Chapter 160 Sisters-in-law quarrel with each other

"Don't worry too much! Three Grandmasters are enough!
I learned from Wudang and Shaolin that in order to deal with the four great Shaolin monks, Marquis Fu'an also used many forbidden techniques, and the injuries he suffered were no less serious than those of the Shaolin monks!
No matter how strong Marquis Fu'an is or how talented he is, it will take him at least a year to fully recover to his previous state!
This is also the reason why Marquis Fu'an did not enter the capital but retreated to Xuzhou City after fighting with the masters of Shaolin Temple!
After retreating back to Xuzhou City, Marquis Fu'an immediately summoned experts and troops to defend the city strictly because he was extremely lacking in the ability to protect himself at that time!

The only pity was that we were all held back by our respective opponents at the time. We were unable to support the four great monks of Shaolin Temple, and we also lost the opportunity to rush to Xuzhou City as soon as possible!
This time, the fight for the high-level treasures of heaven and earth, although the Fu'an Marquis's mansion is no small matter, it is almost impossible for Fu'an Marquis himself to appear in Nanzhu Country!"

Duke Yan, who understood the reason for Fang Huiqi's worries, recounted the information he had obtained from Wudang Sect and Shaolin Temple.

This is the connection in the competition between the Zhu royal family and top forces such as Wudang and Shaolin.

This is also the reason why it is difficult for other forces to overthrow the Zhu royal family and Wudang Shaolin.

“Although third brother was seriously injured, there are many masters who are on good terms with him. Otherwise, when third brother was fighting with the four masters of Shaolin Temple, our masters and Wudang’s masters would not have been tied up and lost the opportunity to work together with the four masters of Shaolin Temple to wipe out third brother!” Fang Huiju still seemed a little worried.

It seems that Fang Huiju, the prince's strategist, suffers from a fear of insufficient firepower.

“Hui Yu, there is no need to worry too much. According to Wu Gensheng, Third Brother’s strongest ally, the Grandmaster who suddenly appeared outside the capital, although he showed the combat power of a top Grandmaster, he is definitely not a true top Grandmaster.

When he was fighting with Xiao Li Tanhua, Shen Tianjun and Wu Gensheng, he was not only hit by Shen Tianjun's Qiankun First Finger and Wu Gensheng's Sunflower Palm, but also hit by Xiao Li Tanhua's flying knife. Even a master might not be able to survive such an injury! He no longer needs to worry!
Besides this mysterious helper that the third brother found from nowhere, the other masters who stood on the third brother's side, Gongsun Yiyang, were already dead. Zhao Yugang could ask Duke Qi to restrict them. Although Duke Qi met with the third brother's wife and sister in private, he could not immediately turn to the third brother. And Duke Qi would not refuse to restrict Zhao Yugang!
As for the last Huashan Feng Qingyang, Wudang and Shaolin will be there to restrain him."

The prince expressed his views and opinions on the current situation, and at the same time was persuading the prince's wife Fang Huiju.

Although the prince had been absurd in the past, he has changed a lot in the past ten years or so with the appearance of Fang Huiju.

In recent years, under the threat of Zhu Chengwu, the relationship between the Crown Prince and King Ming has recovered rapidly. Under the guidance of King Ming, the Crown Prince has made great progress.

“However, Chengyi, before you leave, you still have to help us open the Zhu family secret vault as soon as possible and get the rare treasure in the Zhu family secret vault - Songshan Inkstone for Huiqi!

Huiyi's Jiangshan Ruhua Jue has reached the critical moment of achieving Yang Shen. Duke Qi's attitude has begun to waver, and we now need a Yang Shen to increase our combat power!"

Afterwards, the prince changed his topic again and asked Duke Yan to use his influence as soon as possible and take out the Songshan Inkstone from the Zhu family's secret library to help Fang Huiju break through before leaving the capital.

The prince didn't know whether Fang Huiju's previous fear of insufficient combat power was the reason why she hadn't obtained the Songshan Ink Stone to achieve Yang Shen, but it was beneficial for him that Fang Huiju, his principal wife and the mother of his legitimate son, achieved Yang Shen.

