Chapter III: Expediency

"Sister, today you are going to marry to the State of Wu, and in the future, I will ask my father to be the commander of the border, so that I can come to visit my sister from time to time."

"Okay, Sister is waiting for you." Ji Lianmei touched Ji Xia's head and replied with a smile.

On the day of the wedding, Ji Xia reluctantly sent Ji Lianmei to the sedan chair. Ji Lianmei put on Wu Yue's costume, wearing a cloud brocade and gold to outline the blood-colored flowers on the other side, like a wedding dress flowing in the sky, covered with soft crimson tulle, with a tassel phoenix brocade belt at the waist, and the bewitching skirt gently undulated with the breeze, as if surging with boundless blood, rolling from the depths of the red dust, as if it was about to burn out this prosperity.

Ji Lianmei stood in this place where she had lived for a month, the white panes, the vermilion door, the burning peach blossoms that were extremely visible, and the golden words "Eldest Princess's Mansion" on the door plaque were all so familiar and unfamiliar.

Did I just replace Ji Reimei? After coming here, I have been complaining, but I never thought that there was a person who had completely disappeared because of my arrival, and no one even knew that she was no longer in this world, so she enjoyed the glory and wealth that belonged to her.

Thinking like this, Ji Lianmei couldn't help but feel a little self-blame.

You can't be so willful anymore. Now that I have come here and taken the place of the princess, I want to avoid disputes between the two countries. Even if the road ahead is bumpy, I have to do my duty to be a princess.

In other words, Liu Kanggong has neither praise nor denigration in history, and such an emperor makes Ji Lianmei feel elusive. Although he is very gentle with Ji Lianmei, Ji Lianmei always has a sense of fear for this father.

The sedan chair left the palace gate, walked through the streets and alleys of Liu Guo, crossed the border pass, and went all the way to the south.

"Hey, it's boring, Zizhi, how long will it take for us to arrive." Fang Cai's ambition seemed to float out of the clouds all of a sudden, and Ji Lianmei complained habitually.

Well, Ji Renmei is still that Ji Renmei.

"Princess, it's only been half a week, if you want to reach the capital of Wu, it will take at least thirty weeks."

"A month!" Ji Lianmei howled like a pig.

I actually have to stay in this broken sedan chair for a month, how can I live? Hey, only by living in ancient times can we understand how powerful the power of technology is, and how indispensable the car mobile phone network is.

At this time, outside the car.

"Is this really the eldest princess of the Liu Kingdom? It is rumored that the eldest princess Bing Xue is smart, dignified and virtuous, I see how she is a little girl who doesn't know how to be polite, isn't it that Liu Guo casually found a woman to fool us. The sword-carrying guard whispered like another commander-like man.

"I don't know, who knows what kind of wishful thinking the old fox of Emperor Liu is making."

"Whether she is true or not, she is a poor woman who has left her homeland after all. Along the way, treat her well. Another man in black armor, who had been silent all the way, closed his eyes and said lightly.

As soon as he said this, the two guards hurriedly shut up.

The distance was long, and even if they traveled day and night, half a month had passed, and they had only walked about half of the way.

In the evening, the road happened to pass through a wild place, there was no inn and no home, so Ji Lianmei and her party had to temporarily set up a tent to rest. Not only was there no one here, but there was also very little game, so the attendant simply made dinner and rested early.

In the middle of the night, Ji Lianmei couldn't sleep because of the mosquitoes, so she came out of the tent that was temporarily set up to do activities.

It's just early spring, and there are already mosquitoes.

Ji Lianmei walked to the riverside, looking at the stars in the sky from afar, and on the other side, there were ten miles of scorching peach blossoms. In the dead of night, it is easier to think about life before the time-travel. In the past, there were no such bright peach blossoms and such bright stars, but that period of life that was overwhelmed by the busyness of the big city was so lingering.

Yes, after all, it is a life pattern of more than 20 years, and I have long been used to it.

The cold wind poured into Ji Lianmei's thin cotton clothes, and she felt a trace of coldness, squatting on the ground and shrinking into a ball.

"Princess, the dew is cold at night, don't freeze." , a clear and strong male voice accompanied by a cloak that fluttered down lightly.

Ji Lianmei turned around fiercely, and it was the young man who looked like a chief. There are faint dark green strands in the jet-black messy hair, a pair of slender peach blossom eyes under the sword eyebrows, dark black pupils with a slight dark purple, an indifferent demeanor, and a black armor more profoundly outline his arrogance. I only heard his voice in the sedan chair, but I didn't expect it to be such a beautiful boy.

"I miss home." Ji Lianmei felt a little nervous, "I miss my father... Wang, I miss my partner in the palace, in Liu Guo, I am a princess, but in Wu Yue, I can't accurately locate my location, whether it is the princess, or Liu Guo's tribute for mercy. It was a strange place for me, and I was worried about ......"

