Warm spring enters Hou's door

Chapter 154 It's time to pay back
However, Du Juanqing's wish did not come true.

Because on the third day of the bride's entry, the angel came to Ningguo's mansion on horseback.

"By God's blessing, the emperor said, Duke Ning has worked hard and made great contributions to the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. I am very relieved. Today, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Changning is specially conferred the title of Lord of Pingle County, and the second son is Marquis of Yongxing. Now call Ning Guogong The whole family moved back to Chang'an to report on their duties, so please!"

After reading the content of the imperial decree, the angel rolled up the bright yellow scroll with a smile, handed it to Du Junqing, and smiled at him: "Mr. Ning, you are here with your wife and the young ladies of the family. Yongxing County has suffered so much and made so many achievements, the emperor has seen it! Now the emperor feels sorry for you. You have lived in this place for so long, and you are almost out of touch with the outside world! So That’s why we specially asked our family to pick you up and take you back to Chang’an Rongyang. As for the mine here, the emperor has already arranged for someone to take it over, so you can rest assured.”

How is this shameless act of giving a sweet date and then a stick different from what they did to Zhang Xiangye?
Wasn't Zhang Xiangye also called by the emperor for his hard work, and then he was named the king of Hanyang, but he was dismissed shortly after he was named king, and then he was kicked out of the inner circle of the court, and finally left?
The same method, they used it on Zhang Xiangye, and they plan to continue to use it on him?

Zhang Xiangye's words last year really came true.

Du Juan lowered his face coldly. "I'm leaving, who do you plan to let take over this iron mine?"

"You don't need to worry about this Ning Guogong. His Majesty has already arranged for very safe people to ensure that the iron mine will be managed well!" the angel promised, patted his chest.

The corner of Du Juanqing's lips twitched. "Why do you sound so unreliable to me?"

Gu Caiwei also nodded. "Now in this world, there is really no one who manages iron mines better than my father-in-law. He is the most familiar with this place, and he has a clear understanding of all the industrial chains from top to bottom. I would rather Know, where else can you find a more suitable candidate to replace him?"

"Well, you two don't need to worry about it. Anyway, you just need to believe that the emperor will not waste all your hard work for so many years." Angel still talked about him.

Gu Caiwei snorted coldly for a moment: "It seems that Princess Anle is jealous because she saw that our iron mine is both famous and profitable, so she has already extended her hand from Chang'an to Yongxing County?"

The angel's eyes flashed immediately, and he laughed a few times.

Since there is no refutation, it is the default.

Both Gu Caiwei and Du Junqing's faces darkened instantly.

Du Juanqing said with a gloomy expression: "Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has indulged Princess Anle and allowed her to do mischief in Chang'an, such as selling officials and nobles, building gardens, wasting money, and harming the people. Now she is harming the people of Chang'an, and it is not enough for her." , and want to pay for the lives of the soldiers at the border, as well as the lives of all the people in my Tang Dynasty?"

"Mr. Ningguo, please be careful!" The angel immediately scowled, "Princess Anle is the saint's favorite daughter. In the early years, the princess suffered enough with the saint in Fangzhou, so now the saint is just doing everything he can to make up for her. And the princess is really smart and sharp, but she helped the saint solve a lot of troubles, and the son-in-law is also young and capable, and the saint is just trying to promote the young people so that they can have more experience and become the pillars of the country in the future!"

"Do you believe these nonsense?" Du Juan asked coldly.

Angel nodded without hesitation. "Believe it! Of course our family believes it!"

"roll!"

Du Juan couldn't take it anymore, he grabbed a plum vase and threw it on top of his head.

He was really angry this time, so the plum vase hit the angel's head impartially, and he was instantly opened.

Blood spurted out, and the angel clasped his head and screamed.

The people around the angel were also anxious when they saw this, and they rushed forward: "Mr. Ning, you are too much! The angel came here on behalf of the saint to proclaim the decree, but you insulted Princess Anle first, and insulted the angel second. What you did What you have done is simply treasonous, deceitful and deceitful!"

"So what? If you have the ability, you can catch me now and try?" Du Juan said coldly.

"Catch it!"

The person who came was also angry, and immediately beckoned people to come in and act.

But at this time Du Yi had already brought people over.

