Chapter 171: Falling into a Trap
It's hard to say what will happen in the future, and this is very meaningful.
Ning Ze also understood what Yan Mo's comforting words in front of him meant, but what he was really worried about was Yan Mo's words later.
That's right, he also thought of this layer.
If the reason why Yanmo was reluctant to marry Ji Xue to Ning Ze before was just because of Ning Ze's own request, then it was really too simple.
For Yan Mo, Ning Ze is not only a courtier, his right-hand man, he can live in the deep palace for several years, and build his own power step by step until now, it is far more than that, it is very likely that someone secretly supports him behind his back.
So how big is this force? No one knows. Whoever gets Ning Ze is likely to get a lot of power. In addition, Ning Ze himself is also talented and a strategist, and following the prince's side, it seems that he is following him, but the person who assists him is the current emperor Yanmo.
No matter which child gets Ning Ze, Yan Mo is unwilling, and Qi Shu has a very good relationship with the prince, Yan Mo knows that the person he has always liked is also Qi Shu, so he also has some arrangements in Qi Shu.
But that's no longer the case.
If Ning Ze marries Zhao Huanting, not only will the question of who Ning Ze assist, but Yanmo is likely to get a vassal state of Zhao in his prime. At that time, if Ning Ze was elevated to Zhao Guo as a puppet, this would be the best result for Yan Mo.
As soon as he came out of the palace, Ning Ze thought about coming to Qi Shu, thinking about how to explain to Qi Shu, and learned that Qi Shu suddenly went to Imperial Doctor Qiu with a bad heart, so he rushed over again without stopping......
"Let's go back." Ning Ze's face flashed with hesitation, but he still shook his head and decided not to go to Qi Shu, the current situation is very complicated, he will not bother her until he finishes dealing with the marriage that suddenly hung on his body.
She probably didn't want to see herself, after all, she had just expressed her heart the night before, and she was going to marry someone else the next day, which must have made her feel very angry.
"Lord Wang, Miss County Lord is fine, but I feel that Qi Shu's illness is a little inexplicable, and he can't see it, he can only say that he has been worrying too much recently and can't sleep at night, so he vomits blood."
Fuda went to the medical hall, and after carefully asking about Qi Shu's situation, he came back to report to Ning Ze.
"Let them keep an eye on the dot carefully, and they must not let go of anything suspicious."
"By the way, Lord Wang, Zhao Guo Zhao Huanting is here for Shaoliang." After repeatedly confirming to Ning San that the person who appeared was Zhao Huanting, Fuda frowned and continued: "She left first, and she just left when we arrived. Ning San said that she didn't know what to say to Qi Shu when she went in. ”
When Ning Ze heard that Zhao Huanting came to Shaoliang and directly looked for Qi Shu, there was also a strong suspicion in his heart, and even some uneasiness, but he couldn't tell where this uneasiness came from.
In the final analysis, this matter started because of Zhao Huanting, but it was not Zhao Huanting who took the initiative to propose to Wei Guo to marry him, and it was impossible to stop it at all.
In any case, he had to go to find this Zhao Huanting.
"Fuda, you take the guards back first, I'm going to the Twilight Tavern."
"Lord Wang, don't you need someone to follow? In case of a trap, this old slave is not at ease. Fuda felt that it was too risky for Ning Ze to go to the Twilight Tavern alone to find Zhao Huanting. The other party is a princess of a country, and I don't know how many people are ambushed in this secret.
"It's okay, if she wants to marry me or has a plot against me, she won't hurt me so easily." Ning Ze saw it clearly, Zhao Huanting definitely came to Wei with some kind of purpose.
She operates taverns, teahouses and Fengyue places in many places in Shaoliang City, and he did not notice the action of secretly recruiting talents, but it did not cause any substantial damage to Wei, and there are many talents who are full of poetry and books, and they can't be recruited, and now Wei gives officials a lot of rewards and rewards from all parties, plus it is difficult to leave the homeland, this Zhao Huanting's plan is difficult to realize, it is nothing more than to make a little money in Shaoliang City, it is nothing.
If her hand stretched too long, he would naturally cut it off without hesitation.
It's just that what she didn't expect was that she actually set her eyes on Qi Shu, so that Ning Ze was always worried about whether Zhao Huanting would make any moves towards Qi Shu, so she had to warn Qi Shu to stay away from Zhao Shuting.
