Chapter 22: If You Don't Marry
"Prince, this is the sachet embroidered by Yanran herself, carving insect skills, I hope the prince's brother will not dislike it!" After Song Yanran finished speaking, she raised her head bravely, and took out a golden sachet with a blue jade pendant from her sleeve pocket, the sachet was embroidered with a pair of cross-necked mandarin ducks playing in the water, which looked very intimate, and the colorful embroidery threads were embroidered vividly and vividly, looking quite chic, which was enough to see that Song Yanran in front of her was not only beautiful, but also a clever girl.
Nan Xuanye's eyes flashed with a hint of ghostly light, looked at the purse handed in front of him, smiled slightly, reached out and took it, and hung it on his waist, Song Yanran on the other side blushed on the spot, and looked at Nan Xuanye even more embarrassed.
"Shy what! It's not the first day you've met, come here, we'll have dinner together, and the dishes will be ready for you! Queen Su greeted warmly, and Song Yanran was helped by the maid to walk towards Kunning Palace, and everyone made a ball together.
"Yanran, if this palace is not mistaken, these dishes are your favorite food, you can see if it suits your taste!" Queen Su greeted Song Yanran in front of her warmly.
"Niangniang, you have prepared everything very well, these Yanran love to eat!" Song Yanran lowered her head and took a bite of each dish, and looked at Queen Su in front of her with a smile.
"Brother Xuanye, this dish is good, you can taste it!" After Song Yanran finished speaking, she sandwiched a few side dishes and put them all in the small bowl in front of Nan Xuanye.
"Thank you, Yanran!" Nan Xuanye lowered her head and ate some of the dishes that Song Yanran was holding, and raised her eyes slightly to look at Song Yanran in front of her, at this time Song Yanran's heart turned even redder, she bowed her head slightly and drank, rarely spoke, and was shy all night.
I don't know when, Queen Su next to her disappeared, and in front of the entire wine table, only the prince Nan Xuanye in front of her and Song Yanran, the daughter of the military department, were left.
Nan Xuanye has been drinking with her head down, and she didn't say too much, she just raised her eyes to look at Song Yanran in front of her from time to time, but just a few glances have already made Song Yanran in front of her already intoxicated with Nan Xuanye's charm.
When the moon was in the middle of the sky, the prince Nan Xuanye personally sent Song Yanran back to Shangshu Mansion, the night market at this time was still lively, through the bustling crowd, when the two walked all the way to the quiet long street, the bright moonlight sprinkled on the long road, stretched the shadows of the two people, and slowly the figures of the two people slowly overlapped.
At this time, Song Yanran slowly narrowed the distance between the two people, and in the end, she quietly tried to hook Nan Xuanye's arm, and finally bravely grabbed Nan Xuanye's big hand, which was only a matter of a moment! She understands that this is Queen Su creating an opportunity for the two of them to get along!
She has usually been locked in the Xiuxiu Building, the door does not go out of the door, she listens to the most is the excerpt told by the storyteller in the house, as well as the poignant and beautiful love stories such as the folk book collection, whenever she thinks of those lovers who can not be together because of different classes, her heart will surge a trace of sadness, she will indulge in the love of those people and can't pull it out, she is glad that the person she loves has always been by her side!
She has been running behind her brother's ass since she was a child, and she has known the prince Nan Xuanye for a long time, and she has long made a vow that she will not marry Nan Xuanye in this life, but she has been waiting for so many years, she has always looked up at the man in front of her, he is like a lightning, she always can't catch up, can't see, and can't even keep up.
She doesn't have a strong family like the former crown princess Su Yan as a support, she is just the daughter of the military department, she is counted as a middle-level person in the capital, and she always has some inferiority complex and a little shyness in the eyes of the prince Nan Xuanye, she has always been forbearing, so she has been persisting for four or five years, not listening to the advice of her father and brother, and has been waiting for an opportunity.
His brother Song Chengxuan didn't want her to marry into the royal family at all, what kind of place is the royal family, a place where she laughs in the branches in the morning and cries in hell at night, he hopes that she will be safe and stable for the rest of her life, and it will be good if she has a man to love.
