Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

True and False Begging Yan Agula

Nangong Jingnv accompanied Nangong Rang after dinner before returning to the tent, and saw Qi Yan sleeping quietly on the bed, with one arm slipping off the edge of the bed and hanging on the ground.

Most of the empty space on the bed is reserved for her.

She moved a stool and gently placed it in front of the bed, and sat on it.

Qi Yan slept deeply, maybe because of the injuries on her body, she would frown occasionally.

Nangong Jingnv raised her hand involuntarily, put her fingertips in front of the wound on Qi Yan's face, then turned to caress her eyebrows, and gently outlined them.

She looked at Qi Yan tenderly, and murmured: "Fortunately, Ben Gong listened to the second sister's words and did not miss you."

Nangong Jingnv sat in front of the bed for a long time before she turned on the lamp and lay down on the bed.

In the darkness, Qi Yan suddenly opened his eyes, staring straight at the stool in front of him lost in thought...

For the next two days, Nangong Jingnv didn't go hunting again, and she rarely even left the tent.

He stayed with Qi Yan in the tent most of the time every day, and asked Qiu Ju to bring all the books that Qi Yan brought over.

When Qi Yan was in good condition, she would sit next to Qi Yan, and the two of them held a volume of quiet books together.

Nangong Jingnv discovered: Qi Yan's speed is very fast, and the other party can finish a page after she reads half of it.

In order to take care of Qi Yan's speed, she will take the initiative to turn the page.

Several times like this, Qi Yan suddenly took the book away from Nangong Jingnv's hand, closed the pages and pressed it on his lap: "I try to think about it all day long, it's not as good as learning it in a moment; I try to look at it on my feet, it's better to climb a height." Bo Jian also. What's the next sentence?"

Nangong Jingnv was stunned and realized that Qi Yan had discovered that she hadn't finished reading.

He said with a guilty conscience: "How can I remember this palace?"

"Your Highness, don't you have a photographic memory?"

Nangong Jingnv was at a loss for words, so she blushed and said, "It's such an awkward tongue, even if you memorize it, you can't recite it."

Qi Yan turned the book to the page just now and handed it to Nangong Jingnu, and recited the whole article fluently.

Nangong Jingnv lowered her head while holding the book, and murmured: "I am afraid that you will lose your mind after waiting too long..."

"I could recite this book from beginning to end when I was nine years old. This time I just took it out to consolidate it. Of course I can read it quickly."

"Oh……"

"Your Highness, turn to the next page and see what this article is called?"

"Encouraging to study." Nangong Jingnv was ashamed, hesitated for a long time and asked in a low voice: "Do you dislike me for not studying enough?"

"Your Highness has misunderstood, and I have absolutely no intention of doing so. It's just that... I think books can make people understand things and open their eyes. Every book is the heartfelt words of the ancestors. Life is too short to listen to what they said. Take less detours."

Seeing that Nangong Jingnv seemed to have realized something, she said softly: "Your Highness is so smart, and God has given you the ability of photographic memory. It would be a waste of money not to use it for reading."

"Sir, I've been pissed off by this palace for a long time..."

After struggling for a while, Nangong Jingnv murmured again: "After I marry you, I don't even need to go to class."

"If Your Highness wants to learn, I am willing to teach you."

Nangong Jingnv turned her head to look at Qi Yan, a little reluctant.

But seeing the expectant eyes of the other party, he couldn't say no to it.

Qi Yan strikes while the iron is hot: "This minister is different from your Highness's previous teacher, and will not make His Highness feel bored."

"... How many hours do you have to read every day?"

"Hmm... two hours is enough with His Highness's talent."

Nangong Jingnv's face twitched.

Unexpectedly, Qi Yan pretended to be surprised and asked: "Does Your Highness think there is not enough time?"

Nangong Jingnv quickly waved her hands: "No, no, that's enough!" It's been too long!

Qi Yan smiled brightly: "Then Your Highness agrees?"

Nangong Jingnv opened her mouth, and cast a sidelong glance at Qi Yan: "The eyes of a fox."

Seeing Qi Yan's tired face, Nangong Jingnu sat on the stool opposite: "Take a rest, you have been sitting for an hour."

"Ah."

Qi Yan lay down on the bed, turned to look at Nangong Jingnu and said, "Your Highness, read this "Encouraging Learning" aloud and try to explain it."

Nangong Jingnv exhaled helplessly, but she still picked up the book and started to read.

When she put down the book and was about to start explaining, she found that Qi Yan had already fallen asleep lying on the bed.

Nangong Jingnv got up and covered Qi Yan with a quilt, sat back on the stool and turned the book to the first page to read from the beginning.

The sound of "rustling" turning the pages of the book came from time to time, and Nangong Jingnv, who used to have a headache when she read the book, was gradually fascinated by it...

On the last night of the spring hunt a loud cry broke through the camp.

A herald carrying a wax-sealed bamboo tube, holding a red triangular command flag high in his hand, galloped into the camp and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Eight hundred li urgent report! Hundred eight li urgent report..."

The patrolling soldiers gave way one after another, and the horse stopped in front of the big tent. The herald turned over and dismounted, his knees gave way, and he fell to the ground.

The two servants helped him up, but the herald pushed them away and stumbled into the big tent.

The tents in the distance were lit up one after another, and several elderly princes stood outside the tents with their clothes on, looking towards the direction of the big tent.

The herald knelt on one knee and raised the bamboo tube above his head: "Eight hundred miles urgent report to His Majesty!"

Nangong Rang came out from behind the screen with his clothes on: "What happened!"

