Chapter Eighty-Eight: Persuading the Princess
Guilan Palace, as always, is so beautiful and magnificent that it is enviable, and the palace maid Linlang personally led Bai Muguan to the rear dormitory, and before entering, he heard the sound of broken utensils inside.
I saw Linlang's eyebrows frowning, and she sighed in a low voice: "Yesterday, the queen mother sent someone to send a portrait of General Ling, intending to let the princess look at the horse, but I didn't expect the princess to immediately lose her temper and drive away the eunuch who sent the painting, brushing the queen's face. His Majesty got the news, came over later and had an argument with the princess, and finally His Majesty was so angry that he roared away, and Long Yan was furious. β
Bai Muguan was silent on the surface, but his heart was stirring, although Yuwen Murou was pampered and was as arrogant as a phoenix on the branches, but she was not easy to make a big noise and had no one in the city, she was so resistant to recruiting Ling Fengxu as a concubine, which can only show that she has a crush.
"Since the princess has taken the initiative to summon me to the palace, she is obviously willing to confide in me, and I will do my best to persuade the princess." After saying that, Bai Muguan patted the back of Linlang's hand, raised his foot and stepped into the hall first.
What catches my eye is a row of palace maids kneeling on the ground trembling and trembling, the delicate amber cup is shattered into pieces, and a half-unfolded painting scroll is thrown to the ground, and the young man in the painting is handsome and starry-eyed. Looking at the bronze mirror dressing table again, Yuwen Murou was dressed in a thin bedclothes, her black hair was hanging down to her waist, and her face was slightly pale with tears stained.
Bai Muguan glanced at Linlang and motioned for her to lead the palace maid back first. Linlang suddenly understood, and soon only the two of them were left in the dormitory.
"You're here." Yuwen Murou seemed to be completely relaxed all of a sudden, her body swayed slightly, and she sat on the sandalwood Eight Immortals chair, and the tears rolling back and forth in her eyes were eager to be contained.
Bai Muguan lowered his eyebrows and smiled lightly, playing with taste: "The princess is calling, Muguan doesn't dare not come." β
"I'd rather not be a princess, so I don't have to marry Ling Fengxu!" Before the words fell, Yuwen Murou was already ready to go with tears in her eyes.
Hearing this, Bai Muguan suddenly knew that the emperor intended to marry Yuwen Murou to the Ling family's raider Ling Fengxu. The two of them are talented and beautiful, and they are very compatible.
"The princess is reluctant to marry General Ling, I think it's because Fang Xin wants someone else?" During the questioning, Bai Muguan bent down to pick up the painting scroll that was thrown on the ground, her eyes stayed on the face of the man in the painting, she knew that it was difficult for the painter's brush and ink to depict Ling Fengxu's jade tree in the wind.
Unexpectedly, Yuwen Murou avoided talking about it, and only said slowly: "I understand the reason why my father chose Ling Fengxu as his concubine, the Ling family has been meritorious for generations, and my maternal ancestor Fang family is also a marriage and family friend, my father's move can not only attract the descendants of loyal ministers, but also use me to restrain Ling Fengxu, killing two birds with one stone." At the same time, the princess marries the general, which can undoubtedly comfort the military generals of the DPRK and China and inspire the border soldiers. β
Bai Muguan knew that what she said was true, there were very few princesses in the Tianxi Dynasty who married military generals, and the fate of the princesses was not only for the two countries and relatives, but most of them were assigned to the heirs of the dukes and marquises in the past.
"Your Majesty loves the princess so much, how can you be willing to use you to contain Ling Fengxu? Moreover, His Majesty married his beloved daughter into the Ling Mansion, and in the future, he left the biggest weakness to Ling Fengxu. Your Majesty, as a wise and martial king, the horse he chooses for you must be a person who can be entrusted with loyalty, filial piety, courtesy, and righteousness for life, and the princess does not need to worry. Whether it is the royal family or the people, women naturally obey their parents when they get married, and the princess must not anger His Majesty because of this. After that, Bai Muguan looked at her meaningfully, since Yuwen Murou was unwilling to take the initiative to tell her, she could only rely on clichΓ©s to know who she liked. Only by figuring out who that person is first, can Bai Muguan analyze the reason why the emperor did not agree.
