Chapter 144: Enter the palace for a banquet

Noon was approaching, the rampant wind was finally revealed by the sky, half of the sun on his cheeks changed from a rough man in the northeast to a small jasper in the south of the Yangtze River, Ning Zhiyuan walked on the wet cobblestone path all the way into the yard, strolling with his hands, frowning from the edge of the path, brushing the mossy stone from the corner of his clothes, dyeing his snow-white carved silk robe a little green.

Today's winter is really weird and tight, in the past, at this time in the capital, there was still a lot of snow, at least it had to wait for the New Year to see the sun, and now there are still so many days before the New Year, the sun is so big, but this is a good thing for Ning Zhiyuan, who is afraid of the cold, Huai Yuju's stove has been removed from two, and he does not need to be wrapped in three layers and three layers outside, and he can still walk around outside when he is free, just now he went to see Mr. Du, Mr. Du is a little not calm, he rarely sees Mr. Du be so crazy, He is working in the cabinet, of course he can intervene in the marriage of his elder brothers, after several discussions of the cabinet three elders and several imperial historians of the Imperial Procuratorate, five young ladies were finally selected as candidates for the emperor to choose, Xiong Huaiyuan's daughter Xiong Daitian Junjun is among them, Liu Shanlin, the daughter of Liu Ge Lao, is also among them, and the children of the four princes are not among them, but the king vigorously promoted Ning Qiaochu, the daughter of Ning Changan, the general of Shuzhou Zhenguo.

Zhenguo general Ning Chang Anzu is a brother of the same branch as the Holy Ancestor, the Holy Ancestor laid down a family of Jiangshan family members are the king divided the land, and the Zhenguo General Ning Chang'an family has been reduced from the prince to the Zhenguo general for two generations, because Ning Chang'an has the ability to be familiar with the water nature and familiarize himself with the study of water warfare, so he was promoted by the emperor to be in charge of the 30,000 naval army in Shuzhou, Ning Qiaochu is the eldest daughter of the Zhenguo general, became one of the candidates.

He is just a revision of the cabinet, and he can't say anything about these major matters related to the country, and the emperor handed him over to these highly respected ministers to do, that is, in order to block the mouth of Youyou, no one selected three people, and in his opinion, the hope of these three people is greater.

If Xiong Huaiyuan's daughter is married to Ning Chaoge, then as a prince who respects Confucianism and respects, according to common sense, she should be the daughter of Liu Ge Lao, and Ning Chang'an's daughter is recommended by the king, and the interests behind this can be seen at a glance, if Ning Qiaochu is married to King Su? The fiefdom of the vassal king is in charge of the soldiers and horses of the state and county guards, which has always been a means for Dahe to achieve absolute control over the military power, and the Fuhu army has made a lot of efforts to change Ganzhou, Xiong Huaiyuan was originally the commander of the soldiers and horses of the states and counties, and it is under the jurisdiction of the king of Xian, although he was later transferred to the capital, but I heard that there has been correspondence with the old lord, and Liu Ge Lao was a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion before the cabinet was arched, and he was in a high position but had no real power, which is indeed less likely for the princess's mother family to grow and interfere in court politics in the future. But how could the prince be willing to let his marriage become a chicken rib, such a great opportunity to win over people! If the crown prince is paired with Ning Qiaochu, wouldn't it be considered a military power?

This matter is a headache, the queen, Concubine Chang, the Marquis of Zhenguo, the Marquis of Changsheng, the King of Xian, and the general of Zhenguo Ning Chang'an, are these people planning in their hearts? How will the emperor choose a match?

It's better to be yourself! After acting in a few scenes, he hurriedly abducted a princess, so that others no longer dared to covet Shen Ke, a force that could not be ignored and could not be touched, in his opinion, if he could win over Shen Ke, it would be much more useful than Xiong Huaiyuan, the general of Zhenguo, but unfortunately, he could not have both fish and bear paws, even if he had won the only person who could win over Shen Ke, but on the contrary, he didn't know how to get along with her, and he didn't see each other before and after being in a mansion, what kind of husband and wife is this! Yesterday's incident was indeed that he was too impulsive in anger, and when he calmed down afterwards, he felt that he was making a fuss, Du Yiyi and Yan Xinglu eloped and he could treat it calmly, but now he is actually angry for such a trivial matter, what he has always been best at is patience, he has enough patience to consume his life that will stop without knowing anything to endure and wait, this long-term patience makes people learn to treat everything calmly.

