Chapter 318: The Big Wedding
The next day, Togo's Kyoto had an extremely grand wedding.
It was the first time for Shi Qingqian to be in the imperial city of another country, although it was only a corner of the East Palace, it was enough to see the hustle and bustle of the entire imperial city.
From the outside of the palace gate to the main hall of the East Palace, hung with bright red lanterns, the blessing officials are tirelessly setting off firecrackers along the way, the musicians blow and blow all the way, and the sound of gongs and trumpets is deafening.
The costumes of the five princesses have been prepared since the second half of last night. I saw that she was wearing a big red phoenix embroidered Bixia Luo, made of expensive phoenix brocade. Mopping the floor-length red light smoke gauze skirt. The skirt is two or three meters long, and the tail end also has a small but delicate embroidered pattern of gold thread lotus. Two delicate red ribbons fell from her shoulders, also embroidered with gold thread, and at the end fell two peacock tail feathers made of silk and expensive sapphires.
Wearing a phoenix crown on his head, the phoenix shape made of pure gold is lifelike and ready to fly, and is made up of a combination of thin pieces of gold. In addition to this soaring phoenix, there are feather-like leaves carved from jade on both sides, and the wings are full of slender water diamond gold tassels, and in the center, there is also a crystal clear blood marrow diamond.
The five princesses walked step by step, and the noble aura of the whole body flashed a dazzling streamer on the robe of the phoenix brocade, dazzling to the extreme.
She half-covered her face with a feather fan, a little pink lips on her fair face, her eyebrows lay horizontally, and her eyes deep into the pool stared at Tuoba Liangbi standing on the steps in front of her.
The feather fan hid her feigned happiness.
Everyone is envious of this woman's brilliance and happiness, only she knows that every step she takes is a step further away from her home country, and every step she takes is an extra step to carry the burden of peace between the two countries.
She even wanted to hide, wanted to spread everything on her body and go to a quiet corner of the world, but she couldn't, she still gritted her teeth and supported herself to show the full laughter of a normal woman when she got married.
Shi Qingqian could only send her to the bottom of the steps of the main hall of the East Palace, and the rest of the way could only be accompanied by the married maid.
The moment she threw out the hundred-year-old grass ear in her hand, her heart suddenly fell lonely. She had persuaded herself for a long time that this was the best destination for the fifth princess, but now she couldn't stop the tears that broke the embankment no matter what......
Who would have thought that sending good sisters to marry should be a happy event, but now it has become a sign that they will never see each other again in this life?
Shi Qingqian forcibly suppressed her desire to step forward to embrace the fifth princess, she stood in place, sobbing uncontrollably, and could only watch the figure of the fifth princess who could not turn back step by step.
"Five Princesses...... You must be happy! She couldn't control it anymore, she was afraid that she wouldn't even be able to hear her last words. Shi Qingqian shouted, she was stunned when she saw the body of the fifth princess, and then continued to walk forward as if nothing had happened.
Shi Qingqian said this, she must have heard it, and it wasn't until the figure walked far away that she wiped the tears from her face and turned to leave. Didn't alarm a single person.
Before the start of today's ceremony, the fifth princess had already hugged Shi Qingqian and cried for half a night last night, all of them were expounding their thoughts about Shi Qingqi and their reluctance to Zuo Shinian, but they did not mention a word about their homesickness about their homeland and their anxiety about the upcoming marriage.
Shi Qingqian knew that she was afraid that she would shake her mind, so she avoided talking about her mother country.
But, in any case, the dust has settled now. Her mission was accomplished
Shi Qingqian didn't want to see how the fifth princess's hand was handed over to Tuoba Liangbi's hand, she was afraid that she would cry even louder.
Everyone participated in the wedding in the East Palace, and blessed the crown prince and the princess with their own eyes, only Shi Qingqian slipped out in disgrace, but fortunately, Jasmine had the heart and sent her back to the post station.
"Sister Jasmine, I'll clean up by myself, you can go back to the East Palace...... Don't delay things. Arriving at the door of the post station, Shi Qingqian nodded gratefully to Jasmine.
Jasmine didn't refuse, she bowed slightly, and turned to leave.
As soon as she left, Yan Xiao jumped down from the roof and stood straight in front of Shi Qingqian, who was crying.
Shi Qingqian trembled in fright, and after seeing the other party clearly, he smoothed his chest like a catastrophe for the rest of his life, "Ouch...... Yan Xiao, you almost scared me to death! ”
Yan Xiao obviously didn't intend to apologize for his sudden appearance, but just reached out and handed out a silk handkerchief, and said in an extremely disgusted tone: "My face is crying." ”
Shi Qingqian pouted slightly to express her dissatisfaction, but she was in a bad mood at this time, and she didn't have the extra heart to talk to Yan Xiao, so she had to obediently take the silk handkerchief and wipe the tears off her face.
Although when she came, the entire team to send off relatives was huge, with more than 200 people, but on the way back, there were only Shi Qingqian and a team of guards, she just thought about it, and felt that this journey must be extremely lonely.
"Yan Xiao, don't hide it when you go back." Shi Qingqian walked into the house with her head down, and began to pack her things for the past few days, in fact, there was nothing, a small package could easily hold all the luggage, "You ride with me, otherwise I will be very lonely along the way." ”
Yan Xiao leaned against the door, clasped his hands on his chest, his face was still expressionless, "Riding a horse?" Don't you ride in a carriage? Can you afford to ride a horse for such a long distance? ”
"Of course," said Shi Qingqian, "the carriage is bumpy and slow, and I can shorten the schedule by at least half by riding with the guards." ”
Shi Qingqian didn't want to deny that she was homesick, she used to be in charge of her feet in the Hou Mansion, but now she came out by herself, but she was really homesick, so she couldn't wait to go back.
Yan Xiao naturally saw Shi Qingqian's careful thoughts, but he still didn't pierce her. Just nodded slightly.
"Alas......" finished packing his luggage, and while waiting for the guards to get ready, Shi Qingqian leaned against the pillars of the cloister and sighed, "Yan Xiao, what do you think of Dongwu?" ”
"Like Yuguo, the people have joys, sorrows, and sorrows, and there are not a few intrigues in the palace."
Shi Qingqian glanced at him curiously, "Huh? How do you know so much about Togo's Imperial Palace? ”
"I've been here more than once before on a mission."
It was indeed not the first time that Yan Xiao had come to Dongwu, so he was so shocked when he saw Shi Qingqian holding the sign of Huangquan Hall that day. He had always known about the existence of the Huangquan Palace, but he didn't expect that Lord Wuxin was the little prince Tuoba Liangbi.
But it was none of his business. Anyway, as long as there is no conflict of interest, he will not be nosy.
Shi Qingqian nodded as if he didn't understand, "Then, the fifth princess is so smart, she won't suffer in Dongwu's palace, right?" ”
Yan Xiao sighed softly, he wanted to say that he was a secret guard, not an escort, but in the face of the matter of being sorrowful and becoming a bitter melon, he couldn't be ruthless, so he had to nod and pull out an awkward smile:
"Hmm. Yes, she can. ”