Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

but a drop in the ocean

From the "Taiwei Party" and "Zhongshuling" party in the early years, it became the "[-]" party and a neutral party. Since the witchcraft case was settled three years ago, the [-]th Party completely collapsed, and the three The prince's party feathers are in full swing. Nangong Jingnv thought that the always gentle fifth brother would struggle, but she didn't expect him to cultivate his own strength in just over a year. The chief examiner of the big exam years ago was his confidant, and he immediately cultivated a large number of "students" who pledged their allegiance to the death. Nangong Jingnv had to admit that she had misjudged her closest five brothers these years, but another The fact is: this is the real benefit of being in control of the examiner.

Now the prince Nangongda and the third prince Nangongwang of the Central Supervisory Kingdom are fighting against each other. Although the power in the hands of the emperor should not be underestimated, the problem is that they are loyal to His Majesty Nangongrang, not Nangong Jingnv. If they are withdrawn one day Bead curtain... Will those people's positions remain the same?Nangong Jingnv didn't dare to think about it.

She thinks: In the past four years of studying government affairs, the situation in the court has been very stable, and the livelihood of the people has also been rested.

In terms of ability and skills, as well as the mentality of governing the country, Nangong Jing is no worse than anyone else. The reason why she hit a bottleneck is because her status as a woman constrains her. In all dynasties, men are superior to women, even if she is the only prostitute... There is still no power to counter the prince in the court.

Nangong Jingnv slowly closed her eyes, carefully screened the ministers in the court, and couldn't help but "tsk".

No one can make her rest assured to make entrustment...

"Ugh……."

Nangong Jingnv sighed wearily, it seems that the father still sees the long term, no one is more suitable for the position of chief examiner than Qi Yan.

If she put aside her temper and followed her father's arrangement three years ago, she would not be so passive today.

It is only to blame Qi Yan for trampling on her dignity again and again, when she ordered Qi Yan to go back to the son-in-law's mansion alone, she did not expect Qi Yan to pick up that woman in a few days.

Angrily, Nangong Jingnv appointed Qi Yan as the prefect of Jinzhou, and rejected his request to bring the woman with her.

For this reason, Qi Yan went to the palace to intercede in person, saying that the woman had been stimulated and was unable to take care of herself due to her illness. Nangong Jingnv sneered at Qi Yan a few words, unexpectedly, Qi Yan, who has always been gentle and courteous, would argue for that woman Striving hard, what to say "She can't even have her own daughter, what else can His Highness do?"

Nangong Jingnv lost her temper, she picked up an object and threw it at Qi Yan, the pen rest hit Qi Yan's forehead impartially, blood poured out immediately.

Nangong Jingnv regretted making the move, and panicked even more when she saw Qi Yan bleeding, but Qi Yan straightened her waist and said coldly: "Your Majesty must take her with you, unless His Highness binds me to Jinzhou to take office. "

……

Later, Qi Yan was really kidnapped by Wuhuada and "escorted" by two teams of guards all the way to Jinzhou, so naturally he couldn't take Xiaodie with him.

For three years like this, Qi Yan never came back.

It is reasonable to say that the prefect of one party must report on his duties once a year, but this is just an unwritten rule. It is written in the code that the prefects of each region must report on their duties every three years.

Nangong Jingnv slowly opened her eyes, and at some point she leaned back on the chair, her face was covered with fine beads of sweat, and her eyes were blue.

Nangong Jingnv has been reluctant to recall the incident between her and Qi Yan three years ago.It was just because Qi Yan's gaze was so decisive at that time, it made people panic.

Nangong Jingnv sat up slowly, but her eyes were dark because she hadn't had a good rest for too long, and that scene suddenly flashed in her mind: when she threw the pen holder, Qi Yan was subconsciously trying to hide, but stood up at the last moment. He straightened his body and was hit hard, and blood flowed all over his face and across the horizontal scar on his left face.

Those amber eyes revealed a piercing chill, she met Nangong Jingnv's eyes without dodging, and said resolutely: "Your Majesty must take her with you, unless His Highness binds me to Jinzhou to take office."

……

Nangong Shunv: "Little sister."

Nangong Jingnv exclaimed and raised her head abruptly.Seeing that the person who came was my second sister, I regained my composure and let out a long breath: "Second sister, why are you here?"

Nangong Shunv frowned slightly, although it was only fleeting, she still captured the moment when Nangong Jingnv raised her head, the bewilderment and helplessness in her eyes.

She walked up to Nangong Jingnv, and said softly, "What's wrong? Are you too tired?"