"Yes, I understand!" Duke Yan looked at the prince deeply and replied.

It’s different, really different!

Not to mention compared to more than ten years ago, even compared to three years ago, the prince has matured a lot.

As expected, people are born in sorrow and die in comfort!
The appearance of Fu'an Marquis Zhu Chengwu might be a good thing for the prince!
However, the prerequisite for this to be a good thing is that the prince can achieve the ultimate victory.

The whetstone and the knife are always relative!

After hearing what the prince said, Fang Huiju, the prince's wife, could not say anything more.

"The wife of Marquis Fu'an, Cui Shuyun, and the second daughter of the late king, Princess Min'an, are here!"

Just when the Crown Prince, Duke of Yan, and Fang Huiju were thinking about how to more surely obtain the possible high-level rare treasure from the Kingdom of Nanzhu, a loud shout from a eunuch was heard outside the Qinzheng Palace.

However, Cui Shuyun and Zhu Xiumin ended their conversation with Duke Qi and came to Qinzheng Hall to pay their respects to King Ming.

"Let's go out and welcome them!" Hearing the message from outside the palace, the Crown Prince, Duke Yan and Fang Huiju looked at each other, then spoke in a calm tone.

After seeing the Crown Prince walk out first, Duke Yan and Fang Huiju immediately followed with big strides.

Outside the Qinzheng Hall, with the appearance of Cui Shuyun and Fang Huiju, the many representatives of major forces who came to pay their respects began to shift their attention.

They were either waiting in line for their turn to pay their respects, or had already finished paying their respects and were ready to leave...but at this moment, they all turned their attention to Cui Shuyun and Zhu Xiumin who had just appeared.

Of course, as the Crown Prince and others walked out of the Qinzheng Hall, many of them began to shift their attention to the Crown Prince.

The meeting between the Crown Prince and his wife and the Marquis of Fu'an's wife and younger sister will allow them to enjoy the top gossip.

Don't think that as upper-class people, they don't have a gossipy heart.

They also have emotional needs for gossip, especially gossip between top figures who are also big shots to them, which can satisfy their emotional needs to the greatest extent.

"Cui Shujun of the Fu'an Marquisate greets the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, and the Duke of Yan!"

"Your humble servant greets my brother, my wife, and the Duke of Yan!"

Under the gazes of many people, Cui Shuyun and Zhu Xiumin bowed and greeted the Crown Prince, Crown Princess and Duke of Yan who had just walked out of the Qinzheng Hall and were standing on a high platform dozens of steps away from them.

The greeting, which was impeccable, disappointed the many onlookers who wanted to see the joke.

But they were not completely disappointed yet, because there was still the Crown Prince and Crown Princess on the high platform!
"My third brother's wife and my second sister are here! This is the first time I meet my third brother's wife! I have failed in my duty as the eldest brother!" However, the prince's answer still disappointed their desire to see gossip.

"After all, they are the royal Zhu family! Even if they want to eat the other party alive, they appear to be so calm and polite..." Many representatives of major forces who watched this scene secretly admired in their hearts.

"The Crown Prince is very busy with affairs, so we should invite him to the capital to meet him. Last time, we wanted to come to the capital to meet our father, mother, and the Crown Prince and Princess... Unfortunately, we were stopped by a few nosy Shaolin thieves! As a result, the Marquis had to return to Xuzhou City!
I didn’t expect that this obstacle would lead to a separation between the living and the dead, so that the Marquis didn’t even see the last side of the late king! The Shaolin Temple thieves are really not worthy of being human beings! "

Just when some onlookers were lamenting that they might not see the jokes and gossip among the Zhu royal family this time, Cui Shuyun's words made the seemingly peaceful atmosphere at the scene take a sharp turn for the worse.

“How dare she do that? How did she have the nerve to say that it was the Shaolin monks who stopped Marquis Fu’an from seeing the late King for the last time? If there had been no Shaolin Temple, the late King would probably not have died of old age but would have been angered to death by Marquis Fu’an’s force?” Many onlookers secretly complained in their hearts.

