Chapter 246: Marriage
Bai Miaomiao looked out of the door with an unknown look, and at the moment when she saw Zhang Hanging, her eyes were wet.
"Father...... Father ......" Bai Miaomiao's slightly trembling voice sounded, I couldn't believe that my father was actually standing in front of me like this, the word father seemed so familiar and so unfamiliar at this moment.
The moment Zhang Hang heard Bai Miaomiao call his father, his whole body trembled, and then he stretched out his arms with a smile and said, "My baby daughter, my father finally saw you." ”
"Father, daughter misses you so much." Bai Miaomiao stood up from her position and threw herself into Zhang Hang's arms.
Lord Chengxiang sat quietly on the side, silently drinking the tea in his teacup, looking at the touching picture of the father and daughter recognizing each other.
After a long time, the father and daughter who hugged each other tightly let go. Zhang Hang wiped away a teardrop from the corner of his eye, slowly walked in front of the Prime Minister, first saluted, and then continued: "There is another thing I want to ask Lord Chengxiang." ”
"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Lord Seongsho said with some confusion.
Zhang Xuan paused, obviously a little embarrassed, but still said slowly: "Bai Miaomiao, is her mother okay now." ”
When he heard this, the Prime Minister's face darkened, and he didn't speak for a long time, and the atmosphere suddenly became cold and silent.
It took a long time to hear the Prime Minister spit out a sentence leisurely: "She's no longer there." ”
"What? Gone? Zhang Hang looked surprised and couldn't believe it and said loudly, "What happened back then." ”
Lord Chengxiang's expression seemed to be a little uncomfortable, he frowned, and said, "At that time, she died after giving birth to Bai Miaomiao. ”
"How so...... How could it be ......" Zhang Hang felt bitter in his heart, and the one under his feet did not stand firm and staggered back two steps, his face became more and more pale.
Bai Miaomiao's eyes were quick, and when she saw Zhang Hang about to fall, she hurriedly went up to support him, and comforted Zhang Hang softly: "Father, you must look at it, my mother has been gone for so many years, and it is useless to regret it." Don't break your body because you're sad. ”
"It's me who is not good, it's me who is not good......" Zhang Hang seems to be still in the pain of Bai Miaomiao's mother's death.
Bai Miaomiao was also sad in her heart, but it was not too obvious on the surface. She comforted Zhang Hang over and over again and said, "Father, don't blame you, don't blame yourself too much." Mother in heaven doesn't want to see you like that. We have to be good, Bai Xiannuo and I will honor you, you and us. ”
Bai Xiannuo ......" Zhang Hang suddenly sneered, and the expression on his face looked a little bitter.
Bai Miaomiao hurriedly nodded and replied: "Yes, yes, you and me and Bai Xiannuo, we are both your children, and we will definitely honor you." ”
Zhang Hang shook his head vigorously as if he had heard some joke.
"Bai Xiannuo, he is not my child." Zhang Xuan waited for his mood to calm down before he slowly spoke.
"What! He's not your child? Bai Miaomiao and the Prime Minister who were present all widened their eyes and looked incredulous.
Bai Miaomiao hurriedly stepped forward and asked worriedly, "Father, what's wrong with you." Bai Xiannuo, he is my brother, how can you say that he is not your child. ”
Zhang Hang touched Bai Miaomiao's head, exhaled a long breath and said, "He is really not my child, nor is he your brother, he is a royal child." ”
"What! Bai Xiannuo turned out to be the prince of the royal family? Bai Miaomiao couldn't believe it, she covered her mouth in surprise, even her feet seemed to be a little soft, and she unconsciously took two steps back, keeping a certain distance from Zhang Xuan.
Zhang Xuan nodded undoubtedly and said, "Yes, Bai Xiannuo is the prince. ”
"Father, are you really sure you're not mistaken? You can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, maybe it will anger the emperor. Although Bai Xiannuo still couldn't believe it, the surprised expression on his face had eased, and it was replaced by a sad face.
Zhang Xuan paused, raised a pair of slightly old eyes and looked out the window, not just looking at somewhere, he didn't speak for a long time, as if he was stuck in his own memory.
"Father, since Bai Xiannuo is the prince, why is he in our house, and he has stayed for so long." Bai Miaomiao still couldn't hold back the curiosity in her heart, although she didn't want to interrupt her father's thinking, she still couldn't help but ask.
Zhang Hang was called like this, and his thoughts were pulled back a lot. He froze, looked at Bai Miaomiao's familiar face and said, "He was sent over when Bai Xiannuo was very young, so you won't know that he is not your biological brother at all. ”
Zhang Xuan paused and continued: "The intrigue in the palace is not as simple as we thought, at that time, I thought that the nobleman was afraid that his child, that is, Bai Xiannuo, would be murdered, so he had no choice but to put him in our mansion to raise. ”
"I see...... No wonder I must have noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Bai Miaomiao nodded as if she didn't understand, her expression a little dark.
