Nangong zheng change to Nangong Hang
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Chapter 71: Assault
He was only
halfway through his salute when he was stopped by Third Prince Han Lingfu,
"No need to be polite, since we are travelling in plain clothes, we do not
want to disturb the incense-bearers in this temple." He looked elegant and
handsome, and his demeanour had an indescribable elegance and nobility that
made all those who watched him feel convinced.
Only halfway
through the salute, the Third Prince Han Lingfu raised his hand to stop, "No
need to be polite, since we are travelling in plain clothes, we do not want to
disturb the visitors in the temple." He looked elegant and handsome, and
his demeanour had an indescribable elegance and nobility that made the viewer's
heart happy and convinced.
Although the
words were not explicit. But by now, the other people around, including Su
Qingping, had also guessed the identities of the Two Princes. Even Nangong
Cheng, who had been struggling, did not dare to move easily, secretly sighing
that he was unlucky.
"Many
thanks to the two Gongzis." Nangong Hang immediately changed his
title as he was kind and followed by asking, "Han Gongzi, I wonder
where my Fourth Uncle has offended you?"
"Perhaps
there is some misunderstanding." Han Lingfu raised his hand to the two
guards, who immediately understood and loosened their grip on Nangong Cheng.
However, Qu
Jiayue was unwilling to do so, frowned and pointed at Nangong Cheng and said
with conviction: "How can this be a misunderstanding? It is obvious that
he was sneaking around outside the courtyard, and he even deliberately sent the
little monk who was guarding the door away, so it is obvious that there is a
spook in it."
Nangong Yue
half-lowered her eyes, her heart agreeing with Qu Jiayue's view. She quickly
scanned between her fourth uncle Nangong Cheng and Su Qingping.
She suspected
that the Fourth Uncle was trying to sneak into the courtyard where the West
Side Hall was located in order to have a private meeting with Su Qingping.
"This
young gentleman, you have misunderstood!" Nangong Cheng straightened his
clothes, although he was still annoyed in his heart, But thinking that there
was an imperial Prince present and that the other party was probably of
powerful and noble origin, he had to put on a good attitude :“The humble
Nangong Cheng is just here to pick up my mother and nieces."
"Humph!
How exactly is it, you know clearly in your heart!" Qu Jiayue coldly
shrugged off another sentence, suddenly thought of something and looked towards
the Second Prince, pointing her fan at Nangong Cheng. "Second cousin,
aren't they from the Nangong family?" There is no second Nangong family in
this world that is famous all over the world.
Second Prince
Han Lingzhao nodded, "Naturally it's that Nangong family."
"Oh?"
Qu Jiayue smiled with interest, her eyes wandering between Nangong Yue and
Nangong Hang for a moment before settling on Nangong Hang, "Could it be
that this girl is Nangong Hang, the number one beauty in Wangdu as the Second
Cousin said?"
Her attitude
was actually quite disrespectful, but because the two princes were present, the
Nangong family members just had to put up with it.
"Not bad,
not bad." Second prince Han Lingzhao smiled wryly, "Cousin(biaodi),
wouldn't you say it's much prettier than the former number one beauty of the
royal capital, Junzhu Mingyue?"
"Then I
would like to take a closer look." Qu Jiayue put away her fan and suddenly
took a step closer to Nangong Hang, picking up her chin with the handle of the
fan and leaning down close to her cheek in an extremely flirtatious manner.
"This Gongzi
has overstepped his bounds!" Even if Nangong Hang was good-tempered,
she could not withstand this humiliation and took half a step back, but she did
not want Qu Jiayue to pester her repeatedly, looking like a frivolous gentleman
who was molesting a woman.
"Beauty,
what are you hiding for! This gongzi has not yet seen clearly!"
Even Nangong
Cheng couldn't bear this sight and wanted to step forward, "You've gone
too far!" But he was immediately stopped by one of the guards.