But this little girl is too stubborn, she has been waiting, now she is twenty-two years old, and she still has no intention of retreating, the emperor lives up to her wishes, she finally waited for the opportunity, with the decline of the prime minister Su Zhe's family, now the prince is lonely, always looking for new strength as his foundation, brother and Nan Xuanye are good brothers, father is the secretary of the military department of the DPRK, in any case, he is also an important minister in the DPRK, and the eldest brother is now the person in charge of the northern Xinjiang, how to say, it is also a family with rights and resources, For the current prince, it is very suitable! She has this confidence!
At this time, snuggling in the arms of Prince Nan Xuanye really felt happy to death, she was excited to call out, but she was still an official lady, to be reserved, to be polite, to be delicate, these are not her personality, she is actually usually very calm, she likes to read the most, likes to discuss the truth with her father and brother the most, naturally in her own home, when she goes out, she is very low-key.
Song Yanran's heart was pounding, and just when she felt that she was in a super good mood, her body suddenly became lighter, and the man in front of her actually hugged her horizontally and sent her all the way to Shangshu Mansion, until Song Chengxuan came out of it and saw the two of them, so frightened that Song Yanran hid directly in Nan Xuanye's arms.
"Look! What I saw! Song Yanran, do you know how to be shy! Go back! With Song Chengxuan's fall, Song Yanran, who had just landed, was supported by the maid and quickly fled all the way.
"Did my sister scare you?" Song Chengxuan looked at Nan Xuanye in front of him and asked, and patted Nan Xuanye's shoulder by the way.
"It's fine! This is arranged by my queen mother, Xiao Wang, I'm just worried, don't let your sister be wronged! Nam Hyun Ye smiled faintly.
"Do you feel wronged? Married my sister, as far as I know, she didn't marry you, and she has had her ambitions since she was a child. Song Chengxuan looked at Nan Xuanye in front of him seriously.
"I hope if you don't want to, don't embarrass yourself, don't hurt my sister, we are good brothers, but I am still Song Yanran's eldest brother, even if you don't marry her, I will still be your good brother, and I will still stand with you."
"Okay, you give me time to think about it, I need to be quiet for myself for a while!" After Nan Xuanye finished speaking, he said goodbye to Song Chengxuan and returned directly the same way.
Song Chengxuan looked at the man in front of him, there was always some contradiction in his heart, brothers are brothers, he will naturally have this morality in his heart, but he doesn't want his family to be hurt, he doesn't like too utilitarian marriage, such a marriage will only make people break their hearts, although he is not married, but in such a family, he lives in the circle, does he see less? He only had one sister, and he didn't want such a tragedy to happen to her.
When Song Chengxuan returned to the mansion, he saw Song Yanran's red and resentful rabbit eyes before he walked in.
"Big brother! You bad guy! How can you talk to the prince's brother like this, I also put my words here, if you don't let me marry Nan Xuanye, I will die to show you! Word! If you don't believe me, you can try! Hum! "Song Yanran ran ran in after speaking."
Song Chengxuan looked at the wayward sister in front of him with a headache, he had mixed feelings in his heart, he didn't want his sister Yanran to suffer, but the woman in front of him was even more difficult to deal with than he imagined, he didn't know how to face the things in front of him now, he was really a little worried!
At this time, Song Yanran ran all the way through the courtyard, and when she passed through the back garden, she saw her father Bingbu Shangshu who was drinking in the pavilion, she had to stop, return to her reserved appearance, and when she walked to her father, she shouted softly: "Daughter Yanran to see her father!" ”
"Hmmm! How did it feel to meet the prince this time? The military department Shangshu asked straight to the point, and after speaking, he poured a glass of wine for the daughter in front of him to warm up.
"I feel very good this time, the queen is very enthusiastic about her daughter, and she constantly matches her daughter and His Royal Highness the Prince, I think about it, the queen mother likes her daughter." Song Yanran lowered her head shyly.
"Then, what about the prince, does he like you?" Bingbu Shangshu put down the wine glass in his hand and asked.
