Chapter 1 Shut Out
Throughout the ages, she is probably the first princess who came to be close but was turned away!
The March sun was as soft and warm as spring water, and the curtain of the gorgeous carriage poured on the woman in a red wedding dress, with a thin layer of warm yellow halo, hazy, indescribable beauty. This woman is the eldest princess of Qiyun Guorong Le who came with her relatives - Manyao. After a month's long journey, she felt that her body was about to fall apart, and she couldn't help but lazily lie on the soft couch covered with brocade quilts, take a nap, listen to the noisy commotion from outside the carriage, and frown shallowly.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
"Is anyone there, please? Trouble to the prince, the eldest princess Rongle has arrived! A guard with a sword at his waist kept knocking on the solemn door, and above the door hung a plaque with three imposing gilded characters written on it: Leaving the Palace. This is the mansion that is worry-free from Wang Zongzheng.
Zongzheng is worry-free, the seventh son of the emperor of the Lintian Kingdom, and the only prince with a title other than the crown prince, who is the object of Princess Rongle and his relatives. At this time, the gate of the palace was tightly closed, and there was not a single gap, and I was afraid that even a fine particle of dust in the air could not penetrate into it.
"Lord Yang, you see it's been half an hour, it's almost dark, and no one is opening the door, what should I do?" Seeing that no one answered from the palace, the guard turned around anxiously and asked the middle-aged man in an official robe with an elegant appearance, Yang Wei, the newly appointed secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the Heavenly Kingdom. The original arrangement was to leave His Royal Highness to personally welcome the princess into the city, but the king was closed, and he had no choice but to take people out of the city to greet him, but he didn't want to, after welcoming the princess, the gate of the palace was still closed, no matter how they called the door, no one in the palace paid attention to it.
A minister of a slightly lower rank said worriedly: "Lord Yang, the eldest princess Rongle is deeply favored by Emperor Qiyun, I heard that this time I made a marriage, Emperor Qiyun was very reluctant, and sent dozens of miles in person, if I learned that the prince was so snub to the princess, I am afraid that the situation is not good!" ”
Yang Wei sighed and frowned, of course he knew what this adult said, but what could he do?
A man with a pair of rat eyes, with a sneer, stepped forward and proposed, "Why don't you find a few more people to break the door open......"
Yang Wei's eyes widened, looking at him as if he had seen a ghost, and he angrily intercepted: "Bastard, you are impatient, find a place to cut yourself off, don't take the lives of the whole clan of this official!" "This is the gate away from the palace, and with his only ten thousand guts, he doesn't dare to enter the door.
"Even if you want to die, don't pull us along." Several other officials were even more furious. This proposal must not be said to have been carried out, but if a mere word reaches the ears of the departed king, all of them will suffer with it.
The rat-eyed man had just come to the capital on an errand, and he didn't know anything except slapping his ass, how did he know that the master of the palace was the kind of master who would shake the mountains as long as he stomped his feet. Seeing the reaction of several adults so fiercely, he trembled with fright.
With the passage of time, in the cold air of early spring, cold sweat quietly climbed up the corners of his forehead, Yang Wei raised his sleeves and wiped lightly, looked up at the darkened sky, turned around and walked to the carriage, and carefully asked: "The princess has been tired all the way, and must have been tired, so she will arrange for the princess to rest in the post house first, and the lower official will enter the palace to report to the emperor later." ”
The car door opened, and a pretty woman with a maid's mane poked her head out, her face was angry, and her tone was not good: "I have always heard that Lintian Kingdom is a great state of etiquette, and it seems that it is not worthy of the name." Our princess gets married, and it doesn't matter if she doesn't leave the city to greet the king, but she still closes the door and doesn't let our princess enter the house, what kind of gift is this? It is clear that you don't take our Qiyun Kingdom in your eyes, which makes people doubt the sincerity of your marriage in the Heavenly Kingdom! ”
Yang Wei was slightly shocked, he didn't expect only one maid to be so articulate, he hurriedly lowered his head, and said respectfully to Princess Rongle in the carriage: "Don't misunderstand, princess, the prince has something important to do temporarily, and he delayed welcoming the princess Fengjia, and I hope that the princess will have a lot of Wang Han." The lower official can guarantee that our country is definitely very sincere in marrying your country, and for the sake of the century-old friendship between the two countries, please don't think about it. ”
The maid pursed her lips and said, "What could be more important than welcoming our princess?" Even if the prince is not in the mansion, there is always a subordinate in this mansion, right? Why has it been so long, no one has come to open the door, and it is clear that they want to give us a closed door, and if we really enter the palace in the future, we may not be able to bully our princess? ”
"This ......" Yang Wei frowned, his clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and he couldn't answer for a while.
