Chapter 37 An inexplicable marriage with a certain prince was made
I don't know if it's because the efficiency of the Xianyu royal family is too high, or if the emperor is in a hurry to throw away the hot potato of Yin Linxi, and the little guy who sent the letter on the night when I sent out the eight characters immediately brought me a reply letter.
And I spread out the envelope and looked at it, this letter is not just a few words, compared to the few words when I asked about my birthday, the beginning has become some kind words, and the tone is also a lot more gentle, but unfortunately I am an anxious child, and it is nothing to be polite for two or three sentences, but a whole article, from praising my mother's wisdom to my father's wisdom and then to my character, the polite words are too perfunctory.
I've always been indifferent to these words, probably which concubine took over the task of replying to this letter in order to please her husband, but we don't know each other in our lives, so in order to set off the theme, I said a lot of nonsense, only the last line is the point.
But after I looked at it, I almost wondered if my eyes were suffering from any disease, and in the blink of an eye, I followed the flickering light of the candle flame and clearly saw the last line of words: The first auspicious day of the first month of the first month is a good day of good fortune in the sky, which is a day of great joy that is difficult to find, and you must not miss it!
This... I staggered as I leaned in front of the desk, and I was beyond my jaw-dropping.
Although I am in a hurry to borrow troops from Zhongli National Disaster, the first day of January... Isn't it just the day after tomorrow? Could it be that the day after tomorrow, I will marry Yin Linxi? It's a bit of a rush to be unbelievable.
But in fact, the date written on the reply letter was not so much a solicitation as an order in a euphemistic tone.
Under the premise that Yin Linxi and I did not have any preparations, the first day of January quietly came. So early this morning, the sky was still slightly white, and I was still sleeping with my hands and feet holding the quilt, when there was a sudden knock on the door...
"The Crown Princess... The Crown Princess? The Crown Princess? ”
I don't know who it is outside, knocking on the door of my room one after another has not stopped for a moment, and I have not slept well since the incident in Fengcheng, I always sleep very shallowly, after such a fuss, I thought that there was something wrong, but I was so shocked that a spirit jumped up from the bed, and the last little sleepiness was also consumed by the shouts outside the door.
"Who!" I opened the door impatiently.
Unexpectedly, after the scarlet door creaked open, several bloated women outside the door swarmed in, waving the handkerchief stained with incense powder in their hands at me, smiling as if they wanted to eat me.
"You—" I narrowed my sleepy eyes slightly, recognizing them, "weren't you the bride of the day?" How? Do you want to be satisfied? ”
As soon as my words came out, those people laughed and even the steps on their heads were about to be shaken off, and it took a while to pat my arm and say, "The crown princess is really good at laughing, you are slender and can wear a great beauty with a beautiful body on your body." ”
I looked at these culprits who woke me up early in the morning in a daze, and sighed, "A few fairy girls with honey on their mouths, wouldn't they come to me so early to talk to me about this?" ”
After that, I saw the prickly lips of the bride and smile for a while, and the handkerchief stained with incense powder in her hand almost waved on my cheek, causing me to sneeze.
After that, I heard her say, "Where can I be, even if the slave family has the courage, they will never dare to disturb the princess's dream!" It's just that the day before yesterday, His Royal Highness the Prince, under the advice of the slave family, suddenly set the wedding clothes of the slave family, and took advantage of today's happy day to take it out for the princess to try it on, and use which one you like today. ”
After listening to the first half of her sentence, I was still immersed in gloating about Yin Linxi, but the second half of the sentence was so shocked that my eyes were about to fall.
"What kind of happy day do you say?"
When a few brides saw me looking dazed, they thought I was shy, so they all pursed their lips and smiled, pushing me out.
"Crown Princess, don't you forget, today is a good day for you and His Royal Highness the Prince!"
Surrounded by them, I was very passively pushed into the courtyard, only to find that the courtyard, which was still light and light yesterday, had suddenly changed its appearance at this time.
I saw that the eaves carved by the gold pen under the original cornices were not elegant, and instead of the big red mantles that covered the sky and the sun, they were wrapped around the originally scattered yard, and what was even more exaggerated was that from the windows to the beams of the roof and even the camellia in full bloom were hung with happy characters and dyed valerian valerian flowers, and the bright red made me dizzy on the top of my head.
"The crown princess!" Xi Niang exclaimed one after another, and hurriedly supported my stumbling figure.
I turned my head and asked, "Today... Is it really my big day? ”
The bride and the girl looked at each other, only thinking that I was overjoyed and did not answer me, but pushed and shoved me back into the house, and began to take out one after another beautifully decorated wedding dresses in front of my eyes, and asked me which one I liked.
As for me, although I knew that there would be such a day and was ready, but when this day came like this, it still felt a little unrealistic, recalling this period of time in addition to sadness and fright, I raised my hand and chose a random piece.
