Nangong Jie finally softened and said calmly: "Tell me, what happened to them?"
Jin Lian then said: "Well, since you have asked, Jin Lian will tell you. In fact, the Emperor and the Empress... don't look like a couple at all. I think they are pretending to show it to others, especially to others."
Look."
"Humph, it doesn't look like it? What do you mean it doesn't look like it? Every morning after leaving the court, the first thing my father has to do is to rush to Ziyuan, and she greets her with a smile every day, and you still think it doesn't look like it?"
Jin Lian said angrily: "So you are stupid, my lord, you don't know at all. Although the empress treats the emperor like that in front of others, the empress never lets the emperor call her his beloved concubine once she enters the room."
"Huh, what's the point? The woman probably didn't get used to it all of a sudden. This doesn't mean anything."
Jin Lian said: "You still can't explain the problem? Humph, you never thought that the emperor has never stayed in Zizhuyuan, and the empress has only been to the Jade Dragon Palace once, and she came back very soon, and she almost had an affair with the emperor because of that incident
If we have a falling out, you don’t know any of this, so you just get angry.”
After hearing this, Nangong Jie's eyes regained some light and continued to ask: "What else do you know?"
Jin Lian hesitated again and again before saying: "Well, Jin Lian risked his life to tell you some of these things. My lord, please don't say that I told you, otherwise Jin Lian's life will be in danger."
Nangong Jie was anxious: "You should hurry up and say it, it's so long-winded!"
"Actually... Jinlian actually knows the truth, because Jinlian overheard the conversation between the emperor and the empress. They seemed to be talking about the prince..."
"Prince?"
"Oh, by the way, it seems that the emperor and the empress have some agreement. The emperor is afraid that you and the second prince will be jealous because of the empress, fight with each other, and even have no intention of making progress, so he temporarily pretends to occupy the empress, so that you can give up this idea, okay
Learn your skills.”
"Is this... is this true? But why did she never tell me?"
"This is the crux of the matter. Your Majesty promised the Emperor not to tell you this matter. Otherwise, the Emperor will really take possession of Your Majesty. Moreover, the Emperor said that when the crown prince is chosen,
That’s when the empress regains her freedom.”
Nangong Jie couldn't sit still. He never thought it would be such a reason. No wonder the woman told him over and over again that if he wanted her, he had to become stronger. It turned out that she was telling him to work hard and make progress.
Fight for the position of prince.
And he was such an idiot. He had always been so negative about using alcohol to relieve his sorrows. Fortunately, he became a monk, and he still yelled at her in front of so many people... Nangong Jie felt regretful thinking about this, and he suddenly stood up and ran away.
"Hey, sir, I haven't paid for your drink yet, sir!" Seeing Nangong Jie run away, the waiter in the restaurant grabbed Jin Lian's hand and said, "Don't run away, he ran away, you have to pay for the drink.
pay!"
"Okay, but sister doesn't have any money with her. If you want money, come with me to the palace to get it. I'll give you double the money. How about that?"
"What? The king...the palace?" The waiter was stunned for a moment. When the restaurant owner heard that he was from the palace, he ran over and said: "You idiot, get out of here. What money do you want? The prince will give it to us when he comes to drink.
Face, you ungrateful fool!"
Jin Lian pursed her lips and smiled and said: "What? You don't want the money anymore? I'm going to leave then, sisters. Let the girls go to the palace to get it. Don't worry, you will definitely get it."
"No, no, no, little sister, go back and tell the prince that you can come and drink whenever you want. We will save the best and mellowest daughter's red for him."
"Haha, assuming you know how to be a good person, okay, I know, sister, don't worry."
Nangong Jie ran all the way from the restaurant and anxiously entered the palace. He was looking for it, but he couldn't find Duoduo. He was so anxious that he shouted: "Someone is coming, someone is coming quickly!"
"What's the matter, Your Majesty?" A maid came in and asked.
"Where's the lady? Where has she gone?"
"Madam?" The maid was stunned for a long time before she realized that the lady he meant was the housekeeper, so she said: "Madam is not back. I haven't seen her for many days. We all miss her, and Bin'er.
Master."