Gui Mama behind
Nangong Hang did not expect the two Princes would allow this young Gongzi treat
her guniang so disrespectfully. She was about to go up in anger when she
heard a small voice mumble into her ears, "This sister is also beautiful,
and she is as beautiful as her elder sister."
Gui mama
was startled for a moment and could not help but take a closer look at Qu
Jiayue. At this glance, it became clear that there were many flaws. This female
gentleman's twin eyebrows were carefully groomed into willow brows, her
earlobes were pierced and her figure was slightly thin ...... and although she
made a dashing gesture, a closer look would in fact reveal that she still
carried the delicacy of a girl.
At this point,
Qu Jiayue finally retreated and opened his paper fan again, saying in a suave
manner: “Second cousin is right, this Miss Nangong is indeed beautiful and
impeccable, worthy of the name of the first beauty in the Wangdu. Even this
dull Buddhist temple seems to be a little more interesting with the company of
beauty. Miss Nangong, why don't you accompany the three of us on a casual walk
around this Bailong Temple?"
Nangong Hang
slightly wrinkled her brow and was about to speak, but Gui Mama, fearing
that she might offend the nobleman, stepped in front of her: "This guniang,
although our guniang is willing to accompany guniang, but our Lao
Furen is still in the courtyard behind this side hall, and our guniang still
has to wait on her."
When Gui Mama
revealed Qu Jiayue's female identity, Nangong Hang was flabbergasted and
finally came to her senses. When she recalled the strange attitude of the two
Princes now, she felt that everything had become reasonable. For a moment, all
eyes were focused on Qu Jiayue's body which made her feel ashamed and
indignant. She flung her sleeves out in an unhappy manner, "This is
meaningless! I'll leave now!"
"Biaomei!"
Second Prince
Han Lingzhao immediately chased after her, leaving only Third Prince Han Lingfu
to apologetically say to the Nangong family, "We’ve disturbed you, so
we'll take our leave first!" Saying this, his gaze crossed Nangong Hang to
linger on Nangong Yue at the back with an unknown meaning. He still remembered
that last time in the imperial garden, shortly after Nangong Yue had left, he
had encountered a strange incident with a swarm of bees. Although the
investigation did not reveal anything afterwards, he always felt that something
was not right, it was too much of a coincidence.
He did not
linger any longer and left with his hands folded. It was only when his back
completely disappeared that the crowd of the Nangong family breathed a complete
sigh of relief.
After all this
trouble, the girls were not in the mood for further strolling, so they went
back to the wing courtyard where Su Shi and the others were staying.
As soon as
Zhao Shi saw Nangong Hang, she was immediately keenly aware that
something had happened and looked at her daughter somewhat nervously,
"Hang Jie Er?"
Nangong Hang
reluctantly gave a smile to show that she was fine. Thinking that what had just
happened was being watched by so many people, it was definitely impossible to
hide it, so she simply told the whole story from beginning to end.
Su Shi
listened calmly, her expression changing subtly several times before finally
pulling Nangong Hang to her side and patting her soothingly, but asking,
"Hang Er, do you know who that girl is?"
Nangong Hang
honestly shook her head, "Granddaughter doesn't know."
A sharp aura
flashed in Su Shi's eyes as she said, "If grandmother guessed correctly, she
should be the Junwang Mingyue (County Princess of Bright Moon), Qu
Jiayue."
Nangong Hang
was stunned at first, but soon came to understand. After all, there were too
few "Biaomei" who could intimately address the two princes as
cousin Biaoge and travel with them.
Su Shi didn't
say anything else, her face as deep as water. However, Nangong Yue knew that Su
Shi was extremely satisfied in her heart. In Su Shi's heart, every
granddaughter was just a tool for the family marriage and a commodity ready to
be sold for a good price. And Nangong Hang is obviously the most valuable of
them all, especially Nangong Hang who has been given the title of "the
most beautiful woman in Wangdu" ...... But Su Shi doesn't know that
everything in life is unpredictable and that all her hopes in Nangong Hang will
be in vain!
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