Chapter 001: Substitute Marriage. Enter the palace
Xuanyue Dynasty, the eleventh year of Qingyuan, the Jinling City in early spring still has the meaning of spring cold.
Legend has it that when today's son is weak and sickly, he may die at any time, the day before yesterday, the queen mother suddenly issued a decree: when the prime minister of the dynasty Dou family has a female name ripple, twenty-eight years old, dignified and virtuous, is actually the best candidate for the queen, and chooses a day to complete the marriage.
For a time, there was a lot of discussion inside and outside the government and the opposition.
One of the most said is that this wedding has a sense of joy, and the poor daughter of the Dou family, Cardamom is in her prime, and she is afraid that she will be a royal funeral.
It's just that the people haven't heard of the grand event for a long time, and now that the emperor is marrying the queen, they just have something to talk about, and they are happy; As for those ministers, no matter what they have in their hearts, they are also praised on the surface.
In the view of Prime Minister Dou Chengxian, the treasure daughter is about to enter the palace, and from then on, Fengyi will be in the world, how to say that it is also a fortunate thing to shine on the lintel.
It's a pity that there are many good things.
Looking forward to it, the day of great joy has finally come, but the atmosphere in the inner house is extremely solemn.
Xiangye Dou Chengxian took his hand and kept pacing around the room, Mrs. Lan Ruxue sighed vigorously, on the ground, there was still a little girl dressed as a girl sobbing and choking, and the housekeeper standing next to him did not dare to come out.
"It's all you, you are used to her, it's just lawless, and you dare to disobey the emperor's orders." Dou Chengxian stopped pacing and pointed at his wife to complain.
"You will only complain about me, Su Rili is not the same as spoiling her, otherwise, Yi'er would not be so bold." Mrs. Lan Ruxue finished her defense in a low voice, and looked at him with blank eyes, she had already been six gods and no masters, and she all pointed to the master of the family who could come up with a foolproof plan: "Don't blame each other at this time, master, think of a way." â
The royal guard of honor stopped outside the door, ready to marry the queen, but the person was gone, this is going to spread, and the Dou family doesn't want to live through tomorrow.
"Master, I have an idea, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." The housekeeper Li Chongba instigated the master with his eyes and spoke carefully.
It's all at this time, and he is still spitting, Mr. Fang Cheng waved his hand angrily: "Don't talk about it yet." â
The housekeeper was about to open his mouth, and there was a sudden noise outside, and then he saw his mother-in-law breaking in, and scolded: "I don't even talk about the rules...... and the last tone word has not yet come out, and the mother-in-law just shouted excitedly at the master: "Master, Miss has found it." â
"Seriously."
"Where?"
Fang Chengxian and his wife Lan Ruxue were surprised in unison, and the latter bounced up from the chair, and only then did he remember to wipe away the tears that were about to fall from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief.
"Sir, madam, Miss is back." As soon as the couple arrived at the door, a group of people rushed in outside the door, all of whom were the most intimate subordinates of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Sister, this will be to throw aside the etiquette and rules together, it's really too big, if you don't do it well, you will be beheaded all over the house, and now that people have found it, they are naturally greatly relieved, and they can't care about anything else for a while.
"Yi'er, you're finally willing to come back, you ruthless child." Lan Ruxue grabbed her daughter's Rouyi, tightly, as if she was afraid that she would fly again as soon as she let go, and she couldn't help but cry again from the corners of her eyes.
"Mother!"
Dou took a step forward, hugged her mother's shoulders and called, but she couldn't speak, even though she had mixed feelings in her heart, she had to endure the inner turmoil and comforted: "Mother, don't cry, don't cry." While persuading, he wiped away his mother's tears with the silk handkerchief in his hand.
"Yi'er, you're too disagreeable." Dou Chengxian was obviously hateful, and the tone was more helpless than reprimanding, but fortunately, his daughter was still quite knowledgeable, and the anger disappeared by more than half, not to mention that after tonight, she was the master of the high, even if he was his father, when he met again, he had to pay a big salute.
"Daddy...... Father! â
This voice turned a hundred times, Fang Zi hesitated to call out from his mouth, Dou Wuxi had called in his dreams countless times, but it was the first time he called out to his father in person, it was impossible not to be sad, but the current situation really did not allow speechless choking.
"Please Daddy get rid of the left and right first, Auntie...... The daughter has something to say. As she spoke, she helped her mother to sit down on the mahogany Taishi chair, her head hanging slightly, thinking about how to open her mouth in order to minimize the impact of the truth.
"Yi'er, come to Daddy and let Daddy take a good look at you."
Her father's loving tone, loving eyes, made her heart suffocate, if this tone, this look was for her, what a happy thing!
"Father! Mother! Dou Wuxi pounced and knelt down on her mother's knees, God knows how much she wanted to taste Chenghuan under her father's knees, but when she thought of that prophecy, she didn't dare to make a mistake.
"Yi'er, what's wrong with you?"
Dou Chengxian's heart sank suddenly, and a trace of uneasiness hit his heart, his own daughter himself knows best, the couple has no children under the paint, and they are afraid of this daughter in their mouths, and they are afraid of falling in their arms, so naturally they are spoiled, and they dare to run away willfully and recklessly.
"If you don't want to get married, and you beg your father to fulfill your mother, don't say it as soon as possible." This is absolutely impossible, otherwise, it will be risking the lives of the whole family, and no one will dare to agree to her no matter how much they spoil her as their lives.
