Chapter 244: Mo Cheng's Wedding
When Mu Xiaohe saw Jiang Mei, his eyes softened a lot, "I haven't seen you for half a month, you have lost some weight again!" ”
Although Jiang Mei smiled as before, the careful Mu Xiaohe still found the sadness hidden in the depths of her eyes.
Mu Xiaohe said this, Xiao Mocheng didn't notice that Jiang Mei's fair complexion was even more pale and thin against the background of the snow, he suddenly became angry, approached her, and clenched her hands and said, "Don't you take care of yourself?" Every time you have to make yourself look like this, you have to come back like this, don't you? ”
Everyone was so frightened by his reprimand for a while that they didn't dare to come out, Mu Xiaohe smiled bitterly, looked at the hand held by Xiao Mocheng, and a trace of strangeness flashed in his eyes,
Jiang Mei turned her face away, looked indifferently at the flying snow outside, and didn't make a sound.
Only Hua Ying walked over, gently removed Xiao Mocheng's hand, and said angrily: "Your Highness is so dignified, why do you scold her?" Her body is already weak, and it is normal for her face to be a little pale on a snowy day! ”
Hua Ying didn't know why Xiao Mocheng was angry, although she also noticed Jiang Mei's strangeness when Jiang Mei entered the mansion just now, but she thought left and right that Jiang Mei should be tired from running around. Although she knew that Xiao Mocheng loved Jiang Mei, she didn't allow anyone to teach Jiang Mei a lesson.
Xiao Mocheng was not embarrassed, but stared at Jiang Mei deadly, she regarded him as an opponent, he couldn't treat her as an enemy.
Jiang Mei smiled faintly and said lazily: "Life is in heaven and earth, birth, old age, sickness and death are common things, even if Jiang Mei is a doctor, she doesn't dare to go against the will of God, everything will be natural!" ”
Hua Ying and the others didn't understand what Jiang Mei said at all, but Mu Xiaohe still knew it. "Silly girl." He said silently in his heart,
Mu Xiaohe was about to say something, Jiang Mei suddenly took out a box from her pocket, it was the big wedding gift she prepared for Xiao Mocheng, that day she promised to take that piece of warm jade with her as long as she had another day, but now it seems that she can't, when she learned that the piece of jade was Concubine Su's jade, she didn't want to keep it at all.
"Tomorrow, His Royal Highness will get married, Jiang Mei can't congratulate her, so she prepared this small gift. I hope Your Highness smiles! Jiang Mei handed the box to Xiao Mocheng. He smiled lightly.
Xiao Mocheng looked at her blankly, stunned for a while before putting away the box, her lips twitched, as if she wanted to speak.
Immediately, Jiang Mei bowed to the two. Then he turned around and left with Ruoyun.
When she is no longer visible. Xiao Mocheng gently opened the box. When he saw the piece of warm jade clearly, his eyes froze, and his face turned pale. Mu Xiaohe on the side glanced at the box. closed his eyes and didn't say a word, if it was before, he would have comforted Xiao Mocheng, but now he likes his sister Yueyao, so to some extent, this is a good thing.
However, Jiang Mei really gave Xiao Mocheng a congratulatory gift, and the congratulatory gift was the tangram exquisite box, which has seven folding methods, which can be a box, a short sword, a small lantern, a small crossbow, a fan, a pen holder, and a wine glass.
It's a pity that Xiao Mocheng is not in the mood to appreciate this thing for the time being.
On December 28, the fifteenth year of Dahuan Jingxi, the Yuwang Mansion located in Chengqian Street was full of lights and joy. The whole Chengqian Street is full of incense cars, the music continues, and the congratulatory guests at the gate of the palace are endless, which can be described as a crown like a cloud, and they ride in a row.
In order to celebrate the marriage of the two countries of Huan and Shu, Lile resounded from noon to welcome the two, the people of the entire Jiankang City are also looking forward to this unprecedented prosperity, when the people greet each other, the face is full of confidence and even proud smile, after the Dahuan clan moved south, there has never been such a brilliant record, the seven princes of Dahuan pacified the Central Plains in one fell swoop, so that the sea was impressed, which made the Tang Shu country of partial peace hurriedly send the princess and relatives.
Princess Xuan of Shu Kingdom had arrived at the State Post House half a month ago, and this marriage was also jointly organized by the ancestral hall and Kecao. The ancestral hall is in charge of etiquette, and Ke Cao is in charge of diplomatic affairs, so this marriage made Wang Xuzhi, who led the ancestral book, and Pang Xuan, the right guest, very busy.
At the beginning of the unitary time, the team to welcome the relatives has set off, and the palace of King Yu has been full of guests, although Xiao Mocheng does not need to go to the post house to greet the relatives, but between the Guanghan King Tang Naiyao personally sent the relatives, Huan Guo in order to show his honor, Xiao Mocheng had to wait for the honor guard of Shu near the Vermilion Bird Gate.
