Is it to successfully ascend to the throne, and from then on guide the country to become the lord of a country?

Or is it subservient to others, restrained by others, and become a minister?

Now, it's time for the final moment of truth!

The men and horses of the third prince and the fourth prince have been dispatched, pulling people everywhere, and the courtiers are also weighing left and right, whether they can fly or not, it depends on whether their eyes are bright enough this time.

There are those who take the initiative to come to the door, most of them are speculators with a relatively thin foundation and a bleak future, and if they don't seize the opportunity that only comes once in the past few decades, they are estimated to be on this point for a lifetime, and there are speculators with ambition and no status; There are also those who sit firmly in the Diaoyutai and sell at the price, which is generally their own strength, and has considerable influence on the issue of Li Reserve, depending on which price is better; There are also those who do not want to make peace, and avoid other places, and escape from this mess; Of course, there are also neutral conservatives who are in the midst of chaos but do not want to join either side.

The Protectorate is a leading representative of the neutral conservatives.

However, because of this, the Protectorate Mansion is under the greatest pressure.

The lobbyists of the third prince and the fourth prince took turns to bomb the door, and they didn't know what to give up at all. When the Lord Protector saw them, he had a headache, and ran to the mountains to avoid them. These guys with great powers can't even avoid their claws even when they avoid the mountains.

Protector Xiao Zheng complained to Mrs. Huo: "The saint is really, what trick is he playing?" Which one you choose, hurry up and settle it early! If this continues, there is no way to live. What's going on? ”

For a while, he regretted and said: "If only the prince hadn't broken his leg, there wouldn't have been these bad things." ”

Mrs. Huo smiled and comforted him: "No matter what, it's just a matter of the past few months, just deal with it." ”

"That's all it can be." The Protector sighed: "At this time, I really envy Brother Zhennan, those people don't dare to go to Runan Wangfu to annoy him." ”

The brother Zhennan that Xiao Zheng, the protector of the country, said is Zhu Zhennan, the king of Runan.

In the past, the friendship between the Runan Mansion and the Protector's Mansion was just ordinary, but later on the summer resort incident, with the timely assistance of the King of Runan, the Protector naturally came to the door to thank him, and later because of the friendship with the Hong family, they met several times by fate, and the two were quite talkative. Slowly, they no longer have a mouthful of princes, but affectionately call each other by name.

The four kings with different surnames have prominent positions and transcendent positions, and the Daxing royal family depends on them to protect the peace of the frontier. But at the same time, the royal family is also very wary of them, beware of their power being too large and posing a threat to the royal family.

Over the years, this practice has gradually formed.

As long as the frontier is peaceful, the royal family will not interfere too much in what the four kings with different surnames do in their territory; But in the same way, as long as it does not involve frontier affairs, the four kings with different surnames will not lightly criticize the affairs of the imperial court, especially the matter of establishing a prince, which is the biggest taboo.

The four kings with different surnames will not touch lightly.

The royal family will not let them touch it.

There was once a prince who had such an idea in order to compete for the throne, but when he began to implement it, he was found and provoked the anger of the entire imperial family, even if he won the favor of the emperor at that time and interceded for him. But in the end, he succumbed to the pressure of the entire clan and imprisoned the prince, which calmed the anger of the public.

Since then, no prince has dared to touch this cordon.

Therefore, compared with the turbulent dark tide in the whole of Kyoto, the front of the four palaces with different surnames is exceptionally quiet, and even in order to avoid suspicion, it is much more deserted than in the past.

How can Xiao Zheng, who is in dire straits, not be envious?

When Xiao Zheng said this, Mrs. Huo's eyes lit up: "Lord Wang, isn't this a great place to go?" I don't believe that these people dare to follow them to the Runan Palace;! ”

"That's right!"

Xiao Zheng patted his head, "Why didn't I think of it before!" ”

At that moment, Xiao Zheng and Mrs. Huo hurriedly went to Runan Wangfu for refuge. When I arrived, there were many acquaintances, Liu Hanlin and Mrs. Shangguan; the squire and wife of the Ning family; The second master, the third master and the two wives of the Hong family turned out to be in the Runan Palace.

Seeing that Xiao Zheng and the others were also here, they all smiled in unison: "You guys are here too!" ”

Zhu Zhennan was helpless, feeling that his Runan Mansion had become a shelter?

These days, in order to entertain these people, he and Hongda haven't spoken a few words, and so is Brother Ping, who is about to forget who his father is.

The people of the Hanlin Mansion and the Shilang Mansion hid in the Runan Palace, Xiao Zheng understood very well, but the masters of the Hong family, the affairs of the court have nothing to do with them? No matter how you dragged your family and mouth, they all came.

Xiao Zheng was just puzzled and didn't ask.

Mrs. Huo now has a very good personal relationship with the third wife, so she smiled and asked, "Are you also taking refuge?" ”

The third wife sighed helplessly, although the second wife did not sigh, she was also depressed, and Mrs. Shangguan teased: "You don't know, now the threshold of their house is about to be broken by the matchmaker." ”

Just a few days ago, the eldest son of the second wife, Hong Juncai, made a marriage with Ning Cairuo of the Ning family of the Shilang Mansion, and this family matter was proposed by the Shilang Mansion.

Mrs. Ning was almost sad about Ning Cairuo's marriage, because of the delay of the son's matter on Wednesday, Ning Cairuo's age was not young, but she never found a suitable one.

Last time she ran for election, several princes were also interested in her.

Although the Ning family is relatively thin and not a big family, Ning Shilang and the emperor have a lifelong friendship, and the friendship is unusual, which is a good help. But compared to Jiang Lihua and other noble girls, Ning Cairuo must be much weaker, so they only want to accept Ning Cairuo as a concubine, and they can't even be a side concubine.

