"Yes! Just as big brother thought!" Ning Ze answered firmly.
"Forming a clique for personal gain is a big taboo!"
Ning Mu was a little worried. If Emperor Ning Cheng found out, he would lose his position as the crown prince! After all, Emperor Ning Cheng was a shrewd and calculating person who was well versed in the mind of the emperor!
"If Ning Yan continues to develop in this way, there will definitely be a fierce battle in the future! Big brother, can you really bear to let Ning Yan lie on your head?" Ning Ze said from the side.
After hearing what Ning Ze said, Ning Mu pondered for a moment and said: "This method is very good!"
As the two continued to discuss how to deal with Ning Yan, there was a knock on the door.
Ning Mu was a little displeased. He had given orders that no one was allowed to come into this room, so how come there was a knock on the door now
"Who?" Ning Mu asked in a somewhat unpleasant tone.
"I've come to bring some food to your Highness to cool you down!" replied a pitiful and ethereal lady in a white dress outside the door.
"I am discussing important matters with the Second Prince! You should leave immediately!" Ning Yan's voice became louder and more stern.
Because of the incident at Prince Zhao's Mansion, Ning Mu was scolded by Emperor Ning Cheng, and the cause was precisely because of the woman outside the door!
Originally, Ning Mu had some feelings for An Rou, but more because she was from the Anguo Mansion, so it would be a great idea to win her over.
But now, Ning Mu was implicated by her and scolded by Emperor Ning Cheng, and An Rou is now a useless chess piece in the Anguo Mansion. How could he still have the same deep affection for her as before
"I..." An Rou outside the door seemed to be trying her best to hide her emotions.
Ning Ze, who was standing by, felt very unbalanced when he heard his sweetheart being treated like this.
He couldn't bear to see An Rou so aggrieved, so he said: "My royal brother is a little tired, so let Concubine Rou bring the things in, which will also be regarded as fulfilling Concubine Rou's wish."
Ning Mu also knew that this couldn't be entirely blamed on An Rou, as he still had some feelings for her. Seeing Ning Ze trying to persuade him, he said to An Rou outside the door, "Come in!"
An Rou wanted to turn around and leave, but when she heard Ning Mu's voice, she immediately turned around and gently pushed open the door.
"My concubine greets His Highness and the Second Prince!" An Rou said in a gentle voice, and then she walked slowly and placed the food in front of Ning Mu and Ning Ze.
"The king has been very busy these days. Don't come to see me if you have nothing to do!" Ning Mu said to An Rou coldly.
As she spoke, An Rou's tears began to flow. She was as beautiful as jade, with tears in her eyes, especially today, as she had dressed up carefully.
The two people who saw this were somewhat moved. After all, apart from that incident, An Rou was also like a white moonlight in the eyes of Ning Mu and Ning Ze!
"Your Highness, I have been asking to see you these past few days, but you have never seen me. Today I am finally able to see you. I dare not say much, but I feel that I need to explain this matter to you."
An Rou confided in a low voice, playing to her advantage and appearing more innocent.
"Speak!" Ning Mu listened to An Rou's words and saw her tearful face, and felt a little moved. So he gave her a chance to explain.
"That day, I went to see An Xin and wished her a happy wedding. Who would have thought that An Xin would stuff a filthy pill into my mouth and throw me into a room with two men. Fortunately, I ran out... and then met His Highness." Speaking of this, An Rou looked at Ning Mu with tears in her eyes.
Then An Rou continued, "Your Highness, after my investigation, I found that the pill was very potent and could be easily passed on to others, so Your Highness, you also fell into that person's trap!"
Ning Mu looked at An Rou with some suspicion: "But, this is not what I heard? It said that you were planning to do something bad to An Xin, but she turned the tables on you! And there was also the incident of you falling into the water at the Duke of Anguo's Mansion."
Facing Ning Mu's questioning, An Rou felt guilty, but she looked at Ning Mu with a clear face and said, "Your Highness, what I said was that An Xin framed me when I fell into the water? Because I am a concubine's daughter, I have been looked down upon in the Anguo Mansion since I was a child. An Xin also liked to bully me since I was a child, especially when I was known as a talented woman..."
As she spoke, An Rou wiped her tears with a handkerchief, looking extremely miserable and pitiful.
An Rou went on to say: "An Xin is finding more and more ways to bully me. The time I fell into the water was because An Xin was jealous that I could marry His Highness so early. She was unhappy and pushed me into the water! As for the rumors that came out of Prince Zhao's Mansion, she was just blaming me back! I am so innocent!" As she spoke, she burst into tears and knelt in front of Ning Mu.
Ning Mu's heart, which had been hardened to some extent, began to soften.
This pitiful look made An Rou look even more beautiful, and Ning Mu forgave An Rou a lot in his heart.
Ning Ze, who was standing by, felt so distressed when he saw An Rou kneeling on the ground crying. He wanted to draw his sword and go to the Duke of Anguo's mansion to kill him without leaving a single trace!
"I am helpless now and rely entirely on Your Highness's pity!" As she spoke, she looked up at Ning Mu, her eyes pure with a hint of charm.
Ning Mu couldn't help but think of the madness of that day and swallowed his saliva.
An Rou struck while the iron was hot and continued to cry: "My poor mother is still suffering in the Duke of Anguo's mansion!"
An Rou's mother is in the Duke of Anguo's Mansion
When Ning Mu heard An Rou say this, he had an idea in his mind. This was really like someone sending him a pillow when he fell asleep!
At this point, Ning Mu said to Ning Ze: "Second brother, this matter is a long way off, we have to plan it carefully."
He helped An Rou, who was kneeling on the ground, up and said to Ning Ze, "Rou'er is a little tired. I will help her go back to her room to rest first, and I won't keep my second brother here."
Seeing this, Ning Ze lowered his head to hide the look in his eyes and said, "Brother Emperor, please!"
As soon as Ning Ze finished speaking, Ning Mu picked up An Rou and walked into the room.
Looking at their departing backs, Ning Ze felt a little pain in his heart.
Rou'er also married the emperor, and will be his sister-in-law in the future. He just needs to watch Rou'er be happy quietly from the side.
But he couldn't let go for a long time and kept clenching his fists.
For some unknown reason, Ning Ze unexpectedly found himself outside Ning Mu's bedroom. He hid himself and listened to the sounds of love coming from inside the palace.
Through the gap in the window, from Ning Ze's perspective, he could just see the two people making love inside. The two were tightly entangled, and the scene looked very charming.
For a moment, Ning Mu's heart stopped.
Although he knew that An Rou had married Ning Mu, he had to hold back.
After all, one is his respected royal brother, and the other is the woman he has been madly in love with for many years.
He returned to his house with a gloomy face, summoned a concubine at random, and vented his anger violently.