"In short, this is the situation, it's a pity that King Ning still didn't show up, otherwise if there is a conflict at the city gate, we will have to meet today."

After entering the city, Gu Huai, who found an inn at random and settled down, carefully sealed the letter, and wrote down everything that happened at the city gate today, if there was no accident, the letter would appear on Zhu Di's desk in a few days, telling him how far the imperial court's oppression of the vassal king had reached now.

Wei Laosan, who was standing at the window staring at the movement outside, turned back curiously: "My lord, didn't you say that we are going to investigate first, wait and see, and understand the situation in Daning clearly, so as to see if we want to go and see if we want to visit?" Just found King Ning like this, what if he didn't buy it? ”

"You have also seen the scene in front of the city gate, Daning is also in the dark tide now," Gu Huai put the letter into his sleeve and thought slowly, "King Ning only has one concubine, and a hundred households dare to make trouble, it is not difficult to see the attitude of the Daning garrison towards King Ning now, it is estimated that the court has made a will, but whenever there is a disturbance, he may have to do the first thing to cut and then play... If King Ning went to the city gate today and was angry in his heart, wouldn't it be the best time to make contact? Even if you can't persuade him to defect immediately, you must plant some seeds in his heart. ”

Wei Laosan understood: "What the adults said is so fucking reasonable... Simply wise! ”

"But there are also risks, in case King Ning is driven crazy by the imperial court, he would rather take the risk of offending Prince Yan than take my head and send it to the imperial court... Maybe we won't be able to get out of King Ning's Mansion yet. ”

Gu Huai touched his face and said with a wry smile: "I didn't think it was when I went south to Jinling before, but now that I have the wanted documents of the imperial court and the appearance notice, I can't take any more risks. The imperial court is not too tired. ”

Wei Laosan scratched his head: "My lord, then what should we do next?" ”

Gu Huai frowned: "Before coming to Daning, I talked to the prince, for King Ning, the seventeenth brother, the prince is not very impressed, when the prince was in the domain, King Ning was only ten years old, and he was still the master of fishing pond fish in the palace, what kind of virtue is it now... I can't say clearly, after all, people's hearts are unpredictable, but as far as the prince wrote a letter, he didn't come back at all, I'm afraid that he was extremely resistant to the response of the army... Not to mention borrowing troops. ”

Wei Laosan became interested: "I heard that King Naning is extremely fierce, he has to lead the charge every time he fights, and he has also done the thing of tearing people alive and spilling blood and bathing, this kind of person who kills people without blinking and cutting off their heads like chopping vegetables will also be afraid of the court?" ”

Gu Huai glanced at him: "Nonsense, do you believe the news from the market?" I asked the prince, King Ning is twenty-eight this year, and he is not a fierce general at all, not only is he outstanding in writing, he is scheming, and the most important thing is that..."

Gu Huai paused: "It's still very handsome." ”

……

As soon as the gate was closed, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Princess Ning, who was petite and delicate but full of amorous style, walked out of the carriage, and walked straight to the main hall of the palace without looking at the palace guards who dismounted and knelt down behind them.

A bunch of garbage... Actually let others bully you like this? I asked them to draw their swords, but they still dared to worry again and again, saying that the prince gave an order, and they must not cause trouble at this critical juncture?

She's Princess Ning! Those stinky hills are ruining the face of King Ning's Mansion! Ning Wangfu is like this, retreating again and again, and it will reach the point where there is no retreat today!

A figure walked out of the main hall with a scroll in his hand, this figure was long and jade, not yet thirty years old, and only symbolically bearded, ponytailed, and wearing a black regular clothes, until the sun shone on his face, he could see this person's sword eyebrows and starry eyes, heroic, and the scroll in his hand also added some warm and jade-like atmosphere to him, and he was graceful.

