bastard returns

Huyan Yuanchen obviously had no intention of answering the criminal officer's question, and he also knew in his heart that since he took care of this nosy business, he had nothing to say and could only deal with it to the end. He glanced around, Suddenly, he swung the gleaming dagger in his hand, and threw it at the nearest cavalryman.

The cavalryman was caught off guard until the edge of the dagger brushed his cheek and flew over, and then he was so frightened that he fell off the horse. Regardless of the cavalryman, he used lightness kung fu, and just jumped onto the horseback with Ning Yuan, then put Ning Yuan between his legs to protect him, and shook the rein of the horse, and was about to break through the encirclement.

"What are you doing in a daze, don't hurry up! Let this monster escape, we will have no good fruit to eat, hurry up!" The executioner couldn't tolerate the fat from his mouth flying away like this, and began to wave the soldiers around him angrily However, those soldiers who were scruples about Huyan Yuanchen were a little bit timid, that is, at this moment, Huyan Yuanchen had already steered the horse to a high leap, and had already rushed to the periphery of the crowd, and then waved the horsewhip, mixed with A cloud of dust flew away.

Ning Yuan lay in Huyan Yuanchen's arms, with his head pressed against his strong chest. It was hard and uncomfortable, but he felt very stable. Presumably, Huyan Yuanchen was worried about his big belly and was afraid that he would be bumped, so he didn't touch him directly. Putting him on the horse's back, he lifted him up with one hand.What I heard in my ears, apart from the whistling winds of speeding forward, were also vaguely sporadic shouts and curses.

Ning Yuan opened his eyes a little, and found that Huyan Yuanchen was heading straight for the gate of the city, and it seemed that he was going to take him out of the city directly.

Caishikou is very close to the south gate of Huajing City, and it only takes half a quarter of an hour to get there.At noon, there were not many people entering the city, and most of the soldiers guarding the city gate were full and dozing off. Speaking of interrogation or blocking, few people even came to their senses and thought it was their own illusion.

When they reached the open area outside the city, the horse let go of the ladder and ran wildly. It didn't take long for even the majestic city wall of Huajing City to become a small point in the distance.

Only then did Huyan Yuanchen pull the horse to slow down, but he didn't stop, but continued to trot forward.

Ning Yuan moved his head, poked his face out of the sackcloth covering his body, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Where are you taking me?"

"Anyuan Town is not far ahead." Huyan Yuanchen looked ahead and said, "I once set up a secret house there, and no one else knew about it. It would be safe to take you there."

Ning Yuan looked at his resolute expression and sharp jaw, thought for a while, and asked, "Why did you save me?"

This is the question he is most puzzled at the moment. In this life, he is clearly a stranger to Huyan Yuanchen, and with Huyan Yuanchen's identity, it is really a shame that he would take the risk to rescue such a stranger. It's unbelievable. You must know that the consequences of doing so are not something ordinary people can bear.

The prince of Daxia came to Dazhou to rob the court. If the charges are confirmed, the two dynasties may not go to war because of this, but whether it is in Dazhou or

Even in Daxia, he, Huyan Yuanchen, would no longer have a foothold.

In Dazhou, robbing the law field is equivalent to treason, which is an unforgivable crime, but in Daxia, Ning Yuan knows very well that Daxia still hopes that Huyan Yuanchen will not go back for the rest of his life, so he will definitely make use of it. Put Huyan Yuanchen on a serious charge.

"You want to ask me why, but I don't know why." Huyan Yuanchen finally lowered his eyes, but gave an answer that made Ning Yuan very speechless, "Maybe I fell into your magic trick. I have to save you like this, and I still don't know."

"If you think I'm the kind of monster who can do sorcery, just leave me by the side of the road indiscriminately." Although he could see that Huyan Yuanchen was just a joke, Ning Yuan was still a little bit stuck in his heart. Head sideways.

