Xiao Jining felt that Emperor Xiao had just grounded the eldest princess with his front foot, and he, the "perpetrator" with his back foot, followed to apologize, then he must have no good fruit to eat.
One must know that an apology is also timed. After waiting for a few days, Xiao Jining felt that the eldest princess might not be so angry, so he went to Changle Palace to visit the eldest princess with Ying Luo, which he bought with a huge sum of money.
Because Xiao Jining was still young, Mu Kui went with him.
The Changle Palace is the residence of the Imperial Palace, and the Eldest Princess lives in the Dongpian Hall. After Xiao Jining was notified, he was soon allowed to visit the Eldest Princess in the Dongpian Hall.
It's just that after Xiao Jining entered the Changle Palace, he met an unexpected person—the prince.
Xiao Jining thought he was wrong, tilted his head and called out in doubt: "Brother Dahuang?"
The crown prince was born by the most beautiful concubine Chen in the capital, so his appearance has inherited [-]% from the concubine Chen. His face is like a crown of jade, his face is like a flower, his smile is like a spring breeze, and even his voice is gentle and elegant. It's just that Xiao Jining just saw him like that. Yes, the prince's expression was solemn, his eyes drooping and his brows furrowed, his expression solemn, until he heard Xiao Jining calling him, the expression on the prince's face turned into surprise: "brother Nine Emperors? Why are you here?"
After finishing these words, only a gentle chuckle remained on the prince's face.
Xiao Jining couldn't help feeling that one of the people in the palace changed his face faster than the other, but this is also normal, no matter how perfect the prince's image is, it is impossible for him to have no scheming and means, otherwise he would not be able to The seat of the prince is so secure.
"Well, I... I'll come and see Elder Sister." Xiao Jining replied hesitantly.
The prince lowered his eyes and caught a glimpse of the sandalwood gift box in Mu Kui's hand, and then thought about the reason why the eldest princess was grounded recently, and suddenly said: "Just now I gave the eldest sister a box of heart cakes, the eldest sister You should be in a good mood at this moment, if you want to see her, go now."
"Thank you, Big Brother!" Xiao Jining's eyes lit up, and he immediately motioned for Mu Kui to follow him to the East Side Hall, "Then I'm going to see Big Sister now."
The prince smiled and nodded, watching Xiao Jining leave.
But after Xiao Jining walked a distance away, the intentional smile on his face gradually faded, he looked back at the prince, frowned and asked in doubt: "Why is brother prince here?"
Shouldn't the prince be busy with his marriage with Prime Minister Xie's daughter, so he doesn't even have time to go to the martial arts training ground?How could it be in Changle Palace?Even if I came to pay my respects to the queen, it is already noon, and this time is not right.
Besides, the crown prince is quite good at talking, he sent Xiao Jining away with a few words, and didn't even give Xiao Jining a chance to ask him why he was here. It seems that he has the ability to deal with civil and military officials for a long time.
But this has nothing to do with Xiao Jining, he pursed his lips and put his confusion behind him, and went to the Eastern Hall to look for the eldest princess.
The crown prince didn't lie to Xiao Jining, the eldest princess seemed to be in a good mood, but this was only before she saw Xiao Jining, her face immediately changed after seeing Xiao Jining, she opened her eyes wide and patted the table and said: "Xiao Jining, how dare you come to see me !"
Really angry, even calling people by name, Xiao Jining quickly took the sandalwood box from Mu Kui's arms, handed it to the maid next to him, and said cautiously: "Elder Sister, I'm here to apologize to you."
"You should come and apologize to me." The eldest princess sneered, "Have you ever eaten a bite of that box of snow plums? You spoiled the food yourself, and you dare to blame me for it? What are you doing?" The crime of bullying the king!"
The eldest princess thought that the lie that Xiao Jining fell ill after eating snow-capped plums was his own, and immediately scolded Xiao Jining head-on and face-to-face.
Xiao Jining didn't refute it either, he couldn't possibly say that I didn't tell the lie, it was a rumor made by my mother and Jing Yuan together, right?Besides, Xiao Jining felt that he was at fault for this matter. After all, the cause of the matter was that he skipped class and didn't want to go to riding and shooting. Who would have expected that the eldest princess would just deliver a box of snow mountain plums in the morning.
Anyway, Xiao Jining has long been used to being scolded, he can stand here and still be scolded by the eldest princess without saying a word for a day, as long as the eldest princess vents the anger and grievance in her heart, it is fine for Mu Kui to listen to Xiao Jining being scolded. Such a miserable situation, with distressed faces, wishing that the eldest princess scolded him.
The Eldest Princess scolded Mo for about half an hour, seeing that Xiao Ji Ning never returned his words like a wooden man, and she couldn't beat him, she felt that the scolding was boring, she took a sip of the mouth-watering tea offered by the maid and said bitterly: "Second Emperor Brother and the others are right, you are a worthless piece of wood, I really don’t know why Jingyuan became your companion.”
Xiao Jining still didn't talk back, the eldest princess looked at his docile look with downcast eyebrows, and then thought of how he pretended to be obedient and ignorant when he was at the racecourse before, eavesdropping on her talking with Jing Yuan, and seeing her lose face.She hasn't discussed this matter with him yet, but Xiao Jining dared to bully her in front of Emperor Xiao. The more the eldest princess thought about it, the angrier she became, she still couldn't swallow it.
"You gave me something, didn't you?" The eldest princess curled her lips suddenly, and beckoned for the maid to present the gift from Xiao Jining to her.
According to the eldest princess's instructions, the court lady opened the sandalwood box for her to see. The eldest princess looked at the exquisite and luxurious necklace decorated with red jade and gold rings in the sandalwood box, picked it up with her fingers and glanced at it, raised her eyebrows and said with a sneer: "This is what?"
"It's Yingluo." Xiao Jining thought that the eldest princess was asking him, and immediately explained to her, "I bought this at Qionghuaxie, the jewelry there is very beautiful, and I heard that people in the palace would also buy it there... "
"Is this what I'm asking you?" However, before Xiao Jining could finish speaking, the eldest princess interrupted him and smashed Yingluo in front of Xiao Jining, "There are countless Yingluos in this palace, what did you bring?" Wretched thing, also worn on Ben Gong's neck?"
Although the palace where the eldest princess lives is a side hall, this is the Changle Palace. Even if it is a utility room, the decorations and decorations inside are extremely extravagant. Every inch of the floor tiles in the palace of the eldest princess is covered with thick woven flowers Rugs, I heard that this is a valuable tribute from the Western Regions, and the entire harem can only be enjoyed like this in the Princess's Shaking Hall.
But even so, the string of necklaces that Xiao Jining chose for her was thrown so hard that the piece of red jade peony in the center of the necklaces was broken into two petals, which shows how much strength the eldest princess used.
"Hey, the floor of this palace is covered with thick blankets, and this thing will break if you drop it lightly." The eldest princess said contemptuously: "Brother Nine Emperors, you apologize to this palace, and you just send such a defective product? "
Xiao Jining looked down at Yingluo on the ground, and there was still no expression of grievance, sadness or resentment on his face. He just put his hands behind his back in fear when the eldest princess threw Yingluo at him, and shrank his neck. When he realized that Ying Luo hadn't hit him, he relaxed his body again, and obediently asked the eldest princess: "Jining was wrong, so what kind of elder sister would you like, I'll give it to you..."
"No need! What good things can you and Chunji come up with?" The eldest princess found that Xiao Jining really looked like a fool, and she also understood that no matter how much she insulted Xiao Jining, he would not have any reaction, so she said disgustedly, "Pick up the tattered thing you sent, and get out of the fluctuating light palace with it."
Hearing this, Mu Kui bent down and knelt on the ground, wanting to pick up Yingluo for Xiao Jining, but Xiao Jining stopped him, picked up Yingluo and held it in his hand, and said respectfully to the eldest princess: "Then my brother stepped back."
Before leaving the Yaoguang Palace, Mu Kui heard the princess gritted her teeth and scolded: "Fool!"
After all, the eldest princess is still in her teens, how can she scold a child like this?What's more, this person is her own brother?For several days, Mu Kui wanted to tell the eldest princess that he was the one who told the lie, and that he was the one who lied to the emperor, not His Highness the Ninth Prince.
