she won't live to twenty

That night Nanyue slept very dishonestly.

Wuming originally wanted to sit by the bed and watch Nanyue sleep.However, before midnight, Nanyue opened her sleepy eyes and found that there was no nameless queen lying beside her, her eyes immediately turned red.

"Sister..." Nanyue stretched out her hand, crying and touching the bedside.

Wuming hurriedly stretched out a hand and held Nanyue's palm.

But the little girl still felt that it was not enough, so she weakly took Wuming's hand, trying to pull her into the bed.But Nanyue's strength is weak, and now she's sick again, if it wasn't for Wuming's lack of strength, she wouldn't even be able to pull Wuming's fingers.

After waiting for a while, Nan Yue found that Wuming was still sitting motionless by the bed, her eyes were red, and she cried aggrievedly.

Wuming suddenly felt her heart hurt and tired, she sighed slowly, and touched Nanyue's forehead.After confirming that the fever had completely subsided, she took off her outer shirt and got into the bed, holding Nanyue tightly in her arms.

Nanyue rubbed her hands in peace of mind, sniffed the familiar cold fragrance, finally stopped crying and fell asleep.

"Troublesome ghost..." Wuming sighed softly, carefully looking at Nanyue's face in the dark.

Compared to a few months ago, Nan Yue has indeed grown up a lot.Especially today when wearing a red dress and performing a sword dance, and asked Wuming with a smile if he liked it, Wuming almost felt that his soul was taken away.

At that time, apart from feeling sweet, Wuming also felt sour because of Nanyue's growth.

Wuming didn't understand why at the time, but now she wants to understand.

Nameless is not ruthless, but too affectionate.Once emotional, it is close to paranoid.

She likes Nanyue, no matter what kind of reason she likes, she doesn't want Nanyue to fly out of her shelter once she grows wings.

She wanted Nanyue to stay by her side all the time, wanted Nanyue to always depend on her, trust her, and like her.

She had already lost two close relatives, so she didn't want to lose Nanyue again.She doesn't want to lose in any sense.

Wuming's thoughts were scattered, and he stared at Nanyue's beautiful and beautiful cheeks for a long time.

As if sensing something, Nanyue suddenly opened her eyes in a daze: "...Sister, sister?"

Wuming did not dodge with a guilty conscience, but evoked a shallow smile.

"Xiao Nanyue, why do you only call me by my name during the day, but now you remember to call me sister?" she asked softly.

Nanyue didn't seem to understand what she said, she blinked in puzzlement, and murmured softly in her throat.

Wuming smiled softly, as if talking to himself: "Nanyue, you have grown up."

Nanyue nodded instinctively and gave a vague "ow".

When the nameless finger brushed the tip of her nose and touched her lips, thinking of Nanyue's bold move during the day, she finally stopped touching her and quickly moved away.

Wuming changed the question: "Xiao Nanyue, when you grow up, don't you want your sister?"

Nanyue understood this sentence.

Her eyes widened suddenly, and a mist immediately formed in her pupils, and she shook her head vigorously: "I want... I want it! I can't do without Wuming... Sister."

Immediately, Nanyue seemed to think of something, and hugged Wuming tightly in a panic, even her voice became aggrieved and pitiful.

"Wuming... Sister, I think Nanyue has grown up... I don't like it, don't you want Nanyue?"

The sick Nanyue spoke very disorganized, like a child.

But Wuming understood.

Her heart felt like being pricked by thousands of fine needles, it hurt, itched, and sore.

It turns out that Nanyue is also worried that she will leave her?

"No." Wuming resisted the dryness and pain in his throat, and said softly, "I said, I will never leave you. As long as you are willing, I will protect you forever."

"So..." Wuming stretched out a finger, made a hook gesture, and smiled softly, "Xiao Nanyue, are you willing?"

Nanyue's hazy eyes lit up, she stretched out her fingers softly, and hooked them with Wuming: "Yes!"

"Then it's settled, Xiao Nanyue, don't leave me either." Wuming approached her ear and said in a breathy voice.

Nanyue grunted, curled up in Wuming's heart, and fell into a sweet dreamland again.

