Dingjiangshan

After New Year's Eve, after the [-]th day, the rest was over, and the court was restored, and the backlog of affairs from years ago was put back on the desk, which made Ning Yan and Ning Huaijin busy for a while.

Ning Yan was busy receiving courtiers, discussing and reviewing papers, and Ning Huaijin was not idle at the other end. Apart from the imperial army, there were also hundreds of officials from the Ministry of Officials waiting for his review.

These days, there is a lot of chaos, and everything in the court is very busy.

The two fiefdoms of Anqing Mansion and Jiujiang Mansion were taken back to the imperial court, and the number of officials to be dispatched was unknown, not to mention the government troops stationed there, and other trivial matters.

The Anqing mansion was better, most of it had been cleaned up when Ning Yan left.However, Jiujiang Mansion has always been in the hands of King Yong'an. When Ning Yan took back Jiujiang Mansion, it was as if a piece of Ning Zongze's flesh had been gouged out.

As soon as the transfer order from the Jiujiang Mansion was issued, Ning Zongze became "sick" on the back. He couldn't get out of bed moaning at home, and called more than a dozen imperial physicians to take turns to take care of him.

People from Tai Hospital came back and forth, and when they reported back to Ning Yan, they always had the same excuse.

"The Ninth Prince is getting old, depressed and angry, and that's why he fell ill."

Once it happened that Ning Huaijin was sorting out the military registers in the study, and laughed out loud when she heard the words, and waited until the imperial doctor left before saying to Ning Yan: "People say that only those who lack wealth in life seek wealth. The words are biased, King Yongan has enjoyed such wealth and honor for a lifetime, how can he still be such an iron cock."

"It's because I have enjoyed a lifetime of blessings, so I can't let go." Ning Yan said gloatingly: "Most of the annual expenses of Yong'an Palace come from the fief. Now that I have taken back Jiujiang Mansion, I don't know if I have to cut down on food and clothing. The King Yongan spends a lot of money all his life, but now he is suddenly in short supply, of course he can't bear it."

"I can get used to it anyway." Ning Huaijin said, "The Prince's salary is enough for him."

"Hey, this is why Huaijin doesn't hurt her back when she stands and talks." Ning Yan straightened up a little, held up a pen and looked at the paper, and then said: "Huaijin eats enough for one person and the whole family is not hungry, and I always help, so Only money is abundant. Who is not a big family in the nearby palace, the women in the back house use clothing and jewelry every season, the servants’ monthly money for clothes, or what hobbies the young masters and ladies have, isn’t it all money.”

Ning Yan has been very proficient in using the brush with his left hand recently, but the handwriting is not as strong and beautiful as his right hand, so these days, whenever he is free, he will write a few strokes.

"People say that Chai Migui is known only when you are in charge of the house. If you are not in charge of the house, your majesty is also very clear about housekeeping." Ning Huaijin said.

"Family affairs and state affairs are not much different." Ning Yan snorted and said, "He looked at me. I don't know. He thought he picked himself very clean about the enclosure, but in fact it was a bunch of tails. His excuse is nothing more than to give face to the clan, do you really think that he can show the profile of an uncle in front of me?"

From what Ning Yan said, it can be seen that although he doesn't have much contact with the clansmen, he has already figured out their thoughts.

For Ning Zongze's disease, Ning Yan did a good job in face. Every time he sent a post to the palace, he asked the imperial doctor to approve it, and sent people to deliver supplements twice.

But the Ninth Prince seemed to feel that he really couldn't save face, and the more he thought about it at home, the more angry he became, and he lay down for more than half a month without getting out of bed.

During this period, the Princess of Ruiping, Ning Zhihe, came to the palace for a visit. The meaning behind the words was that Ning Zongze had been favored all his life, and he couldn't stand the sudden loss of power. He asked Ning Yan to give him some face, just as a It's coaxing him.

At that time, Ning Yan accompanied Ning Zhihe for a half-circle of the garden. The weather in early spring was still a bit cool, but the vegetation in the imperial garden had already begun to sprout, and as far as the eye could see, it had already taken a lush green form.

"Yes, I know that when the late emperor was around, he was the most favored child in that generation. Later, even if the late emperor ascended the throne, it didn't affect his wealth and power." Ning Yan tilted his head and looked at Ning Zhihe, as if He said with a smile: "But whoever said that being in power for a while can be in power for a lifetime, if it is true, the one who is standing here talking to my aunt should be the third brother, not me."

"Your Majesty is extreme." Ning Zhihe said.

"I didn't intend to kill chickens to warn monkeys, nor did I intend to torture the old prince." Ning Yan said: "But since my aunt has come to be this lobbyist, I might as well speak clearly—whether it's enclosing land, or buying and selling good houses. , or even forcefully recruit good concubines, I know what the Ninth Prince did back then, and so did the late emperor. It's just that the late emperor liked this younger brother back then, so he just turned a blind eye."

"Your Majesty can't say that." Ning Zhihe sighed slightly, and said softly: "When the water is clear, there will be no fish. The clansmen have great fortunes and complicated branches. There are always things that cannot be taken care of."

