Chapter 117: The Divine Decree
Because of the last time I met the six princesses in the Marquis of Changping's mansion, after they broke up unhappily, I am afraid that the most tormented one is Murong Yurao.
She thought that her two best close friends would meet and become friends, but who would have thought that the two would not say a word, and the two of them picked each other and left one after another.
Leave her with a bunch of dim sum and stare at her, look at it again, look at it again and eat it.
Therefore, she reflected in the mansion for two days, and finally asked the Marquis of Changping to withdraw her confinement and send a few more guards, so she dared to go out of the mansion, but the sixth princess lived in the palace, and it was not easy to see each other, so she ordered the coachman to drive to Luofu.
When Rong Wan learned that Murong Yurao was coming, she was still very puzzled, it stands to reason that the matter of the moat has not yet been concluded, how can the Marquis of Changping be willing to release Murong Yurao from the mansion.
Murong Yurao followed Rong Wan to Cuizhu Garden with a sad face, and after the two of them sat down, Murong Yurao stared at Rong Wan for more than a quarter of an hour.
After looking at it for a long time, Rong Wan still thought that there was something on her face, so she ordered Bai Yao to bring a bronze mirror and take a look, but she didn't find anything special, this time she looked at Murong Yurao and asked, "What have you been watching me do?" β
Murong Yurao stuck out her tongue, shook her head again, and said, "Ah Wan, Ah Li also made an unintentional mistake a few days ago, don't take it to heart." As he spoke, there was still some apprehension on his face, for fear that Rong Wan would not be willing to reconcile.
Rong Wan smiled, I am afraid that only Murong Yurao thinks that the sixth princess is casually unintentional, but she has no intention of explaining it again, the more she explains this matter, the more chaotic it becomes, it is better to wait for the moment when the truth emerges, everyone will understand.
Therefore. Rong Wan nodded and followed Murong Yurao's wishes, "Auntie don't worry." β
Murong Yurao Fang was relieved, but she heard Rong Wan ask, "Is that incident an eyebrow?" Otherwise, how could Master Hou let you come out? β
Murong Yurao is the pearl of the palm of the Marquis of Changping and his wife, and that incident made the Marquis of Changping uneasy, and the Marquis of Changping tried his best to deal with this case, but the capital did not reveal the rumors, so naturally I don't know what the matter is.
It's okay not to mention it. At the mention of Murong Yurao, she was even more depressed. Looking closely, there was a sadness in her eyebrows, and Rong Wan felt that something was wrong, so she asked. Then he listened to Murong Yurao's words. I know why it's so hard to speak.
Changping Hou's generation has only one son-in-law. But there are two cousins, and the reputation of the cousin is not as loud as that of the Marquis of Changping, but the Marquis of Changping is bloody. also often supports the two of them.
And the Marquis of Changping has two daughters, a concubine, and a concubine has a total of three daughters, and the women are both studying in the sect, Murong Yurao is a little closer to one of them called Murong Yuying, and the relationship is also good.
It's just that something happened to this Murong Yuying person, in the sect, she is close to Murong Yurao's age, and the other two are one or two years behind her, so when it comes to talking, she is not as intimate as Murong Yuying.
It's just that the Marquis of Changping interrogated the maids in the family one by one, and then he asked about Murong Yuying's suspicions.
It turned out that Murong Yuying went out very frequently a few days before Murong Yurao met the killer, and the cost was greater, and the gold and silver jewelry of the past was gone.
Until the servant girl next to Murong Yuying was brought for interrogation, the servant girl couldn't stand the heavy punishment, so she got out completely.
Murong Yuying is the concubine of the marquis of Changping, with a humble status, and will always be bullied by other women.
Murong Yuhua is older than all of them, and he has long been out of Zongxue, so the most noble bento is Murong Yurao, and it just so happens that Murong Yurao is the pearl of the Marquis of Changping, and Murong Yuying can be regarded as having a backer.
It stands to reason that Murong Yuying should be very dependent on Murong Yurao, but she didn't know if she was jealous or what she was doing, so she imitated Murong Yurao's handwriting and handed a love poem to Yan Jiang, who was a gentleman at the time.
Because of this, Yan Jiang paid special attention to Murong Yurao, and after coming and going, the tragedy of almost eloping with Yan Jiang happened, and since Rong Wan had a warning to Murong Yurao, Murong Yurao gradually became estranged from Murong Yuying.
Unexpectedly, after such a period of time, Murong Yuying was dissatisfied, and even found a killer to assassinate her.
Angry that Murong Yuying is a boudoir woman, and she believes in the Yushan faction that has been circulating in Bianjing recently, so she paid to hire a few people from the Yushan faction to assassinate Murong Yurao, but unfortunately, she didn't know people clearly, and she hired straw bales.
After the Marquis of Changping learned the truth of this matter, he was really angry, and immediately called his cousin into the Hou Mansion, and when the cousin heard the reason for the incident, he was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground, and hurriedly handed over Murong Yuying to the Marquis of Changping for disposal.
