In the first month of the new year, it seems that everything is calm. But keen people can always perceive a hint of mountain rain coming from it, and the smell of the wind filling the building. As a result, the arrogant people became more and more arrogant, and the low-key people became more and more low-key.

Late at night, in the mansion of the State of Chu.

In the study, Nangong Huai sat alone behind the bookcase and pondered. There was a sound of light footsteps outside the door, and then Qiao Feiyan's voice. Apparently trying to get in, he was blocked by the guards outside the door. Nangong Huai frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Come in." The door of the study was pushed open from the outside, and Qiao Feiyan walked in with a cup of ginseng soup, "Brother Nangong." ”

Nangong Huai frowned, looked at her and said softly, "Why haven't you rested so late?" ”

Qiao Feiyan put the things in her hand on the table and smiled softly: "I'm a little hungry, I heard that the light in the study is still on, so I know that you haven't rested yet." That's why I want to send you something to eat, no matter what it is, and I still have to pay attention to my body. Looking at her concerned eyes, Nangong Huai's expression became a little warmer, he stretched out his hand to pull her down, raised his hand to cover her abdomen, which was still flat, and said with a smile: "You are not alone now, so you have to pay attention to your body." Qiao Feiyan was shy, leaning on Nangong Huai's arms and whispering, "I know, I will definitely take good care of our children." Brother Nangong, I never thought that one day I would be able to give birth to a child for you, and this time I can finally let the child grow up in front of my father. ”

Thinking of Qiao Qianning and Qiao Yuewu, who didn't even know the news for more than ten years, Nangong Huai felt a little more guilty in his heart. As long as she thought that she was alone and pregnant with two children far away, she secretly hated that she was not stronger back then. But I completely forgot that Qiao Feiyan was still the princess of Huaning County when she was pregnant with a child, and there were a group of golden and jade servants and maids in the palace of Huaning County, but I was afraid that she would be much more comfortable than now.

"This time, I will definitely accompany you and the child. It's all me, it's all me who is sorry for you and the child. Nangong Huai patted her vest and said.

Qiao Feiyan said: "No, I know that Brother Nangong is also a last resort. Who made me humble"

";." Nangong Huai said in a deep voice: "When the mourning period of the first emperor is over, I will officially welcome you through the door and make you the rightful Duchess of Chu." ”

"Hmm." Qiao Feiyan nodded, the corners of her eyes reddened, "I'm so happy, I never even dreamed that we would have this day" There are nearly ten months left in the emperor's mourning period, and Qiao Feiyan secretly hates in her heart that it is not the right time for the emperor to die. But at the same time, I also knew that if it wasn't for the death of the first emperor, I was afraid that Nangong Huai would not be able to marry her. The first emperor was not Xiao Qianye, and he had a request for Nangong Huai. Maybe he is waiting for Nangong Huai to make a mistake and suppress the power and influence.

Not far from the door, Qiao Yuewu stood in the shadow under the eaves, staring coldly at the study not far away. The candle flame in the study photoprinted the two people standing next to each other on the window, and it seemed that the two were inseparable from each other. Not far from the door of the study, two guards stood upright, making it impossible to get close at all.

It's been a few days, and Qiao Yuewu has thought of a lot of ways to enter the study without attracting attention. The guards at the door of the study take turns guarding twelve hours a day, and no one wants to enter without Nangong Huai's permission. Thinking of the news that Nangong Xu received at dinner, Qiao Yuewu was determined in her heart. Since Nangong Xu said that she had a chance today, then she must get what Nangong Xu wanted. After taking revenge on Nangong Shu's slut, she immediately left Jinling with the silver ticket and the title deed and walked away. Go to a place where no one knows her and start over!

Outside the courtyard, there was a sound of messy footsteps, Qiao Yuewu gritted her teeth and rushed out towards the door of the study.

