Chapter 1417: 722 Gifts

In King Zhennan's outer study, the fragrance of tea lingered, and the atmosphere seemed a little awkward.

"Master Hou," King Zhennan sat behind the red sandalwood bookcase, feeling helpless, but also felt a great loss of face, twitched the corners of his mouth embarrassedly, and said apologetically to Guan Yubai, "My family is unfortunate, I really made Hou Ye laugh. ."

Although Qiao Ruolan was not named Xiao, she was his niece anyway, and he invited Guan Yubai to be a guest at the Qiao Mansion, but his niece actually did such a shameless thing, even his uncle had no light in his face!

The official Yubai, dressed in a white robe, took a sip of hot tea, put down the tea cup, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is very polite. There is an old saying that a dragon has nine sons, and none of them become a dragon. Dragons are like this, not to mention human beings. It's hard for an honest official to cut off housework, so why should the lord be so harsh on himself!"

King Zhennan only felt that the official language in his heart was much better than his ignorant son!

"It's still Lord Hou's reason!" King Zhennan sighed.

This Marquis Anyi really has nothing to say. After he came to the southern border, he neither intervened in the military of the southern border nor urged them to send troops to Baiyue. He even helped with the private affairs of Concubine Mei and Xiao Fang last time. deal with.

The more King Zhennan thought about it, the more he felt that Marquis Anyi was really good, and it was no wonder that his dazed niece became obsessed with him, as if she had lost her mind.

but……

King Zhennan thought for a moment, thinking about it this way, Marquis Anyi is indeed a suitable son-in-law candidate, and it happens that he has a daughter-in-law waiting for him... At this moment, King Zhennan has long forgotten his original scruples and subconsciously asked: " I don't know if Lord Hou has ever made a marriage?"

Hearing this, the little four on the side twitched his brows and thought, "Why are there so many idle people in Zhennan Wangfu who like to meddle in their own business?

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, and he half-drooped his eyes and said, "Never."

He didn't say anything more. King Zhennan was stunned at first. After all, Guan Yubai was not too young, but then he thought of Guan Yubai's life experience and couldn't help sighing in his heart.

However, there is a saying: there are three kinds of unfilial piety, and it is great to have no descendants... After Wang Zhennan had that idea, he was a little excited and was about to speak when Kikyo came in and said, "My lord, the prince and the prince are here."

The arrival of Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue caused King Zhennan to be diverted all of a sudden. For the sake of his precious grandson, even his expression towards Xiao Yi was relieved.

Whoever thought Xiao Yi entered the room would say something astonishing: "Father, since Qiao Ruolan is insane, I'll just let him send him to Qingyue An."

Xiao Yi was so fed up with Qiao Ruolan that he called him by his first name, and even his cousin didn't even bother to call her.

Qingyuean? ! King Zhennan frowned slightly. Qingyuean said it was a nunnery, but in fact it was similar to a female prison. Mingqing Temple was only pure and hard, then Qingyuean was strict, and those who would be sent to Qingyuean were either suffering from madness. , or committed an unforgivable mistake... After sending it there, it is basically impossible to come back. I heard that there was an aunt who was taken back by the concubine of the separated family a few years ago, but that aunt had already Just like losing a soul, rigid and cowardly.

Would this be too severe a penalty? King Zhennan was still hesitating, when he heard Xiao Yiman inadvertently say again: "Father, even Shuyao Nursing Home can't control her, what better proposal do you have?"

King Zhennan wanted to propose "Mingqing Temple", but he swallowed the words when he said it. Yes, last time, Qiao Ruolan didn't want to go to Mingqing Temple. , I didn't expect that she escaped from the Shuyao Nursing Home and was kidnapped, making her crazy...

This niece is hopeless!

King Zhennan rubbed his brows and said wearily, "whatever you want."

Xiao Yi hooked his lips and said rudely: "Father, the aunt will leave it to you..." Although he didn't mind being a villain, he couldn't let his father sit idle, and he should also let him be an old man. Make a difference, won't you?

Thinking of Mrs. Qiao, King Zhennan's head began to hurt again.

At this time, Guan Yubai stood up and said, "It is inconvenient for Yubai to ask about the family affairs of the palace. Your Highness, Yubai will retire first."

"Master Hou, please do it yourself." King Zhennan nodded politely.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Xiao Yi did not intend to stay for long, and said, "Father, you are busy with official business, and A Yue and I will not disturb you." He and Nangong Yue came and went in a hurry. Before they sat down, they patted their butts and left. Now, King Zhennan was left to rub his temples irritably. Things have been really bad recently.

After leaving the study, Xiao Yi originally wanted to propose to sit down at Qingyunwu in Guanyubai, but Baihui walked over quickly and said, "Master Shizi, Concubine Shizi, the second aunt has come with Young Master Hengbiao, she I heard that the old man of the Lin family was with the old man Fang, so I went to Tingyu Pavilion first."

