Chapter 42 The princess is coming
The next day, Dong Xiao was anxious and asked Biluo and the others to pack up the handkerchief, and after examining it for Mrs. Zhang, they finally passed the test in a fool's way. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoSince then, Dong Xiaoyou secretly instructed Biluo: If there are any important private matters in the future, try to avoid talking about them in front of Ginkgo. Wang Xuan also came and went from time to time, and occasionally took Dong Xiaoyou out to ride a horse, which seemed quite affectionate to outsiders, although Wang Xuan was a little annoyed that Dong Xiaoyou always refused to accept herself, but seeing that she was cute and well-behaved, she had some quirky thoughts from time to time, just because she had an extra sister, she didn't mind very much.
After more than a month, the palace was lit up, and it turned out that the princess of Wannian was married. Dong Xiaoyou is very clear about how many catties and taels she has: she has no other strengths, she can just play the kite, and she can play some tunes that are not available in this era to attract everyone, but other than that, nothing else. She doesn't like Wang Xuan, and she doesn't think she will stay in the Wang family for the rest of her life, but what will she do after she goes out? If it was placed in other Ansheng eras, she would naturally be able to keep her dowry, and even earn a few more money to make ends meet, as long as she has money, she can do things. But it just so happened that she was in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, although she was not particularly familiar with this history, but she also understood that in this war-torn year, money may not be able to buy grain and rice, so it is not much necessary to make money, but I am afraid that when the time comes, I am afraid that I will not even have a way to survive when I leave the palace. She is not a fierce general, and it is impossible for her to take refuge in any Ming Lord to make meritorious contributions, although Xuansu County is still safe at the moment, but who knows when the war will burn over? Now, if a princess is coming, he should try his best to please the princess, and it should be safer to follow the royal people, right?
Therefore, she volunteered to Wang Xuan that on the day the princess got married, she would play a tune in the front hall for the marriage of the princess and "Brother Xuan", which would definitely satisfy the princess. Wang Xuan didn't approve of it very much, but he knew her ability to play the kite, and finally discussed it with Mrs. Zhang and agreed. Dong Xiaoyou has been here for two years, and he still has a little understanding of this era: the Han Dynasty is not as harsh as the later Song and Ming dynasties, and there are not many harsh criticisms of women, and even the system in many aspects takes more care of women, and there is no Cheng Zhu Lixue, only a Ban Zhaoyi's female precept to admonish women, but it doesn't seem to be particularly popular, so this era is a relatively open era in the feudal dynasty. Wives and concubines and relatives are allowed to meet guests on the day of the wedding.
On the day when the princess Liu Ying got married, the palace was really unprecedented, and almost all the noble families in Youzhou had arrived, Dong Xiaoyou was in the seat of the palace in the front hall, and saw that his father Xu Qian and brother Xu Fu were also present, but they were kneeling on the last seat of the guests from a distance. Dong Xiaoyou couldn't help but sigh: Xu Mansion used to be considered a relatively wealthy family in Xuanwu County, but I didn't expect a Yellow Turban Uprising to destroy most of the Xu family's property, and now my father and brothers are also very embarrassed, and they are obviously excluded everywhere, no wonder I am in this Wang family, and I was taught a lesson by Mrs. Zhang and these elders if I didn't pay attention to doing something wrong.
Xu Qian and Xu Fu walked over and said hello to Dong Xiaoyou, but they didn't say a few words, Xu Qian just said with a little apology: "Rong'er, you have to listen to the elders in the palace, live a good life with Xuan'er, and serve the princess ......like a sister in the future", after speaking, he was a little choked, Xu Fu helped him into the guest's seat, Dong Xiaoyou also had mixed feelings in his heart.
Wang Xuan wore a richer and more colorful dress today than when he married him that day, and rode the "Red Shadow" horse to meet the princess ten miles outside the city. Dong Xiaoyou saw that there were more and more guests who came to congratulate and give gifts, and the entire palace was crowded with guests, and there was still a little bad feeling in his heart: when he married in that day, there were not so many powerful guests present, only the relatives of the Wang family, and the group of onlookers outside the mansion, alas...... It's still the status of his own family that is low, and he can't complain about others.
