Dingjiangshan

Ning Huaijin dismissed the attendants and entered the main courtyard with a candlestick.

Recently, Wei Ji couldn't figure out what was going on in his mind more and more. He stopped at the door in a daze, stretched his neck and watched Ning Huaijin's back enter the main house.

Because the palace was built with Ning Yan's handwriting, Ning Huaijin's main courtyard was more than twice as large as that of other people's homes. After entering the house and passing through the screen, he had to pass through a small study room before reaching the bedroom.

It's just that Ning Huaijin didn't intend to rest for the time being. He stopped in the study room and walked straight to a wall-high antique shelf in the corner.He stood there looking at it for a while, then put the candle holder in his hand for lighting in the space on the shelf, half knelt down by himself, and opened the drawer at the bottom of the wooden shelf.

The cabinet was deep and long, half a foot long, and inside it was a wooden box made of ebony.

Ning Huaijin bent down, hugged the box with both hands, took out the candlestick, walked to the desk together, and put the box on top.

Compared with other utensils in this study, this box is a bit too simple, it is only wedged on all sides with wooden boards, and there is not even a pattern on it.

Ning Huaijin put the candlestick by her hand, touched the box cherishingly, and with a little force, pulled off the lid of the box a little and pushed it aside.

He removed the thin layer of velvet covering the box, revealing the contents underneath.

—It was a well-made horn bow.

Ning Huaijin rolled up the flannel in his hand, threw it aside, then sat behind the desk, and pulled the box towards him.

He made this bow by himself. The Zhe wood of the bow is the wood he selected from the forest farm.

Few people outside know that most of Ning Yan's riding and archery skills are actually taught by him.Ning Yan lost his father when he was young, and there was no one around to help him, so the responsibilities of such a father fell on Ning Huaijin.

When a man reaches the crown, he grows up. Civil servants' families sometimes send some things like the Four Treasures of the Study to urge their children to make progress. Most of the military officers' families also give them a handy weapon.

As an emperor, Ning Yan didn't lack anything. Ning Huaijin thought about it for a long time, but in the end he decided that it would be better to just be vulgar and give him a bow like those ordinary fathers in the mountains.

He didn't say anything, but he had been thinking about it for a long time. He started polishing this bow three years ago, and painted this bow every ten days to make it soft and smooth—it was originally intended for Ning. Yandang and Guanli.

I wonder if there is still a chance to send it out, he thought.

Ning Huaijin sighed softly at the wooden box by the candlelight, he hadn't shown up all day today, Ning Yan didn't know how sad he was going to be.

He knew Ning Yan well, that child used to be stubborn, pretended everything he encountered on weekdays, and used to be able to talk to him coquettishly, but now that he was not by his side, he might have hidden his thoughts even deeper.

Ning Huaijin reached out to touch the shiny bow, and sighed again.

He always felt that he sighed a lot recently, and every time it was related to Ning Yan.He originally thought that when Ning Yan grew up and could sit firmly in the court, he would retreat bravely and return to be his idle prince, so that he wouldn't have any quarrel with Ning Yan, and he would be able to be with him in the future as close.

But now his plan has been completely disrupted, no matter whether Ning Yan can really take back the slightest intention as he wished, this matter can't be regarded as never happened.

Sure enough, it was his own son, Ning Huaijin thought, Ning Yan, like Ning Zongyuan, never gave a breathing space before dragging people into the water, he dragged him whenever he wanted to, without any reason.

Ning Huaijin sighed again, he stroked the bow for a while, but the guilt in his heart finally prevailed.

"Wei Ji." Ning Huaijin called out.

Wei Ji responded outside the courtyard, quickly trotted a few steps into the door, and replied, "My lord."

Ning Huaijin had already put away the bow again, put the lid on, waved to him upon seeing this, and ordered: "Send this box to the palace and tell He Wenting that it is for His Majesty."

Wei Ji didn't know why he suddenly changed his mind, and didn't dare to ask any more questions. He scratched his head, answered, and walked over to hug the box.

The bow box is long and wide, and it is very difficult for a man to hold it. Wei Ji walked to the door, and as if he was afraid that he had heard it wrong, he turned his head and asked: "Is it for Your Majesty, my lord?"

Ning Huaijin was hesitating at first, but she made such a decision when her feelings for Ning Yan prevailed. At this time, when Wei Ji asked him, she was afraid that he would change her mind if he asked him a few more questions, so she quickly waved her hand , Said: "You - go quickly."

It was the first time for Wei Ji to see that he was so entangled in giving gifts, and it felt fresh, and he weighed the wooden box in his hand as he walked, guessing what was inside.

It's just that he didn't have the guts to open it and take a look, so he could only hold the thing tighter, thinking that after sending it to the palace, he would have a chance to take advantage of Ning Yan to open the box to see what's inside. thing.

As soon as Ning Huaijin sent Wei Ji away, she regretted it.He had already made up his mind to draw a clear line with Ning Yan, and even exchanged harsh words with Ning Yan last night, and today he sent someone to give him the crown ceremony, which always seemed a bit... as if he was giving in.

Ning Huaijin was fidgeting, for a while she was thinking of someone to call Wei Ji back, but for a while she broke the jar and wanted to send it, so she sent it, which should have been given to Ning Yan.

