You hear it, do people say it?

Although the old matriarch had many names in the court, in Funing's impression, he was always amiable.

Even if he put on a stern face a few times, it was mostly just a show, and after a while, he would fail, laughing and leading him to play with Li Jingshu.

But the attitude of the old master today is completely different from before: it is no longer the pampering of the beloved child, but the scrutiny of the younger generation who is about to take on the heavy responsibility and enter the court.

Seeing Grandpa's serious expression, Fu Ning corrected his attitude and replied seriously: "I was very curious about this matter before, so I had some guesses; but it's just a guess, so it can't be taken as true."

The old matriarch's attitude was serious, but his expression was not too severe: "It's okay, let's talk about it."

Fu Ning said: "Perhaps it is for... check and balance?" Even in ordinary families, it is not uncommon for brothers to fight against each other, let alone in the emperor's house.As long as Xun Yi is in the capital, King Ping in the northwest should keep his law and order all the time.

The old matriarch nodded slightly: "It's good that you can think of this level; but, it's not exactly the check and balance you thought."

He looked at Fu Ning, and said slowly: "When our dynasty was established, Emperor Taizu enshrined many vassals in order to stabilize the country and secure the country. , Five out of ten vassal kings at the time were almost all punished by the sages of the past because they were too arrogant in the fief; although some of the remaining people kept their own rules, there were always some wishful thinking to turn the world upside down."

Hearing what the old lady said, Fu Ning suddenly frowned: "Grandpa means that among these people, there are some people who want to—" He paused, whether he didn't say it out loud.

The old lady nodded.

Fu Ning said: "Nowadays the country is rich, and the Holy One is wise and wise, they have no chance of winning if they think like this."

The old matriarch smiled: "You know some things, but they may not be clear about them after living in the feudal land for a long time; with limited vision, thoughts are also limited-you have read the story of sitting in a well and watching the sky, so you don't need grandpa to teach you again?"

Fu Ning is smart and can tell a little bit: "The Holy Majesty must be very clear about their thoughts, but these years have been easy to settle down, and it is not a good time to deal with them, so the Holy Majesty wants to catch a bright one as an example. Follow you."

The old lady nodded.

But Fu Ning frowned slightly: "But the title of King Ping, isn't it Prince Ping?" Since he wants to show an example to the vassal king, it must use the son of the vassal king to have a more deterrent effect. How much can the son of the prince wake up the princes?

The old lady Fu said indifferently: "Ping Wang's lineage is not from Taizu." He looked at Fu Ning and slowly told a story about the past.

"The original King Ping was just a child rescued by Taizu in troubled times. This child suffered many tortures, and was saved by Taizu during his life and death. Since then, he has regarded Taizu as his reborn father in his heart."

"When Taizu was fighting, he followed him all the time. He made great contributions for decades, but he was accidentally captured when he finally attacked the capital of the previous dynasty, and was pushed to the top of the city by the enemy to blackmail Taizu; Come on, I already regarded him as my own child, and was about to order the soldiers to retreat to rescue him, but he suddenly broke away from the left and right, and jumped down from the city wall..."

The old lady Fu let out a long sigh and didn't say any more.

But Funing seemed to be able to see the figure jumping down from the city wall when the two armies faced each other a hundred years ago, and the glaring bright red on the gray ground.

"What happened later?" Fu Ning subconsciously asked.

The old lady Fu said: "He - this first Prince Ping, has always treated the soldiers kindly because he has suffered a lot since he was a child. On that day, his death aroused the anger of countless soldiers, and he captured the capital that day. The dynasty was destroyed. But the place where he died was the place where the battle was the most intense, and Taizu himself searched for it for a long time, but failed to find his body."

No bones left.

Fu Ning was silent for a long time before he said, "I have read many history books, but I never knew about them."

The old lady Fu said: "This matter is the pain of the Taizu's life, so when he compiled the history books later, he ordered not to say that King Ping was picked up, but only said that he was born by the Taizu and raised by the empress. All of his thoughts."

Fu Ning said: "Then the current lineage of King Ping is his descendant?"

The old matriarch nodded: "He was already married when he died, and his wife was about to give birth. Hearing the bad news, he gave birth to a child and passed away. The child was taken directly to the palace to be raised, and his surname followed suit The country's surname. Now that a hundred years have passed, you children naturally don't know, but in the eyes of many vassal kings, King Ping's lineage is not much different from them."

