Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 719: : Nalan Yi is here
Tianchuan, Prince Wei's Palace.

The extremely hot sunlight filtered through the window paper and poured into the house, illuminating a white jade vase on a table. The smooth surface of the vase refracted the sunlight onto the red lacquered wooden door, casting two shadows.

Chen Mo put his arm around Xia Zhiqing's waist, and moved to her shiny lips. He lowered his head and gently pressed them. He then rubbed her beautiful legs with one hand, and then directly stroked her thighs.
Xia Zhiqing's beautiful eyes, as clear as water, flickered, and the snow-white skin on her neck turned pink. Her swan neck was slightly raised, and her two jade arms shyly embraced Chen Mo's neck.

After a passionate kiss, Xia Zhiqing leaned her head on Chen Mo's shoulder, opened her mouth slightly, breathed softly, and then whispered in Chen Mo's ear: "Come on."

Hearing this, a stream of hot white air suddenly spurted out of Chen Mo's nose. He caressed Xia Zhiqing's rosy face affectionately, like an old horse who knew the way and returned to his old place.

Xia Zhiqing moaned softly and bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth. Then, she held Chen Mo's neck with her two slender hands even tighter.

I don’t know how long it took, but Chen Mo picked up Xia Zhiqing and slowly walked towards the couch.

During this time, Xia Zhiqing's face, which was as white as snow, was flushed, and her head, which was buried in Chen Mo's shoulder, trembled from time to time, which made her feel a little ashamed, but also filled with joy.

Chen Mo gently placed Xia Zhiqing on the couch, then took off his python robe. As the python robe fell off, Chen Mo pulled his inner garment to both sides with both hands, immediately exposing his muscular upper body. His nine abdominal muscles seemed to be shining under the sunlight.

Xia Zhiqing took in the entire scene. Although it was not the first time she had seen it, she still felt a little shy. She gently raised her delicate hand to her lips, tilted her head to one side, and in order to hide her shyness, she said, "Husband, has the time for the abdication ceremony been decided?"

"It's settled. On the seventh day of next month, Lord Xu observed the celestial phenomena at night and said that the day before, a solar eclipse will occur only once in a thousand years, and it will last for a whole day." Chen Mo pinched Xia Zhiqing's face, then leaned over and bullied her.

"Solar eclipse?" Xia Zhining hugged Chen Mo's neck and was slightly stunned.

Since ancient times, when the sun is eclipsed by the heavenly dog, it means that the emperor's family has done something wrong and God is going to punish the monarch.

The people also regarded this phenomenon as an ominous sign.

However, Xia Zhiqing soon understood the purpose of scheduling the abdication ceremony on the day after the eclipse.

Wouldn't this further prove to the people of the world that the Chu family was no longer worthy of being the ruler of the world? And if the husband accepted the abdication and succeeded to the throne the next day, she could announce to the world that it was because of the husband's succession to the throne that the eclipse was averted.

The people are ignorant and will certainly believe it firmly.

……

Although the date for the abdication ceremony has been set, not many people know the details of the matter.

And Yi Qianchi is exactly one of these few people.

Xiangyang, the Prince of Wei's Palace, is also where Xiaolu's parents currently live.

When Yi Shiyan followed Chen Mo to the capital, the Yi family did not go with them, but chose to stay in Xiangyang.

Since Yi Shiyan asked Yi Qianchi to look after the Prince Wei's Mansion, Yi Qianchi simply moved in with his wife.

Of course, Yi Qianchi also knew his limits and did not let the entire Yi family move in. Only he, his wife, and a few servants chose to live in the front yard instead of the back house.

This day, the sun is shining brightly.

Yi Qianchi was playing chess with the prefect of Linzhou under the pavilion in the mansion.

"Lord Wei, it's been a while since I last played chess. Have your chess skills improved?" Yi Qianchi, holding the white pieces, looked at the chessboard and found that his chess pieces were almost in a dead end.

"Haha." Wei Linchun, who was sitting opposite, chuckled twice and stroked his not-so-long beard and said, "Brother Yi, you've lost so many times, you should at least let me win once."

"Not necessarily. I can still save myself." Yi Qianchi quickly found a way to break the deadlock. He picked up a white piece with his fingers and put it down without regret.

Suddenly, the white piece, which seemed to be in a dead end, came back to life.

Wei Linchun exclaimed: "This is also possible, this move is absolutely amazing."

Yi Qianchi smiled.

After about two quarters of an hour, Wei Linchun put down the white piece with a look of regret: "Brother Yi, that was a godly move just now. You won even with this. I admire you so much."

