Chapter 51: Departure to Usu
Bai Shunyu's sentence "The slave is willing" sent Xia Duo into a bottomless hell. If it weren't for Princess Dingguo pulling him to the palace, he would have rushed up to her and asked: Why are you?
Emperor Chu has a new beauty, all the ministers congratulate, the queen mother looked at the princess of Dingguo with a cold face, but the princess of Dingguo did not dare to raise her head, I thought it was just the singing and dancing girl in the palace to cheer up the palace banquet, who would have thought that everyone would mistakenly think that the princess's mansion was flattering the emperor under the guise of offering a beauty, and the most important thing is that this move will undoubtedly make the queen and the princess's mansion suspicious.
Su Zhao said sarcastically: "It's still the imperial sister who is thoughtful, for the sake of Your Majesty, and there is such a cold and glamorous beauty in the mansion, so that Your Majesty can be relieved and share her worries for the queen." ”
Although the queen gritted her teeth with hatred, she couldn't show it at this time, so she could only pretend to be generous, and said: "Huaiyu is going to get married tomorrow, and this palace will inevitably be deserted in the future, and the imperial sister will take great pains for the emperor." ”
Princess Dingguo lowered her head and still didn't say a word. This matter, after the banquet, I will explain it to the queen, above this hall, only one Su Zhao is enough to reverse black and white, not to mention those secret people whose positions are unknown.
In this way, Bai Shunyu really stayed in the palace and became Yu Meiren who was personally sealed by Emperor Chu.
The night breeze was a little cool, there was not a single star in the dark sky, Xia Chuxin didn't know what Tai Bu Ling relied on to predict that tomorrow would be a good day for marriage and travel, but he was a little flustered when he thought that he would go to Wusu with the family group tomorrow, and the road was long, who knew what would happen, not to mention walking with Su Zhao.
I wandered around the garden for a while, ready to go back and rest early, after all, tomorrow this 10,000-mile road is a hard seat for the whole journey. Passing by the Yongyuan Garden, there is no palm lamp, and there is no smell, Xia Chuxin is thinking about the second brother, where are you now? Ready for everything?
There was a rush of footsteps behind him, and as soon as Xia Chuxin turned around, he was thrown against the wall by a person, and when he looked at it, it was Xia Duo with a murderous face.
The neck was pinched by him, and the whole person was stuck against the wall and couldn't move, and Xia Chuxin could really feel his anger from the distance of this punch.
"What did you say to her?"
Xia Chuxin was stunned, what does this have to do with himself?
"What can I say to her, she has made up her mind since the day she made up her mind that you want to take her into the palace."
Xia Duo's eyes were red with anger, his lowered voice was a little hoarse, and he roared: "She won't do that, she's not that kind of person, what does she do in the palace, what kind of Yu beauty does she be?" ”
Speaking of which, his voice trembled, and such an iron-clad little man sat down on the ground in a daze, and his swaying shoulders made Xia Chuxin a little unbearable.
"You know what kind of person she is, so she has her own reasons for doing these things, and she keeps rejecting you because she doesn't want you to be obsessed too much."
"I'd rather she be a woman who chases fame and fortune, and I'd rather she is sincerely clinging to the powerful. But she's not, she's not. Summer Duo said hoarsely.
"By the way, the red bean bracelet you gave her, she was going to give it back to you, but then she took it back. So, you better calm yourself down and make other plans. Xia Chuxin said.
Xia Duo leaned against the wall, a glimmer of fire in his heart, if he was in a high position, would this be the result?
Perhaps, Bai Shunyu has an unspeakable past and reason, if she is just an ordinary woman with an indifferent heart who meets Xia Duo, then the ending will definitely be different.
If you don't have a chance to love each other, you can't stay together, this is the taboo in marriage.
On the sixth day of August in the 47th year of the new calendar of Great Chu, the day was set on an auspicious day, the princess Su Huaiyu went to Wusu and kissed, accompanied by 16 cars and horses, several boxes of treasures, and several pieces of various specialties in the Central Plains. Let's go.
There were people in the palace during the third watch, because all the people who greeted the relatives had to start from the palace in a unified manner, and the heart of the summer heart got up to freshen up and dress up when the second watch was on the second watch, and the family except for Xia Duo was settled at the gate of the courtyard all the way to be more careful. Princess Dingguo complained: Xia Yi has not seen anyone all day, it seems that she is not from this princess's mansion, she pretends to be close to Xia Chuxin on weekdays, and there is no sense of worry about this thousands of miles of travel. Xia Jing reconciled with the mud, and covered up the past.
