Those Years In Quest Of Honor Mine

On the street outside King Qian'an's Mansion, more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages were waiting, and the servants came in and out through the corner gate, carrying luggage and loading the carriages in a hurry.

In the restaurant on the other side of the street, several people looked at it with their heads poking around, muttering to themselves.

"What's the matter? What are you doing in the prince's mansion?"

"In three months' time, it will be the Longevity Festival. I heard that several masters in the prince's mansion are going to Beijing to pay their respects."

"Then come back?"

"Nonsense! Why don't you come back after celebrating your birthday?!"

"The Longevity Festival is held every year, so why go this year?"

"How did I know that!"

"Go to work!" The owner of the restaurant slapped each of them on the head and drove them away. He poured tea for the guests himself with a smile, "Wait a little longer."

"It doesn't matter." The guest was an outsider, who was listening enthusiastically, and asked, "Are there several masters in the prince's mansion? How did I hear that King Qian'an is only in his teens this year, so he already married?"

"No." The boss smiled, "In addition to Qian'an County King, there are also a pair of younger siblings in the prince's mansion."

The guest nodded, hesitating to speak, "This day Huang Guizhou, why are you here, here..."

"Are we here in this poor land?" The boss answered with a smile, "This has to start from the time of the first emperor..."

In southern Xinjiang, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the folk customs are open, and they never shy away from discussing government affairs. In the early morning, when there are no guests in the restaurant, the boss simply sits down and talks about it.

"The first emperor had six princes in total. In his later years, the first emperor preferred two princes, one was the second prince and the other was the sixth prince.

"The second prince is old and prudent, and the sixth prince is young and intelligent."

"It is said that the first emperor preferred the younger son in his later years, but the sixth prince was too young. The first emperor was only 15 years old when he passed away. He was probably thinking of the king, and when he was dying, the first emperor still passed the throne to the second prince. It's today."

"After the death of the first emperor, the concubine Zhong Guifei, the sixth prince's mother, was overwhelmed with grief, and went with the late emperor, and the sixth prince's aunt, Concubine Zhong, who also entered the palace as a concubine, also followed."

"The sixth prince's family also committed crimes, and after all these incidents, the situation of the sixth prince has plummeted..."

The guest nodded knowingly: "It's really embarrassing."

The boss and the guest looked at each other with a smile, concealed what they couldn't say, and continued, "However, the sixth prince is considered good today. In the second year of enthronement, the sixth prince who has not yet reached the crown will be named Prince Ning. All kinds of favors..."

The guest frowned, suddenly remembered something, and slapped the table: "Prince Ning! It's the one who was captured..."

The boss nodded: "It's him. In the 15th year of Taihe, Beidi invaded. I don't know if the guest officials know about it. I set an iron law with the Emperor Taizu. Whenever there is a war, a prince must be sent to the army to boost the morale of the army. That year, Today's princes are very sick, so they... sent King Ning."

The guest hesitated: "This..."

"Hahaha, my brother and my son are the same." The boss said leisurely, "We ordinary people don't know what the war is like. We only heard that King Ning was greedy for meritorious service, lost to the enemy and was captured. Half a year later, he passed away in northern Xinjiang. Now, someone on the front line said that King Ning has surrendered to the enemy, how... who knows."

"Concubine Ning went there when she gave birth to the pair of twins, leaving behind a ten-year-old eldest son and a pair of two-year-old twins. The three little masters were in constant fear. If King Ning really surrendered to the enemy, then these few days child..."

The guest followed with concern: "Are you going to be implicated too?"

"Today is kind, suppressed those rumors, and did not take anger on the three youngest sons of King Ning." The boss smiled lightly, "Not only that, but also made an exception to let Prince Ning's son, who just turned ten years old, be the same rank as the nobleman, which is considered a kind treatment gone."

The boss looked outside and said, "Now the prince who lives in the Qian'an Palace is the son of Prince Ning and his twin siblings."

The guest didn't understand again, and hesitated, "You said just now that Prince Ning's son took the title at the same level, so it should be Prince Ning, and this is obviously the county palace outside..."

"Hahahaha, it was not long after the prince came to us, he invited the present, saying that he has no virtue and talent, and cannot afford the grace of the sage, so he asked to be demoted to the county king."

"The king of the county took our Qian'an as his fiefdom, so he naturally became the king of Qian'an. It has been seven years since then, and the king of Qian'an is here with us, safe and sound."

The guest thought about it for a while, then he understood, and sighed: "King Qian'an is young, but he is smart and transparent, knowing how to advance and retreat..."

The boss shook his head and smiled, "That's a mistake."

The guest was surprised, and the boss slowly said: "King Qian'an is naturally talented, but he was so young at the time, how could he understand this?"

"Yes." The guest counted the time, "King Qian'an was only eleven or twelve years old at the time, why..."

The boss said: "The one who protects the prince and his younger siblings is actually another person in their house..."

The guest hurriedly asked who it was, and the boss smiled secretly, "I don't need to say more about this person, the guest officer must have heard of it."

The guest said: "I just arrived here, how do I know..."

"Zhong Wan." The boss smiled, "Have you heard of it, guest officer?"

The guest slowly opened his eyes wide, patted the table, and said excitedly: "Famous town and imperial city! It spreads all over the south of the Yangtze River! Is that Zhong Wan who has made Yu Xiaowang crave for so many years? No one in the world knows him!"