"Actually, the emperor already knows everything about Zongbing Gong." Xiao Yi said with a stern look in his eyes, "It's just that the emperor is very suspicious and wants to see who else in the court is colluding with him. Temporarily hold it back. If he is safe, maybe the emperor will be lenient, but it's a pity... "
In Xiao Yi's eyes, Gong Yuhai was nothing more than a clown, and he was a clown who was dying soon. He didn't even bother to take a second look. Unexpectedly, this clown dared to bully him again and again...
Nangong Yue took his hand, the soft palm swept away Xiao Yi's hostility, Xiao Yi looked at her pitifully, as if waiting for comfort.
Nangong Yue couldn't help but chuckled lightly, and said politely: "A Yi is the best! I like A Yi the most!"
Satisfied, Xiao Yi rubbed his arms around her, and said: "...the second prince probably wants to win me over." He chuckled lightly and said, "It is said that he was the only one who spoke for me yesterday, even Uncle also avoided it because of his in-laws." The uncle he was talking about was Nangong Qin, "Just now the emperor jokingly asked me if I had a better time with the second prince recently."
The second prince, Han Lingguan, has always been low-key, unremarkable among the three grown-up princes, and he doesn't make friends with anyone in the court. He looks like he is willing to be a good king. Both the empress and the fifth prince are very grateful to him. It can be said that when the fifth prince ascends to the throne in the future, he is a proper prince, and he will not be able to escape the glory and wealth.
However, precisely because of his low profile, even if he specifically pleaded for Xiao Yi this time, the emperor did not have any suspicions.
"The second prince has been able to hide himself so far, and he has his own way of forbearance. At least he understands that the holy will belongs to one and belongs to the other, and he will not make frequent foolish tricks like the third prince... Let's just wait and see."
Nangong Yue nodded, but she still had doubts in her heart, "The second prince wants to win you over, but why does the second prince concubine want to make me quarrel with you on purpose..." Then, she told Xiao Xiao what Su Qiaoyi had said. Yi.
Xiao Yi's complexion turned gloomy all of a sudden, he didn't care that these princes were fighting openly and secretly, even if the fight was earth-shaking, it had nothing to do with him, but he dared to provoke his relationship with the stinky girl, this matter, he would never tolerate it!
The second prince had invited him to Guiyuan Pavilion in a few days before, he didn't want to go at first, but now, he wanted to see what the hell they were doing...
But before that, there are other things to do.
So, early the next morning, Xiao Yi, who was always hiding in the mansion, took the initiative to go to the Wucheng Bingma Division, and then called a group of brothers to patrol the streets.
A group of young men under the age of twenty, all of them in their prime of life, dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses, galloped on the street, whistling past, attracting countless eyes on the street, those ordinary people were afraid of bumping into each other If you are a nobleman, you will avoid them in fear!
A group of people rode their horses across two streets, and Xiao Yi, the leader, suddenly stopped the horse by reining in the rope in front of a drunken restaurant.
"Brother, you..."
A young man in the back was about to ask Xiao Yi if he planned to invite them to drink, but Xiao Yi on the black horse looked at a middle-aged man in a brocade robe at the door of the restaurant. The man just got off the carriage and was about to enter the restaurant .
"Isn't this Gong Zongbing?" Xiao Yi looked at the other party with a half-smile, the corner of his mouth twitched, looking like a pampered playboy.
That's right, this middle-aged man is none other than Gong Yuhai, the commander-in-chief of Xuzhou Town.
As soon as Gong Yuhai heard Xiao Yi's voice, his body froze, he turned around slowly, and stiffly cupped his hands and said, "So it's Xiao Shizi!"
The young princes who followed Xiao Yi knew that there was something going on when they saw Xiao Yi's expression and tone of voice, and secretly exchanged a look, waiting to see a good show.
"Mr. Gong, what a coincidence!" Xiao Yi smiled and raised his voice on purpose, "Did Mr. Gong also come to drink Wang Yushi's wedding wine today?"
How did Xiao Yi know... Gong Yuhai frowned slightly, and his face became even uglier.
"Huh? Why is this wedding wine placed in a restaurant?" A white-faced young man behind Xiao Yi heard the string song and knew the elegance, and immediately cooperated with Xiao Yi.
"You still don't understand this!" The other young master stroked his mustache and winked, "Of course the wedding wine in the restaurant is a concubine!"
