On the third day of the bounty reward, a clerk in a pawn shop opened the shop with yawning eyes and sleepy eyes. It is not easy for him to maintain a job that can support his family as he does not know a single word. Law.The bright morning still carried the chill that would not dissipate in the night, and white smoke was exhaled with every breath. Just as the clerk was rubbing his hands to keep warm, he caught a glimpse of a cloth bag in the alleyway from the corner of his eye. Those who throw away garbage at will, if the soldiers patrolling the city see it and can't find the source of the garbage, they will punish the nearby shops.
The buddy ran over quickly, intending to see what was inside first, whether there was anything worth some money, and if there was nothing to drag and throw away, he was still swearing in his heart that this was done by some wicked and smoking guy, and it turned out When I opened it, it turned out to be a dead man with a pale complexion, and I was scared to pee on the spot.
Han Ning listened to Hong Er's report with a gloomy expression, showing no joy or anger.Hong Er carefully said: "It should be the group of real rebels who found that the way out of the city was blocked, and didn't want to bring him such trouble, so they killed people and threw their corpses in the alleyway, master, even if they come back now but died, so how do we investigate next?"
Han Ning shook his head: "No investigation."
Hong Er was puzzled: "Don't investigate? Then we don't care about the Cui family's affairs?"
Han Ning said: "Don't worry about it, the next thing will be handled by the emperor himself."
As Han Ning expected, the detention of the Cui family members was just a bluff. Originally, the Criminal Division had its own methods of handling cases, but it was time-consuming. People showed their feet. Although Dou Zhengqing and Zhou Jin'er were not exposed, the pawns Dou Zhengqing had placed in the criminal department were worried about the difference because of King Ning's sudden intervention, so he lured and killed Cui Tingwei, trying to pretend to commit suicide in fear of crime.
As long as the person behind him moves, he will naturally be able to find the trace, but it's a pity that he was a step too late. When the heavy soldiers surrounded him to arrest him, he directly took poison and committed suicide.
Although the Cui family did not commit treason, they could not escape the crime of dereliction of duty. They were directly demoted to three ranks, and even Cui Yong's qualification to accompany him was cut off.But even so, the young and old of the Cui family were still grateful to King Ning. If it wasn't for King Ning, even if they could come out in the end, it would never be so fast, and it would never be as simple as being demoted to the third rank.
Han Ning also confirmed from the incident with the Cui family that the person behind him had a lot of plans, and he was probably one of his plans.But he is only the prince in the deep palace. Apart from the prince who is the most conflicted, he has no other enemies. It seems that no one has troubled him in the previous life. How come there are so many problems in the next life.
As for the crown prince, the emperor's favor is obviously decreasing day by day during this period, and he is busy securing his favor.And the age of the prince has also reached the age where he can go to court, and even the imperial school is exempted, and he will be appointed as a tutor to teach, so he has nothing to do with the princes and princes who are still studying in the harem, and the prince is now Han Ning's wrist couldn't reach the front, which made Han Ning's eyes fixed on the queen. At present, the most suitable candidate in his mind is the queen.
Although the harem is not allowed to be involved in politics, as a queen, it is obviously impossible to have no contacts in the court. Although the crown prince is both a descendant and an elder, there is no rule in the Yan Dynasty that the eldest son of the descendant must be appointed as the crown prince, so as long as the crown prince is not seated One day in that place is also very dangerous. It is not impossible for the empress to plan for the prince and secretly control some people, but because I broke up with them, the Banquet Emperor also lost their favor to them. It is too much to hate them. up.
Just as Han Ning was thinking about it, he didn't know whether it was because people were talking about it or because these things happened because he felt guilty. The queen who hadn't come to provoke him for a long time actually sent someone to summon him, saying that the severe winter was coming, and she made new clothes for him.
The empress really did this very decently. Regardless of whether Han Ning is a prince or not, as long as there is any good thing in her palace, it used to be in duplicate, but now it is also in duplicate. I know that Han Ning is unwilling to go to her palace. , everything was delivered without fail, and he didn’t call too much, keeping an appropriate distance, not too close but not easy to alienate, so right now the Cui family’s affairs just ended and the Queen was going to see him, Han Ning had a hard time Don't think about ghosts in your heart, after all, things are too coincidental.
Han Ning, who had begun to gain stature faintly, had begun to look tall and straight as a young man, and her baby fat face had gradually faded away, revealing the embryonic form of a handsome future, full of dignity and arrogance raised by the banquet emperor, with two long lines following her It was very pompous for the waiter to walk behind him with his head bowed. Except for the Banquet Emperor, Han Ning was the only one who knelt down to pay his respects everywhere in the palace.
Hong Er whispered next to Hong Yi: "Why do I always feel that the master is murderous?" It's been a long time since I put on a show, and today's battle doesn't look like going to ask for peace, but it seems to be smashing the scene.
Hong Yi glared at Hong Er: "Speak less, do more."
Hong Er curled his lips, thinking that everyone is like a log like you.
The Queen's Phoenix Palace had already been notified, and the Queen even came out to greet King Ning affectionately. Seeing the group of people following King Ning, the smile on her face remained unchanged and she said, "I haven't seen Ning'er for a long time, if I didn't ask the internal affairs The supervisor knew it, but they didn't know that Ning'er had grown a lot taller."