"That can't be done." Huyan Yuanchen refused without thinking, "Since I have saved you, there is no reason to throw you halfway indiscriminately, not to mention that even if I leave you now, do you think those chasing after Will Bing just let me go?" He raised a hand, and pressed Ning Yuan's head back to his chest, "You just stay put."

Ning Yuan's face ached from being hit by his chest, but he pursed the corners of his mouth and did not speak again. The two of them were silent for a while. Amidst the rhythmic sound of horseshoes and wind, Huyan Yuanchen seemed to inadvertently say: "I haven't asked yet, May I have your name?"

"Ning Yuan."

Huyan Yuanchen let out a "huh".

Ning Yuan asked him: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." He said, "I just feel that it sounds familiar."

Anyuan Town is not a big town.

The courtyard where Huyan Yuanchen lived must have been unoccupied for a long time, the only few rooms were covered with a layer of dust inside and outside, and there were no servants, so he had to settle Ning Yuan in the courtyard first. Sitting under the shade of a tree in the courtyard, he cleaned up the main house by himself, and went out to buy some wound medicine from the doctor in the town.

Ning Yuan's hands and feet were badly injured, especially his feet. In addition to the soles of the feet being worn out by sand and stones, there were also blisters on the ankles scalded by the high temperature. Huyan Yuanchen asked Ning Yuan to lie on the bed and help him After finishing the medicine, when he looked up again, he found that Ning Yuan had fallen asleep.

His face was still as white as paper, and because his body was so thin, his swollen belly seemed a bit terribly big.

Huyan Yuanchen stared at Ning Yuan's peaceful sleeping face for a while, then raised his hand unconsciously, and put his palm on Ning Yuan's stomach.

Sensing the faint movement inside, a very strange expression appeared on his face.

At night, Ning Yuan suddenly developed a fever.

Because of Ning Yuan's unusual physical condition, Huyan Yuanchen didn't dare to ask for a doctor. Fortunately, Ning Yuan also woke up and wrote a prescription for reducing fever, so Huyan Yuanchen went to buy some medicine and fried it. , the medicine was still effective, and when it was almost dawn, the heat on his body subsided a little, but he grabbed Huyan Yuanchen's sleeve and said something that made Huyan Yuanchen stay where he was completely, "My stomach hurts so badly, the child is afraid It's coming out."

Although the fetus is not yet full-term, it is not uncommon for Ning Yuan to show signs of premature birth after tossing around like this today.

"This..." Even though Huyan Yuanchen is not young and has seen many markets, this is the first time he has encountered such a thing, and he was stunned for a long time before saying: "Well, what should I do, do you still want to go to the midwife Come or not?"

"Of course it can't be done." Ning Yuan's forehead was already covered with fine sweat, and at the same time he cursed in his heart. He had clearly suffered this kind of crime once before, and it has been less than a year now, but he has to do so with such a weak body. Suffer it again, but don't burn him to death, but in the end he was tortured to death by giving birth to a child, "You do what I said, go and prepare things, and then come to help me."

"What did you say?" Huyan Yuanchen's eyes widened, "Do you want me to help you deliver the baby?"

"Either you deliver the baby for me, or you collect the body for me. There is no third choice." Ning Yuan's hand holding his sleeve was veined, and he growled, "Hurry up!"

Huyan Yuanchen had no choice but to follow Ning Yuan's instructions and began to quickly prepare the necessary things. The hot water scissors were ready-made, and he did not get gauze and hemostatic powder from the doctor, so he had to tear off his cloak Scald it with hot water, and add the little sore medicine left on your body to make do with it.

As for the whole process of delivering babies, even though Ning Yuan has already had the previous experience, he would give pointers from time to time, and it still made Huyan Yuanchen flustered. The last thing is that he has never had any skin-to-skin contact with other people. Fortunately, Ning Yuan and him are both men, which made him feel more at ease when they met frankly. Dare to open your eyes and look directly is a problem.

Ning Yuan's face was covered with sweat. Although he tried his best not to scream, he could tell that he was not feeling well from the muffled groan constantly overflowing from the corner of his mouth.

