Chapter 145: The Four Kings

In the main hall of Ningyuan Palace, the men and women sitting in the left and right columns are all smiling like flowers, and they have tacit understanding of the topics that should not be talked about, and the topics that can be talked about are said with their own mouths as much as they can, and the eyes of the women of the people headed by the queen are focused on Du Yiyi, and for a while they talk about Shen Ke's achievements and Shen Ke's happy marriage and the future that everyone envies, and for a while they say that the husband and wife between Du Yiyi and Ning Zhiyuan are full of heaven and earth and are admirable. For example, the eldest princess and Qinglan have all turned into nothingness in their place, Du Yiyi is tired of coping, but Ning Xiao has been frowning with a straight face, and King Xian has been teasing for a long time without effect, and he can only reluctantly return to his own role to listen to Master Kongran talk about Buddhism with King Xi.

On the left hand side of the emperor and queen are all men, King Xi, King Xian, King Kang, King Xiang, King Chao, King Su, Ning Zhiyuan, Xintonghou, and the husbands of the county lord of Dening, and on the right hand side are all women, Du Yiyi, Ning Xiao, Qingzhen county lord, Dening county lord, Ansu county lord, Xintong Marquis's wife, and Master Kongran is sitting a little below the emperor's hand, and he has been talking to the emperor Xi.

When Ning Zhiyuan got married, the four princes did not come to congratulate, Ning Zhiyuan was the youngest among the brothers, but he got married the earliest, these fresh topics were naturally raised, the riots in Shaanxi are the most concerned now, Du Yiyi is Shen Ke's sister, and some people talked about this topic.

Everyone's eyes have shifted from Ning Xiao to Du Yiyi, but no one mentioned the things that had been rumored in Beijing, they mostly boasted of the perfect match made in heaven, Du Yiyi was a person who was not good at talking to people, and was praised by these people left and right, and her face was a little unbearable, and her face was also red, or Ning Zhiyuan took over the topic and relieved Du Yiyi, so that she could be quiet for a while.

Du Yiyi took advantage of the words to be led by Ning Zhiyuan to look at these women in gorgeous costumes and brocade makeup and exquisite jewelry on the side, and silently read their identities in her heart, Ning Zhiyuan also roughly introduced some to her in the carriage before, and the one sitting across Ning Xiao was the county lord of Qingzhen, her temples were dyed with white frost, her brows were sad, and her delicate makeup and good maintenance still couldn't withstand the erosion of the years. This face, which has been weathered for almost fifty years, has long been gone, and the luster on the cheeks of the county lord of Dening has signs of relaxation, the father of the county lord of Qingzhen is the brother of the emperor, and he was named the fief of the prince Jinzhou, because this prince does not like other princes to love women in his life, and he only loves one person in his life, and after the death of the couple, only this one daughter was left, and after the birth of the daughter of the lord of Qingzhen, the husband of the lord of Qingzhen also died a few years later, and then the lord of Qingzhen never married, The county lord of Ansu is now thirty years old, and at the age of fifteen, he was married to Xiong Huaiyuan, the eldest son of the Xiong family in Ganzhou.

Sitting under the hand of the lord of Qingzhen County is the lord of Dening, with green silk dyed like ink, and a high-curled beauty. A begonia flower is inserted on it, with eight treasure lantern pendants in the ears, wearing a silk lotus lotus top, a lotus lotus color eight-piece gong skirt tied around the waist, embroidered orchids around the skirt, covered with white yarn, and wearing lotus lotus-colored embroidered shoes. The melon seed face is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, the face is like a peach blossom in March, willow leaf eyebrows, apricot eyes, a hanging gall nose, and a little cherry mouth. The country is fragrant and beautiful, these eight words are the best description of her. This county lord is the only county lord who lives in the capital before the future of the county lord of Qingzhen, and his status is naturally needless to say, this county lord is the only daughter of the emperor's seventh brother King Liang and Princess Liang, King Liang likes lust and lust, and there are countless concubines in the family, and it is precisely because of the perennial flowers and grass that he was contaminated with flower willow disease, and finally died young, as soon as King Liang died, King Liang's mansion was disrupted, Princess Liang was poisoned by a concubine, if it wasn't for the Rao Su who was ordered to go to investigate the case in time, it was the young Lord Dening who was almost poisoned, The emperor took pity on the child's innocence, so he specially allowed Rao Su to bring him into Beijing, built a mansion for her in Beijing, sealed the name of the county lord, selected some credible people to serve her to grow up, and then pointed it out to the year in the imperial examination to show his edge, won the name of the list, entered the Hanlin Academy to do repair, and is now the Shangguan Tower of the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

