Chapter 62: Entering the Palace (2)
An Hongxi's sudden visit made Duan Chenjing, who had just woken up, wonder in his heart, but he still smiled and said politely: "I don't know if the imperial brother came late at night, Chenjing missed the distance, and I hope to forgive my sins." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
An Hongxi walked straight over and sat on the stool, "I heard that you are sick, and you have been busy with state affairs these days, and only now can you take a break to visit you, are you better?" β
Duan Chenjing didn't say anything on his face, but he was sneering in his heart, he went out of the palace to Jianshuixuan to find him the night before the wedding, An Hongxi's heart was big enough, it must be a weasel to give a New Year's greeting to the chicken, and he didn't have any good intentions.
"Thanks to the blessing of the royal brother, there is no big problem now."
An Hongxi nodded, "That's good......" He obviously had something to say yet, but there were too many people present, and it was inconvenient for him to speak, so he sat at the table awkwardly for a while.
Duan Chenjing was a person who understood, he turned to Leng Chen and glanced at him, and motioned for him to go out.
After Leng Chen and the others left, the room suddenly became much empty, and Duan Chenjing didn't bother to greet An Hongxi with duplicity, he walked to An Hongxi and sat down, "Tell me something." β
An Hongxi raised his eyes and looked at him, "Tomorrow morning, you will marry for me and go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to pick up Mengning." "He is the king of a country, how can he go out to pick up his relatives in person? Not to mention that it will be plotted by villains, didn't the successive emperors let the prince take over their relatives, so it is reasonable.
Duan Chenjing was angry, "If you really like her and really want to treat her well, you will personally pick her up and give her an identity that can be suppressed." β
"So," An Hongxi leaned closer to him, "I've already arranged for you to pick her up." You must know that except for her, the daughters of other officials' families were all sent directly to the palace, which already gave her a high status bargaining chip. β
Duan Chenjing couldn't help but sneer, on the surface, An Hongxi seemed to be the first to speak, and there was nothing to fault with his arrangement. But is he a fool when he is a fool? What is his identity here? is just a nominal prince, and he is especially not treated by the royal family, so he asked him to pick up Wang Mengning, ostensibly to give her enough face and gimmicks. But in fact, he was slapping Prime Minister Su in the face and letting him pick up such a useless prince, so in the eyes of others, Wang Mengning is probably not particularly favored. If that's the case, maybe those who have a heart will make an article about it.
Besides, how could he bear it, watching his favorite person, Feng Guanxia, marry someone else, and he personally picked it up, which was a little too cruel.
However, the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, and since An Hongxi has made such a decision, it means that he will not be allowed to disobey.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Brother obeys." β
An Hongxi nodded with satisfaction, "I have ordered someone to prepare the clothes you will wear tomorrow, so you don't have to worry about anything." It's not early, have a good rest tonight, I don't want to have any business trips tomorrow. β
Duan Chenjing glanced indifferently at Feng Yuhai, who had just entered the door, and in the tray made of mahogany in his hand, there was a dark red dress neatly placed, "Congratulations to the imperial brother." β
When An Hongxi left, Bai Furan just arrived at the entrance of the bamboo building with some food, and when he saw him coming down, he bowed his head and respectfully stepped aside. An Hongxi just glanced at her and took someone away.
She secretly exhaled a cloudy breath and turned to go upstairs, "Lord, eat something." β
Duan Chenjing sat in place and said without raising his head: "It's good to let it go, you all go down and rest." β
After they all went downstairs, Duan Chenjing slowly stood up, reached out and picked up the dark red wedding dress on the table, "This dress is really festive." β
He stretched out his hand to untie his clothes, took off the thin white shirt on his body, and changed into the dark red wedding robe, the candles were flickering, the starlight outside the window was dim, and he was alone.
He was dressed in a dark red wedding dress, which made his already pale face even paler, and he sat in front of the candle all night.
It wasn't until the sky began to glow white and the morning breeze blew on his face that he realized that the sky was getting brighter.
This day is undoubtedly a lively and festive day, a few families are happy and a few are sad, and the officials whose daughters are included in the palace as concubines naturally hang up the red lanterns happily, and the whole house is full of lights, for fear of being compared with other colleagues.
Duan Chenjing deliberately picked a pure white sweaty and bloody horse, and looked extremely noble on it, so he led a team composed of the Yulin Army, the Royal Forest Army, and a group of palace maids and eunuchs to welcome relatives, and walked through the lively long street towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Wang Mengning didn't sleep well last night, and she woke up in the morning, at the mercy of her mother and a group of people she knew and didn't know. ββ
After everything was done, she finally sobered up a little, not as dizzy as when she first got up, and when she saw the face in the bronze mirror, she was still amazed.
