Chapter 32: The Reunion of the Old Man (7)

In the end, Qin Yu was hoarse and panting heavily. Nangong Yu, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" pavilion, lowered his head and listened to her without saying a word, then stood up, sat down beside her gently, hugged her shoulders, leaned on his chest, and sighed: "I'm sorry, I lost you." I shouldn't have pretended to be high back then, please give me a chance to make amends, okay?" Qin Yu looked at him and said, "Then will you marry me?" Nangong Yu said: "I will marry you in the Ming media, and let all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty come to be our witness, I don't want any confidantes, I want to live with you for a lifetime, play chess for a lifetime, okay." Qin Yu bit his lip, burst into laughter, and said "um" with a red face

Nangong Yu didn't leave that night, but they didn't do anything, just hugged each other and chatted. In the morning, Nangong Yu gently put Qin Yu, who was sleeping in her arms, on the bed, gently touched her hair, and couldn't bear to leave. Qin Yu suddenly closed his eyes and smiled: "You go and get busy, come and accompany me when you are free." Nangong Yu smiled slightly, kissed her on the forehead, and said, "As long as you don't get annoyed, I will come to you every day." Qin Yu turned sideways, turned his back to him, and said with a smile: "I've been idle enough over the years, come and annoy me, now Mr. Ben is going to sleep, don't disturb." Nangong Yu smiled: "Okay." She covered the quilt and left Jingzhuzhai.

On this day, several groups of people came to the Ministry of Minister's Office, not only bringing the things needed by the house, but also bringing the things prepared by the hundred officials for the night of the pilgrimage, all of which were lanterns, couplets, new clothes and other festive things, the most of which were the ingredients and drinks needed for the banquet. In addition, musicians and dancers were selected from the royal opera troupe, and they all gathered in the lobby to familiarize themselves with the venue.

Lu Gong is very busy, and he is also happy. Song Yi and Song Ming are not there, he has become the most powerful person in the mansion except for Nangong Yu, everything must be approved by him, and his words represent the prince.

Nangong Yu let them toss, he didn't care about anything, he stayed alone in Ning Yuxuan to read, thinking that it was almost time for the New Year, it seemed that he was going to spend the New Year in the capital this year, thinking that Guoguo loved to play, he ordered the Internal Affairs Office to send a set of toys for children to play with and put them in the back garden.

In the evening, the traffic in front of the palace of the king of Yingtian, the lanterns in the house are hung high, the lights are brilliant, the ministers of the court, the celebrities and gentry come to meet with the stickers and gift lists, and the gifts sent can be lined up from the front of the house to the mouth of the alley, and the scale is no less than Yan Song's birthday banquet.

Nangong Yu sat on the main seat in the middle of the lobby, accepting a wave of guests, most of whom he did not know, and Zhang Juzheng stood beside him to introduce, "This is the Lord Wang of the Ministry of Households", "This is Lord He of the Ministry of Officials", and then there are eunuchs who are the eunuchs of the celebrant who lead the way to the seat according to the official products.

At this time, a one-eyed big fat man walked in from outside, and he heard his hearty laughter from a distance, followed by a young man walking in a dragon and a tiger, and all the guests present also got up to salute the fat man, Zhang Juzheng said: "Lord Wang, you know these two." ”

After the fat man bowed, he bowed down and said, "Minister, Yan Shifan and his dog Qingdong knocked to see the prince, and congratulated the prince on his thousand-year-old Jin'an." Yan Qingdong also echoed. Nangong Yuzhen didn't expect that a figure like Yan Shifan, who covered the sky with one hand, would also kneel to him, this is the power of imperial power, no matter how big your official position is, if you meet someone surnamed Zhu, you will always be just a courtier.

Nangong Yu bowed and said, "Little Pavilion Elder, Brother Yan, please get up." After the two got up, Yan Shifan said with a smile: "I heard that the dog and the prince have some friendship, it is really a blessing for the dog." In the past, we were instigated by others, and we had a little misunderstanding with the prince, and we will slowly make amends to the prince in the future. Qingdong, present the gift list to the prince to look at it and see what the shortcomings are. ”

Yan Qingdong took out the gift list and respectfully presented it. There are five pages on the gift list, and Nangong Yu was taken aback after reading only one page, and the gift value of only one page is worth 30,000 taels of silver. It seems that the Yan family knew that they were at a loss back then, so they did not hesitate to spend money to reconcile with themselves, listening to the meaning of Yan Shifan's mouth, this gift list is just the beginning of a long stream.

