Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Night of Joy
The venerable King Rong and the princess came, and everyone present immediately looked solemn, led by Lin Mo and Xuanyuan, and bowed: "See His Royal Highness King Rong, see the two princesses." â
As the words fell, King Rong led his two princesses in, with a happy smile on his face, and raised his hand as he walked: "Everyone is exempt, today is Lin Shangqing's big day, and this king is just a guest." â
As he spoke, he beckoned again, and instructed his subordinates: "Come, bring up the congratulatory gift that this king has prepared for Lin Shangqing, and let Lin Shangqing see the king's intentions." â
Soon, some servants dressed as King Rong walked in carrying one box after another, and just as everyone turned their attention to those boxes, Lin Mo glanced at King Rong's two princesses, both dressed very delicately and gorgeously.
Xu Qiuniang was born charming, and with the pink pomegranate skirt on her body and the pink cardigan skirt shawl, it embellished a touch of solemnity between her ten thousand styles.
Xue Jingshu was wearing a light yellow bandeau dress embroidered with periwinkles, covered with an orange-pink collar-trimmed embroidered gown, holding an orange-pink light yellow gradient shawl in her hand, and wearing an orange-yellow snow cloak to slightly cover the snow white slightly exposed on her chest.
Xue Jingshu's dress looks extremely delicate, coupled with the innate solemnity of being born in a big family, it faintly overwhelms Xu Qiuniang.
Feeling that Lin Mo was looking at herself, Xue Jingshu nodded with a blink of her beautiful eyes and greeted Lin Mo, and Lin Mo also nodded in response.
Since a visit to the Snow Garden, this Xue Jingshu has come to the Lin Mansion almost every day to discuss calligraphy and painting with Bai Zhilan, or invite hundreds of miles to the city and the eldest grandson and the two daughters to go to the street to play.
After coming and going, the girls gradually became acquainted, and even Lin Mo and Xue Jingshu became familiar, but Lin Mo felt a little strange.
This Xue Jingshu runs to the Lin Mansion almost every day, and she is not afraid of other people's gossip? And King Rong, your princess goes to my mansion every day, and she is still dressed so delicately, knowing that I Lin Mo is lustful, you don't stop you?
When the thought fell, Lin Mo cast his eyes on those boxes, roughly counted, there were fifteen boxes, and when the boxes were opened, they were all gold, silver, jade, jewelry, pearls, flying money, and the like, nothing new.
Lin Mo roughly counted the contents of these fifteen boxes, and they added up to more than 600,000 gold leaves, which means that he almost scavenged 1.5 million gold leaves worth of 1.5 million gold leaves in Shan Guogong.
One and a half million gold leaves, this is really corrupt! After sighing in his heart, Lin Mo thanked King Rong for his generous gift, and ordered his subordinates to carry these things into the treasury.
Looking at these valuable things in front of him, Xuan Yuan seemed a little uncertain, Lin Mo saw what Xuan Yuan was thinking, and whispered in his ear: "Xuan Shangqing, this is the reward I gave to me for bringing down Li Tai and King Rong, and I will wait for your bid again!"
Xuanyuan nodded, signaling that he understood.
After the box was lifted, Lin Mo sent Xuanyuan, King Rong and his two princesses to the table and sat down, then made an excuse and took their leave.
Lin Mo left, and King Rong and Xuanyuan, who were sitting next to each other, talked secretly.
Xuan Yuan smiled slightly and said: "His Royal Highness King Rong is really generous, Lin Shangqing just accepted a concubine and gave such a generous gift, this Kang Ji is really unmatched." â
King Rong took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "This king has been in a good mood recently, Lin Shangqing is the pillar of our empire, and he is married to the eldest princess of Roujia, so this king should be a generous gift." â
"His Royal Highness King Rong is not overly happy, you must know the truth that happiness is sorrowful!" Xuan Yuan smiled lightly, but his eyes were full of resentment.
"Thank you Xuan Shangqing for reminding me. King Rong laughed: "This truth, this king still understands, by the way, Xuan Shangqing, you have the opportunity to tell Li Tai all his life, this king is to appease the people of Jiangzhou for him." â
Seeing King Rong's smug look, Xuan Yuan snorted coldly and didn't speak again, King Rong didn't care, he sat in place and sipped tea quietly.
