bastard returns

When everyone upstairs heard the sound, they immediately cleaned up the silver coins scattered on the table and sat upright one by one. Then, seeing Ning Zhongkun's magnificent court clothes, they walked up the stairs very eye-catchingly.

The moment he saw the clothes on his body, some of the group of aristocrats were immediately happy and some were worried. Those who won the money raised their lips and snickered, while those who lost the money cursed inwardly in annoyance. There is something wrong with Ning Zhongkun. No, it's such a dress again, doesn't it mean that he never washes his clothes?

Ning Zhongkun didn't notice the faces of these people, so he sat down on his own, and finally someone couldn't help it, and asked tactfully: "Jing Shizi's court clothes are really stylish, no wonder you wear them every day , but it must be very troublesome when cleaning it?"

"That's natural." Ning Zhongkun didn't doubt him, and said carelessly: "The clothes are expensive, and it takes several servants to wash them carefully from the inside to the outside for several hours to get them clean, and they can't be dried or baked. It can only be air-dried naturally, and it will take two or three days to calculate everything, otherwise I would not have asked a tailor to make many pieces according to the style so that they can be worn in rotation."

"So that's how it is." The man nodded suddenly, and the others laughed when they heard this, even if they had doubts in their hearts. They didn't expect Ning Zhongkun to be so vain, and even made many pieces according to the style. Big joke.

Of course, Ning Zhongkun would not know that these people were laughing at him, but he only thought that others were envious, and then began to boast about the rewards allocated by the emperor and Duke Ning after he became the son of the prince. No matter who was present, they had heard the words over and over again several times, and few of them really took it to heart, and instead whispered about other things.

Ning Zhongkun may have seen that not many people were listening to him seriously, and his voice gradually disappeared. His mouth was dry after talking too much, and because he drank two pots of tea, he felt a little anxious now, so He got up and went downstairs to the latrine, but when he came back, he was stopped by a servant girl on the stairs.

"Shizi Ning is well." The young lady bowed her knees and bowed, "I don't know if the prince is free, our lady would like to invite the prince to talk."

"Your lady?" Ning Zhongkun frowned. From the attire of this girl, it was impossible to tell which servant she came from in the capital, but the clothes were of good style, and there were one or two pieces of jewelry. She must have belonged to a wealthy family.Ning Zhongkun rubbed his chin, thinking that now that he is a prince and has never been married, there must be many girls who want to fly to the branches by themselves, and I don't know which lady is so bold to invite him , I can't let other girls wait in vain.

Thinking of this, Ning Zhongkun smiled and said to the girl, "In that case, let's lead the way."

The servant girl bent her knees again, and led Ning Zhongkun all the way up, left the second floor, went up to the third floor, and walked all the way along the corridor to the end, then pushed open the door of a box, and did something to Ning Zhongkun A "please" action.

Ning Zhongkun didn't go in right away, but stood at the door and glanced into the box. The room was not big. A pretty woman was sitting by the window, and another maid was standing behind her with an incense fan. Ning Zhongkun His eyes fell on the woman's side face, he frowned, snorted coldly, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Everyone in the world is here, but you don't want to see my little girl?" The woman turned her head, revealing Pang Qiushui's carefully made-up face, "Or, what kind of scourge is the world's little girl, who doesn't even dare to meet her?" Woolen cloth?"

"Pang Qiushui, you crazy woman came here on purpose to make this son unhappy!" Ning Zhongkun paused, and said angrily, "Do you want me to tell you about the holidays between your family and mine?" Well, my sister and grandmother have all had conflicts with you. This time, Ning Huayang, a scum from my Duke Ning's mansion, has nothing to do with your father. Don't pretend that I don't know. This account will be inherited by the Duke. After the title, when we settle some cases, do you still want my son to give you a good face?"

Pang Qiushui thought he was a lady all the way, and it was rare that when he was scolded in the face, the smile he finally put on was almost distorted by Ning Zhongkun's ridicule. After holding back for a long time, he sneered and said: "Well, Originally, I kindly wanted to mention a few words about my son, but since my son doesn't know how to flatter me, let me just pretend I haven't seen my son before, and my son is fine." After finishing speaking, Pang Qiushui rolled his eyes and added, "Since your son After inheriting the duke title, I want to settle accounts with my Pang family, so I will go back and wait in peace, I hope you, my son, can really inherit the title as you wished."

Ning Zhongkun had already started to walk away, but when he heard Pang Qiushui's last words, he froze again, turned around and frowned, "What do you mean?"

