bastard returns

I don't seem to envy Brother Ning at all?The Meng Mansion is considered to be quite prestigious in Huajing, and it is not difficult to organize such a banquet. If Brother Ning is willing, I will not hesitate to introduce talented people like Brother Ning to the dignitaries in Beijing. "

"Brother Meng is seriously joking. I still need to read more books before I can go to Chunwei. I don't have the skills that Brother Meng said." Ning Yuan pursed his lips and chuckled.

Seeing that Ning Yuan dismissed his proposal without any pain, Meng Zhifan did not insist, and turned his head with a light smile.

What happened next was exactly as Meng Zhifan had expected. Although Si Kongxi had invited everyone to appreciate the snow in the post, it now became Xie Changqing's home game alone. Under Sikongxi's instruction, Xie Changqing wrote several poems in succession, which were highly praised by everyone, especially for his unique skill of forming a poem in seven steps, even the several academicians of the Hanlin Academy who were seated couldn't stop stroking their beards and nodding along.

Meng Zhifan also watched it very interestingly, but Ning Yuan looked like he had nothing to do with himself, and concentrated on eating the fruit in front of him, until a deep voice suddenly came to his ears, "It's a good snow appreciation, but it's a mess." The sour smell in the courtyard is indeed the style of the second younger brother." Looking up, it was Sikong Yue who was led by a follower, coming from the gate.

And Ning Yuan also clearly noticed that the moment Sikong Yue appeared, Nuxuan's breathing behind him stagnated for a moment.

119 each has a ghost

Sikong Yue's arrival didn't seem to be beyond Sikong Xi's expectations. He calmly got up and saluted, and said well, big brother, and then immediately ordered his servants to arrange a seat for Sikong Yue to sit down.

Ning Yuan calmly scanned the faces of the people around him, and the expressions of many people changed subtly following Sikong Yue's appearance. Several scholars heard Sikong Yue's "sour breath" After the comments, they all shook their heads secretly, but the rest of the people respected Sikong Yue very much, especially some of the ladies present, while maintaining a reserved demeanor, they seemed to glance at Sikong Yue's face intentionally or unintentionally.

"Brother Dahuang has been busy with things recently, but today he specially took time out to come to my place for a small gathering. No matter what, he has to offer a toast to Brother Dahuang first." Si Kongxi said, having picked up his wine glass and started laughing.

"His Royal Highness is very proud in front of the emperor now. Now that he has obtained the permission of the emperor, he can go to the upper study room to discuss state affairs with the courtiers. Many people say that this is a sign that the emperor intends to confer His Royal Highness the crown prince." Meng Zhi Fan Xiao said.

Ning Yuan nodded, and looked around, many people present showed different expressions after Sikong Yue appeared, especially some ladies, while maintaining a dignified posture, they also tried to pretend to be casual. Sikong Yue glanced at his face.

"Master, I have something to leave first." Nu Xuan suddenly said behind Ning Yuan.

Ning Yuan glanced at him sideways, nodded without asking anything, Nu Xuan was stunned, as if he didn't understand that Ning Yuan agreed so simply, but every time he procrastinated, he got up quickly and walked away cautiously, without saying a word. Get the attention of others.

"Shanshan, you should not have forgotten what your grandmother told you." On the other side, Ning Zhongkun was also whispering to Ning Shanshan who was beside him: "The emperor thinks highly of you now, Your Highness, and I guess he is not far away from being crowned prince." , Your Highness has not yet married a concubine, no one is more qualified than you for such an opportunity."

"I don't need you to tell me." Ning Shanshan's tone was light, "It's a pity that His Highness is famous for being nostalgic for flowers. Although there is no concubine, there are many concubines in the mansion, and they are very careless."

"You don't have to care about these things. All you care about is the throne of the eldest princess, the throne of the crown princess, and even...the throne of the queen." Ning Zhongkun clenched his fingers while holding the wine glass, "This is not only about you The glory of a person is more related to the glory of our Ningguo government and the dignity of our father, don't you want to watch your grandfather pass the title of Duke of the country to our uncle?"

