Chapter 18: The Snow Stops

The nineteenth day of the lunar month is the first sunny day after the snow...... It is also the day when Mu Linxiao came out.

As soon as the sky was bright, the hordes of the Imperial Forest Army had already been dispatched, and in less than an hour, there was no trace of snow on the road from the North Palace to the Tianya Inn, and only the red carpet was left on the clean and tidy Royal Street.

Although the princess is rare, it is not a thing that has never happened, but when the young master of the former Guogong Mansion or the little marquis married the princess, I have never seen so many people watching, to be precise, almost all the people in the city are here today.

The snow does not turn into cold, the sunlight does not relieve the chill on the face and fingertips, the dripping water turns into ice, and the people who kick their hands and necks lose the noise and noise of the past. They just stood quietly on both sides of the royal street, and the unfamiliar faces could not see joy or sorrow in the bleak sunlight.

At midnight, Yuan Su's welcoming delegation set off from Tianya Station and headed for the North Palace amid the sound of suona and firecrackers. At the strong request of the Ministry of Rites, Yan Changfeng and others changed into the dresses of the Daning man when he got married.

Although Yan Changfeng himself was a little unaccustomed to wearing Daning's clothes, in the eyes of the officials of the Ministry of Rites on the side, Yan Changfeng's dress was no less than that of any child of a family, but in any case, they could not accept a man in a different costume to marry a princess, even if he was really a man of different races, this is the consistent style of the Ministry of Rites.

In front of the golden jade belt between the north and south palaces, Emperor Ning and the officials of the cabinet were already waiting there, and behind them were the princess's sedan chair and a large number of maid guards.

According to Daning's customs, before the man marries the woman, he must also give the woman a bow to the high hall alone to show his sincerity. Although Emperor Ning had told the Ministry of Rites before that this ceremony would be exempted this time, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu still tentatively asked Yuan Su, and the accompanying Yuan Su officials were very angry, but he didn't expect Yan Changfeng to agree, he smiled slightly, "Kowtow to the father-in-law...... That's as it should be. ”

Sure enough, before the golden jade belt, Yan Changfeng, who got off the horse, directly buckled Emperor Ning's head firmly, and when he saw that his khans had kowtowed, the accompanying Yuan Su officials naturally knelt down and kowtowed.

This scene made Emperor Ning a little surprised, he was a little moved, he personally walked to Yan Changfeng's side and helped him up, he took Yan Changfeng's hand and said earnestly: "Xiao'er is my only daughter, I hope you ...... Don't be bitter about her. The wrinkled corners of his eyes seemed to be reluctant.

"Long Wind remember." Yan Changfeng clenched his fists.

One Emperor Daning and the other are the lords of the grassland, no matter what kind of hatred and blood debt they had for each other before, and no matter what direction they will develop in the future, at this moment they are just a simple and real pair of sons-in-law.

Emperor Ning turned around and opened Mu Linxiao's sedan curtain, he gently dragged the red end, Mu Linxiao, who was wearing a hijab, dragged the other end of the red, and in the noisy firecrackers, she vaguely heard her father's voice, "Xiao'er, it's time to go...... Watch your step. ”

A few words, but it was enough to make her heart sour and sour.

Mu Linxiao, who was in a phoenix crown, got up slowly, and her big red hijab couldn't help but cover her pink lips and shallow tears in the corners of her eyes.

Emperor Ning handed the red in his hand to Yan Changfeng, he waved his hand, and finally said, "Let's go", and turned around and left without looking back.

Mu Linxiao was persistent, her footsteps paused slightly, but it was only for a moment, and then she slowly walked in the direction of Yan Changfeng into another sedan chair.

She wanted to hug her parents and cry like an ordinary woman, but she was a princess, a princess who was kind, and she couldn't do that.

"Get up!"

When the welcoming procession returned to Tianya Station, the people of Yujie were still waiting there. They had toiled so hard to wait for the princess to arrive.

At last, the big red palanquin, gilded and copper-clad with colorful phoenix clouds, appeared again, and they knew that the princess must be sitting in it.

When the sedan chair slowly came, no one would have thought that the people on both sides would kneel down in unison, and keep shouting, "Harmony for the people, princess through the ages; And for the people, the princess is eternal. ”

This situation not only made Yan Changfeng unbearable, but also made Mu Linxiao in the sedan chair cry into tears, but her mood was different from before, crying and crying and laughing with relief, she gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, at this moment, at least she felt that the pain in her heart was worth it.

The wedding that day was set at the Tianya Inn, in addition to the prince and Zheng Guan, the civil and military officials of Daning came,

Emperor Kening did not come, on one side of the high hall was Yan Tunan's tablet, and on the other side was Cao Fu.