Perhaps bored, Xue Jingshu whispered to His Royal Highness King Rong: "Lord Wang, tonight is the big day of Sister Sorrow, and the concubine wants to go and see her." â
Xue Jingshu's relationship with Lin Mo's three ladies is getting better and better these days, and King Rong is naturally happy to see this situation, because it is more conducive to binding Lin Mo to his camp.
"Go ahead, talk to your sister Yuyin!"
Seeing that King Rong nodded and agreed, Xue Jingshu got up and gave a salute, then got up and walked to the inner courtyard, Xu Qiuniang's mind turned, and she also stood up: "Lord, the concubine will also go to the inner courtyard with her sister." â
These days, Xu Qiuniang also often comes to the Lin Mansion, and the relationship with Bai Zhilan is still reasonable, and King Rong has no reason to stop him, so Xu Qiuniang followed.
Leaving the banquet hall, Xu Qiuniang did not catch up with Xue Jingshu directly, but followed behind without hurry, and soon, Xue Jingshu turned a corner, and after Xu Qiuniang also turned that corner, she found that Xue Jingshu was missing.
Xu Qiuniang hurriedly looked around, only to see that the corners were all rooms, and at this time, Xu Qiuniang saw the figure of Xue Jingshu's personal maid Hongdou, so she hurriedly followed.
Following behind Hongdou, Xu Qiuniang found that Hongdou went to the West Courtyard, joined up with He Yuner Xiaowan, and played, but she didn't see Xue Jingshu.
Xue Jingshu was gone, Xu Qiuniang showed a playful smile, her eyes rolled, Xu Qiuniang went to the inner courtyard, and when no one was paying attention, she slipped into Liu Ruoshui's room.
When she came to the house, she saw Liu Ruoshui sitting in front of the dresser in a daze, Xu Qiuniang smiled lightly: "What is Ruoshui thinking, in a bad mood?
Startled by Xu Qiuniang's voice, Liu Ruoshui hurriedly turned around: "Sister Qiuniang, why are you here?"
"Come and see my good sister!" Xu Qiu Niangjiao smiled, walked up to Liu Ruoshui, put her hands on Liu Ruoshui's shoulders, and said with a condensed expression: "Ruoshui, how are you doing these days?"
Liu Ruoshui nodded, and Xu Qiuniang said: "Ruoshui, it seems that you have been doing well these days, you have opened a pavilion alone, and Lin Ziyong has already taken you in?"
Liu Ruoshui shook his head and said with some frustration: "How can it be so fast, Sister Qiu Niang, don't look at Lin Ziyong's anxious appearance, he usually pampers and adds to me, but he has never really touched me." â
"Don't worry!" Xu Qiuniang smiled coquettishly: "I will open a pavilion for you alone, and sooner or later I will take you into the room, you girl, don't forget the purpose of me and His Royal Highness King Rong arranging you here." â
Liu Ruoshui's expression changed and said: "No, Sister Qiu Niang and His Royal Highness King Rong arranged for me to come here just to be an eye, Ruoshui will always remember it in his heart." â
"Then does Lin Ziyong notice your identity?" asked Xu Qiuniang.
"No!" Liu Ruoshui shook his head and said: "Although Lin Ziyong is not a lustful person, but he is a lustful person, when he first saw me, he pulled me into his car and bullied me." â
Xu Qiuniang knew about this, according to the informant under her subordinates, when Liu Ruoshui and other twenty palace ladies had just left the palace, Lin Mo called Liu Ruoshui into the four horses and silver horses.
When she got out of the car, Liu Ruoshui was flushed, and Lin Mo was contented, and Xu Qiuniang also knew that Lin Mo kicked Zhang Guo, the assassin of Yunzhou, in Changle Post House for Liu Ruoshui.
"It's good if you don't have it!" Xu Qiuniang nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Sister asked you, what has Xue Jingshu been doing in the Lin Mansion every day?
