At night, the stars twinkle, and everything seems to be calm, but it seems to be hidden in the dark.

In Kyoto City, there is still a little light at the Kyoto Prefecture Yin Hou Office.

In the study, Zeng Youzhi sat at the desk, holding the news from home, looking at the scenery outside the window in a daze, not knowing what to think, and it took a long time to come back to his senses and open the letter.

He thought it would be a letter urging him to go home and get married, but he didn't expect it to be a letter informing him about the family and telling him to be more careful.

The Zeng family is a big family, just like the Zhong family, with flourishing branches and leaves, and has been in business for generations, but it is not as harsh as the Zhong family, and it does not let children and grandchildren go on a career path.

However, the Zeng family's business was concentrated in Anzhou and Nanliang, and it was not revealed, but it was still noticed by the sons of Emperor Jingxi.

Under their co-optation, the family has a disagreement.

His father was obviously on the side of the Zhong family.

And his third uncle chose the second prince.

Some others remained neutral, some were on his father's side, some were like grass on the wall, some were thinking about other princes......

In short, some members of the Zeng family wanted to replace his father as the patriarch, and they also wanted to seek the wealth of the Zeng family.

After Zeng Youzhi read it, he thought of these days, the four princes were openly and secretly co-opting, and he was even more dissatisfied with the royal family in his heart, so it seemed that he should take action.

So, he wrote an urgent letter to Zhong Xuanlan.

At this time, suddenly a figure broke in, Zeng Youzhi wanted to make a move, but found that it was Prince Mu Shangguan Ting, and put down his right hand held at the hidden buckle around his waist.

Zeng Youzhi put the letter away and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Shangguan Ting sat opposite Zeng Youzhi and said casually: "There is a drought in Youzhou. ”

Zeng Youzhi nodded, not understanding why Shangguan Ting wanted to say this thing that well-informed people already knew.

Shangguan Ting played with the brush on the table and said again: "The treasury is empty, this time the one in the palace will definitely use the merchant to make your family a little more restrained." ”

Zeng Youzhi didn't say anything to Shangguan Ting, he didn't know about his family's affairs until now, but looking at Shangguan Ting's appearance, it seemed that he had already noticed the situation in his family.

Thinking of this, Zeng Youzhi felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Shangguan Ting said again: "I didn't send someone to monitor your house, but your family came to Kyoto City." ”

Zeng Youzhi was shocked, who was here, why didn't he know, it seemed that there was something wrong with his intelligence: "Where are they now?" ”

Shangguan Ting said: "The eldest son of the third master is now living in the second prince's courtyard. What is the control of the palace in the palace, I think you should be clear, hurry up and find a way to get him away, otherwise, in this battle for imperial power, your family will not be able to retreat. ”

In the ancient city, the Zeng family was not much worse than the Zhong family.

When the Zhong family moved to Kyoto City, Emperor Jingren didn't just see the wealth and connections of the Zhong family, and the Zhong family also helped him create a lot of wealth, and also collected a lot of news about other four countries for him, otherwise, Emperor Jingren would not marry a merchant girl as the queen.

Zeng Youzhi looked forward to Shangguan Ting, he and Shangguan Ting have known each other for many years, but he never knew what Shangguan Ting wanted.

He had thought that Shangguan Ting wanted the most honorable position, but he didn't fight or grab, and watched the sons of the palace in the palace fight hard.

He felt that Shangguan Ting didn't care, but it wasn't like it, some things were like the iron ore in Qingyun County, which was now in his hands.

"What exactly do you want?"

Shangguan Ting smiled at Zeng Youzhi, when this sentence was in Qingyun County, Zhong Xuanlan once asked him, and at that time he replied that he wanted the most honorable position, Zhong Xuanlan said that he failed to seize the throne, save his life.

Now he still has this answer, I wonder what will happen to this person?

"I want the most prestigious position, will you help me?"

Zeng Youzhi had some doubts in his heart, and seriously looked at Shangguan Ting, seeing him sitting there casually, flipping through the books on the table with his hands, not worrying at all about whether this secret would be leaked out.

"I won't help you, but if you fail, I'll find a way to save your life."

Zeng's family is just a businessman, how can a small ant shake an elephant, he won't risk the entire Zeng family, but there is still a way to save his life.

Shangguan Ting smiled and said, "You are really the same as her, a proper businessman."

Rest assured, for your sake, I will never fail. ”

Zeng Youzhi had a guess in his heart that this person didn't want that position, but he still couldn't find out what he wanted.

Next, the two chatted about the situation in Kyoto City, while on the other side, Zhong Xuanlan and Wang Xuannian sat by the river and chatted about topics similar to them.

Wang Xuannian looked at the fireflies flying in the sky, listened to the innocent childish words coming from not far away, and thought that one day he and Lan'er would live in seclusion in the mountain village and live such a leisurely life, how good it would be!

Under the moonlight, Zhong Xuanlan saw Wang Xuannian's yearning look, and knew that he had always disliked the life of deceitful outside, but without these intrigues, she and him might not have met and would not have become husband and wife.

Maybe in this life, they can only dream about such a life, I wonder if he will regret it?

Wang Xuannian found that Zhong Xuanlan was looking at him distractedly, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he called her: "Lan'er." ”

Zhong Xuanlan came back to his senses and looked ahead: "When do you plan to return to the Dark Pavilion?" ”

"I want to wait until Lan'er reaches her destination before leaving."

Zhong Xuanlan thought about the matter of the ancient city that he had to deal with recently, and responded: "I have no destination, you can leave tomorrow!" ”

Wang Xuannian didn't want to leave at this time, he would be worried about her safety, and he couldn't train at all: "Lan'er, are you still angry?" ”

Zhong Xuanlan shook her head and said no, she is not a stingy person.

"Then why did you drive me away?"

When the words fell, Wang Xuannian's eyes were firmly fixed on Zhong Xuanlan, not wanting to miss her reaction.

Zhong Xuanlan frowned slightly, and let go of her eyebrows in the blink of an eye, she just didn't want Wang Xuannian to know her methods of dealing with his family so quickly, and she also wanted to give him some time to think calmly, she didn't want there to be an estrangement between them because of this matter in the future.

"I have someone here to protect, you don't need to worry, go back and train with peace of mind, the dark pavilion will not show favoritism, and you can't go back again after being away for a long time."

Wang Xuannian thought that this reason was reasonable, but he still didn't believe it, and his mind flowed, and he finally asked what his family had done.

Zhong Xuanlan did not hesitate at all, and immediately informed Wang Xuannian that his family had put his father in prison.

After listening, Wang Xuannian was silent for a long time, and when Zhong Xuanlan's patience ran out, he spoke: "What is Lan'er going to do with them?" ”

Zhong Xuanlan said: "For the sake of the children, leave them alive, and the three of them will be exiled for thousands of miles, unless his children have achieved something, otherwise, they will be military households for generations." ”

Hearing this, Wang Xuannian breathed a sigh of relief, just don't want their lives!

Military household, he may not have understood these two words before, but now he knows, unless there is military merit or pardon by the imperial court, otherwise, the children and grandchildren are all from the military household, the father dies, the son replaces, the son dies, and the grandson replaces...... For generations, they had to stay at the borders, go to the battlefield when there was a war, go to the battlefield when there was no war, build a city wall, etc.

"What about the Zeng family?"

Does he remember that Zeng Youzhi was from the Zeng family in the ancient city, and he often cooperated with her when he was in Kyoto, and he wondered how she would behave?