The thoughts in Wuming's heart finally calmed down, she slowly closed her eyes, with a smile always on her cheeks.

……

The next day, although Nanyue's fever subsided, she still had no strength, and she lay unconscious all day long.

It was not until the morning of the third day that Nan Yue finally woke up.

The first time he sat up from the bed, he saw Wuming sitting beside the bed holding a bowl of hot porridge, blowing gently.

Wuming's face was very gentle, and his movements were even more gentle.

Seeing that she woke up, Wuming naturally fed her a spoonful of porridge: "Is your illness better?"

"Mmm...it's much better." Nanyue swallowed the porridge and said vaguely.She recalled some vague details of getting along with Wuming when she was sick, and her cheeks flushed slightly.

In the past two days, Nanyue was not seriously ill, nor was she uncomfortable, but her mind was always in a daze.

Nanyue vaguely remembered... When she was lying on the bed with a fever, Wuming stayed by her side the whole time, gently letting her go her own way, even talking with her a lot in the middle of the night...

Wait, what were they talking about?

Nanyue's fingers curled up under the blanket.

Soon, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Phew... She remembered it now, she still retained a sliver of reason at the time, she didn't say anything wrong, and she didn't accidentally say anything before.She even asked Wuming if she didn't want her anymore, and she said "Nanyue" instead of Little Moon.

At that time, Wuming did answer her that as long as she wanted to, he would definitely not leave her.

Seeing Wuming's gentle movements, Nanyue couldn't help being a little dazed, her eyes overflowing with light.

She was thinking, did Wuming already like herself as Nanyue very much?

So……

"What are you thinking about?" Wuming fed another mouthful of porridge, as if she was dissatisfied with Nanyue's daze, she didn't take the spoon away immediately, but raised her wrist viciously, making Nanyue raise her head following her movements.

Nanyue blinked pitifully, her voice was vague: "No... nothing..."

Nameless took the wooden spoon away.

Nanyue swallowed the porridge in her mouth, hugged Wuming's arms, and said softly: "Wuming, on the New Year's Day... I have a surprise for you, can, is it okay?"

To officially tell Wuming about his identity should be considered... a surprise, right?

Nanyue pursed her lips nervously.

"Of course." Wuming Fox narrowed his eyes slightly, smiled and stretched out his hand to scratch her chin.

……

Now that Nanyue's illness has recovered, she naturally has no reason to stay in the palace.After finishing the porridge, Wuming sent Nanyue back to Nan's house.

They haven't left the palace for two days, and when they go out, Wuming can clearly feel that the people around them look at them differently than they did a few days ago.Mainly looking at Nanyue's eyes, like burning love, but also like nervousness.

There were even people who stretched out their heads from a distance to take a look, and then immediately retracted their gazes nervously.

Nanyue couldn't feel the prying eyes of others, but Wuming could see it clearly.She narrowed her eyes slightly, with cold murderous aura overflowing, and only then forced some of her eyes back.

When he was about to turn to Nanfu, Wuming gently pulled down the rein of the horse, slowed down and asked the vegetable seller on the side of the road: "Ms. Qiu, what's the matter today? As soon as I went out with the girl from the Nan family, I felt that everyone on the street was in a panic. As if looking at us."

When Nanyue heard Wuming's words, she realized that the eyes of the people around her were not right, and immediately shrank weakly into Wuming's cloak.

Wuming chuckled lightly, holding her little hand to comfort her.

"Hey...His Royal Highness, you haven't been out much in the past few days, but I don't know, there are many men in the capital who want to marry Miss Nan back home."

Nameless frowned: "What's going on?"

Mrs. Qiu often buys things in Wuming's business, and whenever she sees Wuming on the street, she will greet him warmly, and even give Wuming some farm food.Hearing Wuming's question at this time, she naturally knew everything to say, and she uttered everything that happened in the past two days:

"Didn't Miss Nan dance at the arena in the east of the city two days ago? Although I didn't see it, there were quite a few people who saw it with my own eyes. After watching the dance, several young men danced and danced like crazy. I want to know who the girl is. After someone found out that it was Miss Nan, someone went to the Nan family to propose marriage that night... Tsk tsk, in the past two days, the Nan family has received so many invitations..."

