Dingjiangshan

Ning Huaijin had almost never heard Ning Yan call Ning Zongyuan by such an unfamiliar name.

In fact, Ning Huaijin knew Ning Yan very well. When he was young, he was frightened by Ning Yu who died tragically in front of him.Therefore, although he doesn't like the clan members very much, he is not an indifferent person.Not to mention Ning Zongyuan, even Ruan Yin and Ning Zheng, he has always been called "mother queen" and "third brother".

But today he seemed to be really hurt by Ning Zongyuan's appearance that everything can be calculated and everything can be calculated successfully.

Ning Huaijin didn't know how to comfort him. Ning Zongyuan was this kind of person. He knew it more than ten years ago, and now he can't say anything to comfort him. Maybe he should say "Don't be afraid, he's dead anyway." ?

Ning Huaijin could only sit with him silently for a while, and asked He Wenting to bring in some hot snacks, but Ning Yan was in a bad mood and didn't eat anything.

When Ning Yan was at Ruan Yin's time, he was able to hold the eight winds still, but after he came back, he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

Earlier when he guessed that the battle between him and Ning Zheng was intentional by Ning Zongyuan, Ning Yan hadn't thought about it as much as today. He just thought it was nothing at the time. A father didn't have time to train his son before he was alive. So he felt uneasy and left a trap to sharpen the child, Ning Yan didn't find it strange.

Even if Ning Zongyuan's methods were extreme and cruel, Ning Yan felt nothing.After all, most of the royal children have to go through this experience.

But today when he came back from Ruan Yin's, he felt as if a hole had been broken in his chest, and the cold wind poured into it for no reason, making his whole body icy cold.

He suddenly had the illusion that the whole person was being manipulated, as if Ning Zongyuan was still watching him from the dark even though his soul had returned to heaven.

Shu Qiuyu did, and Ning Zheng did too—after that, did he just win, or did Ning Zongyuan still have someone behind him waiting for him.Ning Yan didn't know, and didn't want to think about it.

He just felt empty and flustered in his heart. For a moment, he seemed to have stepped on the ground, and his whole body was suspended in a situation where he couldn't tell whether he was "being" a good emperor in the past ten years or was being rejected. Ning Zongyuan "calculated" to be a good emperor.

Ning Yan got into the horns for a moment, only felt that his "achievements" that he was proud of had become irrelevant, as if he, who was proud of it, had also become a clown.

He was in a state of confusion and was afraid of affecting Ning Huaijin, so he didn't mention the matter of staying overnight. After sitting with Ning Huaijin for a while, he asked someone to send him back to Linhua Palace.

Ning Huaijin also felt that it would be better to ask him to be quiet at this time, so she didn't say anything, but before leaving, she told He Wenting that if Ning Yan's condition was not good, she could call him at any time.

Fortunately, He Wenting never came, and Ning Huaijin waited in fear for half the night, and did not dare to go to rest until the news came from Zichen Palace that His Majesty had fallen asleep.

In the morning of the second day, Ning Huaijin also observed Ning Yan's face carefully, and found that his expression was okay, and he didn't look tired or sad, so he let go of his heart.

Ning Yan had been away from Beijing for two years, and finally returned to the imperial court. The scene was extremely huge. There were hundreds of people standing inside and outside the hall, and almost all of them who were qualified to face the saint came.

There is no need for Ning Yan to speak about Ning Zheng himself, since Dali Temple will post official documents afterwards.Going to the court today is just to reward the remaining courtiers for meritorious service, and the scene is big or small, but it is really a bit boring.

Needless to say the few generals who fought on the front line, Ning Yan used his military merits to return Xie Yongming's First Rank Protector to Xie Jue.

Zheng Shaohui was also conferred the title of General Xuanwei of the fourth rank, and he will leave for the Northwest United Defense Mansion after a year to join the army to guard the frontier.Although he was not the head coach for a while, and his official position was not high, anyone with a discerning eye could probably see that this Zheng Shaohui had already caught the wind and became Ning Yan's confidant. Union House.

Ning Yan didn't give Ning Huaijin any rewards, but gave him the post of Commander of the Forbidden Army, leaving the entire Forbidden Army to him.

The original commander of the Forbidden Army was promoted to a higher level in the name of "serving meritorious service in protecting the imperial city", and was transferred to Anqing Mansion at the same level to clean up the local army and the fiefdom army of Jiujiang Mansion.

Ning Huaijin had discussed with Ning Yan about the promotion or demotion of other official positions, but Ning Yan, the Commander of the Forbidden Army, never disclosed the matter, which almost caught Ning Huaijin by surprise.

Generally speaking, unless there is a lack of people in the court, most of the clan members do not hold important positions in the court. It is unreasonable for Ning Yan to suddenly throw such a heavy errand to Ning Huaijin.

But the little emperor sitting in the hall was young and energetic, and had just returned from suppressing the rebellion. It was the time when his waist was straight, and naturally no courtier dared to touch his bad luck at this pass.

It was impossible for Ning Huaijin himself to refute Ning Yan in front of everyone, so this matter was settled logically.

Because of Ning Yue, Ning Yan did not speak out about the fault of the Shu family, but only mentioned that the Shu family had colluded with Ning Zheng, and the specific charges were handed over to Dali Temple for investigation.