Xia Xin took Xia Chuxin's hand and didn't let go for a long time, and kept telling her not to have a conflict with the king of Qinghe County on the road, after all, a female doll was single. The princess has her own palace people to take care of, and she needs to take care of herself more. Xia Chuxin actually can't stand these warm scenes, he is not a person with exposed feelings, because he has no relatives around him since he was a child, and most of the time he uses gags to cover up his inner emotions, but what does this family just do? I'm just a concubine, a concubine who went to see off her relatives, you should sleep and sleep, what should you do, just go.
In the end, he still couldn't hold back the tears that came out of his eyes, hugged Xia Xin tightly, and turned to get into the carriage.
Princess Dingguo walked away from the carriage and horses, and when she turned around, she saw Xia Jingxiang's eyes slightly red, and said: "These two girls are going to see off their relatives, not to make friends, and they will come back in a few days." ”
Xia Jing smiled, didn't talk, turned around and went back to the house with Princess Dingguo. Xia Xin stood at the gate of the mansion and looked at the carriage in the distance, and kept praying that God must bless Chuxin to return safely.
On the carriage, the more Xia Chuxin thought about it, the more sad he became, this kind of parting was something he had never experienced, and he couldn't help but cry again, but the sobbing at the beginning turned into a grinning cry later. The palace people accompanying them outside the car laughed at each other after hearing this, only to say that the two young ladies were still young after all, and they had never left home, and they were sad and sad before they left the city gate.
"Don't cry."
Suddenly, there was a scolding sound from under his feet. Xia Chuxin's soul was almost frightened out of his body, and he jumped to the seat with a roar, and saw a person arched out from under the seat, dressed in black, with a blue face.
"Big brother?" Xia Chuxin called out in a low voice.
The person hiding under the seat was Xia Duo, who climbed out from under the seat, dusted off his body, and sat on the seat next to Xia Chuxin.
"Why are you here?" Xia Chuxin jumped out of his seat, and with some anxiety, he leaned over and looked under the seat, making sure that there was no one else inside to sit down.
"Su Zhao has never been on good terms with our family, let you go with him alone to see off your relatives, in case there are three long and two short, which will add to your father's worries." Xia Duo said lightly.
Xia Chuxin immediately understood what he meant when he heard this, it was nothing more than wanting to leave this sad place temporarily, and he really couldn't rest assured that his sister, who was born from the house, was not used to Xia Chuxin's duplicity. If you don't poke him, now is the best care for him, right?
The carriage stopped at the palace gate, and according to the etiquette system, Xia Chuchu should go up to the main hall with the chief envoy to accept the order sent by the Chu Emperor, and then he could go out of the city.
I heard the palace people announce: ascend to the palace, know the grace of heaven, send the deputy envoy, and the second lady of the princess's mansion, Xia Chuxin, go to the palace.
Xia Chuxin straightened his clothes, lifted the curtain and got out of the car with the help of the palace people, followed by Xia Duo also walked out of the carriage, so that a few palace people who accompanied him were taken aback.
"Why is Xia Gongzi here?" The palace people of the Xuandian Palace knew Xia Duo, but he was not on the list of relatives, how could he appear in the carriage?
Xia Duo's face was cold, and he said: "My father is not worried that the second sister is traveling alone, so he has come to ask the emperor for an order to accompany the second sister to Wusu. ”
The people of Xuandian Palace didn't dare to slack off, so they bowed down and said, "The eldest prince of the princess's mansion will go to the palace in the summer." ”
So the brother and sister went up to the temple together.
In the hall, Su Zhao stood on the ground, and next to him was the crown prince Su Huaixuan, and the two whispered something. Seeing the Xia family brothers and sisters entering the hall, they turned around and looked over. After greeting the two, the brother and sister stood behind the two and waited for the Emperor of Chu to go to the palace.
Su Huaixuan looked at Xia Duo and asked, "It's still the emperor's aunt's warm family style, and even the sister-in-law and brother have to send it to the palace in person." ”
"Hmph, this is because Su Pei is old, if she is young, she can't even tolerate her sister, and she will let her concubine only see such affection?" Su Zhao said disdainfully.
