Since Zhao Bai took the initiative to say that it's okay, the matter was also exposed.Ning Zhi was still facing Zhao Bai, telling him to pay attention to his body like teaching a child, Zhao Bai also listened with a smile, occasionally nodding in agreement, but he didn't know how much he listened to.

On the side, Ning An saw that Ning Zhi and Zhao Bai had no time to pay attention to his side, and secretly stretched out his hand to pull Wu Qingwan, asking with eyes.Wu Qingwan glanced at Zhao Bai, and shook her head slightly with shame on her face.

Upon receiving this answer, Ning An's eyes were full of dark tides, and he glared at Zhao Bai who was looking sideways at him with a gloomy expression.

Although he was listening to Ning Zhi's instruction, Zhao Bai only went in his left ear and out his right ear. He had noticed the situation there when Ning An secretly took Wu Qingwan's hand.When Ning An glared at him, Zhao Bai couldn't hold back a chuckle, which fell into Ning Zhi's eyes, in exchange for a mild reprimand.

After the reprimand, Ning Zhi knew that he had never listened to persuasion, so he was too lazy to waste his words and buried his head in the scroll again.

However, under the cover of the yellowed book paper, Ning Zhi glanced at Wu Qingwan, and then looked at Zhao Bai calmly.

Zhao Bai, who had found a soft stool and sat down to drink hot tea, noticed his gaze and looked back, only to see Ning Zhi seriously admiring the scroll in his hand, with a smile in his eyes, as if he saw something he liked very much. of the segment.

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Although the four of them had their own ghosts, they still had fun on the surface, reading and playing chess, drinking tea and talking about poetry, and they didn't leave until the sky was getting dark.

The Prince's Mansion is in the east of the city, while the residences of the Xiang's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion are in the west of the city. The four of them rode two by two in a carriage and went back to their respective mansions.Originally, because of the defense between men and women, according to Zhao Bai and the two princes, they wanted Wu Qingwan to ride alone in a carriage, but Wu Qingwan politely refused, saying that she and Zhao Bai were brothers and sisters, so there was no need to deliberately avoid suspicion.

Those almond eyes looked over like full of autumn water, Ning Andang even nodded in agreement, although Ning Zhi seemed displeased, he didn't say much.And Zhao Bai readily agreed according to his personality, as for his heart, it was just soldiers coming to cover up the water and soil, it depends on what tricks Wu Qingwan wants to play.

However, this time it was Zhao Bai who had thought too much, Wu Qingwan didn't even have the slightest cover-up, let alone a trick.Before getting on the carriage for half a street, Wu Qingwan grabbed Zhao Bai's arm and bluntly asked Zhao Bai to help.

"Bai Ri has made it clear that there is really no help in this matter." Although the words were harsh, Zhao Bai's tone was still gentle.

Wu Qingwan looked at Zhao Bai with a pitiful expression: "Brother Bai, the Fifth Prince was worried about this matter just after dinner. Although I intend to help but I don't understand political affairs, I can only beg you..."

No matter men or women, Zhao Bai has always been tired of dealing with delicate people, so he simply closed his eyes, pretending to be a man who doesn't like oil and salt but can't bear to refuse directly.

"Brother Bai, it's for me, only this time, Wan'er will never bother you about the fifth prince's affairs again." Wu Qingwan continued.

I believe you have ghosts.Zhao Bai complained in his heart, but he opened his eyes outside, looked at Wu Qingwan faintly, and said calmly: "Qingwan, if you beg me again, you will push me into the fire pit. The fifth prince's sorrow for hurting his power makes you sad , if I suffer for this matter, you won't feel guilty at all?"

Wu Qingwan's eyes widened from choking on a sentence of "criticism", and he hesitated for a long time before being able to answer.

It is impossible for Wu Qingwan to feel guilt and worry in her heart, and perhaps she has never considered how this matter will affect Zhao Bai at all.

In the original story line, Wu Qingwan has always come and gone as soon as the original owner is called, and only thinks of it when necessary.The original owner once hinted his intentions to Wu Qingwan quite clearly, but she sternly rejected her, and even said, "If brother Bai continues to do this, we will have nothing to do with each other." He put the words behind him again.

In Wu Qingwan's heart, perhaps Zhao Bai has never been regarded as a person who needs to care about his happiness and sorrow.

There was silence in the carriage, and the rustling of the wheels across the ground could be clearly heard.Zhao Bai put a blanket on his legs to keep out the cold, and kept his eyes closed as the carriage bumped, without saying a word.And Wu Qingwan, who was sitting next to him, lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking about. She glanced at Zhao Bai from time to time, opened and closed her lips, but didn't really speak.

The carriage with the verdant green curtains shuttled skillfully through the streets and alleys of Jinling City, all the way to a large and small mansion in the west of the city.

The west of Jinling City in the Great Zhou Dynasty had always been a non-official residence, but if you were an official, no matter how big or small, as long as you had enough money to build a house, you could live in the west of the city.Therefore, although the west of the city is known as the nobleman's land, the houses there are also of different sizes, and the most magnificent and majestic one is Wu's Pingdonghou Mansion, which is closest to the imperial city.

The main gate of Pingdonghou's Mansion was closed tightly, and the two big stone lions in front of the gate looked majestic. The carriage stopped against the east corner gate, and Zhao Bai, who was asleep with his eyes closed, also opened his eyes.

Before going out, it was known that they would return home, and just then the curtain of the carriage was opened, and a woman rushed out from the corner door to welcome Wu Qingwan out of the carriage.Zhao Baiduan sat in the carriage, didn't move a step, just smiled and nodded goodbye.

