The box of cakes was distributed to the little maids in the yard. The little maids ate it happily, and secretly said in private that it would be better to have more hospitality from King An, but in the end it was cheaper for them.
After that, King An still sent things over, but everything was handed over to Jiang Yunlan by the gatekeeper, and the little maids had to share the food, and the rest were returned, just the same as before.
A few days later, when An Wang sent another letter, the letter was full of complaints, blaming her for not saying anything and going back on her word. Ning Nuan looked at it and almost laughed again.
She picked up a pen and told the matter of Jiang Yunlan's obstruction. When she replied again, Wang An seemed to have accepted the answer, and took the opportunity to make a request, saying that she had not fulfilled what she had promised before, and she had to promise a new one.
Ning Nuan was noncommittal, only watching him say the new request in his heart.
Wang An had to take an inch, and he asked her in the letter that she would write to her from time to time in the future.
This is really a big deal.
Wang An's letters were sent very frequently, and now it is still coming with Ning Lang's recent situation, but recently it has been every day. Ning Nuan, a girl who hasn't left the cabinet, if she exchanges letters with a foreigner every day, what does it look like
After Ning Nuan read it, she did not reply to the letter, but burned the letter directly.
A day later, King An's letter appeared in front of the house again. This time, his attitude in the letter was half soft, as if he was afraid that Ning Nuan would be angry, he didn't even say anything about the request he made yesterday. Coax her inside.
Ning Nuan looked more and more amused, but didn't say anything, just pretending that nothing had happened. When King An sent the letter again, she was watching it every day as usual.
On the contrary, seeing that she was not angry, King An became happy again, and completely forgot his previous request.
Only Wang Quan and Xiang Tao, who had watched the whole process, couldn't help sympathizing with him in their hearts.
Seeing with his own eyes that his master happily handed over the initiative to Ning girl, Wang Quan finally couldn't help reminding: "My lord, you forgot what you said before, and you want to take the opportunity to make Ning girl like you. already?"
Chu Fei immediately raised his eyebrows: "When did this king say such a thing?"
Wang Quan: "..."
Wang Quan pointed out: "You also threatened Miss Ning with the question of Qiu Wei, and asked Miss Ning to agree to accept the gifts from you, but these gifts were stopped by Mrs. Ning, Lord, you plan to do so. already?"
"of course not."
Wang Quan looked at the letter he had just written. It was full of flattering words. How could he possibly use it to threaten Miss Ning or something
Chu Fei touched his nose, coughed, and said sternly: "This king has his own plans, but you dare to question this king?"
"The servant doesn't dare." Wang Quan hurriedly bowed his head to apologize, he thought for a while, and then said, "Then what is the prince's plan? It's better to talk to the servant. The servant can also help the prince. What do you think, prince?"
Chu Fei pondered for a while, but couldn't come up with any idea.
Ning Nuan usually stays in the Ning Mansion and can't come out, but the Ning Mansion is not so close, especially now that Ning Yanting and Jiang Shi are all unpleasant to him, no one is willing to interact with him, let alone Said to invite him to Ningfu.
Jinghe's excuse has been used a few times, and if he uses it a lot, it probably won't work so well.
Chu Fei was worried for a while.
Wang Quan sighed again: "The servant heard that, but even Zhu Gongzi is engaged to Lord Xue's daughter, that Zhu Gongzi is a friend of Ning Gongzi, he is about the same age as Ning Gongzi, and he is a little younger than Wang Ye, but now he can be both We're engaged. Speaking of which, a few days ago, the queen mother wanted to send someone over again. Fortunately, this time the lord ordered in advance, so the steward did not accept the person... "
He babbled on and on, making Chu Fei a headache.
Chu Fei secretly said in his heart: What is Zhu Hanshan? In his last life, until his death, Zhu Hanshan was still a lonely man. He was vicious and mean, even if he was used by the emperor, there was no one who had a good relationship with him, let alone any adult who had the idea of marrying his daughter to him.
Maybe there is, but that guy Zhu Hanshan has a weird temperament, maybe he pushed it all away.
The result is now good, his champion has not yet been obtained, but he personally decided in advance.
Chu Fei was blushing at the thought.
