Looking up to nowhere
The bodies of the two sisters were shaking, Xiaodie cried out directly, while Qi Yan cried forbearance.
Before that, Qi Yan had already prepared psychologically that her sister would never recover in this life. Xiaodie suddenly recovered. She was both pleasantly surprised and distressed.
Xiaodie was stuffed in Qi Yan's arms, rubbing her tears into Qi Yan's chest, leaving a patch of tear stains on the lake blue gown.
Xiaodie cried enough, looked up at Qi Yan and said, "Brother... take me away."
Qi Yan wiped her tears and pulled Xiaodie to the bedside to sit down. She stared at her sister intently, as if she wanted to make up for the time she had missed so many years.
Xiaodie said again: "Brother, take me away."
Qi Yan was silent for a while, then replied guiltily, "Wait, it's not enough now."
Xiaodie: "Why? I don't want to be here!"
Qi Yan: "Sister, many things can't be explained for a while. It's safest for you to stay in the princess' mansion."
Xiaodie: "She is our enemy, I don't want to stay at the enemy's house!" This sentence almost blurted out, Qi Yan's heart tightened, she looked at Xiaodie, and asked: "What happened after you got sick... Do you still remember? ?"
Xiaodie's expression froze, but she nodded.
Qi Yan asked tentatively again, "Do you remember everything with Nangong Shun?"
Xiaodie nodded again, Qi Yan: "Then you..."
Xiaodie: "They are enemies!" The flames of hatred flickered in Xiaodie's eyes, emitting a hostile aura.
Qi Yan was stunned, she seemed to see Bayin's shadow from Xiaodie's body.
Then, the figure of Nangong Jingnu flashed in his mind again, and he fell silent.
Xiaodie grabbed Qi Yan's arm and asked eagerly, "Brother, when can we take revenge? We must kill all these people!"
Qi Yan looked at Xiaodie, wondering if the "those people" her sister was referring to was the Nangong royal family or the entire Wei Kingdom.
Qi Yan's mixed feelings reminded her of Xiaodie when she was young. Every autumn, the grasslands will organize large-scale hunting operations to reserve rations for the cold winter.
Once she and Bayin worked together to catch a live deer, Qi Yan wanted to peel off the deer's skin and make a new jacket for Xiaodie, but Xiaodie secretly got up in the middle of the night and let the deer run away, and it was misplaced. several other animals.
However, these animals, including this little deer, were finally captured by the warriors. The little deer failed to escape the fate of being slaughtered. For this reason, Xiaodie cried for an afternoon and refused to eat the roasted venison no matter how hard she tried to coax her.
It was such a girl who couldn't bear to hurt even a cub, but now she said to Qi Yan, "kill all those people".
Xiaodie murmured like a madman: "No, let's arrest them all, the men will go to repair the wall, and the women will go to the cattle market to sell." Speaking of this, she laughed out loud.
When Qi Yan saw Xiaodie like this, her palms were sweaty, her fingers were cold, and Xiaodie in front of her... made Qi Yan think of the masked man going crazy.
Xiaodie stared at Qi Yan with those stern black eyes, with a gleam in her eyes, Qi Yan's heart was twisted like a knife.
He didn't protect his sister well, and he didn't persuade Bayin not to go back, which would lead to the situation today.
With a "snap", Xiaodie was stunned, and looked at Qi Yan blankly: "Brother?"
Qi Yan's cheeks quickly showed a red handprint, and half of her face was swollen. After hitting her Qi Yan, she regretted it. After a while, she saw Nangong Jingnu and couldn't explain it clearly.
Qi Yan: "Sister, I'm sorry. It's my brother who didn't protect you... I'm sorry."
Xiaodie knelt down in front of Qi Yan, her madness disappeared, replaced by fear and self-blame, she firmly grasped Qi Yan's hand and begged: "Brother, don't fight." That pitiful appearance , like a child who makes mistakes.
Qi Yan: "I'm sorry."
