In just a few months, the history of Xu Guo was completely overturned.

The year-long war has made the people like frightened birds, and they can't live in fear. In such a situation, a grand event is urgently needed to dilute the gloom of war.

As a result, Li Gong, the monarch of Mu State, decided to hold a grand wedding for the crown prince Li Yu and Kou Yue's daughter Yu Niang in May.

This upcoming wedding made the lifeless cold city instantly lively.

The young prince Li Yu is handsome and chic, and the jade tree is in the wind. When he first entered the cold city, he was dressed in silver armor and snow-white robes, which made him even more beautiful and high-looking. Since then, the people of Hancheng have been full of curiosity and admiration for this prince. Such an outstanding prince, what kind of woman does she need to be worthy of being a crown princess? This has become the focus of discussion among the people of the cold city.

Because of the urgency of the date, almost all the craftsmen and artists in the cold city were requisitioned to prepare various utensils for the prince's wedding banquet, the silversmiths were responsible for the gold and silver utensils, the jewelry artists were responsible for the various jewelry of the crown princess, the embroidered girls sewed dresses, and the craftsmen also accelerated the repair of the East Palace......

Because she had an unusual relationship with Mrs. Kou, some time before Kou Yuniang was about to get married, Yao Hei'er, the wife of Yao Guo, often took Zhong Cuiling and her three daughters to Kou's mansion to help.

The three daughters of the Yao family were full of praise for Mrs. Kou, and because she knew that Yao Qiong was going to become the princess of King Ning, that is, Yu Niang's concubine, Mrs. Kou was even more affectionate to Yao Qiong, praising Yao Qiong for her dignified and beautiful, Zhenzhen'er is the most rare.

And Yao Hei'er is full of envy for Yu Niang. I haven't seen her for eleven or twelve years, and Yu Niang has grown from an ignorant girl of seven or eight years old to a beautiful woman with a graceful demeanor. She not only has the heroic spirit of a general's woman, but also does not lose the dignity of everyone's ladies.

Because the wedding date is approaching, Yu Niang's face is even more shy. When I was a child, I often played with Li Yu, and Yu Niang was undoubtedly very satisfied with this marriage and looked forward to it. During this time, she spent most of her time in the boudoir, with a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth, embroidering a pair of embroidered shoes of her own. This pair of phoenixes wear peony embroidered shoes, it takes a lot of effort, and the petals of the peony are overlapped and vivid; The phoenix next to the petals is resplendent and lifelike.

On this day, the palace sent the wedding dress. The luxurious dress was worn on Yu Niang's body, and her demeanor became more and more elegant, like Lan Hui Fangzhi, with a peerless appearance, like a beautiful flower.

A few days later, she was the crown princess; In a few years, she would become the queen of the empire.

Yao Hei'er looked at Yu Niang in front of her, and a trace of regret rose slightly in her heart, if she had proposed earlier, she would have married the prince and become the crown princess, it should be her daughter Yao Qiong, right? King Ning, although he is also a prince and a prince, is only a courtier after all. Everything he has is in the hands of the emperor.

Courtiers, no matter how decent they are, an order from the emperor is enough to wipe them out and never recover. Just like King Zhen Longzha back then, just like his father, Yao Dian, the general who protects the country.

"Sister?" Zhong Cuiling saw a trace of sadness in Yao Hei'er's eyes that did not match the joyful atmosphere at this time, and couldn't help but gently touch Yao Hei'er's arm and quietly remind her.

"Oh!" Yao Hei'er suddenly came to her senses, and then she burst into a bright smile again, and praised, "Niangniang is fragrant and beautiful, and wearing such a dress is really extraordinary." ”

"Auntie—" Yu Niang screamed coquettishly, blushing with shame.

