bastard returns

"His Royal Highness." Ning Yuan bowed solemnly, "Xiaosheng is polite."

"You...you..." Princess Wanyi was obviously terrified, her lips turned blue, and said incredulously, "you...how could..."

"Didn't the princess want to ask if Xiaosheng is dead?" Ning Yuan got up and smiled, "Xiaosheng is a lucky man, and he was lucky to survive, which shocked the princess."

Princess Wanyi clutched the skirt of her chest tightly, and it took a while to recover, her lips trembled for a while, and she said to Chun Yu behind her: "You wait outside, don't come in without my order."

"But Princess..." Chun Yu wanted to refute, but seeing Wanyi's eyes, he glanced at Ning Yuan again, nodded, and said, "The servant is guarding the door."

Princess Wanyi took a deep breath, looked at Ning Yuan, took out the letter he had received, and asked, "You called me out with this fake letter in the name of that person. How did you know the identity of that person...Could it be that he told you himself?"

Ning Yuan sat down again, still smiling, "I'm just guessing."

Princess Wanyi was taken aback.

"Presumably the princess has read a lot of poems and books, so he should understand the four words that soldiers never tire of deceit." Ning Yuan said: "Of course I didn't make random guesses, but I saw some clues before, so I took a chance and didn't want to really do it. Hit and hit."

"You." Princess Wanyi pursed her lips, and suddenly took a deep breath, her knees softened, and she knelt down towards Ning Yuan, "I was at fault for what happened that day, and it had nothing to do with that person , he doesn’t even know about it, if Mr. Ning wants revenge, just come for me, please don’t get him involved.”

"I believe what you said." Ning Yuan looked at Wanyi who was kneeling in front of him, but didn't let her get up. He was almost killed by her. He could bear this kneeling, "Although Xie Changqing and I Not too familiar, but there is always some friendship, and I understand his temperament. Although he is a bit arrogant and arrogant, he has always been a rigid master character, and he will never do anything to frame others, let alone Not to mention disregarding human life."

When it came to the words of disregarding human life, Ning Yuan emphasized his tone, and Princess Wanyi's body also trembled.

Looking at Princess Wanyi's pale and terrified face, but trying not to cry, the thoughts in Ning Yuan's mind really turned back and forth. He was almost killed by the person in front of him, no matter whether the other party was intentional or not. According to Ning Yuan's personality in the past, he would definitely make the other party pay with blood, but firstly, Princess Wanyi's incident had a reason, and it was not really vicious. In addition, Tian Buwei did not hesitate to offend others for the sake of Gao Yu. Although Ning Yuan was angry at Princess Wanyi's actions, he really had no intention of seeking revenge on her, and Ning Yuan also Knowing that, instead of spending too much energy getting involved with Princess Wanyi, it is better to use this line to thoroughly figure out who is behind the scenes. To capture the thief, you have to capture the king first.

In the past two months, Ning Yuan has thought about who the mysterious lover of Princess Wanyi is, and it is very logical to think of Xie Changqing. Princess Wanyi glanced at Ning Yuan's table from time to time. At that time, Ning Yuan thought that Princess Wanyi was looking at her, but now that she thinks about it, she is actually looking at someone who is at the same table as her. Xie Changqing, and after he and Hu Yanyuanchen found Zhao Mo and Jing Yi came back, they also accidentally ran into Xie Changqing talking to a woman hiding behind a tree. Ning Yuan didn't see the woman's face clearly, but he saw the woman clearly The pink gauze dress she wore, now recalling it again, wasn't Princess Wanyi the only one who wore the pink gauze dress that day.

Of course, guesses are guesses. Even if it is obvious, Ning Yuan knows that he must not be hasty, so he made an unsigned appointment note in the name of Xie Changqing, to see if he can defraud Princess Wanyi, and in order to be realistic , he still asked Jing Yi to come forward to the Hanlin Academy, and made up a random excuse for Xie Changqing to write a note in his own hand. Not wanting to cheat, Princess Wanyi really came out.

"Get up first." Seeing Wanyi kneeling on the ground, Ning Yuan shook his head.

Wanyi raised her head and glanced at Ning Yuan, seeing that Ning Yuan's expression did not look like she was going to be angry, she stood up tremblingly and sat down on a stool beside her.

"If you have a relationship with Xie Changqing, although I am surprised, it is not difficult to understand." Ning Yuan said: "Xie Changqing, although he is a bit serious, looks dignified and is a new champion. Now that there is a relationship between them, why not report to the Eldest Princess and let her decide to ask the emperor to give her a marriage, so why bother to give others a handle by giving and receiving in private."

"I..." Princess Wanyi lowered her head, and said after a while: "There is no love between us, it's just my wishful thinking..."

Ning Yuan was taken aback.

