At this moment, Qiao Ruolan also saw the person coming, and her expression froze.
It was a tall and handsome young man, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a smile on his wheat-colored handsome face. Although his appearance was fairly handsome, compared with the man in her heart, he was a world away, a world away from the fireflies. How can the light compete with the bright moon!
This person will be here, could it be said that he is the servant of Marquis An Yi? ! Qiao Ruolan thought to herself.
Feng Xing cupped his hands casually, and asked, "I don't know what advice the girl has?" He had secretly followed the people of Nanliang for quite a while, and had met Qiao Ruolan a few times, and he couldn't help but look at her with a hint of scrutiny in his eyes.
Qiao Ruolan put on airs and said, "I'm the cousin girl of the palace. My paper kite broke its string and flew here. I want to go and look for it." Let her look through the autumn water, but she didn't see the person she wanted to see come out.
Paper kite disconnected
Feng Xing squinted his eyes, although the southern border is not as strict as the royal capital, it still has a clear distinction between inner and outer courts, and men and women are different. Now that this cousin girl is here, I am afraid that the ulterior motive is not in the paper kite, but in the...
A sly gleam flashed in Feng Xing's eyes, and he said casually: "Today, the southeast wind is blowing, and the paper kite will blow here. Could it be that..." He pointed to the southwest of the palace, "Could it be that the girl was in the palace just now?" Paper kites on the school grounds?"
The school grounds are on the other side of the Wangfu, far away from Qingyunwu, but Fengxing didn't care about it. He clicked his tongue twice, shook his head, and said in disapproval: "Although the girl was kidnapped and her reputation is flawed, but After all, she is also the cousin of the palace, the niece of the prince, the prince will not let the girl fail to get married, why should the girl be so worried about getting married, and go to the school to find a husband-in-law?!"
"Presumptuous!" Qiao Ruolan's pupils shrank suddenly, and she sternly reprimanded, with a hint of uneasiness in her eyes: He, how did he know that he was kidnapped
How could Fengxing be frightened by Qiao Ruolan, he grinned and said: "Although the girl is here to pick up paper kites, but now we are alone, a man and a widow, how bad it is. The girl was kidnapped for two days and two nights, and her reputation is gone. Forget it..." He sighed, and said convincingly, "I am a good family, I must not be brought down by a girl! If the prince insists on me marrying a girl, I will be in trouble!"
He really knows... Qiao Ruolan trembled slightly, her face was pale, she was ashamed and annoyed.
After returning home safely, her mother told her that no one knew about her abduction, so she tried her best to pretend that nightmare had never happened, unwilling to recall, unwilling to think deeply... But she completely forgot Oh, the fact that she was taken away by An Yihou couldn't be more clear, after all, it was An Yihou who rescued her...
Qiao Ruolan bit her lower lip, there was hardly a trace of blood on her cherry lips.
Will An Yihou look down on her? Will he despise her like this boy
The more Qiao Ruolan thought about it, the more panicked she became, and she couldn't help but glance across the lake again.
Seeing this, Feng Xing put his arms around his chest, leaned lazily on the handrail of the stone arch bridge, and said: "... I heard that the general Tang who went to rescue the girl that day happened to be a widower and was about to remarry. If you are really worried about getting married, why don't I help the girl tell the prince, and the girl can just marry directly!"
"You... What nonsense are you talking about?!" Qiao Ruolan turned pale with anger, and blurted out, "Mrs. Tang is obviously well..." If eyes could kill, Feng Xing would probably have died a hundred times.
Feng Xing didn't know about General Tang's family affairs, but he just talked casually, and he didn't feel ashamed at all when he heard the words, he scratched his head nonchalantly, and said: "I messed with it, that's okay, you can Be the second wife first! Seeing that General Tang is not too young, if his wife had left early, Cousin would still have a chance to straighten her up. General Tang would have a beautiful concubine, and Cousin would not worry about not being able to get married. It was the best of both worlds! "Speaking, he nodded vigorously, as it should be.
Qiao Ruolan's beautiful face turned blue and white for a while, and she felt a fishy sweetness in her throat. Tang Qinghong's vulgar and vulgar man was old enough to be her father, but this slave dared to speak wildly and asked himself to be Tang Qinghong's concubine!
How unreasonable, really unreasonable!
Without even thinking about it, Qiao Ruolan slapped her face...
How could Feng Xing be so stupid as to let her hit him? He swiftly took half a step back, avoided it, and said with a smile: "Hitting is love, scolding is love. Miss, is she flirting with me? It's a pity that Luohua Youqing Flowing water has no intention, I can only disappoint the girl's kindness."
"Who's calling you..." Qiao Ruolan's head was about to smoke, and after she said four words, she couldn't say the rest.
