Dingjiangshan

"It's easy to say."

In Jiangfu's study room, Jiang Xiaohan turned around, took out a thin booklet from the bookshelf, flipped through it, picked out a narrow piece of letterhead, sat back at the table, and said: "...give this to Just put it in Ruan Yin's hands."

Jiang Ling lay on the desk opposite Jiang Xiaohan, and blinked his eyes when he heard the words, wondering: "Father, can Ruan Yin trust what I have in my hands? Don't say that the sun comes out from the west, it probably has to fall from the sky. "

"Why don't you believe it? It's Ning Zheng's own handwriting." Jiang Xiaohan said innocently, "You really think Ning Zheng's handwriting is so easy to imitate, can't Ruan Yin see it?"

"Then who knows." Jiang Ling curled his lips and said in a low voice: "Anyway, father must have done something wrong."

The little girl is getting older, so it's not easy to be fooled, Jiang Xiaohan thought.

So Mr. Jiang simply "cut to the chase", spread the note in his hand on the table, and said frankly: "Indeed, this one was copied by me."

"A few days ago, the forbidden army captured a kite on the back hill of the palace, and intercepted a letter, which was a private letter from Ning Zheng and Ruan Yin." Jiang Xiaohan said: "At that time, the forbidden army didn't dare to say anything, so they only gave the kite to me. It's a pity that the letter box has a tricky mechanism, I opened it wrongly, and the letter inside has been smashed."

"Then how did father imitate the letter?" Jiang Ling asked.

"I put those pieces together, and I can roughly see the words inside." Jiang Xiaohan said: "Actually, Zuo just talked about the battle situation on the front line. According to His Majesty's instructions, it's okay to show it to Ruan Yin. But who Knowing that this thing is already broken, it is better to tamper with it so that Ruan Yin can go to the imperial temple more obediently."

"It's a pity that the people of the imperial army didn't attack lightly or hard." Jiang Xiaohan sighed, and said: "When the kite was beaten down by them, the right wing was broken by the stone. I kept it for two or three days and it didn't get better. It’s unusable, otherwise you don’t need to work hard.”

Jiang Ling was still puzzled.

She didn't understand why Jiang Xiaohan entrusted this job to her.Everyone knows that in the entire capital, the family Ruan Yin hates the most must be their surname Jiang.At the beginning, Jiang Xiaohan kicked Ning Zheng out of the capital with a few words of understatement. It is true that Ning Zongyuan contributed to this, but it was Jiang Xiaohan who said it after all.

Even if Ruan Yin shakes hands with Ning Yan for the rest of her life, she probably won't give Jiang a good face.

"A Ling, do you know what the Ninth Prince told Ruan Yin when he went to persuade her?" Jiang Xiaohan asked.

Jiang Ling shook his head.

"He said that Ning Zheng had a great victory in Anqing Mansion. He won two battles in a row. The momentum is good. So His Majesty borrowed troops from him and wanted to encircle Anqing Mansion with him, so that Ning Zheng could have some good fruit to eat." Jiang Xiaohan Said: "Ning Zongze said that His Majesty has one condition for not sending troops—that is, let him persuade Ruan Yin to go to the Imperial Temple to pray for blessings, so that His Majesty will not issue an order."

The more Jiang Ling listened, the more he frowned. Finally, he sat up straight and said angrily, "You old man, stab Brother Yan in the back."

Jiang Xiaohan: "..."

——Who taught her this!

"Girls, be careful with your words." Jiang Xiaohan sighed, and said, "It's fine to swear at home, but don't swear when you go out—and be careful not to be heard by your father."

Jiang Ling: "..."

As soon as Yan Qing was mentioned, the malevolent aura in Jiang Nvxia's body suddenly disappeared, and she became obedient like a kitten in an instant, as if hearing this name was enough.

"Then." Jiang Ling said, "If he dares to tell Ruan Yin like this, he probably has other plans in his heart."

"Indeed, he used this as an excuse to ask Ruan Yin to help him. He said that as long as Ruan Yin was willing to go to the Emperor's Temple, he would not have to send troops. In this way, Ning Zheng would have a better life, and secondly, he could also keep a low profile and help Ning Zheng in the future. Give it a go." Jiang Xiaohan said, "According to what he said, he is obviously more inclined towards Ning Zheng."

"Can Ruan Yin believe it?" Jiang Ling asked suspiciously.

"No, otherwise she would have packed up her things and gone to the Imperial Temple." Jiang Xiaohan said with a smile, "Ruan Yin is not a fool, so naturally she wouldn't believe in verbal guarantees. But after all, Ning Zheng has reached a critical juncture, and she doesn't If I want to refute the Ninth Prince directly, I can only agree on the surface and delay secretly."

"Father." Jiang Ling lowered his eyes, rubbed the tassel of the sword in his hand for a while, and asked in a low voice: "Tell me, is what Ning Zongze said true? Do they all dislike Brother Yan so much?"

"As an emperor, there are many people who are disliked in private." Jiang Xiaohan said slowly: "Even the officials in the court, the confidants of His Majesty, if something happens, no one will complain in private. Let alone the same People of the same family with the same surname, some people sit on the golden tiles of the high platform, while others can only bow their heads and profess their vassals, the heart is too unbalanced."

