Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Secrets hidden in the Forbidden Palace

Nangong Jingnu and Qi Yan arrived very late for the palace banquet, they entered the main hall, and at the same time a figure greeted them.

Nangong Shunv: "Little sister."

Qi Yan raised her arms and bowed: "See Your Highness the Second Highness."

Nangong Shunv: "Brother-in-law, you don't have to be polite."

Seeing that Nangong Shu's face was troubled, Qi Yan said proactively: "Your Highness, I will wait for you at the case first."

After Qi Yan left, Nangong Shunv took Nangong Jingnv's hand and walked aside, said in a low voice, "Little sister, I have something to ask you."

Nangong Jingnu: "Second sister, just say it."

Nangong Shunv grabbed Nangong Jingnv's forearm with both hands, and begged: "Little sister, can I stay at Bengong's mansion tonight? Or let me stay with you, just tonight."

The astonishment in Nangong Jingnv's eyes was fleeting, and she quickly figured out why.

Turning his head to look at Nangong Shunv's position: Sure enough, Lu Zhongxing was sitting there wearing a crimson consort suit.

According to ancient rituals, red lights must be hung at the entrance of the Princess Mansion tonight...

On this day last year, Second Sister was treated like this by that person...

The promised words choked up when she reached her lips, Nangong Jingnv couldn't help but look back at Qi Yan.

Tonight is also my and Qi Yan's New Year's Eve...

If he went to the second sister's place by himself... Lu Zhongxing could only live in the wing.The second sister is safe, but what about Qi Yan?

If she agrees with the second sister to live in her house for one night, according to Li: the three of them will watch the year together until dawn.

Nangong Jingnv pursed her lips and said after deliberation: "Second sister... would you like to stay in the palace tonight?"

Nangong Shunv looked at her little sister in puzzlement. She was of low status and lived in her mother's palace before she got married. It was unreasonable for her to stay in the palace for the night now.

Nangong Jingnv continued: "I would like to invite my second sister to stay in Weiming Palace, I wonder if my second sister would like it?"

Nangong Shunv's eyes lit up, she nodded, "Thank you so much, little sister."

Lu Zhongxing was a foreign minister, and he could not stay in the palace without a decree.

The Weiming Palace is the palace of Nangong Jingnv, as long as she agrees, any female heir can stay here.

Nangong Jingnv said again: "I will stay in the Princess Mansion during this period of time. If Second Sister likes it, she can stay in Weiming Palace for a while, and I will explain to my father."

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When Nangong Jingnv came to the desk, Qi Yan was still standing by the desk, she helped Nangong Jingnv to sit down before sitting beside her.

With the servant's chorus, the palace banquet began.

The same procedure as in previous years, with the same eulogy, the difference is that this year Nangong Rang did not attend, but all the concubines above the harem concubine came.

Therefore, it is especially embarrassing in the allocation of the main position. As we all know: since the death of the Ma family in the Yuan Dynasty, Nan Gongrang's post has been vacant.In the past, Concubine Hui had always been the nominal hostess of the harem. Although she did not hold the phoenix seal, the imperial concubine seal in her hand was equivalent to the phoenix seal in a sense.

This year is different. Nangong Rang made an exception by conferring Nagusjiya, the pearl of the prairie, as an elegant concubine. The two have the same status, and Nangong Rang did not specifically explain the ownership of the main position. This made the fifth prince Nangong Da very difficult.

In the end, it was Jiya who said: "Sister Hui is an old man beside His Majesty, she should sit alone in the main seat, and it is fine for my sister to sit in your hands."

I didn't want this sentence to hurt Concubine Hui's sensitive nerves. Apart from Li Zhaorong, the deceased eldest prince's mother who was released from the palace, Concubine Hui was the oldest in the entire harem.

After tonight, she will be 48 years old, and the two princes under her knees: the second prince and the fourth prince are even older than Ji Ya...

There used to be old people in the front and back palaces, and Concubine Hui was not much older than them. She felt that she was Nangong Rang's "Jie Yuhua" and "confidant", and she was pregnant with two sons, so she was always confident.

Now, Yafei not only shakes her status, she is also younger and more beautiful than her.

The wrinkles on Concubine Hui's face trembled, but she didn't sit on the main seat: "My sister is serious. Although His Majesty didn't come today, I would never dare to take the main seat." After speaking, she sat on the right-hand seat superior.

So a strange scene appeared in the good palace banquet: the main seat was empty, the two concubines would sit on the left and right, and the rest of the concubines were lined up, and Nangongda, who was the prince of the prison, could only choose a small one. The case accompany the last seat.At any rate, he was in a high position, and the rest of the emperor's heirs sat in the hall according to their age.

Halfway through the banquet, Nangong asked Pai Sijiu to send two orders, one of which was a routine reward as in previous years.

Another imperial decree, the content seems a bit strange...

Emperor Fengtian Chengyun issued an imperial edict: "I have recovered in recent days. Since the 11th year of Jingjia, I have set up a pair of bead curtains and a screen behind the imperial case to listen to the government behind the curtain; the five princes are still in charge of the country.

This is it.

Sijiu left, and everyone sat back to their seats, and the atmosphere of the palace banquet revealed a weirdness.

The princes were thoughtful, Qi Yan raised his hand to refill a glass of wine for Nangong Jingnv, and thought about it in secret.

This edict from Nangong Rang is too strange, isn't it?

As the king of a country, if he recovers physically, he can stop Nan Gongda's power of supervising the country and regain control of the government.

