Prince's Mansion

"Your Highness. ”

"What?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness King Hua and His Royal Highness King Jing have arrived. Outside the study, the old butler bowed down, his tone low and respectful.

"Invite them directly to the study. ”

"Yes. ”

In the study, the prince was dressed in a golden dark brocade robe and sat behind the wide pear blossom wood table, his black hair was high, his eyebrows were frowned, his face was slightly gloomy Looking at the two official documents in his hand, his lips were pursed to form a stiff straight line, looking a little mean, and his body exuded a cold atmosphere, which made the surrounding air a little thinner, and became depressing and unpleasant.

Xiao Dengzi, the little eunuch who served him closely, stood behind him like a wooden stake, not only did he not dare to say anything, but he also had to collapse the nerves of his whole body, for fear that he would be accidentally angered and suffer a disaster.

In order to win the hearts of the people, since the crown prince Mo Siyu was canonized, the image he left to the people of Jinfeng Kingdom is a humble gentleman who is gentle and friendly, knowledgeable, elegant, and noble, but the fact is that Mo Siyu's personality is gloomy and short-tempered.

Few people know his true character, not to mention that Emperor Xuan doesn't know, even his own biological mother, Empress Pang, doesn't know, and thinks that her son is just like what she sees, but in fact it is not.

Xiao Deng Zi has been serving by Mo Siyu's side since he was a child, and is deeply trusted and favored by Mo Siyu, and is absolutely 100% of Mo Siyu's henchmen.

Others don't know Mo Siyu, but Xiao Dengzi is like a mirror, every time His Royal Highness the Prince, who is gentle and modest, and has the image of a gentleman, when he shows this kind of expression, he is holding back the fire in his heart, just like that little explosion, he doesn't have the courage to move forward.

He was shot even if he didn't have to lie down, and he was forced to bear Mo Siyu's anger.

"Little Dengzi. ”

"The slave is here, please give orders to Your Highness. ”

"You personally go to make a pot of spring tea in the palace for the New Year's new tribute. With a gloomy face and rubbing his brows coldly, Mo Siyu threw the two official documents heavily on the bookcase, and the look of disgust seemed to say that he never wanted to see this thing again.

Xiao Dengzi looked at his nose and his nose, and his nose looked at his heart, and he was smart and didn't even have a feeling, so he responded obediently: "Yes, the slave will go to the ear room next door to make tea and come over to relieve His Highness's fatigue." ”

"Heh..."Mo Siyu chuckled, his deep and sharp gaze turned around Xiao Dengzi's body, and then he raised his hand and said expressionlessly: "Your mouth is getting better and better, and you are becoming more and more able to please Prince Ben." ”

Hearing this, the corners of Xiao Dengzi's mouth with his head lowered jerked twice, and three black lines slid down his forehead, he is not a girl, how can he please His Highness?

He said as if he was a girl, which was really unpleasant, and it was very strange to hear, "Your Highness, this is to have fun with a slave." ”

"Let's go down. ”

"Yes. ”

Xiao Deng Zi bowed to Mo Siyu, and then took a step to walk outside the study, at this time the old housekeeper was leading King Hua and Jing Dynasty to meet him, he quickly retreated to the side, and said: "The slave asks His Royal Highness King Hua (King Jing) to say goodbye, and the two Highnesses are blessed with Jin An." ”

"Let's get up. Hua Wang walked by Xiao Dengzi's side, not even a look gave him a handout, just responded casually, and strode into Mo Siyu's study.

On the contrary, it was King Jing who was walking behind King Hua, although he did not speak, but nodded at Xiao Dengzi and smiled gently at him.

Compared with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who pretends to be gentle and casual, it is obvious that His Royal Highness King Jing's temperament is really gentle, although this prince is more weak and unassertive in his bones in addition to being a little gentle, but it is not stronger than pretending.

"Brother Huang. As soon as he stepped into the study, King Hua and King Jing shouted in unison.