He couldn't understand why he was so angry last night............

Walking into the house, Ning Xiao was standing by the window looking at the plate of half-dead narcissus sighing sadly, Du Yiyi was dressing up and appliquéing in the mirror, in addition to Mother Xu, there were actually two stout women in the room who he saw with some eyes, this should be the new rough mother-in-law that the housekeeper said to himself.

"Ning Xiao, you missed the opportunity to meet the four imperial uncles last time, you can't pull your face this time, the four imperial uncles all watched you grow up, do you remember the four imperial uncles? He likes to tease you the most and loves you the most, they have only entered Beijing once, you should be happy! ”

Ning Zhiyuan, who walked to the window, said with a smile, seeing that Ning Xiao was engrossed in looking at the plate of daffodils hanging on the leaves in front of him, he also looked at it twice. "It's good that Mr. Du raised this narcissus, I gave it to Mr. Du, and I think Mr. Du can save these plates!"

Du Yiyi, who was appliquéd in the mirror, could see the side face in the mirror that leaned over to look at the painting, and had to be carefully dispensed with Changliu to recuperate, Ning Zhiyuan's face was already ruddy, and the face that was so white in the past that there was no blood like a thick layer of gouache finally looked so popular, and today I found that he was very suitable for wearing white clothes, and the son should be as warm as jade, Ning Zhiyuan, who was calm at the moment, and him last night, which one is true? Seeing that Ning Xiao's face turned pale in an instant when he heard the words of saving him, Du Yiyi looked at the five-petal red plum flower between his forehead and eyebrows in the mirror, got up with satisfaction, walked to the window and grabbed Ning Xiao's arm.

"Ning Xiao, let's go, the fourth sister-in-law has never seen a few imperial uncles, you have to help the fourth sister-in-law when the time comes, don't let the fourth sister-in-law make jokes."

"Hmm!" Ning Xiao's gaze on the blooming narcissus retracted, and he looked down at the white and delicate hand interspersed on the inside of his elbow and was stunned.

Du Yiyi sighed helplessly, and made a look with Ning Zhiyuan, Ning Zhiyuan didn't say much, and immediately led the way, Du Yiyi took Ning Xiao out of the house, and Mother Xu and the two rough women went out and took the door to the house.

Along the way, in order to make Ning Xiao happy and to relieve the embarrassment of calmness, Ning Zhiyuan said a lot of interesting things about their childhood, Ning Xiao is four years younger than Ning Zhiyuan, but because he has always been weak and never wins a fight with Ning Xiao, but every time the emperor will only punish Ning Xiao, there was a period of time when the two of them had a cold face and stiffened because of this, but when they got older, they all understood, compared to those brothers who had hidden scheming everywhere to deal with themselves, these two sisters can be said to be Ning Zhiyuan's real relatives, Because Ning Zhiyuan used to walk around the palace a lot and was the most idle on weekdays, Ning Xiao often came to the Rui Wang's Mansion to play, and after coming and going, the relationship between brother and sister came back, the eldest princess was gone, this only relative, Ning Zhiyuan's anxiety in his heart was no less than Du Yiyi.

"Ning Xiao, do you remember the Spring Festival when you were seven years old? That time you set off firecrackers everywhere in the palace to scare away my dog, I complained to my father and the emperor that you were punished, you were not convinced and ran to the palace where the four emperor uncles lived, and they pulled the four emperor uncles into the palace to support you and said a beating, when you were a child, you were naughty and mischievous, no one in the harem dared to provoke you, saying that you were a little tiger and couldn't be provoked, when you were a child, you loved to contradict your father, every time the four emperor uncles came, they had to bring some fun and interesting things to our brothers and sisters, and I don't know what it was this year, Ning Xiao, the fourth brother said so much, You're here to show something! Ning Zhiyuan knocked on the forehead of Ning Xiao, who was in a daze.

"Fourth brother, you don't have to bother to tease me, Uncle Fourth Emperor has always loved me and I know, but the fifth sister has just entered the ground, and her bones are not cold, now you have to let me listen to songs, dances, laughter and welcome people, I can't do it!"

Ning Xiao turned his head to look at the curtains flying in the wind, and no longer paid attention to Ning Zhiyuan, who wanted to stop talking.

This spiritual catastrophe must be carried over by herself.

