Chapter 43: The Storm and Storm (11)
His answer came from the air: "Who doesn't know that the emperor invited two envoys from other countries to a banquet tonight, and you also won the prince of the falling snow." I heard that you drank a lot of wine, and I was afraid that you would be like last time and lose our face, so I came to send the sobering medicine. But seeing that you look clear and not the slightest drunk, if you think this medicine is useful, keep it, and you can cure the hangover next time. ”
Xianchen lowered his head and looked at the bottle in his hand, then put it in his arms and returned to Moshang Pavilion. Tonight was the best night for Xianchen, no dreams, and he slept until dawn.
In the imperial study, the emperor was discussing with the envoy of the northern country.
"The northern kingdom wants to marry with our country, I don't know who the object is?" The emperor opened his mouth to ask, this envoy has been in Kyoto for a long time, and every time he wants to talk about marriage, the emperor finds various reasons to slip away. At this moment, the emperor also understood that this matter had been discussed earlier.
"Holy Lord, in order to show the sincerity of our country, it is our crown prince who is married to your country, Ning Zhan. He heard that Princess Xianchen was unparalleled in beauty, wisdom, and admiration, so he came to marry the crown princess. The emperor didn't look surprised, he pondered for a long time, and said: "Don't hide it from the envoy, my family has already promised to be worthy of someone's family, but the marriage ceremony will be held after this Zhongyuan Festival." ”
"I wonder who that person is?" The messenger was also a calm-hearted person, and when he heard this, he didn't have much emotion, and asked.
"Lan Su Gongzi - Lan Weishu!" The emperor did not hide it, but answered his words.
"In this way, it is a rude faux pas for the northern kingdom. I will repair a letter and return to the northern country, explain the truth to the prince, and wait for the prince to decide. With that, the messenger withdrew.
The emperor stroked the jade wrench on his thumb back and forth, he didn't think that the other party would let the prince marry, but he didn't expect it to be the undefeated god of war who went to the battlefield to kill the enemy at the age of ten, and the future monarch of the northern kingdom - Ning Zhan! And the other party promised the position of the crown princess, if nothing else, Ning Zhan will ascend the throne in the future, and Chen'er will be the mother of the world! How could he allow it? How can it be allowed?
Remembering that when Lan Weishu entered the palace this morning and begged him to give him a decree to marry, he hesitated for a long time. It's not that he hasn't heard of the rumors that this Delan Su Gongzi has won the world, but there is nothing special about what this Lan Weishu is showing so far, and it should be exaggerated by the world!
The emperor closed his eyes and rubbed his temples, originally only the queen in the harem gave birth to an heir, and she was still a woman, in order to prevent the imperial power from falling into the hands of others, he decided to train Xianchen to become an empress! But now there is no need, he already has two princes under his knees, and he doesn't need to work so hard to cultivate the empress. But Xianchen is no longer the child she was back then, now she is not only the emperor, but also the general of Zhennan, and she has military power in her hands. The current Dali Jiangshan still needs Xianchen to guard, how can he let Xianchen marry into another country?
Thinking of this, the emperor suddenly opened a pair of eagle eyes, and a trace of calculation flashed in his eyes!
When the decree came down, Lan Weishu was not surprised, he had long expected that the emperor would grant what he requested. After receiving the order, Lan Weishu was in a very happy mood. But someone in Lanyue Villa is not like this, he wanted to tear it to pieces when he got the holy decree, but he didn't expect his father to act so quickly, and he actually issued an order to give marriage. Xianchen calmed down, and finally decided to go to Lan Weishu.
"Smack!" A bright yellow holy decree was thrown in front of Lan Weishu, Lan Weishu didn't look at it and knew what it was, and looked at Xian Chen: "What are you doing?" ”
"Are you the devil? How could my father suddenly decree a marriage? Xianchen was still a little indignant.
Lan Weishu did not defend either, and directly admitted: "Yes, it was my order to ask the emperor to surrender." ”
Thin eyes like blades looked at Lan Weishu: "Lan Weishu, I don't care what your purpose is, I don't agree with this family business!" Then follow me to my father immediately and ask him to take back his fate! As soon as Xianchen grabbed Lan Weishu's shirt, he wanted to drag him to the palace.
Lan Weishu knocked her hand off, and his voice was a little angry: "Sheng Xianchen, do you think I am willing to marry you?" A woman like you who has a bad temper and a bad figure can't look down on my son! ”
"That's good, you don't want to marry, I don't want to marry, we just went to my father to take back his will." Xian Chen said when he heard this, his voice was as cold as ice.
"Sheng Xianchen, think about it yourself, now that the envoy from the northern kingdom has come to marry, the only suitable object for the royal family is you! Do you know who the other party is? The Ning Zhan from the last border battle! He's the Prince of the North! He's marrying you as the crown princess! If nothing else, you will be queen in the future. Do you think your father will approve of this family business? You are now very popular in the army, and Dali is not as harmonious as it seems on the surface, and I don't know how many people are waiting to pull your father down the dragon chair. Your father still needs you to get rid of those dissidents for him, how can he let you go to the northern kingdom to be the crown princess? Lan Weishu was also very annoyed, and his words began to be fierce, "Who is that Ning Zhan?" Ambitious, he will never stop at being the emperor of the northern kingdom! He wants the whole world! Do you think your father will let you marry him? A woman's heart is the most unpredictable, what if you really fall in love with Ning Zhan in the future and help him attack Dali? People like the emperor will not let this happen. So ......"
