Did the eldest daughter ascend the throne today?

Ning Zhiwei's mind works very quickly. Human hearts are the most difficult to control, but also the easiest to control.

It depends on how you operate it.

Xiao Linfeng looked at her steadily. Her expression kept changing like she was in a paint shop. It was very interesting.

He didn't move or speak, and his subordinates didn't dare to move either. Naturally, the prisoners also stood still and didn't dare to move.

Just like that, everything was still.

After an unknown amount of time, Ning Zhiwei's eyes gradually brightened up, "I'll pay the ransom money for him."

This dynasty has redemption silver, which means that criminals are allowed to pay a high amount of fine to redeem their sins.

For cases like this involving money, the usual atonement is tenfold.

Zhou Hongye embezzled two hundred taels, so he had to pay two thousand taels to escape punishment.

For Ning Zhiwei, nothing is a problem if money can solve it.

She has money power!

As soon as these words were spoken, all the prisoners looked over in unison, filled with envy, jealousy and jealousy.

No way? No way? Why didn't such a good thing happen to me?

Zhou Hongye's eyes widened in disbelief, "What did you just say?"

He must have heard it wrong. How could they, who were not related to him, help pay the ransom?

Ning Zhiwei took out a stack of banknotes from her bosom and handed them to Xiao Linfeng, "This is two thousand taels."

She once worked with Zhou Hongye, a man with a serious mind, extreme and stubborn. Once he made up his mind, nothing could change his mind. However, he was very trustworthy and always grateful.

She saved him, and no matter what happened in the future, he would never do anything to her.

Xiao Linfeng's eyes were as deep as the sea, "Jingning County Lady, think carefully, is it worth it?"

It's worth spending two thousand taels to cut off the opponent's left and right arms, okay? Ning Zhiwei also found a decent reason.

"People who are filial and responsible are not too bad and can still be saved."

Xiao Linfeng waved his hand, and his men cut the ropes that bound Zhou Hongye's hands.

Zhou Hongye felt as if he was in a dream, in a daze, and until this moment, he had no sense of reality.

Did he really escape death?

He fell to his knees with a thud and kowtowed heavily.

"Thank you for saving my life, young lady. I haven't asked for your name yet."

Ning Zhiwei waved her hand without telling her name, "From now on, take care of yourself."

She didn't say anything more, just turned and left, her back as graceful as the wind.

He took the initiative to approach and recruit, but ended up being treated poorly.

The most brilliant tactic is to defeat the enemy without fighting and without bloodshed.

If you are interested, you can naturally find out her name.

Xiao Linfeng was silent for a while, then followed.

Zhou Hongye stared at the girl's receding figure in a daze, "Who is she?"

Xie Tongcheng popped out from nowhere, "That's the fifth lady of the former general's mansion, now the Princess of Jingning County, Ning Zhiwei."

"You are so lucky to be saved by the county lady."

Princess Jingning, Zhou Hongye recited these four words silently, and his black eyes gradually lit up.

The Jinyiwei who just returned to the capital was curious about gossip, "Why did the county lady save him?"

This is what all prisoners want to know.

Xie Tongcheng had a particularly good impression of Ning Zhiwei: he was magnanimous, generous, kind, and responsible.

Who can not like such a person?

"The county lady may feel sad about her past and cannot bear to hear the words sick mother and weak sister."

"Alas, it's not easy for the county lady."

The Jinyiwei who just returned to Beijing didn't catch the first wave of melons, "Why is it not easy?"

Xie Tongcheng immediately became interested and talked about Ning Zhiwei's life experience and personal experience. He also talked about how she single-handedly cleared the Ning family's grievances, turned the tide, and rescued the women of the Ning family from the prison.

He also killed the mastermind behind the harm to the Ning family. The story was full of ups and downs, wave after wave.

Having said this, he glanced at Zhou Hongye calmly.

Zhou Hongye listened silently with his ears perked up. The more he listened, the more shocked he became, and he suspected that he was listening to a foreign language.

"real or fake?"

Xie Tongcheng didn't want Ning Zhiwei's two thousand taels of silver to be thrown into the river, so he supported it silently.

"If you don't believe me, you can go ask others. The people of the entire capital know that who in the entire capital doesn't admire Princess Jingning?"

He witnessed the entire process with his own eyes and was deeply moved by Ning Zhiwei's bravery.

The Jinyiwei are also human beings, ordinary people with emotions and desires. They also hope to have a relative who can help them when they are in trouble.

"Right now, she is having a very difficult time. There are no male members in the family, and she has to support the family alone and protect so many female relatives. She has offended so many people. Her life may look good, but it is not easy."

Zhou Hongye's heart moved.

Seeing this, Xie Tongcheng raised his lips slightly, "You are lucky to have met her, just close the case and leave."

The next morning, Ning Zhiwei woke up, washed up, left the room and went downstairs. Just as she sat down in the lobby and prepared to have breakfast, her subordinates came over. "Master, someone wants to see you."

It was Zhou Hongye who came. His clothes were wet, as if he had been standing outside the Tongfu Inn all night.

Ning Zhiwei's mouth corners raised slightly, earlier than she expected.

"It's you? Something wrong?"

Zhou Hongye looked at her steadily, as if struggling and hesitating.

Ning Zhiwei poured herself a glass of boiled water and took a sip. "Have you eaten?"

Zhou Hongye was stunned for a moment and shook his head subconsciously.

Ning Zhiwei pointed to the seat opposite and said, "Sit down and eat together. Waiter, take our order."

Zhou Hongye’s mind is in a mess, how can he eat at the same table with a noble lady?

It would be against etiquette to not have this rule.

He doesn't deserve it either.

"I want ten fried dough sticks, ten meat buns, and two bowls of tofu pudding. I want the salty ones. How about you?" Ning Zhiwei asked so naturally and cordially, as if he were a family friend.

"It tastes sweet." When Zhou Hongye sat down in his seat, he realized that the whole rhythm was led by Ning Zhiwei.

She has an ability to take control of the situation.

He watched Ning Zhiwei eat elegantly and calmly with impeccable etiquette, and then touched his injured face, and a sense of inferiority arose spontaneously.

"County Lady, I am a commoner."

Ning Zhiwei took a bite of the steaming meat bun. The skin was very thin and the meat filling was fresh and sweet. She couldn't help but praise it, saying it was delicious.

"In my opinion, there are only three kinds of people: enemies, friends, and ordinary people."

"Be as ruthless as the harsh winter to your enemies, and as warm as the spring breeze to your own people."

Her two short sentences expressed her attitude. Zhou Hongye's heart was overwhelmed. After a long while, he asked, "What about ordinary people?"

He came from a humble background, and along the way he saw the hardships of ordinary people.

In this world, human life is worthless and the people are like ants.

It's so hard to live.

Ning Zhiwei paused, his expression solemn and serious, "Caring for the people and protecting the peace of the area is the family motto of my Ning family. I dare not forget it for a moment."

Zhou Hongye's eyes were slightly hot. The Ning family, the Ning family that had guarded the border of Da Qi for two hundred years, the Ning family that was full of loyal and brave people, yet their ending was so tragic.

The world is so unfair.

"You are now the head of the Ning family. Do you plan to stay in Qingluo Villa for the rest of your life?"

He had no idea where the Ning family's future lay.

However, Ning Zhiwei stared into his eyes and told him word by word, "One day, I will return to the border, drive away the foreign enemies, and protect the millions of people on my border..."

She paused and said something passionately, "Return to the pinnacle of power."