Ping An Biography

On Tuesday, Niang came to the other courtyard by the lake for a couple reunion. Unexpectedly, she only stayed for one night and Zhang Ning ran back to Chu Palace the next day.

He ignored the yamen, but went directly to the palace to meet Yao Ji.Seeing his rushing appearance, Yao Ji thought there was something serious to do, so she sat down solemnly and prepared to listen.Zhang Ning didn't sit down, and walked back and forth in the room for a few steps, with one hand reaching into the sleeve and grabbing the other, with a restless expression on his face.

Seeing this, Yao Ji raised her sleeves and waved them lightly. Several servants standing in the corners gently bowed their knees to bid farewell, then quietly retreated, and then gently closed the door.

It was early in the morning, the sun was already hanging in the air, and the sunlight came in from all the cracks in the door, making the room bright, but Zhang Ning felt a little confused.It seems that there are a lot of things that he wants to make clear to Yao Ji. He understands that Yao Ji should be informed of some things in advance, because the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Wuchang can't get in, and they can't hide them. The last time he had a tryst with Mrs. Yu Thought it was kept a secret, what happened?But for a while, he didn't know where to start, and he tried hard to organize his inner thoughts.

At this time, Yao Ji said: "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"I had a dream last night." Zhang Ning finally said, "...I can't start from a dream. I used to have a younger sister, a biological sister. Do you know what time I was referring to?"

Yao Ji thought for a while, she was the one who gave birth to Zhang Ning in the Ming Dynasty, and she only had one child in her life, where did he get his own sister?After thinking about it, she nodded lightly, and smiled after a while and said, "Does she look very similar to Xiaomei Zhang?"

Zhang Ning shook his head: "I have already forgotten what she looks like. I dreamed of her again last night. I couldn't see her face clearly before, but I saw her face clearly last night... I remember seeing it clearly when I just woke up. I still have an impression, but I forget it after a while."

Yao Ji was thoughtful: "Could it be that the past life you thought about in your heart was just a dream?" [

Zhang Ning said decisively: "Impossible, I can tell the difference."

Yao Ji didn't argue with him, but asked calmly, "What happened to that younger sister?"

"Dead." Zhang Ning said in a low voice, his face darkened for a while.Yao Ji seemed to want to comfort him, but she said after a long time, "Everyone is going to die."

Zhang Ning raised his head and sighed softly. His eyes looked at the roof, but he didn't seem to see anything. He murmured, "I still remember the scene when she was carried back. Two men from the same village carried her into the courtyard on a stretcher made of bamboo. At that time, there were a lot of neighbors watching... It wasn't that something serious happened and there were not so many people gathered together. Only then did I realize that she was really dead.

Strangely enough, I didn't experience the pain I've seen bereaved people experience. I couldn't even shed a tear.Just a little confused in my mind.I don't know if I am unresponsive? "

Yao Ji just watched him with great interest, and of course she didn't look sad.Just as Zhang Ning couldn't really feel what she had experienced in the past, she couldn't feel what kind of mood it was.

"Later, in the short but long time of my life, I still couldn't forget her. The grief that didn't bring me at that moment turned into tiny things that ran through the whole time..." Zhang Ning's voice changed Trembling, "I finally realized that what I lost at that time was the most important person, none of them."

He looked back at Yao Ji with a dazed expression: "When a person comes into the world, he will only be dependent on one person. At that time, the adults had work to do, and I was assigned to take care of the little sister, so since I was a child, I was more dependent on her." I became dependent instead of relying on my parents... It may be disrespectful to say this. If my biological parents passed away in front of me, I might be sad, but this feeling is actually sympathetic. Yes, that's all; but far from losing the affection of the only one to depend on.

...It's like suddenly there is only one person in this world, the loneliness of having no relatives, but in fact you still have relatives and friends. "

Yao Ji said coldly: "But Miss Zhang is not that person, you made a mistake."

"Yes." Zhang Ning lowered his head, "But when I'm with her, every time I dream of being a younger sister, she's still alive, and there will be many things about living together, as if it's real."

He felt that Yao Ji's tone was a bit unkind, so he stopped talking.He remembered the situation in his dream just after waking up, and at that moment he seemed to really understand what happiness is... A feeling based on blood relatives, but far beyond, warm, safe, and happy, covering his whole body In the joy of loving life.If he had a choice, he would rather live in the world of his dream than to have the noble blood of Taizu in the Ming Dynasty and gradually grasp the real power, although the latter satisfied his ambition | desire.

Yao Ji saw the distorted expression on his face, and a strange red color appeared on his pale face.She blurted out with sadness: "I really don't have a son anymore, don't you..."

After hearing this, Zhang Ning was silent, thinking that he couldn't blame himself.It was inevitable for Yao Ji to lose her son. At that time, the young scholar in the capital was caught in a fraudulent conspiracy and his fate was doomed, but the one who "lived" again was accidental.

