With Yu Zizhen, the jewel who was personally pushed forward by him and Princess Zhenbei, as an example, the overwhelmed Prince Zhenbei felt annoyed no matter how he looked at his sons.
Ever since Yu Zizhen's true identity was revealed, Yu Zicheng and others have been looked down upon by him. At first, they were not quite convinced, but now they have given up the desire to compete with Yu Zizhen because the gap is getting bigger and bigger.
They even felt that if their father was destined to fail in reaching the top, then the person who would sit in that position in the future would be Yu Zizhen, which would be better than Duke Jingguo or anyone else.
Although Yu Zizhen had not interacted much with the people from the Zhenbei Palace, her blood relationship with her was real. Judging from her previous behavior, she still had some affection for them. As long as they behaved themselves, she would most likely not kill them.
Knowing that they had reached a dead end and that there was no possibility of a comeback, most of the staff of the Zhenbei Palace held the same idea as the Zhenbei King's sons.
After reading the letter of persuasion sent by Yu Zizhen, they began to tactfully persuade the King of Zhenbei, who was in a very complicated mood.
With their help in analyzing the pros and cons, although the King of Zhenbei was still unhappy, reason prevailed in the end. Under the persuasion of everyone, he decided to accept Yu Zizhen's suggestion and bring all his men to join her.
Even earlier than the Zhenbei Palace, the sensible Duke Jingguo personally brought several staff members and guards to meet Yu Zizhen.
It must be said that although he and the King of Zhenbei both disliked Yu Zizhen, who came from behind, they were very confident in Yu Zizhen's character and mentality.
If he were Yu Zizhen, Duke Jingguo would not dare to go into battle so openly. But as soon as he thought that the person he was about to face was Yu Zizhen, who spoke his mind and kept his word, he became very strange and did not worry at all about what the other party might do to him.
As expected, Yu Zizhen not only did not intend to take the opportunity to kill him, but was also very respectful to Chen Hushan, the elder, because he was her classmate.
Duke Jingguo is an old and experienced man, and of course he would not put on airs in front of Yu Zizhen just because Yu Zizhen lowered his posture.
Yu Zizhen gave him face, so of course he had to give Yu Zizhen face as well.
The two exchanged polite yet warm greetings for a while, and then Duke Jingguo smiled and explained his purpose - he agreed to surrender, and would not negotiate with Yu Zizhen about military power and land, but he proposed an exchange condition that Yu Zizhen could never agree to.
He wanted the Chen family to marry Yu Zizhen, and the person to be married was his eldest grandson Chen Hushan.
He had already fully witnessed Yu Zizhen's abilities, so Duke Jingguo no longer dreamed of killing her or eroding her power. He now simply wanted to marry the future emperor and allow the Chen family to take a step forward.
He said to Yu Zizhen: "You and Hushan have a friendship of ten years studying together in the capital, and you know him well. Marrying him as your husband..."
"No, no, no!" Yu Zizhen waved his hands repeatedly with a look of horror. "To be honest, I've always treated Hushan as my own brother. Marrying a brother is really too harsh. It goes against human ethics, it goes against human ethics!"
Duke Jingguo: ...God’s damn brother!
Yu Zizhen: They are brothers, half-brothers!
Duke Jingguo was unwilling to give up and was about to recommend his other grandsons to Yu Zizhen when Yu Zizhen, pretending to be shy, suddenly said, "And I already have someone I like."
Duke Jingguo:? ? ?
Duke Jingguo:! ! !
Yu Zizhen and his subordinates were completely bewildered. That was right. She had already gotten him into her clutches long ago. She had no idea how she had managed to coax a prince into thinking of her wholeheartedly and devoting himself to her.
Duke Jingguo's eyes quickly swept across the faces of Yu Zizhen's subordinates. Their expressions confirmed to him that Yu Zizhen was not lying.
He felt very sorry, but also very curious, "I wonder which boy has this blessing?"
After being nearly sold out by his fourth uncle, and then by his own grandfather, Chen Hushan expressed his dissatisfaction: "You call being favored by Yu Zizhen a blessing? What kind of vision do you have?"
Yu Zizhen also felt that Xiao Yuanjin was very lucky. You know, this guy had been protected by her since he was a child.
If this guy had not really helped her a lot in the process of conquering cities and handling government affairs, and had not shown her amazing talent and intelligence, she would not have thought about how to pull him into her bowl and let him continue to work for her without complaint.
"The candidate is kept secret for now. When I succeed in winning her heart, I'll report the good news to you."
Duke Jingguo sighed inwardly. He had never expected that there would be another foolish man in the world like his eldest grandson who was not moved by Yu Zizhen, who represented the supreme authority.
Knowing that Yu Zizhen was also rejected, Duke Jingguo immediately let go of the rejection. He discussed with Yu Zizhen all the details after the surrender of Duke Jingguo's Mansion, and then took his staff and guards back to arrange the surrender.
What he didn't know was that Yu Zizhen was not rejected. She was just busy as a top and had no time to pursue the candidate she liked for the empress.
Not long after Duke Jingguo left, the envoy from Prince Zhenbei also arrived at Xuzhou City where Yu Zizhen was currently.
They told Yu Zizhen that the King of Zhenbei was also willing to surrender to her, but he asked Yu Zizhen to cancel the restriction on whether his family could stay in Beijing.
Yu Zizhen shook his head and refused without a second thought, "If he doesn't want to be separated from his wife and children, then he should give up his military power and stay in Beijing to live out his days."
After a pause, she continued, "Duke Jingguo and I have already agreed on the details of his surrender. I can't possibly offer him different terms of surrender than the Prince of Zhenbei. And don't tell me he's my father, he's my ancestor. From the perspective of governing a country, I would never do something like changing my mind and destroying my own destiny just because of family ties."
The messengers were speechless. They thought, as expected, this Yu Zizhen is a scoundrel with no respect for his elders. But unfortunately, they have no way to deal with this scoundrel Yu Zizhen.
We only offered to persuade them to surrender after we had defeated them. If they insist on making trouble and continue to push their buttons, can't we just continue to use our army to fight them?
The situation was stronger than people, and the envoys gave up the idea of fighting for more rights and interests for the King of Zhenbei.
However, they still expressed different opinions on the issue of the throne.
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