Liu Ruoshui thought for a moment and replied: "They all came to find the three ladies in the Lin Mansion, and a few of them either appreciated the paintings or went to the street to play, and they had never stayed alone with Lin Ziyong." â
"That's interesting!" Xu Qiuniang smiled: "Since that's the case, then I'll leave first, so as not to stay with you for a long time and be noticed." â
After speaking, Xu Qiuniang went out, got out of Liu Ruoshui's house, and walked straight to the boudoir of the eldest grandson Yuyin.
On the way, Xu Qiuniang whispered in her heart: "It seems that the person who has been with Xue Jingshu must not be Lin Mo, he is wrong, but that person can enter the Rongwang Mansion and enter the realm of no one, who is this person?"
As soon as her heart fell, Xu Qiuniang saw Lin Mo walking towards her, Xu Qiuniang smiled and said, "Concubine, congratulations to Lin Shangqing for taking a concubine." â
"Thank you to the princess!" Lin Mo gave a salute and asked: "Why is the princess here? â
Xue Jingshu was in the eldest grandson's melancholy room? Xu Qiuniang was shocked, and said with a smile on her face: "Yes, the concubine is here to see Sister Youyin." â
"In this way, I won't disturb you, princess Niangniang, I still have something to do next, so I won't send you to the princess Niangniang, and I will leave first!" Lin Mo said.
"Lin Shangqing, you are busy. Xu Qiuniang nodded and said, "The concubine can go by herself." â
After glancing at Lin Mo's departing back, Xu Qiuniang walked quickly to the boudoir of the eldest grandson Yuyin, and when she entered the house, Xu Qiuniang really saw Xue Jingshu.
At this moment, Xue Jingshu and Bai Zhilan are dressing up for the eldest grandson Yuyin, and the three daughters are talking and laughing, and they get along very well.
"Strange, how could Xue Jingshu disappear?" Although Xu Qiuniang was suspicious, she could only put aside the doubts that arose in her heart for the time being.
After greeting the girls, Xu Qiuniang walked up to the front and dressed up for the eldest grandson Yuyin.
At 19:00, the atmosphere in the Lin Mansion instantly reached a peak, firecrackers rang out, gongs and drums were noisy, and in the warm cheers of the guests, Lin Mo and the eldest grandson Yuyin joined hands in front of everyone.
At this moment, Lin Mo was wearing a big red wedding robe, with a smile on his face, the eldest grandson was covered with a red veil on his head, and he was wearing a phoenix crown and a veil exclusive to the princess when she got married, which was extremely extravagant.
With the auspicious time of the wedding celebrant, Lin Mo and the eldest grandson Yuyin performed three bows for the wedding, one to worship heaven and earth, and the other to worship the high hall.
Lin Mo's parents have died, and the parents of the eldest grandson Yuyin are far away in Lanzhou, and they have not been informed of their marriage today, so when the two worshiped the high hall, they worshiped Emperor Daqian and Empress Daqian in the direction of the palace.
Emperor Daqian and Emperor Daqian are the sister and brother-in-law of the eldest grandson Youyin, and they are the respect of the dragon and phoenix, so this is very reasonable.
In the end, it was the husband and wife who worshipped each other, and after the worship, the eldest grandson who hid his face with a red gauze hijab went to the new house with the support of Xiaowan and a handmaid.
After the wedding ceremony, the banquet officially began, and Lin Mo stayed here, first toasted everyone, and then came to the most respected King Rong here with a wine glass.
Seeing Lin Mo walking towards him, King Rong stood up and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Lin Shangqing for holding a beautiful woman, now we are relatives." â
After King Rong stood up, Xue Jingshu and Xu Qiuniang also stood up with a cup and said congratulations.
"Ashamed! ashamed!" Lin Mo smiled embarrassedly, and after having a drink with the three of them, he went to pay homage to Xuanyuan, Fu Yunsheng and others.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, the banquet has come to an end, and the hour is getting later and later, after sending off King Rong and Xuanyuan and other guests, Lin Mo went to the new house.
No one made trouble in the cave room, and no one dared to come to Lin Mo's cave room.
Push the door to enter, only to see the big red Xi character hanging high, the big red incense candle lit, peanuts, red dates and other things stacked into a hill, placed on the big red Xi Zi, between the big red incense candles.