"Mr. Ning is so smart, can't you understand what the little girl means?" Pang Qiushui blinked at him with a look of "you know what you are asking", "Mr. Ning, do you think that now that you have become a prince, you just want to be a prince?" You must be able to inherit Duke Ning's mansion, right? There are no absolutes in this world. My little girl, I have heard that Duke Ning is very satisfied with a guy who serves soup and medicine by his side. If he is happy someday, what if he can change his son to be Dangdang? "

"It's really ridiculous." Ning Zhongkun flicked his sleeves, and he didn't believe what Pang Qiushui said, "Don't say that I am the son of the prince now, even if I am not, there is absolutely no reason for the Duke of the Kingdom to fall to the side, let alone It's still a concubine from a side branch, even if my grandfather is in poor health, he won't go crazy!"

"Tsk tsk tsk." Pang Qiushui tutted three times, shook his head and said: "It seems that you really don't know anything, Mr. Ning. You have stayed in Ningguo's mansion for so many years. Have you never heard of any rumors about Are there any rumors about Duke Ning, for example, how did he get the position of Duke Ning?"

"You are really presumptuous!" Ning Zhongkun scolded, "Grandfather's reputation is something you can talk about with a woman who talks about it!"

Ning Zhongkun naturally knew that there were some fragmentary rumors among the people. Many years ago, the two brothers of the Ning family took over the heir. In the end, because the eldest son died suddenly, the title fell to the youngest son, who is now the Duke of Ning. title, and killed the eldest son.

"I don't have any comments, I'm just talking about the facts, because there are indeed rumors in the market." Regarding Ning Zhongkun's harsh words, Pang Qiushui was not only completely unafraid, but also took it for granted: "Nothing is groundless, the prince may as well think about it." Thinking, if this is true, then the word 'side branch' should be placed on your head instead of someone else's. You said, even if you are now a prince, one day the Lord suddenly remembered If you want to set things right, and want to help others to rise to power, then where should you be?"

"There is no such possibility." Ning Zhongkun frowned tightly, but his tone of voice was not as decisive as before, "Such a thing... such a thing..."

"Of course, my little girl, I don't want to see such a thing happen, so I want to talk to my son." Pang Qiushui saw that Ning Zhongkun was successfully swayed by him, and immediately said while the iron was hot: "How, is Ning Shizi interested in accompanying my little girl now?" What about chatting?"

Ning Zhongkun hesitated for a moment, snorted softly, and then stepped into the box. The maid waiting at the door immediately closed the door tightly, and the aisle became quiet again, as if no one had been there.

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Ning Guogong recovered very well. It didn't take long before he was able to walk down the ground with a cane. The doctor Xu who treated him felt very depressed about his recovery speed. After thinking about it, he gave a kind heart Jian explained that Duke Ning was in a good mood during the time when Ning Yuan was with him, so he recovered naturally and quickly.

Ning Guogong seemed to agree with Xu Taiyi's words, and his attitude towards Ning Yuan became even more intimate. He took medicine and chatted with him, and even went for a walk with him. Yuan has nothing else to do recently, so he doesn't find it troublesome.

On this day, while the two were playing chess, the housekeeper of the Duke's Mansion suddenly came back and said that an imperial edict had been passed down from the palace to marry the fourth prince, Sikong Xu, and the second lady of the Changshenghou's family. Certainly.

Ning Yuan had heard the rumors from several passing ladies on the day when he was choosing clothes for Ning Xiner, and he didn't think it was strange. Tell Madam, let her choose a few good things from the storeroom and send them to the Fourth Highness and the Marquis of Changsheng."

"It's because of this that the young one came to answer the master." The steward said with a bitter face, "The young one just came back from the madam. What the madam means is that the Fourth Highness can send something to chat with the master." Thoughts, but the Marquis of Changsheng's mansion...doesn't have a penny."

Ning Guogong frowned, "Madam, is she still angry?"

"Master, you know that our wife has a feud with the second lady of the Pang family. What's more, the second master was somewhat close to the Pang family in the past. Madam is naturally unhappy when something happened to the second master, so..."

"I see." Ning Guogong nodded, "Don't worry about him, you can't waste the courtesy, just order a few, and send both sides. If Madam asks, just say what I meant."

As if the housekeeper was granted an amnesty, he immediately went down, but before he could go far, he turned back as if he had remembered something, and said, "One more thing, sir, you have asked the little ones to pay attention to the young master's recent movements, Recently, the young master often goes out to meet people, and this slave feels that it is better to tell the master about this matter."

