. Even Gu Banner Prefecture has a useless Qi King's army.
Hushan County is the most special among them. Apart from the government officials, there are no soldiers.
It’s not for any other reason, just because King Ruan doesn’t like people wielding swords and guns. Hushan County is located inland of Tianjing Kingdom, with a prosperous fiefdom and no internal or external troubles.
There is no need to use Wang Jun at all.
Princess Ruan didn't take it seriously at first. Without Wang Jun, there would be no Wang Jun. She lived happily with King Ruan every day, and they were like a couple of gods and gods.
But such thoughts only existed before Sun Guogong came.
Duke Sun Guogong easily led tens of thousands of people into the capital of Hushan County, and took control of Prince Ruan's Mansion in his hands without spending a single soldier.
Princess Ruan was able to come to Guqi Prefecture today because she was able to escape from Sun Guogong's surveillance by going back to her parents' home to persuade her sister Yu Jiajia.
Hua Jin took the round fan on the side, sat sideways lazily, waving the round fan in her hand,
"So there is a reason why Duke Sun Guo dares to bully you like this. Although there are only tens of thousands of Duke Sun Guo's soldiers in the capital of Hushan County, Hushan County does not even have a single army of Prince Ruan. In my opinion, Princess Ruan would be better off than giving money to Duke Sun.
Hire a bunch of people and fight to the death with Sun Guogong's soldiers."
Princess Ruan hesitated and asked:
"How can there be such capable people in this world who can fight to the death with tens of thousands of people? I have never heard of it."
"If you don't have it, go look for it. You can always find it. If you don't show Sun Guogong his abilities, at least you won't let him live such a happy life."
Hua Jin smiled and looked at Princess Ruan. She did not continue to speak, and did not wait for Princess Ruan to ask again. She stood up and left with her hands behind her back.
"Princess Ruan, please."
Lian'er came forward and signaled to Princess Ruan that it was time to get up and leave.
So Princess Ruan followed Lian'er out of the courtyard with a thoughtful look on her face, then hurriedly reached out to hold Lian'er and asked:
"Miss Lian'er, you have always been serving Princess Xiao Li. Tell me where you can find such capable people. I have no intention of sending Sun Guogong's soldiers back to Guqizhou. Now I just want to relieve my anger.
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"If Princess Ruan wants to relieve her anger, it's easy. Send someone to the Sanli City God's Temple outside the capital of Guqi Prefecture to find a man named Ergouzi there. Pay him to hire a team of people to surround Ruan.
All the soldiers from Duke Sun Guo's palace in the palace will be cleared out, and they will be replaced by these people."
Lian'er pointed out a clear path to Princess Ruan and left with a smile.
That night, Princess Ruan sent someone to the place designated by Lian'er and contacted Er Gouzi. Er Gouzi casually gave a number. Princess Ruan didn't blink and paid half of the deposit.
A box of golden tickets.
When this box of golden tickets was delivered to Hua Jin's room, she had just gotten up.
Looking at this box of golden tickets, Hua Jin stepped forward, flipped through it casually, and said:
"Princess Ruan is really willing to spend so much money."
"How else can we say that the Yu family is the richest family in Tianjing Kingdom."
Lian'er followed Hua Jin, also sighing at Princess Ruan's generosity, and asked:
"Empress, what should we do next?"
"What should we do? Our prince has been busy recently, hasn't he? Let him lead a team of divine strategy troops to clear out all the soldiers from Prince Sun's palace in Prince Ruan's palace, and then replace it with the Northern City Guard Army to take over Prince Ruan's palace."
Hua Jin said, closed the lid of the golden ticket box, and sent Lian'er out to inform Wu Tian.
Soon, the eagle owl soared into the sky from Prince Qi's Mansion, Pu flapped its wings, and flew in the direction of Li Yunqing.
On the green grass, Li Yunqing was riding a horse. When he heard the sound of an eagle and an owl, he looked up at the sky and frowned slightly.
There are soldiers behind him who are dedicated translators,
"Your Majesty, your Majesty said she found a job for us. She asked us to disguise ourselves as Jianghu people and bring down Prince Ruan's Mansion. She said the commission would be four to six cents, six for us and four for her."
"This king understands."
Li Yunqing sat upright on the horse. He felt a little funny in his heart. Did his princess dislike him for being idle and doing nothing?
He even accepted Princess Ruan's commission and treated the dignified Shence Army as a business.
He led the Shence Army to attack Sun Guogong's soldiers in Beidi and Guqi Prefecture. He was not idle.
Once Sun Guogong's soldiers make any changes, for example, they sneak into the Northland to steal mines, or they intend to invade the capital of Guqi Prefecture to harm Princess Xiaoli.
Those will be severely attacked by Li Yunqing.
Just blow after blow, Sun Guogong only had 350,000 troops left, and all the soldiers in Beidi and Guqi Prefecture had been cleared by Li Yunqing.
Now Sun Guogong's troops are all distributed in Hushan County.
Therefore, Li Yunqing was in a state of "doing nothing" with nothing to fight, but unable to immediately return to Hua Jin's side.
"Your Majesty, shall we go to the capital of Hushan County?"
The soldiers were a little unsure of Li Yunqing's intentions.
Li Yunqing raised his riding whip and shouted:
"The princess has an order and must obey it, set out!!! Capture Prince Ruan's Mansion!"
