The news that the old emperor promoted Sheng Hong to Minister of the Ministry of Industry soon reached Jiangning Mansion, and Sheng Hong was naturally very surprised and anxious. What was surprising was that the Song Dynasty court still believed in orthodoxy in Sheng Hong's mind.
What is worrying is that the Sheng family is too involved with Prince Ning's Mansion, which is why the Sheng family went to Bianjing as hostages.
"Hong'er, what do you think?" How could Mrs. Sheng not see Sheng Hong's ecstasy, but she looked at Sheng Hong with some worry and asked.
"Mother, do we still have the right to refuse? Prince Ning must not care, right?" Who knows that the old lady's question is a reminder, but Sheng Hong shook his head with a wry smile. He could feel it.
So much so that he is nothing in Suning's heart.
"Hong'er, you have matured a lot." At this time, Mrs. Sheng showed a happy expression, realizing that the bastard in front of her had finally matured.
"Mother, my son is going to Prince Ning's Mansion to report to Prince Ning face to face. Prince Ning will make the decision whether he goes or not."
"Yeah, that's fine."
"Mother, I heard that the officials also ordered to inspect the south of the Yangtze River?" After seeing that his proposal was approved by the old lady, Sheng Hong then asked about the emperor's southern tour.
"Hey! King Ning is no longer what he used to be. He is actually being wooed by the Khitan and Xixia countries. This must be because the officials and ministers in Bianjing are worried." After all, Ning Yuan's army occupies the sacred land in the south of the Yangtze River.
, it is absolutely impossible for the emperor and the grand ministers to give up.
"Yes! Ningyuan's army is too powerful now. It has indeed grown into a force that cannot be ignored. I just don't know if it can resist the methods of the great ministers."
"Hong'er, this time we go to Bianjing, I intend to let Changbai stay in Jiangning Mansion. In this way, even if our Sheng family encounters something unexpected in Bianjing, King Ning will always be kind to Changbai." Mr. Sheng followed.
The wife just stated her proposal. After all, she could not say which one would come first, death or tomorrow.
"Yes! Mother, my son will follow his mother's teachings in everything." Sheng Hong naturally understood that this was arranging the way out for the Sheng family, and naturally he very much agreed with Mrs. Sheng's suggestion.
"Go! It's better to meet Prince Ning as soon as possible."
"Yes! My son resigned."
Looking at the back of the cheap son Sheng Hong leaving in front of her, Mrs. Sheng's heart was full of melancholy and helplessness. She did not expect that the Sheng family, a small family, would become the center of the storm. She originally just wanted to stay in peace and quiet in Shouxing.
Antang's mentality of spending his old age in peace has also faded, and he also intends to personally help the Sheng family to survive this difficulty safely.
At this time, Suning was naturally dissatisfied with the old emperor's behavior. There was no one in the world who could make Suning compromise, and now that his own power had been formed, since Sheng Hong himself wanted to go to Bianjing to serve, Suning naturally
There was no longer any reason or necessity to object, and he agreed to move Sheng Hong's family to Bianjing.
"Changbai, you are almost eighteen years old this year. From now on, you can take over the responsibility of supervising the construction of the military camp left by your father." Suning handed over the work left by Sheng Hong to Sheng Changbai.
"Yes! Your Majesty."
"Changbai, these military camps are very important to our Ningyuan Army. We must ensure the construction quality of the military camps." At this time, Suning couldn't help but look at Sheng Changbai and gave instructions.
"yes!"
Of course, Suning knew clearly that the old emperor and the princes wanted to control him, so they transferred Shenghong to Bianjing to be the minister of the Ministry of Industry. He also knew that Bianjing was not as simple as it seemed, so he sent Prince Ning to the palace.
The female steward Su San selected a group of personally trained servants and gave them to the Sheng family. Of course, they could not be so arrogant and willing to give away their own AI robots. Anyway, these trained servants were absolutely loyal to Prince Ning's Mansion.
Sheng Hong's family packed their luggage quickly and boarded the ship. Sheng Hong was very excited to be recognized by the officials and princes. As for whether Suning was asked to restrict his son-in-law Prince Ning, he didn't care.
As long as they can make their Sheng family carp jump over the dragon gate, it will be something that can make him prosperous and proud of his ancestors. Naturally, he has no intention of continuing to hesitate in Jiangning Mansion.
"Mother, how should we arrange the servants given by King Ning?" Looking at the servants sent by Suning, Sheng Hong felt a little confused.
"Leave a few in each courtyard! Don't say anything, and don't ask any questions." Old Mrs. Sheng naturally knew that these people had a surveillance role, so she made the arrangements casually without taking it seriously.
"Yes! Mother."
"In addition, our Sheng family is different from the past, and we still need to establish certain rules." Then Mrs. Sheng looked at the cheap son in front of her again and said.
