Yue Hanyi did not give up. The next day, the greeting card was sent again, but this time it was Li'er who sent the greeting card.
After not seeing each other for a few months, the little girl has grown taller, and her old flowers are about to bloom. Between her brows, she reveals the softness of a girl.
At the age of thirteen or four, it is the time when flowers are blooming. The last thing Ning Chen wants to see is for these children to be involved in the conspiracy.
Yue Hanyi's behavior once again angered him.
"Li'er, I'm sending this letter to you, sister Yi. You can't peek at it." Ning Chen patted the little girl's head and said softly.
"Okay" Li'er nodded.
After Li'er left, Ning Chen waved his hand and completely turned the invitation in front of him into crumbs. The people behind the scenes seemed to be eager to get him to take his place. The fight for the throne really made these people a little crazy.
There was only one sentence in his letter: If you don't want your Lingyan Pavilion, I can help you settle it at any time.
Lingyan Pavilion, Yue Hanyi felt a slight chill down her back after seeing the letter brought back by Li'er. She did not expect that Ning Chen would not miss the old relationship so much and would not give him any face.
She had no doubt at all about the authenticity of the threat in the letter. How could a man who could order the slaughter of tens of thousands of Buddhists in the Buddhist Kingdom care about a little Lingyan Pavilion like her?
"How is it? Did he still refuse?" A gentle man's voice asked from behind the screen in the room.
"Yeah" Yue Hanyi responded respectfully.
"Forget it, Empress Dowager's birthday will be in two days. There will be plenty of opportunities then, so don't rush now," the man in the room said calmly.
"Yes" Yue Hanyi lowered his head and said.
Taishi Duke's Estate, Grand Tutor wrote a letter and sent it to Zhiming Marquisate.
After reading Ning Chen, he frowned and asked, "What does Grand Tutor mean?"
At Changsun's birthday party two days later, Grand Tutor advised him not to attend and just recuperate in the mansion.
Changsun's birthday banquet is impossible for him not to go, no one's words are of any use.
However, the two Imperial Prince will definitely take the opportunity to win over him, which is indeed a troublesome thing.
Neither Changsun nor Three Grand Ministers has decided on the next candidate for Xia Emperor. If he chooses rashly now, he will definitely be scolded by Changsun.
Duke Jingwu's house, Duke Jingwu also wrote a letter and sent it to Zhiming Marquisate, with the same meaning, asking Ning Chen not to attend Empress Dowager's birthday party.
They originally did not want to seal the tenth Martial Marquis at this time, but the contribution made by Ning Chen cannot be suppressed anymore. While they are concerned about the situation in the imperial city, they must also be concerned about the mood of Great Xia's officers.
However, they absolutely do not want to see a Martial Marquis in Beijing participate in the battle for the throne.
The situation in the Imperial City is already chaotic enough. If Martial Marquis is involved, we don't know what it will be like.
Ning Chen received the letter from Duke Jingwu, read it, and put it aside together with the letter from Grand Tutor. Now, Grand Confucian and Grand General have written letters, and the next one is Grand Eunuch.
Sure enough, not long after, a letter from Duke Xiyu also arrived. The content was exactly the same, telling him to take good care of his injuries and not to get involved in these things, but his tone was a little stiffer.
Ning Chen had a very average impression of Duke Xiyu, and he was even less interested in the tone of the order in the letter. After reading the letter, he directly clenched it into crumbs and had people sweep it out.
In this world, no one except Changsun has the right to order him to do anything, and Three Grand Ministers is no exception.
He will definitely go to Changsun's birthday in two days. As for the two Imperial Prince, he will avoid them if he can, and if he can't avoid them, he will just take the move.
He can retreat, but that doesn't mean he can retreat again and again.
The battle for the throne was not something he should get involved in, but when push came to shove, he would not care about anything that should or should not be done.
You have to listen to what your elders say, but if you are willful once in a while, it's not a big deal. At most, you just have to bite the bullet and get scolded.
Shi Si, the official responsible for recording the history of Great Xia, looked shocked when recording the youngest member of Great Xia, Martial Marquis, and wrote heavily, Ning Chen, Great Xia, in the spring of the second year of the new calendar, sealed the Martial Marquis position, and sealed the title to know his fate.
Seventeen years old!
The historian was afraid of making mistakes, so he sent the memorial to the Heavenly Edict Hall and asked Marquis of Knowing Fate's age again.
Changsun only replied with two words after reading it, correct!
Two days later, on Empress of Great Xia Empress Dowager's thirty-ninth birthday, a family banquet was held at Nine Palaces Garden. There were not many people at the banquet, but the number of people who came uninvited could not be counted.
Ning Chen was the one who came uninvited. He didn't receive the invitation. Instead, he received an oral instruction from Changsun, telling him to recover from his injuries at home and not to leave the house in the near future.
The meaning is obvious. There are so many people at my birthday party, and you are not missing. Please rest at home.
There are more and more people in Nine Palaces Garden, all of them are powerful officials and family members of the court. What was originally a family banquet soon turned into a court banquet.
On the main seat, Changsun is sitting upright, wearing a court dress mainly made of red and yellow gold and silver silk with a phoenix embroidered pattern. Soaring Cloud The phoenix in the center of the bun holds a pearl in its mouth. The tassels under the pearl hang down gently. Her beautiful face, which has not been eroded by time, is now wearing a soft smile, which brings an inexplicable light pressure to people.
