Secrets in the Forbidden Palace
Nangong Jingnv and Qi Yan arrived very late for the palace banquet. The two entered the hall, and a figure greeted them at the same time.
Nangong Shunv: "Little sister."
Qi Yan raised her arms and saluted, "See your Second Highness."
Nangong Shunv: "Brother-in-law doesn't need to be more polite."
Seeing that Nangong Shu's face was embarrassed, Qi Yan took the initiative to say, "Your Highness, I will wait for you at the case first."
After Qi Yan left, Nangong Shunv took Nangong Jingnv's hand and walked aside, lowered her voice and said, "Little sister, I want to ask you for something."
Nangong Jingnu: "Second sister, just say it."
Nangong Shunv grabbed Nangong Jingnv's forearm with both hands, and begged: "Little sister, can you spend the night in this palace tonight? Or let me live where you are, just tonight."
The stunned look in Nangong Jingnu's eyes was fleeting, and she quickly figured out the reason.
Turning his head to look at the position of the Nangong Mistress: Sure enough, Lu Zhongxing was sitting there wearing a purple concubine uniform.
According to the ancient etiquette, a red light must be hung at the entrance of the Princess Palace tonight...
On this day last year, the second sister was like this by that person...
When the words of promise came to her mouth, she choked, and Nangong Jingnu couldn't help but look back at Qi Yan.
Tonight is also New Year's Eve for myself and Qi Yan...
If he went to the second sister... Lu Zhongxing could only live in the wing. The second sister is safe, but what about Qi Yan
If you agree with the second sister to stay in her house for one night, Yi Li: The three of them will stay together until dawn.
Nangong Jingnu pursed her lips and said after deliberation, "Second sister... Would you like to stay in the palace tonight?"
Nangong Shunv looked at her little sister in puzzlement. She had a low status and lived in her mother's palace before she got married.
Nangong Jingnu continued: "I want to invite the second sister to stay in the Weiming Palace, I wonder if the second sister would like it?"
Nangong Shunv's eyes lit up and she nodded, "Thank you so much, little sister."
Lu Zhongxing was a foreign minister and could not stay in the palace without a will.
And Weiming Palace is the palace of Nangong Jingnu, as long as she agrees, any female imperial heir can stay here.
Nangong Jingnu said again: "I will stay in the princess' mansion during this time. If the second sister likes it, she can stay in the Weiming Palace for a while, and I will explain it to the father."
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When Nangong Jingnv came to the front of the case, Qi Yan was still standing by the case, she helped Nangong Jingnv to sit down before sitting next to her.
With the chorus of the inner servant, the palace banquet began.
The same procedure as in previous years, the same hymns, the difference is that this year Nangong did not attend, but all the concubines above the concubine of the harem came.
Therefore, the allocation of the title is particularly embarrassing. As we all know, since the death of the Empress Ma, Nangong Rang's post has been left vacant. In the past, Concubine Hui had always been the nominal hostess of the harem. Although she did not hold the phoenix seal on her behalf, the concubine seal in her hand was equivalent to the phoenix seal in a sense.
This year was different. Nangong Rang made an exception and named Nagusgiya, the Pearl of the Prairie, as Concubine Yagui.
In the end, it was Jiya who said, "Sister Hui is an old man next to His Majesty, so she should sit on the throne alone, and my sister can just sit and start with you."
I didn't want to say this, but it hurt Concubine Hui's sensitive nerves. Except for Li Zhaorong, the mother of the deceased eldest prince who was released from the palace, Concubine Hui was the oldest in the entire harem.
After tonight, she will be forty-eight years old, and the two princes under her knees: the second prince and the fourth prince are even older than Ji Ya...
There are old people in the front and back palaces, and Concubine Hui Gui is not even a few years older than them. She feels that she is Nangong Rang's "Jie Yuhua" and "confidant". She is pregnant with two sons, and has always been confident.
Today, Ya Fei has not only shaken her status, she is also younger and more beautiful than her.
The wrinkles on Concubine Hui's face trembled, and she didn't sit on the main seat: "My sister is serious. Although Your Majesty didn't come today, I would never dare to sit on the main seat in this palace." After speaking, she sat on the right hand seat. superior.
So there was a strange scene in the good palace banquet: the main seat was empty, the two concubines would sit on the left and right, and the rest of the concubines were lined up, and Nangongda, the prince of the supervising country, could only choose a small one. The last seat of the case. After all, he was in a high position, and the rest of the emperor sat in the hall according to their age.
Halfway through the banquet, Nangong asked Pai Sijiu to send two decrees, one of which was a routine reward as in previous years.
Another imperial decree, the content seems a bit strange...
Fengtian Chengyun Emperor said: "My body has recovered recently. Since the eleventh year of Jingjia, I have set up a pair of bead curtains and a screen after the imperial case, so that I can hang the curtains to supervise the government; the fifth prince will still supervise the country.
Chin this.
Forty-nine left, everyone sat back to their respective positions, and the atmosphere of the palace banquet showed a strangeness.
The princes were thoughtful, Qi Yan raised her hand to add a glass of wine to Nangong Jingnu, and thought secretly.
This imperial edict of Nangong Rang is too strange, isn't it
As the king of a country, if he recovers, he can stop Nangongda's supervision of the country and regain control of the government.
