Chapter 19 Xiaoxiang Tower, Yuelaixiang
"I heard that the Nine Emperors Sister-in-law's appearance is unparalleled in the world. No one can compare with her. When I saw her today, she was indeed extraordinary."
The man held a folding fan in his hand and was wearing a black python robe. He had a smile on his face, which was ridiculous but not deep in his eyes. He looked at Feng Jiuqing quietly with a pair of dark eyes, as if he wanted to see something from Feng Jiuqing.
"Eleventh brother is so complimentary." Feng Jiuqing said with a smile as she blessed the man, "No matter how beautiful a woman is, she is nothing more than a skin. How can she compare to the gentleness, courtesy, and understanding of a woman from the capital?"
I'm sorry, if the emperor's sister-in-law doesn't understand anything, I hope the eleventh brother won't laugh at the emperor's sister-in-law."
This is the scene where Feng Jiuqing and Nangong Qi, the eleventh prince of Yan, met for the first time.
Feng Jiuqing thought that Nangong Ling would come to find him. A moment ago, she thought that the eleventh master must be a relative of the emperor, but she never thought in her wildest dreams that this eleventh master turned out to be the eleventh prince of Dayan.
King Anling, Nangong prays.
In the original owner's mind, he had very few memories of Nangong Qi. Except for the occasional encounter between the two at the palace banquet, they had never met him in private.
There are rumors in the court that once the emperor personally went on a military expedition and captured an enemy woman. He was drunk and favored her, and then the woman gave birth to the eleventh prince Nangong Qi in the military camp.
This woman had a strong personality and could not tolerate giving birth to an enemy's child, so she drew her sword and killed herself three days after Nangong Qi was born.
Nangong Qi was disqualified from seizing the title of heir due to his blood relationship. He had neither knowledge nor skills since he was a child. He left the palace to establish a palace at the age of fifteen, and he has always been nostalgic for various brothels in the imperial capital.
He spent almost half of the year traveling around, and it seemed that out of guilt, the emperor indulged him extremely!
But the information obtained by the original owner was that the eleventh prince was far from being as stupid as he appeared, and it could even be said that all this was an illusion.
Otherwise, no one would have noticed that on the days when the eleventh prince disappeared in the capital, Nangong Ling was actually out with his troops.
Looking at the person in the distance, Feng Jiuqing calmly moved her eyes away and passed by.
"Your Excellency, stay!"
Thinking of Nangong Qi's voice behind her, Feng Jiuqing's heart tightened suddenly, her steps paused, and she turned around coldly, with a hint of displeasure in her eyes.
"Is something wrong?"
Nangong Qi opened the folding fan with a "pop" sound and looked at the person in front of him. He had a handsome face, as if drawn by God's magic pen. He was actually a man who was three points more beautiful than a woman.
He always felt that he had seen this face before somewhere, but he couldn't remember exactly where.
"I heard that Miss Yingge was kept for seven days, so I guess she is your Excellency?"
"So what?"
Feng Jiuqing lowered her voice and raised her eyes to ask.
"I unintentionally disturbed the young master's elegant mood, which is really wrong. If the young master doesn't mind, you can come with me. We can drink and listen to music together, which can be regarded as making friends."
Nangong Qi smiled and spoke, but as soon as he finished speaking, he heard the other party faintly utter two words.
"dislike!"
After saying that, Feng Jiuqing turned around and went downstairs.
Nangong Qi seemed not to have expected that the other party would refuse so directly. He twitched the corner of his mouth and watched the man walk out of Xiaoxiang Tower and disappear at the end of the street.
He didn't pay attention and turned around to go back to the wing, still feeling a little confused and puzzled in his heart.
Such an appearance is rare in the world. The last time he was amazed by someone's appearance, it had to be his Sister-in-law of the Nine Emperors.
Nangong Qi suddenly stopped in his steps, suddenly remembered something, and immediately turned around and left Xiaoxiang Tower.
At this moment, Prince Sheng's Mansion was surrounded by mourning flags.
