When the ship berthed, officers and soldiers were questioning and evacuating the crowd on the shore.
The eunuch who knew the identity of the ship's owner in advance took a few extra glances at Ning Zhi and his party when they disembarked, but saw that the leader was a young man in white, with waist-length black hair tied only with a ribbon, loose and unrestrained.
The eunuch murmured to himself, why is this King Ning different from what was said in the news from the capital?
Fortunately, he still remembered the reminder from the visitor before, and seeing that his subordinates were almost interrogated, he ordered people to gather to salvage the body of the man in black that sank to the bottom of the lake.
Ning Zhi and his party left Mingyue Lake with ease as the eunuch deliberately let them go.
When parting, Wang Qingyuan carefully peeked at Zhu Yijun who was being supported by the maid, and said to Ning Zhi in a low voice: "Brother Ning, there is a knife on the head of Sezi, be careful."
Ning Zhi felt a little surprised, just like meeting Zhu Yijun who was hunted down while traveling in the lake today.
But when you think about it carefully, it seems to be taken for granted? !
After all, different ways of appearing on the stage will naturally leave different impressions on the opponent.
In the storybook, Wang Qingyuan fell in love with 'Zhu Yijun' at first sight, because the two people first met in different scenes, different places, and different identities. One is the daughter of the high-ranking Zhennan King, and the other is the little staff who has not been reused. .
The first time I glimpsed the peerless beauty of the other party, I regarded him as a fairy in my heart. Under such circumstances, it is inevitable to feel admiration in my heart.
It's not like the current Zhu Yijun, who swings his sword and cuts people's eyes without blinking; his whole body is covered in injuries, and he doesn't see 'she' make a sound.How can Wang Qingyuan, who has never experienced the cruelty of war and the corpses everywhere, not be afraid?Furthermore, the person who rescued Zhu Yijun was Ning Zhi. Under such circumstances, how could Wang Qingyuan still feel good feelings?
Ning Zhi patted Wang Qingyuan's shoulder in satisfaction, and in turn comforted Wang Qingyuan, "Brother Wang, you still don't understand being a brother?"
As he said that, he gestured with his hand, "The heart of being a brother is so big, it is full of beautiful concubines from the family, how can there be room for other women?!"
These words fell into Wang Qingyuan's ears as a matter of course, but in Zhu Yijun's ears, they were especially harsh.
After Wang Qingyuan left, Zhu Yijun, who had originally planned to go ashore, didn't speak for a long time. He darkly looked at King Ning who was walking in front, and the corners of his lips hidden under the curtain were slightly curled up. Didn't he say that he wanted to become a monk? ?Return the three-bedroom concubine, heh!
Zhu Yijun didn't mention leaving, but Ning Zhi couldn't forget him.
He sent Wang Qingyuan away, his light eyes fell on Zhu Yijun who was on the verge of falling, he paused, and said: "Yuan Bao, bring some silver taels to this young lady, and escort her to the front clinic."
King Ning said so, and Zhu Yijun couldn't stay anymore.
Enduring the abdominal pain, he bent down and saluted. As soon as he opened his mouth, a mouthful of fishy sweetness gushed out of his throat, followed by rapid dizziness. He fell down without any defense.
The servant girl quickly supported his thin body, Yuan Bao frowned and said, "My lord, this..."
Ning Zhi raised his eyebrows, "Forget it, a good man will do his best to the end, let's take it back."
Ning Zhi took the people back to the mansion, and the housekeeper who received the news came up to meet him, and asked him if he was injured, and if he needed to call the doctor to take a look.
Doctor Zhang, who was ignored by the housekeeper, felt a little sad.
I always feel that after leaving the capital, apart from not having to worry about the fact that his head will not be on his neck the next moment, his status as an imperial physician is useless.
Even the woman King Ning rescued didn't need him to take the pulse, as long as he took a bottle of golden sore medicine, he would be fine, and he could prove that he was a doctor when he took the pulse of the frightened frail scholar.
Ning Zhi listened to the housekeeper's babbling concern, until he was about to enter the hall, he paused, turned his head and told Yuan Bao, "You can arrange for the young lady you brought back, and order a trustworthy maid to take care of her."
Yuan Bao wondered in his heart whether the prince had taken a fancy to this girl.
It's not his fault that he thought too much, the previous prince had no restraint on female sex, the reason why there were only three concubines in the backyard was because the prince spent most of his energy thinking about how to deal with Zhu Dongjun.
But now the prince is pure-hearted and ascetic, not to mention entering the house of the three Zhuzi, it is a brothel, and the prince has never mentioned it.
If the prince hadn't been recuperating some time ago and went to school later, the three masters in the backyard would have come to him to secretly inquire about the prince.
Yuan Bao, who consciously guessed the prince's thoughts, arranged Zhu Yijun in the wing room not far from Ningzhi's bedroom, and thoughtfully kept the maid who was given to the prince by the queen mother, and turned to look for Zhang Tai doctor, and ordered Zhang Tai's medical staff to take care of the maid who entered the palace. The girl who had the prince's eye was cured.
After he had arranged everything and it was getting late, he went to ventilate with the butler again, and then returned to the prince to stand by.
