Emperor's Trophy

Jiang Ning walked into the depths of the palace, with bright red thick wool carpets on his boots.

Yuan Zhao raised his eyes to see him coming, picked up a roll of parchment from the table, and beckoned to him: "My lord, come and see, the emperor of the Yong Dynasty is really going to have an heir. Is it true that he can't have a child?"

Jiang Ning walked over, touched his shoulder with one hand, and saluted solemnly: "I have seen the king."

Yuan Zhao waved his hand: "Don't be too polite, I told you not to be too polite. Didn't you see that they didn't even bother to bend their waists when they saw me?"

Jiang Ning didn't speak, Yuan Zhao asked him: "Ask you, didn't you stay in Longxiangwei? The emperor of Dayong, can you really not give birth?"

Jiang Ning said, "I don't know."

Yuan Zhao was frustrated: "I know you won't say anything." He fell down and leaned on the sheepskin blanket, touching the soft wool while asking him casually: "What is the regent doing?"

Yuan Zhao said: "We are discussing state affairs with the Queen Mother."

Yuan Zhao said: "Hehe, the Queen Mother is actually free today? Didn't you drink with her boyfriend?"

Jiang Ning said with a serious look: "The wizard is praying."

Yuan Zhao chuckled, looked at him and smiled: "I didn't say who her boyfriend is, and you know I'm talking about a wizard? How do you know I'm not talking about your father?" He said mockingly.

Jiang Ning continued to remain silent. Seeing that he was silent, Yuan Zhao felt a little bored, so he approached him and asked, "Let's go to the bar too."

Jiang Ning said: "There are court affairs in the afternoon."

Yuan Zhao chuckled: "What does the court affairs have to do with me? They can put a puppet on it and pretend it's me! Your father asked you to watch me, isn't it because he is afraid that I will cause trouble and cause trouble for him?"

He sat up lazily: "Let's go, let's go to Cuju. Anyway, everyone thinks I'm a child, and children can have fun."

He got up and came out. It had only snowed the day before yesterday, and the yard was covered with snow. He quickly called a group of servants to serve him, and started playing in the yard.

Then who can play Jiangning?As soon as the ball landed on his feet, it seemed to be glued.

Yuan Zhao watched him kick well, and couldn't help calling the others to stop: "Jiang Ning, come over here and show me the kick. I won't bark, and you can't stop. I'll see how many times you can go up without landing."

Jiang Ning had no expression on his face, he threw the ball of leather with one hand, raised his toes, slap, slap, slap, unhurried, with an even rhythm, just watching his long legs kicking up and down leisurely, and everyone was counting for him : "110, 111, 112..." Not long after, he had counted to thousands, but he still seemed to be able to last forever. Yuanzhao became nervous, and suddenly took a whip from the side for a spinning top and slapped the skin. .

Seeing that Piju Didi Liu was kicked up, flew directly to the wall, and was bounced away with a slap, Yuan Zhao laughed loudly, but saw Jiang Ning's long legs tightened a few times, and miraculously stretched out again After receiving the golden-red sheepskin ball, slap, slap, slap, I returned to that leisurely rhythm again.

The servants all cheered and clapped their hands deafeningly. Yuan Zhao was a little surprised. Looking at Jiang Ning, he saw someone shouting angrily from behind: "Why are you making such a noise here?!"

Yuan Zhao turned his head and saw his mother, Empress Dowager Hu, standing angrily in the corridor, followed by a wizard with long hair, a silver-white robe, and silver ornaments all over his body. He covered his face with a silver half-mask, revealing only a pair of Eyes with long eyelashes are like smoke in autumn water, looking forward and looking beautiful.

All the servants quickly knelt down and fell to the ground, only Jiang Ning was still shaking the skin, pa, pa, pa.

Empress Dowager Hu said coldly: "Why doesn't Prince Changguang worship me when he sees me?"

Jiang Ning said: "The king ordered me not to stop playing Cuju."

