Chapter 35
On the Jinluan Palace, Zhao Chen stood side by side with General Ning in silver armor, and now he sat on the dragon chair and laughed loudly: "Chen'er and Ning Aiqing are really the lucky stars of my Great Zhou, they are really invincible, what reward do you want this time?" ”
Zhao Chen looked at General Ning, so General Ning said first: "It is the responsibility of the husband to protect the family and defend the country, and the old minister does not need to be rewarded, thank you for the emperor's grace." ”
As soon as he said this, it seemed that it would be difficult for Zhao Chen to open his mouth if he wanted a reward. Mrs. Xu and Dr. Zhou looked at each other, their expressions secretive.
However, Prime Minister Meng just looked at Yiqiē calmly, standing at the head of the hundred officials, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if he knew everything about Yiqiē.
Sure enough, it soon arrived at Zhao Chen, and His Royal Highness Duanwang said very fluently under the bated breath of several princes present except for the crown prince: "Father, the son has something to ask for." ”
The emperor smiled and said, "Oh? The emperor said it was okay. ”
Zhao Chen saluted again, and only after getting up did he clasp his fists and said: "Father, six years ago, at the celebration banquet after the son-in-law defeated Mu Dan and returned to the dynasty, you made a marriage contract for the emperor and the prime minister's daughter, and now the son-in-law defeated Mu Dan again, and Miss Meng is also ready to marry. ”
How to say it, after Zhao Yin heard this, he first breathed a sigh of relief, and then held his breath a little, and looked at Prime Minister Meng Cheng silently, only to see that Prime Minister Meng Cheng's expression did not change at all, showing that he had already guessed a qiē, I am afraid that he has already calculated with Zhao Chen, this Prime Minister has already stood on Zhao Chen's side.
It's a pity, but it's also expected, and if that's the case, he can do it......
The emperor listened to Zhao Chen's words, first smiled, and then said: "What's this, it's indeed time to do your family business, your second imperial brother is only one year older than you, and now the mansion is very full, you have to hurry up." ”
Before Zhao Chen could speak, General Ning's eyes lit up, as if he had heard some good news, and when Prime Minister Meng saw his eyes, he suddenly had a bad premonition.
This premonition was confirmed at the later celebration banquet.
The emperor has personally made a decree to let Meng Yuan and Zhao Chen get married on a certain date, and Meng Yuan is the prime minister's daughter, so she must come to this celebration banquet.
Another one that must be obtained is General Ning's daughter Ning Xi. General Ning is old and has a daughter, he loves this daughter very much, and he is obedient, last time because his daughter almost died, he didn't give the prime minister any face, and directly executed the Lin family, but of course, the prime minister didn't need him to give face, he couldn't ask for this matter.
The time seems to coincide with six years ago, when Meng Yuan was only eight years old, but at a young age, he was already very good at picking objects, and he took up the emperor's most promising son early, which really made people jealous for six years.
Sitting behind her father, Meng Yuansi drank gently, this wine was mellow and sweet, it was like wine at all, more like juice, she was a little strange when she drank it, and she couldn't help but sweep the wine in her father's cup, even the color was different, and she immediately felt that it was wrong.
"Miss Meng, the slave will help you fill it up again." Seeing that Meng Yuan finished drinking, the palace maid immediately wanted to help her fill it, but Meng Yuan covered the cup with her hand and refused.
"This wine doesn't seem to be the same as what everyone else drinks?" She asked casually, and her sharp gaze was quite Zhao Chen's true biography, which startled the palace maid.
"Miss Meng forgives you, this wine is indeed different from other people's." The palace maid knelt down and said, "This is not wine, it is fruit juice, it was asked by His Royal Highness Duan Wang to help you change it, and the prince said that you can't drink." ”
Meng Yuan suddenly turned out to be him. Come to think of it, Concubine Lin has just lost her child now, and she has been hit hard by the queen, so naturally she will not do anything at the palace banquet and increase the handle for others to hold her, because she has suspected too many things recently, and she is a little too careful.