"Ling'er, don't be rude!" Manyao slowly sat up, her voice was elegant, like a heavenly sound, although it was a reprimand, her tone was not angry or angry, and she became majestic. Ling Er hurriedly retracted her head, pursed her lips, and lowered her head.
Manyao smiled slightly, before coming to the kingdom of heaven, she had asked people to inquire about the news of leaving the king. I heard that this person is arrogant and arrogant, acting not according to common sense, but thoughtful, strategic, just a month ago, he used a plan to solve the danger of the border pass of the heavenly kingdom, with the cooperation of the young famous general Fu Chip, with less to win more, defeated the northern barbarians, annihilated more than 300,000 enemies, and achieved two people in a war, and the name shocked Kyushu.
Zongzheng is worry-free in the court, strategizing, winning thousands of miles away, and his reputation is even more than that of the crown prince. He never took the initiative to go to the court, and when he encountered a major event in the court, the emperor would send someone to summon him, but whether he should be summoned or not was decided according to his own mood. And all the subordinates who left the palace only obeyed the orders of the king, and there was a claim that they could not be ordered by the master, even if the emperor came, they were still refused. Because of this, the emperor's favorite concubine said a word of rebellion against the king, and as a result, she was demoted to the cold palace by the emperor on the spot and never came out again.
There are also rumors that Zongzheng has two taboos, one is not to drink, and the other is not to touch women, no one knows the reason, only that anyone who violates these two taboos will not end well.
Raising his hand to lift the corner of the curtain curtain of the car, the white and slender fingers looked even more white as jade against the background of the orange and yellow curtains. Wearing a complex and gorgeous phoenix crown, more than a dozen strings of jade round beads hung down, covering her face. Looking at Yang Wei's embarrassed expression through the gap in the bead string, she smiled lightly: "Ling'er is straightforward and fast-talking, and if you are rude, I hope Lord Yang will not mind." Just do what Lord Yang just said, it's hard work! ”
Yang Wei was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't believe the rumors, how could this rumored, rude and willful princess be so easy to speak? looked slightly puzzled, and politely responded: "Serving the princess is the duty of the lower officials." As he spoke, he was about to tell everyone to set off, but he heard a clear and loud voice coming from behind him: "Lord Yang! ”
Hearing the voice, Man Yao was about to put down the hand of the curtain, paused slightly, looked up, and saw a man walking out of the crowd of onlookers, about ten years old, dressed in brocade clothes, jade crown, at a glance, he knew that it was not the son of an ordinary family. The face is handsome, the figure is slender, he walks briskly, and his demeanor exudes an aristocratic temperament. A jade fracture fan in his hand was closed and gently patted in the palm of his hand, he was really a graceful and rare beautiful man.
When Lord Yang saw it, he hurriedly saluted: "Weichen greets His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes!" ”
"No need to be polite!" The Nine Emperor Princes waved his hand casually, with an elegant posture, and walked straight towards the carriage, looking at the woman who was turned away but was not annoyed or angry, and had been staying in the carriage calmly, and chuckled playfully: "Presumably this is the eldest princess Rongle, right?" ”
Man Yao smiled slightly: "Rong Le has seen His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes!" ”
The Nine Emperors' eyes stayed on the window curtain, her fingers as white as jade, and she raised her eyebrows and smiled meaningfully: "I heard that the princess has an ugly appearance, and I didn't expect that a pair of hands could be so beautiful, so it seems that it is not useless." ”
Ling Er was already dissatisfied with the royal family of the Lintian Kingdom, but at this moment, when she saw the Nine Emperor Princes insulting her master, she couldn't help but be angry, and she didn't care about her identity, and retorted: "The prince also believes those rumors in the market? ”
"Ling'er, shut up! In front of the Nine Emperors, you must not be presumptuous! Man Yao immediately shouted softly. She once deliberately spread rumors of ugly appearance in order to avoid marrying too early, but unfortunately, fate is not up to others after all. When she saw the smile on the face of the Nine Emperor Princes, it was obvious that she intended to make things difficult and humiliating, and she took pleasure in it. And she had been on the road for a month, her body was tired, and she didn't want to do more entanglement, so she said lightly: "His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes praise falsely!" Rong Le can still see these hands. ”
From beginning to end, the Nine Emperors didn't look at Ling'er, but they couldn't help but have a hint of amusement in their eyes, ordinary women were ridiculed like this, and they must be angry, but this princess didn't seem to care. He raised his eyebrows, squinted at her carefully, although there was a string of beads to cover it, but he could vaguely see that his skin was as white as snow, and his eyes were clear, he had always only loved beautiful women, and a woman like this turned out to be an ugly girl, it's a pity! "It is rumored that the princess is rude and willful, and lacks virtue, I think ...... Not necessarily, at least, the princess knows the most basic politeness, plus a little self-knowledge. ”
He pursed his lips and smiled, with a faint sneer at the corner of his mouth, but he smiled without saying a word.
