Chapter 5: If you could, would you be my concubine?
The four princes are married, and the Internal Affairs Office is very busy.
Although the four princes have been quite controversial in the DPRK and China these days, the marriage between the two countries is also sloppy.
If nothing else, it represents the face of their Qi Dynasty.
Zhong Liyi sat in the study, put aside the paperwork of the Internal Affairs Office, and immediately took it from Feng and asked, "Your Highness, is there anything wrong?"
"Since it is this prince who marries the princess, it should be more grand," Zhong Liyi said with a smile, "I remember that my father rewarded the best Xue Lanzhu a few years ago, and it was also handed over to the four princesses by the Internal Affairs Office." β
ββ¦β¦ Be. Xiang Feng was shocked, but he also retreated.
After a while, Zhong Liyi put down the red pen in his hand, and after the ink dried, the faint black pupils stared at somewhere, obscure.
He hadn't been to the morning court for half a month on the grounds of the marriage, and some of the troublemakers quickly became uneasy, and he didn't know what he was plotting in private.
And that's what Zhong Liyi wants.
The matter of seizing the heirs between the DPRK and China is becoming more and more intense, and on the surface, the princes are peaceful, but secretly they are all forming parties for personal gain and winning over the courtiers. Just like the parasitic plants on the giant tree, once they can't get enough nutrients, they can't wait to transfer to another big tree through some medium and wrap them tightly.
The Qi Dynasty is not corrupt on the surface, and it is not easy to shake the foundation.
Just thinking about it, he heard Xiang Feng knock on the door again, and said, "Your Highness, Cen Shizi is here."
"Let him come in," Zhong Liyi folded up the paper with dry pen and ink and handed it to Yin Jingyan who came in, "Let's see how it goes." β
Because of his special status, Yin Jingyan doesn't have to be too rigid about etiquette in front of the prince. He took the origami and unfolded it and glanced at it, and with a twist of his wrist, the whole paper instantly turned into powder in the palm of his hand.
"Just let them jump for a few more days, and later, they will have to return it." In the past few days, the six princes and a faction have been in the limelight in the court, and many neutral courtiers have also seen the wind and followed the rudder, although Emperor Hongyun was dissatisfied, but it was only a symbolic reprimand, and the harem was controlled by Concubine Chang, and it was difficult to think of the holy favor.
Zhong Liyi smiled mildly and said, "It's okay, everything will wait until the wedding date is over."
Just the incident of Jiangxi Yin is enough for the six princes to drink a pot.
"How should His Highness explain it?" Yin Jingyan said.
was originally the fourth princess of Zuo Xiang's daughter, but now she was forcibly cut off by a foreign princess, how can she not make Zuo Xiang's heart stop. Although this marriage was operated by Emperor Hongyun, it is also a fact that the original plan was completely collapsed no matter what.
Zhong Liyi remembered how Zuo Xiang saw him before, if he hadn't hidden, he would have sneered at him, and his head hurt slightly.
sighed heavily, and said helplessly: "When this matter is over, this prince will personally come to the door to take the blame."
"Well, I'm afraid I have to grieve His Highness first." Rao is Shuangxuan came with news before, Yin Jingyan was still a little uneasy in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "Can Jingyan ask more, who is the princess who came to kiss?" β
"It seems to be Ling Xi's Seventh Princess, Su Xiao?" Zhong Liyi saw that his face was gradually gloomy, and he couldn't help but smile, "What, there is something wrong with her?" Or is it ...... Jing Yan, where are you going, Jing ......"
Before he finished speaking, the man left the palace in a hurry, and did not even say hello.
After hesitating for a long time, he still shouted: "Xiang Feng, send someone to see what happened."
Jing Yan's appearance, he hadn't seen it for many years......
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Yin Jingyan's heart is very chaotic now.
Out of the palace, he grabbed a horse and ran directly to the imperial capital inn.
