Not long after Ji Ning returned to the capital, it seemed that everything was about to change.

What Zhao Yuanrong did in the imperial court made Ji Ning feel impressed, this can be said to be a hard-working empress, in the shortest possible time, Zhao Yuanrong has already firmly grasped the military power of the Dayong Dynasty, as well as the political control, and there is only one problem left in front of Zhao Yuanrong, that is, the problem involving the Restoration Army.

And it just so happened that this was also the biggest contradiction between her and Ji Ning, because Ji Ning wanted to protect a person in the Restoration Army, and this person was Qin Yuanyuan.

Qin Yuanyuan is the princess behind the Restoration Army, and she is also the princess of the previous dynasty, as for how much gold this princess still has, it is difficult to say, but there is one point, the entire Restoration Army is based on Qin Yuanyuan, the princess, and the Restoration Army is also looking at her as the leader, even if Zhu Chuhe has control over the Restoration Army, he still can't get rid of Qin Yuanyuan's influence, so Zhu Chuhe is also doing everything possible to assassinate Qin Yuanyuan, so that he can sit back and relax.

In the capital, Ji Ning went to visit Shen Kang.

The location was in a house outside the capital, and when Shen Kang returned to the capital, he also met him for the first time, and it was also to prevent Ji Ning from doing anything that would affect the court situation again.

“…… Yongning, the old man knows that you are talented, and the new emperor's accession to the throne should also have a lot to do with you, I didn't expect that after so many years, you can actually be more accomplished than your father, but I hope you can have a better development in the Temple of Literature, instead of going to the court to be a powerful minister. Shen Kang's persuasion was also very targeted, and Ji Ning even felt that he had no way to refute it.

If someone else said this, he would definitely put forward some rebuttals, explaining that he had nothing to do with the forces in the DPRK and China at all, but now that Shen Kang said so, he himself would no longer argue anything.

Ji Ning said: "What Shigong said is extremely true, the reason why I went to get involved with the people in the court was completely because of the chaos in the Great Yong Dynasty at that time......

Ji Ning still wanted to explain it for himself, although this explanation also sounded a little weak, and Shen Kang didn't seem to want to listen to Ji Ning defend himself.

Shen Kang said: "No matter what, this will become a stain on you, and others will use this matter to attack you...... But fortunately, your attainments are high enough, and we old guys are also discussing how to give you a literary name, and maybe we will give the qualifications for a literary name to the sages of the Confucian Temple, which can be regarded as saving a lot of trouble...... Heaven will tell, and no one will raise a major objection. ”

Although Ji Ning didn't know what the so-called Tianlai Ding meant, he vaguely felt that his literary name would achieve a high position, and this positioning would make him a unique figure in the entire Great Yong Dynasty.

But as for how much power he had to speak at that time, or is it another matter, these old guys in the Temple of Literature are willing to listen to him as a young descendant?

"Yongning, I'm going to let you stay here for a few days now, no matter what happens outside, it has nothing to do with you!" Shen Kang said, "The old man also knows what you are worried about, you are worried about the changes in the situation of the Great Yong Dynasty, the new emperor and the remnants of the previous dynasty will compete, but this has nothing to do with you, or rather, it has nothing to do with the Temple of Literature, no matter what the final result is, it will not affect the status of our Temple of Literature in the Chinese Dynasty, as long as you can come out and preside over the overall situation!" ”

"Master really thinks that the disciple has the ability to preside over the overall situation?" Ji Ning looked incredulous.

"In the troubled times, it is natural to need capable people to preside, in fact, you don't have to be arrogant, I believe that your ability is very outstanding, otherwise the new emperor will not ascend to the throne with your assistance, those middle and lower class people in the Temple of Literature will naturally attack you with this, but we old guys are still open-minded, what you have become like in the end, we still have a good idea in our hearts, and we will not let your talent be buried!" Shen Kang seemed very supportive of Ji Ningdao.

Ji Ning saluted respectfully, and in his mind, he didn't know how to thank Shen Kang.

Shen Kang said again: "As the old man knows, the remnants of the Restoration Army will launch an attack on the imperial court, and a court fight is inevitable, these days, you will live outside the city, you can rest assured, no one can disturb the peace here, these days you are here to cultivate yourself, as long as the old man comes, it will definitely make you a person with more status than a scholar, and the future of the Temple of Literature will also depend on your attainments!" ”

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Ji Ning didn't expect that he would come to see Shen Kang, but he was "under house arrest" by Shen Kang.

At the same time, Shangguan Wan'er was under house arrest, Shangguan Wan'er was dressed in ordinary civilian clothes at this time, and she looked like an ordinary maidservant, and even Shen Kang didn't ask Shangguan Wan'er what her origin and identity were.

Ji Ning didn't need to give any explanation for Shangguan Wan'er's origin, it would make him lose his freedom, and it was difficult to say whether Shangguan Wan'er could leave this small cell.

When she arrived at the residence, Shangguan Wan'er looked very worried and said, "That's it, you are considered imprisoned, aren't you?" ”

"Captivity? Shigong is also to protect me, I don't think this is a kind of imprisonment, as long as I can maintain a good attitude! Ji Ning said calmly.

"As long as you see fit!" Shangguan Wan'er was a little angry and said, "These days, can't I leave here?" ”

"Theoretically, it's like this, you have to stay with me after all, and I'm not going to send you out to do anything, if you want to leave here, what happens, I can't protect you, because the master has a word first, if I leave here, I need to bear the consequences!" Ji Ning said.

Shangguan Wan'er frowned and said: "In this way, you are still under house arrest, but you don't have this level of consciousness, don't you feel embarrassed if you are under house arrest here?" For the sake of your so-called literary name, you don't even care about the life or death of the new emperor? ”

Ji Ning sighed: "Maybe I did too many things before, now I need a period of time to reflect on what I did before, if I did it right, why is there such a big contradiction between me and the new emperor now?" Maybe I did something wrong, my master reminded me right, I still cultivate more here, until the struggle in the imperial court comes to a conclusion, and then my literary name in the Temple of Literature will also be determined, why should I cause trouble for myself? ”

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Ji Ning, she was very angry, because from the perspective of the Holy Gate, no matter how much progress Ji Ning made in the Temple of Literature, it had nothing to do with the Holy Gate.

The Holy Gate is to assist the new emperor, and the power to be obtained can only be given by the new emperor, so Shangguan Wan'er at this time is also very helpless.

(End of chapter)