Chapter 40: The Peasant Girl's Imperial Road
The next day.
Early in the morning, the gate of the Houfu was opened, the carriages and horses were scattered, and the voices of people were sparse.
Mrs. Fu and Xuanwei Hou took Fu Wenzhang and Fu Wenci brothers and waited at the gate.
They greet the guests who come to congratulate them.
After waiting for half an hour, there were very few people who came, most of them were close relatives in the family.
accompanied the smiling face to send away a post that was clearly received, but only sent a housekeeper to give a congratulatory gift.
Fu Wenzhang's face was gloomy, "Don't wait, if you wait any longer, you will miss the time for the feast!" ”
Fu Wenci also said: "The time when the family is looking for the master to come carefully is unlucky. ”
Xuanwei Hou pursed his lips and sneered: "There are only so many people here, is it very face-saving to say it?" ”
"Shut up and wait." Mrs. Fu's shoulders were straight, and her demeanor was elegant, "Those who don't come...... Hmph, they'll regret it right away. ”
……
Ling Chan was wearing a solemn dress with a gorgeous head, and behind her, a large group of maids held skirts and sleeves for her.
A large group of people went out quietly and quietly, nervously and silently, and found that the hall of the banquet was quieter.
The guests were crowded, sparse and deserted, and the few people who came sat in the corner awkwardly, not speaking, only drinking tea in silence. and the praisers of the banquet, the guests of honor and other ladies showed embarrassed and polite expressions to Ling Chan, as if they regretted accepting Mrs. Fu's invitation.
Guanqin clenched her teeth, looking resentful.
Ling Chan smiled, walked over without changing her face, and said, "Good day, ladies, since the hour has come, let's start." ”
The guest of honor looked at the slim girl in front of him, who was not arrogant or impatient, and sighed deeply in his heart.
The child is a good child, but her background is ...... Alas.
……
The ceremony began as scheduled, and Ling Chan sat behind the fragrant wood table, on which were placed all kinds of ritual vessels and jade bowls filled with fragrant dew.
Behind her, the guest of honor held a wooden comb and gently pulled her hair.
The guests in the audience looked sad, and no one cared about the ancient rites that were going on on the stage.
The gate of the Houfu suddenly opened.
The silver-white armored Yulin Guard poured in, and the big eunuch in the red robe walked in tremblingly.
He held two bright yellow scrolls in his hands.
This is the Divine Decree!
In the spacious courtyard, sporadic guests and many people from all over the world knelt on the ground.
The great eunuch unfolded the holy decree in his hand and read it out in a loud voice: "...... The relationship between the daughter of the Fu family and the third son of the emperor broke down...... The marriage contract is dissolved! ”
The guests were pale, secretly scolding the sky, Fu Wenzhang and Fu Wenci looked worriedly at the girl who came out of the crowd and lowered her eyes to accept the order.
Her posture was slender, her back was straight, and her thin white palms held the holy decree steadily, without a trace of trembling or fear.
The eunuch squinted at the girl in front of him, smiled politely, unfolded another volume of holy decrees, cleared his throat, and read aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Fu family daughter, Xiangpei Yuzhuo, Hui Zhilan heart, knowledgeable and reasonable, Huiya dignified ......"
Unlike the simple and straightforward text of the previous volume, this volume of the Divine Decree uses a large number of words to describe Ling Chan, praise her virtues, and boast of her beauty.
It is far from the style of Emperor Qianhua, who has always been direct and rude, and never dragged mud and water.
Everyone knelt on the ground, from fear to shock to confusion to numbness, listening to the great eunuch recite a long string of beautiful words of incense, and finally came to the point:
"Emperor's Heart...... He was specially summoned to the palace, registered as a noble concubine, and was titled Chen......"
Summoning Chan into the palace! Canonize the position of concubine! The title is still extremely noble, a metaphor for the emperor's "Chen"!
Xuanweihou couldn't tell whether it was excitement or fear, his body trembled, he didn't kneel steadily, and fell to the ground in embarrassment.
And the big eunuch, who had always been above the top, did not reprimand him, but smiled and asked the little eunuch to help him up, and teased with a friendly attitude, "Look at the Hou Ye is so happy!" Don't worry, with such a good daughter, your good days are still ahead! ”
The chief eunuch drank a cup of tea, said a few auspicious words to Ling Chan, and left with a mighty guard of honor.
Ling Chan held two volumes of bright yellow holy decrees in her hands, and she looked back at the guests with different expressions, her expression calm, as if nothing could make her have any superfluous expressions.
She smiled indifferently: "The ceremony continues, and the hairpin has not been added yet." ”
After Ling Chan sat back on the wooden case, she still folded her hands on her legs, her back straight, and her head hung slightly, not shocked.
And the guests below, the praisers behind them, and even the attendants who came and went all changed their appearances.
The guests couldn't wait to laugh out of a flower, and their words were full of praise and congratulations to Ling Chan, and they were full of praise for several masters of Xuanwei Hou's Mansion.
The praiser behind her moved more lightly, she changed her quiet appearance just now, and kept talking to Ling Chan with a smile, and all kinds of festive remarks didn't come out like money.
The waiters who came and went also swept away the quiet appearance just now, and each of them had a smile on their faces.
There was a sense of joy in the air.
At the end of the ceremony, when Ling Chan was dressed in gorgeous clothes and thanked the guests who came one by one, there was a knock on the door of the Hou Mansion.
Many received posts but only called for their subordinates; confiscated posts don't want to come at all; There are also people who have nothing to do with each other and have never been invited, and they came to the door with gifts.
Mrs. Fu urgently put the removed tables on the table, and it was only then that so many people were entertained.
Ling Chan was crowded with aristocratic ladies, one praised her dress for her good looks, one said her hairpin was exquisite, and the other praised her makeup for her ingenuity.
The ladies also crowded over, praising Ling Chan with a smile.
Ling Chan smiled politely, and before she had time to answer, the guest of honor next to her said, "Indeed!" I've been staring at it for a day today, and I can't fault this kid's etiquette! What a person who engraves etiquette in his bones! ”
"This kid looks steady!"
"If only the monkey in our family had half of Miss Fu's demeanor!"
The system was speechless by the two faces of these people, [What's the matter with these people? 】
[What about the integrity of the family? What about the bones of the aristocracy? What about the pride of the great officials? They really look like the emperor's licking dog! 】
[As for it?] As for it? As for it? As for it? Isn't he a tyrant? Look at what scares them! …… Is Emperor Qianhua really so fierce? 】
The system really doesn't understand.
Ling Chan tapped on her palm, and suddenly asked: [How did Emperor Qianhua die? 】
According to the timeline of the original book, in another five or six years, King An will fight with the crown prince for the throne, judging from the current control of Emperor Qianhua over the entire country, unless he dies, the prince and King An will never dare to jump so high.
【…… I do not know. The so-called omniscient and all-powerful system is a little weak-hearted, and he whispered: [The original book is a vulgar and bloody love novel, basically only around King An and Ling Chan, and the power struggle will not be mentioned at all, Emperor Qianhua is a bordered passerby...... Something that wasn't written in the original book...... I have no way of knowing. 】