Ning Huaijin fidgeted here, thinking about the consequences of giving this gift, but before he could think of something, Wei Ji had already returned.

It was only time for him to pour a cup of tea when he went out, and he was still holding the box in his hand, seeing how he got back when he got out.

"What?" Ning Huaijin was taken aback: "Your Majesty didn't want it?"

"No." Wei Ji said in embarrassment: "The time has come in the palace, the door is closed, and the little ones didn't go in."

Ning Huaijin couldn't care less about giving gifts for a while, and asked strangely, "Didn't the Forbidden Army inform His Majesty?"

"No." Wei Ji shook his head and said, "I heard from them that His Majesty is still at the banquet, and all the clan ministers are there, so it's really hard to report."

"Still there?" Ning Huaijin was even more surprised: "It's this hour, why are you still having a banquet?"

According to his understanding of Ning Yan, no matter how big or small the banquet was, he always left early if he could, how could he not get tired of it until dark.

"That's what it said." Wei Ji said: "I heard from the guards at the gate that the Empress Dowager invited foreigners to go for Her Majesty. Maybe it was because of this that it was delayed."

At the palace banquet, when Shu Qiuyu, who was sitting in the first few rows, saw the "big gift" that Ruan Yin said, her first reaction was that Shu Qinghui had gone crazy.

Shu Qiuyu didn't care about the manners of a lady, and suddenly turned to look at Shu Qinghui, but the other party seemed to have a premonition, and didn't look at her at all, just lowered his head and drank blindly.Shu Qiuyu's doubts and anger seemed to hit the cotton, and she was so angry that she felt dizzy.

Subconsciously, she was afraid that Ning Yan would get angry, and she felt panicked, so she leaned forward hard, trying to look over the crowd to see Ning Yan's face.

It's a pity that Shu Qiuyu's grade is not high enough, she sat too far back, and there were more than a dozen dancers blocking the aisle in front of her, so she really couldn't see Ning Yan's expression.

Ning Yan on the throne didn't speak, his face sank like water, his hands under the sleeves of his robe tightly squeezed the armrest of the chair, his fingertips turned slightly white.

Ruan Yin didn't seem to notice his ugly face at all, she smiled and said to herself: "Your Majesty is getting older, there should be someone who teaches personnel by his side, this young lady looks fine to me, she is also smart, I think I can serve His Majesty well."

The girl who walked in from outside the hall lowered her head slightly, her face was cold, and her lotus steps moved lightly. Even if the whole hall was looking at her, she walked into the hall step by step without hurrying or squinting. Salute.

When Jiang Xiaohan looked at the woman from a distance, his heart sank, and he secretly said that it was not good.

"Jiang Xuan pays respects to His Majesty and the Empress Dowager."

Jiang Xuan was wearing an old-fashioned dark green shirt which was rare, and the plum branches embroidered on the skirt were hidden under her feet as she bowed down.She was not like other women who met Ning Yan and said a few auspicious words in respect or flattery, and then closed her mouth tightly after saying this, her eyes were cold, like snow on a high mountain.

Ning Yan's hand holding the armrest suddenly tightened.

Xie Jue and Jiang Xiaohan, who were sitting at the bottom, looked at each other at the same time, and saw a bit of surprise in each other's eyes.

——This woman is so similar to Ning Huaijin.

Ning Huaijin was handsome, but not a woman. In fact, when she got closer and looked closely, this woman was only a three-pointer like him.

But the wonderful thing is that his demeanor is very similar to that of Ning Huaijin a few years ago. Prince Gong doesn't make friends with courtiers, and he doesn't often walk around with people. Indifferent.

In addition, Jiang Xuan was reminded by someone, and she was wearing clothes that were very similar to Ning Huaijin's hobbies. Ning Yan, even Jiang Xiaohan, who was acquainted with Ning Huaijin on a daily basis, was dazed for a moment.

Jiang Xiaohan glanced at Ning Yan worriedly, and saw that his face was heavy, his eyes fell on the woman, and he was absent-minded for a moment, and he knew that Ruan Yin's blow had hit Ning Yan in pain.

It's God's will, it really made Ruan Yin find a killer move, Jiang Xiaohan thought.

Ning Yan was young, so he was ignorant about love affairs, and the person he fell in love with was Ning Huaijin, let alone succeed, I'm afraid he had to hide his thoughts slowly in his heart.

Over time, he will also beautify Ning Huaijin's shadow in his heart through these self-suffering, and finally turn it into an obsession that he can't let go of.

And now Ruan Yin has undoubtedly found a more justifiable shadow for this "obsession" - in Jiang Xuan, Ning Yan doesn't have to worry about secular ethics, staying behind, or worrying about outside rumors... don't even have to worry about being caught. reject.

Jiang Xuan is like the antidote to the place where Ning Yan came out of misery. If she can really satisfy the "shadow" in Ning Yan's heart, she can make Ning Yan no longer suffer from pain, and she doesn't have to face those things that could have been. Avoid the thorny road.

Jiang Xiaohan understood that for the "emperor", this was the best way to get what he wanted.Throughout the ages, there are not a few emperors who use this trick.

Let's see if Ning Yan wants to catch the moon in the water, the flowers in the mirror.