Xiaodie: "I did something wrong again, right? Brother, don't be angry."
Qi Yan: "Brother isn't angry, did he scare you? I'm sorry..."
Qi Yan glanced in the direction of the door, lowered her voice and continued: "Sister, you heard your brother say: I can't stay in your room for too long, it will arouse their suspicion. If there are some things you still can't handle. Qing, just keep silent. The identities of the two of us must not be revealed. These words must not be said in the future. Be patient... Brother has a few very important things to do. I will find a way to send it when I arrange it properly. You go!"
A glimmer of hope flashed in Xiaodie's eyes: "Brother, are you avenging us?"
Qi Yan looked at Xiaodie, was silent for a moment, and nodded.
Xiaodie's expression became strong: "Brother, I will listen to you."
Qi Yan: "I'm leaving, you are fine."
Xiaodie: "Brother, be careful."
Qi Yan: "Yes."
Xiaodie took Qi Yan's hand until she reached the door before she reluctantly released it. Qi Yan went out to look at it for a week, and was relieved to see that there were no servants in the hospital.
Looking back, seeing Xiaodie clutching the door frame and looking at herself, she felt another burst of sadness.
Qi Yan's heart turned upside down: Xiaodie recovered her mind, but her temperament changed dramatically, and she didn't even ask about her own children, and she insisted on revenge.
Qi Yan felt that the road she was seeking had collapsed in half again, and it was too narrow to be side by side with Nangong Jingnu.
She came to the side courtyard, washed her face in the water tank in the courtyard, and went back to find Nangong Jingnu after walking around.
Qi Yan can still feel the heat on her cheeks, this time contains too much guilt and self-blame, and the strength is very heavy, and it won't go away in such a short time.
Qi Yan blamed herself: the more you feel out of control, the more you should keep calm.
Back in the main hall, as soon as they entered the door, Nangong Jingnv and Nangong Shunv turned around in unison. Nangong Jingnv saw Qi Yan's red and swollen face, and her expression became cold.
Qi Yan was afraid that Nangong Jingnv would open her mouth and convicted Xiaodie, and quickly stepped forward and took Nangong Jingnv's hand: "His Royal Highness, let's go back."
Nangong Shunv stood embarrassedly to the side, hesitated several times, Qi Yan nodded to Nangong Shunv, and pulled Nangong Jingnv away.
After getting on the carriage, Nangong Jingnu held up Qi Yan's face distressedly: "I'm sorry, I should discuss with you first, there will be no next time."
Qi Yan sighed: "Xiao Die's illness... seems to be getting better, she... "
Nangong Jingnu frowned slightly: "What does she want?"
Qi Yan: "She... just asked where my child was, and she was a little crazy, so she... "
Nangong Jingnu was silent, and turned her head to look outside the carriage.
After a long time, he replied: "Yu Xiao has been given a golden book and a jade letter, and it is impossible to enter the genealogy."
Qi Yan: "I know."
Nangong Jingnu: "In the future... you are not allowed to come here again."
Qi Yan: "Yes."
Nangong Jingnu was in a better mood now, but she was still very angry. In her opinion: Qi Yan and Xiaodie have different identities, and Xiaodie is a capital crime.
However, Xiaodie was Yuxiao's biological mother, and her second sister's pillow, and Qi Yan hurriedly pulled herself away, Nangong Jingnu understood: Qi Yan didn't want to pursue this matter.
Not being held accountable does not mean not being angry. Nangong Jingnv once hit Qi Yan by mistake, but they are husband and wife, and she has realized the mistake.
No one can touch her concubine.
Back at the palace, Nangong Jing's nest was full of fire and had nowhere to release, so she simply went to trouble others.
She changed into a set of palace clothes, ordered Qiuju to dress up the chestnut cakes that Qi Yan brought back last time, and then asked Chen Chuansi to invite President Wang of the Imperial Hospital to bring the pulse case to find Nangongda together.
