The Favoured Medical Princess: 353 Secret Letter
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In the banquet room, the brazier with silver frost charcoal was burning warmly. Nangong Yue leaned on the Arhat bed, flipping through the gift lists from various governments presented by Baihui.
This year, the gifts sent by various governments were a bit richer than before. Nangong Yue thought that it might be because the Jin Yiwei came to inspect last time but let them go lightly, which made everyone in the royal capital deeply aware of Xiao Yi's holy family. Zheng Nian, so he deliberately took advantage of the Chinese New Year to make some friendships.
Of course, it is impossible for people in officialdom to just hand over money in a tacky way, but there are quite a lot of pearls, jade, ornaments and so on. The pearls alone are as big as a thumb. White and round. There are also some precious medicinal materials, whole sheets of fur, and even some mansions have taken great pains to send good horses and swords...
The person who gave the gift was very obedient. Although the gift was expensive, he still knew how to handle it, so Nangong Yue accepted it without hesitation.
Given Xiao Yi’s identity as a proton, being too “upright and upright” is a taboo.
Nangong Yue handed the gift list back to Baihui and said with a smile: "Get some pearls to make a hood for the eldest girl."
Baihui responded and said jokingly: "Prince Princess, a new Jinyu Pavilion has recently opened in the capital. It is said to be from the south of the Yangtze River. There are many new styles from Jiangnan. Crown Princess, would you like to buy one too? A set?"
Jiangnan's style is very exquisite and more fashionable, and has always been the favorite of girls and ladies.
"That's fine. Then Sister Fei and I will each have a look." Nangong Yue was in a very good mood, "You ask their master to come to the palace tomorrow, and I will pick out the look. By the way, I can help Yimei and He. Your cousin takes a portion as a dowry."
Yimei and Baihe have both decided to get married after the new year. Originally, Nangong Yue meant that before the new year, but there are many things to do this year. If Baihe gets married, she will be even more busy, and she can only wrong them. The date was set for after the Lantern Festival, when Yimei and Lily got married together.
Lily, who was waiting on the side, was not shy at all when she heard about the dowry. Instead, she said happily: "I thank you, my concubine."
Baihui couldn't help but glare at her and thought: This girl doesn't look like a girl at all!
When Nangong Yue saw this, she couldn't help but said jokingly: "Don't glare at her. All the sisters are married. As a sister, I have to make things easier for you."
Bai Hui's face suddenly turned red and she hurriedly said, "... I'll go down first."
Nangong Yue stopped teasing her and said with a smile: "Go quickly. Stop by Zhu Xing's place and see if the prince has any letters back."
"Yes..."
Baihui responded quickly and retreated as if running away. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Xiao Fei standing outside the door and Que'er who was about to report.
Now there is no need to report. Nangong Yue waved to her and said: "Sister Fei, come in."
Xiao Fei entered the room and said doubtfully: "Baihui's face is so red..." She didn't go into details. After saying goodbye, she said to Nangong Yue a little shyly: "Sister-in-law, please help me look at it. Let's look at the acupuncture." As she said that, she handed over a handkerchief hesitantly.
Nangong Yue took a closer look and raised the corners of her mouth.
Xiao Fei's personality is undoubtedly reflected in her stitching techniques. Each stitch is neat and precise, as if measured with a ruler. The length and spacing are almost exactly the same. Although it looks a bit rigid, it is In Nangong Yue's eyes, she found it extremely interesting. Anyway, the girls in the prince's palace don't need to rely on female celebrities to make a living. It's enough that they can learn enough and be able to make purses and clothes for their husbands after they get married.
Seeing Nangong Yue's smile, Lily couldn't help but come over to take a look, and couldn't help but laugh. After being together for a long time, I also think that the older girl is quite interesting.
Seeing a hint of embarrassment in Xiao Fei's behavior, Nangong Yue hurriedly said: "Sister Fei, your needle skills are very good. Next, how about I teach you to embroider some simple patterns?"
Xiao Fei was startled, a little surprised: "Sister-in-law, didn't you say that there are twenty kinds of commonly used stitches for embroidery?" She had only learned five or six kinds in the past few days.
Nangong Yue patiently explained to Xiao Fei: "Sister Fei, although there are many acupuncture techniques, it is just like when we learn calligraphy. There is no reason why we should practice Kuang Cao before we have mastered traditional Chinese calligraphy. Although I have been practicing calligraphy these days. What I teach you are only the most basic stitches, but they are enough to embroider some of the simplest flowers and plants."
