Chapter 221 Tell the Truth
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Xiaofei knew that the secret could no longer be kept secret. He helped Kunxing up and looked into Princess Kunxing's eyes and said, "Princess! I have a secret that I have never told anyone! Today I want to tell you! But you must forgive me! Can you promise me?"
"Husband! You and I are already husband and wife, and Wenxian is already mine. Why can't I forgive you? Just tell me what secrets you have!" said Princess Kunxing Zhu Mianzhu.
Zhao Xiaofei looked into Zhu Mianzhu's eyes and said, "Okay! I'll tell you!" After Zhao Xiaofei finished speaking, he took off the jade pendant from his neck and placed it in Zhu Mianzhu's palm.
Zhu Mianzhu asked, "What is this?"
"This is the key to the gate of South Australia! With it, I can return to South Australia at will. The goods sold to Western countries now are all brought back from South Australia! I am not a prince at all, I am just an ordinary person! There is no war in South Australia!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
Zhu Mianzhu was not angry after hearing this, and said: "But your erudition is unmatched in the Ming Dynasty! You are not a great scholar, but you are a genius! My brother's medical skills can be said to be the best in the world. Is your husband's family a scholarly family?" Princess Kunxing asked.
Zhao Xiaofei shook his head and said, "I'm just a rich man there! And I came here nearly 400 years ago! In our place, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed long ago! It's already been written into history books!"
"What? Four hundred years later?" Kunxing was a little confused.
Zhao Xiaofei explained: "It's like you got a jade pendant! As a Ming Dynasty person, you can go to the Han Dynasty!"
"When did the Ming Dynasty fall?" Princess Kunxing suddenly grabbed Zhao Xiaofei's sleeve and asked.
"It was when Li Zicheng entered Beijing! Your father hanged himself on Coal Hill, and your right arm was chopped off by your father. Zhaoren was killed, and you were the only one in your family who survived! After the Qing army entered the pass, the Jianlu arranged for you to be a son-in-law. You died of depression because you missed the Ming Dynasty and your father. You were three months pregnant at the time, and your death was extremely tragic! Whenever I see history books write about this, I can't help but sigh!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"What? That means I should have been gone from this world last year?" Princess Kunxing asked.
Zhao Xiaofei nodded. Princess Kunxing looked at Zhao Xiaofei with trembling hands and asked, "Since you know history, why didn't you tell father to be wary of Li Zicheng? Why didn't you save him? Why didn't you help him with his plans? You are the emperor's son-in-law, right? The Ming Dynasty has never wronged you!" Princess Kunxing burst into tears. Tears flowed uncontrollably, like pearls from a broken string. Zhao Xiaofei felt so distressed by her pitiful appearance.
"My wife! I can't save your father! You have followed your father for many years, and with his suspicious character, I really may not have a good ending! Don't forget that I am a relative by marriage. The Ming Dynasty guards against the dictatorship of relatives by marriage as if it were a thief. What do you think I should do? Even now, I am still being cared about by those ministers in the court. They always want to reduce my military power. At that time, I was just a newcomer to the Ming Dynasty. How could I dare to advise your father? Don't forget what happened to Yuan Chonghuan!" Zhao Xiaofei said.
Princess Kunxing listened to Zhao Xiaofei's explanation while crying. She thought carefully about her father's character. If the prince consort was exceptionally capable, both civil and military, he would not only receive no reward, but would likely be imprisoned or even killed. If she were to put herself in his shoes, she would likely do the same thing as him.
"My dear husband! Woo~" Princess Kunxing held onto Zhao Xiaofei and continued to cry. She cried more and more sadly, and finally she had no strength to cry anymore. She fell asleep in Zhao Xiaofei's arms without knowing when.
Zhao Xiaofei stroked her hair and whispered, "Cry, cry! Cry out all your sadness and grief! There are too many things weighing on your shoulders!"
In this way, Zhao Xiaofei sat on the bed motionless all night. Even though Princess Kunxing had pressed his legs until they were numb, Zhao Xiaofei was reluctant to let Kunxing leave his legs.
At dawn, Zhao Xiaofei placed Princess Kunxing on the pillow. He quietly left, and as soon as Zhao Xiaofei left, Princess Kunxing opened her eyes. She had actually woken up a long time ago, but she couldn't bear to leave Zhao Xiaofei. She wanted to lean on this man a little longer; she felt so tired.
Thinking back to what Zhao Xiaofei had said to her yesterday, she really wanted to visit Zhao Xiaofei's world and read the history books there. And the jade pendant in her hand had two words written on it: back and forth! She gently stroked the two words, almost lost in thought.
Meanwhile, in the study, Zhao Xiaofei and his eldest brother, Zhao Xiaokun, were discussing countermeasures. The current situation was very favorable. The three most powerful armies in the country were converging on Shaanxi: the Jianlu Eight Banners and Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry, Li Zicheng's peasant army, and Zhang Xianzhong's Dashi Army. Zhao Xiaofei desperately wanted to solve all the problems at once. Even Zhao Xiaokun had prepared numerous viruses, intending to inject them into corpses and then launch them into the city via hot air balloons or trebuchets. This was how the Mongols had once spread the Black Death throughout Europe.
Mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops was no easy task. General Zhou and Wan Shan were busy mobilizing supplies. Li Sihong and Kou Baimen were also busy, participating in the military mobilization. They had to transport supplies across the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.
Zhao Xiaokun said, "This is the final battle. I have only one thought: I must capture them all!"
"I hope everything goes well! I always feel that we are doing too well! Since we crossed the Yangtze River and came to Nanjing, we first killed Zhu Guobi, then destroyed Zuo Liangyu, and then dealt with Zhang Xianzhong, and pacified Jiangnan. We also held a martial arts conference, and now those suicide bomb attacks have made the Jianlu and the peasant army overwhelmed!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
Zhao Xiaokun smiled and said, "Isn't it good enough if everything goes smoothly? Do you have to go through all the hardships and dangers like the protagonist in the novel? Didn't you live in fear for your first two years in the capital, always worried that the emperor would punish you? How hypocritical!"
"It would be great if everything went smoothly, but it feels like many problems haven't erupted. There are land issues, maritime trade issues, and the Jiangnan Gentry Group hasn't caused any trouble. It seems too peaceful!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Of course! I haven't carried out any reforms, and I've been winning all the way, so they dare not do anything! Just wait and see, when we really fight back to the capital and the world is stable, then all these monsters will jump out!" said Zhao Xiaokun.
This was indeed the case. Zhao Xiaofei's current glory was actually hiding a crisis. Countless eyes were fixed on Zhao Xiaofei! As long as he was defeated, it would be the beginning of his failure. This was what Liu Ru said to Zhao Xiaokun.
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