"Father and Mother, what are we going to do with these people now?" He asked directly.

Du Juan's face sank. "throw it out!"

"Yes!"

Du Yi immediately nodded, walked over, and lifted up the screaming angel who was still holding his bloody head with his bare hands.Seeing this, the guards behind him also stepped forward one after another, subdued the people sent by the court three times and two times, and then tied them up and brought them out.

Half an hour later, Du Yi came back.

"Father, my boy has already thrown them out of the city gate. Moreover, my boy has ordered people to inform the guards at the city gate, so that everyone should take strict precautions against these people. If they dare to break in, they will be shot!"

Du Juan nodded. "Okay, you go down!"

But Du Yi didn't move, he looked at Du Juanqing worriedly. "Father, Princess Anle really has her eye on our property? In the past two years, she has been doing well in Chang'an, but no matter what bad things she does, the sage always protects her, which makes her even more lawless. This time we kicked her people out, I'm afraid she won't let it go so easily!"

"She'll let it go if she's not good? Will I just let it go?" Du Juan snorted coldly.

Du Yi was slightly stunned. "Father, what are you going to do?"

Du Juanqing immediately hooked the corners of his mouth, and an incomparably cold smile appeared on his face.

"I have buried the thread for so many years and sold so many favors. Now is the time for me to ask them to give back."

Du Yi shivered suddenly, suddenly a bad feeling came to his mind.

Let's talk about the angels.

Although they had long expected that Du Juanqing would not hand over the dominance of the mine so readily, they never dreamed that this person would be so extreme in his actions, that he would beat them up without saying a word. Then they were thrown out of Yongxing County directly!
Now, the guards at the gate of Yongxing County stared at them like rabbits.As long as they dare to take a step forward, the weapons in these people's hands are already aimed at them!

Of course, they still held a little hope at the beginning, and threatened them solemnly: "We are angels sent by the saints, and we are entrusted with the emperor's life! If you dare to move a finger of us, His Majesty will not let you go." !"

However, the guards guarding the city immediately responded: "How dare you slander our Ning Guogong, the rebellious ministers and thieves. If the Duke is not kind-hearted and doesn't want to care about you, otherwise we would have stabbed you to death! Hurry up and give us the money!" I'll get out, or you'll have something to look forward to next!"

No reason!

Angel I'd rather, he's going crazy.

It's fine if Ning Guogong doesn't take him seriously and beats him up casually.Now that a few guards have been replaced, how dare they yell at him?Even in Chang'an City, few people would dare to treat him like this!
It’s just that no matter how unhappy he is, he’s still timid when facing the gleaming swords in the hands of the guards—everything in Yongxing County comes from the iron mines in Yongxing County, and the quality can be imagined it is good.Fight these people, only one of them will lose!

So, he could only stomp his feet bitterly. "Let's go back to Chang'an. Tell Princess Anle and the sage about this. I want them to see what Duke Ning, who keeps saying he's loyal to the country in this place, has done behind the sage's back!"

Even now, he has already started to think about his rhetoric in front of the saint.

However, what he didn't expect was that - he just returned to Chang'an, and found that Chang'an city was in chaos!
It turned out that Han Haijun's military envoys had already rushed to Chang'an first, and they went straight to the entrance of the military department and began to cry for grievances!

"Master Shangshu, please be the master for me! Originally, we had already discussed with Ning Guogong last year, and this year we will send ten Mo knives, three thousand arrowheads, and some weapons such as swords, guns, swords and halberds to Tingzhou. But in one A month ago, Ning Guogong suddenly sent someone to send a letter, saying that all the previous agreements are void, he is in a bad mood, and he will not do anything this year! This is a major event that concerns the lives and deaths of the soldiers at the border, as well as the stability and prosperity of our Tang Dynasty. How can this be so? Willful behavior? Our governor was furious, and specially asked the subordinates to rush to Chang'an, please go and teach Chang Ninghou a lesson, Master Shangshu, and teach him not to be so willful! Otherwise, you will dismiss him and let others come Take care of the iron ore!"

He was standing at the gate of the Ministry of War and shouting.The soldier's voice was extremely loud and penetrating.But after a while, these words spread in all directions, and soon half of the people in Chang'an City heard them.

