The Times Spent in Pretense

Chapter 103: The melon fell

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On the afternoon of the day he finished watching the military training, King Ning received two baskets of honeydew melons from the Dianzhong Province.

"My lord, His Royal Highness said, since you like to eat honeydew melons, finish these two baskets of honeydew melons. Don't waste His Highness's heart." The headed eunuch smiled, "His Royal Highness also said, as long as you like it. Eat, and in the future, whenever any melon comes out, I will be the first to bring it to you."

King Ning looked at these two baskets of melons, his calf trembling a little.

"Thank you, Your Highness, Prince." King Ning asked his servants to carry these two baskets of melons into his yard, and sighed a long time. Although he liked to watch the fun, he was really unintentional this time.

How could he eat so many honeydew melons

The prince's careful eye, if he knew that he distributed these honeydew melons to his servants, maybe tomorrow he would be able to send four baskets of melons from the province of the palace, and people would watch him finish eating.

"Come on, take out this king's clothes when he goes out to do errands."

Hearing the word "service", King Ning's accompanying eunuch felt a little worried and hesitated: "My lord, Concubine Rong said, I won't let you do this kind of thing again."

"I can't do anything, and I can't have a little hobby?" He waved his hand impatiently, "Go, go, go quickly."

The servant eunuch felt bitter in his heart. Others’ hobbies were poetry and painting, but his prince was quite special. He liked to wear short-style commoner clothes and go to the market to set up a stall to buy things.

Concubine Rong has scolded and scolded, and beaten, but Wang Ye's fault cannot be corrected.

The servants had no choice but to change into coarse clothes, pretending that the vendor and the prince had set up the stall together to protect his safety.

King Ning put the pony down to the place, and skillfully greeted the nearby hawkers.

"Wang Lao Er, I haven't seen you out to set up a stall for a long time, and the family has made a fortune?" The vegetable vendor selling bamboo shoots next to him pointed to the sky.

"A few days ago, my younger brother found a rich daughter-in-law, and the family is more prosperous." King Ning tucked his hands into his sleeves and said proudly, "My sister-in-law is very nice, I bought a big house for my family to live in, but I couldn't be idle, and I missed the big guy again, so I came out and set up a stall to pass the time."

"Yo, it's a good thing." The vegetable seller selling bamboo shoots said enviously, "If I were you, I would be a master at home. What kind of vegetables do you sell?"

"Do one line and love one line." King Ning arranged the honeydew melons neatly. "What's been happening recently? Tell me about it?"

"I think you're here to sell vegetables, or you're bored at home, so you came to talk to us." The couple who were selling fish next to him said with a smile, "Don't talk about it, there are a lot of new things happening recently."

Ning Wang is very popular in the vegetable market. First, he never competes with other vendors for business. Second, the stalls he buys are often not used, and he doesn't mind if others borrow them. Third, he can give away anything he can't sell. To the big guy, very generous.

The most important point is that when I gossip with him, he listens very carefully, which makes the gossip person feel very fulfilled.

King Ning's question immediately aroused everyone's chatter. In the afternoon, there were few guests at the vegetable market, and everyone was dozing off. It would be great to chat to pass the time.

So this man is not a thing, and he steals food outside with his wife behind his back. That mother-in-law treats her daughter-in-law harshly, causing the daughter-in-law and son to reconcile.

The most exciting thing is the son of the owner, who was originally from the Western family. Hearing that, Wang Ning was very interested, and opened a few honeydew melons on the spot to share with everyone, so that everyone could talk while eating.

"I heard a gossip recently. Don't spread it out. It has something to do with the nobles in the palace. If you spread it out, you will lose your head."

Ning Wang's guard, who pretended to be a vendor, changed his face, and Ning Wang handed out another piece of honeydew melon to the vegetable vendor: "Quickly tell me, we are all ordinary people, and even if we want to spread the word, no noble person will listen to us."

"You can blow it hard, you are a bamboo shooter, can you know about the noble person?" The fish-buying woman clicked, "I think you just want to deceive Wang Er's melon to eat."

The vegetable vendor who sold bamboo shoots was not happy, and immediately said, "Do you know the princess?"

"I know, isn't she the emperor's daughter?"

"The emperor's younger sister, that's also the princess." said the bamboo shoot hawker, "I have a relative who pours night incense to the rich man's house. A few nights ago, he saw a man in black who came from the princess' mansion. Jumping around. The man in black looked tall and moved so fast that he disappeared in the blink of an eye."