"The daughter gave His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a hand-sewn mandarin duck water sachet, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took the initiative to accept it, and on the way here, she also held her daughter's hand (she swore that she would never say that she took the initiative of His Royal Highness the Prince), and was worried that her daughter was tired from walking, so she directly hugged her daughter back to the house!" Song Yanran said with a red face.
"In front of the public, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took the initiative to take your hand and come back with you?" The military department Shangshu couldn't sit still, stood up directly, and looked at Song Yanran in front of him seriously.
"Yes! In front of everyone, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came back with his daughter, the daughter likes His Royal Highness the Prince, and returns the ball to her father! Song Yanran knew that her eldest brother agreed to this marriage from time to time, and a discerning person saw that it was a political marriage, but in fact, what about political marriages, these were all brought by her own good background, and there was nothing to scruple about, besides, she and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince liked each other and fell in love, and this marriage would only develop in a better direction.
"Well, you give Daddy some time and let me think about it! It's late at night, you go back and rest first! The military department Shangshu looked at his daughter Song Yanran in front of him and said.
"Then the father will rest early, and the daughter will retire!" After Song Yanran finished speaking, under the leadership of the maid, she walked towards the embroidery building, the military department Shangshu cultivated her daughter to have always believed in the wealthy, independent embroidery building, a separate nurse maid and mother-in-law, Mr. Teaching, female worker master, aristocratic women need to master the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, female workers, cooking, reading and literacy, the same thing that should be learned is not falling, especially Song Yanran's female workers are very good, embroidered samples in the Beijing embroidery circle that can be counted, her embroidery is often snatched up in the market, due to the scarcity and precious, for a while, it is a good story.
It's just that the military department still values face, and his daughter's fame and reputation are spread out, and his goal has been achieved, as for the embroidery, he naturally refuses to spread it easily, and even his baby daughter refuses to let her embroider anything easily, unless it is given to the prince, you can practice every day, as for the rest, just be a lady and lock it in the embroidery building, as for dancing knives and swords, it is even more impermissible, girls must have the appearance of girls.
At this time, the military department Shangshu slowly retracted the thoughts in his mind, looked at his son Song Chengxuan sitting in front of him, and said: "The crown prince Nanxuanye, the third prince of Nanjiang, has now entered the court, which side do you think our Song family should support, or choose neutrality, no one supports, pretending to be deaf and dumb?" ”
Song Chengxuan drank a glass of wine, looked at his father in front of him, and said respectfully: "Father, the child and His Royal Highness the Prince are lifelong friends, so they are naturally on his side, and now, the queen seems to be deliberately trying to win over our Song family, and has been matching the marriage between the little sister and His Royal Highness the Prince, but the child is not too much in favor of this marriage, after all, there are so many women around the Prince's Palace, and he also has a Changchun Garden in his hand, which is the beauty nest of the famous capital, all of which are the women of His Royal Highness the Prince, and there is no shortage of women in the rivers and lakes, I'm afraid that my sister will suffer and be unhappy when she marries. ”
"Which man is not three wives and four concubines, what is there to be sad about, as long as he does a good job as the mother of the main palace, gives birth to a sister-in-law to stabilize his position, plus the strength of our Song family, naturally no one dares to wronged Yanran, besides, today's prince is also a not simple character, brave and strategic, calm, and personally disposed of the uncles who hindered his status, which shows his determination to want the throne, our Yanran will marry the princess in the future, and the future will be the mother of the country of the Great Zhou, and our Song family must have a queen!"
"The child understands his father's intentions, so he obeys his father's arrangement, just to get married, and he still needs the emperor's marriage, have you discussed this matter with the queen?" Song Chengxuan took the initiative to ask.
"It's best for the queen to come forward and bring it up inadvertently, don't be too deliberate, but you also have to let the emperor agree!" Bingbu Shangshu pondered for a moment and said.
"That's what the child means, our Song family can't take the initiative to bring it up, and we can't arouse the emperor's suspicion, thinking that we want to form a party with the prince, which is easy to be true." Song Chengxuan directly put forward his thoughts.
