Chapter 57: On the eve of marriage
"Are you ready?"
There are red festive things hanging up and down the Hou Mansion, and a red happy word makes everyone understand that Rong Yuejin, the second lady of the Hou Mansion, is really going to marry the prince.
Rong Xu sat on the chair in the main hall, his face was cold, looking at the servants busy coming and going, his eyes looked into the distance, and he remembered Rong Yunxi who was still outside.
"Daughter to see Daddy."
Rong Yuejin walked in front of Rong Xu in a very gorgeous long dress, she was very careful with every step, her delicate face was painted with light makeup, her gestures were more charming and enchanting than before, and the slightly clear appearance in her eyes seemed to have disappeared.
Rong Xu looked at Rong Yuejin, frowned, dissatisfaction appeared in a pair of eyes, and he snorted coldly.
Now who in the capital doesn't know that he Rong Xu is a person who chats after dinner? With such a daughter on the stall, his old face was thrown in.
But on such a festive day, he couldn't show his dissatisfaction with her.
"Get up."
Rong Xu tepidly let Rong Yuejin stand up, looking at his father's appearance of not caring about her, Rong Yuejin gritted her teeth, her hands in the cuffs were already very tight, and there was a little faint forbearance hidden in her eyes: "Daddy, my daughter marries the prince and becomes the prince's side concubine, isn't it that my father is unhappy?" ”
"How so."
Rong Xu's eyes fell on the fiery joy in front of him, and his tone was still not wavering at all, as if he was just talking about a very ordinary thing.
"Then why, the daughter can't see any joy above her father's face, is it because the daughter has done something wrong? Or do you not like your daughter at all? ”
Rong Yuejin stretched out her hand to carry the hem of her skirt, she knelt in front of Rong Xu, and kowtowed respectfully.
According to custom, the day before the daughter's family gets married, the mother and father of the house need to bow three times and bow nine times, which is considered to express the grace of raising for so many years.
Looking at Rong Yuejin who was kowtowing on the ground, Rong Xu never said a word.
Today's door opened, many people were outside to watch the jokes, glanced at the people outside the door, he picked up the tea, took a sip, and then cleared his throat: "In the eyes of my father, you and Ah Xi are the best daughters in my heart, you are married, I am naturally not happy, after all, I am very reluctant to my daughter." ”
Rong Xu's faint words directly pierced Rong Yuejin's heart, what Rong Xu meant by this, if she could marry the prince's mansion, he was not happy, and besides, did the two daughters really have the same weight in his heart? No, Rong Yuejin can understand this.
She lowered her head and continued to do the salute, her eyes gradually dimmed, and after this salute, she ...... The relationship with the Hou Mansion will be much weaker, marrying a chicken and marrying a dog will be a dog, not to mention, the person she is marrying now is the prince of the dynasty, how can life be much better than now.
"Whether the father is happy or not, the daughter hopes to get the blessing of the father, tomorrow is the day when the daughter gets married, after all, the daughter is already so old, if the father is unhappy, if he does not marry, I am afraid, the daughter will not be able to marry."
"Now that the words have come to this, the days after that will depend on you will be on your own."
Rong Xu's eyes flashed a particularly sharp gaze, when she stayed on Rong Yuejin's body, she felt a heavy pressure gradually pressing on her body, her legs began to tremble uncontrollably, death surrounded her body, and when she wanted to raise her head to look at Rong Xu, she found that she couldn't get up.
"Well, Yuejin has been kneeling still, and I think I am also a filial person, but when will you kneel until you want to get up?"
"Master, after saying a few words, are you a little thirsty? This is the sour plum soup that the concubine has just brought from the kitchen, you can moisten your throat. ”
Rong Yuejin just wanted to speak, Huo Yurou walked in from outside with a smile on her face, she walked to his side, stretched out her hand and handed over the things in her hand: "Yuejin is also a filial child, I'm afraid that after marrying the prince, she will definitely come back to see your lord often, now she wants to kneel and kneel, but it's a pity that Yunxi didn't come back outside." ”
Huo Yurou's words made Rong Yuejin, who had been kneeling on the ground and planning to get up, directly dispelled this thought, retracted his body for a while, and continued to kneel on the ground, listening to Huo Yurou's gentle words, the corners of Rong Yuejin's mouth rose.
"Although it is said to be the emperor's holy decree, should the royal dowry also arrive now? Master, there are a lot of people waiting for the meeting, why don't you let Yuejin get up for the time being? When this dowry passes, the child kneels at the door of your study, which is also what she should kneel, and it is also the filial piety she wants to talk about. ”
Glancing at Rong Yuejin, Huo Yurou changed the topic, and after watching Rong Xu drink the sour plum soup, she breathed a sigh of relief, which means that Rong Xu is not angry with her, otherwise according to Rong Xu's character, I am afraid that she would have been taken care of a long time ago.