And the Marquis of Changping didn't do it, and he didn't stop doing it, and he actually handed over Murong Yuying to the Criminal Department, and the Criminal Department dealt with it according to law.
Even if Murong Yuying will not be sentenced to death, but if she enters the criminal department and comes out again, it is indeed better to be dead.
Although the matter was over, after this incident, the Marquis of Changping paid special attention to Murong Yurao's safety, so he sent a few guards by her side no matter when she entered or exited, so as not to be caught off guard by something more serious than last time.
In this way, the matter is over, and it makes people's hearts calm a lot.
However, Murong Yurao's mind was low, after all, the sister she thought was good ended up being the one who hurt her, even if she was innocent, she knew how sad she was.
Rong Wan didn't know how to be relieved, so she squeezed Murong Yurao's hand and said softly, "Everything will pass." β
Murong Yurao raised her eyes to look at her, and suddenly there was a kind of uncertainty about Rong Wan's gaze, and she remembered the discord between Rong Wan and the sixth princess when she was in the Hou Mansion, and suddenly it seemed that everything was understood.
In her memory, the sixth princess does not seem to be a person who does not care, on the contrary, she has always been kind to other women, and she has no grace to win His Majesty's favor at all, and when she sees Rong Wan, it seems that all the usual affinities have disappeared.
Then, Murong Yurao glanced at Rong Wan's calm eyes, and said ignorantly, "Ah Wan, does Ah Li also like Meng Jialangjun?" β
Rong Wan naturally didn't realize that Murong Yurao asked like this, but since she guessed it, she didn't have to hide it anymore, and shook her head and said. "I don't know, but the sixth princess overreacted, and I can't think of a better reason."
That is to say, what she thinks is the same as what Murong Yurao thinks.
The conjecture in her heart was in tune with Rong Wan, but Murong Yurao was a little unhappy.
On the left hand, there are sisters who have grown up with her since childhood, and on the right hand, they are close friends who have known each other for two years.
But she thought. Since Rong Wan first made a marriage contract with Meng Jialangjun. It would be very inappropriate for the six princesses to stand between the two of them again!
Murong Yurao raised her head and looked at Rong Wan, her pupils were black and white. "Awan. I'll persuade Ah Li well. β
She wants to stand by Rong Wan's side. Perhaps, she is standing by the side of the etiquette.
Rong Wan was stunned for a moment, naturally not realizing that Murong Yurao stood in line so quickly. However, he still looked at Murong Yurao with sincerity, shook his head and said, "You don't want to get involved in this matter." β
Murong Yurao looked at Rong Wan puzzled, "Why?" β
Rong Wan smiled and said, "If you don't get involved, no matter what the result of me and the six princesses is, you won't lose one of your friends, but if you are as deep as it is, it will be difficult to get out of the swamp." β
There are twists and turns in the matter, as long as she says it, Murong Yurao will definitely understand that sometimes, staying out of the matter is also the best choice.
Murong Yurao nodded, and after understanding what Rong Wan said, she no longer dwelled on this matter.
After talking to Rong Wan for a while, he left Luofu.
Rong Wan stayed quietly in the courtyard, Fang Cai Yinglu once reported that when Fang Cai Meng Sheng returned home, he met the sixth princess in front of the door, but he was doing things according to etiquette, and it was not a big deal, but the sixth princess looked at Meng Sheng's eyes lingering and compassionate, as if she was stuck and couldn't get out.
Rong Wan could only shake her head, as the most beloved princess of the Holy Lord, the means of the sixth princess cannot be underestimated, after all, if the Holy Lord issued a marriage decree, you would not even have room to resist.
As soon as the court retreated on the morning of the second day, Meng Sheng was called to the imperial study.
"I don't know what His Majesty is calling Weichen for?" Meng Sheng saluted, lowered his head and asked.
The saint glanced at Meng Sheng, after two years of tempering, Meng Sheng has become more handsome, that is, his momentum has been extremely extraordinary, and it is not impossible for such a character to be regarded as a concubine.
Thinking about it, the saint sat on the dragon chair, looked at Meng Sheng's eyes, and then spoke, "I have long heard Aiqing say that she is engaged, but I don't know which lady is decided?" β
In fact, according to the eyes and ears of the saint, of course he didn't have to deliberately ask if he wanted to know, but since he asked, he naturally had his reasons.
Hearing this, Meng Sheng's heart couldn't help but be shocked, thinking that it seemed that he was coming, so he calmed his voice, suppressed the strangeness in his heart, and replied, "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen's fiancΓ©e is the concubine of the former left servant. β
The saint nodded and said thoughtfully, "Luo Zuo's servant has been shooting for so long, that lady should still be guarding filial piety!" β
Meng Sheng responded, "Yes, Your Majesty." β
But I heard the saint say, "Meng Aiqing, you are young and vigorous, and your blood is strong, I heard that there is no one in your room so far?" "There is no one in the room, which refers not only to the wife and concubine, but also to the bed warmer.
