78 Second Marriage Proposal
The Yueji potted plants placed in the Park Xiu Garden of the Zhaohui Palace, as if they were two rows of etiquette ladies, stood on the side of the road, welcomed Yuan Chun into the garden, and escorted them all the way to the front of the Bang Xiang Wu in Park Xiu Garden.
"It's already here!" Ming Se smiled at Yuan Chun diligently, and bowed to invite Yuan Chun in, "The prince said, please invite Master Shangyi to come in for a while, and he will come immediately." โ
Yuan Chun was even more sure that Shui Xiao wanted to surprise himself.
What's in the Spice Dock?
She took a deep breath, calmed down her somewhat apprehensive mood, and walked slowly into the incense dock full of anticipation.
Bangxiangwu itself was built as a place for the palace to enjoy the flowers. The dock is full of seasonal flowers, and in different seasons, you can enjoy different flowers in different locations and smell different floral fragrances.
Now it is the winter moon of the lunar calendar, the chrysanthemums in the Xiangwu have been thanked, the plum blossoms have not bloomed, and many deciduous trees are bare, which makes the whole Xiangwu appear a little depressed.
Yuan Chun followed the guidance of the potted plants, and gradually saw a large glass conservatory, faintly visible flowers and trees flourishing in the conservatory, and couldn't help covering his mouth in surprise.
Before going to Jiangnan, there was no such glass greenhouse in Zhaowang's Mansion!
No wonder Shui Xiao can get so many moon flowers. Although the moon season is known as the moon and moon flowers, if it is too cold, the flowers will not bloom much. It seems that I can see so many moon season potted plants along the way, and this glass greenhouse has a lot of credit. Maybe it's not just this greenhouse, maybe Shui Xiao has moved all the florists in the capital!
Because of the need for optical glass to make the sky-watching instrument, when Yuan Chun left the palace that year, he handed over a little glass making method that he remembered to the emperor, and asked the emperor to arrange for the internal affairs office to try to make glass.
In recent years, there are still very few barely qualified optical glasses, but there are more and more ordinary glasses. At Yuan Chun's suggestion, these glasses were not only used to make various glassware, but also to inlay panes and build conservatories. Nowadays, the princes and nobles in the capital, and the top wealthy families, can already eat a little fresh and verdant vegetable leaves in the middle of winter.
Of course, the glass conservatory is still an expensive and rare thing, and it is not something that can be enjoyed by ordinary eunuchs and wealthy merchants.
Shui Xiao made such a glass greenhouse to grow flowers, and he definitely made a lot of money!
When you walk into the flower room, you will see many moons around. There are still a variety of colors, but white is the most popular. In the center of the conservatory, there is a long wooden table and two wooden chairs. In the middle of the wooden table was a vase with a large and beautiful white flower in place.
The corners of Yuan Chun's mouth involuntarily raised a little bit: Okay! Shui Xiao did give her a big surprise! In this era, a man who is excellent in all aspects can please a girl with such heart, she is also content!
Walking slowly to the wooden table, Yuan Chun saw that there was a small paper card on the bottle of moon flowers. The smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't help but deepen.
She slowly stretched out her hand, picked up the small paper card, opened it gently, and saw a seven-character quatrain written on the card:
Acacia to the bones is like wine,
Seven years of love and longing for marriage.
If Qingqing is willing to favor his eyes,
There is only one person who has moved to the stars. โ
There is also a line of small words on the back: "Xiaosheng sincerely asks to marry, is the young lady willing to favor him?" โ
Yuan Chun never imagined that this card turned out to be a marriage proposal poem!
She read the poem twice, and there was an indescribable emotion in her heart. No one she knew in her previous life would play such a sour trick as writing poetry; Although there are many men in this era who can write poetry, no one can play such a romance as proposing marriage with poetry.
She thought it was just a surprise to send flowers, but she didn't expect that Shui Xiao would make up for such a romantic marriage proposal ceremony for her.
Is...... It's so impressive!
Yuan Chun was facing the poem and the flower, and when he was moved to tears, a long flute suddenly sounded.
As soon as she looked up, she saw Shui Xiao standing in front of the flower stand in front of her, watching her play the flute.
He is wearing a white prince's casual robe today, wearing a white jade crown on his head, his long body is jade, his eyebrows and eyes are affectionate, and he is indescribably chic.
