Make peace with the Lord of the Prairie

Ming Qianqian asked Ming Heng: "Is my brother looking for a sister-in-law for me?"

Ming Heng was stunned for a moment, and asked: "Who did you hear from?"

"Father," Ming Qianqian held his face and looked at his elder brother with a smile, "Just now, father sent the imperial grandma back to the palace, and he mentioned you on the way. He said that he was going to make you a king and a concubine by the way. I have chosen the address of the house outside the palace. Brother, which girl are you going to marry? Is the emperor's wife pretty?"

"How do I know?" Ming Heng thought of He Zexi's upcoming marriage, and suddenly became depressed again, "Who said I was going to get married, did they ask my opinion?"

"Ah? You don't know? So it was decided by the emperor without authorization?" Ming Qianqian was disappointed for a moment, and then tried to persuade, "Brother, you should also accept a concubine. The prince brother had a second son when you were your age. gone."

Now that Ming Heng heard the word "marriage", he couldn't get angry at all, and his tone was rather impatient: "Don't worry about this matter, I know it well."

Faced with his brother's lukewarm attitude, Ming Qianqian felt a little hurt, snorted angrily, and said angrily, "I'm also thinking of you. I know you have always wanted to leave the palace to build a mansion, but you don't even have a princess No, how could the royal father let you out of the palace!"

"..."

Ming Qianqian's temper came and went even faster, and after she said angrily, she grabbed Ming Heng's arm and asked with a smile: "Brother, do you have someone you like?"

Ming Heng lowered his face and said a lesson: "Kids, don't ask random questions!"

Ming Qianqian was pleasantly surprised: "It really is! Which girl is it? Is it pretty?"

Ming Heng poured tea non-stop and ignored it.

Ming Qianqian was also extremely patient, and had to ask questions to find an answer.Ming Heng was tortured to the point of suffering, put down his teacup, and said with a helpless smile: "What's the use of looking good, it's already impossible, he's about to get married."

"Ah? You are the prince. Which girl is so blind that she dares to abandon you?!" Ming Qianqian rolled up her sleeves and said angrily, "Brother, tell me which woman it is, and I will teach her a lesson!"

Ming Heng patted her forehead lightly: "Stop making trouble, it has nothing to do with him, it's just my wishful thinking from the beginning to the end."

Ming Qianqian also sighed with regret, resentful in her heart: Whose girl is so short-sighted, and her brother who is so good-looking doesn't even like her, and she doesn't know who her husband is.

"Brother, don't be sad," Ming Qianqian grabbed Ming Heng's hand, and comforted him solemnly, "Where is there no grass in the end of the world! That woman has no vision, she deserves that she can't get you! The next one will be better!"

Ming Heng pulled up the corners of his lips and smiled perfunctorily.

After a few more days, the curtain came to an end, and Emperor Qianyuan brought Jiang Kuo to trial.Jiang Kuo didn't dare to hide anything, and confessed Jiang Taisheng's various crimes in Chengzhou Mansion over the years.Emperor Qianyuan was furious, and ordered people to go to Chengzhou Mansion to arrest Jiang Taisheng and other culprits on the spot.

The moment Jiang Taisheng saw the prison cart, he trembled like chaff, knowing that his time was approaching, he was escorted into the prison cart without any resistance.After Jiang Taisheng was escorted back to the capital, he was thrown into the sky prison and interrogated overnight.Jiang Taisheng confessed to his crime.

Three days later, Jiang Taisheng was questioned and beheaded, and all the local officials related to Jiang Taisheng under the Chengzhou government were dismissed and exiled, and none of them were spared.After losing Jiang Taisheng's protection, a group of bandits who had lived in Chengzhou Mansion for many years were quickly wiped out by the court.

As for Ming Heng, because of his unannounced visits, he was conferred the title of King Hui on the second day after all the affairs in Chengzhou Mansion were settled.

