The day of King Ning's accession to the throne gradually progressed, and the Jiang Mansion returned to its former glory, and there was an endless stream of people giving gifts. Two days ago, General Li's old illness relapsed, fainted in the military department, and after being carried back, the imperial doctor was sent to the Li Mansion in waves, saying that this time was very dangerous, and the Li family was afraid that they would have to prepare for the future. King Ning also personally came to visit the patient, and saw that General Li was lying in a coma in the bedroom with a disillusioned face, and the children and relatives of the family were crying in the front hall.

The Ministry of Rites has already begun to slowly arrange the new emperor's enthronement and worship the heavens, King Ning has lived in the palace since that day, and will not return to the house, he has not yet ascended the throne, but according to the example of the previous dynasty, all the palace concubines of Huizong were moved into another courtyard. Everyone has also seen it so far, this King Ning, who is quiet on weekdays, as if he has no intention of taking the throne, also has a heart of disobedience, but now that the country has been decided, the fox's tail is revealed. The ministers were all embarrassed at home, thinking of how they knelt outside the Jinluan Hall a few days ago and asked King Ning to ascend the throne, they couldn't help laughing at themselves. At that time, the courtiers learned that Huizong was missing, and they were afraid that they had died at the border pass, and they would definitely help King Ning to ascend the throne in order to protect the society. Now that the overall situation has been decided, the important ministers of the court think about it carefully, this King Ning is afraid that it will be a little more difficult than Huizong.

In the courtyard of the capital of Qiancheng Villa, Yan Ziqian sat in the main hall, and a large area of pustules grew on his scalp, and a lot of hair fell out. Now his appearance has changed, and his personality has become more and more eccentric, even Guo Chuanbai can't persuade him. Since the list of King Ning's succession was posted, the business of Qiancheng Villa was not as good as before, under the deliberate exploitation of King Ning, but in a few days, most of the original orders were canceled.

The courtyard is extremely quiet, there is no longer the noisy laughter of the women in the past, the empty night seems to be extraordinarily long, a few days ago, Yaoguo was shrouded in the panic of Huizong being captured, and now the new emperor ascended the throne, the ministers of the court deliberately found some names to hold a few lantern festival temple fairs, and at night, this Yaojing is also very lively. Although separated by a courtyard wall, Yan Ziqian could still hear the voices of people outside.

The back door of the courtyard sounded twice, and a woman walked over, and saw a small person dressed outside the door, and sent a letter to the woman, and whispered: "Give this letter to your owner, don't delay." Seeing this, the mother-in-law hurriedly walked to the front hall in fear, but met Guo Chuanbai on the way.

Guo Chuanbai saw that the mother-in-law was holding the letter in his hand, so he took it, and the mother-in-law hurriedly retired, Guo Chuanbai thought about it for a while, and still took the letter and walked to the front hall. Yan Ziqian was drinking, he didn't hold the lamp, under the faint moonlight, his appearance of opening his mouth and desperately pouring wine was particularly infiltrating, Guo Chuanbai walked in, frowned, and said softly: "Someone just handed a letter from the back door." ”

Yan Ziqian poured a sip of wine, tilted his body to look at Guo Chuanbai, picked up the letter casually and looked at it, and then poured another sip of wine, and said with a smile: "It was handed over by my grandfather's old department, saying that there was a change in General Li, and King Ning was afraid that he would not be able to ascend the throne, he wanted to ask me to supply some grain and herbs. ”

Guo Chuanbai's mind turned, but he heard Yan Ziqian say: "If King Ruoning stepped down, only the eldest prince remains, but the words of a few years old children are not good, how can I rehabilitate my Wang family?" How can I wait ten or eight years for me to be like this now? After speaking, he snorted coldly and poured another sip of wine.

Guo Chuanbai thought about it carefully, and persuaded him: "If it is for the eldest prince to ascend the throne, he Li family is afraid that he will not use such thoughts, will it ...... Do they know the whereabouts of the Holy One? ”

Yan Ziqian didn't care, "The whereabouts of the saint? If there is really the whereabouts of the Holy One, why should he take risks? Now that you and I are too busy to take care of ourselves, don't wade into this troubled water! As he spoke, he brushed the few hairs that were left and continued to pour wine.

Jiang Mansion, outside Jiang Kun's study, Mrs. Jiang took the food box, waited at the door for a long time, thought about it, and finally knocked on the door and walked in. Jiang Kun was still reading, and when Mrs. Jiang walked into the study, she frowned, and continued to read the book, but the book no longer turned a page.

Mrs. Jiang gently put the food box on the table, did not speak, and sat directly opposite Jiang Kun, the room was quiet for a long time, Jiang Kun finally couldn't help it, and suddenly put the book in his hand on the table.

"Just put this box down, and I'll drink it."

Mrs. Jiang still didn't stand up, just looked at Jiang Kun without saying anything, Jiang Kun sighed, and said: "I know what you want to say, you are my mother, I don't dare to restrain me, and I just act for my own master, you want to protect the life of your mother's family, and my Jiang family has been a general for generations and has the persistence of the Jiang family." Although King Ning will not ascend the throne soon, I also know that the disappearance of the saint is inseparable from him and the Jiang family, and I think my Jiang family is full of loyalty, but today......" He laughed self-deprecatingly, and then said: "But today, the housewife is a spy of the Yue Kingdom, but the eldest son of the long house is a villain who sees the profit and betrays the master!" Jiang Kun's eyes were red, and the blue tendons on his face were bursting up, which showed that he must have been having a hard time in his heart these days.