But at the same time, these onlookers, including important court officials from the prince's side and the Zhao family who rushed over, admired Cui Shuyun's thick skin and sophistry after hearing her words.

He is a good politician!
Without morals, anything is possible!
But in the society, there are not many people who can really display shamelessness to the fullest and just right!
"My third brother has already been enfeoffed. According to the Ming Dynasty's ancestral system, those who have been enfeoffed are not allowed to leave their fiefdoms without an imperial decree!

Not only did my third brother and his wife leave their fiefdoms without an imperial edict, they also brought a large army with them. This was truly a violation of our ancestral etiquette!

If it weren't for the fact that the monks of Shaolin Temple were on good terms with my father and didn't want to see him endure the pain of losing his son and the sorrow of killing him, and had taken the initiative to persuade my third brother to return, I'm afraid my third brother and his wife would have been killed by my father by now!
It would be fine if my third brother and his wife were not grateful for the kindness of the Shaolin Temple monks, but my third brother also used a trick to kill the Wuwo monk who wanted to persuade him to return, and seriously injured the Wuse monk. Now my third brother and his wife blame the Shaolin Temple monks for preventing my third brother and his wife from entering the capital. They really don't know how to appreciate kindness!"

After Cui Shuyun finished speaking, the prince was still thinking about how to respond to the sophistry of Cui Shuyun, his third brother's sister-in-law. Fang Huiju, the prince's wife, had already stepped forward and took the lead in responding.

Fang Huiqi's retort immediately shocked the representatives of many forces who were watching nearby, and their gossipy spirits began to burn again at this moment.

"What an ungrateful person! But Wang Sao said this to the wrong person! You are the ones who really don't know how to appreciate a good person!
With the Marquis's talent and strength, if he could come to the capital sooner, maybe you and the prince could spend your old age in peace!
You guys are resisting like this now, you are the real ungrateful people!"

Cui Shuyun showed no weakness in the face of Fang Huiju's retort. This unreasonable and stubborn side of her, which she had never shown to others, immediately made Zhu Xiumin, who was standing next to Cui Shuyun, look in awe.

"Third brother's wife, this is wrong! The Crown Prince is the eldest son. Regardless of ancestral rules, religious etiquette, and the will of the previous king, the Crown Prince is the only candidate to inherit the throne!
The third brother's wife should take the initiative to persuade the third brother to carefully feel the love and care of the Shaolin monks and the previous king, and take the initiative to be loyal to the prince and the new king!
This is the best option for my third brother and his wife to save their lives and avoid eternal infamy."

As the prince's strategist who was able to change even the prince, once Fang Huiju decided to step into the spotlight, her eloquence and quick wit in debate were extraordinary.

"Sister Wang, ..."

Cui Shuyun wanted to say something but was interrupted by a figure that suddenly appeared.

"Well, we are all descendants of the Zhu family, how can we let outsiders laugh at us like this!"

The person who suddenly appeared and interrupted the quarrel between Cui Shuyun and Fang Huiju was none other than Duke Qi, the head of the Zhu clan's Dazongzhengyuan.

While speaking, the Duke of Qi glanced at the representatives of the major forces around him.

The Duke of Qi did not want to show up, but the constant bickering between Cui Shuyun and Fang Huiju, the two daughters-in-law of the Zhu family, forced the Duke of Qi to show up.

As the head of the Zhu clan's Dazongzhengyuan, he was the patriarch of the royal Zhu clan when the previous king passed away and the crown prince had not yet succeeded to the throne.

If he doesn't step forward to resolve the situation and lets the fight between the sisters-in-law continue, Fang Huiju and Cui Shuyun will certainly be laughed at, but he, as the head of the Zhu family, won't be able to escape either!
Moreover, only the Duke of Qi could have enough weight to suppress the dispute between the Crown Prince's wife Fang Huiju and the Marquis of Fu'an's wife Cui Shuyun.

As for the others, even the Duke of Yan, who is also the master of Zhu family, they lack some weight.