"Huh!" The hawkers suddenly became energetic, "Could it be the princess's..."

The people at the bottom usually don't have much fun to entertain, and when they hear someone's troubles, it becomes their talk after dinner.

"I heard that the princess' concubine was a well-known and beautiful man in the capital back then, but I didn't expect that he was still wearing a green hat." After thinking about how the princess secretly had a tryst with Xiaobailian, "Isn't that concubine a scholar, how could it be? Tolerate this?"

Seeing that these people were talking more and more obscenely, King Ning hurriedly said: "Don't guess, maybe it's a little thief who wants to go to the princess's palace to steal?"

"Which thief would enter and exit through the side door?" the bamboo shoot hawker affirmed, "There must be a problem here."

King Ning had endless guesses in his heart, and nodded with a smile on his face: "You are right."

"And my relative has seen it more than once." The bamboo shoot seller said mysteriously, "but my relative said that yesterday afternoon, the man in black was taken away by the people of Dali Temple. The princess wears a green hat, but she can't get angry, and she doesn't dare to lose her temper with the princess, so they can only have the adulterer arrested."

"You mean, that traitor and adulterer were taken away by people from Dali Temple yesterday afternoon?" King Ning didn't dare to eat melons now, and the melons in his hands were frightened away.

"Then there is still a fake?" said the bamboo shoot hawker, "My relatives were very impressed with the adulterer. When Dali Temple arrested him, he recognized it at a glance. But the adulterer was quite ordinary, I don't know what the princess saw in him, could it be the concubine... not good?"

I don't know if the concubine will work or not. Anyway, King Ning's heart is full of turbulent waves, and even the parents who are most interested in him can't listen to it anymore. He found an excuse to leave the vegetable market, went home and changed his clothes and ran into the palace.

In Chenyang Palace, Emperor Changlong was reading a secret report.

"The tortoiseshell prince has passed away." Emperor Changlong handed the secret report to the prince, "I remember the third prince of the tortoiseshell country, who was also born to the Queen of the Middle Palace?"

"Yes, both He Yuanting and the prince were born to the queen. When the tortoiseshell prince died, he was the only heir." The prince looked through the secret report. The tortoiseshell prince died half a month ago. Does He Yuanting, who is staying in the capital of Dajin at this moment, know this matter

If he knew, then he was too calm.

In the impression of the prince, He Yuanting was a gentle prince, with few bright spots except for his appearance. If he doesn't speak, no one will notice him.

"Father, didn't we leave the envoy Jinpo as a guest?" The prince put the secret report on the table and said slowly, "As a host, you can't treat guests favorably, so I also leave the tortoiseshell envoys to live in the capital more. a month."

Emperor Changlong laughed and scolded, "Are you trying to piss off that third tortoiseshell prince?"

"My son is kind enough to keep them as guests, why are you mad at him?" the prince smiled, "The Tortoiseshell Country didn't want us to summon them some time ago, but in the next month, we'll have to call them every once in a while."

"You're right, just do what you want." Emperor Changlong knew that the crown prince wanted to delay the trip of the third tortoiseshell prince, so as to find out what happened recently, so he didn't plan to block his plan.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Ning asks to see you."

"Xuan." Emperor Changlong sighed, this second son usually doesn't like to look for him, only when he wants something to eat or doesn't have enough money to spend, will he come to please him.

There is nothing right all day, what to do and what to do, and nothing to eat.

"Royal Father." King Ning walked into the hall and saw that the Crown Prince was also there, he hurriedly repeated what he had heard, and then said by the way, "My son feels that there is something wrong with Xie Consort."

"Where is that vendor who sells bamboo shoots? Have you asked who his relatives are?" Emperor Changlong's expression changed slightly, and even his sitting posture changed.

"Of course the vendor who sells bamboo shoots is in the vegetable market." King Ning looked at his father blankly, as if wondering why his father asked such a stupid question.

Emperor Changlong took a deep breath and silently reminded himself that this is his own son, and he cannot be scolded or beaten. There is no one to replace him when he is angry, so he must be calm and restrained.

"Come on, go to the vegetable market to find this bamboo shoot hawker, and immediately protect him and his relatives." The prince saw that his father was so angry that he couldn't speak, he got up and walked to the door to call Jin Jiawei, "Hurry up, you can't do it. Delays. In addition, try to cover up your whereabouts as much as possible, and don't startle the snakes."