Ning Shilang and his wife refused to let her be allowed lightly because they cherished Ning Cairuo, where would they be willing to let her be a concubine with no status. asked for the emperor's grace and removed Ning Cairuo from the list.

Later, it was also a coincidence, once Ning Cairuo ran into some trouble when he went out, and it happened that Hong Juncai passed by and saw that it was the carriage of the Ning family. The relationship between the two families has always been good, so naturally they will not sit idly by, so they went up to solve the trouble for Ning Cairuo and escorted Ning Cairuo home.

Mrs. Ning was grateful in her heart, and she noticed Hong Juncai.

The more I look at it, the more I feel that this young man is stable, has a good character, and looks good, after the incident of the son of Wednesday, Mrs. Ning is also a little stunned by those young talents who are too outstanding=, plus Ning Cairuo's age can no longer withstand the delay, so she mentioned the red talent with Ning Shilang.

Ning Shilang listened to his wife, and found an opportunity to test Hong Juncai's talent, the qualifications are indeed not very good, but the foundation is quite solid, as long as he is willing to spend time, it should not be a big problem to lift people, but Jinshi is hanging, unless he is also like the fourth master, he has taken shit luck, otherwise the chance is slim. Such a man can only be regarded as middle-class at most, with an excellent daughter, Ning Shilang still feels that the difference is too far, and he doesn't quite agree.

But Mrs. Ning analyzed the benefits of marrying Hong Juncai to Ning Shilang.

The two families live close to each other and can take care of it, the old ladies of the Hong family have good personalities, the second wife is a reasonable person, not a mean person, the eldest wife is not a thing, the relationship between the third wife and the second wife is also good, the family style is very good, there is nothing bad. Moreover, Ning Cairuo is also familiar with the Hong family, and the relationship with the sisters-in-law is also good, so it will not be difficult to adapt, and Ning Cairuo also has a relationship with Hong Qi, who has a great influence on the Hong family, which is also a reliable backstage.

The more she thought about it, the more Mrs. Ning felt that this matter was more beneficial.

After hearing this, Lord Ning and Mrs. Ning also agreed, their two sons are now in Bailu Academy with the Hong brothers, and they have a very good relationship, and they are both from Qinghe County, they are fellow villagers, and they are also in Kyoto, which is also a kind of fate.

To these many people, Ning Shilang slowly became less repulsive.

The most important thing is that Mrs. Ning asked Ning Cairuo's impression of Hong Juncai, and looked at her appearance, but she didn't reject her very much. So, Ning Shilang also relented.

Mrs. Ning mentioned this matter to the second wife, and the second wife is also paying attention to the right object for several sons, Ning Cairuo is not without her consideration, and she has a good impression of her, but she is self-aware, and the talents of several sons are really not worthy of other girls, and the family background, the Hong family is not as good as the Shilang Mansion, and the second wife does not want to ruin the friendship between the two families because of this matter, so she dispelled this idea.

But now that the Ning family is willing to be low, the second wife is naturally overjoyed, and the background of the Ning family is secondary, mainly because of Ning Cairuo's appearance and talent, which is really rare. The fact that his own son can marry such a girl is simply that his ancestors have burned high incense. As soon as he said it to Hong Juncai, Hong Juncai was so happy that he was stupid. Such a good girl wants to marry herself, what is there that she is not willing to.

The Hong family solemnly invited Mrs. Huo to be the matchmaker, and the dowry was very particular and weighty, and the attitude was also very sincere, and they respected the opinions of the Ning family very much.

This marriage was very pleasant, and the last dissatisfaction in Ning Shilang's heart was also dispelled by the sincerity of the Hong family, as Mrs. said, it is better for a woman to marry a good man than to marry an excellent man.

In particular, a few days ago, Ning Cairuo's friend Wu Qunqun and the talented Chang Shining had only been married for half a month, and Chang Shining's widowed mother actually wanted to marry him.

The subject is the daughter of Chang Shining's mother's sister-in-law, Chang Shining's cousin.

It is said that the Chang family was poor, and the widowed mother helped people sew and mend clothes day and night in order to raise Chang Shining, and her eyes were broken, and now she can't see things clearly. After Chang Shining came to Kyoto to catch the exam, thanks to the care of his sister-in-law and this nephew's daughter, the two adults already had a tacit understanding, and they said goodbye when Chang Shining passed the exam.

Later, the uncle wrote and told him about Wu Qunqun, such a good family affair, and the uncle was the matchmaker, and Chang's mother was also a little moved, but she was also very hesitant. Later, Chang Shining's cousin found out about this, and the girl was very aware of the righteousness, saying that she could not affect Chang Shining's future for her and voluntarily live under Wu Qunqun.

Chang Shining's widowed mother felt very sorry for her in her heart, and after Wu Qunqun got started, she made up the matter of a flat wife. Although because of the opposition of the Wu family, the cousin also expressed concessions, but the matter was ultimately not completed, and only the cousin was accepted as a concubine.

But Wu Qunqun's life in Changjia is not easy now.

Thinking of this, Ning Shilang felt that it was better for the Hong family to know the roots. At the beginning, if the Wu family knew that Chang's mother had this kind of thought, they would never marry Wu Qunqun to Chang Shining. But now, it's too late to regret it, and her daughters are from other people's families. Originally, it was a good thing for the Hongning family to get married, but the timing was really not good. Those who tried to win over Ning Shilang to no avail, after hearing about this incident, they didn't know who first thought of the crooked idea, and they actually started the idea of saving the country one after another.