Chapter 40: The Newlywed
Recently, there is a story from mouth to mouth: the road to fame for the new champion is not smooth sailing, and he has also fallen to Sun Mountain, and when he is disheartened, he is afraid that he will not be able to see his father, and when he goes to the riverside, he has the idea of dying, but fortunately he was rescued by a woman.
After the woman's hard persuasion and careful companionship, Zhuang Yuanlang regrouped and continued the road of scientific research. Unexpectedly, when the gold list was inscribed, the saint gave it to the eldest princess to marry, and the champion was unwilling to live up to the chaff and knelt outside the noon gate. That loyal woman was the female official Yu Shi next to Concubine Jiang Shu.
After the story gradually spread, the people were moved by Yu's deep affection and moved by Zhuangyuanlang's inseparability. Everyone praises: the world loves to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, but when the champion Lang Fei Huang Tengda, he still remembers the one who met Yu Wei. Petitions began to rise.
The saint refused to give up such an excellent sister-in-law, after all, the marriage of the eldest princess has always been a problem for him. After thinking about it several times, the saint finally agreed to let the Yu family marry into the champion mansion on the same day as his wife......
In the evening, in the champion house, the golden cinnamon is fragrant, the lanterns are colorful, and the guests are full.
"The emperor, the lady concubine, and the virtuous concubine have arrived at the ......," someone recited aloud.
The guests knelt down the mountain and shouted long live, and Zhuang Yuanlang's parents knelt in front of people, not daring to raise their heads.
The emperor personally helped the old man up, and said with a smile: "Jinghe has been close to me since she was a child, and I came to her wedding uninvited." ”
"Your Majesty's presence has made the Humble House shine. The old man couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the holy face. Father Yuan hurriedly bowed his hand.
The emperor laughed heartily twice, and was welcomed to the throne by Zhuang Yuanlang. There were two chairs next to the emperor's seat, and Concubine Liangxian had already paced to the right, but Cai Ling stood still. When His Majesty sat down, he saw that the place on the left was empty, and glanced at her, reminding her that it was time to take her seat, otherwise the guests would not dare to take their seats.
"May I ask Lord Yuan, can someone come to Yufu's mother's house?" Cai Ling asked.
"The minister's wife Manyun is an orphan girl." Champion replied.
"I wonder if Lord Yuan can conveniently set up a seat for Yu Mansion's mother's family over there?"
"Mother, this is?"
"This palace is Manyun's relatives."
"The ten-mile red makeup given by the mother, the minister is grateful, and I really dare not bother the mother anymore." Champion Lang arched his hand.
"The gift from this palace is a dowry for my sister, and it has nothing to do with Lord Yuan." Cai Ling said, and then took care of herself and found a seat in the lobby and sat down.
Zhuang Yuanlang immediately sent someone to arrange a seat, and then bowed down to greet him, so that he sat under the emperor's seat, and sat at the same table as the Yuan family's parents.
At the ceremony, Zhuang Yuanlang held a silk hydrangea, the two sides of the hydrangea were connected by silk satin, and the two women next to him covered their faces with red hijabs, each dragging the end of the silk satin and slowly walked to the high hall.
The fire jumped in the red candle with a thick arm in the hall, and someone in the crowd whispered: "Champion Lang is really a blessing, hugging left and right, and enjoying the blessings of all people from now on." ”
Concubine Jiang Shu, who was sitting on the same side with the emperor and Concubine Liangxian, only showed a wry smile, on the road to marriage, the two people still joined hands in twists and turns, and the three of them were inevitably too crowded.
In a blink of an eye, Concubine Liangxian was looking at the emperor with a smile, but the emperor's eyes were on the eldest princess Jinghe.
After a moment, "Tranquility! The Emperor shouted angrily.
Cai Ling hurriedly turned her head and saw that the red candle in front of the hall had somehow fallen and smashed at Manyun's feet, and in an instant, the skirt of her pleated skirt had been ignited.
"Clouds!" Cai Ling hurriedly reminded.
Manyun, whose kung fu skills are above ordinary people, seems to have entered the magic barrier today, and he was absent-minded when he left the palace, and he couldn't hide from a falling red candle at this time. Cai Ling had to stand up, but the emperor grabbed her wrist, she struggled, but in vain, she turned her head and stared at him fiercely.
At this time, the family of the Yuan Mansion had already brought a basin of water to extinguish the fire on the Manyun skirt.
