On the day Ling Li left the national capital Yongding with the birthday honor guard, it was just in time for the first snow in South Vietnam after winter.

Shen Chan stood in the cold wind outside the north city gate, watching the huge birthday honor guard go all the way north. She wore a light fur cloak the color of a snow fox, and she was inconspicuous in the snow particles. So much so that Ling Li's carriage and horse passed by the post road, and when he lifted the curtain to look at the snowstorm, he didn't notice her figure in the crowd of onlookers.

The chariots and horses in the guard of honor ran over the thin layer of snow and passed by the post road with a "squeak" sound. When the angular face flashed in front of her eyes, Shen Chan chased after it for a long time, refusing to blink her eyes, until the wind and snow were blind, and she had to lift her cloak and wait with her sleeves.

Tired of seeing the wind and snow outside the curtain, Ling Li was about to put down the curtain, and a familiar aroma swept to the bottom of his nose with the cold wind, cold and elegant, making his heart clear instantly. He was about to poke his head out of the carriage, his burning gaze scanning the crowd of onlookers in the aisle, but he failed to find the familiar face that made him think about it.

When Shen Chan looked at the sleeves, Ling Li turned around and sat down in disappointment, and slowly lowered the curtain.

None of them expected that this parting would become an eternal secret.

On the second day after the birthday guard left Yongding City, the Shen family received the holy decree of marriage.

The province of the Inner Servant knew that Liu Yin announced the decree loudly in the Shen family guest hall, thinking that he praised Shen Chan for "being smart and beautiful, gentle and elegant, and suitable for a room and IKEA", the Shen family with unsurprising joy and expectation, looked at each other and smiled, until they heard the sentence "specially appointed as the crown princess", everyone was stunned as if they heard thunder.

"All etiquette will be handled jointly by the Ministry of Rites and the Qintian Supervisor, and the marriage will be completed on a good day. Chin this! After Liu Yin read the holy decree, he paused for a long time, and didn't see the Shen family kowtowing up and down to thank him, and immediately reminded with a smile, "Lord Shen, isn't he too surprised to forget to thank you?" ”

Shen Zhenghong raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and asked eagerly, "Dare to ask Liu Duzhi, which prince did the emperor marry the little girl to?" ”

"Hehe, did Lord Shen just get distracted? The emperor is giving Ling Ai to His Royal Highness the Prince. This dignity can be described as an extreme favor! ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?!" Shen Zhenghong only felt that his heart sank to the bottom of the sea.

"Chan'er, Chan'er-" Yan's exclamation suddenly came from the side.

Shen Zhenghong turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw Shen Chan's face pale and fell into Yan's arms.

"Yo, it's the first time that our family has been passing on the decree for so many years, and it's the first time I've encountered a surprise and fainted." Liu Yin's face was surprised.

"The little girl has lost her temper, and I hope that Envoy Liu will forgive me." Shen Zhenghong only felt that his vest was cold, but he had to try his best to maintain his demeanor and kowtow to the holy decree in Liu Yin's hand to thank him, "Minister, thank the emperor Longen!" ”

"By the way, when our family left the palace, the queen mother specially asked for two sentences. It is said that Qin Tianjian reported that it is not suitable to marry tomorrow, so the palace wants to hold the big wedding before Chinese New Year's Eve. The time is relatively urgent, but please rest assured that Lord Shen's wedding is a great joy for the country, and the Ministry of Rites will make every effort to prepare, and will never act hastily and treat the princess badly. ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother!" Shen Zhenghong bowed again. Only this time, he bowed his head, and he couldn't lift it up for a long time.

If it weren't for the previous three princes and Zhao Bangyue, the emperor would be able to marry Shen Chan to the crown prince, which would definitely be a great honor and honor for the Shen family. And now, when everyone thought that Shen Chan would marry the third prince, he suddenly received a holy decree to marry the prince, which was tantamount to thunder on the ground, which made people panic.