When Ning Zhi was having dinner, a servant came to report that Wang Qingyuan was waiting for him to go over in the wing room on the second floor of Baihua Building.
He paused for a moment, and then remembered that tonight was the day when Baihualou chose the oiran, and Wang Qingyuan had forgotten about it when he was shocked, but he didn't expect that within two hours, Wang Qingyuan even booked the box.
After making some preparations at home, he went out with Yuan Bao and two hidden guards.
Wang Qingyuan is the youngest son of the owner of Yangzhou cloth shop. His family is well-off, but the status of a businessman is not high in this dynasty; and when Ning Zhi introduced his identity before, he reported that he was a distant relative of Mrs. Nanyang Hou.
Therefore, it seems that he is a confidant who cherishes each other, but it may not be because he is a relative of Nanyang King behind him.
But Ning Zhi had been with Wang Qingyuan for a while, and found that this person was indeed worthy of friendship, so he didn't mind the purpose of Wang Qingyuan's friendship with him.
As soon as Ning Zhi left, Zhu Yijun woke up on his back.
As soon as he woke up, he first found himself in a strange place, and then he found that his clothes had been changed. He sat up abruptly, raised his hand to touch his face, and found that the veil on his face was gone. The hand under the brocade quilt immediately clenched into a fist, and a murderous intent emerged from the bottom of the dark eyes, and then, the next moment——
"The girl brought back by the prince is really beautiful. I have never seen anyone as beautiful as her."
"So what about being beautiful, there is no flesh on the chest, besides..." The maid who was holding the dinner looked around for a while, and then whispered: "I heard from Mama Cao who was setting the fire in the kitchen that the prince didn't even eat dinner. How much, said to go to Baihualou with a stomach."
"Really?" The maid who was carrying the medicinal soup asked in surprise.
"Of course it's true. So, the prince is very fond of the girl's face in the movie. If he really likes it, why didn't he come to see her and go to Baihualou instead?"
While the two maidservants were talking, they had already entered the inner room.
Zhu Yijun lay back on the bed, closed his eyes, and the violent ups and downs of his chest showed that he was not calm at the moment.
He didn't understand why he felt very uncomfortable when he heard this passage, just like being hunted down before, he didn't choose to flee to the shore, but fled instinctively to King Ning's boat. This inexplicable behavior is like He firmly believed that King Ning would not refuse to save him, and even fainted in front of King Ning without any worries. It happened suddenly and without reason.
But he clearly hated King Ning before...
Zhu Yijun couldn't figure it out, so he simply opened his eyes. Under the service of the maid, he drank the medicine and ate some liquid food. He felt a little strength in his body. He looked at the surrounding environment calmly, and said to the maid: , "The wound hurts a bit, can I trouble you to call the doctor for me?"
"Girl's wound hurts?"
As soon as Zhu Yijun spoke, a gentle maid came in from outside carrying incense, and said with a smile: "Miss, wait a moment, this servant will send someone to find the doctor."
"Are you?" Zhu Yijun looked at the visitor pretending to be puzzled, "What kind of place is this?"
"Miss, you can just call your servant Xueshuang. This is Prince Ning's Mansion. The person who saved you is our prince." As she spoke, she asked someone to invite Doctor Zhang, and she went forward to check Zhu Yijun's wound. As soon as she lifted the quilt, she saw The snow-white cloth strip was covered with red blood, she said worriedly: "No wonder the girl said that the wound hurts, it turned out that the wound was opened."
"My lord?" Zhu Yijun's expression changed drastically, "The person who saved me today is, is..."
"Girl, don't be afraid, our prince is...a good man." Xueshuang would not believe this if she put it in the past, but the current prince is indeed a good man.
Zhu Yijun sneered in his heart, if King Ning was a good person, there would be no such thing as the New Year's Eve palace banquet, but he didn't show it on the face, and said with a bit of vigilance: "But I heard that girl just now, your family The prince has taken a fancy to me and wants to keep me as a concubine..."
Xueshuang's eyes darkened, she belonged to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother told her to keep an eye on the prince, not to let the prince secretly go to the temple to become a monk, and even promised herself that if she could climb into the prince's bed, she would be pregnant with a baby. With a son and a half daughter, the queen mother made the decision to send herself to the prince's backyard.
But she has seen too many concubines in the palace fighting for His Majesty's favor, each with their own unique tricks, ranging from miscarriage to being unable to conceive children for life, and even losing their lives.
And although there are not many people in the backyard of the prince, the prince is not married. If he meets a kind-hearted mistress, he can rely on his children to keep a place in the mansion. The concubine's son and daughter's fate would be even worse than that of the concubine.
So she just wants to be a maid in peace, and when she reaches her age, she will either let the prince decide the marriage, or go out of the palace to find a good family to marry.
But these two girls who chew their tongues...
Recently, the prince doesn't go into the backyard, and he has no interest in female sex at all. She is so worried that she doesn't know how to report back to the queen mother. If the prince suddenly brings back a woman, if these two gossips are scared away...
She suppressed the cruelty in her eyes, and gently helped Zhu Yijun heal the wound with her hands, then raised her head to comfort her: "Miss, you are worrying too much. My prince is not a lustful person. When he brought the girl back, he only saw that the girl was seriously injured. I can't bear it, you rest in peace, Xueshuang goes to see if the doctor has come."
