Chapter 40: The Feast of the Court
No one thought that the emperor would suddenly marry Xiao Lingxiao, and he was referring to Princess Mude's most distressed son, Su Donghan.
Su Donghan is over twenty-five years old this year, and he has not yet married, in fact, it is because the Su family has found several family affairs for him one after another, but before they have yet to get married, the other girl either died of illness or died in an accident. As a result, there are rumors that King Mude killed too much back then, and all the karma was repaid on Su Donghan, who was too angry in his life to be suppressed by anyone's daughter.
It is said that Su Donghan is very outstanding in terms of identity and appearance, but he has been delayed by such gossip until now.
Su Donghan heard that the emperor had made an order, and hurriedly got up to thank him. Although King Mudd was not satisfied with letting a woman who had come back from the dead marry into the palace of King Mud, now that the wood was complete, he had no choice but to admit it. Only Princess Mulder smiled, and when Su Donghan told her about it, she felt that it was a good thing. The son's life is hard and vicious, but it can't be heavier than a woman who gets up from the coffin, right? If you want to say who in this world can resist the relationship with her son, it must be Xiao Lingxiao. What's more, this Xiao Lingxiao is the eldest daughter of the Xiao family in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and her identity is there, she can be said to be a good match, and she has not wronged her son at all.
After Princess Mulder gave her gratitude, she peeked at Xiao Lingxiao and found that the more carefully this girl looked, the more she felt good-looking. is worthy of being a descendant of the Xiao family, and if he gives birth to a child for Donghan in the future, he must also be a beautiful baby.
Merely......
Princess Mulder looked at it twice before she realized something was wrong.
Their family had already received the order to thank them, but Xiao Lingxiao was still standing there upright, without the slightest intention of moving.
At this time, the emperor also discovered that Xiao Lingxiao's gaze towards him was deep and cold, and he hadn't seen such a gaze for many years.
"Xiao Lingxiao, I gave you a marriage, why didn't you receive the decree of thanks?" The emperor asked in a deep voice with some dissatisfaction.
Xiao Lingxiao had a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and said softly, "I, Xiao Lingxiao, don't know how to do it, let the emperor bother for me, and give me a marriage three times and twice." Before, you asked me to marry your son His Royal Highness, this is still a family affair between the royal family and the Xiao family, and the emperor Chrysostom asked for a family affair for his son, which is common sense. But now that the emperor first canceled a family affair, and casually pointed out Xiao Lingxiao to others as his wife, this is reasonable, but I'm afraid it can't be justified, right? ”
Xiao Lingxiao's voice resounded like a copper bell throughout the hall, and everyone present couldn't help but feel a chill down their spines when they heard this.
The emperor was already a little annoyed, how did he know that Xiao Lingxiao, a girl, dared to contradict him in public, he really didn't know how thick the sky was!
"Xiao Lingxiao, what do you mean by this, is it because you want to resist the will and disrespect it?" The emperor stared at Xiao Lingxiao with a calm face, and the power of the emperor pressed straight towards Xiao Lingxiao from a pair of eyes.
"I, Xiao Lingxiao, am a person who has died once, even if the emperor can't help but say that he will charge me with a crime, and now he will pull me out and behead me, I will just return to that fairyland, there is nothing to fear." The emperor's coercion didn't seem to have the slightest effect on Xiao Lingxiao, so she said indifferently, "If Xiao Lingxiao is just an object in the emperor's hand, then I can only let the emperor throw it over and throw it over, and dispose of it as you like." But now that the emperor has disposed of me at will, I just think that you don't treat me, the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, too much, right? ”
Listening to Xiao Lingxiao's words, the emperor's face suddenly became extremely ugly.
The hall suddenly became audible, and even Xuan couldn't help frowning, thinking that what the master said was too ruthless.
In fact, everyone knows that when the emperor canceled the marriage between Xiao Lingxiao and the fourth prince, he already gave the Xiao family a lot of face. Now he didn't say hello to the Xiao family, and directly married Xiao Lingxiao to Su Donghan, which is even more unreasonable. If this matter sounds good, it is that the emperor is sympathetic to the Xiao family and sent their daughter who can't marry to a good family. But if it is ugly, the emperor is in a hurry to push out the royal troubles and never suffer from future troubles. The four princes have repeatedly begged the emperor to make a fuss, and the emperor is now giving Xiao Lingxiao to someone else, isn't this clearly telling the four princes to die?
In the whole matter, the Xiao family just let the emperor rub it round and flatten, and this situation is very likely to affect the prestige of the Xiao family in the court! When Xiao Lingxiao said those words, the emperor realized this, the old lady of the Xiao family realized this, and there were many people in the entire hall who also realized this.
The old lady of the Xiao family's face was extremely difficult to see.
Today's palace banquet was attended by all the relatives of the emperor and the families of officials in the DPRK and China, and none of the officials in the court attended. When these people returned to the mansion and told the officials at home what happened today, the old lady really didn't dare to imagine what kind of expressions the children of the Xiao family led by Xiao Shuyong should use to face the eyes of others in the court tomorrow.
