After marriage and marriage, I became the favorite of the group

Although Ruan Jiu has grown up - thinking of himself, but the elder brother subconsciously treats him as a child and protects him very well, keeping him from knowing about those dangerous things.

Ruan Jiu tried to ask him who Liu Changming was, but Ruan He refused to tell him, only saying that he had seen him in the barracks before.

He asked Liu Changming, Liu Changming still can't speak.

Moreover, the moment Liu Changming saw Ruan He, his condition seemed to have improved by leaps and bounds.

Not only did he distinguish between Ruan He and Ruan Jiu, but he could also understand what Ruan He said.

It turned out that He Lianzhu's guess was right. He simply regarded Ruan Jiu as Ruan He. After he realized it clearly, he was attached to Ruan He just like he was attached to Ruan Jiu before.

Ruan Jiu pursed his mouth: "It's really annoying."

Ruan He touched his head: "Okay, okay, it's good if you bring him back, you don't have to worry about the next thing, brother will take care of it. Didn't you bring a gift back? When you meet a friend, don't you need to share the gift first?"

Ruan Jiu clasped his hands and complained dissatisfiedly: "Obviously the person I brought back didn't let me know what it was. Brother didn't tell me, I knew it was a matter of fighting a few years ago. He must be my secret guard. Knowing some secrets on the battlefield, it may be about fighting, and then being poisoned, and..."

Ruan He covered his mouth: "Where did you hear this?"

Ruan Jiu took his hand away in aggrieved way: "I guessed it."

"Don't tell others." Ruan He said seriously, "This kind of thing is not a joke."

"I know, but bro, is that the case?"

"I don't know now either."

"Then I'll show my brother the letter I got from He Liancheng. Actually, I don't quite understand it. They seem to use code words when writing letters."

Speaking of this matter, Ruan He's face darkened: "When I went there, why didn't I ask my brother first?"

Ruan Jiu forgot about this, and touched the tip of his nose guiltily: "The situation was urgent at that time, if I didn't go, the things might be taken away..." He smiled and squeezed his brother's arm: "Brother, don't be angry, anyway I'm fine, Du Heliancheng was already dead at that time, and there was little pig with me."

Only this kind of thing, Ruan He ignored his coquettishness, with a serious expression and a dignified tone: "I would rather this matter go on like this forever, and I never want you to take risks."

Seeing his anger, Ruan Jiu quickly restrained his expression, and carefully made a promise: "I know, I will be careful in the future."

Ruan He's expression remained unchanged: "It's not that I'm careful, it's that I will never do such a thing next time."

He was usually very gentle, but he suddenly put on a straight face, which frightened Liu Changming, who was not yet clear about his sanity.

Ruan Jiu wasn't afraid at all, and complained softly, "I've already told you, but you're still so fierce."

Ruan He calmed down: "Brother is not worried about you."

"Then whose secret guard is he?" Ruan Jiu pointed to Liu Changming.

Ruan He pressed his hand and whispered in his ear: "The crown prince's."

"Huh?" Ruan Jiu raised his head in a daze.

"The royal family is not as simple as you think. This matter is probably aimed at the prince. Don't get involved. I will tell the prince and let him investigate."

Ruan Jiu saw that his expression was firm and he could not refuse, so he could only agree if he didn't want to agree: "Then I'll go and get the letter to brother."

"Well, let's go."

After handing over the letter to the elder brother, the elder brother would not let him interfere in this matter any more.

Ruan Jiu didn't ask any more questions.

"Then what is Liu Changming's name, can you always tell me?"

"His name is Liu Changming."

Ruan Jiu naturally didn't believe it: "How can there be such a thing?"

Ruan He said: "The crown prince's hidden guards are only numbered according to numbers. He didn't have a name in the first place. If you named him Liu Changming, he would naturally be called Liu Changming."

Ruan Jiu still didn't believe it: "Really?"

"Of course it's true, you go, don't you still have to meet friends in the afternoon?"

Ruan Jiu reluctantly left.

His yard had been tidied up a few months ago, and it was exactly the same as before, and the furnishings had not changed.

Ruan Jiu opened several large boxes brought by Cong Jiwu, took out all the things inside, and placed them all over the floor. The gifts were clearly divided, and the names of the recipients were written on them for the attendants to deliver. .

Of course, the ones for Xiao Mingyuan and the others were brought by him in the afternoon.

