521,

"How can the appetite of the current palace be limited to just the two of us?"

Sheng lived by the side and couldn't help but sneered sadly, "There are Fengshen Ji Lun and Fu Sen! She wants to catch all of us ministers in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs...and then she can replace them with her own people."

go!"

Mian Ning turned his eyes to Sheng Zhu and asked, "Uncle, what do you mean? Even if you are my uncle and he is my father-in-law, what does Ji Lun, a rich gentry, do?"

Sheng Zhu sneered and said, "Feng Shen Ji Lun, the son of the fourth princess and Fulong An... that is Fu Changan's nephew, Shaji Fucha. The second elder brother's side Fujin is his cousin."

"The slaves represent Queen Xiaoshu, who is a member of the second elder brother's mother clan; Master Buyanda Lai is the second elder brother's direct descendant's Ama, representing the second elder brother's direct descendant's maternal clan; and Fengshen Ji Lun is the second elder brother's direct descendant.

My elder brother is the representative of Fujin’s maternal clan..."

"Now the palace is going to sweep away all the helpers around Second Elder Brother!"

Mian Ning tightened her fingertips and clenched the ring on her finger.

It was an old thumb ring, which he had worn since he was a boy when he was practicing bow and arrow. It was used to pull the bowstring. Now that he has grown up, the ring finger is too small to fit on his thumb anymore, so he gave it to him.

Switched to the little finger.

When his family members, including Shushu of Fujin and Fucha of Fujin, saw him, they all smiled and discussed with him, take it off and wear another one. Even the Five Prefectures had said that, and they even taught him bow and arrow.

The knowledgeable people also advised him.

But he just refused.

They all said that the emperor's elder brother cherished material resources, was frugal by nature, and refused to waste things.

Others say that this may have something to do with his relationship with his mother, Queen Xiaoshu, when he was a child. He was thinking of his mother's kindness, so he couldn't bear to exchange this personal thing.

"Then... what about Fu Sen? Both my father-in-law and Fu Sen are from the Hongyi family of the Niu Hulu family. Even if my uncle thinks that Xiao'e Niang will have some scruples because his father-in-law is my father-in-law, then Fu Sen is still a young man.

Um, are we from the same clan as my mother-in-law?"

Sheng Zhu smiled hoarsely, raised his eyes and glanced at Buyanda Lai, "Just talk to the second elder brother!"

Buyanda Lai then sighed and said, "It all comes from the past - when the Empress was preparing to be the princess' attendant, she had a quarrel with several girls from the 16th, 8th and 3rd rooms of the slave's family.

…”

"Although I heard about this incident back then, I always thought that it was just a conflict between the little girl's family and nothing serious. But now it seems that the Queen still holds grudges for what happened back then - Fu Sen is the third

Leave the room."

Mian Ning stood quietly and closed her eyes gently.

"Second elder brother?" Seeing that his eighteen-year-old nephew was reluctant to speak, Sheng Zhu felt anxious and expectant at the same time.

Mian Ning shook his head gently, "Uncle and father-in-law, please go down first. I want to be quiet right now."

Shengzhu and Buyanda Lai looked at each other, then bowed and left.

Both of them also understood that today's words were a bit difficult for an eighteen-year-old boy to digest. Anyway, there was still time, so the two of them were willing to wait; they were also very confident in waiting.

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After dinner, Mianning asked someone to invite Buyanda Lai over alone.

The autumn in September is particularly cold in the mountainous area where the imperial mausoleum is located, and it already has a vague feeling of winter.

In such a dark night, a naturally noble young man faced a dim lamp alone, and his noble status had faded away, leaving only loneliness.

When Buyanda Lai entered the tent and saw this scene, he felt quite uncomfortable.

After all, he is the father-in-law of this elder brother, not his father, so his thoughts come from his daughter--the son-in-law's lonely appearance can only reflect that his daughter has not been able to bridge the gap with the elder brother in front of him.

Go away the wounds in your heart.

Based on Buyanda Lai's experience, he could not see that his daughter and son-in-law did not have the deep love between a young couple that he expected since they got married, so he was worried about his daughter, and now he had to make some plans for his son-in-law.

"Father-in-law is here? Father-in-law, please take a seat." Mian Ning put aside his dignity as a prince and now looked more like a polite and ordinary son-in-law.

Buyanda thanked him and looked directly into Mian Ning's eyes, "Second brother has already figured it out? Second brother... maybe he has made up his mind, right?"

Mianning narrowed her eyes and looked back at Buyanda Lai, and nodded slightly, "Thank you, father-in-law, for helping my son-in-law solve a question that has been pressing in his heart for many days..."

Buyanda Lai's heart was filled with excitement, "Second Brother has finally seen through the Queen's intentions?"

Mian Ning curled her lips without any warmth, "My father-in-law helped me unravel the relationship between your family and the third bedroom - that is to say, the relationship between Shu Shu and Prince Su's parents-in-law."

"Second Brother, what are you talking about?" Buyanda Lai was shocked.

Mian Ning relaxed, her shoulders sagging slightly, "Prince Su's daughter-in-law is your third-bedroom princess, right? She is Cebutan's daughter, and Fu Sen is her biological uncle."

Buyanda Lai didn't understand the point, but he could only frown and nod, "That's right."

Mian Ning's eyes turned darkly, "...in February, when the third brother was about to enter school, Prince Su gave the third brother a display of jade, which was sent by the eunuch of the queen's dining room. At that time, there was a big fuss, and the father-in-law

I will never forget it.”

Buyanda Lai frowned, "That's because Prince Su wanted to cling to the Queen and deliberately showed his favor to the third elder brother. He deserves it!"

