The milky white mutton soup is thick but not greasy, sprinkled with half a handful of chopped green onions, scooped with a spoonful of fried dogwood in mutton fat, and served with a thousand layers of crispy sesame pancakes, which is really a rare delicacy in this late autumn season when the temperature plummets.

Sun Shaozong used a soup spoon to press the dogwood floating on the surface to the soup base, grinded out the crispy dogwood seeds inside, and picked out the soaked dogwood one by one, and made a small pile on the round table, and then ate the baked cakes happily.

Seeing that a bowl of mutton soup was quickly bottoming out, Sun Shaozong was about to beckon the pomegranate to add another bowl, when he suddenly found that Ruan Rong on the opposite side was pinching the spoon and stirring it back and forth, as if the haggis soup was coming out of flowers.

Without hesitation, he took Ruan Rong's bowl over, and asked while adding seasoning, "What?" This lamb soup doesn't suit your appetite? ”

"It's not that I don't have an appetite, it's just that it's too greasy."

Ruan Rong said, raised her chin to Xiangling and Second Sister You, and said, "Okay, I really can't eat it, so let people change two bowls of rice porridge." ”

Next to him, Pomegranate hurriedly led people to remove the two bowls of mutton soup and replace them with two bowls of gruel cooked with blue stem rice.

This is obviously considerate of the second daughter, but Sun Shaozong and Ruan Rong get along day and night, how can she not know the little abacus in her heart, she really wants to enjoy this intimacy exclusively, and does not want Sun Shaozong to eat the sheep soup left over by the second daughter.

However, such innocuous careful thinking, Sun Shaozong naturally would not pierce it.

As concocted, he pressed the dogwood to the bottom of the bowl, looked at the golden dogwood seeds, and slowly surfaced with the oil star, and said casually: "There is just a flower party over there in the Prison God Temple, if you are bored at home, you might as well go over and have a look." ”

Second Sister You was nothing, but Xiangling suddenly jumped up, but she didn't dare to open her mouth, and only looked at Ruan Rong.

Ruan Rong hesitated for a while, but still shook her head and said: "Forget it, the young master nephew and they are going to move out in the next two days, although they may not need a few of us, but it is not good to go out and hang out at this time." ”

"Then I'll go back in two days."

Sun Shaozong took a bite of the baked cake and said vaguely: "This flower will be supervised by Jiafu Cheng, and it will last until the tenth day of the ninth month." ”

Ruan Rong nodded, pinched Xiangling's face again, and said with a smile: "This can be regarded as taking advantage of your intentions, don't forget to make a few more poems for the master to see, and let him know that the female gentleman of our family is not invited in vain." ”

Xiangling heard this, but immediately remembered the task assigned by Sun Shaozong yesterday, her cheeks were hot for a while, and she hurriedly lowered her head and borrowed the rice porridge to cover it.

After the family talked and laughed for breakfast, Sun Shaozong inquired with Ruan Rong again, and learned that Sun Chengye and Yu Qian were going to transport their luggage to their new house today, and then officially move in early tomorrow morning.

He left Zhang Cheng and the carriage at home, and rode to the prince's mansion alone.

Because of a heavy rain yesterday, the street was still a little slippery and muddy, Sun Shaozong didn't dare to gallop when he left the house, but fortunately, not far from the prince's mansion, he simply reined in the reins and let the horse kick and trample on the street.

Although the current Great Zhou Dynasty can be called internal and external troubles, if you only look at the street scene of Shuntianfu, it is much more prosperous than in previous years.

This is actually the follow-up impact of last year's flood, first, there are many people in Zhili who stayed in the capital to work hard; Second, most of the relief materials of the imperial court were transferred and mobilized from Gyeonggi, which added a lot of jobs; Third, this year, the wind and rain in the vicinity of Gyeonggi have been smooth, and the people have received a few more stones of grain, but the price of grain has risen instead of falling because of the victims.

To put it bluntly, the current prosperity of the capital is actually based on the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people affected by the disaster in Zhili.

"Master Wanfu, Master Wanfu!"

I was habitually lamenting the suffering of the people, and suddenly heard a few strange tones, and when I looked up, it was a vendor hanging a few bird cages on the side of the road and selling them.

Thinking of the many birds in the verandah of Rongguo Mansion, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but feel a little moved, so he stepped forward to take a look at the horse's belly.

When the peddler saw that he was coming to buy and sell, he hurriedly stepped forward with a smile on his face, and arched his hand: "Master, look at it, this is all trained with great effort, and each of them is skillful!" Come, give this master a blessing! ”

As he spoke, he took off an ebony cage and teased the red-collared and green-haired parrot inside.

"Master Wanfu, Master Wanfu!"

The bird flapped its wings and called twice, but it was the same one.

"You ......"

Sun Shaozong was about to ask this parrot if he would say anything else, when he suddenly saw that in one of the cages, it turned out to be a gray sparrow, and he couldn't help but wonder: "How can you still have sparrows here?" Could it be that it can also learn to speak? ”

"You're going to be embarrassed about it."