"Mother! Mother! ”

The guard at the door was about to block her, but Qiao Feiyan inside had already heard her voice, and hurriedly left Nangong Huai and walked towards the door, "Wu'er? ”

Seeing Qiao Feiyan open the door, Qiao Yuewu pounced without hesitation and almost knocked Qiao Feiyan to the ground, "Huh?!" ”

Nangong Huai took a step forward, stretched out his hand to catch Qiao Feiyan's crumbling body, and said unhappily: "What's the matter?" ”

Qiao Yuewu's face was full of tears, and she stepped forward and threw herself into Qiao Yuewu's arms, "Mother woo"

Qiao Feiyan was stunned for a moment, and she had never been close to herself since Qiao Yuewu had that incident. Hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Wu'er?" ”

Qiao Yuewu pulled Qiao Feiyan's sleeve and said, "Woo, mother, I just had a nightmare, I'm so scared" Qiao Feiyan hurriedly stroked her daughter's vest and asked softly: "What dream?" Don't be afraid, dreams are fake. Seeing that her daughter is now close to her, Qiao Feiyan's heart is also a little softer. In the end, it is my daughter who has been pampered for more than ten years, and she has suffered this catastrophe again, and the abnormality of these days is also reasonable.

"It's not fake!" Qiao Yuewu screamed: "It's not fake, Nangong Shu Nangong Shu woo"

For a moment, neither of them had anything to say. Although Qiao Feiyan hated Nangong Shu to the core, she couldn't stand in front of Nangong Huai to say it. Although Nangong Huai also loves Qiao Yuewu, Nangong Shu is also his daughter, and the palms and backs of her hands are full of meat, so there is nothing to say.

When the atmosphere in the study was embarrassing, there was a hurried call from the steward outside the door, "Grandpa, Grandpa, Grandpa, Your Majesty, please enter the palace immediately!" ”

Nangong Huai frowned, "It's late at night now, what must be something that can't be said at night?" ”

The steward looked at Qiao Feiyan and Qiao Yuewu, and couldn't care much, and said in a low voice: "I heard that something big happened in the palace, and the regent is also in the palace. ”

Nangong Huai's expression did not change, he looked at Qiao Feiyan's mother and daughter and said, "I want to enter the palace, you go back first." Qiao Feiyan nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Nangong, be careful." Stretched out his hand to pull Qiao Yuewu, only to find that Qiao Yuewu had fallen asleep in his arms. Looking at it carefully, Qiao Yuewu was described as thin, her face was pale, and there was a large green shadow under her eyelids, obviously she hadn't been able to rest well during this time.

Seeing this, Qiao Feiyan had no choice but to say, "Brother Nangong, you go first, and I'll let the girl help Wu'er go back." ”

Seeing the anxious look on the steward's face, Nangong Huai had to nod and say, "Go back and rest early." ”

Seeing Nangong Huai leave in a hurry, Qiao Feiyan ordered the guards at the door to call the girl who was waiting for Qiao Yuewu to come over. After the order was finished, he closed the door and turned around to put on a cloak for Qiao Yuewu, but he only felt a pain in his neck, and the last thing he saw was Qiao Yuewu's indifferent and hateful eyes.

But in a quarter of an hour, Qiao Yuewu's girl knocked on the study. Qiao Yuewu couldn't help but be stunned when she saw the door open, "Miss? "Didn't you say that Miss fainted?"

Qiao Yuewu glanced at the two of them lightly and said, "I'm fine, but my mother was a little uncomfortable and fell asleep." It's hard for my mother to move even when she's pregnant, so let's rest here. "There is a soft couch outside the study, which can be used to sleep. The girl looked inside, and sure enough, she saw Qiao Feiyan lying on the soft couch with a calm expression, and she was obviously asleep with the quilt on her body.

The two guards outside the door frowned, and no one was allowed to stay in the study.

Qiao Yuewu's face turned cold, and she said in a deep voice: "My mother is pregnant with a child, so she is naturally very sleepy. If something happens on the road at such a late hour, which of you can afford it? ”

The two guards naturally knew that this was the future Duchess of the Duke of Chu, not to mention that they would just sleep in it for one night, and when the grandfather came back tomorrow and went out, they didn't have to worry about anything. Soon, the two guards nodded and said, "In that case, Miss, please." ”

Qiao Yuewu snorted lightly and walked away with the girl.

The door to the study was closed again, and only the woman on the soft couch still slept soundly in the quiet room.

Lai Qin Yuan

"You're here? Did you bring something? Nangong Xu looked at Qiao Yuewu and asked lightly.

Qiao Yuewu snorted lightly, took out a green sandalwood wooden box from her sleeve and threw it over. It's just a very ordinary green sandalwood box, and there is not even any delicate and luxurious carvings on it. There was also nothing inside, but it was precisely because of this that an ordinary wooden box appeared in Nangong Huai's study that it was unusual. It's just that Qiao Yuewu looked through it for a long time and didn't find the location of the mechanism, so she had to take it and hand it over to Nangong Xu.