Du Yiyi secretly bit her mouth and lowered her head, her thoughts were flying, Shen Ke went to Shaanxi to quell the riots, and now it should be on the way back! He has an extra halo on such a big hero who stands up to the sky, I don't know what the emperor should reward him? I want to completely integrate into the family of the heavenly family, no matter whether this road is right or wrong, it is my choice after all, even if it is wrong, I can only break my teeth and swallow blood.

In order to prevent her from making a fool of herself, Ning Zhiyuan introduced to her some things about the people who might come today, and Du Yiyi also listened attentively and remembered it in his heart.

The palace is a place where she has come many times in this life after she has come countless times in her life, if it is possible, it may become her home, the snow melts, the green tiles and red walls of the palace are revealed, and the treetops that have long been bare have no leaves, and the palace of Xiao Suo still has a splendid beauty.

Today, the emperor set up a family banquet, in addition to King Xi, King Xian, King Kang, King Xiang, there are also some royal relatives in the capital who walk around the palace. Because there are too many people, everyone's carriage is not allowed to enter the palace, the three can only get off at the palace gate and walk into the palace, today's banquet is set in the Nine Dragons Palace, separated from the Ningyuan Palace by a distance of 100 meters, and now the banquet has not yet opened, since you want to pass by the Ningyuan Palace, you must go inside to see.

In the past, Ning Yuan Palace, who couldn't hear a little sound in the past, unexpectedly heard laughter before he walked in, it seems that there were people who came earlier before a few people, today is the royal banquet, in addition to the royal relatives, there is only one outsider to attend, that is, the empty master who has been living in the empty palace, the empty master Du Yiyi has heard his name for a long time, but he has always felt that he should be a kind and wise wise man, today I have seen it, even if there is no Ning Zhiyuan introduction, as soon as she stepped into Ning Yuan Palace, I saw the unusual outfit and the bright head of Master Kongran, most of the people who came to the banquet today were those she didn't know, after the salute, Ning Zhiyuan began to introduce her, I thought that I would see the Marquis of Zhenguo Chang Shenghou at today's banquet, after all, these two were the emperor's right-hand man and the grandmother of the queen Chang Fei's mother, the grandfather of the crown prince Chao Wang, and they should be on the list at the family banquet, but after Ning Zhiyuan introduced everyone, she did not hear the names of these two people, after the prince ascended the throne and the generation of monarchs and ministers were determined, Princes are going to leave the capital, the higher status can enter the capital once a year to worship, the lower status such as the general of the Zhenguo and the general of the auxiliary country, if they have no action, it is likely that they will not be able to come to the capital for the rest of their lives, so there are several royal relatives in the capital, and there is no high status, no official position, it is difficult to enter the palace, so there is no one else here except for the queen and the five brothers of the emperor, as well as the prince of Qingzhen, the prince Chao Wangsu, and a letter canonized by the emperor, the marquis and a couple of the lord of Dening.

"Ning Xiao girl! Oops, I haven't seen you for a year, and I've grown so tall! Du Yiyi was seated, and he heard the words of the king on the other side, although she had asked Xu's mother to inquire about some of these imperial uncles, but because these imperial uncles were not in the capital, they knew very little, and they could only judge the temperament of these people through the events that rarely entered the capital. The last time the Fuhu army changed, the soldiers and horses of Aicheng in Qizhou were almost wiped out, but only half of the people in Ganzhou were killed or wounded, so even if this king acted a little irrationally, others did not dare to accuse him.

There are more than ten wives and concubines in the king's family, but he really likes the younger generations, especially for Ning Xiao, every time he comes, he is shh

"Uncle Sihuang, I'm so old, why do you still call me a girl!"

Ning Xiao pouted dishappily and rolled his eyes coldly.

"Ning Xiao, don't be rude to your Fourth Emperor Uncle!" On both sides, the emperor shouted angrily, making the smiles on everyone's faces stiffen.

"Your Majesty, the courtiers like Ning Xiao's straightforward personality, they are all fifteen years old, but they are adults, next time I won't call you a girl, come, you sit next to the fourth emperor uncle." Xian Wang smiled and rubbed his hands and stretched out his hand with Ning Xiao.

However, Ning Xiao didn't reply to him or make any moves.

Everyone is acquainted, and they are talking with a smile and the person next to them, trying to resolve the embarrassment at the moment.