On August 16 of the 19th year of Longwu, Nie Yang, the king of Yan, died in Longqian Palace at three o'clock in the afternoon because of heart disease, and was called "Emperor Daguang of the Great Sage of Civil and Martial Affairs", and the temple name was "Gaozong". Nie Xingyi, the crown prince of the prison state, read out the decree of the first king and conferred the title of three ministers, but he was so sad when he announced the edict that he boycotted the court for three days.

From August 18 to 20, the ministers invited the prince to return to the throne three times, saying: The country cannot be without a king for a day.

On August 21, the crown prince Nie Xingyi responded to the restoration of the dynasty, officially succeeded to the throne, changed the yuan to "Tiande", and granted amnesty to the world. Respect the queen Helian Biyue as the queen mother, canonize the crown princess Wei Weinong as the queen, and crown the marquis Nie Xingji as the general of Tiance, build the Tiance Mansion, and order her to stay in Jingzhou for a long time.

On August 23, Gaozongzi Palace stopped in the Taiji Hall for seven days, and the new king Nie Xingyi personally helped the spirit to be buried in the royal tomb. The funeral ceremony lasted for three days, and the whole country mourned.

In the following month, the new king used thunderous means to rectify the dynasty, and a number of courtiers were mobilized by means of thunder, some were promoted, some were activated, some were dispatched, and some were sent down. Because it happened at the beginning of Nie Xingyi's succession, Yan Shi called it the "Tiande Dynasty Case".

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of October, and the slightly thick post-sealing ceremony was also completed in a stable manner, without any omissions or differences. Regarding everything that happened in the DPRK, she adhered to an attitude, that is, "standing by and watching".

Nie Xingyi saw that she obediently accepted the position of queen, and thought that her threat had played a role, but he didn't think much about it, let alone have time to think about it. The two are still not very harmonious, since Nie Xingyi succeeded to the throne, he had only seen Wei Nong a few times before the canonization ceremony, and then one entered the Longqian Palace, and the other moved to the Fengchao Palace, the two palaces were not close, and the two were busy and did not see each other.

Wei Nong felt that when this Yan Wang Palace was built, the then King Yan and the queen must have had a discordant relationship, or perhaps the husband and wife had been doing it for a long time and had accumulated some secrets that they did not want to be explored by the pillow people, so they would build the two couples' bedrooms far away.

However, this is in line with the meaning of slightly thick.

The palace people talked a lot about this, and they were all puzzled by the new king's attitude towards the queen. If it is said that the queen is not favored, but the prince has been reused, and he can often go in and out of the palace to discuss court affairs with the new king in private; But if the queen is favored, the new king has almost never set foot in the Fengchao Palace since he succeeded to the throne, and every time someone in the palace mentions the queen, the new king always has a sinking face.

In stark contrast to the queen's fall from grace, Ming Danshu and Wei Lianpian's favor is growing. Ming Danshu jumped from the crown prince Liangdi to Ming Shufei, and Wei Lianpian was promoted to Zhaoyi, the head of the nine concubines, because of her pregnancy. Wei Nong knew in his heart that as Nie Xingyi's first child since he ascended the throne, Wei Lianpian would only be a boy or a girl if he gave birth to a boy, and it was only a matter of time before he became a concubine. Moreover, Nie Xingyi will definitely regard this child as a lucky star and love him to the extreme.

Living such a salty and indifferent life, Yanwang Palace seems to have returned to calm, except for Ming Danshu's occasional provocation, everything is still peaceful. It's just that Nie Xingji hasn't seen any movement.

It is also strange to say that at the end of October last year, the climate in Jingzhou suddenly turned cold, and the month when Nie Xingji was seriously injured by the assassination was even more unprecedentedly cold, dripping into ice. At this time of year, the climate in Jingzhou City is pleasant, with no signs of winter, and the sun is warm every day.

Only the withered and yellow fallen leaves everywhere tell the withering of the seasons and the withering of people's hearts.

At the beginning of winter, a piece of news broke this unbearable calm - Nie Xingcai, the princess of Jincheng, was pregnant again!

Since the death of the concubine Ming Chongyuan, Princess Jincheng has been living in the palace of King Yan. From raising a fetus to having a miscarriage, from King Yan being seriously ill to the new king succeeding to the throne, she seems to be becoming more and more sensible, ignoring all the turmoil.

Why did you suddenly get pregnant! She obviously had a miscarriage on the first day of June this year! It's only been five months since I was counted, and I'm pregnant again!

Is it that Ming Chenyuan frequently enters and exits the Yanwang Palace? Or did Kaneshiro sneak out? Wei Thick guessed that no matter which one it was, the secret knot of Jincheng Zhu's fetus was enough to make Empress Dowager Helian and Nie Xingyi furious.

Obviously, Jincheng herself thought about it, she didn't dare to tell her mother and brother about her pregnancy, and the first thing she thought of was Weinong. After the last miscarriage in the East Palace, she also learned to be smart, this time she did not go in person, but sent someone to the Fengchao Palace, please come over.

After Wei Nong heard the news, he immediately rushed to the Lingxi Palace. Led into the side hall by the palace people, he saw Jin Cheng reclining on a gilded ebony couch, dressed plainly, with long hair draped, full of delicate and powerless appearance. But what she didn't expect was that Nie Xingji was actually there.

The last time they met officially was at the eldest princess's birthday banquet, and later when she broke into the Xuanzheng Palace angrily, she knew that he was also in the palace, but she didn't look at him.

