Chapter 143: Entanglement (1)
This year's spring banquet has been postponed for a long time, because in addition to the new funeral of the queen and queen, there are frequent changes in Beiye, Xihu and other places, and the court is busy with anxiety. Now that it has come to an end, some people have mentioned the family affairs of the Confucian king. Confucian King Jin Sheng, the most prestigious adult prince in Chongnan, but he had the blood of the previous dynasty and missed the throne. However, under the situation that everyone knows well, there are still many courtiers who are not at ease, but the king relies on the Confucian king for everything, making the Confucian king more and more famous.
A group of old ministers racked their brains to quickly choose a princess for the Confucian king, and the next step was to drive him to the fiefdom. However, the Confucian King pinched the fortune calculation of Qin Tianjian and dragged his family affairs until now on the grounds that 'if he marries before the age of twenty, he will be a murderer'.
The prince and the prince choose a concubine, and the candidates who can become candidates are all the daughters of courtiers or big families in the court, and their identities are precious, which is different from usual. Li Shuci had already made a marriage, and originally thought that she didn't need to go to this spring banquet, but Princess Anyang personally gave her a post and asked her to go to the banquet.
The marriage of the Confucian King, everyone thought that the monarch would hand it over to Concubine Hui, but they didn't expect it to be taken over by Princess Anyang, the relationship between the Confucian King and this aunt was very close, and the monarch had no opinion. With a wave of her hand, Princess Anyang held this year's spring banquet in a hurry. has the face of Princess Anyang, and directly chose the spring banquet in Fuling Palace.
Li Shuci entered the palace several times, and was still amazed by the overlapping Jinbi Palace in the Da'an Palace. After passing through the high walls of the Zhumen, I vaguely saw the Fuling Palace, which is independent of the mountains on the east side of Da'an Palace. Da'an Palace is in the highest place in Chongnan, but Fuling Palace is built according to the mountain, Li Shuci looked at it, only felt that the eaves and arches of Fuling Palace were continuous, as if going straight to the sky.
All the way closer, the pillars and halls are hung with pink and white silk yarn, floating and floating in various spring flowers like a fairyland. She walked through the layers of light curtains, and the voices of several men could be heard in the distance.
"Fourth brother! Speaking of which, you can't escape this marriage in the hands of your aunt! The sixth prince Jin Yao was casually jumpy, and his words immediately attracted the attention of everyone, "A few of our brothers, your marriage is the most headache for my aunt, and she is also the most looking forward to, she has been worrying about whether there is no girl who can be worthy of you on this day!" But this time my aunt is iron-hearted, this time the wedding wine, I will definitely grab the first glass! β
The eighth prince was the youngest and the most favored by the king, and when he saw that the Confucian king's face was not as clean as usual, he asked curiously, "Why is this?" What does the head cup mean? β
Although the prince is in the position of the prince, he has great respect for his brothers, never put the prince's shelf, and is even softer to the eighth prince, he touched the head of the eighth prince, "It is said that this glass of wine means 'good start', if anyone can grab the first glass of wine, everything will go smoothly, and everything will go very well." The Eighth Prince thought for a while, turned his head and asked, "Sixth brother?" Have you had anything unsatisfactory lately? β
The sixth prince was stunned, "That's not it, alas, you don't understand...... It's just an auspicious picture. Do you know how auspicious it is? β
The eighth prince asked again: "What kind of auspiciousness does the sixth brother want?" β
The Sixth Emperor was speechless for a while, and everyone laughed, and the Fifth Prince Jin He smiled: "The sixth emperor actually has a time when people are so speechless...... He said with a smile, and the words changed, "The fourth brother's family affairs, but many people are worried about it." Is there a candidate in the fourth brother's mind? β
As soon as he said this, the prince glanced at the five princes, and everyone was like a mirror, and those old antique Confucian kings in the court were like thieves, who would marry the pearl of their own palm to the Confucian king? Today, several famous ladies in Beijing have made excuses for not coming. Yang Yan followed behind the five princes and shook his head secretly, it was a pity for a figure like the Confucian King.
The Confucian King said lightly: "No." β
Everyone was accustomed to the cold appearance of the Confucian king, and they didn't care. The sixth prince smiled and said: "Fourth brother, look at your cold appearance, His Royal Highness the Confucian King is known in the world, how many women are heartbroken for you, but there is not even a warm bed girl by your side, alas...... Is...... We can't find a second one in Chongnan. Now you have to choose someone to spend your life with, and you are still so careless......"
Everyone looked at the sixth prince with a smile on their faces and sighed again and again, and the eighth prince looked up at him, "Sixth brother, the fourth brother wants to marry, why are you more anxious than him?" As soon as the sixth prince saw the eighth child and asked again, he hurriedly turned his head to look away, pretending not to hear. At this time, I happened to see Li Shuci standing not far away, and said, "Huh? Is that Li Zheng's sister? β
Shen Yuan, who was standing behind the prince, flashed with a cold light in his eyes, Li Zheng, this waste, will die!
Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing, and saw an attendant with Li Shuci and two girls aside.