Lan Weishu said that he didn't say any more here, he had already spoken so clearly, he believed that Xianchen could make the most favorable judgment.
Xianchen did not disappoint him, she understood Lan Weishu's unfinished words. The current situation is like this, her father will not allow her to marry the northern kingdom, and in order to reasonably refuse, she will inevitably be assigned a family affair, and she will never be able to escape. Instead of marrying a strange man, it is better to marry Lan Weishu, the two were originally grasshoppers on a rope, and after getting married, many things are better discussed together.
Thinking about this, Xian Chen admired Lan Weishu a little more. This person is really exquisite, and his vision is farther than ordinary people, and he can see a few dark moves behind this from the marriage of the envoy of the northern country. Xian Chen can be sure that even if Lan Weishu didn't expect all of his father's thoughts, he must have expected seven or eight points.
Xianchen took the holy decree and happily walked out of the Blue Mansion. So all the people in Lanyue Mountain Villa saw their princess go out with an angry face when she saw her princess go out with a holy decree, but finally came back with a smile on her face, and never said a word about not marrying!
A few days later, the envoy of the northern kingdom returned to the northern kingdom, and before leaving, he gave all the dowries that were originally used for employment to Lan Weishu as congratulatory gifts. But it didn't take long for news of the war to come from the border, saying that Ning Zhan was angry, claiming that Da Li was bullying him in the northern country, and he sent someone to sincerely ask to marry Her Royal Highness the princess, but Emperor Da Li actually coaxed him that Her Royal Highness the princess had a marriage contract, which was too deceitful!
So Ning Zhan brought 200,000 northern ** teams to attack Dali, vowing to seek justice! War is on the verge of breaking out!
When the news came, Xianchen was in the imperial study. The emperor said that she and Lan Weishu were not really in love, and for the sake of her happiness, he decided to take back his fate! Xianchen laughed, his father was obviously still a little jealous, and Lan Weishu could really help her ascend to the throne with the power of one person. Xian Chen rejected the emperor's suggestion, saying that he was afraid that such a repetition would make Ning Zhan feel that they deliberately did not allow this family affair and might provoke unnecessary war.
As a result, the emperor received the news that Ning Zhan poured all his troops into the country, in the name of seeking justice, but in fact wanted to annex Dali and expand the territory of the northern kingdom to attack the border of Dali!
Not long after Xianchen returned to Lanyue Villa, the holy decree came down, promoted her to a first-class protector general, and immediately went to the border to resist Ning Zhan's attack, but only gave Xianchen 100,000 troops.
Xianchen smiled bitterly, Father, are you so eager to get rid of me? There are at least 200,000 troops in the northern country, less than half of the troops, and the opponent is still an undefeated god of war.
Lan Weishu also received the order, appointed him as the deputy general, set off with Xian Chen, and immediately went to the border, bound to resist Ning Zhan's attack!
The moment Xianchen saw Lan Weishu, she knew that her father not only wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of her, but also wanted to get rid of Lan Weishu. Despite this, the two had to rush to the border with an army of 100,000. The two of them did not rush to the road for a few days, anyway, it was not very critical now, the two let the 100,000 army go first, and they rode to the border in a graceful horse. For convenience, Xianchen still dressed up as a man, stopped and stopped all the way, walked around, and appreciated the surrounding customs.
Kyoto, Imperial Palace.
Although the emperor ordered the Snow Emperor to not leave the palace gate in March, she still stayed in the Concubine Snow Pavilion all night. When everyone thought that the Snow Princess would fall out of favor, Xue'er re-established her unshakable position in front of everyone in this way. Only then did everyone determine that Feng Yin was really going to change hands!
In the Concubine Xue Pavilion, the emperor was sitting on a small couch, and Xue'er was wearing only a layer of tulle, stepping on music and dancing softly. Incense was lit in the room, bringing a burst of incense. The spring is beautiful, bringing infinite style. Gradually, the emperor felt a little dizzy in his head, so he asked the Snow Imperial Concubine to serve him to bed. The bright yellow dragon robe was entrusted, and the emperor looked at the face that looked a little vicissitudes in the bronze mirror and asked, "Xue'er, am I old?" ”
Xue'er's hand shook and almost took off the emperor's underwear, but fortunately, the emperor was looking at the face of the person in the bronze mirror at the moment and didn't notice Xue'er's movements. Xue'er smiled: "The emperor is still young and powerful, this face, there is no wrinkle, according to the concubines, it must be the emperor who is dazzled, how can you be old?" ”
When the emperor heard Xue'er say this, he hurriedly leaned his face close to the bronze mirror to take a closer look, and the person in the mirror really didn't have a trace of wrinkles, and his skin was as smooth as when he was twenty years old. The emperor touched his face with some nostalgia, thinking that it was all due to the tonic, and couldn't help asking, "What about today's tonic?" ”