Her hands were clenched tightly in her sleeves, and a pair of eyes were like knives, slashing at Xiao Lingxiao's body.
At this time, Xiao Lingxiao looked very calm on the surface, but in fact, she was discussing the current situation with the divine wolf in a dark voice.
"This family affair was proposed by Su Donghan? Why did he marry you? He's sick! The wolf said as a matter of course.
"Why are you so awkward?" Xiao Lingxiao really wanted to kick the god wolf hard.
"That's not what you mean......," the wolf said with a smile, "If that's what you say, he's going to tie you up and then find a way to kill people?" Ha, in this case, it is logical that you can also hide people's eyes. ”
Xiao Lingxiao glanced at the eldest lady and said secretly, "I guess she came up with this method." This woman has not been able to bargain for a few times, so that the flower thief will torture me to death. ”
"So what are we going to do? Otherwise, I informed Xuan and asked him to find a way to sabotage this family affair? ”
"Not necessarily."
Xiao Lingxiao sneered, thinking in her heart, since the eldest lady and Su Donghan worked hard to set a trap, then don't let this trap go to waste. Recalling what she said to Xiao Fengming and Bao Rong'er in the Lu family's mansion, Xiao Lingxiao couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. It's a pity that Bao Rong'er couldn't follow up, otherwise she could have seen how straight the boat was when it arrived at the bridge.
After an embarrassing silence, the emperor spoke first, his expression became much softer, his tone was very gentle, his eyes looked at Mrs. Xiao, and said, "This girl of the Xiao family can speak well, and she is not inferior to a man." Sister Huan Lan doesn't discipline her on weekdays, right? Hahaha. ”
Old Madam Xiao was originally the lord of Huanlan, and the emperor opened his mouth to call her Sister Huanlan, obviously pulling in the relationship between the two. This is a very obvious signal, a big stone in the old lady's heart fell suddenly, hurriedly got up and came to Xiao Lingxiao's side, knelt on the ground, bowed and said, "The rebel girl in the family has collided with the emperor, and I ask the emperor to surrender." ”
"Sister Huang, please get up quickly." The emperor motioned to the eunuchs around him to support the old lady, and continued, "What does the imperial sister think of this family affair that I gave Xiao Lingxiao? ”
When the emperor asked this, although he was sure that the Xiao family would never refute it, it also gave the Xiao family a chance to speak. This is the best step, and the trouble caused by Xiao Lingxiao's words will be eliminated at once.
The old lady of the Xiao family naturally understood the emperor's intentions, and knelt down for the second time, and together with the eldest lady, they hurriedly came out and knelt down in front of the emperor, just like King Mude, kneeling on the ground to thank him.
The marriage event has always been the words of the matchmaker at the behest of the parents, the old lady of the Xiao family is in charge, and the eldest lady is present, and the two of them have thanked each other for this matter, that is, it has been completed. No one paid attention to Xiao Lingxiao who had been standing there looking at them coldly, now in the eyes of everyone, the emperor was magnanimous, even if Xiao Lingxiao was so rude, the emperor also looked at the face of the Xiao family and did not blame her.
When the old lady and the eldest lady returned to their seats, Xiao Lingxiao didn't say anything more, and silently returned to her seat and sat down.
After a turmoil, the feast became jubilant again.
At this time, Xiao Huanyu, who was sitting next to Xiao Lingxiao, said to Xiao Lingxiao in a strange manner, "Congratulations, eldest sister, you have a good marriage again." ”
Xiao Lingxiao turned her head to look at her, smiled slightly, and didn't say anything.
Xiao Huanyu saw that Xiao Lingxiao didn't ridicule her, thinking that she really liked this marriage, and couldn't help but be secretly annoyed. But Xiao Huanxue, who was beside her, whispered a few words in her ear, and after listening to Xiao Huanxue's words, Xiao Huanyu immediately became smiling again.
The emperor drank a few more glasses of wine, and then left first, and after he left, the queen mother also left with Xuan. These two are no longer in the main hall, and the atmosphere in the entire hall has become much more relaxed. Some people toasted around with wine glasses, and young men and women also took the opportunity to find a good match.
Li Jingxuan got up and sat down next to Xiao Lingxiao, and said, "You are too bold." ”
Xiao Lingxiao sneered when she heard this, and said, "The courage of the Sixth Highness is not small, the emperor just gave me a marriage, and you came to me, aren't you afraid of causing any gossip that is unfavorable to you?" ”
"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid." Li Jingxuan stared at Xiao Lingxiao tightly, as if he wanted to see her thoughts from her bottomless eyes, but unfortunately, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't understand Xiao Lingxiao's behavior. first bumped into the emperor without fear of death, and then accepted all this silently? She clearly believed that Su Donghan was a flower thief, could she be so willing to marry a flower thief?
"What the hell do you want to do?" Li Jingxuan asked in a low voice.
Xiao Lingxiao glanced at Su Donghan, who was sitting in the distance pinching the wine glass and looking at Su Donghan with a strange smile, and then turned her head to look at the old lady and the eldest lady as if nothing had happened, and whispered to Li Jingxuan, "Your Highness Six, look at it, a good show will be staged soon." ”