Chapter 138
Let's say that it was only because the envoy of the Nashara Kingdom saw Huaizhen, although he felt that this girl was still young, but regardless of her temperament and appearance, she was superior, and she was a hundred times better than the "goddess of worship" selected by her country.
It turned out that the so-called goddess of worship in Shaluo was a very young girl, wrapped in brocade clothes and food, and was revered and worshiped by tens of thousands of people.
And because he knew that Huaizhen had such a strange perfume ability, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, claiming that it was a revelation from God, and it must be the princess of God. Therefore, he proposed to Emperor Cheng that he did not want a princess, but wanted to marry Ying Huaizhen as the new king's harem.
Emperor Cheng listened, his heart was surprised, some regret, should not boast that day, but let this foreigner covet it, and then wanted to refuse, Shaluo is located in a remote area, but the border of this dynasty is a little empty, and the border defense is empty, and there have been several conflicts with Shaluo before, just because the border terrain is dangerous, and it is really difficult to fight.
What's more, because of the spring flood this year, there were floods in two places in the south, and because of the shortage of households, some people in Henan actually rose up, not to mention that in addition to Shaluo, there are still a few small countries in the border states that are faintly restless, so they are actually internal and external troubles, and they cannot relax at all.
Emperor Cheng passed the crown prince, King Su, and King Xi to the palace, and there were many important ministers in the list, so he talked about the envoys of the Shaluo Kingdom.
Ying Lanfeng was also in the column at the moment, and when he heard that he wanted Ying Huaizhen to be kind, he almost fainted, and he was not afraid of losing his dignity, so he came out and said: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be done!" ”
Emperor Cheng knew that he loved his daughter, so he didn't make a sound.
Ying Lanfeng ignored a qiē, knelt on the ground, already in tears, and said: "What Weichen cherishes the most is Huaizhen, and wants her to be friendly, as if he has stripped Weichen's heart, and begs the emperor for ......mercy."
The prince and King Su listened, looked at each other, it turned out that when Emperor Cheng was young, he was very warlike, and there was a record of fighting three countries in a row, but the older he gets, the more reluctant he is to go to war, so recently, even the matter of "harmony" has also been, if it is placed in the young age of Emperor Cheng, I am afraid that I will fight with Sha Luo as soon as possible.
Because the prince and King Su understood Emperor Cheng's intentions, the two of them agreed and had plans, so the prince came out and said: "At this moment, all the things in the country are in turmoil, and it is not possible to start a war with Sha Luo head-on, but it is better to meet their requirements and take the opportunity to recuperate, so as to plan for the future." ”
King Su also said: "Erchen also thinks so, not to mention that the southwest terrain is dangerous, if you want to send troops, I am afraid that it will take more than 100,000 elite soldiers, and because the terrain is inconvenient to ride horses, so if you fight, it will inevitably take time and empty the treasury. ”
More than half of the ministers in the court were from the faction of the crown prince and the king of Su, and when they saw that both of them spoke out and advocated peace, they also echoed it.
In the midst of a sound of approval, someone suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have their own music." ”
When Emperor Cheng saw it, he saw that it was Guo Jianyi, the head of the household, and asked, "What did Qing say?" ”
Guo Jianyi said: "The country of Shaluo is just a corner, because over the years our country has been humble to them, they have indulged in arrogance, and do not put our country in their eyes, the last time has sent the princess Qingxian and relatives, but two years of hard work, they are greedy enough to ask for our women again, so ferocious and vicious, I am afraid that even if they meet this time, it will not be delayed for another year and a half, and it will break the morale of our dynasty in vain, it is better to send troops to war!" Reinvigorate my power. ”
Emperor Cheng listened and thought silently in his heart. And Guo Jianyi said, the people who should make peace in the DPRK and the central government are only three or four, even if there are those who are in the main battle, just because they first saw the prince and King Su and the lord of peace, how can they dare to come out directly to confront the two?
In the silence, Emperor Cheng suddenly looked at King Xi and said, "How does King Xi feel?" ”
At this moment, Xiao Tang was also present, but there was no expression on his face, and he just looked at Zhao Yongmu, the king of Xi.
But seeing that King Xi paused, he finally came out of the queue and said: "Erchen, I feel that although what Guo Shilang said has some truth, but at present, it seems that the prince is more suitable for the mention of King Su's palace......"
When Xiao Tang heard this, his face changed a little, and the shock in his eyes was difficult to hide, staring at Zhao Yongmu, unable to turn his eyes for a long time.
