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By the time they arrived at Xishangang, the sun had already set, and the sky in the east was a little dark, while the sky in the west was as red as blood.

During this period of time, Xishangang has almost become the most lively place in the outskirts of the capital. During the daytime, there has always been an endless stream of people, but now it is dusk. It was gloomy, so at this time, the people who came to pay homage to the official general were almost gone. Only the setting sun and the black crow were left.

A peasant who happened to pass by couldn't help but glance at them, and saw that the plain-clothed young couple was unbelievably handsome. If they saw it on the street outside or in a restaurant on weekdays, the peasants would only appreciate it. But at this half-dark moment of encountering the devil, and near this gloomy Xishangang cemetery, it made his heart pound.

This, this can't be... that thing?

Now it's not July to open the door to hell, is it?

The farmer ran quickly with his hoe, thinking that it would be better to go home and drink a cup of hot Erguotou, burn some wormwood, and go to get rid of the yin.

Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue in front were still walking up the hill, but they didn't know that they scared an innocent passerby. Soon, the two of them came to the top of the mountain in Xishangang, but when they saw it, they were both. A piece of snow white, the white paper money in the mountains is almost unstoppable.

crunch, crunch...

Stepping on those white paper money, like stepping on 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 a dead silence that enveloped the top of the mountain...

For a while, the four of them didn't speak, but their eyes were already red before they knew it.

Xiao Yi stared at Guan Ruyan's tombstone for a while, and suddenly said, "This is what Xiaobai engraved."

The handwriting of Guan Yubai was not only recognized by Xiao Yi, but also recognized by Nangong Yue and Baihui. After Nangong Yue looked at it carefully, she made a gesture to Baihui, who immediately looked at the entire row of tombstones and nodded.

The tombstones in this row were all engraved by Guan Yubai himself!

A picture appeared in the minds of the four of them—a thin, white-robed young man sat beside a tombstone and carved with his weak arms...

Xiao Yi's fists felt tightly clenched together.

I still remember that three years ago, the official language Bai Fuling returned to the capital and set up a mourning hall in the Marquis of Anyi's mansion. He went to express his condolences. He originally just wanted to see what kind of person this young man, who was once called General Anyi, was able to win his grandfather. Praise, and can be friends with his stinky girl. He was a little provocative when he went, but he didn't expect to meet the other party at first sight...

Before he knew it, three years later, they had become close friends who said nothing, making him feel the pain of Guan Yubai.

Xiao Yi has never confirmed like this moment, he is still too weak, he needs strength, and he needs more power.

He must be stronger to be fearless. He cannot let his family, his friends, and the people he cares about, be destroyed in an instant because of someone's light words!

On this day, they stayed until it was dark before returning to the capital.

After sending Nangong Yue back to the palace, Xiao Yi went out again, this time to find Guan Yubai...

Nangong Yue returned to Fufeng Courtyard alone, and before she reached the gate of the courtyard, she saw Xiao Fei wearing a white fox fur cloak walking towards him.

"Sister Fei..." Nangong Yue stopped and looked at Xiao Fei with a smile.

Xiao Fei hurriedly accelerated her steps, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and she said, "Sister-in-law, you are back." As she spoke, her gaze stopped for a moment beside Nangong Yue, and her brows furrowed. The eldest brother clearly went out with his sister-in-law, but how come only the sister-in-law came back alone?

Could it be that the eldest brother left his sister-in-law halfway and went to another place?

Thinking about it, Xiao Fei's brows furrowed even tighter, Big Brother is still not doing things properly! You should still mention him. ...but it's okay if my brother isn't here!

But Nangong Yue didn't know what Xiao Fei was thinking. She took Xiao Fei's hand and entered the Fufeng Courtyard together, and said, "Sister Fei, you came just in time. Come with me for dinner."

Of course Xiao Fei agreed.

The two simply ate some dinner. When the hot tea for digestion was served, Xiao Fei, who had endured for a long time, finally said earnestly, "Sister-in-law, will you play chess with me?"

She looked at Nangong Yue expectantly, and thought to herself: Big brother didn't come back with him, if he was there, in all likelihood, sister-in-law wouldn't let her play chess with her!

However, since the eldest brother is leading the errand of the five-city soldiers and horses, he must not be in the mansion in the daytime in the future, right? In that case, she and her sister-in-law can play music, chess, calligraphy and painting together as before!