When everyone heard it for the first time, they just felt very angry.But then I thought about it again - no!Ning Guogong's reputation in the whole world has been excellent in the past two years, and now most of the main weapons in border gates and guards are provided by him.For so many years, he has never had any troubles, even they have heard that Du Juanqing also helped the Wu family fill in many loopholes!In addition, Du Juanqing's family is well-known in both Chang'an and Luoyang, and now a person suddenly appeared to accuse him like this, everyone found it very strange.

But immediately afterward, other frontier guards also sent military envoys, and they all shouted together at the military department, demanding that the military department severely punish Du Juanqing.Of course, the most important thing is to choose someone who convinces them, and quickly produce all the weapons they need this year!
It might convince all of them... Except for Du Juanqing, I really can't find a second one for a while.

Minister of the Ministry of War naturally knew what was going on, but he couldn't say it!Otherwise, it would be offending Princess An Le!
But those military envoys are all rough people, and none of them know how to beat around the bush.Anyway, when they came, they had to ask for a solution, and if the minister of the Ministry of War refused to give it, they would come to look for it every day and make trouble every day.Before you know it, the entrance of the military department is like a vegetable market, very lively!

The Minister of the Ministry of War saw that something was wrong, so he quickly asked someone to take them in.It's even better now, these people are making a fuss in the military office, almost overturning the military office!

And when they were arguing, someone had already discovered the clues—it turned out that the reason why Ning Guogong chose to do this was because the saint suddenly proposed to recall him to Chang'an, and let someone take over what he was holding!

Since he is not allowed to take care of those things, of course he will send a message to the various military forces, telling them that he will not provide anything this year.

I see!Marquis Chang Ning has worked so hard for so many years, and finally made all the preparations smooth, and someone came to pick peaches in a grandiose manner!

When everyone learned the truth, they suddenly realized, and then a wave of anger rose in their hearts.

But soon someone dug up a deeper level of news - since Ning Guogong didn't plan to work anymore, he didn't plan to give up his position either!What's the difference between such a shameless act of occupying the latrine and not shitting, and someone who forcibly wants to push him down from his position?He is still harming the people and the century-old foundation of the Tang Dynasty!

Ever since, everyone was divided into two factions.

One of the factions insisted on defending Du Juanqing, while the other faction blamed Du Juanqing for not caring about the occasion, being too selfish and lacking in everyone's demeanor.Once the two factions meet together, they will quarrel endlessly at least, and fight at worst.

Even once, the people from You Xiaowei collided with Zuowuwei.The right Xiaowei was brought out by Du Juanqing, and now all the weapons in their hands are provided by Du Juanqing, they are Du Juanqing's diehard loyalists.But Zuo Wuwei has been in the hands of the Wu family for a long time. Before the Wu family cooperated with Du Juanqing, they should be more polite to You Xiaowei.But now, the empress has abdicated, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the Zhang brothers who covered the sky with only one hand have been completely eradicated. The new emperor still honors and favors the Wu family. In addition, Princess Anle married Wu Chongxun, and the Wu family's momentum suddenly became stronger. He no longer took Du Juanqing seriously.

The reason why they delayed taking any action until now was because they were too busy dealing with those old enemies in Chang'an City, and had no time to take care of Du Junqing who was far away in Yongxing County.But now, they are relieved.

Therefore, once the two parties collided, it would be thunder and fire. The two sides just fought each other at first, but they immediately called for reinforcements.The reinforcements also brought the latest weapons, and then there was an extremely fierce fight.

The final result of the fight was that both sides ended in disastrous defeat.

After all, although You Xiaowei had elite weapons at hand, they didn't have too many people, and none of them were very good at kung fu.Zuowuwei has more room to choose talents than Youxiaowei, but the quality of weapons in his hand is far inferior to that of Youxiaowei.Therefore, once they fight, everyone is almost evenly matched, and the final outcome is naturally that both sides will suffer, and the casualties are extremely heavy.

This matter quickly caused a great sensation in Chang'an City, and it also attracted the emperor to pay attention to this matter.

After Princess Anle heard about it, she just sneered coldly: "All this is just a good show staged by Duke Ning and those military personnel in collusion, just to arouse public anger and force me to retreat. But if I If the trivial matters are left behind, where will my princess's face be? That iron ore, I am bound to win it!"

