Crossing the East Palace

"Marriage?" Mrs. Yue gasped immediately, she grabbed the queen's hand with her backhand, and said anxiously, "Are you crazy? How can you take charge of the prince's marriage now? Let alone, Look around here—”

Mrs. Yue looked at the palace people in the distance, and said, "Who dares to get close to you among these people? Don't talk about getting close. Apart from doing their jobs well, I'm afraid they don't even dare to talk to you much." Tell me? Standing around tremblingly now, I’m afraid it’s just to look at you and me. In this situation, Huan’er, how are you going to marry the prince?”

The queen was extremely calm, and said: "Eldest sister, don't worry, I have another idea on the side of the prince. Although I will not propose marriage for him in a fair manner, but if I let him have a skin-to-skin relationship with a woman from an aristocratic family under the eyes of everyone, Then force him with words, and then openly point out the marriage. No one can say anything about me afterwards." After a pause, he said, "As for Jun Chi, Jun Chi is my natal brother, a direct brother , I proposed marriage for him, which is what should be done. What can the emperor say about me?"

The elder sister pointed out the marriage for the younger brother, Rao Tianyuan Emperor, at most he could ask who was accused of marriage, and it was impossible to say that this marriage was absurd.

But Mrs. Yuehou still frowned and said: "You are not ignorant of Junchi's temperament. It is almost impossible for him to get married honestly and accept your proposal of marriage. He used to know who he liked, but he could Waiting and waiting, refusing to get married. Now that I know who the person in my heart is, how can I listen to you and do such things?"

Madam Yuehou deeply thought that they would not be able to persuade Ning Junchi at all.

On the contrary, what the queen said about forcing Tang Luojin to get married was an inferior and simple method, but under the rule of "men and women can't get married", once such a method succeeds, Tang Luojin will have to marry that woman.If the queen chooses someone who happens to have strict family rules, and Tang Luojin will jump into the river to commit suicide if she doesn't marry, then Tang Luojin will have no choice but to marry him.

The queen heard the words but said: "So what if Jun Chi doesn't want to. Unless he wants the emperor to know the dirty things between him and the prince!"

Mrs. Yue Hou opened her mouth, and finally shook her head: "If Huan'er wants to persuade Jun Chi, I can't persuade Jun Chi. Huan'er should call him into the palace by himself."

The queen had guessed that this would be the result, but she was not annoyed. She just held Mrs. Yuehou's hand and said, "That's all. I know it's hard for eldest sister. But there is one thing that eldest sister can definitely do." get."

"What's the matter?"

"Stop Jun Chi from going to the border this time."

The Twelve Princes were reborn once, but it wasn't true that nothing could be changed.

For example, this time, he clearly remembered what kind of means Ning Junchi used to get the support of the richest imperial merchants in Jiangnan and Chang'an City, donated a large amount of supplies for the border, and let Ning Junchi The remaining materials were sent to the border between Datang and Turkic.

It's just these things, it's naturally impossible for the empress to discuss them in detail with Mrs. Yuehou, and she only roughly told Mrs. Yuehou what Ning Junchi's idea was.Although the twelve princes didn't know the details, the queen knew that her elder sister would definitely be able to make up for the details.

Mrs. Yuehou was really overjoyed when she heard the words.

Such an idea, if done meticulously, would indeed allow people to quickly gain the support of the two imperial merchants in a short period of time.Although Mrs. Yuehou didn't know how the queen came up with this idea, but as long as the idea was good, Mrs. Yuehou had to take care of her two sons.

"That's fine." Mrs. Yuehou said, "Shanwen's leg is injured now and he can't walk. Master Hou actually thinks more about that concubine. If this time, let Shanwen stand out in front of the emperor, even if he is really bad at walking , Lord Hou cannot strip Shanwen of his position as the son of the world."

Because the queen has been grounded in disguise, the two sisters can no longer talk about it.Fortunately, Mrs. Yue Hou got an idea, she was happy in her heart, and she was happy to leave.

In the Marquis of Yue's mansion, the eldest son Ye Shanwen suffered a leg injury for two or three years and was locked up in the mansion for a long time. Now his temperament has gradually calmed down, and he is no longer the dandy he was back then.

When he got his mother's idea, he was amazed at first, and then said: "Who came up with this idea? Originally, the crown prince's cousin had a very good idea, which can attract many wealthy businessmen to give money and goods to others for the construction of a new city on the border. But this idea can make Chang'an and Jiangnan's two great imperial merchants take risks and pay more. The person who came up with this idea must be someone who holds a wisdom pearl and is close to the crown prince."

Because there is one thing in this idea, that is, the prince will meet the two in person when he comes back.

