Dai Ziling

Chapter 181 Playing Pigs and Tigers
King Nandan hadn't come to Xiangkun Palace for a long time, not to mention the bad weather today, he came here suddenly, so naturally he couldn't be thinking about his wife.

Everyone stood at the gate of the hall, and when King Nandan approached, they all saluted and said goodbye.

Seeing Teng Xuanyi and the others here, King Nandan didn't show much surprise. On the contrary, he wore a kind and kind smile, so that everyone didn't have to be restrained and polite.

Zixi hid at the back and observed King Nandan's chin from the gap. This fake beard was pasted, um, very well, and people who didn't know it couldn't see anything unusual.

After going through so many things, the queen has long been flattered and humiliated by this superior husband, and even smiling is just a simple movement of the face.

"It's rare for Your Majesty to be free today. I happen to have freshly baked pastries here. Would you like to try them?"

Calmly took a plate of Zixi's leftover cakes, the queen looked as usual, as if there was no quarrel with King Nandan.

Taking a piece of pastry and taking a bite, King Nandan showed joy and praised: "The queen's craftsmanship is getting more and more exquisite, sweet but not greasy, soft and delicious, very good!"

Putting the pastry in his hand back on the plate, King Nandan looked around at the people standing in the hall. When his eyes fell on that touch of purple, his expression changed obviously, but he quickly recovered, looked at Teng Xuanyi and said : "It is said that this child is the closest to the mother. As expected, they have entered the imperial palace, and they did not say to come to see the widow, so the widow had to come to see you."

Neither humble nor overbearing, Teng Xuanyi stepped forward and nodded and said: "Father is joking, the court has just ended at this time, and my son thinks that Father should be dealing with government affairs, and plans to go to greet you later."

King Nandan said: "Well, what you said is not bad. Recently, the widow has been dizzy by Na Yanyou, and she is indeed very tired."

Moving behind Zhulan, Zixi curled her lips and said in her heart: So it's to move rescuers!
Teng Xuanyi served a cup of tea and said: "The state affairs are heavy, please take care of your father."

King Nandan took the tea, took a symbolic sip, and said, "Is your elder brother all right? I heard that the woman named Ningfu is also in your residence?"

Teng Xuanyi said: "Go back to my father, my eldest brother is fine, but he is not in good spirits. The doctor has already prescribed a tranquilizer, and he must be recuperating for a while. As for that woman, she is the key to whether she will retreat or not." , My son is not sure whether Heng Cang will keep his promise, so he decided to place her in the mansion first, lest Heng Cang use other means to take her away."

King Nandan nodded and said: "Well, you are still thoughtful. The widow has sent troops to the border to prevent Heng Cang from rebelling, but it will take some time, that Heng Cang...huh! Dishonest!"

puff!
Zixi pressed her forehead against Zhulan's back, bit her lips and tried her best to hold back a smile: "Where is Heng Cang who is dishonest!"

Feeling a small tremor on her back, Zhu Lan straightened her body unnaturally, and silently prayed in her heart: Don't do anything wrong with this girl!

Glancing in Zhulan's direction from the corner of his eye, Teng Xuanyi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Father Wang Yingming, we really shouldn't take it lightly. Yanyou has many tricks, so we should take precautions early."

"Well, Yi'er, the widow has dispatched two generals, Sima Murong, and they are all your old subordinates."

"Oh?" Teng Xuanyi showed a look of surprise, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "The two of them are brave and good at fighting, and their martial arts are outstanding. The king's father is wise, and the son worships him."

King Nandan waved his hand: "Hey, no matter how powerful the two of them are, if the soldiers under him don't have a tacit understanding, I'm afraid no matter how ingenious their strategies are, they won't be able to achieve the greatest effect."

Teng Xuanyi said: "Then father means..."

King Nandan smiled lightly: "The widow plans to reorganize the Yiqi Army and send it to the border to prepare for war. What do you think?"

Hearing this, everyone was shocked. King Nandan was clearly probing. If Teng Xuanyi couldn't answer well, then he had selfish desires and would rather protect himself than solve Nandan's urgent needs; The answer is yes, but it is inevitable that people will feel that Nandan can't do without him, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers are not as powerful as a mere Yiqi army.

Zhu Lan felt a pain in his waist, he looked down, a pair of slender hands were tightly pinching his waist, his joints were white and trembling slightly.

Teng Xuanyi gritted his teeth, and said: "My son thinks it is very good! It's just that I ask my father to withdraw the name of Yiqi Army and change it to something else. It is the long-cherished wish of all generals to repel the enemy and protect our country. Given this opportunity, they must be grateful to their father in their hearts."

King Nandan's eyes lit up, and he asked knowingly, "What? You're not going to lead them into battle?"

