Nangong Xin looked at the gloomy Han Lingfan, his face was slightly moved, and a complex light flashed in his eyes.
"Thank you, Your Highness Fifth Prince."
Nangong Xin Huo stood up, and bowed solemnly, he thought more than the fifth prince.
When he went to southern Xinjiang last year, he wanted to bring his grandfather Lin Jingchen to the capital to treat the Fifth Prince's illness, but his sister-in-law Xiao Yi vetoed it...
To this day, what Xiao Yi said at that time still echoed clearly in Nangong Xin's ears, and every time he recalled it, he was still terrified.
Judging from Xiao Yi's knowledge of the capital and the court, I am afraid that he and his sister have already anticipated today's situation, and should have already prepared for it...
Even so, Nangong Xin still couldn't let go of the emperor's decision, she was so heavy that she could hardly breathe.
He couldn't help but think, if his sister and nephew came to the capital, would his sister be able to return to southern Xinjiang in this lifetime
Wouldn't my younger sister and Ah Yi have to be separated by thousands of miles forever
Let's talk about the current court situation, the seemingly calm situation is actually already turbulent and dangerous.
Since Han Lingfu, the king of Gong County, was appointed by the emperor to supervise the court, his prestige has gradually increased; the fifth prince was ignored by the emperor after returning from offering sacrifices to heaven on Mount Tai, and he was only allowed to study in the upper study every day; the emperor's sacred heart was unpredictable, swinging from side to side , hesitating will only make the court more turbulent...
At this time, Nangong Xin suddenly heard the words that his father Nangong Mu said to him before he left the capital——
Nangong Xin frowned slightly, lowered her eyes halfway, and there was a flash of hesitation in her eyes...
After a while, he looked at Han Lingfan again, looked straight at him without blinking, and asked resolutely, "Your Highness Fifth Prince, do you want to go to Nanjiang for medical treatment?"
Han Lingfan stared slightly with surprise on his face.
After thinking about it for a while, he understood the meaningful hint in Nangong Xin's words.
Ah Xin really trusts herself and really cares about herself, so she candidly say this to herself, right
The corners of Han Lingfan's mouth turned up, and his heart, which had been feeling heavy and depressed all this time, seemed to be a little lighter at this moment.
"Ah Xin, I need to think carefully about it." Han Lingfan said cautiously.
For Han Lingfan, this is definitely not an easy choice. The situation in the capital is unpredictable. Once he goes to the southern border, he may miss the supreme position...
Of course Nangong Xin understood this and stopped talking.
In the study, it was quiet.
It was also late February, and the capital was cloudy and rainy, but the weather in southern Xinjiang had begun to gradually warm up, announcing that early spring was approaching.
On the twenty-fifth day of the second month, Zhennan Wangfu was full of joy, because the grandson was full moon today, Zhennan Wang was in a good mood, and gave the Wangfu an extra month's monthly money.
Nangong Yue is still "hiding" in the house behind closed doors. Originally, the child is full moon, which means she can give birth to confinement, but Lin Jingchen said that she was weak when she was young, and she was poisoned last year, so she had to sit on the double bed. Yuezi took good care of herself. As soon as Lin Jingchen said, Xiao Yi naturally obeyed his orders, and he didn't even serve the child's full moon wine, so that Nangong Yue could have a good rest.
Although the king of Zhennan wanted to quickly make a full moon wine for his baby Jinsun to have a good time, but was persuaded by Wei, he thought so, the weather is still cold now, and the baby is weak. Beautiful. Anyway, there is no rush for the full moon wine or something. It will be done a few days sooner or later. After thinking about it, King Zhennan endured it.
Nangong Yue spent a month "leisure" in the house, and all the middle-income officials of the palace were pushed to Xiao Fei and Wei Shi, and Baihui and An Niang were in charge of the Bixiao Hall, so nothing could go wrong.
Nangong Yue is only responsible for accompanying the child every day, but the baby sleeps most of the day. After a month, she is so bored that she can only count the days every day. Fortunately, Xiao Fei often comes to accompany her and see the child.
This early in the morning, Xiao Fei came as usual, and brought the pig's trotter stewed peanut soup that she cooked herself, and brought it to Nangong Yue, looking at her expectantly.
"..." Nangong Yue held a large blue and white porcelain bowl, looked at the soup with a layer of oil floating on the surface of the soup, felt a little helpless, but still drank slowly.
During confinement, Nangong Yue has to drink soup every day, or drink prolactin soup, in addition to stewed pig's trotters and peanut soup, there are crucian carp and trotters soup, fish head tofu soup, day lily stewed old hen soup, black-bone chicken soup with soybeans... the same Take turns.
