A white figure passed by the door of the courtyard, hesitated for a moment, turned and walked into the courtyard, and then a delicate and beautiful girl's face appeared in the snow.

The girl is in the prime of her cardamom years, with a melon seed face, fair skin, watery eyes, a long body, a white sable fur, and a gold-rimmed oil-paper umbrella.

The girl's surname is Ning, her name is Jing'er, she is sixteen years old, she is the only daughter of the head of the Ning family, and she is also a famous beauty in Pingzhou City.

However, Ning Jing'er is arrogant by nature, has practiced martial arts since childhood, and has extremely high talent in all aspects, and has become an important help for her father at a young age, supporting a large part of the family's industry.

She doesn't look down on those gentlemen in Pingzhou City who can only eat, drink and have fun, and she still lives in the boudoir.

In the past few days, Ning Jing'er has been paying attention to the person living in the courtyard, she knows the identity of that person, and she also understands the reason why he secretly left the palace to live in Ning Mansion, but Ning Jing'er still despises him.

As a prince, he hid in humiliation in the courtier's house and lived secretly.

As a guard, he allowed the city to be in turmoil without doing anything.

That's a coward.

Thinking of these days, Meng Jing is basically lying in bed lifelessly, except for eating and sleeping every day, he doesn't care about what happens outside at all, and occasionally there are guards who report to him about the situation outside, but he doesn't bother to listen and is absent-minded.

He only cares about his comfortable little life.

He's like those stupid pig-like squirts, who will only eat and die.

Ning Jing'er had already scolded this incompetent prince countless times in her heart, and she was still angry, and snorted coldly: "Bai gave birth to a good skin." ”

She shook off the fine snow on the umbrella in the corridor, put away the oil-paper umbrella, and then stepped into the room, looking at Meng Jing lying on the couch with sharp eyes, and said in her heart: Sick seedling.

"The prince's face is so pale, could it be that he is not used to living these days?"

Meng Jing opened his eyes when he heard the sound, and slowly sat up, he met Ning Jing'er when he entered the Ning Mansion, and he had to admit that Ning Jing'er was very beautiful, especially standing in the snow in a white sable fur, there was a kind of unearthly and proud beauty.

However, Meng Jing didn't want to have too much contact with her, because he didn't like Ning Jing'er's sharp eyes, he always felt that those eyes could see through the disguise and gain insight into people's true thoughts.

Meng Jing hated this feeling, and since he saw Ning Jing'er for the first time, he had never looked at her again.

"The house is well taken care of, and the tea and pastries are no different from the palace. ”

After listening to Meng Jing's answer, Ning Jing'er's expression became more and more disdainful, and she asked angrily: "The prince is having a good time, but your people are in the midst of fire and water.

And as the Taishou of Pingzhou, you don't listen to what is going on outside the window, you only think about your happy life, do you have a sense of shame in your heart?"

The atmosphere in the room changed in an instant.

Meng Jing was still sitting calmly, in the past few days, he had noticed that Ning Jing'er was looking at him more and more unpleasantly, this little girl really couldn't help it, and still came to find fault.

It's going to be noisy again.

Meng Jing did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

"Isn't the current turmoil all due to your families?"

Ning Jing'er was stunned, she didn't expect that this incompetent gentleman would immediately push the problem onto the family's head, this unexpected question made her unable to refute, because, what Meng Jing said was right.

Pingzhou is located in the northeast of the Jin Kingdom, adjacent to the Beihai Sea, is an important frontier defense area, and has always been heavily guarded.

However, the strength of the Pingzhou family is strong, first step by step to encroach on the tax power of Pingzhou, resulting in a deficit in the state capital, there is no silver to maintain a huge army, can only ask the family for help, let the major families bear part of the military salary, since then part of the army has gradually become the private soldiers of the family due to the reason of taking the family's military salary, and does not obey the dispatch of the state capital.

Without the army, it was more difficult for the state government to collect taxes, and the deficit in the government treasury was even more serious, so it could only be controlled by the family, and after many years, the state capital was completely hollowed out by the family, and the people who were constantly oppressed by the family fell victim to the compromise between the family and the imperial power.

