Dingjiangshan

Ning Yan was mysterious, so he just put down that sentence and didn't say any more. Ning Huaijin wanted to ask again, but Ning Yan broke the conversation with a few words.

Ning Huaijin didn't quite give up, and was about to persuade her a few more words, but was interrupted by the communication outside the door.

"Your Majesty." He Wenting called out through the curtain, "Deputy Commander Qin please see me."

As soon as Ning Huaijin heard this, she stopped prying into Ning Yan's private affairs, and her expression became serious.

Since the palace change ten years ago, the commanders and deputy commanders of each battalion of the Forbidden Army have been changed one after another, and most of the people sitting in that position are the children of generals with clean family backgrounds——Ke Ning Huai Jin has helped Ning Yan manage the government for these years, and there has never been a family of military generals surnamed Qin in Beijing.

Ning Huaijin had an impression of Qin Liu, but he was not familiar with him, because he was rarely on duty on weekdays, and he rarely even went to the Forbidden Army camp. Not too much.

Calculating carefully, it took him only a year to enter the Forbidden Army. When he first came, he followed Jiang Xiaohan's path, and he only said to the outside world that he was the son of a certain lieutenant in the Xie family's army.It's just that these words can fool others, but they can't fool Ning Huaijin. When Ning Huaijin saw Qin Liu in the upper study, she knew his background almost immediately.

Back then, Jiang Xiaohan followed a shadow guard who went out from the palace, and Ning Huaijin met him a few times, naturally.

These people who were born as shadow guards had evil spirits in their blood, and their eyes were empty and cold. Standing there, there was only the master in their eyes, and they looked like a cold knife, without any vitality, so they were very recognizable.

Ning Yan never concealed the existence of Ning Huaijin's shadow guard, and he also told him about Qin Liu's origin, but after all, the shadow guard is a private matter of the emperor's family, and it is always unpleasant to say it, so until today, Ning Huaijin Never asked him about it.

Zuo is just the emperor's plan, if Ning Yan can have this cautious heart, it is a good thing, Ning Huaijin thought.

"Yeah." Ning Yan raised his voice to the outside and said, "Got it."

Ning Yan turned his head and said to Ning Huaijin, "Uncle Emperor, then I'll go there first."

"Go down, Your Majesty." Ning Huaijin hurriedly said, "Don't delay the business."

"En." Ning Yan responded, patted Ning Huaijin's wrist, stood up, picked up his cloak from the smoke cage, and strode out of the tent.

When he left like this, it was obvious that he was only out alone, but Ning Huaijin felt that the tent became deserted in an instant, and it seemed empty when no one was talking.

Ning Huaijin sighed, only to realize that he was still clutching the bowl containing the molasses in his hand and forgot to put it down. The molasses inside had already cooled down, congealed into pieces and stuck to the bottom of the bowl, and the top was still floating A layer of sugar water.

Ning Huaijin touched it randomly with a spoon, and the big chunks of sugar cheese were broken more thoroughly.This thing was no longer drinkable, so Ning Huaijin put down the spoon, not bothering to ask someone to come in to collect it, so she put it on the coffee table.

He picked up the half-read book again, and just turned two pages when he remembered that before he was interrupted by Ning Yue, Ning Yan casually mentioned that he wanted to have a small banquet in the open space outside at night.

Just now Ning Yan left in a hurry, and he didn't know if he had ordered this matter. The hunting ground is not as complete as the palace, and everything has to be prepared in advance.

Ning Huaijin thought of this, thought for a while, then called Wei Ji in, and told him to go to the other side of the dining room and order to pack up first, so that when Ning Yan remembered, the other side of the dining room would rush to defeat him. prosper.

Wei Ji had long been used to Ning Huaijin's appearance of worrying about everything when he met Ning Yan, so he responded nicely, and before leaving, he added carbon for him, and took away the bowl on the coffee table up.

