Volume 1: Born of Revenge Chapter 87: Lore - The Beginning
In Ning Zhiwen's opinion, the county lord of Liuyun is the best candidate, but in the eyes of Emperor Qi, if the county lord of Liuyun is allowed to show her heroic posture in the hunting ground, wouldn't it have boosted the prestige of the eldest princess's mansion, although there is no precedent for a woman to be the emperor in the Great Zhou, but Emperor Qi seems to have begun to guard against the lord of Liuyun everywhere.
Ning Zhiwen involved the government with an innocent and innocent daughter, but Ning Banghua didn't know it, and ran headlong into the trap that Ning Zhiyun weaved for her, only to listen to Ning Wanhua's advice: "Your Majesty, the daughter of the lord of Liuyun County, Mulan, it is better to let the lord of Liuyun County accompany the ninth princess." In Ning Banghua's opinion, as long as Ning Zhixuan is not allowed to go, anyone can go, but he didn't think that her words had already inadvertently angered Emperor Qi.
The face of the imperial concubine on the side became ugly, she had always liked the fact that Ning Wanhua was beautiful but had no city mansion, but now she seemed to think that she was indeed beautiful, but she was really stupid.
Seeing Emperor Qi's increasingly gloomy face, the imperial concubine hurriedly said: "Since it is Xin'er's request, I naturally have to ask her what she means." Then he looked at Shangguan Yunxin with a smile and said, "Xin'er, who do you want to accompany you to hunt?" ”
"Sister Liuyun has never liked to play with Erchen and others, and Erchen doesn't dare to bother Sister Liuyun, but she still wants the Lord of Le Ya Pavilion to accompany Erchen to hunt together." Although the lord of Liuyun County is not a few years older than the young ladies of the family who came this time, his behavior is very different from that of princesses and young ladies. The princesses and ladies all grew up in the deep boudoir, unlike the lord of Liuyun who grew up in the army since he was a child, and he has always acted steadily and neatly.
Hearing that Shangguan Yunxin only wanted Ning Zhixin to accompany him, Emperor Qi's face softened slightly, and he glanced at Ning Zhixin and said, "The Ninth Princess insisted on having you as a companion, so I made an exception and allowed you to enter the hunting ground." ”
Ning Zhixuan knelt on the ground, kowtowed and thanked him: "Courtiers thank the emperor for his favor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”
Ning Banghua was unwilling to let Emperor Qi break the rules for Ning Zhiyun like this, and wanted to persuade him again, but he was stopped by the imperial concubine, and said with a smile: "Hua'er, the emperor and the prince entered the paddock to hunt, you will inevitably feel bored, so accompany the palace back to the tent to talk." ”
Ning Banghua knew that Ning Zhiwen had nine princesses to protect her, and now she had won the favor of Emperor Qi, before she married into Prince Heng's mansion, her biggest backer was only the imperial concubine, so she didn't dare to disobey the imperial concubine anyway, so she could only watch Ning Zhiyun go back to the tent to change her clothes.
It is said that Ning Zhiwen felt a little weak after being helped into the tent by Su Xin, and she was extremely dangerous in that move, although she was not guilty, but if Ning Banghua really ate a trench and grew wise, and did not come out to persuade Emperor Qi to choose another lord of Liuyun, then all the anger of Emperor Qi would be sprinkled on Ning Zhiyun alone, and the imperial concubine would not reconcile from it, and when it came to the matter of the lord of Liuyun himself, it was inconvenient for her to come forward, Shangguan Hanyue had close contacts with the eldest princess's mansion, and if she came out to reconcile, I am afraid it would only arouse Emperor Qi's suspicion even more.
The rest of the people will not be contaminated with right and wrong at this time, and at that time, Emperor Qi will be difficult to ride a tiger between Xu and Wu, and it is unknown that he directly disposed of Ning Zhixuan in anger.
"Miss, it's too dangerous." Not to mention Ning Zhixuan, Su Xin is now covered in layers of cold sweat in her hands.
"Fortunately, there is no danger!" Ning Zhiwen relieved the breath that was suffocating in her heart, and slowly sat on the round stool with the peach pear flower table.
"Why did you enter the paddock so angrily?" Shangguan Qingyun had already sent a group of palace people, and now standing in front of Ning Zhixuan, he answered the doubts in his heart again, "I think you are willing to take such a big risk, and it should be for him to anger Tianyan, right?" ”
"Su Xin, you go down first." Ning Zhixuan looked at Shangguan Qingyun's face was not good, and knew that he was coming to settle accounts after the autumn, so she motioned to let Su Xin go out first.
Su Xin bowed down and retreated outside the tent door as he said, and when he passed by Shangguan Qingqiao's side, he quickly glanced at the dark robe out of the corner of his eye, and then walked out quickly with his head down.
"Since you don't hesitate to risk your life for Shangguan Hanyue, why do you want to cooperate with this king?" Shangguan Qingyun knew that Ning Zhiwen would only get a clearer answer when he said this, but he just couldn't help the anger in his heart, she changed Ning Moru's prey to Su Mowen, but she personally pushed He Mingyan and made her finally become the side concubine of Prince Heng's mansion.
"His Royal Highness Prince Heng, we have discussed this before, and I will say it again today." Ning Zhiwen then said, "As long as it has nothing to do with His Highness's hegemony, who am I willing to help, His Highness has no right to ask." ”
"Under the guise of helping this king achieve hegemony, can you calculate this king behind your back?" Shangguan Qingyu slowly walked towards Ning Zhixuan, and she also felt the terrifying momentum on him.
