The defeat of the Nanwei Kingdom
Nangong Jingnu was greedy and ate more. Seeing that she was leaning on the back of the chair while covering her stomach, Qi Yan took the initiative to say, "While it's still dark, Your Highness would like to walk with the minister?"
"Okay~!"
The two walked around the back garden hand in hand for a few laps, and the sky gradually darkened. Nangong Jingnu took Qi Yan's arm: "Let's go back?"
Qi Yan: "I still want to go to Huxin Pavilion to sit down."
Nangong Jingnu: "What's so beautiful about being bald?"
Qi Yan chuckled: "Before it snows, the lake is still glistening with autumn water. After the first snowfall, everything was silent, and even the lake was lazy."
Nangong Jingnu secretly laughed at Qi Yan's perversion, but she still took her to Huxinting and instructed Qiu Ju, "Go and pass on some maids, and wait by the lake with the lamp in your hand."
"Yes."
Sitting in the Huxin Pavilion, Nangong Jingnu said with emotion, "It's so quiet here, why didn't I find it before?"
Qi Yan hooked the corners of her mouth: "Those with a peaceful mind see everything in silence."
Nangong Jingnu tasted it, and said with a feigned anger: "Wow! You are obviously beating around the bush and saying that I used to be impetuous!"
Qi Yan looked at Nangong Jingnu and blinked, the expression on her face was extremely innocent: "When did the minister say that?"
The amber eyes shone brightly in the slightly dim environment.
Nangong Jingnu's heart was filled with genial warmth, she tilted her head and gave Qi Yan an angry look, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
She stared at Qi Yan intently, since they became intimate, she could clearly feel that Qi Yan treated her differently.
When the two were alone, the cautious, respectful and courteous look they used to be almost disappeared.
Qi Yan restrained her smile and asked, "Is there anything interesting in the mansion recently?"
Nangong Jingnu thought about it and couldn't help sighing: "There is no interesting thing, but there is one bad thing."
Qi Yan: "What troubles Your Highness?"
Nangong Jingnu leaned on her chin and curled her lips: "It's the second sister. She told me a few days ago that she wanted to ask her father to give her a divorce from Lu Zhongxing."
Qi Yan frowned. This was beyond her expectations. Given Nangong Shu's temperament, it shouldn't be like this...
Nangong Jingnv wanted to talk to Qi Yan about the cause and effect, but when she spoke, she suddenly thought that there was also Qi Yan's "factor", she was worried that it would hurt Qi Yan's sensitive self-esteem and changed her mouth: "You said... Father Royal Will you agree?"
"The holy will is unpredictable, and this minister does not dare to speak falsely. But you have to listen to the second sister's reasons, and maybe you will agree."
…
Qi Yan moved her fingers and turned her eyes to the lake.
A bright moon reflected on the water, and occasional microwaves seemed unreal.
Perhaps there is "credit" to Ji Ya, but Nangong Rang will never agree.
Qi Yan still can't understand why Ji Ya insists on saving Nangong Shunv.
But no matter how favored she is, the only person who can rescue Nangong Shunv is sitting beside him.
Nangong Shunv is a chess piece to appease the Taiwei's mansion. If you want to get rid of the Taiwei's mansion, you can't show any clues. Presumably, when Nangong asked his most beloved daughter to marry him hastily, he had expected today. If necessary, he would even Will sacrifice Nangong Shunv.
Thinking of this, Qi Yan even wanted to find an opportunity to sabotage Nangong Jingnu's "rescue". If their sisterly love could make the other party die at the hands of her father, it would also make her less burdened with conscience.
…
A few days later, Nangong Shunv changed into a simple but grand palace and installed it in the palace.
The chamberlain told her that His Majesty was at the concubine Yafei's place, and Nangong's concubine hesitated a bit and set foot on the sedan chair to Phixiang Palace...
Nangong Rang Zheng was leaning on the chaise longue, and Ji Ya rubbed his shoulders.
Hearing Si Jiu's report, Nangong Rang sat up straight: "Let her come in."
Ji Ya stopped pinching and sat down on a small stool on one side.
Nangong Shunv dragged her long palace attire and walked in, leaning down and bowing: "My son sees the father and the emperor, and sees the concubine Yafei."
Nangong Rang: "Well, give me a seat."
Nangong Shunv: "Thank you, father and emperor."
Nangong Rang: "I heard that you were ill a while ago, but are you alright?"
There was a trace of surprise in Nangong Shunv's beautiful eyes, but she didn't expect that the royal father would remember his own affairs. Gia on the side smiled and said nothing.
"I have troubled the father and emperor to worry, the son is already well."
Nangong Rang nodded: "Tell me, what is the meaning of entering the palace?"
Nangong Shunv was heartbroken and knelt in front of Nangong Rang, who frowned and watched Nangong Shunv waiting for her to speak.
Nangong Shunv: "My son, I have something to ask for your father's permission."
Nangong Rang's face was a little cold: "You talk first."
Nangong Shunv: "My son... I beg the emperor to give me a divorce from the concubine."
Nangong Shunv's head was very low, but her waist was stretched straight. Nangong Rang didn't speak for a long time, and the atmosphere was depressed and heavy.
Ji Ya paid attention to his subtle expressions without a trace, and her heart sank.