The room was tidied up by Wei Ji, even the soft leather was folded and placed at the end of the couch, the subtle sense of melancholy in Ning Huaijin's heart dissipated at some point, and she could be read.

It's just a pity that the preparations for the dining room are about to fail.

Ning Yan's tent was not far from Ning Huaijin's, and the lamp was burning hot inside. A figure was reflected on the tent, distorted by the candlelight.

——Qin Liuchu was too ambitious at the door, so He Wenting let him go in and wait on his own initiative.

When Ning Yan came back from Ning Huaijin's tent, it took only a few dozen steps, so he didn't even bother to put on a cloak, threw the clothes into He Wenting's hands, walked a few steps, and opened the curtain by himself to enter the tent.

His tent is thicker than Ning Huaijin's. It is divided into two rooms, the inside and the outside, separated by two screens in the middle. The outside room is made of linoleum, and the inside room has an extra layer of linoleum. Cotton curtains, as soon as you enter the room, you will feel a burst of warmth.

Qin Liu was originally standing inside the door, but when he saw him enter, he knelt down and saluted him.

He was dressed in the light armor of the Imperial Army, and it was very inconvenient to salute, so he had no choice but to kneel on one knee and buried his head.

"Well, get up." Ning Yan didn't take offense, and walked inside on his own, and said casually, "What's the matter."

He Wenting, who was following him, hung the cloak on the wooden rack beside him, twisted a hot towel from the copper basin in the corner of the room, and handed it to Ning Yan.

Qin Liu stood up, followed Ning Yan to the inner room, saw him sitting down behind the table, then went to him and knelt down on one knee again, and took out a finger-sized wooden tube from his arms.

"News from the middle of Beijing." Qin Liu said, "The Empress Dowager summoned Shu Qiuyu today, and the two had a private conversation in the house for more than an hour."

"Secret talk." Ning Yan rubbed the words, took the towel from He Wenting's hand, wiped his hands, and said with a casual smile, "How about a secret talk?"

"At the second quarter of the hour, the queen mother sent someone to the internal secretary to ask Shu Qiuyu to go to Renshou Palace to talk." Qin Liu said: "At the third quarter of the hour, Shu Qiuyu entered the Renshou Palace, and Shen Shimo just came out. After returning to the inner secretary, The Empress Dowager then rewarded Shu Qiuyu with 36 bolts of soft smoked satin, eight pairs of sachets, a pair of dragon and phoenix jade pendants...and a few pieces of jewelry."

"Yeah." Ning Yan's face remained unchanged, and he handed the towel back to He Wenting, and asked, "What did you say, do you know?"

"There are too many people in Renshou Palace, so I can't hear very clearly." Qin Liu held the wooden tube up with both hands, and said, "I briefly talked about the marriage of the master. The queen mother said that she had a letter from the late emperor in her hand. Ask Shu Qiuyu if he still has the heart to become the master of the palace."

Qin Liu has a good memory, and his answers are quick, and he can describe the conversation between Ruan Yin and Shu Qiuyu in a few words.

He Wenting knew that Ruan Yin didn't want to see Ning Yan all this time, so he was terrified after hearing this short conversation, and couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty—"

Ning Yan waved his hand, motioning for him to keep quiet first.He picked up the wooden tube and put it aside casually, he didn't bother to take it apart to look again, he just asked Qin Liudao: "What about Shu Qiuyu, did you agree?"

Qin Liu paused for a moment, and then replied cautiously: "Being obedient - it seems that there is no such thing."

Ning Yan paused: "Huh?"

"Miss Shu said, 'In the final analysis, the matter of marriage depends on your majesty's intentions. If he has no intention of being interested in me, even if he has a clear purpose, he will still think about it. Then it's better for me to get along with your majesty slowly. After a long time, it will come naturally." That's it. It will be the icing on the cake to bring out this decree when the time comes.'" After imitating Shu Qiuyu's tone, Qin Liu finished speaking with rare hesitation, but after careful consideration, he still said: "Listen It should mean nothing."