This is what Emperor Ning meant, when he first said this idea to Cao Fu before, he really scared Cao Fu, he kept kneeling and shouting: "The slave deserves ten thousand deaths, the slave deserves ten thousand deaths, the slave has a hundred guts, and he doesn't dare to sit in that position." ”

"Go, go for me, and be ...... That's your child. ”

When Yan Changfeng and Mu Linxiao worshiped the high hall, Cao Fu, who was over sixty years old, was excited, his legs kept shaking, and tears flowed down. He has knelt countless times in his life, and where did he ever think that he would one day accept kneeling as a high hall without children and queens.

As soon as Mu Linxiao and Yan Changfeng finished kneeling, he immediately stood up from his chair and hurriedly went to support Mu Linxiao.

After the ceremony, Mu Linxiao was taken to the cave room that had already been arranged, and everyone also entered the table one after another under Yan Changfeng's greeting.

At this time, Yan Changfeng summoned a maid, and he pointed to the cave room, not knowing what to say.

At the banquet that day, except for Yang Tiandong who didn't pay much attention to Yan Changfeng's intentions, the other Daning officials were still quite polite, and the household servant directly and selectively ignored the war between the two countries that had just ended, and recalled that Yan Changfeng entered Beijing for the first time to congratulate His Majesty on his birthday. He said that he had only today understood the purpose of what the Khan had asked him for, and he couldn't help but laugh.

As for Mu Zhixun, who was late, he hardly greeted Yan Changfeng, and after sending the congratulatory gift, he simply took a look and hurriedly retired, it was no good for him to stay here for a long time.

After that, Cao Fu also left in a hurry after reassuring Yan Changfeng to tell Yan Changfeng a few words about the daily preferences of the princess he knew. Because it suddenly occurred to him that he had one more thing to do.

In Shuyun Pavilion, Pei Yuan looked worried, the princess hadn't come to Shuyun Pavilion for several days, and he hadn't seen the news that Qing Niang had sent her, he had also asked the master about the princess's situation, but the master always looked embarrassed and said: "I don't know very well, let's wait." ”

At this time, Cao Fu walked in in the embrace of the eunuchs outside the door, Pei Yuan saw him, and his eyebrows couldn't help but show a little joy, presumably Grandpa Cao must know the situation of the princess. He hurriedly walked over, and when he was about to salute, Cao Fu said with a straight face: "Pei Yuan took the order." ”

Pei Yuan immediately knelt down.

"Mingjiang Pei Yuan has been in Beijing since he was a child, and it has been more than ten years so far, I remember his honest and prudent, studious and courteous, and specially ordered him to return to Mingjiang, and set off on the same day, admiring this."

"Young Master Pei, what are you still doing in a daze, take the order." Cao Fu saw that Pei Yuan was kneeling on the ground and kept shaking.

"Minister...... Pei Yuan took the order. Pei Yuan trembled and took the holy decree in Cao Fu's hand. Excitedly watching the recital of the decree over and over again.

"If nothing else, our family will leave." Cao Fu looked at Pei Yuan in front of him with a smile, it was the Shuyun Pavilion that he sent Pei Yuan to ten years ago, and the Shuyun Pavilion that he sent Pei Yuan away ten years later, the difference between joy and sorrow, he saw it clearly.

"Father-in-law." Pei Yuan shouted Cao Fu. "I want to see Your Majesty."

"What do you see Your Majesty doing? Could it be that our family will still falsely preach the holy decree? Cao Fu frowned and said.

"No, Pei Yuan didn't mean that, it's just that Pei Yuan promised the princess that if he was lucky enough to return to Mingjiang one day, Pei Yuan would like to take the princess to visit the mountains and rivers of Mingjiang, Pei Yuan wanted to see His Majesty, and hoped that His Majesty could agree to Pei Yuan's request." Pei Yuan's eyes were full of sincerity and longing.

"What did you say?". Cao Fu looked incredulous, "Didn't the master tell you?" ”

"What did the Master tell me?" Pei Yuan wondered.

"The princess has already come out of the Yuan Yuan Khan Yan Changfeng, our family has just returned from their wedding banquet."

Cao Fu's words shook Pei Yuan like five thunderbolts, and a mouthful of blood gushed out of his mouth under the rush of fire, and he stumbled several times and almost fell.

Seeing this, Cao Fu shook his head, sighed, and was about to leave.

"Father-in-law...... Take a light step. Pei Yuan shouted to him behind him, his red eyes full of sorrow and disappointment, "Why did the princess marry that person, why I never know." ”

"Hey...... The princess is also for the sake of peace between the two countries, and if he doesn't tell you, he is probably afraid that you will be sad and sad. ”

Pei Yuan closed his eyes in despair, and his distress and reluctance surged into his heart in an instant, and finally turned into drops of tears, recalling the princess's inquiry that day, at this moment, he seemed to understand something.

