Fortunately, Ao Yu had stayed in Zhenjing City and knew that this place was a dangerous place. Ding Kui would not go out without greeting him, so he did not cause any trouble to Ding Kui. Biqu ΩΔGeWw ．
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However, Ding Kui often went out to attend social events, and General Shi and Lao Qiantou had to research new crossbows and had no time to serve as bodyguards, so Quan Sihai brought a few bodyguards with him every time.
Zhenjing City is actually very safe. Although there are many dandies, there are also many high-ranking officials and dignitaries. People who dare to take action on the street are quite rare. Ding Kui's assassination and murder are isolated cases that most people will never encounter in their lifetime.
The director of the Department of Internal Affairs, Zhou Ying, informed Qiu Qiu, the director of the Department of Internal Security, Shaodianyin, and the consort Martin Kui. The four of them were playing mahjong in the Huiqixuan.
"I didn't expect the adults to be free, why don't we just stay here and play tonight?" Ding Kui casually made a east wind.
"Bang!" Shao Dianyin sat opposite Ding Kui, "It's really not possible to stay overnight. I believe the prince-in-law is also aware of the situation in the palace. It's hard to spare half a day to sit with you."
"Tomorrow morning I will accompany the imperial doctor to examine the queen and princess. I will stay in the palace tonight, so I don't dare to disturb the prince-in-law." Zhou Ying opened his orchid fingers and held up the tea cup.
In this world, chamberlains do not have a mandatory requirement to remove important parts of their bodies, but heads such as the Secretary of the Interior and the Chief Chamberlain need to purge themselves, as do those who serve the women in the palace.
"Two noble ladies in the palace are about to give birth. It is not easy for you to invite the two chief ministers to come. It would not be possible for anyone else." Qiu Qiu regarded Ding Kui as his old leader and called Ding Kui the same name as before.
"Oh, Mr. Qiu, you can stand and talk without pain in your back. Who wants to stay in the palace at this time? Thanks to the respect of the king and the Taiwei, such an important position is assigned to a villain. The villain is in danger of beheading himself.
You have to work hard." Zhou Ying spoke very boldly.
"Hey, I didn't hear anything." Qiu Qiu made a gesture and covered his ears.
"Is it that dangerous in the palace?" Ding Kui asked lightly, suppressing his curious expression.
"Who says it's not the case?" Shao Dianyin lowered his voice, "There are no outsiders here, the eldest princess is in the palace, and the Prince Consort will know about it sooner or later.
In the palace, the palace and the two princesses are currently fighting overtly and covertly. On the surface, they are harmonious, but secretly they are plotting and scheming. If they are not careful, they may commit a fatal disaster.
As someone close to the king, I have to deal with three noble people. If I am not careful, I will offend one of them, and I will not be able to figure out who is behind it."
"Hey, your Majesty, don't you care?" Ding Kui couldn't believe it.
"Whatever, the king has ordered the concubines in the palace not to criticize each other, but the unlucky ones are the people below. Seven of the ten housekeepers under the villain have been replaced during this period. I don't know if even the villain will be unlucky one day." Zhou
Ying dared to risk his life because he believed that the people present had no need to betray him.
"That's on the surface. As far as I know, many disputes outside have been involved in the palace. Several times, the prince almost wanted to use the palace guards, but one party always compromised and the matter did not become a big deal." Qiu Qiu also said.
Reveal some inside stories.
"Not long after it was confirmed that the queen and princess were pregnant with the prince, the palace has become like this. What if we wait until the three princes are adults?" Ding Kui couldn't sit still because there was too much information.
"It's strange to say that the queen was the princess before the king ascended the throne, but she waited until now to become pregnant with the prince. If she had been pregnant a few years earlier, there would have been no fight. The prince born to the queen would definitely be the crown prince." Qiu Qiu is based on the clan line.
The government's customary guess.
Ding Kui looked at Shao Dianyin on the right and asked: "You just said that the three parties are fighting overtly and secretly. I can understand that Princess Tantai and the queen are fighting over this, but is Princess Nangong also fighting? She has no advantage at all."
Tantai Yue's son, Shaodianfeng, was the eldest prince. The son in Tang Qiong's belly was more valuable than the mother, and Nangong Ru's baby was always at the back.
"The problem is that Princess Tantai was neglected by the king some time ago, and the queen's family is the only one. If two strong powers are fighting, Princess Nangong will naturally have no chance, but now there is one strong and two weak, Princess Tantai has to enlist Princess Nangong's help, Nangong
The princess will have a chance."
Shaodianyin is a close confidant of the king. He dares to analyze the three nobles in the harem. The key is that he does not know how to choose a team.
"Could it be a strategy of Princess Tantai? It is deliberately letting Princess Nangong see the hope of joining the battle group. It will be easier for one more person to share the pressure from the queen." Ding Kui held his chin with one hand and touched the cards with the other.
The scene fell silent immediately, and no one dared to answer Ding Kui's words.
The other three will think in their hearts: You can talk about your mother-in-law like this, and Princess Tantai will not be able to do anything to you if word gets out, and others will not take this issue.
"Haha, Prince Consort, I respect every noble person and don't dare to guess what they are thinking. I believe the other two adults are the same. It is the wisest choice not to offend either party." Zhou Ying broke the awkward scene.
"Yes, yes, yes." Shaodianyin and Qiu Qiu nodded repeatedly.
