Chapter 43: right from wrong black and white
Yue'er shyly hid in the clouds, and even the birds on the treetops retreated into their nests, as if they had discussed it.
That night, Shangguan Xi left Nan Nianyun in his yard.
With the right time, place and people, Nanju can be said to have taken advantage of it.
There are always many happy events in the past year. I heard that the eldest son of Lin Shangshu's family is going to marry the second emperor's daughter as the side emperor. I heard that the ninth emperor's daughter, Shangguan Xing, was also married by the emperor. The fiancé is the eldest daughter of Xu Taishi's family. Young master, he is a well-educated person...
No matter how many happy events there are, it doesn't matter to Nan Jun. Her most important task now is to make children.
Since having Nan Nianyun, Shangguan Xi has discovered the joy of having grandchildren, and keeps urging Nan Jun and Qiao Yun to have more children.
The Pingnan Palace became more and more warm, but the outside world was calm on the surface, but it was already a mess inside.
On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, a post was posted in the palace, inviting the ministers and their families to enter the palace on the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to attend a palace banquet.
From the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, all the ministers of the court can stay at home to spend the New Year with their husbands and children.
"Yun'er, wear this set of clothes when you enter the palace tomorrow."
When Nan Jun came in from the outside, he carried two sets of crescent white clothes inlaid with gold thread and put them beside the soft couch.
"I...do I want to go too?"
Qiao Yun, who was looking at the account book in the mansion, couldn't help stroking the red jade on his forehead, and hesitated.
Everyone said, he has always been an ominous person, how can he enter the palace to face the saint?
In the past, Shangguan Xi brought Nan Jun into the palace together, and Qiao Yun never left the palace.
Nan Jun pulled his hand down and said dissatisfiedly: "You are the daughter-in-law of my Pingnan Prince's Mansion, and the future prince, so you must go."
"But…"
"No, but the more ugly words they say, the more we have to face them bravely. Rumors will always be self-defeating, we just wait and see."
The firmness in Nanjun's eyes gave Qiao Yun courage. In fact, he didn't care much about what others thought of him. As long as Nanjun believed in him, he would not be afraid of anything.
The carriage of Prince Pingnan's Mansion stopped at the gate of the palace. Shangguan Xi hugged Nan Nianyun and got into the soft sedan chair that entered the palace. He left Nanjun and took Qiao Yun to walk inside.
The two wore white clothes of the same color, covered with the same red cloak, which looked extremely dazzling in the snow and always attracted the attention of people around them.
"Cousin, what a coincidence."
"Sister Eighth Emperor, brother-in-law."
Nan Jun cupped his fists at the visitor, and Qiao Yun followed suit.
"It's been a long time since I haven't seen my cousin-in-law, but now I feel more and more fresh."
The man next to Shangguan Jia said with a smile, his eyes fell on the ruby stone on Qiao Yun's forehead, and there was no trace of contempt for Qiao Yun in his eyes.
In the past two months, stories about Nanjun and Qiao Yun have been widely circulated in Beijing. For Qiao Yun, who has a red cinnabar mole on his head and has returned to the Pingnan Palace and is loved by the prince and daughter of Pingnan, No one among the nobles in Beijing knows this.
Qiao Yun pursed her lips and did not answer, but Nan Jun held Qiao Yun's hand tightly again, with a full face of pampering.
"The eighth brother-in-law is naturally beautiful, how can Yun'er compare?"
She said so, but Nan Jun's expression was clearly telling everyone that no one was as good-looking as her little husband.
"Look, look, is there anyone better than this guy in this world? Haha..."
The four of them talked and laughed all the way, and the long palace road seemed not so difficult to walk.
A palace attendant who had been waiting there early spread the word that Shangguan Xi carried Nan Nianyun to the Queen's Palace, so Nan Jun had no choice but to take Qiao Yun to pay his respects first.
Before entering Fengyi Palace, I heard bursts of laughter inside.
Nan Jun had a headache, she really didn't want to face the men here, she talked too much, she was not at all like her Qiao Yun, who was well-behaved and sensible.
"Greetings to Uncle Huang."
After Nanjun and Qiao Yun came in, they bowed to the queen who was sitting at the head, and the queen was busy calling the palace servants to show them their seats.
"This child has been ill for a long time and hasn't come here for a long time, but now he has a lot of birth."
The Queen smiled and joked with Shangguan Xi that in his eyes, Nan Jun was just a favored child.
Shangguan Xi can be considered to have grown up under the watchful eye of the emperor and queen, and he has a good impression of his brother-in-law.
"It's all spoiled by my younger brother, but now I've grown up a bit. It's always good for a girl to be calm."
Shangguan Xi hugged the grandson in his arms and smiled softly. He was not to mention very satisfied with his daughter now.
The queen nodded with a smile, and then set her eyes on the man who had been hanging his head and dared not look at him. The red jade on his forehead gave this man a bit of aura.
"This is Yun'er, right? He really looks good, and we are very lucky for Yun'er. This child looks dignified and steady, and Xi'er is better educated by you."
About Shangguan Xi's raising Qiao Yun, the entire Feng Kingdom knew about it.
"It was my Nan's family who got involved with this child..."
Shangguan Xi sighed sadly, if it wasn't for Nan Jun, Qiao Yun wouldn't have to bear the infamy of being a bastard.
"Don't talk nonsense in front of the child! You have grown up in the palace since you were young, can't you still not see the tricks? According to the palace, this child is a lucky one, and the rumor-mongers are probably envious of us. I married such a good husband."
The queen patted Shangguan Xi's hand in disapproval, and he was also a little angry when he mentioned Qiao Yun's matter.
Qiao Yun didn't know how to face the queen, after all, it was his wife who killed his whole family.
But listening to the queen's words, Qiao Yun almost lost his composure on the spot. Anyone who is willing to say that in this world must be a good person who can distinguish right from wrong.
Sister Jun was right, mother may have been on the wrong team back then, and the entire Qiao family was affected, all of which had nothing to do with the emperor.
This is the case under power, no matter who was sitting on the throne at the beginning, they will not allow the former enemies to live.
"Uncle Huang Mingjian, these words of yours have really touched Ye'er."
Nan Jun held Qiao Yun's hand from under his wide sleeves, and because of what the queen said, Nan Jun also had a good impression of this man who was a fatherly man.
"Right from wrong is black and white, you have your own discernment, Yun'er doesn't need to care about it."
The queen herself took out a small box and gave it to Qiao Yun, and asked Nan Jun to take Qiao Yun to the palace.
"Brother-in-law is still so considerate, His Royal Highness is following brother-in-law."
Seeing the two children leave, Shangguan Xi chatted with the queen.
"That child is benevolent, I'm afraid that she will be too lenient and lose the aura of an emperor."
The queen shook her head helplessly, the emperor only favors the second queen, so what if his daughter is the crown prince?
"Nowadays the world is peaceful, and we need a benevolent monarch like the princess..."
Shangguan Xi only spoke once, but the meaning in his eyes gave the Queen hope.
Shangguan Xi represented the Pingnan Palace, and with the support of the Pingnan Palace, the Crown Prince's position as the crown prince would be stable.