Jia Lian sent Princess Zhaoyang and her brother out of the house, then turned around and ordered: "Who followed the fourth prince just now? Go and wait for me outside the study."
After speaking, Jia Lian came to the side hall.
Ah Qin had just told him that Yingchun was coming to see him.
After sending Yingchun away, Jia Lianfang came to the study, looked at Zhao Sheng and others below and said, "Tell me in detail what happened before the fourth prince left."
The fourth prince has a special status. Even if Jia Lian does not give orders, his subordinates cannot let him move around freely. He must be protected and received by someone.
The fourth prince looked strange before he left, so Jia Lian naturally wanted to investigate him.
Zhao Sheng and others recounted what happened after the fourth prince left the foyer, but there was some hesitation in the end.
Jia Lian immediately realized the source of the problem and dismissed the extra people with a wave of his hand, leaving only Zhao Sheng.
Zhao Sheng also guessed what Jia Lian really wanted to ask. Seeing that no one was around, he took two steps forward and whispered: "Prince Xiao came back from the martial arts field and happened to meet the second girl's carriage.
When the second girl got off the carriage, Prince Xiao seemed to take a few more glances..."
Jia Lian frowned, "Is this true?"
"I don't dare to make up such a thing. Many people in the front yard saw it."
Jia Lian's face turned completely dark.
In the end, Jia Lian didn't say anything, waved his hand and dismissed Zhao Sheng.
Sitting alone behind the case, I picked up a book, flipped through a few pages aimlessly, then angrily slapped the book on the table and cursed secretly.
I thought something was wrong with him, but it turns out he fell in love with his own girl!
As for the fourth prince, Jia Lian felt that he was a little too clever and a little short-sighted, but everything else was fine.
Speaking of which, among the royal family's children, they are the ones with the best conduct.
But even so, Jia Lian still felt very unhappy when he learned that he might have unreasonable thoughts about welcoming the Spring Festival.
This dissatisfaction comes from the reluctance to finally be remembered for his good cabbage. What's more, he has not forgotten the ugly face of the fourth prince when he and Princess Zhaoyang were getting along!
snort!
If he is just temporarily intimidated by his girl's appearance, that's all.
If he has any other thoughts that he shouldn't have, you must let him know what it means to be unsatisfactory in life!
Just when Jia Lian was secretly angry, a beautiful figure walked in.
Seeing Jia Lian's expression, she was a little surprised, but she still walked over gently and asked, "What's wrong with the Marquis?"
Jia Lian shook his head, looking at the beautiful body beside him, he casually held her in his arms and played with her.
After he kicked her slightly, he let go of her, held her waist with one hand and sat on his lap, opened an empty form with the other hand, picked up a pen and started writing a memorial to the emperor.
His behavior naturally made the beauty in his arms slightly dissatisfied.
However, seeing that he was really starting to do business, and such a majestic man was serious about his words, and the content was written directly to the emperor, his charming temperament, and his aura of power made her, a lady with an official background, extremely addicted.
So he quietly went down quietly, squatting lightly under the table to untie Jia Lian's sweat towel and clothes.
Her only job in the Jia Mansion was to help Jia Lian take care of the study, which, to put it more elegantly, was the fragrant red sleeves.
As time went by, she naturally knew what she should do to make Jia Lian happy when he was doing things.
But today Jia Lian was uncharacteristically different. Seeing her like this, although he subconsciously reached out a hand to touch her head, he did not encourage her. Instead, he asked: "The princess gave you a badge that allows you to enter and leave the princess house freely."
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"Yes." Hu Yuanyao smacked his eyes, looking puzzled.
Jia Lian smiled and said: "In that case, you can go back to the princess mansion in the afternoon, and I will go with you."
Hu Yuanyao was the intermediary between Jia Lian and Princess Zhaoyang, and they had often communicated with each other in the past. Jia Lian had already talked about this, but she still didn't understand.
She was still confused at first. She didn't need to report when she entered the princess's palace. All the guards in the princess's palace knew her, so who would stop her? Why did the princess make a special trip to give her a waist badge?
It turned out that it was convenient for the carriage to take Jia Lian in...
All doubts were cleared. She didn't dare to compete with the princess for food, so she got up obediently, walked behind Jia Lian and massaged his shoulders.
Jia Lian then calmed down and continued writing the memorial.
With him being there for Yingchun's life-long event, she is destined not to suffer any losses.
The major matter at present is to be discussed with Princess Zhaoyang, and there may be some disturbance from Emperor Ningkang's side.
Although he guessed that Emperor Ningkang would most likely hold an event in Tiewan Mountain.
But it is a guess after all.
Speaking of which, if Emperor Ning Kang really wanted to force the emperor to conceive, then he, who is known to be Emperor Ning Kang's confidant and who holds a certain amount of military power, has actually not received any order, even a hint!