Sijiu took the bamboo tube and handed it to Nangong Rang, and consciously retreated three steps away.

Nangong Rang saw that the red wax cover on the bamboo tube had darkened, and when he came to the case, he sat down and lifted the bamboo tube to the candlelight. With a sound of "sizzling", the sealing wax melted and took out the silk cloth, which turned out to be two copies.

Nangong frowned and shook open one of the blood-stained silk newspapers. He couldn't understand any of the characters on it-it was a foreign language in Kitakyushu.

He opened another silk newspaper, on which was a translation.

Minister Kitakyushu Jiedushi: Nagusi Erihe risked his death to report to His Majesty:

On February [-]th of the ninth year of Jingjia, Qiyan Agula, the son of Qiyan Suhebaru, the former Khan King of the Supporting Division, secretly assembled tens of thousands of slaves to seize several pastures and more than [-] good horses.

The ministers led an army of tens of thousands to quell the chaos. They fought bloody battles for three days and were defeated. Yizhou fell...

After hearing the news, the old slaves of the prairie in various prefectures rose up one after another, killed the guards, seized the city, and opened the city gate to welcome Agula into the city.

Several ordnance and treasury were swept away.

Your Majesty, lost in battle, retreated to the Luoshui River, imploring His Majesty to send a large army to help, fearing that Kitakyushu will not be saved...

With a "bang", Nangong Rang slapped the silk cloth heavily on the table: "Waste! A bunch of waste! Cough cough cough cough..."

Sijiu came to Nangong and let the back of him comfort him: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body."

"Immediately tell Lu Zhongxing that Shangguan Wu is here to see me."

"Yes."

Lu Zhongxing and Shangguan Wu tidied up their clothes while running, and just about to greet them after entering the big tent, they were interrupted by Nangong Rang: "You two come here."

"Yes."

Nangong Rang handed the silk cloth to the two of them: "Look."

Shangguan Wu knelt down on the ground: "I'm going to die!"

Lu Zhongxing was also shocked: "This..."

Nangong Rang rubbed his eyebrows: "The silk newspaper only said that the northernmost Yizhou fell, but did not say that Youzhou fell, what crime are you guilty of?"

Shangguan Wu replied: "If Erchen is in Youzhou, he will not let this guy be so rampant!"

"Okay, get up."

"Thank you, Father."

"The situation is urgent. I will write an imperial decree later. You immediately return to Beijing with these two silk newspapers and the imperial decree. General Shangguan Wu of Zhenbei will return to Youzhou to lead [-] elite soldiers to help the peaceful rebellion in Eri."

"Lu Zhongxing, you..." Nangong Rang stopped suddenly, and changed his words: "You can stay by my side to protect you. You used to be my imperial bodyguard. At this critical moment, I must keep a trustworthy person by my side."

Lu Zhongxing knelt down on both knees: "I obey the order!"

Nangong Rang said to Shangguan Wu again: "You only need to help Er Rihe guard the crossing pass, and the reinforcements will arrive soon."

"My son obeys the order."

"Forty-nine, send the order down, and set off for Beijing immediately."

"Yes."

Nangong Rang originally wanted Lu Zhongxing to return to Beijing with the imperial decree, and ordered Lu Quan to lead an army of [-] to Yizhou to retake the city.

At the last moment, a cold sweat suddenly broke out: I am not in the capital at this time, if the hostages are also released...Will Lu Quan take advantage of the chaos to capture the capital?

The entire camp was in chaos, and the maids and servants were running around in each tent: "Your Majesty has a decree, and we will return to Beijing immediately."

"Your Majesty has an order to set off for Beijing immediately."

Qiu Ju and Chun Tao hurried into Nangong Jingnv's tent, one lit a lamp and the other knelt down in front of the bed: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has a decree to leave for Beijing immediately."

Nangong Jingnu sat up: "What happened?"

Qiu Ju replied: "Your servant does not know, I respectfully ask Your Highness and the son-in-law to move the carriage immediately, the clothes have already been put on the carriage."

"I know..."

Nangong Jingnv tugged on her cloak, and led Qi Yan, who was only wearing her inner garment, out of the tent.

It was extremely chaotic outside, there were disheveled heirs or ministers everywhere, everyone was confused and hurried into their respective carriages...

As soon as Nangong Jingnu and Qi Yan sat down firmly, the carriage drove away.

Unlike before, this time the carriage was moving at full speed, with abnormal bumps.

Nangong Jingnv was caught off guard and leaned forward...

"Your Highness, be careful!" Qi Yan grabbed Nangong Jingnu's arm and pulled her into his arms.

Qi Yan's heart skipped a beat, and she pretended to be thankful and said, "Wan Xingchen grabbed His Highness's arm indiscriminately, and His Highness sat still. I can't see at night, so I may not be able to catch it next time."

"Thank you."

Nangong Jingnu sat back in her seat: "What happened? Why is Father so anxious?"

Qi Yan also wanted to know, but it was unrealistic for Nangong Jingnv to ask at this time: "I seem to have heard the voice of the herald."

"I heard it too. It seems to be an urgent report from eight hundred miles."

Qi Yan guessed that the news of Weiyang Palace's fire had spread, but he didn't want to make such a big fanfare, and asked tentatively: "Could it be... something happened in the capital?"

Nangong Jingnv shook her head: "I don't know, I need to find a chance to ask my father."

The team walked for nearly eight hours at a stretch, even if the people were not tired, the horses were tired.

Nan Gongrang had no choice but to stop the team, ordered to bury the stove for cooking, and prepare fodder and salt water for the horses.

Nangong Jingnv jumped out of the carriage and walked towards the emperor...