Chapter 12: Wrapped in Silver
On this day, there was a rumor that the emperor was going to choose a woman to marry the son of a scholar Pei, and this rumor spread to the Changping Palace, and the cup in Jiuyu's hand fell to the ground with a snap.
"Miss, what's the matter?"
"I didn't ...... It's nothing. ”
"Miss, the slave knows what you're bothering about, but you're someone else's wife."
Jiuyu lowered her eyebrows and smiled lightly, "How could I not know, just pack this up." Although he said that he didn't care, after all, it was a deep affection that pierced his bones when the love first opened, even if he wanted to forget, how could he forget it cleanly.
At this time, King Changping walked into the cabinet, "Why is your face so embarrassed?" ”
"Nothing? I just didn't get a good rest. ”
"Do you want to find the imperial doctor to come and have a look?"
"It's okay, Red Sleeves can help me adjust my body, where are you going? It's not like you're going to go away again, is it? Jiuyu asked.
"The emperor summoned me to the palace, and there was a rebellion on the border, and I needed one person to lead the troops on the battlefield, so I ......"
"I just returned home from patrolling various places, why do you want to lead troops again?"
King Changping nodded and said, "It's okay, when everything recovers, I will come back and see the peach blossoms in the courtyard, the day it blooms, it will be the time of my return." ”
Jiuyu looked at the peach blossom branches outside the door, which were still covered with thick snow.
"How long is this going to be?"
"If you find it boring, go to the palace, I remember that you are very good friends with that concubine."
"No matter how good it is, the palace is also a place of right and wrong, what...... How...... Comparable to the royal palace. ”
The king of Changping gently stroked the broken hair between the temples of Jiuyu, and smiled dotingly, at this moment he was reluctant to do so, but he could not disobey the holy order, as the prince, now leading the troops to fight, it is also the responsibility of the emperor's relatives.
"When will you go on the expedition?"
"After attending the wedding of the eldest son of Pei University, I will set off immediately."
"Why?"
"In this campaign, I am in charge. Pei Qianhao is a pre-war general! ”
Jiuyu's eyebrows were lowered, and she didn't speak, and the king of Changping sighed, "I just got married and was about to go on the expedition, and I took pity on the two women." Hearing King Changping say this, Jiuyu raised her head sharply, "Two women? ”
"Yes, the emperor gave him two daughters, one is Luo Yanqing, the daughter of Luo Ao, the head of the dynasty, and the other is Xia Yuyan, the daughter of Xia Guogong." Su Zisheng hugged Jiuyu into his arms, "I married two at once, and I have never seen each other, should I be happy or sad." ”
Jiuyu slowly lowered her head, "You and I have never met, now...... Isn't it good now? ”
Su Zisheng noticed the strange appearance of the princess in front of him, and always felt that there was something wrong with her, but he couldn't say anything, so he didn't ask again. A few days later, Pei Qianhao hurriedly married two young women, and then he was going to go on the Northern Expedition with King Changping, so the wedding was not too grand.
Xia Yuyan sat in the boudoir, and an old aunt stood behind her, combing her forehead hair, while chanting the words "Comb to the end; two combs, white hair and eyebrows; Three combs, comb to the ground with children and grandchildren. ”
She was dressed in a red rose incense robe, covered with a red smoke gauze loose flower skirt, with gold silk soft smoke around her waist, and her sideburns were obliquely inserted with jasper phoenix hairpins, looking slender and seductive, Xia Yuyan sighed slightly, "Auntie, do you know what it's like to get married?" ”
"Girl, that's naturally gratifying." The old aunt said with a smile, and Xia Yuyan smiled bitterly, "Getting married...... It was a happy event, but I can't be happy now. ”
In Luofu on the other side, Luo Yanqing was wearing a red wedding dress, a Bixia Luo skirt embroidered with a phoenix, a smoke gauze skirt that mopped the floor, and a peony flower was inserted on the bun.
"Today, the two of them are married to the same husband, and when they arrive at Pei's house, the two of us are also in the same position, both are side rooms, although I live in the east room, but I have not been allowed to be in the main room."
"Miss, don't be sad, with the prosperity of our Luo Mansion, are you still afraid of their small Xia Guo Mansion?"
Luo Yanqing looked at the youthful face in the bronze mirror, her eyebrows and eyes were smiling, the corners of her mouth were raised, and her slender fingers gently brushed her cheeks, "I have been waiting for this day for a long time." ”
"Miss looks really good in this wedding dress."
"It's a pity that I'm not in the main room, otherwise, the phoenix crown and the moon are crowned, and the dragon and phoenix are hijab, and they will envy others." Luo Yanqing sighed slightly and said, "I don't know when I will see my husband again." ”
On the day of marriage, everyone brought their families to congratulate, King Changping stood in the palace, watched Jiuyu dress up and pushed open the door of the cabinet, at that moment Su Zisheng seemed to feel that he had entered the heavenly palace.
Look at her folding waist to take a slight step, showing a bright wrist in the light yarn, her eyes are full of spring water, a smile is moving, wearing a thin golden silk smoke and green veil, wearing a daffodil scattered flowers and green leaf skirt, a low-hanging bun obliquely inserted pearl jasper hairpin, a flower and moon appearance, and a hibiscus out of the water. The pale green long skirt, a few auspicious clouds outlined by the gold thread, the pale yellow brocade wrapped around the chest when the chest, the body moved slightly, and the long skirt spread out.