Thinking about it, Xiao Fei was looking forward to it.

"Playing chess?" Nangong Yue thought of something, with a bit of clarity in her eyes, but it was the game of chess the day before yesterday, right?

A trace of shyness appeared on Xiao Fei's face, and she looked at Nangong Yue with burning eyes.

Under such gaze, how could Nangong Yue refuse, she could only nod her head and take Xiao Fei to her small study.

Baihui quickly placed a chessboard on a round mahogany table. Xiao Fei went over and placed the chess pieces one by one. It was the half-game Xiao Fei played against Miss Chen at the stove meeting the day before yesterday.

That day, Miss Chen was holding Bai Zi, so Nangong Yue planned to sit down on Bai Zi's side, but Xiao Fei stopped her and said, "Sister-in-law, let me hold Bai Zi." For the past two days, she has been thinking about this. Playing chess, I always felt that Baizi still had something to do.

Nangong Yue couldn't help laughing, and walked to the other side with a kindness.

After the two sat down, Xiao Fei picked up Bai Zi and fell down decisively...

On the other hand, Nangong Yue was slow and slow, anyway, Heizi already had the advantage. Furthermore, for her, chess was a pastime, and she never had any desire to win.

Next, the two stopped talking, and the room was silent, only the sound of their breathing and the sound of falling one after another...

pop, pop...

I don't know how long it took, but the voice of a maid saluting rang out in the room: "I have seen the prince."

Nangong Yue suddenly came back to her senses, looking in the direction of the door curtain, a smiling flower emerged from the corner of her mouth: "Ayi, you are back!"

Xiao Fei also turned to look at Xiao Yi, but there was scrutiny and rebuke in his eyes, as if to say: Why did you come back so late?

Xiao Yi keenly caught the rebuke in Xiao Fei's expression, but his understanding was: Why are you disturbing our chess game?

Xiao Yi glared back angrily, meaning: when he returned to his own home, he couldn't allow her to betray him! She is, so late, still staying in sister-in-law's house and not going back, is it decent?

The brothers and sisters quarreled several times with their eyes in the blink of an eye...

Nangong Yue on the side didn't know what they were staring at like a cockfight, but she also knew that this would never be a good thing, and sighed again in her heart: This pair of brothers and sisters is really true, and no one will let it. They followed the old prince... Anyway, Nangong Yue would never think that they followed King Zhennan.

Lily was about to burst out laughing unkindly, feeling that she had accidentally watched a good show.

Although there are various dissatisfaction with Xiao Yi in his heart, Xiao Fei still knows the etiquette. She straightened her waist and stood up, bowed to Xiao Yi and Nangong Yuefu, and said with a straight face, "Big brother and sister-in-law, Fei'er will leave first." After speaking, the corners of her lips slightly raised, and she added in a good mood, "Sister-in-law, let's play chess together another day."

As soon as Xiao Fei left, Xiao Yi walked over and sat in Xiao Fei's original position. He wanted to rebuke Xiao Fei, but the words came to his mouth, but his attention was distracted by the chess game on the chessboard.

Xiao Fei is white, Nangong Yue is black, and now Bai Zi has the upper hand, but...

How strange this chess game looks, although Xiao Fei has the upper hand now, the white pieces seem to be scattered in the early stage, and the black pieces are equally weird, and the local chess style really doesn't look like the stinky girl's style...

How did these two play to make the chess game like this?

He raised his eyebrows and looked at Nangongyue. Nangongyue seemed to see his doubts, so he talked about the furnace-warming party at the palace of the eldest Princess Yongyang that day...

Xiao Yi's eyes turned to the chess game again, a flash of interest flashed in his eyes, and he said, "So this game is played after the blind chess game that day?" But I didn't expect that Xiao Fei's blind chess game would pay off. good……

Thinking of the situation that day, Nangong Yue found it very interesting, and laughed lightly with her eyebrows curled up.

Seeing her smiling happily, Xiao Yi's heart was also itchy, holding her hand, the two walked out of the small study together and returned to the banquet room. Xiao Yi pulled her to sit on the bed of Arhat, and first secretly kissed her tender cheek, and then said, "...After the Lantern Festival, we can start to organize things, we just need to dress lightly."

