Chapter 12 The Four Kings Entering Beijing (Part 2)
When King Kang and King Ji saw Liu Yixuan coming to greet him, they said, "Who are you? I know a lot of generals from the Imperial Guard. Why do you think you are so handsome?"
Liu Yixuan smiled and said, "The Mo General has just arrived at the Imperial Guard and has never met with the two Qiansui, so the two Qiansui do not recognize each other." He smiled and said, "It's true that because of this, the Mo General cannot tell the identities of the two princes. He dared to ask, which of the two is King Kang and which is King Ji?"
The two princes looked at each other and smiled helplessly. King Kang said, "You are quite honest. If you don't recognize us, we won't blame you. I am King Kang, the ninth son of the Supreme Emperor."
Liu Yixuan looked at King Kang carefully and saw him wearing a white python robe with four-clawed jade dragon embroidered on it, a moon-white auspicious cloud ribbon tied around his waist, and a Hetian jade pendant carved with dragons playing in the water hanging on it. Looking at his appearance, his black hair is as dark as ink, his face is as beautiful as jade, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his eyes are full of spirit.
When Liu Yixuan saw that King Kang Zhao Gou was born with a good appearance and indeed had an emperor appearance. He also saw King Ji next to him, who was also dressed and magnificent, and said, "Oh, you are King Kang, and you are indeed famous. Then the other one is King Ji."
"That's right, he is my Seventh King Brother, King Ji Qiansui!"
Liu Yixuan said: "The Lord uploaded an order to let the general wait for the two princes here, saying that if several princes come to the capital, they can go to the inn to rest first, and it will not be too late to enter the palace to meet the Queen Mother and the Emperor tomorrow."
King Kang asked again: "Have King Su and King Jing arrived?"
"I don't know this... I guess I should have arrived, so I'll ask the two princes to go to the inn to rest first!"
When King Kang heard this, he said with a doubt, and said softly to King Ji: "Brother Seven, what does the emperor mean? In the past, when I came to the capital, I was always summoned to the palace directly. Why did I arrange for us to rest in the inn today?"
After hearing this, King Ji was also a little confused. According to past practice, in order to prevent the vassal kings from having too much contact with the ministers of the capital, the vassal kings would be taken directly to the palace by the Imperial Guards after entering the capital, and then secretly arranged their residence. Today, the four princes entered the capital, but they were all arranged to rest in the inn outside the palace, which was really suspicious. However, since Qinzong intended to make such arrangements, how dare all the princes, as ministers, easily disobey the will, so they had to pay attention and act cautiously.
King Ji said to King Kang: "Young brother, don't be suspicious. In the past, several of our vassal kings went to Beijing alone. Today, four of them came, which is naturally different from the past. Since the emperor has made arrangements, let's go with you and follow the host." So he said to Liu Yixuan: "Since the emperor has the order, please ask the general to lead the way for us and let's rest in the inn."
Seeing that the two of them had decided to discuss, Liu Yixuan took them to the inn on Zhuque Street. Five hundred imperial guards were leading the way in front, causing chaos in Tokyo. Vendors on the street watched from both sides, pointing and talking.
When they arrived at the inn, Liu Yixuan saw his son-in-law Qin Shun being outside the hall and asked them to do the security work nearby. Liu Yixuan shouted in the distance: "General Qin, King Kang and King Ji Qiansui are picked up by me!"
It turned out that King Su and King Jing arrived in the capital in less than two minutes, and now they have been arranged by Qin Shun to rest at the post station. When Qin Shun saw Liu Yixuan and his men come back, he knew that King Kang and King Ji were also here, so he hurried over to welcome him.
"I'll pay my respects to the two princes!" Qin Shun knelt down and bowed.
When King Kang and King Ji saw that it was his brother-in-law coming to greet him, they quickly dismounted and helped him up, and smiled and said, "Why do you have to do this by your son-in-law? They are all their own family, so there is no need to be too polite."
According to common sense, Qin Shun is the eldest princess' husband, and King Kang and King Ji are both his brother-in-laws. Brother-in-law should not have such a gift when he meets his brother-in-law. However, the feudal dynasty has always been superior to the men and women. Although Qin Shun married the princess, the princess' level was not as good as the prince. In addition, Qin Shun is only a third-rank imperial guard commander, so he naturally has to perform this gift when he sees two first-rank vassal kings.
King Kang helped Qin Shun up and asked, "I haven't seen each other for many days, I wonder if my sister has always been good?"
Qin Shun lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, your highness is worried that the princess's body is much better than before."
"That's good, that's good. When the emperor ascended the throne last year, I met my sister in the palace. Seeing that she looked bad, I felt relieved. This time I went to Beijing to celebrate my mother's birthday and brought some Ganoderma lucidum. I took out some later and sent someone to the prince's mansion to let my sister take some. The principle is to take it well."
After hearing this, Qin Shun quickly resigned and said, "It's better to have such a mess than ever before. You should send these gifts to the palace."
Kang Wang smiled and said, "Well, my brother-in-law said this, just for being a disgrace. The eldest princess is my own sister. She is in poor health. My younger brother will give her some supplements for her to take care of her. Don't refuse." After hearing this, Qin Shun had to be respectful and obey her.