The old housekeeper led the two masters over, and quickly retreated after the task was completed, Xiao Dengzi looked at the back of the old housekeeper at his feet, and the corners of his mouth twitched again, it seems that in recent days, with the increase in the number of fires issued by His Royal Highness the Prince, the people up and down the house are like seeing a cat when they see the prince, for fear that they will be angered, and then end up miserable.

Shaking his head, Xiao Dengzi quickly retracted his thoughts, turned around and went to the ear room to make tea, and resolutely could not let the prince find the wrong place to punish himself.

"The third emperor brother, the sixth emperor brother come and sit. At this time, Mo Siyu had already left the bookcase, sat on the soft couch under the window lattice, and stretched out his hand with a smile on his face to beckon King Jing of Hua to come over.

"Good. ”

"Hmm. ”

The two took off their shoes, sat down next to Mo Siyu on the left and right, and when they saw the chessboard placed on the low table, King Jing smiled and said, "What, when did the imperial brother become interested in playing chess?"

As princes, playing chess is definitely a compulsory subject for them, but in King Jing's memory, their eldest brother does not like to play chess very much.

cough cough, although the prince Mo Siyu doesn't like to play chess, but because he has learned chess since he was a child, and he has also worked hard in this regard, the prince's chess skills are actually quite good.

However, it is precisely because he has suffered too much in order to learn chess well, and those memories of learning chess are simply a nightmare of nightmares for Mo Siyu.

"Yes, the royal brother suddenly started talking to himself, which really scared the younger brother. King Hua frowned and glanced at the chessboard, the sunspots had been trapped by the white groups, and all the retreats from the front and back were sealed, and the defeat was decided.

I don't know who the sunspot represents, and who the white son represents, thinking of the current situation, King Hua is unprecedentedly patient, and he didn't blurt out some words that can't be recovered.

"Do the two imperial brothers think that the sunspot still has a way to live?" Mo Siyu did not respond to King Jing of Hua, but asked them with a smile, holding a sunspot between his fingertips, as if he was hesitating where to put it.

In the Father's Son,

Among the sons of the father, if you talk about who has the best chess skills, that person is none other than King Han, followed by King Chen, and then King Wu of Ming, he is good in other aspects, but he has no talent for playing chess, and it is very difficult to learn.

If it only takes a few hours or a day for him to learn the same chess game, then if he wants to learn it, then he needs to pay several times more time and energy than others, so if you want to ask the prince what he hates the most, it must be chess.

King Han's chess skills were personally taught by the first emperor, and Mo Hanyu's talent in this area is also very high, from the beginning of learning chess was praised as a genius by the first emperor, as long as he taught him once or he watched the chess game you played again, he can not only use it, but also draw inferences, how is it not gratifying.

At that time, the crown prince even felt that the reason why he was not liked by the first emperor was because he did not play chess well, so he worked hard to learn chess, and suffered a lot for this.

A person who can be said to have no talent in chess can learn to be like this, and can be called a master's level, it is not difficult to imagine how much effort the prince has put in, but Rao is like this, there is no him in the eyes of the first emperor, and even in the eyes of Emperor Xuan.

In order to suppress the Han King, the prince put more effort into learning things, but even so, the Han King is still dead above the princes in any aspect, and gradually the prince's distorted mentality towards the Han King is becoming more and more strict, and he is more and more obsessed with getting rid of the idea of killing the Han King.

In his opinion, it seems that only when Mo Hanyu is dead can he wash away the shame that Mo Hanyu inflicted on him, otherwise he will never come out, and no matter what he does, he will be pressed to death.

"This ......" King Hua opened his mouth, his face was strange, guessing the deep meaning of Mo Siyu's words, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.

"Kuroko lost. ”

The prince looked at King Jing and chuckled, casually threw the chess pieces into the chess box, and seemed to be talking to himself and muttering, "Yes, Kuroko lost." ”

"As far as the chessboard is concerned, the white son occupies most of the country, not to mention, but also the sunspot is firmly trapped to death, unless the sunspot has the ability to reach the sky, otherwise even if it has three heads and six arms, it is absolutely impossible to turn defeat into victory. "King Jing doesn't have as much thought as King Hua, he just analyzes the facts.

