Chapter 159: The Eve of the Decision
Su Liuying guarded Lou Yue's grave for an afternoon, and Li Xiu guarded her at the foot of Liangshan for an afternoon.
Su Liuying's eyes regained her sight, and the happiest person was Li Xiu, so the moment he got the news, he immediately entered the palace to see her, but she refused to see her.
Not only him, but even Princess Linglan and others were stopped outside the palace, and Li Xiu already thought of something in his heart......
Su Liuying, who came down from the mountain in a plain body, saw Li Xiu guarding the mountain, her eyes sank slightly, but she didn't say anything, turned around and got into her carriage.
The moment he saw Su Liuying, seeing that her empty and dead eyes flashed again, Li Xiu's panicked heart finally settled down.
He followed Su Liuying into her carriage.
Seeing him open the curtain and come in, Su Liuying's eyes were cold, and the next moment he closed his eyes and leaned against the wall of the car tiredly, turning his face to Li Xiu.
Li Xiu had long been accustomed to her indifference, but he didn't careβas long as she was willing to marry him and stay by his side, he was willing to do whatever she wanted to him......
The cushion next to him sank down, Li Xiu sat down next to Su Liuying, pulled her cold hands, and then gently leaned her head on his shoulder, and said softly: "If you are tired, just lean on my shoulder and take a good rest, and I will call you again after returning to ......the city."
Su Liuying did not refuse, nor did she agree. She seemed to be really tired, and kept her eyes closed and didn't make a sound.
The carriage entered the city and stopped directly at the Li Mansion.
At this time, the Li Mansion, as five years ago, is full of lights and joy!
Li Xiu took Su Liuying's hand and stood in front of the door of the Li Mansion, his voice trembling with excitement-
"Royutaru, you should have married me five years ago. It's a pity that by mistake, we were married five years late...... Otherwise, I guess our children can be called Daddy and Auntie......"
"Hotaru, we already missed it once five years ago, and after five years, let's not miss it again, okay?"
Li Xiu's clear eyes shone brightly under the reflection of the red lantern, and at some point, the dark green clothes on his body were changed to the previous moon white, and his gloomy face also returned to his previous handsome appearance, as if everything had returned to the past, he was still the humble gentleman who was dressed in moon white clothes and elegant and elegant......
The Li Mansion is still the same Li Mansion, and the person in front of him seems to be the same gentleman five years ago, but Su Liuying knows that everything is no longer what it used to be.
The person in front of her, not only was he not the man she fell in love with for the first time five years ago, but she also killed the person she loved most in her life......
Looking at everything sarcastic in front of her with cold eyes, Su Liuying smiled coldly: "Lord Sima has achieved this marriage by unscrupulous means, now, why are you hesitant and afraid?" β
Li Xiu was indeed afraid, he was afraid that the marriage he got by any means would come to naught at the last moment, just like five years ago......
Holding Su Liuying's hand and couldn't help but exert himself, Li Xiu's face turned pale, and he said abruptly: "I never hesitate to marry you." But I'm afraid, I'm afraid that you hate me in your heart and won't want to be with me again......"
At this moment, Li Xiu's mind is particularly sensitive and humble, and he still has a heavy sense of guilt. And Su Liuying didn't want to see him after his eyes regained his sight, but he went to the grave of Louyue in Liangshan for the first time, which added a trace of panic and fear to his burdened heart.
He was afraid, even if Lou Yue died, he still couldn't get her. He was afraid that no matter how much he paid for her, in the end, he would not be able to compare to the tomb on the mountain......
No matter how emotional Li Xiu said, in Su Liuying's heart at this moment, he didn't feel it at all, but more hatred.
On her face, she said coldly: "Don't be afraid to tell Master Sima that the flute Li Xiu in my mind is already dead, and now you are a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve your goals." I keep my promise to marry you, but my heart will never forgive you, let alone be with you. β
Hearing this, Li Xiu's heart suddenly suffocated, his face became more and more pale, and his eyes flashed with helplessness and despair.
The next moment, he took Su Liuying's hand and came to the Li family ancestral hall, pointed to the two spirit tablets on the new offering, and said tremblingly: "When my father's and mother's bodies were found, they told me that they died at the hands of the rebels...... But, what the truth is, you and I know it well-"
Su Liuying's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but raise her hand to look at Li Xiu.