"Yes!" The Golden Armor Guards ordered to retreat.

Hearing the prince's order, Emperor Changlong finally calmed down a little. Fortunately, he still had a clear-headed son, otherwise he would be so angry that he would die young.

When the prince came back, King Ning said cautiously: "Prince third brother, thanks to the melon you gave me, I was able to find out this news."

"The prince sent you honeydew melon, what does it have to do with what you heard from the hawker?" Emperor Changlong looked at King Ning suspiciously: "What are you doing?"

The prince glanced at the hesitant appearance of the second emperor's brother, smiled and took a sip from the teacup, like a graceful son who is not stained by the world.

"Father, son... son..." King Ning didn't dare to say.

Emperor Changlong ignored him, and directly announced King Ning's accompanying eunuch: "Tell me, what has your master been doing recently?!"

Seeing Emperor Changlong, the accompanying eunuch was so frightened that his legs went weak, but he did not dare to betray his master, and his whole body trembled like grass in the cold wind.

"Royal Father." After seeing the trembling of the master and servant, the crown prince said lazily, "The second brother has always been safe and won't cause any big trouble. If it wasn't for the second brother today , we still can't grasp such a big handle, you should not punish him for his merit this time."

Emperor Changlong took a deep breath, and didn't want to punish his second son in front of his third son, so he said: "Don't idle around all day and don't do business, and tomorrow I will go to the Ministry of Work to learn to do things. The Ministry of Work is busy with grain seeds. You will follow along with the selection and breeding."

For King Ning, this news was like a bolt from the blue. He pleaded on the spot: "Father, do you think Erchen is the kind of person who does the right thing? For the sake of the lords of the Ministry of Industry, please take your life back."

Emperor Changlong: "..."

What exactly did he do in his last life to have such a scumbag

In the end, in the roar of Emperor Changlong, King Ning left crying and took a job in the Ministry of Industry. His sad and lonely back seemed to be commemorating the leisurely life he had passed away.

"Father, please calm down." The crown prince gave Emperor Changlong a cup of tea. "You see it's getting late, my son thinks..."

"Don't think about anything, you don't want to go anywhere until the memorial is approved." Emperor Changlong said ruthlessly, "My daughter-in-law, I have the cheek to ask you for a marriage, and the jewelry and jade in the private library are also moved to the East Palace by you. Now, what are you thinking about?"

The prince smiled and said, "I think you should be hungry. Would you like some dinner?"

Emperor Changlong: "..."

Thinking that his son cared about his body, but he lost his temper at him, Emperor Changlong felt a little guilty, softened his tone, and asked Zhao Sancai to prepare dinner.

After dinner was over, the crown prince continued to smile and said: "Father, in a few days, the banquet to the nations will be over, and in a blink of an eye, summer will follow. After summer is over, winter will not be far away."

"What do you want to say?" After the meal, Emperor Changlong's mood had stabilized.

As a tired old father, he is used to being angry with his sons, so he has rich experience in calming down his emotions.

"Should you help Erchen to urge Qin Tianjian and let them figure out a happy day when everything is suitable for him to marry the Lord of Fushou County?"

"Didn't you have run to Qintian Prison a few times in recent days?" Emperor Changlong sighed, he knew that the third son had suddenly become so patient, he must have something to ask for.

"Without your order, they are very lax." The prince said, "My son will be very good in August, which is a good time for lukewarmness."

Emperor Changlong nodded helplessly: "I will discuss this with Hua Aiqing and Wei Aiqing."

"Many thanks to the emperor." The prince achieved his goal, sat obediently on the chair, and helped Emperor Changlong to complete the review of the memorial.

"Father, it's getting dark, you should go back to the bedroom to rest." The prince put down his red pen and rubbed his hands together, "I heard that some envoys have sent a lot of beautiful gems this time, and my son wants to make a few sets of gemstone clothes for his daughter-in-law. , you see…”

"roll!"

How wicked was he in his last life, and how did he become a father to these stinky boys in this life

"Thank you, father and emperor, my son will go and pick the gems." As the thickest-skinned old man in Dajin, the prince smiled and walked to Emperor Changlong's private storehouse.

Emperor Changlong: "..."

The author has something to say: Excuse me, how do you judge the unhealthy behavior of the Dajin royal family

Prince: Thank you for your invitation, I just left the imperial study, and I am in the emperor's private treasury. It's cool to chew on the old for a while, and it's always good to eat the old all the time.