After finishing speaking, she turned around and cast her sharp eyes on the two trembling maidservants, "Come out with me."
Xueshuang left with the two maidservants.
Zhu Yijun lay expressionless on the bed, not paying any attention to what was about to happen to the two maidservants.
Because in his opinion, talking about the master behind his back should be punished.
He temporarily put aside his inexplicable emotions and thought about how to inform his father.
This matter started with his investigation of 'Jiuxiang'. At the time when brother was beaten for no reason, he went to 'Jiuxiang' to investigate in person to see who gave him Ruanjin powder. The investigation found out why, but he heard that the second prince was discussing with King Pingjun how to get rid of his father.
There are only three sons under his knees now, the eldest prince is twenty this year, he is not from the middle palace, and his mother's family background is not obvious. In the absence of His Majesty as a crown prince, he has no advantage other than being the eldest son.
The second prince is eighteen this year, and he is the son of the current empress, and the empress is the daughter of the grand master who has never had a problem with the Zhennan Palace.
The eighth prince is fourteen, born of the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine's mother's family is the King of Nanyang, who has no real power, but has always been on good terms with the Zhu family, and the eighth prince is the youngest, and is used to please the emperor, so except for the most beloved King Ning belongs to the Eighth Prince.
It is understandable that the second prince wanted to get rid of their Zhu family.
If he changed his position, he would do the same, but now the person who is going to be removed is Zhu Jia, which is not good.
When he first heard the words "get rid of Zhennan King" from the people inside, he wanted to get closer to listen to the plans of the people inside the door, but he never expected that there was a dog in the hidden guard next to the second prince. Nose, because he has been drinking medicine all year round, and his body smells like medicine, so he noticed it as soon as he got close.
He was hunted out of the city by the second prince's men, and he couldn't even get rid of the pursuit and find a chance to return home.
He had no choice but to run for his life all the way, chasing and killing all the way from the capital to Jiangnan. In fact, he could go to the border, but for some reason, when choosing a direction, he subconsciously chose Jiangnan.
Zhu Yijun put his hands on his chest, and his heart beat faster than before. This situation seemed to have started when he saw King Ning for the first time on the lake.
……
The night is getting thicker and thicker.
The candles in Zhu Yijun's sleeping hall crackled and burned all night until dawn. Xueshuang walked in with two maids with fresh faces. Seeing his haggard appearance, she stepped forward in surprise and said, "Girl didn't sleep all night? But Does the wound hurt again?"
Zhu Yijun sent a secret letter to his father last night, and then he couldn't figure out some things, but he didn't expect the sky to light up in a flash.
He shook his head lightly, thought for a while, and asked, "Has your lord come back?"
"This..." Xueshuang glanced at the bloodless Zhu Yijun on the bed, and said: "My lord rushed to my friend's appointment last night, presumably he stayed with my friend."
"That's it..." Zhu Yijun frowned, yawned, and said, "Miss Xueshuang, when your lord comes back, can you send someone to notify me? After all, your lord and I have saved my life. I want to thank him in person.”
"Of course it is possible." Xueshuang said with a smile.
She waited for Zhu Yijun to drink the medicine, watched him fall asleep again, and then walked out of the inner hall and came to the vestibule.
The housekeeper was drinking tea, and seeing the joy on the little girl's face, he shook his head and said, "Miss Xueshuang, the snow-capped mountain hair tip from the master, try it?"
Xueshuang had something to do with him, and seeing this, she sat down, and in between tastings, she told him about Zhu Yijun, and finally said: "Did the lord say when he will come back? When the girl asked the servant, the servant said that the lord has not come back." , the girl still has some disappointment on her face."
"Oh?" Ning Zhi who happened to walk in raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and instead of continuing to ask about Zhu Yijun, he asked, "Xue Shuang, how old are you this year?"
Xueshuang was stunned for a moment, then bent her knees and replied: "My lord, this servant is nineteen this year."
"It's nineteen."
Xueshuang was one of the two maids left behind by the Queen Mother. Because the two had won the Queen Mother's words, the other one was a little unruly during the time when he was cultivating his body, so he arranged that maid to another In the place where only the cautious snow and frost are left.
He looked at Xueshuang and said, "Is there anyone you like?"
These words made Xueshuang blush, "Go back to the prince, there is nothing."
"Don't worry, you can tell me if you have a sweetheart, and I'll make the decision for you." After that, he changed the topic, drank the hot tea brought by the butler, and asked, "Is the girl brought back yesterday feeling better?" ?”
"I woke up once last night." Speaking of this, Er Xueshuang retreated and said, "The imperial doctor said that the pulse of that girl is very strange..."
Xueshuang didn't know much, Ning Zhi asked the imperial physician, the imperial physician said that just from the pulse condition, it looks like premature death, but after careful consideration, it doesn't look like it, it looks like poison...
The imperial physician couldn't figure it out, but Ning Zhi knew it in his heart, so he didn't ask further.
He asked Xueshuang which wing Zhu Yijun lived in, and when he learned that he was living next to his bedroom, he froze for a moment, glanced at the ingot that was asking for a reward, snorted coldly, and then came to the wing where Zhu Yijun rested temporarily.
