On the street outside the Qian'an Prince's Mansion, more than a dozen carriages were waiting.
In the wine shop across the street, a few people looked around and muttered.
"What's the matter? What is going on in the Prince's Mansion?"
"It will be the Longevity Festival in three months. I heard that some of the masters in the prince's mansion are going to Beijing to pay their respects."
"Will you come back then?"
"Nonsense! What are you doing if you don't come back after your birthday?!"
"Longevity Festival is held every year, why should we go this year?"
"How do I know that!"
"Go to work!" The owner of the wine shop slapped the two of them on the head and threw them away. He smiled and poured tea for the guests himself, "Wait slowly."
"It doesn't matter." The guest, a foreigner, was listening eagerly and asked, "Is there several masters in the palace? How did I hear that the King of Qian'an is only in his teens this year, so he has already married a wife?"
"No." The boss smiled, "Besides the Prince of Qian'an, there are also a pair of brothers and sisters of the prince."
The guest nodded, hesitating to speak, "Huang Guizhou, why is it here today, it's here..."
"Have you arrived at our land of poor mountains and bad waters?" The boss continued with a smile, "This has to start from the time of the emperor..."
In the southern border, the emperor is far away, and the folk customs are open. He never shy away from discussing the political affairs. In the early morning, when there were no guests in the restaurant, the boss simply sat down and talked about it.
"The late emperor had a total of six princes, and in his later years, the emperor preferred two princes, one was the second prince and the other was the sixth prince.
"The second prince is older and prudent, while the sixth prince is young and smart."
"It is said that the late emperor preferred the younger son, but the sixth prince was too young. The late emperor was only fifteen years old when he died. He was probably thinking about the country's long-term care. When he was dying, the late emperor still passed the throne to the second prince. That is today."
"After the death of the first emperor, Concubine Zhong Gui, the sixth prince's mother concubine, was too sad and went with the emperor, and the sixth prince's aunt, Concubine Zhong, who also entered the palace as a concubine, also followed."
"The sixth prince's family has also committed crimes. After these incidents, the situation of the sixth prince has plummeted..."
The guest nodded knowingly: "It's really embarrassing."
The boss and the guest looked at each other and smiled, hiding what they couldn't say, and continued, "However, it is good for the sixth prince today. In the second year of his enthronement, the sixth prince who has not reached the crown will be named Prince Ning, and all kinds of favors..."
The guest frowned, suddenly remembered something, and slapped the table: "Prince Ning! The one who was once captured..."
The boss nodded: "It's him. In the fifteenth year of Taihe, Beidi came to commit the crime. I don't know if the guest officials knew about it. The iron rule I set for Emperor Taizu was that in every war, a prince must be sent to accompany the army to expedition to boost the morale of the army. That year , the princes here today are very sick, so they… send Prince Ning.”
The guest hesitated: "This..."
"Hahaha, my younger brother and my own son are the same." The boss said leisurely, "We little people don't know how the war is going, but I only heard that King Ning was greedy for merit and was captured and died in the northern Xinjiang after half a year. Now, someone on the front line said that King Ning had actually surrendered to the enemy, so what happened... who knows."
"Prince Ning went there when she gave birth to the twins, leaving behind a ten-year-old eldest son, a pair of twins, and the three little masters were in a panic all day long. If King Ruo Ning really surrendered to the enemy, then these few a child…”
The guest followed worriedly: "Will you be implicated too?"
"Being kind today, suppressed those rumors, and didn't take anger on the three young sons of King Ning." The boss smiled lightly, "Not only that, but also made an exception to let the prince Ning, who just turned ten years old, be the same as the rank, which can be regarded as a favor. already."
The boss looked outside and said, "The prince who lives in the Qian'an palace now is the prince of Ning, and the prince's twin brothers and sisters."
The guest didn't understand anymore and hesitated, "You said just now that Prince Ning's heir has attacked the rank at the same level, it should be Prince Ning, and it's clearly the Prince's Mansion outside..."
"Hahahaha, that was not long after the prince came to us, he petitioned Jinshang, saying that he had no virtue and talent, could not afford the grace of the saint, and asked himself to be reduced to the king of the county."
"The king of the county took our Qian'an as a fief, and he naturally became the king of Qian'an. It has been seven years since then, and the king of Qian'an is here with us, safe and sound."
The guest pondered for a moment, then came to his senses and sighed, "King Qian'an is young, but he is very smart, and knows how to advance and retreat..."
The boss shook his head and smiled, "That's wrong."
The guest was surprised, and the boss said slowly: "The King of Qian'an is naturally talented, but he was so young at the time, how could he understand this."
"Yes." The guest counted the time, "King Qian'an was only eleven or twelve years old at the time, why..."
The boss said: "The one who protects the prince and his younger siblings is actually another person in their house..."
The guest quickly asked who it was, and the boss smiled secretly, "I don't need to say more about this person, the guest officer must have heard of it."
The guest snorted: "I just arrived here, where is it clear..."
"Zhong Wan." The boss smiled, "Have you heard of the guest officer?"
The guest slowly opened his eyes, patted the table, and said excitedly: "The famous town of the imperial city! Spread it all over the Jiangnan! Is that Zhong Wan who has been so maddened by Yu Xiaowang over the years? No one in the world knows him!"