"Mother, please speak." Sheng Hong looked at his mother in surprise and said.
"From now on, all the children of the Sheng family will be sent to my Shou'an Hall, and they cannot be raised by their biological aunt and mother."
"Ah? Will this make mother too tired?" Thinking of his shrewish wife and clinging concubine, Sheng Hong immediately wanted to refuse directly.
"Hmph! The best arrangement is for the children to be placed in the eldest lady's room. Are you and your Aunt Lin willing?" At this time, Mrs. Sheng looked at Sheng Hong angrily and asked.
"Ah? This..."
"Hong'er, I can't control your doting on concubines and killing your wives. Your eldest wife Wang Ruofu is indeed stupid, but I will never allow the children of the Sheng family to grow crooked or disabled. This is a lonely old woman like me.
The final bottom line.”
"Yes! Everything depends on mother."
"Hmph! Go and warn your Lin Zongshuang. If you don't want to work in the workshop anymore, just be more honest with me."
"Ah? Yes! Mother."
…
Princess Huirou was undoubtedly the happiest and most surprised that the officials and the queen wanted to personally inspect Jiangning Mansion. She quickly came forward to prepare the reception. Suning also instructed the Ningyuan Navy to send twenty iron ships to escort her. I believe
The old emperor should be satisfied with his gesture.
"Princess, you only need to leave these matters to the people below to prepare. You should stay in the palace with peace of mind to raise your baby." Seeing that she had a big belly and was still busy, Suning shook her head helplessly.
He shook his head and persuaded.
"How can that be done? The majesty and etiquette of the royal family cannot be ignored. How can these officials in Jiangnan know?" Princess Huirou retorted disapprovingly. She did not believe that the officials of the Jiangning Mansion knew these things.
"That's it! I'll let Mr. Zhang Fangping and Zhang Ge take charge of this matter personally, and the Ministry of Rites of Bianjing will also send officials, so you can rest assured and stay in the palace." Although Suning is very indulgent towards his woman, he will not do it.
Let them break through the bottom line.
"this……"
"Okay! This matter has been decided." Suning made the final decision. After all, Princess Huirou still needs to raise a baby.
"..."
At an inn in Jiangning Mansion, Zhao Yingce, the legitimate son of Zhao Zongquan, came to Jiangning Mansion in person. Originally, everything had been arranged, and he was just waiting for the right time to arrange for Zhao Ling'er to approach Suning. Unexpectedly, it suddenly appeared that the official family was about to tour the south. Once, Jiangning Mansion became turbulent, and Zhao Yingce had to temporarily give up the assassination plan.
"Uncle, it seems that the assassination plan will be postponed again." Zhao Yingce looked at him with regret.
"Yingce, since Zhao Ling'er has been arranged on the Qinhuai River, why not continue to approach Prince Ning as planned. We still have to wait patiently for the assassination." Shen Congxing persuaded his nephew disapprovingly, feeling his eyes This eldest nephew is still too impatient.
"It's easier said than done! Prince Ning has been hiding in Prince Ning's Mansion without leaving home. He has never come to a place like the Qinhuai River with fences and tiles. Now I have some doubts about whether he is really lustful."
"Yingce, you just don't know something. The south of the Yangtze River is a land of plenty and plenty of beauties. The stunning beauties have already been raided and brought to Prince Ning's Mansion. Besides, Ning Yuan's army's southern expedition some time ago also seriously injured Prince Ning..."
"Hey! Then we have to think of a solution carefully. We can't always be unable to get close to Prince Ning!"
Zhao Yingce, his uncle Shen Congxing and others had been staying in Jiangning Mansion for a long time. Finally, King Ning went out to check the construction of the military camp. Naturally, everyone in Yuzhou who was suffering from being unable to approach Suning was pleasantly surprised, but just When they wanted to directly assassinate Suning, they saw that they were suddenly overtaken by an inexplicable man and a woman.
"Ah... help..." I saw a woman looking at the man chasing behind her with panic on her face, and she knelt down to stop Suning's Wang Jia.
"Bold! Who dares to rush into Wang Jia?" The guards in front of Wang Jia drew out their sharp blades and looked at the man and woman in front of them warily.
"Prince Ning, help me! Prince Ning! My brother is greedy for money and loves gambling, so he wants to sell me to a brothel. Please ask the prince to show mercy and save the slave family." The woman glanced at the sharp knife in the guard's hand without fear, and then There she cried hoarsely, which was really sad to hear and shed tears.
"Su Yi, what's going on up front?" Hearing the sudden cry of a woman outside, Suning asked Su Yi outside the carriage with some confusion.
"Master, it's Mannia who has appeared." Su Yi looked at Suning with a surprised look on his face and reported back.
