Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Imperial Wedding Dress
Only the dim candlelight in the main hall came out, Lin Yunmo followed Gonggong Jiang in, and there was Shangguan Mingzhi with a haggard face sitting next to the bed in the side hall, under the dim and faint light, Weizong in the sleep looked sluggish and tired, his face was sallow and old, and there was a sense of desolation and twilight.
Shangguan Mingzhi saw Lin Yunmo coming, she slowly stood up, her eyes were lifeless, the last time he entered the palace, when he saw her, Zhengrong favored the harem with infinite scenery, but he didn't expect that it was only a year apart, and it was already two heavens of ice and fire.
Now after she lost her child for no reason, she has been in a state of collapse, resentment in the deep palace, lonely and desperate, suffering day by day, and her face is gradually decaying, if it weren't for Weizong's serious illness and needing to serve the sick, perhaps, she would have ended this life with a white silk!
"The Third Highness has come down. She whispered with her eyes slightly lowered.
Lin Yunmo gave a salute, pulled the Qianshan Twilight behind him over, and said indifferently: "This is the noble concubine!"
Shangguan Mingzhi's eyes were full of gloom, and when she saw the twilight of the thousand mountains, a hint of relief appeared at the corner of her mouth, and she sighed secretly: Only such a beautiful woman is worthy of the third highness in her mind.
"Get up quickly," her face was blank: "The emperor has just fallen asleep, I don't know when he will wake up, this palace will talk to the third highness first, when His Royal Highness came over, did you meet Gonggong Jin? I'm afraid it's embarrassing for you, right?"
Gonggong Jiang whispered to Shangguan Mingzhi about what he had just met Gonggong Jin, and Shangguan Mingzhi sighed after hearing it, afraid that he would have ears and eyes, so he ordered Gonggong Jiang to guard at the door.
She waited for Gonggong Jiang to walk out of the door, the emotions that she had been holding back fluctuated slightly, her eyes were slightly red, she sobbed lowly, looked at Lin Yunmo and said: The Third Highness should also have heard of it, now the prince is in charge of the country, but he is cowardly and incompetent, but the real power falls into the hands of Gonggong Jin, including Jinyiwei, the Imperial Forest Army, several generals in the court, and even my father was coerced and had to obey him, his wolf ambition is obvious!"
Lin Yunmo looked at Wei Zong on the bed with a complicated mood, and said after a moment of silence: "Concubine Zhigui, what does the imperial doctor say about his father's illness?"
Shangguan Mingzhi shook her head slightly, she was already in tears, and her voice was like a mosquito: "It's... The oil runs out and the lamp is dry, time is running out, the emperor is groggy on weekdays, and occasionally he is sober for a while, and he is mostly asking the Third Highness you, think about it, he, he, is also very guilty of His Highness!"
Lin Yunmo's originally cold and hard heart gradually collapsed because of the word "guilt", he took a deep breath, calmed his mind and asked: "Father announced me to enter the palace this time, can Concubine Zhi know what is the reason?"
Speaking of this, Shangguan Mingzhi wiped away the tears on his cheeks with a brocade handkerchief, lowered his voice and said, "Third Highness, wait, the emperor has something for the palace to transfer to you!"
Seeing Lin Yunmo's solemn expression, and the slightest pain in his eyes, Qianshan Twilight suddenly felt very distressed, Lin Yunmo was actually an extremely sensitive person, his mother died early when he was young, his father ignored him, and he was sad and aggrieved under the fence.
Along the way, he suppressed too much pain in his heart to be inhumane, which is why he would rather live in the Qing study than return to the Duanwang Mansion.
She stepped forward and silently shook his hand, her heart sour, but she couldn't say anything.
Lin Yunmo turned his head to look at her, and asked with a soft smile: "Why are you so sad?"
Qianshan Twilight stared at him and said sullenly, "I want to feel sorry for you, so that your sadness will be much less..."
"What a silly girl!" Lin Yunmo smiled a little moved and doting, stretched out two slender fingers, and gently pinched Qianshan Dusk's pale cheeks.
Shangguan Mingzhi Lian had already walked out of the inner room with a light move, and in the tray in her hand, there was a complete set of phoenix crowns and veils for the bride.
In the slightly flickering candle shadow, the phoenix crown is graceful and luxurious, decorated with a golden dragon on it, the left and right Yi spread their wings with two beads and the green phoenix, all mouth holds the pearl, the crown is inlaid with peony flowers, lined with green clouds, green leaves, the beads that are connected around the left and right, the embedded red sapphires, the pearls decorated are countless, the brilliance is shining, gorgeous and not sluggish.
On the Xia veil is the gold embroidered cloud Xia Zhai pattern, the gold and jade pendant, the phoenix wears the peony and pinches the gold silk and shakes, which is extremely exquisite and luxurious.
Shangguan Mingzhi's eyes flashed with a hint of envy, she looked at Qianshan Dusk and said to Lin Yunmo: "This is something that the emperor specially told the palace to let the Shangyi Bureau rush to make it a long time ago, so that it can be used for your wedding, and it can be regarded as a little compensation for the Third Highness." ”
Lin Yunmo listened, his bright eyes were instantly dyed with solemnity, pulled Qianshan Dusk to kneel respectfully, took the tray with both hands, and said loudly: "Thank you for your father's grace!"
"Thousand girls," Shangguan Mingzhi sat back on the bed again, and his tone was full of deep meaning: "You come over here, this palace has something to say to you alone!"
Qianshan Dusk walked closer and knelt in front of Shangguan Mingzhi, Shangguan Mingzhi whispered in her ear: "You have to promise this palace, even after the wedding, you must always keep this phoenix crown, remember, don't get stained with wine and other stains..."
These words are very strange, Qianshan raised her eyes, but saw Shangguan Mingzhi smiling, there was nothing abnormal, she agreed softly, waited for a while, thought that Shangguan Mingzhi had finished speaking, and when she wanted to get up and retreat, Shangguan Mingzhi's last sentence came from her ears: "Don't let it stain the wine, remember?"
Qianshan Twilight was puzzled, but Shangguan Mingzhi didn't want to talk anymore, and waved her to step back.
"Father-in-law Jiang has a waist card there, you guys should get out of the palace quickly... Shangguan Mingzhi sighed faintly, "Hurry up and get married in three days, there will be a holy decree to Duanwang's Mansion in three days, and you don't need to worry about the emperor, no matter what, the palace will accompany him!"
Lin Yunmo's heart was heavy and uncomfortable, and he smiled bitterly.
After the coronation ceremony, he entered the palace three times, and also knelt down with Weizong three times, the first time he waited in the Yuyun Palace, the second time was because of the divorce, and the third time was at this moment, and the three opportunities were not able to say a good word to Weizong, today I am afraid that I will never be able to see each other again in this life, he frowned, pulled Qianshan Dusk to kneel in front of Weizong's bed, and tried his best to endure the grief in his heart.
"Let's go quickly," Shangguan Mingzhi's eyes moistened, and he urged.
In the bleak night sky, the night owl nested on the palace wall and screamed, which was weird and chilling down the spine.
There was no light in the carriage, it was pitch black, Lin Yunmo leaned on the carriage sadly, Qianshan Twilight reached out and touched his face, and was shocked to feel wet.
"Don't be sad," she gently comforted, holding him tightly in her arms, and in the darkness he held back a low voice, tears falling down her neck, burning her heart.