Ning Zhi dropped the chess piece in his hand, and when he heard this, he glanced at Ning An coldly.When Ning An saw Ning Zhi's eyes, he couldn't help but feel scared, and quickly smiled and confused the topic.Ning Zhi didn't argue with him seriously, and tapped the chessboard, signaling him to move quickly.

Randomly taking a position that was worthless, Ning An looked at Ning Zhi in front of him, feeling unhappy.Fifteen sons took the throne, he and Ning Zhi belonged to the older princes, they each had power in their hands, but they didn't show it on the surface, and they were in conflict in private, hoping that the other party would leave as soon as possible.

Therefore, Ning An was not as respectful to Ning Zhiyuan as he showed.It's just that Ning An was terrified of his second elder brother since he was a child. Now that he's grown up, his thoughts are not the same as when he was young, but a habit has already been formed in his mind.At this time, Ning An always gritted his teeth with hatred towards Ning Zhi, but he had no choice but to sulk secretly.

Unlike the undercurrents of the two royal brothers, Zhao Bai and Wu Qingwan's side is much more peaceful.After Ning Zhi stopped worrying about the issue of his thin clothes, Zhao Bai picked up a soft stool and sat down, concentrating on thinking about the current situation of the world, not to stir up the little dispute between the princes for the time being.

The main stage of this world is naturally the Great Zhou Dynasty where the male protagonist Ning An and the female protagonist Wu Qingwan belonged to. Apart from the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were also the Northern Yan, Southern Chu, Wusun, Yueshi, Silla and other countries.Although there are many countries, but due to the overwhelming strength of the Great Zhou, the world is still in a state of peace and prosperity.It is also because of this that there is now a prosperous and chaotic situation where the princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty are fighting each other.

Although the common people gossiped that fifteen sons took the throne, but in reality there were only the four elder princes who were really powerful, and the remaining eleven sons were mostly attached to the four elder brothers, or they indulged in poetry, wine and fun to stay away from disputes.These four elder princes are the second prince Ning Zhi, the fourth prince Ning Lang, the fifth prince Ning An, and the ninth prince Ning Yi.

Among them, the most fearful one is naturally the male protagonist Ning An who successfully climbed to the top in the original story line.Although in the original story line, Ning An relied on Zhao Bai to go through most of the difficult journey to seize the throne, but there must be advantages to being able to reach the top, which should not be underestimated.

After reading the original story line from the perspective of a bystander, in Zhao Bai's view, Ning An's greatest strength is that he is good at hiding his strength.In the original story line, until Ning An finally sat on the position above ten thousand people, his opponents didn't fully understand the power behind him.

It is not easy to deal with such a person.

Zhao Bai was thinking about his future strategy, when Wu Qingwan touched his elbow suddenly, and he woke up suddenly.

Wu Qingwan's tea in front of her has already been brewed, scooped into a tea bowl, and served to the side of the couch.At this moment, Wu Qingwan was holding the remaining cup of tea, and slowly put it on the low table next to his hand, the water mist curled up, and a pair of almond eyes looked directly at Zhao Bairumo's eyeballs through the water mist, and their eyes flickered.

Understanding the meaning in Wu Qingwan's eyes, Zhao Bai got up slowly, looking like he was too busy to enjoy the scenery on the lake, and walked slowly towards the stern of the boat.

The scenery at the stern is different from that at the bow. What you see is not a thousand hectares of blue waves, but pavilions and painted buildings on the shore.Under the pavilions, peddlers and pawns, either carrying shelves or carrying burdens, chatted and peddled with passers-by. Occasionally, there were a few literati in the crowd, overlooking the lake.If the bow is light wind and flowing water, then the stern is firewood, rice, oil and salt.

Zhao Bai stood at the stern for a while, and Wu Qingwan also got out from the cabin.Wearing an apricot-yellow skirt, with a gold silk jade pendant hanging on the chest, delicate eyebrows, a little pear dimple on the left cheek, and sparkling eyes in the eyes, it is really lovely, and it is worthy of being infatuated by the original owner all his life.

It's just that at this moment, there is a third of melancholy in the eyes.

