Chapter Twenty-Six: King Ning Asks for Marriage
My aunt smiled: "The wooden butler is polite, I don't know why the wooden butler came today?" ”
The wooden butler's face was full of joy: "My prince sent me to give gifts to Mrs. Miss, these are the cloth jewelry that the prince personally selected back when he traveled to the south, and there are some small gadgets, Mrs. Miss to see if it is okay, if you like it, go back and let people buy some more." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
When my aunt heard this, she was even more strange: "Lord Ning's good intentions, the concubine is here." It's just that Prince Ning suddenly gave a gift, and he hoped that the wooden housekeeper would make it clear that he would ......"
The wood butler laughed: "Madame said this, I saw the outside, my prince fell in love with Ling Yuan at first sight, this is a great joy, and it is also Ling Yuan's blessing." The prince went to the palace to face the saint today, and made a special trip to ask for marriage. At that time, our servants will not be sent by the princess. After speaking, he rushed behind his aunt and bowed respectfully in the direction where Chen and Rushuang were standing.
Rushuang heard the bad news like a sunny day, and even shouted "impossible", so excited that he couldn't help but lose his face, "Impossible, I don't know your prince before, I have never met, how can he fall in love at first sight, he must have made a mistake, a mistake......"
The wooden butler smiled when he heard this: "Miss said that it was funny, my prince fell in love with you at first sight when you met Qixialing." It's just that the prince has traveled south since then, so he is a little late, and I hope that Miss will not be surprised. ”
The aunt hurriedly called Yichen to help Rushuang down: "Chen'er, you help your sister back to the room to rest first." Chen'er ......"
Yi Chen was stunned in fright, it turned out that the person who teased her in Qixialing that day was actually a prince, but it was she who originally met, but she was mistaken for Sister Rushuang?! Such a frivolous and arrogant person, even if he is a prince? She doesn't want to marry, and Sister Rushuang already has a sweetheart, so she must be even more reluctant to marry. Unintentional actions caused such troubles, how could she explain the matter of Qixialing to her aunt and Rushuang?! Her mind was in a mess, and her aunt called her twice before she came back to her senses, and helped Rushuang to retire first.
When my aunt sent the wooden butler into the room, she was already crying like frost. When I saw my mother, I rushed into her arms like a life-saving straw: "Mother, I don't want to marry Lord Ning......"
The aunt sighed, and that long sigh seemed to pierce Yi Chen's heart, and Yi Chen knelt down with a snap.
The room was stunned, wondering why she had done this. My aunt was even more stunned, "Chen'er, what's wrong with you?" ”
"Aunt, sister, it's Chen'er, Chen'er is not good, Chen'er doesn't know what's going on, but Nan Ning Wangye, Chen'er has seen it." Thinking about it, this matter can no longer be hidden, so he explained the encounter in Qixialing that day to his aunt and Rushuang one by one.
"Confused, why didn't you say it earlier!?" My aunt's voice was slightly reproachful.
After listening to her, Rushuang was so excited that her apricot eyes widened, her delicate body trembled slightly, and the two lines of hot tears on her face fell down like balls. Needless to say, my aunt was distressed, Yi Chen was also very aggrieved, knelt on the ground with her head down, watched the tears dripping silently, and did not startle a trace of dust: "Chen'er didn't know that it was King Ning, I originally thought that this matter was over, and I didn't want to worry my uncle and aunt, but Chen'er didn't expect it to be like this." Please forgive your aunt and sister Chen'er, Chen'er, Chen'er will go to King Ning to make it clear......"
"That's it, it's too late for you to say anything!" The aunt turned her head and caressed her shoulders lovingly: "Since he has already asked the emperor for marriage, as long as the emperor agrees, there is basically no room for turning this matter around." ”
As soon as the aunt finished speaking, Rushuang cried again, and when she heard it, she was even more remorseful: "Then I will go to the emperor and explain to him that this matter has nothing to do with my sister, and it is King Ning who confessed that Chen'er was wrong." ”
"Ridiculous, do you think that the palace compound can enter if you want to, and the emperor can see you if you want?!" The aunt scolded, extinguishing the illusions of Rushuang and Yichen, and making them both feel like falling into a cold ice cellar.
