Better to live forever [Rebirth]

The Ma family has only been granted the title of Second Rank Marquis for only a few generations. The ancestors of the Ma family had made great contributions to saving the dragon and died in saving him. The emperor at that time gave his orphans and widows a honor in order to thank him.The reason why the Marquis of Yuanning's Mansion is at the top of the aristocratic family today is mostly due to Ma Taifu's father, the number one scholar who was famous in Luojing at that time.

But it is a pity that Ma Taifu only inherited his father's talent in learning, and he was slightly inferior to being an official. Even if he became the Taifu, he failed to take the opportunity to expand the family business.

The outside world has never known that Emperor Zhenyuan has such a personal master as Mr. Chen Gel. Ma Taifu is the emperor's teacher, so he is naturally the emperor's mentor in the eyes of others.It's a pity that everyone can see clearly that the emperor doesn't have much affection for this "benefactor".

That's why Zhu Dingbei couldn't figure out why the emperor abandoned the Ning family and took the Ma family.

Does the Ma family have any help for the emperor?At least whether it was before or after he came to the throne or in these years, the Ma family and Queen Ma have never heard of any great achievements.If you really want to talk about it, if the emperor chooses his aunt as the queen, it is still reasonable, but in fact, the concubine Xian is still a head shorter than the queen horse in the harem.

Zhu Dingbei was puzzled, and Ning Heng smiled lightly: "It's just that His Majesty was acting on his own will."

"how do I say this?"

"After His Majesty the Emperor ascended the throne, he named his biological mother as a concubine. This concubine died because of the empress dowager today. You can say that your majesty hated the daughters of the Ning family to the bone. He was also young back then, so it was inevitable that he would get carried away. Against all odds, the daughter of the Ning family was abandoned."

Ning Heng's words surprised Zhu Dingbei, but this only explained the general problem.

"Then why Ma Shi?"

Ning Heng: "The Ma family had a marriage agreement with His Majesty, who was still the seventh prince at the time. Although there was no engagement through Minglu, when the emperor wanted to choose a queen, since he was unwilling to accept the Ning family, there must be a high-sounding reason, such as This is a marriage promised by the late emperor himself."

Zhu Dingbei understood that the rules of generations of empresses of the Ning family were there. When the emperor first ascended the throne, he naturally didn't have the ability to break this stereotype, but if there was the promise of the former emperor, the meaning of his actions would be completely different.After all, nothing is more important than the late emperor's last wish.He laughed and said again: "My grandmother once said that the relationship between the Emperor and the Emperor Ma was stiff because Empress Ma killed the person His Majesty loved. Is this true?"

"It's just a rumor in the street." Ning Heng shook his head, "After all, His Majesty is not yet an adult, and the battle for the crown prince has nothing to do with him, so naturally he doesn't have so many secrets. Besides, although the Ma family is a second-rank marquis, compared with generations of Qinggui The Liang Mansion is still a little bit worse. It didn't have the ability to hurt Liang Sanshao at that time. It's just that when His Majesty came to the throne, he didn't move around in the harem less, and he didn't consummate the marriage with the Queen. The emperor detested him."

Zhu Dingbei was very surprised, he never expected that the empress of a country would actually offend the emperor because of this "boudoir affair".

However, since Empress Ma was wronged first, why now it seems that the empress respects the emperor like ice, quite resentful, and somewhat confident?

Ning Heng saw his doubts, paused for a while, and then said: "Empress Ma's blessings are far-reaching, and she will be pregnant with a dragon son after that night. If he is born safely, he will be the emperor's direct son, but it's a pity..."

"The emperor did it?" Zhu Dingbei was taken aback again. Seeing that Ning Heng had acquiesced, he had a headache and said, "It's really like what you said, the emperor was also young and impulsive."

To kill his unborn child with his own hands, for the emperor who was not yet a weak crown, it was probably just to cut off the possibility of an unsightly thing appearing in front of him, and he was merciless.Today's Emperor Zhenyuan might not be so ruthless—speaking of this matter, Zhu Dingbei thought of the concubine Xian who was still locked in the palace for self-reflection, and felt a little depressed for a while.

"The concubine surnamed Wu died twice. The emperor should know that it has nothing to do with my aunt, but my grandfather asked the emperor to release my aunt before he went to the expedition. He didn't agree, and I don't know why."

The emperor owed the Zhu family this time, and even had to let the old marshal of the Zhu family who was raised in Beijing to go to the northern border to calm the chaos. It stands to reason that he should be lenient to the concubine Zhu in order to reassure his grandfather, but the emperor's attitude But it is extremely tough.

Ning Heng said: "People in my mansion have verified this matter, and it has nothing to do with Concubine Xian. Your Majesty is well aware that the reason why she is still grounded is because there will be a big move in the harem. Your Majesty is guilty of protecting her. Just avoid it.”