Why is this rebirth, everyone else is smooth sailing, but he wants to catch up with A Nuan again, but it is more difficult than reaching the sky. He shamelessly chased after him for so long, but he didn't see that Ah Nuan's face became any better for him.
But in his last life, he also married A Nuan into the mansion first, and then cultivated a relationship with her, but now he can't. When he thought that A Nuan was forced to marry into the palace in his previous life, he would never dare to think about such a thing again in this life, and would not let A Nuan suffer any more grievances.
Chu Fei was pacing back and forth in the study, unable to think of any clues, so he could only ask bitterly, "How about the other Ning family?"
Wang Quan said quickly, "Ning Shuo has returned to Jiangzhou. The slave knows that he has already sent someone to watch him. No matter what he does in the future, he will report to the lord."
Only then did Chu Fei's brows relax: "What about the third prince?"
"The third prince is still in the mansion and has not come out."
Speaking of the third prince and Ning Shuo, it was also an unexpected gain for Chu Fei.
When he investigated Qiu Wei's question, he thought it was the work of the eldest prince again, but the eldest prince did something wrong before, but now he is very obedient and does not dare to do anything out of line, let alone Ning Shuo's In Jiangzhou, there was no chance to get in touch with the First Prince.
But the three princes are different. The mother-in-law of the third prince is from the big family in Jiangzhou. The third prince is not too conspicuous among the princes. The first prince and the prince are fighting fiercely, and no one pays attention to him. Therefore, no one finds out that he secretly accumulated money in Jiangzhou. With a lot of power, he even happened to meet Ning Shuo and recruited Ning Shuo as his subordinate.
This imperial examination was also presided over by the crown prince. If Zhu Hanshan was not smart and he had noticed it early on, he might have just gotten through it. Even if the incident happened, no one would think of the third prince. The third prince originally wanted to set up his own life in the court, but due to the leak of the test, the test questions were temporarily changed, and most of his preparations were lost. Among them, Ning Shuo had the best score, but Ning Shuo He was deprived of his fame, and he could no longer participate in the imperial examinations in the future.
If Chu Fei hadn't carefully checked Ning Shuo's line, he wouldn't have found the third prince.
Even today's sage thought that the prince's subordinates, in addition to the flaws, also called the examiner who presided over the autumn festival to scold him, and each had a lot of punishment. sheep.
After the leak was over, the third prince stayed in his palace and never came out again. He was inconspicuous, and no one noticed. Chu Fei could probably guess that he went to Jiangzhou secretly.
Chu Fei went through these things in his mind, and then said: "Prepare the car, this king is going to the palace."
Wang Quan responded and hurriedly went out to prepare.
What he did in the palace, of course, was to seek rewards!
This time, Chu Fei went to the emperor and met the prince at the entrance of the imperial study. The prince was very happy when he saw him, and took the initiative to say, "Uncle Huang, you are here again."
Chu Fei smiled and nodded.
The crown prince pulled him aside and said gratefully, "I heard the royal father say that it turned out that you were the one who discovered the leak of the imperial examination questions first, but fortunately, you discovered it, otherwise if those students were allowed to get the real exam questions. At that time, I really don’t know what to do.”
Chu Fei spread out his fan and said slowly, "No need to thank you."
"Uncle, what are you looking for with your father?"
Chu Fei raised his eyelids and said, "I have made such a great contribution, and the emperor did not say anything about the reward. This leak is over, but I have been waiting for so many days at home, but it has been Without waiting for the reward, tell me, is this the emperor who is unreasonable?"
The prince suddenly realized, and immediately said: "Don't worry, Uncle, I will immediately go to prepare a gift for Uncle."
Chu Fei hooked the corner of his mouth, and finally gave him a smile.
He bypassed the prince, and without waiting for the eunuch to report, he slowly entered the imperial study with a fan.
The emperor was reviewing the memorial, and when he heard the movement of him coming in, he couldn't help asking: "What are you doing here?"
"Brother Huang seems to be unwilling to see me." Chu Fei beckoned to the eunuch, and the eunuch immediately put up a chair, he sat down unceremoniously, and said eloquently, "Chen brother is here this time. , there is also something I want to tell the emperor."
The emperor frowned subconsciously.