"Get up, it's fine." Meng Yuan said in a soft voice.
The palace maid breathed a sigh of relief, got up to help her pour the juice again, and then stepped aside.
Meng Yuan looked at the juice in the cup, and couldn't help but look at where Zhao Chen was sitting opposite, but found that he was looking at this side, as if he had witnessed the whole process of her communication with the palace maid, with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth.
Meng Yuan blushed a little, lowered his head and ate silently and stopped looking at it indiscriminately. The tide part, because General Ning spoke, said something that made everyone feel complicated.
"Your Majesty, since today is a great joy, why not be happy?" General Ning said with a smile.
The emperor put down the wine bottle and said, "Is there anything Ning Aiqing has anything to build?" ”
General Ning arched his hand and said, "It's not worth mentioning. ”
The emperor seemed to be a little interested, and said with a smile: "Let's hear it." ”
General Ning looked behind him, and Miss Ning Ning Xi looked at her father shyly and expectantly, which really made General Ning helpless.
"The emperor also knows that the last general has a daughter in his family, and now she is also at the age of marriage."
Meng Yuan felt bad when she heard this, she looked at her father, and Prime Minister Meng Cheng also looked over, shaking her head and signaling her to be restless.
It's really not that she is amorous, thinking that His Royal Highness is more lovable, the fact is that since Zhao Chen personally arrested the Lin family to help Ning Xi "take revenge", Ning Xi has always wanted to thank him, just like himself when he was just reborn, he approached Zhao Chen in a different way.
Knowing this, it is not that she is well-informed, but that it has long been spread among the nobles in the capital, and when she went to the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion, the old lady also reminded her to be careful, she felt that Zhao Chen would definitely deal with it, and how could General Ning's daughter go to make a side room for others? So she has always been at ease and never took it to heart, but she didn't know that there would be such a variable in this face today, which is really careless.
"General Ning." Before General Ning continued, Zhao Chen interjected, stood up and said, "General Ning is right, today is already a great joy, why not be happy?" Father, the son wants to ask his father for a will, but I don't know ...... father."
The emperor smiled helplessly: "Chen'er still has something?" I don't know whose business it is for you to bother like this. ”
"How does my father know that it's not his son's business?" Zhao Chen asked, but he didn't need to answer, and said directly, "Erchen wants to open a mouth for the fourth brother." ”
The fourth prince, who had been the background board, was suddenly pulled in, as if he couldn't react a little, and looked at Zhao Chen for a while without reacting.
Zhao Chen continued: "Although the fourth brother is two years younger than Erchen, he has already reached adulthood, and now that Erchen's marriage date is approaching, it is time to plan well for the fourth brother." ”
After listening to his words, the emperor was speechless for a while, but Xu Taiwei chuckled lightly and said lightly: "His Royal Highness King Duan and His Royal Highness King Rui have a deep brotherhood. ”
When this is heard in the ears of each man, he thinks differently. No, General Ning is no longer very willing, Miss Ning needless to say, she almost can't help but want to stand up and bring the topic back to the right path, even if she doesn't talk about this matter anymore, otherwise she will be ruined.
It's a pity that the emperor has already opened his mouth, and this topic can't be contained.
"Then Chen'er thinks which family's daughter is more suitable?" The emperor clearly knew Zhao Chen's intention to say this, but he still said it according to his meaning, and General Ning and Miss Ning both turned white, knowing that things could not be changed.
"The ministers just heard from General Ning that the general's daughter has also reached the age of marriage, I don't know if the general likes my fourth brother?" Zhao Chen asked with a smile.
Ning Tian didn't say a word with a cold face, Ning Xi had already begun to cry, and Ruiwang Zhao Cheng looked at such a scene and laughed quite self-deprecatingly.
"Actually, the Third Emperor Brother doesn't have to worry about me." Zhao Cheng stood up with difficulty and said, "I know that I have a disability and am not worthy of the general's daughter, so why bother to be strong." ”
The emperor doesn't like to hear this, although it is true that the fourth son is disabled, but he is also a prince in the end, why is the prince not worthy of his general's daughter?