The weather in May is exceptionally hot. Although the craftsmen tried to use the softest leno to sew the gown, it was also due to the layers of embroidery and various jewelry embellishments that made the gown quite heavy. Yu Niang's face oozed a layer of fine beads of sweat. Yao Qiong took a goose-yellow saro handkerchief and thoughtfully wiped the beads of sweat on Yu Niang's forehead.

Mrs. Kou couldn't help but smile and said, "These two little sisters, although they have known each other for a short time, they are very good, and they will become concubines in the future, so I am afraid that it will be better." ”

After listening to Mrs. Kou's words, Yao Qiong's face did not blush like Yu Niang, but was a little pale.

Yao Pei quietly pulled Yao Qiong and smiled at Yao Hei'er, "Mother, it's a little hot in the room, my sister and I walked to the garden." He tugged at Yao Jiu's pigtail again, and asked with a smile, "Little girl, are you going?" ”

Yao Jiu stared at Yu Niang in costume stupidly, and said without looking back, "Don't, I want to see Sister Yu Niang, my sister is so beautiful." ”

Yao Hei'er looked at Yao Jiu, and said with a smile, "In the future, you can't call Sister Yu Niang anymore, you have to call Niangniang." ”

Yu Niang hurriedly smiled and said, "What did my aunt say, I wish I had such a painful sister, even if it ...... Even if ......" Yin Fei blushed and said in a low voice, "I will always be Jiu'er's sister." ”

The big wedding came as scheduled, and the dressed Yu Niang went out of the boudoir Qiong Pavilion and slowly got into the tired car surrounded by the purple curtain. She glanced back at her mother and Yao Hei'er, and there was reluctance, attachment, and shyness in her eyes. Her face was beautiful and incomprehensible, noble as a fairy.

In Yao Hei'er's heart, she couldn't help but sigh again, this woman who had taught her embroidery, when she saw her again, she was a gentleman, and she was a minister.

After the prince's wedding, the queen personally took several wives to Mrs. Yao's mansion to officially hire her second son Li Sheng. Originally, when they were in Yuanying City, Li Gong and Yao Heier could only be regarded as a verbal agreement.

After this official appointment, King Ning's wedding was also put on the agenda.

Yao Qiong, who is about to become a bride, is becoming more and more pale, her body is becoming thinner and thinner, she is either curled up in the room and does not come out, or she sits by the pond in the back garden, staring blankly at the koi in the pond, and sits for most of the day.

Under the shade of the trees in the distance, Zhong Cuiling looked at Yao Qiong by the pond distressedly, and couldn't help but say to Yao Hei'er beside her, "Sister, why do you have to do this?" Don't you know? This kid has been with the iron pillar since he was a child......"

"Do you want me to go to the queen now, and I can't get married?" Yao Hei'er interrupted Cuiling's words impatiently, and said coldly, "In life, how can everything go well?" Besides, King Ning, you have also seen it, is there anything that is not worthy of this child? On appearance, knowledge, and family, only we have climbed others! ”

Zhong Cuiling looked at Yao Hei'er's face, opened her mouth, and swallowed back what she was about to say.

Yao Hei'er's eyes looked straight ahead, and said faintly, "I understand what you want to say, but Cuiling, think about it, why was our Yao family raided?" Why have we suffered so much over the years? You don't know, back then, I walked all the way from Danjia Village to Hancheng, spent the night in a broken temple on the side of the road, gnawed hard steamed buns, drank cold water, and wanted to beg people to do things. I think of my mother, my sister-in-law, in prison in Dali Temple...... I don't want to be an ordinary person anymore, let others be pinched like mud! ”

Zhong Cuiling's body shook slightly, as if she had made up her mind, and said the words in her mouth, "But, you are already Mrs. Yao Guo-"

"Mrs. Yao Guo?" Yao Hei'er showed a mocking smile on her face, "What is Mrs. Yao Guo?" Back then, my father was still a general who protected the country, and the Yao family didn't disappear overnight? Since we have been stirred into this troubled water, we can only climb up desperately, otherwise we will be choked to death, and we don't know how to die! ”

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