Chapter 778: A Pit That Can't Be Avoided
Fortunately, Ao Yu had been in Zhenjing and knew that this was a dangerous place, so Ding Kui didn't go out without saying hello, and didn't make trouble for Ding Kui. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info.
However, Ding Kui often went out to participate in entertainment, Shi Jiang and the old money head had to develop a new crossbow, and they had no time to be a guard, so they all took a few guards to follow each time.
Zhenjing City is actually very safe, although there are a lot of gentlemen, but there are also many high-ranking officials and dignitaries, people who dare to do things on the street are quite rare, Ding Kui's assassination and murder are individual cases, and most people will not be able to encounter them in their lifetime.
Zhou Ying, director of the Department of Internal Affairs, commanded and notified Qiu Qiu, Shao Dianyin, director of the Department of Internal Affairs, and Martin Kui, the four of them played mahjong in the Huixixuan.
"I didn't expect a few adults to be free, why don't you just stay here tonight?" Ding Kui casually played an east wind.
"Touch!" Shaodianyin sat opposite Ding Kui, "It's really not okay to stay overnight, I believe that the situation in the palace is also clear to the concubine, and it is not easy to spare half a day to sit with you." ”
"Tomorrow morning, I will accompany the imperial doctor to examine the queen and the princess, and the villain will stay in the palace tonight, and he will not dare to disturb the concubine. Zhou Ying opened his orchid fingers and picked up the teacup.
There is no mandatory removal of important parts in this world's chamberlains, but chiefs such as the chief of the interior and the chief of chamberlains need to be cleansed, as well as those who wait for the women in the palace.
"The two nobles in the palace are about to give birth, and it is not easy for adults to invite the two directors to come, and they will not have this face if they are replaced by others. Qiu Qiu regarded Ding Kui as an old leader, and called Ding Kui the same as before.
"Ouch, Lord Qiu doesn't have back pain when he stands and talks, who wants to stay in the palace at this time, thanks to the weight of the king and the captain, such an important position is assigned to the villain, and the villain has to do a good job in the danger of killing his head. Zhou Ying spoke very boldly.
"Well, I didn't hear anything. Qiu Qiu covered his ears.
"Is it so dangerous in the palace?" Ding Kui asked lightly, restraining his curious expression.
"Who's to say it isn't. Shaodian Yin lowered his voice, "There are no outsiders here, the eldest princess is in the palace, and the master will know sooner or later."
The palace is now the palace and the two princesses are fighting openly and secretly, on the surface they are harmonious, but secretly they are conspiring and scheming, and if they are not careful, they will commit the disaster of killing.
As a person close to the king, I will inevitably deal with three nobles, and if I am not careful, I will offend one of them, and I can't figure out who is behind the trouble. ”
"Hey, don't you care about it?" Ding Kui couldn't believe it.
"Whatever, the king clearly ordered the concubines in the palace not to attack each other, but the unlucky ones are the people below, the ten housekeepers under the villain have changed seven during this time, I don't know which day even the villain will be unlucky..Yawen" Zhou Ying dared to go out because he believed that there was no need for the people present to betray him.
"That's on the surface, as far as I know, there are many disputes outside that involve the palace, and several times Lord Taiwei almost wanted to use the palace guards, but there will always be a compromise on one side, so things don't make a big fuss. Qiu Qiu also revealed some inside information.
"Not long after the confirmation that the queen and the princess were pregnant with the prince, it was like this in the palace, if the three princes were all adults, what would it be?" Ding Kui couldn't sit still, there was too much information in it.
"It's also strange to say that the queen was the princess before the king ascended the throne, but she didn't conceive a prince until now. "Qiu Qiu is conjectured according to the practice of the clan house.
Ding Kui looked at Shaodianyin on the right and asked, "You just said that the three parties are fighting openly and secretly, and I can understand that the princess of Tangtai and the queen are fighting for this, and the princess of Nangong is also fighting? ”
Taiyue's son Shaodianfeng is the eldest prince, the son in Tang Qiong's belly is expensive by his mother, and the order in Nangong Ru's belly is ranked behind.
"The problem is that Princess Tantai was snubbed by the king some time ago, and the queen's family is dominant. If the two strong compete, Princess Nangong naturally has no chance, but at present, one strong and two weak, Princess Tantai has to pull Princess Nangong to help, and Princess Nangong will have a chance. ”
Shaodianyin is a close confidant of the king, and he dares to analyze the three nobles in the harem, the key is that he will not choose a team.
"Could it be a strategy of Princess Tangtai? Deliberately let Princess Nangong see that she wants to join the battle group, and it will be easier for one more person to share the pressure from the queen. Ding Kui pinched his chin with one hand and touched the cards with the other.
The scene fell silent in an instant, and no one dared to answer Ding Kui's words.
The other three will think in their hearts: You can talk about your mother-in-law like this, if it spreads, the princess of Tangtai can't do anything to you, and others won't take this stubble.
"Hehe, Master Horse, the villain respects every nobleman, and he doesn't dare to guess what they think in his heart, I believe that the other two adults are the same, and it is the wisest choice not to offend either party. Zhou Ying broke the embarrassing scene.
"Yes, yes, yes. Shaodian Yin and Qiu Qiu nodded again and again.
