The abandoned queen is reborn: she makes the prince cry and seizes the throne!

"Your Highness." Furong twisted the teacup with her slender fingers, and the slightly sweet aroma of wine rushed into her nostrils.

Good wine and beautiful women.

Ji Mengshu secretly looked at his expression and felt that this man probably didn't understand romance. With such a beautiful woman in front of him, he could still drink so leisurely.

"Hahaha - Prince Changyou, this is my little daughter Furong, she is 28 years old. You young people should move around more." Prince Huai's cunning eyes revealed his shrewdness.

Ning Rongzhang curled his lips slightly, with a hint of smile on his face, but he didn't directly refuse his respect. He carefully looked at Furong from head to toe, and praised her, "Miss Furong, you are really as beautiful as a lotus in clear water, and you can be called a beauty of the country."

Furong lowered her head shyly as if in surprise, and her voice was also tender and endearing, "Your Majesty, you are too kind..."

Hearing Ning Rongzhang's high evaluation of people, Princess Huai smiled a little more, "Your Highness is right. Our fiefdom is close to that of Prince Changyou, so we should visit each other more often."

The banquet was joyful and it looked like both the guests and the hosts were having a great time.

"My uncle's hospitality really makes me feel a little overwhelmed. Come, let me toast my uncle!" Ning Rongzhang raised his hand. After drinking two glasses of wine, Prince Huai was sure to feel weak in his legs.

"Okay, okay, you and I can be considered uncle and nephew. In the past, my ancestors followed Emperor Taizu to build great achievements! They sacrificed their lives on the battlefield and only then did they get the title of Prince Huai today... It's really not easy..." After saying that, Prince Huai raised his head and drank a glass of hot wine.

Ning Rongzhang was slightly tipsy and smiled. "Speaking of Emperor Taizu, I also admire the relationship between Emperor Taizu and your ancestors. I also heard that Emperor Taizu had two tiger talismans that could be combined into one. One is in Emperor Taizu's hand, and the other one, I heard, was given to your ancestor for safekeeping?"

This is perhaps the thing that Prince Huai is most proud of. Prince Huai laughed, "My dear nephew, you asked the right person!"

Prince Huai cried out, raised his head and looked at the hazy moonlight outside the palace, "Speaking of the relationship between Emperor Taizu and my ancestors, they were like iron brothers... Emperor Taizu had not yet conquered the country. After slowly incorporating the army, Emperor Taizu specially sought out talented people to forge the tiger talisman that could combine the two into one."

"Oh... it's a long story. When my ancestor followed Emperor Taizu to conquer the country, one of the two tiger seals was in his hand. One tiger seal could command thousands of soldiers. If he had two tiger seals at the same time, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he could turn the country upside down. Later, when the country was decided and Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, my ancestor's tiger seal was handed over. Now... it should be in the palace..."

In Prince Huai's view, the tiger talisman not only represents the royal soldiers, but also represents the glory of their Prince Huai's palace.

Ning Rongzhang lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes pressed against his pupils, making it difficult to see his color. "The ancestor was a minister of great merit, and this prince admires him. But this prince is curious, since the tiger talisman is in the palace, why did they not show up when Prince Wu entered the capital?"

"This..." Prince Huai frowned, and it was obvious that he was drunk and couldn't think clearly. "The tiger talisman was a token of Emperor Taizu. After Emperor Taizu passed away, the tiger talisman and the people controlled by it disappeared... Maybe Emperor Taizu quietly dealt with them..."

"Uncle is drunk."

"Haha - yes, yes, yes, I am drunk. The tiger talisman will be passed down in the hands of the prince for generations. I am drunk... It is getting late, my dear nephew, please rest in my house."

Ning Rongzhang tilted his head slightly, and caught sight of Ji Mengshu's face as he slowly dozed off. He stood up and said, "Then I will be disrespectful to refuse."

In the quiet hall, people dispersed in twos and threes. Several servants stood guard outside the house. Ning Rongzhang pulled her coat, patted her shoulder, and said, "Go back to sleep."

Ji Mengshu was woken up by someone. She looked up with her pale face. She turned around and saw that no one was there. "They're all gone..."

"Well, they're all gone."

Walking on the secluded path, one can see the moon hanging in the sky. Ning Rongzhang put his hands behind his back, thinking over and over again.

Who has the other half of the tiger talisman?

When Emperor Taizu was young, he fought many wars, but he passed the throne to the late emperor, just because the late emperor was born to his favorite concubine. Therefore, he ignored the status of Empress Taizu and the status of his father as the youngest legitimate son.

If Empress Taizu, his grandmother, had not died early, it would be unknown who would have taken the throne.

The tiger talisman was broken into two, one of which was in Princess Wuhua's hand. Where was the other one?

"Your Highness, look..." Ji Mengshu stretched out his arm and pointed at the moon in the water. "Tell me, which one is easier to get, the moon in the sky or the moon in the water?"

This question didn't seem like a question, but it made Ning Rongzhang think for a while. "One is the moon in the sky, which is out of reach. The other is the moon in the water, which is just a dream... It seems that both of them make people feel timid."

Ji Mengshu propped up his chin and looked at the moon in the center of the lake. "That's true. No matter which one it is, it's intimidating. I don't dare to think about climbing the moon anymore. But if such a beautiful thing as the moon is hidden in the home by someone with ulterior motives, wouldn't it be a loss for the people of the world?"

Ning Rongzhang shook his head slightly and laughed, "Fishing for the moon in the water will only bring false joy, but watching the moon in the sky seems to be quite nice."

"Then since the moon in the sky is so breathtaking, why does Your Majesty have to be so worried?"

Turning his head to see the woman's smile, Ning Rongzhang picked up a small stone from the ground and dropped it "pa" right on the reflection of the moon in the center of the lake, instantly breaking the illusion of calmness and reality.

"Would you like to hear a story?"

"Tonight is indeed a good night for listening to stories."

Ning Rongzhang smiled lightly, with a hint of loneliness in his eyes, "Before, there was a man who was good at both literature and martial arts. He stood out during the turbulent times of the previous dynasty. With his extraordinary talents and abilities, he soon embarked on a road of wealth and glory. He had nothing before, but later in the turbulent times, he actually had some ambitions to be a hero. Later, in order to consolidate his power and status, he chose to marry a general's daughter."

"The woman was gentle and lovely. Although she knew that the man was dangerous, she still liked him. In the end, she chose to be with him despite her father's dissuasion."

Ji Mengshu was listening intently. Seeing him pause for a moment, she asked, "And then?"

"And then - that man really became a great hero admired by everyone, and eventually became the founding emperor of a country."