The prince can leave the palace freely when he reaches the age of fifteen, accompanied by his entourage. After Jing Yuan left, although Chun Ji still wanted Xiao Jining to study hard to please Emperor Xiao, she couldn't force Xiao Jining to learn riding and archery after all. What's more - Xiao Ji Ning felt that Chun Ji was more concerned about Jing Yuan's situation at the border than he was, and was afraid that Jing Yuan would accidentally die on the border, so Xiao Ji would really have to wait for all eight of his elder brothers to die. There is a chance to be enthroned.

And Chun Ji knew that Jing Yuan not only didn't die, but instead killed the generals at the border, her reputation was far and wide. After almost never losing a battle, it was like a reassurance. She just told Xiao Jining to write to Jing Yuan often, and don't lose contact. It's nothing else, so Xiao Ji Ning spent the past few years after he turned fifteen, and he was able to go out of the palace almost every few days.

If I have to say something bad...it is that he has two good brothers above him, and they have to accompany him every time he leaves the palace, so as to prevent him from having any accidents or going to something he shouldn't go out alone. place.

For example, the "Songzhu Pavilion" frequented by the sixth prince.

Under the care of the two elder brothers, Xiao Jining could only go to the Yipin Building opposite the Songzhu Pavilion to order food or listen to the book lectures. The most out of the ordinary, he could only go to the Lihuayuan to listen to the opera, and there were no other entertainment activities.

However, Xiao Jining originally liked to read some travel notes and story books, so he quite liked to go to Yipinlou to listen to books. After two years, he has become a little fan of Yipinlou's storyteller, and he will come to Yipinlou to listen to it almost every few days. He said last time.

The seventh and eighth princes are not very keen on listening to books, but they like to use the binoculars in the private room on the second floor to see what people often come and go in the Songzhu Pavilion opposite.

"Brother Six has come to the Songzhu Pavilion again." The Eighth Prince looked through the binoculars for a while, then turned to Xiao Jining and the Seventh Prince and asked, "Is this the third time we've seen him this month?"

The Seventh Prince was stunned for a moment: "Show me."

The Eighth Prince handed him the binoculars.

The Seventh Prince looked at it intently for a while, then frowned and said: "Didn't Brother Six just accept a Meiji into the mansion last month? Why are you here again now...how can he act so absurdly?"

The eighth prince said disdainfully: "Tsk, I think Brother Six's actions are quite worthy of our father's true inheritance."

In the past seven years since Jingyuan left, everything in Beijing has changed. The eighth prince seemed to have changed suddenly when he grew up. He no longer admired Emperor Xiao like he did when he was a child. In front of the Seventh Prince and Xiao Jining, they often said something wrong about Emperor Xiao.

The birth mother of the sixth prince, Shumei, was originally a woman from a brothel. Later, when Emperor Xiao went to the brothel to taste the beauty, he felt that this beauty was deeply in his heart. Shumei was pregnant, and it was confirmed that she was the seed of Emperor Xiao, so the queen mother acquiesced, but this also caused Shumei to give birth to a prince after entering the palace for decades, and her status was only a beauty. Even Xiao Jining's biological mother Chunji's status is not as high as that of ordinary beautiful girls.

And Emperor Xiao later had Concubine Zhen, how could he have much affection for Shumei?

If it wasn't for Shumei and the sixth prince, Emperor Xiao would have forgotten her long ago, and Shumei was born in a brothel with little knowledge, not to mention short-sightedness, but she is not small, and she has high hopes for the sixth prince. The son has a difficult personality and can only flatter horses. He doesn't know whether he has learned from Emperor Xiao or Shumei, and he likes to spend all day in the Songzhu Pavilion.

However, although these are all facts, the seventh prince doesn't like to listen to the righteous gentleman, he educated his younger brother: "The eighth prince is careful, no matter how bad the father is, this is not something we can discuss."

The Eighth Prince shrugged noncommittally.

Xiao Jining didn't pay much attention to what the two of them had to say. When he saw the storyteller coming, he sat up straight and got up his energy. He opened the mouth and said: "We will not talk about the "Paper King" we talked about last time. Today, General Jing returns to Beijing, so let's talk about the story of Zhen Guo Major General Jing Yuan."

Hearing Jing Yuan's name suddenly, Xiao Jining was stunned for a moment, and the eighth prince also patted him on the shoulder at this moment, and asked him: "Ninth brother, we don't need to listen to this story, who else in this world is better than you?" Are you more familiar with Jingyuan?" The Eighth Prince raised his chin towards the Seventh Prince, seeking approval, and said, "Brother Seventh Prince, right?"

The Seventh Prince smiled and nodded: "Eighth Brother, I agree with your words."

"How is it possible?" Xiao Jining didn't dare to recognize the name, and denied, "I haven't seen him for seven years, so it's no better than you."

"How is it possible?" Unexpectedly, the eighth prince also asked him, "Didn't you stay with him every day when you were a child? Even if he went to the border, didn't the letters between you two not break?"

Xiao Jining didn't say anything when he heard the words, he couldn't deny that, the connection between him and Jing Yuan was indeed unbroken, but as the two of them grew older, they had fewer and fewer topics to talk about, after all Xiao Jining was still young when he was young. He can pretend to be tender and say some drooling words, but he can't pretend to be tender until he is 17 years old, so in the end, the letters between him and Jing Yuan are almost all polite and daily greetings.

"Let's talk about it." The Eighth Prince took Xiao Jining's silence as a default, and laughed again, "If you didn't pass this street today to see him return to the palace, would you come out today?"