"I am also willing to turn a blind eye to my family members because I and you are both surnamed Ning, and we share the same spirit." Ning Yan changed the subject: "But as a human being, you always have to give in to each other. The clan relatives are bright on the outside, but the inner wear and tear is not small, and this is also clear to me. Therefore, the clan relatives do some small business outside, and receive some little filial piety that is not necessary. I can ignore it. But enclosing land and interfering with officials I don't want to hear any more rumors about performance appraisal and seizing good people."

Ning Zhihe understood that this was not only his attitude, but also wanted to beat Ning Zongze with his own mouth.

But Ning Yan said every word to the point, and there is nothing wrong with emotion or reason. Whether he is a relative or an emperor, he has already grasped his propriety very well.

So Ning Zhihe couldn't say anything more, she could only walk around the garden with him, and then was sent out of the palace by He Wenting in a proper manner.

Ning Yan's side is like this, and Ning Huaijin's side is also similar, and there will only be more clansmen who come to drink with him.

But Ning Huaijin always took Ning Yan's wishes as the basis, so she just rejected all the posts on the pretext of being busy with business, and didn't care if people secretly said that he was "charming and gaining power" and "controlling the government".

Anyway, in a sense, those people didn't say anything wrong, Ning Huaijin thought, judging from the point of "favoring", he was really not wronged at all.

The pulley bow he gave Ning Yan on New Year's Eve obviously aroused Ning Yan's interest. His Majesty has been eager to try these days, always thinking of calling Jiang Ling into the palace to discuss going to Spring Hunting.

After Ning Huaijin took care of this and that, and finally moved Jiang Xiaohan out, it was easy to beat both of them to be honest, and this matter was considered a thing of the past.

But having said that, this is also beneficial, at least Ning Yan is much more active in taking medicine and acupuncture, and it can be regarded as a comfort to Prince Gong who is in a busy schedule.

The number of times Ning Yue entered the palace was much less, neither came to beg Ning Yan to lend him a few BMWs to ride, nor made a fuss about going to Zhuangzi outside the city to play.

Ning Huaijin listened a few times inside and outside the palace, and it seemed that this little Seventh Prince was concentrating on the major events in his life—seeing that the world was circling around Shu Qiuyu.

Miss Shu was already like a dead wood and a cold lake after this family change, and she was much calmer, but after being entangled with him these days, she also had a faint tendency to loosen up. It can be seen that the saying "a strong woman is afraid of a entangled man" is very reasonable .

Ning Yan was happy and at ease, he just acted as a hands-off shopkeeper and watched their jokes all over the place.

If Ning Yue came into the palace to ask, Ning Yan would put on the appearance of a good brother, waved his hands very easily, and said: "It doesn't matter if she doesn't let go, you just say when you want to marry her, I will help you If you make a decree to grant a marriage, will she still dare to refuse it when the time comes?"

Ning Yue really admired Shu Qiuyu, how dare he use this method to force her, he would always turn around and persuade Ning Yan, saying that he was young, but in fact it would be okay to wait another two years for the wedding.

Ning Yan naturally went down the donkey, not only avoiding the boredom of listening to Ning Yue's complaints, but also not letting Ning Yue discover his intentions, it can be seen that he has used the four words "retreat to advance" with perfect proficiency.

Ning Yue and Shu Qiuyu seemed to have a lot of work to do, but there was another news first.

——On the sixth day of February, Ning Ci entered the palace with the company's drawings.

It happened that Ning Huaijin was not in the palace that day, but was training soldiers in the Imperial Army Academy. The servant who sent the message in the palace rushed to the camp to send a message to him, saying that Ning Yan had something to ask him to go back and discuss.

The little servant couldn't tell what Ning Yan wanted him to do, so Ning Huaijin asked a few questions in a daze, then gave up, explained the situation in a hurry, and went to the study.

When Ning Huaijin entered the door, Ning Ci was standing by the table explaining something to Ning Yan. The picture on the table was half-rolled and half-open, and most of it was spread out on Ning Yan's desktop.

"Uncle Huang came just in time." Ning Yan waved at him and said, "Come and listen to me."

Seeing him enter the door, Ning Ci hurriedly bowed his hands and said, "Uncle Wang."

Just kidding, although according to seniority, Ning Ci should be called along with Ning Yan.But who didn't know that the word "Emperor Uncle" almost became Ning Yan's name for Ning Huaijin, and Ning Ci didn't dare to get involved in the affairs between the two of them, so he had to settle for the next best thing, calling him a little rusty.

Ning Huaijin gave him a slight nod as a signal, then walked in the direction where Ning Yan was waving, and stood by the table to look.

"This is……"

"This is the blueprint of the imperial mausoleum." Ning Yan said with a smile.

Ning Huaijin saw it.

The part of the picture spread out is about the dragon's cave in the middle of the imperial tomb, and it is very clearly and finely drawn.

"It's done so soon?" Ning Huaijin was a little surprised: "I thought it would take half a year."

"That's right, Your Majesty said that you don't need to worry about the layout of the concubine's mausoleum according to the original specifications, so you copied the appearance of the former emperor's mausoleum, which saved a lot of trouble." Ning Ci explained.

The matter of the imperial mausoleum was handed over to Ning Ci, so it is naturally his job from the blueprint to the supervision of the construction in the future.Ning Ci stares at this picture every day, and can tell the truth with his eyes closed.

"Actually, that's all right next to it, but here at the Dragon's Cave—" Ning Ci clicked on the location on the map, and explained: "It has been expanded to more than double the size according to His Majesty's instructions."