Chapter Fifty-Eight: Confiding in Your Heart
The emperor said that he had arranged for the men of the Five Cities Terracotta Division to clear the road there and take charge of his safety at that time.
The sedan chair has been prepared yesterday in the Rui Wangfu, and the high-headed horse has also been tied with a red flower ball, just waiting for Ning Zhiyuan to collapse on his back, and the gongs, drums, and suona players of the welcoming team are all court musicians sent by the emperor, and the front yard of the Rui Wangfu has been full of tables and chairs, which can be said to be everything ready and only owed to the bride.
As soon as the eunuch left, the imperial kitchen in the kitchen began to get busy, Ning Zhiyuan arranged some things, and then sat in the backyard with Mr. Du to drink tea and enjoy chrysanthemums.
"Yesterday, Yingying fell ill in the Shen Mansion, and my father scolded Ning Xiao's girl, I heard that the girl had been crying for a day, and I don't know if it will come today!"
Mr. Du is not an ordinary staff member, Ning Zhiyuan's respect for him is due to Mr. Du's real talent and practical learning and strategic planning, and there is another layer of relationship.
Although he lived in the mansion, it was inevitable that some people could not tolerate him, and the emperor couldn't take care of too much in the palace, so he sent such a smart and wise Mr. Du to watch for Ning Zhiyuan, Ning Zhiyuan also respected Mr. Du's identity, except for his true thoughts, all things were confessed to Mr. Du, today is his wedding, the emperor will definitely come, and when the time comes, Mr. Du will have to report his situation to the emperor, and Ning Zhiyuan must first test Mr. Du's tone.
"I heard that it was because the little princess sneaked out of the palace and ate something that she couldn't eat, and the eldest princess really loves the little princess, which makes me so angry that I get sick!" Mr. Du is the leader in finding out the news, as far as Ning Zhiyuan knows, when the emperor sent Mr. Du over, he also secretly allocated some people to appoint him, and all the news he inquired about the outside world over the years was learned from him.
"Yingying's illness imperial doctor still can't find a cure, this is not a way to go on for a long time!" Ning Zhiyuan frowned and put down the teacup in his hand.
Mr. Du just glanced at Ning Zhiyuan's expression, then lowered his head and blew away the tea foam floating on the tea surface, and took a sip of tea.
"When will the national teacher come back?" Ning Zhiyuan knew that Mr. Du had already kept in mind the concern for Ning Yingying in his words, and moved on to other topics.
"According to the original schedule, there are five days left!" Mr. Du replied without thinking.
"I've been thinking about it for 19 years, a few days ago I went to the imperial mausoleum to worship my mother, and I felt like a world away, and before my mother died, I guess what I wanted to see most was today, but unfortunately ............"
"His Royal Highness King Rui is not sentimental, Concubine Su's last words before dying was to protect the child, His Royal Highness King Rui survived the torture of illness, Concubine Su has a spirit in the sky, and it is time to look away!"
"Blind? Mr. Du, do you really think I don't know? Ning Zhiyuan raised his head and stared at Mr. Du.
Mr. Du was stunned for a moment, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
"I'm joking, Mr. Du, you've been in my house for more than five years!"
"It's been more than five years." Mr. Du nodded.
"Mr. Du did his best for me, I am really grateful to Mr. Du, today I am newly married, Mr. Du wants to drink a few more glasses!"
"Definitely, definitely." Mr. Du smiled and lowered his head.
"Mr. Du, what do you say about this country? How much is it worth? Ning Zhiyuan picked up the teacup.
"Guanshan Wanli Road, the bright moon is a long river, I congratulate the picturesque rivers and mountains, and it is solid, the value is immeasurable!" Mr. Du arched his hand unhurriedly towards the north.
"The day before yesterday, I heard a limerick poem outside, and I don't know who did it, the pride is catchy, I only heard it once, I remember, Mr. Du would like to hear it?"
"I want to hear about it!"
