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Chapter 864 Grand occasion
In 1054, the sixth year of the Huangyou reign of the Song Dynasty, on the Lantern Festival, the streets of Bianjing were deserted and crowded with tourists. However, the people of Bianjing were not celebrating the annual Lantern Festival, but had all gathered at the Bianjing wharf to see off the princess. The dowry that the emperor had prepared for the eldest princess was so spectacular that the dignitaries and people of Bianjing could not help but run out to watch the fun out of curiosity.

Although the Song Dynasty, which had only been established for 94 years, was very wealthy, and the old emperor loved the eldest princess very much, it was still impossible for him to go beyond the etiquette and give such a large dowry. The reason for this spectacular scene was entirely because Prime Minister Shen proposed to include the money paid to the Ningyuan Army to purchase war horses and firearms in it. Naturally, this shocked the dignitaries and the people of Bianjing who were unaware of the situation.

"Oh my! That's amazing! Did the emperor empty the palace's inner treasury?"

"Yes! It seems that Prince Ning is really awesome! Not only was he able to marry the princess of the imperial family, but he was also able to receive such a generous dowry."

"This wedding is absolutely unprecedented and magnificent. I wonder if any other daughter of an official will ever receive such a generous dowry?"

As the protagonist, Princess Huirou naturally heard the discussions of the people in Bianjing, but she did not feel happy at this time, because she heard that her husband was a famous frequenter of the brothels in Bianjing City, and was also a jade-faced Shura who was known for the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, Princess Huirou, who had never stepped out of the palace, was not satisfied with this marriage at all.

However, Princess Huirou, who was already sixteen years old this year, knew the difficulties her father faced. Not only did she need to desperately resist the invasion of Khitan and Western Xia, but she also had to find a way to resolve the rebellions in Yangzhou and Jiangning Prefecture. So the well-behaved and sensible Princess Huirou finally compromised, and then bid farewell to her father and mother, and went to a place full of unknown dangers and hardships.

"Princess, I heard that His Royal Highness Prince Ning has killed countless people and has been disliked by the former Ningyuan Marquis since he was a child. He rebelled in order to let the emperor exterminate the entire Gu family, so we have to make some plans in advance!" Princess Huirou's personal eunuch Liang Huaiji came to the princess and explained in a low voice, describing Su Ning as an unforgivable villain in his words.

"Hmph! Huaiji, who told you these rubbish?" Princess Huirou had naturally heard these remarks before, but she looked at Liang Huaiji coldly and questioned him.

"Princess, everyone says so, and there are also eunuchs who went out of the palace to purchase goods and saw with their own eyes that Prince Ning was indulging in brothels." Seeing Princess Huirou's face suddenly become stern, Liang Huaiji quickly changed his expression and looked at Princess Huirou and replied.

"Huaiji, please don't say these things anymore. Talking about Prince Ning behind his back is a serious crime." After all, Liang Huaiji was her personal eunuch, so Princess Huirou didn't want to criticize him too much. She still reminded him, "Also, Prince Ning has always disliked eunuchs. Even the eunuchs given by my father and mother were sent back. So this time, Prince Ning is giving me face. When you arrive at Prince Ning's mansion, remember not to say anything nonsense."

"Huh? Yes! Princess."

After Lord Shen personally came to Jiangning Mansion to deliver the bride, Su Ning, who knew the truth, naturally cursed the old fox Shen for being shameless. However, the old fox Shen was his future grandfather-in-law, so Su Ning had no choice but to swallow this loss. Anyway, he was still very surprised that the old emperor was willing to marry his daughter to him, which would be very convenient for him to do things in the future.

"Master Shen, the emperor's dowry is a little bit too little!" Su Ning was not in the mood to see Princess Huirou immediately. Instead, he looked at the old fox Shen in front of him with a sly expression.

"What? Anyway, they all belong to you, King Ning. I don't feel much difference." At this time, the old fox Shen smiled without feeling ashamed, as if he had already made sure that Suning would obediently swallow this loss.

"Hmph! It seems that it must be you, Lord Shen, who came up with this idea?" His own Jinyiwei had already developed its capabilities to be omnipresent, so naturally he knew from the beginning that it was this old fox who was behind this.

"Young man, don't be so greedy for money. Greed is not a good habit."

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"That's enough! The emperor married his most beloved daughter to you. What else can you not be satisfied with?"

"Hey! Master Shen, I wonder when He Zhen can be sent to Prince Ning's Mansion?" Then Su Ning looked at Master Shen in front of him again and asked, feeling that what he put into his mouth still belonged to him.

"This." Mr. Shen hesitated with a troubled look on his face.