The last time Chu Fei came back, he brought about the leak of the imperial examination questions. This matter has been troubled for so long, but it finally came to an end. Could it be that something has just ended, and there are new problems
The emperor put down the red pen and frowned, "What happened?"
Chu Fei closed his fan and said, "This time it's the emperor who has an accident."
"what?"
"Brother Huang, you owe me a reward, when will you be willing to give it to me?"
The emperor was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed: "It turns out that this is what you are thinking about. When I got busy, I almost forgot about it. Since you said it all, I can't treat you badly, and I will let you go in person later. Reward, what do you say?"
Chu Fei was overjoyed: "That's naturally very good."
After he finished speaking, he couldn't wait to say: "Since the emperor has said so, then no matter what rewards the ministers want, are they willing to give them?"
A gentleman's words are hard to follow, and his words are out of his mouth. Naturally, there is no reason to go back.
Seeing the emperor nodding with his own eyes, Chu Fei said happily: "The younger brother has taken a fancy to the mansion of Mr. Xu's family, so the elder brother will ask for it for the younger brother."
Emperor:"… "
The emperor almost thought he had heard it wrong.
"What did you just say? Master Xu's... house?" The emperor couldn't help but repeat: "You mean house? Not a daughter?"
Chu Fei immediately disliked it: "What do I want his daughter to do? His daughter is only a few years old, about the same age as Jinghe. How can I be such a shameless person?"
Emperor:"… "
So if you want someone's ancestral home, isn't it too much
The emperor rubbed his forehead, only hating why he agreed so quickly.
He asked: "Then what do you want Xu Qing's house to do? Is your palace not comfortable enough to stay in? If so, I will find a bigger palace for you."
"My palace is very empty, but it can't be any bigger." Today's Prince An's palace doesn't even have a mistress, and the palace is empty. "I passed by Xu's house a few days ago and saw his house. I don't know why, but I was very close. I didn't forget it for several days. This is why I came to see the emperor."
The emperor only felt that he was full of words, but looking at his righteous appearance, he couldn't say a word.
"Whose house do you think is bad, and you want someone else's ancestral house?" The emperor said patiently: "If I help you, how will I face Xu Qing?"
Chu Fei shook his head: "Brother Huang, you are wrong, it's not the ancestral house of Master Xu's family, Master Xu is from a poor family, how can there be such a good ancestral house, it was bought by him later, since it is not the ancestral house , it’s not too much for my younger brother to buy it, Huang brother, do you think so?”
The emperor was speechless.
Chu Fei looked at him suspiciously: "Isn't the emperor wanting to go back?"
The emperor shook his head.
No way, who made this statement by himself
The emperor stared at him, only to watch him slowly get up and leave until he reached the door of the imperial study, suddenly remembered something, turned around, and asked, "By the way, brother Huang, you won't pay back the money for the house. Will you ask me for it?"
The emperor drove him away with a dark face.
Chu Fei was not happy.
He took a fancy to the Xu family's house, and he didn't do anything else, just because the Xu family happened to be the neighbor of the Ning family, and next to the Xu family's house, wasn't it the Ning family
If he was close, wouldn't he have a lot of opportunities to contact Ah Nuan again
…
A few days later, the deed of the Xu family's house was sent to Prince An's mansion.
This time, Chu Fei held things back and didn't mention it to anyone. Even if he wrote to Ning Nuan every day, he didn't mention anything about the Xu family's house.
Only Jiang Yunlan was very puzzled, and even talked to Ning Nuan when she was free: "The Xu family is really strange, very good, and suddenly they have to move away, and they moved in a hurry. I see that it will take a few days, and the next door empty."
"Moved?" Ning Nuan asked, "Master Xu transferred?"
"No, I also asked your father, and your father didn't hear anything." Jiang Yunlan said, "I also inquired, although the Xu family has moved, but the place where they moved is still the capital, but the location is better than here. Better, maybe I think this house is too small and the location is not very good."
Ning Nuan smiled.
This house is too small and the location is not very good, but that's what Jiang Yunlan said.
After finally buying all the places in the Ning family's house, Jiang Yunlan started to provoke thorns after setting it up, feeling that this place is really small.