Being humiliated so far, Qiao Ruolan felt wronged, and tears rolled in her eyes.
Feng Xing didn't show any sympathy and sympathy, and said without changing his smile: "Young lady still can't get away, but can I help you propose marriage to General Tang?"
Seeing that his words became more and more outrageous, Qiao Ruolan stomped her feet fiercely, and left with her sleeves thrown.
Cardamom hurriedly followed at a loss, and shouted: "Girl, wait for slave..."
Qiao Ruolan, who left angrily, didn't notice at all. In the depths of the cobblestone path not far behind, Lily and Thrush watched the scene from beginning to end.
The two servant girls watched Qiao Ruolan go away, and then exchanged a funny look. Feng Xing made a move, no, it saved them a lot of trouble.
Now that the troubles have been resolved, Baihui doesn't plan to stay for long, and was about to greet Huamei to leave together, but when she turned her head, her eyes met Fengxing on the stone arch bridge in front of her, and the two looked at each other unexpectedly.
Fengxing leaned on the handrail of the arch bridge, winking at Baihui, obviously, he had already discovered the existence of the two girls.
Baihui smiled slightly as a greeting.
Baihui and Huamei returned to the inner courtyard, and invited Xiao Ni out of the small garden with a good voice. Xiao Ni was still a little hesitant, as if she was worried that Qiao Ruolan would not find her for a while, until she got a report from her mother-in-law that Qiao Ruolan had returned to the mansion , and then followed them away.
Afterwards, the two servant girls went back to Tingyu Pavilion together, and went to report to Nangong Yue.
At this time, the sun has risen, and the sun shines through the treetops and casts a mottled light and shadow on the octagonal pavilion, which is peaceful and peaceful.
"Yubai!" In the octagonal pavilion, Mrs. Fang was holding a piece of paper in his hand, and said excitedly, "So that crossbow that can fire ten arrows in succession was designed by you, it is really beneficial to the country! "
While he was speaking, Baihui walked up to Nangong Yue, and said in a low voice, "Shizi Concubine, Cousin has returned home."
Nangong Yue nodded and said nothing more.
"Old Mrs. Fang is flattering the prize." Guan Yubai smiled slightly, "I just made some improvements on the basis of the predecessors."
As far as Guan Yubai is concerned, he just improved the seemingly fancy but useless Lianbow so that it can really be used on the battlefield.
Leaving Liannu aside, the piece of paper Mr. Fang was holding in his hand at this time made him even more amazed. This paper is a special metal smelting method, which can be obtained with a cheaper method and has the same hardness as iron. Metal, which means that, if successful, it can solve the biggest problem of the Liannu at present - the low cost.
In fact, while improving the Liannu, Guan Yubai made people try to reduce the cost of the Liannu, and it took a full two years to achieve this result.
The smelting method was handed over to Mrs. Fang because the Fang family owned most of the mines in southern Xinjiang and was rich in all kinds of minerals. Coupled with the century-old foundation of the Fang family, they naturally had very good forging masters. The smelting method is improved so that it can be put into use faster. And secondly, Mrs. Fang is A Yi's maternal grandfather, and this matter is a secret, so it must be handed over to a reliable person.
"Yubai." Old Master Fang said solemnly, "I will send someone to try it immediately, and once there is a result, I will send someone to notify you." Knowing that this matter is of great importance, he added, "Don't worry, it will never be leaked." Get out for a minute."
"Then I'll leave it to you." Guan Yubai bowed.
"Yubai, you are being too polite." Mrs. Fang stroked his beard and said with a smile, "This matter is not only for you and Ayi, but also for Nanjiang and the people of Nanjiang..." Only Nanjiang Only when the army is strong can it intimidate enough foreign enemies, and the people in southern Xinjiang and southern Xinjiang can live a stable life without being bathed in the flames of war all year round.
Guan Yubai and the others have never seen Southern Xinjiang before, but Mrs. Fang's generation survived the turmoil in Southern Xinjiang. They experienced the turmoil in the previous dynasty and witnessed how the old Zhennan King expelled the barbarians from the country. , watching southern Xinjiang become prosperous and stable step by step...
Mrs. Fang can best appreciate the hard-won stability and prosperity!
Mrs. Fang didn't say too much, just clicked. But the deep feeling revealed in his eyes and expression could not help but also infected the people around him. For a while, the octagonal pavilion was quiet... until a familiar eagle's cry sounded, and Xiao Hui flapped his wings and moved towards this direction. It flew over, made a circle above the octagonal pavilion and the courtyard, suddenly rushed straight into the sky without warning, and then swooped down suddenly. The fierce momentum could not help but attract everyone's attention, and they stared at it blankly Show off the demeanor of the overlord in the sky.
