In Zhennan Wang's outer study room, the aroma of tea was lingering, and the atmosphere seemed a little awkward.
"Master Hou," Zhennan Wang sat behind the red sandalwood desk, felt helpless, and felt embarrassed, twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, and said apologetically to Guan Yubai, "My family is unlucky, and Lord Hou really laughed at me." .”
Although Qiao Ruolan's surname was not Xiao, she was his niece anyway, and he invited Guan Yubai to visit Qiao's mansion, but his niece did such a shameless thing, even his uncle was ashamed!
Guan Yubai, who was dressed in moon white robes, took a sip of hot tea, put down the teacup, and said with a smile: "My lord, you are so polite. There is an old saying that a dragon has nine sons, and none of them will become a dragon. Dragons are like this, let alone human beings." It's hard for an upright official to decide on housework, so why should the prince be too harsh on himself!"
The king of Zhennan only felt that the official language was spoken to his heart, which was much better than his rebellious son who didn't know!
"Master Hou is still sensible!" Zhennan Wang sighed.
This Marquis An Yi really has nothing to say, since he came to Southern Xinjiang, he has neither interfered with the military affairs of Southern Xinjiang, nor urged them to send troops to Baiyue, and even helped Aunt Mei and Xiaofang's secret affairs last time. deal with.
The more King Zhennan thought about it, the more he felt that An Yihou was really good, and it was no wonder that his dazed niece became obsessed with him, as if she had lost her mind.
but…
The king of Zhennan thought about it. Thinking about it this way, Marquis An Yi is indeed a suitable candidate for his son-in-law. It just so happens that he has a daughter-in-law waiting in his boudoir... At this moment, the king of Zhennan had long forgotten his original scruples, and asked subconsciously: "I don't know. Has Master Hou ever engaged in marriage?"
Hearing this, Xiao Si twitched his eyebrows and thought, "Why are there so many meddling people in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion?"
Guan Yubai was slightly taken aback, half-casting his eyes and said, "No."
He didn't say anything more, King Zhennan was taken aback for a moment, Guan Yubai was not young after all, but then he thought of Guan Yubai's life experience, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
However, there is a saying: There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and the greatest thing is to have no descendants... After Zhennan Wangxin had that idea, he became a little excited, and was about to speak, when Kikyo came in and said: "My lord, the son and the concubine are here."
The arrival of Xiao Yi and Nan Gongyue diverted Zhennan Wang's attention all of a sudden, for the sake of his precious grandson, even he looked at Xiao Yi with a relaxed expression.
Who would have thought that as soon as Xiao Yi entered the room, he would utter shocking words: "Father, since Qiao Ruolan is insane, let me make the decision and send someone to Qingyue Nunnery."
Xiao Yi was so bored with Qiao Ruolan that he called her by her first name, even her cousin didn't bother to call her.
Qingyue nunnery? ! King Zhennan frowned slightly. Qingyue Nunnery said it was a nunnery, but in fact it was similar to a female prison. Mingqing Temple was just poor, so Qingyue Nunnery was strict. Those who would be sent to Qingyue Nunnery were either insane , or committed an unforgivable mistake... After being sent there, it is basically impossible to come back. I heard that a few years ago, an aunt was taken back by the separated son, but that aunt had already Like a lost soul, dull and cowardly.
Will this be too harsh a penalty? King Zhennan was still hesitating, so he heard Xiao Yi casually say again: "Father, even the Shu Yao Women's Court can't control her, what better suggestion do you have?"
The King of Zhennan originally wanted to propose "Mingqing Temple", but he swallowed the words. That's right, last time Qiao Ruolan didn't want to go to Mingqing Temple, and he couldn't beat his elder sister, so he sent Qiao Ruolan to Shuyao Women's Court , I didn't expect that she escaped from Shu Yao's women's courtyard, and was kidnapped, making herself crazy...
This niece is hopeless!