The tunes he played, the tunes were novel, and Yuan Chun had never heard them. The song is sometimes distant and high-spirited, sometimes lingering and melancholy. Yuan Chun smelled the fragrance of flowers around him, pinched the proposal card in his hand, and his heartstrings were completely touched, and he couldn't help but blur his eyes with tears, and almost shed tears.
In this world, there is probably no man who will do this for her!
After the song was played, Shui Xiao put the flute aside, walked slowly towards Yuan Chun, and asked with a smile: "Xiaosheng's question, I don't know how Miss answers?" "There was a slight redness on his face.
Yuan Chun grinned and smiled slightly, but laughed out of tears: "I do!" I am willing to marry you! โ
She stretched out her hand, opened her arms, threw herself into Shui Xiao's arms, firmly hugged Shui Xiao's waist, and put her face in his shoulder socket.
Shui Xiao was stunned for a moment, then he smiled, carefully opened his arms, hugged her in his arms, and tightly circled her.
There was silence all around. At this moment, the two only have each other in their hearts, as if there is no one else in the world.
"Yingzhou, do you like the tune I just played?" After a long while, Shui Xiao leaned close to Yuan Chun's ear and asked her in a low voice.
Yuan Chun closed his eyes, nodded, and said, "I like it!" I don't think I've heard it before. What is the name of this tune? โ
"I forced Minse to compose a new piece of music. He didn't have a name, and I couldn't think of a good name for a while, so I might as well ...... Do you come up with a name? โ
"Shall I take it?" Yuan Chun looked up, and only saw a little Shui Xiao's side face. She was a little reluctant to be embraced by Shui Xiao, so she gave up her efforts to observe Shui Xiao's expression, and put her head back on his shoulder socket: "You know that my piano is very bad, why do you want me to choose a name?" โ
"Because this piece was written just for you!" Shui Xiao's voice was marked with an obvious smile, "I originally wanted to adapt it with "Wind Seeking Phoenix". I remembered that you didn't like Sima Xiang, and you didn't like this song, so you asked Ming Se to compose another song. He did it once, twice, three times...... I've been dissatisfied countless times, and I've changed and changed, and I'm going crazy! โ
Yuan Chun knew that Ming Se was born in a music household, was good at a variety of musical instruments, and was very talented in music. But being forced to compose a song like this by Shui Xiao must be miserable, right?
"Thank you Mincer for me! It's so hard for him! โ
"When you get married, thank him yourself! It's a pity that I can't write a tune myself, otherwise I would have written a tune myself and just played it for you! โ
This idea made Yuan Chun couldn't help but feel a little moved, so he smiled and said, "You can't learn it!" Who is born with it? Why don't you just write a piece for me, no matter how much time it takes, whether it's good or not, as long as you write it for me, as long as you play it for me, I will like it! โ
"Seriously?" There was a little uncertainty in Shui Xiao's tone.
"Really!" Yuan Chun's voice was light and soft, "By the way, I thought of what the song was called just now, let's call it "Xiangnong"!" โ
She suddenly remembered a few lines of the lyrics in the song "Woman Flower", which she liked very much in her previous life: I have loved and I have been drunk, and I have been drunk and drunk. She has experienced this situation and this scene, and only then did she know that the moon season is fragrant.
When Yuan Chun finally let go of Shui Xiao, Shui Xiao helped her to sit down on the chair next to the wooden table, took out a mutton fat jade bracelet from his arms, and put it on her wrist.
He took her hand, looked at the crystal clear jade bracelet on her wrist, and said with a smile: "This jade bracelet, even if it is a love affair between us, is it good?" โ
Yuan Chun looked at the bracelet of extraordinary quality and felt a little bit of psychological pressure: "I'm afraid I'll break it!" โ
Is this jade bracelet strong? You think it would be nice if you gave me a gold bracelet? I don't have to worry about accidentally breaking or breaking the love token! Ahh......hhh I'm such a vulgar person!
Shui Xiao asked a little funny: "Then I'll give you another gold bracelet that can't be broken?" โ
Yuan Chun felt that Shui Xiao was really empathetic, and nodded again and again: "Okay, good!" โ
Shui Xiao couldn't cry or laugh: "I don't know how many gold bracelets this jade bracelet can be exchanged!" โ
"But I don't care if the token is worth anything! I just want it to be sturdy and not break when touched! I was afraid that someone would steal such an important thing hidden in the cupboard; I'm afraid that I'll accidentally break it when I wear it on my hand - how unlucky it is! Yuan Chunxin said bluntly.