Huyan Yuanchen stood by the bed, helping him wipe his sweat while carefully massaging Ning Yuan's abdomen with the other hand. Yuan was originally weak, but fortunately he was able to exert his strength slowly with the support of this true energy.

At this moment, a loud noise suddenly sounded outside. Accompanied by the jumping flames and the shouts of soldiers, Hu Yanyuanchen's brows sank, "How did they find out that they were able to chase here?"

"There are hunting dogs in the Great Zhou army. With my blood, it's not difficult for them to find them..." Ning Yuan snorted again in a hoarse voice, "I can't move now, why don't you go alone. You are innocent, I got you involved."

Huyan Yuanchen picked up the dagger on one side without saying a word, "I'll stop them outside, and I won't let them step into this room."

A strange look flashed in Ning Yuan's eyes, "You..."

"You are the one I want to save. It has nothing to do with you. How can I be counted as being implicated by you? I will naturally be responsible for what I do myself." After a pause, he continued: "You should also take care of yourself." Myself, Ning Yuan."

The man who had already been hunted at the gate of the house completely blocked the gate.

The leader was the criminal officer. As Ning Yuan said, he was accompanied by two soldiers with dogs on their hands. Surprisingly, Si Kongxu also stood beside him on a horse.

With a creak, the door was pushed open, and Huyan Yuanchen came out alone.

241 Clear Sky

"Your Highness Huyan, you have a special status, and I don't want to embarrass you too much. If you hand over the monster, it will not hinder the official's work. I can treat you as being bewitched by the monster and not pursue it. Otherwise, as long as I submit a copy of the official memorial, His Highness Huyan will know what will happen." Seeing Huyan Yuanchen coming out with a weapon, the executioner probably anticipated what he was going to do, so he couldn't help but persuade him .

Huyan Yuanchen didn't pay any attention to it, instead he swung his dagger across his chest, making it clear that he would not hand over Ning Yuan to his death.

Seeing Huyan Yuanchen's attitude, the executioner also understood that it is useless to talk too much. He chased after him all the way but brought a lot of men. He didn't believe that Huyan Yuanchen could deal with so many people by himself. He waved his hand and was about to signal The men behind rushed in to get people.

As a result, he was about to give an order, but was stopped by Sikong Xu who was standing beside him with a hand.

"Prince Huyan." Sikong Xu said: "I don't know what your purpose is, and I don't hesitate to do something like robbing the court to save that person, but I can promise you that if you hand over that person, this hall will It can keep his life safe."

Huyan Yuanchen's eyes moved, but the executioner showed a shocked expression, "How could this be so, Your Highness! It is the imperial decree of the emperor to execute that monster. Could it be that His Highness wants to..."

"This hall is talking, why do you interrupt?" Sikong Xu coldly glanced at the executioner, under his penetrating gaze, the executioner shut his mouth tactfully.

Huyan Yuanchen didn't speak, but looked at Sikong Xu with great interest. Even though he didn't know much about Sikong Xu, he still heard some gossip from others before coming to the execution ground to watch the excitement today.

Ning Yuan, who was tied to the stake today, was originally Prince Rui's good friend Sikong Xu, but because the man's pregnancy was too unbelievable, Prince Rui was worried that it would affect his reputation, and secondly, he wanted to appease the newly married princess. Only then did he take the initiative to push Ning Yuan out ruthlessly.

Huyan Yuanchen looked down on Sikong Xu and other heartless people like Sikong Xu from the bottom of his heart, but this time he actually said that he wanted to save Ning Yuan's life. Could it be that he repented for the nasty things he did? .

But even if the other party really regretted it, Huyan Yuanchen made up his mind not to hand him over, not to mention that Ning Yuan's current situation is very embarrassing, just for this Prince Rui's previous record, Huyan Yuanchen would not Will believe his word.

In fact, there is another reason, the same as the feeling when he rescued Ning Yuan from the execution ground indiscriminately, the inexplicable thought in Huyan Yuanchen's heart came out again, subconsciously unwilling to let anyone take Ning Yuan away from him .

