Dingjiangshan

After all, Ning Yan still saved a bit of face for Ruan Yin, and only went to see each other after dark.

I have to say that Ruan Yin is a woman who has been infiltrated in the harem for many years. Among other things, the word "forbearance" has really been cultivated to the pinnacle. Except that she lost her composure and dropped a few porcelains on the day Ning Zheng raised the army, after so many days, It has been quiet all the time, without any trouble.

Of course, Ning Yan would not naively think that her heart was ashamed, presumably Ruan Yin was just thinking about it, ready to make the wrong mistake, and wait for Ning Zheng to come and give the intrigue of the past ten years a good time.

Renshou Palace has been besieged for so long, and from the outside, it has already taken on some depression. Ning Yan stood at the door and looked up at the plaque of Renshou Palace for a while, then waved his hand, indicating that the entourage around him did not need to follow. He entered the temple alone.

In the evening, a servant had already sent a message, so Ruan Yin hadn't rested yet, she was still fully dressed and sitting in the hall, waiting for Ning Yan for a while.

The difference from last time was that most of the servants in Ruan Yin's palace were sent away for the convenience of guarding, and the hall looked much deserted. Even Ruan Yin's gorgeous clothes and accessories looked like an empty shelf to support the scene.

In less than a month, Ruan Yin was visibly haggard to the naked eye, even if she was covered with makeup, it couldn't cover the increasingly obvious aging on her face.

"Seeing you today, His Majesty seems to be in good health. What a blessing."

"I would also like to thank the empress mother for being merciful." Ning Yan stood still in front of her, bowed slightly, and said respectfully: "I have seen the empress mother."

"Does Your Majesty still need to show filial piety in front of Ai's family like this?" Ruan Yin half-closed her eyes, and said slowly: "Or, Your Majesty feels that acting outside is not tiring enough, so you have to put on airs in private."

"Not really." Ning Yan straightened up on his own, and went to the side seat beside him.He brushed off the non-existent ash on his knees, and calmly said: "My son is just thinking that he will go to war tomorrow, so he has to visit his mother today. The mother's mother misses third brother day and night in the palace. But it’s hard not to hear about him.”

"Has the Ai family not received much news from Zheng'er?" Ruan Yin opened her eyes, and said sarcastically: "From Zheng'er's rise to the present, there have been many cases, which one of you has not been passed on to Renshou Palace?"

"The third elder brother is the mother-in-law's son, and the son-in-law is afraid that the mother will miss it, so he will give such an extra order." Ning Yan said indifferently: "If the mother feels upset, the son-in-law will not be such a villain in the future."

Ruan Yin choked, then said with a sneer: "There are many doubts about Zheng'er raising an army, don't you know?"

"Know what?" Ning Yan was as immovable as a mountain: "I know that for so many years, the third brother has been communicating with the queen mother in private. Since the time when the mother queen was in the imperial temple, he has not stopped thinking about treason until now. I still know that the third brother Is it because of a letter sent by my mother a few days ago?"

Having said this, there is nothing to hide. From the moment Ning Zheng raised his troops, Ruan Yin and Ning Yan stepped on a thin rope at the same time. Under the circumstances, whoever wins in the end can live.

Under this major premise, the cause, effect and reason of this matter are not so important. Even if Ruan Yin admits something now, because of Ning Zheng's vast army of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, Ning Yan dare not really accept it. A cup of poisoned wine poisoned Ruan Yin to death.

Ning Yan occupies the country and "orthodoxy", and Ning Zheng occupies the most affluent piece of land in this huge country. It is still unknown who will win and who will win.

"Zheng'er has always been obedient. If he really received a letter from Ai's family, how could he rashly raise an army. You must have blocked that letter and did something wrong." Ruan Yin said coldly: "Otherwise, Ai After much deliberation, I couldn't think of a second possibility except that the letter hadn't arrived in his hands."

"The queen mother has wronged me." Ning Yan turned his head to look at Ruan Yin. He leaned on the back of the chair, tapped the armrest with his fingers, and said with a relaxed expression: "Although I have never had a good reputation with the queen mother. , but there is only this one thing, I still want to distinguish two things - the kite released by the queen mother flew out of Miyagi and landed in the hands of the third brother."

"Impossible." Ruan Yin asserted: "If that's the case, there is absolutely no way Zheng'er would disobey my advice and send troops without permission."

"Why is the queen mother so sure that the third brother didn't follow your words, so he embarked on this road of no return." Ning Yan said pointedly: "After all, the third brother has always been very filial."

Ruan Yin was not angered by his few words, but frowned and looked at Ning Yan inquiringly.

Ning Yan put his hands on the armrests, and let her look at her carelessly, with a frank and frank look, without fear or vanity.

"You—" Ruan Yin suddenly thought of a possibility, and said in surprise, "Could it be possible for you to exchange letters from Ai's family?"

"Impossible." Ruan Yin immediately dismissed the idea by herself. She stared at Ning Yan viciously, and she didn't know whether the words she said were for him or for herself: "That night, Ai's family gave Zheng'er When sending a letter, from the beginning of writing the letter, I have done it myself, even if—”

Ruan Yin spoke too hastily, she couldn't catch her breath, and coughed.

