Chapter 9: Heroes Out of Boyhood (1)
On either side of the old man sat the two major focal points of the entire Tianwu Kingdom, one was Ning Yuange, the head of the household department, and the other was Ning Yunxiang, a talented woman in Shangjing who was only seventeen years old.
Ning Yun wanted to become a recognized talented woman in Shangjing because at the poetry meeting held by the royal family in Shangjing, Ning Yun wanted a unique poem that overwhelmed all talented women.
"The sand gulls live in Shuiyun Township, and they don't remember how many degrees of lotus flowers are fragrant. It's strange that Magu has too many things, just like the vicissitudes of life in the world. ”
Coupled with his outstanding appearance, I don't know how many gentlemen have become the dream lover of many gentlemen.
Ning Yun wanted to have a beautiful and elegant appearance, dressed in a goose-yellow dress, delicate and indescribable, although sitting in the slightly dark main hall at this time, but from a distance, he looked like a new child, and the beautiful jade was dizzy. She lowered her head slightly, her face was expressionless, and there was a layer of blood between her skin, which was slightly pale. If there is a sick appearance, but it is even more beautiful and vulgar, as if it does not eat the fireworks of the world. Although born in the mortal world, it exudes a fairy breath, which is intoxicating.
Sitting opposite Ning Yunxiang was Ning Yuange, with a bookish face, wearing a black robe, frowning, looking at his daughter. No one knows what he's thinking.
The three people sitting in the main hall were either standing at the center of power or at the center of events, and they seemed to have been talking all night, and now the three of them did not say a word, and they all remained silent.
There was a sound of footsteps, and the old man sitting on the throne opened his squinted eyes and looked at the door.
The man who came to the "master of the house" was an old servant who was about the same age as the old man, and he hurriedly saluted as soon as he ran closer.
"What?" The old man sitting on the throne is the head of the Ning family, Ning Guodao, who is nearly sixty years old, and the prime minister of Tianwu Kingdom.
"Back to the head of the family, the household department ordered Li Zheng to come to the door to see the young master." The young master refers to the Hubu Shangshu Ningyuan Pavilion.
Ning Guodao turned to look at Ning Yuange, and said slowly: "The household department is a chess game that can be killed or lived, the important thing is whether he can let Shi Hongzong show his position, as for Li Zheng, if he is a smart person, he must know what to do to live, if he does something wrong, press him to the household department, and let him fend for himself." ”
Ning Guodao's words were eerie and terrifying, and Ning Yun, who was sitting on the side, remembered goosebumps.
Ning Yuan Pavilion, who was sitting opposite Ning Yun Xiang, had a heavy face, nodded after listening to Ning Yuan Pavilion's words, got up and walked outside the house, and did not forget to look at his daughter before leaving. The meaning in his eyes was very obvious, Ning Yunxiang had no expression on his face, but he felt a little inexplicably lonely in his heart.
Ning Guodao and the old servant gradually left Ning Yunxiang's sight.
Ning Guodao closed his eyes again, he was very tired from his old age, he not only had to fight against political enemies outside, but also had to take on the responsibility of the head of the family at home.
"Don't blame him, he is under no less pressure than me now, and he has some wrong ideas about your judgment." Ning Guodao loves this only granddaughter very much in the Ning family.
"Daddy never knew me, and he didn't want to know me, he must have thought that I came early in the morning to disagree with the marriage and make trouble." Ning Yunxiang shook his head slightly, his face full of disappointment.
"Think, grandpa wants to know what you think about this marriage?" Ning Guodao felt very uncomfortable, he saw his granddaughter since he was a child, and the pearl of the Ning family's palm became a victim of the family's battle, and in a few months she would enter a deep palace full of traps and tricks.
Yun Xiang thought about it all night alone in the room. A woman will eventually get married, and it is nothing more than whether she marries well or badly. What is good? It is good to be able to marry a confidant, and it is good to be able to marry a rich family for a lifetime without worrying about food and clothing. Being able to marry into the royal family is a blessing that Yun Xiang cultivated in his previous life, not to mention being the mother of a country and the queen of the world. Ning Yun wanted to lower his head and kept saying in his mouth.
"Good, good, worthy of being a woman from my Ning family, knowledgeable. Think about it, if you have any requirements before you get married, tell your grandfather, and the Ning Mansion will try their best to meet them. Ning Yuange saw that Ning Yun wanted such an attitude, and his heart was even more guilty.
Now Emperor Tianyuan is already half a puppet, and Tianwu's power is not in his hands, to put it bluntly, I don't know that one day she will be ousted from the throne, and what should she do when she is a weak woman?
"Yun Xiang, I don't dare to ask for anything, I just want to go to Pingling before I get married, sweep the tomb for my mother on the ancestral grave, and do my last filial piety." Ning Yunxiang said in a low voice.
"Yes, yes, it's rare for you to have this filial piety. Okay, while the auspicious day is still undecided, and there is still some time, rush to Pingling to see your mother. Tomorrow, tomorrow pack your bags and go back quickly. "Ning Guodao is nearly sixty years old, and the older people get, the more they value their feelings.
Ning Yunxiang forced a smile, and got up and saluted with a low emotion, "Thank you grandpa for your permission, Yun Xiang is a little tired, so he won't bother grandpa." ”
"Hmm." Ning Guodao nodded and watched Ning Yunxiang walk out of the main hall. The moment she walked out of the main hall, Ning Guodao could no longer support it, and leaned on the back of the stool as soon as she relaxed. At that moment, he felt as if he had aged by more than ten years.
"Did you do it right?" It's a question he often has for himself, and he's also confused at times.
Li Zheng was also very confused at this time, "What is Ning Yuange's attitude?" "Just what he thinks at this point.
Ning Yuan Pavilion said less than ten words to him in a side room in Ning Mansion, and Li Zheng was a little confused when he heard it.
Ning Yuange roughly meant to let Li Zheng deal with it himself, and he showed a lot of trust in Li Zheng, which made Li Zheng have a delusion, "Could it be that this attack on the household department is not as serious as he imagined?" Is it thinking too much? ”
Li Zheng shook his head and stepped out of the gate of the Ning Mansion with the sound of birds chirping in the morning. He suddenly seemed to think of something, and suddenly raised his head to look at the bird above his head, and his figure paused at the door of Ning Mansion.
"Morning birds?" Li Zheng muttered in his mouth. The moment Li Zheng stepped out of the Ning Mansion, he thought of something that frightened him even more.
He turned around and looked into the Ning Mansion again, and what he saw was a dust that was about to pass away.
Ning Guodao's heart was bleeding, but there was no look on his face.
Ning Guodao shook his head and said: "The Ning family is a big ship, and the direction of the ship depends on the efforts of everyone on board, do you think you will be sacrificed?" Just what you paid? And those of us in power in your mouth are just sitting back and enjoying the results? As a woman of the Ning family, you should take into account the overall situation. It's not crying dad and calling mom here. ”
Ning Guodao didn't dare to open his eyes from beginning to end, he was afraid that as soon as he opened his eyes, he couldn't help but cry when he saw Ning Yunxiang's face. His heart was bleeding.
Ning Yun thought why not?