Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Night of Candles

Her mother-in-law Wang Liangdi, who was sitting at the top, was none other than the mysterious black-cloaked woman who told her the truth in Wangshu Tower that day!

It turned out that all this farce was directed by Donggong, who induced her to explore step by step, and finally broke the marriage contract between King Shu and her. Counting step by step, and the manslaughter of my sister may be the only accident among them, but it is just the right amount to be used.

Since the Guo family made two marriage contracts, all this has entered a competition. Li Yi took Guo Li as an ally, enlisted the support of the Guo family, took her home, and planned to use her to play the memory card to win the emperor's favor.

And Li Chun couldn't tolerate the Guo family's bet on both ends, so he courted her, sabotaged the marriage of Shu Wangfu, and induced her step by step to dig up the past, forced Concubine Wei Xian to make a move, and finally won her and the Guo family.

In this game, the most innocent is the sister, who becomes a victim.

The saddest thing is that she seems to be loved by everyone, but in fact she is just an accessory to power.

The guests dispersed, and the bride sat quietly in a room covered with wedding letters. Through the vague translution, she could clearly feel a complete strangeness.

Every breath of air in the breath is unfamiliar, mixed with a faint aroma.

She didn't know what kind of incense Donggong smoked, the taste was very delicate, and there was no smoke smell, she thought it was excellent, but this strangeness made her panic. She tore off the redundant ornaments on her forehead and head, and sat silently on the edge of the bed, like a stone sculpture, as if it were her own old age.

A person came from pushing the door, no one announced, she knew it was Li Chun, so she turned around and turned her back to him.

But the man said, "If you are reluctant to marry, you should not get on the sedan chair today!" ”

A slightly low female voice, Nian Yun suddenly turned around, it was Wang Liangdi.

Nian Yun looked at her: "But before getting on the sedan chair, I didn't know that all this was a premeditated plan of the East Palace. ”

"What's the difference? I didn't lie to you, nor did I stop you from being Princess Shu. It's all you, you decided to listen to my story, you decided not to marry King Shu, and you decided to be Guo Nianyun. Isn't it? ”

Her hand was gently caressing Nian Yun's shoulder, and her tone was so amiable.

Nian Yun was deflated.

Wang Liangdi smiled slightly: "On the contrary, you should also thank me, I told you the truth in advance and gave you room to choose again." ”

If she really became Princess Shu, and many years later she realized that she had been acting for the tiger, had been being used by the enemy, and had been deceived by her husband, what should I do at that time?

Wang Liangdi took her hand: "Don't blame Chun'er, he likes you, he can't be wrong, it's because you have your benefits." ”

She is a smart person, and she has seen the unhappiness in Nianyun's heart, so she has come to lobby.

Nian Yun was gloomy: "He calculates me, and he calculates so deeply!" ”

Wang Liangdi smiled: "You see, in this man's world, it is always difficult for us women to make their own ideas - I was also a talented person of the first emperor, whether I want to or not, the ignorant was given to His Royal Highness......"

Nianyun didn't know about this, no wonder the crown princess died, she gave birth to her eldest son, but she never straightened it out.

She continued: "It's not necessarily bad. Within a few years, the first emperor went, and the beauties, talents, and Jieyu who entered the palace at the same age as me now have to go to Ganye Temple to be a sister-in-law, and I can still be by His Royal Highness's side, and I have a little hope. ”

Seeing that Nianyun was slightly moved, she was kind and tempting: "The big gift has been completed, if you regret it now, and ask for a letter of resignation, it will not be good for the two families." Since you are already married, why should you get along with yourself, if you are lucky and everything goes well with your husband, why are you not noble? ”

It's not that she regrets marrying Li Chun, but she is worried. Li Chun calculated her like this, and in the days to come, in this long life, the husband and wife don't know how to calculate.

It was already difficult enough, and she didn't want to offend her mother-in-law again, so she stood up respectfully and saluted: "Thank you Liangdi, my daughter-in-law has been taught." ”

Wang Liangdi patted the back of her hand: "When Chun'er comes back, don't be angry with him." ”

I don't know how long it took, but she could hear the breathing of another person, and the smell of alcohol, in front of her, who was only more than a meter away. She knew that it was Li Chun, her husband, and she didn't know how much wine the guests outside poured him.

She realized that they were the only ones in the room. The light was not bright, but she had already adapted to it, and saw him standing in front of her, dressed in a crimson official robe, looking at her in a daze.

As if he saw him for the first time, he was also dressed in red, and in Guo Yan's house, he turned around with a smile, and the light was as hazy as today.

He suddenly reached out his hand, as if to touch her face, and she subconsciously ducked back.

"Nian Yun ......"

Even though Wang Liangdi told her again and again, she still couldn't imagine that she would have to be happy with this man tonight.

She raised her eyes coldly, met his eyes red from alcohol, and said meanly: "Congratulations, now you have finally married the only concubine of Shengping Mansion, are you satisfied?" ”

He glared at her, and suddenly reached out with his hand, pinched her chin with three fingers, and brought his face in front of her, the blood-red red in his eyes as if he was about to devour her.

"No, I'm not satisfied, I never got your heart!"

"My heart?" She laughed miserably: "It's just the untimely mood of a weak woman, what's the use of my heart?" ”

Li Chun didn't answer, just looked into her eyes, and her tears poured out quickly, fell, and slid across her face as if they were not her own, and were falling on the fluttering phoenix on her clothes, like a phoenix crying.

