EBE Chapter 683 Sincerity
Chapter 683 Sincerity
Chapter 683 Sincerity
Hanshan, the Prince's Palace of Pig Slaughter.
Wang Wenzhou, with a baby in each arm, received Kong Zhenyun, the envoy sent by Zhu Youjian.
Kong Zhenyun cupped his hands and said earnestly, "Lord Wang, I greatly admire your loyalty to the emperor and your country, but there are some things you have really misunderstood. Although the Donglin Party members formed a faction, they did not engage in any self-serving activities. They upheld the belief that the world belongs to everyone, assisted the emperor, and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to serving the Ming Dynasty."
"Hehe!" Wang Wenzhou put his arm around Gao Guiying and took a sip of wine, laughing and scolding, "Little Kong, for the sake of our past friendship, I'm only seeing you to hear your nonsense. If you have something to say, say it quickly."
Kong Zhenyun said with a wry smile, "Lord Wang, you've misunderstood. I know you think the assassin at your father's birthday banquet was sent by the Donglin Party, but that's not true! You'll understand once you've read the Emperor's personal letter to you!"
After reading the letter, Wang Wenzhou laughed and cursed, "Zhu Youjian is getting more and more shameless! He actually said that Xiao Qiang did this. And he even made it sound so convincing, saying that Xiao Qiang hated me because of my Liu Hanxue baby, and then he was bewitched by a female spy sent by the Tartars some time ago, which is why he worked for the Tartars!"
Kong Zhenyun frowned deeply. "Boxin, how could you speak like that? How could you be so disrespectful to the Emperor? Not only did you call him by his given name, but you also called him a pig! And what did you name your residence? The Pig-Slaughtering Prince's Residence! If I weren't on a mission, I would fight you to the death!"
"Haha!" Wang Wenzhou laughed loudly, "Little Kong, go back and tell Zhu Youjian to wash himself clean and wait for me to kill his whole family! Get lost!"
"Lord Wang, you..." Kong Zhenyun wanted to say something, but Wang Wenzhou's guards grabbed him and dragged him out.
Wang Wenzhou hugged Gao Guiying and kissed her, cursing as he said, "Zhu Youjian isn't stupid. He knows that it won't be easy for him to attack Hanshan. Even if he mobilizes hundreds of thousands of troops and sets up camps on both sides of Hanshan, he won't dare to make a move. I'll just wait and see. When I'm in a good mood, I'll wipe out both of his camps!"
For more than a month, Zhu Youjian had been constantly deploying troops and advancing on Hanshan. Sun Chuanting set up the Northern Camp, 50 li north of Hanshan City, with 15 troops stationed there. Zhang Chengze set up the Southern Camp, 50 li south of Hanshan City, with 18 troops stationed there.
Although Zhu Youjian had amassed a large army, he dared not attack Hanshan. This was because he had no money to pay his troops; even the provisions for these troops were scraped together by selling everything he owned.
Gao Guiying said softly, "Don't be angry. Hurry up and train the troops. When the time is right, we will eliminate the two hidden dangers near Hanshan in one fell swoop."
"Sister is so good!" Wang Wenzhou hugged Gao Guiying and kissed her.
"Sigh..." Gao Guiying shook her head with a bitter smile. She didn't understand what kind of relationship she had with her nemesis. This nemesis said he would marry her, and she stayed in Hanshan and didn't leave. But after so long, this nemesis had forgotten about marrying her. She was, after all, a woman, and was too embarrassed to bring it up.
"My lord, Zhu Youjian's envoy requests an audience," Sheng Lan said as he entered the room.
"Damn it!" Wang Wenzhou cursed, "Is Xiao Kong courting death? I don't want to see him. Tell him to get lost, or I'll kill him."
"You should still see him! It's not Lord Kong Zhenyun." Sheng Lan gave Wang Wenzhou a resentful look. You wouldn't kill this messenger, would you?
"Oh?" Wang Wenzhou knew that Jian Fengyu wouldn't speak without reason after being by his side for so long, so he said, "Bring him in."
In a short while, Empress Zhou carried Zhu Meichu in one arm and pulled Zhu Cijiong with the other hand as they slowly entered the room.
Upon seeing this, Wang Wenzhou rushed forward, embraced Empress Zhou tightly, and said tenderly, "Sister-in-law, I've missed you!"
"Cough cough..." Empress Zhou's face turned red to her neck. Wang Wenzhou, you scoundrel, my children are here, how could you do this?
Empress Zhou pushed Wang Wenzhou away and said sternly, "Lord Wang, please have some self-respect!"
Wang Wenzhou instantly understood, and quickly waved to Mu Yiyun, instructing, "Baby, quickly take the little princess and the little prince out to buy candy."
Mu Yiyun rolled her eyes at Wang Wenzhou. "Look how happy you are, you rascal! You haven't been this happy since those little bitches died. What's so great about this slut anyway?"
Although Mu Yiyun was unhappy, she still obediently took the child out to coax him.
Sheng Lan shook her head with a wry smile and led the guards out, for she was now Jian Fengyu. Wang Wenzhou, that scoundrel, would certainly not allow a man to harass a girl.
As soon as everyone left, Wang Wenzhou embraced Empress Zhou and kissed her. This time, Empress Zhou did not resist.
After the kiss, Empress Zhou said softly, "Boxin, stop fooling around. You and the Emperor are good brothers, but now you are going to fight each other. The Emperor also regrets it and specially sent me here to try to reconcile with you."
Wang Wenzhou burst into tears instantly. He said aggrievedly, "Sister-in-law, I admire Zhu Youjian so much! He's shameless! In this situation, he actually sent you and the children here. He'd sell anything except himself!"
Empress Zhou blushed instantly. She wasn't stupid; how could she not see through Zhu Youjian's intentions? Zhu Youjian had asked her to bring her daughter and son to be Wang Wenzhou's hostages.
"Sigh..." Empress Zhou sighed softly. "A woman follows her husband wherever he goes." She had already married Zhu Youjian, so what else could she do? Besides, she had done things that wronged Zhu Youjian, since she had already slept with that nemesis Wang Wenzhou.
"Boxin! I won't say anything more. Can we please not start a war? Once war breaks out, the Ming Dynasty will be devastated, and countless innocent people will become corpses. Boxin, is this the situation you want to see?" Empress Zhou looked into Wang Wenzhou's eyes from her arms.
"Sister-in-law!" Wang Wenzhou said aggrievedly, "Is this the result I wanted? Zhu Youjian forced me to do this!"
Wang Wenzhou cursed and said, "Sister-in-law, if you were a man, all your beloved babies were killed by pigs, your sons were killed by pigs, and even your father was killed by pigs. Would you not kill pigs?"
"Sigh..." Empress Zhou sighed, kissed Wang Wenzhou, and said softly, "Boxin, you can't blame the Emperor for this. After all, you slept with his woman! If your baby were slept with by another man, wouldn't you kill him?"
"Pfft..." Wang Wenzhou was completely dumbfounded. How was he supposed to respond to that?
Wang Wenzhou thought for a moment, then said with a wry smile, "Sister-in-law, it's not that I want to rebel, it's that Zhu Youjian is forcing me to rebel! You know that Zhu Youjian's 30-strong army is at the city gates. Right now, I only have the strength to defend, how can I possibly attack?"
"You rascal, you never tell the truth!" Empress Zhou said softly, "Boxin, His Majesty sent me here with great sincerity. As you can see, Meichu and Cijiong came to Hanshan with me."