Aunt Qiu was still talking endlessly, but Wuming's eyes turned cold.

Nanyue's sword dance that day was extremely beautiful, but when she thought that not only herself was watching the dance, but also countless dark eyes from afar, Wuming felt extremely irritable.

Just look at it, and dare to go to the Nan family to propose marriage?

Wuming chuckled and asked, "Which families are there?"

Aunt Qiu thought for a while: "I just heard that, from the son of Mr. Wang, the Shangshu family of the Household Department, down to the group of little bastards who hang out on the street all day. Hey, Your Highness, Miss Nan, don't be angry." , They just want to join in the fun and see what Miss Nan looks like. I believe Master Nan will never betroth a girl to that kind of person, and Mr. Wang and Miss Nan are more suitable."

Hearing this, the peddler next to him also came up with a smile: "Yes, I took a look at Mr. Wang's family a few days ago. He is very handsome, and he just matches Miss Nan."

Wuming suppressed his anger and bid farewell to Aunt Qiu, and continued walking towards Nanfu with Nanyue.

Nanyue felt her emotional ups and downs, her little fingers kept drawing circles on her palm, and said in a low voice: "Wu Ming... I won't marry. I don't know Mr. Wang, and I don't like him."

In fact, even if Nanyue didn't say this, Wuming knew that Nan Boyuan would never marry the Wang family.The first is that Nan Yu has not married a wife so far. Nan Boyuan is a rigid person. Since he promised Nan Yue to deal with Nan Yu's marriage first, as long as there are no accidents in the middle, he will never go back on his word... No matter how bad it is, it is impossible It's just an engagement contract. After Nan Yu gets married, I will determine Nan Yue's wedding date.

Furthermore, Hubu Shangshu belongs to the prince.Although Nan Boyuan wanted to let Nanyue grow up so that he could sell her for a price, it was impossible to marry her into the prince's family.

"I know..." Wuming sighed, and rested his chin on Nanyue's shoulder familiarly, "I'm just a little angry."

I worked so hard to take care of the little girl for half a year, and after finally growing up, someone coveted her.Can she not be angry?

If Nan Boyuan forced Nanyue to marry someone, Wuming could have directly come to the door and beat her up.But if she hit someone just because she came to propose a marriage, even if she was the princess, she would have gone too far.

Wuming felt a fire in his heart, and had nowhere to vent.

At this moment, Nanyue turned her head and pecked lightly on her chin.

In winter, Nanyue's lips are a little cold, slightly wet, but soft as feathers.

"Wu Ming, don't, don't be angry." Nanyue retracted her original posture, hiding her reddish cheeks, and said in a low voice.

Wuming raised his hand subconsciously, caressing the place where Nanyue kissed just now, and after a while, he said softly:

"Not angry."

Turning the corner, we arrived at Nan's house.

The gate of Nanfu is not as crowded as Wuming imagined, but it is as clean as before.The only difference is probably that Liu Shi waited at the door with a smile, and waved to them: "Xiaoyue has come back from the palace? Is she well? Are you still uncomfortable? Thank you His Highness Changning for taking care of me these days."

Liu Shi is a typical shrewd woman in a boudoir, she is not bad, but if Nan Yue is too weak, she will never help her.Just like in the original text, although Liu did not take the initiative to bully Nanyue, she never looked at her directly, and let her servants make things difficult for her.

But now Nanyue has Wuming to back her up, and she herself is upstanding, and she has gained a reputation in the capital these days.Liu Shi was willing to help her, and even showed her kindness.

Nanyue took Wuming's hand and obediently answered Liu's words.And Wuming handed the reins of Lv Chicong to the porter, said hello to Mrs. Liu, and walked to the mansion with Nanyue.

"Your Highness..." Liu Shi was stunned, and stopped Wuming, "Your Highness, the master is entertaining guests in the hall."

"It's okay, I'll just sit in Nanyue's yard, I won't disturb Master Nan." Wuming narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Guest? Someone who came to propose marriage?"

Liu covered her mouth and smiled cleverly: "That's right, today is the youngest son of the servant of the Ministry of Industry. That child looks handsome, but his behavior is too vulgar to be worthy of my Xiaoyue. Master, he is just perfunctory."