Mu Kui looked at Xiao Jining with red eyes, and forced a smile in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, this slave girl can help you hold the necklace."
Xiao Jining did not show Yingluo to Mu Kui, but said a word to himself: "Oh, I apologize."
Mu Kui's eyes were even more sour when he heard this: "Yes."
"She doesn't accept my apology, but it's right for Elder Sister to be so angry. After all, she was indeed wronged by being grounded by the emperor for no reason, but I have sincerely apologized." Xiao Jining stopped, Looking up at Mu Kui, he asked seriously, "She scolded me for so long and I didn't even reply, so I shouldn't owe her any more?"
"Yes...Your Highness." Mu Kui choked up.
"Oh, why are you crying?" Xiao Jining looked relaxed, without any sign of sadness, and handed Yingluo to Mu Kui, "Take this back and put it in my small treasury, it cost me a lot of money."
After finishing speaking, Xiao Jining briskly returned to Yusheng Residence, and began to read travel notes and eat grapes.
After Mu Kui accompanied Xiao Jining back, he observed him for a while, and made sure that Xiao Jining was really not relieved after forcing a smile, but he didn't feel relieved for a long time. He actually felt that such a Ninth Highness would be more aggrieved than crying after being scolded. His Ninth Prince made him even more distressed.
It is said that a crying child has candy to eat, and His Highness the Ninth Highness stopped crying a long time ago. This is not what other people say is clever, but because he knows that even if he cries, no one will coax him.
The fact that Xiao Jining and Mu Kui went to Changle Palace could not escape Chun Ji's eyes, so Mu Kui was summoned by Chun Ji not long after for questioning.
Mu Kui did not hide anything, and told Chun Ji everything that happened in the Yaoguang Temple today.
Chunji was still tending the lilacs she had planted in the flower hall. She held the wooden shovel with her lightly powdered Danko fingers and gently fiddled with her flower soil. After listening, she frowned. It is not surprising that the queen has no children, and she has a good relationship with the concubine Chen. The prince has always been helped by her, and they belong to the same power. It is not unusual for the prince to discuss matters with the queen occasionally. She asked Mu Kui: " Ji Ning just let the eldest princess scold her, didn't she cry?"
Mu Kui said, "My Majesty, Your Highness didn't cry."
"Why didn't you cry?" Chunji frowned, but the tone was not feeling sorry for Xiao Jining, but probably regretting that Xiao Jining was not bullied and crying, anyway, crying will not lose a piece of meat, maybe you can borrow it How about some more favors from the emperor?
Mu Kui already knew what kind of temperament Chun Ji was, so he stood there with his head down and didn't speak.
After Chunji knew the situation, she stopped keeping Mu Kui: "It's alright, alright, you can step back."
After Mu Kui left, Qin Lan said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness..."
"Tsk." Chunji sighed, and said leisurely, "My son is also pitiful, and was used by the eldest princess to vent her anger. She is not Qi Jining who lied and got her grounded. She is Qi Jingyuan who doesn't know how to flatter her."
After saying this, Chun Ji raised the corners of her lips: "How long has this spring passed before the eldest princess started thinking about getting married, but she wants to marry, and others don't want to marry yet."
Although the son-in-law has a high status, most of them have no real power unless the emperor grants permission. This is the established rule of the past dynasties. However, behind Jingyuan is the Jing family, whose power is comparable to that of a prince. Although she is young, even her mother and son depend on Jingyuan's face , Jingyuan is crazy to marry the eldest princess.
And once Jingyuan marries the eldest princess, even if he has no real power, the power of the Jing family will definitely be won over by the queen's party. Chunji will never allow such a situation to happen.
This incident also gave Chunji a warning. Jingyuan is in the same boat as her now, but if Jingyuan has someone he likes in the future, the situation will be different-if the person he likes is like her The power on the side is okay, if it is arranged by the other princes, or if that person's father supports the party of the other princes, her family Ji Ning is just the prince that Jing Yuan is studying with, so she is no better than someone she likes.
Chun Ji didn't have the time to mess around at the moment, she frowned tightly, and murmured in a low voice: "I have to think of a way..."
Chun Ji is not only a beauty, she is also a wonderful person, and she thought of a good idea the next day.
When Xiao Jining got up that day, after Bo Huan Bo Le dressed him and cleaned his face, when he saw Aunt Qinlan appearing in front of him with two soft waists and a charming figure, Xiao Jining was stunned. up.
Mu Kui was more stupefied than Xiao Jining, but he came back to his senses first, pulled Qin Lan aside and said in a low voice, "Aunt Qin Lan! This Ninth Highness is only ten years old... How, how does this make it? Your Highness can't take it anymore!"
Qin Lan frowned, and glared at Mu Kui: "What are you talking about? These two maids are not for His Highness."
"That's for... oh—" Mu Kui also asked her, but as soon as he finished asking, Mu Kui came to his senses and laughed twice, "I see."
"Just know." Qin Lan waved her hand to let Mu Kui stand away, and she pulled the two maids in front of Xiao Jining, "Your Highness, these are the two maids sent to you by the empress, you can let them take you there later Go to class in the study."
Xiao Jining:?
Is it necessary to send him two such maids?
The moment these two court ladies appeared in front of him, Xiao Ji Ning was stunned. To be honest, these two court ladies are pretty good-looking, one has a perfect head and crescent eyebrows, and is gentle and gentle; the other has a skin that is better than snow. , with white teeth and red lips, and charming and lovely faces, even if they don't talk about looks, their figures are first-class, and because they are only twenty-eight years old, they are even more attractive, they are really stunners in the world.
But Xiao Jining was not stunned because of this, but because of their personalities.
The moment they appeared, Xiao Dan reminded Xiao Ji Ning that he had obtained two new followers, so Xiao Ji Ning checked her attributes.
Well, very good, the charm is 80, a real beauty;
Intellect and force are less than 50, which is also a normal level, and loyalty is 55, which is also acceptable;
The ambitions are 82 and 80 respectively, yes, you will win if you fight hard, and it is also great;
And the biggest surprise is that both of them have "lusty" personalities.
"You're lucky." Xiao Dan said to Xiao Jining, "It's very rare for this kind of court lady randomly obtained in the palace to have such high ambition."
In fact, these two maids were prepared by Chunji for her own favor, but although her current status is not high, it is not low, and she has a son beside her, and she is still young. She won't need it for the time being, and now she puts it next to Xiao Jining and shows up in front of Jing Yuan from time to time. If Jing Yuan likes it, she can reward her with the opportunity, isn't it all right?
Although the identities of these two maids are not enough to be wives, it is still possible to be a concubine for fun. If such two concubines are placed in the backyard of Jingyuan, the noble daughter of the aristocratic family will hesitate to marry him Fan.
Xiao Jining could more or less guess what Chun Ji was thinking, so he accepted these two court ladies - after all, he had no right to refuse.
Xiao Jining accepted it so readily because he knew that Jing Yuan would definitely not fall in love with these two court ladies. The male lead is so easily dazzled by beauty, so can he still be the male lead?Even if Jing Yuan likes it, it's none of his business.
Anyway, after all, this matter has nothing to do with him, why should Xiao Jining resist, besides, having two beauties who send him to class every day is actually quite seductive.
However, just as Xiao Jining expected, Chun Ji's move was useless against Jing Yuan.
Before Jing Yuan even saw the two maids, they were cut off.
The person who cut off the beard is the second prince.
The second prince, the fifth prince and him all lived in the same palace. Xiao Jining had to go through the gate of Fuyun Palace every day when he went to the study room. In the past, he and Mu Kui both rushed out early, but today they were delayed by the matter of the two new maids. After a while, he ran into the second prince as soon as he arrived at the gate of Fuyun Palace.
Xiao Jining was often bullied by the second prince. Although the second prince never actually beat him, he would always make a few sarcastic remarks whenever he saw Xiao Jining, so when Xiao Jining met him, he always walked with his neck bowed and his head bowed.
If the second prince was in a good mood, then he would "not be able to see" Xiao Jining, if he was in a bad mood, then Xiao Jining would be in trouble.
Although the second prince was in a good mood today, he didn't intend to do anything to Xiao Jining at first, but the looks of the two new court ladies behind Xiao Jining were too eye-catching. Stopped: "Xiao Jiu, wait-"
Xiao Jining could only stop and wait obediently: "Second Brother, what's the matter?"
