Half a month later.

Chu Heng left Yan with Jiang's envoys. Gu Doctor Lian Kuo stayed behind and continued to heal Nie Xingji.

In February, the grass grows and the warbler flies. After the test of the harsh winter, the climate of Yanguo finally warmed up and everything recovered. And Nie Xingji, after sleeping for a winter, woke up with everything.

King Yan finally calmed down his anger and began to canonize the heroes who went to Chu to quell the rebellion, and later simply expanded the scope and rewarded the three armies.

"It's all thanks to His Highness, although my rank has not been promoted, my salary has risen." Ming Chenyuan handed the medicine bowl to Nie Xingji on the sickbed, and teased: "The whole army is grateful to His Royal Highness Jinghou, you have worked for our well-being with your own life." ”

Nie Xingji leaned on the couch, his body was thin and pale, but his lips began to redden, showing signs of recovery. He took the medicine bowl and drank it all before he smiled weakly: "Lian Kuo said, I shouldn't be excited, don't provoke me." ”

"Who but the princess can make you emotional!" Mingchen is far from unforgiving, and the "princess" in his mouth refers to Weinong.

Nie Xingji immediately withdrew his smile, returned the medicine bowl to him, and asked, "What did Xiaoxin say over there?" ”

Xiaoxin said that the princess didn't care about the stains on the cloak that day, and it was she who complained a few words next to her, so the princess took a closer look, but didn't say anything. Ming Chenyuan replied truthfully.

"That's enough, she must have begun to suspect Ming Chongyuan." Nie Xingji was very determined.

"With that little bit of purple soil, the princess can guess?" Ming Chenyuan was a little unconvinced.

"If she can't guess, she's not the woman I like." A smile appeared on Nie Xingji's lips, like a clear glow in the night, which was refreshing.

"It's cheaper than Jiang Guo, and Huang Que is behind." Ming Chenyuan was a little angry: "That Queen Jiang is really quite powerful. first sent someone to assassinate you, and then pretended to help, and then took advantage of the situation to put forward conditions to take Chu Heng away. ”

"Chu Heng is her younger brother, she has the heart to save him, it is understandable." Nie Xingji's expression was the same: "Didn't we also take advantage of this matter and take the crown prince's army?" ”

"Then how do you know that Jiang Guo will definitely come to save you? If Jiang Guo sits idly by, won't you have to take your life? As soon as Ming Chenyuan thought of this series of bitter schemes, he felt palpitations.

"Because Jiang Guo didn't kill me." Nie Xingji said in his hand: "In this case, I might as well help him, and then use him to help me." We are mutually beneficial, and we do not owe each other. ”

"Your Highness is so bold that he dares to gamble with his life in this game." Ming Chenyuan sighed again, and had to admire Nie Xingji's exhaustive strategy, courage and strategy.

The real inside story of this incident is: at the end of October last year, as soon as Nie Xingji suppressed the riot, someone sneaked into Chu Di with the intention of assassinating, but released the water at a critical moment. Nie Xingji was slightly injured, and when he learned that it was the Ming clan who intended to get closer, he became concerned about this matter.

Not long after, however, when they were about to return from camp, they encountered another group of men who came to assassinate them. originally thought that the crown prince would not be able to make a plan to regenerate, but he knew that the assassin was from Jiang Guo, intending to threaten him to hand over Chu Heng.

Nie Xingji knew that if he was poisoned, Jiang Guo would definitely do everything possible to negotiate with Yan Guo, and on the condition of saving people, he offered to exchange Chu Heng. So, he made a plan and created clues to blame the Ming family for the second assassination. He was confident that Queen Helian would make the Ming family confess her guilt in order to protect herself.

At the same time, he also activated another eyeliner hidden in the East Palace-Xiaoxin. He asked Ming Chenyuan to get some purple soil and hand it to Xiaoxin, purple soil is the unique soil of Chu State, Xiaoxin is very smart, and saw the opportunity to smear the purple soil on Weichung's cloak, thus confirming Ming Chongyuan's crime of sneaking into Chu, and also successfully separated Weinong's relationship with the prince.