It's just that King Jing is very curious, isn't this chess game discussed by the crown prince and the royal brother himself, how did he turn black and white into the current situation?

Is the difference between the two parties also a little farther?

You can see the victory or defeat at a glance, and you still need to ask?

"Yes, the Sixth Emperor Brother is right, it's just a game of chess, whether you lose or win, you can't explain anything. ”

"Your Highness, the servant came in to deliver tea. ”

"Hmm. ”

When Xiao Dengzi came in with a tea tray, he didn't feel that the depressing atmosphere in the study had disappeared, but the uncomfortable feeling was even worse, and he couldn't help but silently lit a wax in his heart for King Hua and King Jing, hoping that they would seek more blessings for themselves.

Since the emperor decided to set up a concubine for the crown prince and several other princes at the lotus banquet, his royal highness's temper has become more and more bad, especially as the lotus banquet is approaching, the bad temper is even more 'puffy' rising, and he is also very hard to serve.

Hey, don't talk about it, it's all tears when you talk too much.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness King Hua, Your Royal Highness King Jing, please use tea. ”

"Hey, what kind of tea is this, it's so fragrant. As if sensing the oppressive breath in the air, King Jing first picked up the teacup and sniffed it, and smiled gently to adjust the atmosphere.

"It's really fragrant. King Hua got King Jing's hint, and immediately turned that corner and cooperated with King Jing tacitly.

The prince lifted his eyelids quietly, and Xiao Dengzi retreated knowingly, closed the door of the study by the way, and waited quietly outside.

"This is the spring tea that has just been sent to the palace this year. Drinking this tea, the prince couldn't help but tell himself that his father actually had it in his heart, and he thought of him as soon as there was something good.

He has inquired, there are not many excellent spring teas sent to the palace this year, except for the emperor's grandmother and his mother, only his father has it, and then it is the one that was given to him yesterday, and no one else has it.

Even if it's the Han King's Mansion, there isn't.

"No wonder it tastes so good. King Jing's eyes flashed, and he lowered his head to drink tea.

"I heard that the harvest of this year's best spring tea is very bad, and less than half of what has been sent to the palace is less than half of that of previous years, and such a cup of tea is very expensive. ”

"When you go back to the house later, I will instruct Xiao Dengzi to pack a bag for each of you. "King Jing of Hua is the one who supports him, and he is also a person who is not under the influence of Master Pang, for the two brothers, in addition to trusting them very much, the prince is also very protective of his shortcomings, and there are absolutely no good things for them.

As soon as the two of them heard this, they both showed bright smiles like flowers on their faces, and they bowed their hands to the prince and said, "Thank you, brother the crown prince." ”

"Listen to what you say, as if there was a good thing at any time, and this prince did not remember you. ”

"Brother Huang is good, but my brother is firmly in mind. ”

"Yes, Brother Huang can't wronged us. ”

"I just have one mouth, but you two mouths. After making such a fuss, the prince felt a lot more comfortable and felt less depressed.

Seeing Mo Siyu with such a look, King Hua and King Jing also put away their thoughts about playing, they didn't say that they didn't have these things, but that they had important things to discuss.

"There are less than ten days to hold a lotus feast, have you all arranged the arrangements?"

The crown prince is twenty-six this year, according to his age, the crown princess should have been canonized a long time ago, but at that time, the sisters of the Pang family and the prince's generation were still young, and the sisters of the queen mother's family were the same, for the position of the crown princess

The position of the crown princess did not fall into other families, and the Pang family did not think much at that time, and the final result was that Emperor Xuan obeyed their wishes and vacated the position of the crown princess.

At the same time, princes like King Hua of the Ming Dynasty, who should have been canonized as princes and princesses a long time ago, also decided to canonize the princes and princesses on the grounds that the crown princes had not yet been canonized as princesses.