Rao even used the 18 classes of martial arts in the kitchen to try to change tricks, and drank it twice a day for a month, and Nangong Yue felt a little bored.
No, the maids invited Xiao Fei out.
For Xiao Fei's kindness, Nangong Yue could only try her best to pour the soup into her stomach. Xiao Fei habitually sat on the couch beside the couch, quietly looking at the little baby sleeping next to Nangong Yue, her eyes were almost fascinated.
Every time she looked at her little nephew, she felt that her heart was about to melt into water.
However, in just one month, the baby has grown up a lot compared to when it was born, and it seems to be a different person. The small cheeks have become round and swollen, white as jade, there is no blemish on the skin, the ruddy little The mouth is like a flower bud in spring, pink and lovely, making Xiao Fei really want to touch it, but she dare not, the baby is too delicate, even more delicate than a flower.
It's better for her to enjoy the flowers instead of being like crazy bees and butterflies.
When my little nephew grows up, I will teach him to read, write, and play chess!
The corners of Xiao Fei's mouth curled up slightly as she thought to herself, silently counting her little nephew's eyelashes that looked like cicada's wings, while admiring his innocent sleeping face, no matter how you looked at it, she felt that her little nephew was worthy of being a sister-in-law The next one is really the cutest and most well-behaved baby.
"Sister-in-law, the baby is spitting bubbles again!"
Xiao Yi suddenly said in pleasant surprise that babies often like to spit out bubbles and play with milk bubbles. Xiao Fei actually doesn't know how many times he has seen it, but every time he finds it so novel.
She looked at the little baby expectantly, thinking that he would wake up, and opened his black grape-like eyes to look at herself, but unfortunately the little baby smacked his mouth and went back to sleep.
Seeing Xiao Fei's slightly disappointed expression, the maids in the room couldn't help exchanging a funny look.
In the next moment, the baby in the swaddle twitched his eyebrows, then wrinkled his face and burst into tears.
Now, the most honorable person in this Bixiao Hall is not Shizi Ye, not Shizi Concubine, but this little baby who has just reached the full moon. When he cries, several people serving inside and outside the house come in, untie the swaddle skillfully, and immediately The diaper was found to be wet.
Lily and Que'er hurriedly took Xiao Shisun away, wiped the little butt clean, and rewrapped it in a clean diaper, but Xiao Shisun was still dissatisfied and continued to cry. The baby cried for several reasons, so Lily hurriedly carried the little grandson to Nangong Yue...
After the little guy ate it, he was finally satisfied. He closed his eyes and eagerly "yun xi" sucked the milk, gobbling it up...
Xiao Fei had already bid farewell tactfully, only the mother and son, and Lily were left in the room to serve.
When Xiao Yi came back from the barracks early, what he saw happened to be such a scene, and he raised his eyebrows.
The young mother is lovingly nurturing her child. The woman has picturesque eyebrows and gentle eyes. This is a beautiful picture, but Xiao Yi is very unhappy.
Ever since this brat was born, Ah Yue has given him almost all of his time.
But she was forced by Ah Yue to go to the military camp yesterday, saying that he had been with her for confinement, and it was time to go to the army to do business.
Although Xiao Yi plausibly stated that the stinky boy is the child of the two of them, and raising the child by himself is a serious matter, he was still sent to the military camp.
Seeing Xiao Yi's return, Lily walked out of the house after facing Nangong Yuefu behind him. When she picked up the curtain, she just heard Shi Zi asked casually: "Is the brat still behaved today?"
The corner of Lily's mouth twitched, and she retreated nonchalantly, going to the outer room to wait for orders.
Nangong Yue looked up at Xiao Yi, and said with a smile, "The baby is very good."
Xiao Yi responded, feeling noncommittal, even a little sour. According to him, Ah Yue spoiled this brat so much that the standard of "good" was relaxed a lot.
At this time, the little guy was full and comfortable, and gave his mother a sweet smile without hesitation. Nangong Yue couldn't help but kiss him on his pink cheek.
Then, the little guy was picked up by his father.
I don't want Ah Yue to be too tired, and I don't want Ah Yue to be around this brat all the time, so—
Xiao Yi had no choice but to come by himself.
After being a "nursing father" for a month, Xiao Yi is already used to taking care of children, and he has never believed in the nonsense of "carrying children but not grandchildren", and he expertly carries the little one back and forth in the house Going around in circles, trying to lull him to sleep.
However, after a cup of tea, the little guy still stared at him with black and white eyes, as if he was looking at something interesting. Obviously, he was not sleepy.
So, two pairs of similar peach blossom eyes widened and narrowed.