Yuan Zhao was stunned: "Stop!"

Only then did Jiang Ning put the ball firmly on his toes and put it to one side, then knelt down with one hand on his shoulders and one knee to pay homage to the Queen Mother.

Empress Dowager Hu frowned, and said disgustedly: "Sure enough, he is the son of a servant girl, ignorant of etiquette, humble and vulgar. King Changguang ordered you to accompany the king to study, not for you to seduce the king to linger in the game and not seek to make progress! Come!"

Several guards came out from one side and bowed to listen to the order. Empress Dowager Hu said: "Hit the ten-spine stick of Prince Guangping! Chase back to the palace. Next time, I will never let you down!"

Yuan Zhao opened his mouth slightly, but didn't speak. He saw a few guards stepping forward skillfully, dragged Jiang Ning over on the spot, unbuttoned his shirt, and pressed him in the snow. Blood was seen in a few sticks.

The courtyard was quiet, only the sound of the heavy slapping of the torture stick on the flesh was heard, and each stick seemed to hit Yuan Zhao's face.

After finishing the ten sticks, Jiang Ning knelt down in the snow and bowed to Empress Dowager Xie for punishment. Empress Dowager Hu sneered: "Go back, son of servant girl, don't dirty my courtyard."

Yuan Zhao saw Jiang Ning kneeling there, his honey-colored strong back muscles crisscrossed vertically and horizontally, the wounds were messy, his flesh and blood were opened, and some snow fell from the sky, falling on his bare shoulders and arms, he seemed to feel neither pain nor pain. Leng, did not respond to the insulting words of Queen Mother Hu, his brows did not move, and his face was calm.

He got up after delivering the salute without saying a word. His upper body fur coat was untied and scattered around his thin waist. His naked body was tall and vigorous, like a silent mountain. He just stood there, looking at people with ice blue eyes, and brought With invisible pressure.

Empress Dowager Hu seemed to be intimidated by his indifference, she didn't speak for a while, just watched him touch his shoulder with one hand, bowed to Yuan Zhao, and then strode out of the courtyard.

Empress Dowager Hu inexplicably felt that she seemed to be at a disadvantage, but she still turned her head and looked at Yuan Zhao: "Go back to study, the son of a servant, you don't know how to advance or retreat, and your wild nature is unruly! You should show the majesty of a king, and don't let him bully you!" to your head."

Yuan Zhao looked at Queen Mother Hu, didn't know what to say, just watched Queen Mother Hu silently and taught her a lesson before turning around and walking away. The wizard kept silently bowing and standing half a step behind her, and followed her after she left , the silver ornaments were crackling, bare feet were exposed under the white robe, and loose silver bracelets were wrapped around the ankles like jade carvings.

Yuan Zhao stared at the silver bracelet, gritted his teeth and tightened his jaw muscles.

When Jiang Ning returned to the Changguang Palace, the servant boy who followed him was so frightened that he quickly asked the doctor to see it. After hearing the news, the King Changguang also came, looked at his injuries and said apologetically, "It's because I didn't agree with her today. Xiang Jun's position has been adjusted, she hit you on purpose to show me, does it hurt?"

Jiang Ning shook his head silently.

King Changguang knew that the retrieved son had always been taciturn, and he was especially able to endure hardships, so he became cold after a few words, so he had no choice but to arrange for a doctor to treat his injuries and feed him medicine, and left the room.

Jiang Ning put on his fur coat, but heard the sound of pigeons flapping their wings on the eaves outside the window. Seeing no one around, he got up and opened the window. A gray pigeon flew in. Jiang Ning untied the bamboo tube from the pigeon's feet, stretched out his hand and let it fly Pigeon.

Then slowly opened the scroll, looked down for a while, then dipped the scroll in water, stuffed it into the mouth, chewed a few mouthfuls and swallowed it, reached out to pick up the saber, stroked it slowly, without saying a word hair.

Inside the Wild Goose Palace, on a soft and wide beard bed.