Xiao Yi raised his brows, looked at Nangong Yue, and changed his mind.

"Xiao Bai, why don't you go with us to listen to Yuge Sitting?" Xiao Yi suggested.

Guan Yubai smiled slightly, and the three of them walked slowly towards Tingyu Pavilion.

Listening to the rain pavilion, there was a roar of laughter and laughter. Mrs. Fang was testing Nangong Heng's homework. Nangong Heng's serious answer but could not hide his milky voice made the two old men burst into hearty laughter from time to time.

As soon as the three of Xiao Yi arrived, Mr. Fang and the others looked at them naturally, and before they had time to greet them, Lin Jingchen said kindly, "Yubai, come here, I'll give you a pulse."

Lin Jingchen has always been like this. Everyone has long been surprised. Lin Jingchen gave Guan Yubai a pulse diagnosis, and the others greeted each other.

"Ayue," Fu Yunyan took Nangongyue's hand, lingered on her abdomen for a moment, and sighed regretfully, "It's a pity that I can't stay in Luoyue City to watch your baby is born..."

Nangong Yue was stunned before she came to her senses and said, "Sister-in-law, you and Brother Heng are leaving?" She held Fu Yunyan's hand back, reluctant to part, although she also knew that Fu Yunyan and Nangong Heng were staying in the south Xinjiang is just an expedient measure, and will leave sooner or later.

Fu Yunyan pulled Nangongyue to sit down, a little reluctant to give up, but also a little longing: "Ayue, the family sent someone to pick up Brother Heng today, I'm going to send Brother Heng back to Jiangnan first, and then go to the capital."

Now, only Nangong Xin stays in the capital of the Nangong family. Even if there is still a grandmother to take care of the capital, Fu Yunyan is still worried.

Nangong Yue also thought of her elder brother Nangong Xin, her mood was a little complicated and a little dignified.

Seeing this, Fu Yunyan smiled and changed the subject: "Ayue, why didn't you go to Qiao's house today? You missed a good show for nothing!" Fu Yunyan blinked, she thought that Nangongyue would also go, so she was free Joining in the fun in the past, I didn't expect to have an unexpected "surprise".

Nangong Yue raised her brows and immediately guessed that Fu Yunyan was probably talking about Qiao Ruolan, so she reflexively glanced at Guan Yubai who was sitting beside Lin Jingchen.

Fu Yunyan squeezed Nangong Yue's palm, and the two exchanged a knowing look.

Fu Yunyan lowered her voice and talked to Nangong Yue about the farce in Qiao's mansion today. In fact, this time, Mrs. Qiao was really tricked by her daughter Qiao Ruolan!

Obviously, Mrs. Qiao is really interested in finding a good son-in-law for Qiao Ruolan, so today at the female guest's table, she talked to the other ladies in a kind manner and introduced her daughter to them, but Qiao Ruolan has always been embarrassed. . Those ladies only thought Qiao Ruolan was shy... Until she heard that the King of Zhennan and the Marquis of Anyi were coming, Qiao Ruolan left the banquet hall under the pretext of changing clothes.

Originally, if Qiao Ruolan was a guest in Beppu today, I'm afraid her plan would not be so easy to succeed, but in Qiao's mansion, it was too easy for Qiao Ruolan to walk between the inner and outer courtyards. She slipped all the way to the outer courtyard, in front of Zhennan. Wang, Vice Admiral Qiao and all the guests expressed her admiration for Marquis Anyi...

When the matter was passed back to the inner court, Mrs. Qiao and all the female guests were dumbfounded.

This time, the incident was too big, and Mrs. Qiao couldn't hide it even if she wanted to. The wives of the various houses had heard that Qiao Ruolan was ill before, some people said that she was crazy, some said that she was crazy, but most of them thought it was just a rumor. It was only today that they knew that Qiao Ruolan was really "sick". Just imagine. , Even if such a mad woman has a distinguished status, which mansion would dare to marry her? !

Due to this unexpected episode, King Zhennan and Marquis Anyi left the table halfway, and the other guests also left embarrassingly one after another, and the banquet in Qiao's mansion naturally ended hastily.

"Ayue, I look at that girl Qiao a little weird..." Fu Yunyan reminded implicitly, "You are pregnant, so if you can see it in the future, or not..."

Fame or something, what is it! In case Qiao Ruolan suddenly couldn't think of it, went crazy, and the servants on the side didn't stop her and hurt Nangong Yue and the child in her womb, it would be too late to regret it!

A warm current flowed through Nangong Yue's heart, and the jet-black eyes flashed with crystal water, and there was a bit of grief in her eyes.

Probably only relatives will always think about themselves...

