Nangong Yue knew that the old lady Fang must have figured it out, she smiled slightly, and added: "...Actually, it may not be a bad thing for the prince to accept another girl from the Fang family. It's the so-called 'the way of an emperor, the art of checks and balances'. In fact, the back house is also the same."
The fourth room of the Fang family married a girl to Zhennan Wang's side, so for the Fang family, the little Fang family was "useless". And Xiao Fang could not care about Zhennan King's other concubines, but he had to care about the girl of the Fang family. After all, she also took her current status from that girl of the Fang family. Although Xiao Fang is not favored, she still has the status of the first wife. It will be difficult for the new Fang family girl to overwhelm her for a while, and in the end it will inevitably form a situation of mutual restraint...
In this way, Nangong Yue is not worried that Xiao Fang will win Zhennan King's favor again in a short period of time. If her grandfather allowed it, she might really be able to go to Yanding City...
There was a glimmer of expectation in Nangong Yue's heart, and a blush inevitably appeared on her face.
She smiled slightly, looked at Old Master Fang without blinking, and said: "Grandfather, A Yi and I brought you to Luoyue City to recuperate your body and let you take care of yourself for the rest of your life. You can live your life however you like. .Those people you don't want to see, you just don't see them. Don't force yourself for me, A Yi, and the Fang family!"
Nangong Yue's words came from the bottom of her heart. Mrs. Fang had been lying on the bed for more than ten years, spending the most painful days without any dignity. Nangong Yue put herself in her shoes and felt heartbroken for the old man.
Now that he has finally survived the catastrophe and recovered his life, no matter for Xiao Yi or himself, being alive is already a great blessing, why bother to force himself to live because of some external nothingness So hard!
According to her, Mrs. Fang should now live a more flamboyant life than a young man!
Old Master Fang stared at Nangong Yue in a daze for a long time, a pair of cloudy eyes could not help but mist.
He turned his head away and said with a smile: "Ah Yue, I suddenly feel hungry, why don't you accompany me to eat?"
Nangong Yue also laughed, and hurriedly nodded in agreement, and then Baihui immediately went to order the maids in Tingyu Pavilion to prepare meals. Those maids secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking: The concubine Shi Zi stepped out, and she really took care of the old man in one fell swoop.
Nangong Yue accompanied Old Master Fang to drink some soup, eat some melons and fruits, and pushed the old man for a walk to digest his food before returning to her yard.
What I didn't expect was that as soon as she entered the yard, Huamei came up quickly and said: "Shizifei, the eldest girl is here, and she is now in Dongci Room." After a pause, Huamei added, "I wanted to go Listening to Yuge to tell the concubine, but the eldest girl said that she is fine, just wait here for you... But the servant girl looks at it, the eldest girl seems to have something on her mind."
Nangong Yue nodded, and followed the thrush to Dongcijian.
Xiao Fei, who was wearing a light green baoxiang flower tangle and silver silk pattern engraved silk gown, was sitting on an armchair by the window, flipping through a book in her hand, but the focus of her eyes did not fall on the In the book, I don't know what I'm thinking about.
"Sister Fei..."
It was Nangong Yue who called out softly, and Xiao Fei suddenly came back to her senses, put down the book in her hand as if waking up from a dream, stood up, and said with a blessed body: "Sister-in-law."
Nangong Yue took Xiao Fei's hand and sat down side by side, and the maid served tea and fruit snacks to the two masters.
"Sister Fei," Nangong Yue said with a smile, "Didn't you say to go to the piano store to see the piano in the afternoon? Are you satisfied with that piano?" Xiao Fei heard that the owner of the piano store got a new famous piano in the morning, and immediately couldn't bear it anymore. , After lunch, I hurried out of the house to watch the piano.
Xiao Fei was startled, and then remembered about the qin, with a trace of shyness on her face, and said: "I didn't see that qin..." She hesitated for a moment, but said slowly, "Sister-in-law, I I happened to hear someone talking about Miss Zhou in the piano shop."
