Ji Xianzhi said in a deep voice, his hands kept holding the salute, and he didn't dare to relax for half a minute.

Jiang Mengluo was slightly surprised, slowly got up and asked back, "Why does the king apologize to me?" ”

Ji Xianzhi replied, "The lord of the house offended the girl, and he really didn't want to go, so he specially ordered me to invite the girl, and the lord should have come in person, but the west courtyard of the mansion was a private house, and the lord was inconvenient to enter, so he could only invite the girl." ”

Jiang Mengluo's face was slightly red, and she hurriedly shook her head and said, "I also asked Uncle Ji to return to King Rui, it was I who lost the rules first, and I was still speaking disrespectfully in front of the king, but if the daughter of the Jiang family went to meet King Rui outside the West Court." I'm afraid it's not in accordance with the rules, and if my brother knows, he will blame me for not knowing the etiquette. ”

Ji Xianzhi didn't invite again, he knew that if a king repeatedly invited the sister of an important minister to meet but was refused, it would inevitably be ridiculed by the princes and nobles, and then King Rui would become the laughing stock of Luoyang City, which was really detrimental to his dignity.

He saluted Jiang Mengluo again, and then bent down to leave.

Jiang Mengluo took a long breath, only to feel a little dizzy. She thought that Ning Zheng should have officially regarded her cousin as a political enemy. The next open guns and dark arrows will all go towards Jiang Chengyi, but Ning Zheng will never give up trying to win over Jiang Chengyi, his cousin's talent is amazing. Emperor Wei got this assistant, what will he do in the future? Ning Zheng didn't dare to think that if he couldn't win him over in the future, he would make a move on his cousin, no matter what method he used, he would definitely pull Jiang Chengyi off the horse. Extermination, raiding, and even assassination are possible.

Her eyes pondered, her fingers lightly tapping the smooth surface of the white jade table, and she pondered how to move next.

In the evening, the ministers and princes who came to congratulate the visit all said goodbye.

Ning Zheng and his three sons left Jiangfu and drove directly to Ruiwang's Mansion. Ji Xianzhi, who was driving, knew that his little master was going to suffer again.

Sure enough, as soon as the car stopped in front of King Rui's mansion, he saw Ning Zheng with a gloomy face, and he took the lead in getting out of the car in a cold manner, and walked quickly to the mansion, Ning Nanqing and Ning Nankun got out of the car with cold faces.

Ji Xianzhi waited on the side, and waited until Ning Nan jumped off the car, stood in front of the mansion with his hands in his hands, staring at the three distant figures, and his expression was lonely, "You see in the eyes of my father, in the eyes of my brothers, I seem to be superfluous forever, what am I looking forward to after all these years?" He seemed to be talking to Ji Xianzhi, and he seemed to be muttering to himself.

Ji Xianzhi couldn't help but touch his sour nose, and stepped forward and said, "Don't worry so much about the lord." Let's get in quickly. ”

Ning Nan was only sad for a while, and soon he returned to a cold appearance, "Uncle Ji, go and check on the Jiang family and his sister, remember to study carefully, I need to know the bottom." Ji Xianzhi nodded in response, and Ning Nan walked towards the mansion. At this time, Ning Zheng was already kneeling in the main hall, and King Ming and King De were sitting on the left and right. The three of them were aggressive, and none of them had good faces.

Ning Nan came to the main hall, his face was solemn, and he bowed to Ning Zheng and said, "Father." ”

Ning Zheng's face was full of frost, and he was silent, and Ning Nanqing, the king of Ming on the side, opened his mouth first, "The second brother really impressed me today, the Jiang family Ququ is a woman, you have become her subordinate, and the face of the Huai Wangfu is all lost today." ”

Ning Nan bent over, pursed his lips and said in a deep voice, "What my brother said is that it is my brother's fault, and it is especially wrong to humiliate the name of the family, and I also ask my father to condemn him." ”

However, at this time, Ning Nankun snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "The second brother will ask for self-punishment afterwards, and the matter has become like this, my father wants to save face the most, once this matter gets out." The emperor's people were going to laugh when they heard it. ”

Ning Nan stood in the center of the hall, bending down to maintain a salute, lowering his eyebrows, waiting for Ning Zheng to speak.

The hall was silent for a long time before Ning Zheng opened his mouth to speak, and said coldly, "Zhao'er, I don't mean to blame you for being a father, it's just that the strength of the Jiang clan is amazing, and the Jiang family is just a woman, but her strength is far superior to yours." Presumably, none of Jiang Chengyi's subordinates will be mediocre. If this Jiang clan really rises in the future, it will not be used by me, I am afraid that the situation that my father has been operating in Luoyang for many years will collapse. ”

"What is Father's plan for next?" Ning Nan knew that Ning Zheng was not entangled in the fact that the Jiang family's daughter was beating him, and the cold face and frost were just because he was tired of dealing with Jiang Chengyi. He didn't care about the ridicule of the two brothers Ning Nanqing and Ning Nankun, he only stared at Ning Zheng's movements, and continued, "If Jiang Chengyi can't be used for himself, my father should get rid of it as soon as possible." ”

"Nope. Jiang Mengzhi is a talented person who has a wide range of knowledge, and is quite famous among the rivers and lakes and the academic world, if he rashly removes it, he is afraid that he will provoke the anger of the public, and his father has controlled the government for many years, although the power in his hands is huge, but he also knows how the people of the world see me, confronting the Son of Heaven, intending to seize power, but he is a treacherous and cunning minister, Jiang Chengyi is involved in a wide range of people, if I secretly do it, I am afraid that the news will be accidentally spread in the future, and most of the people's hearts will be lost, and the great cause will be ruined at that time. Fortunately, at this moment, His Majesty has not completely relaxed his heart towards Jiang Chengyi, if the emperor can't share the same hatred with him, then we can take advantage of it. ”

"Father means, take Jiang Chengyi under his command or get rid of him by His Majesty's hand?" Before Ning Nanwei could speak, Ning Nanqing on the side preemptively responded to Ning Zheng's words and asked questions.

