After waiting for a short time, the greetings between Eunuch Zheng and the others in front of him had been completed, and the etiquette had been completed.

Walking on the streets of the capital with the team, Zhi Ning saw the admiration on the faces of all the people of all ages on the streets, and couldn't help but feel a little more proud in his heart: I lived for revenge in the first half of my life, and if I can walk in the market like this one day in the future, it will not be in vain for me to be reincarnated here. Zhi Ning thought about it, and he was a little stupid in his heart. As everyone knows, when her day comes, she looks forward to that day as a dream.

Riding a horse all the way on the street splashed by the pure water, and finally came to the place where the imperial gift lived, Zhi Ning followed Zheng Dajian to dismount and walked into the courtyard, and there were people to carry the salute and other things behind.

The old housekeeper in the living room had just made a pot of tea and put it on the desk, and the officialdom had been greeting Zheng Dajian for a long time and was extremely thirsty, and he drank a few bowls to warm up. Eunuch Zheng rested for a while before looking at Zhi Ning with a smile and said, "Ah Ning, this is the mansion given to me by His Majesty, you will live in the West Courtyard temporarily, and I will introduce you to my other children in a few days." ”

"It's my father-in-law, do I have any other brothers?" Zhi Ning asked.

"Not to mention brother, you still have two younger siblings." Xu was relaxed after returning to Beijing, and Zheng Dajian responded with a smile.

Zhi Ning was about to ask back, only to hear a voice at the door of the room: "Uncle Zheng, I wonder if the little nephew can stay in your mansion for a few days?" ”

"Huh? Virtuous nephew, didn't you go to the Fuyang Marquis Mansion to live temporarily, why did you return here again? Hearing this voice, Eunuch Zheng, who had just picked up the tea bowl, already knew that this was Yu Gongzi coming back, and asked without raising his head.

"Haha, Jingzhan don't want to joke with Gong Zheng, we have something to do here." Another voice followed behind the crown.

Zheng Dajian and Zhi Ning, who were sitting in the house, suddenly heard another sound, and hurriedly looked up, only to see that Li Maofang, Marquis of Fuyang, was standing behind Yu Mian who was about to stride in at the door, and the old housekeeper who had just gone out behind the two was standing behind Li Maofang's family with his mouth covered and his head down.

"Oh, Fuyang Hou is also here, please come in, please come in." Eunuch Zheng has been accustomed to being uninvited by the crown for several days, but he didn't expect that the Marquis of Fuyang would also follow, and when he saw the old housekeeper with his head hanging behind the two, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, this is another little king of Yama, but he hurriedly got up to greet the two.

"Uncle is polite." How do you know that Li Maofang smiled and saluted Zheng Dajian with a smile, but his body did not go in the direction of Zheng Dajian, but went straight to Zhi Ning's side. Shi Cai Zhi Ning saw that Zheng Dajian got up to greet her, and hurriedly stood up from her seat, her standing position was blocked by the door, and it was not until Li Yu and the two entered the house that they saw the appearance of the old housekeeper at the door, and Zhi Ning, who was stunned, had not fully reacted, and Li Maofang had already walked in front of her. I saw Li Maofang staring at her for a long time before she turned around with a smile and said, "Brother Mian, it seems that your vision is not bad, this girl is a beauty." ”

Yes? At first glance, when he heard the person who was staring at him with a serious face and a little viciously just now, Zhi Ning was a little dazed in his heart, and he thought about it for a long time before he understood. She frowned and was ready to argue. Yu Mian, who only listened to the back, answered helplessly: "Brother Li doesn't want to make fun of the younger brother, it's just a friend who knew each other before." ”

"Oh? It turned out that the friend who knew each other, that is the childhood friend? Well, yes, yes, very good, very good. Here, Li Maofang continued to stare at Zhi Ning without looking back, and continued to speak when he heard Yu Mian's words.

"Hey, this Marquis Li, why did you come in and stare at other people's girls like this. Is this the rule of your Hou Mansion? Zhi Ning, who was uncomfortable at the look, hurriedly turned sideways and said in his mouth. If she didn't want to cause trouble for Eunuch Zheng as soon as she arrived in Beijing, I was afraid that she would have fists and kicks against Li Maofang with her temper.

"A-Ning, don't ...... with Hou Ye like this" Eunuch Zheng on the side opened his mouth to remind Zhi Ning, but was interrupted by Li Maofang's right hand.

"Yo, it's spicy enough. It's a temperament that can subdue Yu Jingzhan. No wonder Jing Zhan was so fascinated by you that he didn't think about it. ”

"Brother Li, A-Ning is thin-skinned, don't you have to stare at others with your peach blossom eyes." Yu Mian behind him also shouted.