For some reason, he asked an interesting question along the way: "If you had to choose one of the two, would you choose me to live, or him?"[

"You." A soft but firm voice said.

Zhang Ning suddenly turned to look at her in surprise, only to see Yao Ji's white teeth biting her lower lip.He couldn't understand it for a while, and many deeper thoughts came into his mind chaotically. According to life experience, the closest blood relationship may not necessarily become the most dependent person, but it can't be proved by the theory he has seen.

"I want to keep Miss Zhang by my side..." Zhang Ning rubbed his head, feeling that the request he made seemed to have no logical relationship with what he just said.

Yao Ji is very smart, her mind is like a mirror, she can understand many things right away without needing to be straightforward.She didn't seem to care whether the matter was absurd or acceptable, but just indulged in Zhang Ning's request without even hesitating.At the same time, she seemed very rational, and said: "But it can't be made public, otherwise the prestige will be shaken, and a little carelessness will give opportunities to those with ulterior motives."

Zhang Ning breathed a sigh of relief: "I think so too, should I hire her a fake son-in-law or cover it up as a monk?"

Yao Ji said: "If you want to hire a son-in-law, if she becomes pregnant, there is a saying. Otherwise, you will make her never recognize your child?"

Zhang Ning was embarrassed to go on, but he hadn't considered pregnancy or anything.I don't know why, but I feel that I am healthy and normal, but I have no offspring. Could it be that I have some kind of energy somewhere?But Yao Ji firmly believed that he could carry on the family line, because otherwise, the country he conquered would be in fundamental crisis.

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In Nanjing City, when a few people outside the palace were waiting to meet the saint, Yang Sihai was quietly advising the eunuch Haitao: "The Yangtze River has river defenses. In Wuchang, the thief's lair was heavily guarded, and it was not easy to assassinate. Eunuch Hai's deployment of the factory guards We have to think long-term. I have a plan. The traitor’s concubine is not pregnant so far. This is a matter that both inside and outside Wuchang attaches great importance to. The factory guard can start with it and try to get close to the people around him.”

Although Haitao is a eunuch, he has a bad stomach, and there is a very obscene smile on the corner of his mouth: "How to get it?"

Jin Yiwei general Lu Qianshi said very politely: "The leader of the thief is also a hero, so this is a big deal." Although the official identity of "Zhu Wenbiao" is not recognized, everyone inside and outside the court believes that he is Jianwen's son. According to the evidence, he could not integrate the power of Jianwen's remnants.Therefore, Lu Qianshi, who was loyal to the Zhu family dynasty, did not want to hear an eunuch slander the royal family.

Yang Sihai also shook his head and said: "What I mean is to send someone to pretend to be alchemists, monks and Taoists, and to treat the disease with folk prescriptions, to see if they can get in to find out the whereabouts of the thief leader, so that they can make a comprehensive plan and calculate with their hearts." After Yang Sihai finished speaking, he reminded, "It's better to find a woman, it's easier to eliminate the vigilance in the Palace of Chu."

"Yang Yushi's idea makes sense." Lu Qianshi nodded.He is very positive about this matter. In his opinion, there is no benefit for Haitao to be in charge of this matter. Even if he becomes a eunuch, he still wants to be a marquis?However, as a military general of the emperor's personal soldiers, it is a great opportunity for Lu Qianshi to make great achievements and become a noble.

At this time, Wang Gou'er, who was coming out to deliver the decree, heard some words and could probably guess what they were talking about.The last time the assassination of King Xiang was brought up directly in front of the imperial court, and Wang Gou'er was also present, so he knew about it.

"The emperor ordered you to go in and face the saint." Wang Gou'er stepped forward and said calmly.Then everyone followed Haitao into the Meridian Gate.

As the supervisor of ceremonies, Wang Gou'er can not only read various memorials, but also often goes in and out of the emperor's side. It can be said that he, an eunuch, knows more about state affairs than the ministers in the court.The imperial court has repeatedly attacked and suppressed the Huguang Jianwen rebels, but almost never won, especially in the battle of Jiujiang, where the officers and soldiers were even seriously injured.Wang Gou'er had already known in his heart that he had an advantage over other grasshoppers, so he had to pay more attention to the way out on Jianwen's side.

If the news of the factory guard's plot to assassinate the king of Xiang is revealed to the other side, so that they are more prepared to guard against it, it will undoubtedly be a crucial contribution in the future.However, it is very inconvenient for Haitao to return to the court, and Haitao's ears and eyes can smell the wind if he is not careful. Haitao will definitely spare no effort to punish himself to death.

You have to find the right time to act... But Wang Gou'er already has another calculation in mind, which is to seize the opportunity to slander Haitao: This dog eunuch encouraged the emperor to say these crooked ways in front of the ministers, wouldn't it spread the word? It's a bit of a loss!The dignified court of the Ming Dynasty couldn't put down the rebellion head-on with the king's teacher, but there was a conspiracy of treacherous men to enter the camp?