Annoyed that Zhao Huanting turned out to be Qi Shu's life-saving benefactor, if Qi Shu was an ungrateful person, Ning Ze knew that she was not, not only would she not stay away, but she would cherish the friendship with Zhao Huanting.
Although "Heroes Save Beauty" was not a deliberate move to set up the situation at that time, Zhao Huanting and Qi Shu knew how much they knew each other, and he was also anxious, after all, he did not stay by Qi Shu's side all the time.
Fuda looked at his prince's deep and firm eyes, and knew that he had made up his mind to find that Zhao Huanting, but having said that, he would definitely send two hidden in the shadows to protect the prince.
So, Fuda led the rest of the people to evacuate the Jimin Medical Center first and returned to the palace to stand by.
And Ning Ze turned around and went in the direction of Xizi Street shortly after seeing Qi Shu leave.
The cicadas on summer nights dare to scream unbridled among the overgrown weeds and dense forest branches, fireflies shuttle among them, and occasionally pedestrians passing by will startle many light spots to fly around in a panic, and there is naturally no such thing in the light.
For example, set up a table in the courtyard, put a candle on it, a pot of wine, two cups, and put a few plates of snacks and food if possible, listen to the shrill insects behind the wall and the house, and face the bright moon in the sky, although it is dark, but still comfortable and clear night sky, I think that this is how the summer evening pastime should be.
Today's fifteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, sixteenth, sixteenth.
Zhao Huanting reached out and poured herself a glass of wine first, and then took the empty cup opposite. When you want to drink, you first salute the bright moon, and then drink it all.
The unveiled face is beautiful and moving under the moonlight, and the smile is full of charm and heart-warming.
Reaching out to wipe the cinnabar off his lips, a handful of color on the back of his hand showed a dark and blackened red color against the moonlight, as if the blood had dried up and solidified if he didn't look closely.
Looking at this color, Zhao Huanting smiled self-deprecatingly.
She has been waiting for Ning Ze here for a while, but he hasn't come yet, I heard that he entered the palace in the afternoon, and it is estimated that she already knows that this matter is true, Zhao Huanting couldn't help but be a little curious about what Ning Ze's mood would be when she knew.
You must know that her marriage contract happened to be stuck on his way to Qi Shu sooner or later.
But it happened half a month ago, and he was pressed by Yanmo for half a month, and he can be regarded as capable, and it is estimated that he also instructed him to "accidentally" come out of Ji Xue's mouth, right?
Ji Xue is inexplicably a little interesting in this matter, Zhao Huanting can't help but change her mindlessness, she thought she was just a fierce and pampered person, but she didn't expect to be smart enough to help him once, it must be said that she pushed the boat along the river!
Just when Zhao Huanting was thinking about herself, Ning Ze walked into the backyard of the Duchun Tavern under the guidance of her subordinates.
In the huge backyard, there is only Zhao Huanting and him.
Sure enough, he had been waiting for him for a long time, and Ning Ze knew in his heart.
It's rare not to sit upstairs in the twilight tavern and watch the scenery, this boxy and somewhat wide courtyard, there is a table in the middle of the courtyard, where sits a woman in white, slender and thin figure is as light as a wicker, as if the wind blows and falls.
There are a lot of things piled up in several corners of the yard, and the stone mill is short of livestock, which should have been pulled out, and the grooves on it still have white slurry, and the tools for setting livestock are lined up. Some sacks were stacked in a haphazard manner, tools were scattered around, and there were a few boxes of vegetables and fruits.
This place should have been cleaned up in a hurry, otherwise it would not have been just sorted out of the clean space in the middle, Ning Ze slowly approached Zhao Huanting's side, and there was a faint fishy smell wafting in the air, and Ning Ze, who had not eaten for a day, only felt pantothenic acid in his stomach, and had the urge to gag.
"Lord Ningze, long time no see." Zhao Huanting sat without moving, nor did she turn sideways, and she didn't have to look at the person on her left hand side to know who it was.
It should be said that who else will come to him but him?
"Hasn't Princess Zhao already returned to China? It's only been a few days? Why did it appear in Shaoliang again? Ning Ze restrained his indifferent and lukewarm attitude in the past, and his words began to become sharp, he really didn't have any good feelings for the person in front of him.
Zhao Huanting smiled low when she heard Ning Ze's words, and said as if she was very innocent: "Shao Liang is very good, which makes me nostalgic, especially people." ”
Especially people, who is this person? Can Zhao Huanting be willing to stay in Wei for him?
