Shen Ning personally inspected the garrison situation in the palace, how to patrol, and planted secret posts there to ensure that there were no dead ends, and after nightfall.

The first day I came to the imperial capital was spent in a busy situation.

In the early morning of the next day, Shen Ning got up early to practice guns, and with the daily practice, his marksmanship has become handy, but Shen Ning has never practiced the feeling of internal strength. Shen Ning is not in a hurry, this kind of thing is not in a hurry, it is a matter of course.

After washing, Zhang Liao was already waiting outside the door.

"Lord, this is the information gathered." Zhang Liao handed a stack of papers to Shen Ning.

Shen Ning thanked him and flipped through it briefly.

On the emperor's birthday, the princes of the world were gathered together, with a total of eight princes and ten military marquis.

The eight kings were Sima Liang, King of Runan, Sima Wei, King of Chu, Sima Lun, King of Zhao, Sima Jian, King of Qi, Sima Yi, King of Changsha, Sima Ying, King of Chengdu, Sima Hao, King of Hejian, and Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea.

The ten military marquis are the Marquis of Dongwu who sits in Youzhou; Pingyang Hou, who sits in the northern part of the state; Chiyang Hou in the north of Yongzhou; the Hundred Battles Marquis who sat in Qinzhou; Xihaihou in Liangzhou; the Marquis of Zhan Yong, who sits in Yizhou; Huai Yuhou who sat in Jingzhou; Pochuan Hou, who sits in the south of Guangzhou; Pingbohou in Yizhou; Dandonghou sits in Pingzhou.

Needless to say, the eight kings are royal princes, master fiefdoms and soldiers, and constantly expand their strength, and their ambitions are clear. And from the ten military marquis' garrison can be seen, mostly in the border pass, guarding the territory of the country, with the growth of ambition, coupled with the high emperor Yuan, the ten military marquis are also a little obedient to the tune, constantly expanding their own soldiers and horses, now the old emperor wants to move can no longer move, the only fortunate thing is that the family members of the ten princes are in the imperial city, which is considered a handle.

According to the information collected by Shen Ning, except for Sima Yin, the king of Qi in Qingzhou, who had not yet arrived, the other princes had already arrived in the imperial capital, and as for the ten major military marquis, only four of them had come because of the long distance.

There are still more than a month and a few days before the emperor's birthday, as the prince and the military marquis gather in the imperial capital, the situation has become more and more turbulent, many people think that this may be the last reunion, after all, wait any longer, once someone unveils the rod and rises up to become the emperor, it will become a prairie fire, and then the world will be in chaos, they will be opponents.

Shen Ning sent the information to Sima Haiyun, Sima Haiyun was too lazy to look at it, so he asked Shen Ning to talk briefly, while he lay on the soft collapse and let the beauty feed something.

After Shen Ning introduced the situation, he asked, "When will Your Highness enter the palace to face the saint?" ”

Sima Haiyun returned to Beijing to celebrate his birthday instead of the king of the southeast, and he also had to enter the palace to ask for peace instead of his father, this is the rule.

Sima Haiyun snorted coldly and said, "Yesterday, I also specially asked Zongzheng Temple, and the other party's answer was to wait for His Majesty to summon me. Listening to them, His Majesty has not been to court for half a month, and he is addicted to beauty and elixir. Your Majesty is not in a hurry, then I am not in a hurry, anyway, the recital of the invitation has already been handed into the palace, and it is better not to see it, let me be low-key and low-key. ”

Shen Ning nodded, not surprised.

Today, His Majesty is famous, and he has three hobbies: good beauty, like metaphysics, and delving into immortality.

Don't look at sixty years old, but every year Na'vi enters the palace, and the degree of lust can be imagined. The former queen and concubine are all old and decrepit, how can they meet his appetite, look at the four favorite concubines who are now favored by him, the average is twenty years younger, it is said that each of them is captivating the country and the city, and each has its own characteristics.

I like metaphysics, which can be seen from the reuse of the Heavenly Master's Dao.

