A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City

Chapter 66: What is cockfighting?

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"I remember how much friendship you have with the fourth prince?" Ming Jingzhou answered without asking, "Have you two communicated in the past two years?"

"It's not really a friendship, but King Qi has read a few of my articles and said that his son is very talented." Ming Jiyuan thought about his past with King Qi: "My son doesn't dare to take it seriously, he has been to Qi a few times. The tea party hosted by the king did nothing else."

"Then do you know that after you left the capital, King Qi once said in public that you were his confidant, and that reading ten articles from you is better than reading ten years?"

"Isn't that nonsense?" Ming Jiyuan worked in the north for two years. Because of his frequent contact with the local people, his accent was affected a little, so he became anxious and put on his accent: "I'm not a fool, I talk to an adult prince. What kind of confidant do you think is not enough trouble or what?"

Ming Jingzhou glanced at him: "Put your tongue straight and speak Mandarin."

"Father, I really don't have that much friendship with King Qi." Ming Jiyuan tugged his sleeves: "I know that none of these princes have good intentions, they know who they are, and all of them are uneasy and kind."

"Okay, don't be angry, just don't interact with him in the future." Ming Jingzhou watched him pull his sleeves: "Pull the sleeves back for me. Remember to me that when our Ming family goes out, it is a culture of personable demeanor. Man, do you understand?"

Ming Jiyuan took two deep breaths: "Father, tell me what happened to King Chen and Concubine Su to save my sister."

"When your mother and I knew the truth, you were already on your way home, and you were afraid that the letter you wrote would be robbed and cause trouble, so I didn't tell you." Ming Jinghai talked about what happened when Jiuzhu was a child.

When he said that Jiuzhu was bound by the hands and feet of the servants of the Zheng family and pushed into the icy river water, Ming Jiyuan couldn't bear it any longer, and he punched the rockery, and a large piece of the rock fell to the ground.

"The Zheng family is so cruel!" Ming Jiyuan gritted his teeth and said, "I must make them pay the price."

"You came back too late, the Zheng family has been thrown into prison, the head of the Zheng family was sentenced to beheading, the adult men and women were distributed, and all the descendants became slaves." Ming Jingzhou glanced at the broken rockery on the ground. : "Stop your temper, I told you earlier, we scholars must be mature and stable, I am not angry when others are angry, and we will not replace others if they are angry. In addition, the cost of repairing the rockery will be included in your next month's salary. buckle."

"Father, are you moving so fast?" Ming Jiyuan bent down to pick up the broken rockery on the ground and tried to push it back, but unfortunately the broken rockery was like a broken bowl and couldn't be put back together.

"It's not my fault alone." Ming Jingzhou laughed mockingly: "I just started investigating the Zheng family, and several forces sent evidence to me. In this capital, people who want the unfortunate family of the fourth prince's grandfather are unlucky. , but a lot."

There are many people in the capital who praise the fourth prince as a virtuous king, but there are also many people who fall into trouble.

"The Zheng family is over, the fourth prince's biological mother will die, and the fourth prince will cut off all titles." Ming Jingzhou put his hands behind his back and took his son to the East Courtyard: "Ji Yuan, when Jiuzhu became King Chen's fiancée, we knew Home can't stay out of the way."

"unless… "

Unless Jiuzhu is given up as a daughter and she is allowed to marry King Chen, the Ming family will not interfere no matter what happens.

"No." Ming Jiyuan knew what his father was going to say, and interrupted without thinking: "Father, we have lost our sister once, and now the family is finally reunited, we can't treat her like this!"

Ming Jingzhou looked at him.

"Back then we had nothing, and we didn't have Jiuzhu." Ming Jiyuan's eyes turned a little red again: "Now that we have Jiuzhu, even if we become as nothing as we were back then, it's nothing to be afraid of."

"This is your decision?" When Ming Jingzhou was not smiling, no one could see through his thoughts.

"Yes." Ming Jiyuan nodded.

"But now you are still very tender." Ming Jingzhou chuckled lightly: "If you want to support your sister, just learn from me and your uncle the way of being an official and a man."

"Your Highness." Shen shi asked King Chen, "I don't know what your Highness has taboos?"

"I don't need to choose, it's fine." King Chen opened his eyes and said nonsense.

On the other hand, Jiuzhu said several dishes that she liked. Shen shi looked at her daughter and King Chen with a half-smiling smile. How could she not know when Jiuzhu started to like these dishes

"Okay, I'll go and tell the kitchen to make these dishes." She stood up and walked outside the door: "Jiuzhu, you accompany His Highness to walk around the house."

"Okay." Jiuzhu replied happily, got up and pulled King Chen's sleeve: "Your Highness, I'll take you to see the little white horse."

King Chen remembered the dog-like horse. If he remembered correctly, he gave the horse to Jiuzhu.

If he hadn't picked a little white horse for her that day, maybe he would have already ridden the crazy horse.

"Ming Xiaozhu." He stopped her.

"Huh?" Jiuzhu looked back at him.

"You said..." He took her hand: "Are you the bride sent to me by Huaxi River God?"

"Impossible." Jiuzhu shook her head: "Master said that there is no river god in Huaxi River, and the river gods are all lies."

If it doesn't rain in the sky, it angers the river god and needs to go to sacrifice.

The heavy rain has also angered the river god, so he still wants to sacrifice.

These are all methods used by false gods and false practitioners to deceive people, but they have harmed many people.

King Chen: "..."

Okay, I can't seem to talk about it today.

"Although there is no river god in Huaxi River, His Highness is a fairy child." Jiuzhu looked at him with a smile: "If I didn't have His Highness, I would have been buried in the belly of a fish in Huaxi River, where would I still be alive?"

