The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival.

And because this night is the first full moon night of the year, it is also called the 'Lantern Festival'.

There is a custom of viewing lanterns and flowers during the Lantern Festival, so the palace banquet is held in the Imperial Garden.

Hundreds of officials entered the palace with their families early, and they were seated in order of rank.

The king of Zhennan is the head of the military officers. Although he has given up his military power, his power is still there, so he is the chief military officer sitting on the right.

There are officials who come to toast, those who are close friends only reminisce about the old days, and those who are deep in thought don't mention the rumors in the market, but there are those who don't look at people and ask bluntly about the rumors in the market recently.

Zhennan Wang held the wine bottle in his hand and cast a sideways glance at the person who asked this question.

I secretly remembered this person in my heart, and immediately took a drink from the wine bottle, and said, "Oh? Why doesn't this king know? You can tell me, so that this king can also hear about the dog's love affair."

After he finished speaking, his tiger eyes sank, and his murderous eyes looked around everyone with a frightening coldness.

Everyone bowed their hands and said goodbye, leaving only the person who asked the question trembling, speechless for a long time.

Zhennan Wang slapped the table and said in a deep voice, "Hurry up and get out!"

The person who came was startled, and walked away despondently shaking his legs.

When Zhu Yijun and Ning Zhi walked in side by side, they saw such a scene.

The two looked at each other, Ning Zhi took the lead and walked over, ignoring the crowd to look at him secretly, went up to greet Zhennan King, and then returned to the first seat under the throne to sit down.

Zhu Yijun sat beside King Zhennan.

Zhennan Wang glanced at his son's slightly swollen lips, and shook his head. After all, he is young and energetic!

Next to Ning Zhi is the second prince.

The second prince has been at odds with Xiao Mian since he was a child. He had no way to deal with Xiao Mian in the past, but recently he heard that "Xiao Mian" got mixed up with the Zhu family's male and female things, and immediately said sarcastically: " Uncle Huang, my nephew really didn't realize that you are a lover. On the Lantern Festival last year, you were beaten by Zhu Dongjun and couldn't get out of bed for three months. Last year's New Year's Eve... what did you do?"

Before the second prince finished speaking, Ning Zhi suddenly stood up, walked into the second prince, without saying a word, raised his foot and kicked the second prince in the face.

The strength of his kick was not small, and he kicked the tall and burly second prince to the ground.

This scene happened so suddenly that no one reacted.

The Second Prince's valet reacted very quickly, and rushed over in panic when the Second Prince called for help.

Ning Zhi didn't intend to just let him go, he kicked the eunuch who was rushing away, grabbed the second prince's hand that wanted to resist, put his head on the ground, and stepped on the opponent's calf one after another, stepping on He also asked: "Nephew, have you ever heard such a saying that hitting is love and scolding is love, punching and kicking are the deep love of the emperor for you."

After finishing speaking, he coldly glanced at the guards who were about to step forward, then gave the other two princes a warning look, then stepped on the second prince's mouth, and said with a smile: "My good nephew, I feel that the emperor's uncle treats you so well." Is there a deep love?"

The second prince's face twitched from the pain, especially in public, Ning Zhi was completely ashamed, and it could be said that he looked at Ning Zhi with hatred in his heart.

A look of cruelty flashed across his eyes, and he begged for mercy vaguely.

Ning Zhi sneered, "See if you still owe money."

After speaking, he turned his hands back, patted his sleeves, and returned to his seat calmly.

The servant stepped forward to help the second prince in fear, and the second prince stood up with difficulty, slapped his hand, and said viciously: "You are born to be a dirty and lowly thing, who told you to touch this prince, get out!"

At this moment, there was a sound from outside, "The emperor is here! The empress dowager is here! The empress is here!"

Everyone in the imperial garden stood up and paid homage to the emperor, queen mother and empress.

Ning Zhi stood up, calmly watching the emperor walking over in a bright yellow dragon robe.

The emperor glanced at the embarrassed second son, his eyes sank with joy, and he shouted, "What's going on?"

Following the emperor's gaze, the queen saw the footprints on her son's face, her expression changed drastically, and her sharp eyes subconsciously fell on Ning Zhi.

Ning Zhi said indifferently: "Brother Huang, the thing is like this. When my brother came over just now, my nephew said to my brother that the way to express love is to punch and kick. Deep love, so the younger brother can't control it."

The faces of those who witnessed the previous scene all twitched.

I've seen bullshit, but nothing like this.Especially the second prince, he opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but Ning Zhi glanced over coldly and said, "Good nephew, do you think so?"

From the corner of his eye, the second prince saw Ning Zhi's twisting ankle, and his calf hurt.

"Nonsense! You two don't even look at what day it is!" The emperor flicked his sleeves, went to the throne and sat down, "Shen'er, have you read all the sage books for so many years into the dog's stomach? You Look at your appearance, is it plausible? The second prince who came here has misbehaved, take him down and think about it, and don't leave the palace for half a step without my will."

"Your Majesty!" The queen was about to intercede when she heard that her son was about to be grounded, but the emperor raised his hand to stop her words, and his majestic eyes fell on Ning Zhi.

Ning Zhi caught a trace of a smile in his eyes, and he understood, and said: "Brother Emperor, I know my mistake, I voluntarily go back and contemplate three months behind closed doors."

