After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

Zhong Ning's voice was calm, and no emotion could be heard.

But after listening to it, Gu Mingzhe remained silent for a long time.

Then he replied:

"Your Highness, please sleep a little longer. The Spring Examination is about to begin. I will return home first..."

Gu Mingzhe said this as he stood up and put on his clothes.

As soon as I rang the bed bell, a maid came in with toiletries to serve me.

Zhong Ning hummed lazily, then fell asleep again hugging the quilt. She was exhausted yesterday and she didn't plan to get up today.

Gu Mingzhe quickly finished washing up, and before leaving, he turned around and hugged Zhong Ning tenderly for a while before getting up and leaving.

When he was leaving, he had just opened the gate when he saw Fang Ping sitting in front of the gate with a jar of wine in his hand. He was half drunk and half awake, with red eyes.

Gu Mingzhe chuckled and left immediately.

Fang Ping looked at his back, his heart broken.

The thing he least wanted to see finally happened, but it was already too late.

It's just that he himself doesn't want to admit it!

Zhong Ning is going to get married in this era, she won't be with me...

After figuring this out, Fang Ping smiled bitterly, then comforted himself, it doesn't matter, there are still three years, she will get married in three years.

He has to find a way to go back within three years.

As long as the last golden finger appears, the deprivation card can be successfully integrated. At that time, even if Zhong Ning doesn't want to leave, she will have no choice.

Only by returning to the modern era would he have a chance to ascend to power.

So what if we get married?

There are more divorces nowadays.

He doesn't mind!

He only wants Zhong Ning!

From the time he traveled through time until now, Zhong Ning has been his only spiritual support.

Without her, he wouldn't be able to hold on until now.

Fang Ping walked away, staggering with each step, carrying the wine bottle.

(I will write about what happened after returning to the modern era. If you like it, you can come back and read it.)

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Zhong Ning wanted to sleep a little longer, but unfortunately he didn't have the time.

First, the commander of the imperial guards, Qin Mo, came to report that they had searched the entire mountain overnight and found three hidden caves in total, with secret doors inside. There was a cellar under the secret door, and a large amount of gold and silver was found in it.

I think this is where Prince An trains his assassins and secretly contacts and accepts bribes from those noble families. This situation has been reported to the palace.

Your Majesty said that this matter is very complicated and involves many things, but please rest assured, Zhong Ning, given time, we will completely eradicate it and will never let her suffer any injustice.

He also sent her two boxes of treasures that he had found in the cave yesterday.

Qin Mo repeated Emperor Yong's words. Zhong Ning curled his lips and said, "I understand." Seeing Zhong Ning's expressionless face, Qin Mo knew that it was His Majesty who had hurt Her Royal Highness the Princess's feelings.

He didn't want to get involved, so he had to leave in embarrassment!

Zhong Ning called Qin Mo and ordered his servants to bring over a plate of gold. Each ingot weighed ten taels, totaling about two hundred taels, which, converted into silver, would be about two thousand taels.

"My brothers, the Imperial Guards, thank you for your hard work yesterday. These are my rewards... Commander Qin, please don't refuse. I will just treat them to a drink on my behalf..."

Qin Mo had long heard that Princess Zhaohua was generous and tolerant to her subordinates, but he never expected her to be so generous!

He was rewarded with a plate of gold, a great honor he had never received before.

If we bring the gold back to the barracks, I'm afraid those guys will be so happy that they go crazy.

After all, even though a large amount of treasure was found in the cave yesterday, His Majesty did not reward them at all. Fortunately, he had experience and did not need His Majesty's reward, so he took some of it for himself.

Generally speaking, everyone would acquiesce to such things, and His Majesty would turn a blind eye and secretly divide that part among his brothers.

But unexpectedly, when I delivered the message to Princess Zhaohua on behalf of His Majesty, there was an unexpected surprise.

Zhong Ning walked down the steps, opened the two boxes of jewels given by the emperor, took out one of the jade pendants, and threw it at Qin Mo.

"Those are for the Imperial Guards, and this is a gift for Commander Qin..."

Qin Mo took the jade pendant, his face flushed with embarrassment. What does Your Highness mean?

Could it be that you have taken a fancy to him?

Giving a jade pendant to a man is always used as a token of love!

Qin Mo thanked him solemnly and hid the jade pendant in his chest. He felt his heart pounding.

He raised his head and took a quick look at Zhong Ning before bowing and saying goodbye.

Before leaving, her face turned red.

Zhong Ning was baffled and couldn't help but ask Su Xin who was standing beside him, "No, why is he blushing?"

Su Xin was silent for a moment, then stepped forward and replied, "Your Highness, throughout history, jade pendants have always been known as tokens of love... generally used by men and women to seal their love!"

Zhong Ning: ???

Zhong Ning was bewildered. She immediately fished out a jade pendant from the box and quickly handed it over: "Quick, go catch up with Commander Qin and return the jade pendant to me!"

Su Xin took the item and rushed out like the wind.

But Qin Mo had already left on horseback!

Su Xin had no choice but to take the jade pendant and return in disappointment. She held the jade pendant in both hands and knelt on the ground to apologize.

Zhong Ning waved his hand, "Forget it, it's a reward for you, just keep it!"

Su Xin immediately smiled and knelt down to express her gratitude!

Zhong Ning rummaged through the box again and took out a jade mandarin duck pendant and a Hetian jade pendant engraved with the words "peace every year" and put them away solemnly.

One for Gu Mingzhe and one for Qi Yu.

Zhong Ning picked out the mandarin duck jade heart pendant and said, "Take this jade pendant, along with the fox fur cloak and knee pads that the Japanese imperial concubine had specially made two days ago, and send them all to Gu Mingzhe at the Gu Mansion!"

"Yes..." Su Xin took the jade pendant and hurried downstairs to prepare.

Zhong Ning placed the white jade pendant of peace into the space first.

In addition, she also chose a gift from each of Fang Ping, Shen Yan and Zhou Ge, the three people who were implicated because of her.

The one chosen for Fang Ping was a pure gold pipa ornament, weighing about six taels.

The one chosen for Shen Yan was an exquisite small-leaf red sandalwood teapot.

What was picked for Zhou Ge were the best four treasures of the study.

Zhong Ning sorted the gifts into categories, then called over three guards and asked them to deliver the three gifts to the three people respectively.

After finishing this busy work for a while, Zhong Ning put the remaining two large and a half boxes of jewelry into the space, and then ordered someone to drive to the sky prison.

In the prison.

Zhong Ning frowned slightly as he looked at the paper handed to him by Zhao Yingpu, which contained a list of chess pieces placed by the eight great families in the palace, the court, and the army.

"Is this what you want to hand over to me? Is it authentic?" Zhong Ning asked.

Zhao Yingpu smiled faintly, "How could I dare to deceive Your Highness when I'm already in this state? Over the years, I've done a lot for the family and have had little contact with the pawns of other aristocratic families. This is only part of what I know. As for the rest, I naturally rely on Your Highness!"

When Zhao Yingpu said this, he seemed to feel a lot more relaxed.

When a person has done too many bad things, when the time comes, he will no longer have the anxiety and fear he had before.

"Your Highness, there is no need to doubt it. I did all this just because I want Your Highness to spare my family for my sake!" Zhao Yingpu knelt on the ground and bowed solemnly.