Chapter 46: Let His Majesty lie down willingly...
As soon as Wen Xingfu lay down in the bed, he felt the quilt behind him being lifted up, and a warm source came in and quickly hugged his waist.
He turned his head in confusion and saw that Ning Wujie actually looked like he was going to take a nap with him and had closed his eyes consciously.
Wen Xing:?
The corner of his lip twitched. "Don't you have any official business to attend to today?"
Isn't this guy the king of rolls? Why don't you give him some work!
Ning Wujie opened his eyes, his gaze fixed on Wen Xing's fair neck. Fragments of hair tangled around the side of her snow-white neck, creating a stark contrast between black and white. This scene easily brought back memories of last night.
Wen Xing's sweat-soaked hair wrapped around her neck, meandering to her collarbone and smooth shoulders. Her watery eyes were like the surface of a clear lake, with ripples called lust spreading out on the lake, one after another, and she gradually lost consciousness.
His eyes darkened. His Adam's apple rolled, and he said in a hoarse voice, "I'll go after Your Majesty is asleep." He then pulled his arms closer, hugging Wen Xing tighter. He buried his nose in the crook of Wen Xing's neck, trying to use the ambergris to suppress the heat in his body.
Wen Xing frowned.
Too self-conscious.
It was so conscious that Wen Xing felt a sense of horror.
Are young people who have tasted the sweetness of life so clingy? How scary!
Wen Xing regretted for the thousandth time in his heart that he had teased someone without any bottom line and teased her into bed. In the end, not only did he not force her to turn over, but he also turned her into a clingy person.
In late spring, the temperature difference between day and night is large. Although it's still cool at night, it's almost noon now, the heat is rising, and the temperature has suddenly increased. If the two of them continue to be so close together, Wen Xing will not be able to lie still.
What's more, this kid's body temperature is higher than that of ordinary people. Being close to him is like hugging a heater on a hot day. He is almost sweating after just hugging him for a while.
He turned around and used his hands to push the person away, "Don't come close, you're so hot."
Ning Wujie lowered his eyes and watched Wen Xing stretch out his arms, using both palms to push away his chest to create distance, his face darkened.
His voice turned sinister: "Your Majesty even held me in his arms at night."
Still holding his...
It wasn’t too hot then!
"Night is night." Wen Xing frowned dissatisfiedly, "You are so hot now."
Ning Wujie: ...
He took several deep breaths to suppress the heat in his body and said stubbornly, "It will be gone in a while."
"No." Wen Xing refused. "I'm not cold now. I don't need you. Go down."
Now... not needed?
This tyrant emperor really just treated him as a toy to be thrown away after use.
Ning Wujie stared at Wen Xing with a gloomy look, as if he wanted to stare a hole in this heartless man to see if there was a beating heart in his chest.
There was a sound of cicadas outside the window.
Seeing that the person was just staring at him without moving, Wen Xingxiu's long brows slowly furrowed, and his voice became a little colder, "Are you going to disobey the order again?"
Ning Wujie closed his eyes deeply, and finally gritted his teeth and turned over to get off the bed.
He went behind the screen to change his clothes, but heard Xing suddenly say, "Is it a routine matter for Xu Chongyun to come to your house to be rewarded?"
Ning Wujie hesitated a little while before putting on his clothes, "Yes."
"Your Majesty doubts him?"
Xu Chongyun did not participate when all officials adjourned the court. Although he had advised the emperor not to favor him too much, now everyone in the court regarded him as a disaster, so this kind of advice was nothing surprising.
In the previous case of embezzlement of the national treasury, the Ministry of War was the cleanest.
Wen Xing hummed, "I can't really say."
It was very strange. Wen Xing thought, this Xu Chongyun was so clean that there was nothing wrong with him, but it was his subordinate Shao Jianan who suppressed the case of embezzlement of national treasury, and now it was him who went to Ning Zheng's house to reward him.
Although the rumor was not spread by Xu Chongyun, he even took the initiative to stop his subordinates from spreading it.
But Wen Xing always had the feeling that this person always walked past the quagmire but never got involved in any dirt.
Is it an illusion?
He thought for a moment and then asked, "What about those old colleagues who visited your home?"
Ning Wujie thought for a moment and said, "It can't be them. Besides, this rumor has been spreading like wildfire. Even if it's not them, sooner or later someone else will tell my father and brother about it."
"But... just to be on the safe side, I'll have someone investigate thoroughly."
We must be on guard against others, and even the old members of the Ningyuan Army cannot be trusted easily.
Wen Xing nodded, "You decide."
