The Time Traveling Anchor and Her Eight Hundred Fence-Sitters

After the Jingji Guards worked for most of the night and rescued several children from Jiping Mountain, the entire capital city fell into an eerie calm.

Prince Ning did not take time to rest. As soon as he got home, he brought Liang Yuanzhao into his study and asked him to repeat in detail and verbatim what had happened in the small enclosure in front of his staff.

When they heard that Wu You was attacked, Zhao Mianmian was thrown off his horse, and almost broke the neck of the young lady of the He family, several staff members frowned and looked solemn.

When they heard that the men in black were indiscriminately hunting down children from several families in the woods but had spared Liang Yuanzhao, everyone gasped and slammed the table, cursing "insidious" and "hateful".

Perhaps because of the previous foreshadowing, when they later talked about entering Jiping Mountain, Zhao Mianmian prepared several large bags of insect repellent herbs, and by some coincidence called them out of the cave, everyone thought that it was just a few kids who were lucky, and there was nothing worth investigating, so they just passed it over.

As for Li Peiyan's action of directing Ji Ruanping and Wu You to rescue Liang Yuanzhao from the blind bear, the staff discussed it over and over again for a long time, and only made a decision when it was dark.

"The black-clothed man's purpose is definitely not to kill people, otherwise, with the skills of those young masters, how could they escape from that small enclosure unscathed?!"

"If it's not murder, then it's instigation. The person behind this is trying to use the Ji family's young master's mouth to prove that the Ning Palace was dissatisfied with the Chengyi Earl's donation of money for disaster relief and hired someone to kill someone.

I never thought that in the end, the young lady from the He family would mess it up by mistake."

"What a vicious plot! Once this matter is exposed, not to mention the Earl of Chengyi, I'm afraid many people in the court will change their minds and stand with Xiao Haizhou!"

"They are a bunch of useless people. It doesn't matter who they support. What I am afraid of is Xie Zhihuai, Zhang Qiu and the old ministers. They may have opinions about the Ning Palace because of this incident. If they cause trouble for us in the court in the future, that will be troublesome."

"This makes a lot of sense. Now the Xiao family has openly won over a group of old officials in the name of supporting the young emperor.

But how could that bunch of old foxes willingly submit to Xiao Haizhou, allowing him to control the court and hold the little emperor in his hands like a puppet? ?

If you ask me, if you want to defeat the Xiao family and Xiao Haizhou, you still have to start with these old foxes. "

"You said it yourself, they are a bunch of old foxes who don't easily take sides. How can they be won over so easily?!"

"Whether to win him over is another matter, but at the very least, we cannot lose the initiative and let Xiao Haizhou take the lead."

"Indeed, it seems that today's incident was indeed quite dangerous. We have escaped a disaster..."

As the staff members were talking, the topic turned to Zhao Mianmian.

"By the way, what is the origin of the young lady from the He family? Why did she come into the enclosure with the young master and his friends? Could it be that Xiao Haizhou arranged it?"

"That's absolutely impossible. I heard someone say before that Zhao Mianmian is the granddaughter of He Zhaoxian and grew up in Xuchuan. When there was no one left at home, Madam He took pity on her and brought her from the countryside to the capital."

"I don't think so either. Zhao Mianmian was only three years old and almost broke her neck. How could she possibly work for Xiao Haizhou?

Besides, her uncle is He Jianxing. Don’t underestimate He Jianxing because he is a low-ranking official. He is a popular figure in front of Zhang Qiuhe!”

"Oh, speaking of He Jianxing, I think of someone. What was the name of He Jianxing's eldest son? It seems that he entered the government a few years ago and became a junior supervisor of the Ministry of Personnel, and went to the Northwest Camp!"

"Northwest Camp? But you work with the prince?"

"He Shiqian, call me He Shiqian."

"Yes, yes, that's the name!"

"He works with the prince, and he is from the same faction as Zhang Qiuhe. He definitely has nothing to do with Xiao Haizhou!"

After everyone finished talking about Zhao Mianmian, they were silent for a while, and then talked about Li Peiyan who followed Liang Yuanzhao and others into the small enclosure.

"Although the young lady from the He family seems to be fine, Li Peiyan from the Li family is someone we have to be on guard against!"

"how do I say this?"

"Look, Li Peiyan is proficient in riding and shooting, but he deliberately hides his skills in front of everyone. If he hadn't followed the young masters into Jiping Mountain this time and hadn't encountered this kind of incident, who would have thought that the frail young master of the Li family actually had such skills?!"

"I don't think it's a big deal to hide one's shortcomings. Li Peiyan's identity is special. The late emperor took great pains to keep him under his nose to control the 400,000 troops in the southwest.

If Li Peiyan still doesn't know how to restrain himself in this situation, and instead shows off his skills and makes friends with the young masters of various families, then we have to be on guard!"

"That's true. So according to what you said, how should we deal with the matter of Li Peiyan saving the young master?"

"I think that not dealing with it is the best solution."

When King Ning heard this, he became interested and quickly signaled everyone else to stop and listen to what Mr. Shi had to say.

Shi Duo paused, sorted out his thoughts, and continued in front of everyone:

"I think that Li Peiyan has a special identity. Although he saved the young master in the forest, whether he is thanked or not, it is a headache for our Ning Wang Mansion."

"If I say no, people will definitely criticize me behind my back, saying that our Ning Palace is not doing things right and is selfish. Even this great favor of saving my life cannot be exchanged for a single word of thanks from the Ning Palace."

"If this gets out, how can we recruit talented people and work together for a great cause?"

"But if I want to thank you, it's a bit of a dilemma."

"Should we thank Li Peiyan too lightly or too heavily?"

"Thanking you too lightly, not generous enough, and inevitably seems to be looking down on me.

But if we thank you too much, someone might think of the 400,000 soldiers in the southwest and accuse us of something we didn’t know.”

King Ning also felt a headache after hearing what Shi Duo said.

Liang Che, who was sitting in the armchair, frowned and clenched his fists. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and asked:

"Then what should we do from Mr. Shi's point of view?"

Everyone saw Shi Duo stand up, calmly bow to the King of Ning in front of him, and then he raised his mouth and suggested with a smug look:

"So, I think that thanks are definitely something I should give."

"But the person we want to thank doesn't have to be Li Peiyan who made the move. It can also be the young lady from the He family!!"

"The young lady of the He family has given us two shoes. Without the shoes, how can we repel the beast?

If the beast doesn't retreat, how can we save the young master?"

Everyone's eyes lit up and they nodded:

"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"

"What a great idea that kills two birds with one stone!!"

King Ning thought deeply for a while, and finally nodded amid the discussions of the crowd and decided on this matter.