Seeing that Huyan Yuanchen hadn't responded at all, Sikong Xu frowned, and simply stopped talking. The executioner seized the opportunity and immediately directed the soldiers to rush forward.

You can call Yan Yuanchen's martial arts, how can these miscellaneous soldiers be his opponents.

The courtyard is small, which is in the way of the crowd of soldiers, but for Huyan Yuanchen, it occupies a good location. He does not confront those soldiers head-on, but just swims between the crowd like a fish, like a fish. Like a ghost, every time he took a shot, a soldier was stunned by him. After a short while, most of the soldiers who poured into the yard fell down, and the rest didn't dare to rush forward any more. Weapons surrounded him, let alone rushing into the room to catch Ning Yuan.

"A bunch of trash!" The executioner yelled anxiously, not knowing what to do, but a shadow suddenly passed by his side. It turned out that Sikong Xu jumped up from the horse's back, drew a short sword from his waist, and faced Hu Yanyuan himself. Chen attacked.

Hu Yanyuanchen hastily raised his sword to block, the two swords intersected, making a piercing clang, and then separated with a flash of fire, the two retreated three steps each, obviously the confrontation just now was evenly matched.

Realizing that the opponent in front of him was not an easy match, the eyes of the two became serious unconsciously, Sikong Xu carefully scrutinized Huyan Yuanchen's face, sneered, and once again seized the opportunity to bully him.

Hu Yanyuanchen naturally saw the tricks, the two of them came and went, fighting with swords and swords in the middle of the yard, and made the others completely reduced to spectators.

Si Kongxu didn't expect that Huyan Yuanchen would be so difficult to deal with, and couldn't attack for a long time, so he couldn't help but get really angry, especially when he thought of the way the person in front of him actually put Ning Yuan in his arms and ran away on horseback at the execution ground. He was even more furious. In Sikong Xu's heart, Ning Yuan was his private property. How could he allow others to get involved? Now that Huyan Yuanchen touched his things, it was a violation of his taboo. Xu even became murderous, and his attacks became more and more ruthless.

Huyan Yuanchen also felt the same way. He thought of Sikong Xu's betrayal of Ning Yuan and his abandonment at the beginning and the end. He thought that Ning Yuan almost died at the hands of the man in front of him. , with a tragic appearance covered in wounds, an uncontrollable anger burned in his heart, and his subordinates no longer showed mercy, wishing to just chop Sikong Xu under the sword like this.

After several more rounds, the two separated again, both with some wounds on their bodies, Sikong Xu turned the dagger in his hand into a sword flower, and was about to attack again, when suddenly a ray of light drifted past his ears. The sound shook in place.

The same voice was also heard by Huyan Yuanchen, and his whole body stopped, and he even turned his head subconsciously, looking in the direction of the door of the hut behind him.

The sound from behind the door was very small at first, but soon became louder. It was the cry of a baby.

"The child... came out?" Sikong Xu murmured to himself. Suddenly, his brain felt as if it was being stirred by someone. He let out a scream, put his head in his hands, and even The swords were thrown to the ground.

Huyan Yuanchen also snorted like him. The crying of the baby seemed to be some kind of spell. It rushed into the depths of his brain and released something. Putting his hands on his forehead, he knelt down on one knee, a layer of cold sweat dripping down his face.

I don't know how long the pain lasted, just when Huyan Yuanchen felt that he was going to lose his hold and fell to the ground in dizziness, the pain faded away like a tide, and as the pain disappeared, there seemed to be a moment of blankness in his mind until He slowly opened his eyes when he heard someone calling his name in his ear.

What caught my eye was Old Chen's anxious face.

"Good guy, this kid finally woke up!" Old Chen showed a relieved expression, "Old man, my voice is almost hoarse."

Huyan Yuanchen's thoughts seemed to have floated back from a far away place, and he lay there waiting for a long time to look at Old Chen's face before he said in a daze, "Old Chen?"