For the master to become the king, everyone in the Chonghua Palace was overjoyed.A group of brothers also sent generous congratulatory gifts whether out of sincerity or out of courtesy, and the empress dowager also called Ming Heng to speak a few words of her own.

Only the person involved, Ming Heng, has been depressed, unable to see the slightest joy - because the date of He Zexi's marriage to the daughter of Prime Minister Wei's family has already been set, on the tenth day of April, a month later, the date will be set by Emperor Qianyuan himself.

Since that day, Ming Heng has never looked for He Zexi again.And He Zexi never looked for him in the future.

On this day, Ming Qianqian came to Chonghua Palace, wearing nondescript men's clothing.Ming Heng said with disgust: "What kind of attire are you wearing? Go and change it!"

"I don't." Ming Qianqian seemed to like this look very much, and happily turned around in front of Ming Heng, and said, "I dressed like this specially."

"What the hell are you planning?"

"Brother," Ming Qianqian leaned closer, smiled flatteringly, and said Jiao Didi, "You can come out of the palace with me to play."

"Out of the palace?"

"Yeah," Ming Qianqian said, "I haven't been out of the palace to see it since I came back from Nanyin Temple. I'm almost suffocated. You can go out with me for a stroll. I promise, this time I will listen to you obediently. Don't run around!"

"No." Ming Heng refused without even thinking about it, "If Royal Father finds out, I'll have to walk away without food."

"No, no, my father is busy receiving envoys from various countries these days, so I don't have time to take care of me, so I won't be discovered. Brother, just take me there." Ming Qianqian hugged Ming Heng's arm and acted like a spoiled child. Anyway, he didn't see him nodding for a long time, and he lay down on the table discouragedly, wondering, "Brother, don't you like to run outside the palace most of the time, what's the matter recently? You are like a lady, staying at the gate of Chonghua Palace If you don't go out and don't take another step, you won't be like you anymore."

Ming Heng was a little lost. Just half an hour ago, Xiao Fan had said similar things to him.

He has always disliked all kinds of rules in the palace, in order to avoid these rules, he ran outside the palace, wishing to go out three times a day.But since he came back from Northwest, he hasn't been out of the palace a few times, and he has rejected all of Guan Ze's invitations.Everyone said that he had changed his gender, but only he knew that it wasn't that he didn't want to leave the palace, but he didn't dare.He was afraid that if he left the palace gate, he could not help running to Duke Wei's mansion.

He Zexi is going to get married soon, and he must put away all his feelings for him before he gets married.

However, Ming Qianqian didn't know all this, she just felt that if her brother continued to stay in Chonghua Palace, she would get moldy, and she would pull him away no matter what she said, even threatening with brother-sister relationship.

Ming Heng couldn't resist her, so he could only sneak out of the palace with her.

After leaving the palace gate, Ming Qianqian opened the curtain and said to Qing Feng who was driving: "Go to the official Shangshu Mansion first."

Ming Heng wondered: "What are you going to the government for?"

Ming Qianqian smiled mysteriously, shook his head and said, "You'll know when you go."

After half a cup of tea, the carriage arrived at Hubu Shangshu's Mansion.There was someone waiting at the gate of Shangshu Mansion.

Ming Qianqian leaned out half of her body from the car window, and excitedly waved to the man: "Brother Guan Ze!"

Guan Ze also waved Hui's hand and got into the carriage with a smile.

Ming Qianqian approached him to claim credit: "Brother Guan Ze, I brought him here."

"Great, we really need Xiaojiu to do this kind of thing." Guan Ze touched Ming Qianqian's head with a smile, then took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, and handed it over, "Lu Fengzhai's nougat, remember You like to buy some specially."

"Thank you, Brother Guan Ze." Ming Qianqian hugged the oiled paper bag happily, sat back next to Ming Heng and started eating wholeheartedly.

The official sat down opposite the two.Mingheng poured a cup of tea for his younger sister, and asked the official: "Is it your idea to ask Jiu'er to pull me out?"

