The third princess stood there dumbfounded for a long while, her heart was in a mess. Xiao Fei's reaction was completely beyond her expectations, making her wonder how to deal with it next...
In contrast, Xiao Fei who was sitting at the bottom was still calm and composed.
The room fell silent, silent.
"Your Highness the Third Princess," Xiao Fei continued, staring at the Third Princess with her cold and clear eyes, "Don't forget where you are at the moment. Southern Xinjiang is Dayu's Southern Border, and it is In the southern border of the Zhennan Palace, Your Highness must think twice before doing anything!"
Xiao Fei's words sounded meaningful, the pupils of the three princesses shrank sharply, and her delicate body trembled slightly, as if a stick was stuck in her throat.
She couldn't help but think about the fact that she was forced to marry Lu Jiu, and the scene was still in front of her eyes.
This is the greatest humiliation she has ever suffered in her life!
In the past, how could she have imagined that besides her father, there was someone else who dared to decide her marriage, and this made her realize for the first time that she was a majestic princess who could be manipulated by others...
The three princesses wished to behead all Zhennan Wangfu and Pingyanghou, but they were helpless.
As Xiao Fei said, this is southern Xinjiang, and this is the territory of the Zhennan Palace. Once he spreads any news that is not good for the Zhennan Palace, Pingyang Hou, the lackey of the Zhennan Palace, may attack him and leave him forever. In the barbaric land of southern Xinjiang, even the bones are buried here...
so-
"Xiao Fei, are you threatening me?" The third princess clenched her fists tightly in her sleeves, digging her nails deeply into her tender palms, and said angrily, gnashing her teeth.
Xiao Fei calmly looked at the uncertain face of the third princess, and said again: "Your Highness, the choice is up to you, and this is all I have to say."
Xiao Fei didn't say much anymore, and there was no anger, no hatred, no joy in the eyes she was looking at the third princess...without a trace of disturbance, as if what she was looking at was not His Royal Highness Princess Dayu, but an ordinary woman.
Before coming, the three princesses were still full of confidence, but they didn't expect that the positions of her and Xiao Fei would change drastically in just a cup of tea.
Xiao Fei, is she really fearless, or is she putting on airs
Do you want to return in vain
The third princess bit her almost bloodless lower lip, she was not reconciled!
And Xiao Fei has already picked up the teacup again, making a gesture of serving tea to the guests.
The third princess glared at Xiao Fei for another moment, and finally left angrily.
Xiao Fei didn't even look at the three princesses, she was still drinking her tea slowly and calmly. Taoyao at the side looked at her own girl, and couldn't help thinking: The girl is really becoming more and more like a concubine.
The three princesses left, Yuebijuli returned to its original calm, and the autumn wind was blowing.
At dusk, the sky suddenly turned gloomy, and there was continuous rain. This rain lasted for three consecutive days, and Xiao Yu, who couldn't go out to play, was bored in the room with his two cats, so depressed that he didn't even have the strength to "meow" Already...
On the eighth day of October, the drizzle didn't seem to stop. Early in the morning, Zhu Xing finally sorted out the letters from Feige from Wangdu and presented them to Nangong Yue's small study.
In the past few days, Xiao Yu, who has nowhere to go, has been "accompanying" his mother in the house to deal with various affairs every day, and today is no exception. He is wearing a cute cat outfit and is flexibly sitting in the small study room covered with long-haired carpets. Crawling around, chasing a small rattan ball.
"Ringling..."
The bell in the small ball made a crisp sound as it rolled, which also made the originally quiet and solemn study room a lot more lively.
After the little guy picked up the takraw ball, he crawled to his mother's side, shook the takraw ball at her, looked at her expectantly, as if saying, "Mother, let's play together."
Nangong Yue took the takraw ball and threw it out casually. The little guy was so happy that he immediately turned around and chased after it. His nimble back was like a chubby giant cat, and Que'er couldn't help showing an indescribable expression on his face.
Nangong Yue continued to look at the stack of letters on the desk, one after another, although she only browsed through them briefly, she soon noticed that Kui Lang had close contacts with the Palace of Prince Gong.
Kui Lang's situation in the royal capital as the prince of Baiyue is too delicate. In the royal capital, most of the mansions are afraid to associate with him. This makes the palace of Gong County, which has frequent contacts with him, stand out...
Nangong Yue's movement of flipping the letter paper persisted, and she couldn't help but think of the clothes that are currently in the city. Among them, there are probably clothes that are connecting the two sides.