"Sister-in-law, I can save it." Nangong Yue gave Fu Yunyan a relieved smile, and after calming down, she asked, "Sister-in-law, when will you and Brother Heng leave? I'll see you off."

"I plan to leave in three days, but don't send me off, Ayue." Fu Yunyan smiled heartily, and patted Nangongyue's hand, "You are heavy, even if you try to be brave, you can't tire me out. Is it your son-in-law?"

She winked mischievously, which made Nangong Yue burst out laughing, and also attracted Xiao Yi's attention, he frowned slightly, feeling that Fu Yunyan really had a bad eye.

As the saying goes, "giving birth to a daughter and raising a mother", since A Yue, who has not seen him, has become more and more beautiful since she became pregnant, and her skin is even more radiant? Of course it was the credit of his little girl!

"Brother Heng," Xiao Yi squatted down with a smile, touched the top of Nangong Heng's soft hair, and looked directly at him, "Do you like little sister?"

"Like it?" Nangong Heng nodded vigorously. Of course he liked it, and he also hoped that his mother would give him a soft and cute little sister.

Xiao Yi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, then pointed to Nangong Yue's bulging belly and said, "Brother Heng, do you think your third aunt is pregnant with a little sister or a little brother?"

"Little sister!" Nangong Heng blurted out without thinking.

Xiao Yi laughed even more happily, and touched the top of Nangong Heng's hair again.

Their conversation suddenly attracted everyone's attention, including the two old people, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Fu Yunyan shook his head amusingly, this guy Yi really wanted a daughter and wanted to go crazy.

Fu Yunyan thought for a moment, turned to look at Nangong Yue, and said, "Ayue, I remember your belly should be more than seven months old, right?"

Saying that, Fu Yunyan's eyes shone brightly.

It can be diagnosed whether it is a boy or a girl in six months of pregnancy. If Ayue's pregnancy is a daughter, then she has to work harder to give birth to a son!

"Yue'er, why don't I take a pulse for you?" Lin Jingchen also looked at Nangong Yue, eager to try.

So, Nangong Yue, no, or her bulging abdomen once again became the focus of everyone's attention. Nangong Yue touched her stomach subconsciously, thought for a moment, and finally shook her head.

"Grandfather, no need, as long as he is healthy, everything is fine!"

Although she and Ayi hope to have a well-behaved daughter first, in fact, whether a son or a daughter, will be her and Ayi's sweetheart!

"Ayue, what you said is true." Fu Yunyan replied with a smile, "Anyway, you and Ayi's children must be both smart and beautiful!" It's just, don't be like Ayi...

Fu Yunyan said silently in her heart, Nangongyue and her thought of going together, and the two exchanged a sympathetic look, and then burst out laughing...

Listening to the rain pavilion, the voices, laughter, and tantrums are heard one after another.

Not only Tingyu Pavilion, but Qiao Mansion was also very "lively" at this time. A group of soldiers from the Southern Border Army surrounded Qiao Mansion again. They entered the mansion under Xiao Yi's order to get people, and it was naturally Qiao Ruolan.

Seeing that these rude soldiers were going to arrest her daughter, Mrs. Qiao was furious, but how could several guards in the mere Qiao Mansion stop the well-trained Southern Border Army, and Qiao Ruolan was still captured.

Mrs. Qiao could only go to the palace to find King Zhennan, but King Zhennan didn't want to see Mrs. Qiao at all, so she turned her away directly. Mrs. Qiao was about to make a scene, and Kikyo came and spread the word about Zhennan. Wang's words indicated that if Madam Qiao continued to make trouble, she would be sent back to Li County.

Mrs. Qiao was frightened, thinking that the last time King Zhennan said that she would not see her if she didn't see her, she knew that her younger brother was in a fit of anger now and did not dare to make trouble again, so she returned to Qiao's mansion in despair.

After hearing the news, Qiao Xingyao was very annoyed, and reprimanded Mrs. Qiao for first causing herself to lose her military position, and now she is going to make trouble and have no fun. Did she want to cause the Qiao family to be exiled like the An family and the Meng family. Madam Qiao did not expect that a useless man, Qiao Xingyao, would dare to speak to her like this, and slapped her hand directly on Qiao Xingyao's face. The couple's fight caused a lot of discussion in the city, and naturally some people reported it to the king of Zhennan...

"You said... This king's eldest sister beat the king's brother-in-law so that her nose was bruised?" King Zhennan blurted out in disbelief.

Chang Sui-mu responded without looking sideways, not daring to say anything more. After all, this is the king's housework after all.

King Zhennan waved his hand for Changsui to step back, and sighed long.

His brother-in-law is really pitiful. For decades, he has been crushed by the elder sister to the point where he can't stand upright, but this time the whole city knows about it, and he is afraid that his brother-in-law's face will be difficult...

