As soon as she heard that it was Fu Yunyan's letter to herself, Nangong Yue couldn't wait to open the letter, and couldn't help but smile.
This is Fu Yunyan's letter, but it is written by his brother Nangong Xin.
Nangong Yue could almost imagine the scene where her brother was sitting at the table writing, while Fu Yunyan was dictating with his hands behind his back, the women singing and the husband following.
In the letter, Fu Yunyan first congratulated Nangongyue joyfully, and told Nangongyue to take care of her baby with peace of mind. She also said that she would help arrange Han Qixia's little engagement ceremony, so that Nangongyue should not worry about these things, just go out Hide away and take a good rest.
At the end, Fu Yunyan jokingly added that if Nangong Yue gave birth to a son, and if she gave birth to a daughter in the future, the two of them could get closer.
Reading a letter, Nangong Yue couldn't help laughing again and again, and her originally gloomy mood became much more relaxed.
After reading it twice, she put away the letter, and said to Baihui and Que'er: "You two have been exhausted, and you have worked hard. Go down and rest first."
Baihui and Que'er blessed Fushen with a smile and said, "Thank you, Princess Concubine."
Then the two maids withdrew.
Nangong Yue had lunch, and after walking around the garden for half an hour to digest, she felt tired and planned to go back to the inner room to take a nap.
After picking up the curtain and entering the room, she was dumbfounded, and stopped at the curtain unconsciously, and all the sleepy bugs flew away in an instant.
It's only been a while, and the inner room has changed a lot.
A beauty couch was set up by the window, the mattresses were remade, and many furnishings were changed... At first glance, she almost doubted that she had returned to the Bixiao Hall, which was familiar and comfortable.
If you take a closer look, you will find that there are still three or four points of difference between this room and Bixiaotang's room.
In the inner room, Baihui, who had just made the bed, turned around when she heard the sound, and saluted Nangong Yue respectfully.
Nangong Yue looked helplessly at Baihui who had changed into Nanliang's dress, and said, "Didn't I tell you to rest?"
Baihui smiled slightly, and said, "My concubine, the slaves have already rested." Unlike Que'er who never slept soundly when she went out, Baihui's experience since she was a child is much more complicated, and she has long been trained to sleep with her eyes closed ability. Furthermore, she is a martial arts practitioner, and her foundation is always much stronger than Nangong Yue and Que'er.
Nangong Yue looked around the inner room again, and couldn't help thinking of what Baihui had said before, that she had brought some things she used frequently. At that time, Nangong Yue thought it was just some small items, but now that she looked at the familiar furniture in this room, she understood in her heart, I am afraid that Baihui and Que'er brought several large carts of things here this time!
She gave Baihui a sideways look, amused and helpless, this girl has learned to avoid the serious and take the light.
In this way, the so-called "some medicinal materials" will not be too small.
This round of scrutiny made Nangong Yue see a lot of familiar little objects, such as her bronze mirror, a few scripts she hadn't finished reading, and her usual teacups...
All these little bits and pieces were brought.
Nangong Yue almost sighed, realizing again that Xiao Yi was really overly nervous.
There are still more than seven months to come, if Ah Yi continues to be like this, his life will be difficult.
Nangong Yue was thinking sweetly but also a little troubled, and suddenly her eyes stopped, and she saw a strange object on the table next to the beauty's bed, and she walked over curiously.
Baihui followed Nangong Yue's line of sight and said, "Concubine Shizi, this is brought by Mrs. Fang's servants..."
During the conversation, Nangong Yue sat down on the beauty couch, and then picked up the celadon jar with a big bowl mouth and palm height on the table.
"Old Master Fang said that the first princess liked to eat this kind of green plum when she was pregnant with the son, so I asked my servant to bring you a few cans." Baihui said, and quickly put a big pillow on Nangong Yue behind.
Hearing that it was specially brought to her by Mrs. Fang, Nangong Yue hurriedly opened the jar, took the silver spoon from Baihui, scooped a green pickled green plum into her mouth...
very sour…
It was so sour that she couldn't help squinting her eyes, but it made people feel refreshed, sour, sweet, and fragrant...
She rolled her eyes with a smile, and habitually leaned on the pillow behind her, feeling comfortable all over.
Nangong Yue let out a long breath, and finally she relaxed, feeling as if she was in Bixiaotang, comfortable and at ease.
This comfort does not come from the environment and furnishings, but from the people.