After that, she got up. "Come here, prepare the carriages and horses, I want to go to the palace to see Father! By the way, bring Thirteen Lang with me!"

It is common for Princess An Le to enter the palace, so the people in the house quickly made everything ready.

Princess An Le came to the carriage and horse hall in a soft sedan, and saw a handsome young man in his early ten years waiting beside the carriage.Although he is still young, this young man's appearance is already very impressive.Coupled with a suit of brocade clothes and luxurious attire, it looks even more pleasing to the eye.

Princess An Le saw him from a distance, and immediately couldn't help swallowing.

"I haven't seen you for a day, Thirteen Lang, you are getting more and more handsome!"

She said with a smile, reaching out to touch his face.

But Mr. Xiao Lang took a step back and didn't let her touch him.

Princess Anle's expression sank upon seeing this.Seeing this, the maids around them hurriedly stepped forward and pushed the young man directly in front of Princess Anle.

Princess An Le stretched out her hand again, and touched his face fiercely, and did not let go until she had touched enough.

"Okay, let's get in the car! Sister will take you into the palace to play again today."

Xiao Langjun's lips were tightly pressed into a thin line, but he obediently followed her into the car.

The carriage drove outside the princess mansion, and stopped suddenly after not long.

Then the curtain of the car was lifted from the outside, and a very handsome young man of fifteen or sixteen jumped into the car on his own initiative.

"Princess, I'm here!" He said courteously to Princess Anle, and was about to rub his way towards her.Immediately, he caught a glimpse of the young gentleman sitting in the corner, and suddenly his face sank, "Why is he here again?"

"Thirteen Lang is what I want to take with me, is there a problem?" Princess Anle asked coolly.

"No problem, no problem!" The gentleman quickly shook his head, "It's just that there are outsiders here, so I'm afraid you won't be able to enjoy yourself, princess!"

"No, he is watching from the sidelines, so I can enjoy myself!" Princess Anle said, and gave him a blank look, "If Thirteen Lang was not young, do you think I would abandon him for you? Now, hurry up Show more, let him understand the love between men and women as soon as possible, so that I can enjoy it with him as soon as possible!"

Mr. Xiao Lang's face fell when he heard this. "Sister-in-law princess, am I just something you use as a substitute?"

"Of course not. You look better than your elder brother. I don't like him now, but I like you more. If I had met you earlier, I would definitely not marry Wu Chongxun, but let my father marry me directly." Here it is for you." Princess Anle said indifferently.

When Mr. Xiao Lang heard this, he smiled happily.

Indeed, this person is also the son of the Wu family, but he is not Wu Chongxun's biological brother, but a cousin named Wu Yanxiu, who is the son of Wei Wang Wu Chengsi.

Now, they are blatantly having an affair together.

The two of them were already leaning against each other while they were talking, slowly removing their clothes, and soon became entangled.

The atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became extremely hot, accompanied by the shouts of men and women, the driver who was driving the carriage outside couldn't bear to listen carefully.

However, there was still a young boy sitting in the carriage at this time.It's just that he should have been used to such scenes, so now he just sat there quietly, looking at the pair of naked men and women entangled in front of him with blank eyes, his face was calm.

Princess Anle was entangled with Wu Yanxiu, and raised her eyes from time to time to observe the reaction of the young man.Seeing that he had been staring at them without closing his eyes, she nodded in satisfaction, and immediately yelled louder.

The carriage shook all the way until it reached the gate of the palace.

With great difficulty, the car stopped steadily, and Princess Anle had finished entanglement with Wu Yanxiu.They hurriedly dressed and tidied their hair, Wu Yanxiu got out of the car first, and then helped Princess An Le out of the car.

Seeing Princess An Le getting off the carriage with a flushed face, the man beside her was not a son-in-law, but the guards at the palace gate all had normal expressions, and they didn't even look over here.

However, just as they were about to lift their feet to walk towards the gate of the palace, they heard a shout from behind - "Stop!"

Although she didn't name her name, Princess Anle knew she was being called.

She turned around quickly, and saw Princess Taiping galloping towards her on a snow-white steed.

