Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Why did we meet

After the meal, Qi Yan discussed with Nangong Jingnv. Of course, after Qi Yan explained to Nangong Jingnv carefully why she had asked for a leave of absence and what had happened in the court recently, since Nangong Jingnv had no intention of Qi Yan is also very willing to accompany her to continue acting.

Nangong Jingnv suggested that Qi Yan call her sick, but Qi Yan felt that the courtiers thought that she was not suitable to be the examiner because of eye disease. Will the situation change if she is sick again at this juncture?

Nangong Jingnu was sure she would not, the reason being: Since the emperor had personally been present on the day the imperial edict was read out, any further objections from the courtiers would be tantamount to disrespecting the edict.

Nangong Jingnu: "Don't worry, the matter of the chief examiner has been completely settled, and there will be no further trouble."

Qi Yan asked again: "Now that I have served as the chief examiner of the examination, what should I do next?"

Nangong Jingnv raised her hand and poured herself a cup, and replied calmly: "What else is there, just do your job well and select a group of young talents for the imperial court."

Qi Yan: "Yes."

Nangong Jingnv took up her glass and drank it down, she seemed to be talking to Yan and said to herself: "Now more than half of the court is Confucianism, and in a few years it will be the time when the old and the new will change."

Qi Yan turned her head away, looked at Nangong Jingnv's delicate and three-dimensional profile, and replied softly: "Yes, it's time too."

There was a loud bang, and a muffled thunder resounded through the world.

Qi Yan's wrist flicked, and the chopsticks fell to the ground.

Nangong Jingnv turned her head, glanced around with her drunken eyes, and said with a smile, "It's just a thunder."

Qi Yan apologized and picked up the chopsticks, but her expression was a little unnatural.

A large thick black cloud floated from nowhere, it was clearly noon but it was as dark as evening.

All of a sudden, the gust of wind howled, and the open dining room door was slammed. The tablecloth shook violently and overturned the jug, leaving the table in a mess.

Qi Yan got up and rushed to the door, facing the blinding wind, she closed the dining hall door, and the room returned to silence.

There was still half a jug of kumiss left in the wine jar, Nangong Jingnu showed regret, but she lost her appetite.

Qi Yan: "The sky has changed, I'm afraid there will be heavy rain soon."

Nangong Jingnu let out a "hmm" and said nothing.

Qiu Ju led two teams of maidservants to hurry over: "Your Highness, Prince Consort, it's going to rain soon, do you want to go back to the main hall?"

Qi Yan looked at Nangong Jingnu, who nodded, thought for a while and picked up the half bottle of kumiss left on the table.

After leaving the dining hall, the servant girl opened an umbrella for the two of them, several white and purple rays of light shot out from the black clouds, and after a few breaths, there was another deafening thunder.

Qiu Ju: "Your Highness, where are you going?"

Nangong Jingnu turned her head to Qi Yan and said, "I'm going back to the main hall first, son-in-law, please do what you want."

Because of Qi Yuxiao's relationship, Qi Yan has been living in a side hall not far from Nuan Pavilion, which belongs to the corner of Weiming Palace, and it is about half an hour away from the main hall where Nangong Jingnu lives.

Qi Yan opened her mouth, seeing Nangong Jingnv leaving without looking back, she could only swallow the words that came to her lips, and watched Nangong Jingnv leave.

The maid stood on tiptoe and tried her best to hold the oil-paper umbrella above Qi Yan's head: "My son-in-law, shall we go back too?"

Qi Yan took the umbrella, and stared at the direction where Nangong Jingnu disappeared without blinking: "You go back first, before it rains."

Maid: "What about you?"

Qi Yan: "Go, don't worry about me."

Palace maid: "...Yes, the son-in-law has to go back quickly, be careful of the rain."

Qi Yan: "Thank you."

"Boom", the sound of thunder seemed to be exploding in the ears, making people's eardrums hurt, Qi Yan took a deep breath, and strode towards the direction where Nangong Jingnv left, striding after her.

After walking more than ten steps, bean-sized raindrops rushed towards his face along with the strong wind, and half of Qi Yan's clothes were instantly soaked. With such heavy rain, the umbrella had already lost its function.

The rain curtain was connected into one piece, blocking the line of sight, and the raindrops hit the umbrella surface so heavily that people couldn't lift their heads.

Qi Yan chased for a while based on memory, gritted her teeth and let go of the hand holding the umbrella. With a "hoo", the umbrella was blown away by the wind.

After losing the load, Qi Yan's steps became brisk, but the heavy rain was still a problem.She had to close her eyes and recalled that many years ago, in order to win the trust of the third prince Nangongwang, she offered to burn the Weiming Palace, and even drew a palace layout of the Weiming Palace with her own hands, and gave the guards time to change shifts. The palace was refurbished according to its original appearance.

Qi Yan found out Nangong Jingnv's route back to the palace from her memory, and chased in that direction.

In fact, Nangong Jingnv and her party did not go far. Qiu Ju held the oil-paper umbrella above Nangong Jingnv's head. Her body was already soaked, and Nangong Jingnv's half of her body was also wet. Pressing on the umbrella makes it difficult for the master and servant to move forward.

Qiu Ju: "Your Highness, it's raining too much, why don't we go back to the side hall for a while and wait for the rain to stop before leaving?"

Nangong Jingnu: "It's all gone..."

"Your Highness!"

"Qiu Ju?!"

Hearing the shout, Qiu Ju was overjoyed: "Your Highness, it's the son-in-law who has come after you."

Nangong Jingnv pursed her lips: "I heard it."

With a "click" sound, Qi Yan ran over stepping on the rainwater on the stone slab, and she rushed under the umbrella in one stride: "Your Highness."

