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Ready to get married?

During the banquet, everyone looked at each other, no one expected that Empress Dowager Xiao had a conflict with King Ling just now, but in a blink of an eye, she cared about his marriage. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It's so abrupt, but it's a little reasonable.

King Ling is over twenty years old, and ordinary royal children have already married at this age, and the title of the king should have been a matter after the prince got married, so it stands to reason that King Ling should indeed marry. If this matter was placed in front of the palace banquet, many people might still want to send their daughter to King Ling's mansion, but just now I saw the head full of wooden barrels, and King Ling's arrogant and murderous appearance, who would dare?

Many people were drumming in their hearts, and the ladies and ladies sitting around them all changed their faces, and some of the ladies who were still looking at Rong Jing before were hanging their heads vigorously at this time, for fear of being named by Empress Dowager Xiao.

Empress Dowager Xiao ignored Emperor Chu's slightly gloomy gaze and continued to speak: "King Ling has a dignified appearance and outstanding demeanor, the mourning family looks at Yang Shangshu's daughter Yang Yuzhen, the Xiao family's daughter Xiao Mei, the Xie family's daughter Xie Jiaxuan, and Feng Baozhen, the daughter of the Yuguo Mansion, are all good, today's good day, why don't Your Majesty take this opportunity to choose a marriage for King Ling?" ”

As soon as these words fell, the faces of several people who were targeted by her changed.

Feng Baozhen didn't expect that Empress Dowager Xiao would name her, and her face was suddenly full of nervousness, and Duke Yu Guogong was the first to stand up and say without thinking about it: "Weichen thank the Queen Mother and Your Majesty for your love, but the minister's daughter Baozhen has already made a marriage contract, so I'm afraid I can't achieve good things with His Royal Highness King Ling, and I ask Your Majesty and the Queen Mother to forgive me." ”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Xiao nodded: "Since there is already a marriage contract, the mourning family naturally can't do anything to break up people's marriages, but the remaining three are also top matches, which one does Your Majesty think is the best for King Ling?" ”

Emperor Chu's expression was gloomy, Xie Jiaxuan was still lying on the bed now, it was said that the sword on the official ship hurt the vital point, even if it was raised well, it would affect the longevity, how could he give her to Rong Jing? The remaining Yang Yuzhen was rejected by Rong Jing in front of everyone before, and now she will only attract everyone's laughter, but Xiao Mei is left, and this Empress Dowager Xiao is determined to stuff the Xiao family into King Ling's mansion.

Rong Lan had been sitting in the banquet, he looked at Emperor Chu's expression, and then glanced at Xue Rou in the banquet, and heard that Empress Dowager Xiao was going to give Xiao Mei to Rong Jing, and suddenly said loudly: "Father, my son has something to ask my father." ”

Emperor Chu paused slightly, turned to look at Rong Lan, Rong Lan stepped forward in a few steps, knelt down directly and said loudly: "Father, the daughter of the Xiao family, Xiao Meihui has a good temperament, and her son has long admired her, since the Queen Mother mentioned it today, the son wants to implore his father and the emperor to allow the son to welcome Xiao Mei into the house with the gift of a side concubine!" ”

During the banquet, everyone was in an uproar and looked at the place where King Xuan and the daughters of the Xiao family were.

Everyone knows that the relationship between the Xiao family and King Xuan can be said to be incompatible, how could King Xuan suddenly open his mouth and take the initiative to marry the daughter of the Xiao family? !

Xiao Mei clenched the Jinpa in her hand tightly, she could feel everyone's eyes looking at her, it was full of voyeurism and suspicion, her lips trembled, holding her mother's hand tightly, and Mrs. Xiao San was also scared in her heart, but she had to be strong and free on her face, before entering the palace today, she already knew that King Xuan would propose to her daughter, but she didn't expect that Empress Dowager Xiao would also choose to say in front of everyone today that she wanted to give Xiao Mei to King Ling.

