Ning Nuan knew what the three of them were hiding from her. Occasionally, when something happened, her brother would discuss with his parents in the study in a low voice, and he would never call her. Most of these things were related to King An.
On weekdays, no matter what happened to the Ning family, Jiang Yunlan would not hide it from her, except when it came to King An, she would not tell her anything except telling her to stay away from King An. Even this time about Ning Lang, she went to King An specially to know the cause and effect. In order to go to Qingzhou, Ning Lang told his family about his cooperation with King An, but he avoided Ning Nuan when he talked about it. Only Ning Yanting and Jiang Yunlan knew what happened, except for King An. From what she told her, Ning Nuan only knew that he had cooperated with King An. Until recently, Ning Lang was about to leave, and the three of them revealed the rest to her.
If there were any secrets between the three, Ning Nuan would only know that strange dream.
But if it was just because of the dream, their attitude towards King An would be too radical, as if there was some kind of deep hatred.
It's just that they didn't say it, and if they wanted to hide it from her, Ning Nuan didn't go to the bottom of it, and insisted on asking what the result was.
Because Ning Lang was going to Qingzhou, it was inevitable that the Ning family had more contacts with Prince An. Wang Quan, the servant next to King An often came to Ning's house, smiling when he came, and he helped King An to speak to Ning Lang, and he didn't forget to bring some things, either Ning Nuan's favorite food, or some unique books. For the scraps, he did not give it to Ning Nuan, but to Ning Lang.
But what King An meant, what did Ning Yanting and Jiang Yunlan not understand? Every time Wang Quan came back, he couldn't get a good face, and Ning Lang was even more rude. Wang An and Wang Quan didn't say it clearly, he just assumed that he didn't know, he ate all the food by himself, and borrowed the scraps. I gave it to Zhu Hanshan, but I didn't even let Ning Nuan take a look.
Although Ning Nuan couldn't see it, she still had Xiang Tao's big mouth beside her. Every time Wang Quan came, Xiang Tao would tell her. Because of this, every time Wang An sent something, Ning Nuan knew it too. She listened to it a lot, and when she heard that those rare and hard-to-find manuscripts were lent to Zhu Hanshan by Ning Lang, she even felt a little sour in her heart.
As the days passed, in the blink of an eye, it was time for Ning Lang to set off. There was no class in the academy that day, and Zhu Hanshan was originally going to rush home to do farm work, but he also came here specially to send Ning Lang with the Ning family.
Jiang Yunlan prepared a lot of things for him and stuffed the carriage to the fullest. Although she disliked it before, seeing Ning Lang leaving home, she felt a lot of reluctance in her heart. Before leaving, she took Ning Lang's hand and kept telling her Said: "You must be careful when you arrive in Qingzhou. When there are people from King An, don't rush ahead in everything. If you encounter bandits and the like, remember to hide behind. You are not good, and your luck is not good. Don't be rude."
Ning Lang responded again and again, and waited for the three of them to finish their instructions one by one. Then he said to Ning Nuan solemnly: "A Nuan, my brother is gone, and the family will have to rely on you in the future."
"Don't worry, brother, I know."
"And Zhu Hanshan, your brother is the only friend I have left. You can help me keep an eye on him." Ning Lang glanced at Zhu Hanshan and saw that he was helping to count the amount of luggage before turning around again. , lowered his voice and whispered: "He is very stubborn, you help me to watch him more, and his grandma, his grandma is not in good health, he usually stays in the academy and can only go back every seven days, his grandma Staying at home alone, if something goes wrong, you can't take care of it for a while, you can help me watch more when you have time."
"Don't worry, brother, I know it all."
"That's good." Ning Lang breathed a sigh of relief: "A Nuan, I have always been the most at ease when you do things."
Qingsong urged her, and Ning Lang reluctantly said goodbye to her and got on the carriage to Qingzhou. An Wang's people were waiting ten miles away to meet him. He used the excuse of studying abroad when he left the city this time.
Watching the carriages drive farther and farther, until nothing could be seen, everyone went back. Zhu Hanshan was in a hurry to go home, said goodbye to them in a hurry, and left soon.
After Zhu Hanshan left, Ning Nuan noticed that there seemed to be a line of sight falling on her body, and she didn't know where it came from, but she looked around, but saw nothing. It wasn't until he entered the Ning Mansion that the line of sight disappeared.
As soon as Ning Lang left, the entire Ning Mansion seemed to be quiet. After he had been gone for many days, the old lady realized this, and called Jiang Yunlan over to ask her what happened.
Jiang Yunlan also used the excuse of going on a study trip to prevaricate the old lady.
The old lady listened, but she was a little unhappy: "He has always been poor in learning, but now he has finally learned a little better, and you let him go out again, if he is involved with some friends again, and he gets into trouble with someone coming back, why not? Don't you embarrass our Ning family?"