Han Ning smiled, polite and alienated: "There is a special person in the palace who sews clothes for the king. From now on, the empress don't have to worry too much about the king. Although the king is still young, he is a foreigner after all, so he should avoid suspicion." .”
One king at a time, although it is in line with the etiquette system, it can be regarded as shouting out the boundaries of the friendship for many years. No matter how enthusiastic the queen is, it is difficult to smile and go round when hearing this, so she can only pretend to be sad: "In the past, you and the prince were brothers and sisters. I also regard you as a parent and child. I don’t know what caused you to be separated from my mother and son. Ning’er, if the crown prince has done something to you, can the imperial aunt apologize to you on his behalf? Don’t talk to your crown prince again. My brother is angry."
Han Ning smiled: "The empress is overwhelmed. As the crown prince of a country, no matter what he does, he is right. How dare I get angry with him? If the empress called me here today just to say these things, then There is no need to talk about it anymore, I still have something to do in the medicine pavilion, so I will leave first."
The queen hurriedly called to him: "Ning'er!"
Han Ning frowned: "What else is the queen doing?"
The queen got up and took his hand and said: "I called Ning'er today because I want Ning'er to help the emperor's aunt. Your prince brother is fifteen this year, and he has reached the age to choose a marriage."
The prince said it was fifteen, but it was only a fictitious age, the actual age was only thirteen.But the prince's big wedding is not a trivial matter. Even if the candidate is decided now, it is not possible to get married this year. Choose an auspicious day, go through the six rituals, and marry the prince and concubine before the whole set is considered fast.When the queen mentioned this matter, Han Ning instantly understood what the queen meant.
In the previous life, the concubine was the daughter of the great general Zhan Zhi, who practiced martial arts in the state of banquets. It's not the kind of emperor who is overly suspicious. Since the military power has been released, it is absolute trust, needless to say favor.It can be seen from this that if the prince marries the daughter of General Zhan, how powerful it will be.If he married the daughter of General Zhan, the crown prince would be confirmed.
Although the crown prince has both ability and political integrity, and is known as a virtuous man outside the world, the Banquet Emperor also has absolute trust in General Zhan, but it is related to imperial power. He would rather marry his daughter to a commoner than join the royal family. With his authority as a general, If his daughter marries, he doesn't have to worry about her daughter's future happiness, but if he marries into the royal family, no one can say for sure what the future will be like, and since His Majesty trusts him, he naturally has to be worthy of His Majesty's trust. , in addition to trouble or trouble.
A person who even wants to curry favor with the prince, even the queen, would not dare to use power to suppress him, and if the purpose is too clear, let alone General Zhan, it will be difficult to explain to the emperor, this Han Ning is naturally the most A suitable lobbyist, just like the previous life.
Han Ning used to be young and ignorant, and had such a close relationship with the prince. One day the prince said that he had a woman he liked, and Han Ning asked curiously. This woman was naturally Zhan Meng, the daughter of General Zhan. The general's position is high and powerful, and he doesn't want to be contaminated by partisan disputes. Even if he is the prince, it is logical to inherit the orthodoxy in the future, but it is too early to say anything, so he is destined to miss Zhan Meng.
During that time, the prince was particularly depressed, looking as if he couldn't get what he wanted because of love, Han Ning was called by the queen again like this time, saying that he and the prince had always been close, and asked him to help see which girls were suitable.At that time, he directly told the queen that the prince had his own heart, and it was Zhan Meng.As a result, the queen shook her head and objected when she heard that she was the daughter of the great general, not even the queen, let alone the emperor, the foolish Han Ning believed it, and couldn't bear the prince's appearance, so she took the initiative to ask the emperor's uncle for a marriage After all kinds of fuss and forced demands, the prince got his wish. It also made the prince, who was no match for the second prince at that time, take the seat under his buttocks.
Now in another life, trying to coax him into being a lobbyist is really a dream.
Han Ning turned around and asked with a smile: "So that's the case, does the queen have a favorite candidate?"
The queen didn't know what Han Ning was thinking. Hearing this, she spread out a picture scroll depicting women's images. These women's family backgrounds are not bad, but they are either slightly fat or a little short. One is even as skinny as a medicine jar. date.Han Ning cast a sideways glance at the empress, the empress really bothered to find these among all the outstanding women to show him.
Then, the portrait of Zhan Meng was spread out inadvertently, and the girl who was originally just a pretty girl turned into a fairy in an instant.
The queen noticed Han Ning's expression from the corner of her eye, and when she saw Han Ning's expressionless face, she was secretly anxious. She couldn't speak too clearly, and now that Han Ning was separated from them, if she was blocked by His Majesty, she might not be willing again Speak up for them.Thinking of this, the empress once again wanted to kill the prince and give birth to a son again.
Seeing the portraits spread out on the table, Han Ning raised his eyebrows and said, "That's all?"
The queen nodded helplessly: "That's all there are girls of the right age in Beijing, I'm really sad to pick."
Han Ning smiled playfully: "What's so sad, anyone with eyes can tell which one is suitable."
The queen continued to show a sad face: "But this one is the daughter of General Zhan, I'm afraid His Majesty will not allow it."
