Chapter 48
That day that I didn't look forward to or even wanted to escape was finally coming.
Changing into a wedding dress, sitting in front of the mirror in a red suit, the salute roared outside, but I always felt empty in my heart. In my opinion, this is not my wedding at all, but more like a funeral where my relationship with Chu Muxiu ended......
It was a festive day, with red cloth sticks hanging on the house, the courtyard was crowded with people, eating everything, everyone was talking and laughing, and the salute was roaring outside, just like the time I ran away.
But this time I don't plan to run away again.
"One comb to the end, two combs to the eyebrows, three combs to the children and grandchildren, four combs to the four silver shoots are all in order......," Aunt Song muttered while helping me comb my hair.
I never believed in this, and I even felt a little noisy, but Aunt Song said auspicious, I couldn't let her read it, after all, it was all for my good.
Aunt Song went out to fetch water, and Mo'er came over and leaned into my ear, "Or I'll do it for you again this time!" ”
I was depressed just now, and now I almost laughed out loud, how can there be a stupid girl like Mo'er in this world?
"I really don't need it this time!"
"Miss is so beautiful, like, like a fairy in the sky!"
"Could it be that you have seen a fairy in the sky?" Aunt Song came in with a basin of water from outside.
Mo'er pouted: "That's not true!" ”
"Our Ah Candle is finally getting married!" Aunt Song was mostly emotional, mostly happy.
I looked at myself in the mirror: "Aunt Song, getting married is a major event in a woman's life, and the person she marries must be someone she really likes, otherwise she will regret it for the rest of her life, right?" ”
"That being said, there are many things that you and I can't decide, it all depends on how God arranges it!"
"Then Aunt Song, have you ever regretted it?"
"Aunt Song is old, and she doesn't regret it after talking about anything, even if she regrets it, it's too late, Ah Candle, those things hidden in your heart should also be put down!"
Aunt Song's words made my heart ache, I had never told Aunt Song about Chu Muxiu, but she seemed to see my helplessness. I don't know if I'll regret it in the future. Maybe in the future, I will be the same as Aunt Song now, even if I regret it, there is no room for turnback.
I suddenly felt that I understood a lot of things at once, that day Lu Huai said that I seemed to have changed, and I asked him where he had changed, and he couldn't say clearly.
Probably, I've really changed.
When the team arrived, the gongs and drums were playing outside, and Daddy held my hand, saying some things that asked me to understand the rules and some reluctance.
I used to see those separated people crying on the dock, and I didn't understand it at all, I thought that it was just a separation of the two places and not life and death, so why should I cry so sadly. But now I seem to understand it all at once, and the homesick atmosphere that comes to me before I go out. I didn't understand until now, it turned out how attached I was to this big yard, and how attached I was to Daddy and Aunt Song.
"The bridegroom is here!" I heard a few words from someone outside.
Aunt Song helped me put on a red hijab, and then helped me out with Mo'er. The hijab wasn't too thick, and I could see everyone through the cloth. I saw Lu Huai on a horse, dressed in red and looking very energetic, I also saw Uncle Zhang, and I saw Erniang in the Jade Girl Fang, but I didn't see Jin'er, and each of them looked happier than me.
The welcoming team walked into the General's Mansion along the way, and the General's Mansion was also festive, and Daddy and Aunt Song would arrive in about a while.
Xi Po helped me across the brazier, Lu Huai came to lead me, Xi Po took the red, and Lu Huai and I each held one end. After Daddy came, he kept talking to General Lu, and the guests sat down later. Xi Po came over to pull me again, "Bride, it's time to visit the church!" ”
I didn't speak, walked very slowly, and then stood upright with Lu Huai.
"Worship heaven and earth!"
I bowed my head and bent over, and Lu Huai also bowed my head and bent over.
"Second worship high hall!"
We turned to Daddy and General Lu, and also bowed our heads and bent over.
"Husband and wife worship each other!"
I almost burst into tears after this sentence, and at that moment I knew that I was unwilling in my heart, really unwilling!
"I came to congratulate General Lu on the orders of His Royal Highness King Yi."
I looked up suddenly, the red hijab fell, and the person I saw was actually Qianche.
"Whose ...... is this?"
Qian Che's roar, the scene instantly became chaotic, and even this last bow stopped, and everyone looked at Qian Che one after another.
Lu Huai ran over and grabbed Qianche's collar, and said viciously: "Today is my big day, what are you going to do?" ”
Qian Che shook off Lu Huai's hand fiercely and walked towards everyone, "I am here to say hello for His Royal Highness King Yi of my family!" ”
"Daoxi?" I sneered, how long the hell was he going to torture me.
I paused and walked up briskly and pushed Qian Che: "I don't need anyone's Daoxi, please leave!" ”
Qian Che grabbed me and leaned close to my ear, "Your Highness is waiting for you in Beipo Ridge!" ”
"What?" I was momentarily stunned, not knowing what he was planning, and I was arranged by him into his plan without warning.
"I have a horse at the gate of the General's Mansion!"
I didn't say anything and turned my head to look at Mo'er, and she nodded at me, as if she saw the reason for the matter.
I gave Qian Che a look and ran away.
"Ah Candle, Ah Candle ......" I heard Lu Huai calling me behind my back, Daddy calling me in the back, Aunt Song calling me in the back, and Uncle Zhang also calling me in the back.
I ran out of the door in a panic and kicked on my horse, "Drive!" ”
I looked back and saw a group of men running out of the general's palace, presumably chasing me, and I clamped the horse's back with my legs, and the horse sped up again.
