By the time they arrived at Xishangang, the setting sun had fallen halfway, the sky to the east was slightly dull, and the west was red as blood.
During this time, Xishangang has almost become the most lively place on the outskirts of Wangdu.It has been crowded with people during the daytime, but it is now dusk, the world is afraid of ghosts, and it is always dark in this cemetery. Eerie, so at this time, the people who came to worship the general officer also walked almost together, leaving only the residual sun and the black crow.
A farmer passing by accidentally couldn't help but glance at them, and saw that the young couple in plain clothes was not as beautiful as a mortal.If they saw it on the outer street or in the restaurant on weekdays, the farmer would only appreciate it. But at this half-dark and half-dark moment of the demon, and also near this gloomy Xishangang cemetery, it made his heart burst into a sudden.
This, this won't be... that thing?
Now it’s not July to open the ghost door, will it?
The farmer ran quickly with a hoe on his head, thinking that he still had to go home to have a hot Erguotou, burn some wormwood, and go to get angry.
Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue continued to walk up the hill in front, but they didn't know that they scared an innocent passerby. Soon, the two came to the top of the hill in Xishangang, but at a glance, they were both It was snow-white, and the white paper money in the mountains was almost inferior.
Crunch, crunch...
Stepping on those white paper money, as if stepping on the thick white snow, makes a subtle sound, and in this quiet place this subtle sound seems to be amplified several times.
When they stopped in front of Guan Ruyan's tombstone, there was only dead silence covering the top of the mountain...
For a while, none of the four people spoke, but their eyes were unconsciously red.
Xiao Yi stared at Guan Ruyan's tombstone in an instant, and suddenly said: "This is a small white carved."
The handwriting of Mandarin Bai is not only recognized by Xiao Yi, but also by Nangong Yue and Bai Hui.After Nangong Yue looked at it in detail, she gestured to Bai Hui, who immediately read the entire row of tombstones and nodded.
The tombstones in this row were all engraved by Mandarin Bai himself!
A picture emerged in the minds of the four people-a skinny white man sitting next to the tombstone and engraving it with his weak arm...
Xiao Yi's fists didn't feel tightly clenched together.
I still remember that three years ago, the official language Bai Fuling returned to the capital of the king and set up a mourning hall in Anyihou Mansion. He went to express condolences.He had just wanted to see what kind of person this young man who was once called General Anyi could win his grandfather. Praise, and be friends with his stinky girl.When he went there was a bit of provocation, but he didn't expect to see him as he did...
Unconsciously, three years later, they have become close friends who have nothing to say, making him feel the pain of the official language.
Xiao Yi never confirmed like this moment that he is still too weak, he needs strength, he needs more power.
He must be stronger to be fearless. He can't let his family, his friends, and the people he cares about, because someone's flirty words will be instantly destroyed!
On this day, they stayed until it was dark before returning to Wangdu.
After sending Nangong Yue back to the palace, Xiao Yi went out again, this time to go to the official language...
Nangong Yue went back to Fufengyuan alone. Before reaching the gate of the courtyard, Xiao Fei wearing a cloak of white fox fur was walking towards this side.
"Sister Fei..." Nangong Yue stopped and looked at Xiao Fei with a smile.
Xiao Fei hurriedly stepped up, the corner of her mouth slightly raised, and said, "Sister-in-law, you are back." As she said, her gaze paused beside Nangong Yue for a moment, her brow furrowed.The eldest brother clearly went out with his sister-in-law, but why only the sister-in-law came back alone?
Did Big Brother leave the sister-in-law halfway and go somewhere else?
Thinking about it, Xiao Fei's brows were tighter, and the elder brother was still not safe enough to do things! He should still mention him.…But the eldest brother is not there!
Nangong Yue didn't know what Xiao Fei was thinking. She took Xiao Fei's hand and entered the Fufeng Academy together, saying, "Sister Fei, you came just right. Come with me for dinner."
Xiao Fei, of course, should get off.
The two simply used some evening meals. After the hot tea was delivered, Xiao Fei, who had endured for a long time, finally said eagerly: "Sister-in-law, will you play chess with me?"
She looked at Nangong Yue with an expectant look, thinking: Big Brother didn't come back with him. If he were, he wouldn't let Dasao play chess with her!
