The palace is divided into four districts according to function, and the central axis is the sacrificial area, the palace area, the garden area, and the palace office area from south to north.
The main hall of the palace is called the Carrier Palace, which is commonly known as the Yin'an Palace, Xia Xun and Saihazhi are not guests who can be received in the bright light, so they cannot be received in the Carrier Palace, and they were led to the Cunxin Palace.
This is a side hall, across the high threshold, facing a crane and deer with the spring of the painting screen, bypassing the screen, terrazzo brick paving, is the main hall of the heart of the temple, the dragon pillar, the mahogany column pole, the bronze lamppost on the ground, the bronze crane spitting sandalwood, the curtain is rolled up, the back is the bookcase leaning on the screen, Xia Xun and Sai Hazhi were introduced into the hall, sat in the guest seat for a while, King Ning and the side concubine Shaning slowly walked in.
"Chen Xia Xun, Sai Hazhi, I have seen His Highness" Xia Xun's eyes fell on Shaning, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
She is still wearing a white dress, which is the most popular color of the Ming royal family, but the style is different, this is a palace dress, graceful and generous, with a green onion white embroidered silver silk thread pattern on the back, only a jasper hairpin is inserted on the black bright and moist peach bun, and there is no decoration, but the whole person is crystal clear like a bright moon.
Saihazhi, a rough man, didn't recognize Princess Shaning at all, and when he saw her accompanying King Ning half a step behind, dressed like a palace maid, he immediately followed again: "I've seen Your Highness, I've seen the princess." ” Xia Xun woke up in shock, and hurriedly said: "I've seen the princess" King Ning only said that he was intimidated by his princess's demeanor, but he didn't think about it, but a trace of horror and panic clearly flashed in Sha Ning's eyes.
As soon as she entered the main hall, she found that the two people in front of her were extremely familiar, but they were not familiar, they didn't even change their clothes.
Sehazhi's appearance clearly didn't recognize her identity, but the change in Xia Xun's eyes and reaction when he saw her clearly showed that he had recognized himself King Ning waved his hand lightly and said, "Get up, don't be polite."
As he spoke, he walked towards the main seat, Shaning followed by his side, a pair of sturdy and toned, far more slender thighs than ordinary girls had begun to tremble suddenly, she forced her composure, didn't look at Xia Xun much, and walked over without squinting.
King Ning sat down slowly behind the case, glanced at them coldly, and asked, "You are here on the orders of the four emperor brothers, you ask to see this king, what do you have to say?"
Xia Xun, who had just stood up straight, hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Royal Highness, the emperor has no way, the court is unfair, a group of civil servants dance and write to make ink, play with right and wrong, bewitch the saint to change the ancestral system, change the official system, cut the vassal king, cause the king of Zhou to migrate to Yunnan, the king of Qi is imprisoned in Bashu, the king of Qi is imprisoned in Fengyang, the king of Xiang is in Jingchu, and the king of Yan is the head of all kings, in accordance with the ancestral teachings of the emperor and Ming, and it is difficult to raise troops and appease."
What Xia Xun said next, Sha Ning didn't hear it in a trance, she only knew that if her jealous husband knew that she had a lover outside, then not only would her brother-in-law Liu Kui be in a different place, but she would also be killed by the angry King Ning, and King Ning would not scruple because she was the sister of the leader of Duoyanwei.
Her brother will not raise an army because of her life and death, the Mongols did not send troops in anger for women, even if she was the woman of the Mongol king, it was an act of shame by the heroes of the world, even the ancestor of the golden family, the great Genghis Khan, would not raise an army for his women to be taken captive.
The Mongols are different from the Han people's concept of chastity, Genghis Khan's woman can be snatched twice, and even come back with someone else's child, and still be able to become Genghis Khan's queen with confidence, but the Han people are ashamed of this, if King Ning knows that Xia Xun is talking to King Ning, but occasionally glances at her with a meaningful gaze, Shaning is even more nervous, the shell teeth bite the thin lips, and the pink color on the soft lip flap has been diluted due to nervousness and fear.
"The emperor is the lord of the world, the whole country is his, he wants to cut the domain, and the king has nothing to say.
The fourth brother is the chief of all the kings, and based on the ancestral teachings of the imperial examination, it is difficult to raise troops, and I, as a brother, also have no comment.