Then she realized: it's over, it's over! I seem to have made something that was originally romantic cheesy again!
She couldn't help but despise herself in her heart: I'm too good at spoiling the scenery, right?! I'm just sent by the monkeys to be funny, isn't it?! When will the soul of a female man in my body not burn anytime and anywhere?!
She looked at Shui Xiao a little stupidly.
Shui Xiao listened to her words, but the expression on his face became solemn: Yingzhou is so afraid that the object of love will be damaged, and he is afraid of bad luck, because he cares about it very much, right? !
He was very touched in his heart, and whispered, "Then I will give you a sturdy gold bracelet another day." This jade bracelet should be regarded as a ...... I'll give you a birthday gift in advance! โ
Yuan Chun breathed a sigh of relief and sat down obediently and pretended to be well-behaved.
Shui Xiao clapped his hands, and Ming Se led a team of mermaids in, moved the flowers on the long table to one side, and put a few delicate side dishes and a pot on the table. Then the girls all withdrew, and only Minse remained in the flower room to wait.
Yuan Chun couldn't wait to get married, and thanked Ming Se directly: "Thank you Father-in-law Ming for your hard work day and night, composing that song, it's really good." โ
Minse smiled and said, "It's good if Master Shang Yi likes it!" The skin of the slave has finally been saved. โ
"Skin?" Yuan Chun looked at him in surprise, and then looked at Shui Xiao.
Shui Xiao couldn't help but hide his face.
Minse said: "Yes! The prince said before that if Master Shangyi didn't like this song, he would peel off my skin! โ
Ha ha! Yuan Chun felt that the words of this Ming Seming father-in-law were a bit of a cold and humorous irony.
When they were eating together, Shui Xiao discussed with Yuan Chun: When to go to the palace to ask for marriage? He said: "Now that Prince Duanmu's filial piety period has passed, I am afraid of long nights and dreams, and I will settle this major event as soon as possible, and I will be relieved as soon as possible!" โ
Yuan Chun naturally has no opinion.
After returning from the Zhaohui Palace, Yuan Chun went to find Daishan: "Prince Zhaohui asked me for a kiss, and I have agreed." Three days later, I will enter the palace to ask the emperor and the queen and all the ladies to ask for peace, and Prince Zhaohui will enter the palace to ask for marriage. โ
After hearing this, Dai Shan smiled slightly and took a long breath: "You finally have news!" Your grandmother and your mother have been secretly anxious about your marriage for a long time, but it is not good to show it in front of you. Now, it's up to the emperor to say it. โ
Yuan Chun thought to himself: The emperor is probably happy to see it, right?
Three days later, Yuan Chun entered the palace.
As soon as I arrived in the queen's palace, I saw Emperor Longzheng come in with a smile, followed by Shui Xiao.
After saluting, Emperor Longzheng asked Yuan Chun straight to the point: "Today, I entered the palace to ask for marriage and wanted to marry Yingzhou." I don't know what Yingzhou thinks? โ
When Empress Shen heard this, she couldn't help but turn her beautiful eyes and looked at Yuan Chun with a smile.
Yuan Chun was a little embarrassed, coughed lightly, and said calmly: "It's okay!" The seventeenth prince has a handsome character, and he has shared weal and fall with his ministers, so it's good to marry him! โ
At this critical time, she definitely doesn't want to be like the ladies on TV, pretending to be shy with ambiguous words like "but the emperor and queen are the masters" - it's too numb! She can't learn. This is also too inconsistent with her usual cautious style! The more critical it is, the more you must express yourself clearly! What should I do if I am misunderstood?
Emperor Longzheng was very proud: this "immortal man" is finally going to marry his son! The harvest of her encounter with immortals can be brought into the royal family as a "dowry", which is really good! In the past few years, he has felt more and more that Jia Yingzhou has mastered more "heavenly opportunities" than she said.
"Haha! Yingzhou is really fast! Emperor Longzheng, who was in a good mood, also expressed his attitude very simply, "I will let Zhongshu Ling propose to marry when I turn around!" "Lest you have long nights and many dreams! He knew that the third child and Shui Lan's kid were still a little unwilling, and it would be bad if something happened to them and added any variables to this marriage!
