Dingjiangshan

Ning Huaijin knew that Ning Yan went to see Ruan Yin.

Probably because he was afraid that he would be worried, before Ning Yan left, he asked He Wenting to pass a message to him, saying that he would come back after a few words with Ruan Yin, and told Ning Huaijin that if he was not in a hurry to sleep, he could wait for him to come back and eat some lotus together Ye Geng, it's fine if he comes back late, there's no need to wait for him.

As soon as autumn came, the weather became colder day by day, but within a few days, there was a bleak scene in the imperial garden, the lotus in the pond disappeared without a trace, and the lotus leaf soup was the last one. .

These few days he and Ning Yan were busy with each other, and neither of them was free. Ning Yan was busy dealing with the courtiers and clan relatives, temporarily delegating the imperial power, and Ning Huaijin also had to be busy in the cabinet to deal with all the affairs at hand. After handing over, the two of them were so busy that they could only meet each other at this time every night and talk a few words.

Ning Huaijin was worried that Ning Yan had never been out of Beijing at first, and she was nervous, but in the past few days, Ning Yan was calmer than Ning Huaijin.

The emperor's personal conquest is not a trivial matter, and it has to be announced to the world and the state capitals.Regardless of whether it is a response or a greeting, the replies from the state capitals came very quickly. I am afraid that if they are a little behind, they will be labeled as "not doing government affairs".

This caused the cabinet not only to deal with the etiquette and trivial matters of the personal conquest, but also to deal with these reply letters.Ning Huaijin couldn't do it alone, so she simply detained Jiang Xiaohan in the palace, and every day in the Linhua Hall, she was facing the "Please Ann Notebook" sent by snowflakes from all over the country.

"It's fine to send it to the nearby state capital." Ning Huaijin threw the memorial in her hand, rubbed her forehead, and said helplessly: "The two prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River really have to go to the mountains and rivers to send it. It's really dumbfounding."

"The lord must give others a chance to show their loyalty." Jiang Xiaohan flipped through a new book, glanced at it, picked up a pen, and wrote a reply, saying casually, "What's more, the king of Changle is stuck in such a terrible place." The two prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River are also afraid, so why don't you hurry up and write a booklet to remind your majesty not to forget them."

"How can I forget that it is a land of fish and rice." Ning Huaijin said, "It's fortunate that Ning Zheng is arrogant, otherwise the two prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River will suffer first."

Jiang Xiaohan smiled and said nothing.

Xu was bewitched by the phrase "be careful and guard your heart", and Ning Zheng seemed to really think that the world was already in his pocket.He hasn't moved the two Jiangnan prefectures for the time being, fearing that he doesn't want to use troops and guns in such a rich and treasured place as the Jiangnan two prefectures to waste money and people.

But this is also a good thing. Although they can't count on the two prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, they don't need to be distracted by Ning Yan to help them, and let them take care of themselves.

"This personal expedition is not as good as in the past." Jiang Xiaohan said: "Although your Majesty and the prince have both practiced martial arts since childhood, and their skills are very good, but the battlefield is full of swords and blood, and the black army rushes up. No way. So if it’s not necessary, it’s better not to go to the battlefield lightly.”

"This king knows." Ning Huaijin said: "I have also persuaded His Majesty."

"That's good." Jiang Xiaohan held on to his pen and looked up at Ning Huaijin who was on the opposite side of the table. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "If it's convenient, the lord should take care of His Majesty on the battlefield—although His Majesty knows it well. But the minister has always felt a little uneasy these two days."

"Why?" Ning Huaijin asked: "Ming Yuan thinks it's inappropriate to conscript himself?"

"Not really." Jiang Xiaohan simply put down his pen, took a sip from the teacup next to him, and said, "Perhaps I was thinking too much, His Majesty is going to leave Beijing, and there are too many aspects involved, and the opposite is the King of Changle. Undoubtedly worried.”

"Let's not talk about that." Jiang Xiaohan smiled, looked at Ning Huaijin and said, "I see, the prince and His Majesty seem to be getting along a lot more comfortably recently."

Ning Huaijin choked, her first reaction was that Jiang Xiaohan saw something.

But then, he felt that his reaction was very inexplicable - there was nothing between him and Ning Yan that Jiang Xiaohan could "see".

Affected by the agreement that "it's right or wrong to talk about feelings after this matter is over", Ning Huaijin was quite broken and didn't think about it anymore.In addition, Ning Yan has restrained himself a lot recently, and no longer intentionally or unintentionally tested the bottom line. The two of them got along fairly "peacefully", and they also found the way of getting along casually in the past years.

As for what to do after the matter of Ning Zheng is over——

What to do before, Ning Huaijin thought almost evasively, maybe by then, Ning Yan himself would not like him.

For young people, love is like a piece of paper as thin as a cicada's wings. When looking at flowers in the fog, they look beautiful no matter how they look. God, I'm tired of watching it.

If there is no accident in this personal expedition, there is a high probability that he will stay with Ning Yan. Maybe after seeing each other day and night in disgrace every day, even the charming fantasy in the dream will be completely dissipated in front of reality.

——Besides, didn't he still want to take Linglong there, Ning Huaijin thought.

Probably because people couldn't resist thinking about it, Ning Huaijin just thought about Ning Yan for a while, when the door of Linhua Hall was pushed open from the outside.

He Wenting came in from the outside alone, and when he saw Ning Huaijin, he smiled before he could speak.

"What?" Ning Huaijin said, "Does Your Majesty have something to say?"

"It's not a big deal." He Wenting said politely, "It's just that it's already two o'clock in the afternoon, and His Majesty told you not to stay up too late, but to rest early."