"How can this be done!" The queen mother said, "Mian'er, come to Ai's family."

There is always a layer of belly between the son and the grandson. The queen mother is indifferent to the punishment of the second grandson, but it is related to her son, especially today when all the officials and their families are in the palace for a banquet, she also wants to advise her son about the marriage.

"Queen Mother, don't embarrass Brother Emperor. I have done something wrong and deserve to be punished." After finishing speaking, he turned around, blinked at the worried Zhu Yijun, and followed the guards out of the imperial garden.

As soon as Ning Zhi left, the Empress Dowager was not in the mood to attend the banquet, so she found an excuse and went back to the palace.

Not long after the queen mother left, the emperor and queen also left.

As soon as the three most distinguished people left, the banquet began to be lively.

Zhennan Wang drank his wine, shook his head and laughed, and said to his son, "Zizhen is really smart."

Zhu Yijun also thinks that his family, Ah Mian, is smart. Recently, the behavior of the second prince's party is a bit out of line. The emperor took care of the power behind the queen, so he could only handle it lightly. Ah Mian's trouble gave the emperor a chance to clean up the second prince's party and an excuse to beat the queen. At the same time, it also avoided the possibility that the Queen Mother wanted to marry Ah Mian.

Of course, he privately felt that Ah Mian was venting his anger on him and his father.

Zhu Yijun took a sip of the fruit wine and said with a slight smile, "Of course Ah Mian is the smartest."

King Zhennan squinted at his son's proud face, "When the queen mother just left, her complexion was not very good. You should restrain yourself recently, and don't be caught by the queen mother."

"Okay, father."

Zhu Yijun promised well, and when he left the palace, he asked the servant to drive the carriage to Prince Ning's mansion.

Most of the servants of Prince Ning's Mansion have moved to the south of the Yangtze River, only a few servants who look after the guardian courtyard and women who cook.

It's not the first time Zhu Yijun has come here, but he was accompanied by Ning Zhi the few times before, and he was full of Ning Zhi, so he didn't pay much attention. It is the most important thing to send some loyal servants from your own mansion to serve you.

The boy took him to the door of the bedroom and left.

He pushed open the door, but saw that the hall was brightly lit, and his Ah Mian was sitting at the desk writing something with wet hair in his robe.

With distress, he picked up the cloth beside him, walked behind Ah Mian, and gently wiped his ink hair.

The movement woke up Ning Zhi who was replying to Wang Qingyuan. He raised his head, saw that it was Zhu Yijun, and said with a light smile, "It's so late, why are you here?"

"If I don't come, how do I know that you don't even have anyone to serve you?" He frowned as he spoke, "This is how you always come here these days?"

"That's not true, it's just that these people are not as easy as Yuan Bao, so they are sent down."

As Ning Zhi spoke, he continued to write letters with his head down.

Wang Qingyuan said that his wife was pregnant and wanted to share the good news with Ning Zhi, a good friend, but he also regretted that he could not have a drink with him.

Ning Zhi finished writing the letter, put it in an envelope, thought about it, took Zhu Yijun who was wiping his hair to the private treasury, opened the door of the private treasury, and said: "I made a bosom friend in Jiangnan in the past. You are happy, now, how about letting my wife choose the congratulatory gift?"

The moon is extraordinarily round tonight.

The cold moonlight sprinkled the entire Ning Palace.

Zhu Yijun heard the word 'my wife', his eyes turned red, but his face was smiling brightly, "Okay."

.

The queen mother wanted to threaten Zhu Yijun for frequently entering the harem disguised as a man, and wanted to persuade him to leave King Ning, but she didn't want to be annoyed by Zhu Yijun's 'incompetent' in the end.

It coincided with the Shangyuan Festival, and all the officials brought their female relatives to the palace for a banquet, so the Queen Mother focused on the female relatives at the banquet.

However, let her do all kinds of calculations, but in the end it still couldn't make up for Ningzhi's trouble.

The more the Queen Mother thought about it, the more panicked she became.

So they sent someone to invite the emperor, saying that he would hold a banquet for King Ning, and send invitations to the ministers' families who have not yet left the cabinet. At that time, they also hoped that the emperor would lift King Ning's punishment.

In such trivial matters, the emperor generally did not mind obeying the queen mother.

But he was very satisfied with the nonsense of the emperor's brother on the Shangyuan Festival, so he said: "Queen mother, let's forget about this matter. The emperor's heart is now on Zhu Shizi. If you break it up forcibly, it may cause him to rebel." Xin, it's not like you don't know his temper, instead of forcing him to marry a wife, it's better to let him go, after all, after a long time, he will realize that men are not as gentle and considerate as women."

"Can……"

"After the mother is done, if the emperor insists on doing this, I will choose a pair of children from the clan to adopt to him, and I will never tell him to cut off his children and grandchildren."

"How can an adopted one be better than a biological one?"

"But the emperor won't listen to the persuasion now, so what can I do? Is it possible to send the daughter of the minister's family to the backyard of the palace, and then let him ignore it? Is that a marriage? It's almost the same as a feud."

What else did the Queen Mother want to say, and the emperor said bluntly: "For the time being, the soldiers on the frontier only recognize Zhennan King. If I go too far and disrespect Zhennan King, you will not interfere when you are Zhennan King?"

The emperor used state affairs to pressure the queen mother, and the queen mother sighed, "That's all."

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