Nangong Xu nodded with satisfaction, "Very good." Where is Qiao Feiyan? ”

Qiao Yuewu rolled her eyes and said, "Don't worry, with the medicine you gave, you will never wake up until tomorrow morning." But what happens when she wakes up tomorrow? "If this box is really that important, tomorrow Nangong Huai will definitely find out that something is missing. And then he will definitely be suspected.

Nangong Xu lowered his eyes and asked, "Does anyone know that you are coming?" ”

Qiao Yuewu shook her head and said, "Naturally, no." "How could she tell others about her cooperation with Nangong Xu?

"Very well, then my father won't know who took the thing."

Qiao Yuewu was stunned, and suddenly noticed that there was another person behind her, and suddenly turned around and wanted to shout, but she was slapped down and suddenly fell into darkness. One moment before she knocked her mother unconscious, and less than half an hour later, she was knocked unconscious in the same way.

Looking at Qiao Yuewu who was on the ground, Nangong Xu's lips hooked up a mocking smile, "I believe that a person who has a grudge against your mother, are you carried away by hatred, or did Qiao Feiyan not tell you about the things she did at all?" ”

"Childe, what should Qiao Yuewu do?" The guard asked in a low voice.

Nangong Xu said indifferently: "The second sister is now a concubine, and as an elder brother, I should also send her some congratulatory gifts." Let Madame send her to the palace tomorrow. ”

However, in the palace, "it is not so easy for an unconscious living person to be sent to the palace."

Nangong Xu said: "Don't worry, I've already taken care of it." Sent to the palace early tomorrow morning, before my father returns. ”

"Yes, Childe."

After waving off the guards, Nangong Xu returned his gaze to the green sandalwood box on the table. A five-inch square box with a plain appearance, opening the lid, Nangong Xu looked at the empty box and raised his eyebrows. He drew a dagger from the side and slashed it down without mercy. One knife, two knives, the fine green sandalwood was cut out under the sharp dagger. Soon a corner of a cloth came out of it. Nangong Xu sped up the movement in his hand, and soon a small bag wrapped in oilcloth appeared in front of him. The whole box is five inches long, three inches wide, and one inch high, but the entire small cloth bag is less than three points thick, so it's no wonder that Qiao Yuewu can't find a flaw.

Looking at the things in front of him, Nangong Xu was silent for a moment. Raising his hand that trembled slightly, he slowly called what was in front of him. There wasn't much in the thin cloth bag, just a letter and a few pages of paper. It's old and fragile, like it was many years ago. Nangong Xu took out an envelope from the drawer in front of him and opened it, inside was a no, half yellowed letterhead. I put it in front of me and opened the letter that I took out of the wooden box, and sure enough, it was half a sheet. Two and a half pieces of paper are put together to form a whole sheet, and there is nothing missing.

Nangong Xu looked at the letterhead in front of him steadily, and his expression was a little more solemn.

"Father, Father"

In the empty study, Nangong Xu's voice was empty and poignant, like a beast that had been driven to despair, and like a terrible ghost crawling out of the depths of hell.

When Nangong Huai came back from the palace, it was already the time of the early dynasty. is already nearly half a hundred years old, and Nangong Huai's face is a little more tired after not sleeping all night. When he returned to the mansion, he walked directly towards his courtyard, and his sword eyebrows were still locked. There was an assassin in the palace last night, and Xiao Qianye recruited him, Yuan Chun and several other veterans into the palace for the whole night. It seems that he was scared out of his mind. Thinking of the young emperor, Nangong Huai's lips hooked up a slightly contemptuous smile.

The "grandfather" steward followed him, and he stopped talking.

"What else?" Nangong Huai said with some impatience. The steward said: "Mrs. Qiao is still in the study, is Grandpa" Nangong Huai paused and said sharply: "Why is she still in the study?" The steward was startled and hurriedly said, "Mrs. Qiao was unwell last night, so Miss Qiao asked Mrs. Qiao to rest directly in the study." It's just that Mrs. Joe hasn't woken up yet."

Nangong Huai turned around and quickened his pace in the direction of the study.