Su Zisheng smiled faintly: "My lady is weak, willow and graceful. It's really Tiangong Xian'e who is a few points inferior. ”
Although Jiuyu was happy in her heart, she wanted to punch him a few times, "Nonsense." ”
Coming to Pei's Mansion in a sedan chair, Jiuyu's heart was very panicked, and at this moment she saw Pei Qianhao dressed in red, with the appearance of a groom official, standing in the main hall and greeting the officials who came.
"See the prince! When the prince visited, the wall was shining. ”
The king of Changping introduced him: "This is the wife of the chaff." This is Pei Gongzi, the first genius of the Helan Dynasty. ”
Jiuyu slowly half-squatted down and saluted, "Pei Gongzi." ”
"I have long heard that the princess has fallen into the country and the city, and it is better to see the rumors when I see them today."
Time flies, time flies, Jiuyu is no longer the Jiuyu of the past, and Pei Qianhao is no longer the great disciple of Qingfengguan who learned the Tao back then. Jiuyu slowly raised her head, and the personable person in front of her was the one who swore to stay for life back then, but now he has become someone else's husband, and he has become someone else's bad wife.
The next day, King Changping and Pei Qianhao set out for the Northern Expedition, and Jiuyu also stayed in the mansion all day long, driving her red-clothed September duties. On this day, Jiuyu took red sleeves and Bixiang to wander on the street, and when she walked to the Caidiexuan rouge shop, she saw a box of rouge, and unfortunately she fell in love with another woman in the same box.
"If the girl likes it, let it go." The woman smiled lightly.
"Then how can I do it, everything pays attention to the first come, the first come, the girl comes first, how can I win the love of others." Jiuyu smiled and said to the little guy in the store, "Are there other styles?" ”
"Yes, yes, the princess comes with me."
When the woman heard the little maid call her like this, she asked, "Princess?" But the girl is ...... Princess Changping? ”
Jiuyu slowly turned around, "You...... Ever heard of me? ”
"The whole city of Hezhou knows that the princess of Changping is a good person, and the people praise it loudly, how can they not know." The woman half-crouched and saluted, "I didn't want to meet the princess here, it's really rude." ”
Jiuyu smiled lightly, "It's okay, I was just casually shopping, dare to ask the girl's name?" ”
"Xia Yuyan." Her smile, every move, word and deed can be seen that she is a simple-minded person. Jiu Yu smiled and said, "But the daughter of Xia Guogong, now the young lady of Pei Mansion?" ”
"It's Mrs. Side."
Jiuyu and Xia Yuyan came to the Lefu Teahouse, the two talked very happily, and the whole afternoon was like seeing each other late, chatting for a long time, until twilight came, and then left stupidly.
After Xia Yuyan returned to the house, Luo Yanqing was sitting in the courtyard, holding a bouquet of red plums in her hand, Yu Yan made a slight bow and said, "Sister hasn't rested yet." ”
"Sister, I don't care how you used to be, but when you enter Pei's Mansion, I hope you can settle down, and now you are *, but you are not as unruly as before. You must know what a woman's way is. Luo Yanqing said in this aggressive tone, Xia Yuyan didn't know what to say, just nodded slightly, and went back to the west room.
Leaning on the edge of the bed, Xia Yuyan was reading quietly with a copy of "Zhuangzi" in her hand, and the little maid beside her brought an incense burner and burned sandalwood.
"What? Tell me something? ”
"Miss, you are in the same position as her, why did she take out a master's posture to reprimand?"
"It doesn't matter, I put up with her, if I come against her, she will only become more and more presumptuous, if I don't say a word, she will be like beating on cotton, no matter how much effort it takes, everything is the same. Why bother to be angry with her? ”
Qian Er sighed slightly, "Miss is really wronged. ”
"How could I not know that the emperor's purpose in giving me to Pei Qianhao is just that he is afraid that the Pei family and the Luo family will marry too much. To put it mildly, I'm just a pawn. Xia Yuyan put down the thread-bound book in her hand, and then slowly raised her head to look out the window.
In the courtyard at the beginning of the snow, the tranquility and serenity unique to this prefecture are echoed. The purity of the blue sky stretches out a mysterious smile. Lacking the nostalgia of life for green, the garden after the snow is comfortably enjoying the beautiful scenery in the cold.
Within a few days, the women in the palace were about to toss and turn the sky upside down.
Mrs. May cried out that someone wanted her life, and Mrs. Cao knelt on the ground and cried out for wrong. It gave Jiuyu a terrible headache. He let out a long sigh, "You guys should be quiet, Mrs. Mei, you tell me first, how is this matter?" ”
"Today, the ginseng soup I take every day has this kind of medicine that makes people lose their voice. Besides, no one touches my bowl but her! She stopped me when my maid brought it to me! She must have done it. ”
Mrs. Cao kowtowed heavily, "Princess, I stopped her maid just so that she could return the Dongzhu necklace that Mrs. Mei had left with me a few days ago." He didn't touch her bowl. ”
Murong Jiuyu let out a long sigh, "The prince is not in the house, I always break this case, and it is always unconvincing, it is better to ground the two of you first, I will check first, and wait for the prince to come back before making a decision." ”
Mrs. Mei sneered arrogantly, "The princess admits that she is useless? ”
"Mrs. Mei, you and I don't need to argue again, no matter what, you have to listen to me and let me deal with it, if you have any objections, you will wait for the prince to return to the house, and then avenge your grievances." Jiu Yu stood up, "Someone is coming, pass on my orders, from today onwards, Mrs. Mei and Mrs. Cao are not allowed to leave their respective pavilions for half a step. ”
"Yes!"
Although I don't know who started this incident, but this Mrs. Mei is not a fuel-efficient lamp, but what kind of character Mrs. Cao is, Jiu Yan still doesn't know, and of course you can't believe her words lightly.