Xiao Fei's eyes darkened slightly, thinking of the contemptuous tone of those girls in the piano store, saying that Zhou Roujia shamelessly threw herself into the arms of Young Master Xiao, and so on, and even her other girls also went to answer the conversation, saying one by one I was so frothy, as if I was there and saw it with my own eyes.
It's only a few days before the father's birthday banquet, and the news about the second brother and Miss Zhou has been widely spread. It is estimated that many residences in Luoyue City already know about it!
A woman's name is like a piece of white paper, once stained with ink, there is no possibility of washing it off...
Xiao Fei clenched the book in her hand, feeling a little complicated in her heart for a moment, full of sympathy and pity.
"Sister-in-law," she couldn't help asking Nangong Yue in a low voice, "Miss Zhou... what will happen to her?"
Xiao Fei's question is actually not complete, the complete sentence should be—
What would happen to Miss Zhou if she hadn't married her second brother
Nangong Yue picked up the teacup and took a sip of the hot tea without saying a word. If this marriage fails, there are probably only four choices waiting for Miss Zhou, either to enter the palace as a concubine, or to be accompanied by the ancient Buddha with a green lamp, or a white silk, a cup of poisoned wine, or, far away. If Difa gets married, he will never return to Luoyue City in this life...
For a girl in her prime, every ending is so cruel!
At this time, Que'er, who was dressed in a lake-blue trousers, came in from the outside, bowed his knees and said: "Prince Concubine, regarding the matter of Miss Zhou, this servant has already found the servants of General Dingyuan's residence, as well as the relatives of Zhou's residence." Checked it out...”
Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows slightly. After Zhennan King's birthday banquet, she ordered Que'er to inquire about the situation of Zhou's family and Miss Zhou's usual temperament, behavior, preferences, etc. She did not expect Que'er to have news so soon Yes, this girl is more and more agile.
Nangong Yue said in a deep voice, "Tell me and the eldest girl about it."
Que'er sorted out his thoughts, and talked about the Zhou Mansion in an orderly manner.
The deceased Mrs. Zhou was a striker under the old prince's command back then, and had two sons with his first wife. Sixteen years ago, when the old prince quelled the Baiyue Rebellion, the old man Zhou and his eldest son went to the battlefield together.
After that battle, the old prince asked Zhou's eldest son to be named the fourth-rank Dingyuan general, and the second son succeeded him, which can be loved for three generations.
Because of the early death of the eldest son, the old man Zhou mourned that he had no heirs to worship incense, so he ordered the second son to have both husband and wife, and married Wang, the orphan of his subordinate, as the wife of the eldest house for the deceased brother.
"... Mrs. Wang was not favored after marrying General Zhou. I heard that the number of times General Zhou stepped into the courtyard of the long house is very small. In addition, the long house has no children. The position in the Zhou mansion is very delicate. Now the head of the Zhou mansion is The second wife, Mrs. Lu."
Nangong Yue still knew a thing or two about this, she nodded and signaled Que'er to continue talking.
"The mother and daughter of the long house, Mrs. Wang, usually live in seclusion. They only go out of the house to go to the Great Buddha Temple to offer incense and eat vegetarian food on the first and fifteenth day of every month. On weekdays, Miss Zhou often accompany Mrs. Wang to copy Buddhist scriptures and take them as offerings. It is said that Zhou The eldest girl has an excellent hand in lower script, which was practiced by copying Buddhist scriptures."
Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows slightly.
Girls at this age are keen on copying Buddhist scriptures? Is Zhou Roujia just to accompany her mother, or is she really addicted to this way? It's not that it's inappropriate to copy Buddhist scriptures, but Xiao Luan's temper is out of character. If Zhou Roujia is too dull, the two of them might not be able to get along.
Nangong Yue pondered, "Can Miss Zhou know how to ride a horse and shoot arrows?"
