Hearing this, Hua Zhen looked at Old Lady Ning, and nodded when she saw him, so she blessed: "Zhen'er thanked her grandfather and grandmother." ”

"Okay, now that Zhang Mang's matter has been resolved, and the prince has been cleared of charges, the emperor's desire to get rid of the Ning family is because it is obvious, we are afraid that we must prepare early, otherwise he will have to do something against the Ning family sooner or later." Old lady Ning said with a long sigh.

Hearing this, Hua Zhen nodded, and then looked at Old Lady Ning, her face full of seriousness: "Grandfather, Zhen'er doesn't know whether to say a word or not." ”

"What do you want to say?"

"The emperor has no way, first let Shen Chongmao and Yang Xuanyan conspire to kill my father, and then attack my aunt, and now even the Ning family doesn't want to let go. Zhen'er thought, since this is the case, why should we guard this country for him, now that the crown prince and the princes are tense, why don't we take this opportunity to support a new emperor who will not make a move against the Ning family. ”

"You want us to rebel?" Wei Guogong was the first to speak when he heard this.

"My cousin is wrong, what is a rebellion, that is the self-proclaimed emperor to overthrow Dayan, this is a rebellion, but if we just support the new emperor, it will not be considered a rebellion. This world originally belonged to his Zhao family, since the emperor wanted to deal with the Ning family, then we will support the prince and push the prince to the throne. The country is still the country of his Zhao family, and the crown prince is the prince, but it is a matter of ascending the throne one day earlier and one day later, at most we can be regarded as supporting the new emperor, and it is not a rebellion. Hua Hao said, with a hint of fierceness in her eyes.

Old lady Ning nodded immediately: "Zhen'er is right, since the emperor already wants to get rid of the Ning family, knowing that this catastrophe can't be avoided, then we can't sit still." ”

"But that's not easy to say. Wei Guogong frowned.

"Yes, if the emperor is dead, the throne will rightfully fall on the head of the crown prince, but if the emperor is still alive and wants to push the prince to the throne, he needs to take risks. Cheng, the crown prince ascends the throne, if defeated, the entire Ning family and the prince will be doomed. Old Madam Ning looked at Hua Zhen when she heard this, and her tone was very heavy.

"Maternal grandfather and grandmother, although Zhen'er deliberately wanted to push the prince's cousin to the throne, she never thought of leading troops to force the palace. ”

"Then what do you think?" Old Lady Ning couldn't help but look puzzled.

Hua Zhen is mouth slightly raised: "There are some things that my grandfather may not know, although the emperor is still healthy now, in fact, the emperor has already worked hard for government affairs over the years, and because he often sleeps in the harem at night, the emperor's body has already begun to deteriorate from the inside." I have already let the Tai Hospital use the recuperation decoction, if you guess correctly, it will only be a year at most. We only need to keep the crown prince's position for this year, and we also need to guard against a few princes next to us, and there will be no problem. ”

"Of course, the emperor is naturally aware of his body, and I think he will definitely do something to the Ning family before he becomes seriously ill. So my grandfather doesn't need to think about how to deal with the emperor now, but has to think about how to keep the Ning family before the emperor becomes critically ill. ”

Hearing this, the three of them glanced at each other and nodded: "If that's the case, then it's the best." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the housekeeper whispered outside the door: "Old lady, Grandpa Guo, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down." ”

Hearing this, Wei Guogong immediately glanced at Old Lady Ning, and when he saw that he was also standing up, he immediately said, "Hurry up and invite the prince in." ”

Saying that, a room of people went out together to greet the prince.

If Hua Zhen came, Mrs. Ning and Mrs. Ning came out because they were distressed.

At this moment, he went out to welcome the prince because of the courtesy of the monarch and the minister.

The prince was dressed in bright yellow brocade, and when he saw Old Lady Ning and Wei Guogong, his eyes were immediately moist, and he walked in quickly.

Old lady Ning led everyone to kneel: "The minister pays a visit to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Get up, get up. The prince immediately helped Old Lady Ning up, and then said with some emotion on his face: "Old Lady Ning, Duke Wei, I finally saw you." ”

One sentence seems to hide how many grievances are hidden.

When Wei Guogong heard this, he couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't want to be like this, let's go talk first." ”

Hearing this, the prince nodded and walked towards the front hall first.

Hua Zhen has been following Mrs. Ning's side, and when she saw the prince enter, she obediently followed Mrs. Ning and stood aside.

When the prince saw Hua Zhen at this time, he couldn't help but show joy on his face: "Zhen'er is also there." ”

Only then did Hua Zhen step forward and blessed her body: "Zhen'er has seen the prince's cousin." ”

"Zhen'er, please get up. The prince said and immediately stretched out his hand to signal Hua Zhen to get up.

Only then did Hua Zhen stand up.

"This time it's thanks to Zhen'er, otherwise I don't know what would have happened, but I'm curious, Zhen'er, how did you get Zhang Guang to speak?" said the prince, his eyes staring at Hua Zhen, as if he wanted to see her through.

Hearing this, Hua Zhen lowered her head and said softly: "How can the prince be sure that I asked Zhang Guang to change his words, I can't say that what Zhang Guang said is the truth, these are what Zhao Ting ordered." ”

"What do you mean, Zhang Guang is really Zhao Ting's person?"

"Otherwise, the prince's cousin thinks why he doesn't refute it in the Golden Palace, Li Yu is the secretary of the criminal department, and he is not easy to fool. Hua Zhen said but never looked up, except for respect, there was no emotion on the side.