Xiao Hui seemed to have noticed that he had become the focus of everyone, so he uttered a louder eagle cry, hitting the sky.
Sitting on the tree, Xiao Si stared at Xiao Hui in the air, but he was gearing up, staring at its every move with burning eyes, and his usually expressionless face was a little more lively.
Huamei squinted her eyes, and muttered in a puzzled voice: "What's wrong with Xiao Hui? It looks like a peacock spreading its screen!" This was clearly showing off his flying skills!
When Nangong Yue heard this, Xiao Hui's eyes in the morning that condemned her for liking the new and disliking the old came to mind, half-downcast eyes, the corners of the mouth slightly turned up, and couldn't help laughing. Isn't this little guy here to fight for favor
Thinking of this, Nangong Yue couldn't help pursing her lips and chuckling.
Xiaohui performed in the air for quite a while, but when she looked back, she found that Nangong Yue wasn't looking at it at all, and was so angry that she suddenly swooped towards a sycamore tree, and several sparrows flew wildly in shock...
"Srustling..."
The sound of swaying branches and birds flying can be heard across several yards.
"Consort Shizi, servant girl, look, the birds in this mansion will be scared away by Xiao Hui sooner or later." Huamei said jokingly.
Nangong Yue said with some amusement: "I see it, it's still upset about the carrier pigeon, Thrush, you go and prepare some of its favorite raw venison, and I'll feed it and coax it during lunch." .”
Old Master Fang looked at the sun and said, "It's almost noon, Yubai, why don't you just stay and have lunch with me."
Guan Yubai readily agreed, "Then I will be disrespectful."
Nangong Yue smiled and said, "Grandfather, Mr. Guan, I'll let someone prepare lunch first."
She stood up, saluted Fushen, and retreated.
After returning to her room, Nangong Yue quickly drew up a lunch list and asked them to take it to the small kitchen.
Mrs. Fang has been poisoned for more than ten years, and now her body is still relatively weak. Nangong Yue has always been very careful about his meals. After meals, he would add a cup of soup and some warming medicinal herbs. Now there is an extra mandarin white , it also needs warming and supplementation, so I prepared an extra portion of soup and added a few more northern dishes.
After finishing all this work, Baihui finally reported the anecdotes about Qiao Ruolan and Zhiyuan...
Hearing that Qiao Ruolan, a girl who has not left the cabinet, dared to go to Qingyunwu by herself, Nangong Yue couldn't help showing a trace of sullen anger on her face, "You mean that Miss Qiao Biao came out today for the sake of the official son?"
Baihui nodded: "Yes, Shizifei. Fortunately, Fengxing came forward today..." Otherwise, with Qiao Ruolan's temperament, Baihui will inevitably use some tough methods, and maybe she will attract Mrs. Nangong Yue is hard to do.
Nangong Yue's lips pursed into a straight line.
She didn't expect that Qiao Ruolan would fall in love with Guan Yubai, could it be because of Guan Yubai's "life-saving grace" to her
So, does Mrs. Qiao know about this
Looking at Mrs. Qiao's words and deeds before, I clearly took a fancy to Fu Yunhe as her future son-in-law, but now...
What the hell are these mother and daughter going on about!
Nangong Yue was contemplating, her eyes were dark, like a deep black pool.
Baihui's face is as sinking as water, and it's not uncommon for a young lady to admire her with his character, talent, appearance, and demeanor. But Qiao Ruolan is really too presumptuous, she came to the palace as a guest, but she took the third girl Xiao Ni as a cover, and then secretly ran to the outer courtyard to "encounter" the young master... It's fine if she doesn't want to be a boudoir herself, if she gets involved with the young master... It's the crime that deserves death!
"Concubine Shizi," Baihui said again, "Miss Qiaobiao saw that she left in a fit of anger today, she must still have delusional thoughts."
"Who is the official son, how could he be counted by this little girl in the boudoir." Nangong Yue sneered, and said, "It's just that Miss Qiao behaved so badly, she still needs to be disciplined. I don't care about it, but don't drag the reputation of our palace."
Baihui covered her lips and said with a smile: "Concubine Shizi, I have heard a rural saying, 'Don't be afraid of being stolen by thieves, but be afraid of being missed by thieves', don't you see that is the case?"
What Baihui said was interesting, Nangong Yue couldn't help but chuckled.
A sharp light flashed in her eyes, she had an idea in her heart, and said: "Let's talk about it when the prince comes back tonight."
Baihui understood, and sent someone to the porter to tell him that when Zhennan Wang returned to the mansion, he would come over immediately to report.
On this day, King Zhennan didn't return to the palace until halfway through You hour.