"She...didn't she come back today? But why did the palace maid say she had come back?"
"Your Majesty, my wife really hasn't come back. If you don't believe me, just ask Laifu and the others."
Nangong Jie felt depressed for a while, and thought to himself, "Could it be that the palace maid has something up her sleeve? Otherwise, why would she lie to him?"
Just as he was thinking about it, Nangong Jie noticed that girl Jin Lian came in with Bin'er from outside, and quickly asked: "Didn't you say that she is in my house? Why is there no one there?"
"It's impossible. Your Majesty is obviously back. It's just that you didn't bother to look for it. I think you should look for it quickly. If you let Your Majesty wait until you are disheartened, it will be useless even if you find it."
When Nangong Jie heard that Jin Lian said it so seriously that it didn't sound like he was lying, he gritted his teeth and turned around to go back and look for it again.
Just when Nangong Jie ran into the living room, Duoduo ran in from outside the door and quickly slipped into the backyard... When Bin'er saw her mother running in, she called out: "Godfather, mother usually likes her very much."
Have you found the person who went to the Octagon Tower?"
"Yes, yes, the Octagonal Tower!" Nangong Jie almost forgot that there was such a place. He quickly ran into the backyard and climbed up to the Octagonal Tower as quickly as possible.
Sure enough, on the top floor of the octagonal building, I found the woman sitting on the railing.
"Wife..." Nangong Jie was excited, ran over and hugged her: "I'm sorry, wife, I was wrong. I should have understood your good intentions, but I was blinded by the illusion.
You have been wronged..."
"Hmph, do you also know that I have been wronged?" Duoduo originally wanted to tease the fool, but he didn't expect that as soon as he apologized, all the grievances that could have been tolerated suddenly came to him, and his nose dropped with a sore look.
Tears come.
"Honey, I'm sorry. It's my childishness. It's all my fault. I didn't understand your hard work. You hit me and scolded me. Come on, pull my ears."
"Alas...it's too late..." Duoduo sighed: "I had known this, why did I do it in the first place? Forget it, let's stop here. My heart is already dead. I will have nothing to do with the Fifth Prince from now on, so we can get together.
Go on, forget about me, just think of me as a housekeeper who once stayed here."
"What did you say? You stupid woman, you came to scare me again." How could Nangong Jie believe what she said? He hugged him tighter and said, "I know you won't. Even if the whole world can be discarded, you
You won’t lose me, right?”
"You are wrong, my lord. If you don't understand women, don't be self-righteous. Just because you have been good to you once does not mean that you will be good to you forever. If you hurt her, hurt her, and are tired, a woman will choose to forget."
"Hey, why is it so serious? I haven't done anything extremely sinful, let alone sleeping with women behind your back? How can you put such a big sin on me? It's not fair!"
"Fair? Is it fair to me? No matter how hard or tired I am, I can persist for us, but what about you? What did you say you did?"
Nangong Jie said without confidence: "I... didn't do anything. I was just disappointed for a while, so I just went to the City God's Temple."
"That's it? Do you know how disgusting it is for a man to become a monk? It's even more disgusting than those guys who play with women outside! Those men who go around and play with women will at least return to their own homes, and in their hearts
You still have a wife and children, but what about you? If you become a monk at any time, that is the evil act of abandoning your wife and children!"
"Abandoning wife and children? But I don't have a wife and children-"
Nangong Jie was quick to speak for a while, but when he realized that he had said the wrong thing, he found that the woman's face turned pale with anger at his words.
"Honey, I mean..." Nangong Jie tried his best to save what he had said wrongly, but unfortunately the woman didn't give him a chance.
Duoduo turned around and walked downstairs. No matter how much Nangong Jie tried to apologize, he just wouldn't listen.
"Sister..." Jin Lian and Bin'er stood at the bottom of the Octagon Building. They thought they would see the happy scene of the two walking down hand in hand, but they didn't expect that the master came down with a dark face.
He was so angry that he grabbed Nangong Jie and said: "Your Majesty! What did you do? I was so kind to help you, and you made my sister so angry. If I had known, I wouldn't have put so much effort into helping you. You are such a bastard.
Disappointing bastard!"
