This time the old emperor visited Jiangning Mansion in the south. It can be said that he visited a lot of places. He even visited the former Dali Royal City in person. Moreover, Suning and Ningyuan Army did not hide anything from the old emperor and the others. Likewise, the old emperor and
The senior generals and officials of the Ningyuan Army also met. Unfortunately, they still did not truly see the military power of the Ningyuan Army during the military parade, because the British took the lead in refusing to join forces with the Ningyuan Army to march into Khitan from two directions at the same time.
That means he has officially angered Suning, the actual controller of the Ningyuan Army.
"Your Majesty, why don't you hold a military parade? My father really wants to see it." Princess Huirou naturally heard about this matter immediately, and then looked at Suning in confusion and asked, mainly because she didn't want to
The officials and the eldest lady left with disappointment.
"Afraid of scaring them." Suning gave an excuse casually. Since the other party was so wary of him, there was no need for him to be hot-faced and cold-blooded.
"Well?"
"Huirou, your father and mother are already very old. If you scare them out of harm's way, I won't be able to escape even if I jump into the Yellow River. Moreover, the Ningyuan Army is now nervously preparing for the Northern Expedition against the barbarians.
I really don’t have time to do these meaningless things.” Looking at Princess Huirou who had a questioning expression in front of her, Suning smiled and explained in detail again.
"Hmph! Excuse." At this time, Princess Huirou reprimanded without believing a single word. The couple had known Suning's bad behavior after getting along for a long time.
"Huirou, this is really not my excuse. None of the ministers in the imperial court have any sense of confidentiality, and they are particularly obsessed with making a name for themselves through publishing books. The barbarians from Khitan and Xixia can find out just by asking casually.
Important information, even now I suspect that all the princes in the imperial court have leaked the information."
"How is it possible! How can those barbarians know how to read? How could the Song Dynasty court be so miserable?" At this time, Princess Huirou immediately retorted in disbelief. She felt that Suning had imagined that the Song Dynasty court was too miserable.
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"Every year in the Song Dynasty, there were so many successful scholars. Many of these dissatisfied scholars would choose to serve as officials in Khitan and Xixia. The most famous among them was Zhang Yuan, the poor man who defected to Xixia.
The Song Dynasty court was far more prepared for Prince Ning’s Mansion and Ningyuan Army than Khitan and Xixia, and they now wish that our Ningyuan Army could fight to the death with Khitan.”
"Hmph! Prince Ning, you are judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart. I believe that my father and the grand ministers will not do this." Although she knew that what Suning said was very reasonable, Princess Huirou was still unwilling to do so.
Admit it.
"Huirou, military and government affairs are very complicated. You need to be patient and study hard. I guess the Khitan must have got the news about our dispatch of troops, so our Ningyuan Army has to try to conceal its strength as much as possible."
Suning has been cultivating Princess Huirou to be exposed to daily government affairs, because her growth is related to her next huge plan.
"By the way! Your Majesty, Mrs. Hua's uncle has already come to Jiangning Mansion. You must arrange an official position for him, right?" Princess Huirou knew that it would be difficult to argue with Suning, so she simply changed the subject and talked about another matter.
matter.
"Hey! Most of the Wang family have evil intentions, and I really don't want to use them." At this time, Suning was also quite helpless. He refused many times but still couldn't get rid of these "worms".
"Your Majesty, Mrs. Hua's grandfather Wang Dan was a famous official in the Song Dynasty. Although he has gone to the west now, he is still very influential in the Song Dynasty court. Your Majesty, just treat it as a thousand pieces of gold to buy horse bones." Suning heard that
Although she expressed disdain and disgust towards the Wang family, Princess Huirou persuaded her with a bit of laughter and tears.
"Well, that's fine! At present, Dali still lacks a prefect, so let him go to Dali to be the prefect." Suning thought for a while and found out that this was indeed the case, and then sent Sheng Hualan's uncle to serve in Dali.
"Ah? Isn't it too remote?" Sure enough, Princess Huirou noticed that Suning was sending the Wang family away casually, but she was still not prepared to reuse this "family member".
"Hmph! In fact, if I hadn't looked at Sheng Hualan's face, I would have sent him directly to Jiaozhi and Champa. Besides, Dali has been run by the Duan family for many years. In fact, its real prosperity is comparable to that of the big cities in the Central Plains.