ββ¦β¦ My family told me that my father and mother were taken into the palace before the rebels entered the city, but they died in the streets. Liuying, I know, it was the emperor who killed them......"
"I heard that the rebels attacked the city ahead of schedule, and I rushed to the capital day and night with 300,000 troops, just to promise your agreement...... In order to avenge my parents' revenge, I should have taken an army of 300,000 to kill the emperor and destroy Dayong after destroying the rebels, but for you, I even let go of my parents' hatred...... Su Liuying, you keep saying that the former Li Xiu has died in your mind, but you don't know how I came here to stay in the bitter cold north and guard your portrait alone? Only by using these despicable means can I get you to come back to me again......"
Speaking of the back, Li Xiu was already hysterical, and the pain and suffering that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time could no longer be suppressed.
Li Xiu stretched out his long arm and hugged the stunned Su Liuying into his arms, as if he had used all his life's strength to hug him, and said fiercely: "Liuying, you can't force me anymore...... You must marry me well...... I don't have anything left but you...... We're going to have children together, and we're very happy......"
Su Liuying's whole body fell into coldness, and she pushed Li Xiu away hard, and the moment she looked up, she saw Li Xiu's face full of tears......
Before, Su Liuying hated Li Xiu in her heart, but at this moment, she had a trace of compassion for him in her heart, he was like a terminally ill patient, hopelessly in a desperate situation......
On the second day after Su Liuying's eyes regained her sight, she took Yin Li and the Ninth Princess to Cining Palace to visit the Empress Dowager, which could be regarded as her resignation before she was about to marry and leave the palace.
After the rebellion, the Empress Dowager's attitude towards Su Liuying has changed a lot, and now she is very happy to see that her eyes are better, and she is also very happy, and proposes to let her leave the little prince and the ninth princess in Cining Palace to be raised by her, so that she can marry with peace of mind.
Su Liuying hugged Yin Li, who was still less than a hundred days old, and smiled indifferently: "Empress Dowager Xie's compassion, it's just that Ning Niangniang repeatedly told me to personally raise and take care of Li'er and Jiu'er before she died, and I have agreed, but I can't break my promise to Niangniang." β
The Empress Dowager nodded and said, "Since this is the case, Jiu'er and Li'er will work hard for you to raise them." The mourning family also believes that you will definitely raise their sisters and brothers to grow up...... After you get married, do you want to go back to the Bianzhou fiefdom? β
Without waiting for Su Liuying to answer, the Empress Dowager said: "Hu Di's army has retreated, you can stay in the capital for a few more days, so that it is not too late to leave ......after Li'er is one year old."
Su Liuying did not directly answer the Queen Mother's words, but talked to the Queen Mother about Princess Linglan's marriage.
She said: "The fifth sister has reached the age of marriage, I don't know if the empress dowager has found a favorite partner for the fifth sister?" β
After Jing Ming ascended the throne, although all the affairs of the harem were handed over to the new queen, the marriage of the princesses was still handed over to the empress dowager Zhang Luo.
The Empress Dowager is a shrewd person, and when she heard that Su Liuying took the initiative to mention Ling Lan's marriage, she already knew in her heart that she was here to help Ling Lan say that she was here today, and couldn't help laughing: "The mourning family looked for a few families before, but unfortunately the five girls were not satisfied. Her mother passed away, and the mourning family couldn't figure out her mind for a while, and they didn't know what she liked, so they kept dragging it out and hadn't decided to come - it's you, she is usually close to you, do you know if the five girls have a favorite person in their hearts?! β
Su Liuying didn't hide it, and said with a light smile: "The emperor and the emperor are wise, and the fifth sister is indeed in love." And this person's character and family background are all of the highest quality, and he is indeed very suitable for the fifth sister. It's justβ"
When the Empress Dowager saw that Su Liuying said this person so well, she couldn't help but be interested, "Just how?" Which son is he? β
Su Liuying said: "He is Han Yu, the great prince of Beixian. The fifth sister is interested in him, but if the fifth sister marries and is far away from Beijing, I don't know if the Queen Mother is willing? β
"The Great Prince of Beixian? But the proton who came to Dayong as a hostage before? β
The Empress Dowager finally remembered who Han Yu was, her face couldn't help but sink, and she said coolly: "When I came to the palace to meet before, the mourning family met him once, and his character and appearance were first-class, but he had a disease in his legs, and he was a cripple after all, and the five girls were too ......wronged to marry him."