"It seems not." Que'er replied, "Miss Zhou seldom goes out of the house, and no one has ever seen her go out on horseback."
The girl from Jiangmen doesn't know how to ride, and it's like Xiao Luan has less common hobbies... Nangong Yue has a headache, she doesn't want to make a couple.
Furthermore, judging from the situation of the Zhou family, Mrs. Zhou must have been soft-tempered, otherwise she and her daughter would not have come to the point where they retreated again and again. Under the upbringing, he must have a good temper, but in Xiao Luan's yard... that's not something a soft-tempered person can control.
If it is not done well, making Xiao Luan's family members weak and strong, wouldn't it be the same as the Fang family's third family who lost a bit of discipline.
I am afraid that this marriage is not appropriate.
Nangong Yue was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "What's the Zhou family's attitude after the birthday banquet that day?"
"... The servants of Zhou's mansion are all rumored that after Miss Zhou returned from our palace, she slapped Miss Zhou directly." Que'er paused, and then said, "Afterwards, General Zhou called Miss Zhou to go to the palace. When asked the reason, Ms. Zhou only said that she lost face because she soiled her dress during the birthday party on Tuesday, and finally, Ms. Zhou was fined to kneel in the ancestral hall for three days.” At this point, Que’er couldn’t help but Confused, she didn't understand why Zhou Roujia didn't complain to General Zhou.
Nangong Yue smiled, she put down the teacup in her hand, thought about it and said: "How about it... I have heard that Miss Zhou's piano skills are extraordinary, I just got a new sheet music, Que'er, please write me the next post for me." Miss Zhou, please come to the mansion in three days to give me a review." Last time at King Zhennan's birthday banquet, she only had a few words with Zhou Roujia, and she didn't know much about Miss Zhou. It's better to see you again...
"Yes, Concubine Shizi." Que'er bent his knees and replied.
"Sister-in-law..." Xiao Fei was thoughtful at the side, hesitated to speak.
Maybe she didn't know what a husband and wife were like in the past, but after seeing how her elder brother and sister-in-law got along, Xiao Fei felt that the so-called husband and wife should be congenial, understanding, tolerant and loving each other just like elder brother and sister-in-law.
The second elder brother Xiao Luan and Zhou Roujia are very different in every respect, if they get married because of the accident at the father's birthday banquet, will they hate each other in the future? But if he doesn't do anything, then Zhou Roujia...
The thousands of thoughts in Xiao Fei's heart finally turned into a helpless sigh, and she could only ask Zhou Roujia to go to the house first before making any plans. Xiao Fei suddenly remembered that when she was going out to the piano store, she happened to meet her second elder brother who was also out of the house. Seeing his sneaky appearance, he must have gone out to play without telling the truth from her father... Even though she is such a grown-up person, she is still careless lung!
Thinking about it, Xiao Fei frowned.
Magpie retreated quickly, and on the same day, a red and gold-stamped post was sent from Bixiao Hall to the Dingyuan General's Mansion...
As soon as this post was sent, Xiao Hui came back flapping its wings. Before the maids could tell Nangong Yue, it swooped into Nangong Yue's yard with a long roar, and then stopped on the window sill without blinking. Looking at Nangong Yue in the room.
"Xiao Hui!" Nangong Yue stood up in surprise, walked towards the window, and couldn't help scolding, "You bad boy, you finally know you're home!" Ever since Xiao Hui went out with Guan Yubai, It's getting wilder and wilder, chasing Guan Yubai and the others every day, and the time out is getting longer and longer, and this time I haven't come back for more than two days...
Nangong Yue counted the days and estimated that Guan Yubai should have arrived in Yanding City. Xiao Yi left Xiao Hui behind, so she wasn't too worried.
Xiao Hui let out a cry, as if trying to defend himself.
Thrush at the side noticed a small bamboo tube tied to Xiao Hui's right paw, and hurriedly said: "Concubine Shizi, look..."