This person is Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, who listened to the report that his princess had returned from a safari, and actually took the initiative to greet him, thinking that he was in love to the extreme: "Shaning, are you back?" ”

The voice was clear and refreshing, but when Princess Ning named Shaning heard this voice, she couldn't help it anymore, her nose fluttered a few times, and the two lines of aggrieved tears rolled down, Zhu Quan hurriedly put away the scroll and stepped forward: "What's the matter?" ”

At that moment, Shaning told all about what happened at the city gate, Zhu Quan was furious when he heard it, and wanted to ask people to gather guards to leave the house several times, but he endured it, and after listening to Shaning's narration, he was silent for a long time, but turned around and walked in the direction of the main hall.

Shaning followed closely behind, and was not surprised to complain about why Zhu Quan didn't rush to the crown and turned angry, Zhu Quan walked forward, and the angry look on his face also faded the moment he turned around, and his expression became extremely calm, and his posture and gait were elegant, without a trace of fireworks.

Anger should be angry, manic domineering and arrogant posture can also be done, and even he can take the guards to the city gate to make trouble now, but... It doesn't make sense.

Few people know that although he Zhu Quan is young, he has never been an impulsive and reckless person, and even in a sense, his mind may be the heaviest of all kings.

So in an instant, he figured it out, there was no need for this matter to continue today, as for Shanin... Women, coaxing is enough, even if he loves Shaning very much, he will not let this kind of thing affect his layout.

All the way into the main hall, Sha Ning really didn't say anything, let alone complain, Zhu Quan smiled gently: "Don't ask why I don't want to be angry for you?" ”

Sha Ning shook his head: "The prince has the prince's considerations..."

Zhu Quan was extremely satisfied, he just liked this well-behaved: "Three days of hunting, tired of carriage and horses, go to bathe first, and then come back and say slowly, I will wait for you here." ”

Sha Ning knew his temper and smiled at him, then turned around and lifted the bead curtain, Zhu Quan retracted his gaze, the smile on his face disappeared little by little, and he re-read the scroll in his hand.

It's just that his eyes fall on it, but his mind has gradually flown away.

It's been almost a year since the feudal domain was cut... The small actions of the imperial court have not been broken, the local military power and the three guards have all been taken away, and last month even passed down the edict summoning him to Beijing, these days he has been hesitant to learn from the fourth brother to pretend to be crazy and stupid, because he wants to continue watching the play... At the very least, you must stay in Daning, otherwise you will have to follow in the footsteps of King Zhou.

But how long can it drag on pretending to be crazy and stupid? The 500,000 army has crossed the Yellow River, that's 500,000! The little fantasy I had about the fourth brother before was all in vain, and the only thing I had to consider now was how to get out of this turmoil of cutting the feudal domain and the martyrdom after the defeat of the fourth brother.

That's right, if it wasn't an army of 500,000 that came this time, maybe there would be a handwritten reply from him Zhu Quan on the fourth brother's table, and when the fourth brother dragged the imperial army to death, and when the fourth brother already had the hope of going south, he would take Duoyan Sanwei with him...

But it's a pity that the fourth brother is afraid that he will not be fortunate this time, and he is also targeted by the imperial court and is struggling, no matter how much he lays it out, no matter how hard he tries his best, he can't change the situation that the military power is in the hands of the imperial court.

Now the signs of tearing the face are getting more and more serious... Daning's garrison didn't take him seriously at all, and the court officials who were sent to take over the military power were even more aggressive, and they didn't need to think about the scene at the city gate today, they knew that they couldn't help but want to make some mistakes, and exchange a Qiu Ba's life for themselves to expose their flaws, which was a good idea, but would he be fooled?

He now stays in the palace every day to play the piano and practice the sword, reciting poems, and looks like he is doing nothing, but he knows every move in the world very well, he is trying his best to find that glimmer of life, and he is also looking for a broad road that seems impossible... The reason why he loves Shanin so much is not to use her influence in Duoyan Sanwei to control his own domain? The dignified vassal king has fallen to such a point, it's really... Great sorrow.

The more he thought about it, the more upset he felt, Zhu Quan threw the scroll aside, looked at Shaning, who had changed into a hairpin skirt after bathing, and had water droplets on her face, and gently reached out and hugged her into his arms.

Breathing heavily, he was not distracted, and there was no hesitation: "Shaning..."

"Let your big brother come to see me."