Xia Duo forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, but heard Xia Chuxin say: "Family harmony, isn't this the ideal realm of our Great Chu?" What's more, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has to personally send Princess Huaiyu to the palace, how can we, who are subjects, not follow suit? ”
Su Huaixuan was speechless for a while, and could only smile. Su Zhao didn't have any good intentions for Xia Chuxin, he lived for more than forty years, and he only hated the invincible princess Su Pei of Dingguo, and now, out of thin air, such a second lady of the princess's mansion called him deflated again and again, and his hatred for her quickly surpassed Su Pei.
"Hmph. The prince and the princess brothers and sisters are easily intimate, how can they be compared to ordinary families? The prince felt sorry for the princess, so he found such a good husband as Prince Wusu for the princess, and I hope that the princess's mansion can marry you to a person of the same age as a concubine in the future. Su Zhao is really a little pitiful for Xia Chuxin, a concubine like her in the capital is either married to an old man as a step-room, or a son-in-law is a concubine, this second lady is sharp and has a needle in her teeth, and she will have a good mouth to defend herself when she is married to those people.
"King Qinghe County, you" Xia Duo was already angry at this time, Xia Chuxin hurriedly pulled the person back, still with a smile on his face, and said to Su Zhao: "Thank you for worrying about the prince." I heard that the prince married a small county lord in your mansion to Gu Shangshu as a stepfamily, and he was retired a few days later, it seems that this thing is true? Fortunately, the prince has a personal experience, when we come back, I will definitely go back to report to the family, in the future, even if I marry someone else as a little wife, I must not be a stepfamily for the boss, the county king's family is not a living example, hey, fortunately, the county king is always thinking about me, I really want to thank the county king for showing up for me. Xia Chuxin was grateful to Shen Lingyu in his heart, if it weren't for this little apprentice who talked a lot, how could he know about Su Zhao's gossip.
"You, you." After saying this, Su Zhao's face turned red and white for a while, he had already ordered the news to be blocked, and no one else knew about the prince of Qingzhong at this time, how could this stinky girl know? And to say it in front of the crown prince, it is extremely hateful.
Xia Duo's anger had been extinguished by these words, and he looked at Su Zhao incredulously. Su Zhao lost face, so he could only yell at Xia Duo: "What do you see." ”
At this moment, the palace people announced that Emperor Chu was in the palace, and the four of them hurriedly stood up, and in this gap, Xia Chuxin heard Su Huaixuan ask Su Zhao in a low voice: "Did you really marry your concubine to Gu Yunting as your stepmother?" ”
saw Su Zhao with a red face and said, "I, I was also deceived." ”
There was a snicker in my heart. but there is no half point on his face. The Emperor of Chu and the Empress wore crown clothes, although there was a splendid scene, but there was no trace of brilliance on the queen's face, after all, the front foot lost his daughter, and the back foot emperor accepted a new beauty, such a double blow can still be beautiful, and now sitting here with exquisite makeup is already a mother's grace in the world.
"After going to Wusu for thousands of miles, King Qinghe, you vow to send the princess to Wusu safely, and convey my good intentions to King Wusu." Emperor Chu settled.
Su Zhao happily accepted the order and replied: "The minister will not fail in his mission, escort the princess to Wusu, and raise the prestige of my Great Chu Kingdom to the Western Regions." ”
"Xia Chuxin." Emperor Chu called.
Xia Chuxin bowed down and said, "The courtiers are here." ”
"The princess is friendly with you, and I want you to send your relatives in person, and you must take care of the princess when the road is far away."
"The courtiers obey."
"Why is Tianduo here?" Emperor Chu saw Xia Duo on the side and asked.
Although Xia Duo was reluctant, he had to kneel down and ask for an order, saying, "The road is long, and the minister also implores Your Majesty to accompany the family send-off team and escort the princess to Wusu." ”
Thinking that Xia Duo was skilled, and he didn't have any important duties, Emperor Chu agreed.
After settling down, Su Zhao received the customs clearance documents, and Taibu ordered the drum to announce: The auspicious time has arrived, and he will set off.
The drums thundered, and the bells on the city tower rang throughout the capital. The people of Beijing had already gathered on the streets earlier, waiting to send off the princess of Dachu.
Prince Yizhi and Princess Zhuoyi were in the front carriage, then Huaiyu's carriage, then Su Zhao, and then Xia Chuxin Xia Duo, behind the two cars was Temur, Wusu's greeting team plus Da Chu's family sending team, honor guard, and a mighty team of people and horses gradually drove out of the city gate from the palace gate of the imperial city.