The capital is densely populated and the land price is high. For the same amount of money, if you buy a small house in the capital, you can buy a large garden in other places. The Ning family is the old house of the Ning family. It has been passed down for many years. The Ning family has never moved the nest, but Jiang Yunlan is different.
She was born in a big family in Shu, and her ancestors were also prominent. Ning Nuan heard her mention that her family's ancestral house was huge, and all her relatives lived together, and it was still very spacious. In Jiang Yunlan's words, the Ning family's house is not as big as her garden.
Ning Nuan had never seen it in person, and she didn't know how much Jiang Yunlan's words exaggerated, but she understood what she meant. If it wasn't for this ancestral home, Ning Yanting would be reluctant to leave, I'm afraid she would have bought the compound in the capital long ago.
Jiang Yunlan sighed, and suddenly said, "I forgot about this. I knew this earlier. I went to buy the Xu family's house, and once I opened up the courtyard wall, wouldn't this house also get bigger?"
Ning Nuan replied, "That mother might as well ask now."
Jiang Yunlan did not hesitate, and immediately went to ask.
After a while, she came back angrily.
"I asked Mrs. Xu, and the house next door has already been sold, but unfortunately, if I had thought of it earlier, I wouldn't have missed this. If the person next door who bought the house is easy to talk to, I can take the Xu family house from his hands. buy it."
But unfortunately, until the Xu family was moved out, no one from next door came over.
After a while, another worker came over and changed the structure of the old house according to the drawings. Hearing the daily ding-dong, Jiang Yunlan sent someone to watch it several times, but without waiting for a person in charge to come over, he sent someone to inquire. Those workers didn't reveal a word either.
Jiang Yunlan could only agree reluctantly, and turned back and said to Ning Nuan, "Maybe this person who moved next door is still a big man, and his identity is really mysterious."
"I don't know if I'll get along with Madam Xu like that." Ning Nuan said, "If that's the case, Mother will have another person to talk to."
Jiang Yunlan thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but look forward to it.
It's just that the progress of the construction of the house next door is really too slow. It seems that it is about to be overhauled. Even the Ning family has been renovated.
The weather was getting cooler, Jiang Yunlan bought thick clothes for the family, and originally planned to send them to Ning Lang as well, but Ning Lang came back first before the clothes were sent out.
Ning Lang came back suddenly, without the slightest sign. One day, a strong brown-red horse entered the city gate and rode across the street until it stopped at the gate of Ning Mansion. Ning Lang rolled over and dismounted, and the gatekeeper of the Ning residence saw him, but he didn't react for a while.
Ning Lang raised his eyebrows and said angrily, "How long have I been gone, you don't even recognize me?"
Only then did the gatekeeper come back to his senses, he was overjoyed, called him, and hurriedly ran towards the house.
"Master! Madam! Miss! The young master is back!"
Ning Lang was satisfied and walked in.
Jiang Yunlan and Ning Nuan heard the sound and were stunned when they saw him.
Ning Nuan quickly said in surprise: "Brother, why did you suddenly come back?!"
But Wang An did not mention a word in his letter!
Ning Lang raised his head proudly and said, "I specifically didn't tell you, I was thinking of coming back to give you a surprise, but now that you look at it, you really miss me a lot."
Jiang Yunlan: "..."
Jiang Yunlan moved her fingers, but she still didn't give him a slap.
She asked the servants to talk to Ning Yanting, and she dragged Ning Lang into the house: "It's just right when you come back. When you come back this time, won't you leave?"
Ning Lang paused, then hesitantly appeared on his face, and did not answer her immediately.
Ning Nuan immediately saw what was wrong: "Brother, what happened?"
Ning Lang immediately denied it: "How could it be? What could happen to me? A Nuan, you just don't trust me anymore."
"Then listen to what my brother said, I must be staying in Qingzhou well." Ning Nuan poured him a glass of water and said softly: "I saw in the letter that my brother sent, it seems that my brother had a very good life in Qingzhou. , the task that King An assigned to brother, brother has also completed?"
"That's natural." Ning Lang held the teacup and said proudly, "When will my brother fail me?"
"Then brother is done, how long can you stay at home this time?"
Ning Lang took a sip, took a sip from the teacup, dodged his eyes, and said hesitantly, "Just... Let's talk about it."
