Crossing the East Palace

After receiving Tang Luojin's words, Ning Junyu relied on his status as an uncle and ate dinner in the East Palace, and then returned to Ning Mansion happily.

Now Ning Junyu and Ning Zhen'er are both in their teens, and they have both moved out of Qingning Palace and returned to live in their own mansion.

When Ning Junyu came back, Ning Junchi was sitting at the table with Ning Junyu, looking at many portraits.

Ning Junyu has always been lively and active, and when he saw this, he became playful, tiptoed to look at it, and said with a smile: "So I was choosing a husband for Zhen'er. Hey, I only heard that father and brother look at portraits." Man, I've never heard of a big girl who just took a painting to choose a husband for herself."

Ning Zhen'er was already shy in her heart, stomped her feet when she heard the words, and said angrily: "Third brother, look, fourth brother is bullying Zhen'er again!"

Ning Junchi took a look at Ning Junyu, and waited until Ning Junyu stood up straight, then turned his head and said gently to Ning Zhener: "Men and women are married, and everyone is a big brother. Zhener sees it pleasing to the eye. People, you can live a better life in the future. Your fourth brother can't understand it, so we will let him marry blindly in the future, and only when he lifts his hijab can he know what his daughter-in-law looks like."

When Ning Zhen'er heard this, she burst out laughing, and then tilted her head to look at Ning Junyu: "Yes, fourth brother and I are twins. I'm going to get married, and fourth brother should also marry his sister-in-law and give birth to a nephew. My son! I just don’t know what kind of daughter-in-law the fourth brother married back from a blind marriage will look like?”

Ning Junyu had never thought about blind marriages.He had to look at his own daughter-in-law first, and only when he was satisfied could he enter Ning's house.

"My daughter-in-law," Ning Junyu was dreaming, and a handsome face suddenly appeared in his head, "My daughter-in-law must be as good-looking as Xiaoqi, so that people will forget the vulgarity when they see it. Just one look, you can remember it for a lifetime." the kind!"

Ning Junchi frowned slightly.

Ning Zhen'er immediately laughed and said, "Fourth brother, I'm afraid you won't be able to realize your idea in this life. With Xiao Qi's appearance, Pan An who wants to come and throw fruit in the car, and Wei Jie who is watched and killed by the world, this kind of worldly Even the beautiful men that women can rarely match are comparable. If Xiaoqi hadn't been a prince and didn't like to laugh on weekdays, this lady in Chang'an would have been queuing up every day early Going to the palace, I just want to see the prince from afar, so this life is enough."

As Ning Zhen'er said, she thought again, what's more, Xiao Qi is only 12 years old now, although she is tall and slender, she is still young.After a few years, Xiao Qi really grows up, even if Xiao Qi keeps a straight face all day long, there will probably be groups of men and women, one after another, wanting to be moths rushing towards the flames.

Ning Junyu heard the words, snorted a few times, and said: "If I can't find someone as good-looking as Xiaoqi, then why should I get married? Why don't I just live with Xiaoqi? I can see the most beautiful beauties in the world every day..."

Before Ning Junyu could finish speaking, Ning Junchi interrupted him categorically.

"Nonsense!" Ning Junchi scolded, "Xiao Qi is the prince. If you say such things, you will know how Xiao Qi will be misinterpreted by caring people? Although Xiao Qi looks good, some people talk about him behind his back. Apparently, in terms of appearance, Xiaoqi has been criticized by others. You are his companion and his uncle. How can you say such misleading words? If you are not willing to be cautious in your words and deeds, then don't wait By Xiao Qi's side, it will save him trouble."

Ning Junyu's previous words were also seven parts false and three parts true. Hearing Ning Junchi's reprimand, he blushed immediately, hesitated for a while, and then bowed his head and said, "I see."

"what do you know?"

"I, I won't make fun of Xiao Qi's appearance anymore." Ning Junyu is not ignorant, it's just that he is still young to say such things, "And in the future, I will remember Xiao Qi's appearance in the future." The identity of the Seventh Prince."