Han Ning also frowned slightly: "But the other women are too ugly. Letting the crown prince marry them will hinder the country's appearance in the future. After all, the crown princess wants to be respected by the mother."
The Queen's heart moved, and she responded in agreement: "Yes."
Han Ning said: "If the crown prince also likes this Zhan Meng, it should be fine for me to ask the emperor's uncle for a favor."
The queen suppressed the joy in her heart, and looked at Han Ning with hope and uncertainty on her face: "Ning'er is really willing to help the prince ask for this grace?"
Han Ning curled his lips into a smile: "Isn't that what the queen wants to hear?"
The Queen's complexion changed, Han Ning also suppressed her smile, and overturned all the portraits on the table to the ground: "Do you mother and son really think I'm stupid! Use it again and again? Want to marry Zhan Meng, what, want to get Zhan Meng?" The support of your family? Knowing that you can’t come to ask for this kind of marriage, you just use me as a weapon? I’ll tell Uncle Huang, how you can play tricks on me!”
Han Ning left after losing his temper, the queen subconsciously stretched out her hand to grab him tightly, and then let the palace guards stop him heavily, the people brought by Han Ning hurried forward, a group of palace staff was like a gang fight, and was signaled by Han Ning Hong Yi and Hong Er booed in the crowd, but they didn't really make a move.
If Han Ning wants to break free, it's okay. Although the queen is an adult, she doesn't have much strength to be pampered, but it won't be fun if she breaks free, so she uses all her strength and pretends to pull: "What are you doing, queen! Let go of me, I Go find the emperor! You mother and son are like this, I must tell the emperor how you bullied me!"
The queen was shocked: "Ning'er, listen to me!"
Before the queen could say anything, she was overwhelmed by an angry shout: "Presumptuous! What are you doing?!"
I don't know when the emperor came and stood at the door with a face full of anger. The palace servants who were fighting just now knelt on the ground. When the empress saw the emperor, she was startled, and subconsciously let go , Han Ning directly fell to the ground with his ass|ass.
The emperor panicked immediately, stepped forward quickly, picked up Han Ning, hugged him in his arms, and asked anxiously, "Did Ning'er fall? Call the imperial doctor! Someone, hurry up and wear the imperial doctor!"
Han Ning embraced the emperor's neck and cried, "Uncle Emperor, Ning'er's hand hurts."
The emperor hurriedly hugged him in front of him: "Where does the hand hurt?" He said and gently pulled Han Ning's sleeves away, and the delicate arms were covered with red marks just pulled out, and even began to faintly turn blue.
Han Ning knows that he is a crispy skin, and sometimes the bed board is so hard that he can sleep on his back, let alone such a pull.
The emperor looked at the blue and red patch on Han Ning's arm, and his already bad face was so angry that he could breathe fire. A pair of long eyes looked at the queen viciously: "Queen! You are so brave!"
The queen quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "That's not the case, Your Majesty's concubine never wanted to hurt Ning'er."
The emperor glared angrily: "Isn't that so? Your palace servants are fighting with Ning'er's people, and you are still holding Ning'er to let him go. If I hadn't come today, how would you treat Ning'er privately?" Torture? Or assassinate the deep well?!"
The queen was crying with pear blossoms on her face and panicked: "Your Majesty, this concubine really didn't want to hurt King Ning, but King Ning misunderstood what this concubine meant, and this concubine wanted to explain clearly. The strength is stronger, and the concubine will apologize to King Ning..."
The emperor hugged Han Ning and directly avoided the queen, the elder knelt down to the younger, did she really want to break Ning'er's life?The queen's cry did not enter the emperor's heart, but it was even more disgusting, especially when so many palace people made a fuss just now, such a thing had never happened in the palace!
However, he still calmed down and asked carefully: "Ning'er, tell Uncle Huang what happened just now?"
Han Ning touched the ground with one finger. When the queen saw it, her eyes turned black and she became dizzy. As expected, Han Ning said: "The queen called me here in the name of making new clothes, and then said that the prince is old and wants to marry The princess, just showed me the bunch of portraits, they are all crooked and ugly, it is impossible for this kind of person to be the mother of the world, but there is a beautiful one in it, it is the daughter of General Zhan , the queen said again, the emperor's uncle would never agree, she wanted me to ask the emperor's uncle for a favor, but if I didn't want to, the queen wouldn't let me go, and even pulled me hard, emperor's uncle, my hand hurts."
The emperor held Han Ning in his arms, stroking his back to comfort him, looking at the queen like a poisoned knife, but said: "Ninger, let the imperial doctor give you some medicine later. That's fine, you don't have to listen to the queen's call at any time in the future, even if you come, bring more guards, what's the use of bringing a bunch of useless eunuchs and maids, and Hong Yi Hong Er, as guards, what did you just do? !"
Hong Yi and Hong Er hurriedly knelt forward, and before they could speak, Han Ning held the emperor's face in his hands: "Uncle Emperor, this is the Queen's Palace, if they use force in the Queen's Palace, it would be disrespectful and they will be beheaded." , you can't blame them."
The emperor snorted lightly: "I can't blame them anymore?"
Han Ning said: "No!"
The emperor pinched his face: "Okay, okay, the emperor doesn't blame them."
