Chapter 218: The Night of the Cave (Part I)
The night is deep, and the noisy Chang'an during the day is also quiet with the curfew, especially in the palace, except for the guards who patrol the night, the road in the palace is almost quiet, but a carriage quickly broke this tranquility, and finally came to the front of the Liangyi Palace, and then saw Pei Lin get down from the carriage, and then quickly entered the Liangyi Palace, speaking of which, the palace is strictly forbidden for the carriage of foreign ministers to enter, and it is forbidden to ride horses, but Pei Lin has Li Yuan's permission, so his carriage can pass unimpeded in the palace. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The lights in the Liangyi Hall were still bright, and Li Yuan was used to reviewing them for a while at night, but when he heard the report from the palace people, he immediately threw down the brush in his hand and stood up, and then saw Pei Lin walking in in a hurry, which made Li Yuan can't help but take the initiative to ask: "How, can the matter be done?" ”
"Your Majesty, when the minister was announcing the decree, the princess also happened to go, and something happened." Pei Lin replied helplessly at the moment, if Princess Pingyang hadn't arrived so coincidentally, I'm afraid that so many things would not have happened later.
"Pingyang: How did she react?" Li Yuan couldn't help but be a little worried when he heard this.
"The princess is very calm, she helped Li Xiu make a decision, and chose the holy decree to marry Pei Ju's daughter, but she put forward one condition, that is, to personally handle Li Xiu's wedding, and the minister also agreed, but I didn't expect Princess Pingyang to immediately hold a simple wedding for Li Xiu!" Pei Lin simply told the story of the incident, and he didn't know what kind of psychology he had, he didn't even mention the matter of Li Xiu pulling Princess Pingyang to worship in the church.
"Oh? Sanniang would be so obedient, isn't there a little unexpected thing happening? Li Yuan said in disbelief when he heard this, he knew that his daughter was a typical soft on the outside and strong on the inside like her mother, otherwise she would not have been unwilling to forgive Chai Shao, and now she is forcing her beloved to marry someone else, she shouldn't be so calm, right?
"This ...... And nothing else! Pei Lian hesitated for a while and finally decided to help Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang conceal it, not that he wanted to help Li Xiu, but that this matter had been successfully completed, he didn't want to make any more extraneous branches, let alone have a grudge with Princess Pingyang because of this, anyway, only the three of them knew when they visited the church at that time, Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang should not publicize it publicly, so as long as he didn't say it, no one would know.
"This is strange, what does Sanniang think?" Li Yuan couldn't help but stroke his beard at this time, he thought Pei Lin had absolute trust, and he didn't doubt his words, but he felt that Princess Pingyang's reaction was very abnormal.
"Maybe Princess Pingyang found it difficult to marry Li Xiu openly, so she gave up her original plan, and when she was holding a wedding for Li Xiu, the minister could see that she was very sad, Li Xiu didn't agree, but the princess forced her to marry Pei Ju's daughter!" Pei Lin added again at this time, since he decided to help, let's help to the end, so that Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang can owe him a favor.
Hearing this, I saw that Li Yuan finally nodded and said: "It's normal for Pingyang to be sad, Li Xiu is humble on the surface, but he is actually an extremely arrogant person, I'm afraid only Pingyang can make him change his mind!" ”
Although Li Yuan's reaction to Princess Pingyang was still a little suspicious, since Pei Lin said that there was nothing abnormal, he didn't ask again, and it was so late, it was already a bit overkill to do this as Pei Lian, so after chatting a few words, Li Yuan asked Pei Lin to go back to rest, which also made Pei Lin finally relieved.
At the same time, Li Xiu was finally kicked out of the courtyard by Princess Pingyang, because it was dark and the road was slippery and the weather was not good, so Princess Pingyang also sent helmets and other maids to escort them with lanterns, but Li Xiu always felt that they were escorting themselves back to the cave room, and they were the groom to do this, and it was estimated that he was also the first person in history.
Back at home, Helmet waited for a few maids to say goodbye and leave, but at this time, Li Xiu suddenly pulled the helmet aside, and then whispered with a serious expression: "Helmet, you are the most trusted person around the princess, if there is anything abnormal in the princess, you must notify me in time!" ”
"Well, the slave understands!" Hearing this, the helmet immediately nodded, she naturally knew that the princess forced Li Xiu to marry, and she must not feel good in her heart, and even without Li Xiu's orders, she would take care of Princess Pingyang tonight.
After telling the helmet, Li Xiu watched them leave, and then knocked on the door of his house, but it turned out to be Yuechan who opened the door, only to see that she was also worried at this time, when she saw Li Xiu was obviously relieved, and immediately welcomed him to the living room, and asked as he walked: "Master, what is going on, how could Your Majesty suddenly give you a marriage?" ”
"Alas, it's complicated, I'm tired now, I'll explain it to you tomorrow." Li Xiu returned to the hall weakly, and saw that the red candle in the hall was still there, and there was a huge happy word pasted in the middle, which made him feel even more helpless.