When Fang came out of the cabin, Wu Qingwan looked around, grabbed Zhao Bai's right arm, and said in a low voice, "Brother Bai, the fifth prince's staff was found to be suspected of buying and selling official positions, and it is said that he will be resigned soon. The imperial edict executes Lord Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, what should we do!"

The incident of the Ministry of Officials selling officials... Mentioning this matter, Zhao Bai immediately confirmed what time the world was in.The official incident happened in the 13th year of Tiande. At that time, the original owner had already secretly helped Ning An several times. As soon as the matter showed some signs, Wu Qingwan, under Ning An's guidance, hurriedly found the original owner for help, and the original owner naturally agreed. The same soft-hearted consent as the previous few times.

However, the matter of the Ministry of Officials involves a lot, and buying and selling official positions can be said to be a crime that shakes the foundation of the country.The original owner was betrayed by the female lead in the future, and one of the three crimes that angered the emperor the most stemmed from this incident.

The original owner didn't expect that he would be betrayed by Wu Qingwan, who he trusted wholeheartedly, and also he couldn't refuse the one he loved, so he acted without thinking too much about the consequences, so that he planted the root of disaster.This mistake, Zhao Bai, who knows everything about the funeral, will definitely not make it again.

Besides, asking him to help Ning An, the culprit who killed the original owner, and Wu Qingwan, the executioner in the original storyline, is tantamount to dreaming.

Even though he was already dissatisfied, Zhao Bai didn't intend to dismantle the establishment as soon as he came, so he just frowned slightly, pretended to be thinking seriously, and shook his head silently for a long time: "This matter is related to the high officials in the court, and I can't do anything about it."

Seeing that Zhao Bai did not refuse, but lowered his head in thought, Wu Qingwan's eyes flashed with hope, but hearing Zhao Bai's words, those almond eyes that were still shining dimmed instantly.

Biting her pink lower lip tightly, Wu Qingwan's hand holding Zhao Bai's right arm gradually lost her strength. She raised her head, and there was a hint of pleading in her eager eyes, and said, "Brother Bai, think of a way, Help the fifth prince! The fifth prince has only one official in his hands, and because of this matter, he is so worried that he doesn't think about eating and drinking all day long. I see it and feel very distressed."

Sneered in my heart, what does Ning An not think about eating and drinking have anything to do with me?On the face, there was even more affection and helplessness, wondering: "It's not that I don't want to help, it's just that buying and selling official positions is not an ordinary matter, and it involves a lot. How can I intervene in this matter when I am dressed in white?"

The pleading in Wu Qingwan's eyes became deeper and deeper, like the undissolved green mud at the bottom of Mochou Lake, and there was a little sobbing in her voice: "Brother Bai, you don't even think about the fact that the concubine Xin poisoned the concubine Hui, who is loved by the emperor. If it can be resolved, this matter must be handled with ease, Wan'er begs you to help me!"

Concubine Xin is the biological mother of the hero Ning An, while Concubine Hui is a young concubine who has just entered the palace in recent years. She is favored by the emperor because of her intelligence and fun. She has been in the palace for less than five years and has no children.Perhaps because of jealousy, Concubine Xin bribed a maid next to Concubine Hui half a year ago to make her mix poison/drugs in Concubine Hui's makeup, intending to disfigure Concubine Hui.Unexpectedly, during the few days after the poisoning, Concubine Hui happened to be unwell and did not apply makeup, the little maid was so anxious that she was exposed.

As soon as this incident happened, the emperor was furious and ordered to seal Concubine Xin's palace and prohibit anyone from entering or leaving.After Ning An learned of her mother's crisis, she was eager to save her but had nothing to do, so she could only worry about it all day long.It was Wu Qingwan who found the original owner for help, which made Concubine Xin safe and concubine Xin regained her favor.

Zhao Bai didn't refute Wu Qingwan's suggestion of this matter, but his face was still full of embarrassment.

This move fell into Wu Qingwan's eyes, and she felt that Zhao Bai was a little loose, so she hurriedly continued, half persuading and half begging: "Besides, the Prime Minister's family is powerful, as long as Uncle Zhao gets involved, there will be no worries about this matter."