Xiao Fei nodded thoughtfully.
Nangong Yue took out a pre-traced drawing from the rattan frame, then pointed to the three white plums on it and asked Xiao Fei: "Sister Fei, first choose a kind of thread for these white plums."
Xiao Fei blinked and said, "Sister-in-law, isn't it just a white line?" Do you still need to choose?
Baihui hurriedly sent the basket of embroidery threads to Xiao Fei. Xiao Fei was dumbfounded and counted them stupidly: "One, two, three...five! Five kinds of white?" There are actually five kinds of white!
Nangong Yue explained on the side: "This is quite small. This is the embroidery thread I bought at the Jade Embroidery Pavilion in the royal capital. If this is in Jiangnan, the ladies there like to use the embroidery thread from Jiangnan Liufang Pavilion. They have as many as nine kinds of white alone!"
Xiao Fei was speechless after hearing this. After a while, she came back to her senses thoughtfully and said: "That's right. If it weren't for this, how could the ancients say: 'Meixunxunxue is three points white'? This white color is natural. There are also several types!"
Nangong Yue nodded with a smile. Xiao Fei was talented and intelligent, but she was a little repelled by female celebrities in the past. Now, once her mentality changes, she can get through it with just one click.
Xiao Fei thought of something and her eyes fell on the embroidery shed where Nangong Yue was embroidering. It was a men's robe that had been made. Nangong Yue was embroidering bamboo leaves on the corners of the robe. Looking at the robe The color and the shape of the bamboo leaves obviously match the purse from the past few days.
Xiao Fei reached out and picked up the embroidery shed. After a closer look, she found that it was just as she thought - before, she thought it was just two bamboo leaves with slightly different colors, but now she discovered that each bamboo leaf was There are subtle and natural color gradients on the leaves, down to the veins.
"Sister-in-law, your embroidery skills are really amazing." Xiao Fei was full of praise.
Que'er also came into the room at some point. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "That's natural. The princess's embroidery skills were learned from our second lady. The second lady's embroidery skills were hired by Jiangnan Liufang Pavilion." I came here to teach from a master, and the acupuncture technique is unique..."
Xiao Fei looked at Nangong Yue with a hint of envy in her eyes.
It turns out that my sister-in-law learned her embroidery skills from her mother. At that time, Aunt Nangong must have been patiently explaining and demonstrating stitch by stitch just like her sister-in-law teaches her now...
A warm picture of a loving mother and goddaughter appeared in Xiao Fei's mind.
But her mother has never taught her these things. Whether it is a female celebrity, a housekeeper, or even playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, it was her mother who asked her husband to teach her...
Not just herself, what did her mother teach her second brother Xiao Luan? The second brother is already at this age, and he is still incapable of writing or martial arts. He knows how to get into the powder pile all day long!
There was a hint of sadness on Xiao Fei's face.
What was mother doing at that time? Are you too busy praising and killing your eldest brother?
"Sister Fei..."
Nangong Yue looked at Xiao Fei thoughtfully, and Xiao Fei came back to her senses and said: "Sister-in-law, there are so many white colors, I really don't know which one to choose, why don't I hold the embroidery thread? , go outside and compare with the white plums on the plum trees."
This is a really great idea. Lily's eyes lit up and she said hurriedly: "Miss, I will go with you."
After saying that, Xiao Fei actually went out of the house with Lily, looking at Nangong Yue and bursting into laughter.
Although it is still winter, people are talking and laughing in Fufengyuan, as if even the cold wind has been driven away a lot...
Xiao Fei stayed with her until they had dinner before leaving. It was very cold outside, so Nangong Yue specifically asked Que'er to bring her the freshly fired stove and sent her back to the yard. Nangong Yue, on the other hand, leaned on the Arhat bed and continued to embroider the new robe. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and there are a lot of chores these days, so I still have some time in the evening.
Seeing that another bamboo leaf was about to be embroidered, Baihui came back from the front yard and reported happily: "Prince Concubine, there is a letter from the Crown Prince."
Nangong Yue felt happy and quickly put down the embroidery shed in her hand and took the letter.
After reading the letter, the smile on her face became a little thicker and she said, "Ayi will be back soon. I should be able to catch up with the Lantern Festival."
The maids in the house were also happy. It has been two years since their daughter got married, and they celebrate the New Year alone every year. Even they feel a little aggrieved for her. Finally, this year the Crown Prince can have a Lantern Festival reunion banquet with the Crown Princess.