Zhu Yijun was very vigilant, and the moment Ning Zhi stepped into the door, he was already awake.
At first he was a maidservant, but the footsteps of the visitor were steady, slightly different from the previous light and light footsteps, his heart tightened, and he closed his eyes with a tension that he didn't even know.
The visitor stopped in front of the bed, and he could feel the visitor's eyes resting on his face.
He waited for the visitor to exclaim, but the visitor turned around and left in the next instant...
Zhu Yijun opened his eyes, looked at the back of the person leaving in disbelief, and raised his hand to touch his smooth and jade-like face. Could it be that he lost too much blood, making his face unattractive?
……
In the next few days, Zhu Yijun never saw King Ning again.
He asked Xueshuang, at the beginning Xueshuang just said that the prince is not in the mansion, after staying for a few days, Xueshuang suddenly said with a bitter face: "The prince went to Lingqing Temple to stay."
"Lingqing Temple?" Zhu Yijun asked in astonishment.
Could it be that King Ning really wanted to become a monk?
Lingqing Temple is a large temple in the south of the Yangtze River.
It was the season when peach blossoms were in full bloom, and many literati made an appointment to go to the mountain behind Lingqing Temple to see peach blossoms. Wang Qingyuan mentioned it to Ning Zhi, and Ning Zhi didn't refuse, so he followed him up the mountain.
After admiring the beauty of the peach blossoms, the two went to the temple to beg for saliva, and happened to meet the master abbot in the temple giving a lecture to his disciples.
Master Abbot is a well-known eminent monk, and his lectures will only benefit people a lot.
Although Ning Zhi didn't believe in Buddhism, he felt that what the old monk said was quite interesting. In addition, Wang Qingyuan always asked him to go to Baihualou recently, so he found an excuse to stay here for a few nights and hide for leisure.
As for Zhu Yijun...
Zhu Yijun in this life is not like the Huo Yijun who was in love in the previous life. Zhu Yijun in this life is very ambitious and has the intention of aspiring to the top of the world. As a prince, if he is too active, he will appear very suspicious, so whether the two of them are destined in this life? have to follow the fate.
Wang Qingyuan was in love with the oiran of Baihualou, how could he be willing to let go of this charming beauty and live with Ningzhi on the mountain to eat fast?
After a few words of persuasion, seeing that Ning Zhi insisted on staying, he left.
Ning Zhi lived in the temple, and occasionally listened to the abbot's lectures on Buddhist scriptures. Life was hard, but he had a different taste.But Xueshuang and the housekeeper couldn't sit still.
They were worried that the prince had really become a monk and had nothing to do with him, so they had no choice but to ask Zhu Yijun.
They felt that the prince was able to bring Zhu Yijun back because he treated him differently from others, so they asked him to help persuade the prince to come back.
Zhu Yijun scoffed at this statement. If it were the previous King Ning, he would still be somewhat sure, but the current King Ning...
When he thought of the back that day, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Forget it, he has been recuperating in Prince Ning's Mansion for many days, and he still has to wait for his father's reply here. If he offends these two rashly, although he will not be kicked out, it is not good for him to suffer.
After several requests from the two of them, he reluctantly nodded, and then rushed to Lingqing Temple accompanied by Shuangxue.
Lingqing Temple is located on the mountainside of Qingfeng Mountain in the outskirts. Zhu Yijun was still injured and unable to walk, so he was carried up the mountain by the bearer.
Along the way, Xueshuang was afraid that he would be boring, so she told Zhu Yijun the history of Lingqing Temple and the past abbots that she had specially learned about. Said a sentence: "Outsiders are all Daoist Master Huijue, but he is an eminent monk."
Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows, and heard Xueshuang's prejudice against Master Huijue.
At noon, the sedan chair stopped outside Lingqing Temple, and a monk came up to ask whether it was to worship the Buddha or to petition.
Xueshuang bowed her knees and saluted, and said: "Master Huijue of your temple is an eminent monk. I heard that he gave a lecture in the temple recently, so I came here specially to listen to the master's lecture."
Hearing her compliments, the monk smiled and said, "The almsgiver just happened to come. The abbot is giving lectures to disciples and believers in the ashram right now, and he came with the poor monk."
The two came to the dojo with the monks, and the dojo was almost full of people.
The monk took the two of them to a remote corner and apologized: "If the benefactor wants to listen to the abbot's lecture at close range, he must come earlier next time."
Xueshuang sent the monk away politely, she didn't even bother to listen to what the old monk had to say, she raised her head and started looking for her prince.
There were bare monks sitting in front, and after a rough glance, she set her eyes on the devout men and women behind.
With just one glance, Zhu Yijun saw Ning Zhi sitting in the crowd.
Dressed in white clothes, different from the chic by the lake, it is a little more solemn and cold, with a tall and straight back like a Qinglian independent of the world, so that people can't take their eyes away after one glance.
He watched for too long, and the other party turned his head as if aware of it——
The two people's eyes met, and the other person's expression was very calm when he saw him, so light that he turned around after only a glance, and continued to listen carefully to the old monk above chanting sutras.
