In this era, a person's marriage can basically be summed up in eight words, that is, 'the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker', for marriage, the parents have the greatest right to speak, even the emperor does not have so much authority to interfere, and the emperor's marriage is generally for the prince and princess, or the emperor is particularly favored and trusted ministers, so he will give marriage to the courtiers on behalf of the courtiers, but this situation is very rare.

Therefore, marriage is an honor for the minister, but at the same time it is also a kind of bondage, the emperor gives marriage, it is not possible to divorce or divorce the wife, even if it is a husband or wife, no matter how unbearable it is, in order to take care of the emperor's face, even if it is a grudge couple, they must be entangled with each other for a lifetime.

Once the decree was given, even the emperor could not break up the marriage.

This is not very beneficial to men in an era where men have always been respected.

Gu Junyan begged the emperor for marriage, just to give glory to his future wife, and people with long eyes could see how satisfied he was with the girl of the Su family.

Li Sheng looked at Gu Junyan with a complicated expression, and asked in a low voice, "This is what you are asking for?" Won't regret it? ”

Gu Junyan bowed his head without hesitation: "There will be no regrets in the end!" Ask the emperor to fulfill it! ”

Li Sheng glanced at Gu Yanshan again, "Uncle, the young general's request, does my uncle have any opinions?" ”

Gu Yanshan laughed: "He marries with his ability, what can the old man say?" ”

Li Sheng frowned slightly, his eyes met Gu Junyan's eyes, his eyes were facing each other, he only saw firmness and openness in his eyes.

Li Sheng closed his eyes, what he lacked more than him was probably this courage, whether it was in the past or now, Gu Junyan always did not hesitate, had the courage to pursue what he wanted, not like him.

He knew it a long time ago, why did his heart still hurt so much?

"Good! In that case, I will marry you! After a long time, Li Sheng heard his own voice.

He was surprised, even strange, was he really the one who spoke? But why would he agree to such a ridiculous thing, in Gu Junyan's thankful voice, he heard the more real thing in it, which was his heartbreak.

This ceremony to welcome Gu Yanshan's triumphant return ended with Li Sheng's marriage.

After that, Li Sheng returned to the palace with an indifferent expression, not seeing the joy of the army's triumphant return.

The emperor was in a bad mood, and the news soon reached Yun Huanting's ears, she frowned lightly, secretly thinking about the reason, and thinking about how to solve Li Sheng.

However, until the evening, Li Sheng did not come to Fengqi Palace, which made Yun Huanting a little disappointed, this was the first time she had stayed alone in the palace since she entered the palace, but Yun Huanting sent someone to inquire that Li Sheng stayed in the imperial study and did not let people sleep, she was relieved.

Emperor Chrysostom said that if it is a marriage, it is a marriage, and the marriage between Su Yunlai and Gu Junyan is a certainty, even if Su Yunlai dies, people will be carried into the general's mansion.

Xu Guanyi, Mrs. Lin and even other people who wanted to have a relationship with Su Zhan all stopped thinking about it now.

After Xu Guanyi went back, he got drunk and scolded all his subordinates, which was the first time Xu Guanyi was emotionally exposed.

Xu Guanyi drank a lot of wine, and his brain was cloudy, but his consciousness was very clear.

Why, why is there still no way to get what he wants, he has worked so hard, he thought that he already had the qualifications to match her, he tried his best, but Gu Junyan just said a word, and all his calculations were in vain.

Why? Is what he did not enough? His intentions and affection are no less than Gu Junyan's, but why is it so unfair?

Xu Guanyi was locked in the room alone, thinking about it all night, and finally he finally figured it out, in fact, he had already understood the answer, it was because his position was not high enough, and the power in his hands was not big enough, so he lost.

He got up from the ground and looked at himself in the mirror, his warm and sparse face, there was no expression, only cold emotions in his eyes.

Like Xu Guanyi, there are many people who are dissatisfied with Su Yunlai and Gu Junyan's marriage, but no matter what these people think in their hearts, they are all a gesture of blessing on the surface, after all, no one dares not to give the emperor face.

