The reply from the Ming Prince's Mansion soon confirmed that Hu Qingyan's speculation was not wrong.

It was just really confirmed that after King Ming pretended to be His Majesty, the three of them did not have the pride of guessing the facts, but instead fell into a difficult choice.

Although the Ming King targeted His Majesty in this game, in fact, Hu Qingyan and the other two were also pretended to be in by Ming King.

The game was set up by the King of Ming, but the three of them who could do it were Hu Qingyan and the others.

If they continue to follow the Ming King’s plan, they will help Ming King create a situation against His Majesty with their own hands.

This is undoubtedly equivalent to their complete betrayal of His Majesty. Once they do it, they may never turn back.

The three of them were silent, and no one spoke out first.

In the end, King De said: "It's not a solution to hold on any longer. We have to come up with a resolution as soon as possible. General Secretary, what are your opinions?"

When King De pointed Zhang Bangli's name directly, Hu Qingyan immediately looked at Zhang Bangli with his eyes and observed his expression.

However, Zhang Bangli frowned and bit his cheeks. He wanted to speak several times, but he was reluctant to speak, and obviously he was unable to make up his mind.

Seeing this, King De looked at Hu Qingyan again: "Gei Master, you should talk about it first!"

In fact, Hu Qingyan had already made a hint just now. After analyzing the Ming King's plan, he finally said, "Now I can only hope that Your Majesty can hold the throne ceremony quietly, and it is best to make the methods prepared by Ming King without using them."

At first glance, these words seemed to have already become inclined, and they seemed to have agreed to the Ming King's plan before sighing.

But if you think so seriously, he can turn his back on it at any time and say that he doesn't mean that.

Both King De and Zhang Bangli knew him. This person was cunning and cunning, and it was impossible for him to be the first to express his views on such a sensitive topic.

If this ambiguous thing is probably the old guy who deliberately used it to test the attitudes of the two of them.

Sure enough, Hu Qingyan pretended to be an ostrich again and spoke, but it still meant vaguely: "I can't say anything about this, it's mainly up to you, what you two think."

When King De heard this, he had to say, "Gei, now you can't even hide, even if you want to hide. The matter is already in front of us. The three of us must have a unified attitude."

"What the prince said is reasonable, and I mean the same thing, but I really don't have any idea now. Let's do this. You two will definitely not drag you down!" Hu Qingyan smiled bitterly, and his words seemed to be straightforward, but in fact he didn't say it.

King De was speechless. There was no way to deal with this old guy. He knew that he was the first to make a clear statement no matter what.

After gritting his teeth, King De could only talk first.

But unexpectedly, before he could speak, Zhang Bangli, who was on the other side, suddenly spoke out: "Then let me talk first."

Upon hearing this, King De and Hu Qingyan quickly bet on him.

Zhang Bangli slowly raised his eyes and looked at the two of them. Zhang Bangli seemed to have made up his mind and his expression calmed down, but he only heard him say first: "At this point, no matter what the situation is, we have to bear it together. If something really happens, I will not be able to escape you even if I die."

As soon as these words were spoken, Hu Qingyan and King De were both silent.

Zhang Bangli didn't look at their expressions, but said in a deep voice: "I personally think that your Majesty is really unstable. At the throne ceremony, we are not sure what Your Majesty will do. If Your Majesty really attacks the Ming King at that time, how serious the consequences will be, you can't even think about it."

King De nodded, but Hu Qingyan just listened and said nothing.

Zhang Bangli continued: "In fact, in the past few days, have we racked our brains to find a way to successfully complete the throne ceremony? Now, the Ming King can come up with ways to deal with the worst possible outcome. From the perspective of considering the country, this is not a bad thing."

This time, Hu Qingyan nodded, and did not pretend to be an ostrich, but asked back: "But the problem is that the solution that the Ming King came up with cannot prevent His Majesty from attacking the throne ceremony. He is just to fight back when His Majesty takes action against him."

When he heard him speak, King De's eyes swept across Hu Qingyan's face, thinking about what his attitude was.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Bangli asked back: "Even if we don't help Ming Wang do this, Ming Wang will surrender and not fight back?"

Hu Qingyan frowned and then shook his head without saying a word.

Zhang Bangli continued: "We don't know whether Your Majesty will attack. We cannot stop the Ming King from fighting back. These are no longer something we can control. When the worst result occurs, we can only settle for the second best and work hard to minimize the conflict and calm the situation as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Zhang Bangli pondered for a moment before continuing: "I thought about it and thought that when the worst situation happened, if the Ming King could use this method to directly overwhelm Your Majesty, although this would still greatly damage Your Majesty, as long as it did not develop into war, it would be the best result."