Ning Zhen'er hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "Yes, fourth brother is only occasionally out of tune in small things, but he is still very serious in major matters. Besides, fourth brother has been Xiao Qi's companion for so many years, and the age difference between Xiao Qi and Xiao Qi is not too big. It's not a big mistake to joke with Xiao Qi occasionally. As long as the fourth brother changes in the future, the third brother will not bother him anymore."

Ning Junchi stopped reprimanding Ning Junyu, but said: "Listen to his words and watch his actions. Let's see your performance." Then he looked at Ning Zhen'er again, "Zhen'er these days, be obedient and stay At home, your eldest sister and second sister will help you continue to watch your marriage, but if you want to make a decision, you need third brother to come back and have a look at the person's family background and character before you can make a decision. And you, " He looked at Ning Junyu again, "I'm not at home, you are the elder brother, don't go out for fun every day, remember to go home early, and spend more time with Zhen'er."

Ning Zhen'er agreed, but Ning Junyu said: "Third brother, you want to leave Chang'an? But I have to go too!" Xiao Qi said that the emperor asked him to go to the south of the Yangtze River to thoroughly investigate the fraud in the imperial examination. Let me go too. Third brother, where are you going?"

Ning Junchi looked slightly weird.

Ning Junyu took a look and shouted: "Isn't it possible that the third brother is going to Jiangnan? How can this be done? It's not good for my little sister to stay at home alone!"

Although there are servants around, but in the eyes of outsiders, there is no father and brother in the family, there is only one young lady, that is a person!

Ning Junchi: "...So, on the trip to the south of the Yangtze River, I will accompany Xiao Qi, so you can stay and accompany Xiao Qi."

After that, without waiting for Ning Junyu's answer, Shi Shiran stood up and left.

Ning Junyu: "..."

Ning Zhen'er: "..." She tried her best to miss her feet, patted Ning Junyu's shoulder with a dejected face, sighed, and left.

——No way, she and Ning Junyu lost their mother when they were one year old, and their father, eldest brother, and second brother were at the border all year round.Only the third brother will take them to play and take care of them, so that the slaves will not bully the master.

Ning Junchi was more like a father to the two of them.It is precisely because of this that, if Ning Junchi said something, even if the two of them were a little reluctant, they would definitely be obedient.

On the second day, Ning Junyu had no choice but to put on a bitter face, and told Tang Luojin that he could not go to Jiangnan.

Hearing what Ning Junyu said, Tang Luojin frowned, and immediately let go, and said calmly: "It's okay. With three uncles here, the trip to Jiangnan will probably go much smoother."

Ning Junyu said: "But, but I can't leave Chang'an City!" He never cared about his image, so he immediately lay down on the table and sighed heavily, "Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi, your fourth uncle and I have not been born since we were born. I’ve been out of Chang’an City, I can’t go this time, and I don’t know when the next time will be.”

Ning Shan and the second son of the Ning family, Ning Junyuan, both hold military power at the border. The Ning family is the queen, and Ning Yue'er is also the emperor's concubine. Prince Datang also has half of the Ning family's blood in his body.

Under such circumstances, Emperor Tianyuan could reuse Ningshan and Ning Junyuan without any grievances, and he was already a lenient emperor.Whether it's him or Ning Junchi, in this life, I'm afraid he will have to live in chaos in this Chang'an city with a title on his head, and be a wealthy idler.

Tang Luojin naturally knew the reason why Ning Junyu sighed like this.In fact, he used to often see Ning Junchi on the shooting range, shooting arrow after arrow, and then looked at the mountains in the distance, without saying a word for a long time.

The son of the Ning family was born to be on the battlefield, not trapped in a city like a trapped beast.

It's a pity that even though Tang Luojin knew the pain in their hearts, she couldn't do anything.

The man of the Ning family is suffering, so what about him?The matter of time travel was not what he wanted; it was not what he wanted to be stolen by the queen as soon as he came here; now he still has to guard against the queen who is his "biological mother", for fear that if he is slack in the slightest, he will lose his temper. Being taken advantage of by others, he lost his life... In all these cases, even he himself can only adapt to struggle and cannot escape.

Just like the Ning family.

