Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Chapter 280

Love and hate and the pain of parting

In the early morning of the next day, Qi Yan was the first to wake up and saw Nangong Jingnv in her arms bursting into a bright smile.

Nangong Jingnv's sleeping face was very peaceful, Qi Yan felt her heart was filled with happiness, she now kissed Nangong Jingnv's forehead, hugged her and squinted for a moment, opened her eyes to look at the sky... ...It's getting late, and it's time for me to wake her up.

"Duk Tuk Tuk" came a knock on the door, and Qi Yan remembered that it was time for him to take his medicine.

Gu Ruolan is from the common people, and she doesn't know much about court rules, and Qi Yan usually wakes up early, and usually pushes the door open after knocking on the door.

It was the same today, Gu Ruolan opened the door holding the medicine bowl.

Qi Yan pulled the quilt for Nangong Jingnv, wrapping her whole body in it.

Gu Ruolan: "Brother, take medicine..."

But Qi Yan was wrapped in a quilt, with one arm exposed and her fingers resting on her lips.

Gu Ruolan was taken aback, there were obviously two people on the bed, Gu Ruolan's face turned red immediately, and she wanted to know who was sleeping inside.

Qi Yan pointed to the table, Gu Ruolan put the medicine bowl on the table, and ran away like flying.

With a sound of "bang", the sound of closing the door successfully woke up Nangong Jingnv, only to hear her "hmm" in displeasure, she closed her eyes and touched Qi Yan's direction, hugging Qi Yan's waist and frowning. Stretched out, speaking in the lazy voice of the morning: "Who is it?"

Qi Yan: "It was Ruolan who came to deliver the medicine to me."

Nangong Jingnv opened her eyes all of a sudden, Qi Yan: "The person has already left."

Nangong Jingnu: "What time is it?"

Qi Yan: "The time for the morning court has passed."

Nangong Jingnu: "Why didn't you call me, that's too bad!"

Qi Yan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, forgive me, when I wake up, the morning time has already passed."

Nangong Jingnv: "There is no one in Ganquan Palace, today is only my first day of official enthronement! It's so late..."

Qi Yan directly lifted the quilt, went to the cabinet, took a set of clean clothes from it, and handed it to Nangong Jingnv. The latter saw Qi Yan's undressed body, and couldn't help but whispered: "It's really a mistake of beauty." country!"

Qi Yan: "What did Your Majesty say?"

Nangong Jingnu: "No... you can get up too, take the medicine and go to eat, I have to go back first."

Qi Yan: "Okay."

When Nangong Jingnv returned to the dormitory, she found that there were already many guards, and the internal guards were looking for someone in a hurry. Nangong Jingnv stepped forward and said, "I'm in a panic, what happened?"

Seeing Nangong Jingnv, the servant plopped and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, we have found you! Something is wrong!"

Nangong Jingnu: "I just... went to the Imperial Garden for a walk, what happened?"

The servant kowtowed like garlic, and replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty Qizuo, last night...His Highness Qionghua was assassinated..."

Nangong Jingnu: "What did you say?!"

The servant reported back crying: "His Highness Qionghua was assassinated last night. When the servants found His Highness's body was already cold, a dagger hit his chest, and blood was all over the ground..."

Nangong Jingnv's face lost all color in an instant, her body wobbled and almost fell down.

The servant: "The servants couldn't find His Majesty, so they dared to invite Lord Taiwei. If they can't find it, they will break into the forbidden area. Your Majesty... take care of your dragon body!"

Nangong Jingnu: "Take me to have a look."

The servant: "Your Majesty, please come with the slaves."

Nangong Jingnv's footsteps were erratic, and the servants ran beside Nangong Jingnv at the same pace and said, "His Royal Highness's body was found in Ganquan Palace, less than five hundred steps away from His Majesty's bedroom. Lord Taiwei presides over the overall situation, and I hope His Majesty will forgive me."

Nangong Jingnu: "Shut up!"

