When Li Chen and Zhao Rui spent the night together, they were thousands of miles away, in the Gansu-Shaanxi region, where King Ning's fiefdom was located, Dayuan Mansion.
The wheels of the carriage turned creaking, and then at the driver's command, the horses holding the carriage stopped.
The blue-grey curtain opened, and Zhou Ping'an, dressed in a scholar's robe, lowered his head and got out of the carriage.
The driver of the car brought a stool to Zhou Pingan, making it easier for Zhou Pingan to get out of the car.
"Sir, it's windy and sandy outside, and it's freezing cold, so I'd better wear this big cloak."
The driver who was driving the car very thoughtfully took out a black cloak and put it on Zhou Ping'an.
Zhou Ping'an, whose hands and feet were cold due to the strong wind, tightened his cloak and smiled at the driver: "I'm interested."
"As a villain should."
The driver hurriedly said with a silly smile. After speaking, he pointed to a mansion opposite and said, "Sir, is this where you want to come?"
Looking at the plaque on the mansion that said "Zhou Mansion", Zhou Ping'an nodded calmly and said, "Knock on the door."
Hearing this, the coachman walked closer, raised his hand and knocked on the door.
Soon, the closed door opened with a creak.
A young boy with red lips and white teeth emerged from it. The young boy jumped past the coachman and landed on Zhou Pingan behind him. He smiled and said, "But Mr. Zhou from the capital?"
"yes."
Zhou Pingan nodded and admitted.
"My lord has said that if we see a young man in plain clothes late at night, he should be Mr. Zhou from the capital. As long as he has been verified, he can come in directly."
With that said, the boy opened the door, stood by the door and made an invitation gesture to Zhou Ping'an, saying: "Sir, please come in, my lord is already waiting in the wing."
Zhou Ping'an nodded slightly, and after entering the door, he followed the boy through the hall and walked all the way to a wing.
In the side room, Zhou Ping'an pushed the door open and saw a thin, sickly pale man sitting under the candlelight reading a thick letter.
The boy obediently withdrew, leaving only two people in the room.
The pale man raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Pingan.
"Coming?" the pale man said.
"Here we come." Zhou Ping'an replied.
"You haven't eaten yet. I originally prepared a table of food for you, but after thinking about it, you probably prefer the rice noodles from your hometown, so I asked the kitchen to prepare a bowl of fried rice noodles for you. It's still hot. Eat it first.
." The pale man said gently.
Zhou Ping'an nodded, walked to the table, picked up the fried rice noodles and started to fry them.
The pale man smiled and continued to look at the things in his hands.
After a long time, when Zhou Pingan put down his chopsticks, the pale man spoke again: "The prince has great talent."
As he said that, he put down the letter in his hand. The content on it was the entire content of the Prince's New Deal announced by the court a few days ago.
And it is very detailed, no different from Li Chen's dictation.
Zhou Ping'an just glanced at it and said with a smile: "I told you, my choice will not be wrong, second brother."
The pale man chuckled and said: "That's not necessarily true. Your prince has great talents, but if you want to maintain a dynasty, talent alone is not enough. In my opinion, he still lacks a lot, and he lacks
These things are exactly what Prince Ning possesses."
Zhou Ping'an raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "But what the prince owns may not be owned by Prince Ning."
"There is no perfect person in the world. King Ning is brave and brave. No one else can compare to this."
"If you want to be an emperor, it's useless to rely solely on bravery."
