Royal Palace, East Palace.

Prince's study.

The prince Ning Zhiyi closed the memorial in front of him. He rubbed his brows and backed away from the two palace maids who were fanning him. He supported the armrests with both hands and with some difficulty lifted his fat body from the chair.

Lifted up.

With such a simple action, beads of sweat broke out on his forehead, and he even stood still for a moment and took a few breaths.

He slowly walked to the tea table, looked at the imperial sister Ning Chuchu who was sitting at the table, and showed a doting smile.

"Why do you have time to come here today?"

Ning Chu Chu looked at the emperor's brother with a hint of worry, "You... Since Prime Minister Ji is handling the affairs of the court, I still think you should move around more. If it doesn't work, it's good to take a walk in the East Palace."

Ning Zhiyi sighed leisurely and sat across from Ning Chuchu, "Actually, these memorials given to me by Prime Minister Ji are all trivial matters. Big things... As a prince, I don't know about big things."

"However, some big things can come out of these small things. For example, this year's autumn harvest is around the corner, and the number of banditry incidents reported in various places has been reduced by half compared to last year."

"This shows that this year's autumn grain harvest should be bumper in general. As for how much will eventually enter the household department, this will tell how big their appetite is!"

"Let's make a pot of tea..."

"In addition, for example, the old master Wei Xuan Mo Wei from the Yue Kingdom who was reported a few days ago led the students from the Yue Kingdom to the Ning Kingdom. The document stated that there was cultural exchange between the two countries. Regarding this, my method is a bit different.

Same."

Ning Chuchu was making tea, then she raised her eyes and asked Ning Zhiyi, "What's the difference?"

"I think... First, Wei Xuanmo is the emperor's teacher of the Yue Kingdom. He is not only the teacher of the current emperor of the Yue Kingdom, he is also the teacher of the current prince of the Yue Kingdom!"

"Didn't your Lijing Division send back some news from the Yue Kingdom two years ago? Wei Xuanmo was deeply valued by the Yue Emperor. The Yue Emperor Zhao Yunzhi knew people well and was a talented and strategic emperor."

"I thought Wei Xuanmo's visit to Ningguo to attend the cultural conference was fake and to find out whether Ningguo's fiction was true!"

Ning Chuchu was shocked. In the more than 300 years of history of Ning State, it had always had good relations with the Yue State in the east, and there had never been a single war.

The prince's brother said this. Could it be that the Yue State was also looking at the Ning State?

Now the Ning State has adopted the most inferior means of peacemaking to quell the rebellion in the Great Wilderness State in Mobei, because the Xiye State in the Western Regions is looking at it with fierce military strength.

If the Xiye Kingdom advances eastward again, the Yue Kingdom will raise its troops to the west at this time...

"So my father came back just to meet Wei Xuanmo?"

Ning Zhiyi nodded, "That should be the case. After all, Wei Xuanmo spent a year in Kyoto and was a teacher at Taiyuan University."

"But this time and that time!"

"This is the second reason why I guess Wei Xuanmo came to Ningguo."

Ning Chuchu held the teapot in her hand and asked, "What else?"

"What happened in the third year of Zhaohua!"

The teapot in Ning Chuchu's hand fell to the ground with a clang and broke into pieces.

In the third year of Zhaohua, the emperor issued an order to kill the general of the auxiliary state, and got into the carriage to wait for Lu Zhanxiao Manchu.

Lu Zhanxiao’s mother is the aunt of the current emperor of Yue!

Of course, Lu Zhanxiao's mother had passed away in the third year of Zhaohua, so after this incident, the news from the Yue Kingdom was that the Yue Emperor Zhao Yunzhi only closed his door and meditated for a day.

Now twenty years have passed, and during these twenty years, the relationship between Yue State and Ning State has remained the same as before, and it seems that it has not been affected by this incident at all.

The events of the third year of Zhaohua have become a dusty past. At the same time, there are other things that are also dusty -

First, Lu Zhanxiao’s sister Lu Qiushuang, Queen Lu, gave birth to a son in the autumn of the third year of Zhaohua. He should have been the most legitimate prince of Ning Kingdom!

But he disappeared during the full moon!

It was winter and there was heavy snow in Kyoto.

