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Qi Yan withdrew her gaze without a trace, again looking warm and quiet. As if the sharp-edged appearance just now was just an illusion.
Nangong Jingnu looked at her with an indescribable feeling in her heart. It was a feeling of taking a sigh of relief and trying to climb with all of your energy, only to find that there was a higher mountain behind the mountain.
Nangong Jingnu was a little lost and muttered, "You should have appeared in the courtroom."
Qi Yan replied softly: "The body of the minister is guilty..." Qi Yan pursed her lips. Sure enough, Nangong Jingnu's expression changed, and the trace of tenderness she had finally cultivated disappeared in an instant.
Nangong Jingnu slowly stood up: "Bengong went back first."
Qi Yan hesitated for a moment, and asked in a half-prayed, half-negotiated tone: "It's getting late, Your Highness will stay and have dinner before going back?"
Nangong Jingnu replied coldly, "No, you shouldn't have come here." Qi Yan understood.
She twitched the corners of her mouth, trying to make her expression look more natural: "Then... I will send His Highness to the door."
Nangong Jingnu still refused: "Send someone to invite the second sister back, we just go back by ourselves."
Qi Yan: "Yes." She pushed open the door and walked out. Nangong Jingnu came to the table and sat down, looking at the tea set on the table in a trance.
Xiaodie has become a thorn between her and Qi Yan that cannot be removed. Although she came to see Qi Yan today, it does not mean that she has forgiven this matter, just as she said: she was originally It shouldn't be here, this is the private residence of Zhen Zhen's concubine and her concubine, isn't it
In fact, she didn't know whether she would really "forgive" Qi Yan, who had treated him with such heart and soul, but in exchange for such a result.
In a few days, that woman and Qi Yan's child should also be born... Thinking of this, Nangong Jingnu felt a dull pain in her heart.
Qi Yan's mood is much more complicated than that of Nangong Jingnv. On the one hand, she has to digest negative feelings, and on the other hand, she has to analyze the shocking news that Nangong Jingnv brought her.
Two things were intertwined in her heart, and she didn't know which side to give more energy to.
She found Qian Yuan and instructed him to invite Nangong Shunv, while she walked towards Xiaodie's yard, which is a forbidden area for private residences, where people cannot enter.
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Nangong Shunv and Xiaodie are still sitting on the stone bench in the small courtyard. Nangong Shunv's expression is much lighter than before. There have been too many things happening recently, and listening to Xiaodie's childlike remarks makes her feel very relaxed.
And even if Nangong Shunv accidentally said something, she didn't have to worry that Xiaodie would leak the secret.
She asked out the name of the girl in front of her, Xiaodie, but no one seemed to remember it. She seemed to have a brother who was still alive in her conversation, but whenever Nangong Shun asked, Xiaodie kept her mouth shut.
Xiaodie was talking with great interest, when she saw Qi Yan's eyes light up, she called out sweetly: "Yuanjun!"
Qi Yan's heart sank, and she cast her gaze on the face of Nangong Shu-girl who had turned around. Seeing that the other party's expression was normal, she felt relieved and raised her arms in a salute: "Second Highness, Your Highness Zhen Zhen wants to go back to the mansion, Please come over."
Nangong Shunv raised her eyebrows, thinking that it would be later: "I see, Ben Gong is here."
"Sister!" Nangong Shunv, who had walked a few steps, turned around and saw Xiaodie chasing after her with a big belly, followed by Qi Yan.
Nangong Shunv: "What's the matter?"
Xiaodie's expression was a little anxious, she handed over the little rabbit wooden carving in her hand, and asked earnestly, "Little rabbit, don't you want elder sister?"
There was a trace of surprise in Nangong Shun's eyes, and she said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I forgot it on the table." After that, she took over the little rabbit wood carving.
Xiaodie laughed, her dark eyes flashed with childish light: "When will my sister come again?"
Nangong Shunv glanced at Qi Yan, thought for a while and replied, "When you have time..." Glimping Xiaodie pouted again, and added, "If you have time, my sister will definitely come."
Xiaodie: "Okay!"
Nangong Shunv nodded and said to Qi Yan, "She is inconvenient, you go back, this palace knows the way."
Qi Yan: "Congratulations to send off the Second Highness."
Qi Yan and Sister Xiaodie stood side by side and watched Nangong Shun's back disappear from sight. Qi Yan took Xiaodie's hand and asked softly, "Why did you give the little rabbit wood carving to someone?"
Xiaodie replied shyly: "Well, I like that sister."
Qi Yan frowned: "That sister is not my very close friend, maybe she doesn't come often."
Xiaodie grabbed Qi Yan's hand and shook it, and said coquettishly, "Then be good friends with her~ That elder sister is very good!"
Qi Yan smiled, helplessly and indulged: "What did Xiaodie say to that sister? Did you mention the past?"
Xiaodie: "No! Didn't we make an appointment not to talk about it?"
Qi Yan: "Xiaodie is really good."
The two sisters returned to the small courtyard hand in hand, Xiaodie drank the medicine and fell asleep, Qi Yan pulled the quilt for her, and went back to the bedroom alone.
