It has reached the time of unitary, and the Jingsui Palace, which should have been silent, is jubilant today, and the lights are like day. The little girl who came and went was also very quick today, and the chief manager had already instructed that His Majesty would hold a banquet for the envoys today, and he must not make a mistake in front of the envoys of other countries.

Fu Nanqiao walked over with Princess Rong Nobunaga with a sickly face, although she was sick, she covered her nose with a handkerchief, and coughed lightly from time to time, although she was more than thirty years old, she looked more dignified and graceful, and she did not lose the dignity of a royal princess. She has gone all the way, even if she is a palace concubine and young woman all the way, she may not be able to match her demeanor.

Fu Nanqiao supported Princess Rong Nobunaga and held it carefully, and the girl in the back played with her skirt, which was both noble and decent. Fu Nanqiao was a little worried on his face, and couldn't help but persuade: "Doesn't my mother love these palace banquets the most?" I used to avoid it, but now that I am sick, I still have to support my sick body to come to the banquet? ”

The eldest princess stopped, looked at her young daughter, and said softly: "It's not that I don't love this banquet in the palace, it's that your father doesn't love it. I grew up in the palace since I was a child, but I can see people outside the palace at the boring banquet in the deep palace, how can I not like it? It's your father who doesn't love the noise of such people, so I have to avoid it. ”

Fu Nanqiao was shocked, since the bad news of her father reached Jinling, her mother seemed to be deceiving herself and was reluctant to mention her father again, and even the family didn't dare to mention half a sentence, did she figure it out today? Fu Nanqiao thought darkly, so his eyes widened and he wondered: "Mother, mother, this is?" ”

"It's nothing, your father originally said that he would take a good look at your marriage, and seeing that you have been worried about Ding for three years, I'm afraid that even the marriage will be delayed. Go out and walk around more, if you have a man you like, it's better to settle early. Although you can't mention marriage for the time being, the parents of both sides have a number in their hearts, and then it is a decision to inform His Majesty. The eldest princess lovingly touched Fu Nanqiao's bun and pulled all the broken hair in front of her ears behind her ears.

Fu Nanqiao turned her head away, and the eldest princess's hand touching her bun suddenly stopped in place awkwardly, and Fu Nanqiao remembered that her mother was still sick, but she was still aggrieved in her heart: "My daughter has already said that my daughter doesn't want to marry, and no one wants to marry."

The eldest princess stared at her eyes, only to see that Fu Nanqiao's heart was empty, and then she educated Nan Qiao: "I really don't want to marry?" It's not that you don't want to marry, you just can't marry the person you want to marry, right? ”

These words poked Fu Nanqiao's pain, and almost at the same time, his nose was sore, and Fu Nanqiao became sad, "Is my mother going to persecute me too?" In the past, Mama and Nan Qiao said that the palace did not agree to the marriage between her mother and her father, but her mother married hard. Didn't my mother always teach Nan Qiao: Don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself? Nan Qiao just wants to emulate her mother, not asking for priceless treasures, only for a lover. We don't lack those fame and wealth, Nan Qiao just wants to marry a man he likes. Mother will fulfill Nan Qiao, right? These words have been pondered many times in Fu Nanqiao's heart, she is not a girl who can hide her words, but she has to restrain a little bit for love.

The eldest princess no longer looked at Nan Qiao, she remembered the past from Nan Qiao's words, suddenly her eyes were hazy with tears, and even her eyelashes were stained with moisture, and she laughed at herself: "I would rather you don't have the so-called backbone of your mother back then, I only now understand: how wise my father and brother were, how could I be stubborn like this back then?" But if I was cowardly back then, why did I do this? It's just relying on the favor of his father and brother. Nan Qiao, do you have to repeat the path I have walked? You are still young, you will meet more excellent men in the future, look at this Jinling, is my man in Beiwan not as good as his man in Nanqi worthy of entrusting for life? She had half a lifetime of emotion in her words, and she was very concerned about her late father.

Nanqiao knows that her mother is sad, but for girls who are in love, lovers are not allowed to be judged by anyone, so Fu Nanqiao still defended Lan Qi: "Mother loves Daddy's handsome and elegant, and so does her daughter, our Beiwan man Kong Wu is powerful but too careless, but Nanqi's man is delicate and gentle, which is what my mother said before." Lan Qi has the shadow of his father, who seems to be uninhibited and chic, but in fact he has his own insistence on everything, is trustworthy, and extremely careful. ”

The eldest princess smiled dejectedly: "I didn't expect that I hurt you, I only hope that you won't blame me in the future." ”

Fu Nanqiao didn't know why, and rolled his eyes at a loss: "How could Nan Qiao blame his mother?" Mother is Nan Qiao's closest person in the world. "Since the death of her father, Nanqiao has been dependent on her mother for her life.

