Ji Man was dragged out inexplicably.
Ning Mingjie finally heaved a sigh of relief among the crowd. He watched the man walk away from the corner of his eye, and his expression became more comfortable: "The third prince and the imperial concubine have a very good relationship. Mingjie will offer a toast to the third prince and the imperial concubine. I wish you a long life together."
The third prince laughed loudly, took the wine and drank it down in one gulp. Zhao Qian next to her didn't have a smile on her face, her eyes looked at Ning Mingjie, full of resentment.
The garden in the palace is naturally much more beautiful than the outside. Ji Man and Ning Yuxuan stood by the Ming Lake together, it was just dusk, although there was nothing to say, but standing still felt good.
"Mingjie has made great achievements this time, the emperor will definitely give him another marriage." Mo Yuhou said suddenly.
"En." Ji Man nodded, which made sense.
Looking sideways at the person next to him, Ning Yuxuan pursed his lips slightly: "He wants to mention Luo Qi as his aunt. I heard that the child is several months old."
"That's right." Ji Man nodded again, hadn't he heard about this a long time ago.
"The implication is that he will also have three wives and four concubines."
Aren't all ancient men like this? Ji Man glanced at Ning Yuxuan inexplicably: "So what?"
Ning Yuxuan opened his mouth, seeing the calmness in the woman's eyes, he was suddenly relieved and sneered.
What was he worried about? This woman didn't care at all.
"What do you want to say?" Ji Man blinked at him.
"It's nothing, it's just that I may not be visiting you recently, and you are in Feiwan Pavilion, so don't do anything." Ning Yuxuan reminded him friendly.
You said that if you want to spoiler, you should spoil it thoroughly. What's the matter with being so half-covered? Ji Man was rather dissatisfied, but thinking about it, he could still inform himself in advance, which is considered pretty good.
Ning Mingjie's current position is very subtle. It seems that he still submits to the third prince, but there is always some estrangement between him and the third prince because of a Prince Gong and princess. The third prince didn't take it seriously, and thought it would be good to spend some time and energy to win him over slowly.
Ji Man listened to Mo Yuhou's words and stayed obediently in the Hou's mansion. Nie Chenyu probably didn't receive any news, and felt that with the support of the imperial concubine, she could dance for another three hundred rounds, so she danced to seduce, drugged Chunxiao, and used all kinds of tricks on Ning Yuxuan.
Ning Yuxuan didn't hide, and accepted everything, and even took Nie Chenyu to show off through the market from time to time, watching the lanterns and visiting the night market, which was very romantic.
Not long after, news came out from the palace that the emperor was seriously ill.
This day will come sooner or later, the emperor is seriously ill, and the crown prince will be in a hurry. Once the crown prince is established and the situation in the court is clear, then naturally a large number of people will sacrifice, and another large wave will come to power again. All those involved in the middle are the lives of the family.
Ji Man is not that powerful, so she can only sit and wait. When Nie Qingyun was running back and forth, Ji Man could only give him some banknotes, in the name of Er Rong.
Of course, money is indispensable for the management of the court. Ji Man took all the savings from Shui Niangzi, saying that Er Rong gave it to him.
As a result, Nie Qingyun refused to accept it desperately, and forced Ji Man to ask why Er Rong had so much money. When he couldn't make it up, Ji Man could only tell Nie Qingyun about his business.
Nie Qingyun's face was very pale, and he pinched her shoulders and said, "I'll take the bank note, you're about to cut off all contact with the shopkeeper, and you should give all the rest of the things to her, the most important thing is to protect yourself."
Ji Man nodded, planning to find a day to go to Shui Ji to talk about it.
As a result, the emperor passed away very quickly. He had only heard that he was seriously ill a few days ago, and within two days the death knell rang directly in the palace. A group of ministers shouted, because the crown prince has not yet stood up!
The queen's party and the imperial concubine's party have officially joined forces. One is the empress of the main palace, who says she wants to have an eldest son, and the other is the imperial concubine who has always been favored, saying that she has the imperial edict in her hand.
Since the last emperor's will is in the hands of the imperial concubine, it goes without saying who will establish it. The two parties are fighting each other, and countless people are involved. However, in the end, it was Mo Yuhou who led a group of veterans, and under the escort of Ning Mingjie, sent the third prince to the Golden Luan Hall.
The empress was honored as the Empress Dowager Renxiao, the imperial concubine was the Empress Dowager Huizhuang, and the eldest prince was made a prince and sent to the fief Yidu.
Even after Ji Man heard the news, he didn't know what was going on behind it. Zhao Jue ascended to the throne as he wished, and he also pardoned the world, conferring Nie Qingyun, Moyuhou Ning Mingjie and others as heroes, with great courtesy and countless gifts.
Zhao Zhe also quietly embarked on the road to the fiefdom, taking the concubine and a group of women with him, looking very carefree.
It's as if there was a sudden thunderstorm in the sky and it was going to rain heavily. You had packed your clothes and dredged the drainpipes, and after a light rain, spring came.
Ji Man felt that he was incapable of accepting it, and the emperor's death was too simple, and he thought there would be some kind of drama to force the palace, but the eldest prince just let Zhao Jue ascend the throne so generously.
However, when the third prince ascends the throne, Ji Man has many benefits. The new emperor's cousin is the princess and the like. Nie Xiangyuan also received the favor and planned to return to Beijing to continue to be an official.