As the emperor said, he hugged Han Ning and left the Phoenix Palace without even looking at the queen.
As soon as the emperor left, the empress fell to the ground directly. Compared with the emperor's decree and punishment, it is the scariest thing to be so calm.
Sure enough, the emperor opened his will that day, and the crown prince reached the age of marriage, and the candidate for the crown princess should be cherished and valued. He must be virtuous, virtuous, courteous and dignified, and not limited to the nobles of the Wang family.So the emperor's draft just ended this year, and the prince's concubine selection began again.Moreover, this was the first time in the Great Banquet Dynasty, the first time that the palace gates were opened to select concubines, and even those ordinary women with excellent conditions had a chance.
When the prince received the imperial decree, he almost disobeyed it. What he wanted was marriage, the daughters of noble families who would be of great help to him in the future, not some virtuous and virtuous commoner women.But in addition to this decree, another imperial decree came immediately, which means that the prince will abide by the palace rules from now on, and he can only go to pay his respects to the queen on a specific day every month, and during the rest of the time, if he is not called, he must not enter the harem without authorization .
Although the crown prince's uterus is also in the palace, it is in the front palace like other princes. The harem is the residence of the emperor's concubine. In the past, the emperor's favor for the prince allowed him to enter the harem to greet the queen at any time. Today, I will make a decree , the anger about the selection of concubine just now hadn't aroused, but it cooled down, and he was flustered and didn't know what happened.
When someone was sent to the harem to inquire, the prince's face turned pale, let alone asking for Zhan Meng, it is a great blessing that the father did not blame the mother for what happened today.But what he had planned was completely ruined, and he even understood why his father chose a concubine with great fanfare. The one chosen in the end must be a woman who is useless to him. I'm afraid it's not guaranteed.
And all of this is because of Han Ning, the original hatred for Han Ning for robbing his father's love has become stronger and deeper.
Han Ning doesn't care, anyway, he doesn't expect to be respectful to the prince's brothers and sisters in this life. In the last life, he helped the prince everywhere, foolishly treated him as a stepping stone, and in the end he was poisoned to death. This is a white-eyed wolf, and he will fight back sooner or later .
Once the news that the crown prince was about to choose a concubine was spread, it was really shocking, especially the second prince, who almost laughed and sighed again, it was his mother and concubine who had the foresight to get engaged to him early, although His fiancée's family background is not as prominent and helpful as that of the great general, but she is also the daughter of a duke, and her status is considered noble, not far superior to that of a commoner's daughter.Looking at the prince's expression as if he had eaten shit all day long, the second prince was floating every day, and even ransacked his private treasury, picking out several boxes of rare treasures and sending them to Han Ning's palace, expressing condolences to him that day in Qihuang the fright of the temple.
The prince originally thought that this was already the worst thing. The harem was not going well, and the court was even more unsatisfactory. His natal family was also the family of a military lord. It has been glorious since the founding of the country, but the wealth is not more than three generations. Compared with the sharpness of the previous generation, this generation is somewhat weak in succession.
As soon as the court opened in the morning, there were reports that the army led by the Zhong family missed food supplies and military planes due to military slack, and was broken into by the bandits outside the court. If there was not a layer of defense line for the banquet army, the city would have been breached .
Seeing the report, the Emperor of the Banquet was furious, severely reprimanded Zhong Jiajun, and directly asked Zhong Jiajun, who had misunderstood the military situation, to return to Beijing to report on his duties, and reassigned Wei Jiajun to take over.The prince's natal family is the Zhong family, which is also the queen mother's natal family.
The reprimand almost made Zhong Hou of the court go home to take care of himself. The prince also bowed his head and said nothing. Although no courtiers looked at him, he still felt that someone was slapping him in the face. He felt swollen and painful. One by one, everything is really not going well.
A battle by the Banyan Army at the Border Pass beat the bandits to the ground, and even robbed a lot of cattle and sheep behind them, and dragged back hundreds of horses that died on the battlefield. for a long time.It's been a long time since I've fought such a fat battle. The entire banquet army was full of momentum, eating meat and drinking, getting drunk, and falling down. There was no military discipline at all.
The young man who accompanied Ji You to bathe in the stream that day hooked Ji You's shoulders, and said with a wine bottle in his hand, "It's true that he came out of the palace. His brain is better than these rough people. The one you chose The timing is really good. It's too early. If you rush up, it's a dereliction of duty. If it's too late, it's a dereliction of duty. It's not too early or too late, and a lot of good things have been captured. Look at my father, his face has become warm these days less."
Ji You smiled: "Do you think your father won't be able to figure out this trick?"
Lou Jing was puzzled and said: "Then why didn't my father use it before? Baba went up to him. He lost his army and his generals, and his credit was robbed by others. Sometimes he was even ginsenged. It’s trustworthy, I’m afraid they were given an ultimatum to return to Beijing to report on their duties 800 years ago.”
Ji You looked at the distant and vast starry sky, and said softly: "That's because your father can't bear the suffering of the border people. If I didn't calculate the timing just right, your father would not be able to wait to send troops."
Lou Jing lay down directly: "That's right, my father said that if I can die on the battlefield in this life, it will be considered a worthy death, so I will also be like my father in the future, and be a real general. Where are the sons of the Zhong family army?"