The servants silenced, and there were many palace people along the way. The guards knelt on the ground after seeing Nangong Jingnv, and Gong Yanghuai also saw Nangong Jingnv, hurried over with a team of guards, and knelt in front of Nangong Jingnv : "See Your Majesty!"

Nangong Jingnu: "Eldest sister...where is it?"

Gong Yanghuai: "In the side hall."

Nangong Jingnv picked up the hem of her skirt and ran towards the side hall. The gate of the side hall was open, and a group of palace people were already kneeling at the door, but because there was no Nangong Jingnv's order, these palace people did not wear mourning.

Nangong Jingnv entered the side hall. For some reason, the side hall felt gloomy and cold today. As soon as she entered the door, the mortuary platform came into view, covered with a white cloth.

Nangong Jingnv paused and stopped three steps away from the corpse, unwilling to move forward. All the palace servants and guards who followed knelt outside the door.

Gong Yanghuai hesitated at the door for a moment, stepped in, walked behind Nangong Jingnv and said in a low voice, "I...are guilty, according to the palace people...when His Highness Qionghua's body was found...the body was already cold. The murder weapon should be the dagger stuck in His Highness's chest... Wu Zuo is waiting outside, please Your Majesty to decide."

Nangong Jingnu: "Go out."

Gong Yanghuai: "Yes, please take care of the dragon body, Your Majesty."

Nangong Jingnu: "Go out and close the palace door."

Gong Yanghuai: "Yes."

The gate of the hall was closed by Gong Yanghuai from the outside, and the light inside the hall was slightly dimmed.

Nangong Jingnv took two steps forward, and lifted the white cloth covering the corpse with trembling hands.

Seeing Nangong Sunu lying there quietly, her face was pale and bloodless, and the cloth on her chest was stained red with blood, showing a dark red color.

Nangong Jingnv called "big sister" and knelt on the ground, crying on the wooden board of the mortuary.

Nangong Jingnu: "Elder Sister... I am the one who is sorry for you, Eldest Sister, it's all my fault."

……

It's a pity that Nangong Sunu can't hear it anymore.

She lay there quietly, no pain seemed to be visible on her face, her shrewd and sharp eyes could no longer be opened, and the smile lines at the corners of her eyes seemed to have become clear.

Nangong Jingnv can't remember how many times she saw the remains of her relatives. She remembers the first time she saw the eldest prince Nangong Ping... At that time, I was more afraid than sad. That was Nangong Jingnv. I think the dead are so scary...

After that, the old nine disappeared, such a small child... Nangong Jingnv was very sad that time.

And then... More and more people left me. I loved my father the most, my sixth brother who was always against me and often bullied me, and my fifth brother who was one step away from ascending to the throne. Yu's elder brother, the third elder brother who was once the most hopeful successor to the throne, died in a foreign land... Xiao Qi is nowhere to be found.

Although many brothers have left, but fortunately the three sisters of the Nangong family are still safe. Nangong Jingnv thought that after she ascended the throne of God, her relatives would no longer be in danger...

But she was wrong, the eldest sister she relied on the most left without any sign...

What about Fuer?Youhe is still so young, and the eldest brother-in-law is waiting for the eldest sister to go back to Youzhou for reunion... What should I do?

The emperor only paid homage to the parents of heaven and earth, but Nangong Jingnv made an exception and kowtowed to Nangong Sunu three times. After getting up, she silently put the white cloth on Nangong Sunu's face again: "Eldest sister, Fuer and Youhe, I will replace you Take good care of me, I assure you, even if I dig three feet into the ground, I will find the murderer and tear his body to pieces!"

Nangong Jingnv wiped away her tears and left the side hall. The emperor cannot easily show weakness in front of outsiders.

Outside the door, a group of people knelt down in black, Nangong Jingnv glanced at it, and said coldly: "Decree, all the palace people registered in the inner court will be handed over to the third division for interrogation. I will find out who the murderer is within three days." .”

Gong Yanghuai: "Observe the order."

Nangong Jingnu: "Prepare a golden nanmu coffin to enshrine Princess Qionghua's body. Let's set up the mourning hall here, and send someone to bring Fu'er into the palace, and send it to me first..."