Zhu Yijun: "..."
The eunuch who knew the identity of the ship's owner in advance took a few extra glances at Ning Zhi and his party when they disembarked, but saw that the leader was a young man in white, with waist-length black hair tied only with a ribbon, loose and unrestrained.
The eunuch murmured to himself, why is this King Ning different from what was said in the news from the capital?
Fortunately, he still remembered the reminder from the visitor before, and seeing that his subordinates were almost interrogated, he ordered people to gather to salvage the body of the man in black that sank to the bottom of the lake.
Ning Zhi and his party left Mingyue Lake with ease as the eunuch deliberately let them go.
When parting, Wang Qingyuan carefully peeked at Zhu Yijun who was being supported by the maid, and said to Ning Zhi in a low voice: "Brother Ning, there is a knife on the head of Sezi, be careful."
Ning Zhi felt a little surprised, just like meeting Zhu Yijun who was hunted down while traveling in the lake today.
But when you think about it carefully, it seems to be taken for granted? !
After all, different ways of appearing on the stage will naturally leave different impressions on the opponent.
In the storybook, Wang Qingyuan fell in love with 'Zhu Yijun' at first sight, because the two people first met in different scenes, different places, and different identities. One is the daughter of the high-ranking Zhennan King, and the other is the little staff who has not been reused. .
The first time I glimpsed the peerless beauty of the other party, I regarded him as a fairy in my heart. Under such circumstances, it is inevitable to feel admiration in my heart.
It's not like the current Zhu Yijun, who swings his sword and cuts people's eyes without blinking; his whole body is covered in injuries, and he doesn't see 'she' make a sound.How can Wang Qingyuan, who has never experienced the cruelty of war and the corpses everywhere, not be afraid?Furthermore, the person who rescued Zhu Yijun was Ning Zhi. Under such circumstances, how could Wang Qingyuan still feel good feelings?
Ning Zhi patted Wang Qingyuan's shoulder in satisfaction, and in turn comforted Wang Qingyuan, "Brother Wang, you still don't understand being a brother?"
As he said that, he gestured with his hand, "The heart of being a brother is so big, it is full of beautiful concubines from the family, how can there be room for other women?!"
These words fell into Wang Qingyuan's ears as a matter of course, but in Zhu Yijun's ears, they were especially harsh.
After Wang Qingyuan left, Zhu Yijun, who had originally planned to go ashore, didn't speak for a long time. He darkly looked at King Ning who was walking in front, and the corners of his lips hidden under the curtain were slightly curled up. Didn't he say that he wanted to become a monk? ?Return the three-bedroom concubine, heh!
Zhu Yijun didn't mention leaving, but Ning Zhi couldn't forget him.
He sent Wang Qingyuan away, his light eyes fell on Zhu Yijun who was on the verge of falling, he paused, and said: "Yuan Bao, bring some silver taels to this young lady, and escort her to the front clinic."
King Ning said so, and Zhu Yijun couldn't stay anymore.
Enduring the abdominal pain, he bent down and saluted. As soon as he opened his mouth, a mouthful of fishy sweetness gushed out of his throat, followed by rapid dizziness. He fell down without any defense.
The servant girl quickly supported his thin body, Yuan Bao frowned and said, "My lord, this..."
Ning Zhi raised his eyebrows, "Forget it, a good man will do his best to the end, let's take it back."
Ning Zhi took the people back to the mansion, and the housekeeper who received the news came up to meet him, and asked him if he was injured, and if he needed to call the doctor to take a look.
Doctor Zhang, who was ignored by the housekeeper, felt a little sad.
I always feel that after leaving the capital, apart from not having to worry about the fact that his head will not be on his neck the next moment, his status as an imperial physician is useless.
Even the woman King Ning rescued didn't need him to take the pulse, as long as he took a bottle of golden sore medicine, he would be fine, and he could prove that he was a doctor when he took the pulse of the frightened frail scholar.
Ning Zhi listened to the housekeeper's babbling concern, until he was about to enter the hall, he paused, turned his head and told Yuan Bao, "You can arrange for the young lady you brought back, and order a trustworthy maid to take care of her."
Yuan Bao wondered in his heart whether the prince had taken a fancy to this girl.
It's not his fault that he thought too much, the previous prince had no restraint on female sex, the reason why there were only three concubines in the backyard was because the prince spent most of his energy thinking about how to deal with Zhu Dongjun.
But now the prince is pure-hearted and ascetic, not to mention entering the house of the three Zhuzi, it is a brothel, and the prince has never mentioned it.
If the prince hadn't been recuperating some time ago and went to school later, the three masters in the backyard would have come to him to secretly inquire about the prince.
Yuan Bao, who consciously guessed the prince's thoughts, arranged Zhu Yijun in the wing room not far from Ningzhi's bedroom, and thoughtfully kept the maid who was given to the prince by the queen mother, and turned to look for Zhang Tai doctor, and ordered Zhang Tai's medical staff to take care of the maid who entered the palace. The girl who had the prince's eye was cured.
After he had arranged everything and it was getting late, he went to ventilate with the butler again, and then returned to the prince to stand by.