Xiao Yi talked about a lot in his letter, most of which were just about his daily food, clothing, housing and transportation. He talked about everything in detail. Nangong Yue didn't feel annoyed at all when he looked at it. With a warm smile.
Although Xiao Yi's letter did not mention Baiyue, since he is coming back, it must be over...
Nangong Yue thought of the Baiyue envoys who were living in Wuyi Pavilion. These Baiyue envoys who were causing trouble in Dayu seemed unlikely to live a good year... They should soon be Did you receive the message?
As Nangong Yue expected, early the next morning, a secret letter was delivered to the Wuyi Pavilion where the Baiyue envoys were temporarily staying.
There are only a few words in the secret letter, but it is shocking to read——
The second, third and fifth princes passed away, King Baiyue died, and the fourth prince Nuhar ascended the throne!
How is this possible! ? Atachi looked at the secret report in his hand and couldn't believe his eyes. His feet gave way and he collapsed on the chair, and the secret report in his hand also slipped.
Another short and fat envoy hurriedly picked up the secret report on the ground. When he saw it, he almost felt weak and blurted out in disbelief: "It's impossible, right?"
Adachi murmured: "With the second prince and the sixth prince here, how is this possible?"
It would be a lie to say that Atachi had never worried that the second prince might have different intentions after taking power. But since he was in Dayu, he could only console himself by saying that the second and sixth princes were the eldest prince's same mother-emperor, and their relationship with the eldest prince was unusual after all.
Atachi had thought about the possibility that the second prince would ascend the throne, and worried that the third prince might force the palace to seize power... But how could he be the most incompetent and least powerful fourth prince? And in the process, the fourth prince also murdered three princes!
What happened in Baiyue to make things develop to this point?
The more Adachi thought about it, the more flustered he became, almost restless.
The envoys who came to Dayu this time were all from the party of the eldest prince Kui Lang, so all peace talks were based on the exchange of Kui Lang.
But now that the fourth prince Nuhar has ascended the throne, where will the eldest prince be placed? ! What if the new king... no, the false king sends a new group of envoys, then what do they mean? !
Adachi calmed down and said to himself that Emperor Dayu must not know the news yet, and he must act as soon as possible.
If we can conclude the peace talks before Emperor Dayu learns the news, and then let the eldest prince return to Baiyue as soon as possible, with the power and influence of the eldest prince in Baiyue, everything is hard to say...
It's a pity that the Third Prince's Mansion has been sealed off by the Emperor, so there is definitely no hope for Zhuoyi.
Now the only option is to go straight to the palace to ask for an audience with Emperor Dayu!
After making up his mind, Atachi immediately set off from Wuyi Pavilion and entered the palace to see the emperor.
The emperor also wanted to see what tricks Baiyue could come up with after he imprisoned the mistress, so he did not leave Ah Dachi alone and immediately met him in the imperial study.
After Adachi respectfully bowed to Baiyue, he stated his intention straight to the point: "His Majesty, Emperor Dayu, I would like to see my eldest prince, the eldest prince of Baiyue, and ask for your mercy."
According to the emperor's previous decree, Baiyue envoys could see Kuilang on the first and fifteenth day of each month, but today was neither the first nor the fifteenth day of the month. Even on this December 15th, they could not see Kui Lang.
The emperor's long silence made Atachi grit his teeth. He knew that Emperor Dayu might not agree to his request so easily, and he was mentally prepared that he would have to pay some price for it... Now I don't have much time, this is the moment that counts every day!
Adachi took a deep breath and said resolutely: "As long as His Majesty allows me to see His Highness the First Prince, I, Baiyue, can agree to any peace negotiation conditions."
Adachi bowed his head respectfully and waited for the emperor's answer, but he did not see a glint in the emperor's eyes behind the case.
Before, An Yi Hou Guan Yubai said that something might have gone wrong in Baiyue recently, so Baiyue was anxious to finalize peace talks and brought Kuilang back to Baiyue to quell the civil strife, which resulted in those An incident. Now it seems that it is indeed true. Baiyue even became more impatient than before... What happened to Baiyue?
Calculating the time, Xuan Pingbo has also arrived in Baiyue. I think there will be news soon.
The imperial study was silent, and the emperor still didn't speak for a long time, which made Atachi feel more and more nervous. He had already increased the pressure. If the emperor didn't agree, what should he do?
With just a snap of his fingers, Atachi was already sweating profusely and waiting with bated breath.