Nangong Yue watched from the side, her mouth curled up, her smile spread to the corners of her eyes and brows, and she said, "Ah Yi, the baby just woke up..."
Then, the little baby wrapped in scarlet silk was put back to Nangong Yue by Xiao Yi. Unwillingly, Xiao Yi stretched out his index finger to poke the little guy's cheek, curled his lips, and murmured: "Troublesome brat!" …”
But the "smelly boy" is no longer like being poked on the cheek just a few days after he was born, he is still sleeping obediently, he seems to know that he is disgusted by his own father, his black peach eyes are wide open, staring unhappily With Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart: This brat has quite a temper, and he is actually excited! I am his father, and I give him shit and urine every day, can't I touch him
Xiao Yi directly poked the little guy's cheek again with his finger, who would have thought that this time the little guy rose up to resist, and suddenly reached out and grabbed Xiao Yi's finger.
With Xiao Yi's skills, of course it is impossible to avoid it, but when the little guy's chubby little hands "violently" grabbed him, he couldn't help being startled, and let him grab his fingers.
The little guy clenched his index finger tightly, as if he had accomplished something important, and grinned, revealing his pink and tender gums that hadn't grown teeth yet.
Xiao Yi looked at the little guy with a smile, and complained cheekily to Nangong Yue, "Ah Yue, look, I only touched him twice, with such a big temper, I don't know who he looks like!"
Nangong Yue cast a slanted glance at Xiao Yi, she naturally resembled him!
Xiao Yi giggled, and then said complacently: "But this brat has quick hands and feet and great strength, he is a good seedling."
Xiao Yi stared at the little doll happily playing with his fingers, and smiled maliciously.
Brat, grow up quickly!
When the time comes, your father and I will take care of it... Cough cough, exercise you. Only by practicing your skills can you protect your mother, right? !
Looking at the father and son, Nangong Yue felt helpless, so she had to change the subject: "A Yi, can you have lunch?"
Xiao Yi shook his head, and looked at Nangong Yue with a pitiful expression.
Nangong Yue immediately ordered the maid to set up the meal, and three or four dishes were immediately served in the kitchen, a delicious chicken soup with mushrooms, a bowl of shiny Dongpo pork, and a plate of freshly fried vegetables with mushrooms... Among other things, this Dongpo Meat looks like it is specially prepared for myself.
Although Ah Yue didn't know if he would come back for lunch, he still ordered someone to make his favorite food!
Thinking about it, Xiao Yi smiled, and gave the little guy on the bed a smug look, flauntingly stuffed a large piece of Dongpo meat into his mouth in front of him, and said vaguely: "Brat, your mother You really miss me more!"
Seeing him and his son getting into a fight, Nangong Yue helplessly supported his forehead.
Que'er, who was serving beside Lian, frowned, and exchanged a glance with Lily.
It's been a month, and the grandson is full moon, but the concubine is calling baby all day long, and the master is full of bad breath, and he forgot to give the grandson a name, even if it is a baby name... I heard that the prince is flipping through the pages every day. The book wants to give the grandson a name, but the book has been flipped through for a month, and nothing has been seen.
The maids wanted to remind them several times, but they never found the right time.
While the maids in Bixiao Hall were thinking about how to remind their master tactfully, the various prefectures in southern Xinjiang were still waiting for the palace to hold a full moon banquet for the grandchildren. Wang Fu still did not post.
In this way, it will inevitably lead to some speculations in the mansion, guessing whether there is something wrong with the little grandson or the concubine, after all, no outsiders have seen the appearance of the little grandson since the birth of the little grandson, but no one dared to If you go to Zhennan Wang and Xiao Yi casually to test it out, you are afraid that you will touch the bad luck of the palace, and you will get all over the place if you have nothing to do. On the contrary, the young generals in the army knew that Xiao Yi was in high spirits, so they knew that his grandson must be fine, and they all told his family members not to talk nonsense.
But there are still some reckless or ignorant people gloating behind their backs...
When Mrs. Qiao came to greet the third princess at the post station routinely, the third princess pretended to mention the little grandson inadvertently: "Mrs. Qiao, I remember that the little grandson of the palace is also full moon, right?"
"Yes, Your Highness the Third Princess." Speaking of this topic, Mrs. Qiao burst into a wave of resentment, "The minister's nephew Man Yue, it is reasonable to say that the palace should invite all the mansions to participate in the full moon wine, and I don't know what's going on. , so far, there is no news about the full moon wine."
The third princess raised her eyebrows, and said deliberately: "Hey, the baby is weak, maybe it can't blow the wind."
"I don't know if it's because I can't blow the wind, or I can't see people!" Mrs. Qiao snorted coldly, and said mockingly, "Speaking of being relatives, my wife came to the palace to see my nephew out of kindness, but my wife's nephew Daughter-in-law shuts out courtiers' wives..."