But one person dared.

Princess Wuyang.

Princess Wuyang broke into the palace early in the morning, Li Sheng was having breakfast at that time, Li Sheng didn't go to Yun Huanting's palace yesterday, and today he specially made two snacks to accompany Li Sheng for breakfast.

"Brother Huang! You can't give you a marriage extension! Princess Wuyang rushed in without hesitation, shouting.

Li Sheng's parents died early, only Princess Wuyang has a sibling sister, Princess Wuyang's worth has naturally risen, and now that Li Sheng is the emperor, no one else will suppress it, Princess Wuyang does not need to suppress her temperament as usual, plus the people around her are interested in holding her, so her personality is becoming more and more arrogant, and she has a shadow of Gu Junyan.

Today, Princess Wuyang kicked the iron plate, Li Sheng was upset about this matter, but Princess Wuyang didn't open which pot to mention, even he, the emperor, was helpless, Wuyang actually told him that he couldn't?

Li Sheng's face immediately became gloomy: "Nonsense! The king of a country, Chrysostom and Yuyan, how can he go back on his word? What's more, Jun Yan has merit with the country, this is what he deserves, how can you be allowed to mess around? ”

Yun Huanting looked at Li Sheng and seemed to be really angry, and hurriedly gave Princess Wuyang a look, and said softly: "Princess, don't worry, Your Majesty has no way to do this, the young general personally asked for marriage, can Your Majesty not agree?" The princess should be considerate of His Majesty. ”

"I don't care! Jun Yan can't marry someone else! Princess Wuyang said, her eyes turned red, "Uncle, uncle said before that he would promise me to him!" ”

It is really unseemly for a girl, especially a princess, to be so blunt about marrying a man.

Li Sheng suddenly thought of the county lord of Anning, she was also so noisy to marry him before, although he was reluctant to perfunctory the county lord of Anning at that time, but he really felt tired in his heart, just thinking that his daughter could not be taught like this in the future.

Li Sheng didn't expect that he didn't have a daughter, and his sister actually became like this, trembling with anger.

"Look at you! Do you still have a little bit of princess etiquette? Li Sheng rebuked angrily.

"What princess is not a princess? The person I like is going to marry someone else, what princess style do I care about?! Princess Wuyang retorted loudly: "If you can't be with the person you like, even if you are a princess, even if you have fine clothes and food, what's the fun?" ”

Princess Wuyang's words hit the deepest pain in Li Sheng's heart at once, he finally became the king of a country and got everything he wanted, but he could never get the woman he loved, and even ordered her to marry another man!

How ironic it is.

"I'm definitely not going to be as cowardly as you!" Princess Wuyang said coldly: "Don't want me to give up anyone, not even you!" ”

Li Sheng took a deep breath, suppressed the sudden heartache, and said in a cold voice: "You have no jokes, the wood is already in the boat, whether you accept it or not, this marriage cannot be changed." ”

Princess Wuyang looked at him with a deep disappointment in her eyes: "Why, why did you become like this, am I still your sister?" You know my heart, why do you want to give marriage? ”

"Shut up!" Li Sheng was furious and roared angrily.

Yun Wanting also looked anxious: "Princess, princess, let's say a few words, Your Majesty is angry......"

"Don't want me to be like you! I like it but I don't dare to fight for it! Princess Wuyang yelled at him with a stubborn face: "I will never give up on the person I like, even if I use all means!" ”

The contempt and sarcasm in her eyes angered the most stretched pain in Li Sheng's heart, and he was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped Wuyang hard.

The crisp slap sound resounded in the hall, and everyone was stunned for a while.

Li Sheng only has a younger sister in Wuyang, and he has always been very fond of her, and he hasn't even said a word on weekdays, but he actually beat her today!

Fortunately, Yun Huanting reacted quickly, she stepped forward to check the injury on Princess Wuyang's face, but Princess Wuyang didn't appreciate it and reached out to push her, Yun Huanting was almost pushed down by her, but fortunately Li Sheng helped her.