King Zhennan rubbed his brows and said wearily, "You can do whatever you want."
Xiao Yi hooked his lips, and said bluntly: "Father, I will leave it to you..." Although he doesn't mind being a villain, he can't let his father idle. It works, doesn't it
Thinking of Mrs. Qiao, King Zhennan's head started to hurt again.
At this time, Guan Yubai stood up and said: "It is inconvenient for Yubai to intervene in the family affairs of the Wangfu, my lord, then Yubai will leave first."
"Master Hou, please help yourself." Zhennan Wang nodded politely.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Xiao Yi didn't plan to stay for a long time, and said, "Father, you are busy with business, and Ah Yue and I won't bother you anymore." He and Nangong Yue came and went in a hurry, and before they sat down, they patted their buttocks and left It's gone, leaving Zhennan Wang rubbing his temples irritably, everything is really not going well recently.
After leaving the study, Xiao Yi originally wanted to propose to go to Qingyunwu in Guan Yubai for a short sit down. At this time, Baihui walked over quickly and said: "Master Shizi, concubine Shizi, the second aunt brought Master Hengbiao here, she Hearing that the old master of the Lin family is with old master Fang, I went to Ting Yu Pavilion first."
Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows, exchanged a glance with Nangong Yue, and changed his mind.
"Xiao Bai, why don't you come with us to listen to Yuge Xiaozuo?" Xiao Yi suggested.
Guan Yubai smiled slightly, and he was kind, and the three of them walked slowly towards Tingyu Pavilion.
Listening to Yu Pavilion, there was a lot of chatter and laughter. The old man Fang was taking an exam on Nangong Heng's homework. Nangong Heng's serious but unable to hide his milky answer made the two old people laugh heartily from time to time.
As soon as Xiao Yi and the others arrived, Mrs. Fang and the others looked at them naturally, and before they had time to greet them, Lin Jingchen said kindly: "Yubai, come here, and I'll give you a pulse."
Lin Jingchen has always been like this, and everyone has long been familiar with it. Lin Jingchen will give Guan Yubai a pulse diagnosis, and the others will greet each other.
"Ah Yue," Fu Yunyan took Nangong Yue's hand, lingered on her abdomen for a moment, and sighed regretfully, "It's a pity that I can't stay in Luoyue City to watch your baby be born..."
After Nangong Yue was stunned, she came to her senses and said, "Sister-in-law, are you and Brother Heng leaving?" She held Fu Yunyan's hand with her backhand, reluctant to part, although she also knew that Fu Yunyan and Nangong Heng were staying in Nangong Xinjiang is just a stopgap measure, and sooner or later he has to leave.
Fu Yunyan pulled Nangong Yue to sit down, a little bit reluctant, but also thoughtful: "Ah Yue, today the family sent someone to pick up Brother Heng, I'm going to send Brother Heng back to Jiangnan first, and then go to the capital."
Now Nangong Xin is the only one in Nangong's family staying in Wangdu, even if Wangdu still has his grandmother to take care of him, Fu Yunyan is still worried.
Nangong Yue also thought of her elder brother Nangong Xin, feeling a little complicated and dignified.
Seeing this, Fu Yunyan changed the subject with a smile: "Ah Yue, why didn't you go to Qiao's house today? You missed a good show for nothing!" Fu Yunyan blinked. She thought that Nangong Yue would also go, so she was free and fine. In the past, I joined in the fun, but unexpectedly, there was an unexpected "surprise".
Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows, immediately guessing that Fu Yunyan was talking about Qiao Ruolan, she reflexively glanced at Guan Yubai who was sitting next to Lin Jingchen.
Fu Yunyan squeezed Nangong Yue's palm, and the two exchanged a knowing look.
Fu Yunyan lowered her voice and talked to Nangong Yue about the farce in Qiao's mansion today. In fact, Mrs. Qiao was really tricked by her daughter Qiao Ruolan this time!