The horse ran all the way to the gate of the palace before being stopped by Princess Taiping.

Then, Princess Taiping got off her horse and strode towards Princess Anle.

I don't know what's going on, although now I'm the emperor's favorite daughter, and even a bright pearl in the Tang Dynasty, but when facing the aunt Princess Taiping, Princess Anle can't help being frightened and frightened. In an instant, he felt that his light was severely covered.

Subconsciously, she took two steps back and quickly bowed her head in salute. "aunt."

Snapped!
However, what responded to her was a loud slap.

Princess Anle staggered from the beating and nearly fell down.

Seeing this, Wu Yanxiu was very distressed. He hurriedly supported Princess Anle, and then shouted to Princess Taiping: "Biao Aunt, why did you play Anle? And you chose this place at the gate of the palace. Didn't you just let her go?" Are you faceless?"

"I'll teach my niece a lesson, what right do you have to intervene as a concubine?" Princess Taiping snorted coldly without looking at him.

Wu Yanxiu was so scolded that she couldn't lift her head.

Princess Taiping turned to Princess Anle again, her sharp eyes made her unable to lift her head.

"Auntie, I..." She wanted to say something, but found that she couldn't utter a word at all.

Princess Taiping sneered several times. "You damn girl are so daring! But relying on your father's love for you, you can actually make a forged imperial decree, and even cover up the content in front of it, so that your father can stamp it without even looking at it." Your father is also confused, and let you do whatever you want. And then you stretched your hand on my head! Yongxing County is such a big iron mine, and Ning Guogong's family is still struggling to manage it. How many of you bastards dare to grab it? Are you impatient?"

The coldness in Princess Anle's downcast eyes flashed away.

She raised her head quickly. "Auntie, no, I—"

Snapped!
Immediately, another slap came over, this time breaking the corner of her mouth.The tip of Princess Anle's tongue tasted a faint taste of rust.

After the beating, Princess Taiping continued to yell: "If it's not you, who else could it be? I don't know your virtues? How can I not know your father and mother's virtues? With your little ability, you still want to be an empress dowager." Girl, you are simply too whimsical! If this world is handed over to you, then my Tang Dynasty will be destroyed!"

After that, she grabbed Princess Anle by the neck. "You follow me!"

Princess Anle's arrogance disappeared after being beaten, so she could only obediently be dragged inside by her.

Seeing this, Wu Yanxiu hurriedly asked again in a low voice: "Cousin, what are you doing to the princess?"

"roll!"

Princess Taiping has only one word to give away.

In front of so many guards at the gate of the palace and so many people coming and going, Wu Yanxiu felt ashamed to be reprimanded several times by Princess Taiping.

But he didn't dare to do anything to Princess Taiping, so he could only turn around and drag the young gentleman out of the carriage.

"It's all your fault!"

He kicked Xiao Langjun's body and knocked him to the ground.But he didn't think it was enough, so he stepped forward again, kicked and cursed at the same time: "It's all because of you, the loser, the princess is bullied by Princess Taiping because of you. In the past, the princess and I went out several times at a time, and nothing like this has ever happened, but today it is all because of you! Now the princess has lost all face, all of this is your fault!"

No matter how much he punched, kicked, and verbally abused, this little man didn't respond.He just curled up into a ball on the ground, allowing this person to bully him, without any movement of resistance.

At this time, Princess Taiping has dragged Princess Anle to the apse.

At this time, the emperor was also sitting opposite Empress Wei to discuss the solution to this matter.

"Otherwise, forget it! Iron mines are not easy to manage. Anle and the others are young. God knows how long it will take to get on the right track when things are handed over to them? I think the management of Ningguo is pretty good now, so just Just let them take care of it." The emperor whispered.

When Queen Wei heard this, she immediately turned down. "Your Majesty, even though you said that, when Duke Ning started managing the iron mine, how much older was he than Anle and the others? Since he can now manage the iron mine in an orderly manner, then Anle and the others must be able to do it! Don't you trust your own child?"

"An Le and the others are smart and capable, and I naturally know this. It's just..."