Li Sheng frowned and looked at her displeasedly and said, "There is a limit to your nonsense!" ”

Yun Huanting hurriedly said: "The concubine is fine, Your Majesty, don't blame the princess." After speaking, she hurriedly glanced at Princess Wuyang: "Princess, Your Majesty is angry, don't you quickly admit your mistake to Your Majesty." ”

"What's wrong? I didn't do anything wrong! Princess Wuyang immediately sneered: "Anyway, I won't give up!" ”

After Princess Wuyang finished speaking, she turned around and strode out.

Yun Wanting glanced at Li Sheng cautiously, and said softly: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, the princess is just a child, but she is not a person who doesn't know the general situation, talk to her well, she will definitely be able to understand Your Majesty's painstaking efforts." ”

Yun Huanting naturally wants to spare no effort to speak for Princess Wuyang, Li Sheng only has this one sister, although she is angry now, but after she is angry, it will be over, and at this time, she naturally has to persuade her well.

Princess Wuyang is a princess, and she has no conflict of interest, so Yun Huanting is naturally happy to be this good person.

Sure enough, Li Sheng regretted it after beating Princess Wuyang, and he said to Yun Huanting: "Wuyang is spoiled by me, and she doesn't have a mother by her side to teach, so you should bother to persuade her more." ”

He's an older brother, and some things are inconvenient in the end.

Yun Huanting said with a smile: "The so-called eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, this is the duty of a concubine." ”

Li Sheng nodded, he didn't have the heart to eat breakfast, he turned around and went to the court, Yun Huanting looked at the back of him leaving, a touch of deep thought flashed in her eyes, Princess Wuyang's words just now seemed to have a deep meaning, could it be that Your Majesty also had someone else in his heart? But you can't marry her?

Princess Wuyang ran out and sat on the steps outside the palace, the princess was in a bad mood, and no one dared to provoke her, as soon as Xu Guan entered the palace to discuss matters, he saw Princess Wuyang sitting there alone, and after thinking about it, he walked over.

"Why is the princess sitting here alone?"

"Don't worry about it!" Princess Wuyang said angrily.

Xu Guanyi was yelled at, but he was not angry, he sat next to her good-naturedly and accompanied her silently.

Princess Wuyang is not really domineering, just because Gu Junyan is going to marry someone else, she is angry and out of control for a while.

Seeing that Xu Guanyi didn't speak at this time, she was a little uneasy and said, "You, why don't you speak?" ”

Xu Guanyi thought for a while and said softly: "I just think that what the princess needs now is just companionship, not much talk." ”

Princess Wuyang was stunned and bit her lip, there had never been a gentle and patient man like Xu Guanyi by her side, Gu Junyan didn't need to say it, his patience was probably all given to Su Yun; Li Sheng has a gentle temperament, but he has too many things to bear, and too few are given to Princess Wuyang.

"Of course, if the princess is unhappy, if she doesn't mind, you can tell the minister." Xu Guanyi said gently.

Princess Wuyang lowered her gaze: "The person I like...... I'm going to marry someone else. ”

Xu Guanyi was stunned, Princess Wuyang noticed his gaze and asked, "Do you look down on me?" ”

"How come," Xu Guanyi said hurriedly, Junyi's face was just the right amount of crampedness, "Chen, Chen is just a little surprised." ”

Princess Wuyang sighed: "Have you ever liked someone?" ”

Xu Guanyi tilted his head and thought about it, and said apologetically: "The minister doesn't, so I can't empathize." ”

"It's good if I haven't been emotional, I've never been emotional, and I don't know the taste of heartache, the word love is really the most hurtful, even if I'm a princess, it's hard to get rid of love." Princess Wuyang said abruptly.

Xu Guanyi's expression was painful, looking at her with gentle and pitying eyes, that kind of look, as if she could only see her alone, no one had ever looked at her with such focused and enthusiastic eyes, Princess Wuyang's heart suddenly jumped.