With the appearance of Duke Qi, Fang Huiju and Cui Shuyun both kept silent tacitly.

"The Duke of Qi has indeed begun to waver in his stance! But fortunately, he has not completely sided with my third brother!" Fang Huiqi felt both depressed and relieved when he saw the Duke of Qi suddenly appear.

"The Duke of Qi is indeed more inclined towards the Crown Prince!" While Fang Huijue felt complicated, Cui Shuyun was also unhappy.

"Niece Shuyun, niece Xiumin, you should burn incense for the late king!"

Just as Fang Huiju and Cui Shuyun were feeling complicated and the representatives of various major forces were secretly sighing with regret, the voice of the Duke of Qi sounded again.

Under the auspices of the Duke of Qi, Cui Shuyun and Zhu Xiumin successfully completed the ceremony of worshiping the late king.

Looking at the coffin in the Qinzheng Hall, Cui Shuyun, who had never met the late king, felt no sadness, but only sighed that everyone is mortal.

“No matter how powerful or popular you are during your lifetime, everyone is equal in death!

In the face of this equality, instead of wasting your energy on the power struggles you don’t like, you might as well realize your own ideals!

Whether it is parents, husbands, or children, they are all individuals after all. People, after all, live only for themselves, and life and death are also a matter for one person! "

In the Qinzheng Hall, in front of the late king's coffin, Cui Shuyun cut ties with Fu'an Marquis and became more determined to realize her ideal of seeing the world.

"Father..."

While Cui Shuyun's eyes showed determination to realize her ideals, Zhu Xiumin's eyes were mixed with a hint of complex grief.

Although she had no feelings for the late king and had little contact with him, he was still her biological father after all.

However, this feeling seems so insignificant in the face of stance and reason.

……

"You just watched the Marquis of Fu'an's wife and younger sister leave the capital safely like this?"

In the Prince's Mansion in the capital, a secret place that almost no one knows about, several uninvited guests suddenly visited.

"With Lord Zhao as the escort, and Duke Qi already wavering, what else can we do but watch our third brother's wife and second sister leave the capital? Have you decided to take action?"

The person who responded was a very familiar person - the Crown Prince's wife Fang Huiju.

"Fang Hui, if you want to cooperate, you must show your sincerity! What's the point of hiding it like this?"

The person who secretly contacted Fang Huigui was obviously extremely dissatisfied with Fang Huigui's answer.

"Zhu Qinyu, you are the ones who want to cooperate with me. Please show your sincerity first!
Just saying that we take action while you sit on the mountain and watch the fight is not the attitude of a collaborator!

Or have you already forgotten the blood feud with the Xuzhou Marquisate?
Now he has become a pure Yang God of the Yuan Dynasty!"

Zhu Qinyu's angry questioning did not scare Fang Huiju, but instead made Fang Huiju question Zhu Qinyu in return.

“We would like to take action, but have you convinced the Crown Prince and Duke Yan to formally ally with us?

Without the endorsement of the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty and the Duke of Yan, how can we take action in the capital of the Ming Dynasty?"

At this point, Zhu Qinyu became even angrier towards Fang Huiqi.

Isn’t it said that the Crown Prince’s wife Fang Huiju is the Crown Prince’s strategist and has a profound influence on him?

Why is it so difficult for Fang Huigui to persuade the prince to formally form an alliance with them?

"I want to, too. But the losses of Marquis Fu'an's faction were not small in the previous war. Now that high-level treasures from the Southern Candle Kingdom have appeared, the future is more secure! If we rashly persuade the Crown Prince to formally ally with the Yuan Dynasty, he will not agree!"

Speaking of this, Fang Huiqi also seemed helpless.

In recent years, through the guidance and instruction of the wise king, the prince has become more independent-minded.

If the prince had the strength to fight, he would not risk becoming a sinner of the Ming Dynasty and the Zhu family and formally ally with the Yuan Dynasty.

That is a stain that cannot be washed away.

Unless the defeat is already extremely obvious!

(End of this chapter)