Imperial Palace, East Palace.
Prince's study.
When the crown prince Ning Zhiyi closed a memorial in front of him, he rubbed his brows, turned away the two maids who were fanning him behind him, supported the armrests with both hands, and with some difficulty lifted his fat body out of the chair raised it.
With such a simple movement, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he even stood still for a moment to catch his breath.
He walked slowly to the tea table, looked at the imperial sister Ning Chuchu who was sitting at the table, and showed a doting smile.
"Why don't you have time to see brother today?"
Ning Chuchu looked at the emperor's brother with a hint of worry, "You...Since Prime Minister Ji is handling the court affairs, I still think you should do more activities, and it would be good if you just walk around the East Palace if it doesn't work. "
Ning Zhi Yi Youyou sighed and sat opposite Ning Chuchu, "Actually, these memorials that Prime Minister Ji gave me are all trivial matters, big things... I, the prince, don't know about the big things."
"However, some big things can also be seen from these small things. For example, the autumn harvest is coming soon this year, and the number of bandits reported from various places has been reduced by half compared to last year."
"This shows that this year's autumn grain should be harvested in general. As for how much can enter the household department in the end, it can be seen how big their appetite is!"
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"Let's make a pot of tea..."
"In addition, for example, the old master Wei Xuanmo from Yue State who was reported in the report a few days ago, he led the students from Yue State to Ning State, and the document said cultural exchanges between the two countries. I have a different opinion on this. Same."
Ning Chuchu was making tea, at this moment she raised her eyes to look at Ning Zhiyi, "What's the difference?"
"I think... First, Wei Xuanmo is the teacher of the emperor of the Yue Kingdom, not only the teacher of the current emperor of the Yue Kingdom, but also the teacher of the current crown prince of the Yue Kingdom!"
"Didn't your Lijing Division send back some news from the Yue Kingdom in the past two years? Wei Xuanmo is highly valued by the Yue Emperor, and the Yue Emperor Zhao Yunzhi is a talented and generous emperor."
"I thought it was fake that Wei Xuanmo came to Ningguo to participate in the literary conference, and it was true to check out the reality of Ningguo!"
Ning Chuchu was startled. In the more than 300 years of Ning State's history, it has always had good relations with the Yue State in the east, and there has never been a war.
Brother Prince said so, could it be that the Yue Kingdom is also spying on the Ning Kingdom?
Now, Ning Kingdom has adopted the most inferior means of making peace to quell the rebellion in the Great Wilderness Kingdom in Mobei, because the Western Ye Kingdom in the Western Regions is scrambling to get ready.
If the Xiye Kingdom advances eastward again, the Yue Kingdom will send troops to the west at this time...
"So father came back just to meet Wei Xuanmo?"
Ning Zhiyi nodded, "It should be like this. After all, Wei Xuanmo stayed in the capital for a year and was a teacher at the Imperial College."
"It can be one moment or another!"
"This is the second reason why I guess Wei Xuanmo came to Ningguo."
Ning Chuchu held the teapot and asked, "What else?"
"The incident in the third year of Zhaohua!"
The teapot in Ning Chuchu's hand fell to the ground with a "bang" sound and shattered into pieces.
In the third year of Zhaohua, the emperor issued an order to kill the general of Fuguo and wait for Lu Zhanxiao's family in the car.
Lu Zhanxiao's mother is the aunt of the current emperor of Yue!
Of course, Lu Zhanxiao's mother had passed away in the third year of Zhaohua, so after this incident, the news from the Yue Kingdom was that the Yue Emperor Zhao Yunzhi just closed his door and meditated for a day.
Now twenty years have passed, and during these twenty years, the relationship between Yue State and Ning State is still the same, and it seems that they have not been affected by this incident at all.
The three-year incident in Zhaohua has thus become a dusty past, and there are other things that are dusty at the same time——
First, Lu Zhanxiao's younger sister, Lu Qiushuang, Empress Lu, gave birth to a son in the autumn of the third year of Zhaohua. He should have been the most legitimate prince in Ningguo!
But he disappeared during the full moon!
It was a winter, and there was heavy snow in Kyoto.
Empress Lu Qiushuang of Ning Kingdom hanged herself from the beam in grief over her son's disappearance!
