Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

Just after the end of the new year, I was banned. If I knew it, I might as well stop thinking so much and just go out of the palace to play enough money.

After Ming Tan had just returned to the palace, taking advantage of the last buffer time, he sent someone to send Bai Lu to the Ministry of Industry, and at the same time ordered Mallow to write a letter to Lin Shurong, explaining his current situation clearly, and then sat in the palace He sighed.

It's a bad move in chess, it's really a bad move in chess.

She and Ming Hui fought too hard, only caring about this opponent on the bright side—but she always forgot that there were never fewer people hiding in the dark and staring at her.

Ever since Qiu Lie broke up with the second imperial brother, the forces of the Yonghui Party and the Qianwang Party have basically revealed their cards to each other. Such a courtier with exquisite thoughts, but it will definitely not appear on the scale of today's court.

Ministry of Rites...

Ming Tan's eyes were deep.

At first, I thought that those old-fashioned people would jump in anger just because her behavior violated the ancient etiquette; but when I finally thought about it, I realized that there were still many things that were wrong.

Even if they stick to the old system and don't know how to adapt, they can still achieve the position of Beijing officials, and they must not be stupid-if there are one or two who don't like Mingtan, just follow the Metropolitan Procuratorate to join her, that's all. But now it turns out that most of the people are out in force. Don't they all have the guts to offend the Ninth Princess?

If it is said that there is no one behind the scenes, Ming Tan will definitely not believe it.

But who is this enemy hiding in the dark...

She pondered for a while, but there was still no result, but suddenly there was a soft "Dangcang" sound outside the door, and then a man's voice came in, saying respectfully: "Greetings to His Royal Highness Ninth Princess, I wait for your Majesty's order, I’m here to guard you, I hope you will forgive me.”

Ming Tan walked over quickly, opened the door, smiled at the two imperial guards standing at the door, and bowed politely: "Thank you."

After the emperor's order, the guards knew that the confinement of the nine princesses was not His Majesty's intention, so they naturally didn't dare to take it seriously at the moment, and hurriedly turned sideways to avoid her blessing, cupped their hands and said: "Princess's words are serious, and the duties of ministers and others should not be sympathetic to you. "

After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment, then lowered his voice and added: "Your Majesty has an order. Although the princess needs to stay in the palace and not go out, you can still order the servants to help the princess to send messages and do things... And, three meals a day. During the meal, your court lady will also enter the palace to serve, and if the princess needs anything at that time, just let her do it, and you don't have to worry about the ministers and others."

This means that as long as they don't leave the palace, they will turn a blind eye to everything else?

It is convenient to do so.

Ming Tan's eyes lit up, and he nodded to the guards tacitly, "Thank you."

"Princess doesn't need to be like this. The ministers are also following His Majesty's orders." The guards smiled shortly, saluted her again, then turned around and began to guard conscientiously.

At the same time, Ming Tan also closed the palace door, turned around and walked back to the place where he was sitting just now, gently rubbing his forehead.

After being interrupted like this, her train of thought just disappeared, so she simply gave up thinking for the time being, and instead thought about what else she could do with this rare and pure time.

The tea on the table was still warm, Ming Tan poured a cup into the cup, stared at the slowly floating tea foam in the cup, and quickly went through the matters at hand recently in his mind.

The industry on Shengping Street is developing steadily. After the news of her grounding spreads, Lin Shurong, Minghan, and Ji Yu will naturally help to take care of it, so don't worry about it; It is enough to entrust the Hanlin Academy with the bits and pieces of work; as for the rest, after thinking about it, the only thing left is the matter of laying the canal in Yuanzhou...

Ming Tan was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard two taps of "Dong Dong", and Mallow's voice sounded outside: "Your Highness, it's time for lunch."

Ming Tan responded, watched Mallow push the door open, put the tray with three dishes and one soup on the table, blessed her, and said in a low voice: "Miss Bai has arrived at the Ministry of Industry, about You will come back when you apply."

"Well, let them discuss it first." Ming Tan pondered and stroked his chin, "A few days ago, I have reported to my father, and I am willing to build a canal for Yuanzhou in my own name... Since Yuanzhou is now under my name If the land is fief and the money does not come from the treasury, then there is no need to go through hundreds of officials, as long as the emperor approves, the Ministry of Industry will send people to build it, which actually saves me a lot of trouble."

"Then when Miss Bai comes back, do you need to bring her to see His Highness?"

"...Still not." Ming Tan shook his head, his eyes became deeper and deeper, "I don't know if someone is staring at Kunning Palace in the dark, it's better not to act too outrageously. Besides, in the past few days, I'm afraid the Ministry of Industry will still I will discuss it with Bai Lu again, and you should arrange for her to live in the palace temporarily."

