Dingjiangshan

Ning Yan chuckled.

He knew that Ning Zongze was not so easy to submit. It was probably because of what Ning Huaijin said and did that forced him to take out the edict.

But Ning Yan never expected that Ning Huaijin would "threat" him with such a straightforward reason.

"That's over." Ning Yan sighed regretfully: "In the eyes of the clan, the emperor's uncle should be a traitor who works with me now."

"If this way they can be obedient in the future, then it's not impossible." Ning Huaijin said.

He Wenting was still at a loss, but it happened that Ning Yan was in a good mood today, so he explained a few more sentences.

"Third brother's matter is so big, in the final analysis, it is caused by the richness of the fiefdom and too much power in his hands." Ning Yan said: "Since that is the case, in order to avoid future troubles, it is safer to hold all parts of the world in my hands .”

Ning Yan trembled as he took the letter of Ning Ci's petition from the case, and said, "Fifth brother and Xiao Qi are considered smart people, knowing that they can bring this matter up in exchange for some conditions. Otherwise, if you wait When I speak, there are no conditions to speak."

"Speaking of this, what conditions did Ning Yue raise?" Ning Huaijin said, "I ran into him at the door just now, and I looked at him happily."

"Even Uncle Huang can't guess it." Ning Yan threw a dried fruit into his mouth and said, "He wants to marry Shu Qiuyu."

"Oh no." Ning Yan corrected himself: "According to him, he is willing to marry."

"The Shu family is about to sink. Ning Yue is now here to ask His Majesty for this favor. It seems that he is ignorant, but in fact he is just here to sell himself, secretly saying that he has no second thoughts." Ning Huaijin said: "Ning Yue At such a young age, he can actually come up with such a comprehensive solution - will His Majesty promise him?"

"Why didn't you agree?" Ning Yan raised his eyebrows, and said, "There are still three thousand nails in the broken boat, and Shu Qinghui's double-mindedness is too much to use, but his eldest daughter is worth a little bit of training—the daughter's family, let's go for a while." It’s just a wrong way, it’s okay.”

Ning Huaijin was a little surprised that he would say that.

"Your Majesty values ​​Shu Qiuyu very much." Ning Huaijin said.

"Jealous?" Ning Yan said with a smile: "Now is not the time for Uncle Huang to chase after me and ask me to give someone a marriage contract?"

Ning Huaijin: "..."

Saying no at this time, in Ning Yan's eyes, can be roughly equivalent to "duplicity", so Ning Huaijin simply shut up and wisely did not reply.

Ning Yan lazily leaned on the soft pillow on the back of the chair, moving the warm jade beads up and down in his hands.

"It's not impossible for Xiao Qi to want Shu Qiuyu, as long as Shu Qiuyu is taken out of the Shu family alone." Ning Yan said lightly: "Pull her out of the genealogy, and let her live as a side branch of the Shu family—I remember In Shu Chuan's generation, there was a concubine branch still in the capital, but the number of people was withered, and there was no outstanding child in the family, so it had been in decline for a long time. The concubine branch had been separated for a long time, and Shu Qiuyu's name Row over there, and no matter how the Shu family goes to prison, it won't involve her anymore."

"Since Xiaoqi has given me a convenience, I have to return him some favors." Ning Yan said leisurely: "Besides, there must always be someone to take care of the inner secretary, so I can't really get the emperor's uncle into the palace." Regardless of the one-acre three-point land——Shu Qiuyu, apart from anything else, is still easy to use as a minister."

Ning Huaijin heard that he had already made up his mind, so he didn't say much.

"That's fine." Ning Huaijin said: "Ning Zheng's death has achieved the purpose of deterring the clan. As for the courtiers, it is true that they can let go of their hands a little. It is good to relax."

"What the emperor said is true." Ning Yan said with a smile: "Scheming to attack the heart, it is true for the Shu family, and it is also true for the third brother and the queen mother—"

When Ning Yan said this, he suddenly stopped for some reason.

Ning Huaijin turned her head strangely, but saw that Ning Yan was frowning, and his face became a little ugly.

"What's wrong?" Ning Huaijin asked: "Talk well, what's wrong?"

"No." Ning Yan shook his head with a sullen face. He stretched out his hand to touch his heart, and said in a low voice, "I suddenly panicked for a moment just now, and I feel a little uncomfortable."

Ning Yan pursed her lips, was silent for a moment, and then stood up suddenly.

"I'm going to see the queen mother." Ning Yan said.

Ning Huaijin didn't know what happened to him all of a sudden, so she held his hand worriedly.

"Now?" Ning Huaijin asked, "Didn't you say you're going to hang her out for a few days?"

"I don't know, it's just my intuition." Ning Yan bent down, hugged Ning Huaijin gently, and said, "I'll come as soon as I go."

"I'll accompany you." Ning Huaijin said quickly.

"No need." Ning Yan shook his head and said, "I'll just go by myself. If there are too many people, it's better to pay attention."

That being the case, Ning Huaijin didn't say anything more, feeling that although this kind of thing sounds mysterious, but Ning Yan has been sitting on the throne for so many years, he still has a bit of an instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Ning Yan put on a thin cloak by himself, held the stove and greeted He Wenting, telling him to go to the side hall to bring Ning Jing to meet Ruan Yin with him.