The official admitted it frankly, and then complained: "Who told you to refuse my invitation again and again, in order to call you out, I can only ask Xiao Jiu."

Ming Heng frowned: "What's the matter asking me to come out?"

"It's not a big deal. Isn't Zexi getting married soon? There is a banquet in Jinghe Garden today. You should go too."

Ming Heng's eyes dimmed, and he refused without thinking: "I won't go."

Guan Ze raised his brows lightly, leaned back on the carriage with his hands folded, and said unhurriedly: "It's late, we'll be at Jinghe Garden soon."

Mingheng raised the curtains of the car and looked out, as expected, he was on the familiar road to Jinghe Garden, and he was just around the corner.He lowered the curtain and glared at Guan Ze.

The official sized up his friend suspiciously: "Usually, when I heard that Zexi Yanyou ran faster than anyone else, what happened today? Are you two at odds?"

"No." Ming Heng replied in a muffled voice.

The official didn't believe it: "You still said no, when you mention Zexi, your face is almost as dark as the bottom of a pot."

"If you say no, then there will be no!" Ming Heng couldn't help being a little annoyed.

Seeing that his friend was really annoyed, Guan Ze didn't dare to say anything more. He thought for a while and said, "If you really don't want to go, forget it. I'll tell Qingfeng to turn around and let's go back. It's just...the owner of Jingheyuan also specially explained that I will Take it with you, and say that you have brought in a new batch of flower seeds from the south, and you want to give you some."

"Han Huan?" Ming Heng was taken aback.

The official didn't answer but asked instead: "Han Huan? You are so intimate. When did the relationship between you two get so good?"

Ming Heng didn't answer, but asked anxiously, "Haan Huan is back?"

"I don't know if I will come back or not, but he was in Jinghe Garden when I went yesterday." The official asked, "How is it? Are you still going to this Jinghe Garden?"

"..." Mingheng hesitated again and again, "Go."

Although he didn't want to see He Zexi, Han Huan hadn't seen him for a long time, and he really wanted to.

Ming Heng arrived at Jinghe Garden with a heavy heart.

The housekeeper of Jinghe Garden had been waiting at the door for a long time, and when they saw Guan Ze and his party, they immediately greeted him with smiles: "Young Master Guan is here, Mr. He and the others have been waiting for you at the Huxin Pavilion for a long time."

"I picked up a friend on the way, it's late." The official didn't introduce Ming Heng brother and sister, and followed the housekeeper into the mansion after exchanging a few greetings.

The housekeeper took the three of them directly to the backyard, and as soon as they approached the Huxin Pavilion, they heard the sound of drinking orders.When he got closer, the man in white who was leaning on the railing in the pavilion and drinking alone came straight into Ming Heng's sight.

Looking at that thin back, Ming Heng's heart suddenly ached, and he couldn't take another step outside the pavilion.

Ming Qianqian was the first to notice his strangeness, and turned around and asked, "Brother, why didn't you leave?"

Guan Ze also stopped when he heard the words: "What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable? Why is your face so ugly?"

Mingheng shook his head, forced himself to look away, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, calmed down and asked the housekeeper, "Is your master at the house?"

"Yes, yes." The housekeeper asked, "Master, do you want to find my master?"

Mingheng nodded: "If it's convenient, I'd like to have a few words with your master."

The butler glanced at Guan Ze before hesitantly nodded: "Then, come with me, my lord. Please feel free, Mr. Guan, you can just call someone if you need something."

The official then asked Mingheng: "I've already walked, you really don't want to go in?"

"I won't go in," Mingheng said, "I don't know any of these people well except you, and they are reserved when I am here, so I won't join in the fun. By the way, Qianqian will ask you to take care of it."

"Brother..." Ming Qianqian wanted to follow Ming Heng, but Ming Heng refused.

"Follow the official rules. I'll pick you up when it's over." Ming Heng left the small fan and Qing Feng to Ming Qianqian, and left the Huxin Pavilion alone with the housekeeper.