"It's just that the leader doesn't understand the woman's mind, and he didn't say much in the letter." Qin Liu said again.

"Well, I didn't guess wrong." Ning Yan said with a smile: "It's true that she didn't mean it. She said she still has affection for me on the surface, but in fact, she didn't have the opportunity to harden the relationship... This is Blocked for me."

Qin Liu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Unfortunately, Shu Qiuyu missed a great opportunity—the queen mother really has this decree in her hand." Ning Yan shook his head and said sincerely: "If Shu Qiuyu really agrees, the queen mother will use this decree to threaten In my case, I really have nothing to do with her."

He Wenting: "..."

He was worrying about Ning Yan, but hearing Ning Yan's tone, he seemed a little regretful!

"Your Majesty." He Wenting couldn't help but said: "If the girl from the Shu family has a big heart and runs into trouble with Your Majesty, but finds it back from the Empress Dowager, I'm afraid she will be used by the Empress Dowager in the future, you..."

"I know." Ning Yan interrupted him, he didn't mean to explain, and said to Qin Liu: "Go on."

"The queen mother has not completely lost interest in Shu Qiuyu. After Shu Qiuyu returned to the palace, she sent people out to inquire about Shu Qiuyu." Qin Liu said: "She sent out a lot of people. People are going to check on the Shu family."

"I can guess." Ning Yan said: "This 'mother' queen' has always been a person who can't be idle. It's strange that she doesn't want such a good bargaining chip for nothing."

"What does master want to do." Qin Liu said, "Do I want to teach the Shu family a lesson, or..."

"No need." Ning Yan said: "If you have that spare time, why not go to the ancestral grave of the Shu family to offer incense to Shu Chuan."

Qin Liu: "..."

When the late emperor set up the shadow guards, they were only used as weapons to point and strike. Loyalty and obedience were only engraved in their bones. Obedience has become a natural instinct.

But Qin Liu really didn't understand whether Ning Yan's order was true, or whether there was any hidden meaning.So much so that he subconsciously opened his mouth to respond to this order, but got stuck.

"Shu Chuan has raised a good granddaughter for me." Ning Yan leaned her elbows on the armrest and said with a smile while resting her forehead, "So I have to give her some face... Let her take care of her family's affairs by herself. "

Qin Liu understood.

"Yes." Qin Liu said.

After Ning Yan finished asking what he wanted to ask, he waved his hand and told him to back off.

After such a fuss, Ning Yan lost the interest in the banquet. He leaned back in the chair and tapped the armrest with his fingers.

Ruan Yin had the imperial edict in his hand, he had known about it for a long time.Not only that, Ning Yan also knew the above content - strictly speaking, it was not a secret, because both Jiang Xiaohan and Ning Huaijin had read the edict back then.

When Ning Zongyuan paved the way for him back then, he thought of every aspect carefully, and of course he did not let go of such a big event, but he was still young when he ascended the throne, so this decree became a secret decree, and he only waited for him to come to his age. take it out.

And Ruan Yin would want to make a fuss from this, which Ning Yan had expected earlier, he found that Baba left the capital to the empress dowager to let her "show her strength".

It's just that Ning Yan didn't expect that she would be so secretive.

"Your Majesty." He Wenting was still not at ease: "Do you want to discuss it with the prince?"

"Ah? Ah..." Ning Yan came back to his senses and nodded, "It's time to say something."

He Wenting was half relieved, and was about to send a message, when he heard Ning Yan say: "Go and tell the emperor that we won't eat tonight's banquet, and ask the emperor to rest early. Also, the winter hunting will start at tomorrow's hour." Now, if you want to wear armor, remember to put a layer of soft cloth inside the wrist armor, so as not to wear and tear when drawing the bow and shooting arrows."

He Wenting: "...?"

Is this what the servant said? !