Fu Ning said: "But the current King Ping and the Holy One almost grew up together, and the relationship is as close as brothers, so because of the trust of the Holy One, he kept his son in Beijing, so that he can act for those vassal kings?"

It seemed to make sense to say it this way; but Funing always felt that there still seemed to be something wrong with this matter.

If you want to warn, the Holy Majesty can use some nicknames to calmly suppress the remaining vassal kings. After all, they monopolize the fief and have done some arrogant things; Staying in the capital and still treating each other differently, can it really serve as a warning?

The more he thought about it, the more strange he felt.

The old matriarch saw his expression in his eyes, secretly admired him, but said: "That's how it is."

Fu Ning thought for a moment, looked at the old lady Fu and said: "Grandpa, you said that in history, there were many vassal kings who caused chaos, but in the history books, there were more incidents of brothers fighting against each other. The word "family love" is a luxury in the royal family; Do you trust King Ping without any grudges?"

The old lady Fu said: "Family affection is not important, what matters is the trust of the Holy Majesty. This matter, I have mentioned this, you only understand this. You are a smart child, so you probably don't need grandpa to tell you more."

In other words, further down are things that the royal family can't say.

Fu Ning understood: "Grandpa, I understand."

He knows how to advance and retreat, and the old lady's mood is much better: "The last time I punished the vassal king was when the late emperor was still there; the current sage has not made any major moves since he ascended the throne; but you must know that cutting the vassal is a must." The reason why the Holy Majesty has not made a move yet is that the time has not yet come, and the second is that he still lacks a suitable knife."

The king's knife must be sharp, easy to use, and sure to hit. The most important thing is to have unbreakable loyalty.

Fu Ning raised his eyes, looked at the old lady Fu and said, "This knife is mine."

When the first emperor was around, it was his grandfather who helped to make plans to put down the vassal chaos. Grandpa was once the grand tutor of the current emperor, and he has always been loyal, so he has always won the trust of the emperor.Fu Ning believed that if it wasn't for the fact that the time hadn't come and his uncle was too kind, maybe this knife would have belonged to his uncle in the end—but now there is him.

Although his surname is Fu, he was born in the Li family. He became famous at a young age. He is neither stupid nor stupid, and he has such an extraordinary relationship with Xun Yi. Even if he is to protect Xun Yi and do things for the Holy One, he will definitely do his best—naturally. It is better than ordinary knives.

No wonder he couldn't wait to see him as soon as he arrived in the capital, probably because he wanted to see if the knife could do anything; and the third prince's eagerness to match him and Xun Yi might not be without the Holy Majesty's instruction behind it, or, maybe, even Xun Yi——

His heart suddenly ached slightly.Not cruel, but heart-wrenching.

A warm palm suddenly landed on his shoulder. Fu Ning raised his eyes and met the eyes of the old lady Fu Cixiang: "Grandpa..."

Seeing his dejected expression, the old matriarch half sighed and half jokingly said, "It's over, it's over, my grandson hasn't grown up yet, so my heart flew to someone else's house."

Fu Ning was suddenly embarrassed by his grandfather's puncture, but the old lady did not continue joking, but said to him: "Grandpa will tell you a story about a silly boy?"

Fu Ning didn't know why, but he felt that this silly boy seemed to be someone he knew, so he nodded: "Yeah."

The old matriarch seemed to be thinking of something funny, so he laughed a few times before slowly saying: "When I resigned from office, many people came to this village to bother me, and I couldn't see them all, so I often hid Yunyou only came to live here once in a while; but one day, a foolish boy came here suddenly, and when he saw me, he only said a word, and told me to pick up the firewood stick next to me, and beat me out with a stick. "

Fu Ning couldn't help asking: "What did he say?"

The old lady Fu glanced at Fu Ning and said with a smile: "He told me that he went to Yuezhou, fell in love with my grandson, wanted a golden house to hide his beauty, and asked me if I agreed—how could I agree? If it weren't for the fact that he is a prince, I would ask someone to throw him directly from the mountain!"

Fu Ning had only heard a version of this story yesterday, and today he heard it again, and it was a version that danced in front of his grandfather, and suddenly he couldn't laugh or cry: "This..."

The old lady continued with a smile: "He came again the next day. Not only did he come, but he also helped me repair the mountain road in front of the door and sent away the visiting guests, but I thought he coveted my grandson, so I didn't respond He; but he comes every day, rain or shine--you say, is this a fool?"