Ji You smiled silently, coming back alive from that tragic battle will always be a thorn in General Lou's heart, so in this life, only by staying here and keeping the Guan bandits from getting closer can the thorn come back. less pain.
The buddy ran over quickly, intending to see what was inside first, whether there was anything worth some money, and if there was nothing to drag and throw away, he was still swearing in his heart that this was done by some wicked and smoking guy, and it turned out When I opened it, it turned out to be a dead man with a pale complexion, and I was scared to pee on the spot.
Han Ning listened to Hong Er's report with a gloomy expression, showing no joy or anger.Hong Er carefully said: "It should be the group of real rebels who found that the way out of the city was blocked, and didn't want to bring him such trouble, so they killed people and threw their corpses in the alleyway, master, even if they come back now but died, so how do we investigate next?"
Han Ning shook his head: "No investigation."
Hong Er was puzzled: "Don't investigate? Then we don't care about the Cui family's affairs?"
Han Ning said: "Don't worry about it, the next thing will be handled by the emperor himself."
As Han Ning expected, the detention of the Cui family members was just a bluff. Originally, the Criminal Division had its own methods of handling cases, but it was time-consuming. People showed their feet. Although Dou Zhengqing and Zhou Jin'er were not exposed, the pawns Dou Zhengqing had placed in the criminal department were worried about the difference because of King Ning's sudden intervention, so he lured and killed Cui Tingwei, trying to pretend to commit suicide in fear of crime.
As long as the person behind him moves, he will naturally be able to find the trace, but it's a pity that he was a step too late. When the heavy soldiers surrounded him to arrest him, he directly took poison and committed suicide.
Although the Cui family did not commit treason, they could not escape the crime of dereliction of duty. They were directly demoted to three ranks, and even Cui Yong's qualification to accompany him was cut off.But even so, the young and old of the Cui family were still grateful to King Ning. If it wasn't for King Ning, even if they could come out in the end, it would never be so fast, and it would never be as simple as being demoted to the third rank.
Han Ning also confirmed from the incident with the Cui family that the person behind him had a lot of plans, and he was probably one of his plans.But he is only the prince in the deep palace. Apart from the prince who is the most conflicted, he has no other enemies. It seems that no one has troubled him in the previous life. How come there are so many problems in the next life.
As for the crown prince, the emperor's favor is obviously decreasing day by day during this period, and he is busy securing his favor.And the age of the prince has also reached the age where he can go to court, and even the imperial school is exempted, and he will be appointed as a tutor to teach, so he has nothing to do with the princes and princes who are still studying in the harem, and the prince is now Han Ning's wrist couldn't reach the front, which made Han Ning's eyes fixed on the queen. At present, the most suitable candidate in his mind is the queen.
Although the harem is not allowed to be involved in politics, as a queen, it is obviously impossible to have no contacts in the court. Although the crown prince is both a descendant and an elder, there is no rule in the Yan Dynasty that the eldest son of the descendant must be appointed as the crown prince, so as long as the crown prince is not seated One day in that place is also very dangerous. It is not impossible for the empress to plan for the prince and secretly control some people, but because I broke up with them, the Banquet Emperor also lost their favor to them. It is too much to hate them. up.
Just as Han Ning was thinking about it, he didn't know whether it was because people were talking about it or because these things happened because he felt guilty. The queen who hadn't come to provoke him for a long time actually sent someone to summon him, saying that the severe winter was coming, and she made new clothes for him.
The empress really did this very decently. Regardless of whether Han Ning is a prince or not, as long as there is any good thing in her palace, it used to be in duplicate, but now it is also in duplicate. I know that Han Ning is unwilling to go to her palace. , everything was delivered without fail, and he didn’t call too much, keeping an appropriate distance, not too close but not easy to alienate, so right now the Cui family’s affairs just ended and the Queen was going to see him, Han Ning had a hard time Don't think about ghosts in your heart, after all, things are too coincidental.
Han Ning, who had begun to gain stature faintly, had begun to look tall and straight as a young man, and her baby fat face had gradually faded away, revealing the embryonic form of a handsome future, full of dignity and arrogance raised by the banquet emperor, with two long lines following her It was very pompous for the waiter to walk behind him with his head bowed. Except for the Banquet Emperor, Han Ning was the only one who knelt down to pay his respects everywhere in the palace.
Hong Er whispered next to Hong Yi: "Why do I always feel that the master is murderous?" It's been a long time since I put on a show, and today's battle doesn't look like going to ask for peace, but it seems to be smashing the scene.
Hong Yi glared at Hong Er: "Speak less, do more."
Hong Er curled his lips, thinking that everyone is like a log like you.
The Queen's Phoenix Palace had already been notified, and the Queen even came out to greet King Ning affectionately. Seeing the group of people following King Ning, the smile on her face remained unchanged and she said, "I haven't seen Ning'er for a long time, if I didn't ask the internal affairs The supervisor knew it, but they didn't know that Ning'er had grown a lot taller."
Han Ning smiled, polite and alienated: "There is a special person in the palace who sews clothes for the king. From now on, the empress don't have to worry too much about the king. Although the king is still young, he is a foreigner after all, so he should avoid suspicion." .”