The purple uniform on Qi Yan's body was soaked by the rain, and it was almost black. Her hair, which was meticulously combed on weekdays, was also washed loose by the rain. A few strands of hair stuck to her face, and strands of rainwater slid down her face. , This look is reflected in Nangong Jingnv's dark eyes, and it is also imprinted in Nangong Jingnv's heart.

Qi Yan didn't care about these things, and smiled brightly: "Your Highness, the rain is coming quickly, maybe it won't last long, let me go back and avoid it?"

Nangong Jingnv stared at Qi Yan without saying a word, the next moment Qi Yan snatched the wine jar from Nangong Jingnv's hand, put one arm in her arms, and held Nangong Jingnv's hand with the other hand: "Anyway, it's If you want to take a shower, it's not good to shower for too long."

After speaking, she dragged Nangong Jingnv to run, before Qiu Ju could react, the two masters had already run away against the rain, she let out a low cry, had to throw away the umbrella in her hand, and ran with the two of them stand up.

Qiu Ju, who threw away her umbrella, found that although she was drenched in the rain, she felt extremely relaxed, much better than the previous state where she couldn't move an inch.

Qi Yan held Nangong Jingnu's hand tightly, as if she was afraid that the other party would break free if the strength in her hand was loosened.

Qi Yan: "Your Highness, be careful where you step, we are almost there."

Nangong Jingnv was already half awake from being drunk like this, she raised her sleeves to wipe the rainwater off her face, and saw Qi Yan cat bent over to protect the wine jar against her chest, the rainwater hitting his face almost made him almost He couldn't open his eyes, but the man couldn't wipe the rain off like himself.

The memory of Qi Yan hugging her and jumping off the horse suddenly flashed in his mind, using his body to protect her with all his strength, and seeing Qi Yan turn his head and smile at her, Nangong Jingnv's frozen heart quietly cracked...

She took the initiative to shake Qi Yan back, and the latter smiled brighter: "There is still a distance, can your Highness still be able to run?"

Nangong Jingnu also replied loudly: "My background is much better than yours!"

As he spoke, he picked up the wet skirt and sped up the speed.

Qi Yan laughed loudly: "I remember His Highness always running like this in the past, and I thought His Highness had changed his sex."

Nangong Jingnv spat: "You dare to talk poorly, be careful that I give you a kick!"

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The two ran back to the side hall where Qi Yan lived, and with a bang, Qi Yan directly knocked open the door of the hall, the maidservants inside let out a burst of exclamation, and after seeing the person coming, they all confessed their crimes .

Qi Yan waved her hands slyly, and handed over the wine jar in her arms to a palace maid: "Quickly prepare hot water."

Palace maid: "Yes."

Qi Yan never let go of Nangong Jingnu's hand, but took her hand and walked to the front of the hall, slumped on the chair before letting go.

Nangong Jingnv also ran a little weakly, her chest heaved violently, and she sat next to Qi Yan.

Qi Yan panted heavily, and praised: "Your Highness really has amazing feet, and he can run faster than the minister."

Nangong Jingnv consciously slowed down her breathing and snorted softly.

With a sound of "bang", the door of the palace was blown open by the strong wind, and two maidservants hurriedly stepped forward to hold the door, asking for instructions: "Your Highness, son-in-law, the wind is really too strong, you need to get on the roof, otherwise The window paper is afraid that it will be blown to pieces."

The so-called roof is a necessity for every household, the size is the same as the windows of each household, and most of them are made of wood.In case of bad weather, in order to prevent the window paper from being blown, they will go outside to install the top plate on the window frame, and put a matching built-in lock to block the strong wind.

However, the only disadvantage of the upper roof is that it will block the external light source and make the room dark.

It stands to reason that such weather should have been on the roof long ago, but because Qi Yan "can't see at night", the maid asked for instructions in advance.

Nangong Jingnu took a look at Qi Yan, and said to the maidservant: "Bring two long burning lamps, and prepare more lamp oil."

The palace maids acted separately, a few of them went around outside the hall to install more than a dozen windows on the ceiling, and the other four went to the library to carry the ever-burning lamps.

As the roofs were installed one by one, the light in the hall became darker and darker, until the room on the last roof was completely plunged into darkness.

Maybe it was the darkness that hid the expression, or it gave Nangong Jingnv a step like "covering her ears and stealing the bell". She cleared her throat and said softly, "I am here."

Qi Yan laughed silently, the darkness also gave her enough sense of security, so she no longer had to worry about being seen by Nangong Jingnv, she turned her head to look at where Nangong Jingnv was.

Qi Yan: "Your Highness..."

Nangong Jingnu: "...um."

Qi Yan: "During the Shangyuan Festival last year, I came back from a tour of the counties below. Because of a wrong estimate, I passed Cheshire. Although the Lantern Festival there is not as prosperous as the capital, it is unique."

The past once again touched Nangong Jingnu's heartstrings, she sat up straight and listened carefully.

Qi Yan paused for a moment as if recalling, and continued: "I saw the back of a little boy on the street, he looks very much like Your Highness."

Nangong Jingnv twitched her lips, not knowing how to answer.

Fortunately, Qi Yan chuckled and continued: "She is also a woman disguised as a man." Qi Yan's fingers trembled unconsciously, and fell silent.

After a while, Nangong Jingnv's voice came: "And then?"

Qi Yan let out a long breath: "Later? I caught up with her and asked her to eat a bunch of candied haws."

Nangong Jingnv: "The son-in-law knows how to be sympathetic and cherish jade, but he didn't leave his name?"

Qi Yan said with a smile: "Why do we need to know each other before when we meet again?"