The Favored Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(136)

King Yong smiled gracefully and patted King An comfortingly, "Okay, second brother, you have done your best, and the brothers all know it. How can we drink the wine we have left? Leave it to the day after tomorrow. I will do it someday." Dong invited you to come to my house."

If you want to invite the key people, you can do it only if you dare to go. No one is afraid of harming others behind their backs. If this was not happening in front of Emperor Hongjing, and if everyone was here, I am afraid that Prince An, the second brother, would not be able to save face.

Yongwang Shi Shiran left, leaving only King An and the young King Wu. King Wu was the youngest in the room. His mother was just a palace maid, and she was promoted to a concubine after giving birth to King Wu. Therefore, he has been unassertive since he was a child and never offends others easily.

Having no opinion, I also knew that such an occasion would not be easy to stay, so I stood up, bowed, apologized, and left in a hurry.

Only An Wang was left alone, and he sneered at first, and then with profound meaning.

One of his men walked in from outside, "Your Highness, such a good opportunity..."

King An glared at him, "Are you trying to harm me, or are you giving me advice? If you go ahead from me, if something happens behind you, the surviving ones will eat me alive." It doesn't matter whether he did it or not. , others will give him a big label of harming his brothers and feet.

"Then now..."

"Have people follow them and take them back to their homes."

So regardless of having a drink, An Wang is actually thankless. If nothing happens, that's fine. If something happens, it's his fault. But he also expected that no one would be so stupid as to take action in such a situation. What he called sending someone to escort him was just a pretense to distance himself from himself.

The purpose of his trip was just to find out each other's true and false identities, and to show off his brotherly behavior in front of Emperor Hongjing. It's a pity that none of his brothers are vegetarians, so he didn't let him find out anything at all. Even the hot-tempered King Lu was very secretive.

From that day on, Xiaobao went to Duke Ning's mansion every day.

The key point was that Ning Guogong liked this boy, so one of them made trouble and the other stayed and refused to let him go. In the end, Xiaobao ended up living in Huju Hall.

For this reason, Yao Niang was sad for a while, feeling that her son was older than her mother, and Xiao Bao didn't like her anymore.

Fortunately, several maids were sensible and gathered around to coax them. Hong Fei even taught Yao Niang how to play leaf cards. Yao Niang, who was addicted to leaf cards, immediately forgot about her son. In addition to three meals a day, two snacks, and necessary physical exercises, she actually played cards with a few little girls every day with golden melon seeds.

She lost more than she won, and she had a lot of fun.

Seeing this, King Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and rewarded Xiao Shunzi with a jade ring.

This idea was given to King Jin by Xiao Shunzi. Fucheng had been following Xiaobao recently. Xiao Shunzi, who had always been a helper, finally got through it and was able to follow King Jin and be called out by everyone. Master Shun, put your hands in your sleeves and direct the work below.

Xiao Shunzi, who deeply understands the essence of being a slave, naturally regards everything of his master as his behavioral standard. Not only do you need to know how to wink, but you also need to be able to do things. Look, it's just a small leaf sign. It makes Mrs. Su happy, and His Highness will naturally be happy.

When the masters are happy, the servants' errands will be easier to handle.

At this time, the imperial edict came down, and Su Yaoniang was canonized as the concubine of the King of Jin, with a first rank and a salary of 800. At the same time, the imperial edict to name the eldest son of King Jin also came at the same time, and Xiaobao was named "Chen".

Chen, treasure.

It was probably because of Xiaobao's words that day, "Bao'er, mother's Bao'er" that Emperor Hongjing gave him this name.

From then on, Xiaobao finally became famous, Zhao Chen.

Chapter 109 (Catch a Bug)

At this time, the baby named Zhao Chen, whose rǔ name is also called Xiaobao, is wandering around in the Huju Hall.

Ning Guogong was a military commander. The most spacious area of ​​​​Huju Hall is not the row of houses in the main house, but the martial arts field located behind the main house.

In fact, Ning Guo Gong's mansion has a larger martial arts arena, but this is only for Ning Guo Gong's and private use. There are sandbags, plum blossom stakes and other equipment inside, as well as eighteen kinds of weapons.

Ning Guogong's most proficient weapons are bows and halberds. According to his claim, at his peak, he could pull a hard bow with two stones and three buckets. Even at an old age, he can still pull the longbow standard in the army and penetrate the Yangtze with a hundred steps.

I even practiced it for Xiaobao, and Xiaobao’s eyesightened.

When he first met Xiaobao, Ning Guogong said that Xiaobao was a good young man who practiced martial arts. Later, Ning Guogong was overjoyed when he saw Naiwazi getting close to him. He only had two sons in his life. The eldest son had good foundation and early enlightenment, which was the foundation for his hard work. The youngest son was protected by the old woman and refused to teach him, but Mr. Shen was indeed born with a weak foundation.

Now that he saw a good seedling, Ning Guogong felt like he had found a treasure. He wished that Xiaobao could grow up to five years old now and teach him personally.

