Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

"His Majesty is here!"

People in the palace came to their respective cases and knelt down one after another: "See Father!"

"Wu'er is free, please help Princess Qionghua, she is still pregnant."

"Yes, Royal Father."

Nangong Sunu supported her protruding abdomen with one hand, and gave a shallow salute: "Thank you, Father, for your compassion."

"Let's all take your seats."

"Yes."

Nangong Rang looked at the eldest daughter with emotion in his eyes: "I haven't seen Su Nu for three years and she is going to be a mother. I am very relieved."

"Even though my son is far away in Youzhou, I still think about my father all the time. I only hope that my father will be healthy and healthy, and protect the people of our country."

Nangong Rang stroked his beard and said happily: "I will spend more time with your mother and concubine when I return to Beijing this time. As for the place to stay... your mother and concubine's palace allows you to come and go as you please. Your second sister's mansion will be completed soon. You can live there with your son-in-law first."

Princess Qionghua and his wife replied in unison: "Thank you, Father."

"I want to go back to Yongzhou to worship my ancestors in Qingming, and I order Wei'er to supervise the country. You also stay in Beijing and let the son-in-law go for you."

"My son thanked my father for his sympathy."

"Ah."

"Fourty nine."

"The slave is here."

Nangong Rang handed over a scroll of bright yellow imperial decree to Sijiu: "You read it for me."

"According to the order."

Sijiu came to the imperial case with the imperial decree and shook it away.Nangong Rang said again: "Sit down and listen, I have already dismissed the speaker, there is no need for so many etiquettes at the family banquet."

"Thank you, Father."

Sijiu read aloud: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: I, I am grateful for the filial piety, loyalty, filial piety and happiness of the nine sons and three daughters under my knees; on this New Year's Eve palace banquet, a special reward is given to reward. Each bestows: Kyushu Jin One hundred royal horses, three hundred strong cattle, five hundred fat sheep, fifty pieces of brocade, and one hundred taels of gold. In addition, Qionghua, Zhuohua, and Zhenzhen were given to each; two pairs of cloisonne bracelets and gold steps were given to the three princesses. Shake twelve hairpins, fifty pieces of Sichuan brocade, and a pair of jade wishes. I hope you and others will guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and abide by your duties. On the New Year's Eve of the ninth year of Jingjia, I honor you."

Everyone stood up and knelt down to thank: "Thank you, father."

"Retire without courtesy."

"Yes."

Nangong Rang pondered for a moment, then said, "Lie Er, Jing Nu is coming out."

The hall fell silent instantly, Nangong Jingnu subconsciously looked at Qi Yan, seeing the gentle relief in his eyes, her heart settled down.

Nangong Rang's eyes moved between the two, and he said slowly: "My beloved daughter, her biological mother died young. I, saddened and cared for her, raised her under my knees, raised her personally, and cared for her in every possible way. However, the court is busy, and even if I have a loving father It is inevitable that my heart will be negligent. What makes me gratified is that even without the teaching of my biological mother, my son is still sensible, general, filial, and brotherly. Therefore, I especially reward Princess Zhenzhen, Shiyi Qianhu, and a bottle of gorgonian coral , A night pearl of the East China Sea."

Nangong Jingnv kowtowed to thank her: "Thank you, father."

Qi Yan calmly looked at the Nangong brothers and sisters in the hall. Nangong Rang's generous reward was not just telling Nangong Jingnv: he knew she had been wronged.It is also a warning to Nangong Lie: Nangong Jingnv is not a role he can bully.

The other people also know a lot, but they are unavoidably dissatisfied, especially the few princes.

What Qi Yan didn't know was that the princesses of the Wei Kingdom had no fiefs, so they had thousands of households to support their daily food and clothing from birth.

However, Nangong Jingnv had [-] households in Shiyi when she was born. In the year when she was granted the title, [-] households were rewarded, and [-] households were added for Jiji gift, and [-] households were added when she got married...

You know, a nominal "eldest son" like Nangong Wei only has five thousand households.The rest of the adult princes all have [-] households, but like Nangong Ping, Nangongli is only [-] households away from these two unfavorable princes!

Both are princesses, Nangong Sunu is the eldest daughter, and her husband's family is a noble family, there are only [-] households, and Nangong Shunv has only [-] households, of which [-] households still benefit from Nangong Jingnv. I got married on the same day...

A princess is different from a prince, and her offspring must follow her husband's surname when they give birth in the future.

To put it bluntly, these food cities are cheaper for "outsiders", so there has been an unwritten rule in all dynasties: the rewards for princesses are mostly gold and silver, and such high food cities will not be given.

Fortunately, Nangong Jingnv is a daughter, otherwise she would definitely be suspected by several imperial brothers.

In addition, since the birth of Nangong Jingnv, all kinds of rewards that seem to be "overstepping" have been given once or twice every few years, and she is the only legitimate daughter, so the people in the field are not surprised .

Including this time, her Shiyi was on par with the second prince Nangong Wei, who also dared not speak out.Only cursing inwardly: Qi Yan, a different-eyed child, is cheap.

Nangong Jingnv didn't realize that there was anything wrong with the reward, this kind of honor accompanied her growth.A person who was born and raised in a honeypot can't taste sweetness naturally.

But she could feel that her father was "venting anger" for her, as Qi Yan said.

Nangong Rang waved his hand: "Take a seat."

"Thank you, Father."

Nangong Rang silently stared at the lonely Nangong Lie in the middle of the hall, taking several breaths.The latter bowed his head in silence, looking terrified.