However, since the elder brother is leading the errands of the Wucheng soldiers and horses, he will definitely not be in the house during the day? In that case, she and her sister-in-law can play the same chess and calligraphy and painting together as before!
Thinking, Xiao Fei looked forward to it.
"Playing chess?" Nangong Yue thought of something, a little bit clear in her eyes, but was it the day before yesterday?
A trace of shyness appeared on Xiao Fei's face, and his eyes stared at Nangong Yue.
Under such eyesight, how could Nangong Yue refused, only nodded and took Xiao Fei to his small study.
Bai Hui quickly placed a chessboard on a mahogany round table. Xiao Fei first went over and put the chess pieces one by one. It was the game that Xiao Fei and the girl Chen had played half of the game the other day.
On that day, Miss Chen was in charge of Bai Zi, so Nangong Yue planned to sit down on Bai Zi’s side, but listened to Xiao Fei’s opening: “Sister-in-law, let me hold Bai Zi.” These two days, she has been thinking about this In chess, I always feel that Bai Zi still has something to do.
Nangong Yue couldn't help but smile, and walked from the good to the other side.
After the two sat down, Xiao Fei picked up Baizi and fell down decisively...
But Nangong Yue is not fast, anyway, sunspots have taken advantage. Furthermore, for her, the game is a pastime, she has no heart for victory.
Next, the two no longer spoke, and the room was quiet, except for their breathing sounds and the sound of falling one after another...
Slap, slap...
I don’t know how long it took, the voice of salute salute sounded in the house: "I have seen the prince."
Nangong Yue suddenly recovered, looking in the direction of the door curtain, and a smiling flower escaped from the corner of her mouth: "Ai, you are back!"
Xiao Fei also turned and looked at Xiao Yi, but his eyes were filled with scrutiny and scolding, as if to say: Why did he come back so late?
Xiao Yi sharply caught the rebuke in Xiao Fei's expression, but his understanding was: Why are you bothering us to play chess?
Xiao Yi stared back angrily, meaning: He went back to his own home and could not allow her to put his beak! She was so, so late, she still stayed in the sister-in-law's house without going back, decent?
The brothers and sisters quarreled back and forth between the chickens and ducks with their eyes in a few fingers...
Although Nangong Yue didn't know what they were staring like cockfighting, but also knew that this would never be a good thing, it sighed again: This pair of brothers and sisters is really true, this one will not let the temperament estimate Just follow the old prince... Anyway, Nangong Yue will never think that they are following the king of Zhennan.
Lily is already laughing outrageously, and feels that she has watched a good show if she is careless.
Despite all the dissatisfaction with Xiao Yi in his heart, Xiao Fei still knows the number of gifts. Now that the sky is getting late, it is indeed a bit inappropriate for him to stay again.She stood up with her waist straight up, saluted Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue, and said, "Big brother and sister-in-law, Feier said goodbye first." After that, her lips raised slightly, and she added in a good mood, "Sister-in-law, we will play chess together again."
As soon as Xiao Fei left, Xiao Yi walked over and sat down to Xiao Fei's original position. He originally wanted to count Xiao Fei's words, but the words came to his mouth, but he was distracted by the chess game on the board.
Xiao Fei holds white, Nangong Yue holds black, now Baizi has the upper hand, but...
How does this game look strange? Although Xiao Fei has the upper hand now, Bai Zi seems to be loose in the early stage, and Hei Zi is also weird. The local chess style is really not like a stinky girl...
How did the two men play in order to make the game look like this?
He raised his eyebrows and looked at Nangongyue. Nangongyue seemed to see his doubts, and he talked about the stove-making meeting of the Grand Princess' Palace in Yongyang that day...
Xiao Yi's eyes turned to the game again, and there was a bit of interest in his eyes, saying: "That is to say, this game was played next to the blind game that day?" It was unexpected that Xiao Fei's girl played the blind game. Not bad...
Thinking of the situation that day, Nangong Yue felt very interesting, and her eyebrows chuckled softly.
Seeing her smiling happily, Xiao Yi's heart tickled, holding her hand, the two walked out of the small study together and returned to the banquet room.Xiao Yi took her to the bed of Luohan and first kissed her on her pink cheeks before saying: "...After the Lantern Festival, you can start to sort things, we just lightly packed."