Although the maids in the Nanliang Palace serve with all their heart, they are not as considerate as Baihui and Que'er. The maids here are a bit dull because they strictly abide by the palace rules. In addition, they are afraid of her, and they do things with their hands tied. What's more, they don't know her habits at all.
While thinking about it, Baihui poured water for her again, and put the teacup into her hand.
Nangong Yue lazily leaned on the beauty's couch, reading the scriptures, eating snacks and drinking tea for a while, enjoying herself at ease.
When Xiao Yi came back, seeing the changed inner room, he guessed that the people from Luoyue City must have arrived, and the corner of his mouth curled up, quite satisfied.
Seeing Xiao Yi coming back, Baihui left spontaneously after paying her respects, only to hear Shi Ziye praise Shi Zifei and say that your flowers and birds do a good job and so on.
Baihui frowned, pretending she didn't hear it.
After Xiao Yi sat down on the beauty couch, he put the things he was carrying on the table.
Almost every day, he would go out and buy some Nanliang desserts for her to taste, and Nangong Yue had long been used to it.
The dessert this time is a kind of Nanliang glutinous rice paired with a sweet fruit and a little coconut pulp. Nangong Yue thought it was weird at first glance, but it tasted good.
After Nangong Yue ate half of it, the rest went into Xiao Yi's belly.
The prince of Zhennan, who likes sweets, ate it while vaguely claiming credit: "... Ah Yue, I have already hired a craftsman to build a carriage. Although Nanliang is a barbaric land, the craftsmanship of the craftsman is good and has its own unique characteristics. The craftsman said that we can try to reduce the vibration of the carriage, and it will be much more comfortable to sit in than ordinary carriages. When we go back, we will take this carriage.”
What Nangong Yue didn't think about, Xiao Yi had already thought about it, so she could only obediently respond if she had anything to say.
Xiao Yi tenderly touched Nangong Yue's still flat abdomen, put his palm on it for a while, and asked, "Ah Yue, when will our niece move?"
Nangong Yue recalled the medical books, and said uncertainly: "About four months."
"When Nannan can move, she should be able to hear our voices, right?" Xiao Yi asked again.
"Maybe." Nangong Yue replied casually.
Xiao Yi automatically ignored the uncertainties in Nangong Yue's words, his eyes lit up, and he said with great interest: "Ah Yue, at that time, I will read the art of war for my daughter, okay?"
Nangong Yue is happy that Xiao Yi is interested in reading for her daughter, but why is it the book of war
She blinked, and suddenly thought of Xiao Yi's joke that he wanted to train a female vassal king. He couldn't be serious, could he
Nangong Yue had a vague premonition in her heart.
Ah Yi always likes to cheat people, this time, is he going to "pit" their daughter
Xiao Yi hugged her with a smile, and said happily that when his daughter grew up, he would personally teach her how to bow, horse, ride and shoot, map sand table... Hearing Nangong Yue's brows twitch, she was extremely powerless.
Xiao Yi laughed even more happily, it's such a good day, he doesn't want his stinky girl to hurt his nerves, and it doesn't hurt to tell her about the shitty things in the capital after it's over.
Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes slightly when he thought of the successive letters sent by Feige from the capital these days.
Speaking of the royal capital, the fraud case is still fermenting and intensifying. From those students to ordinary people, people are discussing this matter in the streets and alleys, and there is a faint tendency to get out of hand.
In this heavy atmosphere, a few academicians who were ordered by the emperor to re-examine the examination papers spent three days re-evaluating all the examination papers day and night, re-ranked and reported to the emperor.
The result of the re-examination made the emperor finally stretch his brows slightly.
Compared with the previous list, except for the slight difference in the rankings of some candidates, the overall difference between the two marks is not big. For example, the Huiyuan of the current subject is still Huang Hetai from Jingzhou. For example, the third and fourth places are exchanged. For another example, two people who were originally at the bottom of the list fell off the list...
Such subtle differences sometimes depend on the examiner's personal preference, so they can be almost ignored.
With a swipe of the emperor's pen, he issued a decree to the Gong Yuan.
In the early morning of the next day, the students learned that the announcement was reposted today, and they all heard the news and gathered at the gate of the Gongyuan.
Under the scorching eyes of the students who were about to burn, the little official who came to post the notice was inevitably a little nervous, and carefully pasted a notice next to the original notice...
The students swarmed over like a tide, and while those behind were struggling to squeeze forward, they asked others what was written on the notice.
