Dingjiangshan

The last person who found out that something was wrong between Ning Yan and Ning Huaijin was Second Miss Jiang who had just become a princess.

"Brother Six, you don't even know. I'm living in the palace these days and haven't returned home. As a result, a few days ago—just three or four days ago, that Jiang Xuan got the news from nowhere, and blocked me for no reason. At the north entrance of the Imperial Garden, she cried and knelt when she saw me, begging me to take her out of the palace." Jiang Ling sat on the small table with his chin propped up, picked a piece of milk cake from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth , puffed out her cheeks and said vaguely: "Do you think she is weird?"

Ning Yan was sitting behind a table not far away, holding a farm tax account book in his hand, and he didn't know if he was reading it, but he didn't turn a page for a long time.

He leaned back on the chair and hummed perfunctorily.

"You said she didn't even want to think about it. I'm obviously with you, so why would I intercede for her?" Jiang Ling didn't notice Ning Yan's perfunctory, so he curled his lips and said, "What do you think a cultivator wants?" Speaking of 'compassion'... Seriously, don't say that my brother and my father don't have the word 'compassion' in their eyes, even if they do, I will not get rid of her if I want to get rid of her for poisoning you."

Ning Yan hummed again.

Jiang Ling finally realized something was wrong belatedly, she looked at Ning Yan suspiciously, leaned over and stretched out her hand to shake in front of his eyes.

"Brother Six? Brother Yan!" Jiang Ling shouted.

"Huh?" Ning Yan came back to his senses: "Where did you just say...Jiang Xuan?"

Jiang Ling: "..."

She finally found out that Ning Yan was still sitting here, and Hun'er didn't know where to fly.

Ning Yan also realized his gaffe, he threw half of the agricultural tax account books on the table, frowned and pinched the bridge of his nose, looking a little tired.

"Didn't Jiang Xuan go to the Imperial Temple with her mother?" Ning Yan asked, "Why are you blocked again?"

Jiang Ling looked at him helplessly, Ning Yan was obviously out of his mind, he listened to half of what he was obedient, and threw out half of it, barely pulling out two words, reluctantly followed her to chat, tired of watching.

"I mean a few days ago, before Ruan Yin left the palace." Jiang Ling explained, sighed again, and asked, "Sixth brother, why do I feel that you are not energetic? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Ning Yan didn't intend to say more, but just smiled at her: "There are too many things recently, and I'm too tired."

Jiang Ling didn't like him, she lay down on the table, looked at Ning Yan with a quiet and peaceful look, and her eyes were faintly worried.

Second Miss Jiang usually bounces around without looking like a noble lady, but once she calms down like this, the peaceful temperament in her body that has been subtly influenced by the "Master of Kunlun" for many years will begin to reveal.

Looking at her beautiful and clean eyes, Ning Yan suddenly had the illusion of being seen through by her.

"Uncle Wang hasn't entered the palace for several days, right?" Jiang Ling said, "You haven't mentioned him today, did you have a fight with him?"

Ning Yan: "..."

Ning Yan didn't know how to answer.

It's funny to say, even though he said such cruel words to Ning Huaijin, he never intended to take his heart back.

Over the past few days, Ning Huaijin wanted to see him several times overtly and secretly, but Ning Yan avoided them all.But he seemed to want to draw a clear line with Ning Huaijin, and refused to accept Ning Huaijin's wishes at first, but in fact he was still doing his own thing step by step.Whether it was fighting guerrilla attacks with the courtiers, or starting to cultivate tranquility with the prince's goal-he never really planned to change his original mind.

——He still loves Ning Huaijin, nothing has changed.

It's just that Emperor Chonghua was young and full of arrogance. When it comes to friendship, he would rather lack it than abuse it. He would rather continue his unrequited love with bitter haha ​​than accept the friendship under Ning Huaijin's "compromise".

This time is different from the last time, and it is completely impossible to use the three words "to be awkward" to easily mention it in one stroke.Ning Yan didn't want to fool Jiang Ling, but just thinking about explaining this matter gave him a headache.

Fortunately, God seems to have heard his inner voice, and kindly relieved him.

He Wenting came in from the outside, bowed to Ning Yan and Jiang Ling, and then said with a warm smile: "Your Majesty, Mr. Jiang is here, and he is asking to see you outside the hall."

Jiang Xiaohan's intimidating power over Jiang Ling is obvious to all in the palace. The Second Miss Jiang has not dared to go home these days after returning to Beijing. Now it is a time when she is guilty, and when she hears Jiang Xiaohan's name, she jumps three feet high, and He scooped up the half plate of cake left on the table and held it in his arms.

"Brother Six, have you opened the door of the back hall?" Jiang Ling lowered his voice and whispered: "I sneaked away from your side hall, don't tell father that I am here."

"...You can't stay home forever." Ning Yan said: "You have the teacher's permission to go out, and he won't say anything about you."

"But my brother will grab me and nag me." Jiang Ling said with a bitter face, "Father must be standing by and watching, gloating."

...that's true.

"Then let He Wenting take you through the side door." Ning Yan said: "If the teacher asks, I will say that you went to the hunting ground to play."

But in fact, Jiang Xiaohan really didn't come to arrest Jiang Ling, he came for Ning Yan himself.

These days, there was an uproar inside and outside the court, just because of the sentence "No draft", the courtiers have never been safe.Jiang Xiaohan waited at home for two days before he realized that it was time for him to come over and talk to Ning Yan.

Jiang Xiaohan didn't gossip with Ning Yan, and as soon as he sat down, he asked with a smile, "Did the minister lead His Majesty down?"