One king at a time, although it is in line with the etiquette system, it can be regarded as shouting out the boundaries of the friendship for many years. No matter how enthusiastic the queen is, it is difficult to smile and go round when hearing this, so she can only pretend to be sad: "In the past, you and the prince were brothers and sisters. I also regard you as a parent and child. I don’t know what caused you to be separated from my mother and son. Ning’er, if the crown prince has done something to you, can the imperial aunt apologize to you on his behalf? Don’t talk to your crown prince again. My brother is angry."
Han Ning smiled: "The empress is overwhelmed. As the crown prince of a country, no matter what he does, he is right. How dare I get angry with him? If the empress called me here today just to say these things, then There is no need to talk about it anymore, I still have something to do in the medicine pavilion, so I will leave first."
The queen hurriedly called to him: "Ning'er!"
Han Ning frowned: "What else is the queen doing?"
The queen got up and took his hand and said: "I called Ning'er today because I want Ning'er to help the emperor's aunt. Your prince brother is fifteen this year, and he has reached the age to choose a marriage."
The prince said it was fifteen, but it was only a fictitious age, the actual age was only thirteen.But the prince's big wedding is not a trivial matter. Even if the candidate is decided now, it is not possible to get married this year. Choose an auspicious day, go through the six rituals, and marry the prince and concubine before the whole set is considered fast.When the queen mentioned this matter, Han Ning instantly understood what the queen meant.
In the previous life, the concubine was the daughter of the great general Zhan Zhi, who practiced martial arts in the state of banquets. It's not the kind of emperor who is overly suspicious. Since the military power has been released, it is absolute trust, needless to say favor.It can be seen from this that if the prince marries the daughter of General Zhan, how powerful it will be.If he married the daughter of General Zhan, the crown prince would be confirmed.
Although the crown prince has both ability and political integrity, and is known as a virtuous man outside the world, the Banquet Emperor also has absolute trust in General Zhan, but it is related to imperial power. He would rather marry his daughter to a commoner than join the royal family. With his authority as a general, If his daughter marries, he doesn't have to worry about her daughter's future happiness, but if he marries into the royal family, no one can say for sure what the future will be like, and since His Majesty trusts him, he naturally has to be worthy of His Majesty's trust. , in addition to trouble or trouble.
A person who even wants to curry favor with the prince, even the queen, would not dare to use power to suppress him, and if the purpose is too clear, let alone General Zhan, it will be difficult to explain to the emperor, this Han Ning is naturally the most A suitable lobbyist, just like the previous life.
Han Ning used to be young and ignorant, and had such a close relationship with the prince. One day the prince said that he had a woman he liked, and Han Ning asked curiously. This woman was naturally Zhan Meng, the daughter of General Zhan. The general's position is high and powerful, and he doesn't want to be contaminated by partisan disputes. Even if he is the prince, it is logical to inherit the orthodoxy in the future, but it is too early to say anything, so he is destined to miss Zhan Meng.
During that time, the prince was particularly depressed, looking as if he couldn't get what he wanted because of love, Han Ning was called by the queen again like this time, saying that he and the prince had always been close, and asked him to help see which girls were suitable.At that time, he directly told the queen that the prince had his own heart, and it was Zhan Meng.As a result, the queen shook her head and objected when she heard that she was the daughter of the great general, not even the queen, let alone the emperor, the foolish Han Ning believed it, and couldn't bear the prince's appearance, so she took the initiative to ask the emperor's uncle for a marriage After all kinds of fuss and forced demands, the prince got his wish. It also made the prince, who was no match for the second prince at that time, take the seat under his buttocks.
Now in another life, trying to coax him into being a lobbyist is really a dream.
Han Ning turned around and asked with a smile: "So that's the case, does the queen have a favorite candidate?"
The queen didn't know what Han Ning was thinking. Hearing this, she spread out a picture scroll depicting women's images. These women's family backgrounds are not bad, but they are either slightly fat or a little short. One is even as skinny as a medicine jar. date.Han Ning cast a sideways glance at the empress, the empress really bothered to find these among all the outstanding women to show him.
Then, the portrait of Zhan Meng was spread out inadvertently, and the girl who was originally just a pretty girl turned into a fairy in an instant.
The queen noticed Han Ning's expression from the corner of her eye, and when she saw Han Ning's expressionless face, she was secretly anxious. She couldn't speak too clearly, and now that Han Ning was separated from them, if she was blocked by His Majesty, she might not be willing again Speak up for them.Thinking of this, the empress once again wanted to kill the prince and give birth to a son again.
Seeing the portraits spread out on the table, Han Ning raised his eyebrows and said, "That's all?"
The queen nodded helplessly: "That's all there are girls of the right age in Beijing, I'm really sad to pick."
Han Ning smiled playfully: "What's so sad, anyone with eyes can tell which one is suitable."
The queen continued to show a sad face: "But this one is the daughter of General Zhan, I'm afraid His Majesty will not allow it."
Han Ning also frowned slightly: "But the other women are too ugly. Letting the crown prince marry them will hinder the country's appearance in the future. After all, the crown princess wants to be respected by the mother."
The Queen's heart moved, and she responded in agreement: "Yes."