Even before Emperor Ning Kang set out for the imperial mausoleum, he said that he would review the results of his special training of the Musketeers upon his return, but nothing was said about it.
Under such circumstances, Jia Lian couldn't help but start to wonder, maybe what he did wasn't good enough, and the boss had him in his heart...
Therefore, he decided to give Emperor Ningkang a memorial. In addition to reporting on the results of the Musket Army training, there were two more points.
The first is to ask for instructions on whether to withdraw most of the troops into the city after the Musket Army training is completed.
The second is to request that the 1,500 artillerymen and 300 cannons from the firearms battalion be brought outside the city for training like the musketry army.
You know, the Firearms Camp is located outside Beicheng, not too far from Tienwang Mountain...
Therefore, his action was mainly to test Emperor Ning Kang's reaction.
No matter how Emperor Ning Kang responded to his memorial, he could use it to infer something about Emperor Ning Kang's thoughts.
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Daming Palace.
When Emperor Ning Kang received Jia Lian's memorial, he was a little dull after reviewing the memorial, and immediately stopped Zhu Pi's writing.
After reading it carefully, he fell into thought, and then waved to Dai Quan beside him.
"Look at this memorial."
Dai Quan was slightly surprised. Although he was deeply trusted by Emperor Ning Kang, it was still rare for Emperor Ning Kang to directly let him read the watch.
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After taking it and taking a look, Dai Quan said with a smile: "The Marquis of Zhenyuan is loyal to the king and trains soldiers so diligently. He is worthy of being a minister valued by the emperor."
After flattering him lightly, he looked up and saw Emperor Ning Kang not saying a word, with deep eyes.
Dai Quan felt slightly shuddered, and immediately knew that this was not what the emperor wanted to hear.
For a moment, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he thought that it would be revealed that he had enriched his own pockets, and that Emperor Ning Kang was trying to beat him.
After all, I had followed the emperor for decades and understood Emperor Ning Kang's thoughts well. I rationally thought that even if the emperor wanted to beat him, he would not use Jia Lian's memorial as an excuse.
By the way, Jia Lian, lead the troops!
As happy as his heart was, Dai Quan, who was in a panic, grasped the key point and his expression became solemn.
He quietly took a step forward, lowered his voice and said: "Master, this move of Marquis Zhenyuan can be regarded as helping us... Although Marquis Zhenyuan only has a few thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, but according to what Marquis Zhenyuan said, his thousands of soldiers and horses are invincible.
There are tens of thousands of soldiers in the Beijing camp.
Although we don’t know whether it’s true or not, judging from the results of the original school trial, Marquis Zhenyuan’s control over firearms is indeed far superior to other generals.
He trained for another year and expected results.
Regardless of this, the key point is the Firearms Camp's camp outside the city, which is only twenty or thirty miles away. Once... the master may be able to use it!"
After Dai Quan finished speaking, he looked at Emperor Ning Kang's face and saw that his brows were clear. He breathed a sigh of relief and knew that he had chosen the right option.
Then he added: "Although Master Chen and Commander Zhao made them worry about Zhenyuan Hou's origin and position, the servants don't see it that way.
Although the Marquis of Zhenyuan was born in the Rongguo Mansion, and his ancestor Jia Dai was Shanhe...but he himself was actually promoted by his master. Without his master's discerning eye for talents, the Marquis of Zhenyuan would be nothing more than an unpopular figure in the Duke of Guo's Mansion.
He's just a playboy, how did he get such a great reputation today?
Moreover, the servant believes that Lord Zhenyuan is also loyal to his master. Over the years, the eldest prince and the third prince have repeatedly expressed their goodwill to win over him, but he has not been moved at all. These masters also know it, which also shows the loyalty of Lord Zhenyuan.
If we can get help from Zhenyuan Hou Xiang this time, it will definitely be as effective as adding wings to a tiger to our master's great cause!"
It has been over fifty years since Dai Quan rose from a young eunuch to the current general manager of the Daming Palace, holding the title of internal minister.
But in these fifty years, he has lived under the might of the Supreme Emperor all the time!
He was in awe of the Supreme Emperor's dragon power to the core.
However, as an absolute confidant of Emperor Ningkang, who was tied to Emperor Ningkang in life and death, there was absolutely no possibility of him betraying Emperor Ningkang and joining the service of the Supreme Emperor.
Therefore, when he knew that Emperor Ningkang wanted to commit suicide, he was afraid in his heart. He was more afraid of Emperor Ningkang's failure than anyone else.
Because Emperor Ningkang failed, it meant that his high-ranking internal minister suddenly fell to the bottom, and even his life was at risk.
