Dingjiangshan

Ning Huaijin understood.

No wonder Ning Zheng was so unscrupulous, the co-author received a "hint" from Ning Yan himself.

Ning Yan was also very courageous, he didn't have any sense of awe in his heart, he even dared to talk nonsense about words like "Yinghuo guards his heart", but if this word fell into Ning Zheng's hands, it was no different from "the emperor will die soon".

"You..." Ning Huaijin's tone softened, and she complained, "You're not afraid of taboo."

"There's nothing to be taboo about." Ning Yan said with a smile: "This celestial phenomenon is not what I say, just to scare the third brother, and it doesn't really happen."

"When it comes to gods and ghosts, you have to be respectful." Ning Huaijin was still uneasy: "Go back to the National Teacher for incense."

"Okay, okay." Ning Yan laughed and said, "Understood, Uncle Huang."

In a few words, the faint charming atmosphere just now dissipated completely in a place where no one noticed.

But Ning Yan seemed to have re-absorbed nutrients from the short hug just now. The corners of his eyes and brows were slightly bent, and his eyes were filled with a light that couldn't be hidden.

"The reason why I didn't want to tell Uncle Huang was because I didn't want Uncle Huang to know that I tricked Third Brother into raising troops." Ning Yan took the paper tube in Ning Huaijin's hand and rewound it, and stuffed it back into the wooden box as it was. He continued: "Although it is not a gentleman's style to say that it is not a gentleman, but I still..."

Ning Yan paused very quickly, and said: "...I didn't want to tell Uncle Huang at first, at least not now."

Ning Yan's tone was relaxed, but Ning Huaijin could still hear a little nervousness in it.

Recently, Ning Huaijin has slowly found some ways in Ning Yan, and from the short and cramped hug just now, she has captured a ray of consonance in her heart, and gradually began to feel a little bit of Ning Yan's state of mind.

He was probably afraid that I would think he was being cheated and deceived, and he couldn't tolerate being a close relative, so he insisted on finding a high-sounding reason, Ning Huaijin thought.

Ning Huaijin shook her head, suddenly feeling a little funny.

When Mingming was a child, in the years when he was not as tall as a human thigh, in order to avoid the daily memorial of being taller than one person, Ning Yan could confidently drag Jing Zhan forward, play tricks left and right, and use everything he could , but the older he grew up, the more he lived back, and he got into such a dead end.

"Your Majesty is afraid that I think you look like the emperor?" Ning Huaijin said bluntly.

Ning Yan originally turned his back to him, playing with the wooden box in his hand.He didn't expect Ning Huaijin to point out this matter so bluntly. Hearing this, his shoulders tensed up without any trace, and he replied vaguely.

"You are his son, it's normal to be like him." Ning Huaijin said.

"...Indeed." Ning Yan didn't expect that Ning Huaijin would neither comfort nor preach, but instead responded to this sentence.The response he had originally prepared was rotten in his stomach, so he could only pick out a sentence temporarily and said: "I remember my father said that I am the son who is most like him."

"There is such a saying." Ning Huaijin said, "I also remember it."

Having said that, Ning Yan didn't know how to continue.Ning Huaijin didn't seem to want to pass him the steps, but Ning Yan sighed casually, and instead set herself up.It seems that if you don't open your heart and say a few words of sincerity, you will definitely not be able to get down from this stage.

But how to put it, said that he actually knew that it was not honorable for Ning Zongyuan to deceive Ning Yu, but even if he deceived Ning Zheng like this, he was still different from Ning Zongyuan.

Distinguishing without evidence is flimsy and unconvincing.

So Ning Yan didn't say anything, he pressed his hand on the table, as if he had gathered some courage in his heart, then turned around, looked into Ning Huaijin's eyes, and asked in a relaxed tone: " Will the emperor always stand by my side?"

"Yes." Ning Huaijin said.

"—Even after ten or twenty years, I will follow the old path of my father, become treacherous and suspicious, and always think about how to tighten the rights a little bit tighter?" Ning Yan let go a little. Slowing down his speech, he said: "Even so, Uncle Huang will not be afraid of me, worrying that my suspicion will fall on you sooner or later, but will still stand by my side, just like today?"

"Yes." Ning Huaijin said again.

"Uncle Huang lied." Ning Yan said in a low voice.

Ning Huaijin sighed.

"If someone else is sitting on the throne today, then this is really against his will." Ning Huaijin took a step towards him and said, "But precisely because it is His Majesty, it is not against his will."

Looking at him, Ning Yan felt that Ning Huaijin seemed to have returned to the days before the hunting ground dispute in an instant, looking open, sincere, and firm.

"To be disrespectful, when your majesty wants to be a wise king, the minister is your majesty's minister. It is your duty to help the community and share the king's worries." Ning Huaijin continued: "but if your majesty has such a day, don't want to Now that you are a wise emperor, I am still His Majesty's uncle. Maybe I will withdraw from the court, but no matter what, I will not ignore Your Majesty."

Ning Yan was silent for a moment, then secretly repeated this sentence in his heart, and smacked a little sweetness from it by himself.

He pursed his lips, and his tone became excited: "So the emperor thinks that I have my own reasons for the decisions I make, right?"

Although Ning Huaijin didn't know why Ning Yan would suddenly jump to this topic, but after thinking about it, he felt that he was right, so he nodded.

