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Dai Quan hurriedly said: "Prince Zhongshun is only in his 40s, and he doesn't look old when he walks. It must be because he doesn't like too lively parties. The emperor invites him to the banquet at the end of every year, and he seldom comes."

Shui Ruoyang sighed: "If he really doesn't like to pretend to be sick, I won't blame him. But he likes opera singers, and he likes to be jealous of others. I believe it's not groundless. If he blames the princess for not leaving him Son, he has a weird temper, but now he has a son, and the daughter is the most among our four brothers, so many young women have been added to his family these years, why didn't he say that his health is not good?" Dai Quan said: "The emperor The reason I have always treated Prince Zhongshun kindly is because His Majesty is based on benevolence and morality, and values ​​brotherhood with Prince Zhongshun."

Shui Ruoyang said: "I value brotherhood for decades. It was originally because the Supreme Emperor favored him, and I also thought he was my youngest brother. His birth mother, the old concubine, is kind and I have always respected him. The Supreme Emperor I have been bedridden for so many years, the elder brother was personally ordered by the Supreme Emperor to stay in the capital, but I, the youngest brother, violated the precepts of my ancestors and left him in the capital. But what he does does not act like a prince style!"

Dai Quan hurriedly said: "The emperor's treatment of the Zhongshun Palace can be said to be the most benevolent, and all civil and military officials know this."

Shui Ruoyang thought for a while and said: "Dai Quan, in the afternoon, you will personally go to Prince Zhongshun's mansion to deliver a message that King Zhongshun must go to the palace for a banquet tomorrow, saying that I still have something to say to all the royal family members!"

After hearing this, Dai Quan hurriedly said, "Your servant obeys!"

It turned out that this King Zhongshun, named Shui Ruo'an, was born to Concubine Shu of the late emperor, and Miaoyu's father, Prince Yizhong, and the Son of Heaven, King Beijing, were half brothers.Shui Ruoan, who is in his 40s this year, has also studied martial arts since elementary school, but since the death of the Supreme Emperor, he is not willing to take up the post of the history of the capital operation because of the reason of physical discomfort, so Shui Ruoyang simply let him work in the palace rest.

Yesterday, Shui Ruoan was drinking with some concubines in the palace. He heard that the crown prince sent someone to pass on the emperor's oral order, saying that the palace hosted a banquet on the 24th. He replied: "My lord is not feeling well these days, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the palace to have a banquet in person, but the concubine and the prince will definitely go."

Right now, Shui Ruo'an has nine daughters, and Shi Zi Shui Tan is only eight years old.However, there are two concubines who are already pregnant again.Shui Ruo'an had a total of four concubines, the first two concubines were bestowed by the former emperor, but both died within three years, leaving behind a daughter respectively.The third concubine was married by the concubine. She had three daughters and died of illness 15 years ago.The current Princess Zhongshun is exactly 30 years old this year and has a daughter and a son.

Since three years ago, Shui Ruo'an has been adding new people to the mansion, and there are nearly 20 concubines in the concubine's room right now.Last year alone, Princess Zhongshun had three princesses born.However, there are so many women who are loyal to the palace, and their offspring are not prosperous, and there is still only a boy named Shuitan who was born to the princess.

Different from the other three brothers, Shui Ruo'an, besides being good at both civil and martial arts, also has a kind of dark prey that is hard to detect, which Shui Ruoyang and Shui Ruoning both know.But the Supreme Emperor loves Wu Jiwu, and has always favored the only son of Concubine Shu, who is also the youngest prince.When the Supreme Emperor was dying, he specifically asked Shui Ruoyang to treat this brother Zhongshun kindly, and even gave King Zhongshun a gold medal to avoid death.

At the beginning, the two concubines married into Prince Zhongshun's mansion, and within three years, they both passed away one after another.It was rumored that Shui Ruo'an's house raised children and opera singers, and the emperor laughed it off.Later, it was rumored that Shui Ruo'an was eccentric and cruel in Prince Zhongshun's residence, because Shui Ruo'an hadn't messed around outside after all, so Shui Ruo'an also turned a blind eye.

In recent years, King Zhongshun has changed his tricks and sent people to go to the south of the Yangtze River to buy beauties and take concubines.Shui Ruoyang also pretended not to know, and still sent people to the palace to have a banquet during the Chinese New Year.Shui Ruoan seldom enters the palace, but whenever Shui Ruoyang invites, she usually asks the concubine to bring the prince there.

In the afternoon, Shui Ruo'an was watching his eight-year-old eldest son writing in the water pool in the room, when his servant came to report: "My lord, Eunuch Dai Quan who is beside the emperor is here."