"It's okay, he is now the eldest son, so it's inevitable that he will have a lot of entertainment, and it's not uncommon to drink with young masters from other mansions." Ning Guogong continued to play chess with his head bowed.

"This is where the servant wants to report to the master." The steward's voice suddenly dropped, and at the same time he glanced at Ning Yuan. Ning Yuan immediately got up and walked aside to avoid it. The steward then said: "The young master met, It seems to be the second young lady of Changsheng Hou's family."

"Is there such a thing?" Duke Ning raised his head in surprise, "Are you sure about this?"

"The slave sent people to watch several times, and the two of them really came out of the teahouse." The steward said.

"This brat is used to finding trouble for me. If the Second Miss of the Pang family is someone His Royal Highness is interested in, I'll see how he will end up." Ning Guogong said angrily, and after thinking for a while, he said: "It's okay, you go down .”

The butler then retreated.

Ning Yuan kept watching the butler walk away before returning to the table without asking any other questions. Seeing that Ning Guogong looked sour and seemed not in the mood to play chess, he saluted and said, "I happen to remember something. I have to go back to deal with the matter, if uncle has nothing else to do, Ning Yuan will leave first."

Seeing Ning Guogong waving to him, he took a few steps back knowingly, then turned around and walked out of the yard, thinking as he walked, Ning Zhongkun would actually meet Pang Qiushui, it was really very interesting thing.

Just now, although he avoided it on the surface, such a distance is nothing to the ears of martial arts practitioners, and he could hear it clearly. Sikong Xu can understand to some extent, but what does Ning Zhongkun mean by mixing it in like this?

Just as he was thinking, he was suddenly stopped by a servant dressed as a servant.

"Master Tang is well." The man nodded at him and bowed his waist and said, "Master Tang wants to talk to Master Tang, so he specially sent a young man to look for you."

"Understood, lead the way." Ning Yuan said.

"The little one has to go to the kitchen to get some tea and fruit for the son. The son said that he will wait for you by the carp pond outside his yard. Master Tang should go quickly. The little one will take his leave first." After finishing, he pointed out a way to Ning Yuan and signaled him to go there soon.

Ning Yuan stared at the servant's face for a while, until the other person's expression became unnatural, and then he smiled and said: "It's okay, you go and do your business, I'll go there by myself." , really walked in the direction directed by the servant.

The servant took a breath, wiped the sweat off his face, and left quickly.

There is indeed a carp pond outside Ning Zhongkun's courtyard, and there are many koi in it, which can be regarded as a scene in the Duke's mansion. Few people go to the carp pond, even in broad daylight on weekdays.

Ning Yuan seemed completely oblivious to Ning Zhongkun's intentions in asking him to meet him in such a remote place. He walked slowly forward, walked through a long path, and finally came to the edge of the carp pond.

Although the carp pond is remote, there has been plenty of rain in the past few days. No matter the koi carp or the water plants in the pond are nourished by sufficient sunlight, even if there are not many people to take care of them, they will grow vigorously. Ning Yuan wants to get closer to see the fish on the water. Fu Lian suddenly saw a girl who looked like a servant girl fainted on the way he was going forward, her whole body was lying horizontally, blocking most of the way.

The girl's eyes were closed tightly, she looked unconscious, and she didn't know how long she had been lying there. If it was an ordinary man, if he saw such a fragile and lovable girl standing by the side of the road, I'm afraid he would feel pity , Stopped to see what happened, but Ning Yuan was born like a normal person, as if the girl didn't exist at all, and when he lifted his foot, he collapsed over her like this, and continued to walk forward, which was right at all. She turned a blind eye.

The girl's originally closed eyes opened a crack after Ning Yuan passed him, filled with absurd eyes, but she was not willing to be ignored like this, she opened her small mouth, and let out a small moan: "Okay pain……"

Seeing that Ning Yuan was still walking forward, as if she didn't hear her words, the girl also felt that her voice was too low, so she couldn't help raising her voice, almost crying out in pain: "Ouch...it hurts...! "

But Ning Yuan was still indifferent, not only didn't turn around, to be more precise, he didn't even seem to stop walking.

The girl was completely dumbfounded.

Why is this man so hard-hearted!

If someone else saw such a weak woman lying on the side of the road, they would definitely stop and investigate. If they were kinder, they might even pick her up and go to the doctor, but the person in front of him was indifferent He didn't even look at him, and he ignored him when he called out. How could there be such an indifferent guy in the world!