Seeing Zhao Bai's gentle attitude, Wu Qingwan opened her mouth to make a sound, but Zhao Bai pressed her index finger across the air, blocking her voice at her throat.

Zhao Bai smiled slightly: "If there is still a sliver of friendship for the past, there is nothing more to say."

Zhao Bai didn't want to entangle with the heroine, so he simply said harsh words, but now that the affairs of the officials are still undecided, and it's not yet time to take the next step, there is no need to tear yourself apart now.

The drawn curtains were lowered again, and the carriage slowly stopped within a short distance.Just now when he stopped in front of Pingdong Hou's mansion, someone from Xiang's mansion saw it from a distance, so Zhao Bai just dragged his frail body and moved slowly to the door curtain of the carriage, a hand came in through the gap in the curtain and opened the curtain.

Supported by the servants, he entered the mansion through the corner gate, went to the main house to greet the original owner's parents, Zhao Bai went back to the house alone, and remembered the words secretly written in Ning Zhi's palm when he was parting by the lake bank, and wondered what happened there .

At the same time, in the carriage to the east of the city, the atmosphere became very stiff from the moment the door curtain was drawn down. The two brothers were relatively speechless, thinking about their own affairs.

Ning An lowered his head and frowned, his fingertips tapped on the padded seat, thinking about something.Ning Zhi had a relaxed expression on his face, leaning on the carriage behind him, swaying slightly as he walked along the carriage.

After leaving the noisy lakeside and walking to a quiet street, Ning Zhi suddenly said, "Recently, the matter of the Ministry of Officials has caused a lot of discussion in the court, I wonder what the fifth younger brother thinks?"

Asked suddenly, Ning An looked suspicious, and said perfunctorily: "It's really abominable for officials to steal the country."

"Heh." Ning Zhi smiled lightly, but the corners of his mouth did not move, "All the money stolen from the country will be included in the third mansion in the east of the city."

The eldest prince died when he was young, and the third prince died of gangrene before the establishment of the mansion. The third mansion in the east of the city happened to be the mansion of the fifth prince.

The words were too clear, Ning An immediately changed his face, frowned and shouted: "Second brother, don't spit blood!"

Compared with Ning An's explosive aura, Ning Zhi's side was much calmer, and he said indifferently, "Why should fifth brother be so nervous? A piece of good wood comes over, isn't it just the money stolen from the country that has been melted into the house?"

As he said that, Ning Zhi frowned falsely: "Speaking of which, the official department is also shabby, and such a big event as the establishment of the mansion is only sent with a piece of wood. Mr. Zhou of the official department is really greedy and stingy."

Ning Zhi spoke in a sentence that was neither too long nor too short, and Ning An also calmed down.Ning An knew that he had lost his composure just now and was almost exposed. Don't overdo it, and continued flatly: "Second brother can't speak clearly, younger brother may be plotted behind his back without knowing it, so he has to be careful."

While talking, Ning An looked at Ning Zhi suspiciously, but Ning Zhi pretended not to understand what he said, and said to himself: "If you want to say that Mr. Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is stupid, you know how to spread it out." Now, most of the positions that the Ministry of Officials can independently decide are small officials. Even if they are sold twice as much as they are now, it will not have much impact on the country. What the father cares about is that the Ministry of Officials ignores his authority. As long as the authority is restored Give it to the father, or let the father find out, disposing of the officials will only lose more authority."

"For example, the left and right servants of the official department, one is the cousin of the fourth brother's wife's family, and the other is a fellow villager of the ninth brother's concubine."

As the carriage got closer and closer to the Prince's Mansion in the east of the city, Ning Zhi's voice became quieter, but he spoke clearly. When the carriage stopped in front of the Fifth Prince's Mansion, Ning Zhi happened to say the last word.

Ning An ignored Ning Zhi's words, and when the carriage stopped, he lifted the curtain to get out.Before jumping off the carriage, Ning An turned his head and glanced at Ning Zhi disdainfully, and said, "Why does Second Brother care so much about a traitor minister?"

After all, he turned his head and left without saying goodbye.

The Prince's Mansion is quite regulated, and the Second Prince's Mansion and the Fifth Prince's Mansion are separated by the Fourth Prince's Mansion, which is the most magnificent. There is still a short period of time before the carriage starts to stop again.

Before Ning An got off the carriage, he slapped him backwards, Ning Zhi seemed to have never heard of it, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.Today, Ning Zhi suddenly changed his previous attitude of being indifferent. The reason why he had such a long conversation with Ning An was that when he went ashore by the Mochou Lake, Zhao Bai used Ning Zhi to help him, and secretly wrote in Ning Zhi's palm: a word.

--"opposite"

This anti-nature is not a matter of conspiracy and rebellion, but doing the opposite.

The method Ning Zhi and Ning An just said is not wrong, or it can be said to be the only method.Among them, returning the authority to the emperor is not easy, it needs a good tongue, and the emperor happens to be in a good mood.However, the latter method is extremely simple.

Today's emperor likes to play tricks and balance among several sons. If the official department is replaced, it will lead to an imbalance of power among the princes. He must think about it carefully, and may even deliberately return the official department to Ning An.

This method is not profound, Ning An, as one of the princes who seized the heirloom, can think of this in a few days.However, Ning An is suspicious by nature. As Ning An's rival for the throne, he said these words. According to Ning An's temperament, no matter what the disciples say, he will definitely not follow through.

Moreover, the more Ning An can't find the loopholes in this method, the more he will stay away from this method.

It would be difficult for Ning An's officials to keep them.

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