Chapter 1 To be married
Jiang Cailing was eighteen years old when she encountered two happy events, one was that the Duchi Xuan in the East City and the Mumu Cake Shop in the West City were selected as the name of the Beijing Master, and the other was to receive the holy decree of marriage. If the former was worth a hundred feasts and a whole night of toasting, then the latter should have made her so happy that she didn't know what time it was.
Shen Muchi, the name that is always indispensable when female companions eat melon seeds and talk about gossip, the person she likes in her heart is her lover after the third day of the ninth month, and she is a righteous husband. When I was young, I don't know how many stupid things I did to get his side eyes, but now I blush when I think about it, but I can't help but snicker.
He once said that he was tired of the battles between right and wrong in the palace, and hoped that he could find a quiet place, build two rows of bamboo houses, and talk to get by. She bought a cake shop in the West Market, thinking that if one day she started a small business, the two would not look at each other and do nothing. Dusk Chi Xuan used to be called the Gold and Silver Pavilion, ** jewelry and jade, she spent a lot of money to buy it and changed the name, that is another story, including the inn next door to the Twilight Chi Xuan, the Dongxi Pavilion on the other side of the river, and many other businesses, all of which are due to negative luck and coincidence.
Dad said that women should not show their heads, so there is an extra boy in brocade clothes in the Beijing Division, named Jiang Shao, who lives in the No. 1 room of Tianzi in Dongxi Building, and lives for two years. Jiang Shao has three right-hand men around him, Yuan Jieyi, the head of the book, Song Shicong, the bookkeeper, and the bodyguard He Yue, although the three of them are in charge of most of the businesses in the capital, they are all under the age of twenty-five. For a long time, the women in the boudoir to be married in the capital were not thinking about how to climb the dragon and the phoenix, but thinking about how to marry these businessmen. While admiring the quill that Jie Yi brought back from the Western Regions, Daddy reproached her for corrupting the atmosphere.
Coming out of his father's residence, Jie stopped talking. She smiled lightly, "My father is not unreasonable, women shouldn't be too public, after the third day of the ninth month, there is no Jiang Shao in this world." Those businesses are just bothering the three of you to run them for me. With a wave of her hand, she crushed the petals of the roses she picked and scattered them on the ground, and strode forward. Yuan Jieyi suddenly thought that it was spring, and he was desperate to go to the river after failing the exam in Beijing, and the woman in purple stood by the river with a dazzling bouquet of red roses and shouted: What can't the son think about? The east is not bright and the west is bright, and the most important thing in life is to start from scratch. What he will never forget in his life is that warm smile and the dark brown hair that flew up when he beckoned. Maybe it was a promise buried in his heart at that time, and he was willing to help her for the rest of his life.
Even though she prepared a lot for the third day of the ninth lunar month, she could see everything in detail, such as the gilded words on the wrapping paper of the wedding cake must be deducted if it is crooked, and let the steward of the wooden cake shop explain it in person, but in the end something went wrong. Although the sedan chair entered the palace of the king of Qin, Shen Muchi, the king of Qin, did not come to the church for a long time.
He didn't come when he greeted his relatives, and his father said that the royal family has royal rules, and King Qin's outstanding military achievements naturally don't need to come to worship your father. She bit her lip in Dahong Xipali, thinking carefully about whether she would not have to kneel to his emperor and queen parents if she would not rely on him for her family to support her wealth. She reluctantly came to the Qin Palace, but when she met him and disappeared, when the big red Xipa was torn off, the dignitaries in the hall were all stunned, but she said coldly: "Shen Muchi, you come out for me!" If you don't want to marry this girl, just say it, what is it to cower and hide? ”
There was silence in the hall, and suddenly there was a woman crying in the noise, which was frightened by the two sharp swords on Jiang Cailing's neck. The silver-faced and purple-haired He Yue pushed aside the crowd and was about to draw his sword, but Jiang Cailing made a look at him, so that he could not show up. In this way, Yu Linjun broke into the palace on the wedding night, could it be that Shen Muchi had an accident? In the past, I only knew that he was good at fighting and brave and made countless meritorious contributions, but I didn't know that he also coveted the throne. Anyway, since he has married into the Qin Palace, entering the prison with him can be regarded as a husband and wife. She's not afraid.
