"Duke Chengguo, you are here."

When he heard that Wu Ying was begging for a meeting, Nan Yan immediately asked someone to invite him in. As expected, when he saw Wu Yingqiu walking in, he was holding a scroll in his hand.

It was when she was in Jinlou Villa in Hecheng before that she asked Wu Ying for a copy of the painting.

He brought it to him.

Wu Yingqiu walked in and saluted her properly: "The old minister greets the concubine."

"The Duke of the State has a lot of politeness, please sit down."

Nian Qiu, who was standing beside him, asked Wu Ying to sit down on the chair on the side.

Wu Yingqiu sat down, then raised his head and smiled at Nan Yan, "When I was in Hecheng before, I promised the Imperial Concubine to send the copy of the painting to the Empress. However, these days, it has been delayed until now because of the tangible affairs. I hope the Empress will not blame it."

Nan Yan smiled and said, "You are polite. It was originally an excessive request from the palace. The Duke of the Kingdom is willing to agree to give up, which has already made me embarrassed. How can I blame the Duke of the Kingdom?"

"Miss, don't say that."

...

Although the two of them had bite their teeth on each other behind their backs, and even Nan Yan knew how many times Duke Cheng and his daughter had used him, they were still smiling and polite while sitting face to face.

Speaking of which, aren’t all people in the officialdom so hypocritical?

Wu Yingqiu said a few more words of politeness, and then presented the scroll in his hand.

"I hope the Empress will not dislike the old minister's ugly paintings."

"Where do you think."

Nanyan winked at Nian Qiu, and Nian Qiu stepped forward, took the scroll, and walked to Nanyan and unfolded it.

Nan Yan took a look carefully.

Her memory is quite good, especially because this painting is very important, so when she saw it on Jinlou, she paid special attention.

When I read this copy, it is indeed almost exactly the same as the original one.

So he nodded to Nian Qiu, and Nian Qiu immediately put the painting away and put it in the inner room.

Nan Yan smiled and said, "Thank you, Duke."

Wu Yingqun laughed.

Then, I picked up the teacup on the small table next to me and took a sip.

Nan Yan raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at him.

Originally, there was nothing to talk about between the two of them, after all, everyone knew the attitude towards each other. Even if Wu Yingque was willing to give this painting this time, it was because of the identity of Concubine Nanyan, which was indeed under their heads.

However, after giving the painting, she still sat down and didn't leave, which surprised Nanyan a little.

Does he have anything else to say?

Just as he was thinking, he heard Wu Yingke laughing and said, "By the way, the old minister came this time, and I heard that the King of Wei seemed to have written some anti-poems before and was thrown into prison."

“…”

I don't know why he suddenly mentioned this.

Nan Yan smiled calmly: "This is something."

"But later, it seemed that the Empress received the order to thoroughly investigate the case and found out that it was Empress Ning who was at work?"

"That's right."

"But, why did Concubine Ning do this?"

“…”

Nan Yan raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Wu Yingqiu: "What the Duke of the State means"

Wu Yingqun smiled and said, "Please don't blame the concubine. The old minister just felt a little strange. Concubine Ning seemed to have no reason to do this, frame the King of Wei, and eventually imprison her and went to prison. It would not be of any benefit to her."

“…”

"I don't know, is there any hidden information?"

Nan Yan's face showed a "three-point" unhappy expression, but he still smiled: "Does the National Lord believe that Concubine Ning was wronged and the real sinner was still the King of Wei?"

"This old minister didn't say that."

“…”

"The old minister is just in doubt."

Nan Yan smiled and said, "This case was indeed a thorough investigation by our palace and found evidence that Ning Fei imitated the handwriting of King Wei, forged rebellion poems. As for the specific interrogation, it was done by the emperor himself."

"oh……"

"I don't know what the reason is here."

“…”

"Maybe, it was the emperor who did not make her scandal public in order to protect Concubine Ning's dignity, but the matter has been finalized. The Duke should not doubt the emperor's judgment."

"This is, yes!"

Wu Yingqiu nodded repeatedly: "The Imperial Concubine said yes."

After saying that, he stood up and said, "The old minister has been bothering me for a long time, and it has made the empress worry. The old minister said goodbye."

"The Duke of the State walks slowly."

Nan Yan also stood up and signaled to give him a look. Wu Yingque repeatedly told her not to give him a look, so he turned around and left Yikun Palace.

When he walked out, Ran Xiaoyu walked in from outside.

He looked at Wu Yingqiu's back with a vigilant look and walked away, then walked to Nanyan's side: "Empress, what are he here to do?"

"Come and send me a painting."

"Why did I stay for so long? I just saw him coming from the Imperial Garden."

"Because, he also asked about the previous case of King Wei."

"The case of King Wei?"

Ran Xiaoyu frowned: "He asked what he did about this?"

Nan Yan's face chuckled and said, "He seemed a little dissatisfied with the 'truth' of the case that I thoroughly investigated, and insisted on believing that it was the King of Wei who wrote the anti-poem."

Ran Xiaoyu's face looked even more ugly: "What does this have to do with him?"

"The relationship is so big."

Nan Yan slowly got up from the chair, Ran Xiaoyu hurried over to support him. While walking towards the inner room, Nan Yan slowly said: "Because the previous case has been found out, the emperor has restored the reputation of the King of Wei, and he has given some of the previous powers of the state supervising state to him."

“…”

"This is already very obvious."

"What?"

Nan Yan turned his head to look at her, knowing that she hadn't realized it yet, so she smiled faintly: "The position of the prince."

Ran Xiaoyu opened her eyes wide: "The Emperor wants it"

"The emperor should have prepared to enthrone the crown prince."

"This, that's good."

Ran Xiaoyu subconsciously smiled, but immediately, she looked at Nan Yan carefully again.

Nan Yan smiled faintly and said, "You don't have to worry about me. In fact, I think this is better. King Wei is a good child. I am full of confidence in his future."

"Empress..."

"But this makes some people feel uncomfortable."

Ran Xiaoyu immediately came to her senses: "Duke, and Concubine Kang?"

Nan Yan nodded and said, "Concubine Kang has put in all his efforts to take the lead in the harem and give birth to a prince for the emperor."

Ran Xiaoyu said coldly: "Your Majesty also wants to pay attention to her."

Nan Yan smiled and said, "Yes, it's okay for the emperor to refuse to pay attention to her. What's more important is that the King of Wei was raised by the queen. He became the prince, but it did not benefit the Duke and his family at all."

“…”

"Not only is there no benefit, even"

"Even what?"

"The empress's family has been very careful before, trying to restrain herself from expanding its power, so as not to bear the bad reputation of relatives. But if the King of Wei is enthroned as the crown prince and the emperor wants to move the capital to the north, her family will definitely grow stronger."

“That’s true.”

"And in the north, it's enough to have a big family."

Ran Xiaoyu said: "The Empress means that even if the Duke of the Kingdom is not for the position of crown prince, but only for his own family, he cannot allow the King of Wei to be the crown prince."

"That's right."
To be continued...