The second prince raised his eyes and glanced behind Xiao Jining, and said with a sneer: "You two court ladies, I haven't seen you before."
Xiao Jining said truthfully: "Well, my concubine only asked them to take care of me today."
"Brother Erhuang thinks that you two court ladies look familiar." The second prince casually made up an excuse and went straight to the topic, "How about this, Xiao Jiu, you hand over these two court ladies to Brother Second, and Brother Second will return them later. You four new maids, you haven't been out of the palace yet, have you? How about taking you with me when the Second Emperor is out of the palace next time, how about taking you out of the palace together?"
Xiao Jining hardly has the right to refuse people in this palace, but he can't agree too readily, he still has to hesitate: "But the mother concubine..."
Brother Erhuang smiled and said, "I'm the one to talk to Empress Chunji."
Xiao Jining nodded: "Alright then."
"Okay." The second prince was very happy, at least he would not trouble Xiao Jining again for a while, "Then the second prince will let me, the two court ladies, take you to the study now."
So these two maids were taken away by the second prince not long after they arrived at Xiao Jining, and in exchange for the two palace maids from the second prince's side, one with an optimistic personality and the other with a rigid personality, sent him to class.
Fortunately, these two court ladies are honest and have low ambitions.
However, after avoiding the second prince, Xiao Jining was not too happy, because he felt that he would be reprimanded by Chun Ji after he went back, so he sighed in class, which attracted Jing Yuan's attention.
Jing Yuan didn't read the "Collected Works of Sacrifice" today, but was reading military books. When he heard Xiao Jining sigh, he asked him: "Why does Your Highness sigh so frequently today? Is it because the apology with the Eldest Princess didn't go well?"
Jing Yuan didn't raise his eyelashes when he asked these words, but lowered his eyes and continued to read the book.
Xiao Jining pursed the corners of his lips, and answered him: "It's not Eldest Sister, Eldest Sister's side is going well, it's Second Emperor Brother, Second Emperor Brother took away the two maids that my concubine sent to take care of me today, I'm afraid that my concubine will train me when I go back."
The maid who was taken away by the second prince?
Jing Yuan smiled coldly, almost guessing what kind of tricks Chun Ji was playing, he said to Xiao Ji Ning: "Your Highness, don't worry, Empress Chun Ji won't scold you."
Xiao Jining was puzzled: "Why?"
Jing Yuan turned over a page of the military book, without raising his head, he said: "The second prince is also engaged, and the future second concubine is Xu Junhui's eldest daughter. Your Highness only needs to tell the news to Empress Chunji, and the empress will not train you."
"Really?" Xiao Jining frowned, thought for a while and asked, "Xu Junhui? Is it General Xu?"
Jing Yuan responded, "Yes."
The current military power of the Xiao Kingdom is in the hands of three generals, one is the Jing Yue of the Jing family, the second is the father of the fifth prince who accompanied Ji Xingming - Ji Jia Ji Haidong, and the third is the home of the founding general, Xu Junhui of the Xu family. hand.
Speaking of it, I don't know why, these three families have been generals for generations, but they all have few males. The Jing family and the Ji family have one son each, but the Xu family only has three daughters.
A family without a male, no matter how powerful it is, will be in decline, unless the daughter gets married, or marry a powerful person.Now that the Jing family is related to Xiao Jining, and the Ji family is close to the fifth prince, it is also reasonable for the Xu family to get married with the Empress Dowager Gao Guifei and the second prince.
Thinking about this, Xiao Jining felt that Jing Yuan was more magical.
When Prime Minister Xie's daughter was established as the crown princess, Jing Yuan said that if the second prince wanted to turn the situation around, he would definitely marry the general's daughter, and the second prince did as he expected, marrying General Xu's eldest daughter as his second wife. imperial concubine.
It can also be confirmed from this that the second prince does covet the throne.
It's just the second prince's temperament... I don't know if it's a relationship or a hatred.
When Jing Yuan mentioned this, Xiao Jining immediately figured it out after a detour, showing a look of sudden realization, and then remembered that Jing Yuan was still by his side, and immediately continued to pretend to be obedient and ignorant: "That's it."
Hearing the words, Jing Yuan raised his eyelids and glanced at Xiao Jining, and suddenly raised the corners of his lips: "Your Highness just said that the matter of apologizing to the Eldest Princess went well, how did it go smoothly? Jing Yuan doesn't know how to flatter, and I'm afraid he will often offend the Eldest Princess in the future. I don't know how His Highness made the eldest princess extinguish the fire, Jing Yuan also wants to learn."
Xiao Jining: "..."
Why did you ask this all of a sudden?How can he answer it?
His apology was of no use to the eldest princess at all, Xiao Ji Ning reckoned that the eldest princess might hate him even more after he apologized.
As for Xiao Jining's faltering appearance, Jing Yuan guessed at a glance that Xiao Jining must have acquiesced to the lie he said, and did not defend himself, so the eldest princess not only did not accept his apology, but also scolded him a lot .Jing Yuan took a deep breath, looked at Xiao Jining for the first time and said in a helpless tone: "Your Highness, if you just say those words, it's Jing Yuan who said it, wouldn't it be fine?"
Xiao Jining didn't react: "Huh?"
"I was the one who said that you got sick from eating snow mountain plums." Jing Yuan looked into his eyes and said word by word, "Just tell the princess about it, and the princess will never hate you again."
Xiao Jining subconsciously said: "That's so bad, what if the elder sister sues the emperor?"
Jing Yuan shook his head: "Stupid."
The eldest princess dared to sue Emperor Xiao because she had the face. She was an old princess who refused to marry. It was already out of line to send a maid in the palace to deliver snacks to the son of a minister. Emperor Xiao punished the eldest princess by grounding her feet. It was because Xiao Jining ate the snow mountain plums she made, but in fact, Emperor Xiao punished the eldest princess for giving snacks, and Emperor Xiao would never let him marry the eldest princess.
What's more, after the Eldest Princess finds out, it is more likely that she will not tell Emperor Xiao, but will use this as an excuse to trouble him again.
Jing Yuan originally thought that the Ninth Prince just looked stupid, but actually knew something, but he was just pretending to be stupid. Who would have thought that he was really stupid sometimes.
What is Prince Accompanying Reading?To put it bluntly, he is a small official who accompanies the prince to study, but in the final analysis, he is to defend the prince from swords and robbers, and if necessary, he has to bear all the blame for the prince's mistakes.Not only can the Ninth Prince not lie well, he can't even do such a simple thing as shirking responsibility and scapegoating. I really don't know how he can survive in this palace that eats people and doesn't spit out bones. No wonder Emperor Xiao wanted him Be his companion.
Thinking of this, Jing Yuan couldn't help curling his lips coldly.
That's right, there is no father and son in the Tian family, and brothers are rarely close. Which emperor is not afraid of the prince, and which prince really cares about his brother?
The world is full of goodwill, and the world is all good.
No matter how good this person is, he is always like this when he sits in this position.
As soon as they reach the [-]th Five-Year Plan, the six family members will never be in love.
Only this Xiao Jining is too stupid, he really doesn't look like a child of the Tian family.
Now that he is young, he can live for a few more years, and when he grows older, it is an unsolvable mystery whether he can live to reach the crown in this palace wall where the dead body is invisible.
Jing Yuan lowered his eyes and remained silent, continuing to look at the book of war.
At this time, Xiao Jining was still on the surface and continued to do his homework. In fact, he was on a errand, checking with Xiao Dan in his mind: "Little Dan, did Jing Yuan call me stupid just now?"
Xiaodan asked him back: "Wrong scolding? If you have the ability, scold you back."
He really hated Xiao Jining, the eldest princess scolded him like that, if he had a body, he would go up and beat people up for Xiao Jining, it really made people feel distressed and angry, alas.
But how could Xiao Jining dare to scold Jing Yuan, he is too courageous?He only dared to accuse Xiao Dan: "You are so fierce."
"What's wrong with you?" Xiaodan sneered, "Xianyu's memory is only seven seconds, and after seven seconds you won't remember that I was fierce against you."
Xiao Jining: "..."