"Why, you kid, you've been in a coma all afternoon, so you don't recognize me, old man?" Old Chen snorted, but stretched out his hand to help Huyan Yuanchen up from the ground.

"Didn't I just be with... by the way, A Yuan!" Huyan Yuanchen was shocked, not caring about comprehending the messy memories in his mind, not knowing whether what he experienced just now was a dream, and hurriedly asked Scanning around, a pair of eyes immediately settled on Ning Yuan who had already sat up on the bed.

Ning Yuan obviously woke up first, but he was staring at his empty arms with a dazed look in his eyes.

"My child, I was born safely." Ning Yuan said to Mr. Yuzhu and Venerable Lingxu who were standing beside the bed with a somewhat disappointed voice.

"That's natural." Mr. Yuzhu nodded and said: "If you hadn't successfully rewritten your own destiny in the last life, and brought the child to birth safely, and saved his life, you wouldn't be able to come back. Now you are safe, treasure Er's baby has woken up without incident, the old man has given you another divination just now, the catastrophe that hit you has passed away safely, and all the dead breath has dissipated, so you will be safe from now on."

Ning Yuan nodded, his eyes fell on Huyan Yuanchen again, and he found that Huyan Yuanchen was also staring at him blankly.

"Isn't it just a dream?" Huyan Yuanchen is still a little stunned. The previous experience is so clearly engraved in his mind, as if he has lived two lives, which is a bit unrealistic, because the content of the dream It was so unbelievable that Ning Yuan was not only pregnant and tied to the stake, he was even a stranger who had nothing to do with him.

"Fool, of course it wasn't a dream. What you saw should be what Ning Xiaozi experienced in his so-called last life, but I didn't expect it. Originally, I only planned to cast a spell to let Ning Xiaozi go back and change his fate. Why would he also take you along with me?" I sent it back, but fortunately, I also come back with my mind this time, otherwise I don’t know what to do.” Mr. Yuzhu said in amazement, and at the same time looked at Huyan Yuanchen’s expression of not knowing whether to cry or laugh, and smiled slightly. I was taken aback for a moment, as if I just remembered something, and then I pursed my lips and smiled: "Oh, I forgot, since you went on a fugue with Ning boy, you must have discovered something, thanks to the fact that old man Chen and I are still here. Help Ning boy think about how to explain Baoer's doll to you in the future, but now it seems that there is no need."

After finishing speaking, he yawned and patted Huyan Yuanchen's shoulder again, "I think you and Ning boy should have a lot to say, and we old guys will stop spoiling the scenery here, old man Chen, Lingxu Master, how about we drink fragrant tea together?" After finishing speaking, he opened the door first and went out.

Elder Chen and Venerable Lingxu also gave Huyan Yuanchen a teasing expression one after another, and followed Mr. Yuzhu away.

When there were only two people left in the room, the surrounding air seemed to stagnate into a ball.

They just looked into each other's eyes, and neither of them spoke first.

But there was a kind of unspoken affection, already beside the two of them, it quietly spread away.

****

Somewhere in Daxia.

In the dark cave, the black-robed monk fell to the ground bleeding from his seven orifices, and died.

On the bloody muddy ground not far away, the naked Sikong Xu slowly opened his eyes.

"Prince Rui, so... I can also become a prince one day..." He stared at the dark cave wall above his head, suddenly his eyelids trembled, and something crystal slipped out from the corner of his eyes.

"I also finally know why you have been loathing me so much and wanting to fight me like this..." He muttered to himself, "Ah Yuan... After all, it was I who felt sorry for you and was unhappy with the retribution. of……"

Following this last sentence, he closed his eyes again, and the breath around him also slowly dissipated, and there was no more movement.

That's all.

Three months later, two figures, one tall and one short, suddenly appeared in the cave.

Both of them are full of travel and dust, and it seems that they must have come from far away. The short scholar is dressed in a blue robe, and his handsome face is a little vain and pale, but his eyes are very energetic, and the tall one is a pair of green robes. He was a heroic man with a strong figure, but what didn't match his appearance was that besides the burden on his shoulders, he was also carrying a swaddle on his back, inside which was a fat little baby sleeping soundly.

