Prime Minister's House.

Ji Tai lay on the bed.

The emperor sent a royal doctor to come and check his pulse and give him medicine.

Of course, he didn't drink it.

His eldest son, Ji An, guards Tai'an Castle, the southern gateway of Kyoto, and the news of this great court meeting in Kyoto has not yet arrived, so Ji An does not know.

The second son, Ji Tuo, thought about it in the face of Qianniuwei in Beiya, but he didn't know it yet.

At this moment, in front of his bed is the third son Ji Ling, and the other is the second prince Ning Zhixing.

"Lift up the father. ”

"Father, you ......"

"Don't let your father say it a second time in the future!"

Ji Ling hurriedly and carefully helped Ji Tai up, he leaned his back against the head of the bed, looked at the package of medicine placed aside, and laughed: "It's all deliberate!"

"Your Majesty...... This is the idea of eradicating my Ji Mansion!"

"Father, the emperor sent an imperial doctor!"

Ji Tai smiled coldly: "It's just for show!"

"If the emperor still trusts his father, how can he ask that thief who is a traitor at the court meeting, in front of hundreds of civil and military officials!"

"The emperor is in collusion with that thief!"

"Slapped his father in the face in front of the Manchu civil and military forces...... The purpose is, of course, to show the officials below!"

"Those dogs and things are all rudder people who see the wind, and today the thief humiliated his father, but the emperor did not make decisions for his father...... The calculations in the hearts of those officials will be crackling!"

Even if I still respect my father on the surface, I will definitely have a lot less fear in my heart. I'm even afraid that in the future, there will be so many officials who see the wind and rudder secretly throw themselves into Li Chen'an's arms and find another backer!"

"This move, what a good move! My father couldn't hold back at that time, and he finally let him succeed!"

"Your Highness......"

Ji Tai looked at Ning Zhixing.

"The old minister shouldn't have talked about the emperor's rights and wrongs behind his back, but today's old man suffered this great shame, thanks to the emperor!"

Ning Zhixing bowed slightly, "Grandfather, the bitterness in your heart, your grandson knows!"

"Then when Li Chenan came to Hanyuan Palace, the first thing was to hit his grandson in the face!"

The father didn't stop him, let alone scold him, and even looked gloating...... It seems that his father really intends to pave the way for him, and my grandson is afraid that he will soon receive the will to go to the fiefdom!"

"Grandson...... I am not willing!"

"Hmm...... Now the question is, how to get rid of that thief!"

"Grandpa, my father didn't announce that he was the eldest son of the emperor!"

Ji Tai pointed to the teapot on the table, and Ji Ling hurriedly poured a cup of tea and handed it over.

"No need to declare!"

“...... Why?"

"The Imperial City Division was rebuilt by the eldest grandson and old thief twenty years ago. Although this order is the emperor's order, behind this order, it is Queen Lu's single-handedly promoted. ”

"There is a big-leaved banyan tree with a crooked neck in the Imperial City Division, which was planted by Empress Lu herself twenty years ago. ”

"Therefore, the eldest grandson and the old thief are holding the Imperial City Division to the death, and they are helping Queen Lu's descendants to guard it. ”

"He's been there until now...... I'm afraid you don't know that three years ago, Concubine Li once tested the emperor's tone. ”

"Concubine Li said that the third prince Ning Zhiyuan was born in martial arts, whether to let the three princes go to the Imperial City Division, after all, the eldest grandson Jinghong is already old, and in the future, the three princes will master the Imperial City Division, which will be of great benefit to the Ning royal family. ”

But the emperor did not agree. ”

"Today, the emperor appointed Li Chen'an, the little thief, as the deputy of the Imperial City Division...... For my father, I thought this was a sudden move by the emperor, but you just said that Father-in-law Chang gave Li Chenan two sets of official robes......!"

"Since this official robe has been prepared, it is obvious that this is what the emperor was going to give to the thief after careful consideration!"

"In the emperor's heart, that thief is the future ruler of the Imperial City Division. ”

"Then he must be the son of Queen Lu, there is no need to deliberately announce it!"

The second prince, Ning Zhixing, suddenly realized, he gritted his teeth ruthlessly, "I knew this was the case, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I should have gone out and killed him!"

Ji Tai waved his hand, "Don't talk about you, grandpa, I'm careless." ”

"This mistake can't be made again!"

"Ji Ling,"

"The child is here!"

"You write a letter for your father to your eldest brother, and those preparations are quicker, but they have to be done more carefully and secretly...... Don't let him go back to Beijing...... Don't go back to Beijing now!"

"In the afternoon, you take some time to go to the Huo Mansion and ask who the Huo family is...... Huo Xi, ask him about the purchase of autumn grain in Jiangnan, and how is it now?"

"If the purchase is completed, tell him that the grain will be secretly transported to Tai'an City through the vast jade canal. ”

"Also...... You go to the Yanguo Mansion for your father and ask him when the Red Flame Army can leave...... Tell Yan Guogong that what the old man hopes is to meet in Kyoto next spring!"

Ji Ling bowed and saluted: "The child obeys!"

"Go down, all of you. ”

"Your Highness, you don't have to go out these days, Li Chen'an's mad dog has the identity of the deputy of the Imperial City Division, if he gains the trust of the eldest grandson Jinghong, the eldest grandson Jinghong will also hand over the Xuanjia Battalion to him...... Grandpa was worried that he would bite people!"

When the two left, Kang Shiji, the chief housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion, walked in.

He stood in front of Ji Tai's bed and bowed, and said in a low voice: "Master, Xi Wei has arrived, waiting for you in the backyard!"

......

......

The two carriages stopped in front of a gate in the alley of the Zaowang Temple.

Three men, two women, came out of the carriage.

The man is as fat as a ball, he is Ning Zhiyi, the prince of the current Ning Kingdom.

The other woman gave birth to Liu Liang, like a flower.

She is the fourth princess Ning Chuchu!

Behind Ning Chuchu stood a maid carrying a food box, she was a paper kite.

The brother and sister were standing in front of the mottled door at the moment.

The two stone lions in front of the door were covered with dust and fallen leaves, and even the seven steps leading to the door were covered with moss.

Not to mention the wall.

The green vines on the fence had withered, revealing black, moldy roots.

The plaque on this door is still there, but the handwriting on it needs to be carefully recognized—

Those are the four big characters of Huaiguo Mansion!

The once beautiful Huaiguo Mansion has long since declined, even in the midday sun of this autumn, it is still dim and still exudes a musty smell.

Ning Zhiyi looked at the lintel, sighed suddenly, walked over with some difficulty, and knocked on the knocker.

It's been a long time.

A voice came from inside.

It's an old voice, a trembling voice:

“...... Who?"

The door creaked open.

It was not the porter who opened the door, but Huai Guogong himself!

He rubbed his dim eyes, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face full of ravines, "Why did you brothers and sisters run to this place?"

......

A small pavilion.

An old tea table.

Huai Lao Guogong invited Ning Zhiyi's brother and sister to sit down, without much greetings, he looked at Ning Zhiyi and went straight to the topic:

"My grandfather has heard the news of the Great Morning Meeting. ”

"Li Chen'an lit a fire!"

"But this fire will not burn to the East Palace. ”

"Grandpa sent you two sentences, and Li Chenan still maintains the indifferent relationship in the past, there is no need to deliberately make friends, and of course there is no need to doubt him too much. ”

Huai Guogong made tea, but closed his mouth.

After a long time, Ning Zhiyi couldn't help but ask, "What's the second sentence?"

Huai Guogong raised his eyes, "You're too fat!"