It's just that it would be funny if I were to respond. ” King Ning said lightly: "First of all, as a courtier, Zhu Quan should not point fingers at the emperor's actions.
Secondly, there are so many imperial brothers on Zhu Quan's head, although the fourth brother thinks that the current situation can be trained by the ancestors to raise troops to clear the monarch's side, but the rest of the imperial brothers have not moved, I, as a little brother, don't know whether I should follow the fourth brother, in case the fourth brother is wrong, Zhu Quan will also be wrong" "Your Highness, the rest of the kings are powerless, only King Yan and His Royal Highness can clear the king's side, if His Royal Highness stands by and watches, once King Yan is defeated, it will be his turn at that time" King Ning cut off Xia Xun's words and said: "This king does not have a single soldier in his hands now, the military power of the 80,000 garrisons in the domain, this king has been handed over to the governor Chen Heng, and the three guards and horses of this king have been handed over to Liu Zhen, the chief soldier of Jizhou, if you say that you are powerless, this king is now no different than other princes, what can you do to help the fourth brother?"
"Your Highness" "Please reply to the fourth brother, the seventeenth brother is difficult" Without waiting for Xia Xun to say more, Ning Wang Zhu Quan had already stood up, and the steward of Ning Wang's Mansion who was guarding the door immediately walked in, bowed slightly, and motioned for the two to go out with him.
Xia Xun stopped helplessly, and took a deep look at the princess Shaning, who was dressed in white like snow and standing pretty, and gave King Ning a long "princess" Shaning was in the garden, standing next to a cluster of flowers and trees, holding a flower that was about to wither in her hand, and was in a state of mind, a guard quietly came over and bowed to her, Shaning turned her head, and saw that it was her personal guard Zeng Er, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked urgently: "Xiao Er, you have heard clearly" This was once two original names Yirentai, which means ninety, and the name of the child of the poor Mongolian family at that time was also very casual, and the name was ninety, which means longevity, and hoped that he would live to be ninety years old.
Zeng Er said: "I inquired and understood, they really didn't leave immediately, and now they have stayed at the Changning Inn in the west of the city." ” Sha Ning sneered: "The man surnamed Xia has already recognized me, he really didn't give up, and stayed in Daning City, he must want to beat my idea, and let me persuade His Highness."
Zeng Er said: "Princess, if the handle falls into the hands of others, in case it is publicized by him" Shaning gritted his silver teeth and said coldly: "No, they won't see the sun tomorrow morning."
Zeng Erxin comprehended, and hurriedly leaned over and said, "Understood, the little one will arrange it immediately."
"Slow" Zeng Er said: "Don't worry, the princess, the little one will only pick the cronies we brought from Duoyanwei, and will not let the palace guards interfere in it." ” Sha Ning shook his head and said: "They will not come to Daning, if they die here inexplicably, they will be thought by King Yan to be His Highness's hands and feet, and they will inevitably be evil to him."
You go and get a few sets of military uniforms and sabers for the Daning defenders, this notoriety cannot be borne by His Royal Highness. ” Zeng Er said: "I understand, the little one will do it immediately." ” The inn outside the customs is not quite the same as the inside of the gate, here, there are very few people who go to visit relatives and friends in the inn, and there are few people who visit relatives and friends, most of the people who pass through here are merchants and travelers on the grassland desert, dozens of hundreds of people at every turn, chariots, horses, camels and mules, mighty and vast, so the inns here are very large, and the rooms are few, the courtyard is wide, in order to separate the different merchant teams, so as not to confuse the carriages and horses, and lose property, so the guest rooms and courtyards are mostly separated, separated by a half-height adobe wall.
Xia Xun and Saihazhi's residence is such a courtyard.
Three straw yellow mud houses, an extremely wide courtyard, there is a long row of horse corridors on both sides of the courtyard against the wall, this courtyard has just had a camel team left in the morning, and it has not been cleaned much, there are camel dung and scattered straw on the ground, the room is empty, a large kang is spread, only two dirty quilts, not even a mattress, only the kang shop is big enough, and there is no problem turning over on the top.