In other words, even Mrs. Qiao's aunt hasn't seen that little grandson until now! The third princess sneered in her heart, if there was really something wrong with her grandson, it would be the retribution for Nangong Yue daring to humiliate herself!
The third princess was very happy. Now that she had inquired about the news about the palace, she was impatient and continued to flirt with Mrs. Qiao, and served tea to see off the guests in a few words.
The three princesses are happy, but Marquis Pingyang is getting more and more worried these days.
He originally planned to take advantage of the full moon wine to go to the palace to meet Xiao Yi, so as not to appear too humble, but now, after confirming that the full moon wine is far away, he can only bite the bullet and send someone to the palace. After receiving the greeting card, early the next morning, in the name of congratulations, he came to Bixiaotang again.
This time, it was still the same hall, and it was Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai who came to see him.
Obviously, Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai also knew why Pingyanghou came here.
Pingyanghou came to submit the certificate, but he couldn't show his cards simply and rudely.
Pingyanghou's thoughts were racing, he held up the sacrificial red porcelain teacup to cover up his expression, his eyes flickered slightly, after a while, he finally made up his mind, put down the teacup, raised his eyes and said tentatively: "My lord Do you know the current situation of Dayu?"
Xiao Yi shrugged his shoulders and looked at him with a smile, as if saying, so what does that have to do with me
Marquis Pingyang was stalked again, and his expression froze for a moment. This Prince Xiao is always unexpected in his behavior, and it is impossible to talk to him properly.
But I have to bite the bullet and deal with this person!
The Marquis of Pingyang took a deep breath, immediately regrouped, and said: "Dayu is now facing internal and external troubles, the crown prince has not yet been determined, several county kings and five princes have their own forces behind them, and the officials are torn apart, so that the court is unstable. It seems calm, but in fact, the torrent is dark, the wind and the wind are precarious, and there will be a huge change at any time; however, the courtiers only know that they are fighting for their own interests, but they can't see the danger of Dayu..."
He paused and continued: "In just a few years, Dayu has fought against Xiye, Changdi, Baiyue, and Nanliang repeatedly. In southern Xinjiang, there is the Zhennan Palace and the Southern Border Army. They have won consecutive battles, but Xiye There are no generals in Xinjiang and Northern Xinjiang, and so far, several cities in the two places have fallen due to wars, and the people's hearts are unstable. If there is another foreign invasion, Dayu will be in danger!"
Pingyang Hou spoke impassionedly, Xiao Yi raised the corners of his mouth with a smile that was not a smile, and thought: If people who don't know after listening to these words, I'm afraid they will think that Pingyang Hou is some kind of righteous patriot.
Xiao Yi yawned lazily, and said directly: "Master Hou, you didn't come to see this son just to say these empty words, did you?"
This time, Pingyang Hou looked as usual, he clasped his fists calmly and said: "My lord, don't be impatient."
He looked back and forth between Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai, full of confidence in what he was about to say, and said loudly: "My lord, Marquis An Yi, as far as I know, Xi Ye may come to commit crimes in the near future!"
The news of Marquis Pingyang naturally came from Princess Mingyue, the daughter of his wife Xiye.
This news is of great importance. Originally, Pingyang Hou planned to use this matter to make meritorious service for himself in the court and accumulate military power, but now, if he wants to surrender to Xiao Yi, he must show his own value. Pingyang Hou thought for a few days, and finally bit He gritted his teeth and made a decision, and told Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai about it as a petition.
Marquis Pingyang believed that this news would definitely move Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai, but who would have thought that the two of them would still be as usual, Xiao Yi would still be sitting on the back of the chair, leisurely; Guan Yubai would still be drinking slowly. Tea, without even a pause.
It was as if what he said was a trivial matter.
Marquis Pingyang was in doubt.
For Xiao Yi, this is really a trivial matter that has nothing to do with him.
He and Guan Yubai had analyzed Dayu's situation long ago before deciding to "occupy land as king" in southern Xinjiang. Regarding Xiye, I am afraid that no one in Dayu knows more about it than Guan Yubai, so Guan Yubai knew that Xi Rong would seek peace a few years ago, and knew that after the old Xiye King went first, once the new Xiye King If he succeeds to the throne and can secure the throne and make the twelve domestic clans submit to him, then Xiye's domestic stability will be the day when Xiye sends troops to Dayu again!
The hall was quiet for a long time, and there was no sound for a long time.
Looking at the calm Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai, Pingyang Hou's heart sank little by little.
He knew he had made another mistake!
He underestimated Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai again!