Shui Ruo'an was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Why is Dai Quan here? Didn't I say that I won't go to the princess and prince tomorrow to enter the palace?"

Seeing that Shui Ruo'an was still sitting upright, the princess persuaded: "My lord, why don't you go out and meet Eunuch Dai?"

After hearing this, Shui Ruo'an stood up and said, "Let Dai Quan go to the flower hall in front, the king will come right away."

Dai Quan waited in the flower hall for a while, only to see Shui Ruoan coming out wearing a fur coat, looking at Dai Quan with a half-smile and saying: "Eunuch Dai, I don't know why the emperor asked you to come? Not good, so this king wants to rest in the mansion. Eunuch Dai will not come to spread the news about entering the palace for a banquet, right?"

Dai Quan went up to see Li, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty knows that your health is not good, but your Majesty said that every year before the royal family banquet, it is a custom passed down from the ancestors. Now the Majesty and the two princes are no longer young, It is not easy for all the clan members to reunite like this. It is a year if everyone can gather together. If the prince is inconvenient to walk, the emperor said that the prince is not an outsider, and the chariot can go directly to the Taiji Hall. If the prince wants to go back to the mansion early to rest, it is also possible. "

After hearing this, Shui Ruo'an had no choice but to say: "Since this is the case, Eunuch Dai will report back to the emperor. The king and the concubine will bring the six sons and princesses into the palace tomorrow."

On the morning of the 24th, Prince Shui Ruoning of Beijing and the young prince Shui Rong went to the court first, saying that after the next court, Shui Rong would come back to pick up Daiyu and the princess into the palace.Shui Xi didn't go because his legs and feet were inconvenient.

At Sishi, Shui Rong came back from the palace and took Princess Beijing and Daiyu into the palace.Because he was afraid that Daiyu would lose something, Shui Rong let Daiyu and the princess Shui Yiyi Miaoyu sit at the same table.Thinking that Li Bing never wanted to title her title, Shui Ruoyang asked Li Bing to go with Crown Princess Shui Yiyi Daiyu Miaoyu.

Because of Shui Yiyi, Daiyu and the Crown Princess Miaoyu quickly became familiar with Li Bing, and they had similar temperaments and similar interests, so Daiyu knew that this Li Bing was really outstanding, no wonder he became all the concubines of Shui Ruoyang One of the most beloved.

"I heard that Miss Li is outstanding in everything. How about we play chess after dinner?" Miaoyu was the first to suggest.

Li Bing hurriedly said: "I am as good as Princess Miaoyuyiyi said, but when I entered the palace, I stayed in the nunnery on the mountain for many years, so my heart is more peaceful."

When Miaoyu heard that Li Bing had been in the nunnery for many years, she couldn't help being surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Miss Li, I have stayed in the nunnery for more than ten years. Miaoyu thought that this palace has the same experience as me."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Miss Miao Huang has met a bosom friend today."

Shui Yiyi said: "You don't know, Miss Li can play chess, understands medical principles, has good handwriting, and can dance swords. Sister Miaohuang, believe it or not, I want to learn how to dance swords too. When I am free, I will learn sword from Miss Li."

Several people laughed and said: "Yiyi, if you want to talk about learning the sword, I'm afraid that once you pick up the sword, others will run away."

Shui Yiyi said: "How could it be? You don't know, Miss Li is very good at dancing swords. If you ask me, my fourth brother and fifth brother are just as good at it."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Yiyi, your fourth and fifth brothers learn martial arts because they are men. If you want to learn swords, do you want to be a princess general?"

Shui Yiyi said seriously: "Is it not possible? I remember Princess Pingyang of Datang, and she helped her father win the world. If I am as powerful as Miss Li, I can't share my father's worries, and I can protect myself , you can also go out to fight for justice."

After Shui Yiyi finished speaking, she looked at the princess and said, "Sister-in-law, when I learn it, I will teach my three nieces, what do you think?"

Miaoyu smiled and said: "Sister Huang, if you really learn it and let the children of the emperor's sister-in-law learn it, then our princesses after the Celestial Dynasty will all become heroic princesses."

Shui Yiyi said: "Sister Miaohuang, is this not good? If there is a war at our border in the future, I will also go to the battlefield."

After hearing this, Li Bing couldn't help laughing and said, "Princess Yiyi, if we learn this kind of swordsmanship, we won't be able to go to the battlefield. My master said that the martial arts in the battlefield are completely different from those in the rivers and lakes."

Shui Yiyi said: "Why is it different? Isn't it better to have martial arts?"

Li Bingdao: "My master said that if you want to go to the battlefield, you must be good at using long weapons, and you must be proficient in bows, horses, knives and guns. If you want to go to the rivers and lakes, you must have lightness skills and be familiar with swordsmanship."