Su Liuying hurriedly told the Empress Dowager about Han Yu's leg being cured, as well as the fact that he led the troops to help Dayong deter Hu Di's army, and when she heard it, the Empress Dowager's brows stretched again, and a smile finally appeared on her face, and she immediately agreed that as long as Bei Xian sent a letter of marriage to the country, she would approve this family affair and marry Ling Lan to Han Yu......
While speaking, it was getting late, and Su Liuying was about to retire and leave, but she heard bursts of shouting and crying from the direction of the apse of Cining Palace, which was particularly eye-catching in the quiet palace.
The Empress Dowager also heard it, and her face suddenly showed a trace of resentment, and she gritted her teeth and said fiercely: "This evil girl, if you don't kill her, you are already merciful, and you don't know how to be grateful day and night, she is really as vicious as her mother." β
The evil daughter in the mouth of the Empress Dowager is naturally Princess Rongqing who was in the apse of Cining Palace.
Since that day, I heard that Su Liuying revealed that it was Rongqing who poisoned Emperor Huicheng, and the Empress Dowager immediately imprisoned her, and when she found evidence that she had poisoned her father, she was severely disposed of.
However, since he poisoned Emperor Huicheng and Sui Jieyu in a row, Rong Qing had already destroyed the poison he had taken from King An, and the Empress Dowager did not search for poison evidence from her, so even if someone from the Tai Hospital confirmed that Emperor Hui Cheng was poisoned and died, the Empress Dowager had no way to dispose of Rong Qing, so she had to be imprisoned for a long time......
Rong Qing, who was being imprisoned, heard the news of Li Xiu and Su Liuying's upcoming marriage out of nowhere, and the noise has become worse and worse these days......
The Empress Dowager was about to send her grandmother to the harem to treat the noisy Rongqing, but Su Liuying said: "The Empress Dowager, why don't you let me persuade Princess Rongqing!" β
The sleeping little prince and the ninth princess were handed over to Xiao Nuan and the nurse to take back to Weiyang Palace, Su Liuying led Lu Jing, and under the guidance of the palace people of Cining Palace, they came to the place where Rongqing was held.
There are many kinds of trees in the apse of Cining Palace, which is cool in this kind of summer, but it is also more cold.
The place where Rongqing is imprisoned is the most remote west wing room in the apse, and it is a place where the palace sundries are piled up on weekdays, but now it is the noble princess of Dayong who is imprisoned.
The closer you get to the West Wing, the more you can hear what Rong Qing is crying and scolding in his mouth, all of which are scolding Su Liuying, and all kinds of foul words are unbearable.
The palace people looked back at Su Liuying cautiously, but Su Liuying didn't care and asked the palace people to open the door.
The palace people opened the door half as ordered, and before Su Liuying could enter, a person rushed out of the door in a daze, wearing a cloak and running out desperately, trying to escape from here.
But before she could take two steps, the grandmother who was guarding the yard stepped forward and grabbed her, pushed her back into the house, and said viciously: "Princess Rongqing, the Empress Dowager has an order, you are not allowed to take a step out of this house, you just stay honest, it's useless to break your throat." β
Rong Qing didn't know that Su Liuying was on the side, and begged those grandmothers: "Mama, please let me go out and let me go to see Grandma...... I didn't poison my father, I was innocent, everything was caused by Su Liuying's slut who hurt me, I can't let her marry my concubine......"
Hearing this, those grandmothers couldn't help but look back at Su Liuying, who was silent on the side, and seeing that she had been cold-faced, they couldn't help but turn around and reprimand Princess Rongqing: "What nonsense, is that Da Sima still your concubine?" Tomorrow, Lord Sima is going to marry the eldest princess, so you don't have to think about it again and think about it here......"
"I haven't, I don't need to think about it......" Rong Qing roared again in despair, and finally saw Su Liuying, who had been standing silently on the side watching her go crazy, and couldn't help but be shocked all over, and her face was as white as a ghost.