Nangong Yue nodded according to her words and said, "My dowry will be placed in the capital for the time being."

When she got married, the dowry was a total of one hundred and twenty-eight.

Xiao Yi put his arms around her and talked about the secret letter handed by Uncle Xuan Ping. Hearing that, Nangong Yue was stunned, blinked and said, "This is too tricky... Does the emperor really believe it?"

"Xuan Pingbo has always been favored by the emperor, and he has the ability to speak well." Xiao Yi smiled, Taohua's eyes glittered, "Xiao Bai really knows how to choose people."

The choice of who to go to Baiyue is not a casual one. Every step of Guanyubai has its own considerations.

In fact, not many people know the truth of the Baiyue Mutiny. With the temperament of Uncle Xuan Ping, the errands were not done properly, and he would only whitewash Taiping. In this way, it is even more impossible for the emperor to know the truth.

"That's right." Xiao Yi remembered something and said, "What happened in the capital a few days ago, Xiao Bai thinks that the third prince did not do it alone. The third prince should be someone's shield."

Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows slightly, and said in surprise, "The third prince was used by someone? ... Who could it be?" As soon as she finished speaking, she asked herself, "The fifth prince has the status of a direct son, and now the situation is clear, there is no need to do anything. This kind of hands and feet. And when the third prince falls, the only ones who can benefit are the other two princes... the first prince and the second prince?"

Xiao Yi gestured with the word "two", "Xiao Bai said that nine times out of ten this is this one."

The second prince...Han Lingguan.

Recalling the last life, the fifth prince died prematurely from poisoning. At that time, all kinds of doubts pointed to the second prince. In addition to grief, the empress attacked the second prince desperately. And in this life... the fifth prince survived and changed a lot?

Xiao Yi didn't want to see her worrying, so he hugged and kissed and said, "Let's wait and see for now and talk about it later."

Nangong Yue leaned on him and nodded lightly.

Early the next morning, Xiao Yi went out after having breakfast. He planned to go to Pei's house first, call Pei Yuanchen out, and go to Guiyuan Pavilion for a drink together.

Nangong Yue returned to her own room in Fufeng Academy after she was busy with the trivial chores of the central feeder.

She gave Baihui a wink, Baihui immediately nodded understandingly, and sent all the little maids back, leaving only Nangong Yue, Baihui and Lily in the room.

"Lily, come here, I have something for you." Nangong Yue beckoned to Lily, and Lily walked over in confusion.

Nangong Yue took out a list from the box on the dresser and handed it to Lily.

Lily blinked suspiciously, only glanced at it, and then widened her eyes in surprise.

This is……

She looked at Nangong Yue and then at Baihui, a faint blush appeared on her pretty face.

It turned out that this list was actually a dowry list, which detailed the house, property, jewelry, cloth, utensils prepared for her... It was very comprehensive, and these things could not be done without one or two thousand taels of silver. .

"Prince Prince..." Lily whispered a little flattered, "That's too much." As far as she knew, the first time Yimei got married before, there weren't that many.

"Don't worry." Nangong Yue looked at her with a smile, as if guessing what she was thinking, "I already made up for your sister Yimei yesterday." After a pause, she said again, "In the future When your cousin gets married, there are so many... no, maybe more than you, don't be jealous!"

Lily was accidentally amused, but her mind calmed down again, and she said with a smile: "Prince Concubine, slaves are not jealous. Even if you give your cousin twice as much dowry, slaves will not be jealous!"

Seeing that Lily's face stopped blushing, her heart stopped beating, and her mouth was full of dowry, Baihui shook her head helplessly.

Nangong Yue said again: "Lily, you are going to get married in a few days, so don't be on duty these days, go back and get married."

"No need, Concubine Shi." Lily didn't take it seriously, "It's okay for the slave to stay at home..." She thought of something and blinked mischievously, "Why don't you give your cousin a few days off? She can help the slave and maid to make some arrangements."

This girl... Nangong Yue and Baihui glanced at each other with laughter.

In the sound of laughter, Que'er came into the house and reported, "Princess Shizi, Young Mistress Han is here!" The Young Mistress Han she was referring to was actually Jiang Yixi.

Based on the friendship between Nangongyue and Jiang Yixi, Nangongyue did not go to the flower hall to meet guests, but ordered Queer to bring Jiang Yixi in directly.