Ning Shanshan didn't speak, but a cold light flashed in her eyes.

"As long as you become the Crown Princess, as your own elder brother, I will be able to become the eldest son without hesitation. In the future, I will inherit the title of duke of the country, and let the entire Ning family be your backing until you become the queen of the world!" Ning Ning Zhong Kun said this with full confidence, "This is also what my grandmother meant. In terms of appearance and talent, no one in Huajing can compare to you. You deserve it, Crown Princess!"

The plan of Ning Zhongkun and Ning Shanshan is also the plan of many famous ladies present. Ever since the emperor began to value Sikong Yue, the courtiers seemed to have guessed the Sacred Heart, sensed the direction of the wind, and rushed to visit the eldest prince's mansion to get close , but now Sikong Yue spends more than half of his time in the palace every day, helping the emperor deal with government affairs. Ask about the places where Si Kongyue might appear, such as the banquet hosted by the second prince at the mansion today, they already knew that Sikongyue would find time to attend, so almost all of them came prepared.

The same is true for the Pang family's table.

While Han Tao was going to the toilet, Pang Chunyan was also talking to Pang Qiushui. Pang Qiushui is now considered a face-to-face person among all the famous ladies in the capital, and there are many suitors, but she has not accepted any of them. Those who entrusted a matchmaker to propose marriage at the Marquis of Changsheng's mansion were blocked by Marquis Chang himself for no other reason, because Pang Qiushui's lofty aspirations were the same as Ning Shanshan's.

Since Pang Song sent Pang Qiushui to the palace at the beginning, he wanted her to stand out. Pang Qiushui had been under the influence of his father for so long, so he naturally felt that ordinary people were not good enough for him, his future husband She must be a dragon and phoenix among people, even if she is accepted as a concubine by the emperor, she is nothing more than a mere concubine. Only when she becomes the official wife of the future emperor can she be truly proud.

"Sister, are you sure?" Pang Chunyan still seemed a little worried about Pang Qiushui, "Don't be self-defeating, it would be bad if His Highness is offended."

"Sister, don't worry, I can handle even the Queen Mother, let alone His Highness." Pang Qiushui seemed to be very confident, and compared to Ning Shanshan's kind of reserved, she was much more open. Immediately he took off the outer cloak, leaving only a light pink long skirt inside, then picked up a stack of pastries, walked out from behind the table in a graceful manner, and went straight to Sikong Yue.

Her actions immediately attracted the attention of everyone around her. Pang Qiushui swayed lightly, walked up to Sikong Yue and Sikong Xi and bowed his knees, saying: "I am very grateful for the invitation of the Second Highness, this stack of ginseng and dragon beard cakes It was made by the young girl herself, and I hope that the two Highnesses will not dislike the rough craftsmanship of the young girl."

Sikong Yue likes to eat ginseng, so he would bring some slices of ginseng with him to use at any time when he has nothing to do, so Pang Qiushui naturally liked it.He has a beautiful face, and he doesn't know what kind of sachet he wears. He exudes a faint fragrance of peach blossoms. Coupled with that pink long skirt, people don't even realize that it is winter now, but it has a spring atmosphere , Sikong Yue couldn't help but look at her face twice more.

"Brother Emperor, Miss Pang's skill in making cakes is so good that even the Queen Mother is full of praise. If you don't try it, you really have no luck." Si Kongxi picked up a piece with chopsticks while talking Putting the golden pastry in his mouth, he nodded frequently.