Zhu Dingbei frowned. Ning Heng's words revealed two things: there was another person who murdered the emperor's heir; this person wanted to frame the concubine and put Zhu's family in a difficult and dangerous situation, and it was very likely that it had something to do with Li Dang , and the emperor is determined to investigate thoroughly.

"Haven't found out who it is?"

The harem is still calm and calm, which means that the emperor has not made any major moves yet, and it can be seen that the other party is hiding very deeply.

Ning Heng nodded, "Not yet."

"You didn't find out either?"

Ning Heng shook his head, and then the marks between his brows deepened, and he said in a low voice: "The people of the Ning family found out that not only did they murder the emperor's heir and frame the virtuous concubine, but His Majesty was also poisoned by a chronic poison, which caused his When I came in, I couldn’t stop worrying, and my mood was unstable. No one in the imperial physician’s pulse had noticed it, which made the emperor very angry.”

Zhu Dingbei frowned. Although he felt that it was not in line with his usual rational style for the emperor to use a knife on Zhu's head when the two armies were fighting, he did not expect that someone had poisoned him.Although he felt that this reason was not sufficient, he thought that drugs that can affect people's emotions should not be underestimated, and perhaps this ability really has the ability to influence people's decisions, so he didn't think deeply about it.

He was surprised but not surprised by this.Since these people are capable of stealing and exchanging the silver in the treasury, they must have many eyeliners in the palace.However, people who can poison the emperor are really worrying.

But obviously, like the previous pursuits, neither the Ning family nor the royal family were able to catch these people by their tails.

"It seems that they are determined to let Dajing die." Zhu Dingbei sneered, although he didn't elaborate, but Ning Heng also understood what he meant. "However, since it can be poisoned, wouldn't it be faster to kill the emperor... huh?"

The meaning of Zhu Dingbei raising his eyebrows is self-evident. Since he can cultivate people who can poison the emperor without being alerted by the emperor, why not simply poison the emperor to death in one fell swoop, then the royal family will be considered a mess.It is conceivable that without the emperor, the evenly matched princes will fight to the death for the throne, and maybe some people will follow their father's example and have the courage to kill other brothers and their cronies and senior officials in Qifeng It's on the mountain.With the internal chaos, the Zhu family's army will be greatly constrained without a stable backup. Why did those people give up this shortcut in order to deal with the Zhu family?

Ning Heng tapped his forehead with his fingers. This was disrespectful, but his gesture was more intimacy than reproach, and he didn't hide it: "Every daughter of the Ning family has an anti-drug pill in her dowry. When it is highly poisonous, it will react immediately and vomit out the poison, saving the life of the person who took it. Before the late emperor passed away, seeing that His Majesty was determined not to marry the daughter of the Ning family, he asked the Ning family for a favor."

Zhu Dingbei was surprised: "There must not be many people who can know about this matter. Is this clue useless?"

Ning Heng: "At that time, apart from my grandfather, the late emperor, the father-in-law who was buried with the late emperor after his death, and the emperor himself, no one else was present."

So Ning Heng didn't find out how the emperor had taken the poison-avoiding beads. Obviously, in his and the emperor's opinion, if it wasn't for this reason, the opponent would not have gone far to inject such a non-lethal poison on the emperor.

Zhu Dingbei clicked his tongue, put aside the topic, and smiled at Ning Heng: "It seems that the Ning family is very generous... I just don't know how rich the dowry gift of Patriarch Ning was when he got married."

As he spoke, he hooked his lips meaninglessly.

Ning Heng was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect him to mention this all of a sudden, he turned his eyes away uncomfortably and said vaguely: "Master Huiqing also said that I should not get married too early, heck, so whether it's a dowry or something, I'm afraid There's no use for it."

"Oh, I didn't expect that we were so destined to register in front of the Buddha." Zhu Dingbei narrowed his eyes meaningfully. If he remembers correctly, the eminent monks that the aristocratic family flocks to are the Ning family , it can be said that he obeys the orders of the Patriarch Ning Heng.He hid the guesswork in his heart that made him laugh and cry, stared at Ning Heng and said, "It's not a dowry, can it be a dowry?"

"Ok?"

Ning Heng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that he felt a little hot all of a sudden, turned his face away and said, "I just said, maybe I won't be able to use it in this lifetime."

Even if it was just a blurt, it still made Ning Heng feel extremely lonely for a moment.

Seeing that his expression was different, Zhu Dingbei felt that the joke was a bit too much, and he couldn't see his half-dead cowardice, so he said: "It seems that our Lord Changxin is trapped by love. You don't want to say who it is, and I don't know who it is." Don't ask. But since Master Huiqing also said that the time has not come, why don't you wait patiently, maybe when the time comes, you will be able to get what you want."

Get what you want.

Ning Heng's eyes trembled, and he looked at Zhu Dingbei hastily, as if he wanted to confirm something, but he soon became determined in his disappointment.

He looked at Zhu Dingbei with deep meaning in his eyes: "You are right, I should wait patiently, and one day I can finally realize my long-cherished wish."