Chapter Twenty-Three: Marriage
Yan Shi naturally didn't know what Yan Li was thinking, he smiled and said: "It's lunch time, I just want to go to the queen mother's place for a meal, let's go!" ”
Yan Li was stunned for a moment, she went to see the queen and Yan Xingluo now, I was afraid that it would only annoy them in vain.
Yan Li then smiled and said: "I won't go, the fourth emperor sister is about to get married, I want to leave for Yunjue Temple today to pray for my sister for half a moon." ”
If you want Yan Shi not to suspect her disappearance in the short term, you must disguise it as an illusion of leaving the palace in advance, and the blessing of Yunjue Temple is that the female dependents stay alone in the Zen room for half a month, so no one can disturb her. This is something she has been thinking about for a long time these days.
Yan Shi was slightly stunned, he looked at Yan Li and always felt that something was wrong, the relationship between Yan Li and Yan Xingluo was definitely not very good, besides, Yan Li had never liked to go to the temple, was it because Yan Xingluo was going to marry Xia Nanxuan, and she was sad and didn't want to see it?
Yan Shi was a little unsure of paying attention, so he said: "Since you want to go to Yunjue Temple to pray for Ah Luo, I will escort you over." ”
Yan Li knew that Yan Shi had already seen that he was a little different from Xia Nanxuan, and he was suspicious, and if he refused, it would cause him real suspicion, so he smiled and responded: "Okay, it would be better to have the imperial brother to escort him." ”
Yan Shi saw that she agreed so easily, but let go of some doubts, and her heart may really just be thinking too much.
It is said that Yan Shi was still not at ease after sending Yan Li to Yunjue Temple safely, but seeing that she really went to the wing room where the female dependents were located, she lived in peace, and then went to the front hall to worship the Buddha in a serious manner.
He didn't see the reddish eyes that had been sent away shortly after he turned around.
In the blink of an eye, it is already the wedding date.
After all, it is the princess's wedding, and the palace of the Luoyan Kingdom has already been arranged very festively, the red window flowers are plastered all over the doors and windows, and the lanterns with the word "happy" are also hung all over every corridor in the palace, and even the flowers in the imperial garden are also taken care of more and more beautiful.
At this time, Yanli was sitting in front of the mirror, her long black hair was coiled into a Lingyun bun, with a jade hairpin, the crown inlaid with pearls and rubies was worn on her already coiled bun, the long pearl chain trembled and hung down, swaying between the temples, the crimson bead chain was worn on the wrist, the crimson wedding dress was worn on the body, and then tied around the waist with a ribbon, showing the figure of Na. Although his appearance is not amazing, his posture is extremely slim.
Yanli looked at herself who was a little strange in the mirror, and was stunned, but the auspicious time for marriage had arrived.
Yanli covered her veil and said goodbye to her father, queen mother and a group of brothers and sisters in front of the palace one by one with the support of Cailan, and then walked slowly to the palace gate.
The procession was already waiting outside the palace.
The days on the road are always long and boring, so it took about 15 days to finally reach the border pass of Qixia Kingdom, Chaoyang Pass.
"Who's coming?" The guards of Chaoyang Pass stopped the procession to send off relatives.
"This is my sixth princess of the Falling Wild Goose Kingdom, the princess of the future Qixia Kingdom, get out of the way as soon as possible!" Wang Cheng, the leader of the escort team, scolded, "Otherwise, if you send your relatives by mistake, can you afford to wait for them?" ”
The guards' eyes flashed but they didn't move: "Do you say that you are the relatives of the six princesses of the Luoyan Kingdom?" If there are thieves who deliberately fool us, we can't afford it! Let the people inside come out! ”
Where could Wang Cheng have thought that this group of little guards would dare to stop them, and immediately glared angrily: "Blind your dog's eyes!" Call your leaders! How can our Royal Highness the princess of the Luoyan Kingdom allow you to wait for such a shout! ”
As soon as they came and went, a lot of people gathered around, pointing at the send-off team of Luoyan Country, and the sound of whispering was also heard around.
"This is Lord Xuan's future princess?"
"That's right! I just came back from the imperial city, and I heard that Prince Xuan originally wanted to marry the fourth princess of the Luoyan Kingdom, but then somehow the Luoyan Kingdom said that if he wanted to marry, he could only marry the sixth princess! ”
"Huh? Really? It's all marriages, is there any difference between marrying these four princesses and the six princesses? ”
"Of course that's bad! The fourth princess of the country of Luoyan is a well-known beauty, but the sixth princess is a talentless and unattractive one, if it were you, who would you want to marry? ”
"Haha! If I can marry a princess, I can be talented and unattractive! ”
"Dream on you!"
Yan Li obviously heard it a little bit in the sedan chair, and the corners of her lips flashed a wry smile, Xia Nanxuan didn't welcome her into the country with red makeup, but she wanted to make things difficult for her from the time she entered the Qixia Kingdom, otherwise those guards would not dare to stop the future princess by taking matters into their own hands.
"If the people inside don't come out and let us see, I'm afraid we won't be able to let them go!" The guards refused to budge.