The quilt on the bed was a little wrinkled, Qi Yan stood on the foot and looked at the folds on it for a long time without saying a word, then carefully sat down in the previous position, raised her hand and stroked the folds on the quilt.
She had lost her temperature after touching it, but she still rubbed it lightly again and again, as if this was the only way she could "touch" Nangong Jingnu now.
Qi Yan didn't stop until the folds on the quilt were completely smoothed out, and lay back on the bed.
Qi Yan let out a long sigh, turned her body sideways, and pressed her chest through her clothes, as if a piece of her heart was inexplicably missing, empty.
He finally pushed her away with his own hands... Wasn't this what he had planned all along
Should be happy, right
But why, why... Some regrets
Qi Yan had to sort out a series of things again, and found that with her resourcefulness, the situation at that time was the only way.
On the one hand is the sister who has been separated for more than ten years, and on the other is the daughter of the enemy, there seems to be nothing to regret.
Qi Yan smiled to convince herself, but there was a glittering drop from the corner of her eyes.
She realized a problem: if she had some power at the time, there might be other options.
This is a problem she has always ignored. The masked man's teaching has limited her thinking. She always feels that her identity is sensitive and special, and she can only stir up the situation by her own strength.
In fact... the two are not in conflict, a person's strength is too weak. In the future, I can no longer rely on Nangong Jingnu, and Nangong Wang's side is also unknown... Now he is the presiding judge of the witchcraft case, and Nangong Rang's intentions are very suspicious... It will take more than half a year to lift the ban, and he will need to I don't need my own "strategist" or I don't know.
Qi Yan sat up with her body supported: Where should I go to find a group of loyal and loyal people
Suddenly, Qi Yan's light flashed, isn't there a great opportunity in front of him? !
The cases of witchcraft in the past dynasties will inevitably flow into rivers of blood, and there will be a large number of orphans and exiled family members in Jieshi...
On the other side, Nangong Wang took the position of the presiding judge and showed a storm of iron and blood. However, in more than two months, he cooperated with Yingtianfu, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to arrest tens of thousands of "involved" suspects , the prisons in various provinces are overcrowded.
The residences of the second prince and the fourth prince were sealed up, even the imperial concubine and the emperor's heir were banned, and the servants in the palace were even more miserable.
After Nangong Wang sealed the two mansions, the first thing he did was to invite the adults of the three mansions to check the treasury with him. Nangong Wang knew very well that everything in the prince’s treasury would never be the same. The origins are all clean, he is afraid that the father and emperor will soften at the last moment, and he is ready to take the opportunity to collect other crimes of these two people.
It doesn't matter this search, Nangong Wang has found a large number of correspondence with important officials in the court in the study of the two. Although the rest are just some daily greetings, but in this special period of trouble, any clues will not be released. Pass!
Nangong looked at these letters with a sneer. Most of these ministers stood by the "two parties", and just took this opportunity to eliminate the party members.
So... the scourge of witchcraft spread from the harem, the prince's mansion, all the way to the imperial court.
Even Zhongshu Ling Xing Jingfu and Taiwei Lu Quan were "invited" to ask questions, and many others with lower rank were directly arrested.
A layer of dark clouds shrouded the sky over the entire capital, and even the people in the market became cautious.
When it comes to witchcraft, no one dares to speak up.
The fifth prince, Nangongda, still served as the prince overseeing the country, and Nangong Rang also came to listen to the government every day, but there were always a few "adults" missing in the court, but no one asked.
On the surface, the court was running, but the inside turned into a mess of porridge. After more than two months of investigation, there were few clues about the witchcraft case, but Nangong Wang generously took this opportunity to sweep the entire court. once again.
In the eleventh year of Jingjia, in June, Xiaodie gave birth.
Wen Po was invited from Gyeonggi Prefecture, and Qian Yuan went for a while.
Before Granny Wen entered the delivery room, Qi Yan told her seriously: If you encounter any problems, you must do your best to protect the adults.
Qi Yan was standing outside the door, and Xiaodie's heart-breaking shout came from the room. She couldn't help but recall when her mother gave birth to Xiaodie, it seemed like the same.
Two dumb female maids kept going in and out, buckets of hot water were carried in, and buckets of bloody water were brought out.
Qi Yan was pacing in the courtyard, a layer of fine sweat dripping down on her forehead.
I don't know how long it took, when a loud cry came, Qi Yan rushed to the delivery room, slammed into the door, and rushed in. Granny Wen was so frightened that she almost threw the wrinkled and blood-stained baby out.
Qi Yan: "How is it?!"
Granny Wen: "Master! This is not a place you can come in. Please avoid it and wait!"
Qi Yan only had Xiaodie in her eyes, and she felt distressed when she saw her sister as if she had been fished out of the water.
Qi Yan: "Xiaodie, how are you?"
Xiaodie covered her stomach and said, "Brother, I hurt."
Wen Po familiarly wrapped the baby and handed it to the maid, reached out and pressed Xiaodie's belly twice, and exclaimed, "Why is there still one in the stomach?!"