The gate of Renshou Palace was closed tightly, surrounded by three layers of imperial guards inside and three layers outside, the manpower inside was cut down and cut down again, only a few maids walking around in the huge palace, it looked a bit desolate.

When Ning Yan entered the door, he didn't bring any followers with him, and he didn't ask anyone to follow him. He only asked He Wenting to follow behind him with Ning Jing in his arms.

Ruan Yin was chanting scriptures and praying for blessings in the main hall, but Ning Yan didn't ask anyone to pass it on. He put his hands behind his back and strolled in like a leisurely stroll. Shi Shiran saluted Ruan Yin.

"Mother." Ning Yan said with a smile, "Long time no see."

Ruan Yin paused for a while while twisting the beads, and slowly opened her eyes.

The perennial sticky aroma in Renshou Palace turned into gentle and soft sandalwood. Ruan Yin looked at Ning Yan through the incense mist, thinking half her life had passed in a trance.

Ruan Yin's gaze slid across Ning Yan's face inch by inch, and finally landed on Ning Jing who was hugged by He Wenting behind him.

"It's Ai's mistake." Ruan Yin said, "I didn't catch your hand, and I didn't discover this little bastard in advance."

"I also have to thank Sister Linglong." Ning Yan said with a smile: "As expected of the most caring palace maid by my side, she has helped me a lot."

He sounded like he came here purposely to show off in front of the loser. If two years ago, Ruan Yin would have retorted and said something, but now she just calmly turned her eyes back to Ning Yan's face.

"Where's Linglong?" Ruan Yin asked.

"Sister Linglong?" Ning Yan said with a smile, "Didn't she die on my 16th birthday?"

Ning Yan clapped his hands as he spoke, and after a while, a young woman in dark shorts walked in from the door, it was "Linglong" who fell to her death from a cliff earlier in Anqing Mansion.

The woman walked behind Ning Yan, and then tore off a thin layer of human skin mask from her face in front of Ruan Yin, revealing the delicate and sharp original appearance underneath.

Ruan Yin exhaled deeply.

She actually guessed whether Linglong had been transferred by Ning Yan earlier, but she paid close attention to him for a long time, but she didn't find any flaws in him, so she stopped thinking about it, and only wondered whether Linglong had been instigated by Ning Yan long ago .

"So what are you doing here?" Ruan Yin said slowly: "Is it to tell Aijia that you have won thoroughly, or to let Aijia know that now I am a bereaved dog."

"It's nothing." Ning Yan said, "I just want my mother to meet my son."

"You—" Ruan Yin said anxiously, "You're deceiving people too much!"

Ning Yan picked up a chair and sat down, brushed off the dust on the hem of his clothes, and said, "Didn't the clan always say that I was disobedient and cold-hearted? It's not the first time I've bullied people too much."

"Are you here to show off your might? Or are you going to be mad at your family?" Ruan Yin asked bitterly.

"Neither of them." Ning Yan smiled mildly: "I'm here to make a deal with my mother."

"Deal?" Ruan Yin sneered, "Aijia, what else is there for you to plan for?"

"The queen mother is always the queen mother, and I don't want the world to say that I am not filial." Ning Yan said: "I remember that the queen mother still has an imperial decree to enshrine Shu Qiuyu as the queen. If the queen mother is willing to hand it over to me, I can tell the queen mother a good news."

"...What do you mean?" Ruan Yin asked.

Ruan Yin suspects that this is another conspiracy by Ning Yan, but she has come to this point, what is "good news".

But Ning Yan didn't seem like someone who would come to make fun of her for no reason. Ruan Yin knew him well and knew that he would not do such a thing of making enemies for nothing.

"That depends on what news you bring." Ruan Yin said cautiously.

The death energy in her body was dissipated for a short time. Ruan Yin and Ning Yan had been intriguing for so many years, and defense and calculation had become instinctive, so that after a few words, she was actually much more alive than before.

In fact, Ning Yan wanted to tell Ruan Yin about this, so he didn't dwell on the issue, but waved his hand, signaling He Wenting to hand the child to Ruan Yin.

"Take it and give it to the queen mother to hug." Ning Yan said, "Let the queen mother see if this child looks good."

"Aren't you afraid that Ai's family will strangle him to death?" Although Ruan Yin spoke bluntly, her eyes had already fallen on Ning Jing.

Ning Jing was half asleep and half awake, wearing a peach pink jacket and wrapped in thick swaddling clothes.He has been raised chubby these days, and he is holding a bead chain in his hand, which seems to have been pulled from Ning Yan temporarily.

When he was handed to Ruan Yin by He Wenting, he woke up in a daze, opened his eyes but didn't see who it was, so he opened his arms to hug him.Ruan Yin only hesitated for a moment, then Ning Jing reached over and grabbed her skirt, groaning as if about to cry.

For some reason, when Ruan Yin saw him, she felt joy in her heart, as if she was naturally close.So she subconsciously opened her hand and took Ning Jing from He Wenting.

Ning Jing giggled, and grasped an embroidery pattern on Ruan Yin's chest.Ruan Yin's eyes fell on him, and just after a few glances, she saw a golden and jade-encrusted longevity lock on Ning Jing's neck.

Ruan Yin was startled suddenly.

"The queen mother won't." Ning Yan smiled softly: "The third brother's child, how could the queen mother be willing to strangle to death?"