Ning Nuan and Jiang Yunlan looked at each other, Jiang Yunlan immediately pulled his ear unceremoniously: "Tell me honestly, did something go wrong again? It's done well, I think you sneaked back, right? ?"
"Mother, mother! Let go—" Ning Lang exclaimed in pain, "Mother!"
"Where's Qingsong?" Ning Nuan looked behind him: "Why didn't Qingsong come back with your brother?"
Jiang Yunlan let go of her hand and looked at him suspiciously.
Ning Lang covered his ears and said solemnly: "Qingsong is still in Qingzhou, I came back alone."
"It's so good, why did you come back all of a sudden?" Jiang Yunlan looked at him vigilantly: "If something happened, you said it earlier, and we can help you find a solution together, but don't be like Ning Shuo. It's the same, let the family know when it happens."
Ning Lang was stunned for a moment, then raised his head in surprise: "Ning Shuo? What happened to Ning Shuo?"
Jiang Yunlan told him about Qiu Wei's question.
Ning Lang immediately clapped the table and said angrily: "I knew it! I knew he was not good! Before this person used to perine me, but now it's better, he even did the leak of the imperial examination, if he hadn't discovered it. Morning, I don't know what's going to happen!"
Not to mention that Zhu Hanshan also participated in this autumn season. He was just Zhu Hanshan as such a friend. Isn't Ning Shuo doing such a thing to harm his friend
Jiang Yunlan said angrily, "Since you know, don't tell me what you did."
Ning Lang: "..."
Ning Lang's eyes moved elsewhere, he touched his stomach and said loudly: "Mother, I haven't eaten all day today, please let the kitchen make me something to eat, or I'll pass out of hunger. ."
"..."
Jiang Yunlan rolled his eyes at him, not daring to starve him after all.
After Ning Lang had eaten and drank enough, he immediately sneaked back to his room. Seeing that he had been away for a long time, the room was still the same as before, he was instantly satisfied, and when he lay down on the bed, he fell asleep directly.
Ning Nuan took a look at him halfway through, and when he saw that he was asleep, he quietly left.
"I don't think my brother has made a big mistake." Ning Nuan said, "Otherwise, because of my brother's character, I have already told the matter, how can I hold back at this time, I see that the wrong thing my brother has done is related to The task given to him by King An has little to do with it."
Jiang Yunlan: "Really?"
Ning Nuan nodded, if it was related, I am afraid that Wang An would have already received the news and had already written to her.
"Brother came from Qingzhou in such a hurry. He didn't even bring Qingsong. He rode a horse. From what I saw, he seemed to be going all the way. Today is also a day's journey." Ning Nuan said: "Brother doesn't want to say it, but I guess he looks like..."
Ning Nuan thought for a while, but couldn't think of any adjectives.
Jiang Yunlan asked, "Like what?"
"Like a private matter."
"He doesn't hide anything from anyone on weekdays. Qingsong knows everything, and there are other things that he can even leave Qingsong behind. He can't fall in love with a bunch of bandits in Qingzhou. Girl..." Jiang Yunlan paused, then hesitantly said, "It shouldn't be, right?"
Ning Nuan was at a loss: "There is still a girl on the hill?"
Jiang Yunlan: "..."
Jiang Yunlan only felt that a head-on blow hit her on the head, making her dizzy and almost unable to stand still. She hurriedly sat down on the edge of the table, poured herself another cup of tea, took two sips to suppress her shock, and then breathed back.
Jiang Yunlan said terribly, "I never saw him like this before..."
This good son went to Qingzhou and became a mountain bandit once, but he couldn't see a certain mountain bandit leader in the mountain bandit's nest, right? !
Jiang Yunlan thought too much for a while, and she couldn't help but think that Ning Lang would come back with a burly man with a strong back and muscles, and he would call his mother... She took a breath and drank two more sips of water, and the panic in her heart was overcome. pressed down.
Ning Nuan: "Mother?"
Jiang Yunlan murmured: "When he went to Qingzhou, I personally nodded and agreed. Now that something like this happens, how should I explain to your father..."
She also has a son of Ning Lang, so she won't have a grandson to hold in the future
"Mother?!" Ning Nuan wondered, "Mother, what are you thinking about?"
Jiang Yunlan finally calmed down.