"There will be a day." Tang Luojin said calmly, "Fourth Uncle got married earlier and gave birth to a bunch of children. At that time, he can go wherever he wants."

Ning Junyu immediately choked, thought for a while, and then realized that although this idea was enough, it seemed to be the only thing he could do for the time being—with the heirs of the Ning family, he would probably be able to really go to the battlefield .As far as the Holy Majesty is concerned, he has a wife and children as hostages in Chang'an City. It seems that letting him go is not impossible.

Thinking like this, Ning Junyu really lowered his head to think about the feasibility of this matter.

Seeing his appearance like this, Tang Luojin lowered her eyes slightly.

The two were silent for a while, and then Lian Qiao walked in with the little maid holding things.

"Your Highness, this is something the Eldest Princess gave you." Lian Qiao looked at a little maid who was holding a one-foot-tall red coral on her tray.

Tang Luojin raised her eyebrows slightly, but said nothing.

Lian Qiao lowered her head to the ground and said: "Besides the Eldest Princess, the Second Prince also gave you things. He said that some of these things were entrusted to you to bring to the Second Prince's ancestral home, and some were for you. The second prince also said that most of the students in Jiangnan are students of Jiangnan Academy. If His Highness goes to Jiangnan and everything goes wrong, you can ask the head of the Jiangnan Academy to help. Your Highness is busy."

Tang Luojin remained silent.

Ning Junyu was annoyed: "I used to look at the second prince, who was gentle and gentle. But since the first prince... Master Wu Jiu went to worship the Buddha, the second prince seemed to be a different person, and he became a little more publicized. Get up. Although Jiangnan Academy is the second prince's maternal ancestral home, but Xiao Qi is the heir of Datang. Is it the king's land in the whole world? Okay, do you really only care about the second prince's face? And ignore the current prince? What the second prince did is too annoying."

Tang Luojin shook his head: "Brother Erhuang is also in a hurry. After all, the imperial examination fraud case happened in the Jiangnan Tribute Academy. The eldest uncle of the second emperor brother is the chief examiner of the Jiangnan Gongyuan scientific examination, and the imperial examination fraud case Because most of the Jiangnan students are students of Jiangnan Academy, most of the troublemakers later came from Jiangnan Academy. Brother Erhuang is most proud of the good reputation of his grandfather's family with many disciples and the academy's noble family. He is more anxious than anyone else." It was precisely because of this that he made a mistake in his haste, and forgot the gentleness of the past, and even said those words.

Ning Junyu pouted: "Shouldn't the second prince be most proud of his status as a prince? Why is he most proud of his grandfather's family instead?"

Tang Luojin didn't answer.Compared with ordinary people, the status of a prince is naturally noble; however, among a bunch of princes, big and small, everyone has this status, so what is being compared at this time is the status of the grandfather's family?

Ning Junyu is not a person who seeks to find out the truth. Seeing that Tang Luojin didn't say anything, and never asked, he just stayed with Tang Luojin, said a lot of things, and fought with Tang Luojin, and successfully beat his little nephew. Lie on the ground, and then left contentedly.

Xiao Jing and Chang Qu were particularly distressed, and couldn't help complaining: "Mr. Cheng'en is too ruthless in his attacks. Every time he really beats His Highness to the ground, he is willing to stop."

"Exactly. If our Highness hadn't been young, how could he have allowed the son of Duke Cheng'en to win every time?"

Tang Luojin heard this, and said: "No hurry. The fourth uncle will always get married before Gu. When he gets married, gives birth to a child, and sends the child to the East Palace, Gu will always be older than them, and sooner or later he will return with revenge. when."

The father's debt is paid by the son, but that's all.

Xiaojing, Changqu: "..."

Tang Luojin was thinking about getting Ning Junyu to get married and have a son soon. When Ning Junyu arrived at Qingning Palace, the queen and Mrs. Yuehou were also persuading him to get married and have a son soon.

After chatting with Tang Luojin, Ning Junyu was a little shaken in her heart. If she wanted to get married and have children, she would leave an heir first, but Ning Junyu's face turned dark when she heard the eldest sister and second sister named a few good-looking candidates. .