The next moment, Nangong let a heavy and cold voice sound: "The Lu family is a hero in the founding of the country and has made great contributions to our country. I and Lu Aiqing are brothers of the opposite sex, and the second son of the Lu family is considered inferior to match you! Now Lu Aiqing is sick in bed. , you ask me to give you a clutch?"
Nangong Rang's words were like a sharp knife stuck in Nangong Shu's heart, her body trembled, her head was still down, but her eyes were red: The outcome of the matter was largely expected, but the father even the reason I didn't even ask a word, if it was a quiet girl... would it be the same? She doesn't dare to stand shoulder to shoulder with her daughter-in-law, but she also longs to get some care from her father when she is helpless and hesitant...
Nangong Rang snorted coldly: "I thought you were a generalist, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant! I've never heard of this matter, please kneel."
Nangong Shun kowtowed silently: "My son retire."
When Nangong Shunv left the hall, Ji Ya gently pressed her past, and her slender hand stroked Nangong Rang's chest, "It's just a small matter between children, why should Your Majesty be angry?"
Nangong Rang's face looked better now. He grabbed Jiya's hand and put it on his lips and pecked it, pinching it in his hand and playing with it.
He likes to come to Ji Ya, not only because she is young and beautiful, not afraid of the power of heaven, but more because Ji Ya's mother's family has no power in the court, and there is no child under her knees.
He is old, and the old officials in the DPRK never leave the country. Nangong Rang had to think about every word they said, and Nangong Rang had to think twice about every word they said. He is relaxed only when he is with Jiya.
Nangong Rang: "I thought Zhuohua was a sensible person, but I still don't let me worry about it."
Ji Ya smiled sweetly: "Isn't there such a saying among the Wei people? 'Children and grandchildren have their own blessings', His Majesty Tianwei can't even look at me, let alone the princess?"
Nangong asked Youyou: "You don't understand."
Ji Ya grasped the information revealed in these three words, and although she was still smiling, there was a worrying inference in her heart.
The capital soon fell the first snow, which lasted for several days.
The earth was covered in silver, and a pair of snowmen were built in the backyard of Princess Qi Yan and Princess Nangong Jing's house, but it snowed again the next day, and the small half of the pair of snowmen were submerged in the snow.
The end of the year, quietly arrived in this continuous heavy snow.
The servants of the Princess Mansion suddenly became busy, and Qiu Ju, who was in charge of the female official, was invisible for a while.
She holds the key to the princess's treasury. Every year at this time of the year, the tenant farmers of thousands of food towns under the name of Nangong Jingnv will gather their offerings and send them over together. People come to collect it, convert it into cash and record it in the book.
There are also the New Year's ceremonies of the various prefectures. Qiu Ju will record all of them in the book and hand them over to Nangong Jingnv to review them, and then ask her to choose some return gifts.
The two main masters in the main hall were very leisurely, Qi Yan was savoring a cup of hot tea, and Nangong Jingnu was sitting opposite her playing with a new gadget - Hua Rongdao.
After she got Huarong Dao, she immediately called Qi Yan, and they were in contact with each other, but Qi Yan only took eighty-five steps to untie it. However, she fiddled with more than a hundred steps, very unconvinced and vowed to surpass Qi Yan. This was the third challenge.
Qiu Ju was busy for a long time, her shoes were half wet, and she came to the main hall to present the gift book: "Your Highness, this is the food that was collected this year..." After a pause, she continued: "This year's harvest is not good, and the tenant farmers handed in the offerings. It’s 30% less than in previous years.”
Nangong Jingnv was excited, without raising her head: "If there are fewer offerings, it will be less. It's not a big deal."
Qiu Ju opened her mouth and seemed to have something to say. After a little consideration, she continued to report: "This is the ceremony book of the various governments this year. Please take a look at your Highness and point out a few items so that the servants can carry them to return the gift."
Nangong Jingnv handed the gift book to Qi Yan: "Help me take a look."
Qi Yan took the gift book but looked at Qiu Ju and asked, "Sister Qiu Ju has something else to say?"
Qiu Ju hesitated to speak, and Qi Yan patted the back of Nangong Jingnu's hand: "His Royal Highness, take it easy?"
"Huh?" Nangong Jingnu pulled her attention away from Huarong Road: "What's wrong?"
Qi Yan also comforted: "Sister Qiu Ju, please go on."
"Your Highness, I heard that this year's harvests are generally not good in various places. Ordinary farmers are fine, but some tenant farmers who serve food towns in various prefectures don't even dare to keep their own rations, so they still haven't been able to pay enough."
Qi Yan's eyes sank: The defeat of the Nangong Dynasty... is here.
Nangong Jingnu looked a little puzzled: "Do you mean to return some to the farmers?"
Qiu Ju knelt on the ground again: "Slave maids don't dare!"
Nangong Jingnv: "What's the matter? The Princess' Mansion is not bad. Right now, it is the New Year's Eve. The people still have to keep their own food rations. You ask the farmers how much surplus food they need to keep, and return them to them before the New Year's Eve. , you can give more."
Qi Yan sighed in her heart, looking at the world, she was afraid that she would not be able to find another one.
Seeing that Qiuju was in a tangle again, she took the initiative to explain: "Your Highness, according to the regulations of the imperial court, if the farmers who rent the food fields do not pay enough to worship them, they will be punished."
Only then did Qiu Ju dare to continue: "The servants heard that the person who entrusted them to enshrine them said that many peasant households have been locked up by the yamen of the Dasinong and the various prefectures!"