As He Wenting said, he also turned sideways and smiled at Jiang Xiaohan: "It's the same with Xiangye. Your Majesty said that you can come back after these please approve the papers. If you don't want to hide and be lazy, you don't have to return so diligently. It will save them a letter." Send one after another."

This is indeed what Ning Yan can say, Jiang Xiaohan smiled, gathered the remaining unapproved papers into a pile, and went downhill.

"It's true." Jiang Xiaohan said: "Tomorrow is the day of the expedition, and the prince should also cultivate his spirit."

Ning Huaijin nodded, then remembered something, and asked, "Has Your Majesty returned from the Queen Mother?"

"Not yet." He Wenting said, "I probably have something to say to the Empress Dowager."

In Renshou Palace, Ruan Yin has been silent for a long time.

She used to think that although she and Ning Zongyuan had never trusted each other in this life, they had spent their whole lives on guard against each other and respected each other, but at least they could barely be considered evenly matched.

But Ruan Yin didn't expect that she had been with Ning Zongyuan for more than ten years, and she didn't know that there was such a ghostly shadow in his hand.

A cold sweat suddenly broke out on her back, and for a moment she didn't know whether she should feel sad for the married couple's different bedfellow dreams, or be afraid of those secret tricks that she thought were secret.

These kinds of emotions rushed out from her heart, but they were entangled and stuck together, so that Ruan Yin subconsciously took a breath, but didn't show any expression on her face.

"Shili" not far away raised his head, glanced at Ruan Yin, then stretched out his hand, touched the side of his face, and slowly tore off a thin layer of human skin mask along his temples.

Ruan Yin didn't have much impression of his previous face, but he could probably imagine a thing or two, it was nothing more than extremely mediocre, even if he walked face to face with her, she wouldn't attract her attention.

But the original face of "Shili" is quite different from the word "low-key" - he looks very young, only about sixteen or seventeen years old, he seems to be about the same size as Ning Yan, but his stature is shorter than Ning Yan's .

He silently folded the mask in his hands, then stepped forward on his knees, and placed the mask by Ning Yan's hand.

After doing all this, "Shili" turned his head and took another look at Ruan Yin.

Ruan Yin's heart trembled when he saw it, and she subconsciously clenched the armrest tightly.

She has experienced many battles in this palace, and she has seen all kinds of secrets, but she has never seen such eyes appear on a living person.

This mask seemed to have torn off something from "Ten Li". His face was very gentle, but he looked particularly pale because he hadn't seen the sun all year round.If you only look at appearance, Shili is actually not as sharp as Ning Yan.Although he is thin and thin, the outline of his face is not obvious, and he has a pair of gentle almond eyes, which can even be called "harmless".

But those eyes were precisely the source of surprise to Ruan Yin.

Perhaps because he no longer had to pretend to be an ordinary servant, some subtle habits of Shili's body were also revealed. He subconsciously faced Ning Yan, turned his head to look at Ruan Yin, and hung his left hand seemingly casually on his body. On the side, the muscles on the shoulders and back were tense, as if they could rush up to finish her at any time.

He looked at Ruan Yin silently, his eyes were empty and cold, as if Ruan Yin was not a "Queen Dowager" in his eyes, but just an ordinary living thing.

Ruan Yin has seen this kind of look more than once—but it was the last time when a person was about to die, either looking at her blankly or resentfully.

"You—" Ruan Yin forced herself to look away from this "weapon", and gritted her teeth to look at Ning Yan: "You are here to show off to the Ai family."

"No." Ning Yanshi brushed off the hem of his clothes and said, "I'm here to tell my mother that I'm going to go to war tomorrow. After that, I ask my mother to stay in the palace and worship the Buddha with peace of mind. There are many disturbances outside. , the queen mother need not worry."

"Are you threatening Aijia?" Ruan Yin asked.

"Maybe it is, or maybe not." Ning Yan said: "But the queen mother always has to think about it. Shili has been in Renshou Palace for so many years, and the queen mother hasn't even had the slightest suspicion of him, which is enough to show their brilliance—then what about the queen mother? Are you sure, there are no other people from me in Renshou Palace?"

"In other words, how did the queen mother conclude that there is no one from me in the Anqing mansion." Ning Yan said.

"Don't scare me here." Ruan Yin sneered: "If you are so powerful, why don't you know what medicine is in that bowl of sweet soup before leading the snake out of the hole."

"How does Queen Mother know that I didn't check?" Ning Yan asked back.

"If you really checked, why would you walk into Renshou Palace without any scruples that day." Ruan Yin pressed her step by step: "Renshou Palace burns incense every day and night, so don't be suspicious if the Ai family doesn't believe you."

Ning Yan didn't speak, but turned his head and looked at her calmly.

Ruan Yin was shaken for a moment in this confrontation, and after a while, she suddenly said sharply: "—Impossible!"

"After living with the emperor for so long, the queen mother must be the one who knows the emperor's ruthlessness the most." Ning Yan said: "Being at the pinnacle of power, it is inevitable that you will not be squinted by this bustling world."

"Shut up!" Ruan Yin shouted sharply, "Do you still have any sense of shame?"

"People's hearts are changeable. If you say something about vowing forever, it's just that you haven't encountered temptation, or you have no scruples in acting because you think you have a way out." Ning Yan said: "The heart of an emperor is even more changeable, and I don't believe it myself."

"So I'm sure what I want, so I don't want to go back. Only by 'never trouble' can I truly 'sit back and relax'." Ning Yan stood up, bowed slightly to Ruan Yin, and said: "—I also have to thank my mother for her success. If there is such a day in the future, when I face the subjects of the world, I will have something to say."