After King Xi finished speaking, he turned his head slightly to look at Xiao Tang, the two looked at each other in the court, Xiao Tang looked deeply, and his jaw was slightly raised in an instant, so he turned his head away and never looked at King Xi again.
Ying Lanfeng heard these many words, knelt forward, and cried: "The emperor is gracious!" The little girl can't go and kiss! As he spoke, he grabbed the ground with his head, and there was a sound, and Emperor Cheng hurriedly said: "Quickly help the waiter get up!" ”
The eunuchs on both sides hurriedly dared to step forward and held Ying Lanfeng in his arms, but Ying Lanfeng desperately broke away, still kneeling on the ground and begging.
Emperor Cheng looked left and right, feeling embarrassed, but at this moment, he heard someone say: "Your Majesty, Ying Shilang's beloved daughter can't go to kiss." ”
Emperor Cheng was stunned, but saw that among the two classes, one person came out, with lowered eyes and low eyebrows, and his face was expressionless, it was Xiao Tang.
Emperor Cheng hurriedly asked, "What does Aiqing mean by this?" Could it be that it is also the main battle? ”
Xiao Tang smiled and said, "That's not the case. It's just that how did the emperor forget...... What happened at the Qionglin banquet? The emperor has already promised a new champion to give him a marriage. ”
Emperor Cheng was stunned, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were also stunned, Ying Lanfeng heard this, turned his head to look at Xiao Tang, and there was a slight hint of joy in his eyes, but he just didn't dare to believe it.
Emperor Cheng asked, "Is this ...... I do remember it, but ......"
Xiao Tang said slowly: "It's just that the new champion was drunk at that time and didn't say it, in fact, what he wanted to say at that time was Ying Huaizhen, the beloved daughter of Ying Shilang, the emperor Chrysostom, since he had already said that he would marry Zhuangyuanlang, of course he couldn't regret it at this moment, since Ying Huaizhen had already promised to marry someone, he naturally couldn't go back to kiss." ”
When Emperor Cheng heard this, he was slightly overjoyed and said, "It turns out that Ling Zhuangyuan wants to marry Ying Shilang's beloved daughter?" ”
Xiao Tang smiled upwards and said, "Exactly, I'm afraid that Ying Shilang also knows about this matter." As he spoke, he looked at Ying Lanfeng reads();.
Emperor Cheng was busy and asked, Ying Lanfeng endured the shock in his heart, took a deep breath, and said, "This matter ...... Ling Xiushu did say it to Weichen, and he also mentioned that he still wanted to find an opportunity to ask the emperor to settle this family matter. ”
When Emperor Cheng heard this, he turned his worries into joy, laughed, and said: "Sure enough, that's the ......" thought about Ling Jue's person, and then thought about Ying Huai's true state, and couldn't help nodding and laughing: "Zhenzhen'er is a pair of beautiful people, a good couple, great!" Originally, I was drunk that night, and I forgot that there was such a thing, since the Huaizhen girl was given to Ling Zhuangyuan, naturally I couldn't kiss each other. ”
When Xiao Tang heard this, he smiled faintly, and didn't look at anyone, only lowered his eyes, and at this moment, he hid his smile, his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what kind of love he was pressing.
And after Xiao Tang said this, and Emperor Cheng agreed, Guo Jianyi, who was beside Xiao Tang, stared at him deadly, his eyes revealed shock, his lips moved slightly, and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't speak.
Emperor Cheng even announced that the messenger of Nashaluo stepped forward and told him that the marriage had been given at the Qionglin banquet.
The envoy was dissatisfied, and Emperor Cheng said: "The ministers present at the time of this matter have all witnessed, can I still deceive and fool you?" But I forgot about it because I was drunk. ”
The envoy didn't dare to question it face to face, and Emperor Cheng smiled again: "But you don't have to be disappointed, although you can't choose Huaizhen, just choose another person." ”
The messenger asked, "I wonder who it is?" ”
Emperor Cheng said: "Since your country has taken a fancy to the young lady of the Ying Mansion, then you will choose it from the Ying Mansion." When he asked Ying Meifu, he only asked how many young ladies in the house were waiting for the boudoir.
Ying Meifu has made a promise to Ying Cui recently, and only Ying Rui and Ying Yu are left, so he explained.
When Emperor Cheng heard this, he chose one person in his heart, and the messenger couldn't do it, so he could only respond.
Let's say that the news spread quickly and first came back to the house, and everyone was shocked and speculated about what it was.
Huai Zhen was embroidering in the house, faintly heard the whispers of the maids outside, at first I didn't know what it was, and suddenly inadvertently heard the word "marriage", and was stunned, and hurriedly called in, and asked for details.