Han Lingfu has always been a person who has no benefits, and if he has no benefits, he probably won't associate with Kui Lang. What kind of agreement did they reach
Could it be that Kui Lang's unknown "son" is related to Gongjun Palace
Nangong Yue couldn't help thinking this thought, and her index finger stroked the corner of the tissue paper thoughtfully.
Kui Lang's contacts in the royal capital were limited, and she really couldn't think of any other possibility except Gongjun Palace.
But thinking about it again, it seems that something is not quite right.
Kui Lang has held real power in Baiyue for many years, and he is headstrong and conceited. With his heart, even if he secretly reached an agreement with Gongjun Palace, it is impossible to keep his only blood in Gongjun Palace and let Gongjun Wang Hanlingfu has such a big handle on him!
Unless, there are other unknown reasons...
Nangong Yue subconsciously exerted a little force on the fingers pinching the tissue paper, and continued to flip through the letters below.
The Feige letters sent to Xiao Yi were all related to the overall situation of the country, so I didn't mention any irrelevant matters in the letter. Nangong Yue read the rest of the letter and found no useful clues.
She straightened up and was about to move her body when she heard another "jingling bell".
Xiao Xiaoyu grabbed the rattan ball and climbed to Nangong Yue's side again, and handed the ball to her again, the implication was self-evident.
Nangong Yue laughed, and threw the takraw ball to the ground for him, and the takraw ball rolled out again, and the crisp sound of the bell echoed in the small study again...
Nangong Yue played with little Xiao Yu for a while, and the little guy started to yawn sleepily, rubbed his eyes and lay down on the long-haired carpet, refusing to move. Nangong Yue had no choice but to pick him up, pat him gently, and put him on the beauty couch. The little guy was easy to coax, and fell asleep in a short while.
The little guy had a lot of fun just now, his white and tender face was flushed like a rouge, and looked like a porcelain doll. Nangong Yue felt soft in her heart, and couldn't help but kiss his cheek. Squeezing his little hands, he couldn't help murmuring softly: "Brother Yu, why don't you know how to call your mother?"
Que'er smiled and comforted Nangong Yue: "Concubine Shizi, the little grandson is so smart, he will definitely learn it soon."
Nangong Yue laughed, too, why worry, her time is still long!
Huamei interjected: "In the future, the little grandson will be able to speak, and the concubine Shizi will let the little grandson yell a few more times..."
The two maids tried to make Nangong Yue happy, but the little guy slept without moving his eyelids from the beginning to the end.
After an unknown amount of time, there was a sound of curtains being raised, and Baihui, who was wearing a blue beanie, walked in quickly. Seeing that her grandson had fallen asleep, she immediately lightened her steps.
Baihui walked up to her, bowed her knees and saluted, then lowered her voice and said, "Imperial Concubine, just now Housekeeper Zhu sent a new letter from Flying Pigeon." While speaking, Baihui presented a long strip tissue paper.
Nangong Yue, who was sitting beside the beauty's couch, quickly unfolded the tissue paper and glanced at it, her expression froze, and the astonishment in her eyes could not be concealed.
At the turn of the tenure? !
Her gaze stayed on the four words on the silk paper for a long time...
According to this secret letter, during this period of time, there has been a lot of rumors about the Prince Gong's mansion in Wangdu. The rumor vividly said that the Prince of Gongjun had a "successful acquaintance" with others secretly because of the difficulties of his heirs. "Only because of the scandal, the little emperor's grandson was born.
Nangong Yue didn't know about the allusion of "Cheng Ren's friendship", and the expression on her face was a little weird.
With a flash in her eyes, she suddenly thought of Kui Lang's unknown heir...
For a moment, Nangong Yue felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and her expression suddenly changed.
The maids on the side hadn't seen such an expression on the imperial concubine's face before, so they couldn't help but look at each other, vaguely feeling that something terrible had happened in the capital.
Nangong Yue lowered her eyes again, seemingly staring at the tissue paper, but her mind was already drifting away.
I see!
Could it be that Bai Muxiaosheng's child is Kui Lang's
This guess sounds absurd at first glance, but after careful thought, you will find that what you thought was wrong before becomes reasonable... That's why Kui Lang "must" leave that child in the Prince Gong's mansion.
Thinking about it, Nangong Yue's expression became more serious, and she narrowed her eyes slightly.
If her guess is correct, then Bai Yi's intention to come to southern Xinjiang this time is worth pondering...
"Meow!"
A soft cat meow came from outside the window suddenly, and the little guy on the beauty's couch suddenly opened his eyes, and followed suit: "Meow!"
He struggled to sit up by himself, and searched for the whereabouts of the cat with his big black and white eyes, his little face was full of eagerness, and the bixiao hall, with the little guy waking up, became bustling again...
