Gong Ming clenched his fists involuntarily, pursed his lips, and exuded a coldness all over his body.

At this moment, he felt a chill on his neck. It turned out that the person behind him suddenly took action and put the black iron sword on his neck.

Gong Ming's kung fu is pretty good, so it should be impossible for someone to approach him silently and put a knife on his neck, but it happened anyway. This is enough to prove how good the kung fu is of the person behind him.

Gong Ming felt a chill in his heart.

Ning Ning continued: "Have you thought it through?"

"I really don't know anything. It was indeed me who went to take Ning Zhongyi back to the capital to stand trial after the 100,000 taels of gold embezzlement case was exposed, but I was just following orders. Before I left, the Minister handed me a letter, saying that Ning Zhongyi would obey after reading it. I didn't think much about it and rushed to Ning Mansion in Minzhou to give him the letter. Who knew that when I went to his house the next day, he had swallowed the gold and committed suicide."

"And the letter?"

"Gone." Gong Ming replied: "The situation is serious and I have no choice but to return to Beijing to report. You know what happened next."

"Did you meet my brother on the road?"

Gong Ming was silent.

"It seems that Lord Gong doesn't care that much about his wife, children and mother. Lord Gong feels that he has no right to negotiate with me, is he keeping me in suspense?"

Gong Ming looked in the direction of Ning Ning, and spoke word by word after a while: "I did intercept a letter on the way back to Beijing, but this letter was not sent from Ning'an City, but was sent by a traveling merchant to the residence of Zhou, the head of the Ministry of Finance."

"Have you ever read the letter?"

"No, I just received the letter and Minister Liu has already arrived."

"So, this letter is in the hands of Minister Liu?"

"Yes." Gong Ming answered seriously.

"Okay, I believe Master Gong will not lie to me. Since Master Gong is so cooperative, I will give you some advice.

It is not easy for Lord Gong to get to where he is today. I believe you are also clear about what to say and what not to say. After all, no matter whether what I do succeeds or fails, the impact on Lord Gong will only be more beneficial than harmful.

So it’s up to you to decide what to do.”

Gong Ming frowned and was about to speak when he felt a pain in his neck and lost consciousness.

Shang Wenqi then took Ning Ning and left quickly.

At this time, Shang Wenqi was wearing a black cloak. He hugged Ning Ning, and the two of them ran in the darkness. They returned to the Royal Guard Mansion silently under the cover of darkness.

Ning Ning didn't expect things to go so smoothly. She looked at Shang Wenqi excitedly, "I said my father was wronged! It seems that the source of everything lies with this Minister Liu of the Ministry of Justice. I will go and question him tomorrow."

Compared to Ning Ning's sudden enlightenment, Shang Wenqi was much more stable, and there was even an unprecedented solemnity on his face.

Ning Ning quickly noticed his abnormality.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong? Is this Minister Liu difficult to deal with?"

Shang Wenqi frowned, "Don't go to Minister Liu for now, things are much more complicated than I thought, let me check some more things, just be patient."

"What do you mean?" Ning Ning couldn't help but brainstorm.

She had no idea about the party struggles and factions. Since she came to the capital, she had only met Gong Ming, the head of the Ministry of Justice, and his boss, the drunkard Doctor Li, tonight.

She was not sure about other court ministers, and as for the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, it was the first time she had heard of him.

Ning Ning could only guess based on experience.

"Which faction of ministers in the court does he belong to? Or is he connected to the royal family?"

Shang Wenqi glanced at her calmly and said, "It's getting late. I'll ask Zhou Mingyu to explain the details tomorrow."

After saying that, he got up and went back to his room.

?

Ning Ning was very puzzled: "Why are you still keeping it a secret at this critical moment? Besides, it's almost dawn, why are you still sleeping? Young man, get up!"

However, no matter how she shouted, the other room was very quiet.

Ning Ning couldn't help but shake her head: "You are a martial artist, but you can't even make it through the whole night, tut tut tut."

Shang Wenqi in the room: "..."

After a while, the noisy woman outside finally decided to go back to her room.

Shang Wenqi then breathed a sigh of relief and began to change his clothes.

By this time, the Queen Mother had already gotten up, and it was time for him to go back and report.

Ning Ning didn't know that Shang Wenqi had to go to the palace to report. She still bought water from the system, removed her makeup beautifully, took a shower, rubbed medicine on her feet, and then went to bed.

Ning Ning slept until about ten o'clock in the morning before she came to her senses.

Speaking of which, the quality of ancient wine was really good. It was not only smooth but also had no side effects. She drank so much last night, but she didn't have any side effects of dizziness or nausea today.

Ning Ning walked out while savoring last night's fine wine.

As soon as I stepped out of the room, I heard a child's voice.

"You actually slept until noon. You are the first among the Imperial Guards."

Ning Ning frowned and turned around, only to see Zhou Mingyu sitting in the middle of the living room, painting in front of the easel without raising his head. It was obvious that the sarcastic words were made by him.

"when did you come?"

"Two hours ago." Zhou Mingyu replied.

"?" Ning Ning was surprised. Wasn't this four hours ago? At half past six?

She went to bed at about five o'clock, but Zhou Mingyu came at half past six. He didn't wake her up and just painted here.

Ning Ning suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"Why didn't you wake me up?"

Zhou Mingyu then smiled and raised his head: "After all, you are also my teacher. How can a student disturb a teacher when he is sleeping?"

Ning Ning was speechless.

"Teacher, please take a look at my painting and see if there is any improvement." Zhou Mingyu said as he raised the drawing in his hand, on which was a realistic triangle.

Ning Ning nodded: "I'll go wash up first, you wait."

Then, Ning Ning quickly ran out of the yard.

She washed up as quickly as possible and returned to the living room. There were steamed buns on the table. Ning Ning picked one at random and went to look at the paintings next to Zhou Mingyu.

I have to say that Zhou Mingyu is indeed a gifted student. Yesterday he didn't quite get the hang of the sketch lines, but now there's not a single bit of disharmony at all.

Seeing Ning Ning's face full of shock, Zhou Mingyu raised the corner of his mouth with some pride, and turned a few more pages, showing the circle, cylinder, trapezoid, and square one by one.

This is a sample she drew quickly yesterday. Theoretically, this is the work of a week's practice. Who would have thought that Zhou Mingyu could finish it in just one day, and did it so well.

"You're truly a genius." Ning Ning gave him a thumbs up in admiration.

Zhou Mingyu finally showed his little tiger teeth, "Just now, before Ah Qi left, he asked me to tell you about the situation in the court. I was originally planning to just brush it off, but since you are so sincere in teaching me, I will tell you the truth."

“?” Ning Ning.

He was still planning to brush it off? And he told her so openly! This brat...

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