Closing the door and lifting the red tent used for the barrier, I saw the eldest grandson Yuyin in a red dress sitting in front of the bed, holding each other tightly with his hands, it seemed that he must be nervous.
Lin Mo smiled slightly, picked up the jade Ruyi on the table, lifted the red gauze hijab on the head of the eldest grandson Yuyin, and suddenly a shy beauty with skin like congealed fat appeared in front of Lin Mo's eyes.
Looking at the rather heavy phoenix crown on the head of the eldest grandson Youyin, Lin Mo sat down next to the eldest grandson Youyin, picked up the phoenix crown for him, and said softly while taking it off: "Are you tired of carrying this thing?"
"Tired, but worth it. The eldest grandson said with a blushing face.
Lin Mo smiled slightly, didn't say anything, put the phoenix crown he had taken off on the table, turned around and walked to the eldest grandson Wuyin, took out a piece of jade pendant from his arms, and said, "This is the phoenix Qiliu Yunpei that symbolizes the eldest princess of Youyin." â
The eldest grandson Youyin took the Fengqi Liuyun Pei and watched it, while Lin Mo sat next to the eldest grandson Youyin, and used his fingers to comb the somewhat messy three thousand green silk for her.
After all the green silk was neatly draped on his shoulders, Lin Mo took the slender jade hand of the eldest grandson and stood up, walked to the table and picked up two cups of ååš (jĮn) wine, and handed a glass to the eldest grandson Yuyin.
The eldest grandson took it over and drank a glass of wine with Lin Mo, and when she finished drinking, her pretty face suddenly became even more red, because Lin Mo had already picked her up by the waist and walked to the fragrant cloud soft couch.
Thinking of what was about to happen, the eldest grandson only felt that his heart was pounding, but thinking that it was the man he loved deeply, the eldest grandson only felt that happiness was enveloping him.
Put the eldest grandson sorrowful on the couch, and untied the red tent, Lin Mo turned around to untie the eldest grandson's red suit, and the eldest grandson sorrowful yin grabbed Lin Mo's hand.
Grabbing Lin Mo's hand, the eldest grandson looked at the red candle not far from the couch, and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito and fly: "Husband, put out the candle." â
Lin Mo shook his head: "Fool, when the husband and your sister are in the city, Sister Zhilan has blown out the candle flame and extinguished the candle flame, how can the husband still see your beauty!"
"Husband, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid-" The eldest grandson who was in the watery eyes was about to say something, but his red lips were blocked by Lin Mo's mouth, and he couldn't speak anymore.
With a flutter of dresses and red yarns, the night became beautiful and blurry, and the moon sister in the sky hid in the clouds as if she was shy of the scene in the room.
Just when the spring was in full swing in the boudoir of the Lin Mansion, a four-horse golden horse stopped in front of King Rong's mansion, and three people got out of the car, it was King Rong, Xue Jingshu and Xu Qiuniang.
Traveling into the palace to the inner courtyard, seeing Xue Jingshu turn around and walk like his own boudoir, King Rong suddenly said: "Jingshu, this king will go to your room tonight!"
Today's Xue Jingshu is no longer the Xue Jingshu who only wears plain clothes and doesn't know how to decorate herself.
Xue Jingshu glanced back at King Rong and said coldly: "His Royal Highness King Rong, the relationship between you and me is no longer there, you and I are still respectful of each other, you still take care of your Xu Qiuniang, the concubine is tired, take leave." â
After speaking, Xue Jingshu didn't look back anymore and walked straight to the boudoir.
Looking at the back of Xue Jingshu leaving, King Rong sighed, but he didn't dare to follow forcibly, her father was Xue Xu, the Duke of Jieguo, and King Rong could only blame himself in his heart, he had snubbed her in the first place.
Seeing King Rong sighing, Xu Qiuniang said coquettishly: "His Royal Highness King Rong, don't worry, Sister Jingshu doesn't want to accompany you, isn't there still a concubine, and the concubine will serve you well." â
Throwing away the little self-blame in his heart, King Rong pulled Xu Qiuniang and walked to another room, Xu Qiuniang suddenly stopped and said: "Your Highness, you go to the room first, the concubine wants to talk to Sister Jingshu, so as not to have a dislike between you and ruin your future career." â
King Rong also stopped, thought about Xu Qiuniang's words, indeed, if his great cause was ruined because of his feelings, it would not be good, so he said: "Qiu Niang, then I bother you to comfort Jingshu, tell her, it's all the king's fault!"