But the welcoming team has been out for a long time, but the Nine Emperor Princes are still hiding in the warm pavilion and looking at the tangram exquisite box in a daze, he was sad for a long time, and finally decided to put the box away.
At least....at least she brought, then she can't give it to someone else...
Li Hong, the housekeeper of the palace, urged him for a long time and didn't see Xiao Mocheng come out, but he was in a hurry, the master's temperament was known to the whole palace, not to mention that many of the subordinates of the Yu Mansion were also brought out by Xiao Mocheng from the palace, so after urging three times, Li Hong definitely didn't dare to speak out, but if the master couldn't go to Suzaku Hang on time to pick up his relatives, he would miss a big deal. Just when Li Hong was sweating profusely in a hurry, he was pleasantly surprised to find Mu Xiaohe in a moon-white brocade robe walking highly.
Li Hong hurriedly greeted him, and before Li Hong could speak, Mu Xiaohe knew the situation from his expression, he waved his hand, and walked directly through the door and into the room.
Xiao Mocheng is not a random person after all, when Mu Xiaohe entered, he had already asked Ming Huan to help him put on his wedding clothes. The two looked at each other and smiled, the tacit understanding was the same as before, Mu Xiaohe didn't say much, and after he dressed up, he went out with him.
When Xiao Mocheng went out, the guests in the mansion had almost arrived, and all the ministers with heads and faces in Beijing gathered in the palace, and the sons of the family in Jiankang City naturally came to join in the fun.
Of course, the shadow of the Su family is indispensable in the palace, and Su Shao, the housekeeper of the Su family, has already rushed to the mansion to assist Li Hong in taking care of the inside and out.
When Su Weixin, who came to the palace early, looked at the guests sitting inside and outside the house, he was slightly proud, and the ministers of the court under the hall sat down happily. What's more, Emperor Xiao and Concubine Su will come to the palace in person, so Xiao Mocheng's wedding will naturally be the most eye-catching event in Jiankang City. In fact, the two countries married, and the queen also needed to accompany her, but first, the queen was in poor health since the prince was deposed, and second, where did she want to see other people's sons get married, so she couldn't come because of illness. If she doesn't come, Concubine Su is very happy, she doesn't want to look at people's eyes yet. In fact. Since the crown prince was deposed, Su Guifei has long been regarded as the real master of the harem inside and outside the palace.
Although Emperor Xiao is not a foolish person, he seems to have no power to resist this woman, obviously a person in his forties, in the eyes of Emperor Xiao, she seems to be like a bright girl forever, beautiful and incomprehensible. Even if it has been decades since the title of the first beauty in the capital back then, no one seems to be able to take over this reputation now, so in the eyes of the people in the capital. Concubine Su in the palace is still the most beautiful woman in Jiankang City.
It's not. Hearing that Emperor Xiao and Concubine Su were coming to the palace, many people were already waiting by Chengqian Street, waiting to see the gorgeous concubine who favored the harem.
When Emperor Xiao's six carriages had not yet arrived at King Yu's mansion, Pei Yun, who had been ill for a year, finally made a great improvement. Today, he was supported by Pei Hui to come to the palace to congratulate him in person. Of course. can let Pei Yun, who has been silent for a year, walk out of the house, naturally not only for this marriage.
When Pei Yun entered the mansion, the ministers who had not seen him for a long time actually stood up to salute. Although the Pei family's situation today is not as good as before, Pei Yun's prestige for many years is still courteous to the ministers.
Even Xie Hui, who is now in the limelight, is still polite to Pei Yun.
"I didn't know that Pei Xiang could come to congratulate him today, Xie was really surprised!" Xie Hui bowed and said, his tone was leisurely, Pei Yun, who had not been in the court for a year, finally appeared, and Xie Hui was of course surprised.
Pei Hui saw Xie Hui and immediately saluted, although the relationship between the Pei family and the Xie family was not as good as before, but Xie Hui was his father-in-law. Naturally, he must not have any difference in the number of etiquette.
In the past, Pei Yun was still jealous of Xie Huihui, but now that Xiao Moheng is dead, Xie Hui is a clever woman who is difficult to cook without rice, but after all, Xie Hui's daughter married into Pei's mansion, so Pei Yun still has to give Xie Hui face, he smiled slowly, and said: "The joy of His Royal Highness Jiu's wedding, and the friendship between the two countries, even His Majesty came to celebrate, although Pei is a half-buried person, how can he not come to join in the fun?" ”
"Haha....It's also said that Pei Xiang is the pillar of the country, and Pei Xiang can't be missing for such a grand event!" Xie Hui smiled angrily.
Pei Yun squinted, looking at Xie Hui with a pampered and unfazed look, thinking that he couldn't be arrogant for a while. So he smiled faintly and asked Pei Hui to help him go inside.
Xie Hui touched his beard and looked at Pei Yun's somewhat rickety figure thoughtfully, thinking that the former majestic pillar stone of the central court also had a twilight day, and a trace of sadness suddenly appeared in his heart. After a moment's pause, he walked into the hall unhurriedly.