At the door of the study, the two guards stood upright, and the girl waiting next to Qiao Feiyan stood next to them, "What's the matter?" ”

The girl was slightly blessed and said respectfully: "Grandpa Qi, Madame hasn't woken up yet." The slaves did not dare to disturb the lady. ”

Nangong Huai frowned, pushed open the door directly and walked in. Qiao Feiyan was lying on the soft couch in the outer hall and slept soundly, Nangong Huai walked in, looked at Qiao Feiyan's sleeping face and frowned. Reaching out and touching her forehead, nothing seemed unusual. Suddenly, Nangong Huai withdrew his hand abruptly, and after a moment of silence, he raised his hand and lifted the quilt that Qiao Feiyan stretched out for. A strong smell of blood immediately hit her face, and the soft couch under Qiao Feiyan was already stained red with blood.

"Yan'er reads;!?" Nangong Huai shouted in a deep voice, Qiao Feiyan frowned slightly, as if she was disturbed, she moved her head and slowly opened her eyes, and said a little blankly: "Brother Nangong"

"What's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me?" Qiao Feiyan was puzzled, raised her hand and rubbed her eyebrows, her face suddenly changed, and she grabbed Nangong Huai and said, "Dance, dance"

"Someone! Doctor, please! Nangong Huai shouted in a deep voice, held Qiao Feiyan's hand and said, "What's the matter, say it slowly." ”

Qiao Feiyan was also shocked, obviously completely unacceptable to what happened, "Wu'er was Wu'er who stunned me." ”

"What?" Nangong Huai frowned and looked down at the soft couch in front of him. Following his gaze, Qiao Feiyan also saw the blood stains on the soft couch under him, and his face suddenly turned pale, "Child Brother Nangong, our child" Nangong Huai took her into his arms and comforted her softly: "Don't be afraid, it's okay, the doctor will be here soon." ”

What was going on inside also frightened the people outside, and the guards outside the door knelt on the ground and didn't dare to speak. Although it wasn't the two of them on duty when Qiao Feiyan fainted last night, there was nothing else to do at this time except to ask for sin. Nangong Huai said in a deep voice: "I'm going to bring Qiao Yuewu over." ”

"Yes."

After a while, the person who went to find Qiao Yuewu came back, "Grandpa Qiqi, Miss Qiao is gone." ”

Nangong Huai's expression was gloomy, and he suddenly got up and walked towards the inner room. When he came out, his expression became even more gloomy, "Find me Qiao Yuewu immediately, you have to know whether you are dead or alive." And the whole house is searched for me! ”

The steward wanted to ask what to search, but seeing Nangong Huai's hideous expression, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, and quickly went out to order someone to do something.

"Brother Nangong" Qiao Feiyan leaned on the soft couch and looked at Nangong Huai pitifully. Nangong Huai was in no mood to pay attention to what would happen to Qiao Feiyan at this time, his sword eyebrows were deeply locked, and thousands of years flashed in his mind for a moment. Who was it who instructed Qiao Yuewu to take the things in the study? Nangong Xu? No, he wouldn't know that, let alone keep guarding against him. Qiao Yuewu's relationship with Nangong Xu is even worse. Xiao Chun? remembered Nangong Mo's hint a few days ago. Nangong Huai looked at Qiao Feiyan with more suspicion, could it really be

Seeing Nangong Huai's gaze, Qiao Feiyan knew that it was not good. He groaned in pain and whimpered, "Brother Nangong, why?" Why did Mai do this to me? Woo our kids"

The coldness in Nangong Huai's eyes receded slightly, and he stretched out his hand to pat her and said, "Don't be afraid, it'll be fine." She'll be found soon. ”

"Hmm." Qiao Feiyan nodded and said with tears: "I know that Wu'er hates me, but how can she even ignore her own brother"

"Don't cry, the doctor will be here soon, and I'll have someone send you back to rest." Nangong Huai'an couldn't bear to comfort her a few words, and then summoned the girl outside to send Qiao Feiyan back to her yard. Qiao Feiyan looked at Nangong Huai, who didn't know what she was thinking next to her, her eyes flashed slightly, and she obediently let the girl carry her out.

Nangong Huai stared at the empty study, kicked over a chair in front of him, slammed the chair on the wall in front of him, and fell into a pile of waste wood.

"Qiao Yue Dance!"

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Qiao Feiyan was cheated by her daughter again, but... Qiao Yuewu really didn't want to do anything to Qiao Feiyan's child. The truth is that the gods and horses understand the drops? The Prosperous Doctor

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Text 194, the secret in the green sandalwood box

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