"Conquer Prince Ruan's Mansion!!!"
The Shence Army quickly became energetic. As long as there was a battle to fight, they were very energetic.
The originally listless team immediately reorganized and marched toward the capital of Hushan County.
Not long after, Sun Guogong, who was visiting Yujia Village in Hushan County, received the news that Prince Ruan's Mansion had been lost, and all the soldiers he had placed in Prince Ruan's Mansion were killed.
"Who did this?!"
Sun Guogong hurriedly walked out of Yu's house with a straight face and asked the post soldiers.
The post soldiers in charge of the communication didn't know either, because after the fall of Prince Ruan's Mansion in Hushan County, the news from the entire capital was intermittent and not timely.
Looking at this useless postman, Sun Guogong was in a state of confusion. He turned around to summon his own soldiers and asked:
"Where is Sun Fu? Why hasn't he come back from Guqizhou yet?"
After learning that Princess Xiao Li was leaving for the imperial capital, Sun Guogong ordered Sun Fu to return to Guqi Prefecture, kill Princess Xiao Li, and give King Qi's young prince and the princess to Princess Qi to raise.
As a result, Sun Guogong waited for so long, but Sun Fu still hadn't come back.
Now that I think about it carefully, not only did Sun Fu not come back, there was no letter from Guqizhou for a long time.
This shouldn't be the case. He placed 10,000 troops in the capital of Guqi Prefecture, and there shouldn't be any news at all.
Sun Guogong's heart sank, and he immediately ordered his soldiers to find news about Gu Qizhou.
Behind him, the head of the Yu family walked out of the splendid gate with a bad look on his face. When he saw that Sun Guogong hadn't left yet, because of Sun Guogong's face, the head of the Yu family stood there with a bad look on his face.
Duke Sun Guogong calmed down and turned to see the head of the Yu family.
"Where are Mr. Yu going?"
"If you feel bored at home, go out for a walk."
The head of the Yu family, known as Yu Gong, shook his sleeves and looked like he dared not speak out in anger.
This is really too normal. He is about the same age as Sun Guogong, but Sun Guogong is obsessed with his little daughter and leads an army of tens of thousands to surround the entire Yujia Village.
If Sun Guogong really loves Yu Jiajia, Yu Gong is not so angry.
The key point is that everyone can see that Sun Guogong wants to marry Yu Jiajia just for the money of the Yu family.
He still has an army of 350,000 to support, and this is the time when he is short of money.
Sun Guogong looked at Yu Gong and said with a smile:
"Mr. Yu wants to go out, but to meet the second young lady? It's just right. I also want to meet the second young lady and develop a relationship."
By the time he arrived at Yujia Village, Yu Jiajia had already been sent to an unknown location by the Yu family on the grounds of physical discomfort.
Successfully put an end to Sun Guogong's idea of using force against Yu Jiajia.
Naturally, Sun Guogong was not willing to let the duck fly. Now his army of 350,000 soldiers was one month in arrears in military pay. If he could no longer squeeze money from the Yu family, the morale of the army would easily be unstable.
So Sun Guogong lived in Yujia Village. The entire village belonged to the Yu family. If the Yu family didn't marry their daughter to him, he would not leave.
As long as Sun Guogong can find out Yu Jiajia's hiding place, he will immediately make Yu Jiajia his.
Duke Yu knew Sun Guogong's plan, and he had learned a lot about Sun Guogong's shamelessness these days. He only said a faintly sarcastic "haha",
"My little girl is not feeling well and it is not appropriate to see her husband. I am just walking around at will. If Sun Guogong is interested, how about I take you around the Yujia Village."
“Very good.”
Sun Guogong, who only wanted to make money, suppressed his inner anxiety and accompanied Yu Gong around the Yu family village.
Duke Yu was also anxious in his heart, but at this time, the more he wanted to deal with Duke Sun.
The two of them have their own thoughts and are very harmonious.
After wandering like this, at night, Sun Guogong said goodbye to Yu Gong. He returned to his residence anxiously and called his soldiers.
"Have you found out? What happened in Guqi Prefecture?"
"It is said that King Xiao Qi has already invaded the throne."
What the soldiers said was based on impromptu inquiries, and what the common people talked about after dinner was not first-hand information.
Therefore, this matter may have happened for many days before it spread from Guqi Prefecture to Hushan County.
"Xiao Qi Wang..."
Sun Guogong was chewing, as if he was still not used to it, and asked hurriedly:
"Where is Princess Xiao Li? Is she dead?"
Yu Jiajia couldn't find her, but if Princess Xiao Li died, he could send troops to take advantage of the chaos and enter the Northland to mine.
The soldier shook his head and whispered:
"No, it is said that the concubine on the side of King Qi paid the seal on behalf of King Xiao Qi. Now Princess Xiao Li is sitting in the palace of King Qi and has full authority to handle all matters related to Guqi Prefecture."
With a "bang" sound, Sun Guogong slammed his fist on the table, blowing his beard and staring in anger.
"That cheap maid Tianxiang actually paid the seal on behalf of the king. What right does she have to hand over the management of Guqi Prefecture to Princess Xiaoli? What does she know?"
Sun Guogong used to be the actual person in charge of Guqi Prefecture, but now that the person in power has become Hua Jin, he naturally quits.
He has been in charge of Gu Banner Prefecture for decades, and there is no way he will give it up easily.