Han Ning said: "If the crown prince also likes this Zhan Meng, it should be fine for me to ask the emperor's uncle for a favor."
The queen suppressed the joy in her heart, and looked at Han Ning with hope and uncertainty on her face: "Ning'er is really willing to help the prince ask for this grace?"
Han Ning curled his lips into a smile: "Isn't that what the queen wants to hear?"
The Queen's complexion changed, Han Ning also suppressed her smile, and overturned all the portraits on the table to the ground: "Do you mother and son really think I'm stupid! Use it again and again? Want to marry Zhan Meng, what, want to get Zhan Meng?" The support of your family? Knowing that you can’t come to ask for this kind of marriage, you just use me as a weapon? I’ll tell Uncle Huang, how you can play tricks on me!”
Han Ning left after losing his temper, the queen subconsciously stretched out her hand to grab him tightly, and then let the palace guards stop him heavily, the people brought by Han Ning hurried forward, a group of palace staff was like a gang fight, and was signaled by Han Ning Hong Yi and Hong Er booed in the crowd, but they didn't really make a move.
If Han Ning wants to break free, it's okay. Although the queen is an adult, she doesn't have much strength to be pampered, but it won't be fun if she breaks free, so she uses all her strength and pretends to pull: "What are you doing, queen! Let go of me, I Go find the emperor! You mother and son are like this, I must tell the emperor how you bullied me!"
The queen was shocked: "Ning'er, listen to me!"
Before the queen could say anything, she was overwhelmed by an angry shout: "Presumptuous! What are you doing?!"
I don't know when the emperor came and stood at the door with a face full of anger. The palace servants who were fighting just now knelt on the ground. When the empress saw the emperor, she was startled, and subconsciously let go , Han Ning directly fell to the ground with his ass|ass.
The emperor panicked immediately, stepped forward quickly, picked up Han Ning, hugged him in his arms, and asked anxiously, "Did Ning'er fall? Call the imperial doctor! Someone, hurry up and wear the imperial doctor!"
Han Ning embraced the emperor's neck and cried, "Uncle Emperor, Ning'er's hand hurts."
The emperor hurriedly hugged him in front of him: "Where does the hand hurt?" He said and gently pulled Han Ning's sleeves away, and the delicate arms were covered with red marks just pulled out, and even began to faintly turn blue.
Han Ning knows that he is a crispy skin, and sometimes the bed board is so hard that he can sleep on his back, let alone such a pull.
The emperor looked at the blue and red patch on Han Ning's arm, and his already bad face was so angry that he could breathe fire. A pair of long eyes looked at the queen viciously: "Queen! You are so brave!"
The queen quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "That's not the case, Your Majesty's concubine never wanted to hurt Ning'er."
The emperor glared angrily: "Isn't that so? Your palace servants are fighting with Ning'er's people, and you are still holding Ning'er to let him go. If I hadn't come today, how would you treat Ning'er privately?" Torture? Or assassinate the deep well?!"
The queen was crying with pear blossoms on her face and panicked: "Your Majesty, this concubine really didn't want to hurt King Ning, but King Ning misunderstood what this concubine meant, and this concubine wanted to explain clearly. The strength is stronger, and the concubine will apologize to King Ning..."
The emperor hugged Han Ning and directly avoided the queen, the elder knelt down to the younger, did she really want to break Ning'er's life?The queen's cry did not enter the emperor's heart, but it was even more disgusting, especially when so many palace people made a fuss just now, such a thing had never happened in the palace!
However, he still calmed down and asked carefully: "Ning'er, tell Uncle Huang what happened just now?"
Han Ning touched the ground with one finger. When the queen saw it, her eyes turned black and she became dizzy. As expected, Han Ning said: "The queen called me here in the name of making new clothes, and then said that the prince is old and wants to marry The princess, just showed me the bunch of portraits, they are all crooked and ugly, it is impossible for this kind of person to be the mother of the world, but there is a beautiful one in it, it is the daughter of General Zhan , the queen said again, the emperor's uncle would never agree, she wanted me to ask the emperor's uncle for a favor, but if I didn't want to, the queen wouldn't let me go, and even pulled me hard, emperor's uncle, my hand hurts."
The emperor held Han Ning in his arms, stroking his back to comfort him, looking at the queen like a poisoned knife, but said: "Ninger, let the imperial doctor give you some medicine later. That's fine, you don't have to listen to the queen's call at any time in the future, even if you come, bring more guards, what's the use of bringing a bunch of useless eunuchs and maids, and Hong Yi Hong Er, as guards, what did you just do? !"
Hong Yi and Hong Er hurriedly knelt forward, and before they could speak, Han Ning held the emperor's face in his hands: "Uncle Emperor, this is the Queen's Palace, if they use force in the Queen's Palace, it would be disrespectful and they will be beheaded." , you can't blame them."
The emperor snorted lightly: "I can't blame them anymore?"
Han Ning said: "No!"
The emperor pinched his face: "Okay, okay, the emperor doesn't blame them."
As the emperor said, he hugged Han Ning and left the Phoenix Palace without even looking at the queen.
As soon as the emperor left, the empress fell to the ground directly. Compared with the emperor's decree and punishment, it is the scariest thing to be so calm.