The emperor pondered for a moment and said calmly: "Okay, I will allow you to enter the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to meet Kui Lang." His tone was flat, and there was no hint of happiness or anger.
Atachi didn't bother to guess the emperor's thoughts, he just felt relieved and hurriedly thanked him. Then he retreated under the guidance of the little chamberlain.
Half an hour later, Atachi finally entered the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Although Kui Lang had not seen the light of day in the prison for a long time, he always knew about this time. On the 15th, Atachi did not come, so he felt that something was wrong, and today he suddenly came... Could it be that it was Is there something important that can't be accomplished?
After waiting patiently for the jailer to go away, Kui Lang asked anxiously: "What happened?!"
Adachi hurriedly reported the content of the secret letter from Baiyue to Kui Lang... He also told him what conditions he had to pay to be admitted to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and finally he also told Kui Lang about the recent Dayu Dynasty. All the changes in the hall were also reported one by one, especially the sealing of the third prince's palace and the imprisonment of the third prince.
Kui Lang is not a proud man who has had smooth sailing since he was a child. When the beloved concubine of King Baiyue came to power, he, the eldest prince, also suffered humiliation. He had to endure hardships and endure the unbearable, and finally fell into intrigues in the palace. Zhong Xian survived and not only took charge of the political power of Baiyue, but also deposed the King of Baiyue. But at this moment, even though Kui Lang thought he had seen countless storms, his expression changed drastically.
How could this happen? !
Now I am really suffering from internal and external troubles, and I am isolated and helpless!
This series of bad news made his face turn several points pale.
But he was still much calmer than Atachi. After regaining his composure, he first praised: "Atachi, you did the right thing! No matter what the price is at this time, let's win the peace talks first!" We must return to Baiyue as soon as possible! This is the most important point.
Kui Lang's eyes were dark and deep, but extremely firm.
Adachi breathed a sigh of relief, as long as His Highness didn't blame him for making good decisions.
Kui Lang asked again: "Adachi, the Sixth Emperor's Brother was not mentioned in the secret report?"
Adachi was stunned. He was so shocked by the information in the secret report that he actually forgot about His Highness the Sixth Prince.
Adachi shook his head.
Kui Lang's expression was gloomy. Since the Sixth Emperor's Brother was not mentioned in the secret report, the Sixth Emperor's Brother must have survived, so why couldn't he prevent Nuhar from ascending the throne? Could it be that...
Kui Lang's heart was in turmoil.
He needs time. He must return to Baiyue as soon as possible to turn the tide.
Baiyue belongs to him, and he will never allow Baiyue to fall into the hands of others!
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After coming out of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, Adachi went to see the emperor again, hoping to speed up the peace talks. He even proposed that Baiyue could agree to the terms set by An Yihou last time, and the only condition was to exchange for the eldest prince. Kui Lang also mentioned that if Dayu needed a proton, the eldest prince would be willing to send Dayu his eldest son as a proton.
Such conditions are very advantageous.
In the past, the emperor would have agreed immediately, but now...
The emperor didn't think much about it and refused on the grounds that the New Year was about to come and he had to seal the pen and seal the treasure according to the rules.
The conditions were not negotiated, and Adachi returned to Wuyi Pavilion in a state of despair. He could only comfort himself by saying that the emperor did not disagree, but that it was just the Chinese New Year...
On the one hand, the emperor was indeed perfunctory. Although from Atachi's reaction, he was almost certain that something big must have happened in Baiyue, he still needed to wait for the exact news from Xuan Pingbo before deciding on the peace talks. how to proceed. One of his sons had already fallen into their hands, and he was really not willing to let Baiyue go.
On the other hand, it is also a rule to seal pens and treasures in the New Year.
In this way, on December 29th, after the ceremony of sealing the treasure and sealing the pen, everyone in the court was instantly relieved. Not only the imperial pen could have a good rest for seven days, but also they who had worked hard for a year, especially The last two months of this year have been really stressful, and I can finally take advantage of the New Year to take a breather.
Last year, Nangong Yue spent the New Year alone, but this year, although Xiao Yi was still away, Xiao Fei was still with her in the palace. Some people were talking and laughing, which added to the New Year's atmosphere.
On New Year's Eve, red lanterns were hung up in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, and deafening firecrackers were heard in the streets and among the neighbors, as if even the air was filled with a strong flavor of the New Year.