"Isn't it...... Because of the princess...... Your Majesty let me go! Pei Yuan trembled word by word.

"Let's figure it out for yourself......" Cao Fu strode away without looking back.

The sudden joy and sorrow made Pei Yuan's organs burn, he thought about many scenes of separation from the princess, but he never thought that it would be such an ending, although he figured out the strangeness of the princess that day, but it was too late.

Even though she has reached such a difficult situation, she still thinks about his future. He didn't know...... In this life, what kind of way should I repay this loving affection.

In the empty courtyard, Pei Yuan, who has always been elegant and gentle, knelt on the ground and cried.

The feast lasted until the evening, when everyone returned with their own joy. Because he was afraid that the princess would not like it, although today was his big day, he didn't drink a sip of wine, the bright moonlight hit the ground, and before pushing open the door of the cave room, Yan Changfeng let out two breaths to calm down the agitation in his heart a little.

I saw that the two boxes of meals on the table were placed there and never moved, it was during the day when he felt that Daning's etiquette was too cumbersome, and he was afraid that Mu Linxiao would be hungry if he stayed in the house for a long time, so he asked people to send it, and the basket of oranges, also because he heard Gonggong Cao say that the princess likes to eat oranges. I didn't think she had touched these things in the slightest.

He looked at Mu Linxiao, who was sitting on the wedding couch, with some loss in his eyes, but after thinking about it, he still picked up the jade Ruyi on the table and walked towards the princess.

The moon was shining, the best people were in the dark, the red hijab was gently raised, Yan Chengfeng didn t know how to express his throbbing at the moment, looking at the beautiful woman he dreamed of in front of him, he ...... Be in ecstasy.

"It turned out to be you." Mu Linxiao raised his head and glanced at Yan Changfeng.

"I ......" Yan Changfeng was a little surprised, "Princess...... Remember me. ”

"I knew I should have let the guards kill you that day." Mu Linxiao's cold words pulled Yan Changfeng back to reality, "In this way, you won't harm Daning, me and my father." ”

"Linxiao, I really like you." Yan Changfeng blurted out.

“…… Now that I'm your wife, what's the use of saying this? Mu Linxiao twisted his head to the side.

The feeling of powerlessness that he had never felt before lingered in Yan Changfeng's heart, this was not the kind he wanted.

The lost Yan Changfeng scratched the back of his head and let out a sigh, "Okay, whatever you think, you always have to eat." ”

"I'm not hungry."

“…… That thirsty? I'll peel you an orange. ”

Seeing that Mu Linxiao was silent, Yan Changfeng moved a stool and sat in front of Mu Linxiao with a short knife, quietly peeled the orange, and said while peeling, "Okay...... I'm sorry Daning, and I'm sorry for you and your father, but at least give me a chance to change, like ...... Give me a chance and let me peel you an orange to eat. After speaking, Yan Changfeng handed over the peeled oranges.

Mu Linxiao was still silent.

He smiled helplessly, stood up and put the peeled orange on the table, gently pushed open the door and opened the door, "I put the orange on the table, let's leave early tomorrow morning, you can rest early." With that, he closed the door and walked out.

Yan Changfeng didn't force her to round the house, which she didn't expect.

She thought that what she saw in Beigong that day was a crazy man, but she didn't expect him to be crazy but not crazy, even so, she still firmly believed that feelings can't be forced, like is like, and if you don't like it, you don't like it. Yan Changfeng can get her people, but he doesn't want to get her heart again.

However, she also knew that the person who had won her heart should be slowly driving in the direction of getting farther and farther away from her at this moment.

Ten years of attachment, deep love, and what I finally got was just a jade pendant.

The next day, the mighty wedding procession slowly went north under the leadership of the Yuan Su Mission, and the red makeup was ten miles away.

Yan Changfeng on horseback swayed, as the khan of the Yuan Su Khanate, he won his own agricultural area for his country, and his country would never fall apart because of a snow disaster, whether it was for him or the entire Yuan Su Khanate, this was a historic moment, but he still seemed to be on his mind, he didn't know how to make the princess less disgusted with himself, even a little bit.

Mu Linxiao in the carriage was sad and hesitant, although she was not as hard as before at this time, she was still confused about how she would face Yan Changfeng and his country on the grassland in the future after leaving her homeland.

At this time, Pei Yuan had already gotten off the carriage and came to the side of Qujiang, and since then he had been on the boat all the way south to Wanghai City, where he had been dreaming of soft for ten years, but he had never thought that when he left, he would ...... It will become heavy.

The three young people are getting farther and farther in their direction, and they have all reached a turning point in their lives, but they don't know what their fate will hold in the coming earth-shattering changes.