Ding Kui knew that he shouldn't ask this, so he changed the question, "If you don't talk about this, when will the Queen and Princess Nangong have a baby?"
Qiu Qiu and Shao Dianyin looked at Zhou Ying together.
Zhou Ying coughed slightly and said, "The queen should be here at the end of this month or the beginning of next month, and Princess Nangong will be more than ten days late."
"Things tend to come together. First there was the birth of the prince, then my wedding, and then the meeting of nobles. It was just the right time for me to come back." Ding Kui thought about how everything was related to him.
"Bula." Qiu Qiu drew a good card and showed all the cards in front of him, "Sir, I think you would like to be considerate and send some gifts to the queen and Princess Nangong. You are the future little prince's brother-in-law.
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Wow, Ding Kui threw a handful of gold coins to Qiu Qiu.
"I haven't thought about this. Well, let's go back and let someone make arrangements."
After returning home, Liu Yu took the initiative to find him before Ding Kui called him.
"We ignored the peripheral intelligence. It turns out that there was a lot of friction between the Tang family and the indigenous nobles. The Senate dealt with many disputes in the first half of the year. I dare say that most of them were related to the king's harem." Liu Yu looked through it recently.
A multifaceted dossier.
There are countless incidents happening in Shaodian Kingdom every day, and the intelligence power of the Ding family can only obtain a very small part of the information. However, there are Jiang family and Long family in the capital. Through exchange and communication, Liu Yu can obtain pointed intelligence.
Ding Kui raised his eyebrows and immediately told the gossip he heard while playing mahjong in the afternoon.
Liu Yu suggested: "Aristocratic families really shouldn't choose sides in the battle for the reserve, but the Tang family and the indigenous nobles have no choice. They are destined to be marked by a certain party, and you are more or less involved with the Tantai family.
Qiu Qiu's suggestion is very correct, you should give gifts to the queen and Princess Nangong, and you should give heavy gifts, but you should not have too much contact with the Tang family and Nangong family, and there is no need to contact the Tantai family."
"Made, we haven't found out who did the rumor about the eldest princess. I still have to give heavy gifts to the suspect. It's hard to be an honest person without money." Ding Kui thought he was unlucky, "The Tang family is so...
Are you about to start a fight with the indigenous nobles?"
"Yes, the traditional power of the Tang family is in Haishan Prefecture, and the power of the indigenous nobles is in Linhai Prefecture, but the West Sea War Zone has become a place for them to compete."
"There is no one from the Tang family or the indigenous nobles in the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion, so why are they causing trouble in the war zone?"
Ding Kui has never experienced the disputes of a big family. He has personally participated in those small fights between Duke-level families. The scale must be huge.
"I haven't thought about this clearly. Commander Yang is in charge of the overall situation in the West Sea War Zone. The only thing that can be confirmed is that the Yang family is sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers and tigers. It seems that they are happy to see the Tang family and the indigenous nobles fighting." Liu Yu was puzzled by Yang's approach.
Factional fights should not be brought to the table during wartime. This is a taboo in the military.
Yang has enough prestige to overwhelm everyone in the Xihai War Zone. The Tang family and the indigenous nobles cannot initiate friction without his permission. This is what Liu Yu doesn't understand.
"But the chaos seems to be harmless to me, and it won't affect my people no matter what." Ding Kui also had the idea of moving a bench to watch the show.
"No, you are passively participating in the game. You will benefit when others are harmed. In the end, you will become a public enemy. The best situation is for everyone to live in peace."
Liu Yu's opinion gave Ding Kui a toothache.
"Damn, I still have to balance their fight? Aren't you just looking for trouble for yourself?"
"There is no way. Who made you the consort? Your marriage to the eldest princess was decided a few years ago. The king did not expect that the queen and Princess Nangong would be pregnant. It was a complete accident that you were involved in this mess."
"Is this fate? Hey, I shouldn't have come to Zhenjing City in the first place. I should have listened to my grandfather's words and returned to Zhenjing City after being promoted to the Lord Knight." Ding Kui felt that he had been tricked by fate again.
"I have an idea to try to ease the fight between the Tang family and the indigenous nobles." Liu Yu suddenly had an idea.
"Let's talk about it and arrange it immediately if possible." Ding Kui sat upright in his chair.
"Didn't the Duke of Beizhen give you a piece of land?"
"Yes, in Dongshi, that land is rented to an inn."
"You can take back the land and invite the Tang family and the indigenous nobles to run a business together. Fighting will be fighting. Interesting things can attract them to join forces." Liu Yu remembered that Ding Kui had many novel ideas in business.
"What kind of business are you running?" Ding Kui had no idea at the moment.
"Well, I don't know about this. I don't dare to show off in front of you in terms of business. I believe you must have a way." Liu Yu had confidence in Ding Kui.
"What? You have no idea. They are a Duke-level family. What kind of business can attract them to put aside their disputes and come to cooperate?" Ding Kui, who is regarded as the business wizard of Shaodian Kingdom, also scratched his head, "Your idea is good, put aside the dispute.
By working together to make a profit, as a middleman, I can add some profits besides having a little headache."
"Have you thought of a good deal?" Liu Yu looked at Ding Kui with hopeful eyes.
"It's not that simple. It takes time to research this matter. I have a general direction, but there are still many details that need to be worked out." Several plans popped into Ding Kui's mind.