After hearing this from the side, Liu Yixuan didn't know whether King Kang was really good to his sister or wanted to win over the hearts of the people, but looking at his bright eyes, he knew that he was more scheming than the Emperor Qinzong.
Liu Yixuan came to ask Qin Shun: "Haven the princess, Prince Su and Prince Jing, have both arrived?"
Qin Shun said: "The two princes have arrived long ago, and they are talking in the inn now!"
When Naji King Kang heard that King Su and King Jing had arrived, he hurried to go to the inn to meet them. When he entered the inn, he saw dozens of imperial guards guarding upstairs and downstairs in the inn. King Su Zhao Shu and King Jing Zhao Qi heard that the two younger brothers had also arrived in the capital and were going downstairs to greet them. The four princes met and called their brothers to call their brothers and exchanged greetings for a while. Although King Su Zhao Shu was the fifth son of Huizong, he was only twenty-five years old. When these princes were young, they were all playing together in the palace, and they were all young men's habits. When they met each other, they would inevitably make jokes and jokes.
Seeing that these young princes were having fun chatting, Liu Yixuan didn't want to inquire too much, so he pulled Qin Shun to the side and asked: "General Qin, these princes have received all of them. What instructions do the emperor have? If there is no instructions, I will go back first."
Qin Shun grabbed Liu Yixuan and said, "Hey, how can you leave? Silly boy, these are all vassal kings from all over the world. You should take this opportunity to get to know them. Besides, you will marry Ling'er next month. These are your future brother-in-laws. How can you not meet them? Come on, I will introduce you to them!" As he said that, he pulled Liu Yixuan to the princes.
Liu Yixuan didn't want to have too much contact with these guys, because last time he privately visited Xiang Zhonghui, the prince of Junzhou, and was caught by someone else, which caused his father to be criticized by ministers in the court. Besides, he had no intention of relying on the powerful and did not ask for anything to be a high-ranking official. It doesn't matter whether he recognizes the prince or not.
"Oh, General Qin, there is no need for this. Several princes are all extremely ministers. I am a small deputy governor. They don't want to know me, so they should not go." Liu Yixuan hurriedly wanted to break free from Qin Shun's pull.
Qin Shun was a loyal and honest man. Seeing that Liu Yixuan was young and promising, he was highly valued by the emperor, he would definitely make great achievements in the future, so he wanted to introduce him to several princes. He knew that Liu Yixuan had always despised the powerful and did not want to take the initiative to date the powerful, so he helped him. So he said, "You stupid boy, how could you miss such a good opportunity? Come with me quickly." Then he pulled him over.
The four princes were sitting at a big table drinking tea and bragging. When they saw Qin Shun pulling Liu Yixuan over, they were a little curious. King Jing was generous by nature and pointed at Qin Shun and said, "Who, Prince Qin, come and sit here for a while, and talk to our brothers about the news about your capital?"
Qin Shun smiled and said, "How dare I sit with the princes at the same table? It's just my brother... I'm going to meet all the princes."
After hearing this, Liu Yixuan glared at Qin Shun and cursed in his heart: "What are you talking nonsense? Who wants to get to know them? It's like I want to curry favor with them."
Na Jin and Kang had met Liu Yixuan at the gate of the city, so they naturally knew him, but King Jing and King Su had never met him, so King Jing asked, "Oh? Who is he? What should we know about us?"
Qin Shun smiled and said, "When it comes to him, he is also relatives with all the princes, but you may not have met him. He is Liu Yixuan, the son of Liu Prime Minister, and the emperor has just promoted him to the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard!"
When the princes heard that they were Liu Anguo's son, they naturally knew Liu Yixuan's identity. When Qinzong was the crown prince, Liu Anguo was still the minister of the Ministry of Rites. At that time, Qinzong had close contacts with Liu Anguo. Later, Qinzong ascended the throne, dismissed all the officials of Cai Jing and promoted Liu Anguo to become the left prime minister. It can be seen that the Liu family was highly valued by Qinzong. Furthermore, Qinzong's mother, Empress Dowager Xiangong and Liu Anguo's wife were cousins. The Liu family did have relatives with the royal family. However, although these princes and Qinzong were brothers, they were not born to the same mother, and they had no relationship with the relatives of the Empress Dowager's family, so they did not know Liu Yixuan at all.
"Liu Anguo's son? Is it the one who was recruited by the Queen Mother as the son-in-law?" Although King Kang was granted a title, he knew very well about the capital. He had long heard that the Queen Mother wanted to designate a son-in-law for Princess Yuling, and was also the son of a senior official in the capital, so he asked this question.
Qin Shun smiled and said, "King Qiansui is right. The Liu Prime Minister only has this son and has a relative with the Queen Mother, so the Queen Mother intends to summon this Prince Liu to be the prince consort and Princess Yuling."
After hearing this, all the princes nodded secretly. This kind of marriage of kinship is not a rare thing. The Empress Dowager wanted to recruit the son of the Liu family as her son-in-law, just to make Liu Anguo wholeheartedly assist Qinzong. In order to consolidate his position in the court, Qinzong took his confidants to take important tasks as a matter of course.
Chapter completed!