At dinner in the evening, Lan Ting began to talk to Manmiao about what happened in the court. "I went to court today and strongly recommended Sun Yuanzheng to the emperor. Sun Yuanzheng is the husband-in-law of the eldest daughter of the Song family, and he is now a general in the border army."
Manmei took a piece of jujube cake with her chopsticks and said doubtfully, "Can the emperor listen to you?"
"He doesn't listen to anyone being tempted. I saw that Song Quan was very tempted. He didn't say anything, but Song Cheng seconded the idea." Lan Ting eats quickly, but after all, he has received strict etiquette training since he was a child, and his movements are very elegant.
"What did Master Xu say?" Manmiao thought of the sanctimonious old man and was curious about his reaction.
"He didn't react at all, but do you think he would agree?" Lan Ting finished his meal, took the soup handed to him by the maid, took a few sips and put it down, "I have already planted the seeds, I will just see what is needed."
Why are you working so hard?"
"Teacher Xu and Song Quan are not stupid, how can they fall into the trap? They are both old foxes." Manmiao was a little worried and couldn't swallow the half-eaten jujube cake. "Don't let them trick you."
Lan Ting glanced at her and said, "Don't worry, since the Song family has taken refuge with the emperor, they have a motive. Now this opportunity is in front of them, which will allow them to go further. They will not be willing to give it a try. If they don't have any ideas,
If Song Ying insists on becoming a princess instead of being a good princess, do you think she is stupid? Even if she is stupid, Song Quan will not be stupid, right?"
"You are so anxious now. What have you done? If you ask me, I should not have betrothed Song Ying to you in the first place. It has become like this." Manmiao despised in her heart, "Song Quan would do what he did when he saw such a cunning person.
This kind of thing.”
Lan Ting laughed and patiently explained to her, "The Song family didn't have this idea before. Song Quan had an estrangement, and the estrangement gave birth to a son and a daughter. It is said that they are very smart, and their talents are far greater than those of Song Cheng and Song Yingzhi."
Above. The daughter of Song Quan who married Sun Yuanzheng is the eldest daughter of a concubine. Now you know how chaotic the Song family is, right?"
After all, Manmiao had been in the circle of noble ladies. Hearing this, she frowned and said, "Before the first wife gave birth to a legitimate child, a concubine was born? Song Quan raised a concubine, did he still want his concubine's son to inherit the family business?
Can’t do it?”
"When the son grew up to fifteen or six years old, everyone he saw could not praise him enough. Song Quan also placed great expectations on the son." Lan Ting glanced at Man Miao and took a sip of the soup, "That's it.
When he was sixteen years old, a fire broke out in the outer house and it was completely burned down. No one inside escaped."
"Mrs. Song is so courageous." Man Miao smacked her lips. Most women would only go to the outer house to make trouble. Searching the outer house is a common scene for ladies, but I didn't expect Mrs. Song to have the courage to do it. This kind of person is in the circle of ladies.
It probably won't be popular inside either.
"Everyone in the capital knows that Mrs. Song did this, but Song Quan can't divorce his wife and marry another wife for the sake of his concubine. Mrs. Song's natal family is not a vegetarian. Song Cheng is a person who can't be helped. He doesn't want to
If the family is no longer in the hands of Song Cheng, we will have no choice but to try our best to follow the dragon."
Lan Ting touched his smooth chin with one hand and pressed his thigh with the other, "Song Quan is also a person. After he understood the situation, he quickly took action. Song Ying had decided to give it to me before that.
Yes, he can't move. But the other concubine children are all used by him to build relationships."
"He originally had high hopes for you, right? Then it turned out that you couldn't hold up the wall, so you gave up?" Manmiao knew what was going on when she saw Lan Ting's careless look.
"I'm just curious, why are you pretending to be careless? Wouldn't it be better to seize his throne while his foundation is still weak at the beginning?" Manmiao looked at Lan Ting, as if she hated iron.
It looked like, "If we had done it earlier, everything would have been fine. I didn't have to come here specially. I almost died on the road."
Lan Ting picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine, "You think I don't want to? You only know that my prince brother died before my father. Did you know that he only died a few months earlier than my father?"
At that time, the prince was about to die, and he was not afraid that others would dare to make trouble. He would drag anyone who made trouble to die with him. If I hadn't pretended to be a playboy, how could I have survived until now?"
He put the wine glass on the table bitterly and spilled the remaining wine, "If the prince had not died, the Lan Kingdom would have been even more destroyed in his hands. It's a pity that my father didn't live for a few more years, otherwise who would be sitting there?"
On the chair, there are two opinions."
One can imagine the resentment in Lan Ting's heart after missing out on the throne.
"The prince had too many conspiracies and was not honest. He even planned what would happen after his death. After his death, the little emperor began to eliminate the brothers who had competed with the prince for the throne one by one according to the plan.
While I was hiding in the dark, I took the opportunity to absorb the influence of the imperial brothers. At that point, they would rather take advantage of me than take advantage of the emperor. They were all very generous to me and asked me to avenge them."
Thinking of these brothers, Lan Ting was very emotional, and his eye circles turned red, "Those brothers all watched me grow up, and I regard them as my elders in my heart. They were killed one by one by the prince and the little emperor like this."
Kill, I can't swallow this breath.
The prince has been unfriendly to me since I can remember. He probably thought that my father doted on me too much. He tried to attack me several times, but my father and other brothers found out that I could save my life.
.
You said, why can't I take away his son's empire?"
While talking, Lan Ting drank one glass after another.
Manmei believed these words, he probably didn't even say them to Uncle Fu. She didn't expect that he would think so highly of her and say such complaining words to herself.
"I believe you will succeed. You have shouldered the expectations of so many people. Those who have passed away are blessing you in heaven. You will succeed." Manmei didn't know how to comfort him. This kind of thing is inherently difficult and dangerous.
She doesn't know how to talk about it in a serious way. She doesn't have any sincerity in talking about it in a superficial way, and it just sounds fake.
"I don't believe in these. I didn't rely on their blessings all the way." Lan Ting didn't believe in this kind of ghosts and gods. He remembered a book that said that generally heroes would not believe in ghosts and gods when they were young.
As he got older and was greedy for power, he began to pray to gods and Buddhas for immortality. The purpose was still for his own rule, and he was not a devout believer.
"Luck is also a part of strength. Sometimes good luck is more important than strength. If you have this luck, I know you can succeed, and I also look forward to the day when I can share the joy of success with you." Manmei encouraged him unconsciously, and now
What he needs is his own affirmation, but other people's words also have some influence.
"I will." Lan Ting looked at Manmei with a determined light in his eyes, "I will take you to that position together."
