[Zhu Ning] For the sake of the country

Sharpness, this is the quality that a superior person must have.

Zhu Zheng has been on vacation for the past few days. Even if his classmates knew that he was about to be absent from the martial arts competition and the whole class had already lost the opportunity, and tried countless ways to get him to participate, he did nothing and locked himself in the small courtyard directly. Lock up a few big iron chains, and for the first time ordered the Jin Yiwei who is transparent to protect him, if anyone dares to climb over the wall and come in, he will be killed immediately.

King Ning had already been assassinated, and Jin Yiwei, whose head was temporarily borrowed around his neck, was in danger and carried out the order to kick him out with great loyalty.

It has been two days, and the emperor still hasn't woken up, and his forehead is still hot.Zhu Zheng watched as the doctor brought the medicine and fed it to the patient spoonful by spoonful. The patient could only swallow a small half, and the rest just fell down the corner of his mouth. Zhu Zheng quickly covered the corner of his mouth with a clean handkerchief, Don't dirty your neck and collar, and after killing the Langzhong countless times, Zhu Zheng finally hoped that King Ning would wake up.

King Ning slowly opened his eyes in the afternoon. For the past two days, he seemed to be wandering in an abyss. His chest was overflowing with waves and undercurrents, and it was like being in a raging flame. According to what the visitors said, he only coveted the great Ming Dynasty in his heart, so he lost his life.

When King Ning opened his eyes, he saw the curtains on the top of the bed, which were really plain, and then he heard a surprise address from beside him, "Uncle Huang!"

"Uncle Huang, you're awake." Zhu Zheng was ecstatic in his heart, and quickly sat on the side of the bed, looking deeply at King Ning's weak eyes.

King Ning snorted softly, but he was not dead, not a wimp.

"Uncle Emperor!" Zhu Zheng watched his eyes slowly focus, excited like a child.

King Ning was out of energy. After seeing clearly that it was Zhu Zheng, he found that he didn't even have the strength to move his fingers, so he slowly closed his eyes again.

Zhu Zheng's joyful mood fell to the bottom again, "Doctor, come quickly!"

The doctor had just written the prescription, but he was forcibly dragged here, "It's fine if you wake up, which means your life is safe. He is seriously injured and his energy is low. Let him sleep for a while. I just adjusted the prescription, and it will get better after drinking it." Zhu Zheng once again restrained his desire to kill Langzhong.

He saw that although King Ning's eyes were tightly closed, he felt that he was not as painful as before, and his eyebrows seemed to have stretched a lot. At this time, there was a peaceful sleepiness on his usually heroic face, just like the appearance carefully drawn by Danqing Guoshou.The emperor's nose is straight and straight, and his lips are like pale crimson flowers. Zhu Zheng is looking carefully at King Ning's sleeping face. There is a mole under the corner of the emperor's mouth. It is especially charming when he smiles. There are also moles on the side of his jaw, around his ears, and on his neck. They were also present on the collar, which stood out against flawless skin.

Zhu Zheng forgot how long the time had passed. Unknowingly, he stretched out his hand to touch King Ning's lips, caressed the small mole under the corner of his mouth, and could feel the pulse of the emperor's uncle beating gently along his neck. There was a white gauze sash wrapped around the top, and there was a deep wound under the gauze, which was painful for me.

Zhu Zheng simply fetched the book and flipped through it beside the bed.

It was the evening of the next day when King Ning woke up completely. He finally heard the voices from the outside world and identified where he was. It seemed that this gamble was a fluke.Zhu Zheng's bedroom is small and exquisite, and the table is lit with soothing incense, and King Ning's mind is getting clearer and clearer.Someone lowered the footsteps and only the rustling of clothes was heard. After the sound died down, King Ning slowly opened his eyes. Unexpectedly, it was Zhu Zheng's excited face and tone, "Uncle Huang! You are awake, you, you know me Who is it..."

"..." If King Ning hadn't had enough of lying down, he would rather close his eyes again, "Your Highness... you are... not injured..." The fragmented memory continued again.

"Uncle Emperor, I'm fine." Zhu Zheng jumped for joy for a moment, then thought of his uselessness at that time, and was discouraged again, and said in a dull voice.

King Ning looked at Zhu Zhengxin's distracted look, but still told the truth, "I'm a little thirsty."

"Uncle Huang, come, I'll help you." When Zhu Zheng saw that the invincible King Ning begged for such a trivial matter, he immediately helped him up eagerly.The emperor's uncle is so thin, and he is even thinner when he touches it than when he looks at it. Zhu Zheng pressed his shoulders, stroked his back, and carefully asked King Ning to sit up. Hei leaned on Zhu Zheng's solid arm to sit up, anyway, the eldest nephew is very attentive now, why not take advantage of it.

