The palace is quiet, and the empress of the cold palace is acting as a demon

Chapter 178 What will King Ning be like as a father?
Qin Wan shrugged: "Princess, let's stop talking about such a heavy topic. I have a question to ask if you know."

Ning Xi: "Come on, what's the problem?"

Qin Wan: "Princess, have you heard of Haotian Shenjun?"

Ning Xi: "Why do you suddenly think of asking me this?"

Qin Wan: "I just heard the name suddenly and felt curious."

Ning Xi thought for a while and shook her head, "If Xiao Xian is here, you can still ask him, I don't know at all."

Qin Wan was a little disappointed.

"However, you can go to Chonghua Pagoda to look for Xiaoxian's books, and I think there will be answers in them." Ning Xi said.

Qin Wan's eyes lit up all of a sudden: "Thank you, Princess, for your guidance."

……

After leaving Situ Mansion, Qin Wan went to Chonghua Tower without stopping.

Qin Wan started looking for books from shelf to shelf in Chonghua Tower. Who would have thought that she would enter this place where she was imprisoned before, and stayed there until the dark sky.

When Ning Yi finished her official duties, she wanted to have dinner with Qin Wan, but after inquiring with Liuying, she found out that she had gone to Chonghua Tower and hadn't come out all afternoon.

At this time, Qin Wan was standing on the ladder looking for books. Ning Xian had too many books, but she searched all afternoon and still found nothing.

"What are you looking for? Why don't you have dinner so late." Ning Yi's voice suddenly appeared in the tower.

Qin Wan turned to look and found that he was looking at him with frown.

Qin Wan was a little guilty, and hurried down the ladder: "I didn't find anything, but I was locked here before and found that there are a lot of books here, so I came here curious to find out if there are any idle books to pass the time on weekdays, but there are none. turn up."

Ning Yi took her by the hand and led her to the table to sit down, and the internal officials quickly served a table of dishes.

"You actually asked them to bring the food here, that's great!" Qin Wan realized that she was hungry when she saw the food, and then realized that these were her favorite food. Frustrated that she couldn't find the book, she immediately went to bed. Blown away by the aroma of food.

Ning Yi brought some food for her, and said casually, "If you want to read some idle books, you can ask them to buy them for you outside, they don't have them here."

"Why? Does Your Majesty not read idle books?" Qin Wan asked.

Ning Yi's eyes darkened a little: "Well, I have not allowed His Majesty to read those meaningless books... Now that I think about it, I have indeed disciplined him a little bit more strictly. I always wanted to help him become a wise king, but I forgot about him Still a child, ignoring his feelings."

"Ning Yi, you don't have to blame yourself too much. In fact, Situ Xinghe and the princess did some bad things with your majesty behind your back. They actually often sneak out of the palace to play. You just don't know it." Qin Wan comforted road.

Hearing her words, Ning Yi turned cold: "There is such a thing?! And why do you know?"

Qin Wan quickly covered her mouth: "Oh, I slipped my tongue..."

Ning Yi raised his hand and pinched her face: "You also participated?"

Qin Wan chuckled and said, "Every time the princess insists on pulling me out of the palace with them, it's not what I really want to go."

Ning Yi frowned: "No wonder you say that you are tired and sleepy every day. It seems that it is not because of the tedious affairs in the palace, but because you are too tired from playing."

Qin Wan said with a shy smile, "It's not like playing every day, most of the time I'm still working."

Ning Yi sighed and rubbed her hair: "You..."

"Ning Yi, I've been thinking for the past few days that His Majesty probably already had the idea of ​​giving you the throne. He is a god who can ride a golden dragon to the sky, how could he be greedy for such a vulgar thing as the throne. I'm not happy, why should I sit on the throne for five years."

Ning Yi looked at her: "Looking at you, you should have figured out the answer."

Qin Wan nodded: "If it was an ordinary person, I would think that he is greedy for imperial power. But this does not exist in His Majesty. So I was thinking that when your father was seriously ill and was eager to establish a heir, it was obvious that you were the most A person who is suitable to inherit the throne, but why did your father choose His Majesty who is the youngest and softest? At first I thought it was because His Majesty pleases your father, because no one would dislike him when he saw his appearance Right. But I also think that your father must be very rational above right and wrong in order to manage Rong Kingdom into the most powerful country in Kyushu, so he must have a special purpose in doing so."