"It's not that you are not allowed to like people from Nanqi, but why does it have to be Lan Qi? Look at Lan Que who came to kiss this time? He is the eldest grandson of the Lan family, and his status is more noble than Lan Qi, isn't it good? ”

Fu Nanqiao was very puzzled and retorted: "Did Lan Qi do something hurtful? Why did my mother have to stop me? I just like a man, and His Majesty wants to marry him, and I can't even marry him. What kind of person is Nalan Que? Didn't my mother really hear of it? I heard that he also had an affair with his younger brother and daughter-in-law for a time, and he had an extraordinary relationship with the aunt at home, how could Nan Qiao dare to marry such a person? Does a mother have to humiliate her daughter like this? Fu Nanqiao's tears had fallen, and she didn't understand at all, why did everyone stop herself? Lan Qi was already very sad that she was willing to marry Su Jing, but she didn't expect Ah Chi to be the matchmaker, and now why did her mother say this?

Seeing her daughter's tears falling one by one, the eldest princess couldn't bear it and closed her eyes. The eldest princess had a sad face, knowing that she couldn't shake Su Chi's mind in words, so she had to go forward: "Let's go first!" "This daughter is too well protected after all, she doesn't have his father's city calculations, and she doesn't have her own discernment, but she inherits the paranoia of her parents, coupled with the enthusiasm she cultivates, how can her mind change? Do you want to watch her ruin herself? No, she must not have anything to do with Lan Qi, not at all.

The eldest princess naturally didn't want her daughter to have anything to do with a scum like Lan Que, she just wanted to see how much Fu Nanqiao wanted to be with Lan Qi, but she didn't expect her to be like this. Calculate the time, the banquet should be ready to start at this time, and if you go a little slower, the time should be just right.

When the eldest princess and Fu Nanqiao arrived, the banquet had really begun, and Nanqiao helped the pale eldest princess to complain to His Majesty that His Majesty was distressed and naturally didn't say anything. The queen also asked a few words compassionately, and ordered the imperial doctor to take a look, gave the medicine, and pulled Nan Qiao in her hand and asked carefully, and even brought the agate bracelet on her wrist to Nan Qiao. The nobles around looked around, seeing that Nan Qiao was cold, Nan Qiao subconsciously turned back to the nearest eye knife, it was the queen's niece, Lou Jinyue. When the women saw that the queen was so close to Nan Qiao, the vinegar in their hearts turned into a sea. Fu Nanqiao didn't bother to deal with it, so he hurriedly followed his mother and knelt down.

Fu Nanqiao didn't have much appetite, but took care of his mother carefully, and saw the queen praise again and again: "This palace is really envious of the eldest princess having such a caring daughter as Nanqiao, look at it, how filial she is!" ”

The concubine sneered on the side, the eldest princess wanted to use Nan Qiao to marry Yu Wangfu before, could it be that the queen would treat Fu Nan Qiao well? The weasel gave the chicken a New Year's greeting, but he didn't have a good heart! The concubine also knew that there had been cooperation between the queen and the eldest princess, but Queen Lou had never had any foresight, and crossing the river and demolishing the bridge would only do face-saving work. Thinking of the purpose of the queen's banquet today, Su Jiang pursed the corners of her lips, fortunately, her brother was smart and sent Ah Chi and Su Ya away early, otherwise it must be the Su family who will be embarrassed at this time.

The eldest princess is obviously not interested in the queen, "The imperial sister-in-law forgot? Princess Qi'er is raised under your knees, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is even more filial, no one can compare to the blessings of your children! ”

Hearing the prince, the queen subconsciously wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, "Li'er is filial, who knew that she would encounter such a vicious ······" Before he finished his sentence, he couldn't cry in the court.

Su Jiang was most disgusted with her cowardly appearance, and said with a biased head: "The foreign envoy is still here, the queen should not lose her honor in front of the emperor!" "In front of the civil and military families of the Manchu Dynasty, she reminded the mother of the country's manners, and Su Jiang, the imperial concubine, was the most domineering.

Fu Nanqiao felt that several eyes on the other side were looking at her, which was very rude, so she deliberately glanced over there, it was the envoys of Nanqi, and it was Lan Que who had been looking up and down without scruples.