The maids didn't dare to hide it, so they said: "I heard from the little maids outside that the emperor chose a young lady in our palace to go to the country of Shaluo to make peace, and ...... also chose a person for Ling Zhuangyuan to marry. ”
Huai Zhen was stunned for a long time, and then asked lightly: "Do you know who it is?" ”
Although she asked like this, she seemed to guess in her heart that one of them must be her own, but at this moment, if she was chosen, she would be proud of herself, and it would be better to choose her to kiss.
The maid shook her head, she didn't know the details, so she didn't dare to talk nonsense.
After a short time, Ying Lanfeng came back first, and did not go to see the old lady, without saying a word, he ran back to the east courtyard first, and saw Huaizhen sitting in front of the window in a daze, so he hugged her, and tears fell first.
Li Xianshu had already heard the news, and ran back like a chicken, and hurriedly asked, "What the hell is going on, who will you send to kiss?" ”
Huaizhen was hugged tightly by Ying Lanfeng, but he didn't see how scared, he only said softly: "Dad, what about you, what is wrong with you?" are all big officials, and they are still so shocked. ”
Ying Lanfeng saw that her words were calm, so she forcibly pressed the frightened meaning of losing and regaining, and told all kinds of situations in the court today, from beginning to end.
After Li Xianshu listened, she almost collapsed on the ground, and reluctantly recited the Buddha, and said, "Shentian Bodhisattva bless reads();!" ”
Huaizhen was stunned at first, and then asked, "Dad...... Is it Uncle Tang, is it Uncle Tang who said that the emperor has already given me a marriage with Ling Jue? ”
Ying Lanfeng nodded tearfully and said, "It's really thanks to Lord Tang, if it weren't for his change, your father and I would have died in the court today." ”
When Huaizhen heard this, he raised his lips and smiled, and said, "So that's the case." When he lowered his eyelids, he said no more.
Just because Ying Huaizhen lost his temper that night, Li Xianshu told Ying Lanfeng about it and asked him to ask Ling Jue if there was something wrong with his words that angered Huaizhen.
Turning around, Ying Lanfeng really asked Ling Jue what happened that night.
Ling Jue didn't hide it, he only told him about the night of the Qionglin banquet and wanted to ask Emperor Cheng for marriage, and said: "I couldn't help it, so I rashly told Sister Huaizhen about it, probably because I abruptly surprised her, and asked the teacher to punish her." As he spoke, he fell to his knees.
Ying Lanfeng loves Ling Jue very much, and respects him as a talented person, and he originally had a plan in his heart, and he intended to marry Ying Huaizhen to this proud person, but it was not easy to say. Now seeing that he also means this in his heart, he is naturally overjoyed, although he feels that Huaizhen has lost his temper because of this, it seems to be a little too much, but after all, this girl is a little eccentric by nature, and she has never liked people to mention her family affairs...... There are also yes.
After Ying Lanfeng listened to Ling Jue's explanation, he comforted him, and when he came back, he also relayed the matter to Li Xianshu.
Li Xianshu pondered for a while, and then said: "This is of course a good thing, I have always felt that Ling Jue is extremely appropriate for that child, regardless of his family background and age...... Everywhere is matched with Huaizhen, but the night of Huaizhen is inevitably too ......" to stop talking.
It turned out that after Li Xianshu entered the door that night, while hugging Huaizhen, he ordered the maids to clean up the broken things quickly, and later said that Lan Feng was afraid that Lan Feng's love for his daughter would be frightened, and he only said that Huai Zhen lost his temper, and did not carefully say that Huai Zhen smashed things hard.
Ying Lanfeng didn't see it with his own eyes, and he didn't know how much Ying Huaizhen resisted the "marriage", so this time in the court, Xiao Tang came forward to mention the matter, and Emperor Cheng took the opportunity to give marriage, but it was as Ying Lanfeng and Li Xianshu wished.
It's just that at this moment, Ying Huaizhen has no joy on his face, just indifferent, as if he has encountered something ordinary.
The two of them couldn't help but be a little surprised, and suddenly Huaizhen asked: "Dad, since it's not me, who is it?" ”
Ying Lanfeng heard her ask, and then sighed again and said, "It's Ying Yu." ”
Li Xianshu was only happy that Huaizhen didn't have to go to Heqin, and forgot that there was still such a thing, and when she heard that it was Yingyu who went, she was immediately stunned, and muttered: "Oh my God...... This is ...... How is it good? ”
Ying Huaizhen lowered her eyes and thought for a while, she knew that the person in Ying Yu's heart was Li Huo, and Ying Yu was scolded for explaining her heart to Xu Yuan, and she was still locked in the house...... I'm afraid it's just a "painful life".
