Rise From the Humble

Princess Ning'an was spitting on the sidelines and spared no effort to blame Zhu Pingan. In her mouth, Zhu Pingan became a heinous villain, a hypocrite, and a scumbag...

Du Kangfei nodded her head lightly while listening, but her mind had long been wandering to turning over the cards.

The bright sunshine outside shines into Rongfu Palace, shines on Princess Ning'an, and shines on Concubine Du Kang's face. One is like a vibrant lily, and the other is like a graceful and luxurious peony. The two of them form the most beautiful scenery of Rongfu Palace. A picture scroll.

However, this beautiful picture was broken with the visit of King Jing, and Princess Ning'an's complaints and slander against Zhu Pingan also came to an end.

"Zhen'er pays his respects to Concubine Du. Hearing that Concubine Du is not in good health, Zhen'er specially selected the best medicinal materials from the house to visit Concubine Du. I would like to wish Concubine Du a speedy health. I have met the emperor's brother and sister. I haven't seen you for a few days. , the imperial sister has become beautiful again."

King Jing, accompanied by several palace maids and eunuchs, visited Rongfu Palace with some gifts and supplements. He respectfully greeted Concubine Du Kang, then greeted King Yu with a smile, and then praised Princess Ning'an for becoming beautiful again with a smile.

"His Royal Highness King Jing is interested. Please take a seat without any courtesy. Sui'er, serve tea to His Highness King Jing." Concubine Du Kang smiled slightly and ordered the maid to serve tea.

"Fourth brother is here."

King Yu also greeted King Jing with a smile, but his smile was a little stiff. Being with this outstanding and competitive emperor brother was particularly stressful.

In comparison, Princess Ning'an's attitude towards King Jing was not much better than towards Zhu Pingan, and was even worse.

"What are you doing here? You are not welcome here."

Princess Ning'an's pretty face was dark and cold, and she was quite rude to King Jing as an uninvited guest. She pointed at King Jing with her pinky little finger, and then tapped the door to indicate where King Jing was going to and from Rongfu Palace. He is not welcome.

It can be seen from Ning'an's words and deeds that Ning'an's attitude towards King Yu and King Jing, who are also imperial brothers, is completely different. Ning'an regarded Rongfu Palace as his own home and was very affectionate to King Yu, but he regarded King Jing as an outsider, and a very hostile outsider at that.

"Haha, who has messed with our Ning'an again? Tell Brother Huang, and I will vent your anger on your behalf."

King Jing was not angry at all for Princess Ning'an's indifference and rudeness, but instead smiled more gently on his handsome face.

"Okay, Brother Four Emperors, can we stop pretending. You can just pretend in front of others. Why do you still pretend like this in front of your own family? Wearing a mask all day long, aren't you tired?" Ning Princess An rolled her eyes and pouted her little mouth to mock King Jingdao.

Even though Ning An was so unabashedly sarcastic about King Jing, King Jing still kept his expression unchanged and always had a smile on his face. The look he looked at Ning An was also gentle and tolerant. He looked like a man who dotes on his willful younger sister. Brother is the sense of sight.

Princess Ning'an was so irritated by King Jing's look, it was like seeing a matador with red cloth. King Jing didn't say a word or did anything. Just this look in his eyes stimulated Princess Ning'an. Almost going crazy.

"I'm really scared of you, Brother Four Emperors. Can you stop pretending? You're not tired of pretending, but I think you're still tired. My father is not here, so who can you pretend to be? Look?!" Princess Ning'an crossed her arms and glanced at King Jing with her eyes. Then she looked up at the top of Rongfu Hall at 45 degrees and gave King Jing a look of contempt on his chin.

"Haha, the emperor is joking." King Jing smiled and shook his head.

"Haha~~" Princess Ning'an rolled her eyes and chuckled, her pretty face full of sarcasm, "Brother Four Emperors, you can imitate Brother Two Emperors in speaking, imitating Brother Two Emperors in acting, and imitate Brother Two Emperors in walking. Even if you laugh, you have to imitate the Second Emperor Brother. Are you tired? No matter how similar you are, you are still just you and you will never become the Second Emperor Brother."

