Song Yaoyao: *[Sure enough, not a single person who grew up in the Imperial Palace was simple.*
*Had no one noticed anything wrong with Nian Siting, after all these years of pretending?]*
Guagua: *[After Nian Siting became a fool, he and his mother moved into the most remote Palace Hall in the Imperial Palace.*
It was very close to the Cold Palace. Mother and son had been banished.
That suited them perfectly. No one paid attention to them there, and they shut their doors and lived their own quiet little lives.
Once he reached adulthood, Nian Cenyi gave Nian Siting special permission to take Consort Lan out of the palace and establish his own manor.
Everyone in the manor was one of their own.
*To this day, no one knows Nian Siting has been faking it.]*
Song Yaoyao: *[He really knows how to put on an act. He's kept it up for so many years.*
*By the way, how far has he built up his forces?]*
Guagua: *[Nian Siting's maternal family is in decline, so they haven't been able to help him much.*
But he got lucky and discovered a gold mine. He secretly sent people to mine and refine the gold.
*He used that refined gold to recruit troops and buy horses. He now has fifty thousand men under his command.]*
Song Yaoyao: [Good grief, so he's a major boss after all.]
Guagua: *[Exactly. He's concealed himself so well all these years that he hasn't lost any men since he began building up his forces.*
Today, he sent someone over to tell the Prefect of the Capital to meet him later.
Right now, Nian Fengyuan is focusing all his attention on dealing with the Seventh Prince, Nian Xiaoqing, outside the city.
*Nian Siting wants to discuss with his people