Nangong Yue's eyes also fell on Xiaohui's paws. This kind of small bamboo tube is usually tied to the legs of carrier pigeons. The key point is that the style of this small bamboo tube is too familiar to Nangong Yue.
"It's A Yi's letter!"
Nangong Yue's eyes lit up, and she quickly untied the small bamboo tube from Xiao Hui's claws.
She opened the small bamboo tube and took out a strip of tissue paper from it.
The maids in the room secretly exchanged a look, and couldn't help but laugh: the son of the world is still so unexpected that he used an eagle as a carrier pigeon!
All of a sudden, the maids looked at Xiao Hui with strange eyes. In the past, they clearly felt that Xiao Hui's proud golden eyes had a ferocity unique to birds of prey, which made them dare not get too close, but today they felt that Xiao Hui Hui looks like a large pigeon, which looks much cuter and more intimate.
Nangong Yue smiled all over her face. She anxiously unfolded the tissue paper and looked down quickly.
At the beginning of the letter, Xiao Yi used hundreds of words to express his miss for her, and mentioned that Lin Jingchen and Han Qixia were in Yanding City. Then the language changed, and he said convincingly that he did not spoil Xiao Hui, it was because of his careful teaching that Xiao Hui could make great achievements, and then he bragged about how Xiao Hui managed to catch Xiao Hui with one blow. A carrier pigeon arrived, so a secret letter from Nanliang was intercepted...
Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows slightly, glanced at Xiao Hui who was standing on the window sill, raised her eyebrows, and couldn't help laughing: So it turned out that something like this happened the day Xiao Hui brought Guan Yubai's bamboo tube back. It's also a coincidence.
She also knows that Xiao Hui likes to tease the carrier pigeons at home very much recently, so that every time the carrier pigeons fly back to the house, they are always jumping around. Unexpectedly, this "hobby" of it was established by accident. Such a "military achievement". Now, it's enough for Ah Yi to be complacent for a while!
The corners of Nangong Yue's mouth turned up higher and higher, and she continued to look down. Xiao Yi wrote two full sheets of paper. Nangong Yue read it very quickly at first, but gradually, it became slower and slower, almost reluctant to part. It took a cup of tea to finish reading the two letters.
Nangong Yue carefully read it twice, and then ordered the thrush to light a candle, and lit a corner of the first letter paper...
Huamei watched the letter paper burn to ashes little by little, and vaguely guessed that there might be military sentiments in the letter from Shizi this time.
Nangong Yue's eyes were deep, she carefully put another piece of letter paper into the box, locked it again, and ordered the maids to bring some raw venison as a reward for Xiao Hui.
After feeding Xiaohui and sending it to play by itself, Baihui and Yinger came into the house, Baihui was holding a phoenix in her arms, and Yinger was holding a few packets of oil-paper-wrapped snacks in her hand. The sweet smell of dim sum wafts through the oiled paper faintly.
Nangong Yue looked at the two of them. After Baihui bowed her knees and saluted, she placed the phoenix qin on the qin case beside her and said, "Concubine Shizi, the shop of the Bai family happens to be near the piano store. I remember their sweet-scented osmanthus and red beans. The cakes and rose cakes are doing well, so I bought some and they are still hot just out of the oven.”
Because of Zhou Roujia's matter before, it affected Xiao Fei's mood, until she left, she was a little unhappy. Nangong Yue thought about the piano that Xiao Fei mentioned, so she ordered Baihui to buy it.
Nangong Yue is also someone who knows the piano, so she knew it was a good piano at first glance. She sat down gracefully in front of the piano case, plucked the strings with great interest, and tried the sound.
The sound of the piano is clear, agile and elegant, like a stream flowing slowly...
This phoenix is indeed top grade, I think Sister Fei will definitely like it!
