Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 164 The Wounds Are Scabbed Over (Part [-])
The palace gate has not fallen.

In the imperial study room, Ning Xiuyuan didn't get up until Director Zhang came back with the eunuchs, patted his robe, and bowed his hands at the emperor, "Resignation, my servant."

The emperor's face was quite dark, "Why do you retreat? I don't even look at the time. I've been blocked in this imperial study until this hour. If you're not hungry, I'm still hungry! Zhang Dexian, pass on the meal!"

Director Zhang responded with a smile, and made a "please" gesture towards Ning Xiuyuan, and then invited him back to his original position. Then Director Zhang personally took the little eunuch to deliver the meal.

After the eunuchs retreated, the emperor, who had been silent all this time, snorted, "Your boy is getting bolder, and now you can ask for rewards like this... What's the matter? Look at the lady of the superior?"

The old god Ning Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows on the ground, "I don't believe you haven't heard the gossip outside... You see all directions, listen to all directions, and have great magical powers. What else can you do in Yanjing City?" Can it escape your eyes and ears?"

"Don't you say it, it's just gossip, I've listened to it, and it's over, who cares about your romantic affairs."

Ning Xiuyuan lowered his eyebrows and smiled lightly, and said softly, "It's not an affair."

The voice was very low, vaguely indistinct from the "sizzling" sound of the small stove boiling tea.But the emperor heard it. He slowly raised his head and looked at Ning Xiuyuan silently. Old Prince Rong accepted her as his adopted daughter, and married her to Duke Ning's mansion in a glorious manner, but you...rejected it at that time."

"En." Ning Xiuyuan replied, but didn't continue.

Companion to a monarch is like companion to a tiger. Could it be that the king should be careful when he is in front of him, but Ning Xiuyuan did the opposite, and his calm temperament on weekdays always brings a bit of directness and recklessness here, like a young man's heart.

The emperor looked at it for a while, and narrowed his eyes slightly, "I always hope to marry Lingxi to you. In my opinion, that child is the best match for you, and the family is right. Most importantly, she likes you very much. But, I also see Come out, you have no intentions for her, I have never forced you, after all, the girls of the royal family don't have to feel wronged to marry someone who doesn't care about her. It's just, Ning Xiuyuan...you have no salt for Ji, after all Is it because I like it, or because of... what else?"

The Ji family in the south of the Yangtze River is a famous family and a giant in Yunzhou.This is the news that the royal family has received, other than that, they can't even find out who the other party is, they only know that the head of the house is an old lady.

If you can't find out, it just means that the water is very deep, and the water is so deep that you don't even bother to show you a fake one, which means that the water is deeper than imagined.

Such a clan is on the royal watch list.

Ning Xiuyuan naturally knew that at that time the emperor seemed to be jokingly proposing to accept the old prince Rong as a righteous daughter, not because he really wanted to give marriage or gossip, but more because he wanted to use this method to draw the Ji family into the The royal camp is coming—the emperor needs someone to intervene in that matter, so as to leverage the half of the country controlled by the left minister.But the emperor was also worried that if things got out of control and made a big fuss, he would have to restrain the Ji family at that time.

The old prince, who has been alone and childless so far, is the best candidate.

Slightly drooping his eyebrows, Ning Xiuyuan concealed all the emotions in his eyes, only showing the corners of his mouth slightly raised, with an infinitely tender and gentle look, "That girl... is extremely beautiful."

In the final analysis, the year of the weak crown is just a half-grown boy.

The dignified and dignified in daily life always make people forget his age easily.Looking at Ning Xiuyuan like this, the emperor felt a little emotional for no reason... In whose life does not have an encounter that is enough to amaze the rest of his life.

It's just that the Ji family... has to think long-term.

Outside the imperial study room, there was the sound of Zhang Dexian's deliberately heavy footsteps. It was obviously not a good time to talk about this topic again.The emperor also put away his scrutinizing eyes, and smiled suddenly, half-truthfully, "At the banquet a year ago, Mrs. Ning complained a lot about my messy mandarin ducks, and thought it was my mandarin ducks. Putting it aside, many officials dare not consider you, and I'm under a lot of pressure! It's good for you, kid, you just don't feel grateful for a little bit, and you keep getting good things from my treasury to coax the girl's house !"

"Your Majesty..." Zhang Dexian called out from outside, his voice dragged down, and he seemed very patient, "Your Majesty, dinner is here."

"Bring it in." The emperor got up, waved at Ning Xiuyuan, walked towards the table together, and said, "I advised you before, don't listen to your old man, you are too old to learn some martial arts Self-defense... You see, now even a hero can't save the beauty, how is the girl injured? Do you want the imperial doctor to take a look?"

Ning Xiuyuan shook his head, with a somewhat casual attitude, "No, it's just a small injury. I'm afraid the doctor will rush over by now, and the wound will scab over."

……Um?

The emperor's temple twitched faintly, just a small wound... This guy drank tea at his place all afternoon, just to ask for a reward from himself, the emperor, for Ji Wuyan?Forget about silk and satin, does he know how many medicinal materials he moved away?If you don't know, you think the girl is going to die!

Most importantly, he also walked away with a plaque bestowed by the emperor himself!

Respond to the oral order... what an oral order!That's what he Ning Xiuyuan told him to pass on, it's called a fake oracle!
It should be pulled out and clicked!
The emperor bit his back teeth and took a deep breath. After a while, he closed his eyes and shouted angrily, "Get out! What kind of food are you eating! You don't deserve it! Get out! Don't let me see you again!"

Ning Xiuyuan, who had already walked to the table, was not surprised at all, bowed and took his leave.

The movements are smooth and flowing, so uncomfortable.

The emperor's face was dark, and he pointed in the direction where Ning Xiuyuan had left, his fingertips trembling, "Look, look! He looks like a courtier! He just relies on me to spoil him! He's outlawed him!"

Zhang Dexian squinted his eyes and smiled while serving the dishes, and persuaded him with a good temper, "Isn't that what you are used to? Besides, if the civil and military people in this dynasty are all those flattering, sycophant and submissive people, wouldn't it be It's really boring... Don't you just like the youthful vigor of Mr. Ning!"

It was dark, and came in through the open gate of vermilion lacquer.

At the door stood two little eunuchs who looked more dying than this twilight, bending their heads and bowing their heads. Their faces were expressionless, dull and sallow.But at the age of teens, looking at them often is like looking at two wooden figurines.

The emperor looked at them and sighed softly, "Yes... I just like his youth."

(End of this chapter)