"If you are so well-behaved and only obey your parents, why do you want to fall in love with my crown prince and brother?" Yuwen Murou sneered on her lips. Although this smile is cold, it does not have a mocking irony, on the contrary, it faintly reveals envy. She believes that a woman who is also a person she admires can empathize, and Bai Muguan, who is smart in ice and snow, will definitely help her come up with a way.
Restraining his smile, Bai Muguan's expression became serious, and his voice was straight: "That's right, I do have a good relationship with him." β
Hearing her words clearly, surprise flashed on Yuwen Murou's face, and after a moment, she took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Mu Wan, your courage is really beyond the reach of ordinary women, no wonder the crown prince brother with eyes above the top will favor you." β
At the same time, Yuwen Murou once again found that the girl in front of her was very much like her mother, her mother was brave enough to fall in love with her father despite secular etiquette, and finally became husband and wife after twists and turns. Today, a few years later, when she was replaced by herself, she didn't seem to have the courage to be desperate, although she silently swore that she only wanted to marry Shen Yu. Of course, this kind of oath can only be left in the bottom of her heart, and she dare not overflow into words, except for her father, no one knows.
"Her Royal Highness the princess is so noble, and with His Majesty behind her as a support, her situation is far stronger than mine. I dare to admit that I admire the prince, why do you hide your sweetheart as an unspeakable secret? Bai Muguan raised his eyebrows and said slightly, "The princess summoned me to trust me a little, but now you don't tell me honestly, how can I help you?" β
"This princess fell in love at first sight with Shen Yu, the grandson of the Duke of Wei, only his father knew about it, he disliked Shen Yu and feared that he would have no life, no matter how much I cried and begged resolutely, he refused to agree. Yesterday it was precisely because of this that I provoked my father to walk away. "A girl who is just starting to fall in love is always inevitably shy when she talks about her favorite person, and it is hard to imagine that Yuwen Murou, who is cold and arrogant on weekdays, will be so gentle in her eyes, and her tears are full of sorrow.
I saw Bai Muguan's long and thick eyelashes hanging down, and a small ripple gradually stirred up in the heart lake, which turned out to be Shen Yu. The white-clothed and unworldly young man flashed quickly through her mind, wondering if he also fell in love with Princess Hemu, who had collected thousands of graces? She only felt lucky, fortunately she had met Yuwen Ye one step earlier, otherwise she would have been happy to marry Shen Yu, who her grandmother liked, so that the Bai family and the Rongguo Mansion would completely offend Yuwen Murou, who was high in front of her. Although he was glad that he didn't rob the princess of a man, there was always an unknown loss in his heart. Is it because the sound of the flute is too beautiful when I first see him, or is the smile on his pale face too innocent?
Vaguely, Bai Muguan couldn't help shaking his head, until he was pulled back to his thoughts by Yuwen Murou's choked voice: "Muguan, my father told me yesterday that after the first month, he will marry me and Ling Fengxu, and the wedding date is this year!" I really don't want to marry, even if I commit suicide in the palace, I won't marry someone else! After saying that, she held Bai Muguan's hand tightly, her fingertips were white with great force, and her eyes were full of hope with tears blurring her vision.
Bai Muguan silently withdrew his hand, inhaled quietly and asked softly: "Dare to ask the princess, does he know your thoughts?" β
Yuwen Murou subconsciously wanted to shake her head, but nodded invisibly at the end: "How could he not guess that he is extremely smart?" But I really don't know what he wants. β
"Since Shen Gongzi understands the princess's affection for him, if he also admires the princess, he can go to the palace and ask His Majesty for marriage. On the contrary, it is occasionally rumored that the old lady of Wei Guo plans to choose a good match for Shen Gongzi, which shows that he does not have the intention of climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix. Where is there no grass at the end of the world, why should the princess be obsessed with one person? Although this persuasion may not be effective in the ears of the girl who is in love, Bai Muguan has to say.