Ning Yi was a little startled, he had never thought about it, because in Ning Yi's mind, compared to him, the prince who was thrown to the Baishan Gate since childhood, the former emperor's love for Ning Xian was obvious to all, and finally passed on the throne to him. There is no doubt about it for Ning Xian.And his own idea is to assist the Prime Minister Ning Xian, to help him manage the government and stabilize the regime before he grows up.

But what Qin Wan said suddenly made him question this matter - even Situ Xinghe, who grew up with him, thought he was a threat to Ning Xian's imperial power, how could his father not have thought of this at the time? .

Qin Wan continued, "Perhaps His Majesty is really helping you become the emperor..."

Ning Yi: "Why do you say that?"

Qin Wan said: "Ning Yi, I once heard a story about an emperor and his empress who had four sons and a daughter. One day, the emperor and the empress were discussing who should be the crown prince. The empress said that although the eldest prince is gentle, benevolent, righteous, and steady, Open-minded, but more prudent than courageous, the second prince always has the courage to defeat the enemy, brave and heroic, and has the air of an emperor. However, the emperor said that the third prince is simple-minded, wise and stupid. If he marries a shrewd wife, You may be able to be a good emperor, but the four princes who are indifferent to fame and wealth and do not fight for it are indeed the most unsuitable. Ning Yi, guess who among the four princes will become the emperor in the end?"

Ning Yi thought for a while, and replied: "Although the second prince is more liked by the empress, according to what you said, it's not him. Then it should be the eldest prince?"

Qin Wan shook his head: "Although the first prince was established as the crown prince, he ended up falling in love with someone he shouldn't love. The empress gave that person to death, and the first prince also died of depression; because of this, the second prince successfully became the prince, but he was eager for quick success Intended to rebel, and was finally demoted to the common people; the third prince became the emperor, but he was simple and stupid, and was eventually murdered by his shrewd and vicious wife and daughter; The adopted son was poisoned to death, because the adopted son wanted the fifth princess to become the empress..."

After listening to the story, Ning Yi asked Qin Wan, "What do you want to say?"

Qin Wandao: "I want to say that your father must have thought very clearly back then. At that time, your temperament might not be suitable for ascending the throne of the Rong Kingdom. I remember when we first met, your A fierce look can scare people to death. Perhaps in his view, you were not yet ready to ascend to the throne in terms of the accumulation of military achievements or the sharpening of your character. Pushing you to the throne rashly is likely to be like The four princes in the story are average, that is definitely not the result he wants to see."

Ning also nodded.

"Ning Yi, your royal father must know the strength of His Majesty's immortal magic, so he is not worried that you will threaten His Majesty's life. And according to the princess, the reason why His Majesty fell into a coma was not because he was seriously ill. , because he is crossing the catastrophe, and once the catastrophe is over, he will no longer be a mortal. Therefore, His Majesty Ning Xian was deliberately arranged by your father to be on the throne, but he is neither greedy nor afraid of the throne. You are the one who rebelled. Your Majesty Ning Xian must have been entrusted by your father to wait for you to grow up to be truly qualified for the throne, and then hand over the entire Rong Kingdom to you. Ning Yi, think about it, all these years , your freedom, your galloping the world, your illustrious military exploits, and your shocking Kyushu are all because the person who is bound to the throne is he and not you, so you have the opportunity to become the Bei Rong that everyone fears today. King Ning."

Ning also never thought about this problem from this angle.

Qin Wan was right, all of this may have been arranged by the emperor.At this time, Ning Yi can't even remember the appearance of that father who seldom met. Ning Yi only remembers that he was very strict with himself, but very kind to Ning Xian and the others.So he has always defined himself as an unfavored prince, but he never thought of any other deep meaning.Hearing what she said at this time, it was like enlightenment and a sudden realization.

Qin Wan saw that Ning Yi was deep in thought, and the expression on her face became serious, so she took Ning Yi's arm: "Guess how I thought of this?"

"How did you think of it?" Ning Yi pulled her into his arms and said.

"Today, when I was talking about children with the princess, I suddenly thought what would it be like if you became a father? Kind or strict... After thinking about it, I guess you will be a very strict father to your children, unsmiling and demanding. Qu Gao, such a father is easily misunderstood by children... Then I suddenly thought of these things. Ning Yi, I guess your father actually trusts and loves you very, very much."

Ning Yi kissed Qin Wan's forehead lightly, and said with a light smile, "When you mentioned it like that, I suddenly remembered that I haven't visited my father and mother in the Imperial Mausoleum for a long time. I will take you to meet them someday. okay?"

Qin Wan nodded: "Okay."

(End of this chapter)