Therefore, he hoped that Emperor Ning Kang would have as many chips as possible and be as prepared as possible.
This is why he spared no effort to recommend Jia Lian in front of Emperor Ningkang.
Emperor Ning Kang obviously understood what he meant, but he still shook his head, "I shouldn't need him this time. He is a sharp sword. I will have great use for it, but not now."
Emperor Ning Kang explained casually and had no intention of saying more. Instead, he changed the topic and asked: "What I want to ask is, what do you think of him sending such a memorial at this time?
Could it be that he guessed something?"
Emperor Ning Kang's dark brows were furrowed.
He was sure that ever since he had the idea of taking the initiative to seize power, he had been acting extremely cautiously, striving not to leave any traces. He knew very well that things were kept secret.
Even the person he trusts the most and needs the most, and who must be used in this operation, will only know when the matter comes.
These people, less than five fingers in number, are all completely bound to his interests and have absolutely no reason to betray him.
But now Jia Lian's memorial made him, who was already nervous, suddenly extremely nervous.
Without him, Jia Lian's memorial was really in line with his wishes!
Although he had no intention of letting Jia Lian participate in this incident, being able to reasonably arrange Jia Lian's five thousand troops outside Tiewang Mountain was equivalent to adding an extra layer of insurance to his plan. Why wouldn't he do it?
But why is Jia Lian so sensible?
If only it was a coincidence.
If not...he knew that Jia Lian was a smart person, could it be that he saw some clues and deliberately catered to him?
Emperor Ning Kang was not very worried about Jia Lian's loyalty. As Dai Quan said, almost everything Jia Lian had was given by him. Based on his observations of Jia Lian, he did not think that Jia Lian had any reason to betray him.
What he was worried about was that if Jia Lian could see it, there was no guarantee that no other interested person would be able to do it.
If any one of these people dares to inform the Supreme Emperor, his plan will completely fail!
This is unacceptable to him.
He couldn't tell for himself, so he tested Dai Quan's opinion. After all, one person is short of the other.
"How is that possible!"
Dai Quan was so surprised that he subconsciously raised his voice.
Then he quickly glanced around the palace and saw that only two little eunuchs with bowed heads and drooping ears were standing in the far corner. Then he turned back and expressed his opinion.
"Master, you are too careful. No matter how wise Marquis Zhenyuan is, he cannot guess it!
Even if a slave stays with his master every day and serves him every day, if the master does not reveal it, the slave will never guess his master's thoughts.
Zhenyuan Hou, he... is absolutely impossible.
It should just be a coincidence.
The Marquis of Zhenyuan has always helped his master to clear up Liuhe's ambitions, so he has always advocated the strategy of strengthening the country and the army. And the Firearms Battalion is an army he spent a lot of effort to build with the support of his master. Naturally, he attaches great importance to it and wants to win over his master.
Make achievements in front of you to repay your master.
So I didn't dare to stop for a moment. After completing the training of the artillery army, I immediately asked for instructions to pull the artillery army out of the city for training.
By the way, the prince also mentioned it yesterday, saying that Marquis Zhenyuan was diligent in training his troops, and was once caught by the prince himself. He led his army back and forth for dozens of miles before dawn for physical training.
Marquis Zhenyuan has such a desire to serve the country, so it is not surprising that he made such a statement at the meeting."
Emperor Ning Kang had doubts for a moment, but in fact he didn't really believe that Jia Lian could guess what he was going to do in Tiewang Mountain.
Over the years, he has been suppressed by the Supreme Emperor not once or twice.
Although the power struggle between him and the Supreme Emperor has escalated since last winter, the ministers in the DPRK and the Central Government are all in danger and feel that a storm is coming.
But it was bold enough to guess that he wanted to force his way into the palace by force, and it was also accurate enough to guess that he chose to attack at Tiewang Mountain so quickly, and even deliberately mobilized troops to cooperate with him...
This can no longer be described as wise, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a monster.
So after hearing Dai Quan's explanation, Emperor Ning Kang suppressed his doubts and wrote a reply to Jia Lian.
He first praised Jia Lian, then approved his two requests for instructions, and handed Jia Lian's memorial and several other memorials to Dai Quan, asking him to return them today.
Dai Quan was about to leave with the memorial in his arms, but was stopped by Emperor Ning Kang.
Emperor Ningkang pondered for a long time and said, "I told Jia Lian before that when I return to Beijing, I will personally go outside the city to review his training results.
But now that the Iron Net Mountain is about to be completed, I really can't spare the time, so why don't you go and take a look for me, and take a closer look to see if he boasts about Haikou.
The time...just choose tomorrow."
Dai Quan bowed his waist to accept the order, waited for a while and saw that Emperor Ning Kang did not add anything, and then withdrew.