Nangong Yue nodded and said, "My dowry will be put in the king for now."
When she was married, her dowry had a total of 128, and if she wanted to take it away together, it would be very obstructive.
Xiao Yi hugged her and talked about the secret letter delivered by Uncle Chang Ping. He heard Nangong Yue stunned and blinked: "This is too much to talk about...Is the emperor really trusting?"
"Changping Bo has always been favored by the emperor, and has his own ability to speak kindly." Xiao Yi smiled, and the waves of light in the peach blossoms hovered, "Xiaobai really can choose people."
Choosing who to go to Baiyue is naturally not casual, and every step of the official language has its own consideration.
In fact, not many people know the truth about the Baiyue mutiny. With Chang Ping's temperament, the errand has not been completed, and it will only whitewash the peace.As a result, the emperor is less likely to know the truth.
"That's right." Xiao Yi thought of one thing and said, "Xia Bai's incident a few days ago, Xiaobai felt that it was not the three princes alone, and the three princes should be someone's shield."
Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows slightly, and was surprised: "The three princes were used?...Who would it be?" As soon as the words fell, she asked herself, "The five princes have the status of son-in-law. This kind of hands and feet. And the three princes fell, and only the other two princes can benefit...The big prince and the second prince?"
Xiao Yi made a sign of "two", "Xiao Bai said that this is nine out of ten."
The Second Prince...Han Lingguan.
Recalling the previous life, the five princes died of poisoning early. At that time, all kinds of doubts pointed to the second prince. Apart from the sorrow of the queen, the two princes were desperately hit, and they did not know whether it was an accident or a man.And in this life...The five princes survived and changed a lot in the same way?
Xiao Yi didn't want to see her laboring, and kissed her in a hug, saying, "Let's wait and see for a while and talk about it later."
Nangong Yue leaned on him and nodded gently.
Early in the morning the next day, Xiao Yi went out after finishing his morning meal. He planned to go to Pei Mansion, call Pei Yuanchen out, and go to Guiyuan Pavilion for a drink together.
Nangong Yue was busy with Zhongfu's chores and returned to Fufengyuan's own house.
She gave Baihui a wink, and Baihui immediately nodded in comprehension, and deported all the little girls, leaving only Nangong Yue, Baihui, and Lily in the room.
"Lily, come here, I have something for you." Nangong Yue waved at Lily, and Lily walked past in a fog.
Nangong Yue took a list from the box on the dressing table and handed it to Lily.
Lily blinked suspiciously, only one glance, and then her eyes widened in surprise.
this is……
She looked at Nangong Yue and Bai Hui again, and a faint blush appeared on Qiao's face.
It turns out that this list is actually a dowry list, which lists the house, fields, jewelry, cloth, utensils prepared for her...Zhou Quanji, these things can't be done without adding one or two thousand silver. .
"Shi Zi Fei..." Lily whispered somewhat flatteredly, "That's too much." To her knowledge, Yimei hadn't married that much for the first time before.
"Relax." Nangong Yue looked at her with a smile, as if guessing what she was thinking, "I made up for your sister Yimei yesterday." After a pause, she said again, "Later When your cousin is married, there are so many... No, maybe more than you, don’t be jealous!"
Lily was amused by accident and calmed down again, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, slave-servant is not jealous. Even if you give your cousin twice the dowry, slave-servant is not jealous!"
Bai Hui shook her head helplessly when she saw that Lily was not blushing, her heart was beating, and she was full of dowry or something.
Nangong Yue said again: "Lily, you will get married in a few days. Don't be on duty these days. Go back and get ready to marry."
"No, Princess Shizi." Lily didn't take it seriously. "It's okay for the slave-servant to stay at home..." As she said, she thought of something and blinked mischievously, "Why don't you leave your cousin a few days off? Let She helped the slave-servant Zhang Luo."
This girl... Nangong Yue and Bai Hui looked at each other with a smile.
In the sound of laughter, Queer came into the house and confessed: "Sister Shizi, Grandma Han is here!" The grandma Handa said in her mouth was actually Jiang Yixi.
Due to the friendship between Nangong Yue and Jiang Yixi, Nang Gongyue did not go to the flower hall to meet guests, and instructed Queer to lead Jiang Yixi directly.