"Although they are good, but, but I happened to meet them, and they are all very weak. How will they be the wife of the eldest son of Cheng'en Gongfu in the future?" What's more, he will go to the battlefield in the future, these women are weak For the weak, how to take care of the house and raise their children?

The queen frowned and said: "A woman's chastity is the most important thing, so she shouldn't be too martial. Do you still want to marry a daughter of a general who likes to fight and kill? At that time, I'm afraid that if the two of you get into a fight, both of you will die." No one can stop it."

Ning Junyu: "..." He doesn't hit women, really.

"That's not going to work either." Although Ning Junyu was not as persistent as Ning Junchi, he was determined to find someone who was right for him and be a couple for the rest of his life, but he still wanted to find someone who was in his heart.But if you say this directly, I'm afraid the two elder sisters won't care, so they just broke the jar and said, "Anyway, if the two elder sisters want to find me, they should find someone who is as good-looking as the prince. If she is not as good as the prince It's pretty, so why should I marry her? It's better to be with... It's better to live alone for the rest of my life!"

Ning Junyu was glad that she had changed her tune. When she saw the five princesses coming at the door, she simply got up and said, "The two sisters are looking slowly, and I will definitely marry a stunning one. If it is not stunning, I will simply be single." It's gone! The second and third brothers are unwilling to get married, and I don't want to get married either!"

Then he bowed his hands, turned around and left.

The fifth princess walked in gracefully, and said in surprise, "Why is fourth uncle so angry?"

The queen said: "He is angry? This palace is even more angry than him! It's really true that those who are close to vermilion are red, and those who are close to ink are black, and that... After staying for a long time, I still want to find someone who is as stunning as that? Stunning? Heh, He also only has two words of appearance, which can be praised by this palace."

The fifth princess didn't know why, and stood there blankly.

Madam Yue hurriedly tugged the queen's sleeve, so the queen stopped talking about it.

When Ning Junyu left the main hall of Qingning Palace, he saw Concubine Xin and Jiang Hanyi standing in the courtyard outside the hall.

Although Ning Junyu didn't like this Miss Jiang's family, but Concubine Xin was his cousin, and Miss Jiang's family was a sure-fire princess, so he had no choice but to touch his nose and go over to say hello.

"This Buddhist scripture is really well embroidered." Neither Concubine Xin nor Jiang Hanyi saw Ning Junyu. Concubine Xin took the Buddhist scripture embroidered by Jiang Hanyi and praised a few words, then frowned and said, "It's just this word, embroidered It's too small. People who read Buddhist scriptures like this will have to work hard, and when embroidering Buddhist scriptures, I'm afraid it will hurt their eyes."

Jiang Hanyi had no choice but to smile and said: "This is the empress's order. She said that she only got a ball of gold thread. She was afraid that the minister's daughter would embroider the characters too much and the gold thread would not be enough, so she ordered the minister's daughter to embroider the characters smaller. , so that this Buddhist scripture can be embroidered properly. Moreover, the empress said that she also likes exquisite and small characters."

When Concubine Xin heard the words, she knew that the queen was Jiang Hanyi's future mother-in-law. If the queen wanted to embarrass Jiang Hanyi, the prince couldn't speak. As a concubine, she could only sigh in her heart and talk about those medicinal foods that are good for the eyes.

Ning Junyu listened for a while, wondering when did the second sister like small print?There is also gold thread. Didn't the fourth sister just take a lot from the palace and bring it home?

But before he could understand these things, Concubine Xin and Jiang Hanyi's maid reminded them that they had discovered him.

Ning Junyu saluted politely, and kindly reminded: "Second sister is only with my eldest sister and fifth princess now, and I think I will summon you two soon."

Concubine Xin and Jiang Hanyi also returned politely.

It wasn't until the scorching sun was shining on the top of the head that the queen called for someone to invite Jiang Hanyi in first.

Jiang Hanyi hesitated slightly: "Miss Fugui doesn't know, but Concubine Xin arrived before me. Logically, Concubine Xin should go to see Empress Empress first."