Bai Lu is a folk woman, and the reason for entering the palace was summoned by the princess, her status is not enough to live in the palace of Kunning Palace, so she can only be wronged to live with the maids for the time being.

Mallow naturally understood, nodded and said: "Princess, don't worry, the servant girl will arrange it properly."

"Ah."

Ming Tan smiled at her reassuringly, then seemed to be thinking of something again, and specifically told her: "Miss Lin's reply letter will probably be sent to the palace before dinner, you must remember to bring it to me." Take a look."

"Yes, yes, the servant girl knows." Hearing this explanation, Mallow couldn't help covering her lips with her hand, and smiled slightly, "Who doesn't know that you miss Miss Lin the most?"

"Of course." Ming Tan was confident and confident, obviously adapted to the ridicule of the personal maid, and didn't even look shy, "I miss her the most!"

The time of confinement passed quickly.

Ming Tan repeats the routine of getting up, reading, eating, taking a nap, making political simulation books, writing a love letter to Lin Shurong, and going to bed every day, and it doesn't take long for a cycle to pass.

During this period, the Ministry of Industry has already sent people to Yuanzhou, and Bai Lu also accompanied them as the eyes and ears of the nine princesses.Before leaving, Ming Tan also showed the blueprint they finally agreed on. The plan was very good. The original two canals extending into the city were increased to a total of five, so that every field could be effectively irrigated, and the layout was consistent. It looked like he had done hard work, but it was not in vain that Mingtan paid out of his own pocket for the expenses.

In addition, during this period of time, she has not been completely idle, but has been secretly investigating the behind-the-scenes hands who incited the officials of the Ministry of Rites, but the results have not been very good. When a considerable amount of money was received, but its origin was unknown, the clues were cut off.

——Could it be that someone bribed these ministers with money to help Minghui deal with him?

Ming Tan first thought of Cheng Guogong, but soon shook his head and rejected this guess.

The latter is still at home because of the incident in Autumn Hunting. Even if he wanted to vent his anger on Ming Tan, he would not delay it for so long for nothing. The possibility is unlikely.

Thinking about the obvious surprised expression on Ming Hui's face in the Tai Chi Hall at that time——Ming Tan held his chin and pursed the corners of his lips tightly, he felt more and more that he should not be Cheng Guogong.

Then who could it be that made these little tricks in the dark?

Silver taels of unknown origin... need a lot of money...

Ming Tan's eyes froze, a flash of inspiration flashed through his mind, and something flashed across quickly.

Could it be——

"Boom boom boom!"

Three hasty knocks on the door came suddenly, impartially, just interrupting Mingtan's hard-won thoughts completely.

"..."

The Ninth Princess gritted her teeth violently, looked at the sky that was not yet ready for meal, stood up angrily while holding back the scolding that was about to come to her lips, walked quickly to the door, and slammed the door of the palace. Pull it away, just about to start spraying——

However, the moment she saw the face of the person outside the door, all the words she had prepared were stuck in her throat, her eyes widened, and she subconsciously said in astonishment: "Qing..."

Before Ming Tan could finish yelling, Lin Shurong, who came on a sudden visit, suddenly raised a hand, gestured at the other party to signal silence, and said in a warm voice: "Your Highness Ninth, I made a sweet soup in the small kitchen today, it tastes very good. The Empress specially ordered the servant girl to bring you a bowl, and please let the servant girl come in to serve you."

"...Oh, good."

Ming Tan blinked, and then noticed that the other party was actually dressed as a court lady, carrying sweet soup and a tray, and hurriedly turned sideways to let her in, closed the palace door again, and even pulled the latch on purpose.

"Qingqing, why are you here?"

Not seeing each other for a day is like three autumns.They haven't seen each other for so many days, in Mingtan's mind it seems like a few years have passed - what's more, on the eve of the ban, the two have just had a tender relationship, and the lovesickness must be more difficult than usual.

As soon as the two met at this time, Ming Tan felt full of excitement, and was about to move forward involuntarily, but he was keenly aware of the seriousness of the other party, stopped his movements immediately, frowned, and a feeling of pain rose slowly in his heart share an ominous premonition.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Ming Tanyi grasped the other party's wrist, looked at her dignified expression, his eyes gradually widened, and asked anxiously: "Would it be Lin Fu—"

"No, it's not."

Lin Shurong sighed deeply, lowered his head, and suddenly raised his hand to take out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Ming Tan, and said with a look of unbearable expression: "This morning, the Lin family received such a letter, without signing the payment, but deliberately It was written to be handed over to me... After I opened it and looked at it, I realized that it was actually related to His Highness."

"related to me?"

Ming Tan pinched the thin letter blankly, hesitated for a moment, and the ominous premonition grew stronger in his heart.