Wuming nodded, and walked into the mansion with his arms around Nanyue's shoulders.

Liu looked at their backs, and the smile in her eyes gradually faded away.She has lived in the boudoir for so many years, especially when she lived in Liu's house, what kind of person and what kind of things haven't she seen?

Mrs. Liu could see clearly that His Highness Changning's affection for Nanyue had probably surpassed ordinary boudoir love.According to Chang Ning's lawless nature, unless the Holy Majesty speaks up, Nanyue's marriage... I'm afraid there is no way out.

Wuming said she was sitting in the mansion, but she just sat there for a while, and within half an hour, she bid farewell and left.

Mrs. Liu personally sent Wuming to the gate of the mansion, but just as Wuming left, another untouchable person came to the South Mansion.

The sixth prince Tang Zhi stepped into the mansion with a smile, he was gentle and polite: "Aunt Liu, is Mr. Nan in the mansion now? Do you have time?"

Tang Zhi asked like this, but he didn't mean to stop at all.

Facing the sixth prince who seemed gentle and reasonable but actually had a ghostly personality, Liu naturally didn't dare to say anything, and led him to the main hall with a sneering smile.As for the youngest son of the minister of the Ministry of Industry... I wish him good luck silently in my heart.

in the hall.

Deng Jinyan, the youngest son of the servant of the Ministry of Industry, sat crookedly, with a greasy smile on his lips all the time, which made Nan Boyuan feel sick to his stomach.

Mr. Deng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, does not have a high official position, but because he grew up with His Majesty today, he is deeply loved by His Majesty.His secret power is even greater than Nan Boyuan's newly promoted minister.Of the three sons of the Deng family, the first two sons are now serving as officials in the court, and their future is going smoothly.But only the youngest son, Deng Jinyan, was spoiled by his two elder brothers and spoiled and spoiled since he was a child. He is a playboy with a bad personality.

If Mr. Deng hadn't been an out-and-out member of the party of the six princes, and had always been on good terms with Nan Boyuan, Nan Boyuan would never have let him in!

For Mr. Deng's sake, Nan Yu was not at home, so Nan Boyuan had no choice but to greet Deng Jinyan in person.But for more than an hour, Nan Yu said bad things over and over again, and even said about seeing off guests countless times. Deng Jinyan seemed to be unable to understand, and kept laughing and yelling that he wanted to see Nan Yue, which made Nan Yue Bo Yuan had a headache.

He is a minister of the Ministry of Rites, so he can't let the guards drive the son of a friend out of the house with a stick, right?If this gets out, what will it look like?

At this time, a young man in a blue robe walked into the hall.

Due to the light, Nan Boyuan couldn't see his face clearly for a while.However, seeing his steady footsteps and comfortable posture, and walking into the Nanfu so silently but without hesitation, Nan Boyuan immediately guessed something, and bent down to salute: "Your Majesty, see the Sixth Highness."

Deng Jinyan pursed his lips disdainfully, and said carelessly: "I said Uncle Nan, why do you do this? What's the matter if you let me see Sister Nan? Even His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince has moved out? Uncle, you can't scare me..."

Before Deng Jinyan could speak, he froze in place.

A hand rested gently on his shoulder.

Tang Zhi's fingers were white and slender, with well-defined joints, as beautiful as a woman's fingers, but very strong.

Deng Jinyan turned his head stiffly, and flinched softly when he saw Tang Zhi's snake-like smile: "Six...Sixth Highness, you..."

"I came to visit Mr. Nan, but I didn't expect you to be here, Jinyan." Tang Zhi's voice was extremely gentle, but the fingers on his shoulder never let go, pinching Deng Jinyan's whole body ached.

Deng Jinyan wanted to back away in fear, trying to squeeze out a flattering smile that was uglier than crying: "Your Highness Sixth, I... I'm just passing by, you and Master Nan have a slow chat, I'll go first..."

Although his father and brother are members of the Sixth Prince's Party, Deng Jinyan knows... Tang Zhi, he is a lunatic!Countless horrific memories flashed through Deng Jinyan's mind, he flinched away from Tang Zhi's hand, and staggered away from Nan's house as if fleeing.

