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Reward
After the maids removed the dishes and chopsticks, Nangong
Yue told her experience in the palace today. As for the treatment of the Fifth
Prince, she only evasively said that the Empress wanted to ask her Wai
zufu to try.
According to the logic, it should be a happy thing for
his daughter to get Empress’s favor, but Nangong Mu frowned slightly, not
knowing what he was thinking. In contrast, Lin Shi was
obviously very happy and more confident in her father, and said excitedly:
"Yue Jie’er, with your Wai zufu maternal
grandfather’s medical skills, he will definitely be able to heal the Fifth
prince. Although your Wai zufu's whereabouts have been erratic in
recent years, your jiujiu(maternal uncle) must have a way to find
your Wai zufu. Yue Jie’er, you can rest assured, mother must find a
way to invite your Wai zufu to the capital..."
"Great!" Nangong Yue clapped her hands
together happily, showing a look of expectation, "When Wai
zufu comes, Yue'er can consult his old man about medical skills."
Nangong Yue's expectation is not pretending. In previous life, she lived in
her Wai zufu’s house for several years. It can be said that
her Wai zufu was the person who loved her most since her
mother left.
"Yue Jie’er" Nangong Mu said suddenly and
solemnly: "Since the Empress niangniang tells you not to
mention this to others, except for dad and your mother, you have to hide this
matter. This involves the imperial family, where the water is very deep. If
anything happens to it, it might turn a good thing into a bad thing..."
Although he spoke with reprimands and warnings, there
was concern underneath.
Every time see such a father, Nangong Yue feels very
uncomfortable. If it were not for worry her mother, she would have already
exploded. Heh, man is the most fickle. When you are good, you will pretend to
be affectionate; when feelings are weak, they turn their faces and refuse to
recognize people and are absolutely ruthless! ...Counting the days, "that
woman" should be coming soon too.
Her heart was raging like waves, but on the outside
she was calm as usual, "Yue'er knows."
Nangong Xin was listening to them, watching his sister
for a while and his father for a while. He was confused. Seeing that no one was
paying attention to him, he couldn't help raising his hand: "Meimei,
don't worry, I will never tell anyone!"
"gege, of course I believe you."
Nangong Yue said with a smile, and then made a mysterious expression, "Gege,
I brought you a gift from the palace!"
"Really!" Nangong Xin's eyes lit up, his
expression very excited.
"..." When Lin Shi heard the
words, she wanted to say stop and wanting to say that the things that the
Empress niangniang bestow things cannot be given away. If it
is seen by others, fear that it will be a crime of disrespect to the royal
family. However, Nangong Yue took out a pink embroidered pouch from her arms.
After loosening the drawstring, a delicate rose pastry appeared in front of
them, but the pastry outside was slightly cracked.
Lin Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Nangong Yue pulled the kerchief towards her brother and
deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Gege, I secretly took
this from the dessert given by the Empress. You must not tell anyone. I only
took one for you."
"Yes." Nangong Xin nodded hurriedly, "Meimei,
you are so kind! You are the best meimei! I will definitely not
tell anyone." As he said, he picked up the piece of rose cake, took a
bite, and squinted intoxicated...The cute expression amused the family.
After chatting with her parents and brother for a while,
Nangong Yue returned to Mozhuyuan to rest.
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Since there was enough rest the day before, Nangong Yue ate
breakfast early the next day, and went to Rongan tang with her
parents and brother to greet Su Shi.
At this time, it was just dawn. According to the usual
practice, they came early. But today the other branch houses seem to have a
consensus, and they all came to RonganTang early. It was just
a short time, and RonganTang was full of people.
Everyone knows that the Su Shi had received
the Empress Niangniang's reward yesterday. Probably today part
of rewards will be allocated to each branch house. Their guess is correct.
Su Shi had long ordered the maids and pozi to
bring in reward boxes.
Su Shi wearing a new turmeric colored with
lotus pattern embroidered satin jacket, a red gold-sprayed satin skirt. Holding
a Buddha beads, at first glance it seems to be the same as usual but then it
looks more energetic than usual.
Looking at the reward boxes, Huang Shi was
jealous and couldn't help saying: "Mother, is this the rewards of the
Empress Niangniang from yesterday? Daughter-in-law has been
married to Nangong house for ten years. This is the first time I have had the
honor to see the Imperial Gift..."
She wanted to keep talking, but was frightened by
Su Shi's eyes.
Su Shi watched the crowd and
simply recounted yesterday’s experience: “Yesterday, thanks to the caring of
the Emperor and the Empress, I went into the palace along with Zhao Shi,
Cheng Jie’er and Yue Jie’er. The Empress
said that the Emperor thinks my Nangong family’s contribution of treasure is
meritorious, which shows loyalty to the court. Emperor’s dragon face greatly
pleased and rewarded few things..."
After that, Su Shi quickly distributed
rewards to each house. Huang Shi immediately beaming with joy
and Nangong Lin wanted to open the box now and see what was there.
Zhao Shi swept everyone's expressions
one by one, and finally stopped on Nangong Yue's indifferent little face, can’t
help but think of what she saw and heard yesterday. A trace of unwillingness
flashed in Zhao Shi's eyes, and then she smiled gently and
said to Nangong Yue: "Yue Jie’er, thanks to the love of the
Empress Niangniang, she has given a lot of rewards. You have to
keep the jewelry safe that the Niangniang gave you yesterday.
You can’t lose the Niangniang rewarded things."
These words sounded like aunt's kind reminder to her
niece, but Nangong Yue sneered to herself: Eldest Aunt is really a good
calculation! Not to mention that the Empress Niangniang only
rewarded her. Deliberately using vague words to make people mistakenly think
that eldest Tangjie Nangong Cheng was also rewarded by the
Empress along with her equally. When others hear this, they will only think
that she drenched in the light of the family to be rewarded!
But I couldn't say it specifically; I was the only one
who received the Empress’s special reward!
As expected, Zhao Shi's goal was
achieved. All of a sudden, the enviable eyes of Huang Shi and
Nangong Lin from Sanfang focused on Nangong Yue and Nangong Cheng.
And more of them were jealous and unwilling. Nangong Cheng is Di eldest
daughter of the Zhangfang. It’s natural for her to receive some
certain honors, but Nangong Yue...
Nangong Lin stared at Nangong Yue fiercely. Damn it,
if it wasn't for the damn Xuanhuang Linglong ginseng, Grandmother would not
take her into the palace, but me! Damn, why doesn't she get sick for a while?!
"Third Jiejie is really lucky to
be able to enter the palace with Grandmother and get a reward from the
Empress Niangniang. Meimei can't ask for it!"
Nangong Lin glanced at the weak and timid Zhangfang’s Shu daughter
Nangong Yan and deliberately said "Second Jiejie, don't you
think?" Although she spoke briskly, she had a slight smile on her face,
but the jealousy in her words was clear to anyone with a discerning eye.
Nangong Yan glanced at the crowd timidly, shrank, but
said nothing.
However, Huang Shi is not willing to
let the matters rest. She said with a sneer, "Yue Jie’er is
really having a great blessing! I don't know when our Lin Jie’er will
have such a good fortune!" In the words, it is obvious that she is very
dissatisfied with Su Shi's partiality for legitimate (Di)!
