However, when you think about it carefully, they are all problems!
Why did Ning Yan, who had always been in good health, suddenly fall ill?
Back then, Ning Yan was a tenth-level martial arts cultivator!
Why did a military situation arise in the southwest as soon as Ning Yan fell ill?
Ning Chenlang went to war on his father's behalf because he was worried about his father's health.
Later, the news of Ning Chenlang's death in battle came back, and Ning Yan was stimulated to become more and more sick. There was also the suicide of Ning Qingyan's mother... In the end, it was really because she couldn't accept Ning Chenlang's death in battle that she left her behind.
Did the young daughter die in love with her seriously ill father-in-law, or is there another hidden secret?
Ning Qingyan had no impression of this mother. In other people's words, Ning Yan was a woman like a dodder flower.
However, there is another saying: ‘Being a mother means being strong’!
With the cause of her husband's death in doubt, her daughter still young, and her father-in-law seriously ill, would Ning Yan really commit suicide and follow Ning Chenlang at all costs?
After many blows, Ning Yan became seriously ill and fell into a coma, which seemed to have become a matter of course.
All of this is so coincidental, as if everything was planned!
"The only thing I don't understand is that if the people behind the scenes are here for the Ning family's military power, why is it that after so many years, the southwest is still the Ning family's army? No one has come to take over the title of commander-in-chief?" Ning Qingyan asked herself
doubts.
She originally thought that she could deduce the mastermind from the vested interests.
However, in these years, although Ning Yan was seriously ill and the Ning family seemed to have no heir, the emperor Zhao Zheng never sent anyone to take over the command of the Southwest Territory.
Such a result is completely inconsistent with the purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes!
Ning Qingyan couldn't figure it out, but Ning Yan finally made it clear: "Because the Ning family's army cannot be commanded by an imperial edict or a commander's seal."
When Ning Yan said these words, his expression was filled with pride and nostalgia.
Ning Qingyan had never been involved in the past of the Ning family army, so naturally she could not understand Ning Yan's mood at the moment.
Just like the person behind the scenes, he thought that he could easily take over the leadership position by causing injuries and deaths to the Ning family, but he didn't expect that in the end, his work would be in vain.
"I led the Ning family army single-handedly, and every soldier is like my child."
"The emperor can order them, but what they recognize more is my Ning family bloodline!"
"It's true that His Majesty has not sent people to take over the Ning family's army that has passed through the southwest border, but no matter how many people are sent, they can't really control all the Ning family's army."
"..." Ning Qingyan couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this.
With such a proud expression on the old man's face, wasn't he afraid that the emperor would think he was up to no good?
However, Ning Qingyan still understood from Ning Yan's proud tone.
To put it simply, it is no problem to let the Ning family army guard the southwest and fight against the Nanzhao barbarians.
However, it is impossible for them to leave the Southwest Territory or even rebel.
Unless the person who issued such an order is of Ning family blood.
So...only after the person behind the scenes discovered this, did he realize that his wishful thinking had been overturned.
Removing Ning Yan and his son would not only make it impossible to obtain the military power of the Ning Family Army, but would also allow the Ning Family Army to stay out of the situation over the years, like a useless existence.
Ning Qingyan laughed unkindly.
Although both father and grandfather were plotted by each other, the result is quite satisfying!
"However, this way, it will be difficult for us to determine who is planning everything." Ning Qingyan said.
Ning Yan nodded and said with certainty: "But I can also be sure that the person who is doing everything is definitely not His Majesty."
at this point……
Ning Qingyan agreed.
Ning Yan was not involved in party disputes, and would only be loyal to the person sitting on the throne. He had no ambition to compete for imperial power, so he could be regarded as a pure minister.
The emperor likes such people, so he will not use dirty methods to persecute them in private.
Even if they are a little afraid of the Ning family's army, they will not adopt such methods and will only use more gentle methods to win over the Ning family.
Just like the marriage contract on Ning Qingyan.
Also, if the emperor knew about the secret realm of Wuwu Forest, why didn’t he directly tell Ning Yan who was stationed in the southwest in secret and let Ning Yan look for it?
Wouldn't it be more convenient for Ning Jiajun to do this?
Why do you need to find a guy who is neither a human nor a ghost and search in secret?
The most important point is that from the memories Ning Qingyan ingested, it seems that the current Dahao Emperor Zhao Zheng has nothing to do with this matter.
I'm afraid that the emperor still doesn't know that there are legends about the secret realm in Wuwu Forest.
"Grandpa, how is your recovery going?" Ning Qingyan suddenly asked.
Ning Yan is full of confidence: "Although it is not as good as before, it has recovered very quickly. I believe that given time, it will be back to its peak, or even further."
"Speaking of which, grandpa would also like to thank you for the spiritual rain you caused!" Ning Yan thought of the vision in Ning's mansion that day.
If it hadn't been for that spiritual rain, he wouldn't have recovered so quickly.
"I'll prepare some more medicine for grandpa. You can take it with you just in case." Ning Qingyan thought for a while and said.
Ning Yan did not refuse.
After chatting with his granddaughter, he narrowed his eyes slightly, with a sharp light shining through the slits in his eyes: "I will torture that person myself to see if I can get any more clues from it."
Ning Qingyan didn't stop him.
Although, she knew that Ning Yan might not be able to find any more useful clues.
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Zhongdu, Dingwangfu.
The servant who came to clean King Ding's bedroom every day was startled as soon as he entered the room.
She alerted other people in the courtyard. After more than a dozen servants gathered together, they did not dare to approach easily. Some people quickly went to find the chief steward of the palace.
The general manager came in a hurry after receiving the message.
There is someone on the bed in the prince’s bedroom?!
Where did this bold thief come from? He actually sneaked into Prince Ding’s palace!
The general manager summoned the guards of the mansion, and a group of people rushed into the bedroom.
"General Manager, you see that man has not woken up. We have stood here for so long and there is no movement." Seeing the General Manager, the servants seemed to have seen their backbone.
The chief executive had a sullen face, he personally picked up a knife and slowly stepped forward with the guards.
When he came to the bed, the chief steward raised the knife and used the tip of the knife to pick up a corner of the bed curtain. When he saw the person lying on the bed clearly, his expression suddenly changed and the knife in his hand fell under the bed with a clang.
"I didn't know that the prince was back, and I offended him. Please forgive me!" The chief manager knelt down and begged for mercy.
The expressions of the other guards also changed, they put away their knives and knelt on the ground with one knee.
Although the chief steward's voice was trembling, his words were clear and could be heard clearly by people inside and outside the house.
When all the servants heard that the person lying on the bed was King Ding, they all knelt down immediately.
However, despite such a loud movement, the person on the bed remained motionless...