It seems that Xiaodan is very dissatisfied with him who is so salty.
But Xiao Jining still thinks that salted fish is very good. After the martial arts class in the afternoon, he returned to Yusheng Residence. When Chunji saw the two maids who served him came back, she changed two people. She frowned and was about to train others. Repeat the words again: "Mother and concubine, when I was in class in the study today, brother Jingyuan told me that the second brother is engaged and is the eldest daughter of General Xu. Is this true? Why haven't I heard anyone mention it before?"
"The second imperial concubine is settled?" As soon as Xiao Jining said this, the expression on Chun Ji's face was first surprised, and then became calm.
She doesn't know this news yet, but Jing Yuan will definitely not tell lies. She doesn't know yet, it can only be that the marriage has just been settled not long ago, and the news hasn't spread yet.
That being the case, it is not a bad thing for the second prince to leave those two beautiful court ladies.
If Jingyuan didn't like them, they would have stayed by Xiao Jining's side all the time, if they had thought of something they shouldn't have, and seduced someone who shouldn't be seduced... Chunji was thinking like this, while looking at Xiao Jining, she felt that she It's nothing to worry about, Xiao Jining is still too young, whether it's marriage or personnel affairs, it's too early for him, and there's nothing to say about Xiao Jining's dull appearance, so she twitched the corner of her mouth and let Xiao Jining back down: "Okay It's over, Jining, you are tired from class today, go back and rest."
"Yes, concubine mother." Xiao Jining, who had no idea what Chun Ji was thinking, left in response.
Three days later, the news that General Xu's eldest daughter was about to become the second imperial concubine had spread throughout the capital.
At the same time, preparations for the wedding of the crown prince and Prime Minister Xie's daughter are almost ready. After the wedding ceremony is over in seven days, the crown prince will enter the East Palace.
However, all of this has nothing to do with Xiao Jining, and he doesn't care about the marriage of his two brothers, all he can think about is that the second riding and archery class is coming soon.
But this time, how would he escape.
The method of stealing milk no longer works, it’s okay for him to drink it once, but if he gets sick from drinking milk every riding and archery class, after a long time, fools will find that something is wrong with him.
But if he doesn't want to avoid the riding and archery class, then as long as he picks up the bow and arrow, everyone can immediately find out that something is wrong with him.
Xiao Jining was almost dying of worry, and he had no one to discuss with, so he could only ask Xiaodan: "Dan'er, Dan Aiqing, what should I do? The riding and archery class is only ten days away, I really don't want to Archery, can you help me find a way?"
Xiao Dan said: "It's very simple, you go to Jing Yuan and tell him the matter, he must have a way to solve it for you."
"No." Xiao Jining immediately denied, "What if he asks the reason? What should I say, tell him that I don't like learning martial arts, so I don't want to learn riding and archery?"
Who knows that Xiaodan still agrees: "It's reasonable, you can use this reason, but if you use this reason, you don't need to go to Jingyuan, just go to Emperor Xiao directly."
Xiao Jining's face was full of question marks: "How could he agree?"
Xiaodan sighed suddenly, with a slow voice, and said to him: "Although I don't want to admit it, I really have to admit that you are not suitable for palace fighting, nor for court fighting, Xiao Jining, do you really want to see it?" If you don't come out, why did Emperor Xiao let Jing Yuan be your companion?"
This was the first time Xiaodan called him by his first and last name.
After Xiao Dan finished speaking, Xiao Jining was stunned.
I am on vacation today in the study. All the princes can stay in their own palace to rest, or go to the imperial garden and the racecourse. The palace is so big, there is always a place to pass the time. The princes who are over thirteen are more comfortable. Because they went out of the palace to play accompanied by the guards, and among all the princes of Emperor Xiao, only Xiao Jining is under thirteen -- in other words, only Xiao Jining can't go out of the palace.
But no matter how big this imperial palace is, there will always be a day when you can finish your shopping. Even the emperor who owns the world from above will get tired of living here and occasionally go out for a tour, but Xiao Jining has been here for four years. Shengju, he never took the initiative to go to other places, even if Jingyuan took him outside early to see the bustling and bustling capital, Xiao Jining never showed his yearning for outside the palace walls.
It's not that he doesn't want to see other places in the palace, nor does he not yearn for the hustle and bustle outside the palace walls, but he can't go, and he can't yearn, the former may cause additional disasters, while the latter is not yet time.
Although Xiao Jining is not afraid of death, who in this world really wants to die?
In front of Jing Yuan, Xiao Jining deliberately pretended to be tender and naive, to curry favor; in front of Chun Ji, he was deliberately obedient and docile, obedient; in front of the eldest princess, he also allowed her to humiliate her and never retaliated. What was he doing for it?All he wanted was to live peacefully until the day when these disputes ended, just like when he waited until the day when he was admitted to Qingcheng Mental Hospital.
The prison for others is the beginning of his freedom.
"Actually, I noticed something was wrong a long time ago." Xiao Jining said in a daze, "Jing Yuan and I are too far apart in age, he shouldn't be my companion."
Xiao Jining laughed at himself while talking: "The power of the Jing family is there again, he wants me to be a thorn in the side of those people..."
The clues of Emperor Xiao are actually easy to find. From the first day he first came to this world, the clues appeared from the moment he knew that Emperor Xiao asked Jing Yuan to be his companion.
It's not that he didn't see many details afterwards, it's just that he didn't want to use the greatest malice to speculate on the purpose of his father's doing so.
"I don't know how Xiao Jining died in the original book." Xiao Jining took a deep breath, no emotion could be seen on his face, "But I know that Emperor Xiao's decision was made before I came here."
"The Jing family is very powerful, and if it comes to the prince who has a different heart, he is afraid of causing trouble, so from the very beginning, he planned to use me as a shield to pave the way for his real favorite heir."
This time the person who was stunned turned into a little egg, it was silent for a while, and said, "You guessed it a long time ago?"
"It's easy, isn't it?" Xiao Jining asked Xiaodan.
Xiao Jining lowered his eyes and continued: "An obvious question, if the prince's position as the crown prince is secure, why should he marry the daughter of Prime Minister Xie, doesn't he understand the troubles of his relatives? And Chun Ji doesn't have any family power, and I, the Ninth Prince, have a personality He is cowardly and timid, which is exactly what he wants, even if Jing Yuan is my companion, the possibility of raising a tiger is very low, and I will not have the heart of treason."
He didn't call Emperor Xiao Father anymore: "So my writing is poor and my study is not good, he won't blame me; I deliberately didn't take me to choose a pony early, just to see if I was so eager to get it. I am happy to see that I am sick, because I didn’t have to learn riding and archery that day. Even if I tell him now that I am good at literature but not martial arts, and I don’t want to endure hardships to learn riding and archery, he will obey me, everyone It seems that it is because Emperor Xiao dotes on his youngest son, but in fact?"
"It's because I, who is ignorant and playful, is the son he wants in his heart..." Xiao Jining's voice trembled a little at this point.
"Actually, Jing Yuan is also very gentle. With his intelligence, can he not guess who Emperor Xiao is paving the way for? But he and I analyze various important affairs in the court, but never tell who that person is. He I always only talk about the crown prince, so what about the second prince, and call me stupid..."
However, because it was Jing Yuan who didn't say anything, Xiao Jining confirmed who that person was.
That was his seventh brother.
The first person he saw when he opened his eyes in this world.
Among the princes, only the seventh prince and the eighth prince can keep Jing Yuan silent. The eighth prince is the son of Princess Daliao, and he must not be destined for the throne; the rest is only the seventh prince.
Jingyuan's greatest kindness towards him is that he never mentioned this matter to him, because Jingyuan knew that he had the best time with the seventh and eighth princes.
His keeping silent allows him to play with the seventh and eighth princes without any grievances. No matter how these brothers fight in the future, at least when they were young, they had good memories together.
"I'm pretty stupid." Xiao Jining blinked, and raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his cheeks.
It's not that he doesn't know these things, he just deceives himself and doesn't want to know.
When he opened his eyes again, Xiao Jining only had a carefree and relaxed expression in his eyes, and said in a brisk tone: "These struggles are too tiring. I'm not smart enough, I'd better be a salted fish, and there's nothing wrong with a salted fish." OK."