Fu Nanqiao looked at Lan Que, this person looked at himself with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and the peach blossom eyes like Lan Qi were very romantic, and when he stared at himself like this at this moment, Fu Nanqiao was a little uneasy. After all, she is a girl who has not been out of the cabinet, where has she ever been watched by a man so motionlessly? Fu Nanqiao felt a little disgusting, and waited for a long time without waiting for Lan Qi to look at himself, so Fu Nanqiao asked his mother for instructions, drank too much wine and went out to sober up. The eldest princess naturally knew why she went out, but she had other plans today, it was just right for Nan Qiao not to follow, plus they were all places that Nan Qiao was familiar with, so the eldest princess instructed Nan Qiao: "Come back early when you go out for a walk, and the people around you will let them follow!" ”

After Fu Nanqiao had walked for a quarter of an hour, the eldest princess picked a gap and left, and Princess Eishinobu walked towards the bushes next to the imperial garden, and then felt the footsteps of someone beside her. She went on until she reached the deepest part of the bushes before stopping, and without looking back, she exclaimed, "Who is so bold? ”

"Rong'er, you asked me to come here, why do you ask this? Didn't you already know? ”

The man's voice was thick, not at all hoarse as when answering in the main hall, and this voice almost made the sick Princess Einobunaga slip under her feet, but she did tremble, and turned around as if she couldn't believe it.

The person in front of him is the envoy of Nanqi, the imperial uncle of Nanqi, Xiao Jing.

From the moment Princess Rong Nobunaga and Fu Nanqiao entered the palace, Xiao Jing had already noticed this mother and daughter, and his mind was almost entirely on them. Later, when he saw Lan Que looking at Nan Qiao ruffianly, he was both angry and powerless in his heart. Seeing Rong Xin glance at him and leaving the main hall, he secretly asked his subordinates to follow, and then secretly followed him in.

Princess Rong Nobunaga's face was as white as paper, "What should I call you?" Is it the imperial uncle of Nanqi? Or ·····" Although Princess Rong Nobunaga tried her best to calm down, when she said this, her voice dared to tremble again, "Or my husband, Beiwan's Yiyang Hou and Ma Fuxiu?" "This envoy of Southern Qi, Uncle Huang, turned out to be his closest pillow person?

Xiao Jing took a few steps forward, looked at this familiar and beautiful face, hugged the eldest princess tightly in his arms, affectionate and helpless: "Rong'er, you blame me!" You blame me! I know I'm sorry for you, but I'm in trouble, you listen to me······"

Rong Xin closed her eyes, she couldn't bear to look at it anymore, she choked up: "Bitter? What's your problem? You have your kingdom, you have your home, but don't I? My father gave you a high official, how could I have ever failed you? Most of the princesses in Beiwan are lascivious in private, and my sisters keep male pets in captivity, but you see that my princess's mansion has always kept the rules of your Hou Mansion. Even the grass and trees in that garden are all according to your preferences, have I ever been sorry for you? How could you ever be worthy of Nan Qiao? You are the perfect father in her heart, a brave general, a Confucian general who reads, do you want me to tell her that his father is a treacherous villain who will take revenge? ”

Xiao Jing took a step back, Rong Xin pushed his hand back, and he didn't stop taking a step back, Xiao Jing said loudly: "No, no, don't tell him, don't tell Nan Qiao, I beg you!" ”

Princess Rong Nobunaga finally couldn't hold back her anger and shouted, "Now you don't have the face to see her? Why didn't you tell her when you faked your death? Where were you when she cried for you? Have you ever had our mother and daughter in your heart? You're all dead, and we know you have a son. When I gave birth to Nan Qiao, my health was not good, and I wanted to give birth to a boy for you, but you said that my body was the most important, and my sisters said that I was blessed, and now I think about it, I am afraid that you have already made a plan, right? If you want to settle down in Beiwan, your wife must be of noble birth, but the son is different, as long as you have your blood, what does it matter who gave birth to it? Am I right? ”

"It's not what you think, that child is the child of a military prostitute in the barracks, I didn't know she was pregnant with a child, I really don't know."

Rong Xin directly continued: "Of course you don't know, otherwise you wouldn't have raised her outside and let her rain and wind outside." You died, and it was I who took your flesh and blood and your woman into the house, and how many people laughed at me, do you know? But I don't care, even if I know that you betrayed me, when I think of that child with your blood in my body, when I think that this is one of your wishes, I would rather swallow all the suffering, as long as you can look under the nine springs, as long as you are willing to wait for me on the road of the yellow springs, as long as you ·····" The eldest princess was almost crazy when she said this, Xiao Jing tried to pull her, but she avoided her: "I thought you were dead, and I dreamed that as long as I could see you again, I would be willing to die." But now I'd rather you're really dead, so why bother grinding my heart like this? My life has been ruined by you. ”