King Jing seemed to have pressed the pause button. Although the smile on his face remained, he paused for 0.01 seconds, but soon King Jing continued to smile gently, as if the pause just now was a dazzling outsider.

"Haha, the capable imperial sister is so complimentary, and the imperial brother is really ashamed to deserve it." King Jing smiled slightly.

"Stop being so sentimental, okay? No one is praising you." Princess Ning'an glared at King Jing angrily.

"Didn't the imperial sister say that I am imitating the second emperor brother in everything? Haha, when you see a good person, you should think of him. The second emperor brother will always be a model for you and me to learn from. If you can do everything that the second emperor brother does, One, my dear brother, I can laugh even in my dreams." King Jing smiled brightly.

"Painting tigers is not anti-dog, so don't dream about it. The second emperor brother is kind-hearted and a god-like person. And you, haha, you will never learn a hair from the second emperor brother, hum." Ning. Princess An glared at King Jing hard, and snorted coldly at the end.

"The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. In fact, I am not only learning from the two emperors, but also any sage. The so-called three people walking together must have my teacher. Only by continuous learning can we continue to learn. To improve oneself. The Emperor’s sister’s self-confidence and courage are worthy of the Emperor’s brother to learn from.”

Prince Jing's smile remains the same, gentle and generous, one after another, making Princess Ning'an become more willful and unruly.

"Hypocritical, my father should not have named you King Jing, but should have named you King Zhuang." Princess Ning'an rolled her eyes.

The second royal brother mentioned by the two of them was Zhu Zaizhuang, the crown prince of Zhuangjing who died last year and was born to the royal concubine.

Prince Zhuang Jing was the only prince appointed by Emperor Jiajing. The previous eldest prince, Zhu Zaiji, died only one month after he was born. He was the only prince named after Emperor Jiajing. Only Prince Zhuang Jing was the crown prince officially appointed by Emperor Jiajing.

When Prince Zhuang Jing was born, he was very beautiful and lovely, and he bore a close resemblance to Emperor Jiajing. It is said that Emperor Jiajing only took one look and insisted that Prince Zhuang Jing was full of fairy spirit and that he was a god from heaven who had been reincarnated into the earth.

Prince Zhuangjing did not disappoint Emperor Jiajing. As he grew older, he became more and more like Emperor Jiajing, and even more handsome. His words and deeds were all refined and extraordinary. He was kind, gentle and sunny. He always smiled and respected Emperor Jiajing. When he arrived, he served Emperor Jiajing respectfully as if he were worshiping God. He once said, "If you dare not raise your hands all the time, it's because God is above you." Emperor Jiajing couldn't be more satisfied.

Not only did he respect Emperor Jiajing, Prince Zhuang Jing also took great care of his younger brothers and sisters, including Prince Yu, Prince Jing, and Princess Ning'an.

In addition, Prince Zhuang Jing was intelligent and capable, very decisive, and had great political wisdom. He was unanimously supported by the ministers of the court and the public. He was simply the ideal prince in Emperor Jiajing's heart.

Therefore, despite Tao Zhongwen's motto "Two dragons must not meet each other", Emperor Jiajing still made Prince Zhuang Jing the crown prince in the eighteenth year of Jiajing, when Prince Zhuang Jing was seven years old. When Prince Zhuang Jing was seventeen years old, he held a grand coming-of-age ceremony for Prince Zhuang Jing, and officially conferred the crown prince's golden seal. He intended to order the prince to supervise the country and devote himself to refining elixirs and cultivating immortality. However, he never expected that Prince Zhuang Jing would suddenly die of illness on the third day after the coming-of-age ceremony.

From then on, Emperor Jiajing believed more firmly in the motto "Two dragons never meet" and abided by it.

Therefore, King Yu and King Jing were ordered to move out of the palace last year and build mansions outside the palace.

In fact, to say who the prince Emperor Jiajing was most satisfied with was undoubtedly Prince Zhuang Jing. If Prince Zhuang Jing was still alive, then Prince Yu and Prince Jing would have no chance at all, let alone Prince Yu and Prince Jing. Even if the eldest son of the emperor was alive, Emperor Jiajing would probably still make Prince Zhuang Jing the crown prince.