As for the letter with the marquis, it is the first emperor to posthumously seal the letter with the marquis, because the first emperor traveled to the south of the Yangtze River was assassinated, accompanied by the right governor of the governor's mansion to come forward to rescue and there is no danger, but the right governor died because of this, dare this person's bravery and the merits of his life, the emperor posthumously named him the letter with the marquis, so that his only son who was only six years old at the time inherited this throne, Mrs. Xintong Hou was dressed in a light yellow cloud smoke shirt and mopping the floor silver palace satin snow silk cloud-shaped thousand water skirt, hair combed with smoke hibiscus bun, light sweep moth eyebrows thin powder dress, bright and glamorous, Such a young Mrs. Hou? Du Yiyi couldn't help but glance at the Xintonghou who inherited his father's life and got the title, Xintonghou is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, but looking at this face, no one would think that he would be a person who is nearly thirty years old, his cheeks are white and delicate, his eyes are black and bright and clear, and he is dressed in an off-white straight-embellished jacket with a blue brocade dress, Du Yiyi can't help but have the four words warm as jade in his mind, although these four words are not suitable for a man who is nearly thirty years old, Xintonghou only has identity and no real power, Xin Tonghou is only idle at home and has not entered and exited the official career, the emperor will invite him today, also because his father saved the life of the emperor and thanked his family for his kindness, the quietest of these people can be said to be this couple, mostly because they are half an outsider.

Du Yiyi's gaze kept looking at these people, but she didn't notice that one gaze was also looking at her.

If it weren't for Ning Zhiyuan's begging the emperor to change the holy decree, Du Yiyi would have been his princess, although this matter did not spread and did not make Ning Chaoge have a loss of reputation, but in Ning Chaoge's heart, there was this scar, it was like a delicious delicacy that he had been looking forward to for a long time and sent it to his mouth, but it was suddenly taken away and eaten and wiped clean. If it weren't for his own affairs and to please the emperor, Ning Chaoge would not have endured such humiliation, at this time, he looked at the empty plate that had been eaten and wiped clean, and his heart was like thousands of ants crawling and biting.

This woman, no matter what, must get it herself! Ning Chaoge secretly swore in his heart, this was not because he had any feelings for Du Yiyi, but because of the frustration that did not dare to belong to him, this was not out of love, but out of hatred, Ning Zhiyuan stabbed him in the back, and he had to insert this knife back for him, which was far from bringing a green hat to Ning Zhiyuan.

Ning Chaoge's unscrupulous gaze was seen by a pair of eyes, and by the emperor's side, the queen smiled and said to her husband on her side: "Your Majesty, the concubine looks at the time is almost up, why don't you move to the Nine Dragons Palace!" ”

This small voice made everyone stop talking, waiting for the emperor to speak.

"Okay, if it's not over at this time, let's talk about it at the banquet, a few imperial brothers, I want to get drunk with you today!"

The emperor patted his knees and stood up with a smile, the sharp eyes that Du Yiyi saw in the past have been replaced by warmth, the king of the world, maybe only when this family reunion is happy, can there be this rare warmth.

"Second brother, your amount of alcohol is not drunk for a thousand glasses, and our brothers together are not as good as the second brother!"

"That is, who can compare with the second brother's drinking, when the fourth brother was stunned to compare with the second brother, in the end, he was not drunk and became a sludge." King Kang leaned back and smiled, very happy.

King Xiang was also happy when he heard the old things, and King Xi, who had always been as steady as a mountain to Du Yiyi, also pursed his mouth and lowered his head and laughed, and Xianwang echoed and smiled, and said angrily: "I have seen the amount of alcohol of the second brother." ”

"No, no, no, now that I'm older, this body is not good, and the amount of alcohol has dropped a lot, let's talk while walking."

The emperor strode in front, the queen smiled and accompanied by Yingying, the four princes followed behind, and the other people waited behind, when these noble ladies all caught up with their husbands, Ning Xiao would be pestered by the king and would be fine, Du Yiyi also naturally walked to Ning Zhiyuan's side, walking behind Ning Zhiyuan was Xin Tonghou, these two people were quiet and few words in Du Yiyi's heart had a good impression, she had not seen many powerful people in the capital, and she had never heard a word about this Xin Tonghou, When Ning Zhiyuan talked to her about this Hou Ye, she was still stunned, and the letter was that Hou was almost the same way of life as Ning Zhiyuan before, living in a simple place, and rarely participated in the gathering between the powerful, and only appeared on the indispensable scene, that is, Ning Zhiyuan could not see him on weekdays except for seeing two sides at the end of the year every year, and he could enjoy the wealth and wealth of living in the capital and stay away from the political and political struggle, Du Yiyi was originally Ning Zhiyuan was such a person, Later, I found out that there was no such person in the court in the capital, but today she met one.