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"Okay! In addition, Mrs. Hua's grandmother sent some maids. Mrs. Hua asked me if I want to accept them?" Seeing that Suning had made a final decision, Princess Huirou could only helplessly smile and shake her head.
"No! Prince Ning's Mansion never hires servants with unknown backgrounds. Except for the servants in your courtyard who are all brought from the palace, the others are all trained by the Third Manager of the Prince's Mansion." Then Suning refused again.
Your own palace will never allow uncertain factors to exist.
"Your Majesty, Manager Su is just a servant. Do you trust her so much?" At this time, Princess Huirou became jealous of the expressionless female manager. She felt that the young Prince Ning in front of her was jealous of this female manager.
Too trusting too.
"Of course! If you have any questions in the future, you can just go to Manager Su directly. In addition, Manager Su stipulates that the internal government is not allowed to use musk and safflower as medicine, which is what I ordered her to do in advance."
"Ah? Okay! I understand."
In fact, Sheng Hualan really wanted to keep the maid sent to her by the Wang family's grandmother. After all, she also wanted to keep a few caring maids by her side. You must know that she was snatched directly by Suning, and there was no caring person around Sheng Hualan at that time.
The maid, and the rules in Prince Ning's Mansion were loose on the outside and tight on the inside, so no one was allowed to bring in servants and maids, so the helpless Sheng Hualan had no choice but to beg in front of Princess Huirou.
At first, Sheng Hualan approached Su San, the female manager of Prince Ning's Mansion, in person to beg her, but she was directly rejected by the expressionless Su San. Then, in desperation, she found Princess Huirou, even though Princess Huirou came forward in person.
Let Suning spit out this, just because this rule was originally formulated by Suning in advance.
"Mrs. Hua, I'm sorry! I've tried my best." Princess Huirou looked at Sheng Hualan in front of her with some embarrassment and said sorry. She didn't expect Suning's refusal to be so straightforward. She realized that Suning had always been prepared for the outside world.
It has not weakened.
"Princess, Hualan is very grateful for your help. I will ask these maids to leave the palace later." At this time, Sheng Hualan explained with a forced smile.
"Mrs. Hua, every move of Prince Ning is attracting attention now. Naturally, he has to use the servants he has trained, so I hope you don't have any resentment. Moreover, your grandmother and father have never given you anything.
Maid." Worried that Sheng Hualan would blame Suning unreasonably, Princess Huirou quickly persuaded her with a smile.
"I know! After all, this can also prevent spies sent in by others." Sheng Hualan didn't know the various pressures faced by Prince Ning's mansion, which was full of flowers. Naturally, he quickly figured out all Suning's actions.
"Well, Mrs. Hua, it would be best if you could understand. It is also best to tell your uncle, Mr. Wang, that our Jiangnan is different from Jiangbei. The prince only uses people who are capable and capable of doing things. As long as your uncle comes up with his own
If you are really capable, the prince will definitely promote your uncle quickly."
"Yes! Princess."
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The old emperor and Empress Cao really enjoyed staying in Jiangning Mansion, because the conditions here were much better than those in Bianjing, and there were not so many palace rules to restrict them, and there were no people watching their every move every day.
I'm a fool to say this, but they still have to return to Bianjing as soon as possible because they have stayed south of the Yangtze River for too long.
"Prince Ning, I have decided to give you the Chengyuan in Bianjing and keep it as Prince Ning's mansion for you and Huirou in Bianjing. I will arrange for the Ministry of Works to follow up and renovate it." Before leaving, the old emperor said
Queen Cao summoned Suning and Princess Huirou again, and personally gave them a large mansion in Bianjing.
"Thank you to the officials and the eldest lady for your love." Suning and Princess Huirou quickly stood up and thanked the old emperor for his gift.
"Well, you and Huirou should go back to Bianjing often in the future, so that His Majesty and I will not miss you." Then Queen Cao on the side also looked at Suning and Princess Huirou with a smile and said.
"Yes! Auntie."
Soon the old emperor and the empress boarded the dragon boat under the protection of the guards, and then all the ministers and ministers of the court said goodbye to Suning. Finally, of course, the nobles of Bianjing and their families,
Suning suddenly noticed the solitary and unpretentious Princess Pingning, "Princess Pingning, please stay."
"Your Majesty, Princess, Ping Ning is polite." Princess Ping Ning hurriedly suppressed her shock and bowed, knowing that she didn't want to get too close to Suning.