Both the servants and the maids in the palace were all dressed in plain cloth, with mourning cloth tied around their waists. Everyone lowered their eyes, and the whole palace had an aura of sadness.
The courtyard where Princess Sheng Feng Jiuqing originally lived was filled with a strange silence.
There was faint incense burning in the room, and there was a dark coffin placed in the huge hall. There was a spiritual plaque on the coffin table in front of the coffin, which read: The spiritual place of Feng Jiuqing, the Nine Emperor Consort of the Nangong Family.
Nangong Ling sat on a chair nearby, drinking tea quietly.
In front of Nangong Ling, a man in black knelt down and said.
"After the princess left the palace, she went to the city gate. She probably wanted to leave the city. But for some unknown reason, when the city gate opened the next day, she did not leave the city. Instead, she returned to the city. First she went to a pawn shop to pawn.
After changing my clothes, I went to the gambling house."
The man said, looking up at Nangong Ling.
Nangong Ling's face was calm, her eyes were dark, and it was difficult to distinguish between happiness and anger. However, after hearing that Feng Jiuqing had gone to the gambling house, she paused slightly in her hands and did not speak.
The man in black continued.
"The princess must have won a lot of money in the gambling house, a full hundred taels of silver. During this period, she didn't have any contact with anyone. After leaving the gambling house, she went to the Laifu Inn and stayed there until dark.
Because it was too dark, we lost track of the princess after not following her for long."
"Lost?"
Nangong Ling's eyes fell coldly on the man.
"My subordinates found out that the Laifu Inn was just a deception by the princess. The princess also asked for an upper room at the Yuelaixiang Restaurant. However, when my subordinates arrived, the princess was not in the room."
"My subordinates have been guarding for three days, but the princess has not appeared. I have sent people to secretly explore in the direction of the Western Region."
The man in black spoke.
Nangong Ling sneered, she was smarter than he thought.
The city gate, the pawn shop, the gambling house, and the Laifu Inn were all illusions. She must have known that he would pursue them, so she deliberately exposed her whereabouts. It could even be said that there was no cover up at all. The restaurant was her real resting place, but why?
Will you be there?
"Brother Ninth!"
Thinking of Nangong Qi's voice in the courtyard, Nangong Ling winked at the man in black.
The man in black understood, nodded slightly, stood up from the ground, and disappeared into the hall without a sound.
Almost as soon as the man in black disappeared, Nangong Qi walked in, looked at the coffins placed in the hall, squinted his eyes, and then looked at Nangong Ling who was sitting beside him, hesitated, and tested
Asked.
"Is Sister-in-law Nine really dead?"
Nangong Ling raised her eyes slightly and said calmly, "What? Do you want to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy?"
Nangong Qi looked at Nangong Ling and saw that she didn't look like a dead concubine, but he didn't dare to say "open the coffin and conduct an autopsy", so he walked to Nangong Ling's side with a folding fan and sat down, casually saying
.
"It's a coincidence that today I went to Xiaoxiang Tower to drink wine, and I met a man who looked exactly like Sister-in-law Jiu..."
"where?"
Nangong Ling interrupted Nangong Qi's words coldly and asked.
"Xiaoxiang Tower." Nangong Qi said, and then he said without hesitation that he was watching the excitement.
"But... the other party is definitely not Sister-in-law Jiu. I heard from the madam at Xiaoxiang Tower that the other party kept a girl three days ago and kept her for seven days in a row."
"When I saw that girl today, she looked as if she hadn't gotten out of bed in the past three days. She almost lost her appearance and couldn't even walk steadily!"
The atmosphere in the hall became a bit colder, and Nangong Ling's voice sounded coldly and faintly.
"Is there a restaurant called Yuelaixiang opposite Xiaoxiang Tower?"
As if he didn't expect that his Ninth Brother would suddenly become concerned about the restaurant, Nangong Qi was stunned for a moment and nodded, "There is a restaurant named Yuelaixiang!"
Chapter completed!