It's not that King Ning is kind-hearted and wants to save King An from fire and water, but if this matter is sent to investigate with great fanfare, and it is found out that it is really as Cheng Buyi said, it must be a big loss of face, and it is unknown how many people will be implicated under the anger of his father.

King Ning looked left and right, and did not directly answer Qin Heng's question, but stepped forward, climbed the steps in full view of everyone, and stopped in front of the imperial case.

"Father, can you borrow a pen and paper?"

Qin Heng was noncommittal, he raised his chin and agreed, he also wanted to know what flowers this little son was going to turn out.

King Ning dipped his pen in ink and dropped four words on the paper.

The face of royalty.

is for the sake of face, but if you speak out in public, how can you save face? On the contrary, it is easier to reach the scales.

Putting down the pen, King Ning lowered his head and said nothing, nor was he in a hurry to retreat.

Qin Heng stared at the words on the paper, and his tightly clenched fist slammed on the table, and several copies of the recital on the table were shocked to the ground.

"Let's talk about this matter again, retreat!"

Without giving the ministers a chance to react, Qin Hengjing got up and left, and King Ning took a step back and kowtowed, shouting "Congratulations to my father".

Only then did the courtiers react one after another, and then they raised their eyes to look at King Ning, and their eyes were already different.

Cheng Buxin must have refused to give up, Qin Heng had already walked away, and he was still shouting at the top of his voice, if it weren't for a few clever officials beside him who were holding him tightly, I am afraid he would still want to chase after him all the way.

King An slowed down a little as he walked past King Ning, and glanced at the person beside him, not knowing what it was like in his heart, and he didn't know what he had written, and why he wanted to help him for no reason.

"Thank you."

King Ning heard the sound and looked up, but only saw the back of King An speeding up and leaving.

"Don't leave the palace first, this king will go to see the concubine."

gave an order, and the little eunuch who was waiting in front immediately changed his course and went all the way to the harem.

King Ning walked unhurriedly through the wide palace road between the red walls, and arrived in front of the Yuluan Palace where his mother, Concubine Qi Guifei, lived, and the maid guarding the door blocked him.

"Lord, Your Majesty is inside......

King Ning frowned when he heard what she said, could it be that as he expected, the mother concubine intervened? Fortunately, he stopped his father today, otherwise he would have really lost face, and Long Yan was furious, and whether it was Huang Sheng and King An's faction or the mother concubine who intervened in this matter, I am afraid that they will not be able to escape responsibility.

"Don't go in, go to Zhongling Lane, you go and inform Feng Mingjian and tell him to go over immediately."

This Feng Mingjian is the eldest son of Feng Jinian, the Qing of Dali Temple, and in recent years, he has often followed his father to do things, and his ability is not inferior to his father.

"Why didn't the prince directly summon Dali Siqing?"

King Ning raised his eyebrows and said in a cold voice, "You can't go beyond it, and if you go beyond it once, you will be the handle."

Qianzhou.

It has been half a year since the academy was built, and since the start of classes in July, there have been more children one after another, the older one is ten, and the younger one is not old.

Today, Xue Ji staggered the time and picked the ugly time to go in the afternoon, this time he didn't meet Su Yu, but he heard the noise from afar, and it seemed that there was already a quarrel inside.

"I won't give it to him! His sister is ***, my mother can say, *** is the dirtiest, and ***'s brother is not a good thing."

"The book clearly says to be kind to others, and if you do so, you are degrading to the teachings of the sages!"

"The book also says that filial piety comes first, what's wrong with me listening to my mother!"

From the word '***' to his ears, Xue Ji had already frowned, quickened his pace, pushed open the door of the academy, and the noisy classroom fell silent in an instant.

As soon as Su Huan saw people, he couldn't hold back anymore, sat in his place and cried bitterly, muttering that he wanted to go home, want his sister, and stop studying.

Xue Ji stepped forward and carefully comforted the child, and then his eyes swept over the few people present, most of the children did not dare to speak in their positions, only the two children who were arguing stood still and did not move.

Fang was aggressive

The person should be the younger child, if I remember correctly, it is the little son of a fat powder merchant in Qianzhou City.

Xue Ji didn't reprimand him directly, but calmly pointed to the older child and asked, "Tell me, what's going on."

The child also knew that the person in front of him was the prefect, so he didn't dare to raise his head, so he replied in a low voice: "Su Huan saw that Luo Shao's gadgets were interesting, and I wanted to borrow them to take a look, but Luo Shao refused, and said those words, so I persuaded a few words......

Luo Shao? In such a poor and remote place, the child of a small merchant's family is still called a young master?

Xue Ji felt ridiculous, but he didn't say anything. As far as the matter is concerned, he walked up to 'Luo Shao' and said in a deep voice, "You don't need that little gadget in class, right? Don't bring it with you anymore."

With that, his eyes searched the area around the classroom again.

"What about you husbands?"

I don't know which seat came from a whisper, "Let's go to the toilet first."