In his previous life, Xiaobao was good at guessing people's hearts, so he naturally knew what it meant to go along with what others wanted. He pretended to be very interested in these swords, guns and sticks, and Ning Guogong looked at him differently. But after spending a few days together, Ning Guogong's enthusiasm for martial arts had deeply infected him. Holding the small wooden knife specially made for him by Ning Guogong's childlike innocence, Xiaobao suddenly felt that in his previous life, he could only practice writing due to his health. Since God gave him another chance, he might as well practice martial arts in this life.

"Your eldest uncle and second uncle, the swords, guns and sticks they played with when they were young were all made by great-grandfather. I will make a small bow for you tomorrow. Great-grandfather's bows and arrows are very good. At that time, your great ancestor said that if you want to learn how to bow, you must understand the nature of the bow. From the piece of wood to the bow string, everything affects the shooting range of the bow. The most powerful one is the ox-horn bow, which is complicated to make..."

If one is willing to talk and the other is willing to listen, the relationship between the old and the young will be better. In comparison, Shen Tai felt as if he was in a bottomless purgatory.

He was born in Beijing. Although he knew about the glorious history and family inheritance of the Shen family, he had never experienced it personally. He and Mrs. Shen were in the capital, and Uncle Shen sent letters from time to time to urge him to practice martial arts, and even found many martial arts masters for him. But first there was Mrs. Shen who cared about her son, and then there was Shen Tai who was too playful and could not bear the hardships, and no one was watching. Naturally, this so-called martial arts was just a show. Can't get enough of it.

Before, the King of Jin passed away and the Shen family returned to the capital. Duke Ning Guo and Second Master Shen were busy with matters outside the palace and did not care about him at all. They also felt sorry for his father's loss. Emperor Hongjing gave the throne to Second Master Shen and could not bear to discipline him strictly.

He was used to eating, drinking, having fun and doing nothing, but he was suddenly trained like this by Ning Guogong. He got up before dawn every morning. If he didn't train enough, he would have no food. He was not complaining all the time. Although Mrs. Shen loved her son, she was afraid of her father-in-law. She went to the Meditation Residence and made two troubles. She was reprimanded by Ning Guogong in person, and she never dared to stand up again.

Xiaobao walked around and came to the martial arts field.

In the empty hall, the floor is paved with flat black bricks, and there are many weapon racks in the corners of the surrounding walls, with all kinds of weapons stuck on them.

Xiaobaoren was so short that he could only touch the base of the shelf, but even that made his blood boil. Fucheng followed him step by step, and there was another person in the martial arts field, Shen Tai.

Shen Tai was being watched by several servants not far away.

Shen Tai's steps were shaky, he was sweating profusely, and everything in his body ached. However, there was an eyesore not far away, and he felt even more irritated.

In the past few days, Shen Tai often saw Ning Guogong holding Xiaobao and talking affectionately. In his eyes, it seemed like he was his grandson, so why didn't he kiss other people's children? He even doubted whether his father was the old man's biological son. Otherwise, why was his father dead but his second uncle alive? It should have been his heir apparent, but it was given to his second uncle.

When his mind went blank, he suddenly remembered what the man said that day.

Although Shen Tai didn't know who that person was, he knew he must be a great nobleman. Otherwise, how could he promise to give him the position of Ning Guogong, but——

He faltered in his steps and stumbled back. Before he could stand still, he was knocked upright by a bamboo board from behind. Turning around, he saw a middle-aged servant with an expressionless face, holding a slender piece of bamboo about two feet long, staring at him coldly.

"Master Sun, stand up straight. If you want to attack first, you must sharpen your weapon first. The same is true for martial arts training. If you want to have good martial arts, the first thing you must work hard on is the horse stance."

In the past few days, Shen Tai had been hit by this bamboo board countless times. He was also a thief. Even though it caused him pain, it managed to leave no trace. He couldn't find any excuse to pretend to be sick.

Shen Tai's hair trembled all over in pain, and it felt like his bones were cracked. He subconsciously reached out to touch it, but before he could reach out, he was hit again. He howled miserably, and the flesh on his hands and feet trembled. He happened to see Xiaobao looking here, and he cursed: "Look at your mother, you little brat, it's your turn to see my father's jokes."

If he hadn't been so young, Xiaobao would have wanted to go up and wash his mouth.

Fucheng was about to say something when a voice like thunder suddenly sounded: "You little bastard, you are full of filthy words. You are useless and you are venting your anger on a child... It's your father who didn't teach you well. Your father is now Now that he’s gone, I’ll teach him!”

But it was Ning Guogong,

He glared at Shen Tai angrily, seemingly wanting to bite people, but his eyes were filled with hatred and sadness.

"An additional hour is added every day. You are not allowed to go back until you finish practicing!" Ning Guogong shouted.

"grandfather!"

It's a pity that Ning Guo Zhengzheng ignored him, walked over, picked up Xiaobao and left.

Duke Ning Guo took Xiaobao back to the main room and sat down on the kang near the window.

He looked dazed, and his old face was full of exhaustion.

Xiaobao sat aside and tried to think of something to say, but unfortunately he couldn't say it and didn't know what to say.

After a while, Ning Guogong came back to his senses, looked at Xiaobao, and sighed: "Xiaobao is worried about great-grandfather? Great-grandfather is fine. Your cousin Shen Tai is not bad in nature, but he is spoiled by others. ”