"Look, it's mine. Since she is a girl who has not left the cabinet, how can she still ride a horse and walk in the army, and besides, Jingzhan you and I are brothers, and sooner or later she will also be my brother-in-law. Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, so what's wrong with helping you check the gates. Li Maofang spoke, but also gave Yu Mian face and walked sideways to the table and chair.

Eunuch Zheng has always known that Fuyang Hou loves to make fun of people's temperament, and when he saw Zhi Ning, he suppressed his temper and said with embarrassment: "A-Ning, we have to discuss some important matters here, you can go back to the courtyard first." ”

Zhi Ning was just about to leave when he heard this. I only heard Li Maofang say again: "Hey~ Uncle Zheng take a break, don't protect her like this, what I came here on this trip is also related to her." ”

"Oh? I don't know what happened to the little girl, but she also got the attention of Fuyang Hou. Eunuch Zheng said curiously.

Eunuch Zheng asked, and Zhi Ning couldn't go first, so he had to bite the bullet and turn around to look at Li Maofang.

I saw that Li Maofang, who was just a hippie smiling face on the side, suddenly changed his face, and took out a piece of black silk paper sewn with gold wire from his sleeve and said: "Zheng He, Yu Mian, and Zhining received the edict, and the prince has a decree to announce that the three of you will enter the palace immediately and return to the chaos of the Haikou, and I will do this." When the three eunuchs heard this, they immediately knelt down to receive the order.

Are you finally going to enter the palace zhi ning, who was kneeling on the ground, changed his face from the shame just now and thought secretly in his heart.

"Chen Zhenghe took the order." Kneeling on the ground, Eunuch Zheng stretched out his arms forward and received the holy decree with his hands slightly bent.

"Marquis Li, why did you make fun of the little girl first about such a big matter as the prince's edict." Zheng said.

"Uncle, this marquis is also just about to receive the will from the front of your mansion, and the will given to me can be said to be that I will go to the Imperial Court to receive those envoys, and hold a banquet for the four yi the day after tomorrow. In previous years, the matter of arranging envoys was jointly organized by my uncle and Tongguanglu Temple, and even such a heavy task was taken over by the little nephew for you, and it is not too much to waste time drinking saliva to meet your righteous daughter. Besides, it takes a long time for a folk woman like her to enter the palace to search her body. ”

"Still need a body search?" Zhi Ning, who had been standing aside and listening for a long time, couldn't help but ask.

"Naturally, if you assassinate the prince with bad intentions, then who can I wait for this responsibility, oh understand, the girl can rest assured that the person who searches the body is naturally searched by the maid sent by the palace to search, I naturally don't have this eye blessing, Jing Zhan can see it in the future."

"You're looking for ...... death"

"Brother Li, why is the prince in such a hurry this time, how can A-Ning go to the palace to see the prince in such a hurry before she has time to study the ceremony, and Honglu Temple doesn't ask about it?" Seeing this, Yu Mian hurriedly interjected.

"Then you can ask Brother Fool, our prince has always been eclectic in his thoughts, who can guess what he is thinking." Li Maofang glanced at Zhi Ning, shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly.

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In the forbidden courtyard of the palace, rows of palace female eunuchs marched against the wall in an orderly manner, and ordinary people naturally had to look left and right to enjoy the scenery that they might only see once in their lives. But Zhi Ning didn't have this state of mind here, and the eunuch who led the way urged him not to say it for the time being, but Yu Mian, who couldn't stop telling her about the rules of the palace, was about to faint her head.

"Okay, Yu Gongzi, I've heard what you said, isn't it just that when you see the prince, you have to kneel and bow, and then you can't look up at the king, and speak more politely. I know that's it. Zhi Ning frowned.

"Where are these the only things, when you enter the prince's study, you have to step on your right foot first, and then you must step on the threshold of your left foot......"

"That's enough, I'll follow my father-in-law and my father-in-law how to do it, don't talk to me again after you talk more." Zhi Ning shouted in a low voice that his father-in-law in front of him couldn't hear.

"Oh."

After walking hundreds of steps up the steps, seeing that he was about to reach the door of the imperial study, the eunuch who led the way in front turned to the three of them and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered that Marquis Zheng and this Zhining girl go in first. Yu Gongzi can wait outside the hall first. ”

The eunuch at the entrance of the hall read out, and Zhi Ning, who finally got rid of Yu Gongzi, took a few deep breaths, and followed Zheng Dajian to the imperial study. Eleven, after this meeting, none of the enemies on your island will be able to escape.

Zhi Ning, who kept the rules in mind, lowered her head and slowly followed two steps behind Zheng Dajian, staggering, she also knelt down when she saw Zheng Dajian kneeling, and she also kowtowed when she saw Zheng Dajian kowtow. Two kneeling and six bowing, the apse fell silent.

