Who Xu Jiangshan

Chapter 33 His Stubborn Stone, My Rough Jade (3)
Sitting in the carriage, Chu Ning heard the discussions of the people outside, almost all talking about Xie Ziyu's "great love" for her. Gui Ning with such ostentation is probably enough to make Xie Ziyu's reputation as a doting wife spread far and wide.

Chu Ning looked at the calm Xie Ziyu, and pursed his lips slightly. She knew that this was his consideration for her. He wanted to use his own power to change the direction of the rumors in the imperial capital, so that everyone would know that he was not He had no choice, nor was he unwilling; on the contrary, he cherished her very much.

Soon after arriving at the General's Mansion, Mrs. Chu came out with the servants and servants in the mansion. Xie Ziyu got out of the carriage first, and then a slender hand lifted the curtain. Chuning leaned out, and she handed it to Xie Ziyu. Ziyu, let him carry himself off the carriage.

Well, since His Royal Highness Rong wants to tell the world how much he loves his wife, she naturally wants to give him a chance, so she yawned and lazily said: "Husband, I'm tired, please carry me in."

Madam Chu's complexion changed slightly when she heard this, and just when she was about to yell at her, Xie Ziyu had already hugged Chu Ning, the words she was about to say were stuck in her throat, and her complexion was pale and uncertain.

"Ma'am, where is my second sister? Why doesn't she come out?" Sitting in the hall, Chu Ning asked curiously, looking around.

Mrs. Chu's complexion was a bit ugly. Ever since Chu Ning got married, Chu Yan's spirit had somehow become abnormal. That day when she entered Chu Yan's room, she found that her hair was disheveled, her complexion haggard, and she was talking nonsense after waking up Language, madness.

So she could only lock Chu Yan in the room and not let her go out.

"Yan'er is not feeling well, resting in the room."

"Not feeling well?" Chuning raised his eyebrows, "Then I must visit."

"This..." Madam Chu was about to refuse, but Chu Ning had already walked to Chu Yan's room.

As soon as she stepped into Chu Yan's small courtyard, she heard intermittent voices coming from Chu Yan's room. "He loves her? He loves her? Haha... He actually loves her... No, no, no, he lied to me. He loves me... Yes, yes, it's me, it's me..."

Chu Ning suddenly stopped, turned to look at Mrs. Chu with a livid face, and vaguely guessed the reason in her heart. Mu Jian had told her before that Chu Yan had been taken to Prince Rong's mansion to extract a confession, which must have stimulated her spirit.

"I suddenly remembered that I had something to do, so I stopped visiting Second Sister, and I will visit you later." Chu Ning said, turned and walked out of the small courtyard.

Madam Chu heaved a sigh of relief. She naturally didn't want Chu Ning to see Chu Yan's current appearance. She looked at Chu Ning's back with complicated eyes.

Xie Ziyu was still waiting for her in the hall, she stepped forward, reached out to hold Xie Ziyu's hand, and said, "Let's go."

Xie Ziyu saw that she was a little depressed, and guessed the reason, but he didn't say anything, just nodded, took her hand and walked out.

Chu Ning stayed comfortably in Prince Rong's Mansion for several days, and when the wound on his neck healed, he returned to Ning Mansion and began to go to court.

"Qingyan, hey, wait for me!" At the end of the day, Huo Heng saw Ye Qingyan walking fast, and hurried to catch up, a little puzzled, "What's wrong with you recently? Every time I turn around, you run away and disappear !"

Ye Qingyan looked back at Chu Ning who was walking far behind: "It's nothing."

Huo Heng followed Ye Qingyan to look back, found Chu Ning's figure, and waved to him quickly: "Ning Chu, hurry up, let's go play tonight!"

When Ye Qingyan heard it, he quickly shouted in a low voice: "Stop screaming, let's go!"

Huo Heng scratched his head, glanced at Chuning who raised his head, waved to her, and ran away joltingly behind Ye Qingyan.

Chuning frowned slightly, what happened to Ye Qingyan recently?Ever since she got married to Wei Linglong, he never talked to her again. Seeing her running faster than a rabbit, wouldn't he really fall in love with her?
It shouldn't be, isn't Ye Qingyan always judging people by their appearance?What's more, "Ning Chu" is still a man, Ye Qingyan shouldn't be so confused, right?

Chu Ning was still wondering, and several colleagues had already come up: "Master Ning, how about having a drink together tonight?"

It was Mr. Qin, the Minister of Rites who spoke, and officials from the other four ministries were accompanying him. Chuning's eyes flickered slightly, and he said with a smile, "Okay."

They arrived at the Brunei Accord slowly, and someone had already prepared the wing room. Chuning went upstairs with the others, and suddenly heard a familiar voice from the second floor: "Qing Yan, are you frustrated in love? Why, Fengyue Lou that oiran doesn't want you anymore?"