The housekeeper directly took him to a house in the backyard, pointed to a closed door and said to Mingheng: "The master is not feeling well these days and is resting in the house. Please stay for a while, sir, and let me know when I go in." .”

Ming Heng stood in front of the house in a regular manner: "It's time to work."

The butler quickly left and returned: "Sir, please sit in the side hall for a while, my master will be there soon."

Ming Heng didn't have any urgent matters, so he drank tea slowly in the side hall.

After a cup of tea, Han Huan finally appeared.

"See Your Highness King Hui." Han Huan was about to salute as soon as he entered the room, but Ming Heng stopped him in time.

"There are no outsiders here, what are you doing all these fools." Ming Heng helped Han Huan up, saw that his complexion was not good, and asked concerned, "I heard from the housekeeper that you are not feeling well, is it serious? Have you asked the doctor to see it?"

Han Huan smiled lightly, and said, "It's just a small problem, it's not a problem, just take some medicine and you'll be fine."

"That's good."

Han Huan sat down opposite Ming Heng, poured a cup of tea for Ming Heng and asked: "Today, He Shizi is entertaining all friends at the Huxin Pavilion, why doesn't His Highness join us?"

Ming Heng picked up the teacup and took a sip, said: "They won't let go of me there, so I won't bother myself. It just so happened that I haven't seen you for a while, so I came to see you."

"Your Highness is worried," Han Huan said, "In that case, can Your Highness go to Merlin to have a look? I just harvested some flower seeds from the south a few days ago, and they are all novelties that are not commonly seen in the north. Is your Highness interested? "

Mingheng's curiosity was aroused: "Then go and have a look."

On the way to Meilin, Mingheng asked casually: "Do you have a good relationship with Zexi?"

Han Huan paused, and asked back, "Why does Your Highness ask such a question?"

Ming Heng analyzed: "I'm willing to lend my backyard to him to entertain guests, I think it's a good relationship."

Han Huan smiled slightly, and did not deny it: "I do have some friendship with He Shizi, he often comes to my house to drink with me."

Mingheng asked curiously: "How did you know each other?"

"We've known each other since childhood."

"So early?" Mingheng was a little surprised, "I never heard Zexi mention it."

"It's also my fault that I don't stay at home often. I run all over the world. I don't live long in Kyoto."

"By the way," Ming Heng recalled the two met in the northwest a few days ago, so he casually mentioned, "Where did you go after you left Jin County? The Persian lady shopkeeper said you went to Qinghe County, but I was in Qinghe County I haven't seen you for days."

"..." Han Huan paused, then said slowly, "I'm going for a visit."

"Ye Ruo?" Ming Heng was surprised, "What are you going there for?"

"Went to meet some old friends."

Mingheng laughed: "Do you still have old friends while you're in the middle?"

"We met in a business a few years ago." Han Huan turned his head and asked Ming Heng, "Has your Highness ever been to Ye Ruo?"

Mingheng shook his head and said: "I haven't been there, but I heard from the old officials who have been to Yerou in the imperial court that there are endless grasslands, and there are herds of cattle and sheep. The men in Yerou explained Weiwuzi, women are strong and domineering, and both men and women are good. Riding and archery is very different from Anling."

Han Huan asked again: "Does Your Highness know anything about Yerou's monarch?"

"Tuobahong?" Ming Heng raised his head and thought for a moment, then said slowly, "I heard that Tuobahong is cruel and cold-blooded, with brute force, he can tear a cow apart with his power, and his temper is so ruthless. If something goes wrong, he beats and scolds the people around him. I heard that there was a time when a servant accidentally brought him the wrong clothes, and Tuoba Hong tore the man in half when he got angry!"

"..."

Ming Heng talked more and more vigorously, and after he finished talking about the anecdote, he clicked his tongue twice, and commented insatiably: "Tuobahong is too cruel, he is not a benevolent king."

"..."