Dingjiangshan

Shu Qiuyu looked at Ning Yan suspiciously.

Ning Yan twirled the bracelet, then turned around, rummaged through the shelf behind her, took out a brocade box and put it on the table.

Shu Qiuyu tilted her head and looked at the brocade box. She was puzzled at first, and then confused. It was not until she looked at it for a while that the patterns on the brocade box seemed familiar.

After a while, she suddenly remembered the origin of the box.

——It was given to Ning Yan by herself at the beginning, and it contained the two herbal medicines she withheld from Ruan Yin.

"At the beginning, when Ai Qing handed over this medicine to me, I decided to give you another chance." Ning Yan said.

"But..." Shu Qiuyu said with difficulty: "I was sure..."

"I'm sure the cold poison can't be cured, but so what." Ning Yan said lightly: "Little sister once told me that women in the world are not easy, and most of them have to be burdened by their fathers and brothers. The lintel of the Yu family hastily spent her life in the backyard——I think what she said is very reasonable."

"At the beginning, you did something wrong on a whim, and it was justifiable for you to judge yourself and others. If you are willing to send this thing, you will know that you still have the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor in your heart, and it is not completely hopeless." Ning Yan said: "It's just like you As I said at the time, whether I am good or you are, they are all burdened by the surnames of relatives, and most of what they do can't be controlled by their own heart."

"But Your Majesty is free." Shu Qiuyu looked sideways at the direction of the inner hall and said, "It seems that he never compromised."

"That's because I have the ability and confidence." Ning Yan said: "As for whether you have it, it depends on you."

Ning Yan was really in a good mood today, and he always smiled when he spoke, so that he seemed very gentle, and Shu Qiuyu couldn't help but relax a lot.

"Why do I use you to rest assured? You can think about it slowly." Ning Yan said: "There is just one thing, besides the word "relief", the word "ability" is more important to me when employing people. Are you sure you can sit in this position? , whether you can rely on your official position to re-support the Shu family's top door, it depends on your own ability."

Shu Qiuyu believed that he didn't intend to scare herself, Ning Yan employed people only because he cared about whether they were useful or not.

"For you, this may be a difficult thing, so I will give you a choice." Ning Yan said: "At the beginning, I let you choose, but now I still let you choose."

Shu Qiuyu was silent for a moment, and then asked: "If I can't choose, will I miss Prince Ningyue?"

"No." Ning Yan tilted his head and smiled: "If you can't choose, I will directly ask him to pick a good day and allow you two to get married."

Shu Qiuyu remained silent, and after a while, she bent down stiffly and kowtowed as if she had come to life again.

"Your Majesty is willing to agree." Shu Qiuyu said: "Your Majesty has made a big mistake, and His Majesty is willing to let go of the past. This is His Majesty's great kindness. I will definitely keep it in mind. In the future, I will serve you loyally, and I am willing to use myself as your Majesty's cushion." bridge paving."

Ning Yan smiled and said, "So, you don't want to marry Ning Yue?"

"No." Shu Qiuyu hesitated for a moment, and said: "The young prince is very kind, and he is willing to take the risk to speak for the minister. I think he is really sincere to the minister. It's not that the minister is ignorant of good and evil, and I also know that the young prince may be My only beloved. But..."

But she had already leaned on Shu Qinghui once, she was cowardly once, took a step back, entrusted her bright future to her, and then lost everything.

So she didn't want to be cowardly again, and she didn't want to entrust her entire wealth and future to another person without a bottom line.

She wanted to rely on herself once, not on her father, brother, or husband.

"I just don't want to get married now." Shu Qiuyu said: "At least, I want to take the blame and make meritorious service first."

"Very good." Ning Yan clapped his hands and said with a smile, "I'm so relieved that Qing has such a heart."

Shu Qiuyu did not disappoint Ning Yan. Although for a woman like her, this step was as painful as rolling a nail on fire, she still made it.

Compared to marrying Ning Yue as the main wife and running the backyard from then on, Ning Yan is more willing to see her come out to take charge of the internal department.

After all, the eldest girl of the Shu family has grown up since she was a child, and it would be a pity if the skills she has learned to be a "queen" are really useless.

"Twelfth lunar month is busy, so go back and tidy up, and come back to be on duty." Ning Yan said: "Anyway, you are familiar with the internal affairs, so you don't need to spend more time learning."

Shu Qiuyu knelt in a daze, still unable to react.

This situation was almost the same as when Ning Yan met her three years ago, even what he said was so similar.Suddenly, Shu Qiuyu would have an illusion that the past few years were just a big dream after years of separation, and when he woke up from the dream, everything would be as usual.

She suddenly felt a little funny, she went around and went around in such a big circle, and finally walked on the road of carrying the Shu family by herself.

If she had known this earlier, she might as well have hardened her heart and fought against Shu Qinghui to the end.Even if it is a crime of unfilial piety, it may be easier to start from scratch than it is now.

But the past cannot be traced, and Shu Qiuyu can only laugh at herself in her heart, saying that this may be the price of cowardice, and she can't blame others.