Seeing Pei Yun coming, Su Jin and Su Weixin both greeted him with smiles, but when they saw Xie Hui standing on the side, the smile on their faces was a lot colder.
In the year of the Northern Expedition of the Great Army, Xie Hui and Su Weixin had no less disputes in the court, before Xiao Moheng took Xiangyang, the court was united in its own mind, and hated the same enemy, but when Xiao Moheng unexpectedly defeated Beihe to recapture Xiangyang, it was already a full dynasty shock, since then, the Su family and the Xie family have been fighting in secret, who looks at no one is pleasing to the eye, and Xie Hui has also changed his introverted style in the past, and he is full of confidence to compete with the first Huamen in the capital, although the two families are also in-laws, but once it comes to the struggle for power and the glory of the lintel, Those relatives are already insignificant.
Although the two families have been cheating for a long time, they are still polite and thoughtful on the surface. Therefore, Su Weixin also saluted Xie Hui, and Xie Hui even made a gesture to Su Jin. Compared with the fear of Xie Hui in the past, today's Su Weixin is much more relaxed.
"Xie Xiang is here, it's really a pleasure!" Su Weixin is as elegant as ever,
"Where, where, this is a major matter of diplomatic relations between the two countries, how dare Xie slack off?" Xie Hui is still humble. Xie Hui was surprised that Su Weixin seemed to be very happy today, and he seemed to be so jealous of himself in the past.
After Xie Hui pondered for a moment, Su Jin suddenly interjected, "I wonder if the Seventh Prince will return to Beijing?" ”
Xie Hui's face froze when he heard this, and a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, but he smiled again in an instant: "Recently, there has been a lot of wind and snow, and His Highness has been delayed on the road for a few days, so it should be almost there!" ”
"Oh..."Su Jin replied meaningfully, and then stopped talking, while Su Weixin and Pei Yun exchanged a few glances, secretly proud in their hearts.
After everyone was silent for a moment, the slender and clear voice of the palace attendant came from the door of the house,
"Your Majesty has arrived... The concubine drove to ......"
The ministers immediately got up and knelt in the middle of the road, and Su Jin and the other four also knelt calmly on both sides of the hall.
"Long live Your Majesty, long live long live, long live the noble concubine Niang Chitose...."
Xu Huaiyuan walked in with the happy Xiao Didi, while Concubine Su accompanied her, followed by Qingshuang and Xiangyi.
Emperor Xiao, who has been tepid for many years, has greatly gained face this time, firstly, his son recovered the Central Plains in one fell swoop, and secondly, he has to show weakness to Tang Shu and his relatives, but at this time he has the posture of a prosperous king, in the past, he had to look at the faces of these big clans, and now Xie Hui, Su Weixin and even Pei Yun have to look up to him. Emperor Xiao thought about it, and his pace was much higher. It's just that after all, due to poor health, it is still a little difficult to walk.
But a good mood is better than anything else, Emperor Xiao walked to the hall and said with a smile: "Zhong Aiqing is flat!" ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers stood up and said. Concubine Su pulled up her dress and sat down with Emperor Xiao. And Lou Qiang, the general of Hu Benzhonglang, stood majestically behind Emperor Xiao, staring straight ahead, motionless. The imperial guards behind him were all energetic and heroic.
After Emperor Xiao sat down, he saw a chamberlain step forward and said, "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness and the princess of Shu Kingdom have arrived at the door, and they will enter the mansion immediately!" As soon as his voice fell, there was already a lot of gongs and drums outside, and the ceremony was endless.
The lively and festive sound attracted the attention of the ministers, all of whom were waiting for a glimpse of the princess of Shu, and in addition, they also wanted to meet the famous King of Guanghan.
All the ministers of Dahuan know that the most powerful person in Tang Shu is not the mediocre Tang Emperor, but the weak crown of the Guanghan King, but everyone is only famous for the Guanghan King and has never met, so today they are naturally looking forward to seeing this prince.
And the next moment, the ministers were amazed by the couple who entered the mansion hand in hand, of course, everyone was not amazed by the princess Tang Shu with a red hijab, but Xiao Mocheng, who had a face like a crown of jade and eyes like a star, and did not know that the Nine Emperors who usually laughed and played nonsense also had such a lofty side, and the ministers sighed secretly in their hearts.
He held the red line with one hand, and pulled the bride with the other hand to step steadily towards the hall, a little more calm and even serious than the usual frivolity, he looked at Emperor Xiao and Concubine Su at the end of the red carpet in a daze, his expression was calm and calm, only a trace of a bitter smile hung on the corner of his mouth, trying to hide the loss and sadness in his heart.
He walked all the way into the lobby, and the corner of his eye already told him that she was not coming.......
With the newcomer entering the happy hall, the envoy of Tang Shu was the envoy of Tang Shu, the king of Guanghan of Tang Shu, Tang Naiyao, who was dressed in a red royal suit, holding a jade flute in one hand, and looked at the ministers who looked at him with a smile, and his expression was so unhappy. (To be continued.) )