Before Wu Qingwan could speak the second half of the sentence, Zhao Bai's eyes, which were still full of doting, suddenly became sharp, as if the knife wind of the twelfth lunar month was blowing towards his face.Hearing the disappointment in Zhao Bai's tone, he said solemnly: "Buying and selling official positions is related to the foundation of the country. How can it be compared with the affairs of the harem? No matter how fierce the harem affairs are, there is nothing left but jealousy. It can decide life and death. However, the arbitrary arrangement of official positions is stealing the country, not to mention the prime minister's mansion, even if you have Wu's Pingdong County marquis mansion and the fifth prince's status as the prince, it will be difficult to save."

Zhao Bai's words shocked Wu Qingwan in place, since she could remember, Zhao Bai had never spoken to her in such a harsh tone.

Waking up from a trance, Wu Qingwan wanted to say something, but she couldn't make a sound because of Zhao Bai's increasingly cold and disappointed eyes. She opened and closed her lips a few times, and slowly slipped down the ten fingers holding onto Zhao Bai's right arm.When it slid to the sleeve hem, he seemed unwilling, struggled twice with his ten fingers, but finally did not dare to grab it again.

Seeing Wu Qingwan's resignation, Zhao Bai returned to the original owner's gentle eyes when he looked at Wu Qingwan, smiled and comforted: "Don't think about it, he is the prince, even if the officials have committed a heinous crime, they can't harm him."

"But, this is his only power..." Hearing Zhao Bai's gentleness, Wu Qingwan subconsciously acted like a coquettish and domineering person like before, but when she looked up, she saw Zhao Bai's eyes were cold, and the smile on her mouth was not as sincere as before, so she immediately fell silent.

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With his hands in his hands, Zhao Bai accompanied Wu Qingwan and stood quietly at the stern of the boat, so that Wu Qingwan could calm down and prevent the two princes in the boat from seeing the clue.

About a stick of incense/kung fu, Wu Qingwan turned back to the cabin with her head down.Zhao Bai glanced at her and saw that she looked lazy and seemed unhappy, so he knew that the matter was not completely over yet, and Wu Qingwan would definitely come to ask again.

Because the cloak was hanging by the door of the bow just now, Zhao Bai's clothes were thin at the moment, he couldn't hold back a shiver, and coughed a few times forcefully.It was so cold that Zhao Bai didn't bother to worry about staggering the time of entry and exit to avoid suspicion, so he hurried into the cabin gracefully.

The two of them are not stupid, even if you think about it with your ass, you know that he and Wu Qingwan came here specially, otherwise who would suffer from the cold wind blowing the lake?However, Zhao Bai forgot that not long ago he went to the bow of the boat to blow the lake wind for a while.

Back in the painting boat, a burst of warmth came over him, Zhao Bai felt comfortable all over, and his frozen body softened.When they went out before, the game of chess played by Ning An and Ning Zhi had already ended, but now Ning Zhi picked up the book again and read it with a relaxed expression.

Seeing Zhao Bai coming in with a cold air, Ning Zhi frowned, leaned forward and held Zhao Bai's frozen fingers.

Ning Zhi's hands were slightly bigger than Zhao Bai's, and at this moment, they just wrapped Zhao Bai's hands perfectly.The hands of the two were like a ball of fire surrounding a piece of ice, Ning Zhi scolded, "Why are you so incapable of taking care of your body?"

Wu Qingwan, who was standing behind Ning An, froze, squinted her eyes and pursed her lips for a while, hesitating for a while, and said in a calm tone: "It was the little girl who dragged Brother Bai out forcefully, the second prince should not blame Brother Bai."

In the blink of an eye, a strange light flashed in Ning Zhi's eyes, and Zhao Bai, who was facing him, could clearly see the murderous intent in those eyes.

Coughing lightly, Zhao Bai said slowly, "It's okay, even though it's been cold for a while, it won't cause you to catch the cold."

While speaking, Zhao Bai calmly withdrew Ning Zhi's palm from his hand and stuffed it into his sleeve.

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