Nangong Jingnv shook her head, raised her finger and pointed to the chair beside her: "Second Sister, sit down."

Nangong Shunv sighed silently, she was here to "excuse the teacher", seeing the little girl like this, she couldn't bear it.

Nangong Jingnv rubbed the center of her eyebrows, and quickly adjusted her expression: "Why is Second Sister free today?"

Because Qi Yuxiao and the sisters had quarreled several times, it seemed that they were not as close as they used to be.

Nangong Shunv sat opposite Nangong Jingnv, and said straight to the point: "How long has it been since you visited Yuxiao?"

Nangong Jingnv curled her lips: Sure enough!

She stared straight into Nangong Shu's eyes, and asked softly, "Second Sister, do you remember how long it's been since you visited me?"

One sentence stopped Nangong Shunv, she squirmed her lips and replied, "It's been a while."

Nangong Jingnu: "The last time my second sister came to 'see me' was the princess's third birthday, and it has been three months. You and my sister live together in the Weiming Palace...but there are three or so palaces in a hundred or so palaces. I haven't seen each other for many months, in the past..." In the past when Princess Zhenzhen's mansion was just completed, there was a palace gate, and the sisters would see each other no more than half a month at most.

The study fell into silence, and the two sisters were silent with their own sadness.

Nangong Jingnv felt that since she came into contact with the government, the fifth brother and the second sister who had always had a good relationship had suddenly become estranged, and she really answered the sentence: the heights are too cold.

And what Nangong Shunv thought was: a few years ago, her little sister suddenly became "busy", she didn't dare to think about it, and she didn't want to think about it, and the appearance of Xiao Yuxiao in her life took away most of her energy. Ignore little sister...

Nangong Shu said in a negotiating tone: "Can't you visit Yuxiao occasionally? In the past three years, except for the New Year's birthday, when have you visited her? The child is so young and doesn't know anything. In her heart, you It's her biological mother...the child misses you very much."

Seeing that Nangong Jingnv was silent, Nangong Shunv continued: "Also... that person has been in Jinzhou for three years, right? Shouldn't he come back this year? Yuxiao doesn't even remember his father's appearance..."

……

That night, Nangong Jingnv appeared in the Nuan Pavilion.

Hearing the servant's chorus, Xiancao and Lingzhi thought they had heard it wrong, and rushed to the door to see the guard of honor of dozens of people in the distance before believing it.

Grass jelly fell to his knees outside the Nuan Pavilion with a "plop", while Ganoderma lucidum rushed upstairs to invite Princess Yanyang. The little guy slept for a long time during the day, and now he was in high spirits. Hearing the sound, putting on his shoes was like running downstairs.

Ganoderma lucidum carried Qi Yuxiao outside the Nuan Pavilion, and knelt down beside Xiancao.

Nangong Jingnv walked in and saw a small figure running towards her, and threw herself on her thigh: "Mother!"

At this moment, Nangong Jingnv's heart was a little touched, but her heart hardened a little when she met those amber eyes that were indistinguishable from Qi Yan.

He said coldly: "How did the master teach you? How come you have no manners at all."

The smile on Qi Yuxiao's face disappeared, and she let go of Nangong Jingnv's thigh and took two steps back with her mouth curled up: "Daughter sees mother."

Nangong Jingnv: "Yes", she took the initiative to take Qi Yuxiao's hand and walked towards Nuan Pavilion.

Lingzhi and Xiancao lowered their heads, obviously unable to bear the majesty exuded by Nangong Jingnu.In the past four years, Nangong Jingnv went to Nangong Rang every day. In addition, she had already formed an aura of a high-ranking person after taking over Chaozheng. It was naturally difficult for two young maidservants to stay with a milk dumpling all day long.

Nangong Jingnu naturally saw it, and frowned a little dissatisfied with these two maidservants.

Nangong Jingnu: "Let's all go down, I will talk to the princess and leave no one to wait on me."

If the grass jelly and ganoderma are pardoned, please go away.

Qi Yuxiao was not afraid of Nangong Jingnv at all, she stood beside Nangong Jingnv looking up at her mother with her little head up, her eyes were full of joy.

"Sit down, sit next to Ben Gong."

Qi Yuxiao folded a pair of fleshy little hands by his side: "Yes!" Then he climbed onto the chair with a big smile on his face, and after sitting up, his calves dangled back and forth, and his watery eyes couldn't blink Blinkingly looked at Nangong Jingnv.

Nangong Jingnu: "What do you see me doing?"

