Chapter 263: True and False Brides
Then he looked at Shen Nianzhen triumphantly.
Shen Nianzhen was worried about his eldest brother Shen Yunlan at this moment, he didn't have the time to quarrel with people here, and he directly ignored the public opinion created by Jiang Ling, and said politely at the moment: "The two visitors are guests, our Shen family welcomes you, please enter the inner hall to rest."
She has been the host enough, and her attitude is polite enough, giving enough face to Princess Zhaohua and Jiang Ling, and she can't find any mistakes.
But who is Princess Zhaohua? She is a person who has to find fault with everything, not to mention that she is here to do things now! How could he go into the inner hall to rest because Shen Nianzhen said a few words?
So what's all the excitement about?
Not only did he not enter the inner hall at the moment, but he also opened a pair of gloating eyes, and pretended to be worried: "Hey, the auspicious time seems to have arrived, why hasn't the groom official picked up the bride yet?" Did something happen on the way? β
Sure enough, she made it up!
Shen Nianzhen felt a trace of anger in his heart, but his face did not show it at all, and he only said coldly: "How could Princess Zhaohua know so clearly? That's what you made up at all, right? β
"How is that possible!" Princess Zhaohua's face changed when she heard this, as if she had finally caught Shen Nianzhen's handle, and asked aggressively: "This princess is kind enough to come to support your Shen family, but you suspect me for no reason!" It's a fact that the auspicious time is coming, and Princess Ben asks what's wrong? Can't you even ask? That's how your Shen family treats guests? β
"Whether it has anything to do with the princess or not, the princess herself knows it."
Shen Nianzhen looked at her and said faintly: "Your Majesty gave you a marriage, and the whole city is watching, I don't believe that there will be anyone in Shangjing who will deliberately create trouble so blindly, and make it difficult for Your Majesty." β
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the people around were different, and they all looked at the aggressive Princess Zhaohua in a complicated way.
As we all know, Princess Zhaohua admires Shen Yunlan, and once knelt at the gate of the Shen family as a princess and asked to see Shen Yunlan, but in the end she still couldn't disobey the emperor's order, and finally married Jiang Ling.
But surely, I won't want this wedding to go through.
The more ugly the wedding scene of the Shen family, the happier she is, and the happiest she is if it can't be done.
And Shen Yunlan happened to have an auspicious time to worship the church, and he hadn't appeared yet, maybe this was what Princess Zhaohua was looking forward to?
Or, as the second princess said, all this was made by her at all? Now the thief is still shouting to catch the thief, deliberately embarrassing the Shen family?
This woman is really a chicken belly...... Even if she's a princess.
Everyone pointed at Princess Zhaohua and the two of them, and they talked in small voices.
When Princess Zhaohua saw this scene, her face couldn't help but look ugly.
"The groom official did not appear, and the second sister-in-law should be worried, but she should not vent her anger on the princess." Jiang Ling slowly stretched out his hand and pulled Princess Zhaohua over, then smiled ruffianly, and slowly said: "The princess came to the wedding with good intentions, it was originally a good intention, but now that it is being speculated for no reason, shouldn't the most aggrieved person be her?" β
is also said, no matter how true Shen Nianzhen is, she has no evidence.
Who knows why Shen Yunlan was delayed, and he hasn't appeared until now!
The crowd was still talking.
Shen Nianzhen glanced at Jiang Ling fixedly, very unexpectedly.
Although this person looks like a gentleman, he is not a gentleman at all, and he dispelled the power of her words in just a few words, and he is very protective of Princess Zhaohua, and it seems that he likes Zhaohua very much.
I really hope that this person can control his daughter-in-law well and tell her not to go to other people's houses every day to spread wild!
Shen Nianzhen retracted his gaze heavily.
Some anxiously looked out of the door, why hasn't the eldest brother come back, the auspicious time is really coming!
This is the most important day in a person's life, how can you miss the auspicious time?
Her heart was secretly anxious, and her anxiety was increasing.
At the same time, the rest of the Shen family gradually began to become anxious, Shen Chong was originally entertaining those male guests in the outer courtyard, but the next person came to report that the auspicious time was coming, and the groom had not yet returned from marriage, so he was also anxious.