If it wasn't for acting, the girl would probably stand up and yell at her immediately, but thinking about the responsibility she bears, she swallowed the anger in her throat forcefully, and saw that Ning Yuan finally stopped by the pond, as if concentrating on it. Beginning to admire the koi in the pond, she got up, covered her chest with her hands, put on a helpless expression, and staggered towards Ning Yuan, calling out softly: "This Young master... the little girl is not feeling well... please help the little girl... help the little girl..."

Ning Yuan still didn't turn around.

never mind!The girl thought to herself, even if the other party doesn't take the bait, she still has her plan. As long as Ning Yuan keeps standing still, she can just walk over and throw him on him. Mess up your hair a bit, hug him tightly and not let him go, and when the person who should come comes, you can complete today's task!

As she thought about it, she moved faster, three feet, two feet, one foot, seeing that Ning Yuan was getting closer and closer, and her outstretched hand was less than a foot away from his shoulder. With an exhortation, the whole body turned towards Ning Yuan's back, "Oh, my head hurts so much, oh, I'm so sad, please help me, sir..." At the same time, he opened his arms, trying to hug Ning Yuan from behind.

As a result, she saw that the person in front of her was about to be grabbed by her, but at this juncture, the girl felt a blur in front of her eyes, and the back that was standing in front of her suddenly disappeared!

The girl was startled, looking at the pond that was close at hand, she stopped her steps vigorously, trying to stop the tendency of her body leaning forward, but at this critical moment, a voice with a smile suddenly came from her ear "It's cold, girl, be careful of the wind and cold." Randomly someone slapped her back vigorously, and the girl screamed. The figure that was about to stop was accompanied by a few forceful slaps of Bai Heliang with her hands. With the movement of Chi Chi, the whole person has the momentum of flying down three thousand feet, and he falls into the pond with a splash. The water splashes up to three feet high, and the farthest drop hits Ning On Yuan's back, he slowly wiped it off with his fingertips, and even dusted his fingers.

"Help...help...I don't know how to water...help..." The girl kept thrashing and rolling in the pond like a top, the sound of water accompanied by screams resounded in the air, Ning Yuan just Wanting to speak, suddenly heard a burst of hurried footsteps, and then Ning Zhongkun helped the Duke's wife Wu Shi suddenly appeared from another road, seeing this scene in front of him, Wu Shi was obviously startled, "What happened! "Ning Zhongkun, on the other hand, had a stunned expression and didn't react for a while.

No, that's not how he arranged it. When he brought Mrs. Wu over, shouldn't that girl have already entangled Ning Yuan, making it look like she was being molested? Why is Ning Yuan now well-dressed? Standing by the ear, and that girl actually fell into the pond?

"What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and rescue him!" Ning Zhongkun immediately shouted at the servants who followed him. No matter what, it's important to rescue him first.

The servants moved quickly, jumping into the water like a cannonball, and rescued the girl in two or three hits. The girl lay on the ground and coughed several times. Her clothes were already soaked, and her makeup was stained crookedly by the water. , and there are still a lot of aquatic plants hanging on the head, it looks like a mess.

"Hey, what's going on here?" Mrs. Wu looked at the girl, "Where are you from, what are you doing here?"

"Servant, this servant is Xiao Cui, the girl who cleans the room..." The girl coughed for a long time, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that Ning Zhongkun and Wu Shi were all in front of her, she knew that she would not be able to complete today's task, so she asked for help She glanced at Ning Zhongkun anxiously, but Ning Zhongkun glared at her fiercely, then nodded her head veiledly, she trembled all over, knowing that Ning Zhongkun meant to let her finish the rest of the play, She gritted her teeth, and cried out loudly: "Ma'am, Ma'am, you have to be the master for this servant, the servant just now, almost, was almost defiled by this apprentice!" After finishing speaking, she raised her hand and pointed at Ning. deep.

"It's you?" Seeing Ning Yuan, Mrs. Wu's eyebrows twitched, and Ning Zhongkun immediately took over the words, "Aren't you crazy, don't spit blood here, and dare to slander Young Master Tang!"

"Your Majesty, this servant is not lying, sir!" The girl Xiaocui closed her eyes, and spit out the rehearsed lines, "My servant has no time to change shifts today, so I came to this carp pond to look at the fish that are raised in the pond. Koi, who knows, who would have known that this person suddenly appeared, hugged the servant forcibly and did not say anything, and wanted to do that wrong thing to the servant, if it wasn't for the servant Zhenlie, who jumped into the water for the festival of protecting his name, intending to die and keep his virginity. I'm afraid that at this moment... at this moment, it has been defiled!"