In this way, Emperor Xuan did not force it, after all, a few years ago, most of the women of the right age had already married, and the younger ones had not yet grown up, so it was indeed difficult to choose the right one.

On the contrary, in the past year or two, almost every family has had girls of the right age, and it is no wonder that this year's lotus banquet has not yet started to make such a boil.

"Brother Huang, don't worry, there is no problem on my side. King Jing swallowed the last bite of snacks and took another sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then responded to the prince.

The men of the Mo family are born with a good skin, they are handsome, and their identities are noble, if they have to put a little effort into it, why worry about those girls who they regard as targets not taking the bait.

"I'm not worried about the rest, you're sure you've got that Wen Xueying. Mo Siyu twisted his eyebrows, if he could get the support of the Prime Minister's Mansion, then the Taishi Mansion would have much less constraints on him, and then his father would not blame him for relying too much on the Taishi Mansion.

Judging from the current situation, if he didn't rely on the Taishi Mansion and his maternal grandfather, I am afraid that King Han would have been trampled on by King Ming and King Wu before he could deal with him.

His two imperial brothers, but they didn't put him in their eyes from beginning to end, and they obviously shouldn't be fighting for things, but they had to compete with him to grab him, and sometimes they were even more annoying to him than King Han.

"With the imperial brother's eyesight, I won't be able to see that Wen Xueying's concubine is devoted to this king. "It's not that King Jing wants to boast, but his womanhood is really very good, and there are quite a lot of women looking at him as Princess Jing.

"With her background as a mere concubine, this king has already promised her the position of side concubine, as long as her brain is not crippled, how can she refuse such a big temptation. ”

"Sixth Emperor Brother, aren't you afraid that what she wants is the position of princess?" King Hua raised his eyebrows, his fingers stroking the smooth rim of the cup, "After all, the concubines from the Prime Minister's Mansion are indeed a little more noble than the concubines from other mansions, and it is not surprising that she should have this idea." ”

Hearing such an argument, King Jing sneered and said with mockery: "The position of Princess Jing, she is a lowly concubine, but she really dares to think about it." ”

"Hehe, don't be angry, the third emperor brother just said it casually. ”

"Wen Xueying is a smart person, she knows her identity very well, and it is the best ending for her to get the position of a side concubine, and she definitely does not dare to hope for the position of princess. ”

"Okay, even if the sixth emperor brother has the heart to give her the position of princess, she doesn't have that qualification, even if his father can't see us in his eyes anymore, he will definitely not point us to a concubine. "I don't know why, anyway, the prince is very unstable in his heart.

"Our position as a concubine is only qualified for a noble-born concubine. Scratching the back of his head, King Hua said with a slight ruffian.

"Brother of the Three Emperors. ”

"Why, the imperial brother has something to say. ”

"That Wen Ziling...... "In the past, because Concubine Mi was a mute girl, she never attended any banquets, those invitations sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion or something, the representatives attended were Wen Xueying and Wen Ziling sisters, and their sisters also had a good reputation in the aristocratic circle, and the prince was no stranger to them.

However, at the banquets of various families recently, the prince has seen Wen Xueying a few times, and Wen Ziling, who used to be very showy, seems to have completely disappeared.

"For the sake of insurance, I have to wronged the third emperor brother to get her into the Huawang Mansion. Twisting his eyebrows, the prince asked King Hua Jing to take Wen Xueying and Wen Ziling as side concubines, he was betting that Father Wen would not really give up his daughters, even if he really didn't care about these two daughters.

As long as those two women can still have a place in Daddy Wen's heart, then it will be very beneficial to him.

"There is also the concubine Mu Qinjin in the second room of the Mu Guo Mansion, the third emperor's brother has taken her down. "As for why the prince didn't fight the idea of the princess of Mu Guo's mansion to come up with a girl, it was because Concubine Mi had already asked for a will for them to allow them to make their own marriages, and he just wanted to do nothing.