Meng Sheng didn't expect the saint to ask this question, even if his face was serious, it was a little unnatural.
"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen just wants to serve the country." Meng Sheng said.
Regardless of whether this sentence is false or not, the meaning of rejecting the saint is true, but the saint does not accept this set, pauses, and says directly, "I plan to give you the sixth princess as a wife." β
The time to come is to come, but even if Meng Sheng is ready, he is still a little dissatisfied when things come to an end, he saluted and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen, Weichen already has a wife, although he has not passed the door, but the three books and six ceremonies have passed, and Luo Rongwan is already Weichen's wife." β
Sheng glanced at him, got up from the dragon chair, and walked in front of Meng Sheng, "Do you know that Princess Nengshang is your incomparable honor?" β
Meng Sheng paused, "Wechen knows, but Wechen is not blessed." β
Then he raised his head slightly and looked at the saint, and said righteously, "The ancients said, the wife of the chaff should not be abandoned. Although Weichen and Luo's Awan are not married, in Weichen's heart, Luo's Awan has long been Wechen's wife, and Wechen does not dare to wronged the six princesses. β
He thought that the princess favored by His Majesty would naturally not come to the door to be a concubine, so as long as Rong Wan's position could not be moved, His Majesty would not marry the sixth princess to him.
But seeing that His Majesty squinted his eyes slightly, he was not annoyed, but said, "In this case, I allow you to have two wives, okay?" β
Meng Sheng was shocked, and suddenly raised his head, "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare, the princess's daughter's body, it can't be like this." β
The saint frowned unhappily, looked at Meng Sheng, and there was a hint of coercion in his tone, "Meng Aiqing, you said that you can't give up your bad wife, I allowed you, and you said that you didn't dare to wronged the sixth princess, so I gave the sixth princess as your equal wife, but you still don't want to, then Meng Aiqing, what do you think you want?" β
But the saint's words clearly stated that he would definitely marry the sixth princess to Meng Sheng, but he originally wanted Meng Sheng to be voluntary, but now Meng Sheng is unwilling, and he will naturally not take back his fate.
The imperial study was very quiet, and I saw that the saint returned to the table, ordered someone to put pen and ink, wrote the holy decree, handed it to the eunuch, and instructed, "Go, go around the ten-mile long street, send the holy decree to the Meng Mansion, and announce the decree in front of the Meng Mansion." β
After speaking, the saint looked at Meng Sheng under the hall and said coldly, "Meng Aiqing, go over with Gao Dequan!" β
Meng Sheng had no choice but to bow his head and say yes, and then withdrew from the imperial study with Gao Dequan.
Meng Sheng walked out of the imperial study worriedly, looked at Gao Dequan on the side, and was even more worried in his heart, Gao Dequan is His Majesty's henchman and eunuch, His Majesty has an order, Gao Dequan is going all out.
It seems that Meng Sheng is going to receive the holy decree outside his mansion.
Perhaps the matter was too urgent, and it was originally half an hour to get to Mengfu, but it was completed in three quarters of an hour.
When he arrived at the door of Meng's mansion, Gao Dequan looked at Meng Sheng and said, "Meng Shilang took the order." β
Meng Sheng got off the horse and knelt at the gate of the mansion, there were not many people in front of the gate of the Meng mansion, but I believe that after the holy decree was transmitted, it would only take an hour for the entire Bianjing City to spread all over it!
"The Holy Edict said: Squire Meng Sheng, a talent in the world, a great strategy, and has made many contributions. The sixth princess, Xiao's glaze, virtuous and gentle, specially gave the waiter Meng Sheng as his wife, and admired this. β
After all, after Meng Sheng and Rong Wan had a marriage contract, the talented and beautiful women spread all over the world, and because Rong Wan lost his father, Meng Sheng did not abandon or leave, which was cited as a good story.
Now, there is one more sixth princess Xiao Liuli for no reason, which is naturally shocking, but whether it is shocking or surprised, it has nothing to do with their people, so it is just a pity.
Meng Sheng was stunned in place, still in the same position, although he had been prepared, but when the holy decree really came down, his hands were a thousand pounds heavy, and he couldn't lift them.
Gao Dequan frowned, looked at Meng Sheng, who was not moving, and said unhappily, "Meng Shilang, get up and take the order!" β
Meng Sheng didn't move until Gao Dequan called him again.
He slowly raised his head, looked at the holy decree in front of him, and said softly, "Weichen can't take it." β
Gao Dequan was stunned, "What did Meng Shilang say, do you know what the consequences of not complying with the decree of resistance?" β
Meng Sheng still knelt and said, "I know." β
Gao Dequan squinted his eyes and glanced at Meng Sheng, and said to the guards who came with him, but his sharp voice was a little harsh, "Take it away!" β
The guards answered, grabbing Meng Sheng's arm. (To be continued.) )