When Ning Zhi was having dinner, a servant came to report that Wang Qingyuan was waiting for him to go over in the wing room on the second floor of Baihua Building.
He paused for a moment, and then remembered that tonight was the day when Baihualou chose the oiran, and Wang Qingyuan had forgotten about it when he was shocked, but he didn't expect that within two hours, Wang Qingyuan even booked the box.
After making some preparations at home, he went out with Yuan Bao and two hidden guards.
Wang Qingyuan is the youngest son of the owner of Yangzhou cloth shop. His family is well-off, but the status of a businessman is not high in this dynasty; and when Ning Zhi introduced his identity before, he reported that he was a distant relative of Mrs. Nanyang Hou.
Therefore, it seems that he is a confidant who cherishes each other, but it may not be because he is a relative of Nanyang King behind him.
But Ning Zhi had been with Wang Qingyuan for a while, and found that this person was indeed worthy of friendship, so he didn't mind the purpose of Wang Qingyuan's friendship with him.
As soon as Ning Zhi left, Zhu Yijun woke up on his back.
As soon as he woke up, he first found himself in a strange place, and then he found that his clothes had been changed. He sat up abruptly, raised his hand to touch his face, and found that the veil on his face was gone. The hand under the brocade quilt immediately clenched into a fist, and a murderous intent emerged from the bottom of the dark eyes, and then, the next moment——
"The girl brought back by the prince is really beautiful. I have never seen anyone as beautiful as her."
"So what about being beautiful, there is no flesh on the chest, besides..." The maid who was holding the dinner looked around for a while, and then whispered: "I heard from Mama Cao who was setting the fire in the kitchen that the prince didn't even eat dinner. How much, said to go to Baihualou with a stomach."
"Really?" The maid who was carrying the medicinal soup asked in surprise.
"Of course it's true. So, the prince is very fond of the girl's face in the movie. If he really likes it, why didn't he come to see her and go to Baihualou instead?"
While the two maidservants were talking, they had already entered the inner room.
Zhu Yijun lay back on the bed, closed his eyes, and the violent ups and downs of his chest showed that he was not calm at the moment.
He didn't understand why he felt very uncomfortable when he heard this passage, just like being hunted down before, he didn't choose to flee to the shore, but fled instinctively to King Ning's boat. This inexplicable behavior is like He firmly believed that King Ning would not refuse to save him, and even fainted in front of King Ning without any worries. It happened suddenly and without reason.
But he clearly hated King Ning before...
Zhu Yijun couldn't figure it out, so he simply opened his eyes. Under the service of the maid, he drank the medicine and ate some liquid food. He felt a little strength in his body. He looked at the surrounding environment calmly, and said to the maid: , "The wound hurts a bit, can I trouble you to call the doctor for me?"
"Girl's wound hurts?"
As soon as Zhu Yijun spoke, a gentle maid came in from outside carrying incense, and said with a smile: "Miss, wait a moment, this servant will send someone to find the doctor."
"Are you?" Zhu Yijun looked at the visitor pretending to be puzzled, "What kind of place is this?"
"Miss, you can just call your servant Xueshuang. This is Prince Ning's Mansion. The person who saved you is our prince." As she spoke, she asked someone to invite Doctor Zhang, and she went forward to check Zhu Yijun's wound. As soon as she lifted the quilt, she saw The snow-white cloth strip was covered with red blood, she said worriedly: "No wonder the girl said that the wound hurts, it turned out that the wound was opened."
"My lord?" Zhu Yijun's expression changed drastically, "The person who saved me today is, is..."
"Girl, don't be afraid, our prince is...a good man." Xueshuang would not believe this if she put it in the past, but the current prince is indeed a good man.
Zhu Yijun sneered in his heart, if King Ning was a good person, there would be no such thing as the New Year's Eve palace banquet, but he didn't show it on the face, and said with a bit of vigilance: "But I heard that girl just now, your family The prince has taken a fancy to me and wants to keep me as a concubine..."
Xueshuang's eyes darkened, she belonged to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother told her to keep an eye on the prince, not to let the prince secretly go to the temple to become a monk, and even promised herself that if she could climb into the prince's bed, she would be pregnant with a baby. With a son and a half daughter, the queen mother made the decision to send herself to the prince's backyard.
But she has seen too many concubines in the palace fighting for His Majesty's favor, each with their own unique tricks, ranging from miscarriage to being unable to conceive children for life, and even losing their lives.
And although there are not many people in the backyard of the prince, the prince is not married. If he meets a kind-hearted mistress, he can rely on his children to keep a place in the mansion. The concubine's son and daughter's fate would be even worse than that of the concubine.
So she just wants to be a maid in peace, and when she reaches her age, she will either let the prince decide the marriage, or go out of the palace to find a good family to marry.
But these two girls who chew their tongues...
Recently, the prince doesn't go into the backyard, and he has no interest in female sex at all. She is so worried that she doesn't know how to report back to the queen mother. If the prince suddenly brings back a woman, if these two gossips are scared away...
She suppressed the cruelty in her eyes, and gently helped Zhu Yijun heal the wound with her hands, then raised her head to comfort her: "Miss, you are worrying too much. My prince is not a lustful person. When he brought the girl back, he only saw that the girl was seriously injured. I can't bear it, you rest in peace, Xueshuang goes to see if the doctor has come."
