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Chapter 90 - Awarded an official position
When she thought of the disaster that the Nangong family would face in the future, Nangong Yue was silent for a long time before she slowly said,"How do you prove that you are worthy of being charged with colluding with the imperial court’s criminal for this ......"
On hearing these words, Xiao Si's cold eyes were again cold, while Guan Yubai remained calm and collected, as if he could see what Nangong Yue was thinking, he said, "Miss, what do you want me to do?"
" Normal things naturally do not show your ability! If you don't have the most amazing means, it wouldn't be worthwhile for me to take such a big risk, and it might even involve my parents, relatives, and even the whole family ......"Nangong Yue frowned, pretending to ponder, "How about this, if you have a way to get the Third Prince punished by His Majesty, I will trust you and then we will talk about cooperation!"
"You ......" Xiao Si was so angry that he took a step forward, thinking that Nangong Yue was clearly trying to make things difficult for them and wanted them to back off. He swiped his right hand towards his waist and tried to draw his sword, but was stopped by a wink from Guan Yubai.
There was no sign of anger on his face, he did not even show a hint of disappointment when it was clearly about the poison in his body, as if everything was under his control. He smiled slightly and said, "Then it's a deal. Miss, please go back and wait for the news, within three days, I will make sure that you get what you want."
At that moment, Yi Mei's nervous voice came from outside the door, "Miss Third, the Second Young Master is on the stairs ......"
Before she could finish her sentence, she heard Nangong Xin's voice shouting from the other end of the corridor, "Sister, sister! I've roasted a lot of meat for you!"
Nangong Yue did not panic, since Guan Gongzi was waiting for her here precisely, it would not be difficult for him to get out now.
As expected, there was no trace of panic on Guan Yubai's face, and he gave Xiao Si a wink. Xiao Si turned around and knocked twice on the wall, and a secret door appeared on the wall.
Guan Yubai walked to the dark door, smiled at Nangong Yue, using the mouth type to make "see you in three days", followed by leaning down to go through the dark door. Xiao Si followed and went inside ...... In a snap of his fingers, the dark door disappeared without a trace.
By the time Nangong Xin and Lin returned to the dining room, everything was back to normal, as if nothing had happened.
After lunch, they continued on their way and returned to the house without stopping again.
The three of them went back to their rooms and fixed their attire before going to Rong'an Hall to greet Su Shi.
Now is not the time for morning and evening, but all the female family members in the mansion, except for Huang Shi, are actually in the Dongci Room.
Su Shi has always paid attention to not showing emotions or anger, but now she can't care about it, her face is obviously not good-looking. Seeing the three of Lin Shi, she just asked them to sit down and talk.
Nangong Yue guessed that Su Shi's must be because her uncle had not returned from the palace for a long time, so she had trouble sleeping and eating.
When Nangong Lin saw the three-member Nangong Yue return from the village, she couldn't help but say sarcastically, "It's a troubled time in the Mansion now, so how can you think that the Third jiejie is still in the mood to go out to play and stay out all night!"
Su Shi's face darkened and a clear look of displeasure flashed across her eyes.
Nangong Yue was furious in her heart: this Nangong Lin really dog’s mouth couldn’t spit out ivory, her words had ruined her and Lin shi's reputation.
TL Note: 狗嘴吐不出象牙 -(“no fine or truthful speech is to be expected from the mouth of a bad person”
Nangong Yue was extremely angry and said coldly, "I am not allowed to speak in the presence of my grandmother. Please ask Grandmother to forgive your granddaughter for talking too much today and teach your Fourth meimei a few words, so that she won't speak improperly when she goes out as a guest in the future and bring a great disaster to the house!"
Hearing this, the others felt that Nangong Yue was exaggerating a bit. Although it is true that Nangong Lin did not know how to speak properly and her mouth has no door, but how can it be related to the great disaster, right?
Nangong Yue smiled lightly and said, "Fourth Meimei just said that it is a troubled time in the house, but I see that everything is fine in the house, so how is it a troubled time?"
"Eldest uncle went to the palace and didn't return all night!" Nangong Lin was struck by Nangong Yue, her heart had already exploded, and she opened her mouth without thinking about it and said that Nangong Qin had gone to the palace.
"That's because the Emperor highly valued him, that's why he summoned Eldest Uncle to the palace to discuss important matters!" Nangong Yue said righteously, "How did this become troubling in my meimei's mouth? If this gets to His Majesty's attention ......"
Su Shi's eyebrows knitted and her cold gaze pierced at Nangong Lin like a sword.
Nangong Lin's heart jumped and she shook her head repeatedly, "No, no, I didn't mean that."
Su Shi didn't bother to pay attention to Nangong Lin, and looked towards Nangong Yue again. After thinking about it, she felt that Yue Jie Er was right, who said that Qin Er's going to the palace for one night was a bad thing? It was obviously a good thing. Only those white-eyed wolves would want something to happen to Qin Er!
At that moment, a round-faced Pozi stumbled into Rong'an Hall.
Su Shi's face showed displeasure, and the next moment, she heard Pozi stammering, "The palace, someone from the imperial palace, there ...... is an imperial decree! The second master has asked the old lady and several ladies to go to the front hall to receive the decree."
Su Shi's expression was solemn as she stood up and said to everyone: Let's go to the front hall.