"Bah, bah, it's a child's speech, it's auspicious." King Chen interrupted her: "What is the fate? It's unlucky to be buried in the first month."

Jiuzhu wanted to tell King Chen that when she was with her master, she was not so particular about it. But seeing his serious look, he swallowed all these words: "Then what should I say?"

"Say... a long life, everything will go well." King Chen thought for a while, coughed dryly, and turned his head away from Jiuzhu: "What a good year, it's okay to grow old together."

He glanced at the girl secretly, and in eighteen days, they were about to get married.

"Isn't that what others told us?" Jiuzhu looked at him.

"We bless ourselves, what's the problem?" King Chen asked back, "Don't you think about it?"

"I never thought of leaving His Highness." Jiuzhu said as a matter of course: "I chose to leave Lingzhou and come to the capital for two reasons. One was to see my family, and the other was to find His Highness to repay my kindness."

"Then you haven't thought about it, what if you can't find me, or I'm no longer in the capital?"

"I don't know." Jiuzhu shook her head honestly, "Because I have found His Highness."

The assumption doesn't exist at all, so don't think about it at all.

"The grace of saving your life should be promised with your body." King Chen smiled inexplicably, and bent over to look at Jiuzhu: "Ming Xiaozhu, what you said today will never be forgotten in this life."

Jiu Zhu carefully recalled what she had said to His Highness today, and seemed to have said a little too much: "All?"

"Everything." King Chen nodded, especially the words that he never thought about leaving.

"Okay." Jiuzhu nodded, she will try her best to write down all today's events and today's words.

After Ming Jiyuan took a bath, he changed into clean clothes and came out. He saw his sister strolling in the yard with a big white dog, with King Chen following her. The heads of the two were very close. In order to accommodate his younger sister's height, King Chen's whole body was tilted, which was neither graceful nor uncomfortable.

He doesn't understand, just walk well, why maintain such an uncomfortable posture

"Brother." Jiu Zhu saw him and waved at him. King Chen, who was crooked like a twist, instantly straightened up and became the high-level Highness King Chen again.

"Sister, you're walking the dog." Ming Jiyuan walked over to the two of them and glanced at the big white dog.

"Brother, this is a horse, not a dog." Jiuzhu stroked the pony, "Look carefully."

"It turned out to be a pony, and it looks so cute." Ming Jiyuan reached out to touch the pony, and the horse obediently let him touch it, very docile.

"This was given to me by His Highness a few months ago." Jiuzhu smiled even more when she heard her brother praise her cute pony.

Ming Jiyuan turned to look at King Chen, who gave a friendly smile to the future eldest brother-in-law.

"Jiuzhu." On the other side of the wall, two trembling hands were stretched out with difficulty. After dawdling for a long time, the owner of the hands climbed over from the other side of the wall: "I heard that the third brother is back, come and have a look."

"Sixth brother." Ming Jiyuan looked at Ming Cunfu who was struggling to climb the wall in surprise: "Why did you start to climb the wall?"

The former sixth brother was so gentle, let alone climbing the wall, even if he was going down the stairs, he had to organize his clothes twice. So in the two years that he was away, what drastic changes have taken place in the family

"The whole family can climb, I can't even beat my sister." Ming Cunfu sat on the fence, panting, "Third brother, come and help."

"Clean up some useless things every day." Ming Jiyuan stepped forward and helped his youngest cousin down from the wall with one hand: "You said just now that my sister also climbs the wall?"

He turned his head to look at Jiuzhu, Jiuzhu smiled embarrassedly, and the whole person shrank behind King Chen.

"It's okay, I can climb the fence, which means I'm in good health." Ming Jiyuan smiled: "The little girl who moves more will live longer."

He turned his head and glared at Ming Cunfu. While he was not at home, you, a cousin, taught your sister like this

Ming Cunfu: "..."

If he said that he learned from Jiuzhu about climbing the wall, would the third cousin believe it

"His Royal Highness, miss, two young masters, lunch is ready." The Spring Equinox walked into the lively courtyard: "Please come to the front hall for dinner."

The maid took the little white horse away, and Jiuzhu stretched out her hand to hold King Chen's sleeve: "Your Highness, let's go."

Ming Cunfu felt that the posture of his sister holding King Chen was very similar to the posture of holding the little white horse.

After lunch, Jiuzhu saw that her father and brother were discussing something, so she decided to accompany King Chen back to the palace.

Ming Cunfu thought silently, King Chen is so big, and he is also accompanied by a bunch of dragon guards. In the entire capital, except for His Majesty, he is the safest beside him.

But Jiu Zhu didn't think so. Ever since the New Year's Eve banquet, she felt that there were many people in the heart of the capital, and everyone could harm her highness.

King Chen led the horse, walked side by side with Jiuzhu on the street, and bought some things for Jiuzhu that the little girl liked.

"See Your Highness King Chen." Several young masters in brocade clothes passed by, and when they saw King Chen, they saluted and greeted with a smile: "Your Highness, you just happened to be here today, and just now we saw a particularly powerful rooster in the cockfighting ring with a crown like a red jade. Claws like eagle feet, very powerful..."

"What cock?" King Chen interrupted them with a blank expression: "As descendants of the royal family, why do you think about these unmotivated things?"

"Your Highness, it's not a cock, it's a cockfight..."

"What kind of cockfighting, this king doesn't understand cockfighting." King Chen looked at Jiuzhu with a helpless and distressed expression: "This king, these distant clan brothers, only know how to play around all day, which breaks my heart."