I secretly clenched the fist in my sleeve, and warned myself not to show my tricks, "Yan Ran, do you want to save Nie Ran?"

Zhao Yanran suddenly raised her eyes when she heard the words, and I said, "I can keep him from leaving the imperial city safely."

"...He, isn't he trying to rebel, how could the Crown Prince allow him to leave..."

"Don't say that the prince will not allow it, I'm afraid that the civil and military of the whole dynasty will not agree to let the tiger return to the mountain..." I took a deep breath, "But if you want, I can do it, but you have to marry the prince, That's the only condition."

Zhao Yanran bit her lip tightly, and she bit out bright red blood. After an unknown period of time, a voice like a gossamer sounded faintly, "I'm marrying."

"As long as you can save brother Ran, I will marry him."

Although it was an expected answer, hearing her say that still made my heart sour, so I stood up slowly, "Since you have figured it out, just eat and rest well. You probably don't want me to stay here... …”

"Princess..." Zhao Yanran called out to me, "Can I... ask you a question?"

I didn't dare look back at her, "Yeah."

"Do you remember how you answered me when I asked you in the woods, 'why did you block which arrow for Brother Ran'?"

The words of the day lingered in my ears in a trance.

"You said, 'He will remember me one day, just thinking about it like this will make him feel very happy'." She said slowly: "I feel so sad when I hear it, but... I am also envious... I am not only envious His love for you is even more envious of your unreserved heart for him."

I drop my eyelids.

She said: "You said that if the wind at that time knew that one year later, in order to achieve his goal, he could even threaten the life of the person who swore to protect him. Can he still say those words without shame?"

"Miss Zhao, the person standing in front of you now is no longer a gentleman. For this question, forgive me for not being able to answer you." I took a deep breath and said, "Farewell."

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I slowly turned around and walked out of the room, took a few steps, and looked at Zhao Gengnian standing at the corner of the window. At this moment, the expression on his face was quite complicated and unpredictable, but he didn't make a sound, lest Zhao Yanran find out that he was always outside the house. , I stretched out my hand to ask him to go first, and immediately followed.

Passing through the courtyard and going back to the main hall, Zhao Gengnian waved his hand to dismiss the servants in the hall, leaving only the two of us alone.

I sat down, picked up a piece of honey cake, and when I saw Zhao Gengnian holding his hand without saying a word, I asked, "Do you have anything to say to this palace?"

Zhao Gengnian narrowed his eyes slightly, "The old minister thought it was the princess who said it first."

I said: "I have persuaded Ling Qianjin that the marriage can be prepared in a few days. This matter is still complete, and it is enough to return to the palace. What else do you want to say?"

Zhao Gengnian gave me a deep look, "Forgive the old minister's confusion, since what the princess is doing is to conspire on behalf of His Royal Highness, it is enough to persuade the little girl alone.

"Elder Ge misunderstood, this princess is not here today to win over Elder Ge..." I glanced back at him, "I'm just a little confused for some answers."

Zhao Gengnian said, "What the princess said made the old minister even more incomprehensible."

I brushed off the pastry crumbs on my sleeves, "Since Mr. Ge wants Ben Gong to be more transparent, then I will be blunt."

I thought about the words and said, "All along, does the old man know what kind of person you are in my mind? Back then, both you and Fang Liang, the teacher of this palace, were reused by the emperor, and the scenery was infinite. I don’t know how many officials from the capital to the local area want to cling to you, Ge Lao, you are not less involved in being a powerful person or a party for profit. Now you have party members all over the world and high-ranking officials, but your teacher Fang Liang is dedicated to the people, but you have ended up like this... ..." I twitched my lips, "Ben Gong once sighed at the injustice of the world, once complained about the injustice of the father and the emperor, and even thought that one day all the Zhao parties would be overthrown, so that hundreds of officials and people could see the glorious sun and moon, the reincarnation of heaven, and the idea of ​​coming to the prince should be It does not coincide with me."

He didn't say anything, just continued to listen to me: "At the beginning of this palace's supervision of the country, if the affairs of the court, middle and large, and the affairs of the country were not handled properly without the consent of the patriarch, the crown prince and I had made great efforts to deal with the patriarch's unannounced visits. People's hearts, cultivating capable ministers, in the end, I can finally achieve a little, even if I can't bring down the old man, I can finally compete with you one or two."

"Afterwards, Ben Gong was harmed by Nie Guang and lived in the people. The Crown Prince was afraid that he would be unable to defeat the elders of the pavilion alone, so he had to find a substitute to deceive the elders in a hurry..." Thinking of this, I smiled. "Elder Zhao Ge, do you think it's funny, the prince still thinks you don't know anything."

I stood up slowly and said, "After the princess returned to the palace, she was very unfamiliar with many things. At that time, Zhao Ge suggested that Nie Ran should be the choice for disaster relief. The prince was afraid of cheating, so he pushed Han Fei to go. Recently, I learned that the flood disaster in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was actually caused by Xia Yanghou, and its purpose was to create more disasters and turmoil. In retrospect, if Nie Ran was really sent there at that time, the court would have been punished if the disaster was not well-reliefed. The relief is good, isn't it the laborious work of Lao Tzu to dig a hole and his son to fill the soil? I was really puzzled, so I went to check the files at that time, only to find that the thread that Xia Yanghou opened up and the documents he presented were all asking Nie Ran to enter. Beijing, there is not a word about disaster relief - I suddenly realized that Zhao Shoufu nominated Nie Ran that day, apparently to get a chance for Xia Yanghou, and the person who really helped is His Royal Highness, isn't it?"