Empress Dowager Hu leaned in the arms of the wizard behind her, her clothes were disheveled, her face was still flushed, and she winked like silk: "What's wrong with Wan Lang today? You are tossing me like this."

The wizard reached into the front of her loose clothes, and the silver ornaments on his wrists rustled. He whispered: "The queen mother has been paying attention to the son of Prince Changguang for a long time today. Do you think of King Changguang when he was young? I heard that Changguang Prince Guang's son has exactly the same appearance as King Changguang when he was young, so the envoys can recognize him at a glance and recognize him back."

Empress Dowager Hu giggled because of his tricks: "Why, are you jealous?"

The wizard said: "King Changguang is very handsome. Now that he has another son, I am naturally worried that the Queen Mother will abandon me. When I lose my protection, King Changguang will definitely kill me in the market."

Queen Mother Hu said with a smile: "So Wanlang has to serve me better. Wanlang looks like a good girl, and she is like jade. Naturally, it is an unusual benefit to be with King Changguang..." She smiled and reached out to take off the wizard's hair. Then he touched the handsome man's face obsessively: "Wan Lang is still beautiful, so don't worry about me empathizing with others."

The wizard said: "I heard that the son of Prince Changguang once stayed in Longxiangwei, isn't the Empress Dowager afraid that this person is a spy of Dayong?"

Empress Dowager Hu giggled and said, "What does Da Yong want us to do? Is it poor and remote?"

The sorcerer said: "The beautiful country and mountains of the Central Plains, the world of flowers and flowers is indeed fascinating."

Empress Dowager Hu smiled and said, "Does Wan Lang miss his hometown?"

The sorcerer said: "The little one was ordered by Uncle Wang Lun to serve the Queen Mother, how dare you think otherwise?"

Empress Dowager Hu stretched out her hand to uncover the wizard's white robe, staring fascinatedly at the body as smooth as a jade carving: "Uncle Lun's filial piety, I understand, but unfortunately I couldn't fulfill his wish for him today, the older and more stubborn King Changguang is now I'm really annoyed by him, let's find a way to do this for Uncle Lun next time."

The wizard said: "Uncle Lun naturally listened to the queen mother, but now that the king is growing up, Changguang king mostly relies on the queen mother to discipline the king, how can he be so good at power, it is too disrespectful to the queen mother, such a small For one thing, I would not give the Queen Mother this face."

Empress Dowager Hu snorted coldly, she didn't take it seriously, but stretched out her hand to caress the wizard's body, she didn't know what she was thinking, and after a while, she said slowly: "Wan Lang must know his identity, don't provoke me and King Changguang. relation."

The wizard said calmly: "Wan Lang is only thinking about the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother doesn't believe it, just cut Wan Lang's heart open to see if it is a heart of green blood. Wan Lang dare not provoke, but today I think the king seems to be waiting for you." The son of King Guang is quite generous. If the Queen Mother beats that son today, I am afraid that when the time comes, the mother and son will be divorced, and who has the long-term intentions. The servant has been away for many years, living as a slave, unruly, and very forbearing. Bearing the burden of humiliation and staying by the king's side, but I don't know what the purpose is."

Queen Mother Hu said angrily: "Bold! You are just a pet, dare to talk about nobles? Do you know where the last male pet who provoked my relationship with King Changguang is now? I fed him to wolf dogs!"

The wizard knelt down on his knees, closed his eyes as if he was going to kill him, his clothes were half-faded, and his jade-like skin looked like a poor lamb under the light.

Empress Dowager Hu couldn't do it for a while, reached out and touched the other party's lips and said: "Forget it, I know you are jealous, so don't do it next time - but the punishment should be punished, so I will punish you... Locked on my bed, what? When I am satisfied with the service, it is time to get out of bed."

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Dayong, Zhaoxinhou Mansion.