But the fact that Jiang Xuan poisoned the Holy Majesty was a certainty, and Ning Yan didn't want to let any rumors in the palace spread outside, so he only said that Jiang Xuan was discovered before he succeeded.

If so, Jiang Xuan, the imperial concubine, can't do it anymore. Fortunately, Ning Yan didn't intend to really keep her at the beginning, but only gave her a verbal title. It's a matter of one sentence.

Ruan Yin's people were acting with their tails between their legs, so naturally they wouldn't say that there was something wrong with his trip.

In addition, Jiang Ling's going deep into the enemy's line cannot be detailed, so Ning Yan only said that she was responsible for saving him before the battle, and accepted her as a righteous sister, named her as Princess Changning with the surname of the emperor.

Ning Yan still remembered the "wish" that Jiang Ling told him when he was in Anqing Mansion, so he gave Jiang Ling a piece of unicorn that he used when he was a prince, and told her to travel around the world "according to the order" with confidence in the future. .

Jiang Ling was quite happy about this, the little girl was very happy, and asked Jiang Xiaohan in front of the civil and military officials of the court: "Father, if I have fun in the future, I won't remember to go home, and I won't be troubled on the way. Is it possible to enter the local government office to support it?"

Master Jiang was extremely helpless, but Ning Yan laughed and said yes repeatedly.

Ning Yan's rewards and punishments are clear, the courtiers are promoted or demoted with names, and each incident has a reason, which is extremely appropriate. At that time, Ning Huaijin only felt that he passed by overnight and was no longer attached to Ning Zongyuan's affairs. But in the next few days Watched carefully, but found that it still didn't work.

In the next two or three days, things were very hectic, Ruan Yin set off for the Emperor Temple, and Dali Temple also deliberately checked the Shu family and gave a charter.It is said that the Shu family was dismissed from office, the men were exiled for three thousand miles to the southwest, and the women were exiled for eight hundred miles. After Lin Lin finally figured it out, only Shu Qiuyu, who was previously removed from the family tree, escaped.

Most of these matters are handled by the cabinet, and Ning Yan is only responsible for the final nod.

Ning Huaijin hadn't left the palace to return to her residence these days, and still lived in Linhua Palace. When she occasionally went to Zichen Palace to meet Ning Yan, she would often see him staring blankly at the wooden box containing the last emperor's decree.

Ning Huaijin felt that it was not feasible to continue like this, and wanted to talk to Ning Yan, but he had just taken over the Imperial Army. People can't wait to use it in two parts, and they don't even have time to go to court.

Although Ning Yan was exempted from the Longevity Festival this year, the backlog of officials' performance appraisals and other matters in the past two years was still a mess.

The Dali Temple investigated the Shu family, and the vacant vacancy in the Shu family had to be filled by someone, and the affairs of the court would affect the whole body, and Jiang Xiaohan was so busy that he didn't even touch the ground.

So much so that it took four or five days after Ning Yan returned to Beijing before he remembered something.

Before Ning Zongyuan passed away, he left him an imperial decree not to allow Ning Huaijin to start a family before the age of 30. Jiang Xiaohan calculated Ning Huaijin's age and found that he just passed his 30th birthday this year.

Logically speaking, this imperial decree is useless, but after all, it was written by the first emperor himself. Jiang Xiaohan couldn't deal with it himself, so he could only hand it back to Ning Yan, let him destroy it or hide it deep, it's up to him.

When Jiang Xiaohan entered the palace, he was still thinking that the matter of Ning Yan and Ning Huaijin was now a matter of finality, and it made no difference whether there was an imperial decree or not.He only needs to enter the palace for a cutscene, and throw this hot potato out, and he'll be fine, but he never thought that Ning Yan would have such a big reaction.

"What did the teacher say?" Ning Yan stared blankly at the sealed imperial decree in his hand, his tone seemed a little erratic, and asked again: "What do you think it is?"

"It's the late emperor's decree." Jiang Xiaohan said: "The late emperor once said that Prince Gong was not allowed to marry a wife until he was 30 years old—if I remember correctly, Prince Gong has passed his 30th birthday this year. The conditions for writing the decree have been fulfilled, and you can retire. The letter written by the late emperor, I dare not keep it, so I ask your majesty to make the decision."

Ning Yan didn't speak, as if he didn't realize it for a while, he forgot to put down the pen in his hand, and the full ink was hanging on the tip of the pen, hanging dangerously above the clean rice paper.

Jiang Xiaohan waited for a while, but before he could respond, he raised his head in doubt and looked at Ning Yan.

However, Ning Yan was stunned and his face turned pale. Jiang Xiaohan frowned, feeling that his reaction seemed wrong.

"Your Majesty—" Jiang Xiaohan called him twice worriedly: "Your Majesty?"

Ning Yan suddenly came back to his senses, his hand that was holding the pen trembled, and the drop of ink on the tip of the pen fell down immediately, hitting the rice paper, destroying the half of the memorial.

Ning Yan just woke up like a dream, he hastily put down his pen, and motioned He Wenting to pick up the things.

"Teacher—" Even Ning Yan himself didn't know why he asked such a sentence suddenly.

"Does Uncle Huang know about this?" Ning Yan asked.