On the Jinluan Palace, the disappearance of the Marquis of Zhenning made a fuss, and Wang Zixuan refused to let go of this opportunity, and the early dynasty stabbed the matter out, for a while, the ministers of the Wang family faction were all seeking justice for the poor Marquis Zhenning's mansion, that is, Chu Nian was not here, if Chu Nian was here, I am afraid that they would be moved to tears for their indignant scenes.

At this moment, the king of Huainan was standing in place with a gloomy face, not saying a word in the face of the accusations of the ministers, at this time, the old man Chen remembered his granddaughter's instructions, sighed helplessly, and pretended to help the king of Huainan speak: "This is not what the king of Huainan wants, you are standing and talking without back pain." ”

Old man Chen is in the secretary and supervisor, although the official position is not big and there is no real power, but none of the officials in the court dare to easily annoy the old man Chen, for fear of being smeared when writing the annals, Old Man Chen's voice resounded throughout the entire Jinluan Palace, and no minister continued to say that the king of Huainan was not.

King Huainan's eyebrows moved, and he nodded towards Old Man Chen, and he also thought a little about it in his heart - whether he lost Zhenning Hou on his own territory, but Chu Nian didn't make trouble, and now her grandfather also helped him speak in the court, which shows that Chu Nian didn't have a different heart for himself because of this matter, and his heart is good, last time he also made trouble because he drank too much wine, and he had to compensate Chu Nian well when he turned around.

Old man Chen didn't expect King Huainan to want to go here, but he only knew that his granddaughter had instructed him to help King Huainan at least on the surface, so he exited, and the Wang family didn't dare to target him easily anyway.

Wang Zixuan secretly glared at Old Man Chen, and at this time, Shen Duan pushed the wheelchair forward and said, "The minister has a proposal." ”

Seeing that it was Shen Dui, Wang Zixuan was interested, and the emperor said: "Shen Aiqing can play." ”

Shen Du respectfully saluted the emperor above, and then said: "Now that the Marquis of Shaozhen Ning can't be found, there is a vacancy in the Marquis of Zhenning, and the minister heard that the missing Chu Xiaolangjun has returned home, so it is better to call Chu Xiaolangjun temporarily ascend the throne, and it just so happens that Chu Xiaolangjun is the son of the Chu family, so it will not cause criticism." ”

Hearing this, the ministers turned their heads and ears, and Liu Qi on the side frowned, this short period of contact was enough for him to know how much Chu Nian cared about Chu Yuanlang, you know, Chu Nian almost turned his face with the King of Huainan because of Chu Yuanlang that day, if Chu Yuanlang really can't find it back, Chu Xiaolangjun will take the throne, but he has also heard how much Chu Nian's younger brother looks down on Chu Nian, if Chu Xiaolangjun inherits the Zhenning Marquis Mansion, Chu Nian can still have a good life?

Thinking of this, Liu Qi no longer hesitated, stepped forward and said: "According to what the minister has seen, Shaozhen Ninghou will not return for too long, and now the prince is also helping to find the young marquis, and the Wushuang county lord is also looking for it, presumably it will be possible to find the young marquis in a few days, and it will not be too late to wait for the succession of Chu Xiaolangjun." ”

Old man Chen also added: "Zhenning Hou doesn't have anything important to deal with now, and it's not too late to wait a few more days." ”

"It's also, it's just a different surname, and it's not an important position."

The direction of the ministers' discussion changed again, Shen Duan's eyes darkened, sideways, glanced at Liu Qi vaguely, and then retreated.

Liu Qi couldn't get the idea of his friend's gaze, and only knew that Chu Yuanlang's position as Zhenninghou was temporarily preserved, so he breathed a sigh of relief and retreated to his position.

After the next dynasty, Old Man Chen sent someone to convey this scene to Chu Nian, and when he heard the news, Chu Nian immediately frowned, and before he could reply to Old Man Chen, he saw that someone from Huainan Wangfu was invited, and Chu Nian had to happily go to the appointment.

When he arrived at the Huainan Palace, it was Ming Qi who greeted him at the door in person, but this time he didn't stare at Chu Nian with naked eyes, and his every move was polite, just like treating a guest.

Ming Qi led Chu Nian towards the backyard, until he reached the shore of a pond, he turned to leave, at this moment the king of Huainan was sitting in a pavilion in the center of the pond, Chu Nian did not know the purpose of this trip and walked over.

"County Lord," King Huainan smiled and filled the other empty teacup, "Last time you said that this Huainan tea was delicious, this king specially asked someone to transport a cart from Huainan, you taste it, but it is still the same taste when you came to drink it last time?" ”

Seeing the deliberately close appearance of King Huainan, Chu Nian smiled and sat down opposite him unceremoniously, picked up the teacup and took a sip before saying, "Lord, this pot is better than the last pot." ”

"Oh? Is it? King Huainan took a sip, and immediately smiled and said: "It seems that this king's tea art has also improved, Nian'er rest assured, next time you come again, this king will definitely give you a better drink." ”

Chu Nian didn't care much about what he called him, nodded slightly, and saw King Huainan frowning and said, "Nian'er, don't you still remember the last time Uncle Wang lost his temper with you?" At that time, Uncle Wang also drank too much, you ......"

