The east boat and the west boat are silent
Qi Yan left Gong Yanghuai to have dinner at the CCP’s residence, but the latter readily agreed but did not dare to occupy the imperial dining hall.
There are many fine wines in the princess' mansion. Qi Yan is never stingy with her friends. She directly took Gongyanghuai to the wine cellar.
Qi Yan smiled and said, "Choose an altar."
Gongyanghuai instantly turned into a "dog nose" and smelled it carefully through the thick sealing mud, and finally chose a jar of pear blossom stuffed with 50 years of age.
Qi Yan didn't understand wine, but she could see that there were only four jars of pear brewing, so she teased, "Baishi's eyesight is astonishing. If His Highness knew about it, he would definitely feel distressed."
Gongyanghuai hugged the jar in his arms tightly, with a look of fear that Qi Yan would go back on it: "This is a reward from His Highness, what do you feel bad for?"
Back at the small courtyard where the dishes were served, Gongyang Huai couldn't help but patted off the seal, and the rich aroma of pear blossoms instantly filled the entire dining room.
Gongyanghuai praised: "It's really a rare nectar and jade dew in the world. The smell alone will kill the wine bugs in my house!"
After speaking, Gongyanghuai couldn't wait to drink a cup, and praised again.
Looking at the amber nectar in the cup, Qi Yan couldn't help but flash Nangong Jingnv's expression after learning about it. She must not have thought that Gongyanghuai was an expert in wine, and she chose her treasure at once.
Thinking of the way she dragged herself to jump and regretted it too late, Qi Yan couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth.
Halfway through the banquet, Gong Yang Huai squinted his drunken eyes and threw a question.
Gongyanghuai: "Tie Zhu, according to your opinion, His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince... Is it possible?"
Qi Yan put down the bamboo chopsticks, swallowed the food in his mouth, looked at Gongyanghuai calmly, and threw another question: "As far as I know, His Royal Highness was not favored before, and before His Majesty's decree, I heard some rumors in the court. ?"
If she guessed correctly, Nangongda suddenly came to power and Nangong Jingnu had an inseparable relationship, but what she was worried about now was whether the ministers in the court knew about this.
Gongyanghuai thought about it carefully: "No, the imperial decree was issued suddenly and caught everyone off guard."
Qi Yan: "Think about it carefully, don't miss anything. What did Master Zhongshuling say?"
Gongyanghuai still shook his head: "Even Lord Zhongshuling is at a loss."
Qi Yan was relieved and answered Gongyanghuai's question: "I entered the DPRK two years later than you, and everything in the DPRK is not as good as you, so there is really no way to answer this question. But I advise you to listen more. Lord Shang Shuling’s opinion, it’s definitely right to follow him.”
Gongyanghuai: "It makes sense."
Qiu Ju's voice came from outside the door: "My concubine, the housekeeper is asking to see you."
Gongyanghuai was greatly surprised, lowered his voice and asked, "Tie Zhu, where is your private house still?"
Qi Yan nodded, Gongyang Huai tutted his tongue in admiration: "It seems that you are really a good wife, although it is not uncommon for a concubine to raise a private house, but you are the first person who can get it on the bright side. !"
Qi Yan glared at Gongyanghuai, who smiled naively.
"Let him come to the small courtyard to see me."
"Yes."
Gongyanghuai became more and more happy when she saw that Qi Yan was taking precautions against him.
Qian Yuan knelt down to the table and said respectfully, "Younger, see the concubine, Lord Gongyang."
Qi Yan: "Get up, what's the matter?"
Qian Yuan took out a stack of red posts from his arms and presented them with both hands: "Master Qi, these are the invitations received recently. Some of them were sent to the Concubine's Mansion, and Miss Xia He sent them to a private house."
Qi Yan took the invitation and put it on the table: "I see, you can go back."
Qian Yuan: "The villain retire."
Qi Yan: "Wait."
Qian Yuan: "Master, what else do you want to tell me?"
Qi Yan: "This year's year..."
Qian Yuan snapped and said: "Master, please rest assured, it has been done according to last year's specifications, and a total of two copies have been distributed, one is rewarded in the name of His Highness Zhen Zhen, and the other is rewarded in the name of the master."
Qi Yan nodded with satisfaction: "Today is not different from previous years, and the banquets of your servants are more low-key."
Qian Yuan: "Little one understands."
After Qian Yuan left, Gongyanghuai praised him, "Where did you find this one? He is really smart."
Qi Yan smiled without saying a word, and began to look at the stack of invitations, without any intention of carrying Gongyang Huai, the first one was from Xie An and Xie Yuanshan...
Gongyanghuai frowned and said cautiously: "This Xie An... Tie Zhu is better to gradually distance himself. It's okay to forget about the past, your status is different now, as a third-rank official, you still rarely deal with these merchants and merchants. "
Qi Yan was noncommittal and turned over the invitations one by one, most of which were sent by officials from the DPRK and China. One copy caught Qi Yan's attention, and the signature turned out to be: Xing Jingfu.
Qi Yan put down the rest of the post, and lightly pinched this one. Gongyanghuai also sat beside Qi Yan and looked at the words above.
Everyone else's are invitations, and this one alone is an invitation.
Gongyanghuai: "Good opportunity, Tie Zhu! Lord Zhongshuling is not an easy visitor to see!" If it wasn't for Qi Yan's 10,000 taels of silver, he wouldn't even be able to touch this Lord's gate.