Jiang Yunlan replied angrily, "Is the old lady talking about the third brother?"
The old lady choked, her face flushed with anger.
The two brothers of the Ning family have not had a peaceful life recently.
First, something happened to Ning Yanhai, and he shyly begged to come to Ning Yanting for help, but Ning Yanting listened to his request for help, and after listening, he threw him out unceremoniously. It turned out that Ning Yanhai couldn't control his lower body. He was jumped by the dark prostitute in Hulu Alley before, but now he was thinking of a girl in Hualou, and planned to be his aunt, Ning Yanhai dared to agree, so he hurried over to find him. Ning Yanting asked for help, but Ning Yanting was unwilling to help, so now the three houses are in a mess, and they are embarrassed.
The youngest son was at the top of the old lady's heart. When she heard that the eldest son did not help, she was also angry, and called Ning Yanting over and scolded him, but Ning Yanting did not enter the house. She was alone in the deep house. There was nothing the old lady could do, so she could only use her own private house money to subsidize some, so that the younger son could tide over the difficulties. Now that Jiang Yunlan has said it, how can the old lady not feel distressed
Not to mention Ning Yanwen.
When it comes to the second room, the eldest prince is also involved.
After returning from Yunshan Temple, Chu Fei made a trip to the palace and threw an errand out. It was a small errand on the surface, but it was able to make a good relationship with Xue Gongli, the minister of military affairs. Hearing that he was lazy and unwilling to do it, a few The prince was still snickering in his heart, and he made a secret and secret move, and finally let the eldest prince snatch it away.
The eldest prince naturally thought it was a small errand, but in order to win over the Minister of War, he naturally couldn't be happy. He thought the matter would be resolved soon, but who knows that the deeper the investigation, the more involved it was. Extensive corruption cases. Things also developed like in the previous life. In the previous life, an official committed suicide because of fear of crime. This is the same in this life. People were panicked for a while, and the emperor even scolded the eldest prince.
I don’t know where the rumors came out, saying that the eldest prince forced people to death, rumors spread in the capital, and another eldest prince was scolded by the emperor first. He was disgusted by the sage, and even the people who were related to him were anxious. The Liu family, the Zhou family, and Ning Yanwen were worried all day long.
Even Ning Yanting was implicated, and became busy, leaving early and returning late all day, busy with official business.
The atmosphere of the Ning family was sluggish, and Ning Lang went out for several days without any news. Jiang Yunlan did not show a good face for several days in a row, frowning, just waiting for Ning Lang to send a letter.
Ning Nuan knew it earlier than she did.
Ning Lang's letter hadn't been sent yet, but when she went to tidy up the house for Ning Lang, she found a letter on his desk. I don't know who put it. The envelope was blank. Nuan opened it and looked at it, only to find that it turned out to be Ning Lang's recent situation.
This letter was also from Wang An. Knowing that she would be worried, he sent someone to tell her the news he had received.
Realizing that the letter was sent by An Wang, Ning Nuan's face turned pale, but he finally knew that An Wang was sending someone to watch the Ning family.
The people sent by Chu Fei came and went without a trace. Ning Nuan did not delay for a moment, and immediately handed the letter to Jiang Yunlan.
After Jiang Yunlan found out, she was scolding and her face was extremely gloomy, but what was written in the letter was about Ning Lang. Knowing that she couldn't control King An, she could only bear it. While reading the letter, she added more to Ning Nuan's yard. With a few people, patrolling day and night, he completely regarded An Wang as a rogue who would climb the courtyard wall at night.
When Ning Nuan found the letter in Ning Lang's house for the second time, there was an extra piece of paper in it, full of Chu Fei's complaints.
After Ning Nuan read it, she handed it over directly to Jiang Yunlan.
Jiang Yunlan scolded several times, but it didn't work, and she became more and more angry. After a few days, Ning Nuan heard from Xiang Tao that King An was beaten up in the street by several beggars.
The first time he talked about it, Xiang Tao was still a little happy, but the second time he talked about it, only sympathy remained.
"I don't know what mission An Wang has offended. He was beaten several times. The first time was on the street, and this time it was also on the street. There were many people who saw it. What happened last time? I haven't forgotten it, and now it's out again, and now everyone talks about King An, but they're all laughing at him." Xiangtao sympathized: "King An has subsidized Qingshan Academy several times before, and he finally earned a good reputation. Now it's all a joke."
"Who beat An Wang, didn't you find out?" Ning Nuan was curious.
"No, miss, tell me, Wang An is considered a prince no matter what, he was beaten in the street, but he was humiliated. If he wanted to investigate, how could he not be able to find out, but that person is really It's too mysterious, and Prince An's mansion hasn't posted a notice yet, maybe it's really impossible to find it."
Perhaps there is also a possibility that you know who beat him, and it is not easy to attack, so you can only endure it.