Most of these young masters who were dawdling in the Wucheng Bingma Division were from noble backgrounds, and they were used to being reckless. They didn't save face at all, and they all burst into laughter.
A smile flashed in Xiao Yi's eyes, and he teased and said: "As the saying goes: 'A newlywed is better than a young graduate'. I wonder when Zongbing Gong will marry your three daughters? When the time comes, I will definitely bring my brothers along with me. Ask for a wedding drink!"
Married to daughter?!
Not only those young princes were stunned, but even strangers on the street came over curiously, whispering to each other...
And Gong Yuhai was so angry that he almost didn't turn his face, but thinking that it was not appropriate for him to make a big deal in his current situation, he could only say in a stiff voice: "Xiao Shizi, you are really good at joking! I understand, how could I do such an unethical thing!... The old man still has something to do, so I don't want to talk to Prince Xiao."
As he spoke, he cupped his hands and almost fled into Zui Xiao Restaurant.
"It's really boring!" Xiao Yi casually glanced at a restaurant diagonally opposite, then waved his horse rein and said, "Brothers, let's go, let's go to Guiyuan Pavilion to drink!"
A group of people galloped away again, and after a while, a young man with an ordinary face that he couldn't see when he blended into the crowd came out from the restaurant diagonally opposite, looked around, and then quietly blended into the road in the crowd...
What happened in front of Zuixiao Restaurant reached the emperor's ears in less than an hour.
In the imperial study room, Lu Huaining, the commander of Jin Yiwei, was kneeling on the ground, and respectfully reported the two quarrels between Xiao Yi and Gong Yuhai to the emperor, as if he had heard everything in detail.
The emperor's face was as deep as water, and he remained silent for a long time, only to hear his index finger moving slowly on the imperial case, and said in a cold voice: "So, Wang Mingfeng has recently taken a concubine, and he specially invited someone at Zuixiao Restaurant Drink?" The emperor's lips were drawn into a straight line.
"Returning to the emperor, that's right." Lu Huaining continued to report, "According to my investigation, Wang Yushi recently accepted a prostitute of Mr. Gong..."
As he said that, Lu Huaining lowered his head, knowing that the emperor would definitely be furious, because this Wang Yushi had just impeached Xiao Yi, the son of Zhennan Prince, the morning before yesterday.
really--
"Well, you Wang Mingfeng! You really think I'm a fool!" The emperor cursed angrily, his face flushed red with anger.
The day before yesterday, when Wang Mingfeng convincingly impeached Xiao Yi for accepting a filial oiran in the south of the Yangtze River and framing the imperial court official, the emperor was still a little suspicious, but he didn't expect that there was such a secret behind it.
Obviously, this Wang Mingfeng was instigated by Gong Yuhai to deliberately take revenge on the Prince of Zhennan!
Xiao Yi went to the south of the Yangtze River to do his best for himself, but there was such a courtier who dared to frame him, if he really believed Wang Mingfeng's words, wouldn't it be cold to the hearts of all the courtiers
Good job, Wang Mingfeng! He clearly wants to put himself, the emperor, into injustice and ruin the court!
And Gong Yuhai...
The emperor's eyes froze and he said, "Is there any family in the capital who has adopted Gong Yuhai's adopted daughter, let me find them out one by one!"
…
…
At this moment, Nan Gongyue and Xiao Fei were in the small study room in the peaceful and happy Zhennan Palace in the capital, showing her the gift list they had received recently.
Xiao Fei sat upright, watching each of them very seriously.
"Sister Fei." Nangong Yue was drinking tea at the side, and after she looked at it for a while, she asked with a smile, "What do you see?"
Xiao Fei flipped through the list of gifts and asked, "Sister-in-law, have we accepted all the gifts?"
Nangong Yue nodded with a smile and said: "The gifts that are not accepted will be returned intact along with the gift list."
Xiao Fei frowned, thought hard and said: "These rituals can be light or heavy... Fei'er can't see the rest."
"The mansions that are close to each other will add some items that suit them to their liking on the gift list. For those that have less contact with each other on weekdays, the gift list is often the most common. I just want to make sure that I can't make mistakes. There are also some that may want to share with the Zhennan Palace. Or if your eldest brother begs you to be close, they will give a little more courtesy than usual, besides, some of your elder brother's subordinates..."
Nangong Yue picked out the gift lists and said patiently, each gift list is not drawn up casually, but will consider all aspects, which is a test of the ability of a housewife. This kind of thing is often taught by the mother to her daughter. Therefore, those noble families are not willing to marry concubine daughters, because no aunt will seriously teach concubine daughters. I can't even manage my own yard.
