Chapter 83 The face of the prince
This is the first time Fang Dang was summoned by King Hong Zheng after killing the disciples of Yunjian Mountain.
If possible, Fang Dang really didn't want to see King Hong Zheng. In front of existences like King Hong Zheng, Huang Nuer and Ziyunshan, Fang Dang was so small that he almost fell into the ground. Even if he looked up, he could not see the full picture of these existences.
Fang Dang was quite uncomfortable in front of them because he always felt that his life was firmly controlled by others. Fang Dang, who was used to running with his legs and using his fists to defend his life, was quite afraid of the state of being motionless and unmoved and slaughtered by others.
At this time, Fang Dang deeply understood why Princess Jing didn't want to go to the capital, but still had to go. Fang Dang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, feeling that Princess Jing was a little pitiful.
Fang Dang came to the hall where King Hong Zheng was again. The hall was still empty and silent. This seemed to be a forbidden area for life. No living things existed. Fang Dang felt that he was incompatible with the place.
The two black armored sword and halberd soldiers standing at the entrance of the hall were still like stone sculptures, motionless, as if they were completely lifeless.
This time Fang Dang did not enter the hall immediately because the maid leading the way stood there, lowered her head slightly, and waited quietly respectfully.
Fang Dang looked at the main entrance of the hall like a tomb and the entrance of the cave. The cold wind slowly overflowed from the gate.
Fang Dang stood here and waited for nearly half an hour before a middle-aged man with a lot of worries, depression and thin body came out of the gate of the hall.
When Fang Dang saw this man, his eyes flashed slightly. Perhaps he felt the strangeness of Fang Dang's eyes. The middle-aged man with great worries immediately looked at Fang Dang.
Fang Dang quickly withdrew his gaze.
The middle-aged man looked at Fang Dang with a bright look. After squinting, he did not look at Fang Dang again and left with a serious look on his face.
After the man completely walked out of the huge courtyard in front of the palace, Fang Dang dared to turn his head and look at the place where the middle-aged man disappeared.
Fang Dang breathed a long sigh, but the other party didn't recognize him. It seemed that after the blood quenching, Fang Dang's face had indeed changed drastically.
This man once wanted to kill Fang Dang. At that time, under the Yunjuan Dan Furnace, the middle-aged man picked him up from the air with Princess Jing. If it weren't for Princess Jing, Fang Dang would have been crushed by him at that time.
Fang Dang later learned from the mouths of Gezi and others that the middle-aged man was named Uncle Hei, with a unique identity and was considered a guest minister of Prince Hong's Mansion. Uncle Hei has watched Princess Jing grow up since childhood and cared for Princess Jing very much, and could even be Princess Jing's father. Princess Jing is a woman with a very positive idea. After determining the direction, few people can persuade him. The only person who can call Princess Jing obedient is this Uncle Hei.
It is said that Uncle Hei went to the edge of the endless demon cave some time ago to find a spirit beast called Green Deer. He has never returned. When he was in the princess's mansion, Fang Dang was always worried that Uncle Hei would come back to kill him. Later, he put on a thick layer of skin, so he was not afraid. Later, Fang Dang forgot Uncle Hei, but he didn't expect to see him again at this time.
While Fang Dang was stunned, the maid in front of him whispered: "Sir, you should enter the palace, don't let the prince wait for a long time."
Fang Dang cheered up and walked towards the tomb-like hall. He rushed towards the cold wind, which was squeaking cold.
Fang Dang once entered this hall once, so this time he was mentally prepared enough to see the tall body like a giant mountain again.
However, when he stepped into the hall, his majestic body as vast as a mountain did not appear, and the scene in front of Fang Dang was extremely ordinary.
The hall was empty, and the closest thing to Fangdang was a large round table. When you crossed the large round table, you could see that the meat-like king Hong Zheng was piled up on a tall seat.
On the table in front of King Hong Zheng was placed with a whole cow that was left-over, and the huge cow head was facing Fang Dang.
The burnt fragrance was everywhere. King Hong Zheng held a fat beef leg in both hands, teared a piece of meat down, and chewed it all over his mouth.
However, at this time, King Hong Zheng's eyes did not focus on the beef, but looked at Fang Dang half-squinted, looking up and down.
Surprisingly, Fang Dang did not feel too uncomfortable when he was examined in this way, at least this shows that King Hong Zheng did not have the idea of killing him.