Xiao Jining lay on the window sill, propped his chin with one hand, and leaned out the window with the other hand to caress the invisible breeze:
One must know that an apology is also timed. After waiting for a few days, Xiao Jining felt that the eldest princess might not be so angry, so he went to Changle Palace to visit the eldest princess with Ying Luo, which he bought with a huge sum of money.
Because Xiao Jining was still young, Mu Kui went with him.
The Changle Palace is the residence of the Imperial Palace, and the Eldest Princess lives in the Dongpian Hall. After Xiao Jining was notified, he was soon allowed to visit the Eldest Princess in the Dongpian Hall.
It's just that after Xiao Jining entered the Changle Palace, he met an unexpected person—the prince.
Xiao Jining thought he was wrong, tilted his head and called out in doubt: "Brother Dahuang?"
The crown prince was born by the most beautiful concubine Chen in the capital, so his appearance has inherited [-]% from the concubine Chen. His face is like a crown of jade, his face is like a flower, his smile is like a spring breeze, and even his voice is gentle and elegant. It's just that Xiao Jining just saw him like that. Yes, the prince's expression was solemn, his eyes drooping and his brows furrowed, his expression solemn, until he heard Xiao Jining calling him, the expression on the prince's face turned into surprise: "brother Nine Emperors? Why are you here?"
After finishing these words, only a gentle chuckle remained on the prince's face.
Xiao Jining couldn't help feeling that one of the people in the palace changed his face faster than the other, but this is also normal, no matter how perfect the prince's image is, it is impossible for him to have no scheming and means, otherwise he would not be able to The seat of the prince is so secure.
"Well, I... I'll come and see Elder Sister." Xiao Jining replied hesitantly.
The prince lowered his eyes and caught a glimpse of the sandalwood gift box in Mu Kui's hand, and then thought about the reason why the eldest princess was grounded recently, and suddenly said: "Just now I gave the eldest sister a box of heart cakes, the eldest sister You should be in a good mood at this moment, if you want to see her, go now."
"Thank you, Big Brother!" Xiao Jining's eyes lit up, and he immediately motioned for Mu Kui to follow him to the East Side Hall, "Then I'm going to see Big Sister now."
The prince smiled and nodded, watching Xiao Jining leave.
But after Xiao Jining walked a distance away, the intentional smile on his face gradually faded, he looked back at the prince, frowned and asked in doubt: "Why is brother prince here?"
Shouldn't the prince be busy with his marriage with Prime Minister Xie's daughter, so he doesn't even have time to go to the martial arts training ground?How could it be in Changle Palace?Even if I came to pay my respects to the queen, it is already noon, and this time is not right.
Besides, the crown prince is quite good at talking, he sent Xiao Jining away with a few words, and didn't even give Xiao Jining a chance to ask him why he was here. It seems that he has the ability to deal with civil and military officials for a long time.
But this has nothing to do with Xiao Jining, he pursed his lips and put his confusion behind him, and went to the Eastern Hall to look for the eldest princess.
The crown prince didn't lie to Xiao Jining, the eldest princess seemed to be in a good mood, but this was only before she saw Xiao Jining, her face immediately changed after seeing Xiao Jining, she opened her eyes wide and patted the table and said: "Xiao Jining, how dare you come to see me !"
Really angry, even calling people by name, Xiao Jining quickly took the sandalwood box from Mu Kui's arms, handed it to the maid next to him, and said cautiously: "Elder Sister, I'm here to apologize to you."
"You should come and apologize to me." The eldest princess sneered, "Have you ever eaten a bite of that box of snow plums? You spoiled the food yourself, and you dare to blame me for it? What are you doing?" The crime of bullying the king!"
The eldest princess thought that the lie that Xiao Jining fell ill after eating snow-capped plums was his own, and immediately scolded Xiao Jining head-on and face-to-face.
Xiao Jining didn't refute it either, he couldn't possibly say that I didn't tell the lie, it was a rumor made by my mother and Jing Yuan together, right?Besides, Xiao Jining felt that he was at fault for this matter. After all, the cause of the matter was that he skipped class and didn't want to go to riding and shooting. Who would have expected that the eldest princess would just deliver a box of snow mountain plums in the morning.
Anyway, Xiao Jining has long been used to being scolded, he can stand here and still be scolded by the eldest princess without saying a word for a day, as long as the eldest princess vents the anger and grievance in her heart, it is fine for Mu Kui to listen to Xiao Jining being scolded. Such a miserable situation, with distressed faces, wishing that the eldest princess scolded him.
The Eldest Princess scolded Mo for about half an hour, seeing that Xiao Ji Ning never returned his words like a wooden man, and she couldn't beat him, she felt that the scolding was boring, she took a sip of the mouth-watering tea offered by the maid and said bitterly: "Second Emperor Brother and the others are right, you are a worthless piece of wood, I really don’t know why Jingyuan became your companion.”
Xiao Jining still didn't talk back, the eldest princess looked at his docile look with downcast eyebrows, and then thought of how he pretended to be obedient and ignorant when he was at the racecourse before, eavesdropping on her talking with Jing Yuan, and seeing her lose face.She hasn't discussed this matter with him yet, but Xiao Jining dared to bully her in front of Emperor Xiao. The more the eldest princess thought about it, the angrier she became, she still couldn't swallow it.
"You gave me something, didn't you?" The eldest princess curled her lips suddenly, and beckoned for the maid to present the gift from Xiao Jining to her.
According to the eldest princess's instructions, the court lady opened the sandalwood box for her to see. The eldest princess looked at the exquisite and luxurious necklace decorated with red jade and gold rings in the sandalwood box, picked it up with her fingers and glanced at it, raised her eyebrows and said with a sneer: "This is what?"
"It's Yingluo." Xiao Jining thought that the eldest princess was asking him, and immediately explained to her, "I bought this at Qionghuaxie, the jewelry there is very beautiful, and I heard that people in the palace would also buy it there... "
"Is this what I'm asking you?" However, before Xiao Jining could finish speaking, the eldest princess interrupted him and smashed Yingluo in front of Xiao Jining, "There are countless Yingluos in this palace, what did you bring?" Wretched thing, also worn on Ben Gong's neck?"
Although the palace where the eldest princess lives is a side hall, this is the Changle Palace. Even if it is a utility room, the decorations and decorations inside are extremely extravagant. Every inch of the floor tiles in the palace of the eldest princess is covered with thick woven flowers Rugs, I heard that this is a valuable tribute from the Western Regions, and the entire harem can only be enjoyed like this in the Princess's Shaking Hall.
But even so, the string of necklaces that Xiao Jining chose for her was thrown so hard that the piece of red jade peony in the center of the necklaces was broken into two petals, which shows how much strength the eldest princess used.
"Hey, the floor of this palace is covered with thick blankets, and this thing will break if you drop it lightly." The eldest princess said contemptuously: "Brother Nine Emperors, you apologize to this palace, and you just send such a defective product? "
Xiao Jining looked down at Yingluo on the ground, and there was still no expression of grievance, sadness or resentment on his face. He just put his hands behind his back in fear when the eldest princess threw Yingluo at him, and shrank his neck. When he realized that Ying Luo hadn't hit him, he relaxed his body again, and obediently asked the eldest princess: "Jining was wrong, so what kind of elder sister would you like, I'll give it to you..."
"No need! What good things can you and Chunji come up with?" The eldest princess found that Xiao Jining really looked like a fool, and she also understood that no matter how much she insulted Xiao Jining, he would not have any reaction, so she said disgustedly, "Pick up the tattered thing you sent, and get out of the fluctuating light palace with it."
Hearing this, Mu Kui bent down and knelt on the ground, wanting to pick up Yingluo for Xiao Jining, but Xiao Jining stopped him, picked up Yingluo and held it in his hand, and said respectfully to the eldest princess: "Then my brother stepped back."
Before leaving the Yaoguang Palace, Mu Kui heard the princess gritted her teeth and scolded: "Fool!"
After all, the eldest princess is still in her teens, how can she scold a child like this?What's more, this person is her own brother?For several days, Mu Kui wanted to tell the eldest princess that he was the one who told the lie, and that he was the one who lied to the emperor, not His Highness the Ninth Prince.
Mu Kui looked at Xiao Jining with red eyes, and forced a smile in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, this slave girl can help you hold the necklace."
