Chapter 502: Greeting Relatives
The four princes didn't use much for dinner, but Liu Yan ate quite deliciously.
She asked people to roll cucumbers, mung bean sprouts, and shredded bamboo shoots in pancakes, and the fried eggs from the stall were also shredded, smeared with a little sauce, and the bite was crispy and fragrant.
She rolled one for the four princes with her own hands, and the four princes gave her sister a lot of face and took it to eat.
Liu Yan also drank two bowls of duck soup, his little belly was bulging, and he took the four princes for a walk to eat.
The place of Chongde Hall is really not small, I heard that the former dynasty is where the princes lived, not only the palace is spacious, the courtyard and garden are also not small, and there is no shortage of flowers and trees in the fish pond rockery forest. At this time, the summer heat gradually subsides, and the weather is very cool in the morning and evening, and it is also very comfortable to go out for a walk and blow the wind when you are full.
"Little brother is going to get married tomorrow." Liu Yan asked softly: "But how can I see that you are not very happy." ”
The fourth prince said: "How can you be unhappy, it's just that you are a little tired from preparing for this for days. ”
The prince's marriage is different from ordinary people, and the rules can be written on the list to be one zhang long, and if you don't rehearse and drill in advance, you are afraid that something will really go wrong when the time comes.
But when it comes to others, people probably believe it, but Liu Yan doesn't believe it.
Although it is necessary to prepare for marriage, decorate the new house, and practice the etiquette of marriage, there are slaves and maids to do these things, such as practicing welcoming relatives and practicing worship, as long as the four princes are present, the matter of kneeling can be done by the eunuchs.
"Little brother, are you ...... Don't want to marry her? ”
If that's the case, it's a bit tricky. If the fourth prince had repented earlier, he would have thought of a reason to cancel the marriage, but he would not regret it until the end of the matter now, and he would welcome his relatives tomorrow, what else can he think of tonight? Can't let her support her little brother to escape from marriage, right?
"No, I'm not going back." The fourth prince said: "At that time, she was not the only one, I chose her myself, and it was not my father, queen and mother who were the descendants, how could I regret it now?" ”
"So what are you bothering about? Isn't it bothering about this family matter? ”
"It's not a nuisance...... That is, thinking that after getting married, life will never be the same as before, and I am still leaving the place where I am used to living, and I am a little reluctant and a little unaccustomed. ”
That's it? Liu Yan didn't believe it.
What a smart and thorough person the little brother is, Liu Yan feels that no one lives more openly and clearly than him. He rarely worries about things, even after falling from a horse and being injured, the little brother quickly cheered up, and now it's just a marriage, how can he be so troubled?
The fourth prince touched her head.
"When you're about to get married, you'll probably understand."
The fourth prince had a complicated mood, but there were many things he couldn't tell his sister.
In the past few years, the open and secret battles between the brothers have been surging, and when he leaves the palace, he is afraid that it will be put on the table. Nowadays, people pay attention to starting a family, and the father has long planned to give a few of their brothers the title of king, but he is just in time to seal the brothers together when he gets married, which makes the outside talk a lot, saying that the emperor actually only values the youngest son, and the three brothers are only touching his light.
After getting married, in addition to the prince, his father will definitely arrange an errand for him.
After getting married, he was not alone, he had a wife, and the responsibility on his shoulders was heavier. In the future, he will have children, and he will have to protect them and earn them glory and a future.
The fourth prince had also thought about these things before, but as the day of marriage got closer and closer, he was inevitably uneasy in his heart.
After today, he felt like he was going to be a different person.
In the past few years in Chongde Palace, his life has been quite quiet and comfortable, but in the future, who knows what will happen?
However, looking at Liu Yan's concerned expression, the fourth prince felt that his troubles were a little ridiculous.
He has already enjoyed the glory and wealth of ordinary people in his life, so what is there to complain about? You can't just enjoy the blessings and not be willing to take responsibility, right?
"I'm fine, but ah, thinking that I will leave the palace after getting married, I really can't bear my father, queen mother, and I can't bear you."
Liu Yan smiled: "I can't bear to be a little brother, but I can't bear it, I feel sad when I think of it." However, Li Shanggong persuaded me, anyway, my brother's new home is not far away, if I miss you, I can go to the door from time to time, and you can also come to the palace to see me, we are not thousands of miles apart, and it is very convenient to meet. ”
Li Shanggong's words are certainly reasonable, but Liu Yan is still a little sad.
She already has three older brothers and three older sisters, all of whom are married, and all of them have children. This experience has long made Liu Yan realize a truth. Although the world calls brothers and sisters brothers and sisters, once they grow up and become a family, the closest people are still their husbands, wives and children, as for brothers and sisters, they often turn against each other because of family business, and they will eventually drift apart.
The little brother is the best with her now, but after the little brother becomes a relative, the closest to him is his wife, children, and as for the younger sister, then they have become relatives, even if they have dealings, they are just treated as guests, and they want to be the same as before...... That can't be done anymore.
There may be many people who didn't sleep well this night, but the four princes slept well. The second day is the big day of marriage, the prince is also going to the woman to welcome the marriage, the street has been cleaned in advance, and there are guards to patrol. Liu Yan also got up early today, and today she also cleaned up and made up, and Queen Cao also asked someone to send a crown of begonia flowers to her. The crown is extraordinarily light and delicate, and the pearls dotted among the flowers are crystal round and round, and the two rows of silver tassels adorned with them hang down like flowing water.
Liu Yan took the flower crown with great interest and took a closer look: "This flower is really good, it looks like it's real." ”
Li Shanggong was originally worried that she would not dress up today - although the identity of the princess was placed there, no one would dare to despise it even if she didn't deliberately dress up. But people want clothes, Buddha wants gold, and the difference between dressing up and not dressing up is also very big, and Li Shanggong doesn't want his princess to be compared to the five princesses of Lu Jingxuan next door.
None of the five princesses were pleasing to the eye in Anhe Palace, including Li Shanggong.
"Put it on me."
Li Shanggong cleaned his hands and came to serve in person. She carefully put on the hair crown for Liu Yan, and fixed it firmly with a hair pin.
"Does the princess want to go to Yuan's house with the fourth prince to welcome his relatives?"
It's no wonder that Li Shanggong asked this question, everyone inside and outside the palace knows that the princess and His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince are good, and it is not strange if the princess wants to follow to greet her.
"I'm not going." Liu Yan shook her head slightly, and the silk spikes on the crown of her hair swayed gently with her movements, and the light was like flowing water.