The camellia and butterflies on the red dress are embroidered by the clouds, those sleepless long nights in the Cuiwei Palace, Cai Ling hid in the light and shadow to watch her embroidery, and laughed at her hatred of marriage, and now those fire camellias are poured into ashes by water.
"What are you? Dare to compete with the main temple for men. Although Jinghe's voice was small, it was heard clearly by Cai Ling.
"Let it go!" She was extremely calm.
"On a good day, how dare my sister contradict Your Majesty like this?" Concubine Liangxian scolded.
As soon as the emperor's hand was loosened, Cai Ling stepped forward, pushed Zhuang Yuanlang, and stood between the two women, she took a deep look at the broken pleated skirt of the clouds, turned around, and slapped the eldest princess Jinghe in the face. The eldest princess under the red cover was suddenly stunned, she actually took off her hijab, raised her hand to fight back, Cai Ling didn't move, Yuan Jie stayed in front of her and slapped her for her. The audience was shocked, and then there was an uproar.
"You humiliated her on her big wedding night, and Hongu was especially disappointed. This palm ...... "Everyone thought that the matter was over."
Clinker, Concubine Jiang Shufei raised her arm again and slapped the eldest princess Jinghe on the face, "No matter when and where, the people of this palace are not allowed to touch the slightest!" ”
"Brother Huang!" Jinghe covered her face and cried.
The emperor coldly ordered left and right, "Get up and drive back to the palace." ”
In the carriage on the return journey, Cai Ling sat at a very distance, leaving the place next to the emperor to Concubine Liangxian. Concubine Xian is ingenious, and she has been chatting about Princess Cangling along the way.
"Jinghe is my own sister, let her marry Yuan Jieyi, I thought it was to marry, I already felt guilty about her, why do you have to embarrass her in public?" The Emperor asked coldly.
Cai Ling hooked a sneer, and saw him staring at him by the moonlight and the light outside the window, so he replied: "Let Manyun and Jinghe serve the same husband, and the concubine is also very guilty."
"You!" The emperor was extremely angry, and after calming down for a while, he said seriously, "Jinghe she is just trying to establish authority in the Yuan family, Manyun knows, Yuan Jieyi also knows, why don't you understand such a smart person?" ”
"The concubine has always been stupid, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
"You!" The emperor lowered his voice, "Sure enough, he is pampered and arrogant." ”
Silent for a long time.
"What? Don't talk back? Know you're at fault? After a moment, the Emperor asked.
Concubine Liangxian hurriedly turned her head to check, and after a while, she exclaimed, "Your Majesty, sister, she fainted." ”
The next day, in Cuiwei Palace, Doctor Han Zheng personally sent a bowl of dark brown medicine, and said bitterly: "Master heard that you fainted again, Niangniang, and carefully studied the pulse and symptoms described by Weichen, and prescribed this prescription for the fetus. ”
"Why doesn't Master come here in person?" Cai Ling asked.
Han Yizheng sighed, "Niangniang got along with Master day and night in the Imperial Medical Bureau, and Your Majesty did not care. Although the master doesn't care, the apprentice naturally has to think about him, and if the mother has anything to say to Weichen in the future, Weichen should tell the master. ”
"I don't have anything to say to Master. Since he's all right, it's for the best. Cai Ling said with a smile.
"Niangniang, drink the medicine." Doctor Han was putting the medicine bowl in front of her, "Niangniang, but you want to see the prescription for yourself?" ”
"No need. I believe you. Cai Ling picked up the medicine bowl and drank it all.
After the Korean doctor was leaving, Cai Ling looked at the empty hall and felt melancholy. Last night the Emperor stood by the bedside, and when she awoke, he left without looking back, saying only a word.
He said, "Although I promised you that I would not kill you even if you were pampered and arrogant, if my child had the slightest mistake, I would never forgive you!" ”
That's my child, too, so how can I not protect each other with all my might? Cai Ling's heart said.
But on the 10th day, something went wrong.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a family banquet was set up in Ziwei Palace, and the concubines of the harem accompanied the Queen Mother to enjoy the full moon.
Cai Ling sat under Yang Guifei as usual, above Concubine Liangxian. The Emperor and the Empress Dowager sat side by side on the main seat in the hall. When the horse saluted, the Empress Dowager smiled and said: "If he is really a decent person, no wonder the granddaughter of the mourning family has to marry." “
"Old Ancestor......" Jinghou was coquettish, "Where is the granddaughter?" After saying that, he covered his hot cheeks with both hands.