"Your Highness, who arranged He Mingyan, the prince knows it." Ning Zhixuan stepped back, but her voice did not show the slightest fear, but raised her head and looked directly at Shangguan Qingyu and said, "Since the imperial concubine wants to arrange her own people by His Royal Highness's side, without He Mingyan, there will be Li Mingyan or Wang Mingyan in the future, you can't hide, since you know that you can't hide, why do you need to escape pointlessly." ”
Shangguan Qingyun's footsteps suddenly stopped, he was surprised that Ning Zhiyun had insight into his unknown secrets, and in his momentary distraction, Ning Zhiyun continued: "Your Highness, please rest assured, since I have chosen Your Highness as an ally, I will never betray Your Highness, let alone do anything that harms Your Highness's interests. ”
"The second brother is really blessed to have such a confidante as you." Shangguan Qingqiao finally spoke, but it was a gossip that was not related.
"Your Highness doesn't think about hegemony, and just wants to spy on the hearts of your daughter's family?" Ning Zhixuan replied to Shangguan Qingyu in an unkind tone.
"The heart of the daughter's family", Shangguan Qingqiao repeated this sentence in her heart, she will only have the heart of her daughter's family when she treats Shangguan Hanyue, and others only deserve her calculations.
"You love Shangguan Hanyue, and you don't hesitate to recommend the Lord of Liuyun in front of your father for him." Shangguan Qingqiao looked at Ning Zhiyun, and his gaze seemed to see through her body, "A person who is more important than your own life, if one day you suddenly want to leave everything for him, then what can this king do to you?" ”
"Dare to ask His Royal Highness Prince Heng if he really has any thoughts on someone?" Ning Zhixuan didn't wait for Shangguan Qingyun to answer and continued, "If Your Highness has really admired someone, you will know that you are not desperate to be with him, but even if you can't be with him, you must do everything to keep him safe and smooth for the rest of your life. ”
"You want to keep him safe and well?"
"The prince promised that as long as it has nothing to do with the hegemony, he will not harm the innocent."
"This king has always done what he says." Shangguan Qingqiao paused, and his words had already pointed out the powerful words, "It's just that one mountain can't tolerate two tigers, and when the two tigers fight, one will be injured." ”
"Your Highness wants the rivers and mountains of the Great Zhou, not the life of your own brother Prince Yu." Ning Zhiyun raised her eyes to look at Shangguan Qingyun, and her eyes looked at Shangguan Qingyun's scrutinizing gaze for a moment and said, "What the courtiers want to do is to seek the country for His Royal Highness, not to get rid of Prince Yu." ”
"Do you want to get the country of Da Zhou and the man you love at the same time?" Shangguan Qingqiao completely denied Ning Zhiyun's idea in a few words, "You must know that you can't have both fish and bear's paws." ”
"The courtiers have no intention of being in the country at all, but just making wedding dresses for His Royal Highness." Ning Zhiyun then said, "The courtiers have never thought of having anything to do with him, and all she wants is for him to have a smooth life." ”
Ning Zhijun is a person who knows the situation of the Great Zhou in the future, the future Great Zhou will be divided into two, and since then the war between the north and the south has continued, and Ning Zhixuan does not want to see the lives of the world ruined, but to prevent the division of the Great Zhou, it is not something that can be changed by her own strength, all she can do is to protect all the people around her who she cares about.
"You don't seem to be very kind to this king?" After a while, Shangguan Qingyun suddenly asked, "But because it is rumored by the outside world that this king is self-denying on the surface, but in fact he is a cruel and unkind person." ”
"I am just allies with His Royal Highness Prince Heng." Ning Zhixuan replied, "Your Highness's temperament has nothing to do with me, whether it is self-denial and revenge, whether it is cruel or unkind, why should a generation of monarchs care about the evaluation of others, just be worthy of your heart when evaluating Your Highness's merits in the future." ”
The answer was so calm and objective that it was almost ruthless, and it was not at all like the impulsive act of entering the paddock to accompany Shangguan Hanyue and share life and death.
"Sooner or later, you will know that the princes born in the emperor's family are not exempt from vulgarity." The corners of Shangguan Qingqiao's lips hooked up a cruel smile, "Why do you think he has been fighting with this king for so many years, he and this king are just people who have gone to the same end in different ways." ”
"There is no need for His Royal Highness to kindly mention it, the courtiers know that the children born in the rich and noble families in the imperial capital are not exempt from vulgarity, and naturally they also know that they are in the heavenly family, so they naturally have to bear more helplessness." Ning Zhiyun knew that Shangguan Qingyu was nothing more than saying that Shangguan Hanyue was not as simple as it seemed.
"You know everybody's wearing masks." Shangguan Qingqiao didn't know why he had to remind Ning Zhiyun to be careful, as if he was afraid that she would be deceived into losing her true heart.
"In the eyes of everyone in the imperial capital, the little girl is just the sick and weak concubine of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, in the eyes of the prince, the little girl is an unpredictable person, and in the eyes of the imperial concubine, the little girl is even more fierce and ingenious, but one person has a thousand faces." Ning Zhixuan smiled with a little helplessness and said, "In this rich and dangerous imperial capital, who is not hidden under a mask, is it your true face that Your Highness is using to show people now?" ”
"It is true that this king is wearing a mask, but this king will never be pleased with a person who wears a mask." Shangguan Qingqiao looked directly at Ning Zhixuan, wanting to see how she answered her question.