Yang Wei has cold sweat on his forehead, this Nine Emperors has been away from the king for a long time, he speaks and acts, the more flamboyant, never distinguishes between characters and occasions, everything is done casually, after all, she is a princess of a country, fortunately, her temper and cultivation are excellent, not as rude as rumored, otherwise she must not make a fuss, you have to fight. Thinking of this, he hurriedly diverted the topic, "His Royal Highness the Nine Emperors came down just right, can you do the lower officials a favor and convey it to His Royal Highness the Emperor, saying that Weichen is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he has welcomed the princess and phoenix, and I hope that His Royal Highness the King will open the door to greet him quickly, and Weichen will also enter the palace to return to the emperor." ”
The Nine Emperors raised their eyebrows, turned their eyes to look at him, and said in a salty and non-lighty manner, "Lord Yang, isn't he confused?" Brother Qi didn't agree to this marriage in the first place, it was you ministers who worked together to ensure that it could be done in front of your father, why, now you can't enter the door, you're in a hurry? This matter, this prince can't help you, if the seventh brother doesn't want to open the door, let alone the prince and me, even if the father comes in person, this door, should it be opened or not. I advise you to get out of here quickly, you know the temperament of the seventh brother, if you annoy him, the consequences will ...... It's not something you can afford alone, Lord Yang. And ah......" said and leaned closer to Lord Yang, and said: "This prince has just come out of the palace, I heard that my father is not in a good mood today, my lord, you should not touch the mold at this time, otherwise...... Be careful that you can't eat and walk around, when the time comes, don't blame the prince for not reminding you! ”
The words of the Nine Emperor Princes shocked Yang Wei's heart, the marriage of the two countries, they are courtiers and also think about the country's society, but unexpectedly, it has caused today's situation of riding a tiger and being difficult. He can't afford to provoke the king, and Princess Rongle can't be offended, and past experience tells him that when the emperor is in a bad mood, the farther away the better, but this matter is related to the peace plan of the two countries. He looked at Manyao slightly, and his face was extremely embarrassed.
It turns out that this marriage has never been agreed to by the king at all! The corners of his mouth were hooked mockingly, but there was a flash of light in his eyes, and when he saw Yang Wei looking over, he was relieved, and said with a casual smile: "Don't be embarrassed, Rong Le is really tired today, I want to go to the post house to rest first, and meet the emperor, slow down a little, presumably the emperor will understand Rong Le's hardships from the journey, right?" ”
When Yang Wei heard her say this, his heart suddenly brightened, this princess was really a transparent woman, and he couldn't help but say with gratitude: "Thank you, princess!" If he is in the future, the princess has a place to get the lower officials, even if she speaks, as long as the lower officials are within the scope of her ability, she will never refuse. ”
Manyao didn't refuse, only curled his lips and smiled: "Then Rong Lexian is here to thank you!" Let's go. His Royal Highness the Nine Emperors, farewell. ”
The car door closed, Yang Wei saluted the Nine Emperor Princes, and then led the mighty team to the Dongcheng Post House, leaving the Nine Emperor Princes stunned on the spot. Unexpectedly, his casual words fulfilled the woman, pushed the boat down the river, and just enveloped a court official. This woman is not simple!
The Nine Emperor Princes raised their eyebrows, looked at the carriage that was going away, and said softly: "Princess, see you in the palace tomorrow!" "This time, Seventh Brother can't think of going to court, I don't know what Seventh Brother will react to?
It's about to begin! He couldn't help but laugh happily, faintly expectant.