The next day, before the old emperor got up, Queen Su Ru came directly to the Yangxin Palace to ask for peace, took the initiative to serve the old emperor and washed up, and used breakfast with the old emperor, and her diligent actions quickly aroused the interest of the old emperor.
"Queen, you came to serve me so diligently today, but you have something on your mind, let's listen to it and see if I can relieve the queen's worries?" The old emperor sat at the dining table, looking at the queen on the other side of the long dining table.
The queen took the initiative to come to the front of the old emperor and took the initiative to say: "Back to the emperor, the concubines have been worried about the prince's choice of concubines for a while, and the concubines in the capital's portraits are dazzled, and they really make the concubines worry and can't sleep, so I came here today to discuss with the emperor." ”|
The old emperor looked at the queen who was bowing her eyebrows in front of her, and suddenly said: "The queen also dined with the daughter of the military department yesterday, so she must have a favorite candidate for the crown princess!" ”
"I just don't know what the emperor thinks, the concubine wants to hear the emperor's opinion!" Since it was exposed, Queen Su also said it along the water.
"The daughter of the military department is ingenious, and she embroiders exquisite embroidery, she is a rare lady, the prince marries her, it is very suitable, I will marry in the near future, queen, have your worries been lifted?" The old emperor's eyes sank, a glimmer of light flashed, and when he looked at the queen again, his eyes were as bright as stars.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Queen Su naturally didn't dare to look at the emperor's expression more, she was already very happy to be able to obtain the emperor's consent, that kind of trembling, walking on thin ice, it was really very risky, very exciting, she had no choice, even if there was a sea of swords and fires in front of her, for the sake of her son, she would not go down.
When the queen walked out, the old emperor sighed heavily, after her own maiden family was eliminated, the queen here quickly thought of marrying the Song family, the military department of the capital, and becoming a new force alliance, and the other son he valued recently, the third prince, was very low-key, and had been with relatives without any background and strength, especially his uncle who was in charge of the salt tax in the capital, was a nameless petty official, and he was also close to his uncle's daughter Ruan Yuer, is he stupid, or his brain is in water! How did he use the three princes to suppress the crown prince?
The old emperor couldn't eat when he thought of this, and he was worried that he would have nightmares, so he ate a tranquilizing pill given to him by the national teacher in advance.
At this time, Xia Yinbing, who had been resting for months, finally stopped vomiting and could slowly get out of bed and go out, her figure was still thin and weak, and she couldn't see that she was pregnant, but the consequence of not eating anything for a month was that she lost a lot of weight, and her body couldn't exert any strength.
At this time, Yun Shu was helping Xia Yinbing to take a walk in the garden of the Sakura Snow Palace, and heard the whispers of the two maids hiding in the flowers on the side from a distance.
"Have you heard, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is recently going to take Song Yanran, the daughter of the secretary of the military department, as the crown princess! I heard that the daughter of the Song family is gentle, she has no frame in dealing with people, she is approachable, kind-hearted, and much better than Su Yan's woman, but you see, this Xia Yinbing, who was recently pregnant, is miserable, the new crown princess is going to get married, and the child in her belly will be knocked out nine times out of ten, and other women will not be allowed to have children before each princess gives birth to a son-in-law! ”
"That's it! Before, the crown princess Su Yan was too spicy, she thought she couldn't give birth to a child, in fact, don't talk about it! In fact, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will take a contraceptive pill every time he has sex with this Su Yanxing, but I saw Cheng Yu and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince talking with my own eyes! It's a secret, don't tell it! ”
Xia Yinbing immediately glanced at Yun Shu, and the two tacitly agreed to step aside, hid, and watched the two little maids in front of them sneak out.
"Mother, what can you do? The annoying princess Su Yan has just died, and His Royal Highness the prince is impatient to marry a new princess, so what can you do, and the child in your belly, in case the new crown princess must get rid of the child in your belly, what can you do? ”
The more Yun Shu spoke, the more flustered he became, and he was about to cry, but Xia Yinbing in front of him continued to walk like no one else, and walked for a while before looking back at Yun Shu: "Your girl, am I a soft persimmon who is bullied?" ”