Just as she was shaking her head, the young man took out a jade Xiao and played it. Gradually, there are occasional pearls and jade jumps in the bass, crisp and long, one after another.

"Our prince is a very easy-going person, please don't worry about it. As for the people of Wu Yue, I think they will welcome you. In his words, the temperature could not be heard.

"Your name is .. What a name. Ji Lianmei asked almost mutteringly.

"Under no name."

"Then I'll give you a name, huh...... Call you Xiao Yige, okay. ”

"Well, whatever the princess says, that's what it is. It's late at night, so please go back to the tent and rest. With that, he turned and walked away.

Looking at the tall back of the young man in the distance, Ji Lianmei had a different feeling in her heart.

After a month-long journey, the carriage finally arrived at Jingman, the capital of Wuyue.

"Here....... It's Wuxi. Ji Lianmei sighed, even thousands of years ago, Wuxi was still a rich place. The ancient Hui style building built near the water, with white walls and black tiles, and all kinds of rare and exotic beasts are carved on the tiles. The breeze was soft, and the people on the street were wearing horse coats similar to Tang costumes, which looked elegant and modest, which was completely different from Liu Guo's wind and sand and rough Lang Jun.

Sure enough, it's still such a place, and it feels more like home.

Seeing Ji Lianmei indulging in the novel scenery, the two guards who walked in front of her to greet her quietly whispered.

"Look at this princess of Liu Guo, she is still Peugeot, but it's a pity that she actually gave it to that prince."

"Yes, that prince has no fiefdom and no talent, so he just played the name of a prince."

"You don't know this, this prince is ......"

"What are you two talking about?" Xiao Yige had a cold face, and with a wave of his hand, the guards on the side immediately lifted the two out like chickens.

"Spread these messages again and be summarily executed." His voice was not loud, but it was cold, and the three of them were terrified, and said in a loud voice: "The chief of the guard forgives the sin." ”

"Xiao Yige, is something wrong?" Ji Lianmei heard the commotion and poked her head out to inquire.

"It's nothing, a few of the squires have made mistakes, and it's fine. Please rest assured, princess. ”

Ji Lianmei naturally didn't know that the person she was going to marry was not an ordinary prince.

At noon, the carriage stopped in front of a secluded mansion.

Although it is a newly renovated mansion, the decoration of the gate is also new. But the scale is still small, and it is different from the prince's mansion elsewhere.

Seeing this, Ji Lianmei couldn't help but be a little curious: the difference in rank during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was obvious, and the mansions of the royal nobles were larger and more magnificent than those of the wealthy merchants, after all, this was a symbol of power and status.

When Ji Lianmei got off the sedan chair, a group of domestic servants and maids gathered around, standing respectfully on both sides to greet her.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, according to our rules, the prince and you cannot meet before getting married, so please deign to live in another courtyard, and you can live in the main hall after three days of marriage." Xiao Yige explained on the side.

"Hey, okay, okay, you ancients, there are so many rules." Ji Lianmei waved her hand, and was about to enter the door, but Zizhi grabbed her arm and helped her.

"Zizhi, I've said it a few times, I'm not old yet, don't hold me." Ji Lianmei shook off Zizhi's hand and swaggered into the courtyard under the leadership of the maid in the house.

"Your princess, her temper is really a little weird." A maid whispered to Zizhi, and she nodded politely.

At this time, it is already early spring, and the white stone in the house is the fence, surrounded by ponds and marshes, stone bridges and three ports, and the beast face is spitting. There is also the Nine Songs Lotus Pavilion, which must be a different scene in the summer.

"It's so beautiful here, I don't know what kind of person your prince is." Ji Lianmei asked.

Xiao Yige on the side replied to her: "Princess Hui, Yucheng has good lyrics, knows how to cultivate and weave, has a gentle personality, and is a person worthy of trust." ”

"Then this Chengwang Mansion ······"

"Princess, the courtyard has arrived, and the subordinates will go back to the palace first." Xiao Yige didn't seem to want to say anything more, raised his sword and bowed, and left quickly.

Hey, really. I don't listen to what others say.

However, Ji Yucheng is indeed unheard of in history.

Ji Lianmei's mother, An Yuyun, is a historian specializing in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and she was already listening to her mother's historical stories when other people's children were listening to fairy tales. Although she started several years earlier than other children in the field of history, her history grades are still poor.

"I haven't traveled to a better era, there are so few historical records of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there are still so many wars, I don't want to die here. I finally crossed over and became a princess, and I still have to kiss, it's really sad. Ji Lianmei wailed in her heart.

"Princess, you are walking too fast." Zizhi arrived in a hurry at this time. Seeing Ji Lianmei standing in a daze, he said to her: "The princess doesn't have to worry, Sage Kong has said that if you come, you will be at ease, although it is a strategy to appease the people, but we are here for the same reason, since we are here, we have to stay in peace, right?" ”