Xiao Jining did not show Yingluo to Mu Kui, but said a word to himself: "Oh, I apologize."
Mu Kui's eyes were even more sour when he heard this: "Yes."
"She doesn't accept my apology, but it's right for Elder Sister to be so angry. After all, she was indeed wronged by being grounded by the emperor for no reason, but I have sincerely apologized." Xiao Jining stopped, Looking up at Mu Kui, he asked seriously, "She scolded me for so long and I didn't even reply, so I shouldn't owe her any more?"
"Yes...Your Highness." Mu Kui choked up.
"Oh, why are you crying?" Xiao Jining looked relaxed, without any sign of sadness, and handed Yingluo to Mu Kui, "Take this back and put it in my small treasury, it cost me a lot of money."
After finishing speaking, Xiao Jining briskly returned to Yusheng Residence, and began to read travel notes and eat grapes.
After Mu Kui accompanied Xiao Jining back, he observed him for a while, and made sure that Xiao Jining was really not relieved after forcing a smile, but he didn't feel relieved for a long time. He actually felt that such a Ninth Highness would be more aggrieved than crying after being scolded. His Ninth Prince made him even more distressed.
It is said that a crying child has candy to eat, and His Highness the Ninth Highness stopped crying a long time ago. This is not what other people say is clever, but because he knows that even if he cries, no one will coax him.
The fact that Xiao Jining and Mu Kui went to Changle Palace could not escape Chun Ji's eyes, so Mu Kui was summoned by Chun Ji not long after for questioning.
Mu Kui did not hide anything, and told Chun Ji everything that happened in the Yaoguang Temple today.
Chunji was still tending the lilacs she had planted in the flower hall. She held the wooden shovel with her lightly powdered Danko fingers and gently fiddled with her flower soil. After listening, she frowned. It is not surprising that the queen has no children, and she has a good relationship with the concubine Chen. The prince has always been helped by her, and they belong to the same power. It is not unusual for the prince to discuss matters with the queen occasionally. She asked Mu Kui: " Ji Ning just let the eldest princess scold her, didn't she cry?"
Mu Kui said, "My Majesty, Your Highness didn't cry."
"Why didn't you cry?" Chunji frowned, but the tone was not feeling sorry for Xiao Jining, but probably regretting that Xiao Jining was not bullied and crying, anyway, crying will not lose a piece of meat, maybe you can borrow it How about some more favors from the emperor?
Mu Kui already knew what kind of temperament Chun Ji was, so he stood there with his head down and didn't speak.
After Chunji knew the situation, she stopped keeping Mu Kui: "It's alright, alright, you can step back."
After Mu Kui left, Qin Lan said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness..."
"Tsk." Chunji sighed, and said leisurely, "My son is also pitiful, and was used by the eldest princess to vent her anger. She is not Qi Jining who lied and got her grounded. She is Qi Jingyuan who doesn't know how to flatter her."
After saying this, Chun Ji raised the corners of her lips: "How long has this spring passed before the eldest princess started thinking about getting married, but she wants to marry, and others don't want to marry yet."
Although the son-in-law has a high status, most of them have no real power unless the emperor grants permission. This is the established rule of the past dynasties. However, behind Jingyuan is the Jing family, whose power is comparable to that of a prince. Although she is young, even her mother and son depend on Jingyuan's face , Jingyuan is crazy to marry the eldest princess.
And once Jingyuan marries the eldest princess, even if he has no real power, the power of the Jing family will definitely be won over by the queen's party. Chunji will never allow such a situation to happen.
This incident also gave Chunji a warning. Jingyuan is in the same boat as her now, but if Jingyuan has someone he likes in the future, the situation will be different-if the person he likes is like her The power on the side is okay, if it is arranged by the other princes, or if that person's father supports the party of the other princes, her family Ji Ning is just the prince that Jing Yuan is studying with, so she is no better than someone she likes.
Chun Ji didn't have the time to mess around at the moment, she frowned tightly, and murmured in a low voice: "I have to think of a way..."
Chun Ji is not only a beauty, she is also a wonderful person, and she thought of a good idea the next day.
When Xiao Jining got up that day, after Bo Huan Bo Le dressed him and cleaned his face, when he saw Aunt Qinlan appearing in front of him with two soft waists and a charming figure, Xiao Jining was stunned. up.
Mu Kui was more stupefied than Xiao Jining, but he came back to his senses first, pulled Qin Lan aside and said in a low voice, "Aunt Qin Lan! This Ninth Highness is only ten years old... How, how does this make it? Your Highness can't take it anymore!"
Qin Lan frowned, and glared at Mu Kui: "What are you talking about? These two maids are not for His Highness."
"That's for... oh—" Mu Kui also asked her, but as soon as he finished asking, Mu Kui came to his senses and laughed twice, "I see."
"Just know." Qin Lan waved her hand to let Mu Kui stand away, and she pulled the two maids in front of Xiao Jining, "Your Highness, these are the two maids sent to you by the empress, you can let them take you there later Go to class in the study."
Xiao Jining:?
Is it necessary to send him two such maids?
The moment these two court ladies appeared in front of him, Xiao Ji Ning was stunned. To be honest, these two court ladies are pretty good-looking, one has a perfect head and crescent eyebrows, and is gentle and gentle; the other has a skin that is better than snow. , with white teeth and red lips, and charming and lovely faces, even if they don't talk about looks, their figures are first-class, and because they are only twenty-eight years old, they are even more attractive, they are really stunners in the world.
But Xiao Jining was not stunned because of this, but because of their personalities.
The moment they appeared, Xiao Dan reminded Xiao Ji Ning that he had obtained two new followers, so Xiao Ji Ning checked her attributes.
Well, very good, the charm is 80, a real beauty;
Intellect and force are less than 50, which is also a normal level, and loyalty is 55, which is also acceptable;
The ambitions are 82 and 80 respectively, yes, you will win if you fight hard, and it is also great;
And the biggest surprise is that both of them have "lusty" personalities.
"You're lucky." Xiao Dan said to Xiao Jining, "It's very rare for this kind of court lady randomly obtained in the palace to have such high ambition."
In fact, these two maids were prepared by Chunji for her own favor, but although her current status is not high, it is not low, and she has a son beside her, and she is still young. She won't need it for the time being, and now she puts it next to Xiao Jining and shows up in front of Jing Yuan from time to time. If Jing Yuan likes it, she can reward her with the opportunity, isn't it all right?
Although the identities of these two maids are not enough to be wives, it is still possible to be a concubine for fun. If such two concubines are placed in the backyard of Jingyuan, the noble daughter of the aristocratic family will hesitate to marry him Fan.
Xiao Jining could more or less guess what Chun Ji was thinking, so he accepted these two court ladies - after all, he had no right to refuse.
Xiao Jining accepted it so readily because he knew that Jing Yuan would definitely not fall in love with these two court ladies. The male lead is so easily dazzled by beauty, so can he still be the male lead?Even if Jing Yuan likes it, it's none of his business.
Anyway, after all, this matter has nothing to do with him, why should Xiao Jining resist, besides, having two beauties who send him to class every day is actually quite seductive.
However, just as Xiao Jining expected, Chun Ji's move was useless against Jing Yuan.
Before Jing Yuan even saw the two maids, they were cut off.
The person who cut off the beard is the second prince.
The second prince, the fifth prince and him all lived in the same palace. Xiao Jining had to go through the gate of Fuyun Palace every day when he went to the study room. In the past, he and Mu Kui both rushed out early, but today they were delayed by the matter of the two new maids. After a while, he ran into the second prince as soon as he arrived at the gate of Fuyun Palace.
Xiao Jining was often bullied by the second prince. Although the second prince never actually beat him, he would always make a few sarcastic remarks whenever he saw Xiao Jining, so when Xiao Jining met him, he always walked with his neck bowed and his head bowed.
If the second prince was in a good mood, then he would "not be able to see" Xiao Jining, if he was in a bad mood, then Xiao Jining would be in trouble.
Although the second prince was in a good mood today, he didn't intend to do anything to Xiao Jining at first, but the looks of the two new court ladies behind Xiao Jining were too eye-catching. Stopped: "Xiao Jiu, wait-"
Xiao Jining could only stop and wait obediently: "Second Brother, what's the matter?"