Qi Yan: "Didn't you find that this invitation is different?"
Gongyanghuai read it again from beginning to end. Xing Jingfu was the chief examiner of the exam with Qi Yan. Xing Jingfu also mentioned this relationship on the invitation, and there was nothing wrong with it.
Qi Yan nodded and signed: "This invitation does not indicate a specific date..." In other words, this is a pass to visit Lord Shang Shuling at any time.
After sending Gongyanghuai away, Qi Yan returned to the bedroom. Nangong Jingnv had already finished washing and was leaning on the bunk bed, with a lamp on the bedside, holding a yellowed ancient scroll in her hand and watching it quietly.
Three thousand blue silk was scattered, and it fell across his shoulders and fell to his chest.
"Your Highness."
Nangong Jingnu raised her eyes and closed the book in her hand: "Are you back?"
The corners of Qi Yan's mouth twitched again, and she took off her robe and sat beside the bed: "Your Highness."
"Um?"
With a mind similar to "prank", Qi Yan looked at Nangong Jingnu and said, "I took Baishi to a wine cellar just now, and he chose a jar of fifty-year-old pear brew, and he didn't finish the jar. The minister made his own decision and asked him to take the rest back."
Nangong Jingnu stared at Qi Yan's amber eyes and said calmly, "It's just a jar of wine, what's the point."
Qi Yan's smile was a little stiff, she withdrew her eyes without a trace and said softly, "Yes."
Nangong Jingnu's reaction... was completely different from what she had imagined.
It has been two years since she and Nangong Jingnu were together, and Qi Yan never expected anything wrong with her during this period...
She admitted that she told Nangong Jingnu the news with some kind of bad taste, but the other party's reaction...
Nangong Jingnu rubbed her brows. In fact, she wanted to sleep for a long time. She was waiting for Qi Yan to come back. She closed the book and lay on the inside: "I asked Qiu Ju to move the lamp to the head of the bed, and it will be convenient for you in the future. Some. It's night, go to bed."
"Yes." Qi Yan went to wash herself, lay down on the bed and turned off the bedside lamp, the hall fell into darkness, but Qi Yan suddenly felt a little empty in her heart.
Since when? The things about the girl next to him can't be predicted.
Nangong Jingnu was unaware of Qi Yan's mood. She hadn't slept well for days and nights, and she had done her best to wait for Qi Yan to come back.
When she was half asleep, she suddenly felt a little cold, so she hugged Qi Yan's arms and found a comfortable position to fall asleep at ease.
Qi Yan hugged Nangong Jingnu's delicate body and couldn't help but whispered, "Your Highness?"
"Well..." Nangong Jingnu was so sleepy that she couldn't even open her eyes.
Obviously it was Nephrite Jade in her arms, but Qi Yan felt that her heart was empty, and her keen senses were different, but her reason told her that she was just making a fuss.
After some thought and struggle, Qi Yan called again, "Your Highness?"
"… Um."
"Shangyuan Festival is almost here, where do you want to go to play, Your Highness?"
There was a long silence, so silent that Qi Yan thought that the other party didn't hear what she said.
Just when she was about to give up, Nangong Jingnu replied like a babble: "I won't go out this year, I want to go to the palace to accompany my father."
"it is good."
Although Nangong Rang told Nangong Jingnu that she did not have to go to the palace every day to accompany her, she still went to the palace every day after the third day of junior high, and sometimes went with Nangong Shunv. elegant.
Therefore, her impression of Jiya has also changed a lot. After all, her mother has passed away for many years, and it is also a good thing to have someone who knows the cold and the heat by her father's side.
Qi Yan also began to get busy. Although she still stayed in the Princess Mansion every night, she probably left the mansion after having breakfast with Nangong Jingnv, so a pile of pilgrimages was enough for her to run around for a while.
Both of them are busy. Nangong Jingnv seems to be busier than Qi Yan. Many times Qi Yan has been back to the house for a long time, and it is dark before Nangong Jingnv comes back.
The two simply said a few words and fell asleep together.
Soon after the Shangyuan Festival, Nangong Jingnv really entered the palace early in the morning as she said...
Qi Yan didn't go anywhere, she ate alone in the mansion and went to bed early.
When Nangong Jingnv came back, Qi Yan felt it, but she herself didn't understand why she pretended to sleep.
After Nangong Jingnu finished changing and washing, she crept into the bed, still nestled in Qi Yan's arms.
The next morning, when Qi Yan woke up, there was no one around.
She was a little unaccustomed to the vacant seat beside her, but heard that the door of the dormitory opened. Qiu Ju led a group of maids into the dormitory with trays in their hands.
Qiu Ju: "Master Consort, today is your first morning court. Your Highness ordered the servants to change your clothes for you."
Qi Yan sat up: "There is elder sister Lao Qiuju, where's Your Highness?"
Qiu Ju: "His Royal Highness is in Tangquan Hall, and I guess he will be back soon."
Qi Yan nodded, and officials of the third rank and above of the Wei Kingdom wore purple official uniforms, goldfish bags, and their chests were slightly different.
Qi Yan's concubine's palace dress is also purple, but the gorgeous purple and purple show is much more gorgeous than this set of officials, but the actual status of the two is not the same.