He didn't expect Wei Nong to immediately tilt the scales of affection in his favor, he just wanted her to see the true face of the prince. He knew that with a slightly strong personality of love and hate, once he found that the prince's mind was not visible, even if she didn't say it, it would be absolutely impossible for her to look at the prince again.

This was more disgusting to Wei Nong than when he shot Chu Li on the battlefield. After all, he is above board, and the prince is secretly doing it.

And Jiang Guo also sent an envoy to negotiate and heal him as he wished. As he expected, King Yan agreed to the quid pro quo.

This time, although he suffered from flesh and skin, he successfully exposed the prince's hypocrisy, cut off the prince's right-hand man, made Wei Nong dislike the prince, and got in touch with Jiang Guo...... Kill four birds with one stone.

Even Cang Tian seemed to be helping him and gave Yan Guo a cold winter.

As for the Ming family, since Ming Danshu rejected his marriage proposal, he never thought of asking them for help. He hates betrayal the most, and hates the wavering villain even more. He doesn't need this kind of family help; Ming Danshu's remorse, he can't look down on it even more.

He has only one posterior, and he can't promise two women. If Ming Danshu really gets her wish, what should she do if she is slightly thick? Thinking of this, Nie Xingji smiled slowly.

This time, Wei Nong was willing to ask the king of Chu for him, which was enough to prove many things, although it was fruitless, but he was very satisfied.

Ming Chenyuan saw Nie Xingji's smile, deliberately pretending to be creepy, and said jokingly: "Your expression is like a fox." ”

Nie Xingchen sighed: "This is all forced, but as long as the queen and the crown prince leave me a way to live, I don't have to ask for this throne." ”

"It can be seen that for things and people, you have to leave some way back for yourself." Ming Chenyuan's eyes narrowed slightly, he didn't know what he remembered, and his eyes darkened.

Seeing this, Nie Xingji hesitated for a moment and asked, "This time you brought down the Ming clan, you really don't blame me?" ”

"Ming, it has nothing to do with me for a long time." Mingchen's eyes showed a trace of sadness: "My mother was tortured to death by the Helian clan, and he didn't care about it, such a merciful man, what do I think he does?" And Ming Zhongyuan......"

At this point, Ming Chenyuan stopped and sighed weakly: "Forget it, the deceased is gone, and I don't mention how many sins I have." Now this ending is very good, he said goodbye to his hometown, and since then he has stayed away from his career, and maybe he can live a few more years. ”

"I didn't expect that the grudge between your father and son was so deep." Nie Xingji sighed when he heard this.

"So Your Highness, you're lucky. Although the brothers are on the wall, the king treats you well. Unlike me, father and son are separated and fratricidal. When Ming Chenyuan said this, there was no expression on his face, no love or hatred, as if he had seen through it.

Nie Xingchen patted his arm comfortingly, and looked at him with a smile: "I will be your sibling in the future." Brothers work together, and everything we want will be obtained. ”

"How dare I call Your Highness a brother?" Ming Chenyuan was very moved, was silent for a moment, and only said: "His Royal Highness looks up to me, and if the person who dies as a confidant, I will die without regrets." ”

"Don't talk about 'death', it's too obscure. If you die, what will happen to the golden city? Nie Xingchen spoke too quickly, and he was still weak in the end, and coughed twice. But he remembered Wei Nong again, so he told again: "Let Xiaoxin pay attention to Wei Nong's movements, and tell me her every move." ”

Ming Chenyuan nodded, and asked again: "Chu Heng just left, are you really not worried at all?" ”

"The Chu clan is all in the Yan Kingdom, and for a moment, Chu Heng doesn't dare to act rashly." Nie Xingji's eyes were faint, as deep as a deep pool, and as black as obsidian: "It's okay if he's gone." If I move the Chu royal family again, Wei Nong will fight with me. ”

"I really want the princess to hear this, she is ...... now There is a deep misunderstanding of you. Mingchen had a sad look on his face from afar: "In case Ming Danshu revealed something to her, I'm afraid that ......"