Yun Zhen picked up Jiang Ning's letter with the carrier pigeon, opened it for a while, and frowned: "The Empress Dowager Hu has a beautiful wizard presented by Uncle Lun, and she is obsessed with beauty all day long. At the beginning of centrifugation, King Changguang and Queen Mother Hu also had some differences."

Yun Zhen thought for a while, and thought that since Jiang Ning is now by the king's side, it is a unique example. Jiang Ning now talks to himself about everything, and he doesn't believe that he will help others. At least until now, Jiang Ning's letters are concise and concise. The information that came out was basically the same as what I knew in my previous life.

He wrote a letter ordering Jiang Ning to try his best to gain the trust of King Beiqi.

After thinking about it for a while, he felt that Jiang Ning was a little helpless, so he took up a pen and wrote a letter to Zhu Jiang. After explaining it in this way, he deduced it repeatedly in his heart, and felt that it was safe, so he sent it to Lao Lantou again. wrote a letter.

After writing a few letters, he breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he was restless and preoccupied. He went out of the mansion to go to a banquet. On New Year's Eve, he was favored by the emperor for a few days in the palace before he came out to breathe. At the end of the year, the Hou Mansion also received a lot of posts about eating, drinking and watching theatre. Now that he is in a bad situation, he naturally can't reject everything as before.

Today, Uncle Zhongyong Tingxi invites you to watch a play and also celebrates his birthday.Sun Tingxi was the subordinate that Princess Dingxiang brought out from the bandit's lair in the past. He was brave and good at fighting and made many achievements.

Uncle Zhongyong heard the arrival of Marquis Zhaoxin's car, he had already run out of the car himself, stepped forward to get off the car with Yun Zhen in his arms, and said with a smile: "The little master came here in person today, the old slave is really bright! I heard that the little master It was windy and cold a few days ago, how is it now?"

Yun Zhen smiled and said: "It's better, why did Uncle Sun trouble you to come to greet him in person?"

Uncle Zhongyong said in a low voice: "The old slave didn't invite the King of Hexi County, but he came with the King of Qingyang County. He is also the respected prince, so he dare not not accept him, but it is not easy to arrange the position, Xiao If the master is not happy, he will go back first, and next time the old servant will take over another table and invite the young master to come."

Yun Zhen was stunned and smiled, "So it's already been a month of contemplating behind closed doors? Time flies by too quickly."

Uncle Zhongyong said: "Yes, he has the nerve to come out brazenly and socialize as usual, but teach others to blush for him!"

Yun Zhen couldn't help laughing: "Uncle Sun celebrates his birthday well, don't worry about me, he doesn't have any embarrassments at all, why should I be afraid of him? If I leave, I will lose my prestige, not to mention that today is Uncle Sun's favor." Days, it doesn't have to be like this."

Uncle Zhongyong saw that he really didn't care, so he felt relieved, smiled and sent him to the seat himself, as expected, he could only be next to the county king. Ji Huaisheng saw him with a smile on his face: "Feng Ju is here."

Yun Zhen was a little embarrassed when he heard this word, but saw Ji Huaisu stepping forward and bowed deeply: "Your words offended Hou Ye that day, please bear with me, and forgive Xiao Wang."

Countless guests were secretly watching the situation here, and Yun Zhen had a skillful smirk on his face: "I forgot, the county king doesn't have to be like this. It's really frustrating for me."

Ji Huaisu raised his eyes and took a deep look at him, stepped forward to give up his seat, but let him sit next to Ji Huaisheng, he sat down under Yunzhen, with a modest smile on his face, Ji Huaisheng only brought a few Apologetically, he whispered to him: "Huai Su said that he would personally make amends to you..."

Yun Zhen smiled and said, "It's okay."

Ji Huaisu said from the side: "You don't drink well, shall I block the bar for you?"

Yun Zhen raised his sleeve to cover his mouth and said to him in a low voice: "What do you want to do again? Do you think the emperor has not punished you enough?"