Su Yunlai and Gu Junyan's wedding date is set for March of the following year, this is still the result of Gu Junyan's efforts, it is now June, and there are still more than nine months left in the divorce period, and the Su family always has to prepare a dowry.

And there is a major event in July, second only to the wedding of Su Yunlai and Gu Junyan, that is, Su Yunlai's ceremony.

Su Zhan is now in an important position, and Su Yunlai has extended a family affair with Gu Jun, and now his worth is naturally rising, and it is not the same day, so Su Yunlai and the Su family are bound to do a decent job.

The Gu family didn't have a female dependent, but Gu Yanshan and Gu Junyan didn't care about that, and sent several carts of gifts, most of which were gadgets they got at the border, anyway, all the things that the woman could use were given away.

Because Su Zhixun was still at the border and had time to come back, Gu Yanshan even offered to replace Su Zhixun as the host of the ceremony.

Now the whole capital looks at Su Yunlai differently, and the Gu family seems to be really satisfied with this daughter-in-law, look at this intimate.

Even the Chen family, who had always been dissatisfied with Gu Junyan, couldn't speak, but in this way, she detained Su Yunlai to embroider the dowry in the room every day.

"It's true, the wedding date is set in such a hurry, alas, I don't know if I will have time to embroider the wedding dress." Chen said worriedly.

The woman's wedding dress is naturally embroidered by herself, which is of great significance, but Chen glanced at Su Yunlai, who was embroidering a purse, and felt bitter in his heart, is this too embarrassing for her daughter?

Su Yunlai is good at everything, she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, don't look at her always losing to Su Zhan when she plays chess, that's for him, her chess skills are actually very good, only the embroidery work, Su Yunlai is not open-minded, only the color matching can barely be seen.

"Don't worry, ma'am!" Jun Yao smiled and said: "Even if our young lady is not a female celebrity, the young general will not dislike it, like, just like what the third young master said?" What's so strange about so many girls who can be popular? ”

This was what Su Zhan said about Qi Shuying, and Chen glared at Jun Yao: "Ah Wan is not Shu Ying, Shu Ying knows medical skills, Ah Wan can't!" ”

"Then our young lady is also very powerful!" Jun Yao said confidently.

Chen shook his head helplessly.

Su Yunlai was not interested in their conversation, and concentrated on embroidering her purse, why is embroidery so difficult?! Why would a woman do such a thing!

The day before Su Yun came to the ceremony, an unexpected figure suddenly came to Su Mansion, it was Princess Wuyang.

Su Yunlai hadn't seen Princess Wuyang for a long time, she couldn't even remember the last time they met, she only remembered that it was an unpleasant meeting.

Su Yun came and went to the small hall where the guests were entertaining and saw Princess Wuyang, who was standing in front of the window, looking intently at the flowers on the cabinet.

"Princess." Su Yunlai called softly.

Princess Wuyang turned her head to look at her, and said in a flat tone: "I still remember that when we were in Fahua Temple, you always liked to sit in front of the window and read. ”

Those days were a very comfortable time for Su Yunlai, there was no need to stay in the mansion, with Princess Wuyang as his companion, the time was comfortable.

"I didn't expect the princess to remember." Su Yunlai said with a slight smile.

There was silence in the room again, and Su Yunlai stood quietly beside her, not knowing if she should say something.

"Tomorrow is your gift, and I'm here to give you a gift." Princess Wuyang said softly.

Su Yunlai was stunned for a moment, and met her eyes, her gaze was very complicated, indescribable, but there was no malice.

Su Yunlai's heart was sour, no matter whether they had the same man in their hearts at the same time, at least their friendship was sincere and pure.

Princess Wuyang took out a box, which was a hairpin, the round and translucent pearls were coiled into a plum blossom pattern, and there were two small pearls falling under the flower branches, the beads were clear and elegant, which was very in line with Su Yunlai's temperament.