Fang Dang even looked at the eunuch standing behind King Hong Zheng, holding a plate to serve. The eunuch had a fair face and a handsome face. He had a peaceful and dignified expression. He was completely different from the sarcastic and mean appearance of Eunuch Shui. He seemed to be quite honest, and his eyes were also looking up and down Fang Dang.
For the people in the Fire Poison City, they should take a good look when they see Fang Dang. After all, Fang Dang is a person who killed the disciples of Yun Jianshan, so Fang Dang didn't care much about the other party's eyes.
King Hong Zheng said lightly: "Have you had breakfast?"
Fang Dang originally planned to have a meal at Princess Jing, but before he left the house, he was summoned by King Hong Zheng, so of course he didn't eat.
So Fang Dang shook his head.
"Eat together!" After King Hong Zheng said, he began to continue to bite the cow legs in his hand, and his eyes moved from Fang Dang to the cow legs, and he focused and seriously fought with the food in his hand.
Fang Dang is a favorable person and immediately goes up to eat. For ordinary people, they really can't eat greasy foods like roast beef in the early morning, but for Fang Dang, what they eat is never a problem, and there is no obstacle at all. What Fang Dang is most afraid of is that they don't have to eat.
However, as soon as Fang Dang took a step, he felt a strange thing. Fang Dang looked at the strange thing and saw such a kind-hearted eunuch squinting his eyes at him, as if warning him not to allow him to continue moving forward.
At the same time, Fang Dang's grandfather also spoke: "Dang'er, don't eat it. The elders and the superiors of seniority and the great way of human ethics are absolutely not to be offended."
Fang Dang said in confusion: "But he told me to eat?"
Fang Dang's grandfather said, "Dang'er, the world is cunning, and there are tricks everywhere. King Hong Zheng is the prince. Your identity is just a general. He asked you to eat, which is a gesture and a means of respecting the wise and the wise. If you really go to eat, you will definitely make him unhappy. Look at the time when King Hong Zheng was eating, there was no one around, and even the eunuchs he served stood far away. Look at the hall, and the hall, which was empty, you will know that this guy is very suspicious and has more suspiciousness towards people. Therefore, if you go to his table to get food, he must bite you."
Fang Dang was not only not stupid, but was very smart. He could tell at a glance, and immediately said, "Just like a rich dog in the rotten poisonous beach. They must not get close to anything when they eat. Once they move forward, it will arouse his fierceness and never stop until they die. But they won't say hello to me to eat and then bite me again."
"You can teach me!" Fang Dang's grandfather nodded and praised.
"That eunuch is not bad. I know that I will wink you. If you have the intention to have a career, you can talk to him if you have the opportunity." Grandpa Fang Dang took the opportunity to teach.
The communication between Fang Dang and his grandfather was the purest exchange of thought, and it was completed in an instant. On the surface, Fang Dang just glanced at the eunuch who warned him with his eyes and immediately stopped.
"Dang'er, sometimes people have to bow their heads when they live. I am better at dealing with such guys than you. I will teach you the next conversation, and you should do what I said." Grandpa Fang Dang's voice sounded.
Sure enough, Fang Dang did not go to eat the beef on King Hong Zheng's table, and King Hong Zheng had no expression at all. Then, only the sound of King Hong Zheng chewing in the entire hall was heard.
Not long after, King Hong Zheng ate the entire ox leg into his stomach. The eunuch who had not heard any sound came forward respectfully. A bowl of bright red liquid with steaming steam was added to the tray in his hand. Fang Dang gently twitched his nose. It should be blood, the blood of the cow.
King Hong Zheng drank the whole bowl of hot cow blood with a gulp, and the honest eunuch gently wiped Hong Zheng's hands and corners of his beard with a towel.
Early in the morning, the sun has not yet fully risen, so eating such greasy and fishy things is completely unbearable for ordinary people to experience. I am afraid that it will feel disgusting and uncomfortable when you look at it.
At this time, King Hong Zheng looked at Fang Dang again, but did not speak. The one who spoke was the eunuch who was wiping the palm of King Hong Zheng.
"Good luck, the prince rewards you as a general. This is a great honor. Yesterday, the Beijing news was sent to the capital. Now the emperor personally told the emperor that as long as you go to Beijing, you will be considered a formal general."
"It just so happened that Princess Jing's marriage in Beijing is a big deal. You should stay with you to protect Princess Jing's safety and get the token given to you by the Lord."