Nangong Jingnu explained the cause and effect of the incident, took out a silk handkerchief and wiped it at the corner of her eyes twice: "Fifth brother, you have to decide for your sister in this matter!"
Looking at the evidence in front of him, Nangongda was startled. Ding Fengshan's courage must be too big, right
Nangongda: "Wang Yuyi, what kind of poison is in my brother-in-law?"
Wang Yuyi: "Back to your highness, the concubine has been infected with a very sinister poison. The poisoned person will suffer to death. Fortunately, the imperial hospital will work together to develop an antidote in time, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."
In a word, it can be regarded as defining Ding Fengshan's behavior.
Nangongda: "Little sister, did my brother-in-law go to the appointment alone that day? Are there any witnesses?"
Nangong Jingnv remembered Nangong Sunu's words, and pretended to be angry: "Fifth brother, don't you believe me? Can I still slander him for such a big thing?"
Nangongda: "My little sister's words are too bad. How could the fifth brother suspect you? It's just that the crime of murdering the imperial relatives is too serious, and the Ding family is loyal and good for two generations, so you must act cautiously."
Nangong Jingnu's face was pale: "The one who went with Yuanjun was Li Qiaoshan, a member of the labor department. You can know the right and wrong when you ask the emperor."
Nangongda: "If there are witnesses, this matter will be much easier to handle, come here!"
A servant stepped forward: "His Royal Highness."
Nangongda: "Send someone to Li Qiaoshan, a foreigner from the Propaganda Department."
Nangong Jingnu: "Where's Ding Fengshan? Aren't you going to escort him?"
Nangongda: "...notify the Ministry of Punishment and arrest Ding Fengshan as well."
Nangong Jingnu snorted softly and said, "Brother Fifth, I know that Ding Fengshan is Duke Zhen Guogong's nephew, and Brother Fifth will not 'be kindness outside the law', right?"
Nangongda: "Where is this little girl, the prince is guilty of breaking the law and the common people. If this is really what you said, the fifth brother will decide for you."
Nangong Jingnu: "Then the little sister will not disturb the fifth brother to handle the case."
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Outside the palace, Ding Fengshan was still inquiring about Lu Zhongxing's itinerary, and he was going to wait for him to return to Beijing to invite him to a banquet in the name of his father, and then he would find a way to be a peacemaker.
On the other hand, Li Qiaoshan reversed black and white in front of Nangongda, which is considered to have completely convicted Ding Fengshan.
Nangong Da gave a death order, Ding Fengshan must be put in the sky prison, and no one can stop him.
Ding's house was in chaos, and Ding Yi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, trying to dredge up and ask around.
Ding Yi was dumbfounded when I heard that this was the order of the Fifth Highness personally...
However, his brother-in-law's family was not in the capital, and Ding Yi, who was eager to love his son, rushed to collect 100,000 taels of silver notes and took the sedan chair to the Zhongshu Lingfu...
Qi Yan has not seen Nangong Jingnv for a few days. Nangong Jingnv is not idle. She goes to Nangong's place on time every day when she goes to court.
After Nangong Su Nu's guidance, she transformed into a savage princess, looking like she would not give up until she achieved her goal.
In the past few days, several courtiers have begged for the Ding family, saying that Ding Yi has only this son, Ding Fengshan has only one daughter, and Nangongda was the first to break the grassland in the Ding family. Incense.
Nangong Da originally wanted to sell the courtiers and Ding Lu's two houses a face, and sentenced Ding Fengshan to be dismissed from office and exiled, but Nangong Jingnu came to make trouble every day, and even threatened that if Nangong Da could not do justice to Qi Yan, she would report to her father and emperor...
Nangongda was so troubled that he could not do anything about it. According to the law, Ding Fengshan was sentenced to be executed in prison, and Qiuhou asked to be executed.
Nangongda thought: There is still more than half a year before the execution, and the two of the Lu family will be dragged back to Beijing, and they will come forward to intercede, and then change the sentence to exile, so that neither side will be offended.