Chapter 685: Supporting You

The princess did not interfere too much in Qingling's affairs. After attending the Ruan family's flower-viewing banquet, she stayed in the princess's mansion for several days and did not go out. She watched flowers with Yinfeng, drank tea, and chatted.

The weather was getting colder day by day. The closer it got to the twelfth lunar month, the colder it was. The noble ladies in the imperial capital also reduced their movements. They stayed in the house all day to keep warm by the charcoal fire. When they needed to go out occasionally, they all wrapped themselves in fur coats to keep warm, holding hand warmers, shivering with cold, and even maintaining the most basic demeanor was a bit difficult.

When the cold wind blew, the skin was frozen pale, and even the beautiful and moving appearance was reduced a little luster.

Qingling stayed quietly in the Dazheng Palace, decocting two tablets of medicine for the Regent every day and bringing them over. She felt relieved only when she saw the Regent drink them. The medicinal bath every three days started after the acupuncture, which was always done at night. Her Majesty the Queen was there, and the medicinal bath that had just been adjusted after the acupuncture was ready. Qingling tested the water temperature and retreated.

When the Regent was taking the medicinal bath, Her Majesty the Queen accompanied him and chatted with him, and discussed what had happened in the past few days.

The days passed uneventfully for a few days. On the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lord Ruan’s 45th birthday came, and a birthday banquet was to be held in the mansion. As a daughter, Qingling should go back to celebrate her father’s birthday - Tao had passed the message to the palace through Lord Ye, and Qingling had to go back.

It happened that acupuncture was done last night and the medicinal bath was also done. The next medicinal bath will be in three days. It doesn’t matter if Qingling takes a day off, as long as she rushes back to decoct the medicine before dusk.

After presenting the morning medicine, Rong Yu did not make things difficult for her. He took the medicine and drank it, and called Yin Shuang and Qing Yang in. "Today, the Xiping Marquis's Mansion is holding a birthday banquet. You two go pick a decent gift and take it to the Xiping Marquis' Mansion with Qing Ling."

Qing Yang agreed: "Yes."

Qing Ling respectfully thanked the king for his grace, and took Qing Yang to pick a large coral tree and left the palace.

Nan Xi came back from the court, turned her head and looked several times, and confirmed that there were three familiar faces missing from the Dazheng Palace. She looked at Rong Yu strangely: "Where are they?"

Rong Yu raised his hand to take off her cloak, and handed it to Yin Yue: "Today is the birthday of the Xiping Marquis. Tao asked someone to bring a message to the palace. I asked Qing Ling to go back."

Nan Xi walked to the brocade couch in front of the window and sat down. She reached out to take the fragrant tea presented by the palace maid and took a sip: "Yin Shuang and Qing Yang also went with you?"

"Yes." Rong Yu nodded, "I asked Qing Yang to pick a gift to take over... Does Xi Er have any other instructions? ? "

Her Majesty looked at him: "No instructions. Did you take your medicine on time?"

"Yes." Rong Yu nodded obediently, "Do you think Qingling will leave so easily? I can't help but suspect that she is a spy sent by you to monitor me."

Nan Xi laughed: "Just treat her as a spy."

Rong Yu also laughed, and was about to reach out and put Nan Xi in his arms, but saw Yin Yue come in and report: "Your Majesty, Chu Nanyi wants to see you."

Nan Xi turned her head in surprise: "He came back so coincidentally?"

Qingling had just left Dazheng Palace not long ago, and Chu Nanyi came back? But Nan Xi calculated the days, Chu Nanyi said that he had been away for eight or nine days, and coming back at this time, well, it was indeed a coincidence.

Rong Yu turned around and sat down next to Nan Xi, and said lightly: "Let him in."

Chu Nanyi stepped into Dazheng Palace and paid homage to Her Majesty the Queen and the Regent.

It was freezing cold outside. Even Rong Yu, a recognized tough man, had been wearing warm clothes all day long under Nan Xi's mandatory request these past two days, and was not allowed to be blown by the cold wind. However, Chu Nanyi, who had just returned from outside, was only wearing a light blue robe, which made him look out of place in the cold winter season. He looked elegant and graceful, like an immortal.

"Stand up." Nan Xi looked at him for a while, thinking that the biting weather outside was probably fake. Look at the cool and elegant Chu family master in front of him. "Today is Qingling's father's birthday. Did you get the news?"

