Chapter 86 (1/2)

Chapter 86

Chapter: 086 out of 513 – The ending can be changed (1)

Ji Man felt chills on the back of her neck . Although the person next to her had a very attractive smile, she felt as if a snake was wrapping itself around her neck .

She turned herself over to sleep . For now, she couldn’t guess what he was thinking . But, that was okay . His villainous intentions would be revealed sooner or later .

A few days later, the news that the emperor wanted to go to the south had spread . The list of attendants and guests that would be coming along had also come out . The empress had to stay behind to oversee the imperial harem . n.o.ble Consort Nie would be accompanying the emperor on his trip to the south . The crown prince, third prince, and Marquis Moyu would be escorting him . These people were all popular with the emperor, so it wasn’t strange for them to come along . However, there was another name on the escorting list . It was actually Ning Mingjie’s name .

“Does your cousin know martial arts?” Ji Man curiously asked Ning Yuxuan .

Ning Yuxuan lightly smiled, “There’s no difference between Mingjie’s martial arts skill and mine . What do you think?”

Ji Man was surprised . She wasn’t surprised that Ning Mingjie was really amazing . But, how could this soft and weak person in front of her know martial arts?

Most of the aristocratic men in the Great Song Dynasty were delicate . She looked at Ning Yuxuan . He always wore brocade robes that were as pristine as snow and seemed to float around . Ji Man thought he was raised like

a prince and was the delicate type .

“This servant remembers that your cousin is a sixth-rank supervisor for military weapons . He doesn’t have anything to do with the imperial family, ah,” Ji Man quietly said .

Ning Yuxuan was lying on a cus.h.i.+oned couch underneath the eaves . He pulled his fur clothing up a little bit and narrowed his eyes at the snowy landscape . “Mingjie is a talented person . The emperor already had the intention of promoting him last year, but he wasn’t willing to leave his sick mother’s side . His mother died at the beginning of this year . They’ve been mourning for a long period of time and only recently stopped observing the rituals . Marquis Jingwen has the intention of letting him come to the capital to become an official in the imperial court . The emperor is very happy about this and wants him to come on the trip to the south . He wants to give Mingjie an opportunity to do a meritorious deed so that he can be promoted . ”

Ji Man nodded . Ning Minjie was a person that stood aloof from worldly affairs . In the original novel, he didn’t even need to do anything for the emperor to rush forward to promote him . This dynasty was probably following the old customs from Wei and Jin Dynasty where officials were promoted based on physiognomy . Otherwise, the princes and subjects that were favored by the emperor wouldn’t all have appearances like celestial immortals .

Just as Ji Man was sighing over this, she saw Liu Mama coming through this courtyard’s entrance and hesitating for a moment when she saw that Nie Sangyu was also here .

“Go the kitchen and bring back

back some snacks for me . ” Marquis Moyu turned his head and said to Nie Sangyu .

“Understood . ” Ji Man nodded and left right away . Marquis Moyu had found an excuse to send her away . There was probably something that he didn’t want her to hear .

After she had stepped past the courtyard’s entrance, she stuck to the wall next to the entrance to listen .

“Marquis, Madam wrote a letter to you . ”

“Oh? I’m right here in the residence . Why did she write a letter?” Marquis Moyu chuckled . His brows smoothed out and his eyes contained a child-like happiness from winning their spat .

“This servant doesn’t know . Marquis, please read this . ” Liu Mama handed him the letter .

Newly cut white silk from Qi, clear and pure as frost and snow .

Made into a fan for joyous trysts, round as the bright moon .