GBP Chapter 402: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 6
Chapter 402: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 6
"So, who sent these people..."
Nian Shilan was very curious, because in her previous life, these little maids had also followed her to Prince Yong's mansion as a dowry, and had served as second-class maids in her courtyard.
"Could it be Yinzhen's people?"
But did Yinzhen have ill will towards him so early? Nian Shilan didn't believe it. It wasn't that she was speaking well of Yinzhen, nor was it that she was blinded by the memory of the trader's early days. It was because for the current Prince Yong, even if he put spies in his courtyard, they would only be used to understand his temperament, habits and hobbies, and then use them to "conquer" this sister of Nian Gengyao.
"So is it from the Ulanara clan or the Uya clan?"
Nian Shilan couldn't think of it, but she was too lazy to think about it. She found Songzhi and handed her the list without explaining anything. Songzhi took the list, nodded seriously, and turned away.
Ever since Nian Shilan made the promise in person yesterday, Songzhi has changed completely as if she were reborn. Although Songzhi is only in her teens now, she has become much more stable. Nian Shilan doesn't know whether Songzhi's change is due to the family system or something else, but she knows that for now, this change in Songzhi is a good thing and that's enough.
After Song Zhi went down, she found Zhou Ninghai and said, "Zhou Ninghai, this is for you. The young lady said that these people are spies. Find a way to dig out the person behind the scenes from their mouths."
Zhou Ninghai was originally a servant serving Nian Gengyao. When Nian Shilan was nine years old, she fell off the horse while riding a horse with Nian Gengyao. In an attempt to catch Nian Shilan, Zhou Ninghai's left calf was trampled by the mad horse and he has been lame ever since.
The Nian family wanted to release Zhou Ninghai from his indenture, and buy him some property, so that he could become a rich master and live a happy life under the protection of the Nian family. However, Zhou Ninghai was unwilling to do so. He loved Nian Shilan in his heart, but dared not say it out loud because he knew he was not worthy of her. Leaving the Nian family would mean never seeing his beloved Nian Shilan again. For this reason, even though Zhou Ninghai could no longer be with Nian Gengyao because of his lame leg, he still begged to come to Nian Shilan's yard and work as a steward.
"The matter has been handed over to Zhou Ninghai to handle. Miss, just wait for the news."
Songzhi came back to report the progress. Nian Shilan nodded to show that she understood, without saying much. However, when Zhou Ninghai was mentioned, the eunuch Zhou Ninghai of the Yikun Palace in the trader's memory suddenly appeared in front of Nian Shilan's eyes.
"I haven't seen Zhou Ninghai since my rebirth. I accidentally forgot about him."
In the plot of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", when Nian Shilan fell, a lot of the evidence was revealed by Zhou Ninghai because he could not bear the punishment of the Ministry of Punishment. However, Nian Shilan, who learned about this, never blamed Zhou Ninghai for it.
Now that the tasker has changed, Nian Shilan naturally would not have any opinion on Zhou Ninghai because of this. She just suddenly thought that according to the time calculation, Zhou Ninghai should not have become a eunuch yet. If his leg can be cured, there will be a lot more things that can be done.
When I opened the system, I found that Zhou Ninghai also had a character card.
Character: Zhou Ninghai
Status: Slave
Loyalty: 80%
Training direction: Chief eunuch (progress 0%, points: 0)
Character skills: Intermediate level in accidental killing, advanced level in managing wealth, intermediate level in leading troops in battle, elementary level in scheming and plotting...
"Slave, Chief Eunuch?"
Looking at this introduction, I think it should be consistent with the plot development. Is it because I didn’t explain the situation to Zhou Ninghai?
Nian Shilan didn't know, but she wanted to give it a try, "Songzhi! Go call Zhou Ninghai in for me!"
"Yes, ma'am."
Songzhi did not say much to stop Nian Shilan from calling Zhou Ninghai in regardless of the rules between men and women. She only knew that she was not smart, so she just had to listen to her master.
Song Zhi, who has a loyalty rate of 95%, will not question it, but that does not mean Zhou Ninghai himself will not question it. Now is not like later. Zhou Ninghai is still a real man after all. If the lady wants to see him, she has to meet him alone in the lady's boudoir. Wouldn't this ruin the lady's reputation?
"Hey, you are the kind of person who takes whatever the lady says as the truth. You just need to obey her. Why are you worrying about nothing?"
Songzhi couldn't stand Zhou Ninghai's cowardly look. She was clearly thinking the same thing, but he insisted saying something like "ruining the young lady's reputation". She hesitated, and if she delayed any further it would be dark.
In the end, Zhou Ninghai followed Songzhi to meet Nian Shilan. Nian Shilan did not explain anything, but told Zhou Ninghai about her ambitions and expressed her hope that Zhou Ninghai could become her future "right-hand man". She successfully changed the direction of Zhou Ninghai's training.
Nian Shilan plans to find a way to cure Zhou Ninghai's lame leg first, and then send Zhou Ninghai to the border. The reason why the Nian family is feared is because Nian Gengyao holds the military power. Her own plans in this life cannot be separated from the military power, but if Nian Gengyao is still too prominent as in the plot, he will definitely be feared. Therefore, it is best to disperse the military power.
As for who these people with military power are loyal to in private, it doesn't matter. As long as the Nian family does not appear to be the only one standing out, this is what Yinzhen wants to see.
After Zhou Ninghai left as if he had been injected with chicken blood and was ready to go down to study military tactics and regain his martial arts, Nian Shilan clicked on Zhou Ninghai's card again, and the content on it had changed.
Character: Zhou Ninghai
Status: Retainer
Loyalty: 85%
Training direction: General of the Western Expedition (progress 0%, points: 0)
Character skills: Intermediate level in accidental killing, advanced level in managing wealth, intermediate level in leading troops in battle, elementary level in scheming and plotting...
Not only did his status change from a slave to a retainer, but his training direction also changed from chief eunuch to General of the Western Expedition. He already had military generals, Nian Gengyao, Zhou Ninghai, and the grown-up Nian Fu and Nian Xing, but there were no candidates for civil officials.
His father Nian Xialing is old and will retire from officialdom in two years. Nian Shilan doesn't want to drag such an old man out to fight for his own affairs. What's more, when he succeeds, he doesn't know whether Nian Xialing will still be around.
Big brother Nian Xiyao can consider it, but it is still not enough. The method of recruiting students everywhere in the previous world does not work, but building charity halls everywhere to take in little beggars and abandoned babies who have nowhere to go is still possible.
There are still twelve years before Yinzhen ascends the throne, and twenty-six years before his death. The latest time is no later than this time. I think twenty-six years is enough time for me to train some talented people.
Even though he was not old, Nian Shilan felt that it was a little late. However, it was too early to say that now. He would wait and see how his power developed.