"Oh...this..." Nangong Jie slapped himself on the mouth and said, "It's all my fault for being a bitch and making her angry. You...help me!"
Jin Lian said: "My lord, you are too much. You have done something wrong and you still want others to help you? Are you sincere? Chase after you, you are really stupid!"
"Oh..." Nangong Jie didn't dare to feel the slightest bit unhappy about being yelled at by a palace maid, just because she was hers.
"Godfather, keep working hard, mother will definitely forgive you." Bin'er shouted, waving her little hands.
Nangong Jie didn't dare to hesitate, and strode towards Duoduo... Duoduo was really angry, and ran straight back to his room and started packing his things.
Nangong Jie ran in, grabbed her hand and said, "Don't be so angry, I-"
"I'm not angry. Why am I angry? Who am I? Why should I be angry with the prince?"
As Duoduo talked, he was sorting out his things. Only then did he realize that he actually had so many things.
"Wife...I was wrong..."
"You're right, don't you have a wife and children? Don't call me wife, I can't afford it."
"Stop making trouble, okay?" Nangong Jie hugged Duoduo and said, "You clearly know that I am unintentional, why are you angry? It's so difficult for two people to be together, can't they just get along well? Since
If you still like me and can’t let me go, then don’t lose your temper.”
"You are wrong, I don't like you anymore, I am very willing to let you go, let me go!" Duoduo broke away from Nangong Jie's arms with force.
"You lied. Do you think I'm stupid? You asked Lian'er to find me, right? Since you don't like me and have no nostalgia for me, why do you want to go back to Prince Jie's Mansion? You are simply lying to yourself.
I can’t get over it.”
"Huh, don't be emotional. This is the last time I'm coming back. After all, I've been here for such a long time, so I came back for one last look and took away all the gold and silver treasures my eldest brother gave me."
Nangong Jie suddenly knelt down with a pop, hugged her thigh tightly, and whispered: "Don't do this to me, please..."
Duoduo said: "Get up! There is gold at the knees of a man, but you only kneel to your parents and not the poor. Are you still not a man? You actually kneel down for an unrelated woman? You are really unfilial!"
"If I don't get up...it doesn't matter if people all over the world laugh at me, as long as you stay..."
"Let me go!" Duoduo kicked Nangong Jie away with a strong kick.
Nangong Jie, on the other hand, tilted his body, fainted and fell to the ground, motionless.
"Hey, don't think that pretending to be pitiful will make me stay. It's so boring!" After Duoduo finished speaking, he continued to pack Bin'er's things.
"Huh?" Duoduo noticed that the guy hadn't moved. Could it be that something was really wrong?
So he stretched out his hand to help him up and touched his forehead: "Dizzy, I have a fever!"
"Come here, please call me a doctor quickly. The prince has fainted. Hurry!"
After hearing this, a maid hurriedly ran out. Jin Lian and Bin'er heard the sound and rushed over. When they found Nangong Jie unconscious, they both opened their mouths and whispered: "Sister, how did you... knock him out?
"
"He... I didn't knock him unconscious..." Duoduo helped Nangong Jie up and put him on the bed, feeling regretful in his heart. If he hadn't been so irritating just now, he should be fine.
"Wow..." Nangong Jie suddenly opened his mouth and vomited, and all the dirty alcohol mixture spat out on his clothes.
"Jin Lian, please take a look. The doctor will be here soon. I will go to his room to find some clothes."
"I understand, sister, go ahead."
Duoduo walked out quickly and soon arrived at Nangong Jie's room, the place where she had repeatedly run in to harass the couple.
Clothes, clothes, where are the clothes? Duoduo opened the closet, took out a few random items, and ran away.
Just as she was passing by a table, she suddenly stopped because she spotted a familiar face.
It was a large portrait, the painting was coherent, delicate and lifelike. If that wasn't her, who else could it be?
Although Nangong Jie's painting skills are good, if his longing for a person is not deeply rooted in his bones, how can he draw the person in the painting so vividly and delicately?
Every frown, every smile, even the standing form is painted almost realistically and perfectly. The only shortcoming is that the ink on the painting seems to have been scattered by something, and some places look a bit blurry.