After lunch, Ruan Jiu took a nap and went to Manchulou with gifts.

He thought that he had arrived early enough, but when he went, the manager of the building still recognized him.

"Young Master Ruan is here? Go in quickly, the Eighth Prince and the rest are here."

Ruan Jiu vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong, so he could only follow him in.

The "Lotus Picking Song" was being played in the hall, and it was obvious that it was ordered by Xiao Mingyuan.

It was still the private room with the best view in the past. When Ruan Jiu entered, Xiao Mingyuan, Wei Xu, and Yan Ning had already arrived.

Seeing him coming, the three people who were originally gloomy looked up their spirits.

Yan Ning waved at him: "Here you come? Come quickly, I'll order you your favorite lotus flower cake."

Ruan Jiu walked over, took off his shoes, and sat on the couch with them: "Why does it seem a bit crowded?"

"I've grown taller, can I not squeeze?" Yan Ning put his arms around him and brought the snacks in front of him.

Ruan Jiu ate a piece of lotus cake, wiped his mouth, and said, "Playing cards?"

Wei Xu waved his hand resolutely: "Don't fight, do you think we have all forgotten?"

"I'll just keep silent this time, then I'll ask them to bring a deck of cards." Ruan Jiu said, then kicked his shoes, and went out to order the buddy.

After a while, he came back with a clatter of cards.

"Come on." Ruan Jiu sat back on the couch again, and bumped Xiao Mingyuan's shoulder, "Brother Mingyuan, are you coming?"

On the royal family tree, Xiao Mingyuan's name was behind him, and he seized the opportunity to brag in front of Xiao Mingyuan.

Xiao Mingyuan was leaning on the pillow and listening to music, when he heard him shouting like this, he raised his hand to hit him.

Yan Ning held Ruan Jiu back: "Let's play."

Ruan Jiu didn't care much, and was dragged away by Yan Ning.

Just like many years ago, the three of them played cards while Xiao Mingyuan lay on the side listening to music.

Ruan Jiu and his friends chatted while playing cards.

Wei Xu asked, "How's it going? Isn't it fun?"

"It's okay." Ruan Jiu smiled until his eyes turned into crescents. "The fruit is very delicious and sweet. The milk tea is delicious, the beef and mutton are not bad, and the barbecue is delicious..."

Xiao Mingyuan said coldly: "You only know how to eat."

Ruan Jiu stretched out his leg from under the case and kicked him: "Shut up."

Of course Xiao Mingyuan didn't listen to him, propped his head, and said quietly: "How old is that Helian Zhu now?"

"16 is old."

Xiao Mingyuan snorted, and Ruan Jiu kicked him again: "He is taller than you now."

Xiao Mingyuan folded his hands and cast a slanting glance at him.

A look of disbelief at all.

"Really, he was taller than me when he was 15."

"That's because you are too short."

Ruan Jiu's eyes widened: "In a few years, I'll bring him back to show you."

Xiao Mingyuan smiled lightly: "Then you just expect him to grow taller quickly in the past few years."

"Get rolling." Ruan Jiu turned around, turned his back to him, and continued playing cards.

After chatting for a while, Yan Ning seemed to ask casually: "Xiao Jiu, Liu Xuan...what's going on?"

Ruan Jiu put down the cards in his hand, bowed his head, not knowing what to say to him.

After all, it was Yan Ning who told him about Liu Xuan and asked him to take care of Liu Xuan when he went to get married.

But he...

Yan Ning said again: "As you ordered, I will send someone to check on Liu Xuan's mother every month, and give her something in Liu Xuan's name. She has always lived in seclusion and doesn't know anything about Liu Xuan. The letter you wrote said that Liu Xuan died of illness, but... what happened?"

Ruan Jiu looked up at him, unable to lie in front of his friends, he could only tell the whole story.

"...Just like that, he voted for the Queen Mother when he was in Xiyuan. Later, he followed the Queen Mother..."

For the sake of He Lianzhu, Ruan Jiu still concealed the fact that the queen mother was pregnant with a child, and only said that the queen mother went to the palace to recuperate.

"... Before the Queen Mother died, she wanted to send someone to send me back to the Kingdom of Liang. Liu Xuan was originally with me, but when he arrived at Xiyuan City, he left."