Xiao Fei listened very carefully, asking a few questions from time to time, and then kept them firmly in her heart.
After explaining all the etiquette list, Nangong Yue took a sip of water, and said: "...this is just a ritual, as for some daily etiquette, there are still some other ways, I will teach you slowly in the future."
Xiao Fei was a little dumbfounded, and nodded blankly.
In the past, she thought that being a director of the family was very cumbersome and meaningless, and that any servant could take care of it properly, and she was not noble at all. Unexpectedly, there are so many ways to give and receive gifts. If the sister-in-law hadn't taught her, I'm afraid she would never know that being a family is not as simple as imagined.
And these, mother Xiao Fang never told her...
Xiao Fei's heart couldn't help feeling sour, and she thought to herself: Sure enough, sister-in-law treats her best.
She will never regret that she came all the way to the capital this time.
At this time, Nangong Yue said with a smile: "The Lantern Festival will be in a few days, Sister Fei, come and help me draw up a gift list, and it will be sent out tomorrow."
Xiao Fei hurriedly nodded in response.
Nangong Yue asked Baihui to fetch the flower paper, and asked her to draw up a gift list for Princess Yongyang's residence, while she corrected some mistakes from time to time.
When a gift list was drawn up, a smile appeared on Xiao Fei's face, which was much brighter than the usual coldness.
There were a lot of revisions on the gift list, and Xiao Fei was about to rewrite it again, when Que'er's report came from outside, "Prince Concubine, the palace in Southern Xinjiang has sent someone to pay respects to the Concubine and Eldest Miss."
Xiao Fei glanced at Nangong Yue and asked, "Who is here?"
Que'er replied: "It's a nanny, she calls herself Zhang."
"Mother Zhang?"
Xiao Fei naturally recognizes this piece of nanny, she is the nanny in charge of the main courtyard of the palace, one of the people most trusted by her mother, and she is quite face-to-face on weekdays, her concubines and aunts will respectfully call it when they see it "Mother Zhang". Xiao Fei had previously guessed that after the nanny returned, maybe her father would send another person to pick her up, but she didn't expect that this time it would be Nanny Zhang.
Nangong Yue asked Que'er to take Nanny Zhang to the side hall, and she went there with Xiao Fei.
In the side hall, a fair-skinned woman in her 40s was already waiting there. She was wearing a sky-blue silk beanie, with a jade hairpin stuck in a round bun on her head. She looked very decent.
After Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei sat down respectively, Nanny Zhang saluted respectfully, "I have met the concubine, eldest girl."
Nangong Yue raised her hand to signal her to excuse her, Mammy Zhang straightened up, and continued: "The maidservant came to the capital this time, and I came here specially to pass on the message for the prince, and the prince likes the New Year gifts sent by the prince and the concubine. , the prince of filial piety, the son of the world, also understands!"
Nangong Yue smiled and said nothing, she knew in her heart that this Nanny Zhang certainly didn't come all the way to spread such an empty sentence, it seems that the next one is the key point.
really--
Immediately afterwards, I heard the mother Zhang say again: "Secondly, the prince has already brought his wife back to the palace from the Ming and Qing Temple. When the lady saw that the eldest girl was not in the mansion, she missed her very much. Go." Zhang Nanny looked at Xiao Fei eagerly.
Xiao Fang has returned to the palace
Nangong Yue was startled for a moment, then smiled helplessly and said nothing.
Xiao Fei's expression was a bit complicated, and she murmured: "Mother... the king took mother back?" She was very confused. At the beginning, she came all the way to the capital alone, hoping that her elder brother could ask the emperor to restore her mother Xiaofang. The edict of the family, so that the mother does not have to continue to suffer in the Ming and Qing Temple, and can return to the palace openly.
Now, since the father and the concubine have taken the mother and concubine back to the palace, half of my original goal has been achieved, so now I should...
A hint of hesitation flashed in Xiao Fei's eyes.
"Sister Fei," Nangong Yue looked at Xiao Fei with a smile, "Do you want to go back to southern Xinjiang?"
Nangong Yue didn't want to make the decision for Xiao Fei whether to return to southern border or not, it should be her own wish.
Hearing this, Mammy Zhang immediately cheered up. As long as the eldest daughter is not forced to stay by the concubine, she is confident that the eldest daughter will be willing to go back to southern Xinjiang with her...