Fu Gui said: "Miss Jiang, let's go in quickly. If it's late, I'm afraid it's not just you, but also Concubine Xin will have to wait until the queen has lunch before I can see you two."

Jiang Hanyi didn't open her mouth anymore, she gave Concubine Xin a little blessing, and went in.

As soon as Jiang Hanyi and Fugui left, Zi Yan beside Concubine Xin said angrily, "If it wasn't for the fifth princess's marriage, why should we come here to be tortured by her? I hate that the fifth princess is confused. She is obviously the mother's own flesh and blood. Instead, she followed the empress, like a palace servant, serving the soup and medicine in front of the saddle. The fifth princess is so unwilling to get close to the empress, she must be close to the empress. I think the empress will promise a good future for the fifth princess, and the empress will come here I am afraid that it will be in vain to endure these trials."

"Stop talking nonsense." Concubine Xin reprimanded her and stopped talking.

How could she not know Zi Yan's words?The fifth princess refused to get close to her, and Concubine Xin was the saddest one in her heart.But so what?Flesh and blood relatives, the fifth princess was the child she conceived in October, and it was her first child. Even if the fifth princess refused to recognize her, Concubine Xin still put her in the most important position in her heart.

"Maybe she'll know when she gets married and becomes a mother." Concubine Xin murmured, "The fifth princess is only young. After a few years, she will know that I'm good."

Zi Yan endured and endured, and after being glanced at by the incense burner, she finally did not speak again.

Seeing that the sun was getting hotter and hotter, no one in Qingning Palace came out to ask them to wait in the ear room. Concubine Xin was silent for a long time before she said: "Xiang Lu, you can go back to Shen's house in a few days. The little girl is lively. , and she is getting married soon, so there should be someone to persuade her all the time."

What's more, Xianglu has been following her since she was a child, and she has deep feelings. Later, she limped because of her. Now, for the sake of Princess Jiu, she followed her in the palace and suffered a lot of ridicule. Concubine Xin always wanted to make Xianglu Live better in the future.

The incense burner was startled, and was about to say something when Jiang Hanyi came out, and they were going to the main hall too.

The incense burner swallowed the refusal, and at the same time thought in her heart, the empress only wanted to marry the fifth princess to her natal family, so as to save the fifth princess from being angry, but would the queen be willing?The fifth princess... Will she be willing again?

Tang Luojin's face darkened immediately after learning the news that Concubine Xin wanted to marry the fifth princess to the Ning family.

Lianqiao couldn't guess what Tang Luojin was thinking, so she had to hang her head and stand aside.

It took a long time before I heard Tang Luojin speak, his voice was colder than before.

"If there is any news from the eldest princess, let He Liu make an appointment with her. When she is lonely, she will go to see her."

Lian Qiao answered in a hurry, and then asked: "Your Highness has prepared all the salutes for going to the south of the Yangtze River. I don't know if His Highness will bring that servant to wait on you when His Highness arrives? Has Your Highness fixed the time and will leave in ten days?"

Tang Luojin planned this way before.

Although Emperor Tianyuan said that if he wanted to stay until Jiang Hanyi and Ji's ceremony, it would be fine.But Jiangnan was in a hurry, Tang Luojin was afraid that something would change if it was too late, so she rejected the matter, thinking that she would compensate Jiang Hanyi in the future.

But last time he heard the Buddhist scriptures embroidered by Jiang Hanyi mentioned by Ning Junyu, he asked people to check, only to find that the queen often made things difficult for Jiang Hanyi in small matters.

However, these "little things" were done with reason and evidence, and they were aboveboard. Whether it was Tang Luojin or the Jiang family, they knew that the empress deliberately made things difficult, but they had no choice but to eat Coptis chinensis, and eat all of these difficulties.

"No need." Tang Luojin was silent for a moment, and said, "After Miss Jiang's ceremony, I will set off alone."

"What about Jiangnan?"

"Go faster on the road, and you won't delay those things."

Forsythia is too busy to mention it.

After another three days like this, Tang Luojin went out to play in the palace early in the morning, and drew a few more beauties in the brothel Chu Pavilion, and did not return to the palace until evening.