"Cough...Even if it's Linglong, the Ai family didn't let her touch it." Ruan Yin said, "She has been by your side for so many years, do you really trust her so much when the Ai family does?"

"It's hard to say whether the queen mother believes in Linglong or not." Ning Yan said, "But the queen mother has begun to believe in me."

Ruan Yin was taken aback for a moment, only to realize that she had unknowingly walked into Ning Yan's words, and began to seriously think about whether there was any omission in the letter that night.

——Do you want to cover up, Ruan Yin thought.

But what's the point of using this kind of pediatrics such as the formation of doubts now.

But even so, Ruan Yin recollected it carefully, convinced that she put it in the letterbox by herself, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to say these things here at Aijia." Ruan Yin said: "What's the point of saying these things."

"The queen mother still doesn't believe me." Ning Yan pretended to be regretful and took out the bamboo tube that Ning Huaijin had seen before, and then took out the letter inside, slowly in front of Ruan Yin. Unfold slowly.

"The queen mother has a look." Ning Yan said gently: "Is this the mother's handwriting?"

Ruan Yin was already flustered by Ning Yan's words. After seeing this note, she finally couldn't hold back her fragile heartstrings. She stood up suddenly and said sharply, "Impossible."

"What's impossible?" Ning Yan asked back.

"That night, Ai's family did everything by themselves, even the flying kites were checked several times by Ai's family." Ruan Yin said, "There is no—"

When she said this, she suddenly paused for a moment,

"Oh..." Ning Yan said clearly: "It seems that the queen mother remembered."

Ruan Yin's expression changed a few times, she looked at Ning Yan, her face was full of surprise, as if she had seen a ghost.

Because she suddenly remembered that someone else had indeed touched that kite at that time.

——but only for a moment.

It rained heavily that night, and the kite was very anxious. When Ruan Yin tied the bamboo tube to its feet, it fluttered a few times, and its sharp claws almost scratched Ruan Yin's hand.

At that time, Ruan Yin didn't believe anyone, except for a servant who was holding an umbrella for her, all her cronies stood four or five steps away from her.

It's just that the servant was holding the umbrella for Ruan Yin with both hands, and he couldn't control the kite for a while, but fortunately, a small servant guarding the door rushed over and hurriedly grabbed the kite's wings.

— That's all.

Ruan Yin subconsciously recalled the little servant's face, but found that she couldn't quite remember it.That man has also served in Renshou Palace for many years, always staying under the one-acre three-tenths of an acre by the side door, most of the time with his head down, no different from the thousands of little servants in this palace.

Moreover, Ruan Yin clearly remembered that at that time, the kite just accidentally jumped into the hand of the little servant, and was sent back by the other party in a split second, and the whole process was under Ruan Yin's nose.

"It seems that the queen mother doesn't believe it." Ning Yan smiled and called out: "Come here—"

The door behind the screen was pushed open with a creak, and a figure was faintly reflected on the silk cloth.

The man stood still behind the screen for a moment, turned around and closed the hall door firmly, then walked around the screen and walked into the hall.

The visitor was dressed in a plain and simple inner servant's robe, the clothes were bulging, he walked into the hall with small steps with his head down, and knelt down without saying a word.

From the moment Ruan Yin saw him, her heart went cold.As soon as she saw this person, she remembered it. It was this person who helped her subdue the white-headed kite that night.

And now that Ning Yan asked him to come in, his intention was obvious.

"Is this your person?" Ruan Yin asked in disbelief: "Back then... when I returned to the palace, you were not yet 13 years old."

And this little maid stayed in Renshou Palace for a longer time. When Ruan Yin returned to the palace, in order to remove the nails, she searched almost all the maids in Renshou Palace.Although this little servant was not found to have eighteen generations of ancestors like those in the palace because of low-level rough work, it was confirmed by Ruan Yin's cronies, and it was confirmed that he had worked in the palace for many years before he reluctantly stayed. of.

What's more, after she returned to the palace, every plant and tree in Renshou Palace was under her nose, and it was impossible for anyone to take the trouble to get out.

But now that Ning Yan said that this is his person, it can only mean that when Ruan Yin returned to the palace, this little servant was already a nail in his place.

"What's 13 years old?" Ning Yan said: "My father's entrustment back then, I dare not forget a single word."

"—Yes." Ruan Yin laughed back angrily: "Anyway, your royal father has never trusted Aijia in his life. It is not surprising that Aijia left such a sentence when he was dying."

But she really didn't understand how this man had deceived herself and changed the letter under her nose.

"My son can see it." Ning Yan tapped the armrest with his fingertips, and smiled: "If the father and the emperor had trusted the mother, the mother would not have such an expression now."

"It's a pity that the Queen Mother has shared the bed with the Emperor Father for so many years, but she has never discovered that the Emperor Father has a strange soldier in his hand." Ning Yan smiled and said: "A...a strange soldier who is good at disguise and stealth."

"Ten miles." Ning Yan said: "I have been a servant for my mother for so many years, and when I am about to come, I will let my mother see your face."