Zhu Cihong kept retreating, and Yang Youji held Bai Aya and pressed forward step by step. Although Yang Sichang scolded loudly, he was tied up by five flowers and couldn't do anything, Wu Sangui seemed to have nothing to do with himself, didn't say anything, and then simply closed his eyes. Seeing that Zhu Cihong's fate of "hanging himself to apologize" cannot be changed.

At this moment, there was a commotion at the door, and some soldiers shouted: "Stop, no one is allowed to enter!" Then the clash of guns and bayonets rang out.

Everyone in the hall stopped moving and looked back at the door. At this time, who else dares to break through the blockade of the Joan Navy and break into this place of death?

A slender figure flashed into the hall, and several soldiers behind him chased after him with bayonets. Everyone looked at it, and it was actually Princess Zhu Yujiao of Kunxing!

Zhu Cihong seemed to see a savior, and pounced on it regardless of it, half-kneeling on the ground to protect Zhu Yujiao's calf, and howled: "Sister Huang save me!" The Duke of Pingguo wants to kill the king and usurp the throne! ”

The soldier who followed behind explained uneasily: "General, the princess has to break in, and we don't dare to hurt her......" The whole Qiong Navy knows that this princess has a deep relationship with Xia Nan, and in the Beijing camp shelling incident, she saved Xia Nan's life, and this matter is also known to everyone. None of the soldiers dared to harm her without receiving an order.

Xia Nan waved his hand: "You didn't do anything wrong, go out, I'll deal with it here." ”

He looked at Zhu Yujiao, who was coldly opposed, and had a slight headache. This princess is the only one of the royal children he doesn't want to hurt, and when this is involved, things are not as easy to handle as they were just now.

Zhu Yujiao's next move was unexpected, she did not scold Xia Nan, a "traitorous minister", for the first time, but raised her right hand high and gave Zhu Cihong a resounding slap.

"Slap", this slap not only stunned Zhu Cihong, everyone was stunned, what kind of song is this?

Zhu Cihong covered his left cheek and asked blankly: "Sister Huang, the traitor is forcing the palace, the person you want to deal with is over there, why are you beating me?" ”

Zhu Yujiao hated the iron and said with a sense of iron: "Who told you to take my words as the wind in your ears? I told you a long time ago that Daming's mess should be handed over to capable people to deal with, and you can't clean up such a situation at a young age. Pingguo Gong has such courage and ability, and he is a minister who can make the Ming Dynasty prosperous, but you want to destroy the Great Wall and fall into such a situation, shouldn't you fight? ”

Yang Sichang couldn't help but say: "Her Royal Highness the princess clearly sees that Xia Nan is harboring evil intentions, and he has been plotting to force the palace to kill the monarch for a long time, and now he has just found a good excuse, but don't be deceived by his words and deeds......

"Shut up!" Zhu Yujiao pointed at him and said, "When the first emperor was in power, it was you who instigated him to deal with the Duke of Pingguo, so that the meritorious man almost died under the gun, causing the soldiers to be trapped in the imperial city and almost causing a catastrophe; Now that my brother has ascended to the throne, you have done the same thing again, and you have finally ruined things to the point of no return. Having a minister like you is a misfortune for the court and the Zhu family! ”

Yang Sichang's face turned white. He was not afraid of dying under Xia Nan's knife, but thought that this was an opportunity to make his name for eternity. But hearing the princess's heart-wrenching evaluation, his psychological defense began to waver. If he dies with such a reputation, everything he does will be meaningless.

Xia Nan on the side finally spoke. He coughed twice and said carefully: "Princess, although we have a friendship, but things have come to this point, it is impossible for it to end because you and your good brother play a bitter scene......"

Zhu Yujiao said calmly: "People are killed by swords, I am fish and meat, and I am not naïve to such a point, I can stop your army in a few words." But for the sake of the past, can you take a step to speak? After the discussion, if you want to kill or chop, listen to you, even if you kill me together, you will not complain. ”

Summer Nan stared into her eyes, trying to judge her motives and purpose from the look in her eyes. I saw that the other party's eyes were clear, without the slightest impurity, I couldn't see fear, I couldn't see pleading, and the expression on my face was neither humble nor arrogant.

Zhu Cihong, Yang Youji and others all held their breath, waiting for Xia Nan to make a decision. The former wanted to save his life, while the latter hoped that the general would not have the kindness of a woman and give up halfway. The air in Ciqing Palace seemed to freeze, so quiet that you could hear everyone's heartbeat.

After a long time, Xia Nan sighed and said, "Okay, I promise you." ”

Zhu Yujiao stretched out her hand and pointed outside the hall, "Please." ”

Outside Ciqing Palace, the two walked to a rockery and stood still. Yang Youji led people to watch from fifty paces away, and he secretly removed the strong bow on his back, holding an arrow in his left hand, ready to shoot at any time. Although the princess is just a weak girl and unarmed, she is careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, and the general carries the expectations of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Joan Navy, and there can be no accidents.

Xia Nan said to Zhu Yujiao: "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Zhu Yujiao looked at him and asked calmly: "From the beginning, did you plan to be the emperor, overthrow the Ming Dynasty, and replace him?" ”

Xia Nan thought about it carefully and shook his head: "It's not that you have to sit on that dragon chair." As long as it is not for the reign of a rigid emperor like your father, if you are an obedient emperor and do not interfere with my actions, I can also let the Ming Dynasty continue to exist. ”

"So, what do you want to do?"

"Well...... "What about this," Xia Nan looked up at the north and said leisurely, "Although I can't say some of the causes and consequences to you, I can tell you: if I didn't appear, Li Zicheng would definitely end the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Qing in the north would definitely occupy the country and change the dynasty, and the entire land of China would fall into darkness for hundreds of years." The Han people would be forced to shave their heads and keep a pig's tail in braids, call themselves slaves, and kneel at the feet of the Manchu nobles, and their culture and ideas would be shackled, and hundreds of years later, the Chinese people would be bullied by the barbarians and foreigners of the year, and become inferior pariahs. I don't want my children and grandchildren to keep pig's tails for the Manchus to be slaves, and I don't want this great country to be trampled under the feet of the barbarians, so I want to change the fate of the Han people, and in the process, I don't want to be constrained by anyone. Can you get the idea? ”

Zhu Yujiao's eyes flickered, revealing a trace of strange emotion. "I don't quite understand your words," she said softly, "and I don't know how you can determine what will happen in a few hundred years, but my gut tells me that you are right. ”

Xia Nan looked at her, waiting for the following.

Zhu Yujiao continued: "I can't stop you, there is only one request, it is up to you to decide whether to agree or not: in my lifetime, don't let the Ming Dynasty perish, as for who the power is, I don't care." As long as I didn't see the hundreds of years of Guozuo of the Ming Dynasty buried in the hands of my generation before I died, as a descendant of the Zhu family, I would already be content. ”