The auspicious time has arrived, Wang Xuan rode a high-headed horse, and arrived at the main gate of the palace with a magnificent and majestic convoy, Dong Xiaoyou found out that when he was married in that day, he took the side gate of the palace, not the main gate! Although the partial gate is also a high-spirited school, vermilion lacquer stone lion, but the richness and luxury of the main gate far exceed the side door, I have almost not been out of the house in the past few months, so I don't know that there is this one, so I think about it, I feel even more pitiful, but fortunately, Dong Xiaoyou is more open-minded in his heart, and he doesn't care much: Anyway, he doesn't love Wang Xuan, and he hasn't fulfilled the duties of a concubine so far, can he be jealous of his wife? What's more, this time he is still marrying the princess, no matter how rich the Xu family is, it can't compare to the royal face.
After Wang Xuan got off the horse, the princess's motorcade also stopped in front of the mansion, it was really worthy of the princess getting married, and she was followed by an old woman, dressed in palace clothes; Also followed by two teams of palace maids, all of them look young and beautiful, the car is surrounded by the imperial court guards to open the way, on the left is a tall soldier in black armor, on the right is a knight guard in heavy armor, this is really "left step right horse", so not majestic! Princess Wannian rode in a carriage with heavily colored oil paintings on the cover, called "oil painting carriage", Dong Xiaoyou saw for the first time what is the status of the royal family, which made her smack her tongue, and complained to God in her heart: Since you want to let yourself cross, why don't you let yourself wear it to the ancient emperor's house and enjoy the treatment of this "princess"?
A neat palace maid took the princess off the carriage, only to see the princess wearing a vermilion embroidered mandarin duck imprint Shu brocade robe, with a colorful gold belt on her head, hosta and gold hairpin, luxurious and extraordinary, although the appearance seems to be only in the posture of the middle man, but it has a royal temperament that makes people feel amazing, and there is an arrogant air between the eyebrows that ordinary quiet women do not have.
The onlookers and the guests at the banquet were also amazed, praising the princess for her unique temperament, worthy of being a royal woman, and radiant...... Dong Xiao looked at these snobs with white eyes, although she herself was half a snob. Biluo whispered to her: "Miss, this princess is just average, how can she compare to your beauty, it seems that the inner room that the young master of the Wang family will be most pleased with in the future." ”
Dong Xiaoyou heard this, and couldn't cry or laugh: "I wish Brother Xuan didn't love me anymore, it's best that this princess will control him to death, so that he won't even have the courage to bother me in the future." ”
Biluo's face changed: "How can that happen?" The princess is already a wife, if the young lady is not favored by the young master, I am afraid that in the future, our master and servant will have no status in this Wang family, and it will not be easy to have a good time. ”
Dong Xiaoyou listened to it and felt that it made some sense, but because she didn't love Wang Xuan, she felt in a dilemma, so she didn't say anything more.
As the voice of the master of ceremonies sounded, Wang Xuan led the princess and slowly stepped into the main hall, Dong Xiaoyou sighed helplessly: Alas, all kinds of cumbersome ceremonies are here again...... Fortunately, when she first got married, there were not so many complicated requirements, and when it came to the wedding, Dong Xiaoyou's slender hand played the jade zheng, and the melodious and melodious "Jade Mantang" was played, listening to the cheerful and festive music, the guests in the hall were full of praise, praising the good fortune of the eldest young master of the Wang family, marrying the princess as his wife, and Xu Rong is such a beautiful concubine with outstanding appearance and excellent piano skills. Wang Xuan listened, a thick smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and a pair of dimples hung on his face. Even Mrs. Zhang, who doesn't like Xu Rong very much on weekdays, was quite proud when she heard it, although Xu Rong, a girl, had been married for several months, first she refused to have a round room, and now her stomach didn't move at all, which made her feel that this girl was too small and not a virtuous concubine, but it was always right to give her a long face in front of outsiders.