"What? Mr. Shen suddenly changed his mind?" Su Ning's heart suddenly skipped a beat as he realized that the old fox might have changed his mind.

"That's not the case! Because of some sudden situations, we may need to postpone it." At this time, Mr. Shen hurriedly looked at Su Ning in front of him and explained.

"Oh?"

"Prince Ning, the Emperor and the ministers of the Privy Council also attach great importance to this southern expedition, but they are also worried about your youth and impetuousness, so they asked me to come to Jiangning Prefecture in person to take charge."

"Oh? That means the emperor asked you to monitor me?" After hearing the detailed explanation from Prime Minister Shen, Su Ning looked at the old fox in front of him with a mocking face and questioned him.

"Prince Ning, it is better for me to come to Jiangning Prefecture and take charge, rather than letting the irritable Prime Minister Han and the meticulous Prime Minister Fu come, right?" Prime Minister Shen naturally noticed Su Ning's displeasure at the moment, and quickly asked back with a disapproving smile.

"Humph! You old fox are even more vicious than them. It seems I will have to sleep with one eye open from now on."

"Oh! It's really an evil creature! Who would say that about your grandfather-in-law?" Mr. Shen looked at the angry Su Ning in front of him with a helpless smile.

"Master Shen, since we can't send Hezhen to Prince Ning's Mansion for the time being, let's move them to Jiangning Mansion first. This way, I'll feel more at ease having them in front of me."

"Don't worry! They have already set off from southern Shanxi to Jiangning Prefecture."

The three months of preparation time passed quickly, and the Ningyuan Army had completed the integration and reorganization of all Song troops south of the Yangtze River. After all, the imperial edict from the Bian Jing government made these officials and generals cooperate very well. However, this time Suning was not going to go to the south in person. The small matter of killing two "chickens" only needed to be handed over to his generals. He felt that he should stay in Jiangning Prefecture in person so as not to worry about being robbed by the old fox.

Although the Ning Wang Mansion was only a temporary one at this time, in order to make it look as real as possible, Suning specially requisitioned the houses of several wealthy families adjacent to the Jiangning Prefecture government office, and ordered people to open up all of them. Only then did it have the appearance of a palace. There was also a small natural lake in the temporary Ning Wang Mansion, so the palace family naturally had a place to take a walk.

Since Princess Huirou came to Jiangning Prefecture, she has never seen the so-called young Prince Ning. Moreover, the relationship between the princess and the prince consort in the Song Dynasty was very complicated. If the princess did not summon her, the prince consort would not be able to see the princess at will, so Princess Huirou did not feel anything strange.

"Princess, this Ning Wang Mansion is too dilapidated. I heard that it was just the government office of Jiangning Prefecture in the past. Later, it took over several wealthy houses nearby to reach its current size." At this time, Liang Huaiji once again forgot Princess Huirou's reminder, and then went on to mock the Ning Wang Mansion for its petty-mindedness.

"Well, didn't they say that the new palace was already under construction?" Princess Huirou naturally felt that the place was very simple, and then she looked at the eunuch in front of her in confusion and asked.

"Yes! It's impossible to build a good garden in such a crude place." Liang Huaiji couldn't help but feel arrogant and forgot that he was just an inferior thing.

"Huaiji, ever since you came to Jiangning Mansion, why do I feel like you have always been weird?" Princess Huirou also noticed Liang Huaiji's abnormality at this time, and then looked at the eunuch in front of her with surprise and asked.

"Ah? Princess, I..."

"Alright! Stop complaining from now on. This place is not like the imperial palace in Bianjing. If you anger Prince Ning, no one can save you."

"Yes! Princess, Huaiji understands." "Let's go! Let's go for a walk."

"Yes! Princess."

Then Princess Huirou walked out of the inner house with her personal maid and personal eunuch Huaiji, and then strolled around this small temporary Ning Wang Mansion. Princess Huirou, who had never left the Bianliang Palace, was attracted by the scenery of Jiangnan. After all, Jiangning Mansion and Bianliang have different geographical locations, and naturally the customs and vegetation are also very different.

"Huaiji, you're right! The scenery in Jiangnan is different from that in Bianjing. Many plants are not found in Bianjing." Princess Huirou's depressed mood soon subsided a lot, and she couldn't help but admire the scenery around her with surprise.

"Princess, how about we leave Prince Ning's Mansion one day and take a walk on the streets of Jiangning Mansion?" Seeing that Princess Huirou was in such a good mood at this time, Liang Huaiji suddenly became fawning and seductive.

"No! This is against etiquette." Princess Huirou refused without thinking, as this was completely inconsistent with the etiquette she had received since childhood.