After he finished speaking, he yawned, found a comfortable position and fell asleep.
Ning Wujie added, "I have found the clue that Wang Jiang has."
Wen Xing slowly opened his eyes.
Ning Wujie glanced at him with a solemn expression, and seemed to hesitate for a moment before saying, "The late emperor died of poisoning."
"I checked the daily records of the late emperor on the day of his death. Those who entered the late emperor's bedroom included the empress dowager, an old minister entrusted with the care of the orphan, and Yang Qi, the commander of the five armies."
"In addition to the Grand Tutor, the other important ministers entrusted with the care of the orphan at that time included the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of War, Xu Chongyun."
"The Grand Tutor would naturally not plot to murder the late Emperor. The Minister of Revenue has long been executed. As for Xu Chongyun..." Ning Wujie paused, "He is too clean. I cannot find any suspicious points in him."
Wen Xing's brows slowly frowned.
"But the Empress Dowager did have a motive. Your Majesty was only eleven years old at the time. Although you were nominally the legitimate son, Concubine Li, who was deeply favored by the late emperor, also had a son, Prince Xiang. Prince Xiang was already over twenty at the time. If the eldest son was the heir, he would be more suitable to succeed the throne."
"But after the late emperor passed away, the empress dowager produced a will that passed the throne to the seventh prince, meaning you will succeed him, and the empress dowager and a group of old ministers who were entrusted with the care of the orphan will assist in governing the country. Prince Xiang was sent back to his fiefdom and is never allowed to enter the capital again."
Wen Xing looked up at him, "Are you saying that the Empress Dowager poisoned the late Emperor and forged the imperial edict?"
In fact, the empress dowager's motives are very easy to understand. Although Wen Xing is the legitimate son, he is the first heir in terms of the establishment of the legitimate heir. However, his biological mother is a Hu Ji. In this feudal dynasty that emphasizes pure blood, this kind of mixed blood is not a good thing.
The late emperor had an adult prince, so from any perspective, it would be more appropriate to enthronize Prince Xiang.
The Queen Mother felt threatened, so she took the initiative.
Ning Wujie lowered his eyes. "This is my conjecture. The evidence in Wang Jiang's hand is a sealed medical record written by the late Emperor's last doctor, Doctor Hu. However, Doctor Hu drowned shortly after the late Emperor's death. As for how this medical record ended up in the Duke of Danyang's mansion, Wang Jiang said he wasn't quite sure. He only knew that Doctor Hu and the Duke of Danyang had some friendship."
"The medical records say the late emperor was poisoned by arsenic."
Wen Xing quickly reviewed this information in his mind and guessed what Ning Wujie would say next: "You mean to say that the Queen Mother's hidden chess piece in the Imperial Guard is this Yang Qi?"
Ning Wujie nodded. "I have investigated Yang Qi's background. He once had a sister who entered the palace and was made a beauty. However, two years later, she mysteriously died in a well. The palace gave him no explanation, only saying that she fell into the water accidentally."
"I guess..." Ning Wujie said, "He holds a grudge, so he joined forces with the Queen Mother to take revenge on the late Emperor."
"If he is an accomplice to the assassination of the late emperor, then Yang Qi's alliance with the Queen Mother is undoubtedly unbreakable."
Wen Xing pondered, "The Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies not only controls the Imperial Guards, but can also mobilize the three major camps in the capital at will. Even if your Ning family has veterans in the three major camps, I'm afraid they would be unable to resist this man. He is the Queen Mother's strength. Have you thought of a countermeasure?"
Ning Wujie lowered his eyes, a glint flashing in his eyes, "I want to investigate an old case. Once I find out, perhaps I will find a solution."
Wen Xing looked at his confident and determined expression, and his whole body seemed to be bathed in the golden glow of the midday sun.
He suddenly felt a little dry in the mouth.
No, no, he felt that he might have become addicted to it.
He quickly turned over and closed his eyes, "I'm going to sleep, you go down."
Ning Wujie looked at him helplessly, and seeing that he only left the back of his head to him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
This heartless and tyrant.
He had no choice but to get up and change his clothes. When he came out after changing his clothes, he saw that Wen Xing was already asleep.
He tiptoed out the door, closed it behind him, and called out from the corridor, "Suixing."
The shadow guard fell down in response.
"What are your orders, sir?"
Ning Wujie said, "Send someone to investigate the background of the officials who visited the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion yesterday. If they are former members of the Ningyuan Army, investigate their interactions with people after they were transferred to the capital." He thought for a moment, recalling Ning Zheng's story, and then instructed, "Especially Han Jin."
