Chapter 294: The Prince Makes Trouble
At that time, people only thought it was ridiculous, this Ning Xiaowang was sick, and the only thing he could do was that he had a good looks, Luo Yunshuang must have married him for this, and he didn't care about anything for the sake of a skin, except for this county lord, in the entire Daning Dynasty, I'm afraid no one can do such a ridiculous thing.
People's impression of this Ning Xiaowang is limited to this. After all, a sick man may die at any time, what can you expect from him!
His illness, how much the emperor and Prince Ning have thought of, and how many doctors they have invited to see it, there has been no progress. So no one could have imagined that one day he would be cured.
Therefore, Ning Qi's recovery is a very shocking thing for the civil and military officials of the entire Daning Dynasty. At the same time, they also changed their previous views on Ning Wangfu. Those who were desperately trying to tie up with Ning Yin in the past have now also reversed their direction and turned to curry favor with Ning Qi. After all, Ning Yin was just a concubine, even when Ning Qi was sick, he was also an existence that in case Ning Qi died, Ning Wangfu had to retreat to the next best existence, and his weight was simply incomparable to Ning Qi.
After a period of pleasantries, the banquet officially began. Since this is a reception banquet for Ning Qi and Luo Yunshuang and others, the civil and military officials are accompanied, and in addition, Ning Qi recovered, and the good news of Ning Wangye on the battlefield came, and the entire Ning Wangfu rose and rose, and it was hot among the civil and military officials. So at this dinner, all kinds of flattery and stammering were endless. Although Luo Yunshuang and Ning Qi both knew that most of these words were inflammatory, the whole atmosphere was still very lively.
And Luo Yunshuang has lived in Nanchu for so long, the taste of Nanchu's food is different from that of Daning Dynasty after all, and now that she tastes the taste of her hometown again, she actually feels extremely delicious. She doesn't care what the officials flatter! It's just about eating and drinking well.
Halfway through the banquet, according to the normal procedure, the singers and dancers came to perform. The spirits of the crowd were finally drawn to these beautiful dances, and most of them passed. Ning Qi and Luo Yunshuang, who had to deal with the enthusiasm of the officials all night, finally breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.
However, at this moment, through the beautiful dancing posture of the dancing girls, Luo Yunshuang noticed that His Royal Highness Ning Huaiyuan, who was sitting opposite Ning Qi and was in the first position of the emperor's head, looked at the two of them with a very unfriendly gaze.
Luo Yunshuang was stunned for a moment, as if she ...... She hasn't offended His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, has she? Not only did she not offend, but she didn't even have any intersection with Ning Huaiyuan. Could it be that Ning Qi offended him? But it shouldn't be! Ning Qi has been fighting against illness all these years, and he doesn't even have time to resist when others calculate him, where is there still the effort to offend people?
So what kind of wind is Ning Huaiyuan smoking? Look at his eyes, as if their husband and wife owe him money and haven't paid it back, although Luo Yunshuang loves money very much, she has never asked him for it!
I can't think of a reason for it. Luo Yunshuang glared at Ning Huaiyuan fiercely. He simply turned his head away and ignored her.
However, what he didn't expect was that Ning Huaiyuan looked at them and became more and more unfriendly. After a while, as soon as the dancers finished dancing and bowed and retreated, Ning Huaiyuan stood up and said to the emperor with an angry face, "Father, the son has something to report!" ”
The emperor glanced at him, frowned slightly, and said slowly, "Huaiyuan, tonight I specially took care of your cousin's dust, don't talk about state affairs, if you have something, let's talk about it tomorrow!" ”
"Father!" Seeing that the emperor didn't plan to listen to him continue, Ning Huaiyuan was anxious, and hurriedly raised his voice, and said without saying anything, "What the son wants to say is related to his cousin." ”
The emperor's originally smiling face sank suddenly, he put down the wine glass in his hand in displeasure, raised his eyes and glanced at Ning Huaiyuan with a somewhat cold gaze, and said in a deep voice, "What do you want to say?" Let's talk about it now! ”
Ning Huaiyuan glanced at Ning Qi, clasped his fists at the emperor and said loudly, "My cousin has been away from Daning for many days, and my father is very concerned about him, so I specially took him to pick up the wind and wash the dust, this is your kindness to my father." As a son of the Daning Dynasty, my cousin should be grateful to my father. However, the cousin ignored the royal prestige and burned down King Ning's mansion as soon as he returned to the dynasty. Such a contrary to etiquette and impropriety cannot be tolerated even by ordinary people, not to mention that the cousin is a royal descendant. Shouldn't his father punish him? ”
As soon as Ning Huaiyuan's voice fell, the entire hall suddenly fell silent. Now that Ning Qi has recovered and returned to the dynasty, it is in the limelight. It's too late for everyone to stutter, who would have thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would attack him at this time?