In this way, before the evening, the news came, and sure enough, the third room knew, Xu Yuanben was a little bad, and suddenly heard this letter, and he was even more dead, and he hurriedly sent someone to ask for a doctor that night.
Ying Zhuyun also regretted it, where would she have thought that this would be the case? Knowing that today, it was better not to be picky before, but only from Ying Yu's wishes, and set her up with Li Huo early, wouldn't it be okay?
Now if her daughter goes to the country of Shaluo, she is afraid that she will never see her again in her life, Ying Zhuyun is a promiscuous person, but only these two daughters, in the end, are like meat in their hearts, and seeing that Xu Yuan is remorseful and painful because of this stimulation, he can't even drink the medicine...... I can't help but cry in the house to reads();.
Although there were a lot of people in the house for a while, but Ying Huaizhen was calm and light from beginning to end, and before he didn't know the details, he was still a little in a daze, since Ying Lanfeng came back to tell the truth, Ying Huaizhen looked at the piano score for a while as if he was fine, and stroked the piano for a while.
The maids who often serve in the house, such as Jixiang Xiu'er, consciously have this appearance...... It doesn't seem like it's normal, but the other outsiders in the house who don't know it, hearing the sound of the piano, can't help but secretly feel that Huaizhen Suri and Ying Yu are very good, and now Ying Yu has gone to kiss her, she still has the leisure to play the piano, she is really a heartless and ruthless person.
It was night, suddenly a person came, Huaizhen was on the piano, but he didn't hear the report of the maid outside, but he was playing kung fu, and suddenly the figure flickered in the light, and then he came back to his senses, looked up, looked at the slightly sad face in the lamp, and recognized it was Guo Jianyi.
Huai Zhen stopped and said with a slight smile: "Little cousin, how can you be free?" ”
Guo Jianyi didn't have a smile on his face, but an indescribable sadness and sadness, staring at Huaizhen fixedly, and not speaking. Huaizhen asked the maid to pour tea, got up again and said, "Little cousin, please take a seat." ”
Guo Jianyi looked at her every move, as usual, but not as usual, silent for a moment, and then said: "Huaizhen, the emperor has given you a marriage to Xiao Jue, do you know?" ”
Ying Huaizhen nodded slightly, and said: "I already knew, but now who doesn't know, I'm afraid it's spread all over the place." ”
Guo Jianyi was about to speak, but he looked up and looked away, his brows tightened, as if there was something difficult to solve.
At this moment, the maid brought tea up, and Huai Zhen said: "Little cousin, what do you think about eating tea?" ”
Guo Jianyi closed her eyes, sighed and asked again, "Huaizhen, are you willing to marry Xiao Jue?" ”
When Huai Zhen heard this, he smiled again and said, "Where is my turn to get my willingness, isn't it already married?" ”
Guo Jianyi had always known that she was not on good terms with Ling, and when she saw her such an abnormal state, she couldn't help but be a little shocked in her heart, staring at Huaizhen for a long time, but she couldn't see any clues, she slowly took a step back, had to sit down, turned her head and looked at the cup of tea, and said, "Do you know, who tried his best to promote the marriage today?" ”
Huai Zhen smiled faintly and said, "I heard that it's Uncle Tang...... Isn't it? As he spoke, he sat back down at the table and played one or two times.
Guo Jianyi nodded, heard the sound of the knock in his ears, and finally seemed to have made up his mind, and said, "Huaizhen, I'm just afraid...... I did a great mistake. ”
Ying Huaizhen kept in his hands, didn't raise his eyes, and raised his lips: "What does this have to do with my little cousin?" You're a good person, just too good...... Why bother to take all the mistakes on yourself. ”
Guo Jianyi smiled bitterly and said, "You don't understand...... I'm afraid that Lord Tang's behavior today is due to my fault. ”
When Huaizhen heard this, he missed a string in his hand and made a "boom" sound. Huai Zhen stared at the string tightly, and saw that he trembled and kept going, as if it would never stop, and people were dazzled.
After a while, Huai Zhencai raised his eyes to look at Guo Jianyi and asked quietly, "What does little cousin mean by this?" ”
Guo Jianyi met her bright eyes, but she couldn't bear to look at it, her eyebrows frowned slightly, and she turned her gaze away, and remembered something yesterday.