Wang Cheng wanted to say something, but Yanli opened her mouth in the sedan chair, and she said loudly: "Since you insist on seeing the appearance of this palace, then come and take a look." But if you want this palace to get out of this sedan chair, let's ask whose married daughter can get out of the sedan chair to meet other men before entering her husband's house? Haven't you already had your eyes to the sky, thinking that you are His Royal Highness King Xuan of the current dynasty? ”
Yanli's voice was cold, since she had already chosen this path, she had to go down without regrets, how could she be stopped by the little guards outside the gate of Qixia Country?
When the guards heard this, their faces turned pale with horror, they did receive an order from the top to embarrass the princess who came to marry, but after all, it was the future princess, and the order was difficult but the princess was also something they could not offend. And at the moment, this woman is by no means a good talker!
The guards looked at each other secretly, and now they were embarrassed, and if the confrontation continued, it might be difficult to end, so they all knelt down: "My subordinates don't dare!" It turns out that it is really Her Royal Highness the Princess, it is the villain who has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, princess, please! ”
Wang Cheng glared at the guards fiercely before waving his hand: "Let's go!" ”
Yanli sat smoothly in the sedan chair, but her heart was a little uneasy, I don't know what kind of difficulties will be waiting for her in the future?
When they arrived at Chuanyang City, the capital of the king of Qixia, the guards guarding the city did not stop them, and the welcoming team that should have appeared outside the border pass of Qixia finally appeared. At this time, the city was full of festive atmosphere, with red lanterns hanging from all houses on the street, and colorful flowers neatly placed along the royal road for the welcoming and sending procession, and the whole city was decorated warmly.
Wang Cheng was in a slightly better mood when he saw this, he and the leader of the greeting team greeted each other, both sides were polite, the honor guard opened the way in front, and under their leadership, Yanli and his party slowly walked towards Xia Nanxuan's mansion.
After entering the house, Yanli was taken to the side hall to wait, the side hall is very close to the main hall, so the sound can still be heard in the ears, until the eunuch shouted a sharp and loud "The emperor and queen have arrived", the sound stopped abruptly.
"All the ministers are flat."
Yanli's body was slightly stiff, this was the voice of Xia Xiao, the emperor of Qixia Kingdom, and this person was once the father she thought she was. Back then, she also complained about why her father, whom she thought she thought, refused to give her any favor, but now that she thinks about it, it is already very tolerant that he can tolerate herself. He must have loved his mother very much!
After thinking about it like this, Yanli heard someone say, "Princess, the auspicious time has come." With a pair of hands, he supported her veiled and walked towards the main hall.
"The bride has arrived." Yanli took a slow step.
"The bridegroom has arrived." There was a sound of footsteps, but the footsteps walked past her without stopping, and maybe they didn't even give her a look.
Yan Li laughed silently self-deprecatingly, Xia Nanxuan only thought that he was a wicked person who broke up him and Yan Xingluo, the pair of mandarin ducks, how could he give her even a little tenderness? Taking a deep breath, Yanli continued to take steps, walking step by step towards the center of the hall.
The worship process went very smoothly, and when Yanli came back to her senses, she had been sent into the cave room, accompanied by a maid she brought from the country of Luoyan, Cailan.
The cave room is in the hibiscus garden, according to etiquette, at this time, Xia Nanxuan should have come to drink a glass of wine with her first, and then Xi Po sprinkled peanuts and chestnuts and other happy fruits on the bed, and then the groom went out to entertain the guests, but Xia Nanxuan never appeared.
Sitting on the wide and soft bed, listening to some noisy sounds outside, Yanli suddenly felt unprecedented loneliness, even when she was captured, she didn't feel so lonely, this huge palace, the huge royal capital, and the huge country were the places she was familiar with before she was ten years old, but now it is no longer the place she was familiar with.
No one here will spoil her like a wild goose and protect her like a wild goose. As for Xia Nanxuan, who once made a promise in front of his mother that he would not let himself suffer, if he didn't know his identity, he probably wouldn't have given up.
She didn't know if she should tell Xia Nanxuan the truth.
Just thinking about this, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in the room, Yanli thought it was Xi Po coming, so she sat up straight and waited for the follow-up auspicious words, but she didn't think about it and waited for a slightly old voice.
"The old slave has seen the princess, this time the princess married into the Qixia Kingdom as the concubine of the prince of Xuan, and there is still a lack of procedures in terms of etiquette."
Yanli frowned: "What procedure?" ”
"The slave is the stable woman Cheng Po who is in charge of the prince's mansion, and I came here to check your body this time." The voice laughed, "Please also ask Her Royal Highness the princess to take off her wedding dress." ”
The words "check your body" shook Yanli like a thunderbolt on a sunny day and made Yanli speechless for a long time, she never thought about this!
Generally speaking, the princess who marries is different from ordinary women after all, and there is no need for a physical examination to marry into another country, just use the red as evidence. But at this time, this man actually came to check himself? Is this what Xia Nanxuan ordered?!
Yanli only felt that her blood was surging, and her whole body couldn't stop trembling, she suddenly ripped off her veil, only to see a row of maids in front of her waiting in line, and a middle-aged woman in brocade clothes stood in front of that row of palace maids, looking a little arrogant.
The mother-in-law saw that Yanli pulled her veil and her face changed, and she said in an unkind tone: "Your Royal Highness Princess, since you have married into the Qixia Kingdom, you are a member of the Qixia Kingdom, and your behavior cannot be as casual as in the past." Otherwise, others will only criticize the prince of Xuan for marrying someone who doesn't understand the rules of etiquette! ”