"Slut, why are you?"
Rong Qing looked at Su Liuying, who suddenly appeared in front of him, first shocked, and then thought of his embarrassed and depressed appearance now, and suddenly felt ashamed and hateful.
Su Liuying waved her hand to let the grandmothers retreat, leaving Lu Jing alone to follow her.
She took two steps forward to look at Rong Qing, who was embarrassed, and said slowly: "Tomorrow I will get married and leave the palace, according to the rules, I want to say goodbye to all sisters, so I came here to see you - I still remember a year ago, before you got married, you specially called me to your Xianyin Palace, and let me accompany you for the last night." I went happily, but I didn't expect that when I went to your palace, you suddenly changed your mind and asked me to be your maid in front of the sedan chair...... Rongqing, do you remember these things? β
Rong Qing sneered, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Of course I remember, I remember the ridiculous way you looked when you put on the dress in front of the sedan chair." So Su Liuying, no matter what kind of scenery you are today, you are my maid in front of the sedan chair, and you will never be able to erase this humiliation......"
"But tomorrow, I want to marry Li Xiu as a wife. He prepared the most luxurious and exquisite wedding dress for me, held the most solemn wedding, and gave me the most expensive dowry...... Therefore, after tomorrow, the world will forget the previous sedan chair maid, and only remember that I am Li Xiu's wife who married the door infinitely, and your reconciliation with him is a humiliation that you can never erase......"
Su Liuying's point-to-the-point response made Rong Qing's body tremble, and he fell to the ground, trembling and pointing at Su Liuying, but he was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Before she could get back angry, Su Liuying asked coldly: "Rongqing, so far, Li Xiu treats you like this, don't you hate him?" β
Rong Qing stared at Su Liuying, who had a cold expression, and grinded his teeth and said hatefully: "I hate him, but I hate you even more!" β
"But I hate him more than you." Su Liuying, who didn't care about Chao Rongqing, smiled indifferently, and said slowly word by word: "So, I'm not afraid to tell you, tomorrow I will kill him with my own hands, and then I will come to end you, which can be regarded as avenging my father!" β
Rong Qing looked at Su Liuying's resolute expression, and finally panicked, and said in a trembling voice: "It's excusable for you to kill me, but why do you want to kill him?" He's sorry for me, but he didn't do anything sorry for you...... Su Liuying, you are too vicious! β
Su Liuying looked at the flustered Princess Rongqing with cold eyes, and suddenly hooked his lips and smiled: "Rongqing, believe it or not, even if you go to Li Xiu and tell him that I want to kill him, he will still marry me tomorrow - he will always trust me, but he will not believe your words!" β
Rong Qing's whole body trembled like chaff, and even his lips turned white......
Back in Weiyang Palace, after Su Liuying coaxed Yin Li to sleep, she sat alone in front of the window, looking at the bright and jade-like silver moon outside and thinking about her thoughts in a daze, with a newly made bamboo flute in her hand.
After a while, Lu Jing came in from outside and whispered to her: "Miss, Princess Rongqing escaped from the palace, and the slave maid saw her enter the Li Mansion with her own eyes......"
Su Liuying retracted her eyes, hummed lightly, and said slowly: "Now that the matter has been done, you all have to rest!" β
Lu Jing had a stomach full of questions to ask her, and couldn't help but say: "Why did Miss deliberately let Princess Rongqing go out of the palace to report to Li Xiu, in case he believed Rongqing's words and became wary of Miss, it would be difficult for Miss to do it again - Could it be that Miss wanted to let Li Xiu go?" β
Lu Jing seems to be very arrogant, but her brain is smart, so she suddenly guessed what Su Liuying was thinking.
Su Liuying did not deny it, her eyes looked at the bamboo flute in front of her steadily, her expression was sad, and her voice was even lower to the dust.
"After returning from the Li Mansion yesterday, I thought a lot...... Li Xiu became what he is today because I ...... And everything Lou Yue did, even committing suicide, was for me. Therefore, it was no one else who really killed Lou Yue, but it was my ......"
"So, I want to give Li Xiu a chance, and also give Rongqing a chance......"