When this eunuch mentioned Emperor Xuanlong, he was not at all respectful. On the contrary, he even seemed a little arrogant and unhappy, and obviously did not take the emperor seriously.
Although he didn't understand what the eunuch was saying, Fang Dang nodded respectfully. This was what his grandfather taught him, and Fang Dang was just a puppet carrying a string.
The eunuch wiped the hands and face of King Hong Zheng cleaned up, and then said, "This time the prince wants me to walk with you. Along the way, you must obey my arrangements in everything. Do you understand?"
Fang Dang nodded again.
The eunuch folded the towel squarely and put it back on the tray, straightened his waist, looked at Fang Dang, and said, "What should you do if the emperor wants to keep you in the capital when he comes to meet the emperor this time, or go to the frontier to guard the border?"
Fang Dang paused slightly and said, "I will resign and refuse to do it."
The eunuch smiled, nodded in praise, and said, "Remember, the prince promotes you. You are the prince's person in your life and the prince's ghost when you die. Before leaving, follow Yan Fang to the Rotten Poison Beach to select some hot slaves and go down."
Fang Dang's expression twitched slightly when he heard this, and then he directly withdrew from the hall. From beginning to end, King Hong Zheng said something.
Last time Fang Dang left the hall, and was soaked all over, but this time he was quite relaxed and had no sense of oppression at all.
Fang Dang's last words were taught to him by his grandfather. Fang Dang actually didn't want to go to Kyoto at all. He had made up his mind to escape from the palace and escape from the city. As long as he ran into the rotten beach, the rest would be easier.
Fang Dang didn't expect that the eunuch actually asked him to go to the rotten pot beach with a guy named Yan Fang. For Fang Dang, it was like a dozing off and someone gave him a pillow. It was so thoughtful. Fang Dang decided that the eunuch was a great man at this time.
As soon as Fang Dang left the hall, he saw nine eunuchs standing there where he was standing and waiting, including Eunuch Shui who asked him to escort the treasure goods.
The gaze of Eunuch Shui looked at Fang Dang with bad eyes, and his fierceness among the nine eunuchs was revealed.
Fang Dang actually didn't take Eunuch Shui seriously at all, and he had even forgotten the fact that Eunuch Shui asked him to bet on it. However, in the eyes of the guy who had been immersed in the officialdom for decades, he was already incompatible with Fang Dang, either you die or I die.
The biggest distance in the world is that I don’t take you seriously at all, but you feel that we are already in a desperate relationship.
Fang Dang ignored Eunuch Shui's sharp gaze and walked past the nine eunuchs.
Except for Eunuch Shui, no one cared too much about Fang Dang. The reason why he looked at Fang Dang was entirely because of curiosity. The remaining eight eunuchs were now frowning and frowning, as if they were thinking about something more important.
Nine eunuchs entered the hall one after another. The whole roasted beef on King Hong Zheng's table had been torn off and replaced with a bowl of Tremella porridge.
King Hong Zheng was drinking porridge with a spoon the size of a palm, but it was obvious that he didn't like this tremella porridge very much, so he stopped after taking a sip.
When the ten eunuchs gathered together, there were often important things to discuss. They were very conscious of the only table in the hall that was prepared for them. They sat down one after another and started to discuss it directly. It seemed that King Hong Zheng did not exist at all.
"The third prince is going to pull us into the water. I told me that we should delay a few days before sending Princess Jing to Beijing, at least delaying a while on the road, and then making trouble when the situation in Beijing is clear." An eunuch went straight to the point.
"Procrastination? We are only about a month away from the capital. If we speed up, we can arrive in twenty days. No matter how much we delay, we can delay for two months until Emperor Xuanlong's life is extended?" Another eunuch retorted immediately.
The eunuchs were silent for a moment, and the kind-hearted eunuch said, "At present, it is rumored that Emperor Xuanlong will inevitably fail to prolong his life. The battle between the third prince and the eldest prince has reached a white-hot level. Either you die or I live. If this is the best time for everyone to take the team. If you choose the right one, then everyone will be happy. If you stand in the wrong team, you will not blame others. They clean their necks and wait for their family to be destroyed."
"It is best not to take sides if you can do this at this time. After all, whether it is the eldest prince, the third prince, or even the Emperor Xuanlong, no three have absolute chances of winning until the last moment."
"Yes, the officials in the capital were forced to take sides, but our prince had no need to trek into this muddy water. No one who became the emperor could touch our prince. But I didn't expect that the third prince would force our prince to take sides at this time. The third prince's mind was really fierce."
