Chapter 26: The Divine Decree
"You...... What do you want me to do? Ji Cheng's heart moved slightly, and his hatred shouted in the depths of his soul.
When July's footsteps slowed down, she knew that his struggles would not last long, that he would always compromise, and she firmly believed in her own judgment.
"I just want you to firmly control the Xinyang Army in your own hands!" July swore that she had always been bold and careful in employing people, and a short conversation had already allowed her to see Ji Cheng's heart thoroughly.
Compared to July's indifference, Ji Cheng's face was full of surprise, he couldn't believe his ears, with his intuition, it was impossible for July to say such a thing, but he heard it clearly.
"You don't have to doubt it, I only need someone who has the ability to take over the Xinyang Army, but now it seems that you are indeed very suitable!" July saw Ji Cheng's doubts.
"Okay, I accept!" Ji Cheng decided to take a gamble, he was willing to take over the Xinyang Army, and let Cheng Mian, the hypocrite, endure the most cruel punishment, he didn't mind pouring oil on the fire.
"My name is July!"
"My name is Ji Cheng!"
July and Ji Cheng introduced their names to each other at the same time.
"Chronicles? I remembered! July lifted his feet and jumped into the lake.
Ji Cheng saw her walking towards the lake, and subconsciously quickly stepped forward to grab her, but saw a slight ripple on the surface of the lake with the tip of Qiyue's toes.
Ji Cheng secretly thought that she would work lightly, no wonder she was not afraid at all.
Soon it was time to worship the church, and Twilight's face was too thick to hide the tiredness of her face under the dress of the maid in her house, and her hands without long nails looked short and ugly.
Although she doesn't like Cheng Yang, this family affair is a foregone conclusion, and there will never be other changes, so Twilight also hopes that the only wedding in her life can be beautiful, and she can also be the most beautiful bride.
The guests at the banquet looked at the bride and groom who were entering the wedding hall step by step, and their faces were full of joy, and they all held their breath and waited for the worship ceremony to be held.
"Worship Heaven and Earth"
"Two Worship Halls"
"Husband and wife worship each other"
"Sent to the Cave Room"
"Rite Success"
The next series of applause and cheers rang out enthusiastically, all of which were congratulations and congratulations.
"Yo, it's pretty lively!" July gradually walked forward from the crowd behind.
July's voice interrupted the celebration, at this time Twilight had been sent back to the new house, although Twilight saw July, but before he could speak, the person who wanted to pay tribute to the Xinyang Marquis Mansion immediately rebuked angrily: "Bold, this is the big day of the princess and the Xinyang Marquis today, and it is also the place where you, a young man, are not ashamed to speak?" ”
That is, the jade figure flashed, kicked the person who scolded July to the ground, stomped on his chest fiercely, and said: "Presumptuous, my princess is also a lesson you can teach?" ”
July looked at the person lying on the ground and screamed in pain, and looked at the old Xinyang Hou who was on the top slightly, and said: "Actually, this news should not have been announced today, but it can't be said without saying it!" ”
After finishing speaking, he took out the holy decree and read: "Xinyang Hou receives the decree." ”
Hearing that it was the holy decree, the entire people at the banquet looked at it in a daze, and subconsciously knelt down, and the old Xinyang Hou and Xinyang Hou didn't know what was going on, and they quickly knelt down to accept the order.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Xinyang Marquis Cheng Yang is the princess of Zi concubine, since ancient and modern times, the concubine is not allowed to hold real power, and the Xinyang military talisman is specially withdrawn, and this is admired." July's graceful voice like a yellow oriole read this holy decree, and the content of this holy decree surprised the kneeling people, who could not have imagined that this would be the result.
"Xiao Yang, don't mess around, do you know what day it is?" Twilight's teeth itch with hatred when she hears this decree, and she quickly stops her from continuing.
"Big brother, Xiao Yang naturally knows what day it is, isn't it the big day of Xinyang Hou and Big Sister, otherwise what does Big Brother think I'm here for?" July's eyes glanced slightly at Cheng Yang, who was standing beside Twilight, clenching his fists tightly.
The old Xinyang Marquis who was standing behind Duxi thought silently in his heart when he saw July, and after hesitating for a moment, he immediately respectfully pulled the lady beside him and knelt down to ask for peace and said: "The old minister asked Princess Xiaoyang to say goodbye, the reception was not good, I hope Princess Xiaoyang will forgive her sins!" ”
Cheng Mian is an old fox, in the eyes of the world, it took a lot of effort for a decaying Hou Mansion to have such strong financial resources and for Empress Ning to target him.
