Chapter 216: Hidden Turbulence (2-in-1)
Chu Yan and his entourage, after re-burying Xie Zhangting's bones, did not return to Qixia County, and set off directly back to the capital.
Leaving only the victory and evil, he went to the third room of the Xie family and asked about the origin of the black porcelain altar in the coffin.
Third Master Xie shirked and said that it was said by the priest of the Yin Mansion that putting this thing in the coffin was beneficial to the reincarnation of his beloved daughter.
When he heard this, he directly relayed Chu Yan's confession, "This thing is exactly the same as the porcelain altar where the princess's relics are placed in the soul lock well of Yongtai Palace, and they are all things that are overwhelmed by evil magic, so it can be seen that Xie Niangzi and the princess should have been killed by the same person." β
"It was also found that Xie Niangzi was brutally beaten before her death, and the death and injury should be caused by the rupture of internal organs caused by the beating, and His Royal Highness will definitely investigate this case to the end and wash away the grievances for Xie Niangzi."
As soon as these words came out, Third Mrs. Xie was panicked, and for a while he forgot to thank his "beloved daughter" for a while.
The victory and evil took in his expression, and as an embroidered messenger, he was used to seeing the filth of these family families and private houses.
I thought that the Xie family's courtyard and family style would not appear like this, but I didn't expect that even the Xie family would not be spared by the word "power".
Fortunately, this is only the third room of the Xie family, and the Xie family still has a big house, I don't know how to feel if Xie Xun, the former assistant of the former assistant of the hidden mountains and forests, learns about this.
When he brought the words, he took his leave and left.
After he left, the third old lady was helped out from behind the screen, and asked with a frightened expression, "Will this matter implicate Wen Lang?" Wen Lang also wrote a letter a while ago saying that he was expected to be promoted to a Beijing official, and if His Royal Highness found out, he would ...... back then."
"Be careful!" Old Lady Xie knocked the dove cane in his hand heavily, "More than ten years have passed, how can you find out with just one corpse?" β
He thought for a while, and then said: "Yun Niang of the Wen Lang family is about to go to Donghua Mansion, you personally take her to Beijing and go to the eldest sister's house, the Xie family is now an official in the court, and only Wen Lang is the only one." The county lord of Bingqing has an accident now, and the eldest sister is sad when Yun Niang is the same age as the county lord, so she is left to serve in front of the eldest sister, so that the eldest sister can read some Wenlang. β
The third old lady wiped her tears and nodded in response.
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Donghua Mansion is still two days away from the capital, Chu Yan and Shen Lingxi sat in a carriage, day and night, and it only took one day and one night to arrive at Wangxian Village in the east of the city.
On this day and night, Shen Lingxi stayed with Chu Yan.
After thinking about it quietly, she realized that she had really revealed too many flaws in the affairs of Yunguo.
There are some flaws, and even using those Yunjiang revenants in the Proton Mansion as a shield may not make sense.
That's how people are.
Once a lie is told, a lie has to be fulfilled with countless lies.
Shen Lingxi felt that promising Chu Yan to "fake marriage" was already the most outrageous lie she had ever told in her two lives.
This lie deceives all people who are really good to her.
Therefore, after learning from the pain, Shen Lingxi was ready to break the jar, and secretly decided that if Chu Yan really studied it carefully, she would simply take one of the three conditions he promised in exchange for him not to get to the bottom of it.
However, she waited for a whole day and a night, but she didn't wait for Chu Yan's inquiry.
He didn't even change his attitude towards her.
So much so that when he was about to get out of the car, Shen Lingxi finally couldn't hold back, looked at him curiously and asked, "Why didn't Your Highness ask, how could I know so many secrets of Yunjiang?" β
Chu Yanfeng's eyes were slightly raised, and he looked at her puzzled appearance for a long time, "What, are you going to tell me?" β
Shen Lingxi choked.
Chu Yan's thin lips curled slightly, "If you want to say, you will tell me, if you don't want to say, I will ask, and you may not be able to say, why ask more." β
"In short, you're here with me, and that's enough for me. The rest doesn't matter. β
Chu Yan said this lightly, and added silently in his heart:
He had time to wait for her to tell him.
Shen Lingxi didn't expect such an answer.
still remembers that when he first met Chu Yan, he repeatedly tried to probe, and even did not hesitate to pretend to be a scholar and a guard, lurking beside her to check her details.
Now, she knows that she has a problem, but she doesn't investigate it at all.
is really a wise lord.
It is no wonder that he made great achievements at a young age and became famous.
Shen Lingxi thought that he couldn't do this, and he admired it very much.
She stood up, "Your Highness is wise, and it is a blessing for a little girl to be able to cooperate with a sovereign who is so discerning, far-sighted, and knowledgeable, please accept the ...... of the little girl."