The empathetic Yuechan didn't ask any more questions when she heard this, she thought about it for a while and spoke again: "Master, why don't you prepare something to eat for you, you haven't even eaten a bite of food since noon?" ”
"No, I can't eat it now!" Li Xiu shook his head when he heard this, and then thought of something, and asked again, "By the way, how is that Yi Niang, do you have any special reaction?" ”
"This slave doesn't know, after the bride is sent to the cave room, only the master can enter, just now the fan wanted to go in, but was also stopped by the slave, but the slave just secretly looked through the crack in the door, and found that the lady of the clothes, no, it should be the lady sitting quietly on the edge of the bed, as if she has not moved." Yuechan hurriedly changed her words when she mentioned Yi Niang, since Yi Niang was married to Li Xiu, she was her housewife, so naturally she couldn't call her by her name.
Hearing the title of "Mrs.", Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a pain in the egg, he was still a happy bachelor this morning, but he had an extra wife at night, and the other party had been sent to his door by someone before, but he refused to marry, but unfortunately by mistake, the other party finally became his rightful wife.
"Master, it's almost three watches now, should you go and see Madame?" Yuechan said softly at this time, she also saw the entanglement in Li Xiu's heart, in fact, she was also a little resistant to the arrival of the new lady Yiniang, but after all, this was the holy decree of the Tang Emperor, and no one could change it, she was worried that Li Xiu would do something drastic, so she persuaded her, not to mention that Yiniang was also a pitiful, and she also had no choice.
Li Xiu hesitated again when he heard this, and finally stood up, no matter what, this matter must be faced, so he should also go to Yiniang to explain the ins and outs of this matter.
At that moment, Li Xiu also let Yuechan and them rest, and then outside the door of his bedroom, he looked at the candlelight on the window paper, Li Xiu took a long breath again, and then pushed the door and walked in, only to see the red candle tent in the cave room, and a woman in a wedding dress sat quietly on the edge of the bed, the hijab on her head blocked her face, which added a bit of mystery, but it also made Li Xiu unable to see the expression on the face of the maiden, and there was no way to guess what she was thinking.
I saw Li Xiu gently close the door, and then came to Yi Niang, picked up the wedding scale that had been prepared on the table, and gently picked up the hijab on Yi Niang's head, only to see that Yi Niang under the hijab was slightly powdered, and it looked even more gorgeous under the light of the candlelight, and her figure was similar to that of Princess Pingyang, and the wedding dress fit her very well, but unfortunately Yi Niang did not have the bride's shyness at this time, but looked at Li Xiu coldly.
"You're finally here!" Yi Niang looked at Li Xiu for a moment, and finally said slowly.
"Why? Today is your wedding night for me, and I am naturally coming. Li Xiu said a little strangely when he heard Yi Niang's words, in fact, he didn't know what to say to Yi Niang, since the other party spoke first, he just followed her words.
I saw that Yi Niang did not answer Li Xiu immediately, but gently stood up and walked to the table, looked at herself in the mirror wearing a wedding dress, and then said softly: "Last time I was wearing a wedding dress and was sent to the door of your house, but you closed the door, although I understand your distress, but this is definitely a huge humiliation for a woman." ”
When he said this, he saw that Yi Niang suddenly pulled something out of his sleeve, and then gently put it on the table, but it surprised Li Xiu, because what Yi Niang took out was a pair of sharp scissors, which also made him ask in surprise: "You...... What are you doing here? ”
However, Yi Niang suddenly showed a somewhat heartbroken smile at this time, and said in a soft voice: "In marriage, you have already humiliated me once before, so I will never let you humiliate me a second time, after entering the cave room, I secretly swore that if you don't come back before the third watch, I will use this scissors to cut myself to death!" ”
The heartbroken expression on Yi Niang's face, as well as the tone of her voice when she spoke, made her definitely not doubt her determination. This also made Li Xiu scared out of a cold sweat, fortunately Princess Pingyang drove him out, otherwise there would really be a tragedy in his house tonight, if Yi Niang really died by self-determination, I am afraid he will live in guilt for the rest of his life.
"You think too much, we have already visited the church, I will naturally come back, but there are some things delayed outside." Li Xiu said with a strong smile at this time, and at the same time, he also had some premonitions, as if Yi Niang already knew about herself and Princess Pingyang.
Sure enough, I saw Yi Niang staring at him with clear eyes, and after a long while, he spoke: "You don't have to hide it, I'm afraid the relationship between the princess and you is not so simple, and in addition, His Majesty suddenly decreed marriage, is it also related to the princess?" (To be continued.) )