Su Xiao was looking at the wedding dress sent by the Four Princes' Mansion, the fiery red piece was scattered on the bed, the sleeves were wide, and the patterns outlined by the gold thread shone in the sunlight, indescribably noble and extraordinary.
"The four princes are very good," Qingzhu couldn't help but praise loudly, "I originally thought that the princess proposed a nominal marriage date that made the four princes feel guilty, but I didn't expect it to be even more fascinating, if the princess ......"
'Bang-' The door was kicked open.
Su Xiao and Qingzhu both heard the sound and looked at it.
Yin Jingyan stood at the door, his whole person was shrouded in a violent aura, the cold air flow in his eyes was churning even stronger, and the aura of danger was permeating all around.
The guard standing outside the door didn't stop it, and it didn't stop it, and he said tremblingly, "Princess, the prince is ......."
"It's okay, you go down first," Su Xiao turned around and said, "Qingzhu, you go down too." β
When the two of them left, and the door of the house was closed and there was a slight closing sound, Yin Jingyan moved, strode up to Su Xiao, and grabbed her wrist with one hand. There was a touch of yin owl in his eyes, and his eyes looked at her like a falcon, as if he wanted to eat her alive.
Su Xiao frowned, is there something wrong with this person?!
She hadn't asked him for an explanation about the man in black, but now it's good, he's still coming to the door!
"What are you crazy about?" Su Xiao was shocked by his ice-like eyes for a while, and when he looked at each other, he felt a chill in his back, and suddenly it was cold from his back to his heels, but he still said boldly, "This is not your Cen Wangfu, you are still idle and you don't have enough trouble, right?" Auntie, I ......."
"Why don't you tell the truth?" Yin Jingyan stared at her, as if she said casually, but her back couldn't help but stiffen, trying to calm herself, but she still couldn't help the heartache and discomfort, and said softly, "Why did you lie to me?" β
Su Xiao moved his wrist, did not move at all, gritted his teeth and said, "When did my aunt lie to you." You grew up eating stones with such a big hand?!
The patch of red on the bed stimulated his nerves, as if mocking his stupidity, his incompetence.
"Why don't you tell me you're here to kiss? Why don't you say it?! As long as she mentions it, even if it is at all costs, he will propose to Emperor Hongyun, what rights and status, where is it more important than the person on the tip of his heart.
"I didn't lie," Su Xiao raised his eyebrows, "My aunt and grandmother remember saying in front of the old man's stall in Hancheng who sold dumplings, 'He is not my father-in-law, but my father-in-law is still waiting for me at home', do you think I really said that I couldn't play?" β
Yes, she said it, she said it.
Yin Jingyan slowly let go of her, took half a step back weakly, and a bone-chilling coolness jumped up from the soles of her feet, swimming all over her body, freezing the meridians and the blood flowing inside.
He should have thought of it a long time ago.
Su Xiao had already said that she had been wandering outside for many years, and she happened to appear on the way to the imperial capital when the two countries were married, who else could there be.
yes, he should have thought of it a long time ago......
"Y-Are you alright?" Su Xiao also put away his unrelated toying thoughts, and looked at him worriedly, "Yin Jingyan, hey, are you okay?" β
Yin Jingyan didn't reply to her, the light in her eyes dimmed a little, and there was a heavy gentleness, which made people feel sad when they saw it.
I only heard him say softly: "If you can, you ...... Would you like to be my princess? β
'Boom-' exploded in Su Xiao's mind, and at that moment, it seemed that there was nothing left in her world, only the only words that were hovering in her ears that she didn't hear.
If you could, would you like to be my princess?
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On the seventh day of the fifth month, Tiande and Yuede, it is advisable to pray for blessings and get married.
On the long street of the imperial capital, both sides were bustling and crowded with people, all of whom were eager to stretch their necks to look ahead.