Internal servant: "Observe the order."

Nangong Jingnu: "Send an obituary to Youzhou, and invite the Great General Wang to come to Beijing."

Internal servant: "Observe the order."

Gong Yanghuai: "Wait a minute, Your Majesty! I still have something to say to Your Majesty alone."

Nangong Jingnu: "Get up and answer."

Gong Yanghuai: "Yes."

Gong Yanghuai came to Nangong Jingnv's side, and whispered, "I would like to invite the General King to return to the capital. Your Majesty, please think twice. Everyone knows that the General King and His Royal Highness Qionghua have a strong relationship. Now His Royal Highness Qionghua Died tragically in the inner court... The minister was worried that unnecessary trouble would be caused, so it was better to issue an obituary, and then send important officials to transport Princess Qionghua's body back to Youzhou, so that even if the general had hatred in his heart, he would consider it. To bear the unfavorable factors such as the road, according to the law... the vassal king is allowed to bring five thousand soldiers when he returns to the capital, and the Youzhou soldiers under the command of the general king are all warriors who can be compared to ten, plus His Royal Highness Qionghua brought back to the palace... ...It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people together, Your Majesty...Think twice."

Nangong Jingnu pondered for a moment: "So... let's wait for now, let me think about it."

Gong Yanghuai: "Your Majesty is wise."

Nangong Jingnu: "That's right."

Gong Yanghuai: "The minister is here."

Nangong Jingnu: "You go to the Pixiang Palace in person, and please come to the study room to see me at the moment of Linjiang Wang Wei."

Gong Yanghuai: "Yes."

……

Nangong Jingnv went straight to Qi Yan's bedroom, rushed in, tears fell before she could open her mouth.

It has been a long time since Qi Yan has seen Nangong Jingnv lose her composure. It can be said that since she became the empress, the fragility of the past has become farther and farther away from her. Seeing Nangong Jingnv suddenly being so flustered, Qi Yan has fainted. Guessing that something must have happened to the Nangong family.

Qi Yan opened her arms and poured Nangong Jingnv into her arms, and gently comforted her with her actions, without opening her mouth.

Nangong Jingnu: "Yuanjun... Eldest sister, she is gone."

Qi Yan was silent for a long time, and asked softly: "What's going on?"

Nangong Jingnu: "As soon as someone stabbed me in the heart with a dagger, when the guards found out...it's all my fault. so!"

Qi Yan sighed softly, and touched the back of Nangong Jingnv's head.

Nangong Jingnv choked up and said, "How should I explain to the Great General Wang and Fu'er? Youhe is still so young...Her mother had an accident right under my nose, and I cannot escape the blame!"

Qi Yan: "Your Majesty's mourning minister can also feel the same, but... I think the most urgent thing is to focus on two things."

Nangong Jingnv: "Why...why all the relatives I care about leave me one by one, why such a big incident happened in the family, I can't stay with the eldest sister in the end like a normal sister...but I have to think about the big picture ? Why don't I even have the simplest right to mourn for a person..."

Every word that Nangong Jingnv said pierced Qi Yan's heart. Qi Yan had personally brought such pain to Nangong Jingnv too many times, causing most of her relatives to wither, so the pain was compounded... Moreover, Qi Yan guessed that the murderer might be someone from the former princess, who originally assassinated Nangong Jingnv, but let Nangong Sunv stop the disaster innocently...

In the end, I have my own responsibility. If it wasn't for me, the princess of the previous dynasty wouldn't be so frustrated. If I could be a little stronger...so strong that I could stand against the princess of the previous dynasty... maybe it wouldn't be like this.

Suddenly, there was a colic in Qi Yan's spiritual sea, the pain made her eyes go black, and her thoughts drifted away so that there was not even a single bit left...

I don't know how long it took, as the pain dissipated, Qi Yan gradually regained consciousness, Nangong Jingnv in her arms was still crying, telling her faults and regrets, Qi Yan was still hugging Nangong Jingnv, but suddenly felt Everything in the world has become strange, and it seems that there is an unreal feeling everywhere.