"Is that so?" Sikong Yue said with a raised tone, and picked up a piece of pastry, and found that the pastry was not only delicate and soft, but also very fragrant with ginseng, so he couldn't help laughing a few times, "I also heard that the queen mother praised Miss Pang for her versatility It really deserves its name." While speaking, Sikong Yue moved his eyes down Pang Qiushui's neck. In the early winter weather, she only wore this thin skirt, and most of her breasts were exposed. , the skin as white as tofu just aroused the bug in Sikong Yue's stomach, he hurriedly took off the cloak behind his back, got up and put it on Pang Qiushui's back: "It's cold, Miss Pang, don't stand there and salute Here, come and sit." After finishing speaking, he led her to sit beside him.

Pang Qiushui's blatant gallantry made the other ladies around roll their eyes for a while, but they couldn't be jealous. Compared with those noble ladies who were pampered since childhood, Pang Qiushui was obviously much more open-minded. The "shameless" action in her mouth gave her the upper hand.

"Others say that the Pang family is a new rich man in Beijing. I think they will count as country bumpkins entering the city if they die, and put some gold on their faces to pretend to be noble." Ning Zhongkun said angrily, and couldn't help but look at Ning Shanshan, But Ning Shanshan still looked calm and unhurried, never even a little anxious.

"Since you even know that brother is a bumpkin, don't you think His Highness doesn't know?" Ning Shanshan said lightly: "Pang Qiushui is such an uncultivated woman, His Highness is happy, so he teased her a little , unhappy, she doesn't even have a place to stay, and she still wants to fly on a branch, it's really ridiculous."

At this time, because of the appearance of Sikong Yue, Sikongxi stopped the previous poems and songs, and turned to singing and dancing. The singers and dancers who can enter the prince's mansion are all carefully selected, and their performances are impeccable , but Si Kongyue watched too much of this kind of stuff, it was a bit boring, so he said: "It's cold, watching too many songs and dances will inevitably make you depressed. If the second brother doesn't mind, let's get some other things to see how it goes."

Sikong Xi wondered: "What does the emperor want to see?"

"I don't know if you still remember, second brother, our fourth brother once gave Father an iron fetal bow. A few days ago, when Father and I were in the study, Father felt that the bow was hanging there and got in the way. Give it to me, since there are so many people here today, you might as well invite all the young masters present to compete in archery, and you can also have a drinking order to make the atmosphere more harmonious." After finishing speaking, Sikong Yue waved his hand, and immediately he Two of his attendants came up with a beautifully carved iron tire bow.

Ning Yuan took a closer look, and it was indeed the one presented to the emperor by Si Kongxu, the Jiangzhou spring banquet. Beloved, even the presents given to the emperor were given by the emperor casually, and Sikong Yue took it out in front of so many people. If you say he didn't take this opportunity to step on Sikong Xu's face a few times. , Ning Yuan would never believe it.

For a while, even Ning Yuan couldn't help sighing twice, and even felt that Sikong Xu was a little pitiful.

When seeing the bow and arrow, Pang Qiushui's eyes lit up, and he said immediately: "Your Highness, my cousin's archery skills are always good, my little girl wants to ask His Highness for a favor, let him show his shame first, and I can ask His Highness to give him some advice. "

Although Lin Chong is a dude, his father taught him a set of archery skills since he was a child. Although he can't do it with a hundred steps, he is definitely one of the best among his peers. For Qiu Shui, it was an opportunity to give money to the family, and for Lin Chong himself, it might also be a support. If he could get a job by relying on archery, it would be better than staying at home all day and doing nothing, being a playboy.

Lin Chong was annoyed at Pang Qiushui's refusal to take revenge on Ning Yuan. He was sitting there drinking beer when his name was mentioned. What, looked in the direction of Ning Yuan cryptically, swallowed back the words of prevarication, stood up instead, and bowed in the direction of the two princes with fists clasped, looking like he was really going to do what Pang Qiushui said Go draw the first bow.

120 Drive away the tiger and devour the wolf

Seeing that Lin Chong was willing, Sikong Yue couldn't help clapping his hands and laughed loudly: "Okay, if your cousin, Miss Pang, can really move this iron tire bow, he will be a hero." An archery target.