"You guys, hurry up and look along the road! Be sure to get the eldest son and the bride back! Shen Chongdang even called a few of his right-hand men and sent them out to find them.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the talent went out, news came from the street, saying that the welcoming team had returned.
The sedan chair carried by the eight people was bright red and dazzling on the long street, which was particularly eye-catching.
Shen Chong still didn't believe it, he went out of the gate and stood on the street to look, and sure enough, he saw from a distance that his son Shen Yunlan was wearing a big red wedding dress, riding a high-headed horse, leading the greeting team, and slowly came from the side of the street.
Inside the mansion, Shen Nianzhen listened to the sound of firecrackers and cheers, and knew that the eldest brother had come back safely, and he suddenly relaxed in one breath, and raised a confident smile on his face again, and then entertained all the ladies and dependents.
As for Princess Zhaohua, whatever she wants, she can do whatever she wants.
Princess Zhaohua's face immediately changed.
didn't seem to expect that her good show hadn't been performed for long, and it was over, and she was very dissatisfied.
Jiang Ling pinched her palm slightly, and whispered in her ear: "What are you anxious about, the show has just been staged today, do you think that everything will be fine when Shen Yunlan comes back before the auspicious time?" There's an even bigger pit waiting for him ahead. β
"You don't think you're going to do anything to him."
When Princess Zhaohua heard this, her first reaction was to care about whether Jiang Ling would hurt Shen Yunlan.
"Hehe, you care so much about other men? Well? β
When Jiang Ling heard this, his handsome face suddenly turned black, and he stared at Zhaohua with an unkind gaze.
Only then did Zhaohua realize that in the past half a day, Jiang Ling's gentle and obedient intentions had made her forgetful, and she was almost about to forget the ferocity of this man, and she immediately wilted.
Jiang Ling looked at this woman with a thief's heart but no thief's guts, and laughed twice, in the eyes of others, the two of them are intimate, very affectionate, even if they participate in a wedding, they have to be tired of being together, which shows that the marriage is extremely sweet.
Where is the gloom and gloom described by others?
From this point of view, Princess Zhaohua doesn't love Shen Yunlan very much, otherwise how could she fall in love with Jiang Ling so quickly?
The crowd was thoughtful.
And at the gate of the Shen family, the sedan chair has arrived.
The guests and the people who came to see the excitement almost surrounded the gate of the Shen family, and people were curious to look at the handsome groom official riding on a tall horse, looking at his white face as white as Haoyu, and the tall and pine posture, they all nodded in their hearts, a man who looks like this is worthy of being a person who can make the princess infatuated!
Look at the sedan chair carried by the eight people, like a fiery satin, it stopped quietly in front of the door of the Shen family, and a satin sedan chair curtain blocked all the prying eyes.
I don't know what kind of fairy figure Miss Zhu of the Wenchang Earl's Mansion is, and she was lucky to marry the commander of Xiao Shen.
This luck is so good that it has to be envied!
Many of the big girls and little daughters-in-law present looked at the sedan chair with jealousy, and Princess Zhaohua, who came out to see the excitement as the crowd came out, stood not far away, staring at the red sedan chair, but her expression was expressionless.
In her sleeve, her hand almost pinched the palm of her hand, but she was still unconscious.
And at this time, her side remembered Jiang Ling's low voice: "If you are angry, can you pinch the palm of your hand?" β
Princess Zhaohua was stunned when she heard this, looked down, and found that what she had just pinched because of her anger and madness was Jiang Ling's palm.
Jiang Ling's palm was already stained with blood.
Princess Zhaohua: "......"
She raised her eyes to look at the other party's gloomy gaze, retracted her hand suddenly, and said timidly: "I'm sorry ......"
The rest of the words were interrupted by a sudden commotion around them.
It turned out that at this time, Shen Yunlan had already taken a bow and arrow, shot through the sedan door, and was about to open the curtain of the sedan car and pick up the bride from the sedan chair.
This is the most exciting moment of the whole wedding.