The master who played the joy invited the more prestigious ones in the imperial capital, and the music was high and low, and the frustration was subdued, and Rao could feel the strong joy from it even if he didn't understand vocal music. In the rear, the guards held long arrows on both sides of the team, and the honor guards were all dressed in red, passing through the crowd in an orderly manner, walking through the long streets, enjoying the thousands of eyes of the people of the Qi Dynasty.
The gongs and drums are noisy, the voices of people are boiling, the red is festive, and the dragon and phoenix are auspicious.
Su Xiao sat in the sedan chair, listening to the noise outside, there was a faint trace of melancholy in his heart, and he couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth with self-deprecation: "Auntie, this is the first time to get married."
On that day in the inn, was that person still so persistent and refused to let go easily.
In just a cup of tea, it made her feel as if she had suddenly walked through decades, and there was no trace of it.
She was so determined that day, she must have given up.
Just thinking to himself, Qingzhu knocked on the wall of the sedan outside, "Princess, if you go over this street, you will go to the Four Princes' Mansion." β
This time Zhong Liyi's wedding, everyone in the court who has a heart has sent invitations with congratulatory gifts, and as for the thoughts, I am afraid that they are messy and numerous, and they are much the same.
Zhong Liyi stood outside the mansion in a wedding dress, handsome, noble and lofty, and greeted the guests who came to greet him with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
I don't know if it's Xiang Feng's illusion or what, he always feels that His Highness is a little absent-minded today, and even his eyes always glance at the crowd, and he doesn't know what he is looking at.
However, there are no more girls over there, except for a few girls.
Could it be that the princess has not entered the door yet, and His Royal Highness will start filling the backyard.
I can't do it, I can't do it, I can't do it.
He stretched out his hand and dragged His Highness, who was in a trance, and whispered: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince have come down."
Only then did Zhong Liyi collect his thoughts, and greeted the two people who came towards him: "Brother Prince, Brother Six."
"The courtiers are here to congratulate the four emperor brothers." The sixth prince, Zhong Liwen, smiled and greeted Zhong Liyi.
No matter how the two of them live and die in the court or even in private, at least on the surface, they are a kind and amiable faction, and they can come as they greeting, and they don't see at all that they have just stabbed someone in the back.
Prince Zhongli Jian also came, with a harmonious face and a gentle temperament, but there was a faint bookishness, but anyone who is a royal person, which appearance is not a dragon and phoenix among people. It's just that this prince is indecisive, too kind-hearted, and has a stupid spirit for no reason.
If it is placed in an ordinary high-ranking family, it is a filial son praised by everyone, but he was born in a dirty royal family, and he can't withstand the arrangement of fate after all.
"Today's wedding of the Fourth Emperor Brother, I should congratulate you," Zhong Li Jian said with a smile, "The Fourth Emperor Brother's mansion is too deserted, and the Fourth Imperial Concubine has gained some popularity when she gets married." β
"That's what the crown prince said." Zhong Li Yi responded.
Zhong Liwen saw the oncoming greeting team from a distance, the smile on the corner of his mouth did not change, but his face was full of evil spirit, "I hope the mansion of the fourth emperor brother will not be too lively, this prince has heard that these seven princesses are not easy to get along with." β
Zhong Liyi glanced at him lightly, and said indifferently: "The family affairs of this prince will not bother the six emperor brothers."
Between the eyes and the light, an invisible and fierce-for-tat collided faintly in the dark.
The breath was suddenly a little unstable.
The prince also sensed the atmosphere between the two, and hurriedly opened the topic and asked a few symbolic questions. When the welcoming team arrived at the door, they hurriedly asked people to kick the sedan door.
There was a noise of drums and gongs outside the sedan car, and Su Xiao sat inside, until someone lifted the sedan curtain before he put his hand out.
As the lord of a country, it is impossible for Emperor Hongyun to come to the Four Princes' Mansion in person. And Su Xiao's mother's family is all in Ling Xi, and except for Lord Jiang, who came to see him off this time, there is no one who can even afford to worship.
This back and forth also saves a lot of links.
"Husband and wife worship each other, and the ceremony is completedβ"