Mrs. Yuehou's enthusiasm for getting this idea finally subsided slowly. She paused for a while before saying: "Look at Shanwen, can you do this?"

Ye Shanwen clenched his fists suddenly, then slowly loosened them, clenched them again, and then nodded slowly: "As long as mother can let the prince agree to meet those two imperial merchants in person after returning to Chang'an, I will do my best Do your best to get this done.”

Can Mrs. Yuehou please move the prince?Ye Shanwen thought that his mother was the prince's aunt after all, so she had some face.Mrs. Yuehou smiled wryly in her heart, but she also nodded on her face: "Don't worry about Shanwen. Since the prince has thought of asking wealthy merchants to help build the new city, he will not ignore the two imperial merchants who are willing to make big money. He will meet them."

After hearing this, Ye Shanwen felt at ease to prepare for this matter.

Ten days later, when Ye Shanwen's work was carried out, Ning Junchi was a step behind. When he thought of this idea, he found that someone was one step ahead of him and did what he wanted to do.

"I have inquired about it, and it is the eldest son of the Marquis of Yue. He started seeing the two imperial merchants frequently a few days ago." Di Nian whispered, "It's just that, what should we do?"

Di Nian has followed Ning Junchi for many years, Ning Junchi's thoughts are nothing else, maybe he is stupid and can't figure it out.

However, Ning Junchi's feelings for the prince cannot be hidden at all.

At the beginning, I was still stupid, thinking that Ning Junchi was just thinking about his "nephew" when he looked at the prince's portrait.But as time goes by, seeing that gaze getting darker and deeper, what else does Di Nian not understand?

The son of their family has been infatuated for a long time, and he is only infatuated with the prince.With such infatuation, it is understandable that the young master will try every means to take advantage of this incident to go to the border to see the prince.

It's just that no one expected that their young master had such a good idea, but before they started to implement it, they found that someone was standing in front of them to do it.

If it was someone else, Di Nian would be a little "malicious" and persuade their young master to "talk" with that person, or lure him with other benefits, and he would always get the opportunity to go to Tubo this time.However, when it is found out that the person who did this first is the eldest son of the Yuehou family, Di Nian will know that there is trouble.

Mrs. Yuehou is the son's eldest sister, even if the two are not very close, but the blood relationship is there, no one can break free.And the son of Yuehou is inconvenient in his legs and feet now, and there are frequent rumors that the son of Yuehou is going to change his son from Yuehou's mansion. The son of Yuehou made such a strange move, so why didn't he want to make contributions in a hurry so as to stabilize his status as the son?

Under such circumstances, Di Nian had no way to persuade their young master to "strike" him.

Ning Junchi stood expressionlessly for a while, and said after a long time: "That's all. Go back home."

Back in the mansion, Ning Junchi asked Aunt Xiaoan to come over and asked about the children in the family.

Ning Junyu left behind six sons and one daughter, and then left.

Although Ning Junchi invited Aunt Xiaoan to come, he couldn't stop the birth mothers of these children from showing up frequently. In the end, he had to separate the birth mothers from the children and see them every three days, only half an hour at a time.Normally, they are raised by wet nurses respectively, and Aunt Xiaoan is in charge.

Seven children who are about the same age, even if Aunt Xiao An came out of the palace, they would make a fuss about them.

"The young masters and the young lady are very good." Aunt Xiao An smiled, "Mr. Xin Guo taught them the horse stance the day before yesterday, and today the children all remember them all. One by one, they must squat Well done, let Lord Xin Guo praise them."

Ning Junchi smiled and said: "Take care of them. As for squatting and so on, I can't visit them often every day. I will invite a master for them in a few days, so that they can start learning martial arts now. "

Aunt Xiao An stared slightly, and then thought that the Ning family is a family of military generals, so it is not surprising.He just said: "What about the young lady? She is a boudoir lady, do you want to learn?"

Ning Junchi paused slightly: "Let's learn. Before the age of seven, let her learn martial arts with a few brothers. If she is inconvenient, she will wear a mustache or the clothes of her brothers. After the age of seven, whether to learn or not is up to you." See what she thinks."

A girl raised as a boy should have a higher vision when she grows up, right?

Ning Junchi had dinner with the children, told them a few military stories, and then let the servants coax them and left.

These were supposed to be the work of the children's parents, but Ning Junyu was too confused, ran away from his wife in anger, and walked in a chic way. Ning Junchi didn't like children other than Tang Luojin, and now he can do it every morning and evening. Visit these children once, ask them about food and clothing every day, and after getting Tang Luojin's idea, they will conduct a "surprise inspection" every few days. Because the Ning family has no mistress, Ning Junchi punishes The servant's method was three points more severe than usual. No matter what, he tried his best to let the children grow up healthy and happy, and there was no situation where the slave bullied the master.