As for studying immortality, it is estimated that it is the common problem and pursuit of every emperor, who wants to be an emperor all the time and pamper beautiful girls all the time. Since ancient times, the way of immortality has been in the pill, and now the alchemy of the Great Jin Dynasty is prevalent, and many dignitaries like to take pills, all because His Majesty likes it today.

It is said that the emperor specially built a Dan room in the harem and summoned alchemists to make alchemy for him, hoping to refine the Flying Ascension Golden Pill, in case he became an immortal.

"Since His Royal Highness is not entering the palace for the time being, why don't you visit a few princes?" Shen Ning asked.

Sima Haiyun nodded, before he came to Beijing, Sima Yue specially explained to him, and asked him to visit several princes who were close to him, and with them to take care of him, Sima Haiyun's safety could be guaranteed.

"Shen Ning, you come to the door to help me send a prayer post first, I will go to see King Runan tomorrow, forget it today, I don't want to move, I just want to eat delicious food." Sima Haiyun said.

Shen Ning agreed, chatted a few more words, and then left.

asked people to prepare a greeting post, Shen Ning took the protection of several masters of the Yin and Yang Dao, changed into civilian clothes, and left the palace.

First went to the mansion of Sima Liang, the king of Runan, to send a post, and after making an appointment, Shen Ning was ready to wander around the prosperity of the imperial capital.

The mansions that lived in this area were all dignitaries, after all, they were close to the imperial city, and when Shen Ning inadvertently passed by a mansion, he was stunned.

I saw that this mansion was desolate and dilapidated, and even the door of the mansion had lost its vermilion color and was full of mottling. However, there is a high stone tablet in front of the house, on which are written four big characters: "Pillar Stone of Protecting the Country", although it has experienced vicissitudes, but the majesty is not gone.

The plaque in front of the mansion is no longer there, and it is impossible to see whose mansion it is, but Shen Ning understands that this is his former home, the Shen Mansion.

The Shen family has always been loyal and brave, and Shen Lie of Shen Ning is a first-class military marquis and a hussar general. Grandfather Shen Yue, a servant of the door, a veteran of the three dynasties. Further up, the Shen family is a very good minister.

Now, this step has fallen.

Shen Ning didn't go in to take a look, the mansion had been desolate for eighteen years, what was the point of going in, it only added to the sadness.

Next, Shen Ning wandered around, briefly familiarized himself with the location of each mansion, and kept it in mind, and then returned to the Southeast Palace.

After going back, he told Sima Haiyun that the post had been delivered, and Shen Ning went to see Yu Xuefei again.

Yu Xuefei was embroidering the sachet when she saw Shen Ning coming, and hid the sachet shyly, unwilling to let Shen Ning see it.

Shen Ning pretended not to know, and instead asked, "When are you going to go home?" ”

Yu's family is in Shouchun County, Huainan County, Yangzhou, and there is still a distance from Jiankang, since he promised Yu Meiqian to send Yu Xuefei home safely, Shen Ning must talk about it, and he just happened to visit Yu Qianchou.

Yu Xuefei's cheeks were red, and she was quite shy, as if she was shy at the thought of seeing her parents.

"I'm not in a hurry, you just arrived in the imperial capital, there must be a lot of things to do, and when you finish congratulating the emperor on his birthday, it's not too late for you to send me home." Yu Xuefei said.

Shen Ning asked, "Then will your parents and grandfather be very worried?" ”

"It's okay, it's not bad these days. Besides, my aunt is in the imperial capital, and I was thinking about going to her house, which is inconvenient here. "After all, Yu Xuefei is unmarried, and it is not suitable to live in the Southeast Palace, although she doesn't want to leave.

Shen Ning knew that Aunt Yu Xuefei's husband was a waiter in the Ministry of Works, and Yu Xuefei went there to live temporarily, and Shen Ning was also relieved.

"Good! I'll send you over when I have time in the afternoon! Shen Ning smiled.

Yu Xuefei suddenly felt happy in her heart.

After lunch, after Shen Ning showed Sima Haiyun, he took four guards to escort Yu Xuefei to Qiu's mansion.

"Knock knock..."

Shen Ning ordered someone to knock on the door of the mansion, and a doorman poked his head out.

"What do you have to do with this son?" The doorman asked.