If others heard this, they would think that Zhao Huanting was giving an ambiguous hint to Ning Ze, implying that the person who made him nostalgic was Ning Ze.
Of course, Ning Ze didn't feel that Zhao Huanting was talking about him, in fact, every time he saw Zhao Huanting, he always had a very subtle feeling, not the same feeling he usually felt like other women, but felt that the other party was like an opponent playing chess with him.
It's weird.
"Why?" Ning Ze asked for no reason.
"Why?"
"Does Princess Zhao know what day it is?"
"Fifteen, there is no special holiday."
"I was going to go to Qi Mansion today to propose marriage, but I didn't expect that the city would suddenly publicize my marriage with the princess, which is really ridiculous." Ning Ze's teeth clenched slightly, as if he was patient.
Who is it on to marry a wife, but someone is stuck in a bar, who can be happy?
"Ah, that's not a coincidence." Zhao Huanting said innocently, a pair of phoenix eyes were full of fine starlight, revealing cunning.
From the moment Ning Ze entered the courtyard, Zhao Huanting began to pretend to be with him, pretending to be innocent, pretending not to know, and pretending to know nothing.
"Please also ask the princess to take back her good intentions, Ning Ze is grateful." He knew that it was absolutely impossible to convince His Majesty on his own, this Zhao Huanting was using Zhao Guo as a bait, and it was impossible for His Majesty not to be moved.
No matter how much His Majesty values him and trusts him, the relationship between them is that of a monarch and a minister after all, and the Son of Heaven will not dare to disobey his orders.
But if Zhao Huanting herself took the initiative not to marry him, then there may be room for a turn in this matter.
"But, Lord Wang, Wan Ting has been pleasing to you for a long time, and you are willing to live up to this sincerity? Wouldn't it be better if I served Qi Shu together? Zhao Huanting's tone was soft, hiding a little sadness, but it was in great contrast with her smiling face.
Ning Ze looked at her fixedly, she didn't know that it didn't matter, but Ning Ze knew that even if Qi Shu liked him again, he would not marry someone else because of this, even if he forced her, it would not end well, Qi Shu would definitely resist.
"One heart and one person, it will not change."
"What if you just want to fall into the flowers, but the other party is ruthless and burdened by you?"
The news that Zhao Huanting got from Mozhu was that Qi Shu had never expressed his admiration to Ning Ze, but because Ning Ze's offensive was too fierce and a little unbearable, he was allowed to go, and it seemed that Ning Ze was unrequited.
Hearing this, I have to say that Zhao Huanting is still a little happy, at least Qi Shu hasn't liked Ning Ze yet, and it's still too late.
As if he had been poked in the sore spot and stepped on his tail, Ning Ze was also a little annoyed by Zhao Huanting's deliberate provocation.
"I hope that the princess will not regret what she did today and what she said today, because it will be too late." Since Zhao Huanting is unwilling to retreat, then Ning Ze does not force it, there is naturally a way to solve everything, it depends on whether he is smart enough.
"Oh? The prince was provoked and threatened to come to Huanting? Zhao Huanting said unmoved, but her eyes were cold, and Ning Ze was a little out of control.
Ning Ze stood beside Zhao Huanting, staring at her face, his eyes were full of disgust, yes, he was indeed angered by Zhao Huanting, as long as Qi Shu was involved, he would unconsciously become irritable, and he couldn't solve it.
"Leave Qi Shu, stay away from her, you can explain what you want, you don't have to spend so many weeks to calculate."
Ning Ze didn't want to be sloppy with her, so he simply said straightforwardly, no matter what the purpose or calculation, he would come at him, don't get involved with Qi Shu.
"Lord Wang, when you became famous as a young man and had a weak crown, do you still believe in the promises made between the children? Besides, what do I have to do with Qi Shu and you? Zhao Huanting laughed at Ning Ze mercilessly.
Although for Ning Ze, the words must be fruitful, but the world is unpredictable, who knows what excuse will be relied on when the time comes? There are more people in the world who break their promises, and promises are the most untested.
Ning Ze, who was very irritable, talked nonsense in an orderly manner after arriving at the Twilight Tavern, sarcastic exhortation, and threatening promises, this is said without a beginning or an end, it is a mess, where is the opponent of Zhao Huanting, who has arranged everything?