After the Yan clan led his subordinates to carry Shen Chan back to her bedroom, Shen Yan asked eagerly, "Father, how is this matter good?" ”

Shen Zhenghong sat down in the middle hall and said helplessly, "Now that the holy decree has been issued, what else can I do?" ”

"It's very strange. His Royal Highness left the capital yesterday, and the decree of marriage has arrived today. ”

Shen Zhenghong muttered to himself: "Shu Shi'an's proposal in the court that day was suppressed by the emperor, I thought that the emperor would definitely point Chan'er to the Third Highness, who knew that it would be such a result?" ”

Shen Yan frowned and said, "If the prince doesn't know what's behind the imperial examination fraud case, it's just that, if he knows......"

"Right now, it's not the time to worry about that. Since Xixi Youchun, everyone has seen your sister's affection for the Third Highness, and according to her temperament, I am only afraid of ......" Shen Zhenghong said this, and suddenly remembered something, and immediately called Steward Li to come in, and asked him to send more people to keep an eye on Shen Chan's courtyard, and he must not let her go out at the moment.

Shen Yan looked at his father's instructions, and his heart was entangled, but he wanted to stop talking.

At the beginning, when his sister persuaded his father to expose Zhao Bangyue for His Royal Highness, he did not stop him. At that time, he thought that his sister would climb into the royal family, which would definitely be beneficial to his career in the future. At this time, what face does he have to persuade his father to divorce his sister for him?! After all, whether to marry the royal family or the future prince, even if my sister will not be able to think about it for a while, but the status of the crown princess is difficult for many women to dream of......

Shen Yan didn't know that at this moment, Shen Zhenghong, as a father, also thought so in his heart. He knew that his daughter would be difficult to accept, but he comforted himself: The holy decree has been issued, what can he do as a fourth-grade petty official?!

Since Shen Chan woke up, she has been resisting. refused to eat, refused to drink, and even did not hesitate to harm himself, trying every means to ruin this family business.

However, all the struggles failed to withstand the Yan family's question, "Do you want to take the safety of the Shen family's family to fulfill the alliance between you and the Third Highness".

Eventually, she regressed.

If she was just a willful and delicate official daughter, she might be able to continue to fight for love fearlessly. Since she was a child, she and her brother have received Confucian education in the school, and she can not take her own life, but she cannot ignore the safety of her family.

From the moment she lowered her head and accepted her fate, she was like a cucumber that had been hollowed out, and it began to wither little by little from the inside.

Since then, no matter how many gorgeous and brilliant jewels are placed in front of her, no matter how many gorgeous and dazzling clothes are held up in front of her, they have never entered her eyes. In her eyes, there was only the snowstorm on the day Ling Libei went.

In the midst of the joy, she could still hear the small sound of the snow particles tapping on the green tiles outside.

The room was full of fragrant greenery, and she could still feel the cold wind penetrating into her neck and sleeves.

It wasn't until her head full of pearls and emeralds was taken off, until the wedding dress with golden cloud and phoenix patterns was peeled off, and it wasn't until Ling Chong, who was full of alcohol, pressed her into the blood-red marriage bed that she suddenly woke up, and instinctively hugged her arms to protect her chest.

"Smack-"

After a heavy slap, a cloud of blood broke open from the corner of her lip.

"Do you know why I want to marry you?" Ling Chong squeezed her jaw hard and said condescendingly, "I just like to win people's love." Just thinking about the pain and helplessness of Ling Li's waste coming back from Bai Li and learning that you are married to me, I feel extremely happy. ”

The slap made Shen Chan dizzy, and when her dilated pupils slowly focused, she closed her eyes in disgust when she saw the man's violent gaze pressing on her. Ling Chong twisted her neck and said fiercely, "Your father and brother made the wrong bet, thinking that they could move me by helping that waste get rid of the Zhao family?" I will make them regret their mistakes one by one! ”

In Shen Chan's painful and terrifying struggle, Ling Chong waved his hand and tore open her chest with a "brush". The former heart clothes clamped her hands firmly on the pillow and entered her body roughly.

At that moment, the hollowed-out cucumber was completely shattered.