She quickly grabbed Ning Nuan and said, "A Nuan, what happened to your brother, you must ask clearly."
"Mom, of course I will."
Ning Lang slept in the dark, and before he woke up, Chu Fei came to the door first.
Chu Fei went to Ning's house in person, and asked the servants at the gate to inform him. Before he could reply, he went straight in. As soon as he saw someone, he immediately asked, "Did Ning Lang come back?"
Jiang Yunlan replied, "He came back. Did the lord let him come back?"
"Why did this king ever say something like this to him?" Chu Fei said with a dark face: "This king also wants to know, he was staying in Qingzhou well, why he suddenly returned to the capital without a word, if someone hadn't come to tell Ben King, this king doesn't even know that he has returned home!"
"Then... Then what kind of disaster did he cause when he came back?" Jiang Yunlan asked tentatively.
"Not at all."
Jiang Yunlan breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.
"He's been on the road all day, and now he's too tired to fall asleep. When he wakes up, he will be asked to apologize to the prince himself." Jiang Yunlan asked, "I don't know how long the prince will allow him to stay in the capital this time. The wife has not seen him for a long time, and I really miss him very much, if the prince agrees, let him stay at home with the wife for a few more days."
Chu Fei thought about it, there really is nothing important recently, and A Nuan and her brother have always had a good relationship. Now that she finally sees Ning Lang, A Nuan must be very happy. So he nodded.
"Just listen to this king's orders."
Jiang Yunlan was only happy.
Then, she unceremoniously kicked An Wang out without even letting him drink a cup of tea.
Chu Fei was shocked. He didn't expect her to turn her face so quickly. He stood at the door of Ning Mansion, looked up at the word Ning Mansion for a while, then turned to look at the old Xu family house not far away, which would soon become his 's new house. Chu Fei thought about the preparations for the new house in his heart, and then he was finally relieved, and happily shook his fan and left.
Ning Lang slept through the night, and finally woke up when he was on the edge of the moon.
Lying on the bed, he reminisced about the comfort of the big bed at home, rubbed his stomach, and felt hungry again. Then he finally got up and walked slowly to the front hall.
Coincidentally, the Ning family had just started dinner, Ning Lang sat down in a familiar position, and had a warm conversation with Ning Yanting.
Ning Yanting also hadn't seen him for a long time, so he was naturally very happy. After two glasses of wine, he couldn't help but ask, "Well, why did you come back suddenly?"
Ning Lang: "..."
Ning Lang looked away, picked up a piece of fish meat with chopsticks, spit out the fish bone carefully, and then swallowed it.
During the time of picking the fishbone, he seemed to be mentally prepared before he made up his mind, put down his chopsticks, raised his head and solemnly said to Ning Yanting and Jiang Yunlan, "Father, mother, I have something to tell you."
Jiang Yunlan's heart clucked.
Ning Lang: "I want to marry someone."
The chopsticks in Jiang Yunlan's hand fell to the ground.
Everyone immediately turned to look at her.
Jiang Yunlan lowered her head and coughed, took the new chopsticks handed over by the maid, and then said lightly, "We'll talk about this after dinner."
She was really worried that she wouldn't be able to finish the dinner.
Ning Lang's breath came out all of a sudden, he picked up the chopsticks, and resumed eating.
Ning Nuan looked around at the two of them, but said nothing.
Ning Yanting didn't know anything, and happily talked about the gift he sent to Zhu Hanshan earlier.
"I also saw the gift you gave to Hanshan. It was actually a tiger's skin. I heard Hanshan say that you did it yourself?"
Ning Lang should be.
"I haven't seen you for a few months, and you have become so powerful. You couldn't even beat a dog before, but now it's better, you can kill a tiger!"
Ning Lang thought to himself: In fact, he was just taking advantage of the chaos to make a fist.
It's just that in front of friends, it's natural to brag.
Ning Lang raised his eyes to see Ning Yanting's happy expression, biting his chopsticks and getting into trouble again.
His father always wanted him to find a gentle and virtuous girl. If his father knew that he was going to marry a woman who could kill a tiger, he might faint, right
If my mother found out, wouldn't she have to beat him in person
I just don't know which one hurts more, the mother's beating or the tigress beating.