Then let the bridesmaids start a long dress, I don't know how long I sat there, and when I came back to my senses, it was already three poles of the sun outside, and the joy outside was blowing up a corner of the happy curtain by the window through the wind, and it came in leisurely.
"Alright, Crown Princess!" At this time, the bride straightened the hem of the dress for me, and then stepped aside happily.
And I only felt that the top of my head was very heavy, so I reached out and held my forehead and looked at myself in the bronze mirror... I can't help but be surprised, under the reflection of the mirror, I clearly saw a woman with black hair and a flying bun, only to see that delicate face with slender eyebrows and picturesque eyes, eyes shining like stars, small lips dyed with dandan, a bright and refined appearance, even the original slightly sick face has become a pitiful appearance under the careful modification of the brides.
This... Or me?
I looked at it for a while, and then as the joy got closer and closer, the bridesmaidens quickly helped me up and took a red gauze and red hijab.
Xi Yinyin said to me, "Crown Princess, we're going to go out, but you're a first-married lady and far away, so the slave family still has to tell you a few words, this is the first... It's for today's wedding to be smooth, and we can't touch all the food, as for the second..."
Just when I secretly sighed that this was not a marriage but a crime, the bride deliberately sold a pass and mysteriously approached my ear, and suddenly raised her voice and said, "At night, no matter what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does to you?" Don't resist, it's normal to see even some blood. ”
After that, the rest of the brides suddenly went crazy and laughed, and I was the only one who was shocked.
What the? No matter what he does to me, I can't resist? Can't resist when you see blood? What the hell is this? Is the wedding custom of Xianyu to hang the bride and beat it severely? It's the act of a beast!
A strange picture suddenly appeared in my mind, and the bride took the opportunity to put a red hijab on top of my head and helped me to go out.
"Born early, hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren, rich and rich, and a good couple..."
I just walked and muttered something on the top of my head, my head was banging, and my tears were rolling in pain, and I almost didn't immediately remove the hijab to see what this group of old ladies threw on my head.
And the wedding dress is heavy, although I still stepped on the corner of the skirt with the support of the bride, and I almost fell, but fortunately, there were many people around me, so I avoided intimate contact with the earth. At this time, Xi Niang's hand holding me tightened, and she lowered her voice and said in my ear, "The crown princess should bear with it first, just go out, this is a noble son who is smashed on the head, which means praying that you can give birth to a noble son for His Royal Highness the crown prince as soon as possible." ”
After that, she led me over the threshold, and she really didn't throw anything on top of my head again.
It's just that the small distance from the house to the outside of the house on weekdays, today I feel so far away for the first time, so far away that my head hurts.
Then, after they followed all kinds of inexplicable colored heads, and took me around left and right I don't know how many times, I only heard a dry cough suddenly sounded around me.
The bridesmaids saluted one after another, "See His Royal Highness the Prince, congratulations to His Royal Highness on his new marriage, and the slaves wish His Royal Highness and the Crown Princess a hundred years of good together." ”
With that, another dry cough, and he held out his hand to me...
I was stunned for a moment, and then looked at his fair and slender beautiful fingers through the remaining gap under the red hijab, and secretly speculated in my heart... He stretches out his hand, am I going to put my hand in his palm? But if that's not the case, then wouldn't I be making a joke?
So after a stalemate for a moment, Xi Niang laughed awkwardly, put my hand in Yin Linxi's hand, and said loudly, "Hold the hand of the son and grow old with the son!" ”
As her aftermath fell, the joy intensified, and in the cheers of the crowd, Yin Linxi took me by the hand and began to slowly walk through the crowd, while I still looked outside with the remaining space under the red hijab.
"Happy newlywed, princess." A weak female voice sounded in my ears, and I could clearly see a thin figure leaning against someone else through the crack.
I understand that this must be Taoxin talking to me, you must know that in Xianyu except Taoxin will call me a princess, there is only Shen Xiao, and how could this stupid girl miss my wedding, then she must be playing early in the morning and disappearing late.
But now it's the middle of winter, and Taoxin's injury hasn't healed yet, if it weren't for me...
Holding back the discomfort that gradually began to overflow in my heart, I continued to walk forward.
It wasn't until I walked up to a man with both hands holding the hilt of the knife that I was stunned.
Although I can't see his face, the saber is something I am familiar with, and when I was in Fengcheng... Shen Xiao once put it in my hands to protect myself.
However, Shen Xiao didn't speak at this time, as if he just silently watched Yin Linxi holding my hand, and gradually walked towards the main hall...
Then, with the support of the bride, I carefully knelt on the bright red kneeling mat.
I saw the smoke in front of me, the joyful procession behind me suddenly stopped playing, and then a deafening sound of firecrackers sounded in the hall.
Ultimately... In the noisy sound of firecrackers and the cheers of the crowd, the crisp voice of the priest sounded in vain, "Worship the high hall..."