After asking Yuan Chun to diagnose his peace pulse, Emperor Longzheng left with a smile. Shui Xiao glanced at Yuan Chun with a smile and hurriedly followed.
After sending the emperor away, Empress Shen took Yuan Chun's hand with a smile: "I didn't expect that there was such a fate between me and Yingzhou." What a gratifying congratulations! โ
Yuan Chun said with a smile: "Over the years, thanks to the queen's mother's hard work, I have been able to be safe and smooth in the palace." โ
"We'll be a family from now on! Don't talk to two families. โ
Empress Shen also likes Yuan Chun's down-and-out generosity, marrying such a daughter-in-law with superb medical skills, deep fortune, smart and alert, and a good relationship with her, it is definitely not a loss!
Then he asked the palace maid to bring her own set of red gold inlaid ruby butterfly love flower head noodles and gave it to Yuan Chun: "This set of head noodles was given by my mother's mother when I got married." I wore it when I was young and haven't worn it again in years. I'll give it to you today, and the right is a meeting gift between our future mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. โ
"Thank you, Niang!" Yuan Chun didn't shirk and took it directly.
After diagnosing the important concubines and eighteen princes in the palace, Yuan Chun hurriedly returned home.
And the decree of marriage came.
The holy decree was written a lot, praised her fiercely, and finally said that the marriage would be given to the seventeenth prince, Prince Zhaohui Shui Xiao, and the marriage would be completed on an auspicious day.
And in order to make the marriage look better, Jia Zheng, a sour talent who has failed many times, was also given a false position of knowing the same five products, and the Wang family finally had a court seal.
After the envoy left, the whole family came to congratulate Yuanchun. Mother Jia took Yuan Chun's hand back to Rongxi Hall, let her sit on the top, and sat next to her!
"In the past two years, seeing that you are getting older, but your marriage has not yet been settled, your mother and I are really frying in our hearts!" Jia Mu wiped her tears and said, "It's good now, it's finally come to an end!" โ
There are also people from the family who come to kowtow to Yuanchun and say goodbye. Later, all the masters of the Ning Mansion also came over to say goodbye. The next day, relatives and friends from all over the capital also came to congratulate them.
Daiyu, Baochai, Xiangyun and other girls also came to congratulate Yuanchun.
Xiangyun said with a smile: "Sister Yuan is really a person with deep fortune and great creation!" Sister has this noble son-in-law, we should also get together to set up two tables of wine, He Yi He Yuan sister is! โ
"Cloud girl, you want to have fun yourself!" Baochai nodded on Xiangyun's forehead, paused, and said, "Although the holy decree of marriage has been issued now, only one or two of the six rites have been performed. If it is too publicized at this time, will it seem that we are frivolous as sisters, and we will be embarrassed by Sister Yuan? โ
Daiyu shook her head: "I think it's okay!" We don't invite people from outside, just the sisters have fun and congratulate Sister Yuan, where is it frivolous? โ
Her expression was slightly gloomy: "Sister Yuan is engaged to be married now, and she won't stay at home for a long time if she thinks about it." When she leaves the cabinet, it will not be easy to have a sisterly fun like she is now! โ
The other girls, who were a little older, couldn't help but feel a little gloomy; Only Tanchun and Xichun are still young, and they don't quite understand what their sisters mean.
The sisters chattered and discussed how to get together to set up wine and congratulate Yuanchun's joy.
Wang Xifeng, who has always been exquisite, seemed a little silent, looking preoccupied.
That night, Yuan Chun waved everyone away and asked Wang Xifeng alone: "Do you have anything on your mind?" โ
Wang Xifeng was silent, as if he was extremely conflicted.
Seeing Wang Xifeng, who has always been spicy, like this, Yuan Chun was a little funny: "What's wrong with you?" Say whatever you have to say, this kind of spitting and twisting is not your Feng Lazi style. โ
Wang Xifeng didn't answer, and thought for a while before saying: "Since the holy decree of marrying Sister Yuan has been issued, my aunt and the old lady are afraid that the marriage of Brother Zhu and Second Brother Lian will be decided as soon as possible!" After all, the elders and young are orderly, and if the two elder brothers don't marry, it's not good for the elder sister to marry them first. That Zhaohui prince seems to be not young, and he is in the palace, and I am afraid that he will urge you to get married as soon as possible. โ
Yuan Chun nodded: "That's right." I heard that the old lady and her wife had already figured it out. Presumably, in a short period of time, the marriage of Jia Zhu and Jia Lian will be decided.
