The old man in the brocade robe got up from his seat, his eyes under a pair of long eyebrows were shining, enveloping Song Nan, and he slowly moved to Song Nan and suddenly laughed: "Presumably this young talent is Lord Song, this king has heard of the name for a long time but has never had the opportunity to see it, but I didn't expect to see the famous Lord Song in Ningxia Town, which can be said to have fulfilled a wish of this king." ”

Song Nan looked at the old man in the brocade robe in front of him, and knew that he was Zhu Ningyao, the king of Anhua County, and he didn't know that his age was between fifty and sixty, and there were few wrinkles on his well-maintained face, and his skin was very fair, which taught people to guess their actual age. But a pair of sharp eyes were shining, which formed a great contrast with his smiling appearance, and he saw majesty in his gestures.

"The prince praised falsely, and the subordinate Song Nan was polite." Song Nan smiled and arched his hand.

Zhu Ningxiao returned the salute, stepped forward and grabbed Song Nan's arm and said: "Come on, come on, come to the table, the guests are waiting for you Lord Song to come, you are the protagonist today, and my banquet is specially for you to catch the wind and wash the dust." ”

Zhu Ningxiao turned his head and smiled at everyone in the seat: "You all came to meet Lord Song, maybe some of you don't know the identity of Lord Song, don't look at Lord Song's young age, now he is the commander of my Ming Jinyi pro-army command department; Xinpingbao rescued from the predicament among all the enemies, led the army to sweep Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi anti-thieves a few months ago, and now he is named the Marquis of Yongguan, leading the position of the commander of the Shenshu Battalion of the Beijing Battalion. ”

There was a sound of gasping on the seat, most of the guests and friends on the seat knew that today's prince was feasting on a big man in Beijing, and they were all a little disappointed after seeing this young man appear, but when they heard the introduction of King Anhua, they were suddenly like thunder; I don't know much about many things in Ningxia, and I don't know much about Song Nan, this young man in front of me is only in his early twenties, but he has a god-like resume, how can it not make people gasp.

Everyone got up one after another to salute, Song Nan smiled and returned the salute, to Song Nan's surprise, everyone on the seat Song Nan actually didn't know anything, just now I heard Sun Jingwen say that the head and face of Ningxia Town are all present, I thought that in addition to Yang Yiqing, who would not pretend to be a man, the rest such as the general soldier Jiang Han, the town army eunuch Li Zeng, Dali Temple Shaoqing Zhou Dong, Zhou Ang, He Jin and several other commanders are also among them, but unexpectedly, none of these people have seen it, is it in the eyes of King Anhua, these are not the leading figures in Ningxia Town?

"This is Meng Bin, a professor of Weixue, this is Mr. Shi Lianji, a professor of Weixue, this is Ding Guang and He Qin, two thousand households of Pingyubao, Shizuishan, and this one is Lord Zhao, the director of the military tuncang in this town......" King Anhua introduced Song Nan one by one on the side, Song Nan's face was silent, but he thought in his heart: It turns out that the top characters in the eyes of King Anhua are these people, but they are also unique.

After introducing more than a dozen people one by one, Zhu Ningxiao smiled and waved his hand: "The host and guest have arrived, we can sit at the table, come here, put the wine and food on the table, we will not get drunk today." ”

In the midst of the joy, the maidservants put aside the delicacies that were burning with dark fire one by one, and the wine glasses were also poured with fragrant wine, and the king of Anhua smiled at the end of the cup, and all the guests consciously stood up and waited for the prince of Anhua to speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Song is here today, my Ningxia Town is poor and thin, and the only way to entertain guests is to treat guests with thin wine, let's toast Lord Song with a glass of wine, and welcome the arrival of Lord Song." The voice of the king of Anhua was like a bell, and the ears of the people who shook were deaf, and his expression was extremely happy.

Everyone raised their glasses one after another, but they were surprised to find that Song Nan sat still and didn't even touch the cup.

"Lord Song, the prince is toasting." An Weixue reminded in a low voice.

Song Nan got up but still didn't pick up the cup, and said quietly: "The prince is grateful and disrespectful to Song, but I still have something to do, so I don't dare to make a drink." ”

King Anhua was stunned and said, "What's the matter?" Drink today, and talk about it tomorrow if you have something. ”

Song Nan shook his head and said: "I came from Beijing, when I came, the emperor had instructed me to meet the prince of Qingding, I am now in the palace of Qingding, I did not meet the prince of Qingding and sat in his hall to drink, this is really a loss of etiquette, and it is not easy to explain to the emperor after returning to Beijing, can the prince appreciate my face and let me meet the prince of Qingding, after all, in this palace, he is the master, we are all guests, how can we drink in the master's house, but not to meet the master's reason?" ”

Zhu Ningyao's face changed color, he had already regarded himself as the owner of the Qingding Palace, and no one reminded him that this was actually not his mansion, although outsiders had remarks about the dove occupying the magpie's nest, but Zhu Ningyan never cared about these words, and no one said these words in front of him. Song Nan didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, this was to expose his sore spot in person, even if he controlled this Qingwang Mansion, he was never the king of Qing, just the county king of Qingyang Town.

The guests were stunned, who dared to say such a thing in front of the prince, the end must be very miserable, when Song Nan's words came out, many people thought that the prince would be furious, and Song Nan would be struggling in the subsequent days of Ningxia Town, and eventually he would run away in disgrace. However, the look on the prince's face gradually began to soothe, and then a smile appeared.