She is already good-looking, even if she is not a country and a city, at least she belongs to the category of a first-class beauty. On weekdays, she has no makeup, but today she put on some rouge gouache, and she looks more delicate and vivid.
"What a beautiful ......"
Her mother saw her smiling infatuately in the mirror, and patted her shoulder in disgust, "Beauty wasn't born by me, if it weren't for me, would you be so good-looking?" β
Wang Mengning nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, my mother is the most beautiful." β
Mrs. Wang covered her mouth with a silk silk and smiled, "That's nature, you just know it." β
The Xi Po on the side looked at it and smiled from ear to ear, "It's all beautiful, it's all beautiful, the time is almost up, the people who greet the relatives have arrived, and the newcomers should go to the lobby to say goodbye to the high hall." β
Wang Mengning nodded, and was led by her mother to the lobby. After all, it was the day of the wedding, and all the relatives in the lobby were there, and they all quieted down for a while when they saw her coming, and they all looked at her with a smile: "Mengning is here?" Congratulations, congratulations, I wish you and the emperor to grow old together and tie the knot forever. β
Wang Mengning walked all the way, smiling and thanking her all the way, if she knew that getting married was such a waste of words, An Hongxi might as well send a carriage to take her into the palace and find a place for her to fend for herself.
While she was complaining, she had come to the middle of the main hall with the help of others, and after seeing her stand firmly, Mrs. Wang smiled and walked to the main seat and sat down.
Xi Po said on the side: "Please ask the bride to say goodbye to her parents." β
Wang Mengning covered her red hijab embroidered with a phoenix, and knelt on the cushion in front of Master Wang and Mrs. Wang with the support of Qin'er, "Mengning bids farewell to her father, Mengning is not filial, she can't always accompany the second elder, and I hope that my father and mother will take care of their health." β
Mrs. Wang, who was still laughing just now, was already teary-eyed at the moment, she looked at her daughter kneeling in front of her, and finally held back her tears on this happy day, choked up and said: "In the future, when your father and mother are not by your side, you must also take good care of yourself, don't catch a cold and get sick again." β
Wang Mengning nodded, in this world, the most loved person is my father. In the future, she is gone, and I don't know if they can get used to this emptiness and loneliness.
Marrying a daughter is undoubtedly one of the most painful of people's seven emotions and six desires, this pain is nothing more than life and death, the kind of daughter who watched herself work hard to raise and cherished in the palm of her hand like a baby, once married to a wife, since then she has nothing to do with herself, it is really a great torture.
After saying goodbye to her father, Xi Po carried her in front of Duan Chenjing, Wang Mengning's vision was blocked by the red hijab, and what caught her eye was a pair of dark red shoes.
"This is the prince Mu Qi who came to pick up the emperor, the prince Mu Qi, carry our newcomer into the sedan chair."
Wang Mengning knew in her heart, although she knew from the beginning that someone would pick her up for the emperor, and she could roughly guess that the person would be Duan Chenjing, but when she really faced him, Wang Mengning's heart was somewhat up and down, but she quickly pressed it down.
She said to him, "It's hard work." With that, she lay on his back, the familiar smell and body temperature passed to her through layers of clothing, and she only leaned back slightly to avoid too much physical contact with him.
Duan Chenjing carried her through the crowd on her back, and said to her in a voice that could be heard by each other: "Mengning, if you want, I will take you away, leave this place, whether it is the end of the sky or the corner of the sea, we will start a new life again." β
Wang Mengning's pupils under her head shrank for a moment, and returned to normal, she sneered: "Heh, I knew this was the case, why did you go when I said this to you at the beginning." I won't work hard for the rest of my life, and I can still live well without you. Therefore, I don't want to go with you now, and I'm not the kind of person who wants to let go of glory and wealth, and would rather go to the kind of hard life of being displaced and having no next meal. "These are all things you said when you rejected me, and now you return them to you as they are. Duan Chenjing, are you still satisfied?
Xi Po opened the sedan curtain, Duan Chenjing helped Wang Mengning into the sedan chair and sat down, Wang Mengning unveiled the hijab with a "swish", a bright and vivid face saw Duan Chenjing stunned, her lips lightly opened, "Lord Muqi, from now on, you and I are strangers, between me Wang Mengning and you, except for my uncle and sister-in-law, there is no other relationship and intersection." β
Until Duan Chenjing retreated, Wang Mengning didn't react, what kind of mood did she feel when she said this to Duan Chenjing. But the only thing that is certain is that she no longer has any hopes and illusions about Duan Chenjing.