When Twilight revealed July's identity, he was ready to give up, because Princess Xiaoyang was not something he could offend, at least the daughter-in-law he married back now was not comparable to this princess, if he could, he would very much like his son to marry such a person, but this is absolutely impossible, then they can only oppose each other.
Seeing Cheng Mian's sincere appearance, July secretly said in his heart, no wonder his grandmother once said that if you deal with Xinyang Hou, you must not look at the surface, it is an old and cunning fox.
July, who had been reminded a long time ago, naturally didn't believe Cheng Mian's nonsense, and still said with a cold face: "What, Xinyang Hou, are you reluctant?" ”
Cheng Yang had long been angered by July, but Cheng Mian kept giving him a look to prevent him from being impulsive, but when he heard July say that he was reluctant, his whole face was suffocated.
Many of the guests who came to drink the wedding wine were generals in the Faith Army or Cheng Yang's cronies, seeing that Cheng Yang had been holding back and not breaking out, but they couldn't bear it, they rolled up their sleeves and said in a rough voice: "The Xinyang Army has always been led by our general, and now because our general is marrying the princess, we will hand over the tiger talisman, then you see if our brother agrees or not!" ”
Originally, seeing that Cheng Yang had been holding back and refusing to speak out, she was still a little anxious in July, but now that someone gave her a reason, she took it unceremoniously.
At first he was a little skeptical, but when he saw the eyes of the crowd that were like night, he was completely relieved.
"Oh, is that unwilling?"
Seeing that the kneeling and standing people did not move, Twilight's face was more ugly than pork liver.
Looking at Cheng Mian's cronies who were getting more and more excited, July laughed and clapped his palms and said: "It's really exciting, I don't know if I don't see it, the royal army has changed its surname, but the Marquis of Xinyang still remembers the origin of your word Xinyang!" ”
"The old minister is terrified!" Cheng Mian was prostrate on the ground, looking trembling.
However, July is still indifferent, her purpose is to get back the Xinyang Army's talisman, and the rest of the things, whether it is life and death or threatening July, are not in her eyes, not to mention the old Xinyang Marquis who is good at "performing".
"Xiao Yang, don't go too far, this matter is over!" For the sake of his own interests, Twilight naturally wants to keep the military power of the Marquis of Xinyang, otherwise the value of Twilight's marriage will be gone, so even if it is a tough confrontation with July, he has to do his best?
July stared at Twilight with a foolish look, and then sneered and said, "When did the eldest brother change his surname to Cheng?" ”
"Xiao Yang, you are presumptuous, and I am a dignified son that you can slander?" Twilight's face was ugly.
July questioned that he was not surnamed Dui, but surnamed Cheng, wouldn't that be questioning his royal bloodline, so that words could not be spread out because of this, even if it was not true, it would be a stain on his life.
"Otherwise, why did you turn your elbow outward to help the Marquis of Xinyang not return the military power of our Du family?" July said her words as a matter of course, and scared Twilight so much that she didn't know what to say.
July whispered, but kept a voice that the people around him could hear clearly: "Father and the emperor also said that he would hand over the recovered military power to the prince, how can there be such a stupid person, and the things that are about to be handed over to others should be pushed to others." ”
These words happened to be heard clearly by Twilight, who was very close to her, and he regretted it very much in his heart, he knew that he would not say good things to Xinyang Hou, and his in-laws could not be as reliable as himself, but it was not too late, now he couldn't be wrong anymore, he was bound to get this talisman.
July said this in order to let Twilight hear clearly, so that he would not continue to stand in his way, and in order to better separate the Marquis of Xinyang Mansion and Twilight, it was obvious that her plan was foolproof and successful.
"Actually, what Xiao Yang said is also very right, this military power Cheng Yang is not suitable in his hands, since ancient times, horses have not been allowed to hold real power, this ancestral system cannot be violated."
Twilight cleared his throat and looked embarrassed by the righteousness of killing his relatives, but he didn't know that his words had caused strong dissatisfaction with the Marquis of Xinyang, but he himself didn't know it at all, and thought that the power was getting closer and closer to him.