"Why did Cheng'er say this?" The emperor said with a calm face, "Chen'er is reasonable, General Ning's daughter is quite in line with my wishes, and General Ning should think so." He dragged out his tone and said meaningfully, "My fourth son is excellent in all aspects, and there will be no one more suitable for Miss Ning than him." ”
As soon as these words came out, except for the four princes in the world, I am afraid that no one in the world would dare to marry Ning Xi, and Ning Xi's fate was already certain.
She sat in her position blankly, biting her lip and unable to react, General Ning pondered for a moment, and then said: "What the emperor said is extremely true, and this is what the last general said." ”
Only then did the emperor smile again, and said lightly: "This is very good, today I will be in charge, and I will marry Cheng'er and Miss Ning, and after Chen'er gets married, you will also choose a day to get married!" ”
In this way, today's farce came to an end.
Zhao Cheng didn't have any special reaction to the fact that it had become an excuse for Zhao Chen to block marriage, he still sat there drinking without changing his face, and he didn't go to see how Miss Ning, who had just decided to marry him, reacted.
When Meng Yuan saw him like this, she suddenly thought of the palace maid she met when she first came to the palace to meet the queen.
In order to save the palace maid, the four princes dragged their inconvenient legs and feet to run in the scorching sun, but they still didn't catch up, and the palace maid finally went. However, for a person like a palace maid, it should be very kind-hearted.
In fact, Miss Ning just couldn't think about it for a while, and after a long time, she would know that what she was going to marry was a good marriage that many women couldn't ask for.
One day at the end of August was the day when Zhao Chen and Meng Yuan got married.
On this day, when the imperial lieutenant and the imperial historian of the dynasty were two first-class envoys, they made red makeup for ten miles, from the prime minister's mansion to the Duanwang mansion, this road was not far in the past, but at this time, it seemed so far away.
In the house, Meng Yuan sat on a chair in a red wedding dress, with a waterfall-like black hair hanging down behind his shoulders, a palm-sized face with a hint of redness, cut water and double pupils, gorgeous temperament but not frivolous, noble and elegant, beautiful and terrifying.
She didn't have a mother, and it was Mrs. Wu'anhou who came to comb her hair, and the old lady combed her neat and soft black hair over and over again, muttering blessings in her mouth, but her eyes became more and more sour.
"Now, Yuan Yatou has also reached the age of getting married, and your mother's spirit in the sky should also rest in peace." The old lady chattered, making Meng Yuan, who was already in a fragile mood, drop the golden beans directly.
"What are you crying about, women always have this day, when your grandmother and I got married, they were not as magnificent as you." The old lady hurriedly changed the subject.
Meng Yuan wiped his tears and said, "Magnificent? ”
"That's nature." The old lady smiled and said, "The first grade of the big man welcomes the relatives, the eldest sister of today, Princess Jian'an, is waiting in the palace in person, and those who can participate in your wedding are all people with heads and faces in the court, and those under the fourth grade have to stand aside, do you say that the style is not magnificent?" ”
Meng Yuan said shyly: "The prince marries, it should be like this......"
"That's true, but ......," the old lady whispered softly into her ear, "the third prince is different. ”
When Meng Yuan heard this, she was still a little ignorant, maybe the situation of marriage was in trouble, she didn't think deeply, when the old lady put on a phoenix crown for her, and when the person who picked up the relatives arrived, she embarked on the road with a nervous mood.
Duan Wangfu, Zhao Chen is dressed in a red wedding dress, with a golden crown and hair, thin lips and a smile, every move, he is unparalleled in talent and appearance, rich as jade, and mortal immortals are nothing more than that.
Seeing that he was anxious, the eldest princess of Jian'an couldn't help but smile when she couldn't help but smile when she looked anxious about him, as if she wanted to grow wings and fly to the Prime Minister's Mansion: "Can't wait for a while?" Let the guests see what it looks like. ”
Zhao Chen seemed to be touched, and lowered his voice and said, "Auntie, you don't know, I've been waiting for this day for too long. ”
From the time she made the covenant at the age of eight in her previous life, he waited until she was fifteen years old in this life, and the road was too long for anyone to say, only a pure heart, which never changed.