Queen Lu Qiu Shuang of Ning State hanged herself from a beam in grief over the disappearance of her son!

At that time, the prince's brother was born. In the fifth year of Zhaohua, the father made his brother the prince and his mother the queen.

Secondly, the woman my father really loved was still Empress Lu, so my father always disliked the prince's brother until my mother died in childbirth. She said some sincere words to my father before she died,

My father was a little nicer to the prince's brother.

Just a little bit.

He still disliked the prince's brother, but he did not depose the prince's brother from his position in the East Palace.

A more serious consequence was that in the fifth year of Zhaohua, his father became obsessed with the question of immortality and gradually alienated himself from state affairs. In the seventh year of Zhaohua, he began to build the Changle Palace.

At this point, the power of Ning Guo fell to the side and was almost controlled by Prime Minister Ji.

Ningguo's national strength also declined due to the huge expense of Changle Palace.

Of course, Ning Chuchu was not involved in these past stories, as she was not yet born at that time.

But there is a record in Lijingsi, and she recounted that past event in detail.

At this moment, the prince's brother suddenly mentioned the incident in the third year of Zhaohua, and she immediately lost her composure, not even caring that the hot tea spilled out and burned her calf.

"You mean...the Yue Kingdom wants to settle accounts with the Queen?"

Ning Zhiyi pondered for a moment and shook his head, "It's just my guess. I hope my guess is wrong."

"By the way, why did you come to me?"

Ning Zhiyi changed the topic, but Ning Chuchu was still thinking about the incident in the third year of Zhaohua.

"If he were alive, he would be twenty years old."

"A person appeared in the secret files of Lijing Division. His name is Wen Boiyu, but he only appeared three times."

"Once in the third year of Zhaohua, after Lu Zhanxiaoman's clan was wiped out, Li Chunfu, the then Taifu, took him to the palace once and met Queen Lu once!"

"The second time was when he left Kyoto in the spring of the fourth year of Zhaohua, went to Guangling City, and built the small rain-brewing building."

"The last time was in the autumn of the 10th year of Zhaohua, when the family was massacred in Zhuoyu Xiaozhu... This was done by the Fish and Dragon Society. Ji Tai must know something!"

"But in the secret files of the Lijing Division, there is no mention of whether Wen Boiyu is dead or alive... I feel that this person may have a great relationship with the disappearance of Queen Lu's son!"

Ning Zhiyi was startled and frowned, "Since Wen Boiyu was brought to the palace by Li Chunfu, then the Li family..."

Ning Chuchu suddenly stood up, "Yes, the Li family! There must be clues about the Li family!"

"Don't worry, Ji Tai hasn't done anything to the Li family in these years. I think Li Chunfu didn't leave any traces even if he really knew anything!"

"By the way, Li Chen'an, the third member of the Li family, has arrived in Kyoto. This guy is very good. What he said at the south gate touched me deeply."

"Didn't you say that you appointed him as the embroiderer of Guangling Prefecture of the Lijing Division? When will you bring him into the palace? I really want to see him."

Ning Chuchu's face turned slightly red, "But at that time I was disguised as a man."

"What's the point? If he doesn't know your name, why don't you just say you are your sister?"

This was a bit convoluted, but Ning Chuchu understood it.

Her eyes suddenly lit up, "Yes, I will leave the palace to meet him right now!"

Ning Zhiyi smiled meaningfully, "Are you worried about your father's will?"

Ning Chuchu pursed her lips, "This must be the vicious idea of ​​Concubine Ji!"

"He's not having an easy time at this level... It'll be cooler if he stays here. I'll go to the little black building to meet Mr. Changsun."

"Thank you, Brother Huang!"

"You...you have to pay attention to your identity!"

Ning Chuchu's face turned red again, and her words were a little sad: "I know, so I really envy Zhongli Ruoshui."

Little did she know that Zhongli Ruoshui was like a crazy tigress at this moment!

Zhongli Ruoshui went to Dingguohou Mansion, only to find out that her grandma had not asked her to go there.

At that moment, her heart was colder than the basin of ice that fell to the ground!

She knew that her mother had deliberately pushed her away.

What would mother do to Li Chenan?
Chapter completed!