"The dragon was played by shrimp on the beach, and the tiger was bullied by dogs in Pingyang. The tiger lies deep in the mountains and listens to the wind howling, and the dragon lies in the shallows and other sea tides. At the end of the sea, the sky is the shore, and the mountain is the peak. If the sun is in the east, the mountain can rise, and the Dapeng spreads its wings and hates the sky. Who has no tiger falls on the day of Pingyang, when my wind and mountains rise again. One day, if the dragon gets water, it will make the water of the Yangtze River flow backwards. One day, the phoenix's nest will make the Great Wall never fall. One day the tiger will return to the mountain, and half of the sky will be stained with blood. One day the lion enters the forest, and I want to roar the mountains and rivers. One day to visit the underworld, I let the underworld face the sky. One day I traveled to the edge of the world, and the gods knelt beside me. One day the phoenix soars to the sky, and I want the world to do my best. One day I will come out, and I want to be the only one in the world. The heroes of the world are out of my generation, and they are destroyed by the years of entering the rivers and lakes. In the grand plan hegemony talk and laugh, it is better than a drunk in life. Mr. Du said, how about this limerick poem? Ning Zhiyuan took a sip of tea and squinted at Mr. Du with a smile.
The smile on Mr. Du's face did not decrease by half, and the hand holding the lid of the teacup slowly put down: "Catchy, easy to understand, not bad!" ”
Ning Zhiyuan shook his head. "No, I'm asking how poetic is this limerick? I wonder what Mr. Du heard in this poem? ”
"The pride of the top guns is very motivating and exciting!" Mr. Du's eyelids blinked, and the tea cup on the side of his mouth was also lowered.
"It's good, it's good, but there is a big inappropriate sentence in it, one day I will come out, and I want the world to be the only one. There is domineering, but he does not respect the monarch, and in the grand plan to dominate the industry and talk and laugh, it is better than a drunk in life. Some people have a great career in their lives, and some people just want to get drunk! Does Mr. Du think the former or the latter is better? ”
"If a person drinks water and knows his own warmth and coldness, the former may try to achieve great things but fail, and the latter may also find it difficult to get drunk, and what you see is just everyone's thoughts." Mr. Du glanced at Ning Zhiyuan's eyes as he spoke, deep and firm, these words were really said to him, this limerick has already involved the world's only respect, where would he not understand the deep meaning.
"I think the eldest and the second and third are all people who are bent on being the Ninety-Five! Mr. Du said, what would happen if they got power? Mr. Du has solved a lot of problems for me in my house over the years! ”
Some words can't be contained in paper, he has the heart to win the heir sooner or later will be known by the emperor, the reason why he has been hiding from Mr. Du is that he is afraid that this marriage will change, and now the sedan chair is about to go out, even if the emperor wants to pull him back, it is too late! It is better to let the emperor know his mind through Mr. Du's mouth today than for the emperor to know what he has done in the future!
"The emperor asked the old man to go to the Rui Wangfu to solve problems for His Royal Highness King Rui, just to let His Royal Highness Rui Wang leave this pool of troubled waters and live the rest of his life comfortably and worry-free, why does His Royal Highness Rui want to let himself fall into the quagmire and let the emperor worry?" Mr. Du looked directly at Ning Zhiyuan, ignoring the difference between the monarch and the minister.
"Zifei fish, the joy of Anzhi fish! My father thought that living the rest of my life comfortably and worry-free was what I wanted, but he didn't know what I wanted! Mr. Du, don't forget how I got my illness! ”
The instantly cooled eyes and gloomy forehead made Mr. Du a little flustered, and he didn't know that Ning Zhiyuan was really camouflaging his mind too well! He has been in the house for five years, and Ning Zhiyuan has only lived his own life comfortably, but today he suddenly said these heroic words, which is similar to the quiet and indifferent and ambitious Ning Zhiyuan in his impression! He originally thought that this weak prince should be an outlier among several princes, but he didn't want to go the same way!
are all princes, and they are one step away from the respect of the Ninth Five, who would be willing to give up and be subservient to others? Obviously, Ning Zhiyuan wanted to tell him that he had chosen the former, the overlord who plotted a great cause!
