After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

Fang Nanzhi couldn't help laughing out loud.

Fang Tong, however, looked serious.

"So what? I only have one daughter, so I have to choose my son-in-law carefully."

Seeing him like this, Qian Fengping sighed in her heart.

I feel that my daughter will have some difficulties in getting married in the future. Looking at Tongzi's behavior, he will definitely not give in unless he meets a son-in-law who is unique in the world.

Qin Yan said: "Dad is right."

Well, there is another obstacle.

The family went back chatting and laughing.

The prince Qing Yan, who was far away in the capital, sneezed for no apparent reason.

The young eunuch who was serving him was startled: "Your Highness, you are not feeling well. Do you want to call a doctor?"

Some time ago, General Meng Yi returned to the capital, and the prince officially returned to the Eastern Palace and no longer continued to recuperate.

I fell ill three times in just half a month after returning.

Every time he was ill, the emperor became extremely anxious and would inevitably get angry with the servants who served him. The people who served the prince had been replaced several times.

The young eunuch was newly appointed and was afraid of not doing his job well and being punished.

"No problem." Qing Yan said in a calm tone.

"By the way, have the clothes been delivered to the sewing room?"

"Your Highness, it was delivered this morning. I have already arranged for someone to clean, iron, and fumigate it."

The young eunuch lowered his head and spoke respectfully.

"Well, back off."

Qing Yan ordered.

"Yes." The young eunuch walked backwards for a while and met Qing Min at the door.

"I've met the prince."

"Ah."

Qing Min strode in and no one stopped him. Everyone knew that the Prince of a County was one of the Crown Prince's confidants.

"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"No need for formalities." Qing Yan sat at the desk, flipping through several memorials in his hands. They were sent by his father.

These memorials are all pleading for mercy for Prince Ning.

Last time, the emperor appointed General Huang, Prince Ning and others to go to the border, but it was just a bluff.

Judging from some of the evidence sent by Fang Yin, the emperor had long suspected that General Huang was collaborating with the enemy.

In the end, General Huang was arrested and his entire family was imprisoned. Not long after, all of Huang's direct descendants were executed and the three clans were sentenced to exile.

The Prince of Ning, who had followed along, was originally trying to atone for his sins, but in the end he didn't achieve any credit at all.

Fang Yin also accidentally found a batch of military supplies hidden by Prince Ning, and discovered gunpowder in it!

Land mine.

That’s right, Fang Yin had interrogated Prince Ning’s men, learned how to use earth mines, and even experimented with them himself.

He reported it directly to the court.

Thus, the fact that Prince Ning's Mansion had secretly manufactured arms and concealed the truth was made public in the court.

The Crown Prince came forward, believing that the Ning Wang Mansion had evil intentions, and demanded severe punishment.

The emperor was not too happy about this either.

Prince Ning personally went to the palace to explain that he was completely unaware of the matter and that his son had gone too far, so he asked his brother the emperor to deal with it according to the law.

His attitude made it difficult for the emperor to be tough.

In fact, King Ning was certainly aware of this batch of landmines.

Following Su Qingya's suggestion, Prince Ning's Mansion not only developed landmines and bombs, but also researched artillery.

But they kept it a secret and didn't leak any information. Only the father and son knew what they were thinking.

The reason why Prince Ning brought the earth mines with him this time was not just to offset his merits and demerits on the battlefield.

What he wanted more was to use this batch of supplies to completely pacify the small Nanman tribe.

When the time comes, I will return to Beijing with full achievements and see what those people have to say.

He never expected that he would meet such an unreasonable person like Fang Yin as soon as he arrived at the border. He thought he was General Huang's accomplice and arrested him together with the others.

The prince's men had been watching him secretly.

While he was locked up and had lost contact with people outside, they successfully found the landmines he had hidden.

Then, the secret guard met Fang Yin with the token.

The Crown Prince and Fang Yin worked together to trap Prince Ning in a big trap.

However, the prince did not expect that Prince Ning was so decisive. After the incident, he actually blamed everything on his son. He was cruel and decisive.

In this way, Prince Ning can advance or retreat in the matter of privately manufacturing arms, and it is even possible for him to be implicated by his rebellious son.

The Prince of Ning suddenly became the mastermind and was escorted back to Beijing and lived in the Dali Temple prison.

He pleaded guilty to the charge.

What was said to the outside world was that he did have some strange people under his command, and that these earth mines were also made by them recently.

The reason why he didn't report it immediately was because of selfish motives.

He did not do a good job in arranging the beggars in the capital last time and betrayed His Majesty's trust.

This time he was eager to make a contribution, so he wanted to use earth mines to gain merit at the border, and then report to the court.

This statement is reasonable and well-founded.

But the prince just wanted to suppress him.

He was very strong and demanded that the Ning Wang Mansion hand over the talented people who made the landmines.

Prince Ning cooperated very well and really handed over the two men.

The prince arrested the men immediately, saying that they were witnesses and needed to be strictly interrogated.

After only two days of interrogation, the prince announced that these two people lacked skills and were probably not very talented.

The subtext of this statement is that Prince Ning's Mansion still has not handed over the core personnel.

There are always people like this hiding in a royal palace. They must have ulterior motives.

So the prince asked the emperor for an imperial decree and sent people to surround Prince Ning's mansion.

The siege has lasted for more than ten days now.

Prince Ning wrote a letter every day to defend himself.

What do you mean by being loyal to my royal brother? There is some misunderstanding between the Crown Prince and me.

Of course, the Crown Prince is the ruler and I am the subject. Even if there is a misunderstanding, I have no complaints. I just want to meet the Crown Prince and the two craftsmen in person and have a confrontation. Perhaps they are the ones who are trying to sow discord.

The emperor kept the memorial and did not reply.

The prince wanted to send someone to search Prince Ning's mansion directly, but the emperor disagreed.

He seemed to be wavering between the Crown Prince and Prince Ning, unable to make up his mind.

This made the court officials tremble with fear every day when they went to court.

On the one hand, they felt that the prince was too domineering.

He had kept a low profile for a while because he was recuperating, but as soon as he came back, Prince Ning was thrown in jail and Prince Ning was also placed under house arrest.

On the other hand, some speculated that the prince felt that his position as crown prince was threatened and wanted to use the Prince of Ning to establish his authority.

The emperor truly doted on Prince Ning and had high hopes for the crown prince, so he was wavering.

It's still unknown how this fight will end.

Some people also brought the idea to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother is Prince Ning's biological mother, so she should at least plead for the prince.

As a result, the Empress Dowager did not, as she had shown in the previous decades, always choose the emperor over her own son.

She went to see the emperor and said that the prince was old and it was time to choose a princess, and she recommended her niece from her mother's family to the emperor.

This move shocked the court officials. Was the Queen Mother going to strongly support the Crown Prince?

Only the higher-ranking officials and the emperor and his son could understand the deeper meaning.