"Hao you come down from the Prince?" Shi Kefa continued to read, and saw Lu Zhenfei telling him in the letter that he must keep the secret and that the prince's whereabouts must not be revealed. Seeing this, Shi Kefa thought that the prince came to Yangzhou this time, he might have hoped to get his support, regain the throne of the emperor, and drive King Fu off the stage.

The change in the gate may cause internal strife in the Ming Dynasty, which Shi Kefa was unwilling to see. However, the crown prince Zhu Cilang was the orthodox Ming Dynasty. Compared with the crown prince Zhu Yousong, the Fu King, was obviously not justified and should support the crown prince in terms of emotion and reason. However, Shi Kefa was still hesitating, for fear that this would lead to huge changes in the political arena of the Ming Dynasty.

"Everyone prepares, and welcoming the princess and the prince consort tomorrow!" Shi Kefa walked out of the study and sent an order to continue.

Then Shi Kefa sent his confidant He Gang to Nanjing across the river and informed the people in the palace that Princess Kunxing and her husband went south and could go to Yangzhou tomorrow and arrive in Nanjing in two days at most.

He Gang rode his horse to Guazhou and boarded the boat in Guazhou. The river boat raised its sails and went upstream under the action of the southeast wind. The river boat was obviously much faster than the canal boat, and it took only one day to complete more than a hundred miles. He Gang entered Nanjing before the Nanjing city gate was closed in the evening. After he entered the city, he immediately went to find the eunuch Han Zanzhou, the garrison of Nanjing.

After Han Zanzhou received the news, he immediately brought 60 people from Nanjing Dongchang and 500 people from Nanjing Jinyiwei to cross the river and head north overnight to Yangzhou. Before dawn the next day, Han Zanzhou and his party arrived in Yangzhou.

It was dawn, and Shi Kefa brought Yangzhou prefect to serve as Minyu, Yangzhou general Liu Zhaoji, Deputy General Ma Yingkui, Shi Dewei, Gao Jie's general Li Qifeng, Ministry of War Office Chen Yujie, Yangzhou Wenshu and others, as well as hundreds of factory guards brought by Han Zanzhou, waiting for the arrival of His Royal Highness the Princess and Prince Consort Duwei's ships at the battleship dock.

There is a fast Malay newspaper: "Old Master Shi, Eunuch Han, and His Highness Princess's fleet is only ten miles away from me, and it is expected to be half an hour to arrive."

Shi Kefa, wearing a purple official robe, ordered to prepare immediately. The dock was broken and the gongs and drums were loud and the firecrackers were ringing. The Jinyiwei and the Dongchang men from Nanjing were arranged in neat formations. The Han general stood up straight and held various supporters, looking majestic. The guards sent by the local army in Yangzhou were also arranged on the dock, setting up a ceremonial guard to welcome His Royal Highness the Princess.

Han Zanzhou, wearing a three-mountain hat and a python robe, approached Shi Kefa, lowered his voice and asked softly in his ear: "Gei Shi, we heard that His Highness the Crown Prince has escaped from the clutches of Chuang Ni and Jiannu. Why is there no news about the princess going south but there is no news of the prince?"

Although Shi Kefa disliked these eunuchs, he had to give Han Zanzhou face on the surface, so he said, "The prince was seasick and uncomfortable, so he delayed for a while in Laideng. When he arrived in Shandong, he heard that King Fu had ascended the throne and became emperor. He was worried that King Fu would harm him, so he did not dare to come."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is the orthodox of my Ming Dynasty. If the Eastern Palace comes, our family will sacrifice our lives to teach King Fu to give way to the Eastern Palace!" Han Zanzhou said with a righteous spirit. Han Zanzhou is a loyal and good eunuch. In the original historical time and space, the Qing army captured Nanjing. After Han Zanzhou was captured, he chose to fall from the building and commit suicide and sacrifice his life to his country.

The fleet gradually approached Yangzhou, and the cannons on the docks were lit up. The three-eyed guns used as ceremonial guards were aimed at the air and fired lights were emitted. The white smoke rose, the gongs and drums were loud and the flags were waving. The ceremonial guards welcoming the princess were huge. After all, Shi Kefa was the master of the cabinet, and the sound created by the far-flying road was comparable to that of a governor.