If they agreed to King Xuan's proposal to marry at this time, they would definitely offend Empress Dowager Xiao directly, but if they agreed to King Ling...... Mrs. Xiao's heart trembled, remembering the bloody head that rolled down before, she really didn't dare to let her daughter, whom she had loved for many years, marry a person like King Ling, who would take someone's life at any time and be unscrupulous.

After Emperor Chu heard King Xuan's words, his eyes suddenly dissipated, and he said lightly: "Xiao Meike, the daughter of the Xiao family?" ”

Xiao Mei bit her lip and hurriedly got up: "The courtiers are here." ”

"Come forward."

Xiao Mei hesitated for a moment, looked up at the gentle King Xuan in the field, and then looked at King Ling who was reclining on the seat not far away, gritted her teeth and let go of her mother's hand, and walked out, and when she reached the bottom of the high platform, she saluted to Emperor Chu and Empress Dowager Xiao and said, "Courtier Xiao Mei greets Your Majesty, and meets the Empress Dowager." ”

Emperor Chu glanced at Xiao Mei in the audience and smiled lightly: "You are indeed stunning, no wonder the Queen Mother and King Xuan are very fond of you." ”

Xiao Mei held her palms and whispered, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise." ”

Emperor Chu swept his eyes and said suddenly: "King Ling, since the Queen Mother has given you a marriage today, you can tell me, are you willing to marry Xiao Mei?" ”

Rong Jing didn't even get up, leaned on the couch and raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "Erchen is unwilling, let's not say that Erchen has no intention of Miss Xiao, just because the third brother loves her, Erchen can't agree, Erchen is not interested in robbing women with the third brother, let alone marrying his sister-in-law!" ”

Empress Dowager Xiao frowned when she heard this: "What sister-in-law, Mei'er and King Xuan have no marriage contract, how can they fight, not to mention that marriage events have been the words of the parents since ancient times, although King Xuan likes Mei'er, it is more suitable for the mourning family to see her and King Ling." ”

"The Queen Mother's words are wrong, I met Miss Xiao in the front, and fell in love with each other, although there is no marriage contract, but I am in love, I was ready to go to the Xiao family with a dowry in the next few days to ask for marriage, but I don't want the Queen Mother to suddenly mention that Miss Xiao will be promised to the thirteenth brother, so I boldly ask my father to fulfill it." King Xuan retorted.

When Emperor Chu heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows, he looked directly at Xiao Mei and said, "Xiao Mei, is King Xuan's words true?" ”

Xiao Mei twisted the Jinpa tightly, she could feel the gaze of the Empress Dowager Xiao stabbing at her, the persecution warning in it made her cold, and she could feel the Xiao family sitting on the opposite side, Xiao Xinlu's almost devouring look, she remembered what her father and mother told her a few days ago, knowing the situation of their three rooms in the Xiao family, and then thinking about the dead people who were sent up by King Ling just now, she made a decision in her heart instantly, and said in a low voice with a little shyness on her face: "Courtier, the courtiers have indeed admired His Royal Highness King Xuan for a long time, and I hope that His Majesty will fulfill it." ”

- Smack!

Empress Dowager Xiao directly pinched off the armor on her fingers, Xiao Qingcang and Xiao Xinlu turned pale, and Mrs. Xiao turned her head to look at Mrs. Xiao San with a gloomy face, but saw that she was also slightly open and her face was shocked, looking unaware.

Emperor Chu laughed when he heard Xiao Mei's words: "I see, Queen Mother, you also said that you don't want to do things to break people's marriages, since King Xuan and Xiao Mei are in love, it is better to fulfill them." ”

Empress Dowager Xiao was so angry that her eyes were cold, she didn't expect that Xiao Mei, who had always been obedient, would actually ruin her things at a critical moment!