The peddler laughed, "But although it can't speak, it has a novel ability. ”

So saying, he took off the cage, caught the finch from it, tied it with a thin thread, and threw the finch to the ground, and the finch fluttered its wings, pecked up a small grimace flag from the ground, and swayed its neck up and down.

This looks good, and is more pleasing to children than the talking parrot.

Sun Shaozong asked the price, and when he saw that it was only two taels of silver, he pointed to his house and asked the vendor to send the finch to his house, and then asked Zhao Zhongji for silver.

When the peddler heard that it was the Lord Qingtian in person, he naturally didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly entrusted the stall to the neighbors, and flew away with the bird.

However, it was said that Sun Shaozong was back on the road, and after a short time, he arrived at the gate of the prince's mansion, and was about to turn over and dismount, but saw a young man wearing a python robe and jade belt, walking out of the prince's mansion.

King Xinyang?

How could this guy dare to come to the Prince's Mansion to find it?

Sun Shaozong hurriedly led the horse to the side, and after the king of Xinyang went out, he glanced at Sun Shaozong slightly, and probably didn't recognize Sun Shaozong's identity, so he got on the eight sedan chairs and walked away.

Seeing King Xinyang's sedan chair go away, Sun Shaozong arrived in front of the corner gate in wonder, and while handing the reins to the hands of the dragon guard who was guarding the door, he said strangely: "How did this King of Xinyang come again?" Didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince strictly forbid him to step into the palace gate for half a step? ”

"I heard that Uncle Guo helped to play the round."

How could Uncle Zhao play a round for King Xinyang?

Sun Shaozong was even more puzzled in his heart, but the details of this were not something that a gatekeeper could know.

So he crossed the threshold and entered the mansion, asked the steward on duty in the front yard, and learned that the prince was having morning tea in the flower hall in the backyard, so he rushed over.

He is now the number one confidant of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and this journey is naturally unimpeded, but when he arrived outside the door of the flower hall, he saw that the crown prince was not the only one inside, and the princess was also sitting aside.

Sun Shaozong was hesitating whether to let people in, but the prince inside was sharp-eyed, but he had already seen his majestic figure, and immediately got up and greeted him with joy: "Aiqing came just in time!" I have some difficulties here, and I want Aiqing to help analyze and analyze. ”

Seeing that the crown princess was silent, retreated behind the screen, and made it clear that she wanted to 'listen to the government', Sun Shaozong also strode in, bowed down and said, "Wechen has seen His Highness." ”

Immediately afterwards, he bowed his head slightly, looked at the prince and asked, "But I don't know what difficulties His Highness has encountered." ”

"It's not Xinyang King Wu Chengxun's house!"

Speaking of the name and surname of 'Xinyang Wang Wu Chengxun', the prince's face flashed with some disdain, and then he pulled Sun Shaozong to the table: "Aiqing will sit down first, and then listen to you in detail!" ”

Sun Shaozong excused himself according to the rules, and then sat down at the table honestly and unceremoniously, and said curiously: "I heard that King Xinyang said that Uncle Guo came forward to intercede, what is going on?" ”

"Hmph."

The prince sneered: "It's really accurate to be told by Aiqing, that Wu Chengxun's princess is really seriously ill, and it is said that she will die soon, but this guy is even more shameless than you think!" ”

But it turned out that a few days ago, after King Beijing wrote 'pouring the cow', King Xinyang finally recognized the situation after some struggle, so Princess Xinyang, who was fine a few days ago, suddenly became seriously ill and dying yesterday.

This is nothing, King Xinyang immediately found Uncle Zhao again, and secretly said that after the mourning period of the Niu family, he was willing to marry Uncle Zhao's concubine.

And the only request he made was to hope that Uncle Zhao Guo could say a few kind words in front of the prince and solve the misunderstanding between the two brothers.

This Uncle Zhao Guo is already shallow-eyed, otherwise he would not be in the court, and he has almost no sense of existence.

Therefore, after learning that the daughter of the concubine could become the prince's main family, and even had the slightest chance to get involved in the throne of the mother's world, he was immediately moved.

This is the scene of King Xinyang's return to the prince's mansion this morning.

When Sun Shaozong heard this, he couldn't help but glance at this King of Xinyang in his heart, it seems that this King of Xinyang is not completely without a city, but he was stunned by the pie falling from the sky, so he made a stupid act that he couldn't wait.

"But I don't know what King Xinyang said to His Highness?"

"What else could it be?"

The Son of Heaven sneered and said: "The left and right are just wagging their tails and begging for mercy in front of Lone, just this little bit of courage, I actually had the face to compete with Lone for the storage position, if it wasn't for my uncle's face, I would have driven this shameless man out!" ”

Hehe~

He killed his wife for power, although he is a standard scumbag, but didn't you also sleep with your uncle's concubine?