Ning Junchi's thoughts were only a little bit on those children.After returning to the study, he carefully looked at the letters and paintings recently sent by Tang Luojin, and finally he smiled comfortably.

His little seven has grown up a bit.

Looking at the appearance in the painting, it seems that he is taller and darker, and his cheeks are slightly bulging, but now they are gone.

Really grown up.

Ning Junchi touched the boy in the painting, his eyes were full of tenderness.

It's a pity that his Xiaoqi was too naughty, and after two years away, it was rare to draw a self-portrait, but the person in the painting only had one side face.The letter sent along with the portrait also wrote, "I'm afraid the front side is painted, and my uncle won't come after seeing my current appearance. Therefore, I only send one side of my face, hoping that my uncle will come."

Ning Junchi read the letter and drawing over and over again.He thought in his heart that even if he was given a frontal picture, he could see Xiao Qi's current appearance, and whenever he had the chance, he would definitely rush to the border to see Xiao Qi.

"Hope uncle will come."

Just for these few words, he couldn't refuse the matter.

Ning Junchi read and re-read the paintings and letters, and seeing that it was getting late, he tidied up the letters and paintings, put them in his heart, took them to the bedroom, and then pressed them under the pillow, and fell asleep peacefully.

hope.

He is waiting for him.

So, he will definitely go.

At the border between Taitang and Tubo.

Tang Luojin is now sixteen this year, she has grown taller and opened up.After staying at the border for two years, although his skin was a little darker, compared to those soldiers who had turned black into black charcoal, they were already white.

Especially now that his appearance has grown, and his whole person is becoming more and more handsome.Not to mention women, even those young soldiers, when they saw him, they would immediately be unable to move their eyes away, stuttering and not knowing what they were going to say or what they were doing.

Fortunately, he has a little cinnabar mole between his eyebrows, resembling Guanyin, and his face is often expressionless on weekdays.Although the appearance is too good, no one dares to speak nasty words to the prince, let alone others.

Tang Luojin came from time travel and has stayed in Datang for 16 years. In the past 16 years, the two years in Fujian and the two years in the border have given him the most comfort.

Although Fujian and the border areas are poor, especially the border areas where wars are frequent, for Tang Luojin, these two places are the places with the least conspiracy and calculations, and also the places where he can stay most comfortably.

If possible, he really wants to stay here for a while.

Tang Luojin thought of the dangers he might encounter along the way once he left the border with his heavy military achievements in his hands, he couldn't help being expressionless and sighed in his heart.

When he came to Tubo two years ago, he still had to go through many assassinations; after a year, when he left here, it was also the best time for those people to do it—if he died or was disabled, the people in Chang'an City would be able to kill him. The "fair" ones seize the heirloom based on their ability.For those people, thinking about it is worth joining forces.

That's why Tang Luojin wrote to Ning Junchi.

Thinking of Ning Junchi, Tang Luojin who was lying in the tent suddenly opened his eyes.

He couldn't sleep anymore, so he put on his clothes and walked out of the tent.

Moon stars are rare.

Tang Luojin walked slowly in the darkness.

When he was seven years old, he proposed to Princess Ningyang to marry Jiang Hanyi; when he was 14 years old, before leaving Chang'an City, he used a painting and an ambiguous sentence to make Ning Junchi's hesitation firm; now , he wrote a special letter to Ning Junchi, asking Ning Junchi to travel thousands of miles just to accompany him and venture back to Chang'an City together.

With Ning Junchi here, neither the queen, Mrs. Yuehou, nor Ning Junyu can mobilize the Ning family to take action against them.Not only was it impossible, but they had to protect them all the way back to Chang'an City safely.

For Jiang Hanyi, Tang Luojin originally planned to give her life in return, but only hoped that after the initial proposal, there would be harmony.

But for Ning Junchi...

Leaving aside the Ning family, Ning Junchi has been kind to him since he was a child.It's not that he doesn't know that Ning Junchi is good, but there are some things that he has to guard against since he is in the middle of the game.

You can't help but take advantage of it.

but.

Tang Luojin thought, if Ning Junchi was really willing to be "used" by him for the rest of his life, he would repay Ning Junchi for the rest of his life and allow him to be "a couple for a lifetime".

It's just that this road is too difficult for both Ning Junchi and him.For a moment, Tang Luojin didn't know whether he hoped that Ning Junchi would really come to "escort" him back to Chang'an this time, or whether he would find ways to return to Chang'an safely, and then break with Ning Junchi completely.

Looking up at the moon, it was clearly late at night, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.