Why go to such lengths to come up with a "listen to politics"?

Even if you want to continue to practice Nangongda, you can give him part of the court affairs. Wouldn't it be better to teach him personally?

As the saying goes: if the name is not correct, the words will not go well. The real Ninth Five-Year Lord sits behind the screen, and Nangong Dafei is not a prince, nor is he a prince. How can he sit on the dragon chair?

Several princes had their own thoughts, some used drinking to cover up, some simply fell silent, even Nangong Da was also bowing his head in thought.

The high-ranking empresses were surprisingly quiet and didn't talk to each other.

Only Nangong Jingnv breathed a sigh of relief, and showed a long-lost smile: Father is in good health, can I relax a bit too?

Among the many heirs, only Nangong Jingnv was truly happy for her father.

Nangong Jingnv turned her head to look at Qi Yan, saw that the fatigue between her eyebrows was obvious, and seeing that the time was almost up, she took the initiative to stand up and go to the high position, bid farewell to Concubine Hui and Concubine Ya, and left the palace banquet with Qi Yan .

After returning to the princess mansion, Qi Yan fell asleep without saying five words.Nangong Jingnv couldn't help biting her shoulder lightly, and fell asleep after reading the book on the small table by the oil lamp by the bedside.

After the twelfth hour, the palace banquet ended, and Nangong Shunv walked at the end of the line. She deliberately slowed down her pace and prepared to wait until everyone was far away, so that she could tell Lu Zhongxing to let him go back to the princess mansion by himself.

Nangong Shunv: "I will stay in the palace tonight, the son-in-law can do what he wants."

Lu Zhongxing frowned: "This...? Where does His Highness live in the palace?"

Nangong Shunv sneered: "I will stay in Weiming Palace tonight."

Lu Zhongxing looked back and saw that there was no one else behind him, he lowered his voice and said, "Tonight is New Year's Eve, husband and wife are supposed to watch the New Year's Eve together, what does your Highness mean?"

Nangong Shunv originally wanted to say that Lu Zhongxing should go to the private house to be with concubine Ji, but after thinking about it, she was afraid it would take a lot of talking, and she couldn't explain clearly if Lu Zhongxing misunderstood that she was "jealous", so she simply kept silent.

Seeing that Nangong Shunv was silent, Lu Zhongxing became hardened, and grabbed Nangong Shunv's wrist with his gallbladder: "On New Year's Eve, the husband and wife will celebrate the New Year's Eve. Even if His Highness sues the imperial court, His Majesty will stand by the minister's side. The rightful lord has gone back with his son-in-law, so what is His Highness going to do? Let's go back with the ministers."

Nangong Shunv: "Let go!"

Lu Zhongxing snorted, and stuck it to Nangong Shunv's ear: "I advise Your Highness not to waste your energy, I can turn a blind eye to your nasty things. But as long as this finger marriage is still counting , Your Highness has to accompany me to put on a show. If someone else sees you and me pulling each other and asks the reason, don't blame me for being outspoken!"

"you!"

Nangong Shunv was trembling with anger, she never thought that Lu Zhongxing could be so shameless.

I and Qi Yan are innocent, but Layman Shepherd has long been confused about this old confusing case. Even if I tell it... I, a princess who has not been out of the court, fell in love with a man, and I will be criticized again.

Nangong Shunv tried several times but failed to break away, so she could only let Lu Zhongxing pull out of the hall as if resigned to her fate.

A gust of cold wind blew, Nangong Shunv shivered, but her heart was three points colder than this day.

Suddenly, a delicate voice came: "Hey, how interested are you two?"

Nangong Shunu and Lu Zhongxing both turned their heads and looked in the direction of the sound source - Jiya was leaning on the painted red pillar with her arms folded, breathing heavily.

Today, she is wearing a set of dark red prairie clothes, which are similar to the color of the pillars, almost blending into one.

No one knew why the dignified and noble concubine was waiting here, but a thought flashed in Nangong Shunv's heart: "The noble concubine!"

Ji Ya lowered her arms and walked towards the two of them.

Lu Zhongxing had no choice but to let go of Nangong Shunv, and lifted the hem of her clothes: "Minister Lu Zhongxing, please see Empress Yafei."

Nangong Shunv also added a blessing: "See the imperial concubine."

Ji Ya rubbed her hands together, raised them to her mouth and exhaled, she naturally took Nangong Shunv's hand, and said angrily, "It's such a cold day, why did you come out so slowly? It made my hands freeze !"

"Your Majesty, forgive me, I..."

Jiya interrupted what Nangong Shunv was about to say: "Now that you're out, let's go, didn't we make an appointment where are you going to me tonight?"

After finishing speaking, Jiya "explained" to herself: "This is my first year in the south, and I feel so lonely alone. Didn't I make an appointment with you to accompany me?"

That night, Nangong Shunv successfully avoided the "husband and wife keeping watch", but she did not spend the night in Weiming Palace...

In the early morning of the next day, Qi Yan proposed to return to the mansion, the reason being that the annual gifts for the son-in-law's mansion and private residence had not been distributed yet.

Nangong Jingnv looked away from the scroll in her hand, watched Qi Yan take a few breaths, and said slowly: "Why don't you send Qiu Ju to go? Forget it, if you want to go, go."

Qi Yan slowed down her breathing, and calmly replied: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Nangong Jingnv nodded her head, watched Qi Yan disappear from her sight, her brows bulged and then stretched out.

Only a sigh sounded.