Qi Ning thought to himself that it was already late at night, and the king of Huainan suddenly came to do something, but since he came over, there was always something, and he didn't tear his face directly with the king of Huainan in terms of face, and opened the big tent in the past, only to see the king of Huainan with his hands behind his back and standing outside the tent, seeing Qi Ning lifting the tent, the king of Huainan smiled and said: "Lord Hou hasn't slept yet?" ”

Qi Ning said: "It may be that Fang just drank a few more glasses, and he still can't sleep for a while." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Lord, do you have any instructions? ”

When he saw that there was no one else around King Huainan and he came alone, he knew that it would never be as simple as coming to sit down.

"This king can't sleep either, so he came to find Hou Ye to sit casually." King Huainan smiled slightly and asked, "I don't know if it is convenient for Hou Ye?" ”

Qi Ning opened the big tent even more, and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, please come in." ”

King Huainan entered the tent, glanced around, and then sat down with Qi Ning, and said with a smile: "Little Marquis, this time you have made immortal achievements, the emperor knows that the marriage is successful, and he is overjoyed, and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty are also full of praise for the Hou Ye." ”

"It's a fluke." Qi Ning poured a cup of tea for King Huainan before saying, "The prince came to greet him in person, which can be regarded as a great face for the people of Eastern Qi." ”

King Huainan picked up the teacup, smiled faintly, and said: "If someone refuses to come, naturally this king can only come, hehe......!" He glanced at Qi Ning and said with a smile: "The little marquis has made outstanding achievements this time, marrying the princess of Dongqi back, and if he wins a big battle, this king will admonish in front of the emperor and implore the emperor to crown the little marquis as a duke .......!" ”

Qi Ning was slightly shocked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, this is all the emperor's strategy, and I really don't have much effort." ”

"The merit is great, if it is said that the little marquis has no strength, this king will not be convinced." Huainan Wang Zhengse said, then sighed, and said: "However, the Duke of Zhenguo has quite an objection to this matter, and the emperor still has some scruples about him, so ......!" He just shook his head, a look of regret.

Qi Ning was slightly amused in his heart.

He knows very well that Sima Lan was crowned a duke from a marquis, which is not easy, speaking from the heart, Sima Lan is outstanding, he has been in charge of the government for decades, and he has made outstanding contributions.

His qualifications are still shallow, and he has made countless military exploits in Jinyi and Qi Jing, commanding an army of 100,000, but he has never been crowned a duke.

He knew that King Huainan might not be lying, but he knew that it was impossible, but he still had to admonish him, and then pulled out the Zhenguo Gong, which was nothing more than to make the Jinyi Qi family hostile to the Sima family.

Qi Ning was amused in his heart, but he frowned and said, "Zhen Guogong may have his reasons for doing this." ”

"What's the point?" King Huainan sneered, put down the teacup, and said lightly: "Those people who have taken refuge in his disciples, how many of them have that qualifications and merits?" It's just because he followed his Sima family that the chicken dog ascended to heaven. Leaning forward slightly, he said in a low voice: "In the short time that you have been on your mission to the Qi Kingdom, many lackeys of the Sima family have been arranged in many important positions, little Hou Ye, what do you think the Sima family wants to do?" The first emperor asked him to assist the government, did he really think that Da Chu's surname was Sima Cheng? ”

Qi Ning's expression was solemn, and he sighed: "Lord Wang, the Sima family has the merit of supporting it, and the emperor is still young, and the major affairs in the court and the central government are all in the hands of the Sima family, and it is inevitable that they will be more arrogant." In a few years, when the emperor matures, the situation may change. ”

King Huainan smiled: "In a few years? Little Marquis, do you think that if this situation continues to develop, can we still see a change in the situation of the court? ”

Qi Ning was stunned and asked, "What does the prince mean by this?" ”

King Huainan raised his hand to stroke his beard and said softly: "This king came here and saw a person, and then he only knew what happened before. He sighed and said, "It is really not easy for Master Hou to return smoothly this time, not only to deal with the Northern Han people, but also to beware of the black hands behind the scenes." ”

Qi Ning looked at the eyes of King Huainan, and King Huainan had already said: "Master Hou, Hu Bowen, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, wanted to destroy the marriage, set a trap, and almost killed Lord Hou, this king already knows about it." ”

Qi Ning immediately remembered Hu Bowen, who was detained in the barracks by himself.

This time he sent an envoy to Eastern Qi, Qi Ning was the main envoy, and Hu Bowen, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was the deputy envoy, but on the way to Eastern Qi, Hu Bowen, as an internal response, wanted to sabotage the envoy of the mission, but Qi Ning saw through the treacherous conspiracy, annihilated all the enemies, and imprisoned Hu Bowen in the military camp.

Escorting the welcoming team back, there were so many things, Qi Ning almost forgot that he had imprisoned such a person, remembering that when he left, he left a few guards in the camp to watch over Hu Bowen, it seems that after the arrival of the king of Huainan, he had already learned about it.

At this time, when King Huainan mentioned this matter, Qi Ning felt that there must be something strange about this old guy, but he deliberately sighed and said: "I wanted to show the emperor after returning to Beijing, this Hu Bowen is really bold, I will play the emperor and ask the emperor to punish him severely." ”

"Little Hou Ye, how can a mere waiter of the Ministry of Rites have such courage?" King Huainan snorted coldly and said: "No one is behind the back, even if Hu Bowen eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, he will not dare to do this." ”

Qi Ning lowered his voice and said, "Lord Wang, do you think there is another black hand behind this?" ”

King Huainan nodded slightly, and said softly: "When this king learned about this, before you arrived, he interrogated Hu Bowen, and he was reluctant to explain honestly, but this king already understood a little in his heart. ”

Qi Ning smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from the prince, if Hu Bowen succeeded last time and the congratulatory gift was burned, then not only would the envoy to Dongqi not be able to make the trip, but our Jinyi Qi family would inevitably be affected, and it would be good if I could save my life." ”

King Huainan sighed: "This hand is ruthless and vicious, it can be described as killing two birds with one stone." ”

"Killing two birds with one stone?"