"He deserved it..." Mian Ning took a deep breath, "He deserved it. Then how come I, the Khan Ama, dismissed his father and son's errands, but asked him to perform the sun memorial ceremony on my behalf?"

"Because someone exposed this matter, Khan Amma had to pursue it. But when you look at me, Khan Amma, do you really feel that Prince Su did something wrong?"

Sweat started to drop from Buyanda Lai's forehead, "...Does the second elder brother think that this matter has something to do with the slaves? Prince Su is the prince after all, and the second sister of the queen is his second daughter-in-law, so their family naturally has a crush on the third daughter.

It belongs to my elder brother, so I have little contact with their family. Therefore, the matter of Prince Su presenting the jade ornaments to the third elder brother has nothing to do with my servant!"

Mian Ning smiled faintly, "What my father-in-law said is that of course this matter has nothing to do with my father-in-law. It's just that my father-in-law helped me solve this mystery. Now I understand who the person behind this is."

Buyanda Lai's forehead was twitching, and he went through the second brother's words again, and he couldn't help but be even more shocked!

"Second Brother, what do you mean by...? Could it be that Second Brother is suspicious of Shu Shu?"

The warmth in Mian Ning's eyes disappeared at all, leaving only an empty calm.

"Originally, I was just doubtful, and I couldn't be sure. After all, I didn't know what the similarities between Shu Shu and Prince Su's parents-in-law were. Although you are of the same race, you are in the same house, and Shu Shu is in the palace.

There is no chance to meet her..."

"Thank you, father-in-law, for the heads up. It turns out that Xiao'e Niang has had a falling out with you guys from the 16th, 8th and 3rd bedrooms. The grudges have not been resolved for many years, so we have something in common."

Buyanda Lai's hands were shaking a little. Although he was a father, his daughter had been married into the palace for several years, and he could not see his daughter every day. What would his daughter have done?

Can you know everything?

Mian Ning still said without warmth: "It seems that during the first month of the first lunar month, the two daughters-in-law of Prince Su's family were also ordered to enter the palace, and were rewarded by Xiao'e Niang with the tribute fruits and meat brought back from the mausoleum. These are called Prince Su's eldest daughter-in-law.

Got the chance to meet Shu Shu."

"After all, they are a family. It is natural for the two of them to meet and talk alone, and no one will suspect it. It was during that chat that Xu, the daughter-in-law of Prince Su, accidentally mentioned that her father-in-law was preparing for the three of them.

We are planning a gift for my brother who is about to enter school in February."

"After all, the second daughter-in-law of Prince Su's family is the second sister of Xiao'e Niang. Although the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law are both members of the same family and sisters-in-law, they should be intimately related to each other. But women, after all, are petty.

At that time, not to mention that the relationship between sisters-in-law is one of the more difficult in this world, so maybe the eldest daughter-in-law is unhappy that her father-in-law pays more attention to her younger siblings. This happened during the conversation with Shu Shu, perhaps unintentionally.

Adding fuel to the fire."

"The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Shu Shu may have concluded that Prince Su is clinging to the Queen and his third brother... and may even be worried about the clan status of Prince Su's family. Prince Su may have already known that 'just and fair'

'The name behind it."

Mian Ning raised her eyes and stared at Buyanda Lai, "That's why Shu Shu couldn't sit still, so she tried to expose this matter, firstly to teach Prince Su a lesson, secondly to warn Xiao E Niang, and thirdly

Come here—I also want to see Khan Amma’s reaction on this matter.”

"Coincidentally, Concubine Yinggui's health began to deteriorate in the first month of the year. She became seriously ill in February, and the young lady was unable to attend to her third brother's enrollment in school. She stayed in Shoukang Palace for many days to attend to her illness...

This is such a God-given opportunity that everyone in Chuxiu Palace lost control, and just in time, he asked the eunuch in the dining room to shake everything out..."

Mian Ning sighed when he said this and lowered his eyes again, "I have to say that from a woman's point of view, Shu Shu's scheming is already top-notch. Killing three birds with one stone, calmly, and reaching the sky

And he was willing to help her and gave her an opportunity... She is truly worthy of being the princess of your Niu Hulu clan's Hongyi family, and she is worthy of being your daughter, my father-in-law."

Mian Ning's words made Buyanda Lai's face turn red immediately, "Second elder brother..."

Mian Ning shook her head gently, "Father-in-law, you don't have to be like this. I mean what I said - Shu Shu is so scheming, otherwise Huang Mafa and Khan Ama wouldn't have chosen her to be my Fujin. Can she be my Fujin?"

If I, a member of Fujin, don't have such scheming and calmness, how can I convince the public? I can't even appease the few people in my elder brother's office, right?"

Buyanda Lai then quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but quickly knelt down, "Second Brother... I really don't know about this. But to take a step back, even if this matter is really arranged by Shu Shu, then

She also only thinks about what the second elder brother wants!"

Mian Ning nodded firmly, "Yes, she is thinking about me. Because she is my Fujin, we are husband and wife, both prosperous and destructive, so she did her own thing without my consent.

You want to make plans for me."

Mian Ning's voice was soft and soft, almost blending into the night. But suddenly he raised his eyes and his voice changed.

"But even if she doesn't understand, father-in-law, you still don't understand, how can the scheming of a woman in the palace, and a woman under the age of twenty, compare with the emperor's? Her trick is to deceive the women in the palace.

It's okay with the eunuch, do you really think you can hide this from Khan Amma?!"

There was a loud thunder above Buyanda Lai's head, which made him unable to recover for a long time. "Second, second brother, please explain clearly."

Mian Ning closed her eyes gently, "As an emperor, you naturally have to have the ability to understand the world. The country is far away, and you know it well, let alone this small palace!"
To be continued...