Prince Gong's official residence, Yixia entered the study alone silently, and ordered no one to disturb him.

After lunch, the people in the palace were a little anxious, but they all knew the temper of the sixth prince, who dared to be uncomfortable?

In the evening, Yun Tong, the lord of Ningxiang County, came back from the palace and immediately rushed to the study after learning of the situation.

Pushing open the door of the study, it was dark inside, the thick smell of smoke made Ning Xiang frown for a while, and a layer of frost suddenly hung on her delicate little face, and she hurriedly pushed open the nearby window to let in some fresh air.

"Who upset Marfa again?"

Ning Xiang understands that whenever Yi has something on his mind, he goes into the study alone and smokes alone.

"The girl is back!"

Yi lay on a Taishi chair, his eyes closed and enjoying the stimulation brought by the earthy smoke.

"How many times have I told you? If you're not in good health, don't smoke this again! ”

Ning Xiang snatched the tobacco pouch and pot, knocked all the unburned tobacco leaves in the tobacco pot into the cigarette holder next to it, and then put the tobacco pouch and pot into the lattice and put it away.

Yi seems to be used to being forced to take away the cigarette pouch and pot by Ning Xiang, and he is afraid that his arms and legs will be broken if he is replaced by others, but at this moment he just closes his eyes and continues to enjoy the strength of the tobacco.

"Did you hear anything from your aunt?"

The eldest aunt of the lord of Ningxiang is the eldest daughter of Yi, the eldest princess of Rongshou Gulun, who was adopted into the palace by Cixi since she was a child, and she is called the eldest princess in and outside the palace.

Rongshou followed the Empress Dowager Cixi since she was a child, for half a century, until she sent Cixi to the end. As Cixi's adopted daughter, she had the experience of a widow who had the same disease as Cixi, so she became Cixi's confidant. She knows better than anyone the inside story of the Qing court this night, and many people and things have passed through her now.

Ning Xiang came behind Yi, and a pair of Qianqian jade hands helped him knead his shoulders.

"There's no special news, but I heard that someone secretly took out someone's dancing girl to entertain guests when they weren't at home!"

When she said the last, Ning Xiang pouted angrily, and her hands couldn't help but squeeze hard.

"Hey, hey, my little ancestor, you can be lighter, Marfa's old bones have been pinched apart by you!"

Yi's shoulder hurt, and he suddenly opened his eyes in pain, and hurriedly begged his granddaughter for mercy.

"Even if you dance, you don't dare to let them accompany you to eat, isn't this Li Hongzhang here, Marfa just wants to show off in front of him, let him be greedy, there is no other meaning!"

Ning Xiang was relieved and continued to rub his shoulders.

"Since you left the military plane, Li Hongzhang has never been to the palace, and now Lafayette has just sent you this magic weapon of Zhenshan, and he came immediately, if you don't give him some color to see, forget it, and even warmly entertain him, it's really unreasonable!"

Yi smiled bitterly and said: "Don't blame Li Hongzhang, girl, although he hasn't been here all these years, he hasn't missed a penny of gift money for New Year's holidays." I'm so thankful that he didn't come to me! Otherwise, the Queen Mother won't know how to fix me, and she won't be able to send me to the wake of the spirit! ”

Ning Xiang smiled: "It looks like Marfa, you really see it!" If you were through your previous temper, you would never have figured it out! ”

Yi looked up at Ning Xiang and protested, "Is Marfa that stupid? ”

Ning Xiang turned her face to the side, muttering in her heart: If you were smarter, you wouldn't have let Lafayette be confined to the house for so many years!