Zhu Zheng missed the touch of his hands. After carefully checking whether King Ning was sitting still, he brought the clear water on the bedside table. It was just warm and clear. "Your Highness, I will do it myself..." King Ning squeezed the white porcelain cup in Zhu Zheng's hand.

King Ning took off his hair crown during his illness, and a few hair bands from his ears and strands of hair scattered over his shoulders. Coupled with the fact that he lowered his eyebrows and drank water, Zhu Zheng couldn't look away.

King Ning was still thinking about the gains and losses of the huge investment this time, after drinking the water, he was about to speak.

"Uncle Emperor," Zhu Zheng looked at the water stains on King Ning's pale lips, and forced himself to be serious, "This time it's thanks to you, me, I really don't know how to thank you."

King Ning's heart was no less joyful than Zhu Zheng's, and he put on a gratified smile, "Your Highness is overrated, why do you say such things." It seems that the prince's heart is not difficult to obtain.

"I used to be a little alienated from the emperor's uncle, but today I know that the emperor's uncle is the real heart," Zhu Zheng revealed his inner thoughts.

King Ning raised his head slightly and maintained a smile, guarding against alienation, gratitude and joy all on the prince's face, he was not afraid that the prince would not express his heart.

"I'm so ashamed..." Zhu Zheng was annoyed, and there was a star in his eyes.

Ning Wang hurriedly continued, "Your Highness, why blame yourself, let him pass the past..." As long as you are used by me in the future.

"I will definitely listen to the teachings of the emperor's uncle in the future, and I will ask the emperor to teach me with all his heart." Zhu Zheng vowed, speaking forcefully.

King Ning gained a lot, and smiled. Zhu Zheng lowered his head and sniffed his nose. He didn't notice that the curvature of King Ning's eyebrows did not change in this smile, and the eyes were full of light. Then King Ning snorted, frowned and covered his chest. It's throbbing again.

It is a group of hidden guards of Prince Ning’s Mansion who are really living like years these days, especially Ye Zi. This completely deviates from the plan. After the prince was stabbed in the chest, he wished he could die instead of him. , can only roughly know that the prince is not in danger of life, but if he can't see King Ning, all affairs can only be put on hold, and everyone waits quietly in dormancy.

In early summer, when the flowers fall on the branches and the green leaves are luxuriant, King Ning can already take care of himself this day. He encouraged Zhu Zheng not to miss the academy's martial arts competition, "Your Highness, how can a king shrink back? You are excellent in martial arts, so there is no need to be jealous .”

In addition to taking care of King Ning's injury, Zhu Zheng has been practicing martial arts diligently these few days. He does not want to achieve good results in the competition, but to become stronger, and only when facing life and death can he turn the corner.Practicing martial arts strengthens the will, Zhu Zheng is sweating late at night and clenching his teeth, he will never forget the moment when the deadly sword tip strikes, only the one who has experienced it and knows the fear is the one who wins.

"But..." Zhu Zheng didn't care about his ranking in the competition, he just wanted to prove his many days of practice in the duel arena.

King Ning knew his concerns, "Go, in the future you will rule the country as a king, and your highness may never have the opportunity to work with the people again..." In the future, the academy will vigorously praise your highness for his virtuous and virtuous corporals, who are as close as a family to the common people. Do you want to miss this opportunity to make a name for yourself?

Zhu Zhengcai read out the voice-over, and this reason is indeed the style of King Ning.

"it is good."

Zhu Zheng was sent away, and finally no one in the small courtyard disturbed King Ning’s quietness. King Ning’s attendant, Zhu Qin, waited for a long time and appeared in a very tacit understanding. At the foot of Longzhen, King Ning replaced the inner and outer robe that Zhu Zheng had replaced for himself, and put on his own clothes. Zhu Qin took out the best gold medicine and carefully bandaged the prince. His left shoulder was involved in the wound. Not to move too much, King Ning unfolded the letters sent by the spies for many days with one hand, and smiled playfully while reading.

After Ye Zi was summoned, she knelt down and bowed her head, "This subordinate hurts the lord, it really deserves death!"

King Ning had already burned the letter, and the flames were reflected in his eyes, shining brightly, "No, you did a good job."

Ye Zi was ordered by King Ning to assassinate the prince that day. He wanted to kill the prince with a single sword, but he didn't expect the prince to block the sword with his body at the critical moment, which was not in the plan at all.