It was with the guidance of Venerable Lingxu that the two of them found Ning Yuan and Huyan Yuanchen all the way from Da Zhou.

Looking at Sikong Xu who was nailed in the middle of the cave and turned into a mummy, Ning Yuan was silent for a long time.

Outside the cave, a new tomb was quietly erected. There was no tombstone, but a bunch of fragrant flowers was placed in front of the tomb.

Ning Yuan lit three sticks of incense and stuck them on the grave with his own hands.

Huyan Yuanchen watched him finish all this from the side, and sighed a little: "He treated you like that, but you still have to come here to collect his body. If he knows anything, he should die in peace."

"Everything is empty when a person dies. No matter how much grievances and entanglements there are, I just want to have a thorough understanding with him. He has fought for a lifetime, but at the end of the day, he will be left dead in the wilderness, which is not good." Clasping palms together, he whispered something.

Huyan Yuanchen curled his lips and didn't say any more. What he did to Sikong Xu has already disgusted him to the bone, but fortunately Ning Yuan is safe and sound, and Sikong Xu has passed away, so he will not go with him. A dead man cares about many people.

At this moment, the infant baby in the swaddling clothes began to whimper softly.

Huyan Yuanchen was taken aback, quickly took off the swaddling clothes, and skillfully held the child in his arms, first touched his little butt, and said: "I'm afraid I'm hungry." Then he took out a little baby from his arms. The cloth bag came to be opened, and the cloth bag was full of small pieces of cheese. He picked up a small piece and stuffed it into the doll's mouth. The doll stopped crying immediately and burst into laughter.

Looking at this scene, Ning Yuan's eyes moved, and suddenly he felt a little emotional.

About this child, he had been hesitant before, and even had the idea of ​​never telling Huyan Yuanchen, but since he returned to his previous life experience that day, he witnessed himself being pregnant, even if He didn't take the initiative to explain, Huyan Yuanchen seemed to have understood the origin of this child.

To Ning Yuan's relief, even if he knew what he really wanted, Huyan Yuanchen didn't say that he was a different kind of person as he worried about. Instead, in a burst of ecstasy, he naturally fulfilled his duties as a father, and he was very concerned about taking care of the baby. Not to mention becoming more and more familiar, things that make progress from time to time will pop up.

for example--

"A Yuan, I noticed that your diet is not good recently, but has it happened again?" On the way back, Huyan Yuanchen joked to Ning Yuan while pinching Bao'er's creamy face.

Ning Yuan sighed lightly, and it really happened again.

"It seems that there is not." Seeing that Ning Yuan did not speak, Huyan Yuanchen showed an annoyed expression, "Maybe I still didn't work hard enough at night, which is not good. If I don't work harder, Bao'er will have no brothers and sisters, and will be alone Most of the land growers are not good."

"You want to add a few brothers and sisters to Bao'er, that's not easy." Ning Yuan finally sneered, "Why don't I make the decision, find a few beautiful girls and make them three wives and four concubines for you, how many does Bao'er want?" Brothers and sisters are all things that come at your fingertips."

"That can't be done." Huyan Yuanchen stretched out his other hand, and grabbed Ning Yuan's shoulders forcefully, "If it wasn't for me and A Yuan's child, I wouldn't like it either. If you want a child, you have to look like it I am as strong and healthy as I, and I have to be as smart as you, A Yuan." After finishing speaking, Hu Yanyuanchen lightly bit Ning Yuan's ear, "I'm quite tired from the busy journey these days, Now that things are over, I think the scenery in the mountains is really good, how about Ah Yuan and I find a secluded place to relax together?"

Being sprayed behind Huyan Yuanchen's mouth full of hot air, Ning Yuan didn't know what he meant, and was about to reprimand him, but instead, an immature voice came out from Huyan Yuanchen's arms, "Loosen your muscles and bones!"