Why go to great lengths to come up with a "listening to politics"
Even if you want to continue to practice Nangongda, you can give him a part of the royal affairs. Wouldn't it be better to teach him personally
As the saying goes: if the name is not correct, the words will not go well. The real 95-year-old sits behind the screen, and Nangong Dafei is not the direct descendant, nor the prince, nor the prince. How can he sit on the dragon chair
Several princes had their own thoughts, some covered up with drinking, some simply fell silent, and even Nangong Da was thinking with his head down.
The high-ranking empresses were surprisingly quiet and did not talk to each other.
Only Nangong Jingnu breathed a long sigh of relief and showed a long-lost smile: Father Huang's health is better, can you relax a little
Among the many royal heirs, only Nangong Jingnu was sincerely happy for her father.
Nangong Jingnu turned her head and looked at Qi Yan, seeing the obvious fatigue between her brows, and seeing that the time was almost up, she took the initiative to get up and come to a high position, said goodbye to Concubine Hui and Concubine Ya, and left the palace banquet with Qi Yan. .
After returning to the Princess Mansion without saying five words, Qi Yan fell asleep. Nangong Jingnv couldn't help but took a light bite on her shoulder, and fell asleep after reading the book on the small table by the oil lamp by the bed.
After the teenage palace banquet was scattered, Nangong Shunv walked at the end of the line. She deliberately slowed down to wait until everyone was gone, so that she could tell Lu Zhongxing about letting him go back to the princess' mansion.
Nangong Shunv: "Tonight, this palace will stay in the palace, and the concubine can do it."
Lu Zhongxing frowned: "This...? Where does His Highness live in the palace?"
Nangong Shunv sneered: "Bengong is staying at Weiming Palace tonight."
Lu Zhongxing looked back and saw that there was no one else behind him, so he lowered his voice and said, "Tonight is New Year's Eve, so husband and wife are supposed to observe the New Year's Eve together. What does Your Highness mean?"
Nangong Shunv wanted to tell Lu Zhongxing to go to a private house to be with concubine Ji, but after thinking about it, she was afraid that she would have to spend a lot of time talking, and if Lu Zhongxing misunderstood that she was "jealous", it was even more difficult to explain, so she simply kept silent.
Seeing Nangong Shun's silence, Lu Zhongxing became hard-hearted, and grabbed Nangong Shunv's wrist with the gall of wine: "New Year's Eve is the year of the couple's birthday, even if His Highness sues the imperial court, His Majesty will stand on the side of the minister, besides the Weiming Palace. The main lord and his concubine have gone back, where is His Highness going? Let’s go back with the minister.”
Nangong Shunv: "You let go!"
Lu Zhongxing snorted and put it in Nangong Shun's ear: "I advise Your Highness to waste less energy, I can turn a blind eye to your pickled things. But as long as this finger marriage counts. , Your Highness has to accompany me to pretend. If someone sees you and I being pulled, and asks why, don't blame me for being open-mouthed!"
"you!"
Nangong Shunv was trembling with anger, she never thought that Lu Zhongxing could be so shameless.
He and Qi Yanqing are innocent, but the old and confusing case of Lay Shepherd cannot be solved for a long time, even if he speaks out... One of his own princesses, who has not left the cabinet, is in love with a man, and he will be criticized again.
Nangong Shunv tried several times but failed to break free, so she could only resign and let Lu Zhongxing pull out of the hall.
A gust of cold wind blew, and Nangong Shu Nu shuddered, but her heart was three points colder than this day.
Suddenly, a delicate voice came: "Yo, are you two interested?"
Nangong Shunv and Lu Zhongxing turned their heads together and looked in the direction of the source of the sound—Jiya was leaning against the lacquered pillar with her arms crossed, breathing heavily.
Today, she is wearing a set of dark red grassland to serve, which is similar to the color of the pillars and almost blends into one.
No one knew why the dignified and elegant concubine was waiting here, but a thought flashed in Nangong Shu's heart: "Empress concubine!"
Ji Ya put down the hand holding her arms and walked towards the two.
Lu Zhongxing had no choice but to let go of the Nangong Mistress, and lifted the hem of his clothes: "My minister, Lu Zhongxing, see Yafei Niangniang."
Nangong Shunv also added a Wanfu gift: "See the noble concubine."
Ji Ya rubbed her hands, raised it to her mouth and exhaled, took Nangong Mi's hand naturally, and said angrily: "It's such a cold day, why did you come out so slowly? It made my hands freeze. !"
"My lord, forgive me, I..."
Ji Ya interrupted what Nangong Shunv was going to say: "Now that you're out, let's go. Didn't we make an appointment where you are going to me tonight?"
After finishing speaking, Jiya "explained" to herself: "This is the first year I have lived in the south, and I feel lonely by myself. Didn't you make an appointment to accompany me?"
This night, Nangong Shunv successfully avoided the "husband and wife keeping the year old", but she did not spend the night in the Weiming Palace...
Early the next morning, Qi Yan proposed to go back to the mansion, on the grounds that the New Year's gifts from the consort's mansion and the private residence had not been distributed.
Nangong Jingnu looked away from the scroll in her hand, watched Qi Yanzu take a few breaths, and said slowly, "Why don't you send Qiu Ju for a walk? Forget it, if you want to go, go."
Qi Yan slowed her breath and replied calmly, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Nangong Jingnu nodded and watched Qi Yan disappear from her sight, her brows puffed up and stretched out again.
Only a sigh sounded.