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At this moment, Princess Huirou actually saw a "monk" sitting by the lake fishing. She couldn't help but look at him a few more times in surprise. Seeing the comfortable and relaxed look of the "monk", Princess Huirou showed an envious expression, because such freedom was exactly the life she longed for most.

"Little Master, sorry to bother you." Princess Huirou walked straight forward and greeted the "little monk" in front of her from a distance.

"Huh? Something happened?" The "little monk" looked at Princess Huirou in the distance with surprise, and had no intention of standing up to salute.

"Little Master, I see you have caught a lot of live fish. I believe you will release them all later. Why don't you give me a few to make fish soup?" Looking at the small fish basket next to the "little monk", Princess Huirou couldn't help but think of her favorite fish soup in the palace.

"You're welcome! I really just want to enjoy the fishing process."

"Thank you, little master." Seeing the "little monk" in front of her was quite generous, Princess Huirou looked at the eunuch Huaiji and said, "Huaiji, go get some fish. I haven't had fish soup for a long time."

"Yes! Princess."

Then the eunuch Huaiji clumsily reached into the fish basket, but found that he couldn't catch any fish no matter how hard he tried. At this time, the "little monk" said helplessly, "Forget it! You can take the fish basket with you. You can leave it by the lake tomorrow."

"Thank you, little master." Princess Huirou and the clumsy Liang Huaiji both showed joy on their faces, feeling that the "little monk" in front of them was so considerate.

"Go! You have already scared away all the fish in the lake." Suning waved his hand at Princess Huirou disapprovingly.

"Eh? See you tomorrow, little master."

Princess Huirou looked at the "little monk" in front of her in surprise. She always felt that the "little monk" in front of her was a little strange, so she turned back with the others without thinking too much. On the way, eunuch Liang Huaiji said again in a strange tone, "Princess, the people in the Ning Wang Mansion are so strange. A little monk is so ignorant of etiquette."

"Okay! They just gave us the fish, how come you think it's impolite when it's in your mouth?" Princess Huirou immediately scolded Liang Huaiji with an unhappy face, feeling that it was a mistake to bring Liang Huaiji to Jiangnan this time.

"Princess."

"That's enough! Liang Huaiji, if you say anything more in the future, I will send you back to the Bianjing Palace."

"Ah? Princess."

"Humph!"

The "little monk" who appeared in the temporary Ning Wang Mansion was naturally Su Ning. When he saw Princess Huirou, whom he had never met before, he found that she was not a stunning beauty, but seemed very ordinary and ordinary. If it were not for her identity as the emperor's daughter, no one would have taken a second look at her in the crowd.

"Master, this is the detailed information of Dali Kingdom and Jiaozhi Kingdom." Not long after Princess Huirou and others left the lake, Jinyiwei Commander Su Yi came to the lake.

"Oh? Why does it take so long?" Suning took the information from Su Yi with some surprise, because this time it took Suning too long.

"Master, there are some particularly strange places in Dali, so I went there myself, but this time I almost couldn't come back."

"Oh?" Su Yi's explanation piqued Su Ning's curiosity. Su Yi's abilities were outstanding, and he realized that Dali must be fraught with hidden dangers. However, when he flipped through the information in his hand, Su Ning revealed an expression of disbelief. "What the hell? Tianlong Temple? Is it the Tianlong Temple from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils?"

"Yes! This time it seems to have incorporated some of The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. Luckily, Emperor Baoding Duan Zhengming and Prince Zhennan Duan Zhengchun weren't born yet, but the Tianlong Temple is already very powerful, hiding several abdicated Dali emperors."

"Fuck! What am I supposed to do? After all this time, the old emperor and the ministers in Bian Jing are setting a trap for me again." At this moment, Su Ning realized something after connecting the dots. No wonder Bian Jing and Minister Shen were so supportive of his southern expedition and they wished that the Ningyuan Army could send troops to Dali immediately.

"Master, should we stop the Southern Expedition Army?"

"No need! Let them push through first. This time I will go there myself and personally meet these martial arts masters."

"Yes! Master."

"Su Yi, also, arrange for robots to quietly infiltrate Dali Tianlong Temple. Preferably, they should be swarm robots that are good at concealment. Then, put some cartilage powder and Western Region Magic Grass Powder in the food of those monks. Even if it's a lion fighting a rabbit, you have to use all your strength."

"Yes! Master."

At this time, Suning was really feeling a little confused. He thought that this was just a world composed of mortals, and he wanted to bully the natives with his own space world. Unexpectedly, the damn "system" immediately connected to a martial arts world. It seemed that the "system" did not want to unbalance the energy of this world.

(End of this chapter)