Nangong Jingnu: "You also feel that I am responsible for this matter, don't you?"

Qi Yan gritted her teeth, and tightly wrapped her arms around Nangong Jingnv, it seemed that only in this way... could she feel a trace of reality still in the world.

From an angle that Nangong Jingnv couldn't see, Qi Yan was sweating profusely, her brows were tightly furrowed.

Nangong Jingnv closed her eyes in despair, and a tear fell silently.

Qi Yan took a deep breath: "Your Majesty... please listen to me."

Nangong Jingnu: ....

Qi Yan: "Chen... Where did you just say?"

Nangong Jingnv felt a little strange, but she repeated: "You said that the top priority is two things."

Qi Yan: "Oh, that's right. There are two top priorities. The first thing is to find the murderer, and the second thing is how to deal with the affairs of the eldest sister."

Nangong Jingnu: "Even if we dig three feet into the ground, the murderer must be found! I'm not sure about the second one, and I want to hear your opinion."

Qi Yan: "Well, there are two ways for the elder sister's death. One is to stop the coffin in the capital and choose a geomantic and beautiful place for a grand burial. From the etiquette point of view, this is an honor and sorrow. The other is to invite a royal family member or the court The important minister caressed the coffin and sent the elder sister's coffin back to Youzhou, and asked the General Wang to take full control of it. The elder sister's coffin was buried in the Shangguan family's cemetery, which is regarded as peace. What does your majesty think?"

Nangong Jingnu: "I want to make a big deal, and I will stop the coffin of my eldest sister for a while, and when my imperial mausoleum is completed, I will hide my eldest sister in the outer room of the imperial mausoleum to show my respect and mourning. However, After all, the eldest sister had an accident in Ganquan Palace, leaving [-] Youzhou sergeants, and then the General King will be invited back to the capital. Wang Hui took the opportunity to attack in grief and anger. So I came to ask you what you mean."

Qi Yan: "I have a different opinion from Baishi on this matter. I think His Majesty should write the obituary in hand, and invite the Great General Wang to return to Beijing."

Nangong Jingnu: "But... what about the [-] Youzhou sergeants?"

Qi Yan: "Youzhou has [-] troops. If the general wants to rebel, sending troops from Youzhou will only be smoother, and the division is famous. I think that it is reasonable to invite the elder brother-in-law to the capital, and it is also necessary to send troops from Youzhou." Let's discuss in person how to arrange the elder sister's coffin. At least the court should be more open and don't give Youzhou an excuse to send troops. After all, no one wants to see this kind of thing happen. If we meet again because of this, elder sister It's hard to feel at ease under the Nine Springs. But..."

Nangong Jingnu: "What?"

Qi Yan: "Even if the imperial court treats each other with courtesy, it may be difficult to avoid Youzhou's rebellion, and other means must be used."

Nangong Jingnu: "Do you have an idea?"

Qi Yan's gaze was a bit complicated, and he was silent for a long time before he opened his mouth and said: "First of all, Your Majesty must explain clearly in the letter that the Great General must bring Princess Danyang."

Nangong Jingnu: "You want to keep both the sons and daughters of the Great General King in the capital as hostages. I'm afraid this is inappropriate?"

Qi Yan shook his head: "Could it be that the minister is in a daze? Isn't this forcing the Great General to rebel?"

Nangong Jingnu: "That's it?"

Qi Yan: "Leave Youhe in the capital, and Fu'er asks General Wang to take you back to Youzhou."

Nangong Jingnu: "How can this be done? After all, Fu'er is the eldest son of the general's palace, and my aunt would not treat him badly in the capital, but if it were replaced by Youhe, if the elder brother-in-law insisted on rebelling... wouldn't it be a shame to see him?" Is Youhe also injured?"