At that time, the elder brother of the crown prince was born, and in the fifth year of Zhaohua, the father and emperor made the elder brother the crown prince and the mother the queen.
Second, the woman my father really loves is still Empress Lu, so my father has always disliked the elder brother of the prince, until my mother died of dystocia when giving birth to me, and at the end of my life, I said something sincere to my father, Only then did the father treat the prince brother a little better.
Also just a little.
He still didn't like the prince's elder brother, but he didn't depose the prince's elder brother's position in the East Palace.
A more serious consequence is that from the fifth year of Zhaohua, the father became obsessed with asking about longevity, gradually alienated state affairs, and began to build the Changle Palace in the seventh year of Zhaohua.
So far, Ningguo's power has fallen to the side, almost being controlled by Prime Minister Ji.
Ningguo's national power has also declined due to the huge cost of Changle Palace.
Of course, Ning Chuchu did not participate in these past stories, and she was not born at that time.
But Lijing Division has records, and she has read the past in detail.
At this moment, the elder brother of the prince suddenly mentioned the incident in the third year of Zhaohua, and she immediately lost her composure, even ignoring that the splashed hot tea scalded her calf.
"You mean... the Yue Kingdom is going to settle accounts after the fall?"
Ning Zhiyi pondered for a moment and shook his head, "It's just my guess, I hope my guess is wrong."
"By the way, why did you come to me?"
Ning Zhiyi changed the subject, but Ning Chuchu was still thinking about Zhaohua three years ago.
"If he lived, he would be twenty years old."
"A person appeared in the secret file of Lijing Division. His name is Wen Zhuyu, but he only appeared three times."
"One time was after Lu Zhanxiao's family was wiped out in the spring of the third year of Zhaohua. At that time, the Grand Tutor Li Chunfu took him to the palace and met Empress Lu once!"
"The second time was when he left the capital in the spring of the fourth year of Zhaohua, went to Guangling City, and built the small building for cooking rain."
"The last time was in the autumn of the 10th year of Zhaohua, the tragedy of Zhuo Yuxiaozhu's destruction of the family... This is something that fish and dragons can do. Ji Tai must know something!"
"However, in the secret file of the Department of Mirrors, it is not written whether Wen Zhuyu is dead or alive... I think this person may have a great relationship with the disappearance of Empress Lu's son!"
Ning Zhiyi was startled, and those two sparse brows frowned, "Since Wen Zhuyu was brought to the palace by Li Chunfu, then the Li family..."
Ning Chuchu stood up suddenly, "Yes, the Li family! The Li family must have some clues!"
"Don't worry, Ji Tai hasn't done anything to the Li family these years, but I think Li Chunfu didn't leave any trace even if he really knew about it!"
"By the way, Li Chen'an from the third room of the Li family has arrived in the capital. This kid is very good. The words he said at the south gate touched my brother deeply."
"Didn't you say that you appointed him as the Embroidery Envoy of the Guangling Prefecture of the Lijing Division? When will you bring him into the palace, I really want to see him."
Ning Chuchu blushed slightly, "But at that time I went there disguised as a man."
"What's the matter, he doesn't know your name, so you can just say that you are your sister?"
These words were a bit convoluted, but Ning Chuchu understood.
Her eyes suddenly lit up, "That's right, I'm going out of the palace to meet him right now!"
Ning Zhiyi smiled meaningfully, "Are you worried about your father's will?"
Ning Chuchu pursed her lips, "This must be the vicious idea of that woman, Concubine Ji!"
"It's not easy for him to go through this test... It will be cooler later, brother, go to the little black building to meet Mr. Changsun."
"Thank you, brother!"
"You...you have to pay attention to your identity!"
Ning Chuchu's face turned red again, and her words were a little sad, "I know, so I really envy Zhongli Ruoshui."
But she didn't know that Zhongli Ruoshui at this moment was like a crazy tigress!
Zhongli Ruoshui went to Dingguo Hou's Mansion, only to find out that grandma didn't ask her to go.
At that moment, her heart was colder than the pot of ice that fell on the ground!
She knew that her mother was deliberately pushing her away.
What would mother do to Li Chenan?