The Nie family is like a dead tree, and it has come back to life again.
Ji Man was lamenting the changeable fate, and suddenly one night, when she was going to sleep, she was picked up from the bed by Ning Yuxuan, her mouth was blocked before she could exclaim, and she was sent outside to wait In the carriage, she ran wildly all the way, almost shaking her stomach so much that she spit it out.
When the carriage stopped, it turned out to be a somewhat deserted small village.
"Madam, please stay here for a while." Gui Bai took her bag off, and led her and Deng Xi to a quiet farmyard.
Ji Man nodded blankly.
Two days later, Deng Xin got the news from the outside and came back, saying that the second prince had rebelled.
The second prince, Zhao Li, was born with a disability. The luckiest thing was to marry Princess Pengyue of Yuzhen Kingdom. Pengyue not only helped him get the position of prince, but now he also borrowed soldiers from Yuzhen Kingdom for him to punish Zhao Jue, an unkind and unfilial person who killed his father and seized the throne.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it was hidden for so many years. Now that the third prince defeated the first prince, both sides suffered injuries. When the third prince was happy and his defenses were weakest, Zhao Li directly led his troops into the capital under the guise of congratulating him.
"Where's Master Hou?" Ji Man asked with a slight frown.
Dim Wick shook his head: "The situation there is chaotic, and the servants don't know what's going on with Lord Hou."
Nie Sangyu's heart was a little restless, Ji Man stretched out his hand to cover her, frowned and said: "Your man is an old fox with nine tails, so he will be fine."
Half a month later, someone finally came from the capital and brought Ji Man back to Moyuhou Mansion.
But those who came were not from the Hou Mansion, but officers and soldiers.
When Jiman saw the wheelchair in the middle of the yard and Pengyue standing beside the wheelchair, he felt a little relieved for some reason.
Mo Yuhou sat on the chair unscathed and looked at her kneeling below.
"Nie's Sangyu, are you convicted?"
Ji Man smiled and asked, "What is the charge this time?"
Qi Siling stood aside, holding a tall account book in his hand, then knelt beside her, put the account book on the ground and kowtowed: "The second prince Mingjian, Nie Sangyu colluded with merchants, and used huge profits to help the third prince bribe officials and tamper with the former emperor. The edict, the evidence is conclusive. These account books contain her monthly income and outflows, and the slaves are very frightened when they look at it."
Zhao Li smiled slightly, motioned others to take a ledger up, glanced at it and said, "Businessmen are indeed profiteering, but I remember that under the Song Dynasty, officials and wives were not allowed to do business, right? What's more, you are suspected of bribery." , the number is still so large, it may implicate the nine clans."
Ji Man felt cold in his heart, and glanced at Qi Si Ling beside him.
There was a triumphant smile on the corner of Qi Siling's mouth, but he was looking up at the second prince, not her.
Ning Yuxuan said softly: "Nie Sangyu doesn't have such a smart mind, she just gave the money to Nie Qingyun, and Nie Qingyun also confessed to it. If according to what the second prince said, her nine clans were to be implicated, then Yuxuan ran away. It won't fall."
"I was joking with you, why do you have to be serious." Zhao Li said with a smile: "Pengyue told me before coming, no matter what, I will spare Nie Sangyu's life. Naturally, I will listen to her."
Pengyue nodded, and took a few steps forward to help Ji Man up: "I returned my whip to Sister Sangyu, but I didn't take it back."
Ji Man bent her lips and bowed her knees to salute: "Thank you, Princess."
She must have been in some terrible situation in the first place, but when the spider finally came out and opened its teeth, she didn't expect it to be this one.
"It's just that she has committed such a big crime, what should I do, Yuxuan, what do you think?" The second prince said softly, "I can't bear to let you, the great hero who opened the city gate for me with your own hands."
Ning Yuxuan lowered his eyes, and said very lightly: "As early as two years ago, I wanted to divorce Nie Sangyu. Didn't the second prince just give Yuxuan such an opportunity now? As for Chen Yu, I am a little bit reluctant. What should I do?"
"Oh?" Zhao Li stroked the jade ring finger on his thumb, and said with a light smile, "I don't like third brother's people, Yuxuan, you should know that too. If you want to rest here with Nie Sangyu, that's all, it's you after all. But Nie Chenyu is just a concubine, and Yuxuan also wants to protect her?"
Mo Yuhou chuckled lightly, sighed and said, "Whatever, let the second prince deal with it?"
Zhao Li then smiled heartily, turned his head to look at Ji Man and said, "Ah, by the way, my clever third brother and a large group of members of your Nie family will be executed for treason .You are the only one who survived, do you want to go and see the excitement?"
With a sinking heart, Ji Man looked at the smiling man blankly.
To be executed? Who is going to be executed
"Just on the way, how about Pengyue and Yuxuan, let's take her along?"
"Second prince." The smile on Ning Yuxuan's face disappeared, and he frowned slightly with his lips pursed.
"Reluctance?" Zhao Li asked sideways.
Mo Yuhou took a deep breath and shook his head: "It's just that the carriage is too crowded."
"It doesn't matter." Zhao Li pushed the wheel of the wheelchair and said with a smile: "You husband and wife, this is the last chance to ride together."