Li Zi handed a white jade token to the guard outside the palace gate, "Please present this to Prince Ning."
Not long after, a military general came to the door and said respectfully: "Master, please come in quickly! Prince Ning invites you!"
In Prince Ning's Mansion, the man in a bright yellow robe is the famous Prince Ning.
"Who is your Excellency?"
Li Zi cupped his hands and called, "Prince Ning." After a slight pause, Prince Ning waved his hand, and everyone retreated and closed the door.
"Now, your Excellency, you can tell me, how can I, the Crown Prince of Jin and Qin, have the order of heaven?"
Li Zi, who was dressed in ordinary clothes, cupped his hands again, but his eyes were as bright as starlight and said: "Your Majesty, you are polite."
Prince Ning hesitated for a moment, and then said in surprise: "It's His Highness the Crown Prince?!"
King Ning bowed his head and saluted, saying: "The prince is coming to Ningzhou, and I am not expecting you to meet him from afar."
The former shopkeeper was Chu Nanxi, the crown prince of Jin Qin Kingdom, and Xiao Lizi was the name of an eunuch in his palace.
"Uncle, there is no need to be polite. Sit down and talk. It is not easy for my uncle to recognize the prince in his appearance today."
Ning Wang Xiao Renzhi is the cousin of the current sage Chu Tianchi and the prince's uncle.
"The king is indeed curious as to why the prince came to Ningzhou. The palace heard that the prince is unwell and is not welcomed by outsiders."
"That's a foreign talk. The prince actually left the palace to see his uncle."
"The prince came to see me specially?"
Prince Ning was confused. Last month, it was reported that the emperor's brother was suddenly critically ill, so he rushed to the palace to visit him. At that time, the prince had met him. Since he knew that he was in the palace, why did he claim to be ill even though he was so far away?
Come to Ningzhou City to wait for his return?
"Unknown to the emperor, King Xian had long wanted to rebel. His father suddenly became critically ill. King Xian colluded with Huo Wei and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to seize the imperial power. My father accidentally found out, so he sent me to pretend to be ill and bring him with me.
Tian Xing ordered to go to the border of Ducheng to join General Chen in dispatching troops and horses. Ducheng was too far away, and I was afraid that it would be too late to get there, so I changed my mind and came to Ningzhou City to wait for the emperor to dispatch troops and horses.
Write a letter to General Chen and order him to prevent the Huo Wei people from entering our borders."
Chu Nanxi paused for a moment, then expressed the question in his heart, "My father is as smart as he is, so why did he leave his uncle in the palace and ask me to go to Ducheng to mobilize troops? I really don't understand why?"