The sky was getting dark much earlier than midsummer. At this time, it was already dark, and the gloomy silver moon could be vaguely seen in the dark sky.
Bellflower led Nangong Yue and Baihui into the outer study.
"Daughter-in-law has met King Father." After Nangong Yuefu saluted, she ordered Baihui to hand over a list to Jugeng, who then presented it to King Zhennan, "Father, this is my choice for my second uncle's marriage." For the candidate, please have a look at your father." Nangong Yue said with a low eyebrow, very virtuous and respectful.
The King of Zhennan roughly scanned the list. There were six girls on the list, all of whom were born in prestigious mansions in southern Xinjiang. He not only remembered the girl's family background and ranking, but also listed her temperament and conduct very carefully. It looks like a lot of thought went into it.
Seeing Zhennan Wang's expression of satisfaction, Nangong Yue continued: "Father, my daughter-in-law sees that the girls from these families are all very good, and I plan to wait for the father's birthday banquet to take a closer look and see which girl It is more suitable for the second uncle."
"Concubine Shizi, you have done a good job in this matter." Zhennan Wang was deeply satisfied, and secretly praised again: She really deserves to be a girl from a famous family, and she does things properly. Thinking back, when he asked Xiao Fang to choose a concubine for Xiao Yi, what Xiao Fang chose, and he didn't even think about whether he was worthy of being a disciple of the Zhennan Palace, or her concubine niece... Nan Wang now feels tired when he thinks of Fang's third house.
He coughed dryly, and said earnestly, "As the elder sister-in-law, I should love my younger siblings. Brother Luan's marriage is in your hands."
Nangong Yue blessed her body, and said respectfully: "Thank you for the compliment, my father. My daughter-in-law will definitely live up to my father's trust."
King Zhennan nodded, and wanted to signal Nangong Yue to back down, but she said hesitantly: "Father, something happened in the mansion recently, which really makes it hard for my daughter-in-law to talk about it, but if you don't talk about it, it's true." Hurt the face of our palace..."
Upon hearing that it was related to the face of the palace, King Zhennan frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Nangong Yue hesitated and said, "It's related to Cousin Qiao."
Zhennan Wang frowned even tighter. In the past, he had always loved Qiao Ruolan, his niece, and thought she was well educated and talented. However, since the Nanliang spy incident last time, Zhennan Wang's impression of her has been greatly reduced. He thinks that she is too frivolous as a girl. If she doesn't like to show off, how can she give Nanliang people a chance to take advantage of it? machine!
There was obvious displeasure in King Zhennan's voice, "What did she do?"
"Cousin Qiao came to the palace today to find the third younger sister to play, and then..." Nangong Yue started from receiving the report from the mother-in-law in the small garden, until Qiao Ruolan went out of the second door and went to Qingyunwu, "Fortunately, at that time, she was caught by the girl next to An Yihou. Someone stopped it, otherwise..."
Her tone was impartial, she just narrated in a straightforward manner, and did not directly point out who Qiao Ruolan was for, but Zhennan Wang was not a fool, how could he not understand, his complexion became darker and darker, so dark that ink dripped out.
What does his niece think of the palace as a place
Fortunately, she was not allowed to succeed, otherwise, what would Marquis An Yi think of the Zhennan Palace? ! Will An Yihou think that all this is his own idea? !
If Qiao Ruolan were here at this time, King Zhennan would probably throw a cup casually.
As Nangongyue said, she secretly observed Zhennan Wang's expression, and sighed: "Father, Cousin Lan was taken away by Nanliang people before, causing a commotion in the city. I didn’t let the rumors spread, but there are still many people who are secretly speculating, and it hasn’t stopped.” After a pause, she continued righteously, “Cousin Lan should really be a warning, be cautious in words and deeds, and not use excuses. As long as you clean up the mess for her, you will continue to act recklessly like this. There are no absolutes in the world, if there is another accident, what is the reputation of our palace?!"
Zhennan Wang's brows were tightly locked, and he said in his heart: What the concubine Shizi said is right, if she hadn't happened to be met by Marquis An Yi, Qiao Ruolan would have ruined her reputation long ago. After finally avoiding a catastrophe, she is still so ignorant of the seriousness. It has only been a few days, and this kind of scandal has happened again. If this continues, sooner or later, the Zhennan Palace and herself, the dignified Zhennan King, will be lost. face!
"Concubine Shizi, you reminded me of this matter." Zhennan Wang said in a deep voice, "It seems that this king has to ask Eldest Sister to discipline Sister Lan."
"Father." Nangong Yue said, "My daughter-in-law thinks it's better to send Cousin Lan to live in Mingqing Temple for a while."