Sun Shaozong slandered in his heart, but said solemnly on his face: "Your Highness must not underestimate the enemy!" In Weichen's opinion, this King of Xinyang is afraid that he is still a little scheming. ”

"He's naturally scheming!"

The prince sneered: "Otherwise, it wouldn't be that the daughter of the Niu family has not died, so she has decided on her uncle's daughter first!" ”

Speaking of this, he disdainfully threw a roll of his eyes behind the screen, and said indignantly: "Such a shameless and fearless bandit, and it is a shame that someone is embarrassed to persuade Gu to buy horse bones with his money." ”

Sun Shaozong knew that he was satirizing the crown princess, how dare he echo this topic?

Pretending not to know, he grinned and asked, "Is it really decided?" ”

"What?"

"Weichen is saying that the marriage between King Xinyang and Zhao Guo's uncle and concubine has really been decided?"

"Nature is ......"

Halfway through the prince's speech, he felt that Sun Shaozong would not be untargeted, so he frowned and hesitated: "Could it be that he still dares to regret it?" ”

Sun Shaozong said: "The Niu family girl is not dead after all, not to mention that he has to wait for the Niu family girl's mourning period to pass before he is hired, why is it difficult to drag on for two or three years inside and out?" ”

"And during this period, Uncle Zhao Guo will never spread the marriage contract for the sake of his own reputation."

"At that time, if His Royal Highness is on the throne, he will naturally not regret it, but will handle this marriage in a big way."

"But if the concubine in the palace gives birth to other princes......"

Speaking of this, Sun Shaozong paused slightly, and after the prince changed color, he continued: "Since he can pull down his face and marry the daughter of the Zhao family, he can naturally secretly ask for the girls of the Wang family, the Li family, and the Liu family!" ”

These three, plus the Jia family of Rongguo Mansion, are the maiden families of the four 'seeded players'.

"What a thief!"

The prince slapped the table and began to speak, pacing and scolding angrily: "Lone still thinks that he has a heart of repentance, but he never thought that he had such a calculation!" ”

The more he talked, the more annoyed he became, he kicked the spring stool over, and greeted with hatred: "Come on, quickly ...... Uncle Guo!" ”

"Your Highness, slow down!"

Sun Shaozong hurriedly stopped: "This is just the minister's speculation, and he may not be ......."

As soon as the prince raised his hand, he said undoubtedly: "Aiqing has always been extremely accurate, and this time there must be no mistake!" What's more, with that guy's incorruptibility and shame, he can definitely do such a thing as selling his own goods! ”

As he spoke, he was about to order someone to invite Uncle Zhao to come, so that he could expose King Xinyang's face to face.

"Your Highness."

Sun Shaozong stopped again: "The minister said this inference, not because he wanted you to break with King Xinyang, but because he hoped that you could make a plan and tie him up to death on us!" ”

"Tied to us?"

The prince said suspiciously: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Although King Xinyang is a pawn launched by His Majesty to divide the kings and the Niu family, he does not have any real power in his hands, but in the end, he is a nobleman, if he can be accepted as a lackey, first, he can consolidate the momentum of His Royal Highness; second, it can also show His Highness's skill of controlling people; What are the three......"

Sun Shaozong said with a smile: "If there is anything dangerous, you might as well use King Xinyang as a shield and a waystone!" ”

This is at the bottom of it, in fact, it is still recommended that the prince's daughter buy horse bones and promise King Xinyang's refuge.

However, in the eyes of the prince, Sun Shaozong's rhetoric was more than that of the crown princess, so he asked without thinking about it: "How should the lonely plan be calculated?" ”

Sun Shaozong said with a smile: "First send someone to monitor King Xinyang's every move, if King Xinyang is really as expected by the minister, secretly colluding with the maiden family of the four concubines, His Royal Highness can use this handle to make King Xinyang obediently obey." ”

"If King Xinyang didn't have such thoughts, we might as well use his name to secretly pull a red thread for him, anyway, with Uncle Zhao here as proof, he can't explain it even if he is full of mouths."

"Hahaha!"

After hearing this, the prince couldn't help laughing, personally poured a cup of tea for Sun Shaozong, and praised: "Aiqing is really my son's room!" Come on, come on, replace wine with tea, let's drink this cup full! ”

As he spoke, he poured the tea into it with his head tilted up.

After both of them put down the teacups, the prince found another spring stool to sit down, and asked casually, "By the way, why did Aiqing come so coincidentally?" ”

Finally get to the point!

Sun Shaozong immediately got up and said solemnly: "Actually, Weichen is here to confess to His Highness. ”

"Accuse? What crime? ”

The prince was confused.

But he saw Sun Shaozong bow down and said: "The day before yesterday, the minister privately borrowed the name of His Royal Highness, refused the assistance of the loyal and obedient kings, and framed the Niu family of the Zhenguo Mansion. ”

"What?!"

The prince's face suddenly sank, and he said angrily: "Don't you know that Lone now hates to break the Niu family into thousands of pieces?!" ”