"Oh? Mannia?" Suning couldn't help but be surprised at this time. Suning had long suspected that Mannia was deliberately arranged by some people. She didn't expect that now that she was the king of Ning, she still couldn't change Mannia's greed and madness. With a vicious heart, he said, "Well, just kill her brother. In addition, I intend to form a theater troupe to perform tours within the Ningyuan Army. It will be like the army art troupe in later generations. It can also be regarded as giving our soldiers a entertainment program.”
"Master, do you want to throw this Mannia into the troupe?" the AI robot Su Yi looked at Suning in front of him with a surprised look on his face and asked.
"That's right! Since Mannia has such superb acting skills, we can't let her waste this skill. In fact, I also want to capture Lin Zongshuang and Sheng Molan and throw them into the troupe. I'm just a little worried about my father-in-law. His face doesn't look very good." At this time, Suning said with some regret that Lin Zoshuang and Sheng Molan should have been arranged in the theater troupe earlier.
"Master, then I know what to do."
I saw Su Yi quickly turning back and walking up to Mannia and her brother. Then he drew his sword and killed Mannia's brother in full view of the public. However, this frightened Mannia and the surrounding melon-eating people into screaming.
,"ah……"
"What's your name? What do you do?" Su Yi took back the blood-stained sword in his hand, then looked at Mannia expressionlessly and asked.
"Ah... Sir, my... slave's name is Mannian, and I used to be a singer in the Nanqu opera troupe."
"Hmph! How can Prince Ning's carriage be disturbed by lowly actors like you?"
"Ah...Sir..." Mannia was completely confused at this time.
"Come here! Take away this actress named Mannia."
"Yes! Your Majesty, Commander." Soon several soldiers of the Royal Guards came out and directly dragged away the outstanding actress.
"My lord...your lord...you can't harm the slave family like this..." Mannia, who was dragged away by the Jinyi guards at this time, was completely dumbfounded, and soon she started shouting non-stop.
It's a pity that King Ning's Wangjia continued to move forward again, not bothering to pay attention to Mannia who was shouting. In fact, the people watching around were also confused. They had never seen such a straightforward and neat way of handling it.
Everyone looked at what happened with their eyes wide open in shock.
At this time, the people in Yuzhou who were standing on the balcony on the second floor of the inn were also unable to calm down for a long time. They waited until Prince Ning's Wang Jia had gone away, and then everyone in Yuzhou woke up. Then Zhao Yingce turned to look at the masked man beside him.
The beautiful woman said, "Zhao Ling'er, you have now seen how cruel and unkind this Prince Ning is. He just kills people in the street without any detailed interrogation."
"Mr. Zhao, I am willing to help you, and I hope you can keep your promise and let my family go." At this time, the woman covered with a gauze scarf said in a cold and disapproving voice.
"Don't worry! As long as you do what we ask, no matter whether you succeed in the end, we, father and son, will definitely release your family."
In fact, when the Yuzhou gang first appeared in Jiangning Mansion, they were already closely monitored by the Jinyi Guards of the Ningyuan Army. Their every move was reported to Suning by the Jinyiwei. Soon Suning opened the car in confusion.
Lian asked, "Su Yi, on the street we passed just now, there were people from Yuzhou waiting to be assassinated, right?"
"Yes! But they didn't act according to plan. They must have been disrupted by the sudden appearance of Mannia and her brother." Then Su Yi looked at Suning and reported back, guessing.
"Well, it's really boring! The future Song Shenzong is so cowardly. I gave them such a great opportunity but it didn't work. I originally wanted to see Zhao Ling'er's appearance as soon as possible. Do you think Zhao Ling'er is the same as her grandmother Zhao Pan'er?
Very imaginative?”
"Master, why don't we just capture them all tonight? There is really no need to work with them here." Knowing that Ning Yuanjun had no need to play hide-and-seek with them in Yuzhou, Su Yi couldn't help but look at Suning and said directly.
suggestions.
"That's fine! Now that I have traveled to this world, I will no longer allow Zhao Zongquan and Zhao Yingce, father and son, to succeed to the throne smoothly. Suddenly, I want to directly turn the future Song Shenzong into an eunuch. This may be very interesting.
.”
"Master, which prince and grandson of the Zhao family you most like will take the throne?" Then the AI robot Su Yi looked at Suning doubtfully and asked.
"Of course he is the one with the highest bid! You must know that the wealth accumulated by the Zhao and Song Dynasties over the past century is still amazing. I must take this opportunity to clean them up."
"Master, if that's the case, why don't you let Jinyiwei get in touch with King Yong and King Yan? You must know that the last time we attacked King Yong's official ship, we still made King Yong's line very angry."
"No! No matter who wants to sit on the throne of the emperor, they cannot do without the support of our Jiangnan Ningyuan Army. They will take the initiative to ask for it."
"Yes! Master, I will go down and arrange an arrest operation."