Both of them were taken aback, and looked at Bao'er's face at the same time. Seeing the child's watery eyes looking at them, they opened their small mouths and repeated, "Loosen the muscles and bones!"

Huyan Yuanchen burst into ecstasy, "Look, Ah Yuan, Bao'er can speak now! He is learning how to speak from me!"

But when he glanced at Ning Yuan's face and saw his bluish complexion, he secretly said something bad, laughed and ran away quickly.

Sure enough, Ning Yuan hit the empty space with his angry elbow.

"Huyan, listen! Next time, if you talk nonsense in front of Bao'er again, let him learn such inexplicable words, I will never end with you!"

Ning Yuan's angry words echoed in the mountains, mixed with Huyan Yuanchen's laughter, drifting far away.

The sky is as blue as washing, and the sky is clear.

(end of text)

242、Extraordinary episode [-]: The willing take the bait

The period in Huajing was not very peaceful, because two things were involved.

One is the establishment of the prince.

Although according to the ancestral system, the establishment of a prince should be done in the order of the descendants, the elders and the younger, but His Majesty Zhou Emperor didn't care about this, so the officials in the court followed the old-fashioned faction and the faction that supported the worthy. Naturally, they scrambled into a ball and got into a mess.

Of course, the so-called "conservative" and "supporting the virtuous" are just veiled terms on the bright side. To put it bluntly, it is the bloody storm of the First Prince's faction and the Sixth Prince's faction.

The sixth prince, Sikong Xuan, was first made a prince before the eldest prince, and then returned from his mission to Daxia. Not only did he quell the war between the two dynasties, but he also brought the message that Emperor Xia hoped that the two dynasties would resume trade and diplomatic relations. It can be said that he has made great contributions to Jiangshan Sheji, so the emperor, Longyan Joy, greatly praised Sikongxuan, not to mention, but also vaguely revealed that he wanted to make Sikongxuan the crown prince.

Now, the queen can't sit still.

Sikong Yue is the eldest son, and the second is the eldest son. His status is first-class and noble. It is reasonable to say that he must be the crown prince. But recently, Sikong Yue has made the queen feel restless because of his lack of a sacred heart. As soon as the news came out, although it could not be confirmed yet, the queen felt like her butt was on fire, and immediately felt that something was wrong.

Now in the harem, although she and Concubine Shu Hui haven't broken their skins with each other yet, they still do a lot of things like giving away small shoes to cause trouble. Once Sikong Xuan ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor in the future, there will be her as a queen Have a good time?

Therefore, the queen no longer cared about avoiding suspicion, and for the sake of her son's future and her own future safety, she began to send people to actively walk around the palaces of various ministers in the court.

The empress is in the main palace, and Sikongyue is the son of the eldest son. These two people originally had the support of many ministers in the court. This move of the empress also fueled the arrogance of this group of people. They immediately fought against the group of officials who supported Sikongxuan Ri was fighting with each other in the court hall, with saliva flying everywhere, but on the contrary, compared with the officials on the side of the eldest prince spitting in front, and the queen waving flags and shouting behind, Sikong Xuan's side was surprisingly quiet, not only Sikong Xuan himself Staying in the mansion all day without making a sound, even Concubine Shu Hui, except for the empress dowager, is completely deaf to what is going on outside the window, which makes the officials who support them murmur in their hearts, not to mention that they have always been with the empress dowager. Jingguo's mansion, where the prince was close, also made it clear that they were watching the dispute from the sidelines, showing no signs of standing in line, so when they faced the people who supported the eldest prince, they unknowingly fell short. Under the ebb and flow, the faction of the eldest prince quickly gained the upper hand in the court, but the emperor saw all this, but turned a deaf ear to it, and didn't bother to understand who was to be the heir apparent, so it lasted for a long time. , the city of Huajing was shrouded in a cloud of fog, and the atmosphere was very heavy.

Just in time for this, the second thing happened in a small way.

