Gongsun Ming looked at Zhu Gui nervously. The current situation could be said to be the worst he could think of. He was very worried that the impulsiveness of the young prince in front of him would put everyone in a passive situation.
"Wait a moment and listen to what Jiao Rui's purpose is, and then it's not too late to make a decision."
Zhu Gui did not notice Gongsun Ming's expression, but he was not an impulsive person. At least in this situation, even if he had a chance of winning, he would not do so easily.
Because that would only make Princess Jin not feel his 'hard work'.
The icing on the cake often makes people more grateful than the icing on the cake, and now Zhu Gui is waiting for the opportunity to do so.
So everyone lurked in the secret passage.
Fortunately, there were not many people outside, so Jiao Rui and others did not notice that there was only a secret passage separated by a wall.
At this time, in the reception room of Prince Jin's Mansion, there were dozens of rebels with proud faces all around them.
They didn't have the slightest idea of being polite when facing the people in Prince Jin's Mansion, and seemed to be venting their emotions that had been dismissed as soon as they were called.
Jiao Rui was the only person sitting in the field, and even the acting princess Xie stood only two steps away from him.
However, Princess Jin is indeed a queen from a famous family. Even when faced with this situation, the expression on her face is still indifferent, without any nervousness at all.
However, the handkerchief she clutched tightly in her hand still revealed her true inner thoughts.
"Princess Jin, you'd better not force me to use force. That will only hurt the harmony. Now the Tiger Head Army has occupied the entire Taiyuan. In a short time, the entire Shanxi will fall into my hands. Do you think the prince can still run away?
Where to go?”
Jiao Rui looked at Princess Jin with evil intentions, and his tone was not polite at all.
Facing Jiao Rui's gaze, Princess Jin raised her chest and said, "General Jiao Rui, my prince treated you well in the past, right? Why did you do this unjust act and gather people to rebel? Do you really feel that there is no one in the court?"
"The general is asking where your prince is? Don't talk nonsense..." A Qianhu behind Jiao Rui came over and started to take action.
But he was stopped by Jiao Rui's look.
"Shut up, who do you think you are? How dare you be rude to the princess?"
The Qianhu retreated again, but looked at Princess Jin with an angry look in their eyes.
After Jiao Rui scolded his subordinates, he looked at Princess Jin with a "kind face" and said: "My dear Princess, I know all these things you mentioned. It is precisely because of this that I want to find the crown prince to take charge of the overall situation. Don't you want the Princess to
Will the heirs of King Jin be in decline from now on? This is a win-win cooperation for us, isn’t it beautiful?”
It turned out that Jiao Rui wanted to use Zhu Jixi as a shield, so that even if the court pursued him, he could completely evade it. Moreover, he had heavy troops, and he did not believe that the court would use heavy troops just because of such a 'trivial matter'.
Therefore, the final result can only be that if the big issue is reduced to a small matter, he can become the actual person in power in Taiyuan and even Shanxi.
That's right, Jiao Rui didn't pay much attention to Yunzhou where Zhu Gui was located. As long as he caught Zhu Jixi, he could find any excuse to conquer it.
Princess Jin stared at Jiao Rui closely, snorted coldly and said: "Cooperation? To put it nicely, you just want the prince to become your puppet. Give up. The descendants of the Zhu family will not cooperate with such a shameless person like you."
Thieves cooperate."
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding rebels all took a step forward and raised their weapons. It was obvious that Princess Jin's words had angered them.
Jiao Rui's expression also changed, but he still stretched out his hand to stop everyone, and then stood up.
"Haha, Princess, what you said is a bit hurtful, aren't you? Do you think we soldiers are really willing to go to this point? Isn't this forced by you? We have a military salary for these two months.
I haven’t even gotten it yet. You city dwellers eat and drink well every day, so do we deserve to die?”
Jiao Rui said as he pushed towards Princess Jin step by step.
Princess Jin was so frightened by Jiao Rui's aggressive tone that her face turned pale.
First of all, she was unreasonable about the military plan. After all, when King Jin was alive, he also raised the money through various wealthy families in Taiyuan City, but now she does not have the ability to let these wealthy families
Pay more willingly.
Furthermore, she was also worried that if Jiao Rui really did something to her, her reputation would be completely ruined.
In the end, Princess Jin was forced to lean against the table next to the wall.
Fortunately, Jiao Rui did nothing untoward.
"Princess, there is only one way for you now, and that is to hand over the crown prince. Otherwise, from now on, the Ming Dynasty will not have the title of King Jin."
Jiao Rui's face was almost touching Princess Jin's face, and finally he stood back reluctantly.
Princess Jin, on the other hand, was devastated by the other party's actions and looked very embarrassed.
"I, let me think about it." Princess Jin said in a panic.
When Jiao Rui heard this, the corners of his mouth curled up, and then he sat back down.
"That's right. Those who know the current affairs are heroes. King Jin is dead. It's time for the princess to think about her own affairs. If the princess is willing to commit herself to me, I will definitely treat her as the apple of my eye."
Jiao Rui finally stopped hiding his coveting of Princess Jin.
At this moment, the curtain behind Princess Jin was opened by several rebel soldiers, and they pushed three children out.
It was the three children of King Jin, among whom was the crown prince Zhu Jixi.
When Princess Jin saw this, her expression changed drastically, and she immediately wanted to pounce, but was stopped by the soldiers next to her.
The two younger children immediately started crying when they saw Princess Jin. Only Zhu Jixi frowned and looked at the situation in the living room, and finally met Jiao Rui's eyes.
"Prince?"
"Jiao Rui?"
Jiao Rui stood up and walked over, with a look of surprise on his face.
"The General of the Tiger Head Army pays homage to the Crown Prince."
Jiao Rui bowed to Zhu Jixi, cupped his fists and said.
He was not even so polite to Princess Jin.
Zhu Jixi snorted coldly and said: "Tiger-headed Army? General? Aren't you the general of King Jin's guard army? What is going on? You led so many people into the palace. What are your intentions? General Jiao doesn't want to explain.
?”
Jiao Rui never expected that the ten-year-old prince could ask such a calm question when surrounded by enemies on all sides.
If this was normal, Jiao Rui might really be stunned.
But today he is the protagonist, so he came back to his senses after just a moment of trance and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know, the current Jin King's bodyguard no longer exists."