"Those are the tears of the prince." A maid came in and said: "Madam, besides drinking these days, the prince only looks at your portrait. He keeps looking at it and staring at it. Every time I bring the food in,
, everyone found that his eyes were red, and tears fell on the portrait."
"Stop talking..." Duoduo regretted more and more, why was she so stupid, knowing that he only had her in his heart, yet she still felt resentful because of his unintentional words?
It made him faint. He must have fainted from being too sad... Duoduo couldn't care so much, so he took Nangong Jie's clothes and walked back to his room, because Nangong Jie was lying in her room.
.
When she returned to the room, the maid had already invited the doctor back. An old man with a beard covering his face was pressing Nangong Jie's veins with one hand and stroking his gray beard with the other. He turned his eyes a few times and said with a smile:
"Haha, please don't worry, madam. Your Majesty just drank too much and hurt your spleen and stomach. I will prescribe a prescription. After taking it, you will naturally recover after taking a sleep."
Duoduo said worriedly: "But he is unconscious now, how can he drink?"
The doctor prescribed the medicine, then probed Nangong Jie's forehead, smiled without saying a word, accepted the consultation fee of two taels, and left.
Duoduo suddenly woke up and said angrily: "You idiot, if you keep pretending, I will really ignore you!"
"Huh?" Nangong Jie moved his mouth, opened his eyes, and said with a tired look on his face: "I'm not pretending, I just feel so tired, so I'm too lazy to talk or open my eyes."
"Haha, my godfather pretended to be dead. It's fun. When Bin'er grows up, he will also pretend to be dead." The little kid secretly laughed beside him.
"Okay, then you can go to sleep and remember to take the medicine later. I will go back to the palace first."
"Don't!" Nangong Jie grabbed Duoduo's hand and said, "Have you still not forgiven me?"
Duoduo pinched his ears and said: "What do you think! You bastard, you actually dare to pretend to be dead to deceive me. If you hadn't seen that you were so weak, you would have seen how I would deal with you. I would have remembered this account first.
I’ll pay you back slowly in the future!”
Nangong Jie smiled. Only now did he realize how happy it was to have his ears pulled by the woman he loved.
"Your Majesty, I don't think we should go back today. Anyway, the Emperor has been with Master Puguang for the past few days. He is not in the palace at all, let alone going to Zizhuyuan. Don't worry."
"Yes, honey, I'm about to die, why don't you stay with me for the last journey?" Nangong Jie said pitifully.
"You're going to die. It would be better if you were really dead. It would save me a lot of troubles. I'm afraid that you will die but you won't be able to die, and you will live so hard that you can't hold your head up, which will make me upset when I look at you!"
Nangong Jie said: "Don't worry, wife, I know you hope that I can win the position of prince. Don't worry, I will do my best to not let you down."
"Don't speak too early. Wait until you really have that determination."
"Wife, what I said is true. How can I not work hard? If I don't work hard, my wife will become someone else's..." Nangong Jie said, his eyes suddenly became a little sad.
"Okay, okay, I'll stay with you today, but I hope you can remember what you said and don't let me down again, otherwise I will really collapse."
"Okay, okay, you don't have to go back. Mom, I hate living in the palace. Those people are so mean. You can't go around and play."
Soon, the maid went to the drugstore to get the medicine and handed it over to the kitchen for cooking. Duoduo helped Nangong Jie change his clothes, and then ordered him not to talk and to have a good rest.
Nangong Jie was very obedient and fell asleep obediently.
Duoduo stayed by the bed, holding Nangong Jie's hand, looking at the man lying on the bed, and suddenly felt a little sad.
I didn't notice it when I wasn't paying attention, but when I looked at it now, I found that he had lost a lot of weight. His face, which was originally so white that it could be compared with a girl, had grown a beard, and he looked much older.
Alas, all this happened because of her. Now that I think about it, it seems that beauty is a disaster.
In Nangong Ao's mansion, Nangong Ao's housekeeper hurriedly walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, our people have found the person who was responsible for guarding the palace maids when they entered the palace, but the old woman has now become a common concubine.
Servant, it would be difficult for her to come forward and testify that Concubine Ping was not a virgin when she entered the palace."