After finishing speaking, she turned around and cast her sharp eyes on the two trembling maidservants, "Come out with me."
Xueshuang left with the two maidservants.
Zhu Yijun lay expressionless on the bed, not paying any attention to what was about to happen to the two maidservants.
Because in his opinion, talking about the master behind his back should be punished.
He temporarily put aside his inexplicable emotions and thought about how to inform his father.
This matter started with his investigation of 'Jiuxiang'. At the time when brother was beaten for no reason, he went to 'Jiuxiang' to investigate in person to see who gave him Ruanjin powder. The investigation found out why, but he heard that the second prince was discussing with King Pingjun how to get rid of his father.
There are only three sons under his knees now, the eldest prince is twenty this year, he is not from the middle palace, and his mother's family background is not obvious. In the absence of His Majesty as a crown prince, he has no advantage other than being the eldest son.
The second prince is eighteen this year, and he is the son of the current empress, and the empress is the daughter of the grand master who has never had a problem with the Zhennan Palace.
The eighth prince is fourteen, born of the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine's mother's family is the King of Nanyang, who has no real power, but has always been on good terms with the Zhu family, and the eighth prince is the youngest, and is used to please the emperor, so except for the most beloved King Ning belongs to the Eighth Prince.
It is understandable that the second prince wanted to get rid of their Zhu family.
If he changed his position, he would do the same, but now the person who is going to be removed is Zhu Jia, which is not good.
When he first heard the words "get rid of Zhennan King" from the people inside, he wanted to get closer to listen to the plans of the people inside the door, but he never expected that there was a dog in the hidden guard next to the second prince. Nose, because he has been drinking medicine all year round, and his body smells like medicine, so he noticed it as soon as he got close.
He was hunted out of the city by the second prince's men, and he couldn't even get rid of the pursuit and find a chance to return home.
He had no choice but to run for his life all the way, chasing and killing all the way from the capital to Jiangnan. In fact, he could go to the border, but for some reason, when choosing a direction, he subconsciously chose Jiangnan.
Zhu Yijun put his hands on his chest, and his heart beat faster than before. This situation seemed to have started when he saw King Ning for the first time on the lake.
……
The night is getting thicker and thicker.
The candles in Zhu Yijun's sleeping hall crackled and burned all night until dawn. Xueshuang walked in with two maids with fresh faces. Seeing his haggard appearance, she stepped forward in surprise and said, "Girl didn't sleep all night? But Does the wound hurt again?"
Zhu Yijun sent a secret letter to his father last night, and then he couldn't figure out some things, but he didn't expect the sky to light up in a flash.
He shook his head lightly, thought for a while, and asked, "Has your lord come back?"
"This..." Xueshuang glanced at the bloodless Zhu Yijun on the bed, and said: "My lord rushed to my friend's appointment last night, presumably he stayed with my friend."
"That's it..." Zhu Yijun frowned, yawned, and said, "Miss Xueshuang, when your lord comes back, can you send someone to notify me? After all, your lord and I have saved my life. I want to thank him in person.”
"Of course it is possible." Xueshuang said with a smile.
She waited for Zhu Yijun to drink the medicine, watched him fall asleep again, and then walked out of the inner hall and came to the vestibule.
The housekeeper was drinking tea, and seeing the joy on the little girl's face, he shook his head and said, "Miss Xueshuang, the snow-capped mountain hair tip from the master, try it?"
Xueshuang had something to do with him, and seeing this, she sat down, and in between tastings, she told him about Zhu Yijun, and finally said: "Did the lord say when he will come back? When the girl asked the servant, the servant said that the lord has not come back." , the girl still has some disappointment on her face."
"Oh?" Ning Zhi who happened to walk in raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and instead of continuing to ask about Zhu Yijun, he asked, "Xue Shuang, how old are you this year?"
Xueshuang was stunned for a moment, then bent her knees and replied: "My lord, this servant is nineteen this year."
"It's nineteen."
Xueshuang was one of the two maids left behind by the Queen Mother. Because the two had won the Queen Mother's words, the other one was a little unruly during the time when he was cultivating his body, so he arranged that maid to another In the place where only the cautious snow and frost are left.
He looked at Xueshuang and said, "Is there anyone you like?"
These words made Xueshuang blush, "Go back to the prince, there is nothing."
"Don't worry, you can tell me if you have a sweetheart, and I'll make the decision for you." After that, he changed the topic, drank the hot tea brought by the butler, and asked, "Is the girl brought back yesterday feeling better?" ?”
"I woke up once last night." Speaking of this, Er Xueshuang retreated and said, "The imperial doctor said that the pulse of that girl is very strange..."
Xueshuang didn't know much, Ning Zhi asked the imperial physician, the imperial physician said that just from the pulse condition, it looks like premature death, but after careful consideration, it doesn't look like it, it looks like poison...
The imperial physician couldn't figure it out, but Ning Zhi knew it in his heart, so he didn't ask further.
He asked Xueshuang which wing Zhu Yijun lived in, and when he learned that he was living next to his bedroom, he froze for a moment, glanced at the ingot that was asking for a reward, snorted coldly, and then came to the wing where Zhu Yijun rested temporarily.