"His Royal Highness King Rui, stepping on this road, King Rui's Mansion will never have today's tranquility again!" Even though Ning Zhiyuan said it so categorically, Mr. Du still wanted to persuade him that Ning Zhiyuan had treated him with great courtesy in the past five years, and he believed that his words still had some credibility.
"Mr. Du, today's tranquility is just the surface! Life is short but a hundred years, and I, at most, is fifty or sixty years, Mr. Du, comfort is what a husband wants? ”
"It's not!" Du Yiyi shook her head.
"Worry-free in front of you and worry-free in life?"
"Can't!" Du Yiyi could only shake her head.
"Plotting for great things and getting drunk with a toast! Mr. Du chose the former, I naturally chose the former, Mr. Du, I know that you are the emperor's person, but the loyalty to me over the years is not false, today I confess my heart to you, not to ask you to hide it for me, but to let you, for me to make a choice to change my life in the future! ”
As he spoke, Ning Zhiyuan stood up.
"Since His Royal Highness King Rui has already made a choice, why do you have to make a choice for the old man!" Mr. Du also stood up.
Ning Zhiyuan held his breath and bowed deeply towards Mr. Du: "Mr. Du, the Holy Ancestor stipulates that the crown prince should not be established, but it is not necessary to govern the country, my father is a wise man, and he will make his own choices, I want to fight, regardless of success or failure, I just want to no longer be a mess in my life, no longer achieve nothing, and no longer be restrained by others!" ”
"His Royal Highness King Rui, with the protection of the emperor, you will inevitably be carefree and safe in this life, why do you want to take that road of no return!" Mr. Du hurriedly stepped forward and held King Rui's arms.
"Mr. Du, it's disrespectful, what if it's after the death of my father for a hundred years?" Ning Zhiyuan straightened his waist, his expression was solemn and his eyes were firm, today he was going to persuade Mr. Du, not Mr. Du to persuade him!
"His Royal Highness! The old man will definitely ask the emperor to issue a decree, so that His Royal Highness King Rui will not be persecuted or restrained for the rest of his life, and he will live a worry-free and comfortable life! ”
Seize the heir, this is a road of no return, embarking on this road, unless you can become the Ninth Five-Year Honor, otherwise it is a dead end, in the current situation, where is the position of the prince Ning Zhiyuan half a chance, not to mention that Ning Zhiyuan still has this and that disease, if he was worried about this matter in the last period, I am afraid that he will not be able to wait for the day when he can enter the East Palace!
"Mr. Du, I have made up my mind, even if my father punishes me, I will not change my original intention, Mr. Du is loyal to his father, and he must know everything and say everything, Mr. Du does not have to feel embarrassed, it doesn't hurt to say it directly! The sun is overhead, the auspicious time is coming, the king is going to greet his relatives, Mr. Du, please take care of yourself! ”
Before the words fell, the person had already taken the lead, and participating in the battle for the heir was not Ning Zhiyuan's impulsiveness, but the outbreak of his painstaking dormancy over the years, and it was his desperate resounding against the unfair fate!
Regardless of success or failure, it is better to die on the journey than to die on the bed!
Ning Zhiyuan went, but Mr. Du was still stunned, he had always thought that Ning Zhiyuan just really liked Du Yiyi and married him desperately, not because of the power in Shen Ke's hands, presumably the Half Moon Emperor has always felt so! Such a city government is scheming and patient............ If it weren't for his illness, there might still be a chance, but ............ Mr. Du couldn't believe how shocked and angry the emperor would be after knowing the news, but Ning Zhiyuan wanted to show his attitude, even if the emperor punished him, he still didn't change his original intention!
If the ambitious Ning Zhiyuan marries Du Yiyi and wins the power of Shen Ke...... I'm afraid that this ambition grows and wants to compete for life and death, and the heart is even more firm!