Emperor Chu only felt comfortable when he looked at the Empress Dowager Xiao's angry appearance, he turned his head to look at the two people in the audience and said loudly: "Since the two of you are in love, then I will be the beauty of adults, and pass on the decree, Xiao Mei, the daughter of the Xiao family, has an excellent appearance, is respectful and sensitive, and King Xuan is a good match, and I will give Xiao Mei to King Xuan as a side concubine!" ”

"Son, thank your father!"

"The courtier, Xiao Mei, obeys the order and thanks."

During the banquet, everyone didn't expect the peak to turn around, Xiao Mei, who should have been the concubine of King Ling, actually became King Xuan's side concubine in a blink of an eye, although her heart was strange, but after the marriage of Emperor Chu, they all said hello to King Xuan and the Xiao family, Xiao Qingcang and Xiao Xinlu were already angry in their hearts, but they had to return the salute with a smile, and Mrs. Xiao was even more unbearable, when she saw Xiao Mei who returned to the banquet, the anger in her eyes couldn't wait to burn her.

Mrs. Xiao San was annoyed and ignored Xiao Mei, and Xiao Mei lowered her head, as if there was a gap between her and Mrs. Xiao San, and she was a little at a loss.

After the palace banquet dispersed, the people of the Xiao family went back to the house directly, and after entering the Xiao Mansion, Mrs. Xiao led Xiao Mei back to the side courtyard in a hurry, and as soon as she entered the house, Mrs. Xiao San slapped Xiao Mei in the face.

"As a daughter's family, you actually said in front of everyone that you love King Xuan, do you know that King Xuan and King Qing are in the same boat, do you know that the Queen Mother has already promised you to King Ling, and now you are being assigned to marry King Xuan, how will you let me and your father be in the Xiao family in the future?!"

Xiao Mei covered her face and sobbed: "Mother, I don't want to, but King Xuan...... He has already taken the opportunity to ask for my body, if I marry King Ling, and he finds out that I am an unclean body, he will kill me, he will really kill me! ”

Mrs. Xiao San seemed to be shocked, and after a while, she said urgently: "What the hell is going on, how did you get involved with King Xuan?" ”

Xiao Mei cried miserably: "A few days ago, I went to the temple to offer incense, and I met King Xuan, he, he said that he admired me, and lied to his daughter to be alone with him, and his daughter was drugged and fainted, and when she woke up, she had already been broken by him, mother, King Xuan, he threatened me, saying that if I dared to tell this matter, he would tell others that I seduced him, mother, I am afraid...... I'm scared......"

"King Xuan, this brute!"

Mrs. Xiao San also cried when she heard these words, and the two mothers and daughters cried together in a moment.

Xiao Xinlu stood outside the room and listened for a long time, then quietly retreated, after he left, Mrs. Xiao and Xiao Mei in the room were still crying bitterly, and kept scolding King Xuan, and after a while, a figure flashed outside the door, and after the figure left, the mother-in-law who had been hiding in the courtyard carefully pushed open the door, went in and whispered to Xiao Mei's mother and daughter who were hugging her head and crying: "Madam, Miss, they are all gone." ”

Mrs. Xiao quickly wiped away her tears and asked in a hoarse voice, "Go and call the third master back and tell him that the time is up." ”

The mother-in-law hurriedly nodded and walked out quickly, and went directly to Xiao Wenze's study in the third room, and after the mother-in-law left, Mrs. Xiao Sanjie stroked half of Xiao Mei's red and swollen cheeks and whispered: "Mei'er, does it hurt?" ”

Xiao Mei shook her head and said, "Mother, Mei'er doesn't hurt." ”

Mrs. Xiao's eyes were red, and she said in a low voice: "Today's situation, because of your words in the palace, your majesty has pointed out the marriage between you and King Xuan, and our three rooms will definitely offend the Queen Mother and your grandfather because of this, and now King Xuan and King Qing are incompatible, and my mother has to beat you hard, otherwise they won't believe us." ”

Today's situation in the palace is almost destroyed by Xiao Mei, if it weren't for her sudden opening, Empress Dowager Xiao would inevitably find a way to point her to King Ling, now because Xiao Mei said "I like King Xuan", she became King Xuan's side concubine, bad Empress Dowager Xiao's plan, the Queen Mother and the people in the big house must regard Xiao Mei as a thorn in the flesh, if she doesn't show that she and the lord don't know, and Xiao Mei is also forced by King Xuan, so that they believe that Xiao Mei is afraid that King Xuan will hide it from them, how can the people in the big house and the Queen Mother easily let go of the third room?