Teng Xuanyi smiled wryly and said: "I also ask the father to forgive my sins. My son and minister have frequent old wounds. I am really powerless. I have been traveling around in the past few years, and I have never done any filial piety to my father, queen and queen. I am ashamed. Now I only hope I can spend more time with you and the queen mother, and I hope the father and the king will be happy."

When the goal was achieved, King Nandan showed joy: "My good boy, if that's the case, then I won't force you. That's enough. I still have a lot of government affairs to deal with, so you can stay here to accompany your mother!"

Said, King Nandan stood up, looked at the position where Cai Zixi was standing just now, and found no one, so he tilted his head and walked over.

Zhu Lan's heart sank, and she wrapped her arms around Zixi gently.

Seeing the purple skirt behind Zhulan, King Nandan beckoned: "Come out, what are you hiding? Aren't you a girl who is not afraid of anything?"

Zixi's heart skipped a beat: your grandpa's!This is what you brought to your door!
"Ahem!" Zixi patted Zhulan, motioning him to get out of the way, and the people in the hall held their breath for an instant, so it's better not to make any more troubles!

Walking in front of King Nandan swaggeringly, Zixi bowed respectfully and said: "See Your Majesty."

King Nandan sneered and said, "It's rare to see you so courteous, why are you so quiet today? Could it be that you have been with the fourth child for a long time and have been trained?"

With a smile, Zixi said: "Your Majesty, that's exactly the case. I used to be ignorant and unruly, which annoyed you. I also hope that your lord will not remember the faults of a villain, and don't be as knowledgeable as a little girl like me, you He is the king of a country, and he is the most magnanimous, but I know I was wrong, and I will never dare again."

King Nandan was caught off guard by a few beautiful words. He originally wanted to take this girl to make Teng Xuanyi more fearful, but who knew that this girl didn't play cards according to common sense, and he showed weakness first, which made Nandan The words of teaching that Wang had prepared rotted in his stomach.

People present look at me and I look at you, no one knows what this girl is thinking.

King Nandan was put up by a high hat, and it was really not good to embarrass Zixi in front of so many people, he cleared his throat, and said: "Well, it's good to know that you are wrong, remember, don't do anything arbitrarily in the future !"

Zixi knelt and said: "Yes! I will follow His Majesty's instructions and never dare to do it again!"

After finishing speaking, Zixi raised her head and looked at King Nandan with a smile. Suddenly, she raised her eyebrows and stretched out her hand and said, "Ah! The pastry is stuck to your beard!"

Before King Nandan could react, Zixi's hand had already pinched a strand of his beard. In a panic, he slapped Zixi's hand away, and felt a pain in his jaw, as something was torn apart. Same……

King Nandan covered his chin with one hand, pointed at Zixi with the other and shouted loudly: "Presumptuous!"

With tears in her eyes, Zixi blew on the back of her red hands, and said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, why did you hit me? I saw cake residue on your beard, and I was afraid that it would be bad for you to go out, so I wanted to brush it off for you." Just go, you... You are such a kind person, why did you hit me so hard?"

The queen stood aside and saw some clues, she hurriedly stepped forward and said: "You girl, how can you easily touch your majesty's beard? You can't be so reckless if you have good intentions!"

Zixi nodded: "Well, it's my fault. From the first time I saw His Majesty, I felt that I was very close to him. To put it bluntly, it was as close as meeting my father! So sometimes I don't like Consciously, I was a little more reckless, Your Majesty forgive me, I will never dare again..." After she finished speaking, she still sobbed like a ghost.

The beard didn't dare to blow it anymore, but his eyes could still stare. King Nandan breathed a sigh of relief, and said to himself: A little girl has submissively behaved like this in front of me, and even got beaten by myself. If it is spread, my virtuous king Isn't the name detrimental?Besides, she is still Teng Xuanyi's favorite person. The fourth child just took a step back. It would be wrong to embarrass this girl at this time. Most importantly, she doesn't know my beard...

"That's all! The widow will go back first!"

King Nandan covered his chin with one hand, waved the other casually, and hurried out.

Zixi stared straight at the gate of Xiangkun Palace, until it was closed again, she lay down on the ground and laughed, laughing and shouting: "Hey! It's terrible! Ha! Ha ha ha ha……"

Except for Teng Xuanyi and Zhu Lan, the rest of the people were all at a loss, looking at the girl rolling on the ground laughing wildly inexplicably, and the corners of their mouths involuntarily followed suit.

Walking to Teng Xuanyi's side, Zhu Lan whispered calmly: "I said you were hurt before, but I was rude."

Teng Xuanyi let out a burst of laughter, shaking his head like a rattle: "Sin...sin..."

(End of this chapter)