Beiming is located in the northwest of Kyoto, is the first emperor to give the younger son of the Beiming King Zhou Zhengu fiefdom, although located in the northwest but the folk customs are strong and rich in material, it can be seen that the first emperor loves this little son very much.

At this time, the king of Beiming in the palace was frowning with one hand on his forehead, his face was cold, and the servant who was waiting on the side stood in the corner with his head down and tried to reduce his sense of existence. ”

The servant was ordered to bend down and retreat, trying to keep his footsteps as low as possible, and after a while he heard a knock at the door.

King Beiming leaned back in his chair and said, "Come in." ”

Zhou Li, the prince of the Northern Ming Dynasty, pushed the door and strode in, wearing an ink-colored hair crown, an ink-colored robe, the folding fan handle in his hand was still ink-colored, and there was a shallow smile on his handsome face. ”

I am still satisfied with my son, King Beiming, who is twenty and one very good, but.... That's it.

The coldness on King Beiming's face retreated by three points: "Well, it will be the queen's birthday in a month, and I want you to go to Beijing." ”

Originally, it was best for him to enter Beijing by himself, but the vassal king was not allowed to enter Beijing without the emperor's recall, so he could only let his eldest son go for him.

King Beiming said in a deep voice: "You go to Beijing to check on things for me." ”

"Listen to my father." Zhou Li still had a light smile on his face

Zhou Li of the Northern Ming Dynasty beckoned him to come over, and the father and son discussed in the study for an hour before seeing Zhou Li leave.

Zhou Li, who returned to his courtyard study, immediately sent someone to summon his staff Zhong Han: "My father asked me to leave Beijing for two days to do business, and you also packed up and followed me into Beijing." ”

Zhong Han looks like Sven, is a poor scholar, only because of a time into Beijing to catch the exam passing by a mountain area of the coiled body was robbed by bandits, just happened to the king of the Northern Ming Dynasty Zhou Li traveled to meet him who was hungry and fainted on the side of the road, and then because of a little talent to learn was left by Zhou Li to be a staff.

Zhong Han is also satisfied with this identity, compared to competing with tens of millions of students for an almost slim ranking, he has more opportunities to contact officialdom around this Zhou Li, and he has been here for three years and has also seen the ambition of the King of Beiming.

As soon as he entered the door, he heard Zhou Li's instructions, although Zhong Han was puzzled in his heart, his face was not obvious, and he responded in a deep voice, although Zhou Li looked at the whole day with a smile and a very friendly appearance, but he knew that this person was very domineering and evil, and his methods were also very vicious, and he didn't like others to talk much, and he was able to stay by his side for three years because Zhou Li didn't ask much about the things arranged by Zhou Li, and the opinions he asked were all about three points and seven points.

Zhou Li waved his hand in satisfaction to let him retreat, and he also left the study and returned to the depths of the backyard.

October 23, the twelfth year of the Great Zhou

Today is the fiftieth birthday of the queen's mother, and the family of Shen Guogong's Mansion has been dressed neatly as usual and sat in the carriage to enter the palace.

It has been less than a year since the soul entered the palace and attended three or four palace banquets, and now it is not unusual to see anything on the table.

Sitting next to Mu Shi eating peeled grapefruit, he glanced at the hall, and at a glance they were all familiar people, the prince of Xiliang Rongzhen and the prince of Khitan Shu Mulu Kuozhen were also at the table, and the envoys of other countries seemed to have embarked on the way home and had not seen the banquet.

Jiang Yu was still sitting diagonally opposite Shen Ai's seat, looking at the fat little rabbit sticking out his head and poking his eyes out of this way, Shen Ai also saw him, but deliberately swept his gaze and did not stop, look at his appearance, if he looks at it, he will definitely have to mock silently again, hum!

After a cursory look at it and seeing nothing new, Shen Ai pulled Mu's wide sleeves on the side: "Mother, I want to go to the toilet." ”

Mu Shi turned his head and glared at her: "I told you to be greedy at Niangniang." Although her eyes were fierce, she still carefully called the two palace maids to lead her away.

When Shen Ai returned comfortably, he saw a person sitting under the crown prince with a fresh face, his face was handsome and not worse than that of the prince, with a light smile on his face, and he looked like a good person.

Shen Ai sat back in his place and whispered to the Mu family: "Mother, who is the person sitting at the head of the prince?" "To be able to sit under the crown prince must be an unusual identity.

Mu Shi looked down and said to her: "That's the prince of the Northern Ming Dynasty." ”

The prince of the Northern Ming Dynasty? Shen Ai twisted his eyebrows and thought for a while, but he still couldn't remember that there was this person in the book, and then raised his eyes to look over there, just in time to meet his eyes.

Shen Ai was slightly stunned, and then pretended to be casual and looked away.

The smile on Zhou Li's lips deepened slightly, and he turned his head to ask His Royal Highness the Prince, who was talking to him, "Your Highness, where is that little girl?" He was born very well-behaved. ”

The prince, who was chatting with him about the prosperity of Kyoto, was slightly stunned, followed his line of sight, and then said with a smile: "That is the youngest daughter of Shen Guogong's second son, named Shen Ai, who was just named the lord of Anping by his father a while ago, and her appearance is indeed well-behaved and beautiful." ”

Zhou Li raised his glass and took a sip of wine, hiding the smile that faded from the corner of his lips, it turned out to be from Shen Guogong's Mansion, it was rare to see such a little girl who was in his heart, but unfortunately, Shen Guogong's Mansion should not be offended now.