At this question, Zhao Gengnian's eyebrows finally showed a trace of waves, and I said: "Since I have helped the crown prince to help the country, I have been puzzled. Zhao Ge was slightly blocked, but finally agreed to let Han Fei go? There is also the case of King Kang's rebellion. If it wasn't for Zhao Shoufu's sentence, "Murdering a princess is like murdering a saint", how could Jiang Feng identify King Kang? Let the Manchu civil and military bow their heads and become ministers?"

Zhao Gengnian said quietly: "These are just the princess' guesses..."

I smiled lightly and said, "A year ago in Suiyang, I was attacked in a forest with Ling Qianjin and Nie Ran. It is logical to say that if you want to control the enemy, you should choose the weaker to hold him. However, so many killers only attacked Nie Ran. , almost no one has poisoned our two women..."

Even the arrow in me is self-defeating and self-defeating to be a human shield.

Song Langsheng and I have also mentioned this matter. As for who sent to assassinate Nie Ran, there is really no way to do anything. After all, the most likely person is the father, but the father is unconscious. What about the killer?

Later, Song Langsheng suddenly asked me: You and Shizi Nie have been in Chenjia Village for so long, and there has never been any killer. Why did you ask Zhao Yanran in the jungle and the killer appeared?

"I was puzzled, so I sent someone to find out where the assassins came from and who they were employed by." I looked at Zhao Gengnian, "Zhao Shoufu, you still have to hide this from this palace?"

Zhao Gengnian's chaotic eyes gradually showed a hint of mountains and dew, "The assassination of Nie Ran was indeed ordered by the old minister, and the old minister did not know that His Highness was also in Suiyang that day. Now it seems that he is indeed underestimating His Highness."

I smiled with a guilty conscience. That day, the assassin had no features except for the black clothes. Who still traced the clues after a year?

I said: "A few years ago, when the prince was first established, he was just an ignorant young man, and he had no prestige in the court. Now, the civil and military people of the whole dynasty are willing to ask the prince to be enthroned. It is absolutely unbelievable. The old man has worked so hard to let the prince learn to manage the government and balance the forces of all parties in the midst of distress..."

Speaking of which, I folded my sleeves and bowed respectfully to Zhao Gengnian, "Xiangyi is very grateful."

Zhao Gengnian hurriedly returned a salute, "How dare... all of this was originally meant by the sage, the old minister is just a matter of loyalty and loyalty to the king, and I hope the princess will not blame the old minister for the crime of deception..."

I was stunned for a moment, and then I immediately understood, "Since the father and the emperor reused the patriarch, there must be a reason to reuse it. So, the marriage between the Nie Zhao family at first was just a means for you to win the trust of Nie Guang?"

"Exactly."

It seems that the Nie family's base was the king's father and the emperor had a heart. The Zhao family and the Nie family had a good relationship, and it was calculated early.

It's a pity that Zhao Yanran has always been kept in the dark and put the truth on Nie Ran's body.

I sighed and said, "The pavilion really shouldn't use Yanran to achieve your goals, it shouldn't be at the beginning, and it shouldn't be now."

Zhao Gengnian asked, "What does the princess mean by this..."

I raised my eyes slightly, "Fang Cai Ge asked why Ben Gong invited you to listen to our conversation. In fact, there are two intentions. The first intention was just to prove to Ge Lao, Yan Ran was concerned, and it was not difficult to persuade her. Even Ben Gong can do it, so why can Elder Ge just let her go on a hunger strike? Are you doing this scene for the Crown Prince or Nie Guang?"

Zhao Gengnian was shocked, and in my fixed eyes, he stuttered a little, "Old minister, old minister never meant this..."

I looked at him silently.

After all, he has his own selfishness, and he secretly assists the prince without leaving a trace, so why not leave a way out for himself.

He is indeed loyal to his father, but he may not do his best to the court.

The prince proposed a marriage, and he spread the news of Zhao Yanran's rejection of the marriage - until now, he still wanted to maintain a neutral point of view, because he did not want to blatantly become an enemy of Nie Guang.

"You know very well that the dispute between the prince and Nie Guang is imminent, but you don't want to get involved in it. You don't want Nie Guang to notice that you have turned against you, and you don't want to offend the prince. That's why you use Yanran for this marriage. Delaying, do you want to wait until the crown prince ascends the throne and everything is settled before making a decision?" I stared at him, "Unfortunately, from this moment on, you can no longer stay out of the matter."

Zhao Gengnian closed his eyes tiredly, "It turns out that the princess advised the little girl to marry, but in fact she wanted everyone to see that Zhao Gengnian is for the crown prince... If the old minister now refuses to marry, I am afraid that the princess will also assassinate Prince Nie that day. This matter was revealed to Nie Guang, so if the old minister does not enter, there is no way to retreat..."

I said indifferently: "Isn't it just what the old man said about food for the emperor and loyalty to the emperor?"

Zhao Gengnian opened his eyes, and in his eyes was the faint Gujing Wubo, "What is the second intention of the princess?"

I took a few steps forward, paused again, and said slowly: "The second intention...is relatively simple, it's just that Elder Ge can see your daughter Yanran, even if she uses it to the depths, she can do it for Nie Although she doesn't care about her own life, she is more able to give up her beliefs and life for you and the safety of your family. Actually... Ben Gong secretly intends to wait for the turmoil to pass and find a way to get the prince to cancel the marriage, after all The prince wants to marry Yanran, and the purpose is to get the power and help of the old man. If the old man can do his best to help the prince win this battle, then the marriage will not be so important to the prince..." I After a pause, "But I'm afraid that the one who insists on the marriage will be you, Mr. Ge..."

Zhao Geng has not spoken for a long time.

The head of the cabinet, which was most valued by the father, has reached this position now, and there are too many inexhaustible things.