"The third prince has no choice. Now the chaos in the capital is in a mess. The eldest prince and the third prince are fighting each other. The third prince has the greatest chance of winning. At this time, there is no need to hesitate at all. Of course, we must use all the power that can be used. It is best to kill the eldest prince to death. Brothers are fighting against each other, and there is never a saying of kindness. The second prince was smart and Emperor Xuanlong favored him very much. But he just wanted to change the second prince on the third day. On the third day, the second prince died. It is still unclear who took the action. The eldest prince was thrown into the cold palace because of this. The beneficiary was thrown into the cold palace and was not activated again. The beneficiary was the third prince. The royal dispute, power, wisdom, courage, and cruelty were indispensable. The emperor was not something that everyone could do."
"When it comes to chances of victory, it seems that the third prince is still bigger. In recent years, the eldest prince has been abandoned by Emperor Xuanlong. The third prince monopolized the power and has installed many of his own people in various places. If Emperor Xuanlong really fails to prolong his life this time, the third prince can almost be said to directly crush the eldest prince."
"The lean camel is bigger than a horse. The eldest prince was regarded as the crown prince for twenty-seven years. In twenty-seven years, too many people have defected to the eldest prince. It is enough for the eldest prince to manage it. The third prince has become a climate in the past ten years. On the surface, the third prince naturally has an absolute advantage, but on the basis of the foundation, the third prince must be unstable, otherwise he would never force the prince to make a choice at this time. You must know that this is a bad move. Our prince has never been forced to do it. Emperor Xuanlong has never forced our prince. The third prince, the little kid, came to provoke the prince. Maybe he would push our prince to the eldest prince. Taking such a dangerous move, it is inevitable that he would do it. The third prince now has to show off the prince and support himself."
"In my opinion, Emperor Xuanlong is only 10% sure to succeed in resuming his life this time. After all, the eldest prince was yesterday. Even if he had a strong foundation, he had never entered the court for ten years. If Emperor Xuanlong had not appointed him in the end, he would not have a chance to win the throne. The third prince is different. This son is ambition and vicious and good at managing. How well he was when he was young? How many people had he deceived? What do he look like now? The Cheng family is full of blood, people
The Fang family, known as the tenth-generation doctor, the Fang family, which Emperor Xuanlong, had never moved, had thrown him into the stone prison on the rotten beach. A few days ago, the stone prison was abnormally moved. The soldiers looked at it and found that the Fang family had turned into mummies. The tenth-generation doctor, whose reputation was destroyed for hundreds of years, was destroyed. The third prince was so cruel and disguised, that he had at least 60% of the emperors. I have determined that at least 60% of this son could reach the top of the dragon throne."
"The people who should take the team in Beijing have all stood in line, and the guards and ministers outside have almost expressed their attitude. The rest is probably only the prince like this. I think that the third prince has a greater chance of winning. If the third prince really ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, we have not betrothed the prince who has already made a marriage contract this time, it is probably a big knot. Of course, the prince is not afraid of that little kid, but sometimes, if he doesn't take any risks, he will not be able to do something big. It's best if the third prince can drag it out. If he can't drag it out, it's better to throw it in, so as not to look forward to it, and lose his inch and opportunity."
"No, the prince monopolizes the Fire Poison City, and no one can touch the prince. Even if Emperor Xuanlong wants our prince to send his daughter to Beijing, we can ignore it. Why should we give the third prince face? He wants the prince's daughter to marry in Beijing, and our prince has to send his daughter to Beijing? This is not a slight sacrificing! This is not a dispute of reason, it is to safeguard the prince's dignity. You must know that the third prince has not yet ascended the throne, so he is so arrogant. If he ascended the throne, wouldn't he have to step on the prince with his feet?" The eunuch who opposed Princess Jing's entry into the capital became louder and louder.
The other nine regular servants at the table were speechless at this time. Everyone knows the truth and everyone can settle the score. Everyone knows that the third prince has the greatest chance of winning now. If he bet, of course, he will be bet on the third prince. But the words before were right. Now it is not a dispute of reason, but a dispute of dignity. If the third prince doesn’t give an explanation, he will marry Princess Jing away in just one sentence. Wouldn’t the prince be too embarrassed?
The word "face" may seem quite childish, but sometimes, face must not be lost. If it is lost, others will be arrogant and step on your head to climb up.
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Chapter completed!