Soon, someone in front shouted and read the notice... None of the students thought that after a few days of investigation, there would be such a result. The surroundings were quiet for a while, and then they whispered to each other:
"The notice said that the emperor has ordered several university scholars to review all the examination papers to confirm that there is no malpractice in this year's main and deputy examinations, so the list of the general examination remains the same..."
"How could it be?... No matter how you look at this list, something is not quite right!"
"What's wrong?! The emperor will not cover up a few cheating examiners, right?"
"Yes, yes. It is common for so-called talented scholars to fail the imperial examinations over the years. In previous years, some people suddenly became famous during the examination..."
"So, really no one cheated?"
"..."
Many students calmed down as if they had been poured a bucket of cold water, and several students on the periphery of the crowd began to leave one after another...
At this moment, a slightly sharp male voice suddenly shouted: "No, it's impossible!"
The students all around followed the sound and saw a young student wearing a blue scholar's robe coming out of the crowd, turned to face the students, and said righteously: "Listen to me, everyone! I think this favor Science must be cheated by someone!"
The students became commotion all of a sudden, their faces were uncertain, and someone in the crowd asked, "Brother, what basis do you have?"
Seeing the turmoil that was about to calm down with great difficulty, the turmoil suddenly rose again, the little official's complexion was not very good-looking, he managed to suppress his impatience, and raised his voice: "Young master, don't talk nonsense!"
"Of course I'm not talking nonsense." The blue-robed student glanced at the little official contemptuously, and said loudly, "Brothers, please listen to what I have to say. Since ancient times, cheating in imperial examinations has been banned many times, but the methods of cheating have been used for thousands of years. It’s always the same, and there are just a few types: passing joints, gun replacement, counterfeiting, entrainment, plagiarism, changing papers, etc., passing joints is just the most common way.”
What he meant by "passing joints" was actually students taking part in the imperial examinations bribing the examiners so that they could score high marks on their test papers in order to be named on the gold list.
Hearing that he spoke in an orderly manner, the other students nodded frequently, showing approval.
The blue-robed student continued: "Your majesty is wise, and ordered several adults to re-examine the test papers, which is tantamount to ruling out the cheating method of 'passing the joints', and the remaining methods such as gun substitutes and fake nationality will only be one or two occasionally. What the examinees did... This time Enke's list is so unfair, many talented people have lost their names, but those idiots who have no poems and books in their stomachs have won the gold list. The next one…”
Everyone looked at him with bated breath and waited for him to continue, but he stopped short.
The surroundings became quiet, and there was no sound. Many people looked at each other in amazement and uncertainty with their friends... until one person shouted thoughtfully: "I see, leaking the question, someone must have leaked the question!"
This sentence seemed to drop a bomb in the crowd, and the students immediately exploded, saying in one go:
"By the way, it's a leak!"
"Only when the examiner leaks the questions, can those idiots be blessed!"
"What leak question, I think it should be a 'sell' question!"
A student resentfully increased the volume on the word "selling", which made the surrounding students even more indignant. Yes, if it wasn't for "profit", why would the examiners leak the question? This is simply "selling the question" right!
The imperial examination is to select talents for the country, but it has been turned into a tool for personal gain by some people who are eager for quick success.
Another middle-aged student sighed angrily: "It's an insult to the gentleman! It's really an insult to the gentleman!"
"This matter must be thoroughly investigated, and an explanation must be given to the students of the world!"
"Yes. We must find a way to ask the emperor to strictly investigate and punish me. I must not let the wind of fraud mess up my Dayu officialdom..."
The students became more and more excited. The green-robed student in front of him looked around the crowd and raised his arms and shouted: "Sue the imperial court, let's sue the imperial court!"
There was a lot of response.
The crowd was furious.
Hundreds of students rushed towards the palace like a tidal wave, and finally gathered in the square in front of the palace gate, kneeling down and pleading for orders...
The scene is very spectacular.
This kneeling is a day and a night...
When the sky was bright on the second day, the officials of the upper court came to the gate of the palace one after another. Naturally, they all saw these students who were kneeling and begging for orders. They talked a lot, and their hearts were quite complicated. wonderful...
Many people sighed secretly. When they arrived at the Golden Luan Hall, they found that the Fifth Prince Han Lingfan had also come. It was self-evident why he came.
The eyes of all the officials wandered between the fifth prince and Zhu Yushi. In this strange atmosphere, the morning court began.
Sure enough, Zhu Yushi played again, telling the emperor about the students' speculation that the examiner sold the questions one by one, asking the emperor to investigate the case strictly so as to rectify the court. What he said was powerful and impassioned.