If this brother-in-law is cruel, he will divorce the eldest sister? Even if you are yourself, there is no reason to stop the eldest sister... The eldest sister has been suspended, but she wants to return to the palace. Isn't it my turn to be tossed by the eldest sister?

In this way, only the aggrieved brother-in-law is left!

King Zhennan was alone in the study room for a full incense stick and made up his mind.

I have to compensate my brother-in-law well!

So, on the same day, Mrs. Qiao received a gift from King Zhennan-three young and charming maids, which was equivalent to expressing the position of King Zhennan, so angry that Mrs. Qiao fainted on the spot...

Naturally, Nangong Yue also heard about these experiences, but none of this had anything to do with her, and at best she smiled.

On November 13th, Fu Yunyan and Nangongheng set off for the journey. The journey to Jiangnan is far away. Nangongyue was really worried, so she simply let the Wangfu motorcade and Fu Yunyan go on the road together. Anyway, she had planned to send a gift to her mother's house recently. Moved the plan forward for a few days...

Nangong Yue didn't feel sad for a few days. The child in her belly almost occupied most of her attention. Her belly was getting bigger and bigger every day, and the baby's fetal movements were becoming more frequent. Every time he was more excited than Nangong Yue.

The weather is getting colder and colder, Nangongyue is heavy, and she is too lazy to move, but in order to make the production go smoothly, she insists on going to the small garden twice a day. Xiao Yi always stays with her when she is in the house. Take a walk, talk to her, read to the baby in the womb...

The only thing that gave Nangong Yue a headache was that Xiao Yi was clearly calling for "Nannan", but what "Hundred Strategies", "Practice Records of Soldiers Training", "Wu Bei Zhi"... "Book of Songs", "Chu Ci"?

Time flies fast as the two of them look forward to their children.

On November 25th, the weather became more and more cold.

A convoy galloped down a wide official road, dusty.

The people on the road saw that the guards accompanying them were all officers and soldiers, and they all avoided it.

Kui Lang, who was wearing a blue robe, rode on a black high-headed horse, and the whip in his hand was whipping the horse from time to time.

"Concubine!" A woman's reserved and sweet voice came from the Zhu Lun cart behind Kui Lang. A snow-white hand slightly opened the curtain, revealing half of her beautiful face, it was the third princess.

"Princess." Kui Lang got off the horse a little slower and ran alongside the Zhu Lun Cha.

"Concubine, in a few days, we should be able to arrive at Luoyue City, right?" The face of the three princesses showed a deep sense of fatigue. The journey was exhausted, and the three princesses were golden branches and jade leaves. The furthest was to accompany the emperor to hunt and escape the summer. Having suffered such hardships, she has been living almost like a year in the past month, and she can only count the days before she can look forward to it.

Finally, Luo Yue City is not far away!

The corner of Kui Lang's mouth was slightly raised, unable to suppress the joy in his heart, he said, "Princess, you should be able to arrive in four or five days at most."

Last time, when he walked this road, he was Xiao Yi's prisoner. He was escorted by the Southern Border Army to the capital. After being dormant for more than three years, he finally had hope of making a comeback...

They are about to arrive at Luoyue City, and they have Emperor Dayu's imperial decree in their hands. As long as King Zhennan and his son dare not rebel, they have to return the throne of Baiyue to themselves!

Thinking of this, Kui Lang's gloomy eyes flashed a hint of certainty.

At this time, another big red horse with a high head "Ta Ta" rode over and kept pace with Kui Lang. The knight on the red horse was a middle-aged man with a short beard. Jia Yue's father.

"His Royal Highness the Third Princess," the Marquis of Pingyang bowed his head and said to the Third Princess in the Zhulun Car, "there will be a post station in a dozen or so miles. If you are tired, why don't we take a rest for a day and leave the day after tomorrow?"

Hearing this, Kui Lang's expression changed slightly, but fortunately, the third princess shook her head and said, "You don't have to, Marquis, it's not too far away anyway, so let's have a good rest when we get to Luo Yue City."

"Princess is right." Kui Lang hurriedly agreed, then rode his horse forward and said in a loud voice, "Everyone remember, there is a post station in front of you, get to the post station early, and you can rest more tonight..."

Before he finished speaking, the accident happened suddenly!

On the official road, the stumbling ropes that were hidden under the gravel were suddenly pulled up, and in an instant, the hooves of dozens of horses were caught...

The horses made a hysterical neigh, and dozens of horses flew out with the soldiers on their horses crookedly. In the blink of an eye, the scene was out of control. People and horses fell to the ground, mixed with one after another screaming. .

Immediately afterwards, dozens of sharp arrows were shot from the trees on both sides of the official road, and they were shot at the carriages and horses on the convoy, like a torrential rain.