"I know that He Lianzhu will definitely catch up with us in Xiyuan City. I think with Liu Xuan's intelligence, he can definitely leave alone. There is no need to stop him, so..."

"There was no news of him in the next few days. I thought he must have come back smoothly. As a result... I don't know... He was in Xiyuan City at that time, so he should have been stopped..."

Yan Ning patted him on the back: "Okay, okay, it's okay, and I can't blame you." He sighed: "Time is fate."

How many people are still interested in playing cards?

Throwing away the cards, I don't know what to do.

At this time, the "Plucking Lotus Song" from the hall had stopped, Ruan Jiu glanced back, Xiao Mingyuan had already fallen asleep with his head propped up.

So he tugged at the sleeves of the other two friends, and asked softly, "What's wrong with Xiao Mingyuan?"

Yan Ning shook his head and lowered his voice: "The political situation is not very good."

"what happened?"

"Do you know that a few years ago, the then Empress Dowager Jiwu wrote an excerpt, saying that there were many Liang soldiers who were living in Jiwu during the war in the past few years, and you want to send them back?"

"I know." Ruan Jiu nodded, wondering, "What's wrong?"

"Do you think His Majesty will like this?"

Ruan Jiu froze.

The matter of repatriating wandering soldiers was related to him, or in other words, it was all because of him.

If he hadn't seen Liu Changming at Mr. Liu's place at that time, he would not have thought that there were many Liang soldiers like Liu Changming wandering in Jiwu.

If he hadn't written to the queen mother, the queen mother would not have told Emperor Liang about this matter.

However, he thought of everything at that time, but he didn't think of Emperor Liang.

Yan Ning lowered his voice: "Originally, defeat is not a very glorious thing, but every time it comes and goes, it seems to be showing off its power, and reminding the government and the people time and time again that Liang Guo was defeated. Why would His Majesty like to see those people?"

Ruan Jiu was stunned: "I didn't expect..."

"At that time, everyone was young, so how could we expect this level? His Majesty the Eighth Highness did not expect that His Majesty had always treated him as a loving father, so... His Highness took this hot potato into his arms."

"He lost his Sacred Heart because of this incident?"

"No." Yan Ning shook his head, "Before His Highness the Eighth Highness had time to fight, there were rumors in Shangjing that the defeat was due to the failure of His Royal Highness's command of the army, and this time the Eighth Highness went down to clean up the mess for the Prince."

Xiao Mingyuan and the crown prince had a good relationship, and the crown prince treated Xiao Mingyuan, the younger brother, well before the accident happened.

"It was passed around, and finally it bit your head. It said that you also went to Jiwu to help the prince clean up the mess, and that you waited for a few years, you win over King Jiwu, and when His Majesty grows old, you I will bring a fierce army to support the prince."

Wei Xu thumped the wall angrily: "I don't even know how they came up with these messy things."

Yan Ning said indifferently: "Your Majesty is getting old, so he is naturally more suspicious of these things."

Ruan Jiu couldn't help worrying: "Then Xiao Mingyuan must not be able to bear it, and something happened in the end."

"Ah."

"He hit someone?"

"Yes." Yan Ning lowered his eyes, "I beat all the censors who participated in the performance."

Ruan Jiu looked back at Xiao Mingyuan, his eyes were still closed, his expression was calm, as if he was sleeping well.

Ruan Jiu muttered in a low voice, "Crazy."

Beating up civil servants, he simply didn't want to stay in Yong'an City anymore.

"Your Majesty punished His Highness Ba to kneel at the gate of the palace for three days, and sent another person to go to Jiwu's side."

"It is also because of this matter that His Majesty has a suspicion of His Highness the Eighth Highness, and he favors the King of England—the one you saw in front of the city gate this morning, Third Prince."

"The Eighth Highness has not been doing very well these past few years. It has been more than half a month since his birthday, and His Majesty still has no intention of making arrangements for him, nor has he any intention of becoming a prince."

Ruan Jiu finally understood what was wrong with what he felt was wrong.

He is the same age as Xiao Mingyuan, Xiao Mingyuan is a few months older than him, his birthday is in spring, now it is summer, he is still the Eighth Highness, not the prince.

Moreover, Xiao Mingyuan, who likes to be twitchy, if he has a palace, why would he invite him to the building?

It turned out not to be.

