"That's right." I gently stroked Lingxiao's shoulder and said softly: "It's time for you to get married. Girl, be obedient..."
"No," Ling Xiao twisted his body, shook his head like a wave drum, and said with tears in his eyes: "I won't marry!"
"Silly words, how can a girl not get married?" I said with a fond smile.
"I am a Taoist nun..." Lingxiao raised her head and whispered: "A Taoist nun cannot marry..."
"Uh..." I was speechless immediately.
"You are talking nonsense!" Wang Xian said angrily: "You are not at all!"
"How do you know?!" Ling Xiao's eyes were red and she was waiting for Wang Xian angrily.
"I knew it!" Wang Xian snorted angrily: "After all these years, how can I not know?"
"That's what I didn't let them tell you!" Lingxiao rolled her eyes and said quickly: "If you don't believe me, call my brother and the others to ask!" Then she shouted: "You all
come over!"
After he finished speaking, Xianyun and Hengyunzi reluctantly appeared in the courtyard.
"Tell him, am I a Taoist nun?!" Ling Xiao had already stood up from Aunt Wang's arms, staring at her brother and several senior brothers with bright eyes.
"Well..." Hengyun coughed dryly, glanced at Xianyun and said, "Let the young master speak."
Xianyun glared at Hengyun, nodded helplessly, and said to Wang Xian: "She is indeed a Taoist nun. She got seriously ill when she was three years old. My grandfather had no choice but to let her become a monk and she grew up..."
"Uh..." Wang Xian was very embarrassed when he heard this. He felt that he was being sentimental. He couldn't help but glared at Xianyun angrily: "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?!"
"It's my sister who won't let me tell you." Xianyun smiled bitterly and said, "She has always disliked this identity. She was afraid that you would know..." Seeing that Wang Xian's family all looked at Lingxiao sympathetically, Xianyun whispered again:
"But my grandpa said that after her eighteenth birthday, she can..."
"Brother!" Before he could finish his words, Lingxiao cut him off and stopped him from continuing. "Anyway, that's it. I don't want to get married, and I don't want to go back to the mountains!" As he said that, Lingxiao's baby bird threw herself into the forest and jumped into the forest.
In Aunt Wang's arms, she started crying again. "Godmother, I don't want to go back to the mountain. There are no silver bells and no godmother on the mountain. I'm bored to death..."
"Okay!" I stopped chanting the curse now. She hugged Lingxiao and said: "My daughter, you can live in peace. Who dares to chase you away?!" After a pause, she raised her voice.
Said: "I'll break his dog legs!"
"Mom..." Wang Xian wanted to say more, but my mother glared, picked up Wang Xingye's other shoe, and threw it at him, "Get out!"
Wang Xian had no choice but to run away with his head in his hands. When he was escaping, he clearly saw Ling Xiao making a face at him from behind Aunt Wang.
"Ghost girl!" Wang Xian glared at Lingxiao fiercely and ran away.
After escaping from the main courtyard, Wang Xiancai said angrily to Xianyun: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"
"You didn't ask me." Xianyun said innocently: "Besides, Lingxiao can stop being a Taoist nun once she turns eighteen..."
"Uh, there's this problem..." Wang Xian was so angry that he roared with a louder voice: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"
"We are brothers and sisters," Xianyun said with a look of "You are so sentimental": "Of course I will help her..."
"You!" Wang Xian was finally furious and moved away from this guy who still couldn't figure out the situation.
From a distance, Xianyun and others heard Wang Xian's strange cry: "You are so angry with me!".
Not to mention this trivial matter in Wang Xian's family, let's just talk about a big turmoil that is raging in the capital. It's about to break out just before tomorrow's court, and it will be out of control!
On the last night before the Great Dynasty, all the princes, nobles, civil and military officials in the capital entered a state of madness. They no longer had any scruples or cover-ups, and walked around in series all night long, gathered to discuss, and did everything possible to persuade others to join their camp.
, Fortunately, I can defend my position at tomorrow's court meeting!
It was late at night, and the house of Zhang, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, was still brightly lit in Qinghe Lane by the Qinhuai River.
In the room, in addition to Zhang Ben, there were also Wang Ji, the right minister of the Ministry of War, Wang Zhang, the minister of Honglu Temple, and several young officials. The room was full of officials, big and small, but sitting in the front seat was a second-level official.
A young man in his early teens—Zhu Zhanji, grandson of the Ming Dynasty!
These days, Zhu Zhanji had to worry a lot and use all his strength to gather such a group of people. At this moment, his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes and his face was full of exhaustion.
But the leader is very happy! Because this is the 'Taishun Party' that he personally organized and organized!
He just wants to show the prince and Wang Xian that I can get things done without relying on you!
"Your Highness," Wang Ji reminded him in a low voice when he saw Zhu Zhanji wandering around. "Everyone is waiting for your lecture."
"Everyone," Zhu Zhanji calmed down, looked around the officials in the room, coughed, and said seriously: "You don't need to say more, you should know that the capital is now full of storms! Everyone is working hard to prepare.
He will sing a duet with us tomorrow morning!"