Who would have thought that the opposite would be true. Where is the person she thinks about in the gloomy prison, waiting for her is the eighteen people of the Prime Minister's Mansion, her father, brother, sister-in-law, and sister-in-law, who have never been used to her aunt and sister Caiqian, they are all wearing plain white prison clothes. When she was pushed into the cell, Cai Qian looked up and down at her skirt embroidered by the ten weaver girls in Jiangnan for more than a month, and sneered: "My mother said that your skirt alone can be worth a year's salary for a third-grade important person." What is happening now? It's not like I'm a prisoner. My sister wants to take it off or not, but it doesn't matter, I won't have a chance to put it on again in the future. ”
"Daddy...... Why is that? She didn't have time to deal with Cai Qian, so she took two steps in the direction where Jiang Xiang was standing, and frowned.
"Defeated...... her father said dejectedly.
There is no need to ask what the defeat is, the crown on the head of the prisoner who was held alone in the opposite cell has not been removed, and the white jade inlaid with gold is adorned with the huge pearl of the South China Sea. Jiang Cailing looked at the depressed prince, who had already understood the current situation, and only said coldly, "Does it have to be tonight?" Can't you wait until tonight to do that? ”
In the prison, the great eunuch came to read the holy decree that the crown prince was deprived of his title, and at the same time, he also described the beginning and end of the matter seven or eight points between the lines.
Just after the third day of the first month of September, it was an auspicious day calculated by the master of Songbai Palace, if he worshipped heaven and earth at that time, he would definitely marry the husband and wife, and raise his eyebrows. However, there was a muffled sound in the Daxing Palace, and the sound of soldiers and horses was surging, and thousands of people surrounded the emperor's sleeping palace, and the Yulin army that was originally guarding outside the palace gates was replaced by the guards of the East Palace. The huge pearl on the prince's head glittered in the moonlight, shining on his face distorted and distorted by excitement and nervousness. He pulled out the sword at his waist and sneered a few times, "Erchen knew early on that his father didn't like Erchen, although Erchen didn't expect to be favored by his father, but this country and country Erchen was determined to win." If the father doesn't agree, don't blame the sons for being unfilial! ”
The word "filial piety" just popped out of his mouth, but the sword he was holding in his hand was shot down to the ground, the third child who was supposed to be married in the Qin Palace, with a small team of elite soldiers and strong generals, actually countered him, the cold tip of the sword pointed straight to the throat, he heard his father say coldly: "Keep your mouth alive!" He didn't dare to look at his father's eyes, only looked back at the third child, when he was young, the mothers said that the third child was born good-looking, with slender eyebrows and eyes, like his father. Every time he heard this, he only felt a faint pain in his heart, but tonight he was only for his father's sentence of "keep his mouth alive", and some warm things poured out of his eyes, and he couldn't even see the cold face of the third child clearly. The prince forced the palace, which was like a farce in the end, and it was completely resolved in the courage and prior planning of the three princes.
"Cai Ling, you have always had the best idea when it comes to trouble. Discuss with Daddy what to do with this time. The sister-in-law pulled her sleeve and said.
"Cai Ling, Yuan'er is still at his grandmother's house, and the child is only four years old, so he can't live without his father." The third sister-in-law was the first to cry.
"Cai Ling, you can always think of a way, don't you? Now that you are also the wife of King Qin, he should always give you some face when you go to intercede. The second sister-in-law frowned.
Cai Ling was silent, only leaning against the wall, closing her eyes slightly. After a long time, I heard a few screams, opened my eyes and saw her father fainting next to Aunt Zhao's legs, Aunt Zhao panicked and cried, and her mother knelt on the ground and gently picked up her father's head, let his head rest on her thigh, carefully wiped off the sweat beads for her, and said to Cai Ling quietly, "Even if the Prime Minister's Mansion can't stand you this time, it is a matter of more than 20 people in the mansion, if you have an idea in your heart, you can discuss it with your father." ”
She hesitated for a moment, and her tone was as calm as possible, "My daughter just thinks that the prison is so big, but the prince is only locked up dozens of feet away from us, and Your Majesty is not afraid of collusion." It seems that the rumors are correct, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as the eldest son, loves him very much, and if he really makes a big mistake, it is nothing more than that. But there are many people in the world who have been hated for thousands of years when they make a mistake, and there are very few people who can turn danger into safety and defeat into victory, and such people can usually endure humiliation and find help. ”
"Cai Ling, when did you still have the heart to care about other people's affairs." The third sister-in-law was dissatisfied.
"Ling'er...... The Prime Minister owes you. After waking up, Jiang Xiang listened to Cai Ling's words for eight minutes, then rubbed his temples, stood up slowly with difficulty, and after exchanging a few words with the jailer, he was taken to the prince's cell.