Lin Chong walked into the arena with a very confident and arrogant expression. He has no other specialties, but archery is the only thing that can be shown on the table. Two or three years ago, he had already practiced the ability to penetrate Yang with a hundred steps, but now he is coming out, it is not In order to save face for Pang Qiushui, he didn't even understand Pang Qiushui's intention to push him out. All he was thinking about now was how to use this opportunity to trouble Ning Yuan.

Since he was asked to shoot an arrow, he will shoot well. Maybe later, he accidentally misses the target and misses the target, but shoots on the table in front of someone, scaring the other person to the bum. This is also very likely to happen. , After all, no one is perfect, and there will always be times when mistakes are made.

The people around fell silent. The elders may have heard little about Lin Chong's reputation as a dude in Beijing, but many rich children present were well aware of it.They might be able to call Lin Chong brothers on the surface, but to put it bluntly, they still have contempt for the upstarts like the Pang family who have not lost their rustic atmosphere, and they have never heard that Lin Chong has other memories besides eating, drinking and having fun. Now rather than looking forward to Lin Chong's proud performance, it is better to say that he is eagerly waiting to see his jokes.

The iron-bodied bow is exquisitely carved. Sikong Xu once looked for skilled craftsmen in Jiangzhou, just to make the bow complex without losing its tough texture. This is indeed the case. The iron-bodied bow is very fancy, but it is also full of toughness. Well, if an ordinary man doesn't have enough arm strength, it's hard to pull away, let alone a young man like Lin Chong who doesn't look strong.

However, the fact is that Lin Chong picked up the bow very easily, then took a deep breath, and pulled the bowstring with a bang. Although he could see that he was very strong and his arms were shaking, he still pulled the bow. Pulled into a full moon.

"Okay!" Sikong Yue couldn't help saying: "Up arrow!"

Immediately, another servant greeted him with a few arrows on a tray. After all, for safety reasons, the arrows presented were not genuine iron-headed arrows, but headless arrows without tips.

Lin Chong picked up an arrow and put it on the bowstring, then drew it into the full moon again, and aimed at the distant target.Although the arrow has no head, the front end is painted with red paint. If it hits the target, it will naturally leave a mark.Pang Qiushui was sitting next to Sikong Yue, with a confident face on his face. With such a distance, it was easy for Lin Chong to hit the heart. She was ready to accept compliments from all walks of life, but gradually, her brows frowned slightly.

Because Lin Chong never shot the arrow.

As if he was still trying to aim, he was holding the iron tire bow that had been pulled into a full moon, slightly swinging from side to side, and his face also showed a look of difficulty.

What is this kid doing?Pang Qiushui was full of doubts, but immediately after, her puzzled expression turned into surprise, because Lin Chong staggered as if he couldn't stand still.

Following this stagger, his whole body turned in one direction, the arrow was no longer aimed at the distant target, but aimed at the surrounding crowd.

On the surface, Lin Chong tried to put on a flustered and struggling expression, but a pair of nimble eyes quickly wandered among the crowd, and soon spotted Ning Yuan. For a moment, his right hand tightened his grip on the bowstring, and waited. After taking aim, shoot an arrow, and then appreciate the panicked expression of the kid, let him feel how bad he has offended himself. At that time, he will only say that he is weak and did not control the direction of the arrow. Whether it is the eldest prince or the second The prince, it is impossible to embarrass him because of a juren.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help grinning, and a look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes. The fingers of his right hand moved slightly, and he was about to let go of the bowstring.

But just when the arrow was about to come out of the bow, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his ankle, as if someone had looked at some important acupuncture point, and within a short moment, he even lost all feeling in his right leg. , his body fell to the side completely uncontrollably, and just at this moment, he also let go of the hand that had been holding the bowstring. Ning Yuan, instead, changed his general direction and rushed towards another place where a bunch of guests were densely packed.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye, and no one could react to it. When Lin Chong fell to the ground in embarrassment, the arrow was submerged in the crowd without any splash.