With Xiao Xinlu's viciousness and the Queen Mother's ruthlessness, I am afraid that before Xiao Mei is carried into the Xuanwang Mansion, they will casually give an excuse to let her die of illness in the mansion, and the owners of the third room will not have a foothold in the Xiao family from now on.

Xiao Mei took Mrs. Xiao's hand and said: "Mei'er understands, this time Mei'er has affected her father and mother, Mei'er knows that you haven't made up your mind to join forces with King Xuan, if you hadn't seen King Ling's cruelty today, you wouldn't have asked me to agree to marry King Xuan because I felt sorry for me, just mother, so that the eldest brother will believe it?" ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Xiao touched Xiao Mei's long hair and comforted: "It should be, since King Xuan let you push everything on him like this, he should make other arrangements, otherwise if we are finished, he will not think about it." ”

……

After Xiao Xinlu returned to the study, he and Xiao Qingcang sat separately and remained silent, and after a while, someone came in.

"How?"

"Back to the eldest prince, after you left, there was nothing abnormal about the third lady and Miss Mei'er, and just now the third old man went back to the room angrily, smashed a lot of things, and said that he wanted to settle accounts with King Xuan."

Xiao Xinlu was silent for a moment and then said: "Okay, let's go down, let people keep an eye on the people in the third room, and if there is any change, report it immediately." ”

"Yes, eldest son."

The man hurriedly saluted and quickly retreated, and after he left, Xiao Qingcang suddenly spoke: "Lu'er, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Xiao Xinlu was silent for a moment before he spoke: "Grandfather, I always feel that this matter is a little strange, King Xuan and our Xiao family have always been incompatible, how could he ask to marry Xiao Mei for no reason, and Xiao Mei did not have any dealings with King Xuan before, she also knew that the Queen Mother was going to give her to King Ling, how could she suddenly change her mind and say that she wanted to marry King Xuan?" ”

"You mean to say that Sanfang's words are true?"

Xiao Xinlu frowned: "I don't know, if Sanfang colludes with King Xuan, they definitely don't have the courage, they and the Xiao family are both prosperous and lossy, if even the Xiao family is gone, what can they do even if they hold King Xuan's legs?" But if it weren't for this, it was said that King Xuan stunned Xiao Mei and forced her body, but Sun Er also thought it was too funny, King Xuan was not such an impulsive person, he has always been calm and small, lest he be caught by us in the slightest mistake, how could he fall into the hands of our Xiao family who may make his reputation ruined? ”

Xiao Qingcang looked at Xiao Xinlu when he heard this, he never disliked his background for this grandson, but had high hopes for him, after hearing his words at this time, Xiao Qingcang said lightly: "That's why I often say, you are still too young, do you remember that King Qing told us before, saying that King Xuan said that he wanted to marry Xiao Mei in order to be angry?" ”

Xiao Xinlu was slightly stunned, he suddenly remembered that when they met King Qing two days ago, King Qing did say that he originally planned to invite King Xuan and King Fu to deal with King Ling together, but King Xuan not only did not agree, but also ruined his affairs and left King Fu angry, and later said that he would marry Xiao Mei.

At that time, none of them paid attention to it, but when they thought about it at this time, they found out that what he said was true, Xiao Xinlu couldn't help frowning and said: "Grandfather thinks that King Xuan is angry with King Heqing for the fact that after he was imprisoned last time, we were angry with King Qing?" ”

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PS: o (one ^ one +) o years ago I had to go to Shanxi, I feel that no one is good~! (To be continued.) )