Who knew that before his words fell, he saw Ning Yi shaking his head and laughing: "But you have taken a fancy to Ning Yu, the son of Prince Kang?" ”

Ning Hong couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise and said, "How do you know?" Could it be—"

Ning Yi said: "The Queen Mother has already sent a letter to the south, and invited the old princess and the prince to Beijing to say that it is to reminisce about the old days, and I think that within a month, the grass will grow and the warbler will fly, and I am afraid that the two of them will also enter Beijing." ”

Ning Hong couldn't help but be stunned when he saw his calm look, Ning Yi was obviously only four years older than him, but no matter how hard he tried, he still seemed to be a figure far ahead of him.

In fact, Ning Hong was not afraid of Ning Yi at all, and even envied, many times he thought that if the position under him was inhabited by a capable person, he might not belong to him for a long time.

It is precisely because of this that he does not believe that Ning Yi covets his throne, if he wanted to, maybe it would not be like this for a long time, but his queen mother has always been incomprehensible, Ning Hong also knows that everything the queen mother does is for his good, for a mother, she does not allow any threat to exist.

Ning Hong thought like this, and subconsciously asked, "Brother Huang, don't you really have any pity for the county lord of Li'er?" ”

As soon as the words came out, Ning Hong regretted it a little, he felt that he shouldn't have asked Ning Yi about this matter, but the words had come out, and he could only look at Ning Yi with a weak heart.

Ning Yi looked at Ning Hong with bright eyes, and suddenly smiled and said: "Everyone says that although the queen mother is kind to the county lord, the emperor is not like this, and he has never called the imperial sister." ”

The young man's face was slightly red, and he turned his head a little embarrassed and said, "Lord Li'er, she-she-"

Before he could find a suitable excuse, he heard Ning Yi say: "Just because you are worried that if Lian'er is too kind to you, she will be more and more suspicious of you, right?" ”

Ning Hong's face couldn't help but become a little embarrassed, he thought in a trance that he and Li'er had not been close, it was still when he was a child, his father was still there, and he was just a carefree prince, although Jiang Li'er was a year older than him, but he was weak and sickly since he was a child, like a porcelain doll, as if he was about to break it accidentally.

But she is the only child of the same age in the palace, so he always likes to take this sister who is a head shorter than him to play around.

But he remembered that it was a very fine day, and when he turned back to his mother's bedchamber to think about the pastries, he overheard the conversation between his father and the queen mother.

Father said: "I don't have a princess, and now at this age, there is only one adult child, Hong'er, and no one will assist him in the future, so I am uneasy." ”

The queen mother smiled disapprovingly and said: "The king rules the world with virtue, as long as Hong'er is virtuous, there will naturally be virtuous and capable assistance, why should Your Majesty be so worried?" And Hong'er is still young, how does Your Majesty think so long-term? ”

However, at that time, my father was already sick, and there was silence in the hall, and Ning Hong, who was hiding in the corner, didn't know what to do at this time.

Before he finished speaking, he coughed heavily, and the queen mother hurriedly helped him with her hand to calm his breath, and then said comfortingly: "Your Majesty, you also said that the Great Calendar and our Xiliang are good friends, even if there is a case, the eldest princess will not sit idly by, right?" ”

The wheezing sound in the hall gradually eased, and Ning Hong heard his father's serious words, and even said with a hint of regret: "Queen, love and love, how long can this seeming peace last, fortunately, you also adopted a pity-"

The queen's breath stagnated, and she repeated with some confusion: "Pian'er? ”

The father's voice was even a little cruel: "Yes, Li'er, this child has a poor background, you adopted her as the queen, you are her benefactor, and you want to repay the kindness, and now you see that the relationship between Hong'er and Li'er is so good, if she really needs to sacrifice her children's love and marry away from another country in the future, even if it is for Hong'er, she is also willing." ”

After that, Ning Hong didn't remember, he only remembered that he took some pastries from the side hall, and he didn't remember how he got out of the palace.

When he woke up again, he was already in the garden, Jiang Li'er still maintained the appearance when he left, obediently sitting on the stone steps next to the rockery, seeing him come back, he smiled and bent his eyes, and said in a childish voice: "Are you back?" I just heard a palace maid say that the flowers over there are blooming, let's go over and have a look-"

As he spoke, as usual, he stretched out his hand to pull Ning Hong, Ning Hong suddenly remembered the words of his father and behind the scenes, he subconsciously took half a step back, and looked at Jiang Li'er's face fixedly, completely innocent and trusting, and walked towards him.

When he got closer, Ning Hong pushed Jiang Lian'er away, the force was so great, Jiang Lian'er fell backwards as soon as she was unstable, Ning Hong resisted the urge to hold her, but she watched Jiang Lian'er fall coldly, a pair of small hands rubbed on the stiff ground, broke the skin, and oozed a trace of blood.