Ning Guogong, the oldest of the three princes in the dynasty, was sick because of his old age and frailty. After several months of recuperating in bed, he finally recovered and died suddenly.

For other officials who were familiar with the Ning family, Duke Ning was in poor health, and his death was expected, but it was obviously not a good time for Duke Ning to leave, because when he left, the title of Duke Ning would inevitably be lost. It will fall on the head of his grandson, the eldest son Ning Zhongkun. Unfortunately, the entire Huajing dignitaries know inside and outside that although Ning Zhongkun looks like a human being, he is a complete idiot. Assuming the position of Duke, he came in and out of the court at sunrise, I'm afraid that the muddy waters of the court will be more exciting now.

The old Duke Ning had a high status, so the funeral was held in a grand manner. Considering the status of Duke Ning's mansion, everyone from the first-rank officials to the seventh-rank officials in Beijing all set off to mourn, and he had just taken over the title of Duke Ning Zhongkun, however, obviously regarded this funeral as a stepping stone for his first official career, and completely put the funeral aside, and mingled with all the officials who came to the mansion, drinking and eating meat, abruptly A white wedding, pretending to be a red wedding.

Mrs. Wu, the old Duke's wife, although she felt uncomfortable watching all this, firstly, Ning Zhongkun is her favorite grandson, and secondly, Ning Zhongkun always needs a chance to build a good relationship with other officials, which has allowed him to His official career went a little smoother, so he didn't care much about it. He just stayed in the back house all day long and didn't come out to meet guests.

On the last day of Duke Ning's funeral, that is, the first seven o'clock, the eldest prince Si Kongyue, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly appeared in the Duke's mansion. It was the first time in the Great Zhou that such a royal family member personally attended an official's funeral. While the officials present were discussing, they were all guessing whether Si Kongyue was thinking about something else, so that later when Ning Zhongkun personally invited Sikongyue into the backyard for a detailed discussion, the discussion became even more clamorous.

When Ning Yuan returned home, he found that many people had already gathered in the room.

Sikongxuan was dressed in casual clothes, and sat around with Zhao Mo, Jing Yi, and Huyan Yuanchen, as if they were waiting for him.

Seeing him coming in, before anyone else spoke, Zhao Mo joked first: "Look at my brother's expression, I think I saw a really good show in Ningguo's mansion today."

"No, if it wasn't for not wanting to see Ning Zhongkun's arrogant face, maybe I would join in the fun of this embarrassing show." Jing Yi echoed and clasped his hands, making a trembling expression.

Huyan Yuanchen was the first to get up, walked to Ning Yuan and helped him take off the blue official uniform outside, and asked with some concern: "Did those people make things difficult for you?"

After the two returned from Daxia, Huyan Yuanchen settled down completely in Huajing, but out of consideration for Ning Yuan's family, including the Tang family and Ning Xin'er, he did not directly live in Ning's house. Instead, he spent money to buy back the former Proton Mansion. Anyway, the two places are close to each other, and it is convenient to come and go frequently.

"Naturally, I won't have a good look at me. Fortunately, I just do my best. After all, Ning Guogong is my uncle in terms of seniority, and he treats me well. I have to go." Ning Yuan smiled helplessly. He smiled, walked to the table with Huyan Yuanchen and sat down.

Others may not go to Ning Guogong's funeral, but he just can't. Leaving aside the relationship between the two relatives, his current position as the head of the Confucian Academy was recommended by the old Ning Guogong on his behalf. It's a pity that Ning Yuan went so far thinking about love, but he suffered a lot of uselessness because of it.

Not to mention that Ning Zhongkun has never been too fond of offshoots of the Ning family like him, and because of his close relationship with Sikongxuan and others, he has long been classified as a party of the six princes, and has been ruled by the eldest prince's faction. Seeing that Ning Zhongkun was about to fall to the First Prince's side, it would be strange to give him a good look.

"So, son, you haven't been able to talk to Ning Zhongkun?" Sikong Xuan asked.

"Of course not