The corners of Nangong Yue's mouth curled slightly, and she looked at the qin in front of her with a smile, and her hands were a little itchy. Why don't she go to the small garden with Sister Fei tonight, play the qin to the moon, and let Baihui do a sword dance... Yue, Qin, sword dance, beauties, well, suitable for painting!
Thinking about it, Nangong Yue glanced at Baihui quickly, and Baihui somehow felt that her master's eyes were a little strange, and her heart was terrified.
Action is worse than heartbeat, Nangong Yue immediately stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go to Yuebiju."
She put on a gauze dress outside, and adjusted her makeup, then ordered Que'er to send some snacks to Tingyu Pavilion, while she took Baihui and Qin, and planned to cross the small garden to the palace.
In the past few days, all kinds of chrysanthemums and camellias are competing to bloom, colorful, and the air is filled with a faint fragrance of flowers. When the wind blows, they rush towards the face and linger around the nose.
From a distance, Nangong Yue saw a few little maids hiding beside the rockery, whispering to each other, but they didn't know what they were talking about.
Baihui frowned, and thought: These girls are becoming more and more unruly, and even hid in the small garden to hide from laziness, what a shame!
One of the little maids just glanced this way, was shocked for a moment, and hastily patted the other little maid beside her. Soon, those little maidservants looked at Nangong Yue and Baihui in unison, all of them turned pale and fell to their knees in fright.
Baihui got a signal from Nangong Yue, and after a few reprimands, she ordered them to back down.
Just as she was about to look back, she caught something out of the corner of her eye. She hurriedly looked again, and saw a man and a woman talking in a gazebo not far from the rockery. Could it be that those little maids were still watching the fun? !
Nangong Yue also saw it, squinted her eyes slightly, and signaled the two servant girls to follow her.
The three of them quickened their pace and walked towards the octagonal pavilion.
The gazebo was built beside a small lake. Under the sun, the lake was sparkling and shimmering, emitting a dazzling brilliance. In the gazebo, the boy was wearing a purple brocade gown with cloud patterns, and the girl was wearing a goose-yellow twig with green calyx plum blossoms. Both of them were handsome, looking as beautiful as a picture scroll.
But Nangong Yue frowned slightly, why are the two of them here
The young man was dressed brightly, but he was extremely embarrassed when he described it. He was sweating profusely, and stammered: "Sister...that..."
The pretty girl said with a straight face, "Second brother, you are already fifteen years old, why are you still so thoughtless and heartless... This matter has caused the whole city We all know that Miss Zhou's boudoir reputation has been damaged, so what are you going to do?... "
Xiao Fei was talking endlessly, while Xiao Luan in front of her was dejected, with an earthy face, like a child who had been taught a lesson by an elder... Suddenly, he saw Nangong Yue walking towards them not far away, his eyes lit up, as if As if seeing a savior, she hastily raised her voice and called out: "Sister-in-law!" I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, since my sister-in-law came, my sister must be embarrassed to continue to scold him, and, with my sister-in-law's temperament, I will definitely help him. A few nice words
Xiao Fei originally turned her back to Nangong Yue, but when she heard Xiao Luan's calling, she also turned around.
"Sister-in-law." Immediately after she saw the Fengweiqin in Baihui's arms, she thought of something, could it be...
Nangong Yue strolled into the gazebo and said, "Sister Fei, I was going to Yuebiju to look for you, but I didn't expect to see you here."
Xiao Luan was overjoyed, and wanted to take the opportunity to leave: "Sister-in-law, since you have something to look for younger sister, then I will leave first."
While speaking, he quickly walked around Xiao Fei, then stopped suddenly and said: "...Anyway, one person does the work and the other is responsible!"
Xiao Fei looked helplessly at his receding back. She is a younger sister, she can advise her brother, but she can't force him to do something.
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Candy will be distributed after the Secret Letter incident~ By the way, it’s the end of the month, do you have a monthly pass? The whole month was far ahead by more than 700 votes, and it was almost kicked off the list in just two days. The author looked at a loss...