Everyone didn't notice that the drizzle outside stopped at some point. As the rain stopped, the dark clouds that had lasted for several days finally dissipated, and the pedestrians coming and going on the street became dense again.
A green-covered carriage came galloping from one end of the street and stopped at the door of Yuelai Inn. A pretty maid in green clothes stepped out of the carriage and hurried up to the clothes room on the second floor.
"Your Highness the Holy Maiden," Lorna shook her head helplessly after saluting, "The Third Princess still disagrees..."
The pendulum leaning against the window looked down at the muddy ground outside, remained silent, her pink lips tightly pursed into a straight line.
The day before yesterday the third princess sent someone to truthfully convey Xiao Fei's words, and Bai Yi was so angry that she couldn't help it. How could she let Xiao Fei go like this? Let it out, but the wimp of the third princess seemed to be scared out of her wits, no matter how intimidating and tempting Ren Baiyi was, she just refused to agree.
Compared with the day before yesterday, the mood of putting on clothes has calmed down a lot.
Lorna asked cautiously: "Your Highness, what should we do next?"
Putting on clothes for a long time without speaking, eyes half down.
She has been in Luoyue City for a long time. Since the third princess is not needed, it is meaningless for her to stay in Luoyue City...
She has come all the way to southern Xinjiang this time and has more important things to do!
Seeing the dripping eaves, Bai Yi made up his mind, stood up suddenly and said firmly, "Lorna, hurry up and pack up, we will set off for Baiyue immediately."
Now that the rain has stopped, it's time for her to leave too.
"Yes, Your Highness the Holy Maiden." Lorna quickly replied.
They didn't bring much. Half an hour later, they checked out and left the Yuelai Inn, heading towards the city gate.
When the carriage was approaching the city gate, the street suddenly became crowded, and the speed of the carriage slowed down.
Bai Yi frowned slightly, and was about to ask Lorna to see what was going on, when he heard the voice of a woman talking outside, which attracted Bai Yi's attention:
"Sister Li, is the shop you're talking about right in front, the one with a lot of people?"
"That's right! That's the shop. Today is the fourth day of opening. I heard that it was opened by a caravan from Nanban, and it's selling jade from Nanban!"
"Aunt Wang next door to me also went yesterday, and said that the bracelets sold there are nearly half cheaper than ours in southern Xinjiang..."
"..."
The women walked away while talking.
The Nanman in their mouths refers to Baiyue. The clothes in the carriage were thoughtful, pondered for a while, and then told Luo Na: "Lorna, go to that shop and ask them." She left Baiyue It's been too long, and I don't know what's going on with Baiyue now...
Lorna responded immediately and hurriedly got off the carriage, while Bai Yi asked the groom to drive the carriage to a side alley first, and waited anxiously in the carriage.
At this time, time passed very slowly, and I don't know how long it took. There was a rush of footsteps outside the carriage, and the footsteps were slightly messy. Then, the curtain of the carriage was lifted from the outside, and Lorna's familiar face was reflected. There was hardly a trace of blood on her face as she put her clothes on, and her eyes were terrified, as if she had seen a ghost.
Bai Yi frowned slightly, and an ominous premonition vaguely appeared in his heart.
It wasn't until Lorna stepped into the carriage again that she realized that she was trembling. Lorna and herself had seen many big scenes. Even when they heard that His Royal Highness Kui Lang was killed in Southern Xinjiang, Lorna had never experienced this.
"Holy...Your Highness the Holy Maiden," Lorna said in a trembling voice, even forgetting to salute, and said vigorously, "The people in the shop said that my Baiyue has been defeated by Xiao Yi, the son of Zhennan Prince, and now Xiao Yi is here. Baiyue establishes himself as king and eradicates dissidents."
After a pause, Lorna struggled to say the last sentence: "Baiyue has changed!"
For a moment, it was like a thunderbolt hit the head when she put her clothes on. She couldn't believe her ears, and she stood up suddenly in shock.
How is this possible? !
If it is said that the Southern Frontier Army has captured Baiyue, she believes it, but Xiao Yi proclaims himself king in Baiyue, isn't he treasonous? Conspiracy is to ransack the family and exterminate the clan!
Not to mention Emperor Dayu, even King Zhennan couldn't tolerate his son's perverse behavior!
impossible. Bai Yi said to himself in his heart, and then asked a series of difficult questions: "When did this happen? How is the false king Nuhar now? And where is the sixth prince?"
It's impossible for them to let Xiao Yi do whatever he wants in Baiyue!