Seeing that the Cheng family was still unmoved, July did not hand over the talisman at all, and July was impatient, and looked at Cheng Mian with cold eyes like a cold wind and said: "When the Empress Dowager was alive, she told me a lot of heroic deeds in my Tang Dynasty, I don't know if the old marquis has heard such a sentence: 'Children and grandchildren are loyal to the twilight, and they will guard the border from generation to generation'?" ”
As soon as this sentence came out, the face of the old Xinyang Hou suddenly turned pale, this is the ancestral training of his Cheng family, he naturally dare not forget, but now he is used by such a junior as July to wake him up with this lesson, he seems to have aged a lot all of a sudden, and he understands a lot, the legacy of the old ancestor can not be forgotten, and some things should not be coveted and delusional.
"Ah Yang, give the talisman to Princess Xiaoyang, it's time for my Cheng family to be a rich idler!"
With Cheng Mian's order, even if Cheng Yang was reluctant in his heart, he had to obey and reluctantly hand over the talisman he had collected with him to July.
Seeing Twilight's greedy eyes, the contempt in July's eyes glanced at him without concealing it, and as soon as she stretched out her hand, Twilight took the talisman in one step, and she also looked at the talisman in her hand playfully and said, "So this is the scourge." ”
The brisk and pleasant voice made the people who coveted this talisman and Cheng Yang, who had just lost it, very uncomfortable, but it woke up Cheng Mian, who was chasing power and was close to obsession, suddenly woke up to it, rights are just a passing cloud, and life is the most important thing.
It seems that this Princess Xiaoyang is by no means simple, and there is no harmless appearance like this, it seems that his Cheng family will become more and more difficult, and everything can only depend on his own choice.
"Since the Marquis of Xinyang has handed over the military power, it is time to find you a civilian position, as a colt, it is not good to be in the military camp all the time, so it is better for the Marquis of Xinyang to hand over his authority in the army as soon as possible."
"I wonder who the princess thinks is the best handover?" Cheng Mian saw it now, so he took the lead and said.
July glanced at Ji Cheng in the crowd and said with a smile: "Ji Cheng."
"The princess thinks it's good!" He didn't want to continue to get involved in these things now, anyway, whether it was good or bad had nothing to do with him, it was their royal business.
"Ji Cheng, come out!"
Ji Cheng in the crowd slowly appeared in the eyes of everyone, and everyone was speculating what kind of person he was, who was able to get the favor of Princess Xiaoyang and appoint him as the commander of the Xinyang Army.
But there was one exception, when he saw his original partner who seemed to have been ruthlessly abandoned by him, he sat down on the ground limp and couldn't believe his eyes at all, how could this be.
"Xinyang Hou, don't come unharmed." One sentence broke Cheng Mian's self-comfort, it turned out to be true, he was really her child, himself and her child.
"You...... Are you him? ”
"Of course, it turns out that Master Hou still remembers me, what an honor!" He said this self-deprecatingly, but his eyes were full of hatred to look at him.
"You...... Is your mother okay? Cheng Mian asked in a slightly trembling voice.
How is it also the original wife, he has not seen him in nearly 20 years, and he is full of guilt.
"You don't have to be so false, my mother has died a long time ago, in a snowy night." Speaking of his mother, Ji Cheng's heart was full of sadness and sadness.
Ji Cheng's memory does not have the fatherly love of the mountain, only the care of his mother who warms his heart, and only the mother who closed her eyes forever in the cold winter.
"I didn't expect the old marquis to have an unforgettable history, it's really unseemly, and the sea is incomparable!" laughed and said, his eyes and mouth were full of jokes and mockery of the old Xinyang Hou.
As soon as July's words came out, many people who didn't deal with the old Xinyang Marquis also began to whisper or ridicule.
"I ...... I ......" He wanted to refute, after all, it was not a glorious thing, but he could not refute it, because it was indeed true.
"I just want you to watch the Xinyang Marquis Mansion slowly decline, but you can't do anything!" Ji Cheng squatted down, looked at the old marquis Cheng Mian, who was sitting on the ground, and said in a flat voice.
"Master, who is he, do you know him?" Perhaps it was a woman's unique sense of crisis that made Mrs. Cheng, who was originally standing aside and did not dare to move rashly, asked with a puzzled expression.
"You don't deserve to know who I am." Ji Cheng hates Cheng Mian, of course, he also robbed Jiang Rou of his mother's position, if it weren't for her, then his mother wouldn't have died miserably.