Nangong Yue took Xiao Fei and sat down on the Grand Master's chair in Wushou Hall. The stewards and maids in the palace all stepped forward to salute. Lily and Que'er were happily on the sidelines and were responsible for giving rewards, giving them two full coins. Basket of coins. After receiving a generous reward, the servants were naturally overjoyed. For a while, laughter, kowtows, thanksgivings and firecrackers outside were intertwined. Even the usually empty Wushou Hall became lively.
Then, the New Year’s Eve dinner began to be served one by one, with a dazzling array of dishes and a fragrant aroma.
In addition to the ordinary dishes, they each had a plate of fat, white dumplings in front of them. The steaming white steam of the dumplings just out of the pot made people move their index fingers just by looking at them.
This is different from southern Xinjiang. Xiao Fei blinked in surprise.
Lily, who was serving dishes on the side, explained with a smile: "Girl, we in the north are different from you in southern Xinjiang. We must eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year."
Nangong Yue warned: "Sister Fei, you must eat these dumplings slowly!"
Xiao Fei blinked suspiciously and nodded obediently.
Seeing Nangong Yue chewing her food slowly, Xiao Fei, although she didn't know what was going on, was influenced and ate slowly and patiently... Baihui and Lily, who were serving at the table, secretly exchanged a look.
When she got to the fourth dumpling, Xiao Fei heard a crunching sound in her mouth as soon as she took a bite. Her eyes almost popped out, her lips moved a few times, and finally she spit out a yellow-orange copper coin.
Nangong Yue and Baihui laughed out loud. Baihui explained with a smile: "Miss, among the two plates of dumplings you and the Crown Princess had, only this one had copper coins in it. Whoever gets it gets it." The happiest person at home."
Xiao Fei looked around at the people around her and understood in an instant that this copper coin was placed in her plate of dumplings on purpose. A smile couldn't help but appear on her face.
After having a lively dinner, the two went to set off fireworks together. The boxes of fireworks in Zhennan Palace were made by the most famous shop in the capital. The fireworks were particularly gorgeous. Like a huge chrysanthemum blooming in the dark night sky, it eclipses the stars and the silver moon.
This is almost midnight, the moment when the new year comes and the old year comes. When the new year comes, the whole king is boiling, the sound of firecrackers is endless, the night sky is filled with fireworks, even the surrounding people The people are cheering:
"It's the New Year! It's the New Year!"
Every sound is more joyful than the next, and every sound is more lively!
Baihui and Lily, who accompanied Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei on New Year's Eve, were the first to pay New Year greetings to their two masters. Following Xiao Fei, they also paid New Year's greetings to Nangong Yue and received a red envelope.
"Sister Fei, this is lucky money!"
Nangong Yue looked at Xiao Fei with a smile. Xiao Fei showed a hint of shyness on her face, but she accepted it disrespectfully. Although her father and mother had given her lucky money during the Chinese New Year in previous years, her eldest brother and second brother had never received it.
My sister-in-law is not much older than me, but she is so thoughtful.
Xiao Fei thought of something and suddenly said: "Sister-in-law, are you going to get your haircut this year?"
Nangong Yue nodded, with a trace of embarrassment on her face that Xiao Fei couldn't understand: "I will be old enough to have haircuts in June this year..."
A haircut ceremony is held when a woman turns fifteen, which signifies that she has become an adult.
When my sister-in-law’s birthday comes, I must give her a gift, but this time...
Xiao Fei took out a plum-red purse from her arms with some embarrassment. The workmanship was only neat, and the three white plum blossoms on the corners were barely embroidered to the eye, but this was the best she could do. Yes!
"Thank you, Sister Fei!" Nangong Yue took it with a smile and praised, "Sister Fei is really making rapid progress." Just by looking at it, Nangong Yue knew that Xiao Fei must have spent a lot of time to embroider like this. Big effort.
Xiao Fei smiled shyly and said hurriedly: "Sister-in-law, go and get some rest. You have to go to the palace to attend the greetings tomorrow morning. If you don't sleep, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep."
Nangong Yue actually couldn't sleep for more than a few hours. When the first rooster crow sounded, she had to get up.
On the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Nangong Yue went to the palace to congratulate her as usual;
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, she took Xiao Fei back to Nangong Mansion...
Because Xiao Yi was away, Zhennan Palace closed its doors to thank guests, which made her feel a lot more relaxed.
That's it, until the day of the stove-warming party at Princess Yongyang's house.
According to Fu Yunyan, Princess Yongyang wanted to take this opportunity to formally introduce Wen Yu, her long-lost grandson, to the various palaces in the royal capital...