"...Brother Yan is so pitiful." Jiang Ling sighed.

"In the whole world, you are the only one who thinks he's 'poor'." Jiang Xiaohan stretched out his hand and rubbed his daughter's head, comforting him: "But if it is said that because of this, the Ninth Prince rebelled, that's not necessarily true. Said, he is just playing both sides. If His Majesty wins, he will still be a stable old prince. If Ningzheng wins, he only needs to send troops to share soup at the end, which can be regarded as fulfilling the agreement with Ruan Yin. The status of the court is still stable."

"I understand." Jiang Ling said sullenly.

It is obviously useless to entangle the disputes between people's hearts now, it is better to think about how to help is a serious matter.

Jiang Ling had a bitter face, and was about to ask Jiang Xiaohan about his plans, but saw him half-smiling, obviously there was something unfinished, and she was waiting for her to figure it out.

Jiang Ling blinked, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed, he quickly sat up straight and said, "That's not right! Father, Ruan Yin was locked in the palace and didn't know a word about the outside world, how could Ning Zongze not know. Brother Yan has won all the way since he arrived in Anqing Mansion, and even took down Xinyang, so how can it be said that Ning Zheng won the victory."

"So..." Jiang Xiaohan said, "What should it be? Think for yourself."

Jiang Ling really didn't expect her father to ask her for "help" to give her a quiz, so he couldn't help reaching out and tugging at his cuff with a bitter face, laughing and laughing, and said, "Father, tell me. "

It's a pity that Second Miss Jiang's act of acting like a baby and being obedient works well for Yan Qing, but it's not so easy for her stern and selfless father.Jiang Ling tugged at Jiang Xiaohan's sleeve and shook it for a long time. Seeing that he was still hard-hearted, he couldn't help but feel dejected, and began to think for himself.

Jiang Xiaohan raised his eyebrows, and slowly rerolled the scroll.

His movements were very slow, Jiang Ling glanced at his hand habitually, but happened to see the remaining half of the letter.

【...Great victory, the army is being reorganized now, and we will only wait for the next year... The empress mother is at ease, and my son Ning Zheng pays homage to me. 】

"Ah!" Jiang Ling thumped his palms and said in shock, "I see. Father means to follow his plan. It doesn't matter if we follow Ning Zongze's will and push Ruan Yin to his side first. Anyway, Ning Zongze is just a caring person." My own villain, as long as brother Yan fights well on the front line, I won't be afraid of his betrayal."

"Exactly." Jiang Xiaohan handed the packed mailbox to Jiang Ling, and said seriously, "A Ling, even if it's an enemy, as long as it's still valuable, we should make the best use of it."

Jiang Ling held the letterbox in his hand, thought for a while, and nodded slightly.

Jiang Xiaohan taught A Ling and Jing Zhan this truth, and naturally he also taught Ning Yan.

This is a compulsory course for superiors, but it is a pity that not everyone in this world understands this truth.

In the back house of Prince Anqing's mansion, Shen Tinghe sat beside the small wooden bed, rocking the cradle thoughtfully.

—— Ning Zheng has not been back to the palace for many days.

In the cradle was Shen Tinghe's son, this child was raised well in the womb, not as thin and small as other people's babies, only two months after birth, he was already chubby.

Shen Tinghe doesn't know if other people's children are as worry-free as him. In short, this child does not cry or make troubles on weekdays. Apart from being clingy to Shen Tinghe, he has no other shortcomings. Even the wet nurse said it was a worry-free Neat blessing children.

But even so, Ning Zheng rarely visited him, let alone hugged him.

The battle on the frontline was unfavorable, and Ning Zheng's face was full of gloom every day, until later when he heard that Ning Yan's personal maid had a child, it was like a dark cloud every day, and he seldom went home.

Shen Tinghe knew that Ning Zheng hadn't gone far, but was just handling government affairs in the government office and deploying military supplies.But even so, Shen Tinghe still couldn't help feeling uneasy.

——She knew in her heart that Ning Zheng's greatest support was not the army, the fiefdom, or his ambition, but the knife behind Ning Yan that could stab him at any time, which was the world's vision and the world's ears.

But now that Ning Yan has his own child, can these things still be used by Ning Zheng?

And if not, can Ning Zheng really win this battle?Furthermore, now that Ning Yan has his own flesh and blood, will his newly born child still be as important to Ning Zheng as he planned before.

——Shen Tinghe really didn't dare to think about it.

These days, she has shrunk day by day in the palace, and there is no one around her to talk to. She is a stepmother and gave birth to a son, and her relationship with Ning Zheng's daughters is just mediocre, far from being able to entrust each other. to the point of uneasiness.

She had gone back to her natal home once, and wanted to discuss her concerns with her parents, but within two hours at home, she was reprimanded by her father, saying that she was not quiet enough and virtuous, and that she didn't know that she was her husband's family at such a critical moment. Thinking about it, running back to her mother's house with great fanfare, maybe it will make Ning Zheng think so much.

Shen Tinghe was a person who had no idea, he was cowarded when his father yelled at him, he didn't dare to say anything, held his mother's hand and had a meal with tears in his eyes, then went back to the palace with his son in his arms.

She couldn't see her husband, and she didn't have a caring person by her side. She stayed with her youngest son in the palace every day, and saw that everyone was getting haggard day by day.