Wang Xifeng pondered for a while, and then said: "With my sister's current status, how to determine the relationship between the two elder brothers, maybe the grandfather, the old lady and the aunt will ask your opinion." I don't know what my sister has for her sister-in-law, character and the like? โ
Yuan Chun probably understood in his heart, so he said: "I don't have any requirements for my sister-in-law, as long as the elders like it and the two brothers like it." โ
Wang Xifeng asked a little nervously: "In this case, what does Sister Yuan think of me?" Is it worthy of your sister-in-law? โ
"Sister Feng's talent and bearing are more than enough for my brothers." Yuan Chun paused, and then said, "But in principle, I don't approve of cousins and cousins getting married. No one is perfect, it is the truth of the world. Not only is there no perfection in human temperament and appearance, but it is also difficult for human blood to be perfect, and there will be some hidden flaws. These flaws are hidden in the bloodline and are passed down from generation to generation, and if the blood relationship between cousins and cousins is too close, perhaps the same flaws are hidden in the bloodline. If close relatives get married, let the same hidden defects in the bloodline meet, and the possibility of children being stupid, sickly, deformed, and prone to death will be greatly increased. These questions are explained in detail in that set of medical books, and I am not making them up. โ
Regarding the issue of close relatives getting married, it is not the first time that Yuan Chun has told Wang Xifeng.
Therefore, Wang Xifeng was not surprised by her words, but listened carefully and asked, "Second Brother Lian was not born to his aunt. Me and the second brother of Lian, are they considered close relatives? โ
"Naturally, it doesn't count. On the issue of bloodline heredity, we only talk about blood, not kinship. โ
"Then how about I be your second sister-in-law?" Wang Xifeng asked calmly.
Yuan Chun was silent: "Over the years, I don't know much about Second Brother Lian. If Sister Feng really fell in love with Second Brother Lian, I wouldn't object. But...... I'm afraid that Second Brother Lian will live up to Sister Feng's heart. If the second brother of Lian is a romantic person, the one on the left has a room, the one on the right is a concubine, or even has an affair with that prodigal โกโก, can Sister Feng stand it? โ
Yuan Chun doesn't know if today's Jia Lian is different from Jia Lian in the original book. If Jia Lian is still the Jia Lian in the original book, no matter what is dirty or smelly, he will pull it into the house, and meat and vegetables are not taboo, it is really not a good match for Wang Xifeng. One is lustful, the other is jealous, and it is only a matter of time before they turn against each other.
Wang Xifeng was silent, and his eyes were a little red.
After a long while, she bit her lip: "Sister Yuan, if that's the case, I'll accept my fate!" โ
Yuan Chun didn't know whether to persuade her or not, so he was silent for a while before saying, "Sister Feng, have you ever thought about it, maybe you have a better choice?" โ
Wang Xifeng smiled slightly, and smiled a little coldly: "A better choice?" Where? The Jia family is already a first-class rich and noble family among the courtiers. If you want to be better, you can only go to the major kings' mansions to choose a son-in-law! Am I qualified? Even if I have that qualification, wouldn't those princes and grandsons have sex on the left and a concubine on the right? Won't it sleep with the flowers? When you go to such a person, you are not let down? The higher the family of marriage, the more bitter it is that you can't say it. It's better to marry into the Jia family, but my mother-in-law is my aunt, and she won't embarrass me. Sister Yuan has always treated me kindly, and she will be a princess in the future, even if he really fails me...... Presumably, he didn't have the courage to spoil his concubine and kill his wife. โ
Yuan Chun was speechless: based on what she had seen and heard in various palaces over the years, except for Shui Xiao and Shui Lan, she really had never heard of a prince and grandson who did not have a concubine.
On the other hand, she didn't know whether Wang Xifeng was "liking" Jia Lian or "seeing" Jia Lian when she was so calm about her marriage.
She sighed slightly: "Since Sister Feng has made up her mind. I won't say anything more. I still say the same thing: As long as Sister Feng keeps the bottom line, don't do harmful things, don't do illegal things, I will always be your backing. โ
Wang Xifeng couldn't help but shed tears, got up and blessed Yuan Chun: "Thank you, sister!" My sister remembered. โ