"Hahaha, what Lord Song said is that although this king is the uncle of King Qingding, he is also entrusted by him to handle all the affairs of Qingwang Mansion, but after all, he is not the master of Qingwang Mansion, if Lord Song does not remind him, this king has almost forgotten about this matter. In order for Lord Song's etiquette not to be lost, and for Lord Song to return to Beijing to explain to the emperor, King Qingding should be allowed to come out to be visited by Lord Song. Someone, go and ask King Qingding to come out and meet him. ”

A guard agreed in a deep voice, turned around and went out from the side door at the back of the hall, everyone in the hall sat stunned, wanted to speak but didn't know where to start, although the smile on the prince's face was bright, but it was obvious that the fierce light in his eyes was good, it was better to talk less. An Weixue looked at Song Nan, who was sitting and smiling, and sighed in his heart: "Which pot is not opened, which pot is not opened, Song Houye, you are here to stir up trouble, do you think the prince is Zhou Dong?" Let you play tricks but have no countermeasures, offending the prince, your good days will come to an end, this qiē is all your own fault, no wonder others. ”

In the awkward silence, the palace guards who went to invite King Qingding hurriedly returned, and reported in a low voice: "Lord Yu, King Qingding is not in the room, I heard that he is not sleeping, and he ran to the West Building to find the lord of Ping'an." ”

Zhu Ningxiao's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Didn't I say that the little prince is not allowed to walk around?" Who let him go? ”

"Back to the prince, it's the nurse and the personal maid Green Lotus."

"Take it, each of them will be given thirty whips out, and they will be next to them, can the prince learn? Immediately go to the West Building to invite the little prince here, and say that it is my words, if he does not come, he will be punished tomorrow. ”

"Yes." The guard turned and walked away again.

Zhu Ningtie sat on the table with a blue face, and the people at the table did not dare to make a sound, only hearing the soft sound of the hot dishes on the table and the sound of the candle flame. Song Nan sneered in his heart, Zhu Ningxiao occupied the Qingwang Mansion, although the King of Qingding was a child, but in terms of the title was higher than him, he dared to treat the King of Qingding like an ordinary person, this was an overstepping trip. The people around King Qingding said that they would fight and beat, and they said that they would fight and fight, and the life of this King of Qingding must be very difficult. Fortunately, it's a demented child, and it's much better to be ignorant than to be smart, at least you won't get angry and won't understand your situation.

Of course, Song Nan was also holding back the anger in his belly, and Zhu Ningxiao did this in front of him, which was a kind of riposte to what he had just said, he just wanted to express a posture of 'I am the master here, and the King of Qingding you want to see is actually nothing, and I have the final say'. seems to deal with family affairs in the house, but in fact, the hints of arrogance and domineering are all in the behavior.

After half a pillar of incense, the voice of people in the apse came, and the crying voice of a child poured into everyone's ears: "I don't want to see my uncle, I don't want to see him, I want to play with my sister in the West Building, where is my uncle not fun, my uncle is so fierce to me." ”

Zhu Ningyao's face became even more gloomy, and his long eyebrows wrinkled into a lump.

"Don't make trouble, isn't Sister accompanying you? Don't be afraid, after meeting your uncle, Sister will take you back to the West Building to play, okay? You have to be obedient, otherwise Sister will be unhappy. A nice female voice came.

"Then Sister must go in with me, otherwise I'm afraid."

"Sister can't see outsiders, Sister is standing outside waiting for you, okay? You are obedient and obedient, and I will let Sister Qingluan play with you to jump the red rope when I turn around......"

"No...... If Sister doesn't go, I won't go......" The child's cry became louder.

Zhu Ningxiao shouted in a low voice: "Go and spread my word, and let the county lord accompany the prince to come in to meet the guests." ”

The guard went out to spread the word, and after a while, the curtain of the apse was lifted, and a slender woman walked in under the guidance of the maidservant, and a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy shrank behind her, showing half of his face timidly, and when he saw dozens of pairs of eyes in the hall looking at him, he hurriedly retracted his head again.

"The prince is not afraid, Sister is here." The woman lowered her head and whispered softly to comfort, and her childlike feelings calmed down a little, and she poked her head out from behind her and called timidly: "Uncle! ”

Zhu Ningxiao snorted coldly and said, "Why don't you sleep in the room so late, why do you go to the West Building?" I'll punish you again tomorrow. ”

King Qingding was so frightened that his body trembled, and he was about to cry when he grinned, but the woman hurriedly touched his face to show comfort, raised her head and said quietly: "Uncle, I want him to go to the West Building to accompany me, and it is none of the prince's business." ”

Zhu Ningxiao said coldly: "You are protecting him, do you think I shouldn't discipline him?" ”

"My niece doesn't dare, it's just that he looks like this, he doesn't understand anything, what's the use of blaming him? His uncle will teach him, but he will not always punish him. ”

Zhu Ningxiao's face was full of anger, and he finally endured it, and said in a deep voice: "I'll talk about these things later, Lord Song from the capital is coming to meet King Qingding, Lord Song, this is the King of Qingding you want to see, why don't you go to see the ceremony?" ”

Song Nan slowly got up and walked over, his eyes involuntarily fell on the county lord, there were about twenty people in Ping'an, the county lord of Ping'an was about twenty people, slender and graceful, his hair was pulled into a bun, and a decent brocade jacket was worn on his body, revealing a snow-white and slender jade neck. Although the face is not stunning, but the facial features are exquisite, and when combined, they make up a beautiful face, with clear eyes and a peaceful expression with a kind of aristocratic awe-inspiring atmosphere.

"Ahh Someone exhaled softly.

Song Nan turned his eyes when he heard the sound, and saw a maid in Tsing Yi standing aside and covering her mouth with her hands in surprise.

Song Nan recognized her, it was the maidservant Qingluan who went to steal the piano in the afternoon.