The boats of all sizes leaned on the dock in turn. The first one was the small boats of infantry riding on the infantry. Teams of infantry wearing red mandarin duck battle jackets came down from the ship and quickly set up six large arrays on the dock. Then the boats of the Jinyiwei were sailing on the dock. Teams of Jinyiwei, wearing black flying fish suits, got off the ship and set up two rows of formations on the dock. Finally, Princess Kunxing's ship stopped. The boat was all red flying fish suits, and the Jinyiwei, wearing wingless black gauze hats, and the princess got off the ship. Behind the princess, followed by Zhao Peng and Lu Zhenfei. Zhao Peng was wearing purple flying fish suits, wingless black gauze hats, Lu Zhenfei was wearing a big red official robe, and Lu Zhenfei was wearing a five-liang crown.

Liang Guan was originally a hat worn by the censor and the Dali Temple Minister. Lu Zhenfei was the right assistant censor, the admiral of the river and the governor of Huai Yang, so he usually wore a black hat, but Liang Guan was still wearing the most formal occasion.

Princess Kunxing, Zhao Peng, Lu Zhenfei, Gao Wencai and others got off the boat. Zhu Cilang, who was wearing a red flying fish suit and a wingless black hat, also mingled among a group of Jinyiwei wearing red flying fish suits, and followed the princess guards to get off the boat.

Shi Kefa just welcomed him in accordance with the general etiquette, bowed and bowed, and bowed without being arrogant or humble: "Welcome to Your Highness Princess! Please come with your subordinates."

Han Zanzhou stepped forward, knelt on his knees, burst into tears, and cried heart-wrenchingly: "Your Highness, you are finally here! I heard that the Emperor is in trouble in the capital, but the old slave cannot send the Emperor to the last journey. I am guilty!"

Princess Kunxing was also crying by Han Zanzhou: "Eunuch Han quickly invites you. My father has died for the country. We living people will continue to survive and strive to ensure that our Ming Dynasty will last forever. Even if one day the Ming Dynasty is not guaranteed, we must never let the world fall into the hands of Jiannu."

Zhu Cilang in the crowd also burst into tears, from the beginning to the later sobbing. However, he was very inconspicuous among a group of Jinyiwei in the same outfit, so no one noticed him.

Han Zanzhou and Princess Kunxing cried for a while, and Shi Kefa said, "Your Highness Princess, Eunuch Han, let's go."

The Jiang family had already arranged the place where Princess Kunxing and others lived, so they arranged it in the spring garden of the Jiang family's own private garden. Jiang Guomao took everyone to his own spring garden. Princess Kunxing got on the car, Zhao Peng, Gao Wencai and others rode on horseback, but the poor prince Zhu Cixuan followed a group of Jinyiwei to the spring garden.

Shi Kefa had known that the prince Zhu Cilang had arrived, and he had already discovered Zhu Cilang in the crowd, but he was silent. When everyone headed to Chunyuan, Shi Kefa walked to Zhu Cilang and lowered his voice: "Your Highness, I will definitely strive to ensure that Your Highness ascends the throne to the throne. But there are many people here, so I forgive me for not being able to salute me."

After entering the Spring Garden, Jiang Guomao settled everyone's accommodation, and then arranged for Zhu Cilang, Shi Kefa, Lu Zhenfei, Zhao Peng, Han Zanzhou and Zhu Niu to talk in a pavilion in the middle of the lake. The idle people around were all cleared.

Suddenly, when he saw an inconspicuous Jinyiwei coming in, Han Zanzhou was stunned for a moment, and after a closer look, he found that the Jinyiwei in front of him was actually the prince Zhu Cilang. Han Zanzhou knelt down and cried loudly: "Your Highness, I am guilty!"

There was no one else beside him, and Shi Kefa also knelt in front of Zhu Cilang: "Your Highness, you are finally here. I cannot welcome you back to you personally. I am guilty."
Chapter completed!