Shen Nianzhen supported Mrs. Shen, stood in front of the gate of the Shen family, looked at the scene in front of her with a smile, and said to Mrs. Shen while watching: "Grandmother, look! That's Big Brother! Inside the sedan chair, it's Sister Xiuyan who is sitting, you, just put your heart back in your stomach, it's okay......"
Liao Fangru stood on the other side of Old Lady Shen, and said with a smile when she heard this: "Yes, mother, you really don't have to worry about anything. β
Behind her, there were three grandmothers standing on the left and right, looking around vigilantly, faintly protecting Liao Fangru, for fear that she would be hit by someone when she was pregnant.
The Shen family is overjoyed today, and there can be no accidents.
"Okay, okay." Old Mrs. Shen kept wiping her tears when she heard this, which were tears of joy.
However, at this time, Shen Yunlan, who was standing in front of the sedan chair and stretched out his hand to open the curtain of the sedan chair, stopped moving, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, looked at the bride in the sedan chair with serious eyes, and said coldly: "You are not my fiancΓ©e Zhu Xiuyan, who are you?" β
As soon as this sentence came out, the chaotic voices around him suddenly quieted down.
Even Princess Zhaohua, who was depressed, raised her head sharply and looked over here.
Countless pairs of eyes looked at Shen Yunlan and the red sedan chair, not understanding what he meant by this.
The bride was picked up by Shen Yunlan personally? Why do you want to say that the bride in front of you is not Zhu Xiuyan?
Who would that be?
Where did Zhu Xiuyan go?
"Young Master, how can you tell that she is not Miss Zhu?" The crowd asked.
Shen Yunlan looked at the motionless bride in the sedan chair with deep eyes, shook her head gently, and then said: "No, she is not Xiuyan, the smell is wrong, the body shape is wrong, the hands are wrong, she is not Xiuyan!" β
This time it's not a doubt, it's an affirmation, a 100 percent affirmation.
Hearing this, the people around him suddenly gasped.
The bride was received at the door, but I found out that it was not the bride, and such a strange thing had never happened in Shangjing!
Shen Zhong walked out of the crowd and asked in a deep voice, "Yunlan, are you sure she is really not a bride?" Could it be that you are mistaken? β
"Nope! The son will never be mistaken! Shen Yunlan affirmed: "If I'm wrong today, I'd rather take off my head and kick it off!" β
"But this person is indeed what you picked up from the Earl Wenchang's mansion?" Shen asked with a frown.
"Yes!"
"That shouldn't go wrong?" Shen Chong frowned tightly when he heard this: "This is a marriage given by His Majesty, there is no reason for the Zhu family to get a fake bride for you, give us the Shen family!" β
"What now?"
"Go back! Until the real bride is received! Shen Yunlan said in a deep voice: "I'm worried about Xiuyan now, if something will happen to her!" I'm going to Zhu's house to have a look! β
With that, he turned around and got on his horse, ready to go back.
This bride and this sedan chair, he didn't even look at it.
"Wait!" Jiang Ling took a step forward, looked at Shen Yunlan and said loudly: "Brother Shen personally took the bride back from the Zhu family, and now that she has not entered the mansion, she keeps saying that she is not a bride, and now she is still leaving people here, this thing is not authentic, right?" β
"What do you want?" Shen Yunlan looked at him and asked coldly.
"It's very simple, whether this sedan chair is Miss Zhu Xiuyan or not, you can know it at a glance." Jiang Ling smiled and said, "If not, if you go to the Zhu family again, it's nothing." β
"No way!" Shen Yunlan immediately refused: "The woman in the sedan chair is not Xiuyan, if I remove the hijab, then I will be responsible for her, but unfortunately I, Shen Yunlan, will only be responsible for Zhu Xiuyan in this life, I won't look at other women at a glance, it doesn't matter if this hijab is removed or not, I will immediately let people send this sedan chair back to Shen's house." β
"Hehe, what if the woman in the sedan chair is Zhu Xiuyan? How are you staying? Jiang Ling sneered: "You sent the bride back to the Zhu family at the auspicious time of marriage in this church, this is tantamount to slapping the face of the Zhu family, do you think you can still carry out this marriage?!" β
"What you said is impossible to achieve at all, the woman in the sedan chair is not Xiuyan at all."