"..." Lorna opened and closed her mouth, speechless.
Just now, she was so frightened by the news she heard that she nearly fainted, so she didn't even think about it.
Bai Yi's face became even uglier, feeling as if a big hole had been dug in his heart, and the cold wind was blowing in it, making him feel weak and restless.
She originally wanted Lorna to ask again, but she changed her mind when she got to the point of speaking. Baiyue had undergone such a drastic change, so she didn't have the mood to wait here.
Putting on the veiled cap again, he asked, "Take me to that shop."
Lorna responded quickly, and then the master and servant got out of the carriage and walked forward under Lorna's guidance.
After a while, Lorna pointed to a shop in front with a "Yu Sheng Hua" signboard and said, "Your Highness, that is the shop."
The business of the shop was good at first glance, there was an endless stream of customers coming in and out, and it was lively and noisy.
As soon as the master and servant of the clothes maker reached the door, a guy with a mustache came up to greet them and ushered them in. There were seven or eight other men and women in the shop looking at jade at the counter.
Bai Yi glanced around calmly, and then asked casually: "Brother, I heard that all the jade here comes from Baiyue?"
"Yes." The waiter hurriedly echoed, "Young lady, don't worry, this jade was brought back from Nanman by our treasurer himself, it's no lie."
Bai Yi sighed in surprise: "So you have been to Baiyue too, little brother?"
The man puffed up his chest and said triumphantly: "What's the matter! Our merchants have traveled all over the world, and we haven't been anywhere." As he said, he looked up and down his clothes strangely, "Little lady seems to be particularly interested in Nanman..."
Bai Yi felt impatient, so he could only casually say: "Little brother, actually my two elder brothers also went to Baiyue Merchant two months ago, and they haven't returned yet. My family members are very worried, so I just happened to hear about this shop. The people here have just returned from trading in Baiyue, so they took the liberty to come here to ask for advice."
After a pause, Bai Yi asked almost eagerly: "Brother, Baiyue was really captured by the Southern Border Army?" Her fists were tightly clenched in her sleeves, her body was as stiff as ice.
The man laughed loudly, and said in a loud voice: "Little lady, don't worry. Now Nanban is under the control of our Southern Border Army. It is safest for us Nanjiang people to do business in Nanban! Those Nanban people have long been subdued. Docile!"
Behind the white gauze of the veiled hat, the pretty face of the dress was pale, and her cherry lips trembled slightly. She collected herself and asked with almost all her strength, "Brother, do you know when Baiyue was captured by the Southern Border Army?"
"I heard that it's been more than a year. I don't know what kind of jade ornaments you like, little lady? Is it a jade pendant, a hairpin, or earrings..."
more than a year? ! He could only feel the buzzing in his ears, and he couldn't hear what the guy said.
It has been more than a year!
Then Xiao Yi actually kept this matter a secret. In this way, whether it is the false king Nuhar or the sixth prince Carrero, I am afraid that they have all been poisoned by Xiao Yi... Wait!
Bai Yi suddenly thought of something again, that is to say, the military report that was suddenly sent from Nanjiang to Wangdu was simply the bait for Xiao Yi to lure His Royal Highness Kuilang to Nanjiang!
It turns out that the person who killed His Highness Kui Lang was not Nuhar, but Xiao Yi!
They all fell for it!
The more Bai Yi thought about it, the more frightening she became, and she actually came to the southern border by herself, no, she must leave as soon as possible...
Bai Yi, who was in a mess of thoughts, suddenly came back to his senses, and wanted to call Lorna to leave, but found that the atmosphere around him had changed at some point.
Obviously, when she came in just now, there were still several customers in the shop, but at this moment, all the other customers had disappeared, only the shopkeeper behind the counter and four shop assistants were left, and all their eyes fell on her, including the The mustache guy, there is no smile in his eyes, only Sen Leng.
Something is wrong!
The pupils of the clothes shrank sharply, and Lorna exclaimed: "His Royal Highness..."
Following the direction Lorna pointed, Bai Yi turned around and saw a group of guards in blue robes had surrounded the shop, one person in three steps. At the same time, many people nearby also surrounded curiously, pointing in this direction.
He had been to Bixiaotang before, so he naturally remembered the clothes of these guards. They were the guards of Bixiaotang, and they belonged to Xiao Yi!
Oops! My whereabouts are exposed!
No, it should be said that I fell into their trap!
The gaze of putting on clothes looked at the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper in the shop again, and her heart suddenly sank to the bottom, as if she was in icy water, her heart was filled with despair, and the boundless darkness almost swallowed her...
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