Of course, the civil and military officials also secretly measured in their hearts, on the one hand, His Royal Highness the Prince of the country, and on the other hand, the emperor's favorite nephew Ning Xiaowangye. Although it is true that Ning Xiaowang burned the palace, this matter has already been rumored before, and everyone knows it, and he has no choice but to do it. If you want to talk about responsibility, if you want to pursue it, there are also some people. If the emperor intends to protect it, then it is not a big deal. The two of them are facing each other, how will the emperor choose?
Seeing that Ning Qi and his wife were left and right among the civil and military officials, how many ministers who usually pretended to be high-ranking greeted them with smiling faces and flattered them, as if Ning Qi was the most important person in this hall. The majesty of the emperor and queen is naturally unparalleled, but everyone's eyes are focused on Ning Qi's body, as if they have not noticed the existence of him, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. How could he tolerate it?
He is the Chu Jun of the Daning Dynasty, the future emperor of this country. But whether it is the emperor, the queen, or the civil and military officials, they only seem to have Ning Qi in their eyes. This made Ning Huaiyuan feel dangerous. Although it is true that he is the crown prince, he can become the prince entirely because of his status as the eldest son. Other than that, he didn't have any advantage over Ning Qi. Ning Qi's strong limelight had already surpassed him, how could he not be worried?
Since childhood, among the royal sons and nephews, the favorite and favorite of the father and emperor is Ning Qi, and his love for him has already surpassed that of several princes. And although he is the eldest son of the emperor, his mother is only a concubine. On an occasion like today, his mother was not even eligible to attend. And although Ning Qi's mother is only a princess, she is treated by everyone. This is the difference between his status and Ning Qi's.
And what made him even more uneasy was that Ning Qi was smart and intelligent. When he was young, he was appreciated by his father and ministers. Over the years, although he has been sick, his talent has not been forgotten at all. Although he is the crown prince and has no ambitions, he has never been appreciated by his father, and even in the eyes of his father, he has seen disappointment many times. Even if he didn't want to believe it, he had no way to deny that compared to Ning Qi, his talent was indeed very mediocre.
For so many years, the reason why he has been able to sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince is because Ning Qi is seriously ill, and on the other hand, because the qualifications of several imperial brothers are also average. Ning Huaiyuan had never felt a threat from the imperial brothers.
But now, Ning Qi's illness has healed. Not only did his father pay more attention to him, but even the civil and military officials were busy scolding him. Ning Huaiyuan had to start worrying about whether his father planned to abolish him as the crown prince, make Ning Qi the crown prince, and even pass the throne to Ning Qi in the future.
This kind of thing would definitely not happen in other countries, but in the Daning Dynasty, it might not happen. Because the emperor is close to Ning Wangye's brother, he has always regarded Ning Qi as his son for so many years. Under all these conditions, Ning Huaiyuan almost thought that this was an established fact.
He can't tolerate such a thing, he has been a prince since he was born, and he has been a prince for twenty years. And now it's going to be abolished? How can it!
So he couldn't wait to point out Ning Qi's fault, and the purpose was not to really let the emperor punish Ning Qi. Instead, he told the emperor and the civil and military officials that Ning Qi was not perfect, although he was very smart when he was young, but he had been sick for so many years, and now it is not the same as in the past. Otherwise, how could he do such a ridiculous thing as burning the palace!
Hearing Ning Huaiyuan's words, the emperor's face sank even more, and he said slowly, "Huaiyuan, I already know about this matter, I won't discuss it tonight, and I'll talk about it tomorrow." ”
Seeing that the emperor threw a faint look at him, Ning Huaiyuan knew that the emperor meant to stop him from continuing. But the more the emperor protected Ning Qi like this, the more angry and worried he became, so he pretended not to understand, and continued, "Father, our Daning Dynasty rules the world with filial piety, Ning Wang's Mansion is my uncle's mansion, and my cousin, as a son of man, set fire to my father's mansion. How can such a heinous act go unpunished? The so-called prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and the father can't be extra lenient with him just because his cousin is a royal child. ”
"Ning Huaiyuan!" The emperor slapped the table heavily, raised his eyebrows, and said with a cold face, "Are you teaching me a lesson?" ”
The emperor shuddered Ning Huaiyuan with a cold drink, he was shocked, and quickly knelt down and said respectfully, "Erchen doesn't dare." Father, the child is just a reminder for your reputation and majesty. If he displeases his father because of this, then the minister will not talk about it in the future. Don't be angry. ”
Ning Huaiyuan secretly pinched a cold sweat in his heart, he was gambling, gambling that the emperor would not favor Ning Qi in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, even if the emperor favored Ning Qi again, it would be impossible for him to violate the governing policy he had formulated early on.
The emperor's face is still not very good-looking, looking at his son who is kneeling on the ground, he is more and more disappointed in his heart, Ning Huaiyuan looks like this, where does he look like the prince of a country!