"Little Marquis, think about it yourself, the mission can't make the trip, and the family affair with Dongqi will naturally stop." King Huainan's eyes were deep, and he said in a low voice: "And the little marquis, you must also be guilty of this matter, not only destroying the in-laws of Qi and Chu, but also suppressing Jinyihou, isn't this killing two birds with one stone?" ”

Qi Ning frowned, clenched his fists and said, "Who is so vicious?" ”

King Huainan smiled incomprehensibly and said, "The little marquis is smart and wise, in fact, you already know it in your heart, but you don't want to say it." ”

The corners of Qi Ning's eyes twitched slightly, and King Huainan had already said softly: "Think about it yourself, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, who does not want Qi Chu to marry this time?" Snorted coldly and said, "Except for our Zhenguo Gong, who else will get in the way?" ”

Qi Ning said: "The Sima family has always hoped to let their eldest lady enter the harem, so .......!" He didn't say any more, but his expression was already solemn.

King Huainan observed his words, only thought that Qi Ning was annoyed in his heart, and said with a smile: "Actually, the little marquis doesn't have to be annoyed. I am the four hereditary candidates of the Great Chu, and now that the Sima family is in power, there is naturally no room for other nails in his eyes. sighed: "The previous incident of Feng Ruohai was caught by the Sima family, and he insisted on forcing the will from the emperor's side to thoroughly investigate Feng Ruohai's case, which scared Feng Ruohai to commit suicide in the prison of the Criminal Department. ”

Feng Ruohai is a household servant, who impeached Sima Changshen in the court, but was killed by Sima Jiadang, took out a lot of criminal evidence, and was put into prison near the Ministry of Punishment.

Qi Ning saw these two factions fighting with his own eyes in the court that time, but he was busy with the envoy and didn't pay much attention to what happened later, and only then did he know that Feng Ruohai had committed suicide in the prison of the Criminal Department.

He was slightly shocked, but he immediately knew that things were not as simple as King Huainan said.

Among the six departments, the household department and the king of Huainan are very close, Feng Ruohai in the court, as the pawn of the king of Huainan, impeached Sima Changshen, but did not want the Sima family to be prepared, not only Feng Ruohai's impeachment was solved, but also in turn was a knife, Feng Ruohai was pulled off the horse, Feng Ruohai was convicted, and was imprisoned in the prison of the criminal department for the first time.

Qi Ning guessed at that time that since the Sima family had found out Feng Ruohai's fish, they would naturally not let it go easily, and would inevitably make a big fuss about this matter and weaken the power of the King of Huainan, but the Criminal Department also belonged to the sphere of influence of the King of Huainan, Feng Ruohai was in the hands of the Criminal Department, and the Sima family wanted to make a fuss, first of all, they wanted to get Feng Ruohai out of the hands of the Criminal Department.

But King Huainan is obviously not a vegetarian, Feng Ruohai committed suicide in the prison of the Criminal Department, Qi Ning knew that something was wrong when he heard it, and he knew better in his heart that although King Huainan was only a few words, around Feng Ruohai's case, the two factions of King Huainan and Zhenguo Gong must have gone through a thrilling life-and-death struggle.

He knew that after the last Feng Ruohai case, the struggle between the two sides had become more and more intense, and since Feng Ruohai committed suicide in time, the Sima family naturally could not continue to use Feng Ruohai to involve more people.

This time, the king of Huainan suddenly became interested in Hu Bowen, and Qi Ning immediately keenly sensed that the king of Huainan was likely to make a big fuss about Hu Bowen.

At the beginning, the countermeasures he discussed with the little emperor were to let the two parties of the King of Huainan and Zhenguo Gong go toe-for-tat in order to balance the situation in the court.

Now that the King of Huainan is obviously at a disadvantage, Qi Ning secretly thinks that if the King of Huainan can really use Hu Bowen as a pawn to launch a round of offensive against the Sima family, so as to weaken the power of the Sima family, it is not a bad thing, but he understands that he cannot get involved in the struggle between these two factions until he has to, even if he has to be affected and implicated, but he must avoid it as much as possible.

"Lord Wang, I have also interrogated Hu Bowen, but this person is extremely strict, and he can't ask for any confession." Qi Ning sighed and said, "And even if we know that the Sima family is behind the ghosts, there is no conclusive evidence in our hands, and we can't prove that they instructed Hu Bowen at all." ”

King Huainan said with a smile: "As long as it is a human being, there will always be weaknesses, little marquis, if you agree, this king will personally escort Hu Bowen back to Beijing and hand him over to the Criminal Department for interrogation, and he will always be able to ask some truth." He smiled meaningfully, how could Qi Ning not understand his thoughts, and immediately said: "Hu Bowen tried to sabotage the mission, and he was originally to be escorted back to Beijing and handed over to the Criminal Department for conviction, and it was naturally better to have the prince personally escort him." ”

King Huainan said with a smile: "Don't worry, this king will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly with the criminal department, and he will definitely give an explanation to the little marquis." Then he smiled and said: "Yes, I almost forgot, there is another matter, this king is going to say hello to the little marquis." ”

Qi Ning was really stunned at this time, and said strangely: "Lord Wang, where does the joy come from?" ”

King Huainan said with a smile: "The little marquis is out on an envoy, and I don't know that the emperor has already intended to marry the marquis, which can be regarded as a family affair that is right for everyone." ”