Jiang Yixi's face was a little dignified. Nangong Yue saw her appearance and knew that something was wrong, so she waved away the maids.

"Sister Xi, but what happened?" Nangong Yue asked with concern, thinking: Could it be that Princess Qi has done something wrong again?

Jiang Yixi really can't say that this has nothing to do with Princess Qi, although the initiator really can't be considered Princess Qi, and Princess Qi just follows the trend.

After Jiang Yixi settled down, he smiled helplessly and said, "Sister Yue, do you know Mrs. Gong, the chief soldier's wife in Xuzhou Town, south of the Yangtze River?"

Mrs. Gong? Nangong Yue blinked and shook her head in confusion, wondering why Jiang Yixi suddenly mentioned this person.

A cold light flashed in Jiang Yixi's eyes, and she said with a smile that was not a smile: "In recent days, this Mrs. Gong is a famous person in the capital, and she is going everywhere to send her righteous daughters to various houses, and she even sent one to us a few days ago. The palace..."

Could it be... Nangong Yue probably guessed it. Basically, thinking about Princess Qi's temperament, she roughly knew how this matter developed.

Jiang Yixi nodded and said: "Yes, the mother-in-law took the girl Gong and sent it to our yard, and said in a high-sounding manner that she would help the Han family to spread the branches..." She had already recognized herself. She doesn't care about the difficulty of the offspring, nor does Han Huaijun, but Princess Qi always likes to mention it intentionally or unintentionally.

"The righteous daughter?" Nangong Yue raised her brows slightly, her voice indistinguishable, "This is very interesting."

This kind of "righteous girl" that can be sent everywhere is really rare.

Nangong Yue looked at Jiang Yixi and asked, "Sister Xi, where is that person?"

"Keep it." Jiang Yixi didn't care, after thinking about it, the corners of his lips raised slightly and said, "Although I don't know what's going on with Mr. Gong jumping up and down, but something like that happened in Wangdu a few days ago, don't worry. Not to mention, His Royal Highness the third prince is still under arrest, and the emperor must be still worried. Gong Zongbing did this, even if he had only one point in his mind, he might end up with ten points in the end.  … I’ll wait until At that time, the father and the princess came over in person and asked me to take Miss Gong back, so I can't just pay it back."

Jiang Yixi smiled slightly and looked relaxed.

Seeing her thinking so clearly, Nangong Yue was relieved, and couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled.

At this time, Jiang Yixi hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "Sister Yue, I came to see you today, and I also wanted to remind you that your family, Yi, has been favored by the emperor recently, so I thought that maybe the Gong family would go there too. Send a charming and charming righteous girl here."

Nangong Yue smiled, and was about to speak, when she heard Jiang Yixi say with deep meaning: "Sister Yue, don't look at our women in the backyard all day, but it is always men who can make decisions in the backyard. It's not something we can save by crying. But if a man can treat us wholeheartedly, it's just an extra bowl of rice to support a 'subordinate'."

Just because Han Huaijun didn't care about that "Gong girl" and wouldn't have any intimacy with her, so for Jiang Yixi, she didn't care.

Jiang Yixi is a girl who was carefully raised by a real noble family, and knows the way of the back house like the back of the hand. If the person she married wasn't Han Huaijun, she wouldn't even care if her husband had a concubine. In contrast, she was more worried about Nangong Yue, because she knew that there was no concubine in the second room of the Nangong family, for fear that if Mrs. Gong really When someone came, Nangong Yue would be angry but ran to fight with Xiao Yi. No matter how deep the relationship between husband and wife is, it will gradually fade away due to unprovoked rudeness.

From Jiang Yixi's point of view, Xiao Yi has a deep affection for Nangong Yue, and will definitely not even look at other women like Han Huaijun. In this case, they can just wait for the Gong family to get unlucky.

Nangong Yue naturally understood what she meant. If she were not a sister, Jiang Yixi would come over to talk to her heart-to-heart.

She couldn't help but smile, nodded and said, "I understand, thank you Sister Xi for reminding me."

Jiang Yixi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

Nangong Yue looked at Jiang Yixi with some reluctance. In the capital, she still had too many people she couldn't let go, but it was imperative to return to the southern border.