"Daughter...... Daughter is ......" Dou Wuji paused, and finally made up her mind, "Daughter is...... Sister-in-law. â
When there was a loud sound, Dou Cheng sat down on the chair first, unable to say a word for a long time; Lan Ruxue was raising the silk handkerchief and was about to wipe the corners of her eyes, but her hand and handkerchief were stunned by her words.
"You, you said you were...... Hello! Lan Ruxue whispered, as if she was afraid of disturbing something.
"Daddy...... Dad, mother, I'm sorry, my sister should have stayed in the backyard, but I heard that my sister was going to enter the palace, and the sisters had never met, and I was afraid that it would be more difficult to see her in the future, so I thought about looking at her from a distance, which could be regarded as a send-off, and I didn't want to be bumped into by others, so I pulled it over regardless of it. She glanced at her father, who was sitting on the sidelines, "I'm sorry, but the child is avoiding." â
It is her life that suffers, she can't complain about others, she is a mother and twin sisters, she just came to the world for a few seconds, but because of the prophecy of a half-immortal, she has a different life with people, the half-immortal said that she has a bad star, born to defeat her father, unless the father and daughter do not see each other for life, otherwise, it will bring bad luck to the father, and even ruin.
"Hi-er." The daughter's words, but Lan Ruxue, who was called a mother, was like a knife, and she couldn't help but hold her face and look at it carefully.
The sisters are all the same goose egg face, inlaid with exquisite facial features, under the willow eyebrows, is a pair of big eyes like a dream, small but straight under the nose of the green onion tube, cherry lips like petals with dew in the morning, crystal dripping, the only difference is that the face in front of her, the eyes are a little more tenacious, there is a faint arrogance between the eyebrows, and her demeanor is demure and atmospheric, which is like that Yi'er, delicate, and rude and willful.
"Alas-" Over there, his father, Dou Chengxian, slapped the armrest of the mahogany Taishi chair in annoyance, but turned sideways, unwilling to face her again.
Dou Wuxi suddenly came to her sorrow, got up and bowed to her mother, hesitated, bowed in the direction of her father, and tried her best not to cry: "Mother, father, my daughter is back." Step by step, he retreated to the door and turned around sadly.
"Wait."
Behind her, there was a voice from her father's eagerness, her body was stunned, but her father was also reluctant to give up with her, and jumped on his eyebrows with joy, but he didn't dare to turn around without permission, just turned his head and asked: "Daddy, what do you command?" â
The father did not answer immediately, and the room fell silent for a while, and after a long time, the father sighed, "I guess you also know, your sister and she...... If she runs away, you can marry your sister on your behalf. â
"Sir." Mother Lan Ruxue was obviously startled and exclaimed.
Dou Sister-in-law has agreed without a trace of hesitation in her heart, being a daughter, except for bringing endless troubles to her father, she is useless, and now her parents are in trouble, what reason does she have not to help the second elder Shun LĂŹ through the crisis.
"You, you don't want to?" Seeing that she was silent for a long time, her father Dou Chengxian asked in a trembling voice.
She turned around slowly, lowered her eyebrows, but couldn't hide the resoluteness between her eyebrows, lightly opened her lips, and gently spit out three words: "I do." â
"Is this, this okay? In case it is discovered, but, but ...... the words "the crime of bullying the king", Lan Ruxue didn't even have the courage to say it, thinking that the Dou family has always been favored by the emperor, and life can be described as smooth, there has never been such chaos as today, as the mother of the family, she has already been in chaos.
"Is there a better way, now you just need to go out and say that your daughter has escaped from marriage, it will immediately lead to a catastrophe, for today's plan, you can only take one step at a time, fortunately, outsiders don't know about Ji'er's deposit, so it's decided." Dou Chengxian waved his hand and made up his mind.
From this moment on, she is no longer Dou Auntie, but the only and extremely favored treasure daughter of the Dou family, Dou Ripple.
In the boudoir of the daughter of the Dou family, in front of the bronze mirror, a dry girl ring is holding a large mahogany lacquer plate, and the mother who combs her hair is dressing up the bride.
The beauty in the mirror has a pair of beautiful big eyes, clear as a mountain stream, a delicate nose bridge, a cherry mouth dyed with vermilion lipstick, a little gold and vermilion between the eyebrows, wearing a red wedding dress, wearing gold and jade, just like the Nine Heavens Niangniang descended to the earth, in addition to the extraordinary beauty, it is endless extravagance.
"Seeing that our eldest lady is really beautiful and moving, she must please the emperor." The mother who combed her hair couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
Cosset?
Dou sister-in-law, no, now she is Dou Lianyi, she can't help but smile bitterly, she has grown so big, except that her mother will come to visit her when she is free, and she is only accompanied by Yahuan Xiuzhu, and when she is bored, she reads books, plays the piano, and chats to pass the time, I really don't know what it's like to be pampered.
The auspicious time has arrived, she said goodbye to her parents and relatives, got on the sedan chair with the support of the bride, blowing and blowing along the way and playing well, I don't know how many heavy doors have been piled up, and finally stopped, and stepped into the aisle under the support of the bride, and finally was placed on a big bed to sit down.
Although she has never experienced it, don't be busy getting married, and her mother only briefly introduced the rules and etiquette in the palace, but she has read the book of etiquette, this ceremony is absolutely not in accordance with the rules and the court system, probably, as the rumors say, the royal marriage of Miss Dou is just for joy, as for those red tape, it can be avoided.