Shen Ning didn't prepare to pay a visit, and directly pointed to the carriage and said, "I'm tired to tell Mrs. Qiu that her niece Yu Xuefei wants to see her." ”

When the doorman heard this, he hurriedly ran back to the house to make a report.

didn't wait long, and before anyone heard his voice, he heard a woman's voice from the door of the house: "Xue Fei, Xue Fei... You stinky girl, why are you here? ”

And he saw a richly dressed woman come out.

Yu Xuefei had already gotten out of the carriage, and when she saw the woman, she hurriedly greeted her, and said obediently: "Auntie! ”

The woman looked Yu Xuefei up and down, then nodded her forehead angrily, and said, "I heard that you went to Pengcheng, it's really nonsense." Why did you come to the imperial capital again? Does your father know? ”

"I haven't told my father and grandfather yet, I just arrived in the imperial capital, and I came to find my aunt." Yu Xuefei said coquettishly.

The woman took her hand, glared at her, then looked at Shen Ning and asked, "Who is this?" ”

Yu Xuefei introduced: "He is Li Yuanxiao's nephew, serving as the head of the Xuzhou Guard, escorting the prince of the southeast to Beijing to celebrate his birthday. ”

Shen Ning bowed his hand and said, "Senior Shen Ning, meet Madame." ”

The woman's real name is Yu Qingqiu, she saw Yu Xuefei's expression, her eyebrows raised slightly, and she immediately guessed something, so she smiled and said: "Thank you Shen Jun Master for sending her back, since Shen Jun Lord wants to protect the prince of the southeast and wants to be busy with business, I won't keep you." ”

Shen Ning Yile, the door hasn't entered yet, this is going to send off guests?

You don't seem to have provoked her, huh?

Yu Xuefei on the side was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Auntie, there are many masters around the prince of the southeast, and there is no need for Shen Ning to protect him personally. ”

After speaking, he also went to shake Yu Qingqiu's arm, a little annoyed.

Yu Qingqiu smiled and said, "I also invite Shen Gongzi to enter the mansion to drink a cup of tea, and I hope that Shen Gongzi will be considerate if he is lazy." ”

Shen Ning smiled: "Then disturb Madame." ”

I don't know the origin of this woman's hostility, but it must be related to Yu Xuefei. Yu Xuefei's revenge plan for Shen Ning is very important, and there is absolutely no room for mistakes, so Shen Ning wants to stay and see what the hell Yu Qingqiu does.

In this way, Shen Ning followed them into the mansion and came to the teahouse to rest.

Yu Qingqiu asked people to bring tea and entertain Shen Ning to drink.

"Shen Gongzi is young, he served as the military master, it seems that he is deeply respected by the Southeast Palace, I don't know if Shen Gongzi has a marriage contract?" Yu Qingqiu asked.

When a woman chats, she always likes to pull on the marriage contract.

"The younger generation has no marriage contract yet, but he already has a crush." After Shen Ning finished speaking, he deliberately looked at Yu Xuefei with fiery eyes.

Yu Xuefei's happy cheeks were crimson, showing affection in front of her elders, so shy.

Yu Qingqiu's face sank, and he said with a smile: "It's a good thing to have someone in mind, Shen Gongzi is a talent, and the person you want to come to is also everyone's daughter." is not like Yu Xuefei, a girl who jumps out all day long, and has no positive shape. ”

As he spoke, he said to Yu Xuefei: "Xuefei, since you have come to the imperial capital, are you willing to enter the palace?" ”

Yu Xuefei said helplessly: "Auntie, grandpa has already asked my cousin to replace me, why do you still want me to enter the palace, I won't enter." If you say it again, I'll leave now! ”

"Okay, okay, aunt doesn't say it, aunt doesn't say it." Yu Qingqiu said busily.

Only then did Shen Ning understand the reason.

It seems that Yu Qingqiu advocates letting Yu Xuefei enter the palace as a female official, with Yu Xuefei's appearance, once she is valued by the emperor of the old pervert, she may be the next favorite concubine.

Look at the maiden families of the four favorite concubines now, all of them are powerful, the Yu family is only a middle-grade family, once it becomes a relative of the emperor, it is not difficult to become a high-grade family.