"Thank you." Yi Qianchi raised his hand and clasped his fists.

Of course, he was not being modest. Yi Qianchi was not a child who had never seen the world. After all, he was the head of a clan. Of course, he could see that Wei Linchun was deliberately giving in to him and wanted to curry favor with him.

He just pretended not to understand.

Because he knew that without the identity of the father-in-law of King Wei, with his strength and status, he would not be able to get in touch with the governor of a state, let alone become brothers with him.

He didn't want to cause trouble for his daughter.

Although his daughter has been with the King of Wei for a long time, she still has no child. There are so many women around the King of Wei. He is really worried that his daughter will fall out of favor one day. If he, as a father, creates more trouble, it will be even worse.

"No, no, let's play another game. I don't believe I can't win." Wei Linchun showed his competitive spirit.

Yi Qianchi didn't refuse. He was bored anyway, so he might as well play chess to pass the time.

Just as the two of them had cleared the chessboard, a servant from the mansion and a clerk from the yamen came over together.

Wei Linchun raised his hand to let the clerk come over and asked, "What's the matter?"

The clerk raised his hand and came forward, bowed to the two, then looked at Wei Linchun and said, "Sir, the prefect, a letter from the court has arrived at the yamen. Sir Song wants you to come over."

"Oh, what letter?" Wei Linchun asked again.

The clerk glanced at Yi Qianchi.

Wei Linchun pretended to be angry: "Mr. Yi is not an outsider, there is no need to be shy, just speak."

"Yes." The clerk said, "In the middle of last month, the people of the capital requested that His Majesty issue an abdication decree, willing to hand over the throne to the King of Wei. The King of Wei accepted His Majesty's abdication in accordance with the will of heaven. The abdication ceremony will be held on the seventh of next month. Prime Minister Geng asked officials from all regions to submit a congratulatory letter before the abdication ceremony."

When these words were spoken, Wei Linchun and Yi Qianchi were both shocked, and a voice sounded in their hearts at the same time.

The King of Wei is about to become emperor.

"I understand. You go down first. I'll be there soon." Wei Linchun said.

"Subordinates retire."

After the clerk left, Yi Qianchi saw that the servants in the mansion had not left yet, and immediately realized that he had not brought the clerk here, but had something else to do, so he asked, "Do you have something to do, too?"

The servant nodded and bowed, saying, "Master, the young lady has sent a letter."

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Yi Qianchi.

After Yi Qianchi received it, he originally planned to wait until Wei Linchun left before reading it, but he thought that he had not avoided him just now, and it would be bad if he avoided him. So he opened the letter and read it in front of Wei Linchun.

When Yi Qianchi saw the letter from Yi Shiyan saying that she was pregnant, he could not hide his excitement and could not help but say, "God bless, ancestors bless, Xiaolu is finally pregnant."

Wei Linchun, who was about to leave, was stunned when he heard this. During this period, he also learned that the daughter of Yi Qianchi who married King Wei as a concubine was nicknamed Xiaolu.

Now that the other party is pregnant, the Yi family's position becomes more secure.

The King of Wei will soon be crowned emperor, and Yi Qianchi will be the emperor's father-in-law.

"Congratulations, Brother Yi. Congratulations, Brother Yi. It won't be long before Brother Yi will be able to hold the emperor's grandson." Wei Linchun hurriedly congratulated Yi Qianchi.

"Thank you for your good wishes, Lord Wei." Yi Qianchi really hoped that Xiaolu could give him a royal grandson.

In the letter, Yi Shiyan not only told him about her pregnancy, but also invited him and his mother to go to the capital to attend the abdication ceremony next month.

……

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was late July.

In the Prince of Wei's Mansion, the master bedroom was in a mess.

Chen Mo was still obsessed with Yue Ruyan as usual. Both of them were top-grade warriors, so when they were together, they didn't have to worry about anything and could let go of their hands and feet to work hard.

Yue Ruyan, who had been tossing and turning for almost half the afternoon, pushed Chen Mo away. Her face was flushed and radiant. She couldn't help but complain, "You just mess around. It's so hot, I need to take a shower again."

Chen Mo hugged her into his arms again, kissed her cheek hard, and said with a smile: "Don't you feel that your strength has improved recently? Take a rest and we will take a shower together later."

"Stop it. Starting tomorrow, you are not allowed to touch me anymore. I find that they hate me to death and think that I have taken away their time." Although Yue Ruyan didn't care about this, she still hoped to maintain a good relationship since they lived under the same roof and saw each other every day.