Nangong Yu accepted it quietly and invited the two of them to sit down. Yan Shifan was a member of the cabinet and had a very high status, and was placed in a position second only to Xu Jie, Gao Gong.

Hundreds of officials came in one after another to pay respects, and the lobby was already full, and at this time, melons and fruits were supplied, and the musicians also played lightly to warm up the singing and dancing for a while. At that moment, three more congratulators entered. Zhang Juzheng glanced at it and said with a smile: "Xiaguan went down first." ”

Nangong Yu glanced at the three of them and understood what he meant, especially when he saw the woman among them, he trembled all over, wasn't that Haiqiong who made him think about it for a long time and couldn't keep his soul?

Today's Haiqiong is a woman, wearing a light white dress, with a silver hairpin on her head, and her face is still not powdered, light and elegant like water, not only has the years not left her traces of aging, but has added more solemnity and tranquility. She raised her eyes and glanced at Nangong Yu, then lowered her head and knelt down with the two people around her.

Nangong Yu's heart twitched violently, as if she had knocked over a five-flavor bottle. "Minister, Hai Rui, the head of the household department", "Li Junxian, the head of the household department, took the woman Haiqiong and knocked on the prince Chitose. Their voices seemed to be far away.

Nangong Yu raised her hand with a pale face and asked them to get up, and looked at Haiqiong with her glasses stupidly, unable to say anything. Li Junxian is the most weak-hearted, he has offended Nangong Yu before, for fear that Nangong Yu will embarrass himself in public, this time he deliberately took Haiqiong to "protect", seeing Nangong Yu's confused face, he was secretly happy, and followed the little eunuch to the last seat and sat down.

When Haiqiong turned to leave, she glanced at Nangong Yu again, there was an inexplicable and complicated look in her eyes, Nangong Yu was heartbroken, and she didn't have time to pay attention to the old grudge with Li Junxian.

At this time, the music sounded, and the civil and military officials got up one after another to congratulate and toast Nangong Yu, Nangong Yuqiang smiled and raised his glass to return the salute, and casually said a few words of thanks.

Then the banquet began to sing and dance, Nangong Yu kept her head down and pondered, sometimes glanced at Haiqiong in the distance, and did not say a word. As a prince, he doesn't have to speak, just listen to what others say. Whoever came to toast, he did not refuse, did not use the breath of the fire dragon to dissolve the wine, it seems that getting drunk is what he really wants.

Drunk and hazy, his mind was extraordinarily sober, except for Hai Rui, Li Junxian and Hai Qiong, the other officials were all above the third grade, it seemed that Liu Jin deliberately arranged the three of them, I don't know what it meant.

After an hour, everyone was full of wine and food, and they all got up to say goodbye to Nangong Yu, and Nangong Yu nodded and sent him off. He didn't look at Haiqiong again, so as not to embarrass the family with his rudeness. After the people left, he saw a red greeting note on the table, signed by Li Junxian, he opened it, sneered and said: "Pearl Yihu, you are quite rich, Zhuang Yuanlang." ”

I don't usually feel anything if I don't see Haiqiong, but when I see it, my thoughts seem to have returned to a few years ago, and I feel even more unable to extricate myself. He sat alone for a long time, struggling repeatedly in his heart, and finally his sensibility overcame reason, got up and jumped out of the courtyard wall.

There were too many carriages parked in front of the mansion, and when they left, they were also in the order of official positions, only Hai Rui came on foot, without queuing, and went first alone. Li Junxian's official position was the smallest, so he was naturally ranked last, and when Nangong Yu came out, he had just gotten into an ordinary carriage and drove slowly. Nangong Yu followed silently.

The carriage traveled a long way, far away from the downtown area, into a remote alley, and into a small courtyard. That small courtyard is not as big as one-thirtieth of the "Yingtian King's Mansion", but for a self-made new official in the capital, it is good to be able to live here. Nangong Yu jumped into the small courtyard and squatted under the wall to look around.