Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 551 Still Useful

Sweetie...

The little girl was shy by nature, but when she said this, her ears turned red quietly.Ning Xiuyuan's eyebrows were soothing, and no matter how much he waited, these two words were perfectly ironed out.

He took her and sat beside him. He took the candied haws in her hand but did not eat it. He only handed it to Ji Wuyan's mouth and fed her to eat. Then he intertwined his fingers and asked, "Is the Shen family fun?"

The sweet and sour taste of candied haws spread in the mouth. Ji Wuyan held up his chin and looked at the chess game on the table. He twisted a chess piece and let it fall. Then he shook his head and said with half interest, "It's just the appearance of all living beings. Look at it." It’s a bit interesting.”

Between the words, there was casual ridicule.

She didn't tell Ning Xiuyuan what Mr. Shen had talked to her about. First of all, she didn't know how to speak. She didn't even understand things she had yet to understand, so her words always failed to convey her meaning.Secondly, it involved some secrets of the Shen family, and she was worried that if she told them rashly at this time, she would be so secretive and hemming and hawing that there would be many loopholes.

It would be better to wait for a while, wait until you have straightened it out, and then mention it to him.

Ning Xiu saw that her candied haws were delicious, so he took a bite of one. In his memory, he seemed to have never eaten these snacks that could be seen everywhere on the street. Unexpectedly, he was so immature in his young age.He was secretly amused. When he saw that she had landed on the white piece, he took the black piece and went back and forth. Only then did he remember the business of coming here. "Before lunch, there was news from the Tianlao."

Ji Wuyan raised his eyes to look at him.

Ning Xiuyuan gave birth to another child, and then said, "Early this morning, Dong Gong went to Tianlao. He said it was cold and couldn't bear to think about the brotherhood over the years, so he sent some quilts and thick clothes. Now. His Majesty has yet to say anything about how to deal with this county prince. As long as the matter remains unresolved, this prince will still be a noble prince... Naturally, the jailers will not stop them. They only checked the package sent in and let him go. People went in.”

"You've been there too, and you naturally know that those jailers... most of them won't move far away..."

Ning Xiuyuan was playing chess with Ji Wuyan while talking about the news from Tianlao. During this period, Ning Xiuyuan leisurely handed the other party a candied haws.

According to the news from the Tianlu, Li Yuqi met Li Yanxian alone. The jailers didn't hear what he said at first, but after just a few words, the man in the Tianlu suddenly howled like a maniac.He had eaten less in the past two days, and his whole body had visibly lost weight, so that his howling voice was extremely hoarse and unpleasant, like an injured beast trapped in a cage.

As Ning Xiuyuan spoke, he raised his eyes and glanced at Ji Wuyan. What can I say about his look... He was a little hesitant, a little unbearable, and there were many overly complicated emotions in it.For a moment, Ji Wuyan suddenly felt that he was afraid to listen to the next words.

The sweetness of the candied haws in her mouth weakened a bit, leaving a somewhat sour taste. She frowned slightly, pursed her lips, and asked, "What... did he say?"

"He said..." Ning Xiu looked over with a bit of pity in his eyes, like a god overlooking the struggles of the people. He twisted the chess pieces in his hands and said slowly, "The prince of the East Palace killed his wife first and intended to kill his brother later. , sooner or later, one day, he will attack the current majesty... regicide and usurp the throne."

The cool breeze passed by, and the ginkgo leaves rustled down. The last four words seemed to be stained with the depression and chill of autumn, with a hidden edge between the lips and teeth.When I heard it, I felt my heart tremble, and then strangely calmed down, just like the gust of wind just now, the wind passed by and the trees were quiet.

In fact, Ji Wuyan had not noticed it these days, and even Mr. Chen had some suspicions.It's just that there is a world of difference between a vague guess and the reality when it comes to those four words.Li Yanxian has always insisted that Donggong killed his wife. During the years when everyone kept silent about the matter and gradually forgot about it, only Li Yanxian insisted that Donggong was guilty from the beginning to the end.

Ning Xiuyuan handed her the remaining candied haws, and she shook her head, feeling that the external sugar coating could not dilute the sourness.

She pursed her lips, hesitating in her heart, and raised her eyes to look at Ning Xiuyuan. Her voice was soft and tentative, "I went to see Bai Xing that day and talked to him about Pingyang County Prince. I asked him if Pingyang County Prince was serious. No fight, or keep a low profile... Bai Xing still didn't give me a definite answer until he left. Third brother, what do you think?"

Ning Xiuyuan finished the last piece of candied haws and pointed at a certain point on the chessboard with the pick. The little girl was smart, but she was negligent in the way of people's schemes. He raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "The royal family's legitimate son, then It’s true that he himself has no fight, and there are people pushing him to fight forward... Bai Xing doesn’t have much contact with his cousin, so he really can’t give you any confidence. He is a person who can clearly see that Bai Xing The family's prosperity has reached its peak. If he sharpens his head and focuses on being a promising young man and devotes all his energy to serving the court, it will accelerate the decline of the Bai family. It is better to stay away from power and become an idle rich son. In this way, how can the Bai family rise from that height? Sliding down smoothly..."

"What about the Ningguo Duke's Palace?" Ji Wuyan asked him with raised eyebrows, "The Lu family of the original four families has declined, Shangguan fled to the south of the Yangtze River... The Bai family has reached its peak, but the Ningguo Duke's Palace is still there. Above all, isn’t Third Brother worried?”

Shangguan fled to the south of the Yangtze River... and could not return to Beijing without an imperial edict.Ji Wuyan looked at the place where Ning Xiuyuan's wooden stick pointed, and felt that the autumn in Yanjing City was really much colder than that in Jiangnan.

"It's different." Ning Xiuyuan shook his head and analyzed the difference with her carefully, "The Bai family only has one single Miaomiao, and it's easy for him to become so 'incompetent' under the pampering, but the Ning family The third son will always be more or less mixed. If everyone looks like that, but is obviously deliberate, it will arouse suspicion. Fortunately, in recent years, the second brother has been focusing on doing business and secretly developing political power, and the eldest brother has occupied a lot of power in the court. A high or low position, and I... also have more false reputation than real power. Although His Majesty is afraid, he is not too afraid. Compared to the Ning family... what keeps him awake at night the most is the left prime minister. Therefore, For His Majesty, Duke Ning's Mansion is a double-edged sword."

Although I am worried about hurting myself, it is still useful for now.

Not to be abandoned.

This statement makes sense.

When he first met Ning Xiuyuan, Ji Wuyan felt that the third master of the Ning family was like the fish jumping up and down in the big dye vat in Yanjing City. He was afraid that if the world was not in chaos, there would be no distinction between good and bad...

Ji Wuyan collected the pieces on the chessboard and then asked, "Then... what happens after that? If the Prime Minister is defeated, should His Majesty use up all the birds and hide the good ones? By then, what will happen to the Ning family? Will the third brother be able to survive?" Plan?" This is what she is worried about now...

When the crown prince is defeated, no one can balance with the Duke of Ning, and the Ning family becomes a serious problem for the royal family.

(End of this chapter)