Miss Fortune: Is the regent ready for today?

Chapter 263 Balance and Containment

The reason for his petition was reasonable and reasonable: at present, there were overt and covert conflicts in Daliang, and the Northern Liao Dynasty was eyeing it abroad. At this juncture, it was not worthwhile to waste financial and material resources on holding a large state banquet.

Moreover, the new emperor of the Northern Liao Dynasty had just proposed to marry the fourth princess of the Ming Dynasty to achieve peace between the two countries, so it would be fine if Emperor Chongwen did not respond. However, if a full moon banquet in Beijing was held to marry Meng Qingyue and Ming Fang at this time, it would look very much like today. Slap the new emperor of Northern Liao in the face hard!

As we all know, the new emperor of the Northern Liao Dynasty was very concerned about his reputation. The previous incident where he sent the Northern Liao border troops to break through the garrison camp at Haiyan Mountain in Daliang was considered a deterrent. From a certain deeper meaning, it could also be regarded as a subtle threat to Daliang. War gong.

Two footsteps came from outside the palace, one deep and one shallow, falling into Emperor Chongwen's ears. He looked up at the door with a scrutinizing expression.

I saw the water-red figure that I hadn't seen for a long time crossing the threshold lightly. Yin Luo approached with his hands in front of him, followed by the young man in amber robes who had accompanied Yu Ruyi to Sulong Palace. It was said that he was a long-haired man. Lin Ya is one of the two stewards and the only son of the Yu family escort agency.

Somehow, Emperor Chongwen's frown slowly relaxed. We haven't seen her for half a year, and her eyebrows seem to have grown wider, and she looks more and more like Jie Lin, and her eyes actually make Emperor Chongwen feel at ease.

The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon chair, put down the purple wolf brush in his hand and said politely: "Did you hear about the marriage between your second brother and Fang'er, so you were reluctant to return to the capital?" Although his words sounded a little yin and yang. meaning, but the tone of voice when speaking was obviously cheerful.

Yin Luo stood still in the center of the hall, her eyelids drooping when she heard the voice. She did not salute before, as before. After listening, she lazily raised her eyes, looked directly at Emperor Chongwen, and replied nonchalantly: "I heard that The full moon banquet in Beijing is full of fine wines and delicacies. It would be a pity not to attend this feast of the Liang Dynasty to get some luck."

The answer was roughly the same as what Emperor Chongwen estimated. He nodded twice and asked again: "After leaving Beijing, you guys went to Cuizhou in the south of the Yangtze River, Loquat City in Jiangxi, Lingzhou in the northwest, Wuzhou in the middle of the Yangtze River, and Pingdu in the East China Sea. Did you learn a lot along the way? Can you tell me about it? Let’s start with Pingdu in the East China Sea. Have you met Marquis Hongying?”

Yin Luo automatically blocked the temptation in his words and answered frankly: "Not only did I meet him, but I also had a conflict with him. His arrogance in Daliang is not half less than that in Beiliao. Also, Your Majesty, your Thirty thousand taels of gold seems to have fed a white-eyed wolf, and Marquis Hongying seems to have chosen King Yuanjin."

Emperor Chongwen never thought that Yin Luo would express his dirty power openly. He was stunned for a moment and did not scold him. Instead, he encouraged him: "Go on."

"When we first arrived in Pingdu, we heard that Fu Yongzhong, the deputy city lord of Pingdu, had been assassinated. At that time, I didn't understand what this court veteran knew before he died. But later, Hongying The Marquis told me a lot, and although no one has verified it, it still counts as a clue."

Yin Luo smiled. She once again ignored the temptation in Emperor Chongwen's eyes and decided to pose a bigger question to him: "My relationship with Lord Hongying is not very deep. He told me all about it. Prince Yuanjin, who is with him every day, probably knows more, which is very detrimental to you, Your Majesty."

"Which thing? Is it the fact that Mr. Hongying killed Mr. Fu? Or the thing that prompted Mr. Fu to leave the capital? Or the thing you have been pursuing? What they said may not be the truth." Chongwen The emperor frowned and narrowed his eyes unconsciously. Majesty and oppression were mixed in it, as if the tiger was ready to hunt, only to swoop and bite the prey's neck.