Ji Huaisu had a smile on his face, and said to him in a low voice: "Huaisu admits defeat, but I still have to talk to you, right? Don't you want to know how the emperor taught me a lesson? You are not afraid that one day I will reveal it again. Is the horse's foot bothering you?"

The two of them were sitting with smiles on their faces, and they whispered to each other. They seemed to have a pretty good relationship. Although everyone knew that they should not only look at the surface, but the Hejian County King was really punished. Ordinary people are punished like this, they are afraid that if they don't disappear for half a year, they will not come out again, but the Hejian County King came out as if nothing happened.

As if being punished is not a big deal, it is not a big deal that the emperor appointed another King Qingping to be raised in the palace.

Such a demeanor made many people secretly admire it.

Ji Huaisu got up and said with a smile: "Just now I saw a heterogeneous plum blossom over there, it is very beautiful, how about Master Hou to accompany me to enjoy the plum blossom?" Asking Ji Bingyuan why he punished Ji Huaisu, he was afraid that he would slip up if he was not careful, and he was really not sure that he would be perfect in front of Ji Bingyuan, so he got up and walked to the back garden with him, and sure enough, the garden was full of red plums, Appreciating plum blossoms in the snow is quite elegant.

The two of them are distinguished, so naturally no one dared to disturb them. Ji Huaisu walked with him to the vast area of ​​the garden, and there was no one around, and said: "That day the emperor came to me and said that you had a fever after returning to the palace. It's a rush of anger, asking me how I offended you."

Yun Zhen thought it was really because of illness, Ji Huaisu looked at him with complicated eyes: "I don't dare to tell the truth, I can only say that I admire you, my words are frivolous, offended you, and you are furious."

Yun Zhen was speechless, and Ji Huaisu said: "The emperor suddenly revealed, saying that the Marquis of Xining, did I see him pick you up that day? He said I was jealous, that I dared to miss the queen."

Yun Zhenteng blushed, and Ji Huaisu said: "I just now know that the emperor can do such a thing for you, he worked so hard, and I don't know when he will win over King An."

"The Holy Majesty punished me, I dare not complain, and I dare not get close to you again after that. The Emperor understands that I have indeed lost a mess this time. Today, one is to break up with you, and the other is to explain it to you. I'm pleading guilty to you, no matter in the past or present, I have betrayed you, and now it's my own fault..."

Yun Zhen glanced at him and said: "Isn't it because you found out that you have no advantage at all now, so you have to humbly subdue in front of me, afraid that I will crush you to death in three minutes?"

Ji Huaisu smiled wryly: "Cheng Enbo also offended you and was sent back to the south of the Yangtze River by the emperor, right? I heard that the emperor didn't even give him a chance to confess, so he immediately forced Long Xiangwei to order them to leave immediately on the same day."

Yun Zhen said: "Are you afraid?"

Ji Huaisu said: "Yes, I'm afraid."

Yun Zhen said: "You can bend and stretch, who would dare to believe you?"

Ji Huaisu whispered: "How can you believe me?"

Yun Zhen thought for a while and said: "Beiqi was defeated, the emperor's holy body came back safely, you can provide real help, let's talk about it when the time comes, now I have the initiative, I can't help you, you should think about what's coming Exchange with me——Of course, you are a bit useless now, you have nothing but some prophetic news, those connections and generals I drew you up for you in the previous life, now avoid you like snakes and scorpions, right?"

Ji Huaisu was a little speechless: "I didn't want to fight against you. From the very beginning, I said that I came to save you in this life. Those who relied on you in the past... I have never touched them in this life, including those who were against you in the past. Disrespectful subordinates, I sent them far away."

Yun Zhen laughed.

Ji Huaisu also felt that words were useless at this time, so he could only whisper: "Let me prove it to you."

Yun Zhen said: "A month ago, your words of threatening me were still in my ears, but now you make me believe you."

Ji Huaisu said: "I hate it because of jealousy. I have thought a lot this month. Your Majesty... is definitely better than me."