Obviously, Mrs. Qiao really wanted to find a good son-in-law for Qiao Ruolan, so today at the table of female guests, she talked kindly to the other ladies and introduced her daughter to them, but Qiao Ruolan has always been embarrassing . Those wives only thought that Qiao Ruolan was shy... until they heard that King Zhennan and Marquis An Yi had arrived, Qiao Ruolan left the flower hall for the banquet under the pretext of changing clothes.
Originally, if Qiao Ruolan were a guest in Biefu today, her plan might not be so easy to succeed, but in Qiao's mansion, it was too easy for Qiao Ruolan to walk between the inner and outer courtyards, so she slipped all the way to the outer courtyard, facing Zhennan The faces of Wang, Vice-General Qiao and all the guests expressed her admiration for An Yihou...
When the incident was reported to the inner courtyard, Mrs. Qiao and all the female guests were dumbfounded.
This time the incident was too big, Mrs. Qiao couldn't hide it even if she wanted to. The wives of various prefectures had heard that Qiao Ruolan was ill before. Some said she was insane, some said she was insane, but most of them thought it was just rumors. It was not until today that Qiao Ruolan was really "sick". Just imagine , even if such a crazy girl is of noble status, which mansion would dare to marry her? !
Because of this unexpected episode, King Zhennan and Marquis An Yi left the banquet halfway, and other guests also left one after another in embarrassment. The banquet in Qiao's residence naturally ended hastily.
"Ah Yue, I look at that Miss Qiao is a bit weird..." Fu Yunyan reminded implicitly, "You are pregnant, so it's better not to see you in the future..."
Fame or something, nothing! In case Qiao Ruolan suddenly lost her mind and went crazy, and the servants at the side didn't stop her and hurt Nangong Yue and the baby in her belly, then it's too late to regret it!
A warm current flowed through Nangong Yue's heart, and crystal water shone in her jet-black eyes, which were somewhat sore.
Probably only relatives will always think about themselves...
"Sister-in-law, I can save it." Nangong Yue gave Fu Yunyan a relieved smile, and after calming down, she asked, "Sister-in-law, when are you and Brother Heng leaving? I'll see you off."
"I plan to leave in three days, but Ah Yue, don't send me off." Fu Yunyan smiled brightly, and patted Nangong Yue's hand, "You are heavy, even if you want to show off, you can't exhaust me Son-in-law, right?"
She blinked mischievously, which made Nangong Yue burst out laughing, and also attracted Xiao Yi's attention. He frowned slightly, thinking that Fu Yunyan really had bad eyesight.
As the saying goes, "give birth to a daughter and raise a mother", has A Yue, who has never seen him, become more and more beautiful since she became pregnant, and her skin is even more radiant? Of course it's the credit of his little girl!
"Brother Heng," Xiao Yi squatted down with a smile, touched Nangong Heng's soft hair, and looked him in the eye, "Do you like little sister?"
"Like it?" Nangong Heng nodded vigorously. Of course he liked it, and he also hoped that his mother would give him a soft and cute little sister.
Xiao Yi raised his mouth slightly, then pointed to Nangong Yue's protruding abdomen and said, "Brother Heng, do you think your third aunt is pregnant with a little sister or a little brother?"
"Little sister!" Nangong Heng blurted out without thinking.
Xiao Yi laughed even more, and stroked Nangong Heng's hair.
Their conversation suddenly attracted everyone's attention, including the two old men, and everyone couldn't help laughing.
Fu Yunyan shook her head amusedly, A Yi really wants his daughter crazy.
With a thought, Fu Yunyan turned to look at Nangong Yue, and said, "Ah Yue, I remember that your belly should be more than seven months old, right?"
As he spoke, Fu Yunyan's eyes shone brightly.
It is possible to diagnose whether it is a boy or a girl in six months of pregnancy. If Ah Yue's baby is a daughter, then I have to work harder to give birth to a son!
