For the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the palace is also usually going to get together. Emperor and Empress Longtang took a few favored concubines, plus Nan Boyu, Nan Borong, and Princess Deyin Nan Jiayi are members of the entire royal family. Emperor Longtang originally had many brothers, but a battle for the throne before ascending the throne made the emperor the only emperor left in the bloodline. However, there are also advantages to fewer people, at least that's what Nan Borong feels.

"Father, my son respects you!" Nan Jiayi held the wine glass and stood up to salute Emperor Longtang from afar, "I wish my father a long life!" ”

"Good, good! When my Yi'er grows up, she will toast her father. Emperor Longtang smiled very happily. He likes Nan Jiayi from the bottom of his heart. Nan Jiayi's character inherited from her mother, Concubine Chun, who was not pretentious, and kind and simple. It is this kind of quality that is rare to see in the deep palace that makes the Longtang Emperor especially cherish this only princess of the Longtang Empire.

"Queen Mother, my son-in-law also toasts you." Nan Jiayi picked up the wine glass again and smiled at the queen mother, "I wish the queen mother eternal youth!" ”

The queen smiled and raised her glass to accept her blessing. Although Nan Jiayi is the daughter of her nemesis, Concubine Chun, she can see that this girl has been taught very well by Concubine Chun, she is a pure silly white sweet, and if others treat her well, she can repay ten points. Therefore, the queen does not have much resentment towards this royal princess, on the contrary, she still likes her very much.

After two glasses of fruit wine, a trace of blush appeared on Nan Jiayi's face, and when she laughed, two shallow dimples quietly poked their heads out.

"Mother, the third cup of my son's son is for you. The mother concubine wants to take care of her body quickly, and the sons still want to eat the lotus seed cake made by the queen mother. Nan Jiayi drank another glass of fruit wine coquettishly, and the blush on her little face was even worse.

The pure concubine has just recovered from a serious illness and should not drink alcohol, so the emperor gave a pot of splendid fresh juice instead of fruit wine. Concubine Chun smiled: "Okay, good, you girl." When the concubine is better, I will make you lotus seed cake. Your Majesty, do you want to touch the light of our Yi'er and taste the lotus seed cake? ”

Under the bright lights, Concubine Chun leaned forward to the emperor, a pair of starry eyes seemed to be able to hook the soul, the emperor only looked at it, and then couldn't take his eyes off. His concubine, as she grew older, became more and more beautiful and moving, and she couldn't be seen.

"Okay, then I will touch our Yi'er's light, and when the time comes, I will taste the lotus seed cake made by Concubine Ai." Speaking of this, the emperor's eyes had already swam along the charming face of the pure concubine to Ruyu's neck, extending to the snow-white skin below the neck, as if he wanted to see through the scenery inside through the gorgeous clothes.

"Okay, that's it." Concubine Chun suddenly straightened up when the emperor was looking energetic, and turned to the queen again, "Sister, do you want to taste it together?" The lotus seed cake made by my sister is full of praise even from His Majesty. ”

The queen was so angry that her eyes turned black, but she couldn't attack at the palace banquet, and she couldn't wait to twist the silk handkerchief in her hand into pieces. But Rao is like this, she also has to laugh: "Since my sister is warmly invited, then my sister must appreciate it." ”

The emperor laughed, and his heart was indescribably happy. Left and right, beautiful wife, this is power!

Nan Borong sat below, although he had a shallow smile on his face, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes. Especially when he saw the appearance of Concubine Chun pretending to be coquettish and seducing the emperor, he only felt a nausea in his stomach. Concubine Chun is the only concubine in the empire, and she is the biological mother of King Long Tangde! Why is this coquettish appearance the same as the ** of the Qinglou Chu Pavilion! Woman, really...... Disgusting!

Nan Borong suppressed the disgust in his heart, and couldn't help but think of the girl who lived in the alley in the north of the city. If there is still a woman in the world who makes him excited, it is only the Snow Maiden. He once heard An Rushan say, "The water of Mirror Lake is like the moon, and the women of Yexi are like snow." The true beauty of a woman is naturally decorated. Just like the Snow Maiden, the flowers are like snow, and people are like snow.

When he thought of the flowers like snow, the corners of Nan Borong's mouth brought a gentle smile. And this scene happened to be seen by Nan Jiayi, so Nan Jiayi pouted and said, "Second brother, you are eccentric!" ”

Nan Borong came back to his senses and looked at her: "I'm eccentric? How am I eccentric? Who's the favor? The little girl is responsible for what she says! ”

Nan Jiayi snorted and pouted: "It was originally your partiality!" You just smiled so softly, bad second brother, you've never smiled at me like that! Say, did you think about that Miss Yan from the Yan Guo Mansion just now? ”

Nan Borong glanced at Concubine Chun and was displeased. Nan Jiayi is a little girl who doesn't understand anything, how could she deliberately mention that Miss Yan of the Yanguo Mansion in front of her? It must have been Concubine Chun who told her something, making her mistakenly think that she really liked that Yan Jingshu, so she would make such a joke with herself at the palace banquet.