Li Chun suddenly felt pity for her and took her in his arms.

The tingling feeling came again, like in the dream of that day, like when Li Chun stood on the steps and approached him to speak......

Her body trembled slightly, and she subconsciously pushed him.

Li Chun sighed and whispered in her ear, "I will wait for you." ”

He raised his voice and called the fennel and pothos guarding outside the door to come in. The two maids looked at each other and moved in tremblingly, Li Chun looked the two up and down, and then glanced deeply at Nianyun, with indescribable emotions piled up in his eyes.

He was silent for a moment, then said, "Take care of Madame," and then turned to leave, leaving a lonely red back.

It took Nian Yun a long time to react, and the "madam" he said was referring to her.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

Fennel and Pothos served her into a heavy hairpin dress, and she sent them both back to rest.

The dragon and phoenix candles with thick arms burned all night, and the carvings on the rosewood bed were cast on the brocade quilt, deep and shallow, like her broken heart.

The East Palace is a more lonely place than the princess's mansion, and even the third brother can't come to see her from time to time, leaving her alone and hanging from each other.

On such an ambiguous night, she naturally didn't want Li Chun to be by her side. But Li Chun is really gone, she only feels extremely lonely, and she doesn't know how to spend thousands of days and nights in the future.

Nian Yun sat in a daze, until the candlelight dimmed, and the light outside the window seemed to gradually become brighter.

So a maid came outside the window, saying that the king of the county had sent her to call her, and she was going to wash up and go to see the prince and his wife.

Soon, a maid came in with a lot of things, and Nianyun was pulled by them to freshen up and change clothes, and put on a set of clothes that were not much easier than the hairpin dress.

Fennel covered her haggard dark circles with a heavy layer of powder, and she took out a two-finger-long object from a brand-new vermilion lacquer box that was slightly thicker than the barrel of a pen. Nian Yun took a closer look, as if it was some red and glamorous, very delicate and moist ointment, packed in a small carved bamboo tube, exuding a refreshing aroma.

A maid said: "This is the madder nail fried lipstick rewarded by His Royal Highness the Prince, the color is pure, it is very rare!" ”

Nianyun's heart moved, and he suddenly asked, "The incense in the house last night, but the incense of agarwood?" ”

The maid smiled and said: "Mrs. Jun is really knowledgeable, our agarwood incense is the first reward in the palace, even the concubines of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't use such a good one!" ”

Nian Yun took the lipstick, looked at it carefully, and slowly applied the bright red color to his slightly pale lips.

As she remembers, Aunt Wei told her about the grand occasion of Chang'an City, and she also talked about these two things, she likes the madder nail decoction lipstick very much. Aunt Wei, Aunt Wei, at this time, only you can give me a little comfort.

The pothos combed her hair, picked up an eight-treasure finch bead hairpin from the makeup box, compared it on her head, and picked up a red gold and red agate bead hairpin, and couldn't make up her mind, so she asked her: "Which one does the girl like herself?" ”

Nian Yun looked at her blankly, as if he didn't know what she was talking about. At this time, a voice sounded behind him: "The one with red agate, look festive." ”

Nian Yun raised his eyes slightly and saw Li Chun in the mirror.

She sighed softly in her heart, it's just a hairpin, what if it's festive? The person who marries is wrong, what can you change if you wear the right hairpin?

Li Chun picked up the hairpin, inserted it in the cloud sideburns for her, and patted her cheek gently: "Smile, don't let the subordinates see the sad face of the new lady." ”

Nian Yun had no choice but to try to put on a smile.

I thought it was just to meet the prince and Wang Liangdi, but I didn't expect to find that there was a large circle of people sitting in the main hall of the East Palace, Cheng'en Hall, which made Nianyun a little surprised.

The seats next to Prince Li Yu were empty, and the people on both sides were all women. Nian Yun secretly glanced around, there were eighteen of them, and they were all violet and red, competing for beauty.

Thinking about it, those concubines who are all princes are lower than Nianyun in terms of status, so she doesn't have to serve them tea. But in terms of seniority, they are all Li Chun's concubines, so when Nianyun comes in, they don't have to stand up to greet her.

Being looked at and scrutinized by so many women with all kinds of eyes, Nianyun was a little uncomfortable. Li Chun quietly pulled her sleeve, and she remembered that she wanted to serve tea to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince without squinting according to the etiquette taught by her aunt before.

The prince took it, took a sip slowly, put it on the table next to him, and instructed her: "Give Liangdi a bowl of tea." ”

There is no crown princess in the East Palace. As early as six years ago, the crown princess Xiao was forced to divorce the crown prince because of her mother, Princess Gao Guo, and was imprisoned by the saint. Two years ago, Princess Gao Guo died, and Concubine Xiao was also given death.

Since then, the position of the crown princess has been vacant, and Wang Liangdi has become the actual master of the East Palace because she is the most favored and has been with the prince for the longest time.

Concubine Xiao did not give birth to children, and Li Chun was the eldest son of the prince, who was born by Wang Liangdi.

Nianyun took a deep breath, took the tea in the maid's hand, and under the guidance of the maid, respectfully served a bowl of tea to Wang Liangdi, who was the first on the right.

Before Wang Liangdi could speak, a woman in crimson clothes under her smiled and said: "Mrs. County is really a good color, no wonder Sister Liangdi has been getting acquainted with her for a long time!" ”