The world is unpredictable, each other has experienced too many changes in the past six months, and the past grievances and hatreds seem to have been exhausted, but the strange and familiar sense of alienation is still the same.

Wei Nong understood, it must be that Mingchen was far from being inconvenient to enter the palace, so he asked Nie Xingji to visit Jincheng on his behalf. She couldn't help but look at the other party, feeling that he was thinner again, more clear and rugged than before, and this made his handsome face even more angular. The eyebrows are like ink, the bridge of the nose is straight, and the mountains and rivers seem to be splendid, and the majestic scenery is melted into this face, with a calm temperament and a calm posture, but it is a mouth-catcher.

Especially, it was the gaze he looked at her that made her have nothing to hide.

In front of the palace people, she didn't show anything, so she had to be a little polite with Nie Xingji.

Jin Cheng was also very eye-catching, and blamed himself in public: "I'm not feeling well, and I have to bother Wang's sister-in-law Fengjia, I really can't go." ”

"It's okay, I can't let you toss back and forth in your illness." The slightly thick tone was a little stiff.

"Next month is Brother Wang's birthday, and I have prepared a gift for my sister, and I don't know if I can get it. It just so happens that Sister-in-law Wang and Second Brother are here today, can you help the staff officers? Jin Cheng said this, his eyes already showed a sense of hope, and his eyes flickered and looked at Wei Nong.

Pursing his lips slightly and being silent, Nie Xingji teased Jin Cheng in a low voice: "It's hard work for you, how can you not help you as a brother?" ”

Jin Cheng glanced at Wei Nong, and saw that she still didn't say anything, so he just assumed that she was acquiescing. So, Jin Chengping withdrew all the palace maids in the hall, and drove out along with the people brought by Wei Nong.

Seeing that there was no one in the hall, Jin Cheng cried and showed a little cowardice: "Sister-in-law Wang, second brother, you can think of ideas for me!" This kid ...... What to do? ”

"What else can I do? Born. Nie Xingji's face did not change: "I will go to the queen mother as soon as possible to ask for marriage." ”

"The Queen Mother will beat me to death!" Jin Cheng was so anxious that he almost cried, and turned his gaze to Weinong: "Sister-in-law Wang, what should I do?" ”

"Tell me the truth." Putting aside her disgust for Helian Biyue and Nie Xingyi, Wei Nong still cares about Jincheng, and she doesn't want to count her mother's brother's actions on her head. She knew that Nie Xingji also thought the same.

"You and General Ming admire each other, and now they have children, with the queen's love for you, plus the guilt of the horse case, even if she is angry, she will not break you up." Slightly thick is such an analysis.

"But......" Jin Cheng raised his eyes and looked at Nie Xingji, and stopped talking.

Nie Xingji was so smart, he naturally knew what she meant, and promised: "As long as the queen mother agrees to this marriage, I will immediately transfer Zhong Ze away and never see him again in the short term." You don't have to worry about the queen mother annoying him because of me, after all, he is still a descendant of the Ming family. ”

The "Zhong Ze" in Nie Xingji's mouth is exactly the word of Ming Chenyuan.

These few words dispelled Princess Jincheng's biggest concern, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, showing gratitude: "Second brother, thank you for being a sister." This favor, in the future, I and Chenlang will definitely repay it twice! ”

"You don't have to pay it back later." Nie Xingchen smiled and waved his hand, and said unceremoniously: "If you want to thank me, let me say a few words alone with the queen mother now, and borrow you a place, how about it?" ”

Jin Cheng pondered for a moment, thinking of Nie Xingji's revenge against the slightly thick husband killer, and he hesitated for a while. But when she thought about it, she remembered that she had just accepted such a big favor from Nie Xingji, and she couldn't refuse again, so she had to raise her hand and point to the hut where the palace maid was on duty at night, and said, "I'm here to watch the wind for you, not too long." ”

Jin Cheng agreed too happily, which made Nie Xingji a little surprised. But he is not a person who studies the reasons carefully, he knows how to grasp the moment and cherish this hard-won solitude.

He turned to look at Wei Nong and wordlessly stretched out his hand to ask.

Wei Nong hesitated for a moment, but finally obeyed this arrangement and walked into the cabin on duty with him. Nie Xingji walked behind and closed the door of the house, but he didn't speak for a long time, just looked at her, his eyes were both warm and longing, deep and scorching.

Wei Nong couldn't bear his gaze, turned his head to look at the void, and asked lightly, "What are you looking for me to do?" ”

"The two conditions you asked Wei Lianpian to bring me last time," Nie Xingjian looked calm, "First, I must do my best; But on the second condition, I don't agree. ”

"But the message she brought back at that time, you obviously agreed." Wei Nong was dissatisfied: "Do you want to regret it? ”

"The situation was critical, and I couldn't disagree." Nie Xingji paused: "Besides, I don't want her to know too much. ”

Wei Min lowered his eyes and said, "If you don't agree, don't talk about everything." ”

"There's no room for maneuvering? Do you have to go? Nie Xingji frowned.

"I've had enough of your brothers' tricks." Wei Nong still didn't look at him, and his tone was cold: "Since you are Xiaoxin's master, then the person who sent me into the secret passage of the Longqian Palace that day must be you." I understand your intentions, and you want me to hear with my own ears the intentions of their mother and son......"

Wei Nong paused and frowned deeply: "But I really can't imagine that since you have mastered the movements of the Longqian Palace and know the secret passage, you can endure not to save your father and watch him being tortured to death by Helian Biyue?" ”