Before the word "worship" could be spoken, Chu Yan's slender and bony hand had already held her wrist that was about to bow down.
Chu Yan almost laughed angrily.
She was able to misinterpret his words to the point of "knowing people and being good at their duties", and she really regarded him as a peak.
Hao's wrist was gently pinched by Chu Yan's warm finger bones, Shen Lingxi raised his eyes in confusion, and saw the faint smile on the corner of his lips, and for some reason he looked at it with a sense of gnashing his teeth-ββ
Could it be that her heartfelt praise was regarded by him as a sycophant?
She cleared her throat and was about to explainβ
"Save it for the wedding day." Chu Yan's eyes drooped slightly, and he said in a very light tone: "In the future, you and I are husband and wife, not Shangfeng and subordinates, there is no need to be so polite and flattering between husband and wife." β
Shen Lingxi blinked.
Goodbye to the wedding, isn't that ...... What does it mean?
There is also the word "husband and wife".
Coming out of Chu Yan's mouth, for some reason, her heart suddenly jumped a few times, and her cheeks were dyed a little crimson for no reason.
"Oh, it's good......" She withdrew her hand a little helplessly, and subconsciously turned her back behind her, "Then I, I'll get off the car first, Your Highness hasn't rested all the way, go back and have a good rest." β
After saying this, he didn't wait for Chu Yan to say anything more, and directly turned around and got out of the carriage.
Chu Yan looked at her back as she fled, and her missing fingers gently ran over her fingertips.
His words were too blunt and scared her?
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Shen Lingxi had only been out for a few days, and when he returned to Wangxian Village, the matter of Fu'an Hall and the coffin shop had already piled up.
Although there are still many housekeepers left by her grandmother around her, the part that needs to be decided by her and the people who can share it for her are a little stretched.
When Yun Yu was there before, he could still help her deal with one or two.
Now, Yun Yu has returned to Yunjiang.
Qiao Xing brought her brother Liu Wu to Fu'an Hall to help, although she is very clever, but she is still young, but it is difficult to take charge alone.
Shen Lingxi was busy, but secretly thought in her heart, she still had to recruit a useful chief steward to share the affairs at hand for her.
After living for four or five days in a hurry, the queen mother's marriage decree went directly to Wangxian Village.
Because of Shen Lingxi's grandmother's filial piety, which is about to reach the 100th birthday, in order not to violate the etiquette system, she will get married in the hot filial piety, and the marriage date will be set for half a month later.
Time is not rushed.
In order to make up for the debt to Shen Lingxi in order to make up for the hasty marriage, and in order to save face for Shen Lingxi, the Queen Mother specially issued a decree to let the Dou family come forward, as her mother's family, and work with the head of the Shen family to marry Shen Lingxi in Wangxian Village.
The Dou family is the mother of the Queen Mother and the most powerful family in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The Queen Mother did not let the daughter of the Dou family rush to marry the imperial grandson, but asked the Dou family to marry Shen Lingxi, which was unprecedented.
In the court, the Dou family has always taken the word "loyalty" as the foundation of their life, and has never formed a party for personal gain.
This time, the Queen Mother issued a decree, and the Dou family happily accepted the decree, which was equivalent to telling the world that Shen Lingxi was the concubine recognized by the Dou family, and the Dou family and Shen Lingxi would be one in the future.
also directly skipped the Shen Ji line of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, which can be described as very happy.
The emperor and empress were rewarded like water, and they were constantly carried to Wangxian Village.
For the first time in a hundred years, the village was full of joy, and even the paper tied in the house was painted red.
Shen Lingxi was busy dealing with the backlog of Fu'an Hall and the coffin shop, and on the other hand, she was forced by the wives of the Dou family to tailor her wedding clothes and try on jewelry, and she was very busy.
During this period, Xie Zhanghua and Xie Zhangting, as well as Liu Meiren, they all came to see her a few times and told her about Chu Yan's recent situation.
No matter how Xie Zhanghua looked at his daughter-in-law here, he was satisfied, and he couldn't stop smiling.
Xie Zhangting was also really happy for her, looking at the house full of red silk happy words, thinking of her life, she didn't say that she was a phoenix crown, but she didn't even have a name, and her eyes occasionally showed some sadness.
And Liu Meiren and a few female ghosts on the side gathered around Shen Lingxi, chattering non-stop.
"I've never seen a little girl like you who was busy with other things before the wedding, you have a snack anyway, this is a major event in life, once in a lifetime."