"Yue'er, why don't you let me check your pulse?" Lin Jingchen also looked at Nangong Yue, eager to try.
So, Nangong Yue, no, or her protruding abdomen became the focus of everyone's attention again. Nangong Yue touched her stomach subconsciously, thought for a while, and finally shook her head.
"Grandfather, no need, as long as he is healthy, everything will be fine!"
Although she and A Yi hope to have a well-behaved daughter first, in fact, whether it is a son or a daughter, they will be her and A Yi's darling!
"Ah Yue, what you said is true." Fu Yunyan said with a smile, "Anyway, you and A Yi's child must be smart and beautiful!" But, don't be like A Yi...
Fu Yunyan said silently in her heart that Nangong Yue and her wanted to go together with each other, the two exchanged a look of sympathy, and then burst out laughing...
In Ting Yu Pavilion, chatter, laughter and noise keep coming and going.
Not only Tingyu Pavilion, Qiao's Mansion was also very "lively" at this time, a group of Southern Border Army soldiers surrounded Qiao's Mansion again, under Xiao Yi's order, they went into the mansion to take someone, and it was naturally Qiao Ruolan.
Seeing that these disrespectful soldiers wanted to arrest her daughter, Mrs. Qiao was furious, but how could the mere guards of Qiao's mansion stop the well-trained Southern Border Army, Qiao Ruolan was still arrested.
Mrs. Qiao had no choice but to go to the palace to find King Zhennan, but King Zhennan didn't want to see Mrs. Qiao at all, so he turned her away. Mrs. Qiao was about to make a big fuss when Bellflower came and spread the news to Zhennan. According to Wang's words, if Mrs. Qiao continues to make trouble, she will be sent back to Li County.
Mrs. Qiao was scared, thinking of the last time King Zhennan said he would not see her if he didn't see her, and knowing that her younger brother was angry now, she didn't dare to make trouble anymore, so she went back to Qiao's mansion in despair.
Qiao Xingyao was very annoyed after hearing the news, and reprimanded Mrs. Qiao for first causing her to lose her military position, and now she is going to make a fuss. Did she want the Qiao family to be exiled like the An family and the Meng family. Mrs. Qiao didn't expect that a useless man like Qiao Xingyao would dare to talk to herself like this, and she slapped Qiao Xingyao's face directly. This slap made Qiao Xingyao lose his mind, and he fought with Mrs. Qiao with his head covered. The fight between the husband and wife caused a lot of discussion in the city, and naturally someone reported it to King Zhennan...
"You said... the eldest sister of the king beat the king's brother-in-law so badly?" Zhennan Wang blurted out in disbelief.
Chang Sui replied without looking sideways, and didn't dare to say anything more. After all, this is the prince's housework after all.
King Zhennan waved his hand to signal Chang Sui to retreat, and heaved a long sigh.
His brother-in-law is really pitiful, he has been crushed by the elder sister for decades, but this time the whole city knows about it, so he is afraid that his brother-in-law will be embarrassed...
What if the brother-in-law is cruel and divorces the elder sister? Even if it is me, there is no reason to stop the eldest sister... The eldest sister is divorced, but she is going back to the palace, so isn't it her turn to be tossed by the elder sister
In this way, I can only wrong my brother-in-law!
King Zhennan locked himself in his study for a long time and made up his mind.
I have to make up for my brother-in-law!
So, on that day, Mrs. Qiao received a gift from King Zhennan—three young and charming maidservants, which was equivalent to expressing the position of King Zhennan, and she was so angry that Mrs. Qiao fainted on the spot...
Naturally, Nangong Yue also heard about these experiences, but all of this has nothing to do with her, at most she smiled.
On November 13th, Fu Yunyan and Nangong Heng set off. It was a long journey to the south of the Yangtze River. Nangong Yue was really worried, so she simply let the palace's motorcade and Fu Yunyan and the others go on the road together. Anyway, she had planned to send a gift to her natal family soon. I moved the plan forward a few days...