Putting down the cup, Zhou Li changed the topic and chatted with the prince about the folk customs of the northwest.

didn't let everyone wait too long, the emperor brought the queen and the concubines into the table, and after giving the queen a birthday gift, it was time for some official ladies to show their talents today.

The last competition was taken away by Zheng Wanyu, the iceberg beauty, and this time all the young ladies showed their talents that they had recently practiced hard, and several of them were rewarded by the emperor and queen and the four concubines.

Concubine De and Concubine Xian still sat in adjacent seats, because Concubine De was pregnant, the emperor took care of her, and called two palace maids to kneel beside her to wait, while she was eyebrow-raising with Princess Song Yan, who had just been named a concubine, without taking into account the mood of the queen's big birthday star.

But today's queen doesn't seem to pay much attention to this, but rarely talks to Concubine De and Concubine Xian, which makes the two confused.

Because he knew that Concubine De's fetus would not be saved, Shen Ai paid more attention, and in the middle of the banquet, Shen Ai, who was drinking soup, was so frightened by a sudden scream that his hands trembled, and the soup bowl he was holding was almost thrown out, and he was accused of losing his honor in front of the palace.

stabilized his mind and looked towards the place where the voice came from, but saw that the emperor and the empress had already stood up, and looked at Concubine De who was supported by Concubine Xian and the two maids with a shocked face, and Concubine De's face was pale, and a large drop of cold sweat slid down her forehead, ruining the original delicate makeup.

I didn't know that the palace maid shouted in horror: "Niangniang is bleeding." ”

Because they knew that Concubine De had just conceived a child again, everyone looked down at her lower body, and saw that the gorgeous dress made of silk had been stained with a large piece of blood. Get out of here. ”

A few imperial doctors rolled into place, hung their heads and bent over with a frightened face.

Shen Ai turned his head to look at Jiang Yu, only to see that his face had been covered with a layer of frost, and the faces of Jiang Guogong and Duchess Guo were also quite ugly.

After a while, a palace maid came over with a solemn face and invited the Duchess into the apse.

If this kind of thing happens, the banquet will definitely not go on, and the emperor asked the father-in-law next to him to come out and say goodbye, and after the meeting was dismissed, everyone got up and left.

The relationship between the Shen family and Jiang Guogong's mansion through the last time Shen Ai was injured was much better than before, Shen Guogong walked to Jiang Guogong's side and patted him on the shoulder, at this time, any words of comfort seemed a little pale, and he was like this when the virtuous concubine was in trouble in the early years.

Shen Ai also walked up to Jiang Yu while the Mu clan was saying goodbye to the other noble ladies and took his hand: "Brother Jiang..."

Jiang Yu lowered her head and touched her head, her face was no longer the smile that floated when she saw her in the past, Shen Ai lowered her head and obediently let him touch, Concubine De was already counted as an elderly mother, looking at Fang Cai's appearance, even if she had not gone through personnel, she could see that the murder was more auspicious, and she didn't know how to comfort him, this may be the loss of two lives at once, although she told Jiang Yu to let Concubine De be more careful, but if she can remember the murderer, Concubine De will not have to suffer today's crime.

Now she is not afraid that she will return to the original world, after such a long time, she is afraid that her body will starve to death if she does not eat or drink.

Shen Ai raised her hand fiercely and looked at her head, blaming her for not remembering the plot, blaming her!

Jiang Yu stretched out his hand to stop her from smashing her small fist, touched the place where it was smashed, squatted down and smiled lightly: "I don't blame you." ”

Shen Ai almost cried, holding his hand, with tears in his eyes: "Brother Jiang, I'm sorry, I really don't know who that person is, I'm sorry, it's all because I don't know." ”

Jiang Yu hugged her and said with a smile: "Silly girl, you have already reminded me, but I didn't arrange it." ”

Shen Ai lay on his neck, his heart full of remorse.

And Mu Shi had already turned around to look for her, Jiang Yu let go of her when he saw it, and said, "Let's go back first." ”

Shen Ai turned his head and saw that the Mu family had already walked this way, so he nodded, this is the palace, it is not that you can stay if you want to, Jiang Yu and Jiang Guogong and Duchess Guo are relatives of Concubine De, and their Shen family is still staying, which will inevitably make the emperor feel that the relationship between the two families is too close.

was led out of the palace gate by the Mu family, and looked back at Jiang Yu, who was still smiling at him, it was his aunt who was suffering, how uncomfortable he was! And at this moment, she is still like this to herself, such a gentle man, she strives to stop him from taking the old path arranged by the author, such a person as gentle as jade should not die at a young age, and die so miserably.

Shen Ai let the Mu family lead him across the palace gate, turned to the right, but just happened to meet the prince of the Northern Ming Dynasty, and hurriedly greeted him.

Zhou Li's gaze swept over Shen Aicai, who lowered his head, and turned back to the Zhang family and the Mu family, and raised his hand with a smile: "The two Mrs. Shen are exempt." ”

Originally, I thought that I could continue to walk after I saluted and waited for him to pass, but I didn't think that the prince of Beiming didn't seem to have the intention of leaving, so his eyes stayed on Shen Ai and said, "This is the county lord of Anping, right?" ”

Mu Shi responded with a smile, and Shen Aixin secretly rolled his eyes and lowered his head to salute him.

Zhou Li laughed a few times, went to the jade pendant on the corner of his body, handed it to Shen Ai, and said, "When we meet for the first time, this jade pendant will be given to the county lord to play." ”