Chapter 12: Farewell
Chai Jingchu walked out of the imperial study in a daze, with sadness and helplessness in her heart. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info As a royal princess, she is lucky, because he has a father who loves him, and since he was a child, he has heard that the marriages of royal people are political bargaining chips, but for her, such a thing will not happen, but today's events, like a slap in the face, caught her off guard, maybe in the eyes of her father, she is also that bargaining chip.
Chai Rong's love for her is beyond that of an ordinary princess, and even more than the crown prince Chai Zongxun, perhaps because she is the only daughter of Chai Rong's original wife. Chai Rong said that her marriage will be decided by herself in the future, which is something that other royal people dare not think of, but today, he gave her a slap in the face. She is just a chess piece in his hands, for the sake of the Great Zhou, she will marry someone else.
"Princess, what's wrong with you?" The maidservant Chun'er looked at Chai Jingchu's frowning, slightly lost look, a little worried, and asked softly.
"Chun'er, you say, does my father really love me?" Chai Jingchu's eyes were blank and asked lightly.
"Of course, the princess is the pearl of the emperor's palm, from childhood to adulthood, the emperor has not refused what the princess wants to do."
"Yes, he loves me, Chun'er, maybe soon, we will be in Bianjing immediately, maybe we will never come back."
"Why, princess?"
Chai Jingchu didn't answer, but walked straight towards the harem.
Early the next morning, the Great Zhou Emperor Chai Rong issued an edict, named Princess Zhaoqing as the princess of Qi, married Shu State, married Meng Xuanjue, the prince of Western Shu, as the crown princess, and set off ten days later to Xishu to complete the marriage.
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In the Great Zhou Post House, Li Hao and Meng Xuanjue sat opposite each other.
"Your Highness, the dust has settled on this matter, and Your Highness should also turn back to Shu." The reason why Li Hao was anxious to let Meng Xuanjue return to Shu was because of the recent turmoil in the current situation, the Northern Han Dynasty and the Liao State sent troops to Zhou, and the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wuping Army made Zhou Xingfeng also strong soldiers, and he was in a foreign country, so he had to think about Meng Xuanjue's safety.
Meng Xuanjue also knew Li Hao's worries, and sighed, "Okay, today you enter the palace to bid farewell to the Great Zhou Emperor, and tomorrow we will leave Bianjing and return to Shu." ”
At this moment, a servant outside the door walked in and said, "Your Highness, there are two women outside the post house who say that they are friends of Your Highness, and they have come to see Your Highness, but I don't know if Your Highness will see or not." ”
"Friends?" Meng Xuanjue wondered in his heart, he didn't have any friends when he came to Bianjing, how could anyone know him.
"Yes, Your Highness, someone came to say that the surname is Zhou?"
"Zhou?" Meng Xuanjue showed a wry smile, he knew who it was, and he also understood the thoughts of the person who came, but unfortunately, he didn't belong here.
When I came to the outside of the post house, I took a look, and I knew that I had guessed correctly, it was Zhou Jing's master and servant, that is, Princess Zhaoqing of the Great Zhou, no, it should be said that it was Chai Jingchu, the princess of Qi Kingdom, and the maid Chun'er, but Meng Xuanjue at this moment did not know their identities.
"How did Miss Zhou find Zaixia, let Zaixia panic."
"In Bianjing City, I'm afraid it's not difficult to find the post house of the envoys of the Shu Kingdom, right?" Chai Jingchu said lightly.
"What Miss Zhou said is reasonable, please inside, I don't know if Miss Zhou is here, what is the so-called matter?"
Chai Jingchu, under the guidance of Meng Xuanjue, slowly walked towards the post house, "I haven't seen you for many days, come to see Li Gongzi, what's the matter, isn't Li Gongzi welcome?" ”
"Where, Miss Zhou's benevolence and righteousness are also known, and it is an honor to be able to meet Miss Zhou." To say that Meng Xuanjue has no good impression of her, it is impossible, but he knows that he belongs to Xishu, thousands of miles away, and the day of meeting is indefinite, so why bother himself.
Chai Jingchu walked and walked, and when he saw the servants and guards in the post house, he was packing up, his heart trembled, and he asked, "Is Gongzi Li leaving?" ”
"Don't hide it from Miss Zhou, my uncle's imperial order to come to Da Zhou has been completed, and he will return to Shu tomorrow, thousands of miles away, there is no hope for the day of goodbye, please take care of Miss Zhou." Meng Xuanjue said lightly, although it was a little cruel to say this, but he had to say that maybe this was the last time the two met.
When Chai Jing first heard this, she said to herself: "Yes, your task has been completed, and where is my destination?" ”
"What did Miss Zhou say?" Meng Xuanjue heard a buzzing sound, because she said it too quietly to hear it clearly.
"Nothing? Li Gongzi, to be able to meet Gongzi in Bianjing City, Jing is very happy, Gongzi is very grateful to save Jing and danger, but the world is impermanent, today Jing is also here to say goodbye to Gongzi. Chai Jingchu looked at Meng Xuanjue silently and said softly, her admiration for Meng Xuanjue was beyond words.
"What do you mean by this, is Miss Zhou also going to travel far away?" Meng Xuanjue only reacted at this moment, she also came to say goodbye to herself today, but the meaning of the obedient words, the Tao is like a farewell, not a farewell, anyway, it will be no different from a stranger when we meet in the future.
Chai Jingchu stretched out his hand, took out a jade pendant, and put it in Meng Xuanjue's hand, "My father made a marriage contract with me, and I went to complete the marriage in a few days. ”
Meng Xuanjue was a little puzzled by her words, and asked suspiciously: "You and I intersect, like a gentleman's friendship fades into the water?" I'm going to Xishu, and the goodbye person is indefinite, why say goodbye is a passerby. ”
Chai Jingchu did not answer, they will definitely meet in the future, because he will be the future crown princess of Shu, and Li Yu will be the courtier of Shu, if people know that the two of them have something to do with each other, first, he is a minister, and the prince is the king, which is contrary to the way of a gentleman, and second, it has a great impact on Li Yu's career, which is also what she does not want to see.
"Okay, Li Gongzi, it's time for me to go, I regret it for a while." After speaking, without waiting for Meng Xuanjue to speak, Chai Jingchu walked out quickly, stepped into the carriage, and disappeared into the crowd.
Meng Xuanjue looked at the jade pendant in his hand, the jade pendant was just engraved with a static word, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless, maybe they would meet in the future, either the Great Zhou destroyed the Shu Kingdom, he became a prisoner of the stairs and escorted to Bianjing, or he led the iron cavalry to attack the city and become the master of this Bianjing City, but in either case, his fate with her will be severed.
"Your Highness, who is this person?" Although Li Hao didn't come out, he could see it clearly upstairs and knew that the relationship between the two was not ordinary.
"Nothing, an old man?"
Why didn't Li Hao know the meaning of this old man, he must have met him in Bianjing City, but the current situation did not allow him to be sloppy, so he persuaded: "Your Highness, you should focus on the great cause, and you must not fall into the relationship with your children." ”
Meng Xuanjue looked back at Li Hao and said with a slight smile: "Master Li thinks too much, I will never see her again, and she will get married soon, what is there to worry about, okay, you should enter the palace and leave tomorrow." ”
"Yes, Your Highness."