"If Li Xiu listens to Rong Qing's persuasion, cancels the marriage tomorrow and no longer forces me to marry him, I will not attack him again. And Rongqing, if she takes advantage of this escape from the palace, and from then on she can hide her name and live secretly outside the palace, I will also be willing to let her live, and it is not in vain that my father and the emperor were interceding for her before he died, let me forgive her......"
However, even if Su Liuying is willing to let go of her hatred for Li Xiu, how can Li Xiu, who is obsessed with being obsessed, be willing to let go of Su Liuying?!
On the second day, when Su Liuying heard the sound of joy from outside the palace, her heart completely sank into the boundless darkness.
She knew that between her and Li Xiu, she would eventually make a final decision!
She put on the big red wedding dress carefully prepared for her by Li Xiu, sat in the sedan chair that came to greet her, and carried the bamboo flute she made herself......
On the sixth day of the sixth month of June, the auspicious day of the zodiac, everything is appropriate!
After the sudden death of the emperor, the capital of Dayong was followed by a snow storm and a rebellion, and almost suffered a bloodbath. Therefore, today's eldest princess wedding is the biggest happy event in the capital for so long, and the people also want to take advantage of this to express the depression and sorrow in their hearts, and take advantage of the joy of the eldest princess's wedding.
Su Liuying has fantasized countless times about the scene when she married Lou Yue, and she even made her wedding dress early in order to marry him, waiting for the day when she became his wife.
However, creation makes people, and everything ends like this......
The red luxury sedan chariot drove out of the palace gate, and headed towards the Li Mansion in the midst of all the attention, Li Xiu rode a high-headed white horse in front of the sedan chair, and the hand holding the reins was not known to be because of excitement or something else, the grip was extraordinarily tight, and the green tendons burst out......
Sitting in the sedan chair of the wedding with a cold body, the bright red of Xipa in front of her stinged her eyes, and when she thought of what she was going to do next, Su Liuying couldn't help but close her eyes, her heart was deadly silent, and cold sweat soaked her robe......
When he arrived at the mansion, Li Xiu personally stepped forward and took Su Liuying's hand into the mansion, and both of them had the same cold hands......
The worship ceremony was completed and sent to the cave room.
The hustle and bustle of the day finally calmed down at this moment, and at this moment, Su Liuying's panicked and tangled heart also completely precipitated, and now, there is no way back......
Taking off the Xipa, her eyes fell on the bamboo flute in her hand for a long time......
When she heard the noise of the guests outside, Su Liuying heard footsteps outside the door.
The footsteps were heavy and finally stopped at the door.
Su Liuying's whole body tightened, and she reached out and held the bamboo flute tightly in her hand.
In the next moment, the door was pushed open, and the night wind swept through the courtyard into the house, blowing the big red candle with the thickness of an arm, trembling a few times, and almost extinguished.
Li Xiu stood at the door in a red robe, with a jade crown on his head, he was already as handsome as jade, after changing into a wedding dress, he became more and more handsome, a pair of clear eyes were secretly turbulent at the moment, and the hands under his sleeves were clenched tightly......
In the next breath, his eyes sank, and he finally raised his legs and walked towards the house, the tall figure approached Su Liuying beside the bed, and the words Rong Qing told him kept circling in his mind, Su Liuying wanted to kill him, and she would kill him......
When he got closer, Li Xiu lowered his head and looked at Su Liuying, who also lowered his head and his whole body was tense, and the next moment, he didn't say a word, his cold fingers stretched out and pinched Su Liuying's chin......
In the south courtyard of Su Mansion, not far from the Li Mansion, Lou Yue sat in Su Liuying's boudoir Lan Pavilion in a daze.
After seeing Su Liuying wearing a big red wedding dress and being led into the Li Mansion by Li Xiu, Lou Yue's whole person was hollowed out, without a soul, and disappeared like a lonely ghost, and unconsciously walked into the south courtyard of the Su family and came to Lanting Pavilion.
Once here, she told him shyly that this was the new home she had prepared for him, and that she would wait for him here, and even put on a hand-sewn wedding dress waiting for him to marry her......
Lou Yue's heart ached, and he stiffly took out a bag of things from his arms and opened it carefully in front of him.
When the thing opened, it was the golden silk jade plum hairpin and a pair of plum blossom-style earrings buried by Su Liuying in front of his grave......