Su Yunlai took it with both hands, and his heart was mixed for a while.

"Tomorrow's praiser has been decided?" Princess Wuyang asked.

Su Yunlai nodded: "I decided on my cousin's cousin." Zhengbin is Mrs. Lin.

Originally, Mrs. Lin was unwilling, she always felt that the Lin family was down, and it was not suitable to be Su Yunlai's praiser, but the Chen family felt that Mrs. Lin was very good, she had experienced the glory of the world, and had also tasted the warmth and coldness of human affection, she hoped that Su Yunlai would be the same as Mrs. Lin, no matter what kind of situation she faced, she would be able to persevere.

Princess Wuyang looked excited, looking at her like this, Su Yunlai was a smart person, and immediately noticed her disappointment, but the praiser had already been decided, and it couldn't be changed now.

"Does the princess have time to come over tomorrow?" Su Yunlai asked expectantly.

Princess Wuyang bowed her head slightly, and her expression brought a hint of relaxation.

Su Yunlai felt a sour heart, the two used to be confidants and friends, and they had nothing to talk about, but now it was just an invitation, they were so cautious, with temptation, couldn't they go back?

Princess Wuyang put down the gift and was about to leave, she walked to the door and turned her head to look at her: "Li Sheng is fond of you, I was very happy at the time, if you can marry him, we will be a family, in fact, it is just my selfishness, because I know that Jun Yan also misses you, if you can marry my brother, you can break his thoughts, I didn't expect everything to be just my delusion." She paused, plucked up the courage to say, "Ah Wan, if I say that I am willing to serve you as a husband, are you willing?" ”

Su Yunlai was stunned, and when he saw her eyes, there was a faint pain in those dark eyes that were exactly the same as Li Sheng's.

Su Yunlai's heart was stagnant, and he was thinking about how to answer, Princess Wuyang continued: "You and I are like sisters, I like you very much, if it is with you, I don't mind serving you with a husband, you are the emperor's brother who decreed the marriage, we are big or small, we will get married in the future, or one place, is this good?" ”

Su Yunlai really didn't know what to say, she didn't expect Princess Wuyang to come up with such an idea.

She thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "The princess shouldn't ask me, but the young general." ”

Princess Wuyang's face turned pale, how humble she should be, so she would find Su Yun to make this request, she is a princess, but she is willing to marry a man with an ordinary woman, but she is not willing to even answer.

Go and ask Gu Junyan, Princess Wuyang already knows what the result will be.

Princess Wuyang curled the corners of her lips mockingly, straightened her back, and maintained the last of her pride and turned away.

Su Yun looked at her and sighed slightly, she clearly knew that she had never known so clearly that she had really lost this friend this time.

On the second day, Su Yunlai came to the ceremony, a sign of a woman's adulthood, Su Yunlai got up early in the morning to bathe and change clothes, ready to salute.

Gu Yanshan didn't say it, he really attended as a father instead of Su Zhixun and came forward to give a speech.

Then Miss Lin walked out to wash her hands, and took her place on the west steps, and then Su Yunlai came out, dressed up and walked out, to the venue, facing south, bowing to the guests who were present, and then kneeling facing the west, Miss Lin walked over and picked up a wooden comb and was about to comb her hair, when suddenly someone outside shouted: "Princess Wuyang has arrived!" ”

Su Yunlai raised his head in astonishment, he didn't expect Princess Wuyang to come at this time, and the guests were all whispering.

Princess Wuyang walked into the hall, looked like Miss Lin, and discussed with her in a gentle tone: "Miss Lin, can you let me be this praiser once?" ”

Miss Lin looked at Su Yunlai, and then at Princess Wuyang, naturally she was unwilling, and hurriedly handed her the comb in her hand.

Princess Wuyang gently combed Su Yunlai's hair, Su Yunlai's nose was sore, and he almost burst into tears.

Despite the contradictions between them, she still came.

Chen's tearful eyes clenched Mama Lan's hand tightly, her daughter, finally grown up, after today, she is no longer a child.