"Yes." Everyone nodded. They all knew that after tomorrow, they would become an alien in the eyes of their colleagues and would no longer be tolerated by scholars... at least until His Highness Taisun ascended the throne. It is conceivable that what he would do
Such a decision puts so much pressure on everyone.
"I know that we are outnumbered and everyone is very worried." Zhu Zhanji said in a low voice. The next moment, he raised his eyebrows and raised his voice: "But we must be the victor..." After a pause,
He said solemnly: "Because the Emperor is on our side! We are fighting for the Emperor!"
"Yes!" After hearing this, everyone cheered up and nodded excitedly. If they didn't understand this, how could they choose to speculate?
"Everyone!" Zhu Zhanji said loudly again: "Come into battle for me tomorrow, and I will share the wealth with you in the future!"
"I'll wait!" All the officials stood up, knelt down on one knee to Zhu Zhanji, and said in a deep voice: "I will swear allegiance to the grandson to the death!"
"Okay!" Zhu Zhanji nodded excitedly, helped Zhang Ben and others up, and said warmly: "Let Mr. Zhang arrange it."
"Yes." Zhang Ben nodded solemnly, and then gave instructions on who would be the first to start the attack tomorrow morning, who would follow up and second the proposal, who would fight with the opponents, and who would cover for His Highness Taisun. He also told them everything.
Everyone checked the lines separately, and before they knew it, it was time for the second update...
"Okay," Zhu Zhanji had been standing aside, listening with piercing eyes. At this moment, he heard the beating of drums outside, and when he saw that he had finished talking, he stood up and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, please go home and take a nap.
, let’s meet at the Meridian Gate!”
"Yes!" Although they had not slept all night, all the officials were in high spirits. After hearing the words, they stood up one after another, saluted Zhu Zhanji and all the adults, and left Zhang Ben's residence.
After everyone left, Zhang Ben saw that Zhu Zhanji had no intention of leaving, so he asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, if you don't mind, just stare at me for a while."
Zhu Zhanji actually had no place to go. He couldn't go back to the Prince's Mansion in the middle of the night, and it wasn't appropriate to go to Wang Xian's house. He couldn't open the door when he returned to the military camp, so he could only stay at Zhang Ben's house. But His Highness Taisun just wanted to stay.
He had to say harshly: "I'm not going to sleep. I'm going to court in more than an hour. How about we talk about it?"
"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders..." Zhang Ben was sleepy as hell. Hearing this, he could only steel himself and set out the chessboard to play with Zhu Zhanji. But he couldn't even raise his eyelids to look at the chess pieces on the chessboard. It's all ghosting. It's amazing if you can play Go well.
Fortunately, Zhu Zhanji's mind was not on the chessboard either, and the two of them just had nothing to do with each other. One was taking a nap like a kowtowing insect, and the other was wandering around the world while twisting the chess pieces... Zhu Zhanji was not reckless.
He is the scheming grandson of the Ming Dynasty! How could he not know that once he and his father confront each other in the court hall tomorrow, the rift between father and son will expand countless times and be exposed in front of the emperor's ministers. From now on, father and son will
I am afraid that the two of them will completely part ways, and even become sharply opposed with the help of the emperor and the ministers!
Zhu Zhanji knew that this was definitely not a fantasy. He knew very well that after his second uncle was defeated and his third uncle became suspicious, the emperor really wanted someone to stand up and check the prince. The conflict between himself and his father was undoubtedly something that the emperor would like to see.
The emperor's grandfather will definitely push himself to stand on the opposite side of his father in order to suppress the prince.
Don't talk about fathers and sons, sons and grandsons, no relatives in the heavenly family, only rights. All the tenderness and tenderness are just a fig leaf to cover up the ugliness...
Subconsciously, Zhu Zhanji wanted to avoid this situation. However, the emperor shouted angrily that day: "I can still pass the throne to my grandson!" Like a magic spell, he quietly awakened the ambition hidden in his heart - so many times
Unable to sleep at night, Zhu Zhanji put on his clothes and went to the ground, meditating quietly at night, and finally determined what was deep in his heart, and he was very much looking forward to this situation...
Great-grandson, great-grandson, sounds extremely noble! But like a person who knows when drinking water is warm or cold, he must first accompany the prince to survive his grandfather, and then survive his father alone. I am afraid that I will live a long life, and I will not be able to wait for that day...
Becoming an enemy of his father is very absurd among the people, but in the Tian family, it is normal. Zhu Zhanji built his Taisun Party from scratch and organized this operation, which means that he has made a choice
What I am worried about now is how to avoid the reputation of being unfilial and how to prevent Wang Xian from standing against him once we break up.
Zhu Zhanji cares more about the latter than the former. No one understands Wang Xian's ability and luck better than him. He believes that in this battle between father and son, whichever side Wang Xian is on will be on the other side.
loser!
Ordinarily, given the relationship between the two of them, His Highness Taisun has nothing to worry about. But Zhu Zhanji knew that Wang Xian was full of respect for His Highness the Crown Prince, and he might actually stand against him...
‘Absolutely not allowed!’ Zhu Zhanji dropped a chess piece with a ferocious expression, shaking the other chess pieces and frightening Zhang Ben...