In the front hall, Nangong Mu was talking with a white-faced and beardless Eunuch (Gonggong). Seeing Su Shi coming, he quickly introduced: "Mother, this is Eunuch Liu from the palace."
"Old body has met Eunuch Liu." Su Shi bowed courteously to Eunuch Liu.
"You are very kind, old Furen." Eunuch Liu said with a smile, then holding the holy decree in his hand, he said in a loud voice, "Holy... Your Majesty... has... decreed..."
"Long live Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, long live!" A group of people from the Nangong House hurriedly kneeled down to welcome the decree.
Eunuch Liu slowly opened the decree in his hand and read it in a thin voice: "The Emperor's edict says ...... the Nangong family is committed to the country and their loyalty can be seen, so he is appointing Nangong Qin Jin as the third-ranking Minister of Rites and Nangong Mu as the sixth-ranking Minister of the Cabinet.
"Thank the Emperor for his kindness, Long live Your Majesty,Long live Your Majesty, long live." Nangong Mu raised his hands above his head and respectfully received the decree with a solemn expression on his face.
Everyone got up with a happy face, and Eunuch Liu smilingly said, "Congratulations to all of you. I shall take my leave now."
"Thank you, eunuch." Nangong Mu smiled and gave a wink to the servant beside him, who immediately and smartly went forward and secretly slipped a long-prepared purse into Eunuch Liu's hand.
Eunuch Liu pawed his purse and left satisfied.
After Eunuch Liu left, the Nangong House was suddenly abuzz. It was now clear that the Nangong family was going to rise to the top again!
Su Shi was smiling from ear to ear, saying: "Double happiness today, everyone has a reward ......" If it wasn't for the fact that the war in Jiangnan was still unclear, Su Shi really wanted to celebrate with a big banquet.
The subordinates in the house all bowed in gratitude.
Nangong Lin twisted her handkerchief, jealous and hateful, jealous that her second uncle had an official position and that Nangong Yue had become a veritable official's daughter, and hateful that Nangong Yue had no regard for her own face and had spoken to herself in such a manner, causing her to lose face in front of everyone.
Nangong Sheng was happy, but he gave Nangong Yue a complicated look. The whole family was on tenterhooks as their father, Nangong Qin, was late in returning from his trip to the palace, and the Nangong House was inextricably linked to the former dynasty. Everyone is worried that His Majesty will be furious and take out his wrath on the Nangong House. However, only the third sister said that her father, Nangong Qin, had entered the palace because he was highly regarded by the emperor. Now her words have come true.
Not only is the Nangong House fine, but it has gone up a notch!
Three days later, one of the two lords was promoted and the other was awarded an official position, and another happy event spread like wings to all corners of the house.
The fourth lord, Nangong Cheng, has already decided to marry the third girl of the Gu family, the concubine sister of the wife of the Shizi of the Changping Marquis.
When Su Qingping got the news, she was in the east room of Rong'an Hall with a group of women to pay their respects to Su.
Nangong Yue was keenly aware that although Su Qingping did not look different, her body shook slightly twice, obviously deeply affected.
Looking at Su Qingping's face, she had put on a thick layer of powder, as if she was hiding something. The other people didn't know, they thought it was because her face hadn't healed yet, but Nangong Yue knew exactly what was going on. Su Shi was really kind to her niece, and she even asked Lin Shi for good medicine for her face wound.
Since Su Shi asked for it, Lin Shi naturally gave it to her, and deliberately said all the forbidden things carefully.
In fact, even if Su Qingping's face is not fully healed, it should be almost healed, so there is no need to apply such a thick powder.
Looking at Su Qingping's figure, she looks more and more thin and slender compared to before ...... from this, we can deduce that she must have had difficulty sleeping and eating recently, and thus her face is haggard. Nowadays, there are many happy events in the residence. If Su Qingping comes to meet Su Shi with a sad appearance, it is likely to displease Su Shi, thus forcing Su Qingping to put on a thick powder to cover up.
After all the ladies had paid their respects, Su Shi told everyone to disperse.
Nangong Yue followed behind Su Qingping and saw that Su Qingping's steps were a little unsteady once she left the East Room, and her body swayed slightly.
"Be careful, Ping Biaogu." Nangong Yue said with a concerned face, but smoothly took Su Qingping's pulse. With this probe, Nangong Yue's heart was shocked, but it quickly returned to calm.
Su Qingping was actually no longer a virgin!
Su Qingping did not know that her biggest secret had already been revealed, and reluctantly smiled at Nangong Yue, saying, "Thank you, Yue jie Er." Saying so, she pulled herself together and went back to her house with the help of Liu Rong.
Nangong Yue bowed her head and thought: Su Qingping had most likely had an affair with Nangong Cheng, what about her previous life? Did she do the same in her previous life?
The more Nangong Yue thinks about it, the more she thinks it's very likely that in her previous life Su Qingping was abandoned by Nangong Cheng, and she didn't want to settle for marrying Wang Zuoren, so she ended up staring at my Father!
I remember that in her previous life, Su Qingping gave birth to a new baby in her seventh month of pregnancy ...... which means that the baby was most likely Nangong Cheng's.
When she thought of this, Nangong Yue felt a pang of disgust. This Su Qingping is really willing to do anything for the sake of glory and wealth!
Now that Fourth uncle Nangong Cheng has decided to get married, Su Qingping will probably repeat the same trick as she did in her previous life. It seems that I have to think of a way to get rid of this woman once and for all!