Zhu Yijun was very vigilant, and the moment Ning Zhi stepped into the door, he was already awake.
At first he was a maidservant, but the footsteps of the visitor were steady, slightly different from the previous light and light footsteps, his heart tightened, and he closed his eyes with a tension that he didn't even know.
The visitor stopped in front of the bed, and he could feel the visitor's eyes resting on his face.
He waited for the visitor to exclaim, but the visitor turned around and left in the next instant...
Zhu Yijun opened his eyes, looked at the back of the person leaving in disbelief, and raised his hand to touch his smooth and jade-like face. Could it be that he lost too much blood, making his face unattractive?
……
In the next few days, Zhu Yijun never saw King Ning again.
He asked Xueshuang, at the beginning Xueshuang just said that the prince is not in the mansion, after staying for a few days, Xueshuang suddenly said with a bitter face: "The prince went to Lingqing Temple to stay."
"Lingqing Temple?" Zhu Yijun asked in astonishment.
Could it be that King Ning really wanted to become a monk?
Lingqing Temple is a large temple in the south of the Yangtze River.
It was the season when peach blossoms were in full bloom, and many literati made an appointment to go to the mountain behind Lingqing Temple to see peach blossoms. Wang Qingyuan mentioned it to Ning Zhi, and Ning Zhi didn't refuse, so he followed him up the mountain.
After admiring the beauty of the peach blossoms, the two went to the temple to beg for saliva, and happened to meet the master abbot in the temple giving a lecture to his disciples.
Master Abbot is a well-known eminent monk, and his lectures will only benefit people a lot.
Although Ning Zhi didn't believe in Buddhism, he felt that what the old monk said was quite interesting. In addition, Wang Qingyuan always asked him to go to Baihualou recently, so he found an excuse to stay here for a few nights and hide for leisure.
As for Zhu Yijun...
Zhu Yijun in this life is not like the Huo Yijun who was in love in the previous life. Zhu Yijun in this life is very ambitious and has the intention of aspiring to the top of the world. As a prince, if he is too active, he will appear very suspicious, so whether the two of them are destined in this life? have to follow the fate.
Wang Qingyuan was in love with the oiran of Baihualou, how could he be willing to let go of this charming beauty and live with Ningzhi on the mountain to eat fast?
After a few words of persuasion, seeing that Ning Zhi insisted on staying, he left.
Ning Zhi lived in the temple, and occasionally listened to the abbot's lectures on Buddhist scriptures. Life was hard, but he had a different taste.But Xueshuang and the housekeeper couldn't sit still.
They were worried that the prince had really become a monk and had nothing to do with him, so they had no choice but to ask Zhu Yijun.
They felt that the prince was able to bring Zhu Yijun back because he treated him differently from others, so they asked him to help persuade the prince to come back.
Zhu Yijun scoffed at this statement. If it were the previous King Ning, he would still be somewhat sure, but the current King Ning...
When he thought of the back that day, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Forget it, he has been recuperating in Prince Ning's Mansion for many days, and he still has to wait for his father's reply here. If he offends these two rashly, although he will not be kicked out, it is not good for him to suffer.
After several requests from the two of them, he reluctantly nodded, and then rushed to Lingqing Temple accompanied by Shuangxue.
Lingqing Temple is located on the mountainside of Qingfeng Mountain in the outskirts. Zhu Yijun was still injured and unable to walk, so he was carried up the mountain by the bearer.
Along the way, Xueshuang was afraid that he would be boring, so she told Zhu Yijun the history of Lingqing Temple and the past abbots that she had specially learned about. Said a sentence: "Outsiders are all Daoist Master Huijue, but he is an eminent monk."
Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows, and heard Xueshuang's prejudice against Master Huijue.
At noon, the sedan chair stopped outside Lingqing Temple, and a monk came up to ask whether it was to worship the Buddha or to petition.
Xueshuang bowed her knees and saluted, and said: "Master Huijue of your temple is an eminent monk. I heard that he gave a lecture in the temple recently, so I came here specially to listen to the master's lecture."
Hearing her compliments, the monk smiled and said, "The almsgiver just happened to come. The abbot is giving lectures to disciples and believers in the ashram right now, and he came with the poor monk."
The two came to the dojo with the monks, and the dojo was almost full of people.
The monk took the two of them to a remote corner and apologized: "If the benefactor wants to listen to the abbot's lecture at close range, he must come earlier next time."
Xueshuang sent the monk away politely, she didn't even bother to listen to what the old monk had to say, she raised her head and started looking for her prince.
There were bare monks sitting in front, and after a rough glance, she set her eyes on the devout men and women behind.
With just one glance, Zhu Yijun saw Ning Zhi sitting in the crowd.
Dressed in white clothes, different from the chic by the lake, it is a little more solemn and cold, with a tall and straight back like a Qinglian independent of the world, so that people can't take their eyes away after one glance.
He watched for too long, and the other party turned his head as if aware of it——
The two people's eyes met, and the other person's expression was very calm when he saw him, so light that he turned around after only a glance, and continued to listen carefully to the old monk above chanting sutras.
Zhu Yijun: "..."
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