Ning Nuan thought about it, and immediately thought of a person.
She suddenly said, "…"
Ning Nuan skipped the topic and asked again, "Then King An's reputation is gone again?"
"Miss, you must not have thought that although everyone is laughing at King An, everyone is also sympathetic to King An!" Xiang Taoshen said mysteriously: "The matter of King An's previous funding for the academy, everyone is very concerned about King An. I have a good impression, the two times when King An was beaten, it made the scholars in the academy very angry, and he even wrote poems and scolded the person who beat King An!"
As Xiang Tao said, she took out a few pieces of paper from her pocket and read it to her again.
"The servant also heard Wang Quan say that Young Master Liu had previously said that Prince An had offended someone, had done something wrong, and deserved the beating, but after he finished speaking, he was scolded by the scholars in the academy. It's gone." Xiang Tao said with emotion in her heart, "Now, whether it's Bailu Academy or Qingshan Academy, the scholars in it all respect King An very much. Fortunately, the young master is not here, otherwise, if the young master is happy, he may also be scolded. "
Ning Nuan smiled.
The fact that King An provided subsidy money to the vast number of scholars really attracted too much goodwill. It seemed that everyone had forgotten that he was a waste prince who was personally disliked. Now when everyone talks about King An, they always praise him. The matter of the subsidy, especially the thirty people who received the subsidy, wrote several articles to praise this matter.
With the subsidy, Zhu Hanshan's life is much better than before.
Because of Ning Lang's exhortation, Ning Nuan also kept people's attention on him and his grandmother's movements. Reading costs money, but Zhu Hanshan’s family is poor. In addition to studying, he is also busy taking care of the family’s fields. His grandmother takes medicine every day, and in her spare time, she also copies books for the bookstore to earn money to subsidize it. At home, with the subsidy, he is much more relaxed on weekdays. Although he is still copying books, he is not as busy as before.
When Ning Nuan was free, he often sent people to Zhu Hanshan's house to help him take care of the elderly at home. Grandma Zhu is sick in bed, and there is only one person at home. It is very inconvenient on weekdays. Only occasionally can the neighbors see it and can help. Ning Lang helped first, and then Ning Lang left, and Ning Nuan sent someone to watch. I wish grandma grateful. One day before dawn, Zhu Hanshan also brought a basket of fruits and vegetables from the field and put them in front of Ning's house. He ran away without waiting for the guard's notification.
On weekdays, when Ning Nuan went out, King An didn't know where he got the news, so he pretended to meet her by chance, and after saying hello to her, he clung to her.
Xiang Tao was so angry that she had to stand in front of Ning Nuan every time, and said angrily: "His Royal Highness An, please pay attention and stay away from our lady, so as not to ruin our lady's reputation."
Chu Fei pretended to be puzzled, and said in surprise, "This king can't go on the road in the capital?"
"You... you stay away from our lady!"
"This king is far away." Chu Fei spread his hands and gestured the distance between the two of them. He didn't come close, but Ning Nuan was pulled back by Xiang Tao, and he and Ning Nuan were separated by distance. There were several people, and it was really not close at all. "You little girl, is it possible that you are deliberately taking advantage of this king?"
Xiang Tao is really about to die of anger!
However, Wang Quan, who had a good relationship with her on weekdays, would also stand by their prince's side at this time, and said with a smile: "Miss Xiangtao misunderstood, our prince really happened to meet girl Ning, and our prince went out to run errands, You can meet Ning girl, tell me, this is not fate, what is it?"
"Our lady has no fate with you!"
Chu Fei didn't even look at her, just smiled at Ning Nuan and said, "Miss Ning, we've all met now, otherwise we'll go to a teahouse, sit down, have a cup of tea, and talk, what do you think?"
Ning Nuan frowned slightly.
Chu Fei stared at her expression all the time, and when she saw her face changed, she immediately changed her words: "If Miss Ning disagrees, then I can find Miss Ning again."
Ning Nuan: "…"
Ning Nuan asked softly, "What does Wang Ye mean?"
"What does Miss Ning mean, why can't this king understand?"
"Since the lord doesn't understand, then the lord, please go to work." Ning Nuan said lightly: "The lord was careful to delay the matter, and then don't blame the girl on the head of the people."
"I don't blame you, I don't blame you." Chu Fei hurriedly finished speaking, and then said eagerly: "Then... where are you going?"
"My lord is in a hurry to do things, and I think it's a different way from the people's daughter." Ning Nuan stepped aside and said, "My lord, please first."
Chu Fei: "..."
Chu Fei could only leave with Wang Quan.
After he left, Ning Nuan also took Xiangtao to do her own affairs, but she only came out after she finished her affairs. On the way back to Ningfu, she met King An who had been waiting for a long time.
This time, Chu Fei's face was full of surprises: "Miss Ning, we met again, tell me, it's not fate?"