Old Madam Ning heard it, and when she saw that the prince was still asking, she immediately said, "Let's sit down first." ”

Only then did the prince react: "Yes, cousin will sit down first." ”

Hua Zhen sat down beside Old Madam Ning at this time.

Seeing this, Old Lady Ning looked at the prince: "When His Royal Highness the prince came out, did the emperor give any orders?"

Hearing this, the prince frowned slightly: "My father didn't say anything, but when he was retreating from the dynasty, Li Yu said a few words to me, which means that he wanted me to mention him in front of the old lady." ”

Old lady Ning immediately understood, turned her head and instructed Wei Guogong: "You will tell the housekeeper to prepare a generous gift later, this time, Li Yu has also made a lot of efforts, and he should go to the door to thank you." ”

"Yes, Dad. Wei Guogong immediately responded.

The crown prince looked at Old Lady Ning and said, "Grandfather Ning, what are your plans in the future?"

Hearing this, the old lady Ning immediately narrowed her eyes slightly, and then touched her beard and said: "Since I have returned to Beijing, I want to stay in Beijing, and now I am returning to Beijing under the pretext of returning to Beijing to recuperate. ”

"The old lady plans to resign?" Hearing Old Lady Ning's words, the prince's face suddenly changed.

Seeing this, Old Madam Ning couldn't help frowning, but she returned to normal in an instant.

"Yes, at the moment, the emperor is afraid that he has already set his sights on the Ning family, and the Ning family should be Taoguang and obscure, not only do I plan to resign, but I plan to let Weiyang also resign under the pretext of the recurrence of the old injury, and close the door in the mansion in the future. Old lady Ning said and looked at the prince, a pair of eagle eyes were full of impenetrable looks.

The crown prince suddenly frowned: "The old lady plans to let Wei Guogong also resign?"

After speaking, he looked at Old Lady Ning's slightly frowning brows and reacted, and immediately changed his words: "That's fine." ”

said with a bit of temptation: "It's just that I'm worried that if the old lady and Wei Guogong both resign at home, if someone calculates in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with." ”

Hearing this, Old Madam Ning glanced at Old Madam Ning, and her brows furrowed even deeper.

Seeing this, Hua Zhen immediately patted Old Madam Ning's hand, and then shook her head slightly.

Only then did Mrs. Ning swallow back the words that came to her mouth.

Old lady Ning sighed lightly and said: "If it's because of this matter, don't worry too much, even if the Ning family is not in the court, those young people don't want to do anything to my Ning family." ”

When the prince heard this, he immediately responded: "That's natural, I'm just afraid that those people with ghosts in their hearts will use yin damage to deal with Zhen'er, and when the time comes, people will be unable to guard against it." This time, in order to help me get rid of the crime, Zhen'er can be regarded as completely offending the fifth brother, although the fifth brother is just a nobleman, but these days when the old lady and Wei Guogong are not in Beijing, he is attached to the imperial concubine, and he has also cultivated a lot of power. Even if he is now locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department, every day he is not convicted will be in danger every day. I'm worried that when the time comes, Wei Guogong and the old lady will both resign and stay at home, and these people will take action against the Ning family and Zhen'er, plus the imperial concubine, I'm afraid that the Ning family and Zhen'er will be in trouble. ”

Hearing this, Old Lady Ning didn't speak, but Wei Guogong suddenly frowned slightly, and immediately looked at Old Lady Ning: "Dad, I think what the prince said is right, we really have to guard against it." ”

Old lady Ning immediately looked at Wei Guogong with a bit of warning in her eyes.

Wei Guogong immediately explained: "Dad, don't misunderstand, I'm not afraid of anything, our Ning family still has the title of Duke of Wei, so I won't be afraid of those people, I'm just worried about Zhen'er." I'm afraid that these people won't be able to deal with the Ning family, and they won't be able to do anything to Zhen'er when the time comes, if so, won't they be trapping Zhen'er in injustice. ”

Old Madam Ning immediately said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, Zhen'er's matter, your father and I have our own plans, since we have returned to Beijing, we can't let Zhen'er suffer any more grievances." As for the resignation, you just have to listen to your father, and now the Ning family needs to be obscure. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the crown prince, and his eyes were a little more meaningful: "His Royal Highness the prince should not worry about the Ning family, even if my husband and my son resign from their official positions in the court, this Lu Long's soldiers and horses are still in the hands of my grandson." As long as my grandson doesn't make any mistakes, the emperor can't easily move them, and with the military power in hand, even if anyone wants to deal with the Ning family, they need to weigh it in their hearts. ”

When the prince heard this, he looked at Old Madam Ning, and immediately looked slightly restrained, and responded: "What the old lady said is that I am too careful. ”

Old lady Ning didn't speak, just asked the prince to drink tea.

Only then did the prince drink tea, his eyes fell on Hua Zhen, and immediately asked: "How is Zhen'er in the county lord's mansion now? I only learned today in the early dynasty that Zhao Ting sent someone to the county lord's mansion to assassinate you. ”

Hua Zhen nodded when she heard this: "Fortunately, there is still Jin Wu to protect me, and I am fine." ”

Hearing this, the prince nodded, but said with a sigh: "I didn't expect Zhao Ting to be really ruthless, and in order to deal with me, he even set up such a trap, and he also wanted to attack Zhen'er to confirm my crime." ”