Dinner was eaten in the inn, Xia Xun ate a bowl of soup and steamed buns, a small half of a leg of mutton, but Saihazhi, who ate as much as a cow, gnawed a whole leg of mutton cleanly, and finally brought back half of the leg of mutton that Xia Xun had not eaten, saying that it would be regarded as a supper.
The weather is already very cold in October, and the wind is especially strong at night, and the dust is charming to the eyes, and the courtyard is empty and there is nothing to appreciate, so the few guests go back to their rooms early.
On the second watch, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly broke into the Changning Inn, because of the wind and sand, their faces were covered with wool towels, and they only showed their eyes one by one, and they were murderous.
After asking where Xia Xun and Saihazhi lived, two officers and soldiers were left to watch the shopkeeper and men of the inn, and the others went straight to Xia Xun's residence.
The detached inn was easy to capture, and the house was surrounded by a crowd of people, and then they broke down the door and rushed in with steel knives.
The torches were blazing, and several officers and soldiers searched the three empty houses, but there was no one at all.
A tall samurai dressed in a captain's uniform and with a sword under his ribs, masked and stood proudly in the middle of the house, and asked coldly, "Are you looking for the wrong room?"
"No, I inquired in advance, and I checked the account books of the guests just now, and that's right, there is a futon here in this accommodation."
The lieutenant who stood with his hands in his hands, revealing only a pair of bright and deep eyes, took a slight wrong step in his eyes: "A futon" He immediately stepped into the bedroom next to him, and several other soldiers followed, raised the torch high, and illuminated the kang brightly, only to see that there were actually two quilts on the kang, and now one bed was made of a mattress, and one bed was made of a quilt, the masked captain bent down, reached out and touched the quilt, and said coldly: "The quilt is still hot, he heard the movement and hid, the person did not go far, search for me" "No need to search, I've been waiting for you here for a long time."
Several soldiers were like rabbits that had been hit by arrows, jumped to the ground, raised knives in one hand and torches in the other, and shone towards the place where the sound came, only to see Xia Xun sitting on the beams of the house, swinging his two calves, and shaking them with a leg of mutton that gnawed so that only bones were left in his hands.
Someone shouted viciously: "Catch him down and chop him into meat sauce", this was Zeng Er's voice.
The masked captain said coldly, "You guys go out" Zeng Er was stunned and lost his voice: "Princess" The masked lieutenant sneered: "Idiot, there is only one person resting here, you haven't seen it yet, people have been waiting here for a long time, and they will be afraid that you will kill and get out" Xia Xun threw away the sheep bones, clapped his hands and smiled: "The princess is really smart and admired."
The masked captain said coldly again: "Get down" "It's coming" Xia Xun grinned and straightened his waist, then jumped down from the beam, and landed lightly on his feet, without making a sound.
Zeng Er and the others all looked at the masked captain, and the masked captain waved his hand, and they retreated unwillingly.
Then, the masked man reached out and gently untied the masked scarf, revealing a pretty face that was more than a flower, but full of frost, sure enough, it was Sha Ning, the side concubine of King Ning, when she saw her on the hillside outside Liujiakou, she smiled innocently, when she saw her in King Ning's mansion, she was graceful and elegant, like a fairy, and at this moment, her eyes were sharp, but she was like a female leopard that pounced on her prey at any time.
"That companion of yours?"
"I knew that there would be a beautiful man visiting tonight, and my companion was a rough man who didn't understand the amorous feelings, so I sent him away."
Sha Ning's eyebrows flashed murderous, and he said coldly: "I only need one word, I can make you die so much that you can't die anymore, so you'd better not be flattering to me."
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Xia Xun looked solemn and replied: "Back to the princess Niangniang, the minister's companion has been hiding, if the minister is alive and well, then nothing will happen, otherwise the minister's companion will go to His Royal Highness to complain, saying that Niangniang has a man outside, but it was seen by my two brothers, so I killed people in the lower place." ” Shaning sneered: "Your Highness will believe" Xia Xun said seriously: "I know how to be a man, this kind of thing is always better to believe it than not to believe it."
In fact, Niangniang also knows that His Royal Highness will definitely believe it, otherwise why would Niangniang work hard and deign to come to such a dilapidated house."
Sha Ning closed his eyes for a moment, as if he was suppressing his anger, and then slowly opened them, staring at Xia Xun and said, "What do you want?"