Zhang Hang looked at Bai Miaomiao, helplessness flashed in his eyes, and then said: "Later, Bai Xiannuo grew up in our mansion, until the day your mother Lin Ximeng left, she took Bai Xiannuo and you away. ”
"I see. It turns out that we have such a secret hidden in us, the second brother is actually the prince......" Bai Miaomiao still didn't dare to believe it, she didn't expect that the second brother she had shouted for so many years was actually the son of the emperor today, no wonder the eyebrows and eyes between herself and the second brother were not so similar.
Bai Miaomiao suddenly slapped her head, as if she remembered something big. She looked at Zhang Xuan with inquiring eyes and asked, "Father, how is the marriage of the princess arranged?" Is there already a suitable candidate? ”
Zhang Hang chuckled, looked at Bai Miaomiao dotingly and said, "There are many things you are curious about." The princess's marriage partner this time is undecided for the time being, and it is up to the princess to choose. ”
"Really, father!" Bai Miaomiao's face was happy, the smile at the corner of her mouth was getting bigger and bigger, and a pair of big watery eyes were shining, as if exuding the light of hope.
Zhang Hang said with an indifferent look: "Why are you lying to your father?" If you don't believe it, you don't believe it, just think that your father has just told a lie. ”
"No, no, how could a daughter question what her father said. The father must be reluctant to lie to his daughter and make his daughter sad if he is so good, and the daughter believes in her father. Bai Miaomiao's sincerity and faint smile gave people a burst of warmth.
Zhang Xuan's hand trembled, and then a smile appeared on his face, oh ah, touched Bai Miaomiao's head and said, "Good daughter." ”
"But it's all wonderful! Father, daughter is going out for a trip and will come back later. Bai Miaomiao clapped her hands excitedly, eager to jump and walk, Bai Miaomiao ran outside the house with a smile, waved to her father and Lord Chengxiang in the house, and turned around and left with a smile.
"Let's go. Go to Xie Wanjun's. Bai Miaomiao said as soon as she jumped into the carriage. It's only a short drive away.
"Xie Wanjun, Xie Wanjun." Bai Miaomiao shouted Xie Wanjun's name while running into her room with a smile.
Xie Wanjun saw that Bai Miaomiao was coming, so she hurriedly stopped what she was doing and watched Bai Miaomiao run over. Angry and funny, he said, "What are you doing in a hurry?" Running over in such a hurry and yelling, I really can't do anything about you. ”
"Oh, I didn't just hear good news and rushed to tell you, you still blame me." Bai Miaomiao hurriedly ran into the house, sat on the chair, took the teapot on the table, and poured a cup of tea for herself to drink, then said breathlessly, and pouted to express her dissatisfaction.
Xie Wanjun smiled helplessly, so she had to compromise and said, "Okay, okay, my fault is my fault, I shouldn't say yours well." Okay, let's talk about it, I went back and heard some good news. ”
"Hey, hey." Bai Miaomiao said with a smile on her face: "My father said that the princess's marriage partner this time can be chosen by herself. ”
But after hearing these words, Xie Wanjun's face did not show too much joy, but a heavy face.
"Xie Wanjun, why do you have this expression, isn't this bad?" Bai Miaomiao noticed Xie Wanjun's expression and asked with some puzzlement.
Xie Wanjun didn't speak, and a pair of good-looking hands tapped rhythmically on the table.
After a long time, Xie Wanjun spoke: "Have you ever thought about what will happen if someone makes a big fuss about the princess's resurrection this time. ”
"That's right." Bai Miaomiao suddenly woke up, "It's not good if someone makes a big fuss about this." It's not good for the princess. ”
Bai Miaomiao and Xie Wanjun didn't speak, and the two of them fell into deep thought.
Bai Miaomiao stayed for a while and then went home.
"Come on, help me find Bai Xiannuo. Just say that I have something urgent to find him, and ask him to come to me quickly. Bai Xiannuo said as soon as he entered the mansion.
The personal maid answered and went down to make arrangements.
Bai Miaomiao sighed helplessly, the sun had already set in the west, and the golden-red sunlight sprinkled on the ground, covering a faint layer of golden yellow. Bai Miaomiao slowly walked to her courtyard against the backdrop of this golden afterglow, and sat there quietly waiting for Bai Xiannuo to arrive.
Bai Miaomiao sat there and waited for a long time, the birds on the book had flown away, the maid who cleaned at the door had also left, and it was dark, but Bai Xiannuo still didn't come.
"Shwit." Bai Miaomiao suddenly heard footsteps behind her, and hurriedly turned her head excitedly, but she didn't expect it to be her father, and the excitement on her face suddenly decreased a lot.
"Why, who has such a big face to make my baby daughter wait." Zhang Hang sat next to Bai Miaomiao and asked with interest.
A touch of impatience and anxiety flashed on Bai Miaomiao's face, and she replied: "Who else, of course it's Bai Xiannuo, I've been waiting for him here for several hours and he still hasn't come." ”
"Bai Xiannuo is busy, don't be in a hurry, accompany you for your father." Zhang Hang said with a smile.