Seeing Qi Yuxiao drooping her head and saying nothing, Nangong Jingnu secretly sighed: Looking at those eyes, I can never be calm...

She retracted her eyes and looked up at the Nuan Pavilion. This is actually the best place in the entire Weiming Palace. The first floor is paved with fire dragons, and the second floor is paved with warm jade. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. The scenery is also excellent.

Nangong Jingnv grew up in this warm pavilion when she was a child, and she didn't move to live in the main hall until she was ten years old.

Nangong Jingnv found that many of the furnishings in the warm pavilion were the same as when she was a child, and some of them were very old.

She couldn't help frowning again, and suddenly an old story flashed in her mind...

I remember at the beginning of my marriage with Qi Yan, I once learned that Qi Yan's meal was not prepared in the huge princess mansion. Nangong Jingnv didn't understand at that time, but now she finally understands.

It was probably because the servants in the mansion saw that the son-in-law was "unfavorable" and secretly made a trip.Now that the warm pavilion is so old, isn't it the same?

Nangong Jingnu: "In a few days... Let the people from the Inner Court Department come over and repair this Nuan Pavilion."

Qi Yuxiao raised his head, looked at it seriously for a week, and asked curiously, "Why do you need to repair it?"

Nangong Jingnu: "A lot of the furnishings are from my childhood, they are old."

Qi Yuxiao's expression brightened, and she asked in a childish voice, "Did mother live here when she was a child?"

Nangong Jingnu: "Yes."

Qi Yuxiao: "Then don't fix it! My daughter wants to look like this!"

Nangong Jingnv turned her eyes away: "...it's up to you."

……

Nangong Jingnv only worked in the Nuan Pavilion for less than half an hour, and Qi Yuxiao, a three-year-old milk baby, was mostly pulling her on childish topics or asking questions, and the atmosphere was not quite deserted.

Nangong Jingnv had never raised a child, but she still felt that Qi Yuxiao was very smart. Although her speech was childish, she had formed her own logic.

That's right, the child's father is the only "two yuan and one flower" in this dynasty, so how can his daughter be poor?

Nangong Jingnu: "Do you want to see your father?"

The "chattering" Qi Yuxiao was obviously stunned for a moment, and replied: "Second Aunt said that Daddy is in Jinzhou and he won't be able to come back for a while."

Nangong Jingnv asked again: "Do you want to meet him?"

Qi Yuxiao looked at Nangong Jingnu's face, but didn't see any displeasure, and replied, "I think so."

Nangong Jingnu: "Well, it's getting late today, you should rest early and go back to the palace."

Qi Yuxiao jumped off the chair: "Daughter sends mother off respectfully."

……

A few days later, the herald rushed into the Jinzhou government office on a fast horse with a red bamboo tube on his back.

"Report..."

Before the horse stopped, the herald jumped off the horse, and a yamen servant ran back to invite the prefect.

Qi Yan was reviewing the report submitted by the counties and counties under Jinzhou when he suddenly heard the official report: "My lord, a herald came outside and brought a red-sealed bamboo tube."

Qi Yan covered the report, took the hat and put it on his head: "Please wait a moment, I will come right away."

When the herald saw Qi Yan, he cupped his hands: "My villain, please refer to the prefect, please take a look at the urgent matter from [-] miles away from the capital, so that I can go back and report to you."

The herald couldn't look directly at Qi Yan, but he still couldn't help taking a peek at him. Although this gentleman was wearing the prefect's official uniform, he didn't look a little airy, and gave the impression of an outsider.

I have long heard that Princess Zhenzhen's son-in-law was born with different eyes, and seeing him today really deserves his reputation.

It stands to reason that the gentleman in front of him is already in his twenties, and the prefect of the official residence should grow a beard according to common sense... But the herald couldn't help thinking: wouldn't it be a pity to grow a beard with such a good-looking face?

Maybe it's because he doesn't have a beard?Qi Yan looked like a young scholar, elegant and gentle.

However, there was a knife-like scar on the left side of her face, which added a bit of toughness and wildness to the whole face, and made her whole temperament complicated. It is really... hard to describe accurately in a few words.

Coupled with this pair of flirtatious eyes, even the herald, a man in his thirties, couldn't help but look at him a few more times. It was a gender-crossing impact.

Qi Yan didn't notice the herald's expression, but was spotted by the young man standing beside him who was not as weak as the crown.

I saw a trace of contempt in his eyes curled up in the corner of his mouth, but he controlled it very well, and it was fleeting.