Having said that, the identity of this fool is no longer a secret.

For a moment, Fu Ning didn't know what to say, and after a long while, he said, "He——he really said that when he saw you?"

The old matriarch nodded, as if recalling the scene at that time, he couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud: "If he had hidden his thoughts first and made friends with me, I wouldn't refuse like this; but he just wanted to Telling the purpose directly will make me so angry, this is not a fool, what is it?"

Fu Ning thought about Xun Yi's appearance at that time, and couldn't help laughing: "It's quite stupid."

The old master nodded, and said again: "But he is also a rare heart. Later, when I saw that he was persistent, I told him that if he wanted to be with you, he had to fight for it himself, and he couldn't ask me to force you; But he said, he originally didn't want me to let you be with him directly, but just because I am your oldest elder and you want to be filial to me."

Fu Ning didn't need to think about it, but he knew how helpless his grandfather was at that time: "It's really...you have worked hard on Grandpa."

The old lady Fu said: "Actually, what he did did not bring me all distress, but gave me a new way of thinking."

"At that time, because of the exchange of students from the north and the south, and other things, you had already gained a reputation in the south of the Yangtze River. The Holy Majesty noticed you, and already revealed to me his intention to want you to come to the capital."

Fu Ning was surprised: "So last year...?"

The old lady Fu said: "Although I once helped the late emperor deal with the vassals, it was because I was single-handedly promoted by the late emperor; once the emperor and the courtiers, although the sage did not want to use me, he still had something to do with the Li family. Trust, that's why I want you to do it."

Fu Ning suddenly asked: "If you just want to cut down the vassal, there are so many upright ministers in the court who are willing to make knives, why does it have to be ours?"

The old matriarch looked at him approvingly: "Why don't you guess it yourself?"

Funing really started to guess.After contemplating for a moment, he replied, "Because of your position."

"Although our dynasty has only been established for a hundred years, the relationship between the DPRK and China is already intertwined. Close relatives protect each other, and one hair can affect the whole body; but grandfather, you were promoted by the previous emperor. For so many years, you have not formed a party for personal gain, nor have you married the powerful; Neither of my two aunts came from a wealthy family, and my brother-in-law hasn’t even gotten married yet—even my mother chose my father who had just passed the imperial examination and had no connections; therefore, the Holy Majesty is relieved.”

The old matriarch was very pleased: "That's right. The Holy Majesty trusted me when I did this, so I was naturally relieved; but it also means that when you walk into the court, apart from your uncle being a Zhongshu servant, there will be no There will be no other help, if someone wants to do something to you, I am afraid that the Holy One will not be able to completely protect you."

"So, Grandpa, you didn't completely reject Brother Sheng—cough, is it because of this?"

The old lady Fu still looked at the scenery ahead, as if she didn't hear Funing's slip of the tongue just now: "That's right. But I will not give away my grandson just because of such a hidden danger that hasn't happened yet. But this year At the beginning of the year, he was so decisive when he resisted the decree, which made me look at him with admiration, so I didn't say anything when he got close to you."

The sun was shining, the fog was fading away, the blue sky was like washing, and there was no cloud in the sky, and it was another sunny day.

The old master stopped, and said with a smile: "Let's go here today, if we continue, I'm afraid that Jingshu will come out and arrest us."

As soon as the words fell, Li Jingshu's voice came faintly from the source: "Grandpa——!!! Brother——!! Let's eat——!"

Fu Ning laughed: "Why haven't seen her for a few years, her voice is getting brighter."

The old lady Fu blinked: "It is estimated that the other person also wanted to shout, but he was too embarrassed to speak, so Jingshu helped shout out."

Fu Ning was a little embarrassed when he was teased like this, and he couldn't say anything to his grandfather. He was embarrassed, but the old master laughed and turned around, and went to the place first.

Fu Ning was in embarrassment, and he was not in a hurry to walk side by side with grandpa, he walked slowly two steps behind.

The maple leaves on the side of the road were still fiery red, Fu Ning saw it in his eyes, but in his mind he remembered the last time he said that the Holy One cared about family affection, Xun Yi's expression that seemed to be a smile was not a smile.

He murmured subconsciously: "It's not family affection... what could it be?"

I wanted to work hard at first, but suddenly I was ill for a long time, and I didn’t have time for a few days in between. This chapter will be fatter, and I will continue to work hard after I recover.

Is it the last chapter already?