King Ning was full of ambition, "The life of the crown prince is not worth mentioning. This king does not want his life, but his heart. Once the crown prince dies, the emperor will be furious, and no one will be able to get rid of it at that time. Besides, the emperor is ill this time. Heavy, the changes of the kings are aimed at the capital, and their ambitions are undoubtedly exposed. At this moment, I have received a secret report from the capital. The emperor has recovered from his illness. The hearts of the four kings, their ambitions are clearly revealed, the emperor will definitely not sit idly by." King Ning stood up and paced, Ye Zi's kneeling posture remained unchanged, and he could see the hem of his clothes hanging down to the ground and smell the medicinal herbs on the prince's body taste.

"At that time, the strength of the four kings will be weakened, and this king has contributed to saving the prince. In the whole court, who else can the emperor rely on to suppress the four kings and assist the prince?" King Ning showed a satisfied smile. That's right, the prince should have received the emperor's will, and this time it was simply the emperor's plan to let the prince see all parties in the Qing Dynasty and make his own choice. This is also the emperor teaching the prince the way of emperor. Your majesty, you have really worked hard for the prince."

King Ning signaled Ye Zi to stand up, restrained his smile, and turned his eyes, "How are you doing after that day?"

"According to the lord's wishes, this subordinate led those Jinyi guards to chase after him, and did not retreat until it was near Li Feng's wine shop. This subordinate is sure that nothing happened."

"The most important thing is to blame King Zheng, Ye Zi, you have merit this time." King Ning went back to the desk, sat back in the chair, his eyes were crooked, and his tone was cheerful.

"I don't dare." As long as the prince doesn't care about his own sword, Ye Zi feels that he will have no regrets in this life.

"Go and prepare, the prince will return to Beijing with the king soon."

"Yes!"

King Ning's estimate was correct. The secret letter sent to Zhu Zheng by the Emperor Jingzhong was to tell him that the four kings had undercurrents in the past half a month. Let's go back to Beijing together.

King Ning's injury is getting better, the prince's assassination is over, and Mao Ying can finally sleep with his eyes closed and take a good breath. The prince went to the academy this day, and he slept until the sun was high. He was about to go out to look for food, and suddenly saw a figure in the small courtyard. Immediately jumped a step back, "You, what are you doing here, isn't today a martial arts competition in your academy?" Don't understand glanced at him, sinking all his thoughts, "I miss you, come to see you."

Mao shouldn't squint his eyes and refuse to believe it.

At noon, there were more than a dozen delicate dots in front of King Ning’s table. He was not in a hurry to move his chopsticks, and was listening to Ye Zi’s story about what he didn’t understand. , the prince just came to Meilong Town, on the first day he went to the Golden Pavilion Temple to offer incense, he probably got to know someone who didn’t understand in the temple, and then he followed the prince into the Guan Zizai Academy to teach the students daily lessons.”

"Have you checked his previous experience?" King Ning casually took out a folding fan from the desk. It was a green bamboo fan that he and the prince bought at the market a month ago. It was summer in the south of the Yangtze River, and King Ning unfolded the fan and shook it lightly.

"I've checked, I don't know that I grew up in a temple, and everyone in the temple can prove it."

"Huh?" King Ning was even more suspicious. A young monk was actually accompanying the prince day and night, and he should not be there to take care of him. It may not be that simple if he doesn't understand.

Mao Ying, the only one who knew the inside story, cried out hungry at the moment, "If you miss me, treat me to dinner!"

"Take you to dinner? Treat you to dinner!" Bu Bu Bu grabbed Mao Ying's ear and dragged him out.

King Ning's mind flashed back the face of not understanding and the usual absurd words. The person the prince trusts now is himself. A little ignorance is not a threat for the time being. The most important thing is to follow his established plan when he returns to Beijing. .

"Oh, it's alright, alright," Mao Yingying was dragged into an open space by the ignorance, and broke free in two or three strokes, "Tell me something, I'm hungry!"

I don't know how to lower my voice, "What happened to the person who assassinated that day?"

"No more." Mao Ying said exaggeratedly with his mouth wide open on purpose.

"What do you mean no more?"

"Jin Yiwei disappeared as long as he chased the Longfeng shop. After secretly checking the Longfeng shop, Li Feng also disappeared. This Longfeng shop may be the eyes and ears of King Zheng, or it may belong to other vassals. There is no clue, so everything is missing. No more!" Mao Ying spread his hands, very helpless.

"It's not you, the prince was assassinated, and you haven't found anything. How can you return to Beijing? I'm worried that the emperor will chop your forehead."

"You can think of it, but the emperor can't think of it? And King Ning can't think of it? He himself was almost killed by a sword in the chest, can he swallow this breath now? Do you see what King Ning is doing? It's King Ning, I can't find anything, an assassin who can't be found by Jin Yiwei and the vassal king, what do you think will be the result? That is, there will be no result, so it is gone." Mao Yingying still maintained the very helpless one posture.