She was a little curious about the things that Ning Zhiyuan didn't have time to talk about Xintonghou's father, what was the final result of the case of the emperor's assassination in Jiangnan back then?

"Lord Rui is a blessing to be able to marry such a virtuous and virtuous princess." Xin Tonghou staggered half a step behind Ning Zhiyuan, and when he saw Du Yiyi coming, the topic also pulled to Du Yiyi.

Ning Zhiyuan smiled and clenched Du Yiyi's hand, his face full of smiles. "Lord Hou is a good fortune, Mrs. Hou Ye is good and virtuous, if you say that it is a perfect match, the first in the capital belongs to General Shen Ke Shen, and the second is to believe in the same Hou and your wife!"

"Where, where! General Shen and his wife are a match made in heaven. Xin Tonghou said modestly, but he also let his wife beside him hold his hand.

"I see that Hou Ye stays at home every day, but it is not very good for the body, I used to be a person who lived in a simple and lazy house, this disease has only been delayed for many years, and now there is more walking around, but it is good, if Hou Ye and Mrs. Hou Ye are fine on weekdays, they can go to my Rui Wangfu to walk, and Yiyi is also bored at home alone!" Ning Zhiyuan glanced sideways at Mrs. Xintonghou, Du Yiyi knew that he was taking advantage of the opportunity to win over people again, so he smiled at Mrs. Xintonghou and didn't say much.

"Naturally, I want to go when I have time, I think Princess Rui is gentle and elegant, she should be a good person to get along with, Princess Rui, it's not interesting for us to listen to their men, let's go back and go together!" Xintong Hou smiled lightly, and his charming Danfeng eyes squinted at Du Yiyi.

"Okay!" Du Yi couldn't help but withdraw his hand from Ning Zhiyuan's palm and took a few steps back, and Mrs. Hou and Xintong Hou smiled slightly, and also retreated back.

Although the snow outside has melted, many corners in the palace can still see the snow piled up, the snow piled up in some corners of the waiter cleaning the truth is actually piled up with some animal appearance, it looks very gratifying, the outside has long been invisible to the slightest bit of emerald green, in the palace to look at everywhere emerald green, red plum and snow plum dotted in the meadows on both sides of the road, the harsh winter wax moon style is still the same.

Mrs. Xintonghou and Du Yiyi walked side by side all the way, and the two people who didn't talk much could only look around and talk about some light and tasteless topics all the way.

The Nine Dragons Hall is 100 meters away from the Ningyuan Palace, here is the place where the emperor invites the courtiers on weekdays, the name of the Nine Dragons, from the golden dragon that is proud of the nine heads on the glazed tiles on the eaves, it was originally the emperor's bedroom of the previous dynasty, the Holy Ancestor will be the former dynasty that perishes because of luxury as a lesson from the past, and change the Ningyuan Palace to the emperor's bedroom, the Nine Dragons Hall is a place to invite the courtiers to set up a banquet, after the Fuhu Army changes, the Nine Dragons Hall is still the first time to hold a banquet.

Mrs. Xintonghou has been married to Xintonghou for several years, she has been to the Nine Dragons Hall many times, she introduced the Nine Dragons Hall to Du Yiyi, as she said, Du Yiyi's first sight, is the nine soaring golden dragons on the roof, although the dragon body is slender, but the nine high cocked and the eaves can be one of the dragon's heads is as big as a human head, the general roof is four corners, and this Nine Dragons Palace, but there are nine, and this palace, is not as good as other palaces in the palace is only four walls, but nine, the so-called ninety-five, Nine is an auspicious number on behalf of the emperor, the dragon is the incarnation of the emperor, the unique appearance of the peculiar meaning of the obvious Nine Dragons Hall is much larger than the Ning Yuan Palace, but compared to the Ning Yuan Palace's rooms, this Nine Dragons Hall has only a wide hall, left and right curtains, tables on both sides, dragon chairs are high, brilliant.

The imperial study on the left side has long been demolished, and the emperor's bedroom on the right has also been destroyed, but the pillar of the golden dragon carved with gold lacquer around the beam and the dragon body entrenched on the beam and the huge and hideous dragon head and the dragon chair that is not directly visible all reveal the majesty of the emperor, making people only feel that they are small and humble in it. In my heart, I was already sighing at the greatness of the ancients, this Nine Dragons Hall with a height of more than ten meters, it was not easy to carve such a vivid golden dragon.