Chu Ning looked at Ye Qingyan and Huo Heng were sitting by the window, Huo Heng stared at Ye Qingyan with piercing eyes, full of gossip.

Ye Qingyan rolled his eyes while drinking: "Mr. Ben, who is graceful and suave. The women in this imperial capital fall under the charm of Mr. Ben. Will Mr. Ben be frustrated in love?"

After hearing this, Chu Ning twitched his lips slightly, and went straight into the wing without looking at them again.

"Master Ning has been in office for so long, and we have never celebrated for Mr. Ning. Today happened to be a chance. Come, Mr. Qin, to offer a toast to Mr. Ning." Master Qin raised his glass and respected Ning Chu.

"Master Qin is serious. It is Ning Chu's luck to work with a few of you."

"Master Ning has done such a thing at such a young age, we are all deeply impressed." Another official said.

"Yeah yeah……"

After repeated compliments, Ning Chu calmly and perfunctorily brushed it off. After drinking for three rounds, he finally got to the point.

"I don't know what Master Ning thinks about our current situation?"

"This..." Chuning pretended to hesitate for a while before hesitating, "Now the emperor is in good health and the situation in the court is stable. His Royal Highness Rong Wang is the emperor's right-hand man, and the nine princes are also outstanding..."

Chu Ning didn't say any more, but the expression on Master Qin's face was a little subtle, and he smiled: "Master Ning is a hero among men, and he should have insight into the affairs of the court. Now that the nine princes have grown up, the two princes are outstanding. But the emperor has not established a crown prince so far, so I wonder what Lord Ning thinks about this matter?"

The smile on Chu Ning's face froze slightly, and he said, "The matter of the crown prince is not something that Ning Chu can make rash remarks about."

"Hey, Master Ning is wrong. If we chat in private, who will know?" Master Qin waved his hand and poured another glass of wine for Chuning.

Chu Ning drank the wine in one gulp, but put away the smile on his lips, and said seriously: "Ning does not dare to speculate on the emperor's intentions, Ning only knows that everything Ning has given to him by the emperor." If you adults want to know which side Ning Mou is on, then Ning Mou can bluntly say that Ning Mou is not interested in the battle for the crown prince, and Ning Mou is only loyal to the emperor." After Chuning finished speaking, he stood up, "Madam is still waiting at home. , it is inconvenient for Ning to stay for a long time, so I will take my leave.”

Without waiting for the people behind to stop her, Chu Ning went out of the box directly, relying on these few people to find out her thoughts, it is too small to look down on her!

She looked at the position where Ye Qingyan was sitting just now, she didn't see Ye Qingyan and Huo Heng, but she saw Xie Lingran.

Xie Lingran obviously saw her too, raised the wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile: "Master Ning? What a coincidence, do you want to have a drink together?"

Chu Ning smiled, went to sit down opposite Xie Lingran, and asked, "Why is the little prince here today?"

"The night is long, I don't want to sleep." Xie Lingran smiled, "With Mr. Ning accompanying me, I won't be too lonely after drinking this wine."

"What's on your mind, little prince?" Chuning asked.

Xie Lingran looked up at the moon hanging outside the window, but did not reply to her words, only said: "The sky is going to change."

Following Xie Lingran's gaze, Chu Ning looked out, and saw the full moon in the sky and the stars twinkling, but after a while, the moon was suddenly covered by dark clouds, the wind was blowing, and the downpour came in an instant.

"Master Ning, look, you thought the full moon could dominate the sky, but now, can you still see a little moonlight?" Xie Lingran raised his glass and took a sip of the wine, asking meaningfully.

Chuning didn't speak.

"Most people can only see the bright moon, but someone always sees the dark clouds first."

"Little prince with eyes." Chu Ning looked at Xie Lingran and smiled slightly.

"Master Ning is extremely intelligent, I believe he has already understood everything." Xie Lingran finished speaking, put down his wine glass, stood up, and walked away slowly.

Looking at the pouring rain outside the window, Chuning couldn't distinguish his expression.

As the night gradually deepened, Chu Ning walked back to the Ning Mansion, and Uncle Zhang opened the door for her: "Is Madam asleep?"

Uncle Zhang hesitated for a while, then said: "Concubine Li has summoned Madam into the palace, and a letter has been sent in the palace, saying that Concubine Li likes Madam very much and wants her to stay overnight in the palace."

Chuning's complexion suddenly changed: "When did it happen?"

"It was picked up early in the morning."

"Got it." Chuning said as he entered the mansion and walked towards his room.

As soon as she entered the room, Chuning sensed a familiar atmosphere. As soon as she closed the door, the lamp on the table was turned on. She saw Xie Ziyu sitting in front of the table, glanced at her, lifted her lips, and said, " It seems they can't wait."