"No!"
When the word "no" came out, Xiao Fei's expression became decisive, she shook her head and said, "Sister-in-law, I don't want to go back!"
Yes, she wants to stay in the capital! She wants to continue to be with her eldest brother and sister-in-law, and she wants to see what kind of person her eldest brother is...
Moreover, she can't bear to be a sister-in-law!
Momo Zhang was stunned for a moment, she couldn't believe her ears, she hurriedly said again: "Miss, madam is very..."
After getting Xiao Fei's affirmative reply, Nangong Yue interrupted Nanny Zhang lightly, and said: "Nurse Zhang, you go back and report back to your father and mother, and say that I will keep the eldest girl to live in the capital for a few more days. Please rest assured father and mother, I will definitely take good care of Sister Fei."
"The concubine, the lord and the wife all hope that the eldest girl can go back to southern Xinjiang." Nanny Zhang tried desperately to use Zhennan King to suppress Nangong Yue.
Nangong Yue suppressed her smile, picked up the tea gu and seemed to be casually stirring the tea with the tea lid, and said, "Nurse Zhang, after all, you only came here at the order of your father, who told you to come to fetch Fei." Sister, but as a sister-in-law, I want to keep her for a while longer, and the king may agree. Can you make the decision for the king, do you think the king will not agree?"
Nanny Zhang is just a servant, how could she dare to be the king of Zhennan, she hurriedly said: "Of course I don't dare, but..."
Nangong Yue interrupted her politely, and said in a seemingly easy-going way: "Since that's the case, then I'll trouble you to go back to Nanjiang and ask your father if you agree."
Nanny Zhang was dumbfounded, it will take at least half a month to return to Southern Xinjiang this time, and it will take another half a month to get the answer from the prince. If the Crown Princess has something to say when the time comes, it's rare to ask her to spread the word again
She is here to pick up the eldest girl, not to run errands back and forth between the capital and southern Xinjiang...
Zhang Momo calmed down, and said with a smile: "Concubine Shizi, look at what you said, you see that the eldest girl has been in the capital for so long, Madam, she is very concerned about her, she..."
At this moment, the servant girl saluted outside the side hall and said: "I have seen the eldest son!"
Xiao Yi walked into the side hall with big strides, and looked at Nanny Zhang frowning.
Nanny Zhang knew that the current son was different from the past, he had been on the battlefield and had blood on his hands. Nanny Zhang bowed respectfully and said: "I have met the son of the world!"
Xiao Yi looked at Nanny Zhang indifferently, did not tell her to get up, and said coldly: "What is it that makes you dare to brag about the concubine?"
Nanny Zhang choked. Before Shizi master could figure out what was wrong, he accused himself of being disrespectful to Shizi concubine! This is really...
If it was when Xiao Fang was in power before, Nanny Zhang would not be able to bear this breath, but today is different, her master Xiao Fang has been deprived of the imperial order and is in decline, on the contrary, the son of the world is deeply favored , and gradually gained prestige in southern Xinjiang, and even faintly overwhelmed the prince.
Nanny Zhang took a deep breath and said respectfully: "My lord, you misunderstood, the servants are only here for the prince..."
"It's so noisy!" Xiao Yi interrupted her impatiently, calling loudly, "Come on! Let me drag her down!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two women with big arms and round waists came in immediately, without any further explanation, they clamped Nanny Zhang from left to right.
"Shi... um!"
Nanny Zhang still wanted to talk, but those women had long been used to how to deal with disobedient slaves, so a handkerchief blocked Nanny Zhang's mouth and dragged her down.
In the side hall, it finally became quiet again.
Xiao Fei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but glance at Xiao Yi.
I used to think that the elder brother was rude and unreasonable, but now it seems that the elder brother's approach is quite simple and effective, which makes people very happy!... This elder brother seems, it seems, vaguely not so annoying.
Xiao Yi glanced at Xiao Fei indifferently, he had actually heard about it outside, and knew that Nanny Zhang was here to take Xiao Fei back to southern Xinjiang. To be honest, Xiao Yi also wished to send Xiao Fei, the great god, back to southern Xinjiang as soon as possible, but he knew that the stinky girl couldn't bear to part with Xiao Fei.
For the sake of his stinky girl, he had no choice but to bear it for the time being... Bearing it, he looked at Xiao Fei with an undisguised disgust.
Xiao Fei was still feeling touched, she couldn't help being startled when she saw this, and thought: Big brother is really annoying, it's better to be sister-in-law!