When the palace banquet was about to start, there was a soft sound of footsteps in the distance, and in the eyes of surprised eyes, two figures walked slowly, one big and one small. The pear blossoms were falling, but they were pushed away by an invisible force and could not fall on the two of them.
Changsun frowned without leaving any trace. Why is this guy so disobedient? He is still not honest even when he is injured.
"Marquis of Knowing Fate" The ministers greeted politely and looked at the young figure in front of them with different expressions.
Ning Chen returned the greetings one by one, and then brought Little Mingyue to bow respectfully to Changsun who was in charge.
"Ning Chen, please refer to Empress Dowager"
"Marquis of Knowing Fate No courtesy, please take a seat." Under the eyes of everyone, Changsun couldn't say much, so he could only act according to the rules.
"Thank you Empress Dowager" Ning Chen stood up, took his seat, and then ordered someone to bring the birthday gift to Changsun.
Looking at the birthday gift in front of her, Changsun felt a sense of curiosity in her heart. She didn't expect what Ning Chen would give her. She knew very well that this boy had no money. She had withheld his monthly salary when he was in the palace. Even the one hundred taels of gold that Xia Emperor rewarded was still with her. At that time, she was afraid that he would run away, so she cut off his money.
All the ministers present also looked at the wooden box in front of Changsun. They also wanted to know what kind of birthday gift the newly promoted Martial Marquis would give.
When the wooden box was opened, white light bloomed, like a soft bright moon rising in Nine Palaces Garden. Looking closely, he saw a pure white luminous pearl lying there quietly in the wooden box. It was the size of a fist, radiant and flawless. Every woman present was immediately attracted to the sight and could no longer move away.
Changsun is Empress after all, and his knowledge is not comparable to that of ordinary people. After a brief surprise, he immediately came back to his senses and gently closed the wooden box.
The faces of the female relatives present flashed with deep reluctance, and they subconsciously looked at Marquis of Knowing Fate, with a burning look in their eyes.
Luminous pearls are rare things to begin with, but the ones Marquis of Knowing Fate gave them are even more valuable, and there is no place to buy them if you have money.
Next to Ning Chen, Little Mingyue looked at the scorching eyes from all directions, despising the bumpkin in his heart.
Ning Chen Of course he didn't know what the little girl was thinking, but in his opinion, this bead had no use except as a candle.
He brought back a total of twenty-one luminous pearls from the Buddhist Kingdom, four big ones and seventeen small ones. Little Mingyue asked for two, one big and one small. They played with them as glass balls every day in the mansion, making his room light up all day and all night.
"Marquis of Knowing Fate, you are determined!" Changsun said calmly on the chairperson's seat and then stopped saying, "It's impossible to praise him. This kid came here in disobedience. He wants to get through with just a luminous pearl. How can it be so cheap?"
Ning Chen I'm used to it and I'm not disappointed. It's good if I don't get scolded. If I think about anything else, I'm really overthinking it.
However, he could see that Changsun still liked the gift very much.
Women always like something shiny, and even the little girl Mingyue is no exception, let alone Changsun.
After a brief interlude, the banquet officially began. First, Changsun expressed his gratitude to the ministers for coming, using some high-sounding clichés. Then the ministers responded and continued the cliché, once or twice, and between the drinks, more than half an hour had passed.
Ning Chen's head was pounding when she heard it, and Little Mingyue was also listless. She had almost vomited when she heard this in the palace, but she didn't expect to suffer this torture when she came to Great Xia.
Under the seat, two Imperial Prince glanced at each other from time to time. One was slightly frail and had a delicate face. He was wearing a gorgeous black satin robe with gold piping, a four-clawed golden dragon circling around, wide sleeves with silver patterns on the sleeves, dark cloud patterns, a moon-white waist, and black hair tied with a plain mutton-fat jade hairpin.
The other one has a tall and straight posture, a domineering presence, and the aura of a warrior is extremely compelling. He is at least at the ninth level.
The two are exactly Tenth Prince Xia Mingri of Great Xia, and Third Prince Xia Yanwu.
In comparison, Xia Ziyi, who sits in the first place, seems a bit low-key. Since he voluntarily withdrew from the battle for the throne, Great Xia's First Prince's status in the eyes of the ministers has also been reduced a lot.
Ning Chen just nodded to Xia Ziyi and pretended not to notice the gazes of the other two Imperial Prince.
Next to Xia Ziyi, Ninth Princess is still as beautiful as ever. Ning Chen also nodded and greeted him. In the past, he had to get help from Ninth Princess when he left the palace. Although Xia Xinyu also had his own plans at that time, it was still a favor to him no matter what.
Ninth Princess nodded in response, with a sigh in his heart. Who would have thought that the little eunuch who asked her for help in the past has become Great Xia the most noble Martial Marquis today.
Things in the world are constantly changing, which makes people sad.
The minds of all the ministers present were extremely complicated, and among the jealousy, there was also deep fear.
What happened to the Buddhist Kingdom is no longer a secret. With so many achievements in battle, it is difficult to hide how cruel Marquis of Knowing Fate is, how cruel he is to the Buddhist Kingdom, how cruel he is to his subordinates, and how cruel he is to himself.
In this world, apart from Marquis of Knowing Fate, there is no one else who dares to attack Mijie Mountain with only a thousand soldiers.
The spies from the Buddhist Kingdom have already brought back the news. Mijie Mountain, which used to be prosperous in the past, has now been destroyed. The corpses at the foot of the mountain have been covered with no place to stay.
No one dared to look down upon the delicate and even childish face in front of them, because they knew that underneath this young face, there was a bloody and ruthless heart.