Ning Hong threw the pastry beside Jiang Li'er from his arms, and said coldly: "I only know how to eat, I really hate it to death-"

After that, he ignored Jiang Li'er's tears in her eyes, and ran away, where did the palace maid dare to accuse him of not, so she had to coax Jiang Li'er who was sobbing softly, and then sent the little girl back to the palace of the Queen Mother of the West.

Since then, the two seem to be straight lines with different trajectories, going farther and farther, and now every time Jiang Li'er sees herself, she is timid, and she has lost the kindness she had when she was a child.

Now that he was pierced by Ning Yi, Ning Hong only felt helpless, and he didn't answer, but Lao Cheng sighed and said: "The regent can see through me, but I can't see through you, do you really value that woman so much?" ”

Ning Yi looked at him steadily, there was a deep meaning in his eyes that he couldn't read, but the complexity was only fleeting, Ning Yi put the fold in his hand on the desk and avoided talking about it.

Ning Hong just sighed, and then stopped talking about it with interest.

He took the things handed over by Ning Yi, rummaged through them slightly, and his expression became solemn and said, "Border turmoil? How could Mobei suddenly be like this? ”

Ning Yi spread his hands and said: "This time the Great Calendar and Xiliang are in the market, which is a big threat to Mobei, and the previous Emperor of the Great Calendar had framed the envoys of Mobei, although I had reconciled it at that time, but it was inevitable that there would be another incident." ”

Ning Hong had a faint sense of murder on his face, although he was still young, but he was not an ignorant child, he said: "And the emperor of the Great Calendar has a good wrist, Mobei has already suffered a secret loss before, and he really doesn't dare to take risks." ”

He slapped the case a few times fiercely: "How can this be true, no one can deceive me Xiliang?" ”

Ning Yi looked at the young man in front of him for a long time and said, "What does Your Majesty want?" ”

Ning Hong's eyes were a little firm: "Kill chickens and monkeys to set an example." ”

Ning Yi smiled: "Your Majesty is wise. ”

After a while, he said in a deep voice: "If the Queen Mother sees Your Majesty like this, she will not worry about the ministers and chaos of the court." ”

Ning Hong's momentum of slaughter was gone, and before he could speak, he saw Ning Yi yawning lazily, turned around and said, "Since Your Majesty has made a decision, the minister will not disturb Your Majesty, and will leave first." ”

With that, you turned around and left.

Leaving only the sluggish Ning Hong, he thought about it, only to find that not only did he not probe Ning Yi's intentions, but he saw through the disguise he had been having.

He had to shake his head and smile bitterly, his imperial brother was really unfathomable.

Thinking of this, not only is there a little regret, if the county lord can be protected by him, he will not be able to live for a lifetime.

However, the world is impermanent.

Thinking like this, he couldn't help but set his eyes on the fold on the desk, which was sent by Prince Kang's mansion.

Ning Yi returned to the mansion and went straight to He Xi's courtyard.

Seeing that the people were lightly sweeping in the courtyard, he asked, "Where's Miss?" ”

Immediately, a maidservant girl stepped forward and said lightly: "Miss is asleep, but she hasn't woken up yet." ”

Ning Yi frowned, looked at the sky, and wondered, "Why did you stop so early?" ”

The maid shook her head and said that she didn't know, they couldn't get close to He Xi's side, originally there was a maid named Ruyi next to He Xi, and then there was a middle-aged man with strong martial arts.

Ning Yi also knew that He Xi's caution might not be just to guard against the Empress Dowager Xi.

He stepped in, and saw Ruyi sitting in front of the door with his cheeks crossed, as if thinking about something.

Seeing him coming, he hurriedly got up and saluted, Ning Yi waved his hand and said, "Your master has rested?" ”

Ruyi's face was even more worried, and he nodded and said: "Our young lady has been very tired since she came back from the palace, and she has no energy on weekdays, so I invited Lang Zhong to take a look, but I only said that it was a month old, and the mother was inevitably tired, but——"

Before she finished speaking, she heard a sound inside, and Ruyi hurriedly stopped her words and said inside: "Miss? Are you awake? ”

There was silence in the room, and it was only after a while that I heard a somewhat weak female voice say, "Come in." ”

Ruyi pushed the door in, and Ning Yi also followed, but in order to avoid suspicion, he just waited outside the screen.

Ruyi turned the screen of the eight-treasure curtain and saw He Xi sitting on the couch clearly.

Her face was covered with sweat, her cheeks were slightly red, and even on her plain bedclothes, there were sweat stains.

The whole person seemed to have been fished out of the water, his cheeks were flushed with the same flush, but his eyes were unusually bright and swarthy, as if he could suck people in at any time. Ruyi took his coat and put it on her, and then said, "Miss, what's wrong?" ”