"The princess, the officials and the eldest lady have given Chengyuan in Bianjing as Prince Ning's mansion. I heard that the old mansion of the Gu family was in the hands of the old Marquis of Xiangyang. I am willing to pay a high price to buy it from the old Marquis.
Come down, please Princess Pingning, please help me and the old marquis to have a word with each other." At this time, Suning said his request with a smile. After Chengyuan is connected with the Gu family's old residence, it will become an authentic royal palace.
"Yes! Your Majesty, Pingning will definitely bring the message." Princess Pingning agreed with some surprise, feeling that the old emperor and queen were too partial to Suning.
"Thank you."
Princess Suning and Princess Ning talked in public about the purchase of the Gu family's old house. Everyone present listened with open ears. Everyone couldn't help but look surprised. It is well known that the relationship between Suning and the Gu family is tense.
However, at this time, the old emperor and the eldest empress had expressions of relief on their faces. After seeing the true situation of Ning Yuan's army, they wished they could immediately take Suning back to Bianjing and put him under house arrest.
"Madam, it seems that Prince Ning and Huirou are very satisfied with the Chengyuan I gave them." The old emperor on the dragon boat looked at Queen Cao next to him happily and said.
"Yes! If Prince Ning buys the Gu family's old house and opens up the two gardens, it will be even bigger than Prince Yong's Mansion and Prince Yan's Mansion." Empress Cao also understood Suning's intention.
This shows that Suning slowly let go of his guard against the court.
"Well, it seems that when we return to Bianjing, we will arrange for the Ministry of Industry to follow up. After all, we cannot leave Prince Ning and Huirou without a place to live in Bianjing."
"The official sage."
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After the old emperor, this big trouble, left Jiangning Mansion, Suning, who was relieved, immediately began to deal with another matter, that is, those stupid assassins from Yuzhou. In fact, before the emperor came to Jiangning Mansion during his southern tour,
Even though Jinyiwei had caught them, they just locked them all up and didn't interrogate or pay attention to any of them. After such a long time, they were almost going crazy from torture.
"Zhao Yingce, I didn't expect that we would meet here." Suning sat on a chair in the palace prison and looked at the decadent assassin in front of him through the dim light.
"Hmph! Rebel! Sooner or later, you and your Ningyuan army will become prisoners." The angry assassin could only keep cursing the enemy in front of him. If angry eyes could kill, the enemy would have been killed long ago.
Already executed by Ling Chi.
"Zhao Yingce, it's a pity that you are a prisoner now. As for whether I will become a prisoner, you may never see it again in this life." From the moment Suning chose to rebel against the Song Dynasty, he had already decided not to let Zhao Zongquan and his son go.
Ascended to the throne.
"Gu Tingye, what are you going to do to me? I am the imperial grandson of the Song Dynasty." Facing Suning's cold and bloodthirsty eyes, the fearless Zhao Yingce couldn't help but panic.
"Hey! Your ancestors of the Zhao family bullied other people's orphans and widowed mothers, and then they insulted the ruler of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Naturally, you descendants will have to pay for their sins." Suning really looks down on weak people.
All the ambitions of the Zhao and Song court were spent on bullying the weak, and the subsequent disgrace of Jingkang was also Zhao Song's punishment.
"What? Gu Tingye, you are now the king of the Song Dynasty. If you insult the descendants of the Song Dynasty royal family in this way, aren't you afraid that your majesty will convict you?" Zhao Yingce trembled with fear and asked Suning in front of him with a stern look.
"Okay! Just stop yelling. I'm going to make a special iron cage, take off your clothes, lock you in, and put it directly at the market entrance of Jiangning Prefecture, so that the people who come and go can see it.
Look at the style of the royal descendants." Suning suddenly approached Zhao Yingce with a smirk on his face and told him his plan.
"Ah... Gu Tingye, I beg you, just kill me with one knife!" At this time, Zhao Yingce was really scared and just wanted to let Suning understand him as soon as possible.
"Hmph! Killing you will be an advantage for you. I just want to torture you every day."
"Ah... please, just kill me..."
"Take him down! Wait until the special iron cage is ready, and then take him out to parade." Then Suning irritably ordered the Jin Yiwei to drag Zhao Yingce down.
"Yes! Master."