Jupiter replied, and then disappeared.
*
Because he had been having a lot of trouble with Wen Xing recently, Ning Wujie was reluctant to let him go, and he always found himself sleeping with the tyrant until noon without realizing it, so a lot of official business had piled up recently.
Now that he was driven out by Wen Xing, he simply went to the imperial study and planned to deal with all the backlog of affairs.
So the lights in the imperial study stayed on until the next day—
The sky was bright and the sunlight shone on the figure resting at the desk. It was unknown how long he had slept.
A conversation could be heard outside the imperial study: "Is Wujie in there?"
The eunuch on duty said, "Master Ning has been working at his desk all night and is now asleep. Would you like to wait for a moment, Young Master?"
Ning Wujie heard the noise, his eyelashes twitched, and he regained consciousness.
He let out a long sigh, then stood up, rubbed his tired eyes, and said to the outside of the hall: "Who's outside?"
“Wujie, it’s brother!”
The sound arrives before the person arrives.
Ning Wujie's forehead twitched, and he looked warily at Ning Buhuo who was about to step into the palace.
"Why are you here again? I said I'm not going back."
But Ning Buhuo came over, picked up a chair and sat down in front of him with his legs crossed, resting his fists on his knees, looking at him with a smile.
Ning Wujie had a bad premonition in his heart.
When he got into trouble as a child, the idiot Ning Buhuo acted like a good brother and talked to him. This is what he did.
Ning Wujie closed his eyes helplessly, "What do you want to say?"
He was ready to accept Ning Buhuo's outspoken words.
Ning Buhuo said in a gentle voice: "No disaster."
Ning Wujie saw him hesitating and said coldly, "If you have something to fart, do it now."
Ning Buhuo was a little cold, but he was not annoyed.
This is how his younger brother is. He is polite to everyone but is like a hedgehog to him. He has used all the nasty words in his life to scold his brother.
But what he wanted to say was indeed a little difficult to say. He tightened and loosened his fists on his knees, and finally, under Ning Wujie's puzzled and disgusted gaze, he made up his mind and said, "Brother went to the Jade Shop yesterday."
Ning Wujie's brows slowly furrowed. The name didn't sound like a serious place.
He looked at Ning Buhuo in confusion and saw that his neck was actually starting to turn red.
Ning Wujie reacted quickly, his pupils shrank, and his voice became higher-pitched: "You're going to a brothel?"
Ning Buhuo quickly said seriously: "No, I'm going to ask someone for advice!"
He thought about it, then made up his mind. With a red face, he took out a scroll from his pocket and pushed it in front of Ning Wujie. He said desperately, "Brother, let me be frank. I've asked around. Doing that between men is different from doing it between men and women. It's much more troublesome."
"I believe that His Majesty, despite his immense wealth, would not teach you these things, and he does not need to learn them."
He almost didn't dare open his eyes, and was determined to finish what he wanted to say before the shame caught up with him. "But you're different. You have to take care of your body. I got this fire-proof diagram from the waiter there. It has detailed instructions on how to do it. I don't understand it, and I haven't seen it..."
Ning Wujie listened to Ning Buhuo's endless chatter, and in front of him was an unfolded scroll, which described in detail the preparatory work that a man should do when having sex, the precautions during the process, and even the subsequent processing and maintenance.
"Looking at your appearance yesterday, I'm sure you must have suffered a lot in His Majesty's bed. I really can't bear it..."
Ning Wujie's lips twitched, and he couldn't bear it any longer and pinched Ning Buhuo's jaw, interrupting the idiot's words.
Ning Buhuo was pinched by a huge force and felt pain. He opened his eyes suddenly and saw his brother's face full of gloom.
Ning Wujie twitched the corner of his lips and said sinisterly, "Since you are such a good teacher, why don't you teach His Majesty?"
Ning Buhuo was being pinched and spoke vaguely, "Your Majesty? He doesn't need it."
"Hey, you don't understand. The one above doesn't need to be..."
Before he could finish his words, he felt the force pinching him getting stronger, almost crushing his jaw.
The look in his brother's eyes as he looked at him was almost real, as if he wanted to tear him into pieces.
Ning Wujie's voice was as cold as ice, and he spoke each word with emphasis: "I don't need it."
Ning Buhuo was stunned for a moment, and after a while, his brain reacted, and suddenly, as if he understood something, his eyes lit up: "You...you mean..."
Seeing that this idiot finally understood, Ning Wujie let him go, pushed the Fire Repellent Diagram again, and said with a gloomy face: "Take your broken diagram and get out."