When the welcoming team arrived at the gate of the palace, Zhao Chen had been standing there waiting for a long time. Under the arrangement of the bride, Zhao Chen stepped forward to open the sedan curtain, and when he saw Meng Yuan sitting in the sedan chair, his heart beat as if it was not his.
"The ...... of the Garden"
He couldn't help but call, Meng Yuan heard it, his body trembled, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it, fortunately, Xi Niang quickly arranged for the two to take the next step, he and she held the same piece of red silk, and stepped into Duanwang's mansion together, from then on, the husband and wife are in love, the love is stronger than gold, and no one in the world can separate them.
Prime Minister Meng Cheng watched his daughter and Zhao Chen go in, but he was actually in a trance. More than ten years ago, when Mrs. Meng was just pregnant with her, the two were thinking about how to raise a son and how to love a daughter.
Now that his daughter has grown up and married, the wife who discussed these things with him by his side has been gone for more than ten years.
Time is such a terrible thing, at the beginning, every time he thought of his wife, he always felt pain, but now when he thinks of his wife, he is no longer painful, more relieved.
In this life, sooner or later the dust will return to dust, the difference between the two is only sooner or later, he believes that she will wait for him on the Nai He Bridge, and they can meet again, in another place.
In the main hall of Duanwang's mansion, Meng Yuan and Zhao Chen worship heaven and earth, when she bends down, she can see his gold-rimmed boots, this man she lost in her previous life, this life has finally achieved positive results, although it is late, but I hope to make up for him, not only guilt, but also because...... Love.
After worshipping heaven and earth, Meng Yuan left the main hall, Zhao Chen wanted to feast guests, he was worried that she didn't eat anything, and had already arranged for people to wait there, as soon as Meng Yuan entered the house, the brides finished the process, and the eldest princess of Jian'an came with Mrs. Wu'an Houfu, and they came with the ladies that Meng Yuan was not very familiar with, but although she didn't see much, she knew that these people were either the first order of the dynasty, or the royal princess, which was like her previous life and Su Jichen, only caring about running for her life, where did she come to any ceremony, but hastily found a temple, After worshipping heaven and earth, it is considered to be married.
Think about that, in fact, it can be regarded as retribution, when you hurt others and choose the wrong path, you have to bear the consequences yourself.
"Girl, you're hungry, eat something."
Mrs. Wu Anhou quietly stuffed her with a piece of pastry, and Meng Yuan saw her grandmother's hand from under the hijab, with wrinkles, but it was so kind.
"Thank you, grandmother." Meng Yuan took the pastry and ate it in small bites, careful not to touch the beaded curtain of the phoenix crown.
The eldest princess of Jian'an said with a smile: "Don't worry about Mrs. Hou, my nephew has already told me, he is worried that his princess is hungry, so he specially asked people to prepare a small kitchen, so that I can feed his princess well." ”
The old lady smiled: "Really? The old body is no longer hidden, and the girl can eat it openly. ”
The eldest princess of Jian'an reminded with a smile: "But Mrs. Hou, this title should also be changed." ”
The old lady said: "Look at me, I was happy for a while, I forgot about it, and now, I have to call Princess Duan!" ”
The ladies made fun of Meng Yuan, Meng Yuan listened shyly, but his heart was full of happiness, this kind of marriage with so many blessings was really happy.
So what does the Xianwang Mansion look like?
Zhou Jing and Zhao Yin went to attend Zhao Chen's wedding, Meng Rou was raising a baby in the house, hearing the scene of Meng Yuan getting married, thinking of Zhao Chen's appearance, I couldn't help but feel sad, and the hatred became more and more profound.
The subordinate was startled when he saw her appearance, and retreated to the side and didn't dare to speak, Meng Rou suddenly felt abdominal pain, and immediately frowned and said, "Quick, pass on the imperial doctor!" ”