King De suddenly interrupted and added: "The Chief Secretary doesn't have to be too pessimistic. Now the Lin family is involved? If we really get that step, we can transfer the artillery fire to the Lin family, and we will definitely believe that they are sowing discord and bewitching Your Majesty. Your Majesty was deceived by them and asked them to give an explanation. When Lin family was involved, Hu, Liu and Zhang could not get rid of it. At that time, everyone will be in a confused lawsuit. If our country cannot get a good job, it will make them uneasy."

These words made Hu Qingyan and Zhang Bangli stunned at the same time, and then began to fall into deep thought around King De's words.

Since King De has spoken, he has made his statement and no longer concealed it. He continued: "I also agree with the General Secretary's point of view. Apart from the pros and cons mentioned by the General Secretary, the Ming King's situation has reached this point, and we have no choice at all. If we do not cooperate with King Ming, then we may not have to wait until we ascend the throne. King Ming will turn against us, and how will the situation develop at that time..."

"So, the prince and the chief have decided to cooperate with the Ming King." Hu Qingyan asked when he heard this.

Zhang Bangli nodded directly, but added: "I agree, but there is a premise that the Ming King must agree. If the throne ceremony is in progress, Your Majesty did not attack him. He must not take the initiative to attack Your Majesty with this matter, otherwise we would rather bear the name of bullying the king and rebelling against the lord than to make the truth public."

King De pondered for a while, and finally nodded: "This is a good thing for the sake of the overall situation. We have no choice but to make this decision. We are definitely not intentionally deceive the emperor. This must be clearly explained to the Ming Palace."

After saying that, the two looked at Hu Qingyan at the same time. Hu Qingyan finally nodded: "Since that's the case, then let's do it."

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It was still King De who came forward, and after a bargaining, the two finally reached a cooperation.

There is no basis for trust between the State and the Southern Army, so it is definitely impossible to speak without any evidence.

Without having to speak, Chu Ruocai took the initiative to leave black and white words as evidence. After King De pretended to be unhappy, he still responded.

After the matter was negotiated, the state naturally no longer needed to hold back the people of the Southern Army. The three generals of Hu, Liu and Zhang saw that Chu Ruo was able to come out safely and then stopped.

The people from the three sides originally planned to ask Chu Ruocai carefully about the situation tonight. Chu Ruocai said that he would discuss with them later on the grounds that he had a major event to report to Lin Huayao.

Although the three parties were anxious to know the truth, they also heard what Chu Ruocai meant and whether they would tell them the details. Chu Ruocai couldn't make the decision, so they had to ask Lin Huayao first.

The people from the three sides were somewhat unhappy. They risked their lives for the Southern Army and struggled for most of the night. Now the people from the Southern Army are fine, but they don’t even give them any explanation.

I was sure that I was unhappy, but I had no choice but to temporarily hold on and go back and wait.

It was almost dawn, but the palace finally became quiet.

With the signed agreement in hand, King De met with Zhang Bangli and Hu Qingyan who were still waiting.

When the door was closed, Hu Qingyan and Zhang Bangli's eyes fell on the document in King De's hands.

Hu Qingyan calmly asked King De: "Is it done?"

King De nodded and handed the documents in his hand to Hu Qingyan. Then he sat down opposite Hu Qingyan, picked up the tea on the table, and drank it all in one go.

Hu Qingyan opened the document, looked carefully, and then said, "Wow, the appetite is really great. In addition to the Six Cities of Xijiang and the reduction of the original anti-barbarian agreement, the Southern Army took on 20% of the mission. The National Bureau also required the National Court to take out another five million gold coins and some weapons and ammunition. In the end, even the Taoist sect after the Ming King was eliminated, he had to get a share of the pie."

When King De heard this, he wiped the sweat from his head and smiled bitterly: "Those are all things I'm afraid that I'll agree too well, which will make them suspicious. After a bargaining, they decided to make their original appetite more than twice as big as this."

"The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant. Even if our country dares to give it, they still have the ability to swallow it." Zhang Bangli reached out to take the agreement from Hu Qingyan, and also read it again, and couldn't help but snort coldly.

After he finished watching, the three of them looked at each other and fell into silence again.

After a while, King De stood up, took the agreement, and said softly: "Then I'll send it to King Ming."

What else can I say if I have already discussed it?

Zhang Bangli and Hu Qingyan looked at King De's back and left. Hu Qingyan also stood up and sighed before leaving: "We can't think we can turn back when we take this step. How do history books evaluate what we do today in the future? I don't know how to make loyalty and treason?"

Zhang Bangli shook his head: "The Ming King has a saying that is very suitable for us. As long as we do things, whether it is right or wrong, we will leave it to future generations to judge."

Hu Qingyan stopped slightly, and he didn't say anything more, and turned around and left.

When he left the door, Zhang Bangli also got up, walked to the window, and looked outside. It was the darkest moment before dawn.

Zhang Bangli looked towards the direction of the Ming Prince's Mansion and did not move for a long time.

He just murmured in a low voice: "Last Emperor, for the sake of the country's foundation, I have to make a choice..."
Chapter completed!