Prime Minister's Mansion.

Ji Tai lay on the bed.

The emperor sent an imperial physician to him, diagnosed his pulse, and also took medicine for him.

Of course, he didn't drink it.

His eldest son Ji An guards Tai'an City, the gateway to the south of Kyoto. News of this grand dynasty meeting in Kyoto has not yet been spread, so Ji An doesn't know.

The second son Ji Tuo was thinking about his mistakes in Qianniuwei, the northern yamen, but he didn't know yet.

At this moment, the third son Ji Ling was in front of his bed, and the second prince Ning Zhixing.

"Hold up as a father."

"Father, you..."

"Don't let Father say it again!"

Ji Ling quickly helped Ji Tai up carefully. He leaned against the head of the bed and put the bag of medicine beside him, and laughed: "This is all intentional!"

"Your Majesty... I have the idea of ​​eliminating my Ji Mansion!"

"Father, the emperor sent the imperial physician!"

Ji Tai smiled coldly: "It's just a show!"

"If the emperor still trusts his father, how could he ask the little thief who was a traitor in front of all civil and military officials at the dynasty meeting?"

"The emperor has colluded with the little thief!"

"Slap your father in the face in front of all the civil and military officials in the court... Of course, the purpose is to be the officials below!"

"Those dogs are all people who change their minds. Today, the thief humiliated his father, but the emperor did not make any decisions for his father... The officials' abacus in their hearts would be thudding!"

"Even if you still respect your father on the surface, you will definitely feel less fear in your heart. Even next, there will be some officials who change their minds secretly throw themselves into Li Chen'an's arms and find another support!"

"This move is a great chess! My father couldn't hold it back at that time, and finally let him succeed!"

"Your Highness..."

Ji Tai met Ning Zhixing.

"The old minister shouldn't have been talking about the right and wrong of the emperor behind his back. It's because I am so embarrassed today. I am thanking the emperor!"

Ning Zhixing nodded slightly, "Grandpa, grandson knows the pain in your heart!"

"When Li Chenan came to Hanyuan Palace, the first one was to slap his grandson in the face!"

"The father did not stop him, nor did he scold him, and he even looked gloating... Come on, the father really intended to pave the way for him, and his grandson might soon receive the decree to go to the fiefdom!"

"Grandma... I'm not willing to accept it!"

"Well... the question now is how to get rid of that little thief!"

"Grandpa, the father did not declare him the eldest son!"

Ji Tai pointed to the teapot placed on the table, and Ji Ling quickly poured a cup of tea and handed it over.

“No need to announce!”

“…Why?”

"The Imperial City Department was ordered to rebuild twenty years ago by the old thief Changsun. Although this life is the emperor's order, behind this order is Queen Lu's push."

"There is a banyan tree with a crooked neck and a big leaf in the Imperial City Division, which was planted by Queen Lu himself twenty years ago."

"So the old thief Changsun held the Imperial City Secretly, and was helping Empress Lu's descendants guard."

"He has been guarding it until now... You probably don't know that three years ago, Concubine Li had tested the emperor's tone."

"Concubine Li said that the third prince Ning Zhiyuan was born in martial arts. Will he put the third prince in the Imperial City Division? After all, Changsun Jinghong is already old. In the future, the third prince will be very beneficial to the Ningguo royal family."

"The emperor did not agree."

"Today, the emperor appointed Li Chen'an's little thief as the deputy director of the Imperial City Office... I thought it was a sudden move by the emperor, but you just said that Eunuch Chang gave Li Chen'an two sets of official robes...!"

"Since this official robe is ready, it is obviously what the emperor is going to give to the little thief after he has thought about it!"

"In the emperor's heart, that little thief is the future manager of the Imperial City Department."

"Then he must be the son of Queen Lu, so there is no need to announce it deliberately!"

The second prince Ning Zhixing suddenly realized that he was so cruel that he gritted his teeth, "If I had known this, I would have tried my best to kill him on the Mid-Autumn Festival night!"

Ji Tai waved his hand, "Don't talk to you, grandpa, I'm careless too."

"This kind of mistake cannot be made again!"

"Ji Ling,"

"Baby is here!"

"You will write a letter to your elder brother for your father. Those are prepared faster, but they should be done more carefully and more secretly... and don't let him return to Beijing... You must not return to Beijing now!"

"In the afternoon, take some time to go to Huo Mansion and ask who is in the Huo family... Huo Xi, ask him about the purchase of autumn grain in Jiangnan, how is it now?"

"If the purchase is completed, tell him that the grain will be transported to Tai'an City by secretly through the Yuguang Canal."

"In addition...you go to the Duke of Yan's Mansion for your father and ask him when the Red Flame Army can set off... Tell Duke of Yan that I hope to be able to meet in Kyoto next spring!"

Ji Ling bowed and bowed: "Children obey the order!"

"You guys go down."

"Your Highness, don't go out these days. Li Chen'an's mad dog has the identity of the deputy of the Imperial City Department. If he gained Changsun Jinghong's trust, Changsun Jinghong handed over the Xuanjia Camp to him... Grandpa was worried that he would bite people randomly!"

After the two left, Kang Shiji, the chief steward of the prime minister, walked in.

He stood in front of Ji Tai's bed and bowed, and whispered: "Master, Xi Wei has arrived, waiting for you in the backyard!"

...

...

Two carriages were parked in front of a gate in the alley of the Zhawang Temple.

There were three men, two men and three women.

The man is as fat as a ball. He is Ning Zhiyi, the current prince of Ning Kingdom.

The other woman gave birth to Liu Liang, like a flower.

She is the fourth princess Ning Chuchu!

Behind Ning Chuchu was a maid carrying a food box, she was Zhiquan.

The brother and sister were standing in front of the mottled door at this moment.

The two stone lions in front of the door were covered with dust and fallen leaves, and even the seven steps that were coming to the door were covered with moss.

Not to mention that wall.

The green vines on the wall have gradually withered, and the dark, seemingly moldy roots are exposed.

The plaque on this door is still there, but the handwriting on it needs to be carefully identified-

Those are the four big characters of Duke Huai’s Mansion!

The once glorious Duke Huai State House has long since declined. Even in the autumn noon sun, it is still dull and still emits a musty smell.

Ning Zhiyi looked at the door lintel, suddenly sighed, walked over with some difficulty, and knocked on the door knocker.

It took a long time.

There was only a sound coming from inside.

This is an old voice, a trembling voice:

“…Who?”

The door creaked open.

It was not the doorman who opened the door, but Duke Huai himself!

He rubbed his faint eyes, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face full of gullies, "Why are you brother and sister coming from this broken place?"

...

A small pavilion.

An old tea table.

Duke Huai Lao Guo invited Ning Zhiyi and his sister to sit down. Without much greeting, he looked at Ning Zhiyi and went straight to the topic:

"Grandpa has heard of the news of the grand dynasty meeting."

"Li Chen'an lit a fire!"

"But this fire will not burn to the East Palace."

"Grandpa gave you a few words and still maintains his previous calm relationship with Li Chenan. There is no need to make friends deliberately, and of course there is no need to speculate and doubt about him too much."

Duke Huaiguo cooked tea, but closed his mouth.

After a long time, Ning Zhiyi couldn't help but ask: "What is the second sentence?"

Duke Huai raised his eyes, "You are too fat!"
Chapter completed!