Everyone was stunned, staring blankly at Lin Chong who was lying on the ground and howling constantly. The surrounding servants were the first to react and swarmed up to help Lin Chong up. Even Pang Qiushui got up and left his seat in a hurry. Walking quickly to Lin Chong's side, he said with displeasure, "What's going on with you!"

"Cousin, I..." Lin Chong's voice was crying, and his face was full of grievances, but he was embarrassed to tell the truth, and his right foot hadn't recovered feeling yet, his face twisted for a while, and he didn't know what expression to put on. , a sharp scream erupted from the group of people who fell into the arrow: "It's not good! Miss Ning has been hit by an arrow!"

A stone stirred up thousands of waves, and following the scream, everyone turned their gazes to that place again, and saw that Ning Shanshan was lying there with a pale face, she had already passed out, and the headless The arrow was firmly inserted into the bun on her head, and the tail feathers were still trembling slowly.

This scene looked funny, but no one around had the guts to laugh. Sikong Yue and Sikong Xi were even more solemn. Almost no one present knew the identity of that "Miss Ning", who was the oldest of the three princes in the current dynasty. Ning Shanshan is the elder and the granddaughter of Duke Ning, who is also the most respected!

Seeing this scene, Pang Qiushui's legs went limp and he almost fell.

"Shanshan! Shanshan!" Ning Zhongkun shook Ning Shanshan's shoulder vigorously, but Ning Shanshan was obviously terrified and showed no signs of waking up. It looked like it was stuck in her bun, and it didn't cause any harm to anyone, but if the arrow was half a point further down, even if there was no arrow, with Ning Shanshan's skinny and tender body, it would definitely be a brain burst end!Walking in front of the gate of hell, even a strong man would be paralyzed by fright, let alone a pampered lady like Ning Shanshan?

"Stinky boy, you bastard!" Seeing that Ning Shanshan couldn't be woken, Ning Zhongkun was also anxious. He rushed out from behind the table with wide eyes, ran to Lin Chong in two or three steps, grabbed his skirt, and pointed at Lin Chong. The same panicked face roared: "Listen up, brat, if something happens to my sister, I want your entire Pang family to be buried with her!"

"Mr. Ning, Mr. Ning, stay safe and don't be impatient..." Pang Qiushui collected himself, seeing that Lin Chong was so frightened that he couldn't speak at all, and his face turned blue, so he wanted to push Ning Zhongkun's hand away. Call the doctor immediately..."

"Slap!" Pang Qiushui was stopped in the middle of her words, because Ning Zhongkun had already slapped her unceremoniously.

Pang Qiushui has grown so big, no matter in Qingzhou or Huajing, she is the jewel in the palm of everyone, not to mention being beaten, there is no one who speaks harshly to her, even if you are the queen mother, when you chat with her They were all amiable, but now, Ning Zhongkun actually slapped her?Or in front of so many people?

Even though the pain on his cheek was burning, nothing could compare to the shame surging in his heart. Pang Qiushui took two deep breaths, turned his face slowly, and tried to squeeze out a smile to look at Ning Zhongkun, "Mr. Ning Don't rush to get angry, it's more important to ask the doctor first."

There was a red palm print on Pang Qiushui's face, forcibly destroying the beauty of that face, but in the eyes of the angry Ning Zhongkun, this peachy-faced woman in front of her was even more hateful than her archery cousin.

"I know what's going on in your mind!" Ning Zhongkun said viciously: "Knowing that I can't compete with my sister, I came up with such a dirty trick. If she is a woman from a small family, others may I care about the status of your Pang family today, but we in Ningfu will not. I will truthfully tell my grandparents what happened today, and you go back and tell your father. If he still wants to stay in the capital safely, he should ask for good fortune. !" After finishing speaking, Ning Zhongkun snorted again, then turned back, directed a few servant girls to leave quickly with Ning Shanshan who was still unconscious.

