A servant took the chessboard away. Xiao Tang walked with him. Upon hearing this, he pinched his waist and said, "I will definitely win next time!"
"Well, Your Highness the Crown Prince is extremely intelligent. Playing chess shouldn't be difficult for you." Lin Su pulled his hand, held it, and said with a smile.
Xiao Tang wanted to beat him. This man was so arrogant even though he had clearly lost. He must, must... It wouldn't be too late to teach him a lesson after he had practiced chess hard.
Cheng Ze Rui sentenced him to death three days later. The one who was most anxious was not him, but Ning Yin, who had paid a large sum of money to be imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice. "General Cheng, how could this be?"
"The evidence is conclusive, and you have testified for me. This is the decision of His Majesty, and no one can change it." Cheng Ze Rui was naturally indignant, but power plays tricks on people, and it was obvious who those people in the court were biased towards. The officials protected each other, and it was not something that someone like him who had nothing could resist.
Only now did he understand the meaning of what the general who once guided him said. The general's armor could block the swords and spears on the battlefield, but it could not block the pens in the hands of scholars. How sad.
"Those people are truly shameless." Ning Yin looked at him and said, "Do you remember who deliberately tried to trip you up in court?"
"I don't know him, I just remember his face." Cheng Ze Rui looked at him and said.
He was not familiar with the officials in the court. The reason why he remembered their faces was his instinct in fighting on the battlefield. He could not let the enemy easily put on their clothes and sneak in.
"What should we do then?" Ning Yin was also anxious.
"It wasn't easy for you to get in this time. Don't come again under the current circumstances. If you get involved with me, I'm afraid you'll be in trouble." Cheng Ze Rui looked at him deeply. "I remember your kindness in visiting me now. If you can wait until the new emperor ascends the throne..."
He recalled the quarrel at the palace banquet that day. The emperor today was like this, and the future emperor might not be able to redress the grievances of an unknown person like him. Why would he cause trouble for this person for no reason?
He watched with his own eyes the man in front of him grow from a weak boy to what he is today, watched him practice until his hands were covered with blisters but he never gave up, watched him go from not daring to approach a horse to riding a horse and shooting an arrow, shared the joys and sorrows with him in the northwest, been saved by him, and had his life saved by him.
She didn't know when she had other thoughts about a man, but Ning Yin might not like men, so she thought of suppressing such thoughts and taking them into the yellow sand, but she didn't expect that they would be buried in the dirty soil of the capital.
Things that were not said before are no longer necessary to be said now that everyone is dying.
"Forget it, take care of yourself. If you go to the battlefield in the future, you need to be more careful." Cheng Ze Rui said.
"I know you don't believe me, but actually..." Ning Yin knew that he couldn't save him by his own strength. Only by going back, only by going home could he save this man's life. "Wait for me, believe me, I will definitely save you, definitely!"
He stood up in a hurry, turned around and left as if he had made a decision. Cheng Ze Rui saw his expression, quickly stood up and chased him to the prison door, saying, "Don't do anything stupid!"
Unfortunately, Ning Yin had already turned around from the end of the cell without even looking back.
The matter of Cheng Ze Rui seemed to have been settled. The Queen Mother in the Palace and the Prince's Mansion had been in frequent contact with the Northwest Marshal's Mansion. Gifts were sent in continuously, but there was no response from either side. Now that the matter was settled, the Northwest Marshal's Mansion returned the prince's gifts.
Xiao Tang looked at the returned items and then sent a box into Prime Minister Ning's mansion.
"Dad, why can't you save him? He played a huge role in this battle. If it weren't for him, I would have died on the battlefield." Ning Yin returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, which made Prime Minister Ning and his wife feel deeply moved and distressed. However, the request he made was directly rejected by Prime Minister Ning.
"How dare you say that? Shuang'er, a good girl, ran away to the military camp and mixed with a bunch of grown men. Do you still want to get married in the future?" Ning Xiang became angry when he mentioned this. "It's not that Dad doesn't agree to you now, but the time is not right."
"The right time? He's going to execute Dad in two days. Do we have to wait until he's dead before the time comes?" Ning Yin circled around him, insisting, "Dad, just save him once because he's saved me so many times. If you agree to save him, I will..."
Ning Xiang looked at him and asked, "What about you?"
Although life in the border area is hard, it is very free, especially under Cheng Ze Rui's command. The soldiers are all brothers who have shared life and death with each other. But this time, most of the people who stayed in the border area were Cheng Ze Rui's subordinates.
He wanted to go back there, but if he went home this time, it would be impossible to escape next time. Ning Yin gritted his teeth and said, "If you save him, I will stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion and not go anywhere else."
"Are you serious?" Ning Xiang looked at him and said, "Dad asked you to marry well?"
"Who to marry?" Ning Yin felt very sad.
He had run to the border before because his father had arranged a marriage for him against his will. Now he had no choice but to compromise, but at least he had to know who he was marrying.
"Your father intends to make you the Crown Prince's concubine. The current Crown Prince is both talented and handsome. He has both the heart and the talent to govern a country. He is definitely a good man with both talent and beauty." Ning Xiang said, "You were not satisfied with the previous one, but you should be satisfied with this one."
"I won't marry him." Ning Yin retorted subconsciously, "He's trying to win over the Northwest Grand Marshal now. He's obsessed with his future throne, so how could he care less about General Cheng's life or death? He's so unclear about right and wrong. I won't marry him."
Since he came to Beijing, he not only heard Cheng Ze Rui's praise for Lin Su, but also heard people in Beijing praise the current prince. They praised him for his clear mind, his love for the people like his own children, and his outstanding talent and appearance.
He was born with good fortune, had countless political achievements, and loved his people like his own children. Such a future emperor is truly something people yearn for.
But Cheng Ze Rui was imprisoned, and the Prince's Mansion was in an ambiguous relationship with the Northwest Marshal's Mansion. The behavior of trying to win over made Ning Yin feel that the capital was particularly terrifying. There was no justice here, no good or evil in human hearts, only power. Even people like the clear wind and bright moon were immersed in this mud.
It is not that easy to stay clean in the mud.
"You sound like you have a deep grudge against him." Ning Xiang had reached such a high position in the court, so how could he not read people's expressions? Seeing his expression, he asked, "Could it be that you have already met the Crown Prince?"
Ning Yin's thoughts were revealed by him. He took a deep breath and said, "He is not a good master. Dad, you have always been aloof. Is it because his position is becoming more and more stable that you want to marry him?"
"The Crown Prince is not what you say." Ning Xiang said, "You stay away from the court. The most important thing in the court is to ignore the surface..."
"Anyway, I won't marry. Whoever wants to marry can marry. If you don't save him, I would have died at the border without him and would not be able to come back to see you. If he dies, I will hit my head against this pillar and die." Ning Yin waved his sleeves and sat aside.
Ning Xiang sighed and was about to say something when a servant hurried in, holding a box in his hand and said, "Prime Minister, the Crown Prince has sent someone to deliver something."
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