Chapter 12: The Wedding Feast
All I could see was red, I could only hear the pounding of my heartbeat, I could only feel the slight trembling hands tugging tightly, and the little tingling of my nails in my palms kept me awake and reminded myself not to make mistakes.
I thought I was back in the dark pavilion that day, until a pair of wheat-colored slender but bony right hands appeared in front of me, and I didn't have to guess to know that this must be the emperor's hand. I was a little reluctant, but I still couldn't help but be nervous and put my little hand in his palm, what kind of man's palm was that, dry, a little cold, with a thin cocoon on the fingertips and palms, presumably left when I practiced martial arts, which was a little different from what I imagined, and my impression of the emperor was always like a weak scholar.
Being led away by him like this makes me feel like a bride at the moment, but like a father and daughter.
"Are you afraid?" He asked me suddenly in a low voice.
I wanted to shake my head, but the heavy hair ornament on my head forced me to answer, "Not afraid." "Actually, how can you not be afraid, but what can you do, just like Aunt Ye said, just do what Mama said.
He laughed, a short, low laugh that I couldn't tell what was really in it.
Step by step, he walked to the high platform, and after standing still, he lifted my hijab without warning. Isn't it true that the hijab will be lifted when the TV series is in a cave room? When I was wondering, I saw Chu Mo standing in front of us, still dressed in white, like a fairy, looking at me with a smile. I also heard the surprise in his eyes and the sighs around him at the moment when the hijab was lifted.
"Now Helan Jiuli, Princess Liangzhou, abide by the palace rules, gentle and virtuous, Su Yongde Mao, Jin Feng Concubine An, hope to be good at etiquette, Yanqing family." This canonized golden text was very difficult to hear.
"Peace, stability. The ancients had clouds that were good and indisputable. Don't let people down. "Chu Mo just finished reading it, and I haven't reacted yet to hear the emperor say this again." Don't you receive the order of thanksgiving? ”
Concubine An? Good and indisputable? Just like Mama said, is it indisputable?
"Concubine Xie Your Majesty for the seal." With both hands, he respectfully accepted the golden book handed over by Chu Mo. With Huang Fuchen turned around, looking at the hundreds of ministers, palace maids, and the nobles of the royal family under the high platform, my panicked heart actually slowly calmed down, although I don't know why I have to make such a big show for a concubine, but with Chu Mo here, I am not as helpless as just now.
"You Aiqing must be wondering, I am just a concubine, why do I want to bring this matter to the former dynasty instead of doing it in the harem." Huangfu Chen's majestic voice sounded in my ears, this is the first time I have heard him speak so seriously, the wind of the emperor who dominates life and death from above is terrifying, this tone makes me can't help but weaken my legs, and I almost knelt down.
Seeing that no one from the courtiers answered, he smiled and continued, "Because the woman beside me is the saint who made Liangzhou full of red clouds eight years ago, and she is the saint who can win the world for me in the priest's mouth. From today onwards, I want the subjects of the southern kingdom to watch how their emperor swallows this river and creates a peaceful and prosperous era. ”
"Long live my emperor, the holy woman helps my emperor to rule the world, and it will be passed down through the ages." The shout from the audience echoed throughout the empty hall for a long time.
It's ridiculous, it seems that my body is still a blessed baby, I can bless the country, and I can also win the world. I'm not a bodhisattva, how can a weak woman have such magical powers.
Because of superstition, the emperor must marry me. That's why I'm going to marry someone who is twenty years older than me.
"Hahaha, no courtesy, today, the ministers will drink and talk happily, and there is no need to be restrained." Huang Fuchen waved his big hand, and everyone who was prostrate on the ground stood up again, patted the ethereal dust on their front knees, and once again restored the happy scene when I first came.
I remember that my grandmother told me that the golden book of concubines was awarded to me by the queen, and I had to listen to the queen's teachings, but today, I didn't see the queen, and I didn't see a harem concubine in the whole hall, and a concubine ceremony was actually presided over by a golden high priest.
Although I had doubts in my heart, I didn't dare to ask, and I didn't want to ask.
But later, Chu Mo told me that although Liangzhou is a small country, this is also a political marriage between countries, and it is naturally to be in the previous dynasty. also said that the grand occasion of this wedding banquet can almost be compared with the day when the queen was canonized, and joked that I am so blessed. And because the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, there are no harem concubines attending the ceremony.
"Come on, help Concubine An to rest in my bedroom." Huang Fuchen handed my hand to a palace maid beside me, commanded in a low voice, and then got off the high platform, and was surrounded by everyone and walked towards the direction of the dragon chair.
The woman helped me down the steps, and I inadvertently turned around and saw Qi Hao and Ziqing, as well as Chu Lige, and the three children stood quietly on the right side of the high platform to witness the somewhat shocking scene just now. It's just that Qi Hao looked at me, his eyes were red, while Ziqing and Chu Lige looked worried, smiled at them, and said that everything was fine, so he didn't go back to the temple of sainthood.
Sitting on the dragon collapse with some anxiety, although it is a very soft bed, the exquisite embroidery on the dragon and phoenix quilt shows the respect of the owner here, which makes me still a little like sitting on pins and needles, and I am apprehensive.
In the apse of the entire temple of virtue, there are only Xi Niang, Aunt Ye, Sang Ma and me, and the four of us are waiting for the emperor quietly. They didn't speak, and I didn't want to speak, except for heavy breathing.
After sitting for about half an hour, a eunuch came to pass that the emperor went to the queen's Shuyi Palace, and let me stay here and sleep. The hanging heart finally fell to the ground, I was really afraid of him coming, I couldn't face a person who could be my own father and be my husband.
After Aunt Ye learned of the will, she explained to me that every time the concubine was crowned on the same night, the emperor would go to the queen to express His Majesty's love and apologies and comfort the emperor. Let me not take it to heart, the emperor will definitely compensate me in the future.
Where will I remember, it is as I wish.