Xu Qiuniang nodded, and quickly followed Xue Jingshu, just at the moment when Xue Jingshu was about to close the door, Xu Qiuniang's hand was on the door, and she smiled: "Sister Jingshu, let's talk?"
"Talk? What do we have to talk about? With that, Xue Jingshu wanted to close the door, but unexpectedly, Xu Qiuniang had already entered the room sideways.
"You ......" There is no way to take Xu Qiuniang, Xue Jingshu snorted coldly, and walked to the inner room, and when she entered the inner room, she saw that the maid Hongdou had already burned the charcoal stove, so she let Hongdou retreat.
Xue Jingshu sat on the couch chair, looked at Xu Qiuniang in front of her, and said angrily: "Say, what are you doing here to find this princess? â
"Princess?" Xu Qiuniang covered her mouth and smiled: "Sister Jingshu, are you still rare to be this princess?" Oh, by the way, Sister Jingshu, where did the Luan Fengyu pendant that the emperor gave you around your neck go?"
Luan Feng jade pendant, given to Xue Jingshu by Ji Fang, the previous emperor of the Daqian Empire, to show the noble status of Princess Rong, symbolizing that Xue Jingshu is the daughter-in-law of the Ji family.
As soon as Xu Qiuniang's words came out, Xue Jingshu trembled, and immediately calmed down, and said lightly: "When I went out to play, I accidentally lost it." â
"Lost?" Xu Qiuniang looked at Xue Jingshu with a smile, and suddenly, a few steps to the dresser, Xue Jingshu's face changed, and she said hurriedly: "Xu Qiuniang, what are you going to do?"
As soon as Xue Jingshu's words fell, Xu Qiuniang opened a jewelry box, took out a delicate and gorgeous white jade pendant in the shape of a phoenix, and said with a smile: "Oh, I found it, Sister Jingshu, should you thank your sister?"
"You ......" Xu Qiuniang discovered her thoughts, Xue Jingshu said coldly: "Xu Qiuniang, what are you going to do?"
"I? I don't do anything. Xu Qiuniang had a faint smile on her face, took the Luan Feng jade pendant, walked to Xue Jingshu, and put it back on.
Feeling the cold pendant, Xue Jingshu grabbed the Luanfeng pendant and wanted to take it off again, but was stopped by Xu Qiuniang's soft words: "Sister Jingshu, you'd better wear it now, do you know what will happen if King Rong finds out?"
Xue Jingshu didn't know that if King Rong knew, he would make it clear that he wanted to clear up the relationship with the Ji family, but this was exactly what Xue Jingshu wanted, and after being stunned for a while, Xue Jingshu continued to take the Luan Feng pendant.
"Sister Jingshu, sister advises you not to be impulsive!" Xu Qiuniang held Xue Jingshu's hand, lowered her head and whispered something in her ear.
After Xue Jingshu listened, her body was stunned, and she looked at Xu Qiuniang blankly, completely in disbelief. The words that Xu Qiuniang said in her ear just now were true.
Looking at Xue Jingshu, who was frozen, Xu Qiuniang let go of the hand holding her, and said with a smile: "My sister knows that you want to show your intentions, and my sister advises you, it's not the right time." â
Xue Jingshu came back to her senses and looked at Xu Qiuniang in a daze: "Who are you, Xu Qiuniang, and what is the purpose of your coming to Rongwang Mansion?"
"What is the purpose of my coming to King Rong's Mansion, why do you need to care about Sister Jingshu, anyway, you don't want to be this Ji family anymore, okay, His Royal Highness King Rong is still waiting for his sister, and my sister will leave first. â
After that, Xu Qiuniang withdrew out.
Xu Qiuniang left, Xue Jingshu lost her mind for a while, came to the dresser, opened a drawer, took out a small box to open it, looked at the drop-shaped topaz pendant inside, and showed a happy smile.