Xiao Jining: "?"

Aren't we here to listen to books?

However, Xiao Jining really didn't know that Jingyuan would take this road when he returned to Beijing. The moment the eighth prince finished speaking, the already noisy long street suddenly became noisier, accompanied by a burst of "treading" approaching. The sound of hooves approached them.

The Eighth Prince's eyes lit up, and he immediately walked towards the balcony of the private room, and waved to the Eighth Prince and Xiao Jining: "Seventh Prince, Ninth Brother, come quickly, it must be that Jing Yuan is back!"

The Seventh Prince walked away: "Really? Let me see."

However, Xiao Jining hesitated for a while, and his fingers subconsciously hung down to touch a small brocade pouch by his waist—it contained the amulet that Jing Yuan gave him when he left the capital.

It's a bit funny to say, this action was used to be done by Jing Yuan a lot, but now it turns out that he has nothing to do and touches the pocket around his waist.Xiao Jining shook his head with a chuckle, and also walked towards the terrace.

Not far from Yipin Building, the generals led by Jing Yuan were coming majestically from there.

The Great Xiao cavalry were all wearing black military uniforms, so when they came towards the capital, they meandered like a long black dragon, and the person at the head of the dragon was none other than Jingyuan, who had been away from the capital for a long time.

Now that seven years have passed, and the year of Jingyuan has reached the twenty-fifth year, it is almost a year old, and there is no trace of his childhood on his face anymore. His humility and gentleness in front of Xiao Jining have long been produced by several years of fighting on the battlefield. The bloody hostility was replaced, and there was only indifference and fierceness between the deep brows, and the indifference and coldness and awe-inspiring predation flowing from the blood of the Jing family surrounded him, repelling others thousands of miles away.

So the long street, which was originally a bit noisy, quieted down when he approached. There was no scene of Ji Xingming or Xu Jiajun returning to the capital, and the scene of the women in Beijing with blushing cheeks throwing silk and flowers at the generals and soldiers.

But Xiao Jining and his group looked at him upstairs in Yipin, but they didn't think he was scary. The eighth prince folded his arms and sighed: "After a few years away, I can hardly recognize the appearance of Jingban. He loves to laugh, why is he so cold now, you see, how can a woman dare to show her love to him like this?"

The Seventh Prince said: "What kind of place is the battlefield, how can it be like before?"

The Eighth Prince disagreed and said: "But Ji Xingming also went, he was not like this when he came back, and there is old general Xu, he is in his 40s, and there are still girls who love him."

The Seventh Prince said again: "Even if he looks like this, you don't have to worry, there will definitely be other women who love him, and this time Jing Budu has made great achievements, and he is already a minor general of Zhen Guo at a young age. will marry him."

Hearing this, Xiao Jining felt quite refreshed - in the original book, Jing Yuan had never married a wife, but Xiao Jining didn't know if it was Jing Yuan who didn't want to marry or for some other reason. After all, when he asked Jing Yuan when he would get married, He hasn't forgotten about Jingyuan's murderous aura.

He just wanted to know, Jingyuan was so resistant to starting a family, what would he do if Emperor Xiao gave him a marriage?

Who knew that the Seventh and Eighth Princes didn't continue to discuss Jing Yuan's marriage, but instead got angry with each other.

Only the Eighth Prince exclaimed, and asked the Seventh Prince: "Wow, Brother Seventh, you still have time to care about the marriage of Jing Budu, shouldn't you care about yourself? I heard that your concubine Zhen is pressing you hard." .”

"Concerned about myself?" The Seventh Prince also raised his eyebrows, "There is only three months difference in age between us, so did Empress Li not urge you less?"

That's right, the Seventh and Eighth Princes who have already reached the crown are not married yet.

Xiao Jining didn't know why the eighth prince didn't marry, but he knew that the seventh prince's refusal to marry was firstly because he didn't want to marry himself, and secondly because once the prince got married, he would leave the palace as a prince and live in the new palace.

Emperor Xiao not only hoped that the seventh prince would marry the imperial concubine quickly, but also hoped that he would marry more powerful wives, so as to add chips to his enthronement.

But if the Seventh Prince really does this, it proves that he has a heart for the throne, so the Seventh Prince, to prove his innocence, defied Emperor Xiao with death. Whitehead, if he insists on marrying someone else, then he will have to die for love.

How could Emperor Xiao let the seventh prince really marry a commoner woman as his wife?Later, he thought that he couldn't find any reason to change the crown prince for a while, so he simply let the seventh prince go.

As for the eighth prince, it was purely because Emperor Xiao didn't care much about this son. He heard from him that he wanted to marry only one wife in his life like the Seventh Prince, and let him do whatever he wanted.

So now there are only three of the unmarried princes in the palace, because they are too old to live with the concubines, so now they all live in the Chongyang Palace.

Not long after Xiao Jining's 17th birthday, he also reached the age to marry a concubine.

He used to tell Xiaodan that he only wanted to be a couple for the rest of his life and didn't want to be emperor, so he also planned to wait for Emperor Xiao to choose the main concubine and side concubine for him to refuse, but Chunji was also like Emperor Xiao to the seventh prince. I very much hope that he will marry a powerful wife, and one is not enough, so he needs to marry a few more.

When Xiao Jining thought of this, his head got dizzy.

The author has something to say: Ning Ning: I really only want to marry a wife.

Jing Yuan: I believe your nonsense.

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