Yin Luo lowered her eyebrows and had a calculating smile on her lips. She exposed Emperor Chongwen so naturally: "You really know everything. Zheng Bin, the lord of Pingdu City, is yours, right? If I am not wrong, you promoted him as well. Fu Yongzhong just followed your instructions. And Fu Yongzhong is not as loyal to you as the rumors say. He took refuge with Prince Yuanjin early, so you transferred Zheng Bin's move, not only to keep an eye on the East China Sea, but also to I even want to keep an eye on Fu Yongzhong."

She still remembered that when she first met Zheng Bin, she and Chi Linjing suspected that Zheng Bin wanted to join King Yuanjin's camp, but after thinking about it carefully, they felt that it was not advisable. Suppose he was promoted to the position of Lord of Pingdu City by Fu Yongzhong for a long time. Although he had no real power to control it, he would not be unable to find opportunities to contact Donghai, which was so close to him.

To put it simply, if Zheng Bin wanted to serve King Yuanjin as his master, why would he need help from these two unknown people to introduce him? According to what Wan Ruotan reminded Yin Luo, King Yuanjin deliberately dropped clues when he was in Lingzhou and asked Yin Luo to go to Pingdu to find Fu Yongzhong. This also shows that King Yuanjin has some control over Fu Yongzhong's words. King Yuanjin taught him it himself. Moreover, Wan Ruotan had told her very clearly that Fu Yongzhong played an unkind and unjust role thirteen years ago.

Yin Luo took a gamble, betting that Emperor Chongwen would allow him to live a stable and prosperous life until now, not because he missed the old relationship between the emperor and his ministers, but to completely achieve a kind of containment.

The only person who could restrain him was Zheng Bin, the young man who seemed to have done nothing but was promoted to the position of city lord.

Only in this way can we explain why Yin Luo and Chi Linjing could clearly feel that someone was staring at them in the Sword Trial Inn when they were doing things with the King's Order in their hands. After they took out the Antai Commander's Order, those people who were staring at them left for no reason. , even when she sent a message to Pei Buchou to Pingdu, Zheng Bin pretended not to know and opened the city gate in the name of "the martial arts sword competition is about to start, welcome the Dragon Girl three days in advance" and let Jiang Zhongjun go. Enter the city.

After Pei Buchou entered the city, Zheng Bin even said that "the pain of losing his father was unbearable, so he retired to seek self-cultivation" and handed over the power in Pingdu City to Pei Buchou, so that they could conduct a thorough investigation for Emperor Chongwen. class……

Indeed, if you don't think deeply, you will just regard Zheng Bin as a waste, and there is nothing wrong with him for doing such a thing. After all, he has to take care of his fragile heart and his desire to climb up. But in the East China Sea, under the nose of King Yuanjin, sitting firmly as the lord of Pingdu City for so many years, how could it be possible that he didn't have any real ability?

Later, she also heard Pei Buchou accidentally mention that the keys to the Pingdu dungeon were originally in Fu Yongzhong's hands, but for some reason those keys were no longer complete. Some time ago, there were also a few evildoers captured from the East China Sea who were lucky. Escape.

After his death, Zheng Bin asked a locksmith to re-strengthen the dungeon and modify the keyholes everywhere.

At this point, her suspicion of Zheng Bin was completely dispelled.

Emperor Chongwen did not answer immediately, but the coercion on his face was gradually receding, and he was replaced by a deep and scrutinizing expression, and he stared at Yin Luo closely and said nothing for a long time.

Yin Luo looked back at him calmly without fear, with indifference after seeing through her eyes. She said again as if pursuing victory: "Although you seem to have never left the palace, in fact, you can see everything in Daliang. Qing. Except, the second appearance of Pingying Ban before the Wulin Sword Club. You were also caught off guard. That’s why I ordered Zheng Bin not to interfere and let me do it. One is to test my ability, and the other is to test my loyalty, but I guess you didn’t get the results you envisioned?”

The atmosphere in the palace was tense. For a long time, Emperor Chongwen slowly raised his lips and asked slowly: "What is the result I want?"

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