Dingjiangshan

On the outskirts of the capital, two horses, one black and one white, rode across the official road, crushing the fallen flowers all over the ground.

The white horse at the back had a water bag and dry food bag hanging on its back, and it was obvious from a glance that it was someone who was in a hurry.

The caravan on the official road was startled for a moment by the rushing horseshoes coming from behind, and subconsciously retreated to the side to make way for the people coming behind.

The man on the horse's castration did not decrease, he raised his voice and thanked him, then flicked his whip and passed the caravan.

"My lord." Wei Ji urged his horse to catch up with him, and said with difficulty in the wind: "We leave Beijing temporarily like this, and rashly go to the prince's fiefdom. If someone with a heart finds out, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the court to say."

"It's okay." Ning Huaijin said: "You and I should be careful, just don't let anyone find out. Besides, the governor of Pingjiang and Mingyuan have a long history of friendship. He has greeted me for me. If it is really necessary, you can also invite him Cover up one or two."

Wei Ji originally wanted to say that the relationship between Ning Yan and Ning Yan had become quite tense in the past few months, and if His Majesty knew about it, if he rushed to such a pass to go to the fiefdom of an adult prince, he would inevitably have other suspicions.

But now seeing that he is determined to take it to death like this, he knows that persuasion will not work.So he could only sigh, and made the next best thing: "Then it would be more appropriate to send a letter to the governor of Pingjiang to settle in Pingjiang for two days before transferring to Anqing."

This made some sense, Ning Huaijin was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Deciding to go to Anqing Mansion was considered a temporary idea, but not a spur of the moment.

Jiang Xiaohan's words more or less made Ning Huaijin examine his views on Ning Yan, but the habits of so many years were not good enough to be completely reversed in a few words.Although Ning Huaijin tried to separate the habit of "worrying about Ning Yan" and looked at it from a more objective point of view, she still couldn't figure out the way for a while. It's even more chaotic.

So he simply listened to Jiang Xiaohan's suggestion and stopped thinking about getting rid of Jiang Xuan for now.

It's just that although he decided to let go of Jiang Xuan temporarily and leave it to Ning Yan to handle it himself, he couldn't completely let go.After much deliberation, he decided to simply go to Anqing Mansion to find out what Ning Zheng was up to lately.

Jiang Xiaohan was noncommittal about his decision, and kindly told him some other things.

"...What did Mingyuan say?" Ning Huaijin asked in shock: "Your Majesty asked you to secretly investigate Anqing Mansion?"

"There is such a thing, but His Majesty didn't investigate deeply, just clicked to the end." Master Jiang rolled up his sleeves, rubbed the ink for Prince Gong himself, and said with a casual smile: "Originally, it should be said to the prince, but these days Since then, the prince has lived in secluded places, and rarely sees him."

Jiang Xiaohan put down the ink stick in his hand, walked to the bookcase next to him, took out a thin booklet from a wooden box, and handed it to Ning Huaijin.

"This is the testimony of the farmers and some trivial records left behind when we investigated the land invasion case in Anqing Mansion." Jiang Xiaohan said, "Your Majesty won't need this for the time being, so it's okay to show it to the prince."

Ning Huaijin frowned when Jiang Xiaohan mentioned this matter. He took the booklet and casually flipped through two pages from the middle.

This booklet was written by Jiang Xiaohan. It is well-organized and hierarchical, and all the accounts are recorded on it, including the merchant ship exchanges between Anqing Mansion and other places, and the accounts of land sales dictated by some farmers.

Ning Huaijin has also experienced many court affairs in recent years, her eyes have been well trained, and after only reading two pages, she feels that this is not a simple land invasion case.

Land invasions were mostly due to collusion between the government and businessmen, but Anqing Mansion was Ning Zheng's fiefdom. After Ning Yan's investigation, there was a tendency to blame Ning Zheng for the matter. Ning Huaijin had to think about it.

"What is your Majesty trying to do?" Ning Huaijin's voice was cold: "If you want to check the price of grain and land invasion, why bother to check Anqing's contacts with other prefectures as well."

Jiang Xiaohan smiled, picked up the ink stick next to the inkstone again, and asked, "What does the prince think His Majesty wants to do?"

"The Anqing mansion is under the nose of others. No matter how much you search secretly, there will always be clues, and they will be reported layer by layer. If Ning Zheng doesn't know, he will be out of trouble." Ning Huaijin was so angry that he couldn't choose anything: "It's just because If you don’t hold the evidence, you can’t attack, if not, he must have handed over a piece of paper, saying that you meddled in the affairs of the fief, and his heart would be punished.”

Ning Huaijin was very angry. He wasn't angry that Ning Yan had any thoughts about the Anqing Mansion, but that he was unstable in handling things and didn't know how to hide his thoughts slowly.

Now it seems that Jiang Xuan's entry into the palace must be due to this incident.

Most of the affairs in the court are tacit mutual concessions between the monarch and his ministers. Ning Yanmao hastily broke the calm on the surface and disturbed the already precarious balance. There is no reason for people not to fight back.

But since Ning Zheng already wanted to reach out to Ning Yan, Ning Huaijin couldn't just sit idly by.

After all, no matter whether Ning Yan is crooked or not, he will always help him.