The girl from the Mu Guogong Mansion started to choose a concubine for the prince and others at the news of the lotus banquet, and the three sisters of Mu Yueyi, who were at the age of discussing relatives, closed the door, so the prince Huawang and others couldn't get close even if they wanted to, so they had to give up.

In a short period of time, how can they have the ability to make the girls nod their heads and marry them, especially the Mu Guogong Mansion is very strict with the upbringing of their children, but they don't want to have anything to do with them at all, even if it is the little girl in the third room of the Mu Guogong Mansion, when they see them, they also know that they are far away, and their idea can only be hit on the girl who is out of the house.

"To be honest, if you really want to choose a woman to be included in the Mu Guogong Mansion, I prefer Mu Yingmeng's woman. King Hua hooked his lips and smiled, but he didn't know what he suddenly thought, and the expression on his face felt a little obscene no matter how he looked at it.

Poof――

"Ahem......" King Jing choked on the tea, coughed straight over his chest, and glared at King Hua after gasping for breath: "Third Emperor Brother, why don't I know when your taste has become so heavy? The concubine in the third room of the Mu family is not yet thirteen!"

But that Mu Yingmeng doesn't look at his young age, he has a lot of eyes, not to mention, he has a lot of scheming, and his words and deeds are full of seductive commotion, and he doesn't blame him, the third emperor brother, for being able to look at it, such an informed and interesting woman is indeed much more pleasing to men than a woman like wood.

"Although this king has some thoughts about that little girl, she is indeed still young, and if she is raised and raised, maybe she will be more flavorful in the future. "It's just a woman, even if he doesn't fight for that position, he is already a prince and wants a woman

King, what's so hard about wanting a woman.

"Then what position are you going to give her?" According to the ancestral system, only the crown prince can accept two concubines in addition to the side concubines, and the prince can only have one princess and two side concubines.

"Brother Huang, don't worry, now I have only one side concubine, but there are two women to take, isn't that Wen Ziling faceless, then I always have to keep one in reserve, so as not to fall short at that time." "King Hua, who has almost never been rejected by a woman, as long as he thinks of Wen Ziling, who is shameless, his face becomes very ugly.

Anyway, no matter whether it is the Prime Minister's Mansion or the Mu Guogong Mansion that is won in the end, it will be profitable for them, after all, the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Mu Guogong Mansion wear the same pants, otherwise the prince would not have paid all his attention to Concubine Mi at the beginning.

With the favor of the Prime Minister and the Mu Guogong Mansion for Concubine Mi, as long as Concubine Mi can be married home, then it is equivalent to directly having the support of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Mu Guogong Mansion.

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on Wen Xueying, and I won't let her waver, as for Wen Ziling, she can't escape. ”

"The Sixth Emperor Brother is right, that woman dares to do this to this king, and this king doesn't mind meeting her in person for a while. ”

The prince glanced at the two of them, and his uneasy heart calmed down a little, if he was sure of these two, then there would be no problem with the other targets that were locked.

"I have wronged the two royal brothers, and the royal brothers will compensate you in the future, if you can marry her, you don't have to be so annoying. ”

She doesn't need the prince to say this, King Jing of Hua also knows who it is, but they also know that that woman is not so easy to marry!

Not to mention marrying her, how strong the resistance will be in the open and in the dark, even from her alone, it is definitely not ordinary people who can conquer her.

"Why did the imperial brother say this, we don't feel wronged. ”

"Brother Huang doesn't have to feel wronged for us, you must know that the women we marry are all rare beauties. ”

"There is not much time left for us, we must plan well and strive to get the most out of the lotus feast. ”

"Hmm. ”

The three hands were folded together, and the eyes flashed with determination, a hint of predation, as if the hunter was quietly dormant in the forest, firmly locking on to the prey, and once he struck, he would kill with one blow and successfully trample the prey under his feet.

At the same time, in the Ming Wangfu and the Wuwang Mansion, whether it was the Ming King or the Wu Wang, they all said the same thing to the prince.