"Cousin..." Lin Chong still looked pitiful, and called Pang Qiushui weakly. He wanted to explain what happened just now, and told her that it was purely an accident, but before he could speak, Pang Qiushui suddenly had a twisted expression Turning around, unceremoniously, two slaps were slapped on his face.

Pang Qiushui didn't have much strength, but his fingernails drew several bloodstains on both sides of Lin Chong's cheeks. Lin Chong was stunned and looked at Pang Qiushui in a daze, wanting to ask why, but the distorted expression on Pang Qiushui's face, and Let him swallow back the words that came to his mouth abruptly.

He had never seen such a terrifying expression on his cousin's face.

"I hope you know in your heart what trouble you have caused today. Your eldest cousin and I always let you go and let you go. Now it seems that we have made a big mistake." Pang Qiushui's tone was cold, "What happened today, go back and explain to your father yourself!"

After finishing speaking, Pang Qiushui knew that there was a slap mark on his face, and he couldn't stay here any longer to embarrass others, so he hurried back to Han Tao and Pang Chunyan.

As a matter of fact, things suddenly became so noisy that not many people are willing to stay here to watch the show. On one side is the mansion of the old nobleman Ningguo, and on the other is the mansion of the new aristocrat Changshenghou. Even the excitement might be sucked into the muddy water. Seeing the table after table of people getting up to say goodbye one after another, Si Kongxi, even though his face was gloomy, still had to show his face, but Sikong Yue showed a good show Looks, smiling while drinking, seems to be very interested in such a farce.

Supported by two servants, Lin Chong stood there in a daze. He naturally understood what Pang Qiushui said. He felt so wronged that his cousin, who had always loved him, spoke harshly to him. One shot, that arrow would never hit the Ning family no matter what!

Thinking of this, Lin Chong suddenly turned his face and looked in Ning Yuan's direction. Unfortunately, the back of the small table is now empty, and Ning Yuan and Meng Zhifan had already quietly retreated when the incident started.

121 Autumn Water Suffers

Ning Yuan and Meng Zhifan had already quietly stood their ground when the turmoil started, and now they have retreated from the backyard to the front yard.Walking on the path among the trees, Meng Zhifan seemed to have not recovered. He didn't believe that his eyes were blurred just now, but if it wasn't like this, then Ning Yuan had hidden too deeply.

When Meng Zhifan was young, he also practiced a couple of times with the martial arts masters in the nursing home at home, so he has some martial arts foundation, so even though Ning Yuan's movements were small, he still noticed him.

He clearly saw that when Lin Chong pretended to be exhausted and wanted to deflect the arrow to their side, Ning Yuan shot a melon on the table very subtly when he put down his hand and was caught.

It was really just a melon seed, because it was too small and too fast to even see the shadow, and then Lin Chong's body tilted completely, and the arrow also deviated greatly.

If Ning Yuan really hit the acupuncture point on Lin Chong's leg with that melon seed, not only would he save himself from disaster, but he would also drag Ning Zhongkun, who had always been defiant, into the water. Horror!

Ning Yuan walked all the way, and noticed Meng Zhifan's distressed expression, so he couldn't help but stop and said, "Brother Meng, what's wrong with you?"

"Brother Ning, forgive me." Meng Zhifan pursed his lips, but was about to ask, "Did you plan all this?"

Ning Yuan showed a puzzled expression, "Scheming?"

"Bringing misfortune to the east, letting Lin Chong's arrow shoot at Miss Ningguo's family, I really underestimated you, Brother Ning." Meng Zhifan sighed, "I didn't know you, Brother Ning. With this kind of ability, I am afraid that other martial arts masters will not have the ability to control the direction of other people's bows and arrows like you. As long as the position is a bit off, or the timing of Lin Chong's release is a bit slower. , Miss Ning will not suffer."

