Chu Li didn't know that the gate of the Duke of Weiguo was open in that direction, so he rode a horse to accompany the soft sedan chair of the Duchess of Weiguo.

He is just looking for someone to lead the way, but in the eyes of Duchess Weiguo and outsiders, this is the filial piety of the prince of Weiguo, and the beauty of Duchess Weiguo's heart.

As soon as I saw the gate of the Weiguo Mansion, a luxurious soft sedan chair slowly stopped, and the maid walking next to the soft sedan chair saw it and said, "Lord Shizi, it is the soft sedan chair of the Yongwang Mansion." ”

Duchess Wei Guo opened the sedan curtain, and saw the sedan chair man on the opposite side pressing the sedan chair, and a middle-aged man came out of it.

Wearing a brocade robe, luxurious and luxurious.

The sedan chair man walked a little faster, arrived at the door, and put the sedan chair down.

Duchess Weiguo came out of the sedan chair and said with a smile, "The people in the mansion are not sensible, and the prince Yong is here, and he doesn't know that please come into the mansion for tea." ”

King Yong had a bright smile on his face, his eyes revolved around Chu Li, and said with a smile, "This king has come to talk to the general for a few words. ”

It came really fast, and before her son entered the house for a cup of tea, King Yong came to woo him personally, and her son had a long journey and didn't know how to let him rest.

Duchess Wei Guo was a little unhappy, but it was about the position of the prince, and King Yong was in a hurry.

And her son is young, so he has the ability to influence the reserve, and he is proud of being a mother.

Duke Wei Guo went to deal with the courtiers and did not come back for the time being, so Duchess Wei Guo said, "Lord Yong will come into the palace and talk." ”

King Yong smiled and stepped into the Patriotic Mansion.

Chu Li followed closely behind.

But after entering the Weiguo Mansion, Chu Li only instructed the maid, "Where do I live?"

King Yong was stunned.

The maid hurriedly said, "The prince lives over there." ”

"Lead the way. ”

The maid hurried to lead the way.

Duchess Wei Guo and King Yong watched Chu walk away without looking back.

Although Chu Li is a general, King Yong is the prince after all, so he doesn't take people seriously, which is enough to see no one.

Duchess Wei Guo held her forehead and explained for Chu Li, "He was injured and hit his head, even I don't remember, it will take a while to get better." ”

Yong Wang Ye nodded, "The battlefield is dangerous, injuries are inevitable, I see that the prince of the world has a ruddy complexion, and there is no big problem." ”

King Yong drank tea in the main hall and waited for Chu Li.

As a result, after waiting for a quarter of an hour and a quarter of an hour, Chu Li did not come.

He was taking a bath, if he remembered correctly, it was the county lord of Yongwangfu who smashed the daughter of the Zhenguo Mansion, and Minglan woke up from her body.

Now the old prince openly recruits a son-in-law for the lord of Zhaoning.

In fact, her fate can be regarded as a side decision, either marrying Nanyue or marrying Xiqin.

With her alone, in exchange for a respite from Dali.

Everyone knows that there is only one person under the knees of the old prince, the lord of Zhaoning, once he is married, the old prince will have no one under his knees, and he can only choose the right person from the side branch of the royal family to inherit the throne.

The throne is in front of him, and the royal family can't hold it back, and they are ready to move.

Just soaked in the bath, and a few more princes came.

King of Qi, King of Shu, King of Zhao......

Duchess Wei didn't know what to do, so she simply let several princes sit together and drink tea.

She doesn't favor anyone, and the tea is the same.

A few princes, "......." ”

Inside the main hall, the atmosphere was unprecedentedly cold, and the air seemed to be covered with a layer of ice.

After Chu Li finished bathing, he came to the main house, and without waiting for them to speak, he said first, "I know the purpose of the princes' coming, but I advise you, the Dali Dynasty has been falling apart for thirty years, and now it is only a little more stable, if there is something messy at this time, it will endanger the emperor, not to mention the position of the prince, I am afraid that even the existing glory and wealth will not be able to be kept, before the emperor comes back, what kind of life the Dali royal family lived, you know better than me." ”

At that time, the royal family was not as good as a dog.

Whoever dares to use the banner of the royal family, it is tired of looking for death.

After the old prince came back, he propped up the royal portal, and these royal clansmen had stiffened their waists, and they had been prosperous and wealthy for a few years, and they had already put the tragic situation of previous years behind and began to think about the throne.

The throne is good, the king is in the world, and he controls the life and death of the people in the world.

But today's throne of the Dali Dynasty is a hot potato, and people who don't have a little courage will throw it on the ground when they get it, and let others rob it.

At that time, all the hard work of the old prince for so many years will be in vain.

They will also live back to the old days when they were trampled on.

Those days were too humiliating, like a fig leaf being torn apart, revealing a full of desolation for people to see, and several princes clenched their fists.

King Yong looked at Chu Li and said, "The old prince is only the county lord of Zhaoning under his knees, isn't it precisely for Nanyue and Xiqin to marry the county lord of Zhaoning to leave the throne, is the prince of Weiguo willing to watch the throne fall into the hands of the enemy country?"