The spring sun fell on Li Shuci's face, and she raised her head to look at the group of people, all of whom were outstanding. Among the crowd, she and the Confucian King looked at each other, and he was still so elegant and outstanding. For a moment, she looked away and bowed from afar.
Li Shuci stood under a few magnolia trees in plain white, his eyebrows were calm and stretched, just like the snow-white magnolia that suddenly opened, and he was as proud as he was, which made everyone stunned for a while. The fifth prince glanced at Yang Yan, who was stunned beside him, and said with a smile: "Your fiancΓ©e, aren't you going to talk to her?" β
Only then did everyone remember that they were staring at other people's fiancΓ©es, and immediately withdrew their gaze and coaxed Yang Yan to speak. Chongnan was not too defensive about the men and women who had already been married, so everyone didn't think anything about it, but Li Shuci looked at Yang Yan's slightly nervous and expectant gaze, and could only barely show a stiff smile.
"You're here?" She's grown up...... Yang Yan's eyes always had a glimmer of brilliance, and she was going to marry into the Yang family soon.
Countless complicated thoughts kept surging in Li Shuci's heart, her impression of Yang Yan in her previous life always existed in her heart, even if she had now touched the shadow of the truth, she had a feeling of not wanting to believe it. No matter who you are, you are not willing to easily give up the warmth that once only existed in your heart. But the facts are the facts, and he has always participated in the conspiracy to destroy the Li family. She bit her lip lightly, a trace of pain crossed her heart, and lowered her head without saying a word.
Yang Yan thought that Li Shuci was shy and unspeakable, so he didn't say much, he said: "Today's banquet is over, if you are free, you may wait for me?" β
The Confucian King glanced over and said expressionlessly, "It's not early, let's go." Everyone followed him and walked forward, Yang Yan hurriedly glanced at Li Shuci, whispered 'wait for me' and left happily.
Following the guidance of the chamberlain, she walked into the main road of Fuling Palace, and could already see from a distance groups of pavilion girls walking together, full of women, all dressed in brocade and colorful clothes, dressed in full costume to attend. Those who are willing to come naturally hope that they will be favored by the Confucian king. Yu Baochan kept looking around, and finally saw Li Shuci, and immediately pounced on her, saying, "Why are you so late?" Sister Jin is sick at home and won't come today. You know, her marriage to my second brother is going to be decided soon......"
Yu Baochan smiled and smiled, "I said a long time ago, either you or Sister Jin will be my sister-in-law!" Li Shuci glanced at her with disgust: "It's all nonsense." β
Yu Baochan was still excited: "If it weren't for my mother watching me closely recently, I wouldn't have come to join in this fun, it's all boring people, you don't know, just now Mrs. Cao and Kang Yang bumped into each other again." Both of them were full of iron, looking at each other and hating to kill each other with their eyes. β
The spring feast is very comfortable, and you don't have to gather in front of the princess all the time. However, naturally she was going to greet the princess when she came, Yu Baochan said: "You go quickly, I'll wait for you over there in the Blue Lake." β
Bypassing the huge photo wall, Princess Anyang saw Li Shuci, and immediately pulled her down in front of her, looking up and down, "I haven't seen you for half a year, you girl is really a president." I asked you to come to the house often to see you, but it's hard for you to invite this girl. β
Li Shuci knew that An Yang really felt that she was compatible, so he would treat her like this, so he replied with a smile: "How come? It's just that things are complicated when I come in, so it's ......"
Anyang's two eyebrows fell, and he sighed: "Also, I've heard about it, these things in your family are also messy enough, and I heard that there are still people who persuade your grandfather to look at feng shui, I also think it's very necessary." Now you will leave one of you in Shangjing in the third room, how can this work, or you move to the princess's mansion to live, so that you can be my companion. β
An Yang's serious expression made Li Shuci's heart warm. She said, "The princess laughed, how can this be ......?"
"Alas, too, you are also the one who is married...... It's a pity ......"
"I'm going to keep my grandmother's filial piety for three years." Li Shuci didn't notice what the princess's 'pity' meant, and said directly. It is beneficial for her to spread from Princess Anyang, otherwise she may be blocked by her grandfather. This is also the main purpose of her visit today.
An Yang was stunned for a moment, looked at her expression again, and sighed: "Don't be too sad...... Keeping filial piety...... It's done, three years have passed, and you're not big. β
Someone came to Anyang to say goodbye, and Li Shuci came out of it, his mind wandering. Walk to a railing, look at the blue lake below, the lake is sparkling, like a blue gem set in the brown mountain, there are small boats shuttling back and forth on the lake, there should be a noble lady in the tea on the lake. Li Shuci leaned against the white jade carved railing, looking down at the pleasant scenery that was gentle and happy.
"What are you doing here?"
There was a clear and clear voice of questioning in his ears. Li Shuci's body stiffened, and the voice ...... She turned her head slowly, Shen Yuan was dressed in a purple robe, and his extravagance was compelling, showing a kind of calmness that did not match her age. A smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and that smile was slightly mocking, why did a scheming person like Shen Yuan have such a clean face and smile. She didn't want to say more, and said, "It's nothing, I'll leave first." β
"Wait." Shen Yuan's voice came from behind him, "Why do you always avoid me?" β