Ning Nuan: "…"
Chu Fei said, "Now that Miss Ning has finished her work, and I have finished her work, if it's too early today, why don't Miss Ning and I go to the teahouse to have a cup of tea and say a few words?"
Ning Nuan: "…"
Ning Nuan was speechless.
This person is really like a dog's skin plaster, and his ghosts linger. It just so happens that the way to strike up a conversation is also very low-level.
Ning Nuan patiently said: "Minnu still has some things to do, please forgive me that I can't answer the invitation of His Royal Highness Prince An."
"Since that's the case, tell me a date, and I'll come back to you when you're free next time. It's the same." Chu Fei said with a smile.
"..."
Xiang Tao couldn't help it again: "You prince is so shameless."
Chu Fei said politely: "If Miss Ning can promise me, then it's okay for me not to have this face."
Not only Ning Nuan and Wang Quan were speechless.
He couldn't help but murmured in his heart: Originally, their prince was still a little sensible when he saw Miss Ning, but now it's better, he has lost even the last bit of sanity.
Look at what their prince said. !
After Miss Ning left, the prince reacted, and he didn't know how much he would regret it!
Chu Fei didn't think so. Thinking back then, in his last life, didn't he rely on this scumbag to impress A Nuan
A Nuan has always been cold-hearted and warm-hearted. As long as he is more attentive and appears in front of A Nuan a few times, A Nuan will definitely be reluctant to bear him.
It's just that he forgot that in his last life, Ning Nuan was already married to him, and he also wanted to have a good relationship with him. There is no difference between Dengzizi.
It's just that Ning Lang is not here now, and no one can stand up for Ning Nuan.
Ning Nuan frowned, found a reason to reject him, and turned around and told Ning Yanting about it. On the second day, on the morning of the morning, Ning Yanting immediately gave Chu Fei a copy, saying that he was not doing his job and was idle, and Chu Fei was stunned.
Recently, the eldest prince has been in trouble, and the corruption case has also worried the current sage. He also heard that his younger brother caused trouble for him. He was so irritable that he had no time to comfort his younger brother. Following Ning Yanting's words, he found an errand and stuffed it to Chu Fei. , but it gave Chu Fei no chance to pester Ning Nuan again.
Chu Fei was full of resentment. When he sent a letter to the Ning family next time, when he talked about Ning Lang's recent situation, he couldn't help but write another piece of paper and complained on the letter. After Ning Nuan read it, she didn't even bother to give it to Jiang Yunlan, so she burned it on the spot.
But when he got an errand, Chu Fei had no reason not to do it well.
Not long after that, all the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty heard that the corruption case had made great progress. It was King An who found the key clue and helped a lot.
In the capital, there are many more rumors about King An. The corruption case is of great importance and involves a wide range. Many people are staring at this matter, and even the people in the capital have heard of it. Now that King An has a good reputation, and he has made great contributions to this case, the people of the capital talk about him again, and when he mentions him, he will never mention the title of the original waste wood king, and they all say that King An is effective in his work.
Xiang Tao, the big mouth, naturally didn't forget to tell Ning Nuan about this.
"The servants really can't see that King An is so powerful." Xiangtao was surprised: "The servants heard that the case was very difficult to handle, and even the master was frowning, why was King An sent on an errand. , just found a clue?"
Ning Nuan said indifferently, "Perhaps King An is already powerful."
"Miss, why are you still speaking for King An?!" Xiangtao was surprised: "King An is... but..."
"But what?" Ning Nuan said, "Even if he is an apprentice, if he is really powerful, he is also a great apprentice. What's the connection?"
"This..." Xiangtao looked at her nervously: "Miss, are you going to treat King An..."
Before she could finish her words, Ning Nuan tapped her head with the book in her hand. "You girl, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Xiang Tao covered her head, and there was still some grievances.
"Miss, it's not that the slaves are talking nonsense, but it is rare for you to say good things about King An, Miss. Does this make the slaves not worry?"
"When did I say good things about King An?"
"Why not?! Young lady, you praised King An for his greatness. Don't you say something nice about King An?"
"It's telling the truth."
"My servant has never seen Miss. You tell the truth to other young masters." Xiangtao whispered, "I will not dare to mention King An in front of you in the future. If you are really attracted to King An, then When the madam gets angry, the slaves will suffer."
Ning Nuan reluctantly put down the book in his hand: "You girl, you will turn black and white. Just talking about what King An did, first there was the academy bonus, and then there was the subsidy silver, and now you have made great contributions. Everyone is saying that King An is amazing, so why don't you tell me?"
"But ma'am, you..."
"I only said that King An is powerful, but in the capital, there are many powerful people. Only King An is powerful, can it count?"
Xiang Tao looked at her suspiciously, and didn't stop until she knocked her head again.