Chapter 129: Zhongwang's Mansion
It was getting late, and the palace was slowly lively, and the envoys of Southern Chen, Northern Qi, and Western Qin also arrived one after another, and the whole hall was in a joyful atmosphere. Su Qingyuan was relieved to see that there was indeed no Fu Mingxuan among the envoys of Western Qin.
Su Qingluan and Yuan Junyao appeared after the arrival of the emperor and queen mother with the queen mother, Su Qingluan wore a bright red woven gold phoenix and wore a peony palace dress, meticulous and delicate and dignified from head to toe, Yuan Junyao wore a purple gold-rimmed robe with red gold thread to depict a picture of the scorching sun, which is a unique clothing style of the Northern Qi Dynasty. After the great eunuch beside the emperor sang the salute, the two saluted the emperor and empress dowager one by one, and the engagement ceremony was completed.
Emperor Jing Kang looked at Su Qingluan with a little smile on his face, in fact, the ceremony of engagement is not very popular in Dajing, but this time before the arrival of Yuan Junyao, he ordered the envoy to come over with the letter of the Emperor of Northern Qi, and the letter expressed in detail the sincerity of the Emperor of Northern Qi to marry Dajing, and Luan'er himself agreed. Originally, he wanted to marry the Emperor of Northern Qi directly, but who knew that Yuan Junyao's kid proposed to get engaged first, saying that it was better to settle down first for fear that Luan'er would be abducted.
In fact, it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but women can only start from the beginning, and few women who are abandoned or widowed remarry. Although Yuan Junyao said that he was a widower, it was rare to be able to mind Luan'er's past, his own daughter naturally looked good, and his father's past could only be distressed, if Yuan Junyao really didn't mind at all as he said, he felt that this son-in-law had found the right one.
The Queen Mother was old, and she stayed for half an hour and left. The emperor and empress sat for a while and then left, and the three people in the highest position left, and the ministers below became active. Su Qingluan was toasted by Gong Chuli three glasses of wine in a row before finishing, "Now that you are the Empress of Nanchen, how can you come thousands of miles for my engagement banquet." "Gong Chuli is no longer the third princess of Nanchen at this time, and she has officially ascended the throne as the new empress of Nanchen in March, and there was an invitation to invite her to participate in the enthronement ceremony, but she just asked someone to send a gift to the messenger of Dajing.
"Naturally, I am coming, and when you get married, I will personally go to Beiqi to ask for a cup of wine. Gong Chuli's cheeks were crimson because of the wine.
Su Qingluan smiled, "That's nature." She understood what Gong Chuli meant, but she was just using her relationship with her to show favor to Dajing and Northern Qi.
After the banquet, Su Qingluan and Su Qingyu went home together, and Dai Lian thoughtfully brought a bowl of sobering tea to her after bathing. Seeing that there should be a heavy snow tomorrow, Su Qingluan came to the study and began to deal with the affairs of Xiaoyaowei and Fengxiang Women's Army, in the middle of the moon, Su Qingluan rubbed his eyes and stood up and stretched.
Speaking of which, I didn't see Cousin Ruohua at today's banquet, I think she is still sick, and it's not good to delay it for so long, so I can't help but worry, I still have to find a chance to take a look these days.
I have been busy for several days, and finally got free on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and I was ready to go to Zhongwang's Mansion with Su Qingyu. Who knew that he hadn't been able to get out of the mansion yet, but he met the Yuan family brothers and sisters who had just gotten off the carriage.
Yuan Junwan's eyes were glowing when he looked at Su Qingyu, and he didn't want to hide his emotions at all. From the first time she saw him, she knew that he had to be, and when she was in the Northern Qi Dynasty, because of her two elder brothers, a group of young sons flattered her very much, and she had never seen such a jade-colored and cold person. At first, the imperial brother didn't let her come with Dajing, and finally reluctantly agreed under her soft grinding, but he had one condition, that is, let her drag Dajing's Nine Emperor Princes so that he could spend more time with his future sister-in-law. Although he was not satisfied with the "beauty plan" proposed by the imperial brother, he had to agree in order to go out.
originally thought that as long as she spoke, the Nine Emperor Princes would be willing to accompany her to play, but unexpectedly, the Nine Emperor Princes ignored her at all, and every time she took the initiative to pester him to speak, but often she said ten words, and he wouldn't say the last one. In the past few days, he has had a meal with her, but it was also requested by the eldest princess. Until now, she has also found a problem, no matter who speaks, it is not easy to make it, but as long as the eldest princess speaks, he will definitely listen, and as long as the eldest princess is there, he will always find him. So she doesn't need the royal brother to speak, she will come to visit as long as she is free, no, fortunately she came early today or she would have missed it.
"Are you going out?" Yuan Junwan looked at Su Qingluan, but his eyes couldn't help drifting to the side of Su Qingyu, who had a cold temperament, and said excitedly: "If the matter is not too important, is it convenient to take me?"
Yuan Junyao on the side frowned and scolded softly: "Wan'er." ”
"It's okay, it's just that I went to the Zhongwang Mansion to visit Cousin Ruohua, if the thirteenth princess doesn't mind, you can go together. Su Qingluan smiled, the thirteenth princess's thoughts about her younger brother were simply known to passers-by. The thirteenth princess is a girl she likes very much, and it is good that she really needs such an active girl to be able to break the heart of her own Xiaoice Mountain.
"Then our brother and sister have no choice but to bother. "Yuan Junyao bowed his hand slightly, in fact, it is quite wise to bring thirteen over, isn't it?
Su Qingyu on the side looked at Yuan Junyao with an unkind face, in fact, he was the one he wanted to go with the most! Don't think that he didn't know that he deliberately brought such a fart over this time, he just wanted to entangle him, hmph!
Su Qingluan and Yuan Junwan sat in the carriage, Su Qingyu and Yuan Junyao rode aside, the carriage was not fast, and they arrived at the Zhongwang Mansion half an hour later. When he got out of the car, Su Qingluan saw a carriage parked at the side door, which had no emblem but was very gorgeous, not like an ordinary official's carriage. Thinking of the information collected by Xiaoyaowei, Su Qingluan's eyes couldn't help but darken, hoping that Su Feng could figure it out.
After entering the mansion, Su Feng warmly entertained Su Qingluan and others to drink tea in the main hall, but Su Qingluan could see that she seemed to be a little nervous, thinking that it was because the previous guests had not left the opening and offered to visit Mei Ruohua.
Hearing that Su Qingluan was going to visit Mei Ruohua, the smile on Su Feng's face was a little unnatural, "Ruohua just drank the medicine and fell asleep, you better go later." ”
Sensing Su Feng's abnormality, Su Qingluan quietly put down the tea bowl and said, "It's okay, the stove in this room is a little stuffy, let's go for a walk in the garden." As he spoke, he was about to get up, Su Feng knew that it was impossible to stop him at this time, so he had to stand up and show them the way while glancing.
"Where can I bother my aunt to show us the way, let her come. Su Qingluan casually pointed to a servant girl who was about to leave quietly.
Su Qingluan naturally knew that this maid was Su Feng's henchman, and knew that even if she was stopped, she couldn't stop Su Feng from assigning someone else, so she said immediately: "Let's go." ”
Su Feng watched Su Qingluan leave with a stiff face, and after seeing them invisible, he hurriedly asked another maid to take a shortcut to inform the people in the garden to leave.