She lowered her head and stared at the letter for a while, then slowly opened it and pulled out a page of paper, only to find that it was blank, without even half an ink dot.

"This……"

"To be precise, this is a secret letter."

Lin Shurong took the paper from the other party, poured a cup of tea, picked up the spoon on the tray, dipped some water on the back, spread it evenly on the paper, waved it in the air a few times, and showed it to Ming Tan again, " Look, Your Highness."

Ming Tan was stunned for a moment, and stared at it——on the paper that was originally empty, light-colored handwriting slowly emerged!

"To Miss Lin Mansion: What is said in the letter is of the utmost importance, and must not be seen by others... More than ten years ago, the former crown prince Yan died in the south of the Yangtze River, but there is actually another hidden story behind it..."

After reading the first few sentences, Ming Tan's breath became stagnant, and the fingers holding the letter paper were clenched tightly, trembling slightly uncontrollably.

The first prince, Ming Yan.

The eldest son of the Empress of the Central Palace, he has extraordinary aptitude and has the ability to govern the country since he was a child. He was praised by civil and military officials as "seven orifices and exquisite", "virtuous and benevolent".At the age of 16, he went to the south of the Yangtze River to work for the imperial court. Due to the frightened horse galloping wildly and the frame of the carriage was old and damaged, he had an accident and unfortunately passed away.

——This is the only relative that Ming Tan has not seen with his own eyes since he came to this dynasty.

She stared blankly at the secret letter in her hand for a while, and suddenly realized that she would reveal a truth that had been hidden for many years.

"—The second prince Minghui, the noble concubine Shen Shi, and their father deployed people in the south of the Yangtze River to set up an ambush on the road that the former prince's frame must pass, and the assassination was successful... After the incident, he ordered people to arrange the scene and destroy the evidence. They faked accidents and bribed the government and gangsters, so that the truth has never been known."

"...I couldn't bear to hear this shocking secret, and now I'm telling Miss Lin in a secret letter. Wan Wang quickly handed over this letter to Kunning Palace, so that the truth will come to light. I would like to thank you."

"..."

The water-stained letter paper has been creased, and the phalanges are all jagged due to the force.

Ming Tan's complexion was as pale as paper, he slowly raised his eyes, met Lin Shurong's eyes, and his voice became hoarse when he spoke again, "Is this secret letter... true?"

"Time is too tight. I never disclosed this news to anyone else, nor did I send anyone to Jiangnan to investigate."

After seeing the other party's desperation, Lin Shurong sighed deeply, firmly grasped Ming Tan's cold hands, and said softly: "Your Highness, the first prince is the eldest son of the empress, and your eldest brother. No matter how you look at it, , you are the most qualified person to re-examine this matter..."

Am I... the most qualified person?

Ming Tan's eyes were blank, and he felt a little dazed in his mind.She turned away almost as if evading, avoiding Lin Shurong's gaze, opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't utter a single word.

There is sadness, and there is anger.But the more emotions in her heart are not these two, but the helplessness and desolation of Zhi Fenhuitan.

——She is not "Ming Tan" after all.

The eldest brother Mingyan passed away too early, his appearance only existed in Xiao Mingtan's memory when he was five years old, and as time went by, he was already blurred, bit by bit by the cold The replacement of the spirit card is deeply engraved in Ming Tan's mind.

Because there is no emotion, it is impossible to feel sadness from the heart.

It can almost be said that Ming Tan has never clearly felt the separation between his soul and this body, and felt that he is a stranger to this dynasty like today.

In this case--

So, she gave up her ambition of being free and wild, and indulged in mountains and rivers, and instead chose a dangerous road to the throne. She may follow in the footsteps of the former prince Mingyan at any time. What is the reason?

"..."

Ming Tan showed a wry smile, and shook as if he was exhausted. Lin Shurong, who stood up hurriedly across from him, stretched out his arms into his arms, and pressed her shoulder worriedly, "Your Highness—"

"Qingqing."

Ming Tan slowly raised his hand, tightly covered his face, and touched his dry eye sockets.

"If in the future, I will die of a conspiracy like the eldest brother, then what should you do?"

As a companion who grew up with the Ninth Princess since childhood, Lin Shurong and the Lin Mansion behind him are the Yonghui Party that really puts on the show.

In case Mingtan is defeated in the future - then, as a party, the only ending facing the Lin family is the liquidation and killing of the new emperor after he ascends the throne.

"...If you have such worries, then don't lose."

After a long period of silence in the hall, Lin Shurong's calm voice finally came from above. The arms around Ming Tan's shoulders were slightly tightened, and he said calmly and firmly: "Only by persisting in this struggle to the end and holding the highest power, Only you can protect the person you want to protect...Your Highness."