After staying for a while, a gentle voice came from the heart: "Someone is coming, give Zheng Qing a seat." Zheng Qing's family has worked hard all the way, I don't know how many envoys can be brought back to Beijing by returning this time? ”

Eunuch Zheng, who had been prepared for a long time, hurriedly took out the document from his sleeve and read it according to the book: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the minister's trip is more than two years and more than 15 days, passing through the Siam ......"

An hour was about to pass between the two of them when they asked and answered.

Zhi Ning was not used to kneeling here, who knew that he had been kneeling for nearly an hour when the two of them were talking, at first his legs began to be sore, and he was gradually about to lose consciousness, and the painful Zhi Ning just wanted to gently move the slender legs under his robe, but he saw several people standing next to him. Is there anyone else in this room besides himself and his father-in-law? Zhi Ning was thinking in his heart, when he suddenly heard the conversation on Eunuch Zheng's side but stopped.

The little girl at the bottom of the stairs looked up and bowed back. The voice that was as warm as a spring breeze came again.

Zhi Ning was just about to raise his head, and suddenly remembered what Yu Mian said to him just now that he should not look up at Jun, so he slowly raised his head only a little, and although his eyes turned up, he could already see the steps under the dragon book, but his eyes were still firmly fixed on the floor, and it was finally his turn, Zhi Ning said in his heart.

After waiting for a while, the voice was silent. Talking to Eunuch Zheng again, Zhi Ning, who had changed his posture slightly, was afraid that he would suddenly shout again and had to concentrate on listening to the two of them again. The sound of approval kept coming.

After a while, Zhi Ning couldn't hold on anymore, and the voice came again: "The little girl at the bottom of the stairs raised her head a little more." He had to be seen again, but it was his words that would not lead to sin. Zhi Ning raised his head straight in his heart and looked forward.

I saw that on the dragon book case more than a foot away in front of me, a middle-aged white man with a thin figure who seemed to be a little sick was sitting on the dragon chair, looking at her with some surprise.

I seem to look a little familiar with this person, especially those deep eyes, Zhi Ning couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the prince in front of him. Before she could think about it again, a shrill eunuch scolding voice had already reached her ears: "Bold, the little grass people dare to face the king, and someone will drag her out and beat her forty boards first." ”

Hey, you didn't make me look up. The sound of the guard's footsteps had reached his ears, and Zhi Ning couldn't help but panic in his heart, and looked at the person on the Long Shu case with a somewhat innocent pout. Seeing that the guard's fan-sized palm was about to grab Zhi Ning's body, even Eunuch Zheng opened his mouth and just wanted to speak. At this time, the prince wearing a golden four-clawed python robe behind the dragon book case seemed to suddenly understand something, smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, Jiang Guards should retreat first, Marquis Zheng has already said some things about Haikou in the book earlier, little girl, you can tell the things in the book of Zheng Dajian in detail." ”

It turned out that the person behind this dragon book case was Zhu Gaochi, the crown prince of the current emperor Zhu Di, who called Zhi Ning twice to raise his head because he was tolerant by nature but could not easily change the ancestral law, so whenever he saw the posture of the elderly courtier kneeling at the bottom of the stairs swaying, he had to raise his head with a sentence, so that the courtier who was about to fall down adjusted his posture slightly. The prince had been in charge of the country for several months, so the ministers of the court and the central government were gradually getting used to it. But Zhi Ning didn't know that this matter really made her raise her head, who knew that she was almost dragged out by the guards summoned by the eunuch and beaten violently. Speaking of which, Eunuch Zheng has also been away from the dynasty for two years, so this etiquette is even in the clouds just now.

"The little girl knocks on His Highness, and greets His Highness, little girl... There is indeed detailed information about the rebellion of the Haikou, but the little girl has a reluctant request, and I hope His Royal Highness will agree. ”

"Oh? What was promised? ”

The bell and the bell clanged, and the three heads fell to the ground again, as Zhi Ning seemed to be, this was an apology before saying the offended words. And this was just a change of mind in her heart the moment she just saw this crown prince.

"Your Highness atons for your sins, the little girl still wants to ask you to retire the ministers, and the little girl has other feelings to return to His Highness."

The ministers who had been talking quietly just now were stunned when they heard this, and suddenly there was silence in the air, as if they could hear a needle dropping.

"Bold people's daughter, do you know that the people standing beside you are the pillars of our country, and you can't explain what you want in front of people." Hearing Zhi Ning's words, Zheng Dajian, who had just been given a seat, also jumped up and shouted to Zhi Ning half-open and half-reprimanded.

"Returning to Your Highness, the matter that the little girl is going to report is by no means as simple as what is written in the letter, and it may involve some of the important ministers in the list. Therefore, the little girl's words are indeed for the sake of His Highness. Zhi Ning paused and insisted again.