Examiners have always been involved in leaking questions, all of which are capital offenses, and the court is in an uproar!
Immediately, the five princes came out to fight with them, and there was another turbulent wave in the court...
However, Nangong Qin, who was imprisoned in the sky prison at the moment, knew nothing about the outside world. He and the deputy chief examiner Li had not seen the sun for many days, and they could only know the day and night from the time when the prison head delivered the food.
The two adults are usually pampered, and this time they were imprisoned in this dark cell. Naturally, they suffered a great crime, but both of them knew that the situation was not at its worst, because they could still live comfortably in their outer robes. Sitting here, he was neither stripped to the clothes nor shackled, and the conditions of this cell are not the worst, at least there is a bed, a table and a chair...
But the two of them seemed to be standing on the edge of a bottomless cliff, as long as a strong wind blows, they would fall into the abyss, beyond redemption...
"Why-"
Li Guyang, who was sitting by the table, sighed quietly, and this sigh became especially loud in this quiet and deep prison.
"I don't know what's going on outside..." Li Guyang seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be asking Nangong Qin.
In the next cell, Nangong Qin sat facing the wall, closed his eyes, and seemed to be deep in thought.
Hearing the sound, he turned his head to look at Li Guyang, and met his eyes, all of which were heavy and helpless. They are locked in this sky prison, and they are powerless to do anything about the outside situation.
Li Guyang said sternly: "Master Nangong, I believe in the character of your lord. We have recruited someone's taboo this time."
Nangong Qin also sighed and remained silent, saying that this time Li Guyang was also tired by himself.
Li Guyang looked at Nangong Qin thoughtfully, and said again: "It seems that Mr. Nangong has already guessed, can you tell me..." Halfway through speaking, Li Guyang frowned, and changed his words hesitantly, "Forget it I know too much, I'm afraid I can't even keep my family. My Li family has always been a pure minister and never involved in party disputes. I hope the emperor will take this into account and let them go back to their hometown. I hope that my Li family's children will never step into official career again …”
The more Li Guyang spoke, the more serious his tone became.
Nangong Qin could only comfort him: "Maybe there is still room for change..." But his tone seemed so empty that even he himself couldn't convince himself.
Li Guyang smiled wryly, and asked, "Master Nangong has settled down?"
Nangong Qin nodded. At this moment, the sound of footsteps and the voice of the cell boss were faintly heard not far away, and the two of them fell silent.
The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer, and a medium-sized jailer came in with a red-lacquered wooden food box in one hand and a lantern in the other.
"Lord Nangong, Lord Li," the prison chief greeted them politely, "I brought lunch for you two." He said, he put the food box on the ground outside the cell, and took out a box from it. The pallet was then sent into the cell through the gap between the barred doors.
Nangong Qin took the tray, paused for a while, and then thanked calmly: "Thank you, Zhang Baotou."
"Master Nangong, the food is still warm, so hurry up and eat it while it's hot." Zhang Laotou smiled, and then took out another tray from the second layer of the food box and sent it to Master Li. The adults exchanged a few pleasantries.
Nangong Qin's complex eyes lingered on Zhang Prison's back for a moment, then picked up the tray and walked towards the table and chairs in the corner of the cell. While putting down the tray, he looked down at his right palm, where there was a folded note.
This is what Zhang Laotou stuffed into his palm while delivering the food just now.
Nangong Qin couldn't help but glanced at Prison Zhang again. After delivering Lord Li's meal, the other party left, and his back was quickly swallowed by the darkness of the cell...
Nangong Qin's face was full of surprise and uncertainty. The situation is so serious at this moment, if he takes a wrong step, the whole Nangong Mansion will really be destroyed forever!
Nangong Qin blocked his movements with his body, and quickly opened the note. There were only a few words on the note, but his eyes widened suddenly.
this…
Could it be that someone wanted to set up a trap to frame him? !
He thought intuitively, subconsciously exerted a little force with his right hand, and read the note again, his eyes paused for a moment on the edge of the note, and then quickly folded the note back according to the original crease.
A bright red seal on the seal was as dazzling as blood, deeply imprinted in Nangong Qin's eyes...
This is the stamp of Prince Zhennan's son.
In other words, this note was sent by his niece and son-in-law Xiao Yi, and it was a life-saving measure for the Nangong family.
Nangong Qin's eyes changed a few times, and the eyes were dark...