No matter what Jiang Ling said or tried to mislead, Shen Yunlan was unmoved, he only had one sentence, the woman in the sedan chair was not Zhu Xiuyan, he would not marry.
When everyone saw this scene, they didn't know who to believe, and they talked about it one by one.
No one thought that when they came to the Shen family to attend a wedding today, they would see such a lively scene!
But it's so lively.
What no one notices is that the auspicious time for the church has passed.
Shen Nian was really anxious, and finally pushed away the crowd and stepped forward, looked at Shen Yunlan and said, "Brother, are you really sure that the woman in this sedan chair is not Sister Xiuyan?" β
"It's not." Shen Yunlan replied affirmatively.
"Okay, I'll take a look." Shen Nianzhen said, immediately strode forward, stretched out his arm, and uncovered the red hijab of the woman in the sedan chair: "I uncovered this hijab!" Wait a minute, I'll make amends to this girl! And find a good in-law for her again! β
The voice landed, and the red hijab had been revealed.
Shen Yunlan wanted to stop it, but he didn't have time, and his face turned blue all of a sudden: "Nian Zhen!" Why are you so foolish! This hijab can't be removed! β
As soon as the words fell, he was stunned, looking at the bride who was sitting in a daze with her mouth blocked in the sedan chair, and said in a daze: "Yuncui? How are you? Where's your young lady??
But it turned out that the woman in the sedan chair was not Zhu Xiuyan, but the maid next to Zhu Xiuyan, Yuncui.
"Big brother, if you don't uncover this hijab, everyone doesn't know if the woman in this sedan chair is Sister Xiuyan, and will think that you don't want to marry the Zhu family and deliberately make things difficult, now that the truth is revealed, you will immediately go to the Zhu family to pick up Sister Xiuyan again, everyone will only praise you for your wisdom and deep love for Sister Xiuyan." Shen Nianzhen slowly explained on the side.
For Yuncui, the woman in the sedan chair, she had no surprises.
Since the eldest brother said that the woman in this sedan chair is not Sister Xiuyan, then it is not.
"Original...... It's really not a bride! Just a maid! The people watching around immediately exploded, and they all talked about it, commenting on it: "Commander Xiao Shen really has a deep love for his fiancΓ©e, and he actually knows that he has changed people through the hijab!" That's amazing! β
"This Earl Wenchang's Mansion is really too deceitful! If you don't want to marry the Shen family, just say it, what is the matter with getting a maid to marry instead of the young lady? οΌ
"I don't know how it's going to end now......"
Jiang Ling listened to everyone's discussions, and then looked at Yun Cui who was lifted from the hijab, his eyes darkened, and he pulled Princess Zhaohua without saying a word, and retreated to the side.
Princess Zhaohua looked at the farce in front of her and her eyes widened in surprise.
Suddenly, she turned her head to look at Jiang Ling, and asked him with her eyes, did you make up the matter of this maid getting married instead of the bride? Is it deliberately to make Shen Yunlan ugly? He's just amazing! I didn't even think of this method!
Hmph, this is not trivial, Jiang Ling snorted coldly, showing a hint of pride in his expression.
Yes, this matter was indeed arranged by him secretly, but he didn't expect that Shen Yunlan was so shrewd, he could see through the red hijab that the bride had changed, otherwise he would have worshiped a girl and found out that something was wrong when the candles were in the cave room, so it would be good-looking!
It's a pity......
Jiang Ling sighed slightly in his heart, extremely disappointed.
There's nothing to see in the rest of the scene.
He thought about going home, but Zhaohua on the side watched it with relish, and she wanted to know what the Shen family planned to do next.
Do you send the sedan chair back to Zhu's house directly and ask aggressively, or go directly to the palace to complain to the emperor?
No matter which choice is made, the Shen family and the Zhu family will not be able to get married.
There is also the possibility of becoming an enemy, which is really beautiful! What a show! Princess Zhaohua looked at Shen Nianzhen's anxious appearance and almost didn't laugh out loud.
But the next moment, she was stunned.
I saw that Shen Nianzhen called a few subordinates of the Shen family and invited the Yuncui girl in the sedan chair directly out.