Chu Li said coldly, "The county lord of Zhaoning has just returned to Beijing, and the people from Nanyue and Xiqin have not yet arrived, so King Yong is sure that there is no turnaround?"

King Yong's throat choked.

In his opinion, there is no turning point for this matter.

Chu Li's attitude was very hard, and with so many princes here, it was impossible for Chu Li to clearly express his support for whom, so several princes got up and said goodbye.

After they left, Duchess Wei asked Chu Lidao, "It is a fact that there is no one under the knees of the old prince, and several princes are hot candidates, which prince does Zheng'er think has the greatest hope?"

Duchess Wei Guo is not involved in court politics, she is just pure curiosity.

"There is no hope for anyone. ”

can't even see through the most basic court situation, how can such a person get into the eyes of his grandfather.

When the time came, Chu Li entered the palace for a banquet.

There is no concubine in the palace, not even the lord of Zhaoning, the banquet is arranged by the Ministry of Rites, the emperor does not like singing and dancing, and he does not dare to invite dancers into the palace from outside the palace, but there are a lot of songs and dances, and those ministers bring their families into the palace for the banquet.

Those ladies show you and dance and I will appear on the stage, and the crowd will compete for beauty.

At a banquet, Chu Li didn't know how many flattering eyes he received.

The old prince rewarded Chu Li with a coral tree half a person high, and the other rewards were awarded after the Zhaoning County Lord's personal affairs were settled, and the army came back from the border pass, and then rewarded them together.

Forget about the other people's flattery, the old prince let Chu San dance the sword to cheer up.

This guy actually learned from those ladies to throw flattery to Chu Li, and Minglan squirted out all the fruit wine, and lost his honor in front of the palace.

Minglan hurriedly got up and admitted his mistake.

The old prince shook his head and smiled, "He is still as good as when he was a child, you have a lot of ghost ideas, and you have more snacks for Zhaoning's selection of county horses." ”

Chu San smiled, "This still needs to be said. ”

He and his eldest brother are not satisfied, and no one wants to be his cousin-in-law.

Those ministers looked at each other, not knowing what the identities of the several nobles that the emperor was looking for, and he spoke so indifferently, the emperor was not angry, and handed over to him the selection of the son-in-law of Chenglong by the county lord of Zhaoning.

Chu San sat down and looked at the food on the table, all of which were full of poverty.

The old prince is thrifty, and the imperial dining room does not dare to put on a feast, although the dishes are full of color and flavor, but compared with the banquet of the Great Zhou, it is too far away.

This is a bad face emperor.

Thinking that the old prince was sitting on two golden mountains away from the palace, and being the emperor in Da Li, he was so cold, Chu San's heart was quite unpleasant.

I have to find a way to earn some money for the old prince.

I won a lot last time I went back to the gambling house, and it is estimated that no gambling house is willing to gamble with him, and the old prince will not want the money earned in this way.

The methods of the side door and the left side of the door cannot be used, and they can only make money in a bright and bright way.

Thinking of something, Chu San's eyes lit up.

……

After three rounds of drinking, the officials were a little drunk, and the old prince waved his hand, and the father-in-law on the side shouted at the top of his voice, "Loose feast!"

The hundred officials were slightly surprised, this banquet has not been half an hour, why did it disperse, according to the custom, the general who wants to drink is slightly drunk, and the banquet will be dispersed.

How did they know that the old prince wanted to drink with Chu Li alone.

Until now, Chu Li hadn't had a chance to call him grandfather.

The ministers dispersed, and the old prince left Chu Li and his party alone.

Chu Li and the others followed the old prince, and the second wife of the Zhenguo Mansion came over, grabbed Minglan's hand, and saw her pulled aside, with a mean accusation on her face, "Climbed the high branch of the county lord of Zhaoning, and even the elders of the Zhenguo Mansion don't pay attention to it?"

was caught, Minglan was stunned, and it wasn't until she opened her mouth that Minglan realized who was talking to her.

This is to blame her and Ling Yi for coming out of the Zhenguo Mansion, under the guise of begging the emperor to inherit the title to the second room, they entered the palace and never went back.

The Zhenguo Mansion sent someone to pick her up, but the emperor sent her on the grounds that she was going to accompany the county lord of Zhaoning, and the Zhenguo Mansion said to send her clothes, but there was nothing missing in the palace.

I wanted to see it, but I couldn't see it.

The old lady and the second wife of the Zhenguo Mansion were worried that Minglan and Ling Yi would take the opportunity to complain to the emperor, but the emperor didn't ask them, so they just hung dry.

However, Minglan and the county lord of Zhaoning got closer, and the emperor left Young Master Gu in the palace, which was not a bad thing for the Zhenguo Mansion, but there was no news about the title, it was like a fish bone stuck in the throat, unable to spit it out, unable to swallow, and uncomfortable.

I finally saw Minglan, but I waved to her, but she couldn't see it, so I called her Mingzhu, but she didn't respond.