"Yi'er, you are wrong to blame the second brother." Nan Borong picked the corners of his mouth, "Just now when the mother concubine talked about lotus seed cake, the second brother thought of a certain little girl who ate lotus seed cake for the first time and ate her face, and insisted on her father to hug her, rubbing her father's lotus seed cake." You say, shouldn't this little girl be beaten? ”

The emperor laughed, obviously remembering the events of his early years: "It should be fought, it should be fought, and it should indeed be fought." He understood that Nan Borong was showing his loyalty to himself and had no intention of marrying the Yan Guo Mansion. The emperor was indeed afraid that King De and the Duke of Yan Guo would stand together, so he received the talisman at the beginning, and he did not accept the marriage that the Duke of Yan Guo requested. He knows Nan Borong, and since Nan Borong is so evasive, it shows that Nan Borong really doesn't have that kind of mind for Yan Jingshu. He was also able to feel at ease for the time being.

"Oops! You're going too far! Nan Jiayi was already a big girl, and when she was told about her childhood in front of everyone, she also felt a little unbearable on her face, so she pouted and sat aside and stopped talking. However, she has that temperament, she can't be quiet for two minutes, and she will forget this little unpleasantness and continue to chat with everyone.

Nan Borong was really bored to sit, anyway, there was still an hour before the bell hit, and he was going to go out for a walk. So he excused himself and left the hall. Walking aimlessly in the palace, Nan Borong only felt a chill in his heart. Although it is the New Year's Festival, the palace is full of lights, but how do you look at it, how do you feel that these lights and candles are lifeless.

So, a voice sounded in the bottom of my heart: Go and see her! Just take a look!

Nan Borong still couldn't resist the temptation in his heart, and climbed out of the palace wall in a secluded place. When he came back from the Clothes Alley that day, he had already thought very clearly. Although he has a special affection for Hua Ruxue, he will not marry Hua Ruxue. It was a beautiful girl, and he couldn't let his filthy and hypocritical identity tarnish such a pure and beautiful girl. Just let her be with An Rushan! He can't give a woman the life he likes, but An Rushan can.

Just look at her silently. watched her get married and have children......

Nan Borong was still lying in the position of the last time, uncovering the tiles, and the dim candle flame in the house came out, which warmed people's hearts. Nan Borong looked at her like this, and his heart warmed up inexplicably.

"Sister, sister, look at the grass in the belly of this fish." A little boy picked up a blade of grass with his chopsticks and showed it to the flowers.

Hua Ruxue smiled: "That's perilla, my sister put it around." "To make fish, you need to put something to remove the fishy smell, and fresh ginger can't be bought at this time, and dried ginger is too expensive. Hua Ruxue saw that the aunt next door had dried a lot of dried perilla leaves, so she asked her for some. Zuo But these perilla were picked in the field outside, and it didn't cost anything, so her aunt gave her a lot. If anyone has a headache, this thing can be very useful.

"Shiso ......" Nan Borong was stunned, and unconsciously muttered these two words in his mouth, and there seemed to be a picture flashing in his mind. Perilla...... Fish...... Fish...... Perilla...... Nan Borong suddenly felt a tingling pain in his brain, and couldn't help but snort. Fortunately, the sound was not loud, and the voices of the children in the house were noisy, so no one else noticed. Nan Borong didn't dare to stay any longer, and turned around and disappeared into the night.

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"Rong'er, what did you just do? Why don't you see anyone for half a day? The emperor saw Nan Borong coming back from the side door, so he asked.

Nan Borong's head was still aching, and the color on his face was also very ugly, so pale that there was no blood: "I've drunk a little too much, go and sober up." Father Lao was worried. ”

As soon as the words came out, the entire hall instantly fell silent. Why is their king of virtue, the valiant and invincible king of virtue, so weak in his voice!

Not only was everyone stunned, but even the emperor and Nan Borong themselves were stunned. The emperor looked at him, only to notice that Nan Borong's face couldn't be worse, it was his own son, and it was fake to say that he didn't care. What's more, the emperor had never seen Nan Borong so weak! How proud Nan Borong is, the emperor as a father naturally knows that he can't be clearer! Every time Nan Borong appeared in front of him, he was a dragon and a tiger, and he looked heroic. Even if the intelligence said that King De was seriously injured, he had never seen Nan Borong weak.

Rong'er ...... Is it an injury that has not healed? Only then did the emperor remember that when Nan Borong came back some time ago, he did mention that he was attacked by someone and was seriously injured. It's just that he cared about Phoenix Jade at that time and didn't notice this. Now that I think about it, with Nan Borong's character, he can say in front of the civil and military officials that he was attacked by someone and was seriously injured, you can imagine how badly he was injured!

The emperor suddenly felt a sense of guilt in his heart, did he blame Nan Borong all along? He is so proud and filial, how could he hide the phoenix jade privately? And he was so seriously injured, he must have regained the phoenix jade for himself. Looks like he really did his best!

"Father, son-in-law has no ......" Nan Borong didn't finish speaking, his eyes turned black and he fainted. Now the whole hall is fried, and their King De is unconscious in public! The people of Gela were about to visit, but King De was in a coma at this moment...... Everyone panicked.