Where does Yi not understand his granddaughter's thoughts? sighed: "It's really stupid, if you know how to keep a low profile like Lao Qi, it's not just that!" ”

Ning Xiang saw that Yi remembered the past again, for fear that he would be sad, so she immediately changed the topic and said, "Marfa, why did you lock yourself in the house today?" ”

Ning Xiang's words suddenly diverted Yi's thoughts, and he only heard Yi say: "This morning, the emperor approved Li Hongzhang's request to eliminate the Huai army system, and issued an edict to let Nanbeiyang test the new army, and select the candidate for the training minister when preparing for the autumn!" ”

Ning Xiang obviously knew about this, so she said, "This is a good thing!" The First Sino-Japanese War of the Huai Army was decadent and lost all the face of the country, and this new army had to be trained sooner or later! ”

Yi suddenly got up, turned to the seat next to him and sat down, looked at Ning Xiang and said, "Don't tell Marfa that you didn't see it?" ”

Ning Xiang didn't care, slowly walked to the seat next to him and sat down, picked up a small tea cup in the tea tray on the table, and said lightly while fiddling: "Don't worry, I won't be able to make trouble for a while!" ”

Yi shook his head and said, "The emperor obviously wants to take over the military power this time, but unfortunately let Li Hongzhang dodge. However, in this autumn, if Li Hongzhang is defeated, the emperor will definitely take the opportunity to take away Li Hongzhang's power and control Gyeonggi Fortress. Even if Li Hongzhang wins, the emperor will try his best to arrange for his cronies to take over the post of military training minister! Once that's the case, the two houses will definitely have a showdown! ”

Ning Xiang snorted coldly, disagreeing with Yi's opinion, and interjected: "The right to appoint senior officials above the second rank is in the hands of Lafayette, and Lafayette is convinced of Li Hongzhang's loyalty, and this errand of the military training minister cannot hide from Li Hongzhang's people." I heard that the candidate nominated by Li Hongzhang is that Wang Chenhao, as long as this Wang Chenhao is not too bad at training, this errand is his! Unless—"

"Unless what?"

Yi attaches great importance to his granddaughter, since the death of his son, Yi has put most of his life's learning experience, as well as all his hard work and love on Ning Xiang, because Ning Xiang has extraordinary wisdom at a young age, and has become the first talented woman of the royal family.

Looking at Yi's expectant face, Ning Xiang didn't plan to say it, but finally said it.

"Unless the emperor can spend more money to win Wang Chenhao over! But the odds are too small! With Wang Chenhao's current situation, if nothing else, he will become the future heir of Beiyang, and please the Queen Mother, unless Wang Chenhao's brain is broken, he will not fall to the emperor's side! ”

Yi couldn't help but be disappointed, and sighed: "I'm afraid that our country that loves Xinjueluo is going to be ruined by the Yehenala clan!" ”

Ning Xiang said disapprerovingly: "Not really!" Although Lafayette's power is very heavy, she doesn't have the courage of Wu Zetian, and sooner or later she will let go! ”

Yi suddenly smiled bitterly: "That's right!" She won't move, and she'll definitely let go that day! ”

Yi didn't want to think about these unhappy things anymore, at this moment, as Ning Xiang's elder, what he really hoped was to see his granddaughter have a good home in his lifetime.

Thinking of this, Yi suddenly smiled and said, "Girl! Rong Lu's family is almost in Yanjing, and he has a youngest son named Balon, who happens to be the same age as you, girl-"

Ning Xiang suddenly rolled her eyes, knowing that Yi was arranging a blind date for him again, so she interrupted him and asked, "The Rong Lu you are talking about is not the Rong Lu of the infantry commander of the Five Cities Patrol Department that you just promoted?" ”

Yi nodded, and was about to continue, but was interrupted by Ning Xiang again: "He is grateful for your promotion, and he should give his little daughter to Marfa as a concubine!" ”

"Nonsense!" Yila's face was full of displeasure, but Ning Xiang didn't dump him at all, and slipped out of the door like the wind.

"Girl, I'll invite him over for dinner in two days, and you'll see you!"

"Didn't hear me!"

When Yi chased to the door of the study, Ning Xiang was gone, but she sighed helplessly, and secretly spoiled her.