Within a few days, Zhou Xining received a letter from Zhou Shanran, Da Gao lived up to expectations, and successfully broke the Wang family's situation with her playful and sarcastic efforts.

A few days later, there was another news that Mrs. Gao and her daughter left Beijing to return to Linqing for the New Year.There was no detailed description of what method was used, but Zhou Xining could imagine that the two Gao sisters must have completely torn their faces and broken their sisterly relationship.

So far, the crisis has been resolved.

However, the Wang family also used Da Gao's method against Wang Ning to spread the word about what Zhou Shanran did. Although there was no exaggerated malicious slander, it was enough to make her famous.

Miss Zhou Jiasan became famous and notorious.

The after-dinner conversations in the mansions of central Beijing almost all revolved around the Wang family and the Zhou family.It is said that the Wang family and the Zhou family criticize and slander each other when they fail to discuss marriage, and they are too narrow-minded.It is said that the two little girls Wang Ning and Zhou Shanran have too many thoughts and lack of discipline and so on.

All of a sudden, rumors were flying and clamoring.

So, Gao Shi, who just got up from the hospital bed, got down again, this time he was really sick.

At this juncture, the annual winter banquet in the palace came as scheduled.

Different from previous years, this time the winter banquet in the palace was hosted by the queen and co-organized by the concubine Xian.

That's right, Concubine Xian is confinement, and everyone thought that Concubine Xian would fall out of favor after giving birth to a princess. As a result, she got the emperor's personal order as soon as she conceived, and she will co-organize this year's winter banquet with Empress Zhang .

That's right, the most important item of this year's winter banquet is the selection of the crown princess and the two wives.When Prince Xuan Guo married the Crown Princess, he would take two attendants into the East Palace at the same time.

So when the emperor proposed Huang Xianfei to co-organize, Queen Zhang did not express dissatisfaction, but thanked the emperor for his compassion with a smile, and generously asked Huang Xianfei to draw up the candidates to be invited to the banquet.

Empress Zhang thought very clearly that Concubine Huang Xian could not control the candidate for the crown princess. Although the selection was made through the winter banquet, the real candidate must have been in the emperor's heart long ago.

Hearing that Zhou Shanran and Wang Ning received the post about the Winter Banquet at the same time, Zhou Xining lowered his eyes and smiled.

This Concubine Huang Xian is really restless, but she is not worried at all.

Zhou Shanran never went to this kind of banquet in the past, let alone now.Even if Concubine Huang Xian put the post on her head, would she go?No one can refute her ready-made excuse to serve Gao Shi who is sick in bed.

As for Wang Ning, she will definitely go, even if she knows that she has no place in the Crown Princess due to her background, she will still fight for the lady's seat.

In the past, when the situation was uncertain, the Wang family would protect themselves and not want to get involved in royal disputes, so Wang Ning would naturally hide her innocence and not fight.But now the general situation is set and the crown prince has grown wings. As long as the crown prince does not commit suicide, no one can shake the crown prince's position.Entering the Eastern Palace at this time, even though she is a small attendant wife, it is the future to seek.

After all, she had the upper hand, and if Lin'er was born again, a concubine would not be able to escape in the future.Once elected, it would be of great benefit to the now half-dead Wang family.

In the last life, the seventh concubine was Xie Zhuer, but not only this time, will the concubine still be her?If Xie Zhuer is a concubine, her background and herself are enough, but if she is a concubine, she is probably not so good.

However, it's hard to say if there is the blue eyes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Although the selection of candidates is determined by the Queen and the Emperor, it still depends on His Highness the Crown Prince's will to decide who should be selected.Queen Zhang may have her own ideas, but the emperor will definitely listen to the opinions of His Royal Highness the Prince.

In other words, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely fight for himself.

November 26, the day of the Royal Winter Feast.As soon as the winter banquet was over, news spread that Xie Zhu'er had been selected as the crown princess, but Wang Ning, who was staring at the seat of the attendant's wife, tried her best, but still lost the election.

She was very upset.

In her opinion, Xie Zhu'er's family background is not higher than hers, and her appearance and talent are not obvious, so why can she become a princess.But she couldn't even choose a small attendant lady?
But she didn't show this resentment, after all, she was used to wearing a smiling face mask to show people all the year round.

When the news came, Zhou Xining just smiled, the result was almost predictable.

Her background is not obvious, her appearance and talent are not obvious, these are still secondary, the most important point is that she just broke out with the Zhou family and criticized each other.Even though Concubine Huang Xian stretched out her hand in fear of chaos in the world, the emperor would not let a stigmatized Wang Ning enter the East Palace.

"Changyan, the news of the son has not arrived yet?"

Zhou Xining lowered his eyes and counted the time silently. Today should be the day when He Beiting sent the news back, but it was almost dark today, but the news had not been delivered yet.

As soon as Zhou Xining finished speaking, Yun Gui and Chang Yan stood in front of the window.

Yes, Changyan is back, and now he is Zhou Xining's secret guard.

At the beginning, He Beiting only asked Changyan to be responsible for Zhou Yanqing's safety, and did not give him the person.Changyan's "uncle son" showed his identity and position even more.

Ever since he took responsibility for Zhou Yanqing's safety, Changyan has done the most to train Qiusheng and Chunsheng, teaching them as much as possible what he knows and knows.

But now, in Chang Yan's eyes, Qiu Sheng and Chun Sheng are capable enough to afford it.So after reporting to Zhou Shining, he withdrew from Zhou Yanqing's side to the He family.

Qiu Sheng and Chun Sheng took their respective teams and became the Zhou family's double guards, one bright and one dark.

Everyone is happy with this arrangement.

Yun Guiben was Zhou Xining's secret guard, Zhou Xining married into the He family, and after He Beiting led the army to go out, he turned from the dark to the bright.So after Chang Yan came back from Zhou's house, he replaced Yun Gui as Zhou Shining's secret guard.

Zhou Xining looked at the solemn faces of Yun Gui and Chang Yan, and his heart skipped a beat. Could something be wrong again?
"Tell me, what happened?"

Changyan glanced at Yungui, motioning for him to speak first.

"Young Madam, the grain and grass transported by the Su family were robbed, and Mr. Su is missing."

The routes for the Su family to transport grain and grass are all within the territory of Xuanguo. Why was the grain and grass robbed?Who was robbed again?Could it be that the enemy has also learned from He Beiting and sent elite troops to infiltrate Xuan Kingdom, guarding the places where food and grass must pass to ambush?But if he came here to rob food and grass, how could his cousin disappear?
Thinking of a certain possibility, Zhou Xining's face darkened.

Yun Gui took a look at Zhou Xining's changed expression, and quickly said, "There is a stalemate in the battle, and the master may not be able to return to the capital by the end of the year."

Zhou Xining pursed his lips. Although the court wanted to end the war as soon as possible, He Beiting also sent a letter saying that he would try his best to come back for the New Year.The battlefield is changing rapidly, and who dares to say that it will be foolproof.

What's more, no matter how ingenious He Beiting is, no matter how born a general, this is the first time he leads the army alone, and it is against Wu Nam and Dai Viet at the same time.

It is not easy for him to defeat the enemy repeatedly when he does not have an advantage in military strength, not to mention that his goal is not simply to return with a big victory.Instead, he wanted to disable Wu Nam and Dai Viet as much as possible. Even if they couldn't fight to clear the border, at least they had to ensure that they would not dare to attack easily again within decades.

But this is easier said than done.

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