After the Jin Yiwei pulled Zhao Yingce and Shen Congxing down who were shouting, Suning looked at the disheveled Zhao Ling'er beside him with curiosity, "Zhao Ling'er, raise your head."
"Your Majesty, this servant was also forced by Zhao Zongquan and Zhao Yingce and his son. Now they have captured my family and threatened me."
"Oh? It really is exactly the same." Looking at the face in front of him that was exactly the same as Zhao Paner's, Suning couldn't help but smile evilly.
"Ah..." Zhao Ling'er suddenly couldn't help but feel her heart tremble when she met Suning's fiery eyes.
"Zhao Ling'er, I can help you save your father and grandmother, but what can you do for me?" At this time, Suning smiled evilly, then looked at Zhao Ling'er meaningfully and asked.
"Your Majesty, as long as you can successfully save my family, Zhao Ling'er will swear to the death to repay Your great kindness to Your Majesty." Zhao Ling'er immediately kowtowed in surprise and thanked you. The moment he lowered his head, he showed a hint of success.
"Haha! Zhao Ling'er, from now on you will be my personal maid."
"Yes! Your Majesty."
Zhao Ling'er, who bowed his head in worship at this time, was very proud, because their plan was not to directly assassinate Suning, because Yuzhou had already analyzed the Ning Yuan Army in detail, and guessed that the Ning Yuan Army must have a very powerful intelligence department.
They also expected that their appearance would definitely not be able to hide the spy of the intelligence department, so their real plan in Yuzhou still focused on Zhao Ling'er.
Zhao Zongquan's plan was actually very detailed and complicated. It would have created an assassination operation that was destined to fail at first, and then let Zhao Ling'er fall into the hands of Ning Yuan's army smoothly. As long as Zhao Ling'er could smoothly approach the arrogant Suning,
You can definitely spot the right moment and give Suning a one-hit kill.
It's just that Zhao Zongquan and Zhao Yingce didn't expect that their group of people in Yuzhou had been under the surveillance of Jin Yiwei for a long time. Naturally, they didn't expect that they would be caught by Jin Yiwei so quickly, but their plan still succeeded.
More than half of the time, Zhao Ling'er successfully approached the target person.
Yuzhou, Zhaofu.
"Master Tuanlian, there is news from Jiangning Mansion." A Zhao family guard hurriedly came to Zhao Zongquan to report.
"Oh? Is the plan going well?" Zhao Zongquan immediately looked at his men impatiently and asked.
"Sir, Zhao Ling'er has become Prince Ning's personal maid, but..." The guard first told the good news, and then looked up at Zhao Zongquan hesitantly.
"Great! It seems that our trick is indeed effective." Zhao Zongquan immediately patted his thigh in surprise, and then suddenly realized the weirdness of this guard, and then looked at the men in front of him with a surprised look on his face and asked
, "Did something unexpected happen?"
"Exactly! The young master and General Shen were both arrested by the royal guards of Prince Ning's Mansion." At this time, the guard lowered his head and reported.
"What? How could there be such a big mistake?" Zhao Zongquan immediately sat up straight in panic, realizing that they were in big trouble in Yuzhou.
"Master Tuanlian, Young Master and General Shen were already under surveillance by the Jinyi Guards as soon as they appeared in Jiangning Mansion." Then the guard explained in a concise and concise manner, feeling that Zhao Yingce and Shen Congxing were too careless.
"Hmph! It seems that Prince Ning still has a rebellious heart, otherwise he wouldn't be able to monitor the world like this."
"Sir, how should we respond next?" The guard then looked at Zhao Zongquan with confusion on his face and asked.
"Hey! It seems that I have to go to Jiangning Mansion in person."
"Ah? Sir, isn't this too dangerous? You must know that Prince Ning and Ning Yuan's army are very cruel."
"It's okay! Next, it depends on how Prince Ning makes his request."
Zhao Zongquan's plan from the beginning was to let Zhao Ling'er carry out an assassination full of mistakes, and then be captured by Ning Yuan's army, and then he could smoothly enter Suning's sight. As long as the lustful Suning saw Zhao Ling'er's beauty, I believe Suning would definitely take this appearance seriously.
The beautiful Zhao Ling'er was included in his "harem", so that all the skills that Zhao Ling'er learned after all the hard work could be put to use. However, they did not expect that Zhao Yingce and Shen Congxing would be so careless, and then Zhao Zongquan had to personally come forward and talk to Suning.