Seeing the unpleasant eye contact between the two brothers and sisters, Nangong Yue shook her head with a funny smile, and quickly interrupted, saying: "A Yi, you came back so early today."
As soon as Nangong Yue opened her mouth, Xiao Yi ignored Xiao Fei and smiled and went to sit beside her, and the servant girl immediately brought hot tea.
Xiao Yi couldn't care less about drinking tea, and said with a smile: "I'm going to prepare a Lantern Festival gift for you.... Wait, I'll get it now."
As Xiao Yi said, he went out in a hurry, and came back in a hurry, holding a square lamp with a white cap in his hand carefully.
Nangong Yue carefully looked at the white hat square lamp, and immediately realized that the craftsmanship of this lamp was really average. She immediately thought of something, and then carefully examined the picture drawn on the lamp screen, she became more and more sure, and the smile on the corner of her mouth became even more thick.
Each lamp screen of this white-capped square lamp is painted with a fluffy little sheep, happy; furious; dressed in wolf's skin to fight tigers; even cut their own wool to weave blankets It's... It's so funny.
"Ayi, I like it so much!" Nangong Yue showed a bright smile, feeling that something was about to overflow from her chest.
Xiao Fei leaned over curiously, and after examining it, she felt that the sister-in-law was a little exaggerated. First, the craftsmanship of this lamp was mediocre; Neither the painting technique nor the artistic conception can be called a high-quality work.
The sister-in-law is too spoiled by her elder brother. She is so happy when he gives her a gift casually.
The more Xiao Fei thought about it, the more she felt that she couldn't pamper Xiao Yi, so she said solemnly: "Brother, the craftsmanship of this lamp is really average, I guess this shop won't last long..."
Hearing this, Xiao Yi's entire face turned dark, and he glared at her angrily and said, "Whether the shop is closed or not, what does it matter to you?"
Nangong Yue almost didn't laugh, she took the handkerchief to cover her mouth and held back her smile, her shoulders trembling slightly. After a while, she calmed down a bit, and said: "Sister Fei, as far as I know, it should be made by Xiao's shop, right?" Uncommon embarrassment.
Xiao's shop?! Xiao Fei is also a smart person, able to understand everything.
Could it be that…
She couldn't believe it and looked at the white hat square lamp again, and then looked at the small wound on Xiao Yi's fingertip that had just healed. In an instant, the weirdness she had noticed before became a matter of course.
It turns out that this lantern was made by my eldest brother, so my sister-in-law likes it so much!
It turns out that elder brother likes sister-in-law more than he thought, so he is willing to learn how to make lanterns for sister-in-law!
turn out to be…
wait a minute!
Xiao Fei stared at the cute little sheep on the square lantern with a white hat, and she had a flash of inspiration. She couldn't help but look at those sheep again, and then said thoughtfully: "Sister-in-law, these sheep Could it be you?" Nangong Yue is about to reach the age of Ji this year, as long as she calculates the year, she can figure out that Nangong Yue should be a sheep.
Nangong Yue smiled and said nothing, her eyes were shining brightly. Others may not know or understand, but when she saw the sheep on the lamp screen for the first time, she already understood everything.
And Xiao Fei also got the answer from Nangong Yue's eyes.
In other words, these sheep represent the sister-in-law in the eyes of the elder brother
Xiao Fei's eyes swept over the lively and interesting sheep again. At this moment, she seemed to understand a lot...
Big brother likes sister-in-law very much! And sister-in-law...
Xiao Fei tilted her head to look at Nangong Yue, and saw that she was holding up the square lantern with a white cap and carefully sizing it up for a while, then she raised her eyes and said, "Ah Yi, did you learn this lamp from your brother? "She looked at Xiao Yi with sparkling obsidian eyes, and a moon-like brilliance glowed on her fair and pretty face!
The sister-in-law is so beautiful! Xiao Fei couldn't help sighing in her heart. It turns out that sister-in-law is the most beautiful when she is with elder brother...
Xiao Fei looked at Xiao Yi thoughtfully again, the smile on Xiao Yi's face became wider, and said: "You are so smart!"
The two looked at each other with smiles, their eyes were so gentle and tender, and there was a faint warm feeling in the air.
Even Xiao Fei, who was at the side, also felt a warmth rippling in her chest, and a word suddenly appeared in her mind——
Raise eyebrows.
This should be the case mentioned in the book.