Quick Wear: The Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character's Counterattack

Chapter 450: Unlucky Uncle (1)

"Your Highness, the Queen Mother has summoned you. I will lead the way for you. Please go over now."

Ning Ning walked in and found herself in an ancient and solemn room. It was spacious and bright, with tall windows inlaid with exquisite colored glaze. Several people in high-ranking official uniforms stood nearby, some holding account books, and some holding pens and ink, and seemed to be discussing important matters with Ning Ning.

In front of Ning Ning stood a man dressed in eunuch's attire, with a big smile on his face, speaking to him in a respectful tone.

But there was a sense of certainty in his attitude, as if he was sure that Ning Ning would drop what she was doing and follow him. He even subconsciously tilted his body a little, ready to lead Ning Ning.

Unexpectedly, Ning Ning frowned slightly, "Don't you see that I am discussing court affairs with these important officials? Why are you here to disturb us?!"

"Ah? But it was the Queen Mother who summoned you..."

"I heard it, but it's inappropriate. The Queen Mother and I are uncle and sister-in-law, so we should follow the rule of 'uncle and sister-in-law don't ask each other questions'. In the past, Your Majesty was young, and you had to make decisions in a hurry for the sake of state affairs. Now Your Majesty has grown up, and will soon be crowned as Queen, and then rule the country, but the Queen Mother still summons me every now and then, which is very inappropriate!"

The eunuch's mouth is so wide open that a duck egg can be stuffed in it!

Ning Ning saw him and glanced at him with disgust. The eunuch immediately reacted and shut his mouth. "Well, if it was a small matter, I wouldn't dare to disturb you, but the Queen Mother wants to discuss the selection of the Queen with you. After all, the Queen is the mother of a country, and it's a very important matter. You should listen to your opinion."

"This is the emperor's family affair, why bother discussing it with me? Besides, if we want to discuss it, the emperor should come forward. In short, it is better for the queen mother and I not to meet unless it is absolutely necessary! Go back and tell the queen mother this."

"Yes, slave, go right away."

Seeing Ning Ning's stern face, the eunuch didn't dare to say anything else. He took a few steps back and turned to leave.

He was so shocked that he was out of his mind. He tripped when he reached the threshold and staggered a few steps before he could barely stand.

The remaining senior officials looked at each other, wondering why Ning Ning had changed so much today.

Everyone knows that their Prince Regent and the Queen Mother were childhood sweethearts, and that he was still deeply in love with the Queen Mother. He even did not marry for all these years just to stay with her.

In the past, whenever the Queen Mother summoned her, Ning Ning would put down whatever important matters she was doing and rush to her side.

But what happened today?

From the sound of it, he doesn't plan to meet with the Queen Mother alone anymore!

If Ning Ning was the same as before in all other aspects, they would have suspected that Ning Ning was an imposter!

There was also someone who was quick-witted and realized that it was not Ning Ning who pestered the empress dowager and repeatedly asked to see her, but the empress dowager who took the initiative to summon him. Oh, this was different from the rumors.

It’s really hard to talk about this royal matter…

Ning Ning saw them standing there in a daze and tapped the table with her fingers, "What are you doing standing there? Where were we talking about just now?"

"Oh, speaking of the Jinghe River embankment, if it is not repaired now, there will be a danger of it bursting during the flood season. Then the people will..."

"It's easy for Lord Liu to say, but where will the money come from? Do you know that the barbarians are mobilizing troops and may come to 'rob the valley'? If we don't step up our defenses, the people at the border will also suffer. But mobilizing troops requires military pay..."

"What Lord Li said is not right. The soldiers at the border are strong and powerful, and we are not afraid of the barbarians at all. Instead, repairing the dike is very important..."

Soon, they focused their attention on politics and started arguing with each other.

But the news that Ning Ning refused to be summoned today would surely spread like wildfire.

As long as this matter was spread, the original person would not have ended up like in the original plot, not only losing his life but also having his reputation tarnished.

He was originally a prince, and the late emperor was his elder brother.

When the previous emperor passed away, he was out hunting and was accidentally attacked by prey, losing his life. He did not leave any will.

Their dynasty did not have the rule of the eldest son succeeding to the throne. The throne had always been passed to the most capable person. Therefore, the factions that supported the various princes were sharpening their knives, and it seemed that the dynasty was on the verge of civil strife.

It is crucial to get the support of the original body at this time, because the original body is not only a prince with a noble status, but also has military power. What he says is very important even when the previous emperor was in power.

At this point, it can be said that whoever gets his support will secure the throne.

Therefore, the then Imperial Concubine Meng Zhuoer secretly went to find the original body, moved him with their old feelings, and explained the pros and cons to him in order to gain his support.

Meng Zhuoer is the daughter of an important official. She had been childhood sweethearts with the original body and they developed feelings for each other as they grew up.

Unfortunately, later on, in order to curry favor with the prince, Meng's father sent Meng Zhuoer to the prince's mansion, making her the original body's sister-in-law.

The two had no choice but to give up this relationship.

Now, for the sake of her son's life and future, Meng Zhuoer can only find the original body and rekindle their old relationship.

The original body thought that Meng Zhuoer's son had good qualifications and if he was trained well, he might become a wise ruler. Moreover, the imperial court must not be in chaos, and it was indeed time to appoint a new ruler.

So, they supported Meng Zhuoer's son Ning Yu as the new emperor.

The original body became the regent and prime minister, and would hand over the government affairs back to him after Ning Yu got married.

There was originally a rule that the harem was not allowed to interfere in government affairs, but Meng Zhuoer was unwilling to let go of everything. Over the years, she had participated in many court affairs by influencing her original body, and even gained some power in the court.

The original body was wholeheartedly assisting Ning Yu, and as soon as Ning Yu took power, he would let his horse go to Nanshan and live a carefree life for a few years.

But Meng Zhuoer and Ning Yu didn't think so. They didn't believe that the original body would hand over power. They thought that he would definitely fight for power and would be a stumbling block for Ning Yu to take over the imperial power.

So, taking advantage of the fact that the original body was off guard against Meng Zhuoer, they poisoned the original body to death and also threw dirty water on the original body. Not only did they write off all the original body's achievements over the years, they also said that it was the original body who had been harassing Meng Zhuoer all these years and had been asking for a meeting.

Meng Zhuoer gritted her teeth and perfunctorily dealt with her original body for the sake of the safety of the court.

Moreover, after they killed the original emperor, it would have been fine if they had governed the country well, but they had neither the ability nor the idea to do so.

Over the years, the original body saw that Ning Yu did not study hard and taught him a lesson.

But he thought he was the emperor, and the original body dared to put on airs in front of him. He was truly a traitor!

So, he ignored everything else and just rebelled against his original body. The more his original body forbad him to do something, the more he wanted to do it.

As a result, his schoolwork in the study room became worse and worse, and he could not even recognize all the characters. Instead, he was seduced by the eunuchs around him to secretly leave the palace to find prostitutes to communicate with him.

In fact, he was not a real playboy, lacking the sophistication in the social world, but he was actually deeply in love with a top-notch girl and was planning to bring her into the palace, even going so far as to contradict Meng Zhuoer for this.

Meng Zhuoer felt that her relationship with Ning Yu was damaged, and was thinking about making amends, but she didn't dare to really break up with him.