"I am willing to be a rich concubine, not to be the wife of King Ning, King Ning is famous for his wife and concubine, you just don't want to marry, and you can't harm your sister!"
The words that my aunt threw out angrily seemed to hit Yichen in the chest with a heavy punch, no, she didn't think about harming Sister Rushuang. She didn't know that it was Prince Ning, and she didn't know that he still had a wife and concubine.
But the turmoil in Qixia Mountain really happened, and Ning Wangye's marriage proposal was even closer at hand, she couldn't argue, and all kinds of actions seemed so ill-intentioned. My aunt was heartbroken, obviously unwilling to believe her, presumably Sister Rushuang was too.
Holding back tears, she exited the frosty room. The moment I stepped out of the threshold, I heard a few crunching sounds, as if something was falling apart.
At dinner, my uncle returned to the house and sent someone to summon Yichen to eat, but there were only him and his aunt at the table. Yichen's eyes were red and swollen, and he lowered his head to pull the rice in front of him, and he didn't swallow it for a long time. Uncle sighed lightly, put down his chopsticks, and said to her, "Uncle has already asked Su Yue about the afternoon, I won't blame you." Shuang'er felt uncomfortable and angry for a while, don't take it to heart, and wait until tomorrow's day sacrifice ceremony is over to find a way. ”
Yichen hummed softly, and his aunt was expressionless, as if she hadn't heard it.
The next day's sacrifice ceremony, the fifth watch had to set off to enter the palace. Yichen tossed and turned all night, his heart was miserable, and he got up before the fourth watch, listening to the chaos of people in the house to return to tranquility.
The festival lasted from morning to evening, and when it was almost over, I didn't see my uncle and others returning home. Yichen was tired and difficult, sat in the flower hall with her elbows and waited for a nap, Shen Xiu persuaded her to go back to the room to rest several times, and then call her when the Hou Ye came back, but she refused. On the stove in the kitchen, there was still a hot supper, and Uncle Shen explained that as soon as the Hou Ye entered the door, he would bring it to the table for them to eat.
Finally, when my uncle and his party came back, the son's voice had just been knocked. Yi Chen hurried to the gate to greet him, and his uncle was the first to fall off the horse in a straight navy blue court robe, with a trace of tiredness on his face, and his eyes were still as bright as a cold star in the sky. Seeing her frowning slightly: "Who asked you to wait here, it's cold, go back to your room early to rest, and discuss something tomorrow." ”
Ning Xuan had already turned over from the horse, looking at his father's back as he strode away, with both indignation and helplessness in his eyes, and he looked completely worried. Yi Chen's heart sank, and he was a little vaguely scared, and he didn't dare to step forward. When Ning Xuan saw her, he was not as affectionate as before, but persuaded her to go back to the room as soon as possible to rest. She saw her aunt get down from the sedan chair and hurriedly stepped forward to help. Her aunt glanced at her coldly, but there was a hidden excitement on her face. After getting off the sedan chair, my aunt went to support her like frost for the first time. Rushuang is wearing a blue colorful butterfly brocade palace dress today, with a long and dragging skirt, and colorful butterflies of different shapes are fluttering their wings, as if they are going to chase flowers away in the next moment. A satin-soft wool brocade cloak of the same color, at the neckline, white fox fluff and fluffy tufts hugging a delicate face like clotted white jade. A head of green silk into a flowing cloud double flying bun, obliquely inserted two delicate carving of white jade plum hairpins, decorated with thin silver silk tassels, every step, the broken beads at the bottom of the tassel are like the willow branches swaying by the lake in spring, a trace of ripples in the wind. This is the most beautiful moment that Yi Chen has ever seen, but her eyes are full of tears, and drop by drop rolls down, obviously falling on the cold ground, but it burns people's hearts.
Rushuang shook off Yi Chen and stepped forward to support her hand, shouting excitedly: "Get out, you get out of the way for me!" ”
My aunt also scolded: "What kind of mess have you come up to make trouble, go back to your own house!" Then he helped his beloved daughter, whispered and persuaded him, and went straight into the house.
Yi Chen was stunned with fright, took a few steps back, and tears gushed out.