Jiang Yixi looked a little dignified, and when Nangong Yue looked at her, she knew something was wrong, and she swayed her servants.
"Sister Xi, but what happened?" Nangong Yue asked with concern, thinking to herself: Isn't Princess Qi making another moth?
Jiang Yixi couldn't really say that this matter had anything to do with Princess Qi, although the initiator was indeed not Princess Qi, and Princess Qi just took advantage of the situation.
After Jiang Yixi settled his mind, he gave a helpless laugh and said, "Sister Yue, I wonder if you know Mrs. Gong, the wife of the general soldier in Xuzhou Town, Jiangnan?"
Mrs. Gong? Nangong Yue blinked and shook her head in a fog, wondering why Jiang Yixi suddenly mentioned this person.
A flash of coldness flashed in Jiang Yixi's eyes, seemingly smiling: "In recent days, Mrs. Gong is a big celebrity in the Wangdu, and she is sending her all the righteous girls everywhere in the government. The palace..."
Isn't it...Nangong Yue probably guessed, basically thinking about Princess Qi's temperament, you know roughly how this happened.
Jiang Yixi nodded and said, "Yeah, the concubine took the gong girl and sent it to our yard. She also said with grandeur that she would help the Han family open up the leaves..." She had already recognized herself This matter is difficult for her heirs, she doesn't care, Han Huaijun doesn't care, but Princess Qi always loves to mention it intentionally or unintentionally.
"Yi Nu?" Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows slightly, and could not hear emotions in her voice. "This is very interesting."
This kind of "righteous girl" who can be sent everywhere is really rare.
Nangong Yue looked at Jiang Yixi and asked, "Sister Xi, what about that man?"
"Keep it." Jiang Yixi didn't care. After thinking for a while, his lips twitched slightly, "Although I don't know what General Gongbing is doing, he just did something like that happened a few days ago. Not to mention, the three princes are still banned up to now, and the emperor's heart must have been troubled. Gong Gongbing did so, even if he had only one point in his mind, I would probably reach ten in the end... I will wait. At that time, the father and the princess came over in person and asked me to go back to Gong Gong. At that time, I could not give it back casually."
Jiang Yixi smiled slightly, his expression relaxed.
Seeing her thinking so transparently, Nangong Yue also felt relieved, and she couldn't help laughing with her lips pursed.
At this time, Jiang Yixi hesitated and continued: "Sister Yue, I came to you today, but I also want to remind you that your home Ayi has been quite popular with the emperor recently, so I am thinking about it, maybe the Gong family will also go to Here you send a charming girl who is charming."
Nangong Yue smiled and was about to speak. He listened to Jiang Yixi and said profoundly: "Sister Yue, don't look at our women in the backyard all the time, but it is always men who can rule in the backyard. If a man changes his mind, and It’s not something we can save by crying. If a man can treat us wholeheartedly, it’s just an extra bowl of rice to support a servant.”
Just because Han Huaijun did not care about the "Pei girl", nor would she have any intimacy with it, so for Jiang Yixi, she could not care.
Jiang Yixi is a girl carefully raised by a real honored family, and she knows the way of the back house well.If the person she married was not Han Huaijun, she wouldn’t even care if her husband had a concubine. By comparison, she was more worried about Nangong Yue, because she knew that there was no concubine in the second room of the Nangong family. When someone sent it, Nangong Yue would be angry but ran to Xiao Yi.The deep feelings of husband and wife will gradually disappear due to unreasonable rudeness.
In Jiang Yixi's view, Xiao Yi is very affectionate to Nangong Yue, and will certainly not look at other women like Han Huaijun. Since this is the case, they can sit and wait for the Pei family to be unlucky.
Nangong Yue naturally understood what she meant. If she wasn't close to her sister, would Jiang Yixi deliberately come over and say something to her.
She couldn't help but smiled, nodded and said, "I understand, thank you sister Xi for reminding me."
Jiang Yixi relaxed and smiled.
Nangong Yue looked at Jiang Yixi with some reluctance. In Wangdu, she still had too many people to put down, but it was also imperative to return to Southern Xinjiang.