"I want Niangniang's help to persuade His Highness to send troops to help King Yan."
"Your Highness has no troops to use."
"I know, but Fuyu, Taining, and Duoyan Sanwei are arrogant and untamed, there is no emperor in their eyes, only King Ning, King Ning has a word, and if they promise some benefits, they will become the vanguard of His Royal Highness King Ning."
"Today, Your Highness has answered you very clearly, King Yan is desperate, but our Highness has not yet reached that step, your hope of success is too small, Your Highness does not want to take this risk, so I can't promise you" Xia Xun smiled and said, "Niangniang really cares so much about His Royal Highness King Ning, I remember that I was in Liujiakou" Sha Ning raised his eyebrows slightly, and sneered: "So what, so I will sacrifice King Ning to protect myself You are wrong Liu Kui and I have been together since childhood, in the words of you Han people, they are childhood sweethearts, but he is just a commoner, I love him, I can give myself to him, but I can't marry him."
We Mongolian nobles can marry commoner women, but we can't marry commoner men, so my father and brother chose King Ning for me.
King Ning is my husband, of course I have to care about him and protect him."
"I can't understand" Sha Ning sneered: "Of course you don't understand, you Han people have raised women as sheep, how can you understand the women on our grassland."
Don't think that if you grab my handle, you can do whatever you want, I will not be under the threat of an outsider to plot against my husband, it's a big deal, we will all die," she said, her hand slowly reaching for the hilt of the knife at her waist.
"The body can be given to other men, but you can't do things that are sorry for your husband, what is this theory" Xia Xun's head was confused, and the inherent values and logical thinking began to short-circuit, seeing that Shaning's slender five fingers clenched the handle of the knife, and he was about to make a fortune, he hurriedly reassured: "Slow, slow, don't do it, don't do it, let's think about this matter in the long run, think about it in the long run."
Shaning's hand stopped, and a pair of apricot eyes glared at him fiercely: "How to think about the long term" "I haven't thought about this yet" Sha Ning's hand reached out to the handle of the knife again, and Xia Xun hurriedly said: "Why don't you let me think about a two-way strategy, why do you have to make a loss for both, if I die, my brother will definitely tell His Royal Highness King Ning about Niangniang." ” Sha Ning said coldly: "Six ears don't conspire, my mother told me that if it's not your common secret, only you can keep the secret, otherwise you don't have to think that someone will keep the secret for you."
I don't believe in your promises, and I don't believe in you as a person, if I have to die, I will kill you first and watch you die with my own eyes" Xia Xun was a little cold sweating, and hurriedly said: "Niangniang, this secret, I dare to guarantee, only I know it now, if you kill me, it is really not a secret." ” Sha Ning was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "What about your companion?"
Xia Xun said: "I only gave him a letter and told him that he could only open it if I died, and I can guarantee that as long as I live, only I will know about this matter."
Sha Ning stared at him, his eyes flickered, Xia Xun coughed, and said in the most sincere tone: "Niangniang can trust me, Xia, is a righteous gentleman" Shaning didn't know whether to believe his nonsense or not, as long as there was hope for life, people always didn't want to die, so they only said that the other two people had mastered her handle, and wanted to coerce her as a puppet and force her to do what she was reluctant to do.
But Xia Xun saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly loosened the noose, said that the matter could be discussed, and vowed to ensure that this secret was only known to him, and Shaning couldn't help but waver.
"Niangniang" Xia Xun called out quietly and tentatively, for fear of angering this woman who couldn't figure it out.
Shaning's eyes flashed treacherously, his hand slowly left the hilt, and he said expressionlessly: "Okay, from now on, I will send someone to follow you until you come up with the so-called best of both worlds" "Niangniang" Xia Xun didn't expect to be anti-guest, but was controlled by Shaning, in fact, everything he expected was fine, but he miscalculated the surname of the woman in front of him, he wanted to catch up, but a few steel knives blocked his way.
Shaning quickly left the courtyard, covered his mouth and nose with a face towel, and instructed Zeng Er, who was following him, "Find his partner named Saihazhi" Zeng Er said tentatively: "Then" "And then slaughtered them" Shaning said lightly: "I always feel that this person is unreliable, I can't let him hold on to my handle for the rest of his life" To be continued: