In the middle of March of the eighth year of Taining, Xiao He gave birth to a sturdy girl in the pastoral mansion. Baby, He was greatly disappointed, but the Mu family was very happy, Shen Taijun personally named his great-granddaughter the milk name Kite Niang, because of the fact that he was called Kite in March, Mu Biwei knew, and also ordered Ah Shan to go back and see it once, gave a lot of rewards, and Shen Taijun made an appointment, when Kite Niang was full moon, Xiao He took over the family affairs again, and Shen Taijun took Mu Rong into the palace to Mu Biwei to see his nephew.

At the end of the month, the carefully selected girls began to live in the Suihu Palace one after another, waiting for Ji Shen to personally decide to stay, this batch of women from the folk to the family, aged between thirteen and twenty, are all healthy and unharmed, described as the virgin daughter, although the six palaces did not go to see in person for the sake of the shelf, but they all sent their henchmen to the Suihu Palace to investigate, each with its own plans.

At the beginning of April, it rained continuously in Yedu, although Yedu is located in the north, and it has always been late in spring, but at this time the meaning of spring is already very strong, the pond in the Chenglian Hall is more and more clear and clear, the green trees by the pond are fluffy, and the air is full of fresh spring breath, Mu Biwei stood on the corridor and looked at the opposite bank, and saw Ge Nuo diligently holding an umbrella, leading Nie Yuansheng to walk along the pond bank.

Because he often entered the palace, Nie Yuansheng did not wear official uniforms, but wore crimson dark clothes, with pure black, black hair and jade crowns, stepping on clogs, wide sleeves fluttering between walks, without the slightest smell of fireworks, setting off the clear water and green trees beside him, drizzling and misty, watching him walk calmly, like a picture scroll, it is really a pleasing enjoyment.

Mu Biwei unconsciously hooked the corners of her mouth, thinking that it is no wonder that Emperor Gaozu who established a dynasty in the troubled times was also confused by Ji Shen when choosing the prince, when he was a good one, it can be seen that judging people by appearance, although everyone knows that they are biased, but they can't help but be affected by this appearance.

Before her smile was finished, Nie Yuansheng had already arrived and saluted chicly: "Xiaguan see Xuanhui Niangniang!" ”

"Why be polite when you give up people?" Mu Bi raised his hand slightly and said kindly, "Get up quickly." ”

"Xie Niangniang." Because there were outsiders, the two of them followed the etiquette, Nie Yuansheng didn't stand up until this moment, Mu Biwei looked left and right, Ge Nuo, Ah Shan and others all retreated from the corridor with interest, holding an umbrella in the distance, and in the rain, only two people were left standing opposite each other in the corridor.

Nie Yuansheng smiled lowly: "It is also beneficial to lead this errand of selecting newcomers, at least you want to see me, and there is a reason during the day." ”

"I owe a thank you to that one." Mu Bi snorted slightly, "He didn't think it was jealousy, and the concubine bribed you after letting it go—I thought that I would have to get a few words of reprimand last time." ”

"You're wrong, how can he not think it's jealousy?" Nie Yuansheng chuckled, "It's just that he thinks he's very proud, these many flower-like concubines love him and value him, so he is jealous, but this is his favorite, as long as it's not too excessive, a little bit of jealousy, how can he be better?" ”

Mu Bi sneered: "Even so, you and I can't see each other every day, so why bother talking about him again?" ”

"If you don't call me today, I'll try to find you." When Nie Yuansheng heard this, he said, "The person I'm waiting for has arrived!" ”

Hearing this, Mu Biwei couldn't help but perk up, and hurriedly asked, "But I found it directly on your door?" ”

"Not only did I find it directly on my door, but in addition to the expected gold and jade artifacts, there was also something you couldn't think of." Nie Yuansheng smacked slightly, and his smile was unfathomable.

Mu Bi rolled her eyes slightly, and narrowed her eyes: "Could it be that the Autumn Queen of Nanqi has pitied you for being alone so far, and this time you have to work hard for the affairs of Nanqi, so Tete sent a beautiful woman with excellent beauty to help you study at night with red sleeves?" ”

This question is a hidden murderous question, why can't Nie Yuansheng hear it? Immediately said: "How is it possible! Just a beauty, is there less of me in Beiliang? Do you still need him to send it all the way from Southern Qi? Don't say that the envoy of the autumn queen didn't do this, but he sent it, and I would rather ask him to exchange it for a pearl and gold ...... worth a beauty."

Before he finished speaking, he felt a pain in his feet, but it was Mu Bi who lifted her skirt slightly, stepped on him hard, and gritted her teeth and said, "Then you go and buy what you like?" ”

"Naturally not!" Nie Yuan grinned in pain, but because there were still waiters watching outside the corridor, he had to calm down, made a look of staring at the rain and looking calm, and hissed in a low voice, "Didn't your pair of clogs deliberately grind the bottom?" ”

Mu Bi glanced at him slightly: "It's not deliberate, it's just that you are unlucky to be stepped on in the sore spot!" ”

Nie Yuansheng immediately defended himself: "When do I have a sore spot that can be stepped on?" I mean, I don't have two minds, okay? ”

"What did Queen Qiu send?" Mu Bi was slightly alert, "Don't tell me, she wants you to make yourself laugh at that princess of good fortune!" ”

"I am a scholar of the Middle School, an official of the six grades, and I have nothing to do with the royal bloodline, not to mention the Shanfu princess from the favorite concubine of the Southern Qi Dynasty, that is, the princess Tongchang who I don't like the Empress Dowager of Northern Liang and is about to forget in the previous dynasty, and the envoy of the lord will not be my turn." Nie Yuansheng said seriously, "And it's already in the sea, why confuse the water?" Just a princess, even if you are able to shang, it is not what I want! ”

Mu Biwei said happily: "I love to hear this, you can say a few more words." ”

"There is Wei Niang, how can I still tolerate the woman next to me in my eyes? I see how you are good, the women next to you are always lacking compared to you, but the providence makes people, we can't stay together for a long time now, we have to live step by step. Nie Yuan said sweet words before his death, but behind him was a sigh, and Mu Biwei couldn't help but be silent.

I only heard the sound of the rain, and after a while, Mu Bi said slightly: "Don't sell Guanzi, what did the envoy of Queen Qiu give you, is it worth thinking about coming over and telling me like this?" ”

"She wrote a handwritten letter with the queen's phoenix seal and gave me a promise." When Nie Yuansheng heard this, he no longer played tricks, and smiled indifferently, "If I help her solve the matter of Princess Shanfu this time, if I can't survive in Beiliang one day and go to Southern Qi, she can help me change my name and surname according to the situation, and even give me a knighthood, so that I can enjoy the rest of my life." ”

"The handwritten handwriting has added the queen's phoenix seal, even if it is taken out afterwards, I am not afraid that she will not recognize it." Mu Bi raised her eyebrows slightly, "It's just that this Autumn Queen has been forced to this point?" So even if Princess Shanfu can't be the queen of my Northern Liang, I'm afraid her position as the queen of Southern Qi is not very stable, right? ”

Nie Yuansheng smiled: "Didn't you hear what her envoy said when she came to the door to ask for a meeting, and after seeing me, I just entered the door, and after the messenger confirmed that my identity was the person he was looking for, he immediately sneered and said, You know that you are about to come to a catastrophe!" ”

"Haha! He thought that this was the ancient era, vertical and horizontal, the art of lobbying, splitting the face was first an astonishing soul, and then he took the opportunity to say it so that people nodded unconsciously? Mu Biwei listened to it and smiled unconsciously, "Could it be that this messenger read too much "Spring and Autumn" on the way when he came?" She smiled and asked, "Then what did you do to him?" ”

"How can I be impatient to listen to him? So he told the messenger bluntly, what chips does Queen Qiu have to let me estimate first, if the price is not right, then he will be in a big disaster on the spot! Nie Yuansheng smiled and said, "I easily persuaded Your Majesty, I was waiting for Empress Qiu to come to beg me, this messenger came to the door, alarmist, but he wanted me to ask him, it was really unreasonable!" If it weren't for the opportunity to make a profit, just by his words - although I am an official, I may not be able to make money and kill my life! ”

Mu Bi smiled and said, "And then he was honest?" ”

When the messenger heard this, his attitude immediately changed. Nie Yuansheng smiled faintly, "I thought that the envoy of the Autumn Queen came to me directly, but he still wanted to intimidate me, and he was not disappointed in the Autumn Queen, and he didn't want the envoy to see my expression not to be shocked, but he took away the previous alarmist appearance, and re-dressed and saluted me, saying that the Autumn Queen ordered him to do this, in order to test my attitude, if I looked surprised, I even asked him why the disaster came...... I don't have to give it to me. ”

Mu Biwei listened and thoughtfully: "This Autumn Queen is a character. ”

"Not bad." Nie Yuansheng looked at the rain curtain and said, "In ancient times, people traveled to various countries and lobbied the princes and princes, eight out of ten. Nine, they are all alarmist tactics, Cai Ze said Fan Sui, Gan Luo said Zhang Tang, all of them use this method to achieve the effect of taking the lead! Which one of Fan Sui or Zhang Tang is not a masterpiece? But they are all defeated under this law, where do they not know that the other party wants to take the lead? However, it was because I also knew the situation at the time, and the suggestion was reasonable, so I obeyed it, and the momentum was taken for it, although this envoy was a good example, but if I felt that His Majesty did not trust me enough, my position was unstable, or I was facing some predicament, and I was suddenly asked by him, my mind would definitely waver, then it was originally Queen Qiu who begged me to do something, and it became me to ask her messenger for advice...... Hehe, it's a small matter to fall into the wind for a while, I'm afraid that it will not be the envoy who will give me the reward of the Autumn Queen, but I will be respectful and courteous to the envoy, and I will ask him to guide me one or two! ”

He shook his head and said, "I wonder what kind of ability that concubine has to confuse Emperor Chengning to this point?" Just looking at the hand of Queen Qiu, if Emperor Chengning is only greedy and lustful, just like His Majesty, he has a wife like Queen Qiu, and has two sons-in-law, and grandchildren, and he can actually call the first group of southern envoys to Yedu safely! ”

"It can be seen that the harem of Southern Qi is deeper than our Northern Liang water." Mu Biwei said thoughtfully, "An envoy of Queen Qiu, a meeting, also has a hidden edge, even so, in the end, it is still called Feng Guifei to coax Emperor Chengning to send an envoy to Yedu - no wonder the previous envoy galloped in the starry night, making our Northern Liang think that something big had happened in Southern Qi!"

"If there is such a queen in our harem, even when the Sun family is favored, I am afraid that we will not dare to be too arrogant!"

Don't look at the envoy of Queen Qiu's split question, it seems to be just a small temptation, but you can get a glimpse of Nanqi, the wrist city of the Autumn Queen, this question is of course in danger of offending Nie Yuansheng, but there is a handwritten letter from Queen Qiu stamped with the phoenix seal in the future, but it is also equivalent to holding a handful of Nie Yuansheng without a trace - this alone, Nie Yuansheng will also turn his anger into joy.

What's more, people in politics, although they are proud of the spring breeze today, who knows what the situation will be in the future? Nie Yuansheng is not a child of the Yecheng clan, his grandfather Nie Jiezhi has passed away for a long time, and the reputation he left behind is not enough to protect him from being safe and sound, and he is not in harmony with the family, and he also has the reputation of a minister in the government and the opposition, which can be described as unpredictable, Queen Qiu gave this promise, which undoubtedly made Nie Yuansheng no longer have to be restrained in doing things many times, at least psychologically!

Not only that, Empress Qiu only gave this letter stamped with the phoenix seal after the messenger was tempted, but the most important point was to tell Nie Yuansheng that she was not desperate to be so generous to Nie Yuansheng, but it implied that Nie Yuansheng thought that she was very confident in herself - she was confident that Nie Yuansheng would not take this letter and turn against Concubine Feng, and she was also confident in giving Nie Yuansheng the ability to fulfill this promise, that is, she was very sure that her son would ascend the throne!

So that Nie Yuansheng didn't dare to open his mouth because of this unscrupulous lion!

It can be said that this temptation of the envoy to meet Nie Yuansheng alone is in the hands of the Autumn Queen thousands of miles away!

Of course, it is also possible that Empress Qiu is really desperate and urgently needs Nie Yuansheng to stop Princess Shanfu, but her envoy has played with the means before, the two places are far apart, and the Queen of Autumn lives in the palace, even if Nie Yuansheng personally sends someone to Nanqi to inquire, he may not be able to know the situation, so if he wants to doubt, he can't help but have scruples in his heart!

And if Empress Qiu is not desperate, but wants to take this opportunity to find someone to cooperate with in Northern Liang, the envoy's temptation this time is equivalent to measuring how close Nie Yuansheng, the Son of Heaven, who is well known to the government and the opposition, is close - after all, Empress Qiu is far away in Southern Qi, and her power is also in Southern Qi, so she may not know much about the current situation in Northern Liang.

So when you ask this question, since Nie Yuansheng is calm, it means that either Nie Yuansheng is extremely determined, and he is definitely not an ordinary person! Even if it is sudden sensationalism, it is difficult to shake his mind, such a person should not be regarded as an ordinary person! The other is that Nie Yuansheng's mind may not have reached the point of perfection, but his status in the court and by Ji Shen's side is unshakable! Therefore, he is naturally not afraid of others to make alarmist intimidation!

This attempt was made in front of the messenger, and there was nothing to hide, but it was much more reliable than the information that the messenger found in the streets......

Mu Bi sighed slightly: "Be a real heroine!" The so-called one leaf knows autumn, no wonder Feng Guifei is favored and has the support of the Empress Dowager Feng, and she can't shake her position! ”

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The queens are all murderous......