Madame Jiang sighed distressedly, took out the warm soup from the food box, and put it into a small bowl, and the whole room smelled the aroma of the soup. She stood up, put the soup in front of Jiang Kun, and said softly: "Mother still remembers, when you were a child, we were outside the border, the north was bitterly cold, and there was a shortage of food in winter. In the winter, you want to eat some vegetables all day long, and then I thought, you are really the same as your uncle, when he entered the barracks, every time he came home, he was also a picky eater like you. ”

When Jiang Kun heard this, he looked at the bowl of soup and remembered that when he was a child, Mrs. Jiang had always been personally responsible for her food and clothing, so she also softened her heart and did not interrupt her.

"But since you were born, I have been fighting with your father all day long for the sake of my family, and the conditions in the military camp are already difficult, so how can there be seasonal vegetable supplies? I listened to the words of the cooks, the vegetables in the autumn are dried for you to prepare, and in the winter, take those dried vegetables and cook some soup for you, and you will eat sweetly, and you will be able to eat more than before. ”

"But since we entered the customs and entered Beijing, although we don't have to be as miserable as the border gates, we have lost the fun of the past every day. I went to the street yesterday, and saw someone selling some dried vegetables in the market, so I bought some back, these days you think about these filthy things all day long, and you have less to eat, try it, my mother's craftsmanship is rusty? ”

When Jiang Kun heard this, he thought that from childhood to adulthood, in addition to this incident, Mrs. Jiang treated herself with great dedication, in the past, she had a small illness and disaster, and Mrs. Jiang had to worry about it for a while. He looked at the book in his hand again, and remembered that when he was a child, which family of the herdsmen in the northern border would teach some poetry and articles? At his house, Mrs. Jiang held him in her lap every day and read some "Book of Songs" and "Historical Records", which made his Wen Taowu a little fine. How good Mrs. Jiang is to him, he knows it, and the two are mother and son connected by blood after all, now Mrs. Jiang is getting thinner, still thinking about whether she is full of food and sleeping soundly, he finally can't bear it, pick up the spoon and slowly drink the soup in the bowl.

"You're a lot like your uncle." Madame Jiang couldn't help but relax when she saw him drink the soup. The Jiang family has repeatedly fought with the Yue country, and naturally knows that the Zhang family of the Yue country, the Zhang family has been a general for generations, and it is also a big family of the Yue country. He casually asked, "He...... What kind of person is it? ”

Mrs. Jiang smiled, affectionate and a little sad, "Although I have been away from home since I was a child, I still get along with my eldest brother for a few years. When the eldest brother was young, he was just like you, and when he wasn't practicing martial arts, he locked himself in his study all day long. When I was a teenager, I went to the battlefield with your grandfather, and my Zhang family has always guarded the south. Your uncle is even more talented in leading soldiers, but he is ...... than you," Madame Jiang paused.

Jiang Kun ate the last dish in the bowl into his stomach, and when he heard this, he also opened his mouth and asked, "What?" ”

Mrs. Jiang smiled proudly, "Compared to my Kun'er, it's still a little worse." My eldest brother only knows how to read some tactics on weekdays, and he is still a lot worse than you in poetry books. ”

I don't know if it's the bowl of warm soup in the stomach, or the topic of the day is somewhat relaxed, Jiang Kun relaxed, but also felt a little tired, he leaned back in the chair, found a comfortable position, looking at his mother's proud appearance, his heart was also a little complicated, he knew that if he led the troops against that General Zhang, there would be no chance of winning, but he was in his mother's heart even more powerful than General Zhang who made Yaojun smell the color, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little warm. If my mother wasn't a spy or a native of Yueguo, I wouldn't be like this now......

"Your uncle is very respectful, and when you see him in the future, you will abide by etiquette. He is the most loyal and patriotic, although you have a different position from him, but this loyal and patriotic mind is still not bad in the end. In the future, when you are in one place, you still need to remember that you also have the blood of the Yue Kingdom and the blood of the Zhang family......"

Mrs. Jiang said in a hurry, Jiang Kun heard this, and just about to speak, he suddenly found that he had lost his strength, and he couldn't even say a whole sentence, he stared wide, looked at Mrs. Jiang, and wanted to ask himself what was wrong, Mrs. Jiang saw his appearance, shed tears, and said softly: "Kun'er, Huizong has found it, the Jiang family has taken the charge of selling this traitor to seek glory, and it must be questioned, don't blame your mother." Mother...... Mother no matter what, I don't want to watch you die, in the future, when you go to the country of Yue, you will listen to your uncle's words, you promised your mother, this time, you have to find a good girl, become your own son, so, for the mother can also close her eyes......"

Jiang Kun struggled to get up, and finally fell to the ground with a "bang", Mrs. Jiang hurriedly walked over and helped him up, "If you and I are gone, don't say that your father, even King Ning will be suspicious, if Huizong really returns to the dynasty, knowing that your father is the only one left in our Jiang family, how can you escape from this Dayao?" You have to listen to your uncle, mother, I can't go with you this time. ”

As he spoke, he slapped his face, and walked into a few people dressed as small maids outside the door, took a set of small maid's clothes, and changed them to Jiang Kun, Mrs. Jiang walked next to Jiang Kun, touched his cheek, and finally turned away and waved her hand.

Jiang Kun is gone.