"Not in advance." Chu Nanyi replied, "I only learned about this after entering the imperial city, and by the way, I got some news from Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Nan Xi was puzzled: "What news?"

Chu Nanyi's tone was respectful, but his expression was slightly cold: "The reason why the Ye family insisted on letting Qingling marry."

Nan Xi raised her eyebrows and subconsciously wanted to ask what the reason was. However, Chu Nanyi's obviously unhappy expression made her think about something. Such unhappy emotions probably touched his bottom line.

Nan Xi didn't have the habit of breaking the casserole to ask the bottom, so she suppressed the doubts in her heart and said lightly: "Since you already know that Xiping Bo's birthday banquet is today, you might as well go to the door to give a gift. If there is anything inconvenient, let Xie Jin go with you."

Chu Nanyi thanked him.

"I will grant you an imperial edict." Nan Xi smiled lightly, "It can be regarded as icing on the cake for Xiping Bo."

Chu Nanyi knelt down to thank him: "I thank your majesty for your grace."

"You are welcome." Nan Xi said lightly, "Taking care of your master's health is the greatest reward for me."

Chu Nanyi said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will do my best."

Rong Yu sat aside, quietly making a beautiful ornament.

After leaving the Dazheng Palace, Chu Nanyi went out of the palace and returned to the mansion to change clothes. He picked a few gifts from the warehouse. As soon as he walked out of the Chu family's gate, he saw Xie Jin's handsome face with a smile that made him want to be beaten.

A pair of fox eyes are charming, and the smile on the corner of his lips is a bit teasing: "Mr. Chu, are you going to celebrate the birthday of your future father-in-law?"

Chu Nanyi paused slightly, "What are you doing here?"

"I'll go with you to join in the fun." Xie Jin put his hand on his shoulder, and the two walked towards the carriage like brothers. "I'm worried that you've suffered a loss in the Ruan family, so I'm going to support you. Are you touched?"

Chu Nanyi waved his claws away: "Don't touch me, be careful that Prince Yao sees you, and you'll be punished by the family rules."

Xie Jin paused, then jumped into the carriage naturally, stretched out his hand to hold the reins: "You are really an ungrateful guy."

Chu Nanyi stretched out his hand to lift the curtain, put all the gifts in the carriage, and he and Xie Jin Sitting on the left and right in front of the carriage, "You are going to the birthday banquet empty-handed?"

"I am going empty-handed to give him face, why do I need to bring any gifts?" Xie Jin threw off the reins and rushed towards the west city, "But I am a polite person, how could I really be empty-handed?"

As he said, he patted his chest with one hand: "The gift is here."

Chu Nanyi sat in front of the carriage, silent for a while, and said lightly: "If there is a conflict later, don't do it, I will do it myself."

Conflict?

Xie Jin looked at him with interest: "Are you going to celebrate the birthday of your future father-in-law, or are you going to fight?"

"Today's birthday banquet may mean a calculation for Qingling." Chu Nanyi said in a light tone, "But I have someone watching. If something unexpected happens, I don't mind turning a happy event into a funeral."

Xie Jin smiled nonchalantly: "If someone really bullies you, can I sit back and do nothing?"

"Don't worry about it." Chu Nanyi said in a light tone, "I can handle it myself."

"How do you want to deal with it?"

Chu Nanyi didn't say anything, he had his own solution.

"Are you worried that I will be impeached?"

Chu Nanyi said: "You are now an official appointed by the court. You must be cautious in what you say and do. You can't be as unscrupulous as before."

Especially he is in charge of the Ministry of Justice.

If even the Minister of Justice can't control his own words and deeds, how can he be qualified to deal with criminals who behave improperly?

Xie Jin was silent for a moment, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "You can think so much about me, I am quite touched."

"You can keep being touched slowly." Chu Nanyi glanced at him unhappily, "You'd better not cause trouble for me today, otherwise I will tell Prince Yao that you are philandering and fighting outside, and let him teach you a lesson."

"Petitioning?" Xie Jin frowned, "What kind of flowers and grass am I flirting with?"

"You are already a married woman, you can't stand up for other men casually, otherwise you will be misunderstood."

Xie Jin's expression froze, and he took a deep breath.