"Did you do a great favor to the Empress Dowager? So that you were received by the Empress Dowager? What Ning Changguo said is not like what a literary master could say. However, it is understandable. After all, it is a family letter, so be casual. , it’s more appropriate to be more informal.”
Jin Jing shook her head helplessly, glanced at Shen Cha, refilled the freshly heated tea for her, looked at the confused Ning Cheng, and smiled.
Shadow Five and Seventeen couldn't help but roll their eyes. A shrewd and calculating person like the Empress Dowager would need Ning Changguo's help for anything. These words were meant to deceive such an inexperienced person. As a young man, anyone who knows the personality of the Empress Dowager would not think this way.
"My lords..." Ning Cheng looked at several people with some confusion, "What's wrong with these words?"
"There's nothing wrong." Ying Qiqi shook his head gently, "We are just a little bit emotional. Although Ning Changguo has been practicing outside for several years, he has seen the dangers of the world and the unpredictable people, but in front of the Empress Dowager, he still Like a harmless little pitiful person who was plotted against."
"That's right." Ying Wu agreed, "Young Ning Changguo was like a targeted prey. Step by step, he walked into the trap designed by the sharp blade without any knowledge."
"The best hunters often appear as prey." Jin Jing yawned, leaned on a pillar, and said lazily, "It can only be said that the Tao is one foot higher and the devil is one foot higher. The Empress Dowager is the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother, you must not accept this."
"Several adults..." Ning Cheng looked at Chen Cha, then at Jin Jing, and finally at the bored Jin Miaomiao, "What do you mean by this?"
"It's not interesting, just talking casually." Jin Jing waved her hand, indicating that he didn't need to pay attention, and said, "It's just a feeling, but you, do you know what kind of help Ning Changguo did to the Empress Dowager? Living in the harem, what do you need help from a young man who has just entered Xijing City?"
"My brother said that the letter from Ning Changguo was not particularly detailed. After all, it involves the harem, so it is not convenient to say more, but the general situation is still known. At the palace banquet, the censor raised an issue in front of His Majesty the Emperor. , accusing the Empress Dowager of mistreating Prince Teng." Seeing the blank expressions on several people's faces, Ning Cheng added, "If Prince Teng is still alive now, the emperor will call him grandfather."
Jin Jing glanced at Shen Cha, and Shen Cha nodded towards him. Second Master Jiang seemed to have mentioned before that during the short ten years that the emperor had been in power, officials had written letters every year. It was not that the concubine in the harem was being treated harshly. Having the Second Grandpa means that the concubine is interested in the Second Grandpa. Anyway, she can say anything. Some people even bribed the chambermaids and maids in the harem just to spread rumors about the Second Grandpa and these concubines.
Second Master Jiang had said that what these officials wanted to target was not the concubine, but the Second Grandpa. The purpose was to get rid of him, severely damage the power of the royal family and nobles, and severely weaken their vitality. However, the emperor's grandfather never took these rumors and rumors seriously, and still loved his younger brother very much. Until his death, he still told his son to treat the little emperor's uncle well.
Thinking of this, Shen Cha smiled. If Grandpa Huang knew something from Izumi and knew that his son and his younger brother were willing to put themselves in danger in order to bring down the Jiangnan clan and the Qinglian sect, would he be so angry that he would jump to his feet? He will not wait until the emperor's uncle and the second grandfather reunite a hundred years later to tie up these two disobedient boys and beat them up severely.
Jin Jing glanced at Shen Cha, raised her eyebrows at Ning Cheng, who was a little confused, and said, "I have really heard of this matter. That Prince Teng is indeed loved by thousands of people. The censor looks for him every day. It is understandable that he is in trouble. After all, those imperial censors Han Chuang have studied hard for more than ten years, and what they dislike the most is people like the royal family who have nothing to do. However, they are too insignificant and should not be involved in the harem. "
What Jin Jing did not make clear was that I am afraid that other people in the harem were innocently involved, but not the Empress Dowager. At least the impeachment at that palace banquet was definitely the Empress Dowager's instruction, in order to make Ning Changguo Get into this trap and let him board your pirate ship.
"Yes!" Ning Cheng nodded, "Students also felt that they went too far. Ning Changguo spoke uprightly and rescued the Empress Dowager at the palace banquet. He was well-founded and made the group of people who spoke of impeachment The official was speechless. He had made a big splash and made both His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Dowager remember him. When the Empress Dowager knew that it was this new lecturer who came to the East Palace who saved her from the siege, she wanted to thank him. After all, before But no one will speak for the concubine. They all hope to make this kind of thing as big as possible. Now that such a person has appeared, it is natural to thank him for meeting him, but there are differences between monarchs and ministers, and the harem is not just a random one. Foreign ministers can enter. Therefore, the Empress Dowager specially went to ask for His Majesty's Holy Edict, and after receiving permission, she invited Ning Changguo to enter the Wutong Hall to speak."
"Wutong Palace?" Jin Jing turned to look at Shen Cha, "The palace before the Empress Dowager moved to the palace?"
"Yes!" Shen Cha nodded, "She is a noble concubine after all, and living in Wutong Palace is in line with her status." She looked at Ning Cheng, "What happened next? Did the Empress Dowager and Ning Changguo have any interactions later?"
"This..." Ning Cheng thought for a while, "Yes, and there are quite a few. Because Ning Changguo came forward this time, there are always some rewards in the palace during festivals. Later, I heard that Ning Changguo's parents came to Beijing and brought them with them. After they gave birth to their youngest son, the concubine in the palace wanted to invite Mrs. Ning and the young master to come to the palace to see what kind of family could teach a person like Ning Changguo."
"The results of it?"
"I don't know." Ning Cheng shook his head, "Ning Changguo didn't say, but after the Ning family sent Ning Changnian to Ning Mansion in Xijing, they only stayed in Xijing City for three months, and left after the summer. From then on After that, Ning Changnian became the second young master of Ning Mansion, and the Ning family and his wife came to live for three or two months every year during the Chinese New Year. This lasted for almost ten years. Later, it was because the Ning family and his wife were too old. When I got older, under Ning Changguo's persuasion, I sold my house in Zhongzhou, bought a similar house in Xijing City, and lived with Ning Changnian."
"Did they finally pass away in Xijing City?"
"Yes, their life was not in vain if they were taken care of by Ningchang Kingdom." Ning Cheng sneered, "It's just that their son was not so lucky. About fifteen years after they passed away, Ning Cheng Chang Guo was convicted for his treasonous remarks, and everyone in the Ning Mansion in Xijing was spared, including Ning Changnian, although he was the first to accuse him."