"Ah, you are so cruel." Chen Mo hugged the beauty and said, "Then let's have enough fun today."

Yue Ruyan: "..."

Just when Chen Mo was about to continue making trouble.

There was a knock on the door, and the maid's voice rang out:

"Your Highness, someone from the yamen just said that a woman came to the yamen to look for Your Highness. She did not reveal her identity, but only said that she knew Your Highness. The people from the yamen saw that the woman was very pretty and powerful, so they did not dare to drive her away, and instead came here to ask her."

"A very beautiful woman?" When Yue Ruyan heard this, she looked at Chen Mo with suspicion in her eyes, as if to say, where did you get this woman from?

Chen Mo frowned and asked, "What does he look like?"

"The people at the yamen didn't explain in detail, they just said his face was quite white," said the maid.

"A pretty girl with a pale face?"

Chen Mo really couldn't remember who it was for a moment.

But since they came to find him, Chen Mo decided to go over and take a look.

When he passed by the backyard hall, the girls in the hall all looked at Chen Mo with strange eyes, as if to say, how did you hook up with her? Haven't you been in the capital all this time?

In the capital's government office, the chief official warmly entertained the woman.

Although the King of Wei was admired by the whole world, his love for women was also known to almost everyone.

The pretty woman in front of him, with extremely fair skin and wearing clothes that were not unlike those of the Song Dynasty, might be one of the King of Wei's women. The chief official of the yamen took the attitude of "it is better to believe it than not to believe it" and did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

After an unknown amount of time, footsteps were heard outside the hall, and a tall and slender figure walked in and said, "Miss Nalan, why is it you?"

The head of the yamen immediately congratulated himself for having foresight and sent someone to the Prince of Wei's mansion to inform the Prince of Wei. At the same time, he still had a glimmer of anticipation in his heart.

Maybe my performance this time will catch the eyes of King Wei.

Nalan Yiren was wearing a short coat with a large collar and a wide felt belt around her waist. The overall color was green, dotted with white lines and silver lace. She was wearing a colorful apron on her lower body, a bit like a horse-faced skirt, making her look slim and slender.

"King Wei, long time no see." Nalan Yiren heard the voice and turned to look. After seeing Chen Mo, she suddenly became a little restrained, but quickly suppressed it, pretending to be calm as usual and even revealing a smile.

"haven't seen you for a long time"

Chen Mo was very surprised. Of course, what surprised him was not seeing Nalan Yiren again, but the way she was dressed at that moment.

Not only was she not wearing the black robe to cover her body, she also didn't have the bamboo cages hanging on her body. Most importantly, she wasn't wearing the half-face mask.

If Chen Mo hadn't already seen what she looked like, he probably wouldn't have recognized her at first glance if she didn't speak.

Chen Mo has too many doubts.

He tilted his head to look, wanting to send these people in the yamen away, but found that the head of the yamen and the people in the lobby had already left, leaving only him and Nalan Yiren.

"What, King Wei, don't you want to see me?" Nalan Yiren said with some displeasure when she saw Chen Mo's reaction.

"Of course not." Chen Mo answered quickly, and then said: "I'm just surprised why you are dressed like this. Where is your mask? Why don't you wear it?"

"I am also a woman, so it is normal for me to dress like this." Nalan Yiren raised her eyebrows and said, "Besides, I have already avenged my great vengeance, why should I wear a mask?"

As she spoke, she muttered to herself, “You’ve already seen my true face, so there’s no need for me to wear that mask anymore.”

"That's not what I meant. I'm just a little surprised. Didn't I give you my token at that time? Why didn't you come directly to the Prince Wei's Mansion when you arrived in the capital, but came to the yamen to find me?" Chen Mo said.

"Didn't you say at the time that the position of the Imperial Master of the Great Song Dynasty would be reserved for me? Of course I came to the yamen to find you." Nalan Yiren hadn't said anything else. Coming to the yamen to find you was for the purpose of being an official, and it was official business, but going to your house to find you, what would that look like?
Nalan Yiren doesn't want to appear too cheap.

Chen Mo is not a fool. As a man who has been around many women, how could he not guess what Nalan Yiren was thinking after hearing her words?

He touched his nose, a smile appeared on his face, and he said: "Miss Nalan, you are finally here, I have been waiting for you for a long time.

But the position of the Great Song Dynasty's Imperial Master is gone."

Hearing this, Nalan Yiren frowned, wondering what he meant.

Just when she was confused.

Chen Mo smiled brightly: "The new dynasty is still short of a national teacher, do you want to be one?"

(End of this chapter)