The other princes, who had never been used to Nangong Lie, gloated a little: who would be wronged?I want to pick my father's heart!

If it wasn't for his concubine's mother and concubine being of the same origin as the Empress Yuan, he might have ended up like the eldest prince long ago!It's also fortunate that this kid's mud can't support the wall, otherwise, with his father's deep affection for Yuan Empress Ma, I'm afraid he will love the house and the black...

"Lie'er."

"Yes! My son is here."

"Do you know why I only called you out?"

"My son... I don't know."

Nangong let out a cold snort: "The nine sons of a dragon are all different. You are willing to degenerate on weekdays, lingering in romantic places, getting drunk and buying youth... I have the right to ignore it. But, did you disguise yourself last month? Mansion, flirting with good women in the street?"

With a sound of "dong", Nangong Lie knelt on the ground: "My son is wronged!"

Nangong patted the case: "Wronged? Now... are you going to deceive the emperor?"

Nangong Lie repeatedly kowtowed: "Father, forgive me, my son, I don't remember."

"It means doing too many such unconscionable things!"

"Father, forgive me!" Nangong Lie prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to move.

Nangong let out a heavy sigh: "Since ancient times, a girl's family's reputation has been more important than her life. Do you know that the girl you despised committed suicide when she returned home? Her elderly father sued Yingtian Mansion with blood. It wasn't a coincidence that you were bumped into by the officials of the DPRK and China, your beastly behavior may become an unsolved case!"

"My son, damn it! My son... my son was drunk that day, and I accidentally lost my mind."

Nangong let the point go, and said again: "Fortunately, you are traveling in disguise, but that old couple only has one daughter, and all their expenses in their later years will be paid from your food!"

"Yes, yes, thank you, Father!"

"After the palace banquet is over, you should go back to the mansion immediately, and copy the filial piety three hundred times, and you are not allowed to step out of the mansion if you can't finish writing."

"According to the order."

Qi Yan withdrew his gaze: Although the old thief Nangong is full of evil, but to Nangong Jingnv: he is a rare good father.In order to protect her daughter from saying nothing about the day-to-day affairs, she told everyone that Nangong Jingnv had his backing in this way.

But, didn't Nangong Rang ever think that this eye-catching favor is quite suspected of "praising and killing". If one day he is gone, what should Nangong Jingnv do?

Thinking of this, Qi Yan not only secretly laughed at himself as troublesome.

The old thief Nangong would definitely die by his own hands. When that day really came, wouldn't it be him who killed Nangong Jingnv?

When the palace banquet started, Qi Yan was silent, and Nangong Jingnv, who "revenges her great revenge", didn't seem too happy.

Half an hour later, Nangong Rang left the palace banquet early.

Qi Yan poured a glass of wine for Nangong Jingnv, and asked, "How did Your Majesty leave? But you are not feeling well?"

Nangong Jingnv picked up the wine glass and drank it down: "This is the first time you have participated in a palace banquet, so I don't know the details. Every year at the New Year's Eve feast, the father sits for a while and then leaves. Firstly, he has to go to the harem. Turn, secondly; Father Emperor Jiuwu, we brothers and sisters are very cautious when he is present, so he will leave early to let us have fun."

Qi Yan looked around for a week, and the atmosphere in the hall really became lively: "So that's how it is."

Although Nangong Jingnv likes to drink, her capacity for alcohol is very light, but after drinking three or five cups, two blushes appeared on her fair cheeks, and a little drunk appeared in her watery eyes.

Qi Yanxu pressed Nangong Jingnv's hand holding the pot: "Your Highness is drunk, don't drink too much."

"The New Year's Eve banquet, I am happy. Why are you more concerned than Father?"

Qi Yan's hands trembled, and he said in fear: "I dare not compare myself with Your Majesty, Your Highness is serious."

Nangong Jingnv laughed lightly, as if annoyed: "Coward."

"Little sister, brother-in-law!"

Qi Yan looked up and saw Nangong Lie standing in front of the two of them holding two wine bottles.

Qi Yan got up quickly, but Nangong Lie waved his hands and sat cross-legged across from the two of them: "Sit, brother-in-law."

"Yes."

Nangong Jingnv rested her chin in one hand and pinched the wine cup in the other, with a flushed face, she looked at Nangong Lie and said nothing.

Nangong Lie picked up the wine bottle: "Ben Gong got drunk and lost his temper during the day, so I come here to apologize to my brother-in-law, and come here to toast my brother-in-law."

As he spoke, he pressed one of the square bottles full of wine to Qi Yan: "Come on!"

The fine wine swayed, reflecting the yellow and blue light.

"minister……"

A white and delicate hand suddenly appeared in the line of sight, pinching the wine bottle in his hand: "My son-in-law is not allowed to touch a drop of wine, I will accompany Sixth Brother to have a drink."

Nangong Lie was startled, and laughed loudly: "Okay, refreshing!"

With a sound of "ding", the two bronze wine bottles had already collided, Nangong Lie drank it all in one gulp, Nangong Jingnv raised her wide sleeves to cover her face, and drank with her head held high.

What Nangong Lie brought was the fine wine provided by the palace banquet, which was much stronger than the jug of wine on Nangong Jingnv's table, and this boxy wine bottle could hold at least five or six cups.

Sitting at Qi Yan's angle, one can clearly see Nangong Jingnv's state of drinking: she frowned tightly, the yellow and blue wine spilled from the corners of her mouth from time to time, and she drank extremely slowly, as if she had never tasted such a thing before. Every sip of spirits was hard to swallow.