Zhu Tongjing had been on guard against Han Jian's intrigues before he came, and with the lesson of the last time, he was confident that he could deal with it calmly this time and would not follow Han Jian's rhythm.

But now when it comes to the question of whether the empress of the Wei Dynasty is so important in Jiangdu, if he doesn't go to the verify, he feels as if he has not fulfilled the mission of a diplomat.

"King Dong, are you really willing to take it down to see your majesty?" Zhu Tongjing asked cautiously.

Han Jian said: "I have said that my majesty is not in Jiangdu, and now I am in the palace of my majesty, but I am just a stand-in." If Master Zhu doesn't believe it, go with me now and ask for verification. ”

"Okay." Zhu Tongjing thought about it, and couldn't think of anything that would be used by Han Jian.

Even if he knew that the empress of the Wei Dynasty was not there, he was not ready to make a big announcement to the world, after all, Jiangdu was still the Jiangdu of the Eastern Palace, and the difference between the empress and the absence of the Empress was actually whether the Eastern Palace, whether the Eastern Palace, could coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the fall of Jiangdu was not a good thing in the eyes of Southern Qi.

At the beginning of the banquet, neither of them had any plans to eat. Han Jian took Zhu Tongjing out directly and took a sedan chair in the direction of Chengdong Mansion.

On the way, Zhu Tongjing was also speculating in his heart whether this matter was true. He thought to himself, if it was really as King Dong said, the empress was not in Jiangdu, what "Penglai Immortal Island" would the empress look for?

Zhu Tongjing also believes a few points in Han Jian's words, and if he doesn't believe a few points, he will be suspicious. Because of the previous investigation, Fa Yi and Han Zhao were both looking for people near the Yangtze River, and did not involve the Shandong generation. At this time, most of the area south of Shandong was shrouded in war. Even the search is complicated.

Not long after, Han Jian took Zhu Tongjing to the mansion in the east of the city.

When the two arrived, Han Jian personally took Zhu Tongjing to the outside of the empress's bedroom, at this time Gu Weipan was anxious, he was in a hurry to stop him when he learned that Han Jian had brought the envoys of Nanqi to meet the empress.

"Mrs. Gu." The Han family smiled and saluted.

Zhu Tongjing glanced at Gu Weipan, he had had a lot of contact with Gu Weipan in the past few days, and knew who Gu Weipan was. Gu Weipan is now the nominal minister of the Wei Dynasty, and he is also the father-in-law of Han Jian, the king of the East, and has a respected position in the court.

Gu Weipan "appeared by coincidence". In Zhu Tongjing's opinion, it is a show. He was speculating about Han Jian's intentions.

"What are you doing?" Gu Weipan came over. walked directly to Han Jianjian's side and asked in a low voice.

"I'm here to bring an envoy to see His Majesty, can't I?" Han Jian said with a smile.

"Your Majesty is sick and can't see people. You still bring envoys? Gu Weipan saw that Han Jian deliberately said loudly. Some are in a hurry. After all, he was the only person in the court who knew the news of the empress's disappearance. Naturally, he didn't want such a confidential inside story to be known by foreign envoys.

"It's fine. Seeing His Majesty through the screen, it should be fine. Han Jian said with a smile.

When Gu Weipan heard this, he felt that it might be Han Jian's "conspiracy". He also knew about Han Jian's borrowing of grain. Last time, Han Jian made good use of Zhu Tongjing, which made him very admired and felt terrible. Bringing Zhu Tongjing here this time, he thought that Han Jian was going to repeat his old tricks, let the empress stand-in say a few words through the screen, fool Zhu Tongjing, and the matter would be over.

In his opinion, Han Jian was able to fool old ministers like him and Lin Ke last time, and Zhu Tongjing had only seen the empress once, so naturally he couldn't distinguish the truth from the false.

Gu Weipan nodded, no longer interfered with what Han Jian did, and walked out of the courtyard of the dormitory by himself.

"Please." Seeing Gu Weipan leave, Han Jian made a gesture of invitation to Zhu Tongjing.

Zhu Tongjing sneered, as if he had seen through Han Jian's conspiracy. I thought to myself, wouldn't you hide the real empress and leave an empty bedroom for me to go in and see, so as to hide from me?

Zhu Tongjing was even more suspicious of the disappearance of the empress of the Wei Dynasty, and he kept stepping on his feet and went outside the empress's bedroom with Han Jian.

But I saw many guards and maidservants stopping people and not allowing them to enter.

"If this king wants to see His Majesty, can't it?" Han Jian said coldly.

"His Royal Highness the King of the East has atoned for his sins...... Princess ......"

"Is it the princess of the county or the princess of this country?" Han Jian shouted angrily.

The maidservant naturally didn't dare to stop it, and the guards themselves were all guards of the East Palace, and they needed to stop others, and they didn't need to set up a card when the East King came.

Han Jian motioned for people to step back and took Zhu Tongjing into the door together. Zhu Tongjing said that there are still a lot of tricks, but he wants to see what is inside.

When I got inside, I heard a panicked voice, as if someone had knocked something over in a panic.

"Who!" The voice was somewhat similar to the empress, and when Zhu Tongjing heard it, he really thought that the empress was inside.

After all, Zhu Tongjing is a state envoy, and it is a great disrespect to come to such a private place as the empress of the enemy country's dormitory without the permission of the empress, even if he is an envoy. This kind of matter is also a diplomatic dispute at the lightest, and it is justified that the Wei Dynasty killed him.

Zhu Tongjing panicked in his heart, thinking, is this the trick of the East King? Pretending that the Empress was not there, he lured me in, and then charged me with a crime and then "borrowed food" from me.

saw Han Jian even more disrespectfully walked to the screen in the inner room and overturned the screen.