Everyone laughed, but Cai Ling's face was expressionless.
"My sister hasn't been in a lot of mood lately, is she feeling unwell?" Concubine Liangxian pretended to be concerned, "The little prince in my sister's belly, Your Majesty is looking forward to the stars and the moon." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Yang Guifei.
Cai Ling also glanced sideways at Yang Guifei, and saw that she quickly put away her smile, and only lowered her head and brushed the folds on her skirt carelessly, as if she was unwilling to stay in the matter.
Cai Ling thought a little in her heart, turned her head to look at the emperor, and saw that he was casually drinking the wine poured by Song Meiren herself. Cai Ling moved her gaze to the opposite side, skipping the tranquility of chattering about the newlyweds, and stared at Yuan Jie.
The gaze is still gentle, a pair of eyes seem to be smiling, it is still the brocade boy in the Dongxi Building many years ago, where will he be the important member of the Ministry of Industry in the court, the eldest princess in the harem?
She smiled wryly on her thin lips and raised her glass to him, this cup of salute last year Hua was like quicksand between her fingers.
The flask on the table in front of her was just some tea, and when she first sat down, she smelled the light aroma of tea, so she dared to drink a few glasses. Yuan Jie didn't know, only holding a wine glass and looking at her in a daze.
"Smack!" With a crisp sound, a glow-in-the-dark cup landed at her feet, shattering into slag.
Raising his eyes, the emperor was staring coldly at this place, and Song Meiren beside him was already frightened, and the hand holding the wine jug trembled slightly.
Cai Ling was also taken aback, but still drank the tea in the cup. The palace people hurriedly came to clean up the debris.
"Who told you to serve her wine?" The Emperor asked.
"Your Majesty, there is only tea in the wine jug in front of the case of Concubine Shu." Yude hung his head in frustration, "Using a wine pot to fill tea is a slave's own opinion, and the slave is guilty, so I ask Your Majesty to punish him." ”
There was silence in the hall. After a while, the emperor's face did not change, and he only said coldly, "Go down and receive the punishment." ”
"Wait." Cai Ling stood up suddenly, her thigh touching the small case caused the teapot on the case to sway from side to side, and she had a bow to hold it steady. But just as she straightened up, there was a sharp pain in her abdomen, and she pretended to be the same and sat back in her seat.
"Sister, but I want to intercede for my father-in-law Yude?" Concubine Liangxian asked.
Cai Ling's forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of beans, her face gradually turned pale, but a smile was on her face, and she tried to lift her breath: "Yude is so bold that he dares to bluff the palace with clear tea, and he should be punished." ”
"Sister really thinks so?" Concubine Liangxian repeatedly asked for words. Cai Ling only nodded.
At this moment, a stream of heat slid through the inside of her legs, and she understood that she was afraid that she would not be able to save it if she saw blood.
But she didn't dare to move, the emperor was still sitting on the top of the hall, the empress dowager looked at everyone with kind eyes, Yang Guifei was looking at a piece of osmanthus cake, Concubine Liangxian played the guzheng and prepared to personally present a song, Zhao Zhaoyi looked at the emperor with her cheeks, Song Meiren knelt in front of the emperor, poured another glass of sake for him with a smile, and the rest of the concubines who couldn't say their names sat together and whispered to each other.
It was so lively, so lively that she didn't want to bother. On this full moon Mid-Autumn Festival night, she had the idea of being scared for the first time.
Moving his gaze to the other side, Yuan Jieyi was also looking back at her anxiously. In the end, it is a friend who has accompanied her day and night, and how can her subtle movements escape his eyes? Seeing that he was about to stand up with the small case, Cai Ling glared at him fiercely and signaled him not to act rashly.
Eyes returned to the emperor, and saw that he was drinking a glass of wine handed by Song Meiren, squinting slightly at Concubine Liangxian who had moved into the center of the hall with lotus steps. The song is long and long, and it makes people feel like they are in an empty mountain valley. At the end of the song, the emperor clapped his hands with a smile.
Cai Ling caressed her abdomen with one hand, and pulled the long and heavy skirt under her buttocks with the other hand, afraid that the blood would soak through her middle pants, and she didn't want to listen to the music.