Speaking of this, Meng Zhifan looked at Ning Yuan very seriously, "Brother Ning's kung fu is from a sacred teacher, which makes me want to learn from a teacher."

Ning Yuan laughed when he heard this, and he shook his head, "Brother Meng, you are too exaggerated, I am not a god, how can I have such a calculating ability."

Meng Zhifan couldn't believe it: "It's clear that you hit Lin Chong's ankle with melon seeds, and his arrow deviated so that it hit Ning Shanshan. Is this a coincidence?"

"That's right, it's just a coincidence." Ning Yuan shrugged, and said to Meng Zhifan's wide-eyed eyes, "I did see that Lin Chong was trying to plot against me, but I never thought of killing the Duke of Ning's mansion." To put it bluntly, I just wanted his arrow not to hurt me, but who knew that by chance, I missed Miss Ning's family, and I don't know if this is Lin Chong's retribution."

"What? It's really a coincidence?" Meng Zhifan was surprised for a long time before he came back to his senses. He pulled out the folding fan from behind his waist, shook it away, and said with a smile, "So that's what happened. It's wonderful, it's really wonderful. Look It turned out that it was God's will that made Lin Chong suffer the consequences. I know Brother Zhongkun's temper very well. Miss Ning is also very much loved by the Duke's wife. I'm afraid this farce between the Ning family and the Pang family will be interesting to watch. "

The facts were exactly as Meng Zhifan expected. That day when Ning Zhongkun led a group of servants to send the unconscious Ning Shanshan back to Duke Ning's mansion, a pot exploded in the mansion. Mrs. Wu has always regarded Ning Shanshan, her granddaughter, as the apple of her eye. She sent her out in the morning, but she came back in the afternoon. Wu was so angry that she almost passed her breath. Sending it to Shan's house even alarmed the Tai Hospital.

After tossing and tossing until midnight, Ning Shanshan finally woke up and turned around, but she was still in shock, lying in Wu's arms and crying non-stop, and Ning Zhongkun also explained the whole story with embellishments, and went straight to Wu's death. He was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and he wanted Duke Ning to participate in the Pang family book when he went to court tomorrow, but Duke Ning flatly refused.

Ning Guogong's reason is very simple, Ning Shanshan is fine after all, she was just frightened, and Lin Chong is also underage, a child made a mistake, he is an important minister of the court, but he is so on the line, isn't it a joke for others ?

However, Ning Guogong's reasons obviously cannot satisfy Wu Shi, because Wu Shi's thoughts are far more profound than those of her husband.

On the surface, this matter was indeed Lin Chong's mistake, but if you think about it carefully, is it really a mistake?Could it be that Lin Chong made a deliberate "mistake" at the behest of Pang Qiushui?

It's not for nothing that Mrs. Wu thinks this way, because Ning Zhongkun also thinks so. Ning Shanshan is known as the number one beauty in Huajing. Sikong Yue, who is very likely to become the prince, and Pang Qiushui of the Pang family obviously have the same plan, so everything will make sense. Under this kind of poisonous plan, let his cousin pretend to fall, and create an "accident" to kill Ning Shanshan, so as to get rid of a serious trouble in his heart.

What a vicious thought!

Although Ning Guogong was unwilling to stand out, it didn't mean that Wu Shi was willing to act like this and nothing happened. Early the next morning, when Ning Guogong went out to court, Wu Shi also entered the palace wearing an imperial court uniform.She is the official wife of Ning Guogong, with the title of first-class imperial order on her head, and she enters and leaves the palace without any effort. After entering the palace, Mrs. Wu went straight to the empress's palace, crying to the empress, but unexpectedly at this moment The road to Diyuanjia is narrow, and Pang Qiushui happened to come out of the Empress Dowager's Hall, and came to the Empress Dowager's Hall to greet the Empress. Wu couldn't hold back his temper for a while, and grabbed Pang Qiushui in front of the Empress. live.