Ning Yan's willingness to give her a chance to make amends is extremely gracious. If Ning Huaijin were not there, Ning Yan would have to think more about many things. I am afraid that she will not talk about revitalizing the name of the Shu family today, even if the Shu family can stay. There is no chance of survival.

But now, although all of the Shu family were exiled, fortunately, the female family members were only exiled for eight hundred miles.Shu Qiuyu could tell that this was the leeway Ning Yan had left for him. If she could fulfill her duties as a courtier in the future and eat the king's salary to share the worries of the king, then maybe she would be able to bring her mother and sister back.

"I...accept the order," Shu Qiuyu said.

"However, I am not greedy for credit. You are able to keep the surname Shu this time. It is indeed Ning Yue's credit." Ning Yan said: "After leaving the palace, you don't have to be confined at home. If you are interested in him, you can do it. Go see him."

"I know." Shu Qiuyu said: "Young Lord Yue also has great kindness to me, and I will never forget it. When I take off the seal on the gate of Shu Mansion, I will marry him."

"Love is important, but if you decide to get married, you still need to be happy with each other." Ning Yan said.

Shu Qiuyu knew that the Majesty in front of him was a saint of lovers, and he was probably the person who cared the most about the words "two loves agree with each other" in the whole world.

To put it bluntly, when Ning Yan confided her heart to her, she only felt that Ning Yan was young, energetic and ignorant, and sooner or later he would either break his head and bleed, or bow his head and admit defeat under the four southern walls.

But he didn't expect that after a few years, he neither changed his mind nor empathized with him, and even smashed the south walls in one go, and forcibly walked out of a bloody road based on his own will.

"I know." Shu Qiuyu said softly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I am not reluctant. I have met Prince Yue Xiao a few times, and I think he is quite good."

Such a thing, after all, as long as the two of them are willing.Now Shu Qiuyu is in charge of the Shu family, and Ning Yue is willing to marry her in order to marry her. Since both of them are the masters of their own decisions, many things are much simpler.

"Okay, I promise you." Ning Yan didn't hesitate to give the "old minister" some sweetness, and comforted his brother by the way: "Then when the spring begins, let's make a marriage contract first. Ning Yue is still young, so it's better to get married two years later."

Shu Qiuyu came here in a daze, and was sent away by He Wenting in an orderly manner. When he was about to leave the palace gate, he couldn't help twisting the back of his hand.

She hit hard, and there was a red mark on the back of her white hand. Shu Qiuyu hissed in pain, but a smile appeared on his face uncontrollably.

Shu Qiuyu laughed very heartily, but tears dripped down in big ones. In the cold wind, the tears fell on the back of her hands, and it took her a while to chill her heart.

She wanted to cry and laugh, and the expression on her face was a little distorted, until finally, she couldn't bear it anymore, and she simply gave up her noble lady's demeanor completely, and cried heartily to the vermilion wall.

Fortunately, there was no one else on this small road out of the palace, Shu Qiuyu cried so hard that she almost wanted to cry out all the years of depression along this time.

She used to be very envious of Jiang Ling, envious of his good family background, but he didn't have to obey the rules, and could live happily and freely, without looking at anyone's face or caring about others' eyes.

Although her family is in decline now, at least she has a little bit of freedom, and she can use this freedom to escape in the future and earn her own piece of the world.

In the Zichen Palace, Ning Yan got up for only half an hour, and then completely lost the patience to do business. He took off his outer shirt and went into the inner hall again.

In comparison, Ning Huaijin was obviously much more diligent than him.

The bed curtains had been raised, and the sunlight outside reflected on the snow, making the room extremely bright through the screen windows.

Ning Huaijin put on a light and soft outerwear that she wore indoors, and was leaning on the bedside to read the brochures that Ning Yan hadn't read the night before.

Ning Yan leaned at the door and watched him for a while, feeling that as long as Ning Huaijin was here, even the bedroom where he had lived for a long time would look completely new.

Ning Huaijin probably remembered that Ning Yan drew a picture first and hurt his hand, so holding a pen in his hand, he read the memorial and gave him a quick reply.

Ning Yan stood there and stared at him for a while, seeing that he was fascinated, he smiled, walked over, and stole a piece of mille-feuille cake from the small table beside the bed.

Only then did Ning Huaijin see him coming, leaned forward and put down the things in her hands, and said, "Shu Qiuyu is gone?"

"Well, let's go." Ning Yan said: "I see that she and Ning Yue can succeed."

"After all, she was once a candidate for empress. Even if you divorced her, others will inevitably miss you. If you don't agree to Ning Yue, I'm afraid no one will dare to marry her in the future." Ning Huaijin said.

"Fortunately, Ning Yue really likes her." Ning Yan said.

"Why, do you feel that I'm sorry for retiring the engagement?" Ning Huaijin said.

"Hey——" Ning Yan threw his body back pretending to be surprised, and teased: "This is such a sour smell, what kind of thing knocked it over?"