Mr. Jiang's chief minister of the cabinet was very caring, and he also pointed out the way for him by the way, and mentioned Jiang Xuan's background.

But for Ning Huaijin, he actually didn't take Jiang Xuan very seriously.To him, Jiang Xuan is just a pawn for Ruan Yin and Ning Zheng, floating in the harem like duckweed, moving with only a silk thread.

And the person behind this silk thread is the one who really deserves Ning Huaijin's attention.

As for Jiang Xuan, as long as Ruan Yin and Ning Zheng can't make any big waves, if this silk thread is broken, she naturally can't make any big waves.

At that time... Ning Huaijin thought hesitantly, if Ning Yan really liked her, then it would be fine to stay in the harem.

"Wei Ji." Ning Huaijin paused, and said, "When we arrive at the next inn, remember to send a letter to the shopkeeper of Huaiyu Pawn Shop in Anqing Mansion... saying that I want to check the accounts."

Wei Ji hurriedly replied: "Yes."

Ning Huaijin has been in power for ten years, and she seems to have no contacts other than the emperor's life, but in fact it is not that she has nothing in her hands and no foundation.

Over the past ten years, more than [-] Huaiyu pawnshops have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain in Dachu, and each of them is located in the important cities where the trade routes come and go, as if they are guarding the gateways of the trade routes.

Ning Yan had heard about this pawn shop for a long time, and also guessed that it might be Ning Huaijin's property, but he just kept turning a blind eye, pretending not to know, and secretly opened a lot of convenience.

The pawn shop in Anqing Mansion has been in business for six years, and it has become very popular in the local area. It was one of the first nails that Ning Huaijin made.

Ning Huaijin herself is also a child of the royal family, and she knows very well what kind of heart is hidden under the skin of a person bearing the surname of the emperor.

In the final analysis, for so many years, he has never been at ease with Ning Zheng regarding Ning Yan's matter.

On the other side, Second Miss Jiang, who ran for Prince Gong, didn't eat the pot after all.

Ning Yan didn't know what medicine he had taken wrongly. After reading the letter, something was wrong with him.It looks like it is happy, but it doesn't look like it.As if he was full of information, but worried about something, he looked a little at a loss, holding a thin piece of paper, as if he was holding some fragile treasure.

Jiang Ling was afraid that he might be possessed by a demon, so he stood beside him in a daze and stretched his neck to read the letter paper, wanting to see what was written on it.

It's a pity that Ning Yan was stingy once, and put away the letter in a daze without letting her read it.

"Good little girl, I won't eat the pot today, and I'll give it to you another day." Ning Yan turned around, changed his mind temporarily, touched Jiang Ling's head, and said, "You need brother to help you today."

Jiang Ling didn't know what kind of charades these uncles and nephews were playing these days, and each of them asked her for help, so he asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

"I heard that you were invited to a banquet by Prince Li's family a few days ago, right?" Ning Yan asked.

"That's right." Jiang Ling nodded with a bitter face: "The princess of his family insisted that I go, and the post sent it twice. I didn't want to go at first, but my father said that it was good to see the world, so he pushed me away." .As a result, their family’s banquet was really malicious, and they gathered a bunch of girls suitable for marriage, and they didn’t—”

"Okay." Ning Yan felt dizzy, interrupted her quickly, and said in a warm voice: "That's just right, you just returned to Beijing, you are young, and your family background is good. There are many banquets in every family in spring, so you will inevitably invite more How many times have you been there?"

Seeing his serious face, Jiang Ling gradually stopped joking, nodded seriously, and said, "Brother Yan, what do you want me to do, just say it."

"There is a new Empress Zhaoyi in the Empress Palace." Ning Yan said in a soft voice, "You don't know her, but the Empress Dowager sent it to me."

"Why did she give you a woman?" Jiang Ling asked strangely, "Aren't you married yet?"

"Because she looks very similar to my sweetheart." Ning Yan said bluntly: "The Empress Dowager wants to use her to hold me...the harem has always loved to use this method."

Jiang Ling bit his lip and asked, "...Is she trying to harm you?"

Ning Yan was silent for a moment, shook his head, and said honestly: "I don't know what she is going to do yet, so I can only put her by my side and wait for the changes. But after thinking about it, the methods of the harem are nothing more than Those kinds of things are painless."

Jiang Ling understood that Ning Yan was trying to lure the snake out of the hole.

The little girl knew everything, and said seriously: "Brother Yan wants me to go out and spread the news, just to say that you dote on this empress?"

"No." Ning Yan shook his head and said, "On the contrary, little girl, you need to find some handkerchiefs and tell them that I hate Jiang Xuan very much. She took half a step out of the palace gate."

"It doesn't make sense, Brother Yan." Jiang Ling said seriously: "If you really hate her so much, you can just ignore her and just ignore her. If you say this, no one will believe it."

"This will be the truth." Ning Yan said: "It is difficult to completely avoid the Queen Mother regarding the matter of the harem, so she will not listen to any rumors from the outside world, and will only believe her own eyes."

"Besides, it doesn't matter whether I like Jiang Xuan or not." Ning Yan said patiently: "And I hate her, but I can't refuse her—that's what matters."