Sure enough, the emperor opened his will that day, and the crown prince reached the age of marriage, and the candidate for the crown princess should be cherished and valued. He must be virtuous, virtuous, courteous and dignified, and not limited to the nobles of the Wang family.So the emperor's draft just ended this year, and the prince's concubine selection began again.Moreover, this was the first time in the Great Banquet Dynasty, the first time that the palace gates were opened to select concubines, and even those ordinary women with excellent conditions had a chance.
When the prince received the imperial decree, he almost disobeyed it. What he wanted was marriage, the daughters of noble families who would be of great help to him in the future, not some virtuous and virtuous commoner women.But in addition to this decree, another imperial decree came immediately, which means that the prince will abide by the palace rules from now on, and he can only go to pay his respects to the queen on a specific day every month, and during the rest of the time, if he is not called, he must not enter the harem without authorization .
Although the crown prince's uterus is also in the palace, it is in the front palace like other princes. The harem is the residence of the emperor's concubine. In the past, the emperor's favor for the prince allowed him to enter the harem to greet the queen at any time. Today, I will make a decree , the anger about the selection of concubine just now hadn't aroused, but it cooled down, and he was flustered and didn't know what happened.
When someone was sent to the harem to inquire, the prince's face turned pale, let alone asking for Zhan Meng, it is a great blessing that the father did not blame the mother for what happened today.But what he had planned was completely ruined, and he even understood why his father chose a concubine with great fanfare. The one chosen in the end must be a woman who is useless to him. I'm afraid it's not guaranteed.
And all of this is because of Han Ning, the original hatred for Han Ning for robbing his father's love has become stronger and deeper.
Han Ning doesn't care, anyway, he doesn't expect to be respectful to the prince's brothers and sisters in this life. In the last life, he helped the prince everywhere, foolishly treated him as a stepping stone, and in the end he was poisoned to death. This is a white-eyed wolf, and he will fight back sooner or later .
Once the news that the crown prince was about to choose a concubine was spread, it was really shocking, especially the second prince, who almost laughed and sighed again, it was his mother and concubine who had the foresight to get engaged to him early, although His fiancée's family background is not as prominent and helpful as that of the great general, but she is also the daughter of a duke, and her status is considered noble, not far superior to that of a commoner's daughter.Looking at the prince's expression as if he had eaten shit all day long, the second prince was floating every day, and even ransacked his private treasury, picking out several boxes of rare treasures and sending them to Han Ning's palace, expressing condolences to him that day in Qihuang the fright of the temple.
The prince originally thought that this was already the worst thing. The harem was not going well, and the court was even more unsatisfactory. His natal family was also the family of a military lord. It has been glorious since the founding of the country, but the wealth is not more than three generations. Compared with the sharpness of the previous generation, this generation is somewhat weak in succession.
As soon as the court opened in the morning, there were reports that the army led by the Zhong family missed food supplies and military planes due to military slack, and was broken into by the bandits outside the court. If there was not a layer of defense line for the banquet army, the city would have been breached .
Seeing the report, the Emperor of the Banquet was furious, severely reprimanded Zhong Jiajun, and directly asked Zhong Jiajun, who had misunderstood the military situation, to return to Beijing to report on his duties, and reassigned Wei Jiajun to take over.The prince's natal family is the Zhong family, which is also the queen mother's natal family.
The reprimand almost made Zhong Hou of the court go home to take care of himself. The prince also bowed his head and said nothing. Although no courtiers looked at him, he still felt that someone was slapping him in the face. He felt swollen and painful. One by one, everything is really not going well.
A battle by the Banyan Army at the Border Pass beat the bandits to the ground, and even robbed a lot of cattle and sheep behind them, and dragged back hundreds of horses that died on the battlefield. for a long time.It's been a long time since I've fought such a fat battle. The entire banquet army was full of momentum, eating meat and drinking, getting drunk, and falling down. There was no military discipline at all.
The young man who accompanied Ji You to bathe in the stream that day hooked Ji You's shoulders, and said with a wine bottle in his hand, "It's true that he came out of the palace. His brain is better than these rough people. The one you chose The timing is really good. It's too early. If you rush up, it's a dereliction of duty. If it's too late, it's a dereliction of duty. It's not too early or too late, and a lot of good things have been captured. Look at my father, his face has become warm these days less."
Ji You smiled: "Do you think your father won't be able to figure out this trick?"
Lou Jing was puzzled and said: "Then why didn't my father use it before? Baba went up to him. He lost his army and his generals, and his credit was robbed by others. Sometimes he was even ginsenged. It’s trustworthy, I’m afraid they were given an ultimatum to return to Beijing to report on their duties 800 years ago.”
Ji You looked at the distant and vast starry sky, and said softly: "That's because your father can't bear the suffering of the border people. If I didn't calculate the timing just right, your father would not be able to wait to send troops."
Lou Jing lay down directly: "That's right, my father said that if I can die on the battlefield in this life, it will be considered a worthy death, so I will also be like my father in the future, and be a real general. Where are the sons of the Zhong family army?"
Ji You smiled silently, coming back alive from that tragic battle will always be a thorn in General Lou's heart, so in this life, only by staying here and keeping the Guan bandits from getting closer can the thorn come back. less pain.
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