Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

The defeat of the Nanwei Kingdom is finally revealed

Nangong Jingnv ate more greedily, Qi Yan saw that she was covering her stomach and leaning on the back of the chair with a hard look, and said proactively: "Before it is dark, Your Highness, would you like to go for a walk with me?"

"Okay~!"

The two walked around the back garden a few times hand in hand, and the sky gradually darkened.Nangong Jingnv took Qi Yan's arm: "Shall we go back?"

Qi Yan: "I still want to sit in the Huxin Pavilion."

Nangong Jingnu: "It's bald, what's so good about it?"

Qi Yan chuckled: "Because it hasn't snowed yet, the lake is still shimmering with autumn water. After the first snowfall, everything is quiet, and even the lake is lazy."

Nangong Jingnv secretly laughed at Qi Yan's unreasonableness, but she still led her to the Huxin Pavilion, and told Qiu Ju: "Go and send some servant girls, and wait by the lakeside with lanterns."

"Yes."

Sitting in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, Nangong Jingnv said with emotion: "It's so quiet here, why didn't I notice it before?"

Qi Yan hooked the corner of her mouth: "A person who is calm sees everything is calm."

Nangong Jingnv savored it, then feigned anger and said: "Wow! You are clearly beating around the bush and saying that I used to be impetuous!"

Qi Yan looked at Nangong Jingnv and blinked, the expression on her face was extremely innocent: "When did I say that?"

Amber eyes shine brightly in the slightly dim environment.

Nangong Jingnv's heart was filled with gentle warmth, she tilted her head and gave Qi Yan a lingering look with her eyes, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

She stared at Qi Yan intently, since they became intimate, she could obviously feel that Qi Yan treated her differently.

When the two of them were alone, the previous cautious, respectful and courteous look almost disappeared.

Qi Yan suppressed her smile and asked: "Is there anything interesting in the mansion recently?"

Nangong Jingnv thought for a while and couldn't help but sigh: "There are no interesting things, but there is one bad thing."

Qi Yan: "What troubles Your Highness?"

Nangong Jingnv leaned on her chin and curled her lips: "It's the second sister. A few days ago, she told me that she wanted to ask Father to make an order to separate her from Lu Zhongxing."

Qi Yan frowned, this was beyond her expectation, since Nan Gongshu's temperament should not be like this...

Nangong Jingnv originally wanted to tell Qi Yan the cause and effect, but she suddenly realized that there was Qi Yan's "factor" in it, and she was worried that it would hurt Qi Yan's sensitive self-esteem and changed her words: "You said...Father Will the emperor agree?"

"The holy will is unpredictable, and I dare not speak in vain about this matter. But I have to listen to the reasons of the second sister, and maybe I will agree."

……

Qi Yan moved her fingers and turned her gaze to the lake.

A round of bright moon reflected on the surface of the water, occasionally setting off microwaves, seemed unreal.

Maybe there is Jiya's "credit" for this, but Nangongrang will never agree.

Qi Yan still can't figure out why Ji Ya insists on keeping Nangong Shunv.

But no matter how favored she is, the only person who can save Nangong Shunv is sitting beside her.

Nangong Shunv is a pawn to appease the Taiwei Mansion. If she wants to get rid of the Taiwei Mansion, she can't show any clues. Presumably, when Nangong Rang married her most beloved daughter hastily to him, she had already expected today. Nangong Shunv will be sacrificed.

Thinking of this, Qi Yan even wanted to find an opportunity to sabotage Nangong Jingnv's "rescue". If their sisterly love could make each other die at the hands of her father, it would also save her from debts of conscience.

……

A few days later, Nangong Shunv put on a simple but grand dress and entered the palace.

The servant told her that His Majesty was at the Empress Yafei's place, Nangong Shunu stepped on the sedan chair to Pixiang Palace with some hesitation...

Nangong Rang was leaning halfway on the imperial concubine chair, and Jiya rubbed his shoulders.

Hearing Sijiu's report, Nangong Rang sat up straight: "Let her in."

Jiya stopped fidgeting, and sat down on a small stool beside her.

Nangong Shunv came in dragging her long palace attire, bowed down and bowed down: "I have seen my father and my concubine Ya."

Nangong Rang: "Well, give me a seat."

Nangong Shunv: "Thank you, father."

Nangong Rang: "I heard that you were ill a while ago, but are you okay?"

There was a trace of surprise in Nangong Shunv's beautiful eyes, she didn't expect her father to remember her affairs.Ji Ya on the side smiled and said nothing.

"I'm sorry for worrying my father, my son is already well."

Nangong Rang nodded: "Tell me, what is it about entering the palace?"

Nangong Shunv's heart sank, and she knelt down in front of Nangong Rang, who frowned and watched Nangong Shunv waiting for her to continue.

Nangong Shunv: "I have something to ask my father for permission."

Nangong Rang's face was a little cold: "Tell me first."

Nangong Shunv: "My son... I beg my father to let me separate from my son-in-law."

Nangong Shunv's head was lowered but her back was straight. Nangong Rang did not speak for a long time, and the atmosphere was oppressive and heavy.

Ji Ya paid attention to his subtle expressions without any trace, her heart sank.

The next moment Nangong made a thick and cold voice: "The Lu family is the founding hero and has made great contributions to my country. I and Lu Aiqing are brothers of the opposite sex, and the second son of the Lu family is considered inferior to you! Now Lu Aiqing is sick in bed , you beg me to give you separation and reunion?"