Ning Zheng turned his head to look at Ning Nanqing, his face was a little gentler, and he nodded with a satisfied look and said, "Not bad." ”

Ning Nan was worried about this scene, and the hand in his sleeve slowly curled, and his eyes darkened.

"And what is the father going to do?" Ning Nankun also asked, his eyes were bright and distinct, revealing a sense of reverence. Ning Zheng showed kindness on his face, stared at him for a while and said with a smile, "Ming'er is full of poetry and books, and Mr. praises him every day, what do you think you should do as a father now?" ”

"In today's situation, it is better to get married, I heard that Jiang Chengyi loves his sister Jiang Chengjia very much, and has always listened to his sister's words, if the Huai Wangfu can marry the Jiang Mansion to control Jiang Chengjia, then Jiang Chengyi will naturally slowly return to my side." Ning Nankun said in an orderly manner, with meticulousness in his eyes, and at first glance, he had ulterior motives. His words couldn't help but make Ning Zheng frown deeply, "Ming'er has a crush on the Jiang woman?" He asked in his father's tone. Ning Nankun naturally knew that he couldn't hide it from his father, so his cheeks were slightly red, and he knelt aside silently.

Ning Zheng sighed, "Jiang Chengyi dotes on his sister so much, how can he be willing to marry his sister into your mansion?" Besides, I will never agree to marry the daughter of the Jiang family to you, her brother is still a person from the Water Pavilion after all, Ming'er, you are in an important position, if you let her enter your mansion, there will be something even bigger wrong. ”

"But... Father..."Ning Nankun still wanted to argue. Ning Zheng immediately stopped, "This matter can't be discussed anymore, so you can stop thinking about it." The Jiang woman is indeed beautiful and moving, but such a woman will definitely harm you in the future. Ning Nankun saw that he was so resolute, so he had no choice but to muffle down.

"This Jiang Chengyi is really hard to start." Ning Nanqing also frowned on the side and said, the father and son sat in the hall and thought, completely forgetting that Ning Nan was still standing in the hall. This made his face even colder, and he waited until the people of King Huai's father and son left from the Rui Palace. Ning Nan sat down in the main seat in front of the hall gloomily, his face was already pale, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly swept all the tea cups and wine bottles on the desk to the ground with a wave of his sleeves, and his black eyes were full of anger.

The servants who cleaned the hall were so frightened by him that they all bowed to the ground, and exclaimed, "The king forgives his sins!" ”

Ning Nanwei's slender and fair-skinned right hand was placed on the desk and gradually clenched into a fist.

At this moment, Ji Xianzhi happened to return from outside the house, and saw that the main hall was in a mess, and his heart was anxious, thinking that Ning Zheng was angry with Ning Nan again, so he hurriedly rushed forward, but saw Ning Nan sitting on the main seat with a gloomy face.

"What's wrong with the lord?" He stepped forward and asked softly.

Ning Nan was distracted for a moment, and when he saw that the person who came was Ji Xianzhi, he gently eased the coldness between his eyebrows and said, "Uncle Ji returned so early, but did he find out the Jiang clan?" ”

Ji Xianzhi nodded and replied, "It's clear." The Jiang brothers and sisters were originally from an ordinary family in Cumulus Lane, Chang'an, Jiang Chengyi's father was a soldier who went to the front line five years ago, died on the battlefield, covered the bones of the loess, and the family got a pension, and the brothers and sisters took the coin to Huiji. Jiang Mengluo, the master of the Water Pavilion, had a blood relationship with the ancestors of the Jiang family, and saw that the two brothers and sisters were incomparably smart, so they were included in the Water Pavilion. I heard that the pavilion master of the Water Pavilion and Jiang Chengyi's sister hit it off at first sight, and because the small characters were the same as her name, they were even more happy, and often talked about poetry with her, but the secret matter of the Water Pavilion, the pavilion master only said to Jiang Chengyi that Jiang Chengjia was too well protected by her brother, and her temper was strange and arrogant, and she was not afraid of heaven and earth. But because of this, she is not suitable to work for the Water Pavilion. On the contrary, Jiang Chengyi seems to have a very high status in the Water Pavilion. ”

Ning Nan listened quietly, and his right hand involuntarily turned the Hetian jade wrench on the thumb of his left hand, and the fingerprint was clear, carving a lifelike Yaotai jade phoenix, petals like spoon lotus. This wrench was tightly clasped on Ning Nanwu's thumb, and he was not very able to turn, but he seemed to be used to this, and he stubbornly wanted to turn.

"It seems that I must take this Jiang Chengyi." He was silent for a while, and said suddenly.

"What is the Lord going to do?"

"Marriage."

"Marriage?"

"The third brother proposed this method, and I was just thinking that it would be ridiculous for me to say this kind of thing in front of my father. Naturally, my father refused to marry the Jiang daughter to the third brother, after all, the third brother was the pride of his father, and even though the Jiang daughter was talented, she was the sister of the enemy. I'm different. I'm just a concubine, and I'm not favored, and I have almost nothing around me except for the Yegong Pavilion and the Jing Guard. My father never consulted with me on confidential matters. If I can marry the Jiang girl, it will be like a tiger with wings. Not only can he calm his father's urgency, but he can also slowly hold Jiang Chengyi in his hands. Ning Nan worried about carefully analyzing it with Ji Xianzhi.