The second prince raised his eyes and glanced behind Xiao Jining, and said with a sneer: "You two court ladies, I haven't seen you before."
Xiao Jining said truthfully: "Well, my concubine only asked them to take care of me today."
"Brother Erhuang thinks that you two court ladies look familiar." The second prince casually made up an excuse and went straight to the topic, "How about this, Xiao Jiu, you hand over these two court ladies to Brother Second, and Brother Second will return them later. You four new maids, you haven't been out of the palace yet, have you? How about taking you with me when the Second Emperor is out of the palace next time, how about taking you out of the palace together?"
Xiao Jining hardly has the right to refuse people in this palace, but he can't agree too readily, he still has to hesitate: "But the mother concubine..."
Brother Erhuang smiled and said, "I'm the one to talk to Empress Chunji."
Xiao Jining nodded: "Alright then."
"Okay." The second prince was very happy, at least he would not trouble Xiao Jining again for a while, "Then the second prince will let me, the two court ladies, take you to the study now."
So these two maids were taken away by the second prince not long after they arrived at Xiao Jining, and in exchange for the two palace maids from the second prince's side, one with an optimistic personality and the other with a rigid personality, sent him to class.
Fortunately, these two court ladies are honest and have low ambitions.
However, after avoiding the second prince, Xiao Jining was not too happy, because he felt that he would be reprimanded by Chun Ji after he went back, so he sighed in class, which attracted Jing Yuan's attention.
Jing Yuan didn't read the "Collected Works of Sacrifice" today, but was reading military books. When he heard Xiao Jining sigh, he asked him: "Why does Your Highness sigh so frequently today? Is it because the apology with the Eldest Princess didn't go well?"
Jing Yuan didn't raise his eyelashes when he asked these words, but lowered his eyes and continued to read the book.
Xiao Jining pursed the corners of his lips, and answered him: "It's not Eldest Sister, Eldest Sister's side is going well, it's Second Emperor Brother, Second Emperor Brother took away the two maids that my concubine sent to take care of me today, I'm afraid that my concubine will train me when I go back."
The maid who was taken away by the second prince?
Jing Yuan smiled coldly, almost guessing what kind of tricks Chun Ji was playing, he said to Xiao Ji Ning: "Your Highness, don't worry, Empress Chun Ji won't scold you."
Xiao Jining was puzzled: "Why?"
Jing Yuan turned over a page of the military book, without raising his head, he said: "The second prince is also engaged, and the future second concubine is Xu Junhui's eldest daughter. Your Highness only needs to tell the news to Empress Chunji, and the empress will not train you."
"Really?" Xiao Jining frowned, thought for a while and asked, "Xu Junhui? Is it General Xu?"
Jing Yuan responded, "Yes."
The current military power of the Xiao Kingdom is in the hands of three generals, one is the Jing Yue of the Jing family, the second is the father of the fifth prince who accompanied Ji Xingming - Ji Jia Ji Haidong, and the third is the home of the founding general, Xu Junhui of the Xu family. hand.
Speaking of it, I don't know why, these three families have been generals for generations, but they all have few males. The Jing family and the Ji family have one son each, but the Xu family only has three daughters.
A family without a male, no matter how powerful it is, will be in decline, unless the daughter gets married, or marry a powerful person.Now that the Jing family is related to Xiao Jining, and the Ji family is close to the fifth prince, it is also reasonable for the Xu family to get married with the Empress Dowager Gao Guifei and the second prince.
Thinking about this, Xiao Jining felt that Jing Yuan was more magical.
When Prime Minister Xie's daughter was established as the crown princess, Jing Yuan said that if the second prince wanted to turn the situation around, he would definitely marry the general's daughter, and the second prince did as he expected, marrying General Xu's eldest daughter as his second wife. imperial concubine.
It can also be confirmed from this that the second prince does covet the throne.
It's just the second prince's temperament... I don't know if it's a relationship or a hatred.
When Jing Yuan mentioned this, Xiao Jining immediately figured it out after a detour, showing a look of sudden realization, and then remembered that Jing Yuan was still by his side, and immediately continued to pretend to be obedient and ignorant: "That's it."
Hearing the words, Jing Yuan raised his eyelids and glanced at Xiao Jining, and suddenly raised the corners of his lips: "Your Highness just said that the matter of apologizing to the Eldest Princess went well, how did it go smoothly? Jing Yuan doesn't know how to flatter, and I'm afraid he will often offend the Eldest Princess in the future. I don't know how His Highness made the eldest princess extinguish the fire, Jing Yuan also wants to learn."
Xiao Jining: "..."
Why did you ask this all of a sudden?How can he answer it?
His apology was of no use to the eldest princess at all, Xiao Ji Ning reckoned that the eldest princess might hate him even more after he apologized.
As for Xiao Jining's faltering appearance, Jing Yuan guessed at a glance that Xiao Jining must have acquiesced to the lie he said, and did not defend himself, so the eldest princess not only did not accept his apology, but also scolded him a lot .Jing Yuan took a deep breath, looked at Xiao Jining for the first time and said in a helpless tone: "Your Highness, if you just say those words, it's Jing Yuan who said it, wouldn't it be fine?"
Xiao Jining didn't react: "Huh?"
"I was the one who said that you got sick from eating snow mountain plums." Jing Yuan looked into his eyes and said word by word, "Just tell the princess about it, and the princess will never hate you again."
Xiao Jining subconsciously said: "That's so bad, what if the elder sister sues the emperor?"
Jing Yuan shook his head: "Stupid."
The eldest princess dared to sue Emperor Xiao because she had the face. She was an old princess who refused to marry. It was already out of line to send a maid in the palace to deliver snacks to the son of a minister. Emperor Xiao punished the eldest princess by grounding her feet. It was because Xiao Jining ate the snow mountain plums she made, but in fact, Emperor Xiao punished the eldest princess for giving snacks, and Emperor Xiao would never let him marry the eldest princess.
What's more, after the Eldest Princess finds out, it is more likely that she will not tell Emperor Xiao, but will use this as an excuse to trouble him again.
Jing Yuan originally thought that the Ninth Prince just looked stupid, but actually knew something, but he was just pretending to be stupid. Who would have thought that he was really stupid sometimes.
What is Prince Accompanying Reading?To put it bluntly, he is a small official who accompanies the prince to study, but in the final analysis, he is to defend the prince from swords and robbers, and if necessary, he has to bear all the blame for the prince's mistakes.Not only can the Ninth Prince not lie well, he can't even do such a simple thing as shirking responsibility and scapegoating. I really don't know how he can survive in this palace that eats people and doesn't spit out bones. No wonder Emperor Xiao wanted him Be his companion.
Thinking of this, Jing Yuan couldn't help curling his lips coldly.
That's right, there is no father and son in the Tian family, and brothers are rarely close. Which emperor is not afraid of the prince, and which prince really cares about his brother?
The world is full of goodwill, and the world is all good.
No matter how good this person is, he is always like this when he sits in this position.
As soon as they reach the [-]th Five-Year Plan, the six family members will never be in love.
Only this Xiao Jining is too stupid, he really doesn't look like a child of the Tian family.
Now that he is young, he can live for a few more years, and when he grows older, it is an unsolvable mystery whether he can live to reach the crown in this palace wall where the dead body is invisible.
Jing Yuan lowered his eyes and remained silent, continuing to look at the book of war.
At this time, Xiao Jining was still on the surface and continued to do his homework. In fact, he was on a errand, checking with Xiao Dan in his mind: "Little Dan, did Jing Yuan call me stupid just now?"
Xiaodan asked him back: "Wrong scolding? If you have the ability, scold you back."
He really hated Xiao Jining, the eldest princess scolded him like that, if he had a body, he would go up and beat people up for Xiao Jining, it really made people feel distressed and angry, alas.
But how could Xiao Jining dare to scold Jing Yuan, he is too courageous?He only dared to accuse Xiao Dan: "You are so fierce."
"What's wrong with you?" Xiaodan sneered, "Xianyu's memory is only seven seconds, and after seven seconds you won't remember that I was fierce against you."
Xiao Jining: "..."
It seems that Xiaodan is very dissatisfied with him who is so salty.