Nangong Rang's words were like a sharp knife piercing Nangong Shunv's heart, her body trembled, her head was still down but her eyes were red: the outcome of the incident was largely expected, but Father Huang Lianyuan Didn't ask a single question, if it was Jing Nu...would it be the same?She didn't dare to stand shoulder to shoulder with the prostitute daughter, but she also longed to get some care from her father when she was helpless and wandering...

Nangong let out a cold snort: "I thought you were a generalist, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant! I'll pretend I haven't heard of this matter, so kneel down."

Nangong Shunv kowtowed silently: "My son, please leave."

When Nangong Shunv left the hall, Ji Ya softly pressed her to Nangong Rang's chest with her slender hands: "It's just a small matter between children, why should Your Majesty get angry?"

Nangongrang's face looked better now, he grabbed Jiya's hand, put it to his lips, pecked it, and held it in his hand to play with it carefully.

He likes to come to Jiya, not only because she is young and beautiful, not afraid of the power of the sky, but also because Jiya's mother's family has no influence in the court and has no children under her knees.

He was getting old, and the old officials in the court kept their country in their words, and the concubines in the harem were either old and decrepit, or they had ulterior motives.Nangongrang had to think about every word he said to them, and Nangongrang had to think twice about every word they said.He is at ease only when he is with Ji Ya.

Nangong Rang: "I thought Zhuo Hua was a sensible person, but he still didn't let me worry."

Jiya smiled sweetly: "Isn't there a saying among the people of the Wei country? 'Children and grandchildren have their own blessings', Your Majesty Tianwei dare not even look directly at me, let alone a princess?"

Nangong Rang said quietly: "You don't understand."

Jiya grasped the information revealed in these three words, although she was still smiling, a worrying deduction came to her heart.

The first snow soon fell in the capital, which lasted for several days.

The earth was covered with snow, and a pair of snowmen were piled up in the backyard of Qi Yan and Nangong Jingnv Princess Mansion, but it snowed again the next day, and the little half of the pair's snowmen were submerged in the snow.

The end of the year came quietly in this continuous heavy snow.

The servants of the Princess Mansion suddenly became busy, and Qiu Ju, who was the female official in charge, was once invisible.

She holds the key to the princess treasury in her hand. Every year at this time of year, the tenants of the thousands of households under the name of Nangong Jingnv will gather their offerings together and send them over. The princess mansion can't consume so much food and needs a grain shop. The people who come to collect it will convert it into cash and record it in the book.

There are also annual gifts from various prefectures. Qiu Ju has to record them all in the book and hand them over to Nangong Jingnv before asking her to choose some gifts in return.

The two lords in the main hall were very relaxed, Qi Yan was drinking a cup of hot tea, and Nangong Jingnu was sitting opposite her playing with a new gadget - Hua Rongdao.

After she got Huarong Dao, she immediately called Qi Yan, obviously they came into contact with each other, Qi Yan only took 85 steps to untie it.But she fiddled with more than 100 steps, very unconvinced and vowed to surpass Qi Yan, this is the third challenge.

Qiu Ju had been busy for a long time, her shoes were half wet, and she came to the main hall to present the ceremony book: "Your Highness, this is the food harvested this year..." After a pause, he continued: "This year's harvest is not good, and the tenants handed it over. The offerings are [-]% lower than in previous years."

Nangong Jingnv was in high spirits, but she didn't raise her head: "If there are fewer offerings, then there will be fewer, and it's not a big deal."

Qiu Ju opened her mouth and seemed to have something to say, and after a little consideration, she continued to report: "This is the gift book of each government this year. Please look over it and point out a few things so that the servants can carry it back to return the gift."

Nangong Jingnv handed the gift book to Qi Yan casually: "Please help me to read it."

Qi Yan took the gift book but was looking at Qiu Ju, and asked, "Sister Qiu Ju, do you have anything else to say?"

Qiu Ju hesitated to speak, Qi Yan patted the back of Nangong Jingnu's hand: "His Royal Highness, please take your time?"

"Huh?" Nangong Jingnu took her attention away from Huarong Road: "What's wrong?"

Qi Yan also comforted: "Sister Qiu Ju, please continue."

"His Royal Highness, I heard that the harvests in various places are generally not good this year. Ordinary farmers are fine, but some tenant farmers who enshrine food in various prefectures dare not even keep their own rations, so they still haven't been able to pay enough."

Qi Yan's eyes darkened: The defeat of the Nangong Dynasty... is here.

Nangong Jingnu seemed a little puzzled: "You mean to return some to the farmers?"

Qiu Ju knelt down on the ground again: "Slaves dare not!"

Nangong Jingnu: "It's nothing, the Princess Mansion is not bad. It's the New Year's Eve and the people's own rations still have to be reserved. You can ask those farmers how much surplus food they need to leave, and return it to them before the New Year. , you can give more."

Qi Yan let out a long sigh in her heart, looking around the world, she might not be able to find another one.

Seeing that Qiu Ju was entangled again, she took the initiative to explain: "Your Highness, according to the court regulations, farmers who rent Shiyi fields will be punished if they do not pay enough offerings."

Only then did Qiu Ju dare to continue to say: "I heard from the people who came to deliver the offerings that many farmers have been locked up by the yamen of the Dasinong and other government offices!"