During the meal, as usual, Dongzhi and Bai Jiuxiao talked about market rumors and the big and small things that happened on the street.

Normally, Bai Jiuxiao just listens.

"Sister Jiujiu, have you ever heard of the Ninth Prince?" Dongzhi asked.

Bai Jiuxiao's hand holding the chopsticks paused slightly.

Then he ate again as usual.

"I've heard a little bit about it."

Dongzhi was puzzled: "She is so powerful, how come you have only heard of her?"

"I'm lazy and don't care about outside things." Bai Jiuxiao replied.

"Well, then you must not know that she is a woman, and she drank poisonous wine some time ago and became a slave to the law."

After Winter Solstice finished speaking, he saw Bai Jiuxiao eating alone without any reaction. He was very surprised: "Aren't you surprised?"

"What's the surprise?"

"I'm surprised that such a powerful person, such a person who can govern a country with civility and bring peace to the country with military force, can fend off enemies and quell chaos, is a woman?"

"Women are also human beings. They are no different from men except for the difference in gender." Bai Jiuxiao said.

winter solstice:"."

Why can't I explain to this person?

Shaking his head: "It seems that you still know too little about the Ninth Prince, that's why you can say such a thing. I will go to town to get you a book in the afternoon and come back to show you all the things she did in her life."

Great things, you will know that what she did is not only impossible for women, but also beyond the reach of men in the world."

Bai Jiuxiao raised an eyebrow: "Is there still this book for sale?"

"Of course, the Ninth Prince is a legendary woman. Now the storytellers in the teahouse are all talking about her. If you are not so lazy, you can also step aside and listen to it, and you will gain insights."

"talk later."

Winter Solstice was helpless: "Seeing how lazy you are, I'd better bring you a book to read first."

"Don't bring any books with you. Most of them are made up by the writers and are nothing interesting." Bai Jiuxiao said softly.

Winter Solstice Khan: "Do you think it was written by any random cat or dog? It was written by a literati in the palace specially found by the current emperor. Every piece of it is authentic, and the price is extremely cheap."

Bai Jiuxiao was startled, a little surprised.

"The emperor asked someone to write it?"

"Well, today's Holy Master has a clear distinction between right and wrong, rewards and punishments. Although it is a crime for the Ninth Prince to deceive the king, the contribution she has made over the years is also true. Therefore, her life is written into a book and circulated to the people of the world."

All right.

Her emperor brother is interested.

It's just that it's not necessary.

She didn't care about these things when she was alive, and she wouldn't care about what the world thinks or thinks after death.

*

Sang Lin, Siwangfu

When Shi Lei walked into the wing, he saw Ning Shiqian sitting by the window with his eyebrows lowered, tinkering with the medicinal silk silver rope on his wrist.

These days, he saw that he had been tinkering.

"My lord, do you want to take it off? Didn't you say last time that a thousand-year sandalwood fire could burn it off?"

Ning Shiqian ignored him.

Which eye sees him and wants to take it off?

He was just studying how her knot was tied.

I remember that all the princes in the palace used to play that kind of nine-link game, and he was always the first to solve it easily.

However, he had studied the knot she tied for a long time, and this time he studied it for several days, but still had no clue.

"This woman is really capable." Ning Shiqian curled his lips.

Seeing him talking to himself about Bai Jiuxiao again, Shi Lei frowned and his eyes showed concern.

He even suspected that his prince had a mental problem.

During this period of time, I often went to the back room where I used to live when I was performing Yan Gu and sat alone there for most of the day.

Otherwise, just like now, tinkering with this hand rope.

People also look thin.

He really wanted to persuade him that after people are dead, the living people still need to carry on, be grieving, and be more open-minded.

But he was also afraid that the more he talked about it, the more grief would be aroused in him.

Fortunately, there was one more thing he cared about.

That is Xun Si Ya.

However, during this period of time, he was banned from thinking about his past, and could only be searched by people at the manor, but at least he was thinking about it in his heart.

Uncle Liang had just sent news from the manor that Si Ya was dead, but he didn't dare to tell him now.

This is his only support now.

"Your Majesty."

Ning Shiqian raised his head and looked at him.

Shi Lei pursed his lips, still hesitating.

Ning Shiqian's handsome eyebrows slightly raised: "Just tell me if you have anything to do."

"Uncle Liang just sent someone a message that Si Ya is dead." Shi Lei said cautiously.

Ning Shiqian's pupils shrank.

"died?"

"Well, Uncle Liang's people said that although they didn't see Si Ya's body with their own eyes, the news should be reliable."

Ning Shiqian knew how cautious and attentive Uncle Liang was, and since he said it was reliable, it must be reliable.

"Sure enough, as she guessed, she said at that time that Si Ya was either imprisoned or had suffered an accident." Ning Shiqian murmured.

Shi Lei knew that the "she" he mentioned should refer to Bai Jiuxiao.

I don't know how to comfort myself.

Ning Shiqian's eyes hurt and he lowered his eyes.

What about his mother-in-law?

Suddenly he remembered something and raised his head suddenly: "Let Uncle Liang and the others continue to look for his disciple. Si Ya has a disciple who has been handed down from generation to generation."

"Okay!" Shi Lei immediately accepted the order.

There is still hope, and Shi Lei is also very excited.

For him, not only did Concubine De have hope, but his prince also had hope.

*

Longxiang Palace

Emperor Jing sat behind the dragon table and approved the memorial, accompanied by the eunuch Wen De and the sword-wielding guard Zhan Mo in front of him.

Emperor Jing remembered something, paused the ink pen in his hand, and asked Zhan Mo: "Has the news of Si Ya's death spread?"

"Back to the Emperor, my subordinates have already spread the news according to the Emperor's orders, and have paid a lot of money to bribe the Qianji Gang and the Jinshu Gang. They agreed to confirm the news."

The Qianji Gang and the Jinshu Gang are the two most famous news buying and selling organizations in the world, and the news they spread is almost always true.

Emperor Jing nodded.

"I dare to ask, what is the emperor's purpose for doing this?" Zhan Mo was puzzled.

He spent so much money and so much effort just to spread this news, he didn't know why.

Emperor Jing curled his lips and dipped his pen in the red ink in the inkstone.

"Because I want to destroy Zhao!"

Bai Jiuxiao is dead, and the vitality of Zhao is severely damaged. It is better to destroy Zhao sooner rather than later.

Zhan Mo was startled and became even more confused: "What does this have to do with the destruction of Zhao?"

"You'll know soon." Emperor Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, and the sinister smile in his eyes condensed.

*

When Gu Yin came to see Ning Shiqian, Ning Shiqian had just had lunch.

Because I had drunk a little wine and was a little tipsy, I was leaning lazily on the edge of the low couch, seeming to be reading, taking a nap, or thinking about something.

As soon as he entered the door, he could smell the strong smell of alcohol. Gu Yin frowned and slapped him with his hand: "What kind of wine are you drinking in broad daylight?"

Ning Shiqian lazily raised his eyelids, and when he saw it was him, he lowered his eyes again.

"I'm back from a mission."

"Yeah." Gu Yin walked over, lifted his robe and sat across from him.

Not polite, he picked up the pot and poured himself a glass of water.

While drinking, he looked at Ning Shiqian. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Are you okay?"

There will be more updates, but I guess it will be around 11 o'clock. Everyone, go to bed early and watch tomorrow morning~~
Chapter completed!