Nan Boyuan stroked his beard: "Your Highness the Sixth Highness is laughing at you, the son of a friend, it is really not good to neglect."

"It doesn't matter." Tang Zhi narrowed his eyes with a smile, "From now on he... probably won't dare to bother Mr. Nan rashly."

"I don't know why the sixth prince came here?" Nan Boyuan asked.

"It's nothing serious, just drop by for a visit, just sit and go." Tang Zhi smiled and clapped his hands, and an exquisite wooden box appeared on the table.No one even saw when it was put up.

Nan Boyuan had heard a long time ago that the Sixth Prince's family had four dead men in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and it must have been one of the dead men who made the move just now.

"This is?" Nan Boyuan looked at the wooden box in surprise.

"Nanyue danced to Changjing a few days ago. She is Changning's good friend. I can be regarded as Changning's uncle, and naturally I can be regarded as her half-uncle. Of course I have to come to celebrate." Tang Zhi smiled, "Inside the box is The gift I gave Nanyue, I trouble Master Nan to give it to her for me."

"This... Nan thanked His Highness for your kindness on behalf of my daughter." Nan Boyuan got up and saluted.

Tang Zhi pointed out, "We're all a family, why bother to be polite."

Before Nan Boyuan could read the true meaning of his words, he continued to ask: "I heard that these days, many people proposed marriage to Nan's family, wanting to marry Sister Nanyue?"

"That's true. As a father, I'm really worried." Nan Boyuan shook his head and said.

"In my opinion, Mr. Nan doesn't need to worry about it, just refuse everything." Tang Zhi smiled.

"Your Highness Six means..." Nan Boyuan finally thought of what Tang Zhi meant when he said "we are all a family" just now, and his eyes lit up.

The sixth prince will definitely become the current emperor in the future. If Nan Yue can marry him, the Nan family will have no worries for the next few decades.

But Tang Zhi just smiled and waved his hands: "Master Nan, Nanyue is still young. In my opinion, she is not in a hurry to get married, but Brother Nanyu has to hurry up."

Nan Boyuan nodded: "The Sixth Highness is right."

Nan Boyuan secretly figured out the meaning of Tang Zhi's words, he said that Nan Yue was young and was not in a hurry to get married.So what he meant was that when Nanyue grew up, His Majesty would personally order Nanyue to marry into the Sixth Prince's family?Or, does the sixth prince have other arrangements for Nanyue?

Nan Boyuan was about to open his mouth tentatively, but Tang Zhi got up without warning, drank the tea in his cup in one gulp, and just saluted and said goodbye.

"By the way, Master Nan, Chang Ning and I are going to go to Luoyan Pagoda to see the snow tomorrow morning, please tell Sister Nan Yue and ask her if she wants to come with us?"

Nan Boyuan got up to send Tang Zhi out of the mansion, and promised with a smile: "That child Nanyue likes His Highness Changning very much, she will definitely not refuse."

……

Wuming led the horse and walked slowly all the way from the Nanfu back to the Wangfu. Before entering the gate, he felt a long-lost cold gaze watching her not far away.

Tang Zhi's dead soldier.

Wuming turned around with a smile, and sure enough, he didn't see the dead man, but he saw Tang Zhi approaching from not far away.

"Your Highness Sixth?" Wuming tilted his head slightly, his voice a little sweet.

Tang Zhi smiled softly and said: "I went out to play in the city a few days ago, and I met a street vendor selling straw woven dolls, and I thought they were very delicate and beautiful. I don't know what happened, so I wanted to buy one for you, Changning .”

As soon as the words fell, a delicate wooden box fell from mid-air and landed in Wuming's hand without any mistakes.

As an ordinary person who doesn't know martial arts, Nan Boyuan naturally couldn't perceive how the wooden box appeared at all, but what kind of eyesight is Wuming?She saw the figure in the gray robe flashing past at a glance.

"Thank you, Your Highness Six." Wuming took the wooden box, held it in front of him and looked it over carefully, and asked with a sweet smile that seemed casual, "The one just now...is the dead man that His Highness Six sent to follow me earlier?"