"It doesn't matter." Nie Xingji seemed helpless, but also transparent: "She already hates me to the extreme, and she can't hate me anymore." ”

Ming Chenyuan couldn't figure out Nie Xingji's mind at all, this was a man who didn't want to die to achieve his goal: "Then what are you going to do in the future?" ”

"Under the pretext of recuperating from his injuries, stay in Jingzhou."

"Aren't you afraid of sheep falling into the tiger's mouth?"

"If you put it in the place of death, you can live in the afterlife." Nie Xingji smiled calmly: "Besides, it is not yet known who is the sheep and who is the tiger. ”

*****

Nie Xingji did what he said. When King Yan came to visit him in Jinghou's Mansion, he offered to stay in Jingzhou to recuperate. Xu was ashamed, and King Yan agreed to this request for the first time.

In order to prevent King Yan from worrying, Nie Xingji took the opportunity to resign from all positions in the army, and put on a more and more respectful posture. The prince also visited him several times, but Wei Nong never did.

Nie Xingji spent his days recuperating in the mansion, and in a blink of an eye, the nineteenth year of Longwu went from spring to summer.

Approaching May, the biggest happy event in Jingzhou City is the birthday of the eldest princess Nie Zhiying. King Yan originally intended to hold a feast in the palace, but was rejected by the eldest princess, saying that everything was simple and that it was enough to set up a banquet in the palace.

In fact, the eldest princess did not ask for simplicity, but she had already started to prepare for the birthday banquet since the beginning of spring.

And Wei Nong, as the nominal daughter, has to go to the eldest princess's mansion to celebrate her birthday. There were still three days before the birthday banquet, and she came back to Zhang Luo early. Speaking from the bottom of her heart, she is still very grateful to the eldest princess and the marquis, and she has lived a very comfortable life in the eldest princess's mansion for half a year, and she has also tasted the warmth of family affection.

Although the eldest princess Nie Zhiying is half a hundred, she is well-maintained on weekdays and looks much younger than King Yan. She has always loved graceful and luxurious dressing, and she is also heavily dressed in the house on weekdays, which is in stark contrast to the slightly thick plain.

After all, it was a mother and daughter, and the eldest princess saw that Wei Nong was willing to come back to help, and she also felt that there was light on her face, so she went to the outer courtyard to greet her. When the mother and daughter met, the eldest princess warmly took her hand and greeted: "The East Palace is busy, what are you doing when you come back?" The prince is also willing to let go? ”

"When you do your birthday, your daughter naturally has to do her filial piety. The queen and the crown prince also asked me to ask you, what else needs to be added to the palace? If there is a shortage of manpower, it can be transferred from the Fengchao Palace and the East Palace. Wei Nong's words were full of courtesy, which made the eldest princess very happy.

"Let's go and see the banquet room I set up myself." The eldest princess pulled Weinong all the way, and walked to the banquet hall without saying anything.

Wei Nong didn't want to sweep her interest, and responded with a smile. When she walked to the banquet hall, the eldest princess raised her hand and pointed to the plaque on the door, and asked with a smile: "This is the new inscription of the Hou Ye, how is it?" ”

Wei Nong raised his eyes and said, "Yuekemen." The gesture is arrogant, the mood is ups and downs, the name is good, and the word is better. ”

The eldest princess was even more complacent when she heard this, and she smiled with her sleeves covered.

A golden light greeted the bright sun, and it was shaking his slightly thick eyes. She looked at it, and it turned out to be a golden cloisonné hollow exquisite bracelet on the wrist of the eldest princess.

This bracelet ...... Slightly thick is very familiar. Because, Ming Danshu also has an exact same style, but not gold, but silver.