Qi Yan: "My eldest sister was framed by gangsters. All we can do is to try our best to plan for her two sons under the premise of taking the overall situation into consideration. If we can get more points, we will get more points. Think about it... Youhe is a girl after all. It's inconvenient to be raised by your father, and it's justified to be by your side... Besides, the elder brother-in-law is in his prime, since he is the king of the general, he has already left his status as a son-in-law. The elder sister's departure... In three years, maybe the elder brother-in-law It will continue, and when the son is not around, the next wife will inevitably have other ideas, if you give birth to a son, how can you keep Fuer's status unchanged?"

Hearing that Shangguan Wu might remarry, Nangong Jingnv felt extremely uncomfortable... In this world, most of the people who stick to each other are women, but men are rarely able to stay with one person all their lives.

Nangong Jingnu: "What you said makes sense, but I can't guarantee that it will influence the overall situation just because of one Youhe."

Qi Yan was silent for another moment, looked into Nangong Jingnu's eyes and said: "Next... I will wrong Your Majesty to tell a lie."

Nangong Jingnu: "What is it?"

Qi Yan: "When the elder brother-in-law comes, you can just tell the elder brother-in-law to keep Youhe... In the future, if His Majesty gives birth to a prince, you will definitely make Youhe the crown princess. In the future, the children of Youhe and the prince will be born." Emperor."

Nangong Jingnv looked back into Qi Yan's eyes and said seriously: "You know..."

Qi Yan: "Of course I know that all of this is for the sake of the overall situation. Now that the princess of the previous dynasty is ready to move, I don't think that Luobei will be safe and sound. Youzhou is a barrier between the imperial court and Luobei. In case of war, Youzhou The state capital is the only army that can protect Luonan in time, and we must stabilize the elder brother-in-law no matter what. We exchanged the eldest son for a princess, and making such a promise is enough goodwill and compensation. Now the court I am really powerless to face the rebellion in Youzhou, that's all I can do."

Nangong Jingnu: "I understand. I'll go back first, and Fu'er will be here in a while, and I even asked someone to find Lao Ba to ask questions."

Qi Yan: "Your Majesty, take care."

……

Nangong Jingnv returned to Ganquan Palace and waited for another half an hour, when the servant reported: General Wang Shizi Shangguan Fu has arrived.

Because Nangong Jingnv didn't give orders, and no one dared to disclose the news that Princess Qionghua had passed away without authorization, Shangguan Fu entered the study room, saluted respectfully, and called out with a smile: "Third Aunt."

Seeing Shangguan Fu's sincere smile, Nangong Jingnv almost burst into tears. She didn't know how to tell such a young child that his mother was no longer alive.

Nangong Jingnu: "Fu'er, come here."

Shangguan Fu: "Yes."

Nangong Jingnv hugged Shangguan Fu, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Shangguan Fu asked in astonishment: "Third Aunt, what's wrong with you?"

Nangong Jingnu: "Fu'er, your mother..."

The third year of Chengqi March.

Princess Qionghua passed away, and the emperor was deeply saddened. He gave the emperor's coffin to the eldest sister, and gave it to the outer room of the emperor's mausoleum.

Princess Qionghua's obituary is copied everywhere...

In addition, there was another arrest warrant that was copied all over the world despite the obituary: Linjiang Wang Nan Gongbao was arrested throughout the whole territory. The arrest warrant described Nan Gongbao's appearance and characteristics in detail, and attached a portrait.

Somewhere, in an unknown manor.

A strong man hurriedly ran into the garden, came outside the study, knelt down and reported: "Master, great news!"

This person is the powerful guard beside the former princess, Wu Da.

Masked man: "I am practicing calligraphy, you can talk outside the door."

Wu Da: "Master, the obituary was posted on the street just now. Nangong Sunu, the eldest daughter of the old thief Nangong, has died. The person who killed her is probably her younger brother, Nangongbao! What an eye opener, the Nangong clan has done all kinds of evil things. , God can't see it!"

In the room, after a long silence, he replied: "Dinner... Prepare a pot of wine for me."

Wuhan University: "Yes! The villain resigns."

Wu Da got up and left, walked to the arch of the courtyard, and suddenly heard the sound of the piano.

In the study of the princess of the former dynasty, there was a song "High Mountain and Flowing Water"...