Ding Kui knew that he shouldn't ask this, so he changed the question, "Don't talk about this, when will the queen and Princess Nangong give birth?"
Qiu Qiu and Shaodian Yin looked at Zhou Ying together.
Zhou Ying coughed lightly and said, "The queen should be at the end of this month or the beginning of next month, and Princess Nangong will be more than ten days late." ”
"Things like to get together, first the birth of the prince, then my wedding, then the assembly of nobles, it's really time for me to come back. Ding Kui thought that everything was related to him.
"Mula. Qiu Qiu touched a good card and showed all the cards in front of him, "My lord, my subordinates think you want to mean something, and send some gifts to the queen and Princess Nangong." You are the brother-in-law of the future little prince. ”
In an uproar, Ding Kui threw a handful of gold coins to Qiu Qiu.
"I didn't think about it, well, go back and have someone arrange it. ”
After returning home, without waiting for Ding Kui to summon him, Liu Yu took the initiative to find it.
"We ignored the information on the periphery, it turned out that there was a lot of friction between the Tang family and the indigenous nobles, and the Senate had dealt with many disputes in the first half of the year, and I dare say that most of them were related to the king's harem. "Liu Yu has recently looked through many files.
There are countless events happening in Shaodian Country every day, and the intelligence force of the Ding family can only obtain a very small amount of information, but there are still Jiang family and Long family in the capital, and Liu Yu can get targeted information through exchange and communication.
Ding Kui raised his eyebrows, and immediately said the gossip he heard during the afternoon mahjong game.
Liu Yu suggested: "It is true that the aristocratic family should not choose a side in the battle for the storage position, but the Tang family and the indigenous nobles have no choice, and they are destined to be branded with a certain party, and you are more or less involved in the Tantai family."
Qiu Qiu's suggestion is very correct, you have to give gifts to the queen and Princess Nangong, and you have to give heavy gifts, but you can't have too much contact with the Tang family and the Nangong family, and the Tangtai family doesn't have to contact. ”
"Made, I haven't found out who did the rumor-mongering eldest princess yet, I still have to give heavy gifts to the suspect, it's hard to be an honest person if you don't have money. Ding Kui admitted that he was unlucky, "The Tang family fought with the indigenous nobles so quickly?"
"Yes, the traditional power of the Tang family is in Haishan Prefecture, and the power of the indigenous nobles is in Linhai Prefecture, but the West Sea Theater has become a place for them to wrestle. ”
"The Tang family and the indigenous nobles have no one in the Commander's Mansion, why did they make trouble in the war zone?"
Ding Kui has never experienced the disputes of big families, and he has personally participated in those small fights and duke-level family confrontations, and the scale must not be small.
"I haven't thought about this clearly, the West Sea Theater is Commander Yang Chao presiding over the overall situation, and the only thing that can be determined is that the Yang family is sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, and it seems that they are happy to see the Tang family and the indigenous nobles fighting. Liu Yu didn't understand Yang Chao's approach.
Factional strife cannot be put on the table in wartime, which is a taboo in the army.
Yang Chao has enough prestige to subdue everyone in the West Sea Theater, and the Tang family and the indigenous nobles can't find friction without his permission, and this is what Liu Yu doesn't understand.
"But it doesn't seem to hurt me to mess up, and it won't affect my people no matter what. Ding Kui also has the idea of moving the bench to watch the play.
"No, you are passively entering the game, you will benefit from the damage of others, and in the end you will become a public enemy, and the best situation is that everyone is safe. ”
Liu Yu's opinion made Ding Kui have a toothache.
"Damn, I still have to balance their fights? Isn't this my own trouble?"
"No way, who made you a concubine, your marriage with the eldest princess was decided a few years ago, the king didn't expect the queen and Princess Nangong to be pregnant in advance, and it was completely accidental that you were involved in this mess. ”
"Is this fate? Hey, I shouldn't have come to Zhenjing in the first place, I should have listened to my grandfather's words, and only returned to Zhenjing after being promoted to the master knight. Ding Kui felt that he had been pitted by fate again.
"I have an idea to try to ease the feud between the Tang family and the indigenous nobles. Liu Yu suddenly had an inspiration.
"Let's hear it, and arrange it as soon as it works. Ding Kui sat upright in his chair.
"Didn't the Duke of Beizhen give you a piece of land?"
"Yes, in the East Market, that lot is rented to an inn. ”
"You can take back that piece of land and invite the Tang family and the indigenous nobles to run a business together, and the fight is the fight, and the things that have interests can attract them to join forces. Liu Yu remembered that Ding Kui had many novel ideas in business.
"What kind of business?" Ding Kui had no idea at all for a while.
"Well, I don't know about this, I don't dare to show it off in front of you in terms of business, I believe you must have a way. Liu Yu has confidence in Ding Kui.
"What? You don't have an idea. They are a duke-level family, what kind of business can attract them to put aside disputes and come to cooperate?" Ding Kui, who was regarded as a business wizard of the Shaodian Kingdom, also scratched his head, "Your idea is good, put aside disputes and make profits together, and I can mix some interests as an intermediary except for a little headache." ”
"Have you thought of a good deal?" Liu Yu looked at Ding Kui with hopeful eyes.
"It's not that simple, it's going to take time to study this matter, and I have the general direction, but there are still a lot of details that need to be worked out. Ding Kui had several plans popping up in his mind.