He picked up the hairpin, touched it gently, and then hid it back under the pillow. For the rest of his life, day and night, whenever Dugu Jie fell asleep, he would hold the hairpin in his hand.
The next day, Nangong Xian woke up from a nap and missed the morning court. She woke up, sat on the edge of the bed, and called Ying'er to fetch water for her to wash her face.
Ying'er walked into the boudoir carrying a basin of water. While wringing out a towel, she asked, "Miss, what did you do yesterday? Why are you so tired?"
She rarely saw the young lady sleep so well. She slept from dusk till dawn the next day.
Nangong Xian didn't elaborate. She put on her clothes and then asked, "I missed the morning court. Did you ask for leave?"
"I've asked someone to ask for leave for you."
"Um."
After taking the towel handed to her by Ying'er and washing her face, Nangong Xian heard Ying'er say gossipingly, "Miss, you didn't go to the morning court today, but you missed a big piece of news."
Nangong Xian returned the towel to Ying'er. Feeling the discomfort in his body, he frowned and asked her, "What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty has made Consort De the empress!"
Defei was the daughter of the Prime Minister, and also the Crown Princess Zheng Yue'e of Dugu Jie.
Nangong Xian was stunned for a moment before she smiled and said, "That's good. Now, no one will criticize Your Majesty for this matter anymore."
"I've heard rumors that when His Majesty was still the Master of the Eastern Palace, he never slept with the Crown Princess. It's said that after His Majesty ascended the throne, the three palaces and six courtyards all had masters, and he never slept with the concubines in the harem. So, these concubines in the harem only have a noble title."
"Fortunately, the young lady did not marry into the Eastern Palace back then. If she had, she would have suffered for the rest of her life." How aggrieved it would be for a woman to never be favored by a man in her entire life!
Ying'er knew that there was no one else here, and because she had a close relationship with Nangong Xian, she dared to say such outrageous words.
I don’t know if Your Majesty is inhumane or if there is some other reason.
Nangong Xian really wanted to tell Ying'er that our Majesty was actually very capable, but she was still feeling sore.
Three days later, Nangong Xian set out on her journey back to the northern border. She was often in a daze along the way. Mo Liansheng asked her, "General, are you worried about something?"
Nangong Xian had been restless for a few days for a reason. She couldn't forget what happened that afternoon. When no one was around, Nangong Xian called Mo Liansheng and asked him, "Can you prescribe me a morning-after pill?"
Mo Liansheng was shocked.
"General, you!" Mo Liansheng stared at Nangong Xian and looked at him carefully.
The general lost his virginity!
Mo Liansheng was heartbroken, his face turning pale. "General, who flirted with you?" Mo Liansheng didn't believe the general would voluntarily give himself to a man.
Nangong Xian said, "It's not what you think. Please prescribe a contraceptive pill for me to make sure I don't get pregnant." Nangong Xian absolutely cannot get pregnant.
It's not what he thought, the general volunteered!
Mo Liansheng was in great pain. Who was that man? How could he have won the general's heart? The general had actually had sex with him without being married!
How much do they love each other?
Mo Liansheng didn't dare let Nangong Xian notice his abnormality. He pretended to be normal and asked Nangong Xian, "How many days has it been? General, you must tell me so that I can prepare the medicine."
Nangong Xian didn't know any medical skills, so he told her honestly, "Three days."
Three days!
Who did the general meet three days ago?
"Okay, I understand."
Mo Liansheng prescribed her a set of birth control pills according to Nangong Xian's instructions. After taking the birth control pills for three consecutive days, Nangong Xian finally felt relieved.
For some time after that, Mo Liansheng kept wondering who the man was who had taken away the general's body and mind.
Until one day, Mo Liansheng found the general staring at the Sun-Chasing Arrow in a daze, with a look full of longing and admiration. Mo Liansheng then realized that the person the general admired and missed was probably not someone else, but the owner of the Sun-Chasing Arrow, the current emperor Dugu Jie!
This realization made Mo Liansheng despair.
The general actually has a secret crush on His Majesty!
If that’s the case, why did they cancel their engagement?
Mo Liansheng was in great pain. He loved the general very much, but the general had no eyes for him. And the emperor, he had three palaces and six courtyards, so how could he win the general's love?
Mo Liansheng was so jealous of the emperor!
But he was born in a humble family and was not worthy of General Nangong, let alone competing with the emperor for his love! The territory and people of the Luo Dynasty, who did not belong to the emperor? Who the emperor wanted, it was a matter of naming and getting it. He would never be able to compete with the emperor!
Mo Liansheng was in great pain and became taciturn on the way back to the Northern Territory.
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General Nangong Xian, the General who guards the north, has been guarding the northern border for several years. Despite constant wars of varying sizes, the Rongdi bandits have never gained any advantage from the Luo Dynasty.
In the midsummer of the fourth year of Taiping, the three northern kingdoms of Qiang, Jiang and Chen were dissatisfied with being suppressed and beaten by Nangong Xian for many years, so they secretly formed an alliance army with a total number of 160,000 and launched an attack on the Luo Dynasty.
Furious, Nangong Xian dispatched twelve of her cavalrymen, commanding 100,000 elite troops, forming the "Sun Chaser Army" to confront the allied forces. Meanwhile, she changed her name to Popona, disguised herself as a dancer, and infiltrated the Qiang capital.
In the spring of the fifth year of Taiping, the emperors of the three kingdoms of Qiang, Jiang and Chen gathered in Lingcheng, the capital of Qiang, to discuss the important matter of attacking the Luo Dynasty.
"Huh?"
King Zhou Kan of Chen stared at the masked woman who walked onto the stage. His eyes lit up when he saw her long, black hair like a waterfall and her eyes, long and charming, bright as stars. "Is this woman a dancer in the palace?"
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