Yun Zhen glanced at him, and asked him: "Did you get punished so badly by the emperor in your previous life that you didn't even think about resisting the emperor in this life?"

Ji Huaisu's face changed slightly, Yun Zhen laughed, turned his head and left.

At the end of the banquet, Yun Zhen and Ji Huaisu and Ji Huaisheng laughed at Yan Yan on the surface, it seemed that there was no enmity at all, and many guests were amazed.

Yun Zhen returned to the palace, but he had left Ji Huaisu behind. He thought that he felt bad after participating in the banquet, so he went to Yutang Pond to wash himself, and then quietly returned to the bedroom. Sure enough, he saw Ji Bingyuan Sitting alone and waiting, reading a book quietly.

He thought in his heart that he used such ruthless methods to subdue Ji Huaisu, but he was probably jealous when he thought about it. At the beginning, Ji Huaisu had declared in front of the emperor that he would not marry a Tan family girl, and only liked himself. The culprit is that the emperor was probably afraid that he would come to harass him again, so he directly slapped him hard, couldn't help but chuckled in his heart, and didn't allow anyone to report, he tiptoed to the back, stretched out his hand and quietly covered his eyes and said with a smile: "Your majesty, yours!" The queen is back."

The corners of Ji Bingyuan's lips curled slightly: "Did the empress secretly drink alcohol against the doctor's advice?"

Yun Zhen let go of his hand and said with a smile: "There are only three cups, just a small drink, it's all right."

Ji Bingyuan said: "Uncle Zhongyong is your mother's subordinate, so naturally he doesn't dare to let you mess around. Have you seen Ji Huaisu?"

Yun Zhen let out a cry: "Is the emperor really still jealous?"

Ji Bingyuan said: "Why am I jealous? I'm afraid that the queen will be dirty by him again."

Yun Zhen nodded and smiled, "He just apologized to me."

Ji Bingyuan said: "He took the script and apologized again for offending you last time. His words were quite sincere, and he asked himself to be a vassal."

Yun Zhen let out a soft ah, but felt a little dazed in his heart, which he had never experienced in his previous life.

He asked blankly, "Where is his domain?"

Ji Bingyuan said: "Hejian County, Julu's place, let's get along."

Yun Zhen said: "Will the emperor allow him?"

Ji Bingyuan said: "If he has no hope of an heir now, he should have joined the feudal clan and established a mansion to get married. What's more, King Kang has also written a letter. King Kang is a prince, and King Hejian County is his son. Since the letter is written, I If you don't intend to make him an heir, it's not allowed and it's not in compliance with the rules. It's not easy for the king of Qingyang County to stay in Beijing if he writes the letter like this. I guess Ji Huaisheng will also write the letter soon."

When Yun Zhen thought of Ji Huaisheng, he felt a little bit reluctant, and he was always jealous of Ji Huaisu: "Ji Huaisu...I'm afraid he went out and got out of control..."

Ji Bingyuan laughed and said: "The king of the county is not allowed to enter the capital without an edict, he is not allowed to leave the city without permission, and no ministers are allowed to drink alcohol. , the official will never be extinct, farmers and businessmen will not be able to pass, I will send a county prefect to keep an eye on him, how about it?"

Yun Zhen always felt a little uneasy, Ji Bingyuan smiled and said: "Send him far away, so that he won't disturb your mind every day, okay?" First get away from the eyes, and then slowly forget the past, how can he have time to spend time day by day? Go guard against such villains.

Yun Zhen said in a low voice: "There are rules in the imperial court, and the emperor's disapproval can't be justified. The ministers are going to write a letter of impeachment to you again, but, unexpectedly, he is still like this..." He has always been very scheming, and unexpectedly, he can still make his whole body feel like this. And return to the feudal land.

Ji Bingyuan stroked his hair: "When we settle the matter in the north, we will come back and take care of him."

Yun Zhen thought it was true, and said with a smile: "Listen to the emperor."