I really didn't take these elders of the Zhenguo Mansion in my eyes.

Second Mrs. Gu couldn't help it, even if the county lord of Zhaoning was unhappy, she had to ask for a clear understanding.

Minglan was dragged away, and the county lord of Zhaoning also came over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Second Mrs. Gu was panicked.

The county lord of Zhaoning is also too concerned about Mingzhu, shouldn't she care more about her own destiny?

She is an aunt, so she has to say a few words to her niece, so she doesn't need to be so worried about coming to ask, right?

Besides, this is the palace, what can she do with the pearl?

Second Mrs. Gu took a deep breath, saluted the lord of Zhaoning County, and said respectfully, "The old lady hasn't seen Mingzhu for a long time, and I miss her a little, so let the Mingzhu sister and brother go back to the Zhenguo Mansion." ”

Minglan didn't want to go back, she said, "Is there something wrong with the old lady looking for me?"

If it weren't for the presence of the county lord of Zhaoning, Second Mrs. Gu probably yelled directly, can't the old lady look for her if she is fine, and dare to elders!

It's a pity that these words have been shouted thousands of times in her heart, and she didn't dare to say them, so she only smiled, "You went to the border with the county lord of Zhaoning these days, and the old lady has been worried about you. ”

After all, this body belongs to Gu Mingzhu, and Minglan really can't let her bear the name of unfilial piety, so he said, "Second aunt will go back first, and I will go back to the Zhenguo Mansion later." ”

Just promise to go back, the palace is not a place to talk after all.

Second Mrs. Gu nodded and turned to leave.

Here, after Mrs. Gu's front foot, a girl came over and shouted sweetly, "Zhaoning." ”

Minglan glanced at the girl and felt a little familiar.

It's just that I can't remember it for a while.

The girl looked at the pendant on her forehead and said, "I didn't intend to smash you last time, did you have a scar on your forehead?"

With such a reminder, Minglan knew who she was, the county lord of Yongwang Mansion.

She raised her hand to touch the pendant on Minglan's forehead, but Minglan stopped her hand and said, "There is no scar, do you want to smash me again?"

The county lord of Changhuan's face stiffened, and said, "I really didn't mean it, can't you forgive me for my unintentional mistake?"

Minglan didn't bother to pay attention to her, he had been smashing her for a few months, and he could apologize whenever he wanted, but he didn't come until today, but for the sake of the face of the county lord of Zhaoning, such a person, Minglan was too lazy to deal with her.

The thought of going back to the Zhenguo Mansion made her very upset.

As soon as Minglan walked away, the county lord of Changhuan sneered behind him, "You are married to my eldest brother, do you plan to ignore me for the rest of your life?"

Minglan's footsteps stopped abruptly, and he turned back and said, "What did you say?"

The county lord of Changhuan came over and said word by word, "You and my eldest brother are married, don't you know?"

She knew, did she need to be so surprised?

The county lord of Zhaoning had round eyes, stood beside Minglan, and asked the county lord of Changhuan, "Does my grandfather know about this?"

The county lord of Changhuan looked strange, and he didn't understand why the county lord of Zhaoning asked this, so he only said, "The emperor has all the opportunities, and the government is too busy, how dare my eldest brother bother the emperor to know about this trivial matter?"

Minglan rubbed his temples and left.

Watching her walk away, the county lord of Changhuan said angrily, "Why is she so rude?!"

The chief guard of Zhaoning County said, "You smashed her, why did you remember to apologize now?"

There is no politeness in front, and there is a face to accuse others of being rude.

The county lord of Changhuan had a knotted throat and didn't know how to answer, it was a fact that she didn't apologize in time.

The county lord of Zhaoning also turned around and chased Minglan away.

Behind him, the lord of Changhuan County stomped his feet angrily, but he was the county lord of Zhaoning, and he actually let her go as a county lord and ignore her, not to mention the little concubine of the Zhenguo Mansion, she was about to become someone's little follower!

In the pavilion of the imperial garden, Chu Li and Chu San accompanied the old prince to drink.

Minglan stood far away, did not step forward, raised his hand to rub his temples, and the county lord of Zhaoning came over and said, "Sister-in-law is worried about the marriage between the Zhenguo Mansion and the Yongwang Mansion?"

After all, Minglan's body is the daughter of the Zhenguo Mansion, and the marriage event is the order of the parents, the Zhenguo Duke and the Zhenguo Duchess have passed away, and the other elders will discuss the marriage on their behalf, which is not an exaggeration, and Minglan has a headache at all.

connived at the old prince to leave the emperor, and he couldn't directly order the Zhenguo Mansion and the Yongwang Mansion to cancel the marriage contract, and then marry her to the prince of Weiguo.

With other people's bodies, there are naturally many problems, and Minglan has long been mentally prepared.

She didn't take this family matter to heart, Chu Li couldn't let her remarry, she was worried about it, it was pure worry.

Besides, she is still a saint, and before Elder Shengshan left the palace, he said that she was not allowed to marry.