Qi Yan took the bamboo tube and unscrewed the red seal, inside was a bright yellow imperial decree, the moment she took out the imperial decree, all the people in the government office knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

Qi Yan shook the scroll, and wrote: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: Jinzhou Taishou Qi Yan returned to Beijing to report on his duties, and left the next day after receiving the imperial edict, hereby."

The words on the imperial decree are fierce and sharp, but at the point where the pen returns to the peak, there is a bit of shepherd layman's strength of the past, and Qi Yan is in a daze for a while while holding the imperial decree.

"The minister obeys the order."

Only then did the people in the government office stand up, and the herald cupped his hands at Qi Yan again: "Since the lord has seen it, the villain will go back and report."

Qi Yan: "Qian Tong, go and deliver it for me."

Herald: "Don't bother, the villain came on horseback."

Qi Yan raised his chin, Qian Tong followed the herald to the door knowingly, took out a bulging money bag from his arms and handed it to the herald: "The messenger has worked hard all the way, this is a little kindness from our master .”

The herald stared at the purse but declined, "How can this be done? I'm just following orders..."

Qian Tong took a step forward and forced the money bag into the hands of the herald: "Don't refuse the messenger, you and I are both following orders, so don't make it difficult for the villain, right? Even if the messenger doesn't drink tea, this horse still needs tea." Chew your head so you can gather enough strength to go back to Beijing."

The herald smiled and took the money bag, secretly said: "As expected of the king's son-in-law, the servants around him are also so clever."

Qian Tong returned to the government office, Qi Yan received the imperial decree in his arms: "You follow me."

Qian Tong: "Yes."

The two entered the study one after the other, Qi Yan took out the imperial decree and put it on the table after sitting at the desk: "Your Majesty ordered me to return to Beijing to report on my duties and leave tomorrow."

Qian Tong heard this, and immediately asked boldly: "It's not a year or a festival, why go back at this time? Are you leaving in such a hurry?"

Qi Yan looked down at the imperial decree, raised his hand to touch it, and said quietly: "Maybe there are other things, returning to Beijing to report on work is just a pretense."

Qian Tong: "From the point of view of a villain, it is also true. Otherwise, why did the inner court send a servant to read out the imperial decree?"

Qi Yan curled the corner of her mouth: "It's good to understand some things in your heart, you don't have to say everything, let alone show it on your face."

Qian Tong's aura immediately relaxed, and he lowered his head as if he was being taught: "The villain knows his mistake."

Qi Yan said calmly: "It's not a bad thing... It's just that it's too easy to be seen through and suffer a lot."

Seeing that Qian Tong's head was getting lower and lower, Qi Yan said again: "Go and pack the whole suit, I don't have much time and I still have some things to explain."

Qian Tong: "Yes!"

Qi Yan: "Wait."

Qian Tong: "Master, what else can I order?"

Qi Yan pondered for a moment, then said in a low voice: "After you pack your bags, go over there and explain that we will leave at Mao o'clock tomorrow, and ask him to wait at the small temple fifteen miles outside the city at the right time."

Qian Tong: "Yes."

Qian Tong pushed the door out of the study, Qi Yan put away the imperial decree and pulled off the coarse cloth covering the official document, and continued to review it.

Early the next morning, Qian Tong loaded the luggage into the carriage, and a carriage with only two masters and servants set out on the road.

A small temple in Shiwuli outside Jinzhou City.

This is an ancient temple that has been abandoned for a long time. The temple is dilapidated, the gods are toppled, and spider webs can be seen everywhere in the temple. This is also the place where Xiaodie and his party hid back then.

In the past three years when Qi Yan served as the prefect of Jinzhou, the population of Jinzhou Prefecture has grown rapidly, and most of the facilities in the city have been repaired. Only the fifteen-mile small temple has not been ordered to be repaired.

Qi Yan jumped out of the carriage, Qian Tong held the reins and stayed where he was.There was only half of the door left in the small temple, Qi Yan entered the small temple sideways, a man wearing an iron mask knelt on one knee: "I have seen the master."

Qi Yan helped him up from the ground: "Brother Chun Shu, you don't need to be polite, you and I are still brothers."

The man took off the mask on his face, and there was a scruffy beard on his face. A whip mark at the corner of his left lip cut the beard all the way to his chin. There was a square mark imprinted on the right cheekbone of the man: tattoo .

Qi Yan patted the man's shoulder: "Brother Chun Shu, don't come here without any problems."

This bearded man's surname is Gu, his name is Feng, and his style name is Chunshu; he once confronted Qi Yan in the Shangyuan lantern riddles a few years ago. Doing hard labor, I don't know why it appears here.