Mrs. Wu was fierce since she was a child, especially after the death of her only son, her personality became even more surly. Now she is in a fit of anger and has long forgotten what manners are. Hit, Pang Qiushui was slapped in the face by Ning Zhongkun yesterday, and he kept suppressing his anger and didn't let it out. As a result, he was kicked and punched by an old lady who had never seen him before entering the Queen's Palace. He also became angry and couldn't help it. Then he pushed Wu Shi back.

Pang Qiushui was in her young age, when she was in good health, and Mrs. Wu was already in her fifties, so she was caught off guard by such a push, and the floor of the Queen's Hall was covered with smooth green flower stones. Standing firm, he slammed into the palace lantern made of pure copper next to him, and was pushed up to his waist. After a wail, he fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

This time things really got serious.

Even if Mrs. Wu hit people first, the old lady was a first-rank wife conferred by the emperor. Pang Qiushui didn't even have the slightest seal, but she pushed Mrs. First-rank to the ground and couldn't get up. The waist was injured, and it would take at least ten days and a half months to recover. According to the law, it was considered a serious injury. Pang Qiushui was immediately convicted of the crimes committed by him, and the queen should detain him immediately. When the Pang family got the news, Pang Qiushui, who was still dressed dignifiedly in the morning and entered the palace to serve the queen mother, had already been imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Justice with disheveled hair.

Changsheng Hou Pang Song was taken aback by the news, and immediately rushed to the palace to meet the saint, but the emperor didn't care about the affairs of these daughters' families at all; then he went to ask the queen mother, thinking that the queen mother loved Pang Qiushui so much on weekdays , I should help, but before he entered the Empress Dowager's Hall, he was blocked by two nuns. The leading nun told him domineeringly that the Empress Dowager had ordered that as long as someone from the Pang family came, he would not see anyone. .

This is also human nature. Pang Qiushui is well-behaved, knows how to do what he likes, and pleases the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother is willing to talk to her, it is flattering her. It's no different, especially this time Pang Qiushui actually hurt the Duke's wife, and it was still in front of the queen. For the sake of her own reputation, the queen mother was too busy to separate herself from her, so how could she be willing to come forward to catch someone who made a mistake? sinner?

In the end, Pang Song had no choice but to ask the queen. The queen was not unreasonable, so she directly told Chang Shenghou that if the Ning government was magnanimous, it would naturally be possible to make a major issue into a small one, but if the Ning government insisted on official business If it's official, it's useless to ask anyone as Duke Ning.

After receiving the empress's golden words, Pang Song should not be negligent. As soon as he left the palace, he brought a lot of gold, silver and jewels to Duke Ning's mansion to make amends. But because Mrs. Wu was injured, Duke Ning also lost his temper, and ordered his servants not to let him in even at the gate. Jin, but in order to save his daughter, Pang Song also went all out, twice if he failed once, and three times if he failed twice, and finally met Ning Guogong. It's useless, it's serious for him to take good care of the juniors in the housekeeper who like to make trouble.

What Ning Guogong said made Pang Song baffled, but he was too embarrassed to ask more. After returning to the mansion, he immediately summoned Pang Chunyan to ask if there was any other reason for the entanglement between the Wu family and Pang Qiushui this time. In the morning, Pang Chunyan also felt that he could no longer help that boy Lin Chong keep the secret, so he had to explain in detail what happened in the second prince's residence from beginning to end.

When Pang Song heard that the cause of the incident was all because of his unsatisfactory nephew, his eyes were almost blackened with anger, and he immediately asked his servants to arrest Lin Chong, tied him up and carried him directly to the street in front of Duke Ning's mansion, without calling the door. Instead, in front of passers-by, he stripped off Lin Chong's clothes, and personally swung the whip on Lin Chong's bare back.

Where did Lin Chong suffer from this kind of crime? In order to show his sincerity in making amends, Pang Song whipped Lin Chong to the point where he screamed like a slaughtered pig.