Wei Xu said: "His Royal Highness does not love power by nature. Several princes have been fighting and fighting over the years, and all the former friends have also found their own way out. It is actually a wise move for him to withdraw by taking advantage of the situation."

However, Yan Ning said: "It would have been better if he had withdrawn earlier, but he had enjoyed His Majesty's favor in the past ten years, and finally lost his sacred heart because of the matter of His Royal Highness and Ji Wu, what would the princes think?" ? If we don’t cut the weeds, if the Eighth Highness contacts Ruan Jiu and moves the people from Jiwu’s side, there will be a chance of a comeback.”

"No matter which prince ascends the throne in the future, His Highness the Eighth Prince will not be able to protect himself."

When the two of them were arguing, Ruan Jiu had already reached Xiao Mingyuan's side.

"Brother." Ruan Jiu pushed him, "Good brother?"

Xiao Mingyuan opened his eyes: "Don't be silly."

"Go play polo."

"No one is playing anymore." Xiao Mingyuan closed his eyes again, his tone was flat, "The polo field has changed a group of people."

"Someone." Ruan Jiu pushed him relentlessly, "It's just the four of us fighting, I'll be with you, get up."

Xiao Mingyuan opened his eyes again, sat up suddenly, and stared at him.

Yan Ning and Wei Xu were afraid that he would get angry, so they hurried forward to hold Ruan Jiu.

Xiao Mingyuan stared at Ruan Jiu: "If you hadn't just come back." He got off the couch: "Let's go."

Ruan Jiu asked, "Where are you going?"

"Play polo."

Although His Highness the Eighth Prince is not favored, the prestige that once ruled Yong'an is still there.

His Highness Eighth said that he wanted to play polo, so all the people on the polo field withdrew.

After Ruan Jiu left, they haven't played polo for a long time, and the single rooms booked by the other people here have already been sold out.Only Master Ruan still kept Ruan Jiu's room, where he poured tens of taels of silver into it every year.

Several people changed their clothes in Ruan Jiu's room, got on their horses, and went to the polo field.

Ruan Jiu waved his peach-blossom painting staff at the little eunuch in the distance: "Serve!"

The hollow wooden ball drew an arc in the air and flew towards the field.

Ruan Jiu let go of the reins, took the lead, and quickly snatched the polo. He scored the first goal without being hindered too much along the way.

The eunuch trotted to pick up the polo, Ruan Jiu rode his horse, returned to the field, and waved at him again.

When the polo was thrown into the arena again, Ruan Jiu patted the butt of the horse under Xiao Mingyuan: "Go after it!"

Before Xiao Mingyuan could speak, he was led forward by the horse.

He had to go after the polo.

Ruan Jiu said to Yan Ning and Wei Xu again: "Go and stop him, don't let him get it so easily."

Since His Majesty's separation from Xiao Mingyuan was due to him, he couldn't just watch Xiao Mingyuan slowly wait to die like this.

What Yan Ning said was correct, Xiao Mingyuan had already aroused fear, he could no longer avoid it, he should fight for it.

If Xiao Mingyuan hadn't made up his mind yet, Ruan Jiu felt that he should give him a push.

After entangled with the second ball for a long time, Xiao Mingyuan was out of breath, turned his head, and shouted to Ruan Jiu: "What are you doing standing there? Why don't you hurry up?"

"Oh." Ruan Jiu rode over slowly.

"hurry up!"

"Oh!"

Several people started playing polo at noon when the sun was at its highest, as if they were tireless, and continued to play until evening.

After another goal, Xiao Mingyuan raised his painting stick, and shouted as if venting, resounding through the sky.

Then he turned his head and saw the people in the stands, and silently withdrew his hand.

Ruan Jiu followed his gaze, and King Ying was standing on the stand with his hands behind his back, looking at them. He didn't know when he came here, and he didn't know how long he had been watching.

Ruan Jiu shook Xiao Mingyuan's hand, and they threw away their painting sticks and got off their horses.

The King of England came to the polo field: "Father said that you guys are the best at playing polo, and it is true. Four people can play polo so interestingly."

Ruan Jiu smiled: "I just came back, and I pestered them to play."

"That's right." The King of England nodded, "When the former queen didn't come back, they didn't play polo very much."

Yan Ning seemed to be a little wary of him, and pulled Ruan Jiu towards him: "My lord is here on purpose, is there something wrong?"