The imperial court has long wanted to recover Pingzhou's tax rights and military power, but due to the important position of Pingzhou and tens of thousands of troops, in order not to cause turmoil, it can only turn a blind eye and try its best to appease the Pingzhou family.

At present, the largest family in Pingzhou is the Tu family, with hundreds of shops and 10,000 acres of fertile land, and the most important thing is that the young master of the Tu family, Tu Hu, serves as the commander of Pingzhou, and the capital is the largest military attache in each state, and can control the soldiers and horses of the whole state.

The strength is second only to the Tu family is the Ning family, although the strength is not as good as the Tu family, but the strength is far stronger than the palace, Ning Jing'er is the Ning family, and her father is Ning Dan, the head of the Ning family.

At present, there is constant friction between the Tu family and the Ning family and the Xin Wangfu, and the situation is very tense.

Meng Jing continued: "There are nine thousand soldiers in three battalions in Pingzhou City, the Tu family controls the first and second battalions, and your Ning family controls the C battalion, but I, the Pingzhou Taishou, can only mobilize a thousand guards from the Xinwang Mansion to rectify the turmoil in Pingzhou. ”

"Besides, I have only been on the throne for a month, and I have been assassinated eight times, and three of my stand-ins have died, and everyone knows who sent these assassins, and I can't even save my own life, so how can I have the strength to save others? ”

After the death of Lao Xinwang, the Tu family became more and more rampant, relying on their strength, they did not take Xinwangfu and other families in their eyes at all, and there was a great tendency to ban Xinwangfu.

Before Meng Jing returned, Tu Shenjia, the head of the Tu family, asked the state officials to jointly write to Emperor Jin on the grounds that Lao Xin had no suitable heir, and elected Tu Shenjia as the Taishou of Pingzhou.

Emperor Jin directly vetoed it and sent a decree to let Meng Jing return to Pingzhou to inherit the throne.

Tu Shenjia's idea failed, and the contradictions with the Xinwang Mansion and other families were completely intensified, and he continued to make things difficult for Meng Jing on the surface, and secretly sent assassins to assassinate him.

The Xin Wangfu was unwilling, but he couldn't help the Tu family, and seeing that it was already time for the saber rattling, he came up with a countermeasure to unite the Ning family, who had been excluded by the Tu family.

Use the power of the Maison to fight against the Maison.

At the same time, in order to ensure Meng Jing's safety, Meng Jing was secretly sent to Ning's house, and the stand-in was left in King Xin's mansion.

This prince is a real wretch, and he has no prestige at all.

After hearing this, Ning Jing'er pondered for a while, she had long lost her previous aggressive momentum, she changed her opinion of Meng Jing a little, and said lightly:

"It's not easy for you, you have a little more brains than those fat-headed and big-eared gentlemen. ”

"No, no, no, in addition to my brain, I also have a handsome face. ”

Meng Jing quipped, it was still interesting to tease the arrogant Miss Ning.

"Cut, stinky beauty. ”

Ning Jing'er snorted coldly and rolled her eyes at Meng Jing, like an arrogant rooster.

Through conversation, she had less contempt for Meng Jing, but she didn't have a good impression, after all, it was difficult for a prince who did nothing to win her favor.

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, talking about trivial matters.

The sky is getting dark, and the snow is picturesque.

Ning Jing'er was about to leave, she held up the oil-paper umbrella leaning against the door, glanced at the snowfall in the courtyard, and suddenly asked:

"In this Pingzhou wind and snow, is the prince the wind or the snow?"

There was an instant silence around me, and the sound of snowflakes falling on the ground could be heard clearly.

Meng Jing stared at the snow scene outside the window, for a long time, and said:

"The wind rolls the snow, the snow moves with the wind, guess which one I am?"

Ning Jing'er pretended to be dissatisfied, pouted and said:

"If you are stupid, you love to be confused. ”

After speaking, he walked into the snow with an umbrella, and a white sable fur melted into the snow.