"It's true that I like him, and I have shown my heart to him, but he always said that he is only willing to marry a commoner woman to accompany him until he dies, and it is impossible to have any involvement with the palace gate palace, so he has never accepted this kind of love. .”

"Then you..." Ning Yuan said in surprise, "Since one has intentions and the other has no intentions, why would you..."

"Changqing, he would go to the Jianghua Canal to pay respects to his relatives on every full moon night." Wanyi interrupted him, "He didn't know that I had figured out her whereabouts, and I followed him every time." , Of course I will not bother him, I just look at him in a place where I will not be found, and when he leaves, I will return to the palace... Other than this, it is really difficult for me to find a chance to meet him. "

"So that's how it is." Ning Yuan nodded, "So you will also agree to the marriage proposal of the Ningguo Mansion this time, and now it seems that it is reasonable."

"It can be regarded as an end to my innocent thoughts." Princess Wanyi said here, her eyes drooped, and two tears fell, "But I never thought that I would really marry Ning Yi for the sake of it." Wife, I just thought that since I have already bore an innocent life, it’s okay to give up this body, and when I get married and fulfill my grandmother’s long-cherished wish, I will atone for my sin with death.” She wiped the corners of her eyes. , and raised his head again, "It's just that I didn't expect that you are still alive, which makes me feel more at ease."

"Forget it, I invited the princess here today, just to ask you who is threatening you." Ning Yuan finally asked what he wanted to ask the most today.

"It's His Royal Highness." Princess Wanyi didn't hesitate, "He said he already knew about my meeting with Changqing at night, if you don't want this incident to go to grandma and hurt Changqing, then let me follow what he said I'm really sorry for doing...the thing that framed you, but I can't just watch Changqing have an accident..."

"Do you know who is conspiring behind the Fourth Highness?" Ning Yuan continued to ask.

"I don't know the rest." Wanyi shook her head, "I seldom leave the palace, and only His Highness the Fourth Highness can get in touch with him when he enters the palace. I don't know what kind of people are around him."

"Is that so?" Ning Yuan thought for a moment, "Then do you still remember that when you went out of the palace at night, were you ever spotted by someone you knew?"

"Acquaintances?" Wanyi shook her head, "To be on the safe side, every time I go out of the palace, I take a secret path and cover my face, so I'm almost never noticed... By the way, there was one time." As if he suddenly remembered something, "Once when I was preparing to go back to the palace quietly, I accidentally bumped into some young masters who got off the painting boat on the bank of the river."

The high-end painting boat by the pier has always been a place that some noble children in Huajing like to patronize, and it is reasonable for Princess Wanyi to meet these people.

"Most of those boats played and sang non-stop all night long. Usually, at that time, there were no people on the river bank, and most of the people who drank in the boats would not come out again. But that day I happened to meet a few people who were just about to disembark. Young master, it's just that my veil is tightly covered and I'm wearing a cloak, so they probably didn't recognize me."

"Whether they recognized you or not is uncertain, but among those young masters, is there anyone you recognize?" Ning Yuan asked.

"Yes, I know one." Princess Wanyi thought for a while, "It's the heir of the Duke of Meng's mansion, Meng Zhifan."

Sure enough, Ning Zhongkun said so, and now Princess Wanyi also said so, it seems that the bad luck he encountered this time must have something to do with Meng Zhifan.Ning Yuan let out a sigh of relief, and suddenly said to Princess Wanyi: "Princess, are you really willing to marry into Duke Ning's mansion? If you don't want to, maybe I can help you, but the premise is that you You must cooperate with me."

"Do I have any other choice? On the surface, this matter is only my marriage with Ningguo Duke's Mansion, but there is the shadow of the fourth prince in it. If they anger Changqing because of this..."

"No, you can rest assured about this. They have misled the eldest princess and pinned the crime on me. If they dig Xie Zhangqing out at this time, they will only slap themselves in the face. Don't say anything else. When the eldest princess realizes After I am used as a gunman, I am afraid that the first one will not let them go."

"...I won't marry." Wanyi pursed her lips tightly, "If I had a choice, I wouldn't marry."

"Okay, please cooperate with me a little bit on the wedding day." Ning Yuan chuckled, "I will definitely not let Ning Yicai pay homage to you successfully."

After Princess Wanyi left, Ning Yuan did not follow, but sat in the room and waited for a while. Soon, Huyan Yuanchen, dressed in night clothes, led Yan Fei in, and said in a low voice: "The matter is very serious. It went well, the person who came out of the palace picked up the jade pendant, and it must have been delivered to the eldest princess by now."

"If I can see it, I really want to see the expression of His Royal Highness the Princess." Ning Yuan stood up and stretched, "Okay, then let's wait until the day of Ningfu's wedding to sing the big show, these villains hug each other and like it If you trip someone up, don't blame me for repaying him with the same way."

And soon, it was the day when Ning Guogong's eldest son Ning Yicai got married...