"Yes, the reception banquet is scheduled for tomorrow, and my father asked me to inform the queen." The king paused, "There are still some trivial matters that I need to tell the queen."

He let Xiao Mingyuan and the others go first, leaving Ruan Jiu alone.

King Ying looked at Ruan Jiu with a smile: "I have heard about the achievements of the queen in the past few years in Daliang. The queen has a delicate heart. When I chose to marry my son, I chose the right one, but I also chose the wrong one."

Ruan Jiu moved his hands together: "Why did the prince say such a thing?"

"Choose the right one, and maintain the stability of my Daliang and Chiwu; if you choose the wrong one, give it to someone like Chiwu for nothing, King Chiwu really took advantage of it."

Ruan Jiu didn't know what to say, but heard King Ying continue: "The queen has been in Jiwu for so many years, she has been swayed by her ears and eyes, and she knows everything about the government affairs. The queen returned to Yong'an for the first time, and she is not very clear about the situation in Yong'an. Why don't you wait and see for a while first?" day, make a decision."

Ruan Jiu asked, "What decision?"

"Who are we going to choose? Three years ago, Xiao Mingyuan was favored by his father and acted unscrupulously. Of course, the queen could choose him; three years later, Xiao Mingyuan was the one who was publicly reprimanded by his father and punished to kneel for three days and three nights." "The King of England looked straight at Ruan Jiu, raised his hand and squeezed his shoulder, "The queen still wants to choose him, but it's not so..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Mingyuan rushed back, pushed away King Ying's hand on Ruan Jiu's shoulder, and stood between the two of them, blocking Ruan Jiu behind him, glaring at King Ying.

"Third brother, why are you talking about the state affairs of Daliang? If the father knows about it, it may damage the father's trust in the third brother."

He protected Ruan Jiu to leave safely, his angry eyes never leaving King Ying for a moment.

The King of England didn't care, he just treated it as a child throwing a temper tantrum, and smiled at him: "Eighth brother, go slowly."

Xiao Mingyuan didn't turn his head until he could no longer see anyone, and put away the depression all over his body.

Ruan Jiu asked, "Where are Yan Ning and the others?"

"I asked them to go back and change their clothes first."

"Yeah." Ruan Jiu paused, then suddenly patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "I offended King Ying because of you, is that enough?"

Xiao Mingyuan didn't smile, and stopped: "Do you want me to fight too?"

"No, if you don't want to fight, I can take you with me when I come back this time."

"Dowry son?"

"That can't be done, I'm determined not to marry Concubine Helian." Ruan Jiu raised his head, "Just be the kind of person who plays polo with me."

Xiao Mingyuan smiled: "Do you think I will fight?"

"Yes." Ruan Jiu nodded vigorously, "On the polo field, there must be a winner or loser. How can you not fight easily? I don't know if you have any plans, but now is the time. If you don't fight, you will really I'm going to lose. If you lose, even the crown prince, your concubine mother, and Yan Ning and Wei Xu won't have a good death. I'll be far away by then, and I won't have time to take them all away."

"But I'm not as smart as the prince's elder brother."

"It's okay, as long as you're not stupid."

"I'm not as brave as Helian Zhu."

"It's okay, as long as you can kill chickens."

Finally Xiao Mingyuan couldn't hold it back, his eyes were full of smiles, he stretched out his hand towards Ruan Jiu, and Ruan Jiu slapped his palm.

Hands clasped, the two staggered slightly, and lightly bumped each other's shoulders.

"Let's go." Ruan Jiu withdrew his hand, "What are your plans now?"

"Go the old way."

"what?"

"Take the throne first."

"Oh."

Xiao Mingyuan glanced at him, then touched his shoulder: "Hey, they said...you can really mobilize fierce soldiers and horses?"

Ruan Jiu ran away in disgust: "No, I didn't lead the soldiers, but the little pigs. I don't understand this."

"Tsk, Ruan Jiu, you can't do it. I thought you had him firmly in your hand. You told him to go east, but he would never dare to go west. As a result, you couldn't even move the fierce soldiers and horses. What did you say before the marriage? You want to be Baosi and Daji, so that you can be so fascinated by King Jiwu, and you can be submissive, and that’s the end result?"

Ruan Jiu covered his heart: "He fascinated me so much."

Xiao Mingyuan: ...

It's really worthless.