At this time, Zhu Tongjing couldn't take his eyes off, and he wanted to quickly verify whether what Han Jian said was true.

I saw a woman in her twenties sitting on the very large "dragon bed" inside. The woman sat there, covering her chest with a quilt, and her neck was leaking out, as if she had no clothes. On the side of the bed, there was an overturned fruit bowl, just now it should have been this woman who wanted to take the fruit in the fruit bowl to eat, and when she heard movement outside, she accidentally knocked over the fruit bowl.

Although the light inside was a little dim, Zhu Tongjing's eyes were very sharp, and he immediately realized that this was not the arrogant and aggressive Empress of the Wei Dynasty he had seen in the Luoyang Palace, and he didn't know who it was.

"Er...... Who is you! The woman spoke, glaring at Han Jian who walked in.

After Han Jian returned to Jiangdu, he only entered the empress's dormitory once, and he still came in with Gu Weipan and Lin Ke, and through the screen, Han Jian had never seen the lineup of the empress's stand-in. And the empress's stand-in didn't know Han Jian.

"Minister...... It is the king of the east, and he has come to bring the envoys of the Qi Dynasty, and he has seen His Majesty xià......" Han Jian stood in front of the bed and bowed, but his tone was arrogant and disrespectful.

Although she already knew how to deal with some emergencies after being interrogated, she did not give her any guidance on how to deal with Dongwang. For a while, the arraignment sat on the bed, not knowing how to respond.

"Don't disturb Your Majesty's rest, the minister will retire." Han Jian bowed, and when he was about to leave, he lifted the screen up, and then went to the outer hall.

At this time, Zhu Tongjing was already dumbfounded, a woman was sitting on the bed and had not yet dressed, and a man actually broke in directly, so fragrant that he didn't know how to react. After all, this is not the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, but the sleeping palace of the empress of the Wei Dynasty.

"Master Zhu, go outside and talk." Han Jian made a gesture of please again.

Zhu Tongjing nodded helplessly, he wants to doubt this kind of thing, and he can continue to be suspicious. But he also plays a drum in his own heart, what if this is true? The empress of the Wei Dynasty is not in Jiangdu, so isn't the king of the east who is in charge of Jiangdu now?

Thinking about it again, it is true that the king of the east is in charge of the whole Jiangdu now, and it seems that it doesn't matter if the empress is not there.

Zhu Tongjing went out with Han Jian with doubts. Han Jian motioned for him to go to the side hall to speak.

The side hall of the Chengdong Mansion was originally allocated to the temporary imperial court, but now Han Jian is only borrowing some. Before entering, Han Jian asked the guards to guard outside, and no one was allowed to enter.

"Master Zhu believed it this time?" As soon as Han Jian entered, he said.

"Look at a fake one, how can you be sure that it's really not there?" Zhu Tongjing's expression had already recovered, and he was calm and ready to deal with Han Jian.

He understood in his heart that Han Jian wanted him to believe that it was fake, and as long as he didn't let go, it would mean that it hadn't happened. Then Han Jian's conspiracy will definitely not succeed.

Han Jian smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether Master Zhu believes it or not. ”

"What does the King of the East mean by this?" Zhu Tongjing didn't understand Han Jian's intention in doing this, but he still maintained enough composure.

Han Jian said: "I just want to tell Master Zhu that if the situation continues to deteriorate, or if the Qi Dynasty is fishing in troubled waters and wants to take advantage of the civil strife in our Wei Dynasty to send troops to take advantage of the civil strife in our Wei Dynasty, then I will go directly to the court and take refuge in the rebellious ministers."

At that time, the predicament of Jiangdu will be solved without a fight. At that time, the Wei Dynasty, except for the emperor who has changed, will be no different from the Wei Dynasty a year ago. ”

When Zhu Tongjing heard Han Jian's words, he was silent, what Han Jian said was indeed the truth.

Now the reason why the Luoyang army and the Beiwang army came to attack Jiangdu was because Jiang did not regard Yang Yu as the new master, but supported the old main conquest and rebellion. It was Zhu Tongjing who also knew that the reason why Jiangdu could not hold on to it now was because Yang Yu and Yang Ke themselves were powerless to pacify Jiangdu, because they were also afraid of Southern Qi or Xianbei, and even the Western and Northern Kings would reap the benefits, and even worse, they themselves also had internal rivalries for power, and no one wanted to make others take advantage of them in vain.

At this time, as long as Jiangdu is allegiance, the war will be resolved, and when the time comes, north of Jiangdu, Luoyang will still be the imperial court, and the four kings will be in their own ways. After this battle, the Jiangdu defense line, which was originally the weakest in the Wei Dynasty, became stable because Han Jian, the king of the east, was in power. After such a war, the king of the east benefited the most, because he won the hearts of the people and gained prestige in the war.

If the empress is simply not in Jiangdu, then what Han Jian only needs to do is to kill or drive away those people from the original court faction afterwards, or simply hand them over to Luoyang to deal with. Although Han Jian will be infamous, he will not be worse than Yang Yu, who usurped power.

In the face of power, faith does not matter. Whoever is in power is the emperor, who is the true son of heaven, and Yang Yu himself is also a member of the royal family, even more convincing than the empress in power.

"The East King sues sù in the next these, it's not just to tell each other, right?" Zhu Tongjing sneered.

Han Jian smiled and said, "I just want to borrow food from Master Zhu to resolve the current crisis." If it can't be resolved, then in the future, you can only take the step you don't want to take, and when the time comes, the internal troubles of the Wei Dynasty will subside. I'm afraid this is not the result that Qi Dynasty wants to see, right? (To be continued......)