Chapter 5: Marriage
Loulan
In a pavilion with carved beams in the Loulan Palace, a girl in white was anxiously pacing back and forth.
The girl's appearance is very unique and very beautiful, which should be due to her unique bloodline - the mixed blood of the Central Plains and the Western Regions. She had thick black hair, but her eyes were a faint blue, very pale and faint, like the light of the sun refracted through a sapphire, and like the color of the sky high in the autumn desert. However, at this moment, the beautiful pale blue eyes were full of anxiety.
The eyes of the girl in white were already counting the number of times she glanced at the garden gate outside the gazebo. She couldn't help but furrow her delicate eyebrows, twisted her clothes with both hands, and said to herself: "Lu'er, this girl, is it so difficult to inquire about news?"
When the girl in white was waiting a little impatiently and was about to go and see it for herself, she vaguely saw a woman in green walking among the flowers in the distance. The girl in white showed a little joy in her eyes, and hurriedly waved at the woman in green, shouting, "Lu'er, I'm here!"
The woman in green who was called Lu'er hurriedly ran over when she heard the voice, and while saluting the girl in white, she said breathlessly, "Male...... Princess......"
It turned out that the girl in white was none other than Loulan's princess, Lan Yu.
Lan Yu didn't wait for her to finish saluting, grabbed her hand, and hurriedly asked, "How is it?"
"Gong ...... Princess, it's not ...... big thing Oh no!" Lu'er wiped the sweat on her head and said after a sigh: "That Hun envoy is here to ask for a kiss!"
"What? Asking for a kiss?!" Lan Yu's face turned pale in an instant. Grabbing Lu'er's hand, he asked, "That, that king...... The king said yes?"
"Of course, do you think the king may not agree?" Lu'er said hurriedly: "The king has never dared to offend the Xiongnu, and now that he has such a good opportunity to marry the Xiongnu and consolidate his position, how can he disobey the Xiongnu's demands? Princess, don't forget that you are not the king's own daughter, you are just the daughter of his brother who has long since died!"
Hearing this, a touch of sadness flashed across Lan Yu's face, yes, after all, he was just an outsider in the king's heart, and it was impossible for the king to think about her...... But she has to think about the king and the whole Loulan, if she doesn't marry, with the usual domineering of the Huns, she will definitely raise troops to attack, but is it ...... Do you really want to marry someone who can even be your own father at that age?
Seeing the princess's gloomy expression, Lu'er secretly scolded herself for being quick for a while, and even talked about the princess's sadness! She glanced at the princess who was still sad, and couldn't help asking:
"Princess, what are you going to do?"
What else can I do? The corners of Lan Yu's mouth pulled out a faint wry smile.
"Lu'er, let's go, I think, the king should be waiting for me in my dormitory at this moment. ”
"Princess...... You ......" Lu'er glanced at the princess, and her heart was already clear. With such a loving and righteous personality of the princess, how could she bear to look at her uncle and watch the entire Loulan Kingdom fall into danger? Even if the king never treated her sincerely, she ...... Lu'er sighed secretly, glanced at the back of the princess who had already walked away, and hurriedly followed.
After a few turns, Sapphire and Lu'er walked one after the other to a somewhat deserted and dilapidated palace. This is the dormitory where Sapphire lives. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, probably not many people would have believed that the most noble princess in Loulan Country, known as the first beauty in Loulan Country, actually lived in such a dilapidated side hall.
As soon as I entered the gate, the usually deserted palace was lively today. There were two columns of guards and maids standing neatly at the door, and when they saw the princess, they all knelt down and saluted. The mouths shouted in unison: "Congratulations to the princess!"
Seeing this formation, Lan Yu already understood that what he expected was not bad. She walked into the inner hall, and sure enough, she saw King Loulan sitting on a chair, waiting for her.
"Yu'er, where have you gone?" King Loulan looked at Lan Yu, with a strange kindness in his tone.
"Sapphire has seen the king. Lan Yu bowed without humility or arrogance.
King Loulan hurriedly stretched out his hand to help her: "Cough, don't be polite!"
He looked at Lan Yu with a smile, and in a blink of an eye, the little girl of the year had become a slim girl, looking at the beautiful face of déjà vu, King Loulan sighed in his heart: It is worthy of being the daughter born to Lan Lian, who was known as the "Desert Qinglian", and it is really a flower and a moon, which is better than her mother. Pity......
Thinking of Lan Lian, a touch of coldness flashed in King Loulan's eyes, but in an instant, he said with a smile on his face: "Yu'er, I have a happy event to tell you today!"
"The king doesn't need to say it, Lan Yu already knows. ”
"Oh, the news is spreading so fast, haha!" King Loulan laughed, "So...... Yu'er, what do you have in mind?"
"Lan Yu has no idea in her heart, naturally she obeys her uncle's will and marries the Xiongnu military minister Shan Yu!" Lan Yu suddenly changed her name to Loulan King "Uncle" at this moment, and she couldn't help but feel sad in her heart, since she was ten years old after her parents died, there was only one relative left in the world, even if her uncle treated her with little affection, she couldn't ignore family affection. If this was fate, then she could only make up her mind......
"Yu'er, you are really my good niece," King Loulan glanced at Lan Yu with satisfaction, and changed his words: "However, I am your relative in the end, and I will naturally be worthy of the 'uncle' you call me! Therefore, the person you want to marry is not the current Shan Yu of the Xiongnu, but the prince of the Xiongnu, the future Shan Yu - Yu Dan." ”