Nian Huajiao: The cold-faced treacherous minister spoiled her unconditionally after breaking his vow

He stood on the roof, dressed in scarlet brocade, looking handsome, his bright peach eyes looking towards the courtyard not far away...

There was only some lewd music in the room below him, and Lu Jinan had no interest in eavesdropping.

When he first joined the Jinyiwei, he was only a centurion. He had heard too much about the people in Yongjing City, and it was nothing more than that.

Very boring.

He glanced towards the courtyard again.

There was a voice in my heart that kept ringing: Don’t you want to go and see what’s going on with that jade pendant…

Nanxing sat cross-legged on the roof of Shaoguangyuan with her eyes closed, with her sword standing beside her.

Originally, she had a good alcohol tolerance. Today, she drank two more glasses to please her young lady. Now, she felt a little dizzy when the night wind blew.

Suddenly, she opened her sleepy eyes and looked around vigilantly.

Nothing unusual.

When she was about to get up, a fierce palm wind came from behind, and she tilted her head and fell asleep again...

This was the first time that Lord Lu, the commander of the Imperial Guards, broke into a woman's boudoir at night.

He suppressed the urge in his heart, pushed forward with his thin arms and jumped in through the window.

His posture was so agile that it didn't seem like it was his first time doing this.

Lu Jinan stared at the person on the couch.

The moonlight is very good today, and half of the room is shrouded in moonlight.

The little girl on the couch was sleeping soundly at this moment, soft and sticky like a ball of white rice cake, with two slightly red spots on her little face, which was whiter than frost and snow, diluting the usual coldness and making her look more cute.

Perhaps because she drank too much, the girl's body felt a little hot. The quilt on her was half covered, and the collar on her chest was pulled a little messy.

The jade pendant was exposed.

Lu Jinan took out a tinder and opened his hat, a faint light rose in the room. He was tall, so if he wanted to see the jade pendant clearly, he had to squat in front of the couch.

When I got closer, I could hear the little girl mumbling something.

He didn't bother to listen to what she said at this moment. He just held the fire starter in one hand and gently picked up the jade pendant with the other hand, examining it again and again.

The texture and color of the jade and the carved jade bamboo are exactly the same as the one he has.

He turned the jade pendant over and rubbed it continuously with his bony fingers.

Suddenly, he paused.

found it.

Lu Jinan held the fire stick and put almost his entire face on the jade pendant, and only then could he see the words on it clearly...

He stared at the word in shock, which was even more incredible than when he first saw the jade pendant.

How can this be?

This is absolutely impossible...

"Mother~Mother~" the little girl on the bed murmured, turned over, and slapped the person who was half-squatting beside the couch in the face.

Lu Jinan was beaten back to his senses.

He looked at the little face so close to him, and then glanced at the soft hand resting on his face, his eyes filled with complex emotions he had never experienced before...

There was a rustling sound outside.

Lu Jinan quickly blew out the fire in his hand and held his breath.

Mingxu got up at night.

After a while, the room became quiet again.

He carefully placed Jiang Luo's hand on the bed, tucked the quilt in for her, and then turned and left...

Nanxing on the roof woke up half an hour later. She touched her sore neck and quietly jumped off the roof. The yard was so quiet, and the people in the house were sleeping soundly.

She patted her still dizzy head and muttered, "It must be a dream~" and flew onto the roof again.

Since Lu Jinan came out of the Duke's Mansion, he has been absent-mindedly heading towards the Lu Mansion.

Soon, he sat behind the desk in the Lu Mansion's study.

He took off the jade pendant and stroked the word "Min" on it.

The Xie family in Jiangnan was the most noble family in the Yong Dynasty. There were five Hanlin scholars in the family, all of whom were from the direct line of the Xie family. Therefore, the direct line controlled everything in the Xie family.

The royal family has changed over the dynasties, but the Xie family has remained the same. The only family that can rival it now is the Ningyang Marquisate Ling family, which came later than the others.

This was given to him by his mother after he could remember. His mother once said that this jade pendant was a symbol of the identity of the direct descendant of the Xie family.

All children born from the direct lineage, regardless of gender, are given a jade bamboo plaque with words engraved on it.

His mother was Xie Min, the youngest daughter of Xie Hui, the head of the Xie family's direct lineage.

He also has two uncles.

My eldest uncle is Xie Yuanfeng, the current chief academic officer of the Imperial College.

My second uncle, Xie Yuanqing, had already won the top three places in the imperial examination when he was 16. He was the most talented and handsome man in the Xie family in decades, and was also the future head of the Xie family that everyone expected.

Unfortunately, he suddenly disappeared fifteen years ago and his whereabouts remain unknown to this day.

It was also from that time that the direct branch of the Xie family was completely damaged and never recovered.

The Xie family, once the most aristocratic family in Jiangnan with a constant flow of visitors, is now deserted.

Lu Jinan stroked the jade pendant in his hand, his eyes slightly narrowed.

At the same position on the jade pendant, the word "Qing" was engraved.

The only person who could have this word engraved on the Xie family jade plaque was his second uncle.

Why does the young lady of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion have his second uncle's jade pendant?

No matter how you look into it, these two people have nothing to do with each other.

And his father, Prince Jing, has a close relationship with the Wu family in private...

More and more questions lingered in Lu Jinan's mind. He was like a trapped beast, unable to escape from the cage.

Lu Jinan was a little dazed. Ever since he met Jiang Luo, it seemed that everything he wanted to investigate could not be avoided without her...

The next day, Shaoguangyuan.

People are happy when they are happy.

Jiang Luo stood in front of the bronze mirror with a rosy face, letting Mingxu and Rendong wash and dress her.

Her third uncle will be leaving tomorrow, and today is the day they have agreed in advance to go to Zhenguo Temple in Beishan to light a perpetual lamp for her mother.

Mingxu picked a plain white flowing cloud brocade dress for her, and she simply wore two silver and pink oriental pearl hairpins on her head.

Jiang Luo was very satisfied that Mingxu was becoming more and more adept at her position as the head maid.

Yesterday she had asked Ren Dong to go to Liu's place to say hello in advance. Today she didn't need to go to Qiu Shui Courtyard again, she could just go out directly.

When Liu learned that she was going to Zhenguo Temple to light a perpetual lamp for her mother, she took out one hundred taels of silver from the public treasury and gave it to her as incense money for the Duke's Mansion.

She took the money and didn't refuse.

After breakfast, Jiang Luo took Mingxu and Wangyou and got on the carriage of the Duke's Mansion and headed out of the city. Her third uncle would be waiting for her at the Shili Pavilion outside the city.

Rendong stayed in the mansion and looked after Shaoguang Courtyard with Mother Wu.

The carriage swayed along the way and arrived at Shili Pavilion outside the city half a quarter of an hour later.

Jiang Luo got off the carriage and saw his third uncle sitting leisurely in the pavilion drinking tea.

Seeing her coming, Wu Yang quickly stood up and walked over with a smile.

"Third uncle." Jiang Luo bowed with a smile.

"Yaoyao, you don't have to be polite. Let's go now." Wu Yang said with eyes full of doting.

Jiang Luo nodded: "Okay."

The uncle and nephew got on their respective carriages and headed towards Beishan Zhenguo Temple.

Behind them, another simple and elegant carriage with a canopy slowly drove over...