In an instant, Nangong Yue's eyes flashed a bit of complexity, but immediately smiled casually again, saying: "Sister Xi, you have a rare time to come to me, but you have to use lunch to go..."
Jiang Yixi smiled and said, "I heard that your maid named Lily is about to marry. Call her and I will add makeup to her."
"That feeling is good, Lily must be happy!"
Nangong Yue and Jiang Yixi had a good laugh, and at this moment, Xiao Yi, Pei Yuanchen and Cheng Luo had already arrived at Guiyuan Pavilion.
Yesterday, Li Cheng's entrustment refused their invitation, and how Xiao Yi couldn't see the other party's unavoidable attitude, he was not a temperament to swallow, since Li Chengen looked at him disobediently, then he was not necessary Pay more attention to it, otherwise this good wine will be wasted.
Xiao Yi helped Pei Yuanchen, who had inconvenient legs and feet, go upstairs. As soon as he was seated, Cheng Luo actively bowed to the two future brother-in-laws: "Big brother-in-law, brother, today, the younger brother will pay respect first, and invite two later The brother-in-law does not hesitate to advise."
Cheng Luo drank two glasses boldly, and politely filled Xiao Yi and Pei Yuanchen with wine. Although diligent, they were not flattering, which made people feel no ill feelings.
After Cheng Luo was seated, he still felt a little fluttering in his heart, not very real.Do you really want to be your brother-in-law?
The three of them were drinking while talking, and when the wine was mellow, two knocks on the door suddenly sounded outside the seat, followed by Xiaoer, and asked in congratulations: "Guest, one of the guests said he knew you. You see..." The Guiyuan Pavilion can be deeply loved by these princes and elder brothers in the king capital, and it still has its unique features. It is not only the environment, the food and wine, but also the guests. .
Xiao Yi raised her eyebrows and didn't speak. He heard Cheng Luo smile boldly: "Since it's a friend, please come in and have a drink."
Xiaoer promised, and then retreated. After a while, he brought in a middle-aged man in his fifties, and behind him were three young girls in one-color pink dresses. She is fifteen or sixteen years old, with a charming appearance and graceful appearance.
Cheng Luo originally thought that the visitor should have been drinking and playing with them on weekdays, but did not expect to be an old man who never knew each other.
Since he doesn't know him, the other party obviously came to Xiao Yi or Pei Yuanchen.
Chengluo looked at the two intuitively, and Xiao Yi smiled casually, saying: "Isn't this Gong Gongbing? Is this really'coincidence'?" He deliberately accented the word "Qiao", playing with it in his hand. Holding a white porcelain wine glass.
Chief Gong Bing? So this is Chief Gong Bing!
Pei Yuanchen also thought of something, and squinted slightly thoughtfully. Recently, the chief soldier Gong Ruhai of Xuzhou Town in Jiangnan and his wife sent their righteous daughters everywhere gradually. This kind of thing is not reasonable. What a glorious thing, so some residences where the righteous girls are collected are hidden, but some residences will take this matter as a romantic affair.
The general Gong Gong ran to Guiyuan Pavilion to find them, and brought three young girls, could it be...
Pei Yuanchen and Xiao Yi quickly exchanged a knowing look.
Gong Ruhai naturally heard Xiao Yi's intention, but he didn't care. He arched his hands at the three people: "Xiao Shizi, Pei Shizi, Cheng Si Gongzi, it was indeed a coincidence." He smiled a pair of triangles His eyes narrowed, and he said with a familiar tone, "The old man happened to bring a few virgins to Guiyuange to drink today. I didn't expect to encounter three of them."
Upon hearing these three girls were indeed the rumored "righteous girls", Pei Yuanchen already knew.
He was thinking about sending the Gong Gongbing, but he didn’t want Gong Ruhai to have a thicker skin than he thought, and actually went straight to the point: "Xiao Shizi, Pei Shizi, Cheng Si Gongzi, Laofu. Although the woman is not everyone's boudoir, it is also a small family jasper, but it is a pity that the life is bitter, the family is down, and they are pitiful in the family, and they are adopted. They are also raised like pearls and jade. The three have long admired Xiao Shizi, Pei Shizi and Cheng Sigong. The girl is outgoing and the old man wants to complete them..."
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I wish the girls a happy new year, good luck and good luck~