At this point, Chu Nian heard the purpose of King Huainan, and remembered what Old Man Chen said about what happened in the court, and suddenly understood a little, so he shook his head and said, "How can a courtier be jealous of the prince?" Or the prince is broad-minded, don't worry about the courtiers. ”

Seeing her walking down her steps, King Huainan suddenly smiled with relief, and said: "Relax, this king has sent someone to find the traces of the young marquis, I believe it will be found in a few days, by the way, last time you left the table early, but you didn't see the highlight of the birthday banquet, this king asked people to get ready today, and I specially re-enacted it for you!" ”

Seeing the triumphant appearance of King Huainan, Chu Nian secretly raised his eyebrows, not understanding what kind of medicine was sold in King Huainan's gourd, at this time, King Huainan clapped his hands, and saw an old man and a young man coming from afar, it was the father and son who performed illusions on the street last time. Chu Nian frowned, it seemed that this "Qinghe" had colluded with King Huainan, and she and the prince had to speed up to find that token.

The old man and the young man walked up to Chu Nian and King Huainan, leaned over and saluted: "I've seen the prince, I've seen the unequaled county lord." ”

King Huainan waved his hand, "Don't be so vain, you hurry up and show your skills to Nian'er, this king can boast of going to Haikou, you don't have to make mistakes." ”

The old man and the young man responded, and saw that the young man took out the tools from his back, and it was still the shelf and melon of that day, and he thought that they were still performing the same illusion.

Chu Nian lost interest, and watched the old and young squirting fire and water for a while, before he applauded and said, "Okay." ”

At this moment, the performances are not over yet, but Chu Nian has already watched these performances, so he naturally feels bored, so he said to King Huainan: "Lord Wang, the courtiers want to go to the forest where the young marquis disappeared to see if there are any clues." ”

King Huainan was not annoyed this time, but when she was anxious because of her brother's disappearance, she nodded and said, "You go, this king will not accompany you, Xiaolan." ”

Hearing the sound, a woman behind the King of Huainan who had always hung her head stepped forward and responded in a low voice, and saw the King of Huainan complacently and said: "Nian'er, this is the king's favorite concubine, I will ask her to accompany you today, if you have any questions, just ask her, Xiaolan, don't snub the unequaled county lord, otherwise this king will ask you." ”

Originally, it was just to walk, Chu Nian didn't care if anyone followed, nodded, and walked towards the outside of the pavilion, the maid hurriedly followed, and the people walked a long way one after the other, until they walked into the deserted forest, then Xiaolan spoke: "Third lady, do you really not recognize the slave maid?" ”

Hearing this voice, Chu Nian rolled his eyes in surprise, and saw that Xiaolan slowly raised her head, her apricot eyes slightly red.

This is the Xiaolan who participated in the selection of concubines instead of Shen Ruan.

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, "You have become the most favored concubine of King Huainan?" Congratulations, I finally don't have to be at the mercy of Shen Erniang. ”

Xiaolan's face turned blue and purple for a while, but after a while, she sighed and said, "In the past, it was because the slave maid was Shen Erniang's person and had to be forced to do so, and I asked the third lady not to remember it." ”

Chu Nian shook her head, Shen Ruan had always dealt with her personally before, and she remembered Xiaolan just because she was the only one by Shen Ruan's side, so what was there to remember.

However, Chu Nian really didn't have the heart to talk to Xiaolan, she was just a spy sent to the Huainan Mansion by Shen Duan, and the King of Huainan was not a fool, the fight between them was what Chu Nian wanted, so how could he care about a small eyeliner?

Seeing that Chu Nian ignored herself, but walked by herself, Xiaolan finally couldn't hold back and said: "Sanniang, in fact, after Lord Shen discussed with the Queen Mother, he wanted Shen Erniang to marry the prince, but Shen Erniang didn't want to marry, so she forced the slave maid to participate in the selection of concubines for her, but she didn't expect it...... The slave doesn't want to ......"

She walked side by side with Chu Nian as the concubine of the king of Huainan, Chu Nian looked sideways, and saw that her eyes were red, but in the end, she was the one who participated in the selection of concubines, saying that she had no intention of marrying the prince and flying on the branches to become a phoenix, but who would believe it? After all, it is just self-inflicted evil, and the poor will have something to hate.

Seeing that Chu Nian still refused to express his position, Xiaolan, who had been pretending to be poor for a long time, finally became anxious, so she grabbed Chu Nian's sleeve and took advantage of Chu Nian's frowning stall and said quickly: "Actually, Chu Xiaolangjun has been in Shen Mansion before, imprisoned by Shen Erniang, Shen Erniang said in front of Xiaolangjun all day long that Sanniang sent him to Shen Erniang, and bullied him all day long, so he put Xiaolangjun back at this moment, just to make Sanniang block. ”

As soon as these words came out, Chu Nian's brows furrowed even deeper, and he also thought about it in his heart, but he just looked at Xiaolan inquiringly: "Now that you have turned your back on your master and told me this, are you not afraid that your master will punish you?" ”

Xiaolan was ruthless, gritted her teeth and said: "Don't be afraid, I have sincerely served Shen Ruan for so many years, but she has trapped me in injustice, I hate her." ”

Chu Nian's red lips hooked slightly, let Xiaolan grab his cuffs, and continued: "I didn't expect you to be a smart person, Shen Ruan and the others, from beginning to end, will not treat their subordinates as human beings, but I am afraid that I won't remember you now, I thought you would accept your fate and honestly let it be at the mercy of you, it seems ......"

"I won't obey Shen Ruan's orders, I am innocent, but now I have been buried by Shen Ruan's disciples for the rest of my life, and I ask the county lord to help me make the decision, even if I am a cow or a horse, I will obey the orders of the county lord."

Looking at Xiao Lan, who was full of hatred, the corners of Chu Nian's mouth gradually expanded, she didn't expect that there would be such an unexpected gain on this trip, it seemed that she would soon be able to give Shen Ruan a big gift to repay her for all the "kindness" she had treated herself in the past.