If you can marry her, why bother so much.

It's a pity that Concubine Mi is far away in Jiangnan now, even if she is in the Prime Minister's Mansion, how can they get it by calculation.

didn't calculate her in the end, but provoked her and dug a pit for herself to jump.

……。

"Big brother, did the concubine get a letter?"

Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.

Wen Shaoyu rushed into Zizhu Courtyard in a hurry, and rushed into Wen Shaoxuan's room in a hurry, but behind him was Wen Shaoyun, who was unhurried, but also had an anxious look on his face.

"You're well informed. Wen Shaoxuan raised Yang and just got it in his hand, but he hadn't even taken the hot copper cylinder.

"Of course. ”

"Who did you listen to?"

"I didn't hear anyone say it, but Wen Ming saw Wen Qing take something from the feet of the two Hai Dongqing, so I didn't need to ask and I knew that it was a letter from the concubine. "It is very inconvenient to transmit news at sea, although Wen Shaoyu is not looking forward to Concubine Mi's letter every day, but it is almost the same.

He thought that even if he and Concubine Mi were not twin brothers and sisters, they were close siblings, and if Concubine Mi encountered any risks at sea, then he should have dreamed of it!

In this way, without dreaming of Concubine Mi, it has inexplicably become the basic standard for Wen Shaoyu to judge whether Concubine Mi is safe.

What Wen Shaoyu didn't know was that his two brothers also took this as the standard, which was actually quite funny and unreliable.

"Big brother, the concubine has sent some news back, hurry up and show me. "I didn't think it before, but now that Concubine Mi is not by her side for a long time, Wen Shaoyun is not used to it.

Thinking that Concubine Mi would really marry Mo Yan in the future, and marry far away to Licheng, he had the urge to kill Mo Yan in seconds.

"I just got it in my hands, and I didn't even have time to open it to see you guys. Saying that, Wen Shaoxuan skillfully avoided Wen Shaoyun's hand that reached out to grab the copper cylinder, and firmly held the four copper cylinders in the palm of his hand, and no one wanted to grab it.

"Big brother, you are so selfish. ”

"Hmph, if one of the two of you gets it first, it might be more selfish than me. Wen Shaoxuan was unmoved, and gently picked up his good-looking sword eyebrows.

Wen Shaoyun and Wen Shaoyu glanced at each other, found a chair to sit down in frustration, and said angrily: "Okay, I'll wait for you to finish reading it first." ”

"I'll wait, too. ”

Otherwise, what else can you do, fight and rob it?

If there is a big fuss and the father and mother are recruited, and it is found that Concubine Mi is not going to Jiangnan but to the sea, then their fate is definitely not ordinary.

After reading the messages sent back by Concubine Mi in order, Wen Shaoxuan first breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a little relieved, at least his sister was still safe, and then his brows were tightly locked, "You guys take a look first, and then we'll discuss it." ”

"Hmm. ”

After a pillar of incense, after reading the message passed back by Concubine Mi, the three brothers, you look at me, I look at you, and they were relatively speechless for a while.

In other words, what kind of unparalleled king is in Mengluo Country, why do you have to go to sea with Concubine Mi?

What is his conspiracy?

Before the three brothers could figure it out, Wen Qing's voice sounded outside the door, "Eldest son, Mama Qian from Madame's side came over to invite you to go to the Moon Viewing Tower, saying that Xiangye is also there." ”

"It should be the one that my mother mentioned yesterday, let's go over and take a look. If Mrs. Wen hadn't mentioned it, Wen Shaoyun would have completely forgotten about the fact that there were two concubines in this mansion.

"Well, come out of the Moon Viewing Tower in a while, let's discuss it again. ”

"Let's go, go to the Moon Tower. ”

"Wen Qing, you ask Mama Qian to reply, and we'll go over. ”

"Yes, Grand Prince. ”

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The recent points have been explained clearly, it is the concubine and the prince, don't worry!