Duan Chenjing was riding on a horse, his mind was full of the words she had said to him, everything now was caused by him, and he couldn't complain about others. It's okay, if Wang Mengning really became a stranger with him, then at least he was the only one who was sad, and he would silently guard her from then on.
Mengning, you and I in this life, blame only the deep affection, and the resentment only complains about the creation of people.
The two of them walked all the way with their own hearts, and when they looked up again, they were in front of the palace gate, which was full of lights, and red satin and carpet were spread from the inner palace to the palace gate. Although everything is simple, in the decoration and decoration, it still shows the grandeur of the palace.
Duan Chenjing turned over and dismounted, opened the sedan curtain and wanted to reach out to help Wang Mengning out, but Wang Mengning crossed his outstretched hand, and a slender hand leaned out of the sedan chair and called: "Qin'er." β
Qin'er, who was standing on the side, hurriedly heard the voice, "Miss." β
Wang Mengning said calmly: "Help me get off the sedan chair." β
"Huh?" Now Qin'er is messy in the wind, she looked at Duan Chenjing standing on the side in embarrassment, this is a great god she can't afford to provoke and dare not provoke, is it really good to leave people aside like this?
Wang Mengning saw that she didn't move for a long time, and said again: "Let you help me get off the sedan chair." β
Qin'er is in a dilemma, "This ......"
Xi Po on the side was a clear-eyed person, she also saw the awkward atmosphere between the two masters, and stepped forward to solve the siege with a smile, "This little girl is probably happy because of her own young lady's marriage, no, the girl who looks more clever is also starting to sneer." Come, let go to the side, this concubine Niangniang, it's better to lead her out of the sedan chair. β
Seeing this, Duan Chenjing also felt that he couldn't continue to be so deadlocked, so he silently stepped aside and asked Xi Po to take Wang Mengning out of the sedan chair.
Just as Wang Mengning passed by him, he used his clothes as a cover, so Wang Mengning stuffed something in his sleeve and said in a low voice: "Take it, use it for self-defense." β
Wang Mengning shook the thing in her hand, probably a dagger, and wanted to return it to him, after all, the two were strangers now, how could she ask him for what he gave her?
However, there was only one opportunity, and it was also used by Duan Chenjing. There are no more people in the palace than others, if someone sees her holding a dagger on her big day, and pushing and shoving with the prince of Muqi, it is estimated that she will fall into the mouth again. After careful weighing, she finally hid the dagger deep in her sleeve.
The palace arranged by An Hongxi for Wang Mengning is called Luomei Palace, which is the same as the Lingjiao Hall where the queen's mother lives, and is very close to the emperor's bedroom, which has also become a status symbol.
They had only walked a few steps before An Hongxi brought someone to greet them.
"Long live the emperor, long live, long live."
An Hongxi smiled with a spring breeze on his face, and looked in a good mood, "Let's all be even, today is a big day, and everyone is exempt from courtesy." β
"Your Majesty."
An Hongxi walked up to Wang Mengning, "Mengning, I'm glad I was miserable." β
Wang Mengning shook his head, "Let the emperor wait for a long time." β
An Hongxi looked at Duan Chenjing, "Chenjing has also worked hard, the front hall has prepared a wine table, I bother you to take everyone to rest and eat something." β
With such a naked eviction order, how could Duan Chenjing not hear it, he nodded yes, and led everyone to the front hall.
Because Wang Mengning entered the palace as a concubine, she was naturally not qualified to visit the emperor, and this time everything was simple, saving a lot of unnecessary red tape, Wang Mengning was also happy.
She was sent to a room by a group of people, and then let them look messy, but in fact they were busy left and right in an orderly manner, so bored that she simply lowered her head and dozed off, anyway, she couldn't see others with her head covered. She hadn't slept since she woke up in the morning, and God knows how sleepy and hungry she was.
After a while, she was uncomfortable with her head down, and she began to snore. Qin'er, who was standing on the side, stroked her forehead with a headache, sure enough, Miss is Miss, and her heart is big enough, so she can sleep peacefully at this time.
I don't know how long I slept, but I heard Qin'er shake her for a while, "Miss, Miss, wake up, my uncle is here." β
Wang Mengning was sleeping soundly, and slapped Qin'er with her backhand, "Nonsense, your young lady is only sixteen years old, where did you come from?" β
Qin'er looked at An Hongxi, who was getting closer and closer, and simply slapped her the back, this trick really worked, and Wang Mengning was woken up by her.
She was just about to lift her hijab and teach Qin'er a lesson, but Qin'er quickly restrained her, Miss, the emperor is here......