For a moment, a look of complexity flashed in Nangong Yue's eyes, but she immediately smiled nonchalantly and said, "Sister Xi, you rarely have time to come to my place, but you have to have lunch before leaving..."

Jiang Yixi responded with a smile, and said, "I heard that your maid named Lily is about to get married, call her over, and I will add makeup to her."

"That feeling is good, Lily must be bad!"

Nangong Yue and Jiang Yixi were chatting and laughing happily, and at this moment, Xiao Yi, Pei Yuanchen and Cheng Luo had also arrived at Guiyuan Pavilion.

Yesterday, Li Chengen refused their invitation due to some reasons. How could Xiao Yi not see the other party's evasive attitude? He is not a temperament to hold back. Since Li Chengen doesn't like him, he doesn't need it. Pay attention, otherwise this fine wine will be wasted.

Xiao Yi helped Pei Yuanchen, who had inconvenient legs and feet, to go upstairs. As soon as he was seated, Cheng Luo actively bowed to the two future brother-in-laws: "Brother-in-law, brother, today, the younger brother will do it first as a respect, and I will invite two more in the future. A brother-in-law is generous with your advice."

Cheng Luo drank two glasses in a row, and politely filled both Xiao Yi and Pei Yuanchen with wine. Although he was attentive, he was not flattering, making people feel no resentment.

After Cheng Luo was seated, she still felt a little overwhelmed in her heart, not very real. Do you really want to be your brother's brother-in-law?

The three of them were drinking while talking. When the wine was in full swing, there were two knocks on the door outside the seat, followed by Xiao Er who came in and asked respectfully, "Guest officer, one of the guests said that he knew you. Your place, you see..." Guiyuan Pavilion can be deeply loved by these princes, ministers and sons in the capital, but it has its own unique features, not only the environment and food and drink are good, but also it will not let guests be harassed by idlers and other people at will. .

Xiao Yi raised his brows, and before he could speak, he heard Cheng Luo smiling boldly: "Since you are a friend, please come in for a drink."

Xiao Er made a promise and backed off. After a while, he led a middle-aged man in his fifties, and behind him were three young girls wearing one-color pink dresses, each of whom seemed to be He was fifteen or sixteen years old, with a beautiful face and graceful appearance.

Cheng Luo originally thought that the visitor should be drinking and playing with them on weekdays, but he didn't expect it to be an old man he didn't know.

Since he didn't know him, the other party was obviously here for Xiao Yi or Pei Yuanchen.

Cheng Luo intuitively looked at the two of them, Xiao Yiman smiled casually, and said, "Isn't this Mr. Gong? Is this really a 'Qiao'?" He deliberately emphasized the word "Qiao" and played with his hands at will. holding a white porcelain wine glass.

Gong Zongbing? It turns out that this is the General Gong Bing!

Pei Yuanchen also thought of something, and squinted his eyes thoughtfully. Recently, the story of Gong Yuhai, the chief soldier of Xuzhou Town in Jiangnan, and his wife sending their righteous daughters everywhere has gradually spread... What a glorious thing, so some mansions that have adopted daughters are hidden, but some mansions will take this as a romantic affair.

This Gong Zongbing specially went to Guiyuan Pavilion to find them and brought three young girls with him. Could it be that...

Pei Yuanchen and Xiao Yi quickly exchanged a knowing look.

Gong Ruhai naturally heard what Xiao Yi's tone meant, but he didn't care, and bowed his hands to the three of them: "Xiao Shizi, Pei Shizi, Cheng Si Gongzi, it's really a coincidence." He smiled with a pair of triangles. His eyes narrowed, and he said in a familiar tone, "This old man happened to bring a few righteous daughters to Guiyuan Pavilion for a drink today. I didn't expect to meet three of them."

When he heard that these three girls were indeed the rumored "righteous daughters", Pei Yuanchen already knew it.

He was thinking about sending this general soldier Gong, but he didn't think that Gong Ruhai was more cheeky than he thought, so he went straight to the point: "Xiao Shizi, Pei Shizi, Cheng Si Gongzi, this old man are three righteous people. Although the girl is not a noble lady, she is also a little girl, but unfortunately, her life is a little worse, her family is down, and she sees them as pitiful, so she adopts them. The three of them have long admired Xiao Shizi, Pei Shizi and Cheng Si Gongzi for a long time, this girl is outgoing, and the old man wants to fulfill them..."