Zheqi is a bit far from Jiankang.

It took about two hours to come from home. It was already noon when I arrived here, which confirmed Wang Ningzhi's words: I won't come back at noon.

Since Huan Wen stationed his troops here, the people here will always be investigated when traveling. After all, it is a military important place. The ox cart is parked at the entrance. Wang Ningzhi lifted the curtain and exposed his head: "Wang Ningzhi, the governor of Yangzhou, had an appointment with Duke Huan before, and came to see him."

Although he was the governor of Yangzhou, he had not taken office yet, so he naturally had no seal. After saying this, it was indeed difficult to verify. It took a lot of time. However, soon, Wang Ningzhi saw the familiar back walking in the military camp and pointed at him and said, "That's Wang Yuanlin? Call him over and he can testify to me."

The soldier was stunned and hurried over. After a moment, Wang Xun walked over with a smile. Seeing that it was Wang Ningzhi, he immediately smiled and said, "I can testify that this is my cousin Wang Shuping, and he is also the new Yangzhou governor. The reason why he has no seal is because he has not taken office yet."

The soldier breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly released the person.

Wang Ningzhi simply got out of the car and followed Wang Xun to Huan Wen's residence. He walked and chatted. The two had not met for a long time, but now they had changed when they met: Needless to say, Wang Ningzhi was promoted to Yangzhou Governor and moved to Wuyi Lane to live in Wuyi Lane; Wang Xun showed outstanding performance in Huan Wen's military camp, had a good relationship with Xie Xuan and Xi Chao, and is now highly valued by Huan Wen.

After talking about the Wang family, Wang Xun took Wang Ningzhi to a house and stopped, saying, "This is the residence of Duke Huan. After you have finished talking, remember to go to my place. I'll call Jingxing and Youdu, and let's get together."

Wang Ningzhi agreed with a smile, watched Wang Xun leave, and walked in after the servant outside the house reported it.

There was only one middle-aged man in the room, thin and not as handsome as a noble family. Instead, he was as weathered as a frost. His eyes were as bright as eagles, and his eyes were sharply hit on him the moment Wang Ningzhi entered.

"Shuping, we're meeting again." Huan Wen said, his voice a little hoarse.

Seeing Huan Wen signaling him to be at will, Wang Ningzhi was not restrained and poured himself a cup of hot tea. Then he smiled and said, "Speaking of this, I was drunk on the day of my wedding. It was a great honor to have not thanked Duke Huan for being here in person."

Huan Wen waved his hand and looked at Wang Ningzhi with his eyes back: "I know from your usual words and deeds that Shuping should not be a polite person. Since this is the case, you should not be jealous. Just say whatever you have in your letter."

Wang Ningzhi coughed dryly, sipped the tea, and said, "I heard that the Kuaiji Palace wanted to marry Yuyao to Zhongdao, so I was a little anxious, so I came up with this bad idea and wrote a letter to Duke Huan directly... However, what was said in the letter is true, and I am indeed in love with Yuyao, and I hope Duke Huan will understand it."

"Shuping fell in love with Princess Yuyao?" Huan Wen looked strange, "What should Ling Jiang do? I believe that with Yuyao's identity, he must not be a concubine. Instead, he married Zhongdao, and he did not have this concern."

"This is not a matter of worrying about Duke Huan. Since Duke Huan asked me to speak straightforwardly, then it is concise and concise. Whether Duke Huan cancels the marriage between Zhongdao and Yuyao is nothing more than a benefit. Once Zhongdao and Yuyao marry, it can at least play a ease between Duke Huan and the court, thereby reducing the court's suspicion of Duke Huan. If I want Duke Huan to cancel the marriage, I must give more benefits to Duke Huan than this, but so?" Judging from his own experience, Huan Wen was obviously not a famous scholar who claimed to be romantic, but was actually a pragmatic person as recorded in later generations, so Wang Ningzhi did not turn around.

Huan Wen poured himself another cup of hot tea: "That's right, but it's obvious that marriage has great benefits..."

"Before I tell you my exchange chips, I wonder if Duke Huan is interested in listening to me to analyze the marriage?"

"Listen attentively." Huan Wen was very sincere.

Wang Ningzhi said confidently: "Learning a lot of books makes us know that the so-called comfort obtained by marriage is all the flowers and moon in the water, which is unpredictable, but it is obvious that they were all shattered in the end. Then look at this marriage, it is impossible to tie Duke Huan and the court together forever through marriage. I guess Duke Huan only wanted a temporary buffer. Before that, Duke Huan went to Jiankang to lobby and tried his best to achieve the Northern Expedition, but some people have stopped him and did not succeed. But now he has a tendency to marry, but he still has not received the support of King Kuaiji. I am forbidden to say that for Duke Huan, who is eager to fight the Northern Expedition, the success of this marriage does not matter much..."

Huan Wen listened to Wang Ningzhi's analysis without changing his expression, nodding from time to time, but after listening, his face did not change. Instead, he said lightly: "I know what Shuping said. I don't know what you said, what is the use of this?"

"Does Duke Huan think I'm going to talk big?" Wang Ningzhi smiled and shook his head, "Not talking about those false things, the so-called unanimous agreement is nothing more than using my strengths to make up for Duke Huan's shortcomings. What I said before is just to state Duke Huan's shortcomings, so as to contrast with my next strengths."

Huan Wen took a deep breath and stared at Wang Ningzhi: "The support of Wang's family in Langya?"

"That's right." Wang Ningzhi leaned forward, "From the beginning, I put all my chips up. The choice is Duke Huan is not me. We just hope to reach an agreement... Although the Wang family of Langya has begun to decline, they are still top clans. Now, whether the Northern Expedition in the Chaozhong period should be evenly matched, and the faction without fighting is slightly superior, right?"

"That's right." Huan Wen nodded, "This is also why I want to go to Jiankang."

"Then this will be easy. If the Wang family of Langya is not all, even if only half of the Wang family set an example and supported the Northern Expedition, what will happen if Duke Huan thinks?"

Huan Wen did not answer immediately, but pondered for a long time and raised his head: "How much support can you win from the Wang family?"

"At least, my cousin Wang Xuanchen (Wang Kun's name) is supported by Wang Ningzhi." Wang Ningzhi naturally could not express his estimate.

Huan Wen frowned, and the hawk-eyed thorns were on Wang Ningzhi's face: "Shuping, you are very insincere."

"I am very sincere." Wang Ningzhi reached out and pointed at the table, "But Duke Huan knew why I did this. I was for Yuyao, because it was an emergency, so naturally I had not said it in my family. I had no way to know how much support I could win."

"Then why should I promise you?" Perhaps Huan Wen's brows stretched out because of the thought.

"Time, what Duke Huan lacks most and what he lacks most now is time. Therefore, as long as Duke Huan can delay divination of the eight characters, I will go to the family to lobby. Then Duke Huan decides how to choose at that time." A horizontal line was drawn on the table with tea, and Wang Ningzhi raised his head, "How?"
Chapter completed!