"Compared to you, Xiao Langjun doesn't know how much he cares. The East Palace is stepping up repairs, and it will definitely be repaired before getting married. You don't know, the palace is small from flowers and plants, to the layout of each palace, all of which are drawn by Xiao Langjun himself and let people clean them up as they are. β
"The most important thing is the dormitory...... Xiao Langjun specially asked someone to find Qiaoxing to inquire about your preferences, saying that it is necessary to let you sleep comfortably, hahaha. β
"The wedding dress is the same, he personally confirmed it, and then asked the Dou family to bring it to you to try. There are also those hairpins and dresses, all of which were picked by Xiao Langjun himself, his focused appearance, if you see it, you will definitely fall in love with him! β
"Also, the emperor has discussed with the empress, on the day of the wedding, he will canonize Xiao Langjun and you as the crown prince and princess. You are the rightful crown princess of Da Zhou! β
"You are the first princess to marry from the coffin shop, and it will be written into the history books in the future, which is also a strange story."
"The little girl is really blessed, it seems that the emperor and queen mother like you very much."
Shen Lingxi listened to these words, and could only be described as "frightened".
What is to arrange the East Palace according to her wishes, and personally pick out wedding clothes and jewelry for her......
She can still understand that Chu Yan deliberately did superficial work to show people, in order to make the back house stop in the future and solve the bad luck of being "urged to marry" once and for all.
But this marriage was canonized on the same day......
Shen Lingxi originally thought that the emperor would not canonize Chu Yan as the crown prince so quickly, she would marry Princess Ning at most, and even if the contract ended, the two of them would end up together, so they would get together and disperse, so they would agree to this contract.
She could never have imagined that the emperor would canonize them on the day they got married.
So how will she end the contract with Chu Yan in the future?
Shen Lingxi quietly called Liu Meiren aside and asked in a low voice: "In front of you, the crown princess...... Can you reconcile? Is there a precedent for this? β
When Liu Meiren heard this, she immediately decided that this little girl must have suffered from gains and losses before she got married, and suffered from fear of marriage.
"Rest assured, you can leave, you can definitely leave!" She smiled teasingly at Shen Lingxi, "I'm afraid that you will be reluctant to leave when the time comes." β
When Shen Lingxi heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled at her, only then did he feel relieved and buried himself in dealing with the matter at hand......
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Half a month is not too short, but it is not too short.
Just when the people of the whole capital were busy with the wedding of the imperial grandson and the canonization ceremony, there were still a lot of treacherous undercurrents surging silently in some corners outside the city that did not see the light of day.
The wedding of the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the canonization ceremony is about to be held, and the countries of Fanbang have received invitations from the royal family of the Great Zhou.
Except for those Fanbangs who are far away from the ocean, they can't come to congratulate in person, and the neighboring Fanbangs and the Great Zhou Territories have sent envoys to congratulate.
Fengxian Wharf, which is 20 miles away from the capital, is the port where Fanbang enters Beijing to congratulate and takes the waterway to dock.
In the private room on the second floor of the Hu Xuan Liquor Shop next to the wharf, a man in a golden beard and a somewhat obsessive and bloated figure was hugging left and right, hugging the orchid in his arms to eat and drink.
If Shen Lingxi was here, she would definitely be able to recognize this person, it was none other than the unsuccessful imperial brother in her previous life, the former prince of Yun Kingdom, Yun Chong.
Yun Chong was about twenty-eight or nineteen years old, and he was addicted to wine all the year round, so that his original appearance was still quite delicate, but his face was full of flesh and languishing.
A dead man wearing a mask walked into the room, closed the door, and knelt down in front of him.
Yun Chong glanced at him, "How are you doing?" Is my uncle dead? Who is the person who came to congratulate Yunjiang this time? β
Dead man: "Back to Your Highness, the King of Yunjiang is not dead, I heard that the princess found the person back from the snow mountain, healed the king of Xijiang, and rescued Yunhongshan from the ghost gate, this time Yun Hongshan personally brought the princess and the prince to the capital, the spy said, Yun Hongshan this time is to ask the Great Zhou Emperor to ask for the title in person, and pass the throne of the king of Yunjiang to the prince. β
"Shizi, Yunchao?" Yun Chong's eyes were full of yin owls, "Yun Chao, that waste, how can he be worthy of sitting in the seat of the king of Yunjiang." What about cloud delirium? Didn't he let him return to Yunjiang? Useless things, he hates Yun Hongshan so much, how can he still be brought back to life if he doesn't take the opportunity to kill Yun Hongshan. β
Dead man: "There is a black armor guard by Yun Yu's side, our people don't dare to get too close to him, for fear of startling the snake, after he sneaked into the capital, he disappeared, and his whereabouts are still unknown......"
Yun Chong frowned, "Yun Yu, this person, is too close to the imperial grandson