"And don't forget, Your Majesty, Ning Guogong and the others are extremely arrogant now! Although this Yongxing County is his fiefdom, in the final analysis it is also the territory of your sage. You sent someone to Yongxing County to pass the decree, but he not only refused to accept it. On the contrary, they beat up the angel and drove them out of the house. Even a small gatekeeper in the lower part of his head could drive people away. What does this mean? It means that they no longer take you, a saint, seriously. If this continues, will he establish himself as king in Yongxing County and establish a country?"

The emperor instantly turned pale with fright.

"This...isn't it? Yongxing County is such a small place, how can he establish himself as king?"

Empress Wei shook her head solemnly. "Your Majesty, you can't say that. There are iron mines in Yongxing County, which is the foundation of their foothold. In the past two years, Marquis Ning has treated his people well, and he has summoned many capable people and strangers to join him. What is their strength now? , outsiders have no way of knowing, only they know it best in their hearts. But if there is no accident, they must have hoarded a lot of elite soldiers and sharp weapons. With those things, they are more than enough to become kings on their own!"

"At that time, even if Your Majesty summons the army to destroy them, it will definitely be very difficult-their Mo Dao is not fun! And even if they are finally wiped out, we will definitely be severely injured. At this time, if If someone sees an opportunity and learns from it, what should we do? Not to mention that Ning Guogong has made good friends with various military forces, if those people are instigated by him again..."

The emperor immediately shivered, and cold sweat came down his forehead.

"What the queen said makes sense. It's just..."

"Your Majesty, don't just stop!" The queen was impatient to continue talking to him, she grabbed the emperor's hand, "Since Ning Guogong has done these things, the next step must be rebellion! We must Subdue him before he rebels, otherwise there will be endless troubles!"

"This... ok!"

The emperor was not firm in his mind.He was also very flustered when he heard the empress speak so seriously.After thinking about it, he nodded and reached for Yuxi.

However, at this moment, a voice came from outside——

"I don't know which important official in the imperial court is plotting to get rid of by the emperor's brother and sister-in-law behind closed doors again?"

The emperor's hand that had just opened the box immediately retracted as if it had been burned.

Empress Wei's expression also changed, and a trace of complaint flashed across her eyes.

But right away, the couple looked up together and saw the man in Princess Taiping's hand, and they immediately couldn't care about anything.

"An Le!"

The emperor stood up in fright. "Taiping, what are you doing? Let go of An Le!"

"Okay! After mentioning her for a long time, my hands are sore."

Princess Taiping nodded readily, and released Princess Anle casually.

But Princess Anle was dragged all the way by her, her feet were not stable at all.Now that Princess Taiping let go of her hand so suddenly, she couldn't stand at all, and fell to the ground with a plop.

Empress Wei quickly ordered someone to help Princess Anle up.

Princess Anle also threw herself into the emperor's arms and cried loudly.

Empress Wei was busy appeasing Princess Anle, and the two of them almost died of distress!
Seeing this, Princess Taiping just smiled coldly: "Brother, why don't you ask me what I'm doing in the palace at this time? Also, why am I doing this to An Le?"

Only then did the emperor come to his senses, and he quickly asked: "My sister, what are you doing here? Also, An Le is still a child, if she wants to do something wrong, you can just say a few words to her, why bother? You see How frightened she is!"

Princess Taiping snorted coldly. "Brother, you have underestimated your daughter too much. She is notoriously bold outside."

When Princess Anle heard the words, she immediately burst into tears.

The eyes of the emperor and Empress Wei also flashed, and Empress Wei hurriedly asked: "Okay, don't talk about anything else. But Taiping, what's the matter with you rushing into the palace right now?"

"Little sister indeed has something urgent to do, brother, please hurry up!" Princess Taiping nodded immediately.

"Sister, tell me quickly! As long as I can do it, brother, you can define it!" The emperor nodded immediately.

"His Majesty!"

When Empress Wei heard this, she couldn't help but let out a low cry, and secretly stamped her feet a few times.

Princess Taiping laughed. "It's actually very simple. Brother, please take back your life. Don't force Ning Guogong's family anymore, and you can't blame them. The mines in Yongxing County are still left to them to manage, and no one can interfere. And..."

She paused, and then turned her eyes to Princess An Le who was still lying on the emperor's lap and pretending to cry.

"Anle and the others must make an apology to Ning Guogong's family!"

(End of this chapter)