Nangong Yue was not sad for a few days, the child in her womb occupied most of her attention, her belly was getting bigger day by day, and the baby's fetal movement became more and more frequent, moving his hands and feet in her belly from time to time, Xiao Yi Every time she was more excited than Nangong Yue.
The weather is getting colder and colder, Nangong Yue is too heavy to move, but in order to give birth smoothly, she still insists on going to the small garden twice a day. When Xiao Yi is in the mansion, she always stays with her every step of the way. Walking, talking with her, reading to the baby in the womb...
The only thing that gave Nangong Yue a headache was that Xiao Yi kept calling Nannan, but what he read to "Nannan" was "A Hundred Battles", "Records of Military Training", "Wu Bei Zhi"... Anyway, he should also read "Nannan" The Book of Songs, Songs of Chu, right
Time passed quickly in the two people's expectations for their children.
On November 25th, the weather became colder and colder.
A convoy was galloping on a spacious official road, and the dust was flying.
The people on the road saw that the accompanying guards were all officers and soldiers, and they all avoided them in fear.
Kui Lang, who was dressed in a blue brocade robe, was riding on a tall black horse, with the whip in his hand whipping the horse from time to time.
"My son-in-law!" A woman's reserved and pleasant voice came from the Zhulun carriage on the right rear of Kui Lang, and a snow-white hand slightly parted the curtain, revealing half of her beautiful face, it was the third princess.
"Princess." Kui Lang dismounted slightly, and walked parallel to the Zhulun chariot.
"My son-in-law, you should be able to arrive at Luoyue City in a few days, right?" The third princess's face was full of exhaustion. The journey was exhausting, and the third princess' golden branches and jade leaves could only go hunting and summer vacation with the emperor at the farthest. Having suffered such hardships, she has lived almost like a year for the past month, and she can only count the days to have some hope.
Finally, Luoyue City is not far away!
The corner of Kui Lang's mouth raised slightly, unable to suppress the joy in his heart, he said, "Princess, I should be here in four or five days at most."
Last time, when he walked this road, he was Xiao Yi's prisoner, escorted by the Southern Frontier Army to the capital, and hibernated for more than three years, he finally had the hope of making a comeback...
They are going to Luoyue City soon, and they have the imperial decree of Emperor Dayu in their hands. As long as Zhennan Wang and his son dare not rebel, they have to return the throne of Baiyue to themselves!
Thinking of this, Kui Lang's gloomy eyes flashed a hint that he must win.
At this time, another tall red horse came riding over with a "tread" and kept pace with Kui Lang. The rider on the red horse was a middle-aged man with a short beard, and it was Qu Jia, Marquis of Pingyang—Master of Mingyue County. Moon's father.
"Your Highness the Third Princess," Pingyang Hou bowed his head and said to the Three Princesses in Zhu Lun's carriage, "there will be an inn more than a dozen miles away. If you are tired, why don't we take a rest for a day and set off again at a later date?"
Hearing this, Kui Lang's expression changed slightly, but fortunately the third princess shook her head and said, "You don't need it, Lord Hou, it's not far away anyway, let's have a good rest when we get to Luoyue City."
"Princess is right." Kui Lang hastily agreed, and then rode forward, raising his voice, "Everyone, cheer up, there is an inn ahead, get there early, and you can rest more tonight..."
Before he could finish his words, a sudden change happened!
On the official road, tripping ropes hidden under the gravel were suddenly pulled up, and in an instant, the hooves of dozens of horses were caught...
The horse neighed hysterically. Dozens of horses and the soldiers on the horses flew out crookedly. In the blink of an eye, the scene got out of control. The people and the horses fell to the ground, mixed with screams one after another. .
Immediately afterwards, dozens of sharp arrows were shot from the big trees on both sides of the official road, and they were shot at the carriages and horses on the convoy like a torrential rain.
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