"That's it." Ning Yan said: "So the emperor agreed to my conscript."

Ning Huaijin: "..."

—Is this the same thing!

But it is undeniable that after seeing the "evidence" that Ning Yan had indeed planned this matter, Ning Huaijin was indeed relieved a lot.

He saw Ning Yan's determination, and he probably understood that he might not be able to really stop Ning Yan in the palace by himself.

Ruo Ningyan has already made up his mind to conscript himself, instead of letting him make his own decision arbitrarily, it is better for him to take a step back so that this matter can be negotiated.

"I have a condition." Ning Huaijin said: "If Your Majesty is really going, then I will go too. I am willing to be the vanguard and accompany Your Majesty on the expedition. I have experienced in the military camp for a while. Hold His Majesty back."

Ning Yan subconsciously wanted to refuse.

According to his previous layout, he had already made up his mind to keep Ning Huaijin in Beijing, not to mention safety, but also to supervise the country for him. For Ning Yan, it was a good thing to have the best of both worlds.

"If you are in charge of the country, Mr. Jiang will be there for ordinary trivial matters. If there are major events, the cabinet will send the report to the front line." Ning Huaijin said a step ahead of Ning Yan: "Throughout the ages, the emperor personally conscripted, and few of them really took the government affairs seriously. Just throw your hands away."

The battlefield is dangerous, and Ning Yan wanted to argue a few more words: "But——"

"If Your Majesty disagrees, then the minister will not agree either." Ning Huaijin said slowly, "No matter why Your Majesty does not want the minister to go to the battlefield, compared to you, you are the more unreasonable one."

Ning Yan: "..."

——It seems quite right, Ning Yan thought.

It's too much to be determined by each other. His Majesty is secretly proud of being sad, just like he knows how to persuade Ning Huaijin, and Ning Huaijin can easily persuade him.

"Okay." Ning Yan said with a bitter face, looking embarrassed: "But the emperor will promise me that when he goes to the battlefield, everything must be at the mercy of the schedule, and he must not be arrogant."

"It's the same for Your Majesty." Ning Huaijin was not to be outdone: "Although it is a personal conquest, the battlefield is dangerous. Your Majesty can just sit in the middle of the army and dispatch it. You can't go into battle at will."

Ning Yan raised his head, the two of them looked at each other, and after a while they said at the same time: "Yes."

As soon as the words fell, Ning Yan burst out laughing.

The two of them reached a consensus in the "deal" in this way. Jiang Xiaohan, who was far away in the cabinet, sneezed, and felt a chill on his back for no reason.

"But before going out, I have one more thing to do." Ning Yan said.

"Your Majesty is going to see Ruan Yin?" Ning Huaijin said.

"Yes." Ning Yan said: "After all, I still want to call her 'mother'. It's about her parents and children. I should go and explain to her."

Although Ning Yan said so, he didn't rush to see Ruan Yin.

Ning Zheng raised troops, and Ning Yan circled Ruan Yin again, which seemed to be a lot more legitimate.The clan members did not dare to say that they wanted him to let Ruan Yin out to let him breathe for the sake of face.

The situation in Nanyang Mansion was tight. Jing Zhan stayed up all night and came out on an auspicious day, and handed it over to Ning Yan in the early morning of the next day.

— just five days later.

This time is not short or long, but it is just enough for the Ministry of Rites to arrange the ostentation of the personal conquest in a hurry.Ning Yan knew that Jing Zhan had picked out this [-]% for him in many days, and it was just the right time.

Ning Yan never thanked him, but sent someone to Guoshi Mansion to send several plates of snacks.

The arrangements in the capital were operating in an orderly manner, and there were inevitably those in the court who disagreed with the emperor's personal conquest, including civil servants and military generals, and even Jiang Xiaohan went into the palace behind him to persuade him.But Ning Yan was determined to do this, and no one could do anything to him. In the end, he could only follow the instructions and start to transfer some affairs to the cabinet.

As the left prime minister of the supervisory state, Jiang Xiaohan suddenly became busy. Every day, he had to fight late at night in the cabinet. The operation of food and grass and the deployment of soldiers had to be reviewed by him before he could send it to the palace for Ning Yan's approval. .

The generals for the expedition were also settled in full swing. Ning Yan did not accidentally put both Zheng Shaohui and Qin Liu into the list for this expedition. He assigned Zheng Shaohui to Xie Jue as his deputy, and gave Qin Liu another An unstoppable commander.

Ning Huaijin knew Qin Liu's identity - he had secretly worried before that the battlefield was empty and chaotic, and it was difficult for shadow guards to hide, so he might not be able to guard Ning Yan at every step.But seeing that Qin Liu was also on the list later, he more or less let go of his worries.

At least Ning Yan had indeed made solid preparations, instead of going into battle as a joke.

What puzzled Ning Huaijin was that Ning Yan actually included Linglong in the list of attendants.Although the emperor always brought one or two concubines with him when he went out, but Ning Yan was obviously not a person who indulged in beauty, let alone such a sensitive spy.

No matter whether Linglong had defected to Ning Yan or not, Ning Huaijin felt that it was not safe enough.

"It's okay." Ning Yan held his chin and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Uncle Huang, I have my own intentions."

Four days is a long time, but if you are busy every day, it will be the blink of an eye.

The day before the expedition, Ning Yan gathered all the trivial things in his hands, and ordered to go see Ruan Yin.