But Xiao Jining still thinks that salted fish is very good. After the martial arts class in the afternoon, he returned to Yusheng Residence. When Chunji saw the two maids who served him came back, she changed two people. She frowned and was about to train others. Repeat the words again: "Mother and concubine, when I was in class in the study today, brother Jingyuan told me that the second brother is engaged and is the eldest daughter of General Xu. Is this true? Why haven't I heard anyone mention it before?"
"The second imperial concubine is settled?" As soon as Xiao Jining said this, the expression on Chun Ji's face was first surprised, and then became calm.
She doesn't know this news yet, but Jing Yuan will definitely not tell lies. She doesn't know yet, it can only be that the marriage has just been settled not long ago, and the news hasn't spread yet.
That being the case, it is not a bad thing for the second prince to leave those two beautiful court ladies.
If Jingyuan didn't like them, they would have stayed by Xiao Jining's side all the time, if they had thought of something they shouldn't have, and seduced someone who shouldn't be seduced... Chunji was thinking like this, while looking at Xiao Jining, she felt that she It's nothing to worry about, Xiao Jining is still too young, whether it's marriage or personnel affairs, it's too early for him, and there's nothing to say about Xiao Jining's dull appearance, so she twitched the corner of her mouth and let Xiao Jining back down: "Okay It's over, Jining, you are tired from class today, go back and rest."
"Yes, concubine mother." Xiao Jining, who had no idea what Chun Ji was thinking, left in response.
Three days later, the news that General Xu's eldest daughter was about to become the second imperial concubine had spread throughout the capital.
At the same time, preparations for the wedding of the crown prince and Prime Minister Xie's daughter are almost ready. After the wedding ceremony is over in seven days, the crown prince will enter the East Palace.
However, all of this has nothing to do with Xiao Jining, and he doesn't care about the marriage of his two brothers, all he can think about is that the second riding and archery class is coming soon.
But this time, how would he escape.
The method of stealing milk no longer works, it’s okay for him to drink it once, but if he gets sick from drinking milk every riding and archery class, after a long time, fools will find that something is wrong with him.
But if he doesn't want to avoid the riding and archery class, then as long as he picks up the bow and arrow, everyone can immediately find out that something is wrong with him.
Xiao Jining was almost dying of worry, and he had no one to discuss with, so he could only ask Xiaodan: "Dan'er, Dan Aiqing, what should I do? The riding and archery class is only ten days away, I really don't want to Archery, can you help me find a way?"
Xiao Dan said: "It's very simple, you go to Jing Yuan and tell him the matter, he must have a way to solve it for you."
"No." Xiao Jining immediately denied, "What if he asks the reason? What should I say, tell him that I don't like learning martial arts, so I don't want to learn riding and archery?"
Who knows that Xiaodan still agrees: "It's reasonable, you can use this reason, but if you use this reason, you don't need to go to Jingyuan, just go to Emperor Xiao directly."
Xiao Jining's face was full of question marks: "How could he agree?"
Xiaodan sighed suddenly, with a slow voice, and said to him: "Although I don't want to admit it, I really have to admit that you are not suitable for palace fighting, nor for court fighting, Xiao Jining, do you really want to see it?" If you don't come out, why did Emperor Xiao let Jing Yuan be your companion?"
This was the first time Xiaodan called him by his first and last name.
After Xiao Dan finished speaking, Xiao Jining was stunned.
I am on vacation today in the study. All the princes can stay in their own palace to rest, or go to the imperial garden and the racecourse. The palace is so big, there is always a place to pass the time. The princes who are over thirteen are more comfortable. Because they went out of the palace to play accompanied by the guards, and among all the princes of Emperor Xiao, only Xiao Jining is under thirteen -- in other words, only Xiao Jining can't go out of the palace.
But no matter how big this imperial palace is, there will always be a day when you can finish your shopping. Even the emperor who owns the world from above will get tired of living here and occasionally go out for a tour, but Xiao Jining has been here for four years. Shengju, he never took the initiative to go to other places, even if Jingyuan took him outside early to see the bustling and bustling capital, Xiao Jining never showed his yearning for outside the palace walls.
It's not that he doesn't want to see other places in the palace, nor does he not yearn for the hustle and bustle outside the palace walls, but he can't go, and he can't yearn, the former may cause additional disasters, while the latter is not yet time.
Although Xiao Jining is not afraid of death, who in this world really wants to die?
In front of Jing Yuan, Xiao Jining deliberately pretended to be tender and naive, to curry favor; in front of Chun Ji, he was deliberately obedient and docile, obedient; in front of the eldest princess, he also allowed her to humiliate her and never retaliated. What was he doing for it?All he wanted was to live peacefully until the day when these disputes ended, just like when he waited until the day when he was admitted to Qingcheng Mental Hospital.
The prison for others is the beginning of his freedom.
"Actually, I noticed something was wrong a long time ago." Xiao Jining said in a daze, "Jing Yuan and I are too far apart in age, he shouldn't be my companion."
Xiao Jining laughed at himself while talking: "The power of the Jing family is there again, he wants me to be a thorn in the side of those people..."
The clues of Emperor Xiao are actually easy to find. From the first day he first came to this world, the clues appeared from the moment he knew that Emperor Xiao asked Jing Yuan to be his companion.
It's not that he didn't see many details afterwards, it's just that he didn't want to use the greatest malice to speculate on the purpose of his father's doing so.
"I don't know how Xiao Jining died in the original book." Xiao Jining took a deep breath, no emotion could be seen on his face, "But I know that Emperor Xiao's decision was made before I came here."
"The Jing family is very powerful, and if it comes to the prince who has a different heart, he is afraid of causing trouble, so from the very beginning, he planned to use me as a shield to pave the way for his real favorite heir."
This time the person who was stunned turned into a little egg, it was silent for a while, and said, "You guessed it a long time ago?"
"It's easy, isn't it?" Xiao Jining asked Xiaodan.
Xiao Jining lowered his eyes and continued: "An obvious question, if the prince's position as the crown prince is secure, why should he marry the daughter of Prime Minister Xie, doesn't he understand the troubles of his relatives? And Chun Ji doesn't have any family power, and I, the Ninth Prince, have a personality He is cowardly and timid, which is exactly what he wants, even if Jing Yuan is my companion, the possibility of raising a tiger is very low, and I will not have the heart of treason."
He didn't call Emperor Xiao Father anymore: "So my writing is poor and my study is not good, he won't blame me; I deliberately didn't take me to choose a pony early, just to see if I was so eager to get it. I am happy to see that I am sick, because I didn’t have to learn riding and archery that day. Even if I tell him now that I am good at literature but not martial arts, and I don’t want to endure hardships to learn riding and archery, he will obey me, everyone It seems that it is because Emperor Xiao dotes on his youngest son, but in fact?"
"It's because I, who is ignorant and playful, is the son he wants in his heart..." Xiao Jining's voice trembled a little at this point.
"Actually, Jing Yuan is also very gentle. With his intelligence, can he not guess who Emperor Xiao is paving the way for? But he and I analyze various important affairs in the court, but never tell who that person is. He I always only talk about the crown prince, so what about the second prince, and call me stupid..."
However, because it was Jing Yuan who didn't say anything, Xiao Jining confirmed who that person was.
That was his seventh brother.
The first person he saw when he opened his eyes in this world.
Among the princes, only the seventh prince and the eighth prince can keep Jing Yuan silent. The eighth prince is the son of Princess Daliao, and he must not be destined for the throne; the rest is only the seventh prince.
Jingyuan's greatest kindness towards him is that he never mentioned this matter to him, because Jingyuan knew that he had the best time with the seventh and eighth princes.
His keeping silent allows him to play with the seventh and eighth princes without any grievances. No matter how these brothers fight in the future, at least when they were young, they had good memories together.
"I'm pretty stupid." Xiao Jining blinked, and raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his cheeks.
It's not that he doesn't know these things, he just deceives himself and doesn't want to know.
When he opened his eyes again, Xiao Jining only had a carefree and relaxed expression in his eyes, and said in a brisk tone: "These struggles are too tiring. I'm not smart enough, I'd better be a salted fish, and there's nothing wrong with a salted fish." OK."
Xiao Jining lay on the window sill, propped his chin with one hand, and leaned out the window with the other hand to caress the invisible breeze:
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