I'm really selfish and even extremely sinful, because my mind is Chu Muxiu now, I feel sorry for Lu Huai, sorry for Daddy, sorry for everyone here today......
"Pilot!"
I pulled my whip and ran over. On the wooden bridge on the north slope ridge, Chu Muxiu was standing there alone, and when the wind blew, I smelled the sandalwood fragrance again.
I hurriedly dismounted, "What the hell are you going to do!" I yelled at him.
When he turned his head, I realized that he had really lost a lot of weight, his eyes were almost blank, and his lips were slightly white. I began to feel a little sorry for him, I used to think that he was beaten with iron, but he is a human being after all, a fragile person who can be defeated by an illness!
He walked over and smiled, "You're so good-looking today!" ”
I probably forgot that today is my big day, I am still wearing a wedding dress, and I am still wearing a golden hairpin on my head. He did go along with everyone saying that I was good-looking, but I felt extremely ugly at this moment.
Sure enough, the dog couldn't spit out ivory from his mouth, and I didn't want to spend it with him, or even listen to him.
I'm leaving, and he's pulling me; I tried to break free, and he hugged me with his backhand.
He whispered in my ear: "I like you, I really like you, I will tell you everything you want to know, I just ask you not to marry Lu Huai!" ”
That simple sentence like you, how long have I been looking forward to it, why did he say it when I was about to marry someone else, why my feelings were so worthless in his heart, why did we have to go so hard.
We sat on the wooden bridge and he talked to me a lot, he said that his future was unknown, so he didn't want to drag me down. I finally knew the painful past hidden in his heart, I lamented that the high Son of Heaven and the amiable Queen Mother were such cruel people, and said that although he and the queen had known each other since childhood, they did not have half of the friendship between men and women, and that she was going to slip and fall that day but helped her. At that moment, I realized that he was really worse than me, and I blamed him. Chu Muxiu is so pitiful, so helpless, no wonder he doesn't like to laugh or talk, he said that if he doesn't speak, he won't get hurt, although he doesn't like to laugh, he never cries.
"Do you feel tired to this day?" I asked him sideways.
"I used to think that sometimes I was really out of breath, but I think I have too many things to do, and there are too many people I can't live up to."
"Otherwise, let it go, no one wants to see a lose-lose situation!"
He said that there are some things that you can't let go of once you have decided.
He looked at me: "Do you know that men are afraid of touching their heads, women are afraid of touching their feet, and other women are willing to spare their lives, so you show your feet generously?" ”
My feet hurt when I sat on the wooden bridge, but I still had socks wrapped around them.
"Why not wrap your socks outside, the rules are set by people, and they are naturally broken!"
Every time he couldn't talk to me, he always bowed his head when he couldn't speak. Maybe he's thinking about how we're going to face everyone when we go back, and I think both the Prime Minister's Mansion and the General's Mansion must be messed up now.
The price of impulsiveness is always so cruel.
I waved at him: "Come here, come here......"
He wondered, "What are you doing?" ”
"Come here, hurry up and ......"
He approached, and I put one hand on his head, "Hehe, the man is afraid to touch his head, I touched your head, how about you ......"
Then he jerked forward, put his lips over my mouth, and then put his hand around my back and gently sucked my lips, and the sandalwood on his body smelled very good. My heart went up and down like a flood, and it was as crisp and numb as a feather.
My hand grabbed his hair tightly, and then he cried out in pain, "Why are you pulling so tight?" ”
"I'm afraid." I say.
He took my hand: "Then let's go back!" ”
"Hmm."
"Are you scared now?"
I shook my head and said I wasn't afraid.
On the way back, he kept holding me, the clothes I was wearing were too conspicuous, and people all the way pointed fingers at us, and some people even said, "Look at this Nan girl, she has escaped twice!" ”
What they said made me blush, did I really do these unspeakable things to the point that everyone knew about them?
Chu Muxiu clenched my hand again, "Don't worry, there's me." ”
"Hmm......" what he said always reassured me.
When I went back, the guests had already dispersed, and Daddy was walking anxiously around the courtyard, with Aunt Song, Steward Yu and Mo'er standing aside.
"Ah, Daddy!" This is the first time I dare not call him.
Daddy turned around and didn't look at me, just stared at the hand I was holding with Chu Muxiu. Daddy looked up at the sky, "You still have the face to come back, what are you going to do, my old face has been lost by you......"
I threw myself on my knees, tears streaming down my face, "Daddy, I'm sorry. ”
Daddy angrily stepped forward and pointed to the gate, "Are you sorry for me, you are sorry for Lu Huai, Your Majesty, and all the guests here today!" ”
I couldn't say a word, just bowed my head and sobbed silently.
Chu Muxiu also knelt down with me: "Prime Minister, you can't blame Ah Zhu for this, the fault is all on me." ”
Daddy ignored me and then went to help Chu Mu Xiu: "Your Highness, this kneeling old minister can't afford it!" ”
He looked at me: "If I don't get up, I won't get up!" ”
Daddy yelled at me: "You get up for me!" ”
I stood up in a daze, and Chu Muxiu also got up. Aunt Song came to help me, I saw that her eyes were red, and I always made her worry about me and make her feel sorry for me.
"Come into the house for me!" Daddy greeted me.
I glanced at Chu Muxiu and then followed, and Chu Muxiu followed behind me. Daddy turned his head to Chu Muxiu, "This is the old minister's family matter, Your Highness should avoid it!" ”
"But ......"
I turned my head: "You go back first, I'm fine......"
He looked at me a lot until I followed Daddy into the study and he walked away silently......