Dong Xiaoyou smiled bitterly in her heart: She didn't create this "Jade Mantang" itself for this kind of occasion, but in the past few years, when the eldest brother got married, the second brother got married, and the third brother got married, she played this song for them, and it was almost a wedding march. Now that he has changed his "husband" to marry a wife, he still has to play for him...... Alas, what is the reasoning of this? Anyway, if the princess can like it when she listens, it's worth it, so she plays more devotedly, the piano sound is tactful and melodious, and many guests in the entire hall forgot to talk about other things for a while, and only listened attentively, and when Dong Xiaoyou's piano sound gradually lowered, they all applauded, Xu Qian and Xu Fu also laughed from ear to ear, and the guests led the topic to Dong Xiaoyou, saying that the fourth lady of Xufu has good appearance and piano skills, and she was wronged by marrying the palace as a concubine, and for a while, all kinds of eyes were on Dong Xiaoyou, She had long been accustomed to such occasions, and she didn't feel ashamed, just knelt indifferently, looking extremely gentle.
However, the same thing, not everyone has the same understanding, first of all, Wang Xuan, he listened to such a festive piano sound, and he was a little unhappy in his heart: if Xu Rong would be the slightest unhappy because he married another woman as his wife, he felt good, which shows that Xu Rong cares about him in his heart, but now she is still playing such a festive music for herself, does this mean that Xu Rong doesn't care about him at all? When Princess Wannian heard this, she began to pay attention to what the guests around her were talking about, and at the same time, she also shifted her gaze to Xu Rong, seeing that although she was just dressed in an ordinary elegant dress today, bowing her head and lowering her eyes, she was still beautiful and moving, but she was a little younger. Listening to all the guests' praise and love without shying away from the performance, she was suddenly jealous, she was no one in the palace since she was a child, no one dared to disobey her, and now she was actually the daughter of a businessman, and she was just her husband's concubine to steal the limelight, thinking to herself: This little girl wants to give herself a disgrace on the wedding day of this princess, in front of all the guests with faces in Youzhou? At that moment, her eyes became fierce and vicious, and she turned her head with a gloomy face, as if Xu Rong's gorgeous smile had become ugly in her heart. This piercing gaze pierced Dong Xiaoyou's body fiercely, making her suddenly feel chills, and when she raised her eyes, she was facing the princess's vicious gaze, which scared her all over, and quickly lowered her eyes to avoid any more eye contact with the princess, and muttered in her heart: What's the matter with this princess, she obviously hasn't offended her, why is she looking at herself so fiercely? I'm just playing a kite, and I haven't done anything, have I?
Wannian princess Liu Ying has just turned sixteen years old this year, one or two years older than Xu Rong, but she is tall and mature, looking like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old woman, therefore, Xu Rong's delicate and lovely people naturally seem to be several years younger than her, plus although Liu Ying is a royal princess, her appearance is only a middle-aged person, she will naturally worry about whether she will not be as good as Xu Rong, the concubine, in Wang Xuan's heart? The Wang family is now the largest family in Youzhou, and it is a big force, Princess Wannian married, in fact, the Son of Heaven is worried that the emperor of Liaodong is far away and uncontrollable, so Princess Wannian has now become the wife of the Wang family, and it is natural to firmly control the affairs of the Wang family's internal government in the future, and with Xu Rong, if Wang Xuan only loves her with all his heart, and even does the thing of spoiling his concubine and killing his wife, then for the Han court, Liaodong will not be easy to manage. Therefore, Princess Wannian has to control Wang Xuan no matter what, and she will naturally treat Xu Rong, a beautiful concubine, as her enemy.
These deep meanings were not thought of by Dong Xiaoyou at all, and she only thought that she was going to please the princess, and the future would be better, but she didn't know that the princess had already been thinking about dealing with her, even if she sincerely showed her goodwill, the princess who grew up in the palace struggle would not accept her half of her affection at all.
A wedding banquet ended in a lively atmosphere, Dong Xiaoyou happily said goodbye to her father and brother, and then took Biluo back to her garden, the hour was not early, she suddenly thought: Tonight is the night of the candles in the cave room of Wang Xuan and Princess Wannian, Wang Xuan this night, it seems that there is no need to sleep on the carpet......