He is different from those old stubborn people in Beijing who open their mouths and keep quiet and polite. He said this sentence very casually, not as if he was discussing the majestic emperor's shocking orientation, but as if he was talking about how the flowers in the courtyard bloomed a bit strangely.

Ning Yan had a close relationship with him, and always discussed it as a teacher and a student in private, and he was not angry when he heard the words, but just sighed and asked: "Does the teacher also think that I am a child's whim?"

"That's not true." Jiang Xiaohan shook his head and said with a smile: "Even that little girl, A Ling, has already grown into a big girl, let alone you. Your Majesty sits in this position, even though he is still young, his heart has already matured ——otherwise, how can I be called Your Majesty?"

Ning Yan could hear that his words were a little bit teasing, but Ning Yan, the dignified emperor, also knew that he was a bit honest in saying that he would not marry a wife in the future and draft a talent show. It should not be his style of doing things. So he smiled embarrassingly, and accepted the teacher's light complaint.

"I know." Ning Yan said in a low voice: "I'm still young now, no matter what excuse I use, I can always push it off for a few more years. The queen mother is no longer in the palace, and no one can force me to choose. But..."

But he didn't want to do this. He might be on the top for a while, he might be impulsive, or it might be that the glory of the imperial conquest gave Ning Yan the confidence, so he didn't want to bear it anymore. He didn't want to use the methods of the emperor's balance, but wanted to solve it by himself. question.Only in this way can he have the confidence to woo his sweetheart and speak his sincerity.

——You are still young, Jiang Xiaohan sighed in his heart, and he went forward bravely with all his heart in doing things, full of drive.

"Teacher, do you think I did something wrong?" Ning Yan asked softly.

"In the final analysis, this is His Majesty's private matter, and I have no right to comment on it." Jiang Xiaohan changed the subject and said, "Speaking of which, I often teach my two children at home, and my life is only a hundred years. People have a frame in their lives, and there is a frame in the frame." What is meant is "shouldn't". People have to bear some responsibilities in their lives, and these are for others. In addition to this frame, people have to draw a bottom line for themselves when they live. This bottom line is the dead line. Take care of yourself, so that you will not fall into the mud - but outside of this frame, people have to live according to their wishes, otherwise the hundred years will be wasted. People live, in the final analysis, their life is their own, and the days are also their own Blindly doing things for others and not for oneself is a saint.”

"Isn't it good to be a saint?" Ning Yan asked back: "There are tens of thousands of people in this world who want to be saints."

"Naturally good." Jiang Xiaohan said with a smile: "The almanac is well-written, and the name is left in the history-but I feel that everything has a degree. If a person lives like a cold square in the book, it is not very interesting."

Jiang Xiaohan has lived in two dynasties and assisted two emperors.Ning Zongyuan is undoubtedly a good emperor in his heart, and he has done a good job of governing the country and the country in an orderly manner. No matter what he does in his life, his merits outweigh his faults.But Jiang Xiaohan only regarded him as a king, a portrait on a golden seat on a high platform, which was placed there for people to pay homage to, and he lived without any fireworks.

When Ning Zongyuan was dying, Jiang Xiaohan was by his side. The late emperor had always been good at weighing methods all his life, but when he was in the sick bed, he was full of regrets that he couldn't let go of in his life.

——Jiang Xiaohan has been Ning Yan's "teacher" for ten years, and he doesn't want Ning Yan to be like this in the end.

"Your Majesty asked me if I thought your majesty was right or wrong." Jiang Xiaohan said, "I don't like to say what your majesty is right or wrong, but I entrusted the confidence of the civil servants to accept advice, and I also told my majesty what I think - if there is no such thing In the second imperial conquest, there is no crown prince or queen mother asking to practice, so if your majesty insists on doing so regardless, I will definitely advise you."

"But now that Your Majesty has it, how will the future come to a conclusion, that's different." Jiang Xiaohan said: "That at least shows that Your Majesty is not acting on a whim, and has plans for everything-in the end, the minister said something outrageous." if……"

In fact, ten years ago, Jiang Xiaohan would not have said this.As a subject serving the monarch, the first thing to do is to be loyal, but under loyalty is to protect oneself. Ning Yan is only this year. If he can always be inconvenient, it’s fine, but if something goes wrong between him and Ning Huaijin Well, Jiang Xiaohan's heartfelt words today may not be exchanged for confiding, but suspicion for no reason.

But then again, Jiang Xiaohan has taught Ning Yanyi for 12 years, and he is willing to believe that he is not the same person as Ning Zongyuan.Moreover, there has been a lot of uproar in Beijing these days, and Mr. Jiang has been thinking about it for several days at home. He always feels that this child is serious.

Ning Yan thought about it, and hurriedly said: "This is in private. Teacher and I are just teachers and students. It doesn't matter whether you are a monarch or a minister, but the teacher just says it doesn't matter."

"Those ministers outside who want to persuade His Majesty to choose a talent and get married, all they can say is that they are afraid that His Majesty's heirs will be thin, for the sake of the future generations of the country." Jiang Xiaohan said tactfully: "I naturally thought so, but now Your Majesty has With a crown prince, I don't want to offend His Majesty."

Ning Yanru was enlightened.

Jiang Xiaohan smiled: "I didn't say anything."

"It's what I said." Ning Yan also smiled: "Since 'Your Majesty' has already given an account of this country - then it doesn't matter who 'Ning Yan' likes."

Ning Yan said with a wry smile and shook his head, sighed: "Many courts, other people either put me on high tiles, or put me in the wind and snow, only the teacher put me in a warm place. "