Ning Buhuo looked Ning Wujie up and down in disbelief, then suddenly patted his brother's shoulder and said excitedly, "Great!"
Ning Wujie's eyebrows twitched, and he glanced over again with vigilance, "What's good about that?"
But his brother grinned, "As expected of my brother, you are really promising!"
That's His Majesty!
His brother is really capable of making His Majesty lie down willingly!
The dragon-riding boy!
Ning Wujie rubbed his temples fiercely, looking at Ning Buhuo with a puzzled and cold gaze, "What? Yesterday you thought I was in dire straits, but today you're so promising?"
His voice was sinister again, "Do you dare to tell His Majesty this?"
Ning Buhuo's smile faded, and he said quickly, "That's not what I meant."
"What do you mean?"
Ning Buhuo's face froze. Knowing he had no way to defend himself, he could only put on a flattering smile and pushed the scroll back. "Then for the sake of His Majesty's health, please take a good look at it."
Ning Wujie glared at him and said, "Don't you want to save me from this trouble again?" As he spoke, he reached out and pulled the scroll back.
Although that person still refused to let him go, Ning Wujie felt that it was better to be prepared.
Sooner or later he would have to...
Ning Buhuo chuckled, "I do, but it's not that urgent anymore."
He patted Ning Wujie's shoulder and said reassuringly, "As long as you don't suffer, I'll be relieved."
Hearing this, the coldness in Ning Wujie's eyes suddenly disappeared, and he said "hmm" lightly.
However, the gentleness on his face only lasted for a moment, and then he picked up a memorial and ordered him to leave. "I still have official business to attend to. Please go back."
Ning Buhuo stood up with a smile, "Then my brother is leaving. You should go home and visit him when you have time."
Ning Wujie's eyes fell on the memorial. Upon hearing this, his eyelashes fluttered slightly, and he said indifferently, "Don't do anything stupid, and I'll go back."
Ning Buhuo knew his brother was still mad at him for knocking someone out and sending them back to the northwest, so he gave a wry smile and patted Ning Wujie's head apologetically, like trying to comfort the little wolf cub from his childhood who would get angry at the slightest provocation. "Okay, I get it. There won't be a next time."
Ning Wujie frowned and leaned back to avoid Ning Buhuo's palm.
Ning Buhuo smiled and waved at him, "Let's go."
"Um."
Ning Buhuo walked out of the palace, looked back at Ning Wujie who was holding the memorial and looking intently, raised a relaxed smile, and left with big strides.
*
Tangquan Palace.
A spy knelt on one knee, bowed his head and said, "When Ning Buhuo left the palace, he didn't seem to have any abnormalities and went straight back home."
"Our people also took the opportunity of visiting the Marquis' Mansion to conduct an open and secret investigation. They said that Ning Zheng and his son have not made any moves so far. They also heard Ning Buhuo say to Ning Zheng... that his brother is a young man riding a dragon."
Wang Fuwei's brows were furrowed tightly, not understanding what he was saying. "What do you mean by a dragon-riding boy?"
The spy shook his head, "I don't know."
"Our people also overheard it when they passed by the study. Just to hear this sentence clearly, our people were discovered by Ning Buhuo and almost exposed. But fortunately, Ning Buhuo didn't seem to care, so it shouldn't be a secret."
Wang Fuwei couldn't believe it: "Ning Zheng is so indifferent when his son is rumored to be the source of trouble?"
That is the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, the pillar of the country in the hearts of many soldiers of Dachen.
Now, Ning Wujie has appeared, treated as a favorite twin and constantly hanging out with the tyrant emperor, bringing shame to the Ning family's ancestors, and yet they can remain calm?!
Given Ning Zheng's unyielding character, shouldn't he have rebuked the tyrant emperor long ago?
Yang Qi said from the side, "Perhaps Ning Zheng feels that his son's power is exactly what he wants."
Wang Fuwei waved his hand: "No."
"Ning Zheng is known for his strict family management. Even if it weren't for himself, for the reputation of their Ning family, he would never allow his son to become a disaster to the country and a sinner for all eternity."
A hint of unwillingness flashed in her eyes, and she whispered to herself, "Why is there no movement?"
Yang Qi soothed her, "Your Majesty, please be patient. They have only been back for a few days, so perhaps they haven't figured out a plan yet. Or perhaps they have already taken action, but it's just not been noticed by outsiders."
"When the Ning family makes a move and has a conflict with Your Majesty, we can add fuel to the fire and achieve twice the result with half the effort."
Wang Fuwei's armor dug into the armrest of the seat, and he suppressed the inexplicable irritation in his heart. "I hope so."
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