Zhu Zheng came to the academy to participate in the competition today. The students who had been disappointed and had no chance of winning ran to Zhu Zheng one after another as if they had seen the dawn of victory. The expectant gaze, the focus of attention, made Zhu Zheng full of confidence, and everyone in the academy was very attentive to him, and for a moment, Zhu Zheng felt the joy of being a king that King Ning said.Zhu Zheng couldn't help talking to himself in a low voice, the emperor's uncle is indeed the emperor's uncle.

"Zhu Zheng, what are you muttering about? Hurry up and get on the stage!" The crowd pushed him to the center. Zhu Zheng looked up at the blue sky and the bright sun. Chest, drawing the bow to the full string, aiming at a point of bright red in the distance, the arrow leaves the string and hits the bull's-eye, just like Zhu Zheng's attachment to his heart for the rest of his life.

Ten days later, Academician Ying of Guanzizai Academy bid farewell to Zhu Zheng, "This year is the autumn, if there are students here who take the imperial high school exam, Your Highness can choose virtuous ones to use." All the students in the academy have applied for this year's imperial examination. Zheng's true identity, if someone who is outstanding succeeds in the palace examination in the future, seeing Zhu Zheng in the Golden Palace, he must be extremely excited to surrender and repay him.

Zhu Zheng greeted Ying Molin with a respectful farewell to his elders, "Thank you, Academician Ying, for your many days of teaching." A few years ago, the crown prince was ordered by the emperor to come to the Academy to pay homage to Ying Molin as his teacher. Ying Molin was the elder of the two dynasties , and another unknown identity is the emperor's teacher. As early as ten years ago, he offered the emperor the strategy of reducing the vassal. This time the prince came to Jiangnan to receive his own education.

Academician Ying hurriedly supported him, "Your Highness is over-reputed, Your Highness is talented and intelligent, and I am expected to succeed in Ming Dynasty." These words sound familiar. "Your Highness, when the vassal king grows bigger, don't act too hastily, and plan it slowly."

Academician Ying looked at Zhu Zheng with relief. The prince will leave for Beijing today, so he came here to say goodbye. He no longer wore the plain student clothes, but changed into the royal yellow. Falling on his shoulders alone, Academician Ying had mixed feelings for a moment.

The two went out of the gate of the academy together. Academician Ying saw a large number of gorgeous carriages. King Ning was standing beside the carriage and was waiting for the crown prince. He saluted King Ning in accordance with academician rules. Corporal Ning Wang Lixian returned the salute, but his eyes made Academician Ying dare not look straight at.

"Uncle." The prince walked towards King Ning.

"Your Highness, let's go."

Academician Ying watched the two leave, the world was in turmoil, and power was always the focus of the world. The four kings that the crown prince is currently focusing on may not be feared, but no one can predict the real change.

The wheels rolled, and the two uncles and nephews surnamed Zhu who were in the same car drove out of the city.

"Your Highness, Miss Feng is under the city gate." King Ning saw Zhu Zheng lift the curtain of the car, and kept staring in one direction.

"Uncle Huang, I know that she is someone sent by King Zheng to watch over me." Zhu Zheng put down the curtain and said to King Ning.

"Oh?" King Ning pretended not to know what to do, "Will His Highness not bring her back to the capital? As long as you protect her, King Zheng will not make things difficult for her." Just love.

Zhu Zheng wanted to blurt out, you and I are going the same way, what are you taking her for, but Zhu Zheng has grown a lot in recent years, "She didn't do anything against me, and I don't want to involve her and be blamed by King Zheng, so I just blamed her for everything I did. Deliberately revealing to her, it’s okay to let King Zheng know about these ordinary things.” King Ning said nothing, the carriage ran over a few stones on the road, and the two bodies shook slightly, Zhu Zheng, Zhu Zheng, I was a little underestimated before is you.

"Your Highness is pure and kind, but King Zheng has a wicked heart, so His Highness needs to be careful." King Ning would not let go of the opportunity to provoke other vassals, not to mention King Zheng's ambitions were clearly revealed.

Zhu Zheng lifted the curtain again, and Li Feng's figure was already in the distance, leaving only a blurred figure, "Sometimes the youthful obsession exists in the beautiful memory, and the real desire is only in front." Zhu Zheng retracted his gaze, Looking at King Ning's face, he said softly but firmly.

King Ning didn't take it seriously but chuckled in his heart, Prince, you think about state affairs too simply, power may not be waiting for you ahead, maybe I can keep it for you.