In fact, she only said half of what she said, even if the Duke of Wei had the intention to marry Jin Zhi Yuye, once Shen Yu and Ling Fengxu were compared, the emperor might not be willing. After all, Ling Fengxu holds real power and is quite influential in the DPRK, far better than Shen Yu, who has no intention of being idle in the government. Moreover, after a hundred years of Shen Mohe, the Duke of Wei, because of his incompetence, the Duke of Wei will inevitably decline. As for the emperor's disagreement on the grounds that Shen Yu was weak and sick, he was naturally unwilling to tell Yuwen Murou the cruel reality under the balance of interests.
"I grew up in this deep palace compound, Shen Yu is the most beautiful man I have ever seen, his pure smiling face is different, and it makes people fall. Mu Guan, he is unmatched in my heart, and I can't please others anymore. Yuwen Murou paused for a moment, and gradually removed the thin smile from the corner of her mouth, "Father said that Ling Fengxu took the initiative to marry me, and I vaguely remember seeing him, but even if he is a thousand good, he can't compete with the white-clothed young man who lives in my heart." β
Bai Muguan listened attentively, and she also admitted that in this chaotic and noisy world, Shen Yu was indeed a rare young man who was clear and jade. She knew in her heart that Shen Yu didn't even want to get involved in officialdom, so how could she care about royal power and wealth? Yuwen Murou is infatuated, I'm afraid I'm really going to make a mistake.
"I wonder if the princess still remembers your eldest sister and the blue princess? Three years ago, she was married to Beiling Kingdom by His Majesty because she angered Long Yan, and married to the enemy country and relatives, and now the two countries are at war, and she is like duckweed and humiliated. Besides, if she is far away from her homeland and never returns, what kind of desolation should she feel in her heart? "Three years ago, although Bai Muguan was far away in Mobei, he also knew that the eldest daughter of the emperor, Yuwen Lanyu, married Beiling Kingdom and relatives.
Since the founding of the Tianxi Dynasty, there has never been an example of the eldest daughter of the emperor and his relatives, let alone marrying into the Beiling Kingdom, which is eyeing the tiger? It turned out that Yuwen Lanyu and the imperial doctor in the palace were smashed by the emperor on the spot, and the emperor hated her for not being honest and damaging the face of the royal family, so he was grounded in anger. Half a month later, when the Beiling Kingdom sent envoys to marry, Yuwen Haotian married the eldest daughter of the emperor to the enemy country like purgatory, and let her fall into the tiger's mouth.
"Yes, the eldest sister ......" The tears in Yuwen Murou's eyes were unbearable again, how could she not remember? Yuwen Lanyu refused to admit his mistake and turned back because he insisted on his own opinions, and forcibly cut off the last trace of father-daughter love, and he will never go back in this life. Now that it is her, even if she will not be sent to kiss, in this deep palace where people eat people and do not spit out bones, if she loses the protection and love of her father, I am afraid that she will die faster than anyone else. But she is unwilling, from childhood to adulthood, she Yuwen Murou wants the wind and the rain, and now she can do nothing, she just wants to marry her beloved.
Bai Muguan picked up the small and delicate Hetian white jade comb at hand, and said while slowly combing Yuwen Murou's hair: "Princess, don't annoy Your Majesty with a momentary passion, I firmly believe that Your Majesty will not harm the princess, and the beloved son of her parents has far-reaching plans." If the princess wants to know what Shen Yu thinks about you, I might as well find a way to ask you clearly. β
Yuwen Murou looked at the bronze mirror in front of her, and two stunning faces were reflected in the mirror, one was cold and ethereal like jade, and the other was as charming as a flower. At the end, she raised the corners of her lips: "Mu Guan, you treat me so sincerely, I will never fail you." What you say today, I will think about it. β
Bai Muguan smiled without talking, and his beautiful eyes were circulating.
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