Xue Ji looked at Su Huan, who was still crying, and hesitated for a moment, such a young child had experienced so many things before, but he was afraid that he would be hurt too deeply in his heart, and he couldn't slow down for a while.

"You tell Mr., I'll take Su Huan out, and give him leave for the afternoon class."

After that, he picked up Su Huan and walked out of the classroom, it was not good to carry the child home, so he took him to the pavilion at the back of the academy, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, and carefully wiped the tears on his cheeks.

"Okay, stop crying."

The child cried even more fiercely when he heard it, Xue Ji had never done anything to coax the child, and he didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only sit beside him, holding his little hand tightly, without saying a word.

Xue Ji didn't remember when the child next to him stopped crying, Su Huan whispered a few words about his sister, Xue Ji didn't know how to answer, so he didn't answer.

When the sun set, Su Yu's figure in the distance gradually approached.

"My lord, Huan'er ......."

Xue Ji raised his head slightly and looked at her. "You know it all?"

Su Yu didn't respond, but just looking at the tears in her eyes, she could know that she must have heard someone talking.

"You're really not going to come out, are you? Spend the rest of your life in that kind of fireworks land?"

"Where else could I go?"

The two didn't say anything more, Su Yu picked up Su Huan and patted him on the back for a long time to comfort him, and went back to her small attic at dusk.

At night, Xue Ji couldn't sleep for a long time, and he couldn't tell whether it was pity or pity, and the picture of Su Yu holding Su Huan to comfort him couldn't be dispersed in his mind.

He turned to face Shen Yurong, and whispered so quietly that he could barely hear it: "Madam, if I take a concubine...... What will you do?"

He thought that Shen Yurong should have fallen asleep, but he just whispered, and after the words came out, he sighed, and when he closed his eyes, he wouldn't think about it if he fell asleep.

Who knew that Shen Yurong didn't fall asleep, and when he heard this soft question, his heart tightened, and he couldn't tell what it was like. As early as when she gave the price to Xue Ji, she knew that whether it was a young master of the merchant family or a big official in the future, it was impossible for him to marry only one wife, and it was only a matter of time before he took a concubine......

It's been eight years, Xue Ji has been alone for eight years, she should be content.

"I have nothing to do with you, she from you."

Xue Ji suddenly opened his eyes and met Shen Yurong's eyebrows.

"Sleep."

Capital

King Ning took people to Zhongling Lane, and sure enough, he met two people there.

"If King An is really open-minded, why did he send you at this time?"

This is the chief eunuch newly promoted by Qin Heng, and he is followed by a column of imperial forest troops, and he is questioning the subordinates sent by King An's side.

Although King An's side was terrified, he still held on to the position and refused to lose. "Father-in-law, His Majesty didn't say that he would search our princess's private house today, who allowed you to break into the private house?"

The father-in-law snorted lightly, and was very disdainful: "This house is not a relative of your princess An, don't worry about it,

Your Majesty's decree is Your Majesty's decree."

King Ning stopped the little guy behind him from coming closer, watching the two sides arguing from a distance, and his heart had already set off waves, his father had sent someone so soon?

"Lord, you called me?"

At this time, Feng Mingjian came on a horse, and when he saw King Ning standing here for a long time, he cleverly got off his horse and walked behind King Ning with the reins.

King Ning looked back at him, shook his head to signal that he didn't have to step forward, and made a gesture to lead him to the other end.

Out of Zhongling Lane, the two found a teahouse, ordered a pot of tea, ordered a hibiscus cake, and sat opposite each other.

"Lord, what's the matter?"

King Ning was not in a hurry to explain to him, but asked him, "Do you know what happened in the court today?"

Feng Mingjian nodded: "Yes, my father and I have both told it." As soon as the words fell, he saw the scene in Zhongling Alley and faintly had some guesses. "Lord Wang, did Your Majesty really send someone in private?"

"Hmm."

Feng Mingjian frowned, realizing how deep this muddy water was.

"The other side...... Is it King An?"

"Exactly."

King Ning's face was deep and unchanging, and he was still thinking in his heart, today's events were too sudden, and he didn't hear the wind at all beforehand, so how did Cheng Buxing know? How much did the mother meddle? My father sent someone to check it privately, what would happen if he found it?

This is immeasurable.

"Then you summoned me ......" Feng Mingjian took a cup of tea and asked tentatively.

King Ning pondered for a moment, raised his head and said, "This king expects that King Ding'an will send someone, he is here to destroy the corpse, so he called you here to make you a witness. Can...... I didn't expect my father's men to be so fast."

Feng Mingzhen seemed to have some doubts, but he didn't dare to ask in his heart, so he opened his mouth and closed it again.

King Ning saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, raised his eyebrows and said, "If you have something to say, this king doesn't like to hide it."

"No." Feng Mingjian lowered his head and asked, "Didn't the prince relieve King An in the court today?" Why ......?"

Why do you want witnesses to suppress King An?