Rong Xu didn't speak, just nodded by default.
"Yuejin, why don't you thank your father?"
"My daughter thanked her father, and my daughter can't be filial piety by her father's side in the future, and I'm a little worried, but I think that the big sister is not married yet, and the big sister is here, it must be better than when the daughter is here, and I don't have to worry about it."
Rong Yuejin buckled her head three times, her tone was a little yin and yang, and she was also helped up by the maid beside her, and stood beside her respectfully.
"Yuejin, what are you doing with your big sister? Yun Xi is knowledgeable, but he is much better than you, he left the Hou Mansion since he was a child and went to the National Doctor Mansion, although you have the title of a talented woman, but look at it, where did you go except to stay in the Hou Mansion every day? ”
Huo Yurou said Rong Yuejin's words, her expression was very serious, and she even went to Rong Yuejin to educate her.
"Yes, auntie, daddy's daughter knows that it's wrong, and I hope that your father doesn't remember the villain, for the sake of your daughter being by your side for so many years, you can forgive your daughter."
Huo Yurou stood next to her and looked at her with a smile on her face, with a little satisfaction in her eyes, and when Rong Xu looked over, she immediately put away the smile in her eyes and nodded approvingly.
"Okay, tomorrow is the day you get married, prepare well, I'll go outside to see if the dowry has arrived."
Rong Xu dropped this sentence and left the room that upset him directly.
"Dowry?"
Rong Yunxi sat in the carriage and looked at Qi Zhan, blinking his eyes slightly, since it was a side concubine, the dowry would naturally not be less, but ......
"However, you know how her crown princess and concubine came to be, and the emperor also knows that in terms of dowry, he will naturally not give anything good, and the emperor has wanted to suppress the Hou Mansion for a long time, so I am afraid that he will use this matter to humiliate the Hou Mansion."
Qi Zhan leaned lazily on his back, with a coldness between his eyebrows.
Rong Yunxi stretched out his hand and grabbed his hair, tilted his head and chuckled: "Really?" Humiliate the Hou Mansion...... It also depends on whether my father gives me a chance to be humiliated? In fact, I also have a little understanding of what to give, combined with what she did, I am afraid that the dowry is also a mockery. ”
Rong Yunxi's eyes exuded bursts of ruthlessness, and she didn't worry about the rest of the people, but she couldn't let her father get out of trouble.
"Someone outside is blocking the way." Qi Zhan's words were a little light, as if the people outside couldn't arouse his killing intent at all, so he just sat lazily on the carriage.
"I'm afraid that it's the aunt in my family, I'm afraid that something bad will happen when I go back, so ...... Just send someone to stop it. ”
Rong Yunxi's eyes had a bit of a cold smile in her eyes, she looked back at Qi Zhan, her eyes seemed to be full of some information, Qi Zhan sighed helplessly: "Yinshuo, grab one." ”
After a while, he heard the sound of whining outside, and then immediately there was no sound, and it seemed that he was stunned by Yinshuo, and Rong Yunxi laughed evilly.
Looking at Rong Yunxi like this, Qi Zhan raised his eyebrows, with a slight light in his eyes, and then put his hand on her head: "You are really a little fox." ”
Rong Yunxi moved her head uncomfortably, glanced at Qi Zhan indifferently, and then closed her eyes.
Qi Zhan's face kept flickering in front of her eyes, and her heart was a little troubled.
"If you think of me like this, you might as well open your eyes and see, I am right in front of you."
Rong Yunxi opened her eyes suddenly when she heard this, looking at the handsome face who was close at hand, she pushed him directly in a panic, Qi Zhan didn't sit still, knocked on the carriage behind, and rubbed it in pain.
A flash of panic flashed in her eyes, but after noticing the slightly playful smile on his face, her eyes turned cold again, and her tone did not fluctuate a little: "If you want to die, die elsewhere, don't waste time with me." ”
"Ah Xi, don't you feel sorry for me......"
The aggrieved tone went online again, and he looked at Rong Yunxi aggrievedly, his bright eyes were exceptionally clear, as if he had become a child at this moment.
Rong Yunxi's slender fingers rested on the vicinity of her temples and rubbed her head slightly.
Looking at Rong Yunxi's unreasonable look, Qi Zhan also seemed to feel that he had had enough, so he stopped the carriage: "It won't take long to arrive in the capital, I will leave first, I will protect you in secret, you can rest assured." ”
"Okay, I see, you ......"
Rong Yunxi looked at him, his eyes shrank slightly, and finally said: "Pay attention to safety." ”
The horse curtain fell, the carriage began to move slowly, Rong Yunxi closed her eyes, thought of the cold poison on Qi Zhan's body, opened the box in her hand, and the bright eyes in her eyes were a little excited.