Chuning stepped forward, took a look at the memorial in his hand, and his eyes darkened involuntarily.

It was written in the memorial that Rong Wang Xie Ziyu and Uncle Lin Guo were in collusion, plotting wrongdoing, building weapons privately, intending to rebel.

It was written by someone in advance for her, and she wanted to pass it out by her hand. The memorial was well-founded, and even the evidence was listed one by one. As long as it was presented, it would be an ironclad fact.

It really was a good strategy, not only charged Xie Ziyu with a crime, but also confiscated the weapons in an open and aboveboard manner. If this failed, I, the courtier who slandered His Royal Highness Rong, would not have to live, and just avenged for destroying the emperor's good deeds. It serves multiple purposes, and there is nothing wrong with it anyway.

Chuning's expression turned ugly: "Where are those weapons?"

"Nature is where it is."

"Then tomorrow..."

"You just do your own thing, I have my own way." Xie Ziyu comforted.

Chuning didn't ask any further questions, but just nodded. After a while, she suddenly asked, "When did you know that Xie Lingran was against you?"

If it wasn't for Mu Jian's discovery in the Prince Jin's Mansion, it would be hard for her to suspect Xie Lingran. She asked Mu Jian to go to the Prince Jin Mansion, but at first she only suspected the Prince Jin. Having him made her feel a little good, but she never thought that one day, he would hunt her down twice.

Xie Ziyu looked at Chuning, a faint light flashed in his eyes, and said, "I always knew."

Chuning was startled: "Why?"

Xie Ziyu was silent for a long time before asking: "Have you ever heard of Lin Wanyi?"

Chuning thought for a while before remembering, and asked, "Uncle Lin Guo's daughter? I heard that she was once the number one beauty in the imperial capital."

"Yes."

Something suddenly came to Chu Ning's mind, and his complexion became a little subtle. He looked at Xie Ziyu with a half-smile, "I seem to have heard that the number one beauty in the imperial capital is in love with our incomparably noble His Royal Highness Rong Wang."

Xie Ziyu couldn't stand her gaze, so he stretched out his hand to grab her, and pulled her into his arms with force. He put his head on her shoulder, and smiled softly: "If madam takes off the mask, The title of the most beautiful woman in the imperial capital may fall on whoever it is."

"It's a pity that the beauty is unlucky. I heard that she passed away two years ago, but there are different opinions, and outsiders don't know the reason." After a pause, she looked at Xie Ziyu, "Could it be related to His Highness?"

Xie Ziyu's expression changed, and it took a long time before he said: "On the Lantern Festival two years ago, she asked me to meet by the Yujiang River, but I didn't go."

Chu Tran looked at him quietly, waiting for his next words.

"She waited and never went back. In the end, she met a few gangsters and defiled her."

After Xie Ziyu finished speaking, he fell silent.After a while, Chuning asked, "So...she committed suicide?"

Xie Ziyu nodded, and continued: "Xie Lingran and Lin Wanyi's childhood sweethearts have long had a deep-rooted love for her, so he remembered all her experiences on my head. In the past few years, he has been on good terms with me on the surface, but in private He became the staff member of the Nine Emperor Brothers, and he also had a secret relationship with Uncle Lin Guo."

After hearing this, Chuning reached out to caress his cheek, and smiled slightly: "What about you? Lin Meiren's death left a scar in your heart?"

Xie Ziyu twitched the corners of his lips, his face was a little dull, but there was a hint of warmth in his eyes looking at Chuning: "Before I met the princess, there was never any trace in my heart."

He has always been a person of indifference, born in the emperor's family, even if there is love in his heart, it has been wiped out early, and the thing of love is the most impossible thing for him to touch, so, after so many years, don't say He is an ordinary person, even if Lin Wanyi, the most beautiful woman in the imperial capital, gave him a sneak peek, he never noticed it at all. Even if she died like that, his heart never fluctuated in the slightest. He had already rejected her, so why bother with her? Responsible for life and death?
His eyes are high above the top, and he has always looked down on all living beings. There has never been a woman in this world who can imprint his eyes—until he met Chuning, this intelligent, free and strong woman, he still remembers that... When she left the general's mansion, she said loudly—

Jiangmen Mansion can be thrown away!
Hou Men's marriage contract can be thrown away!
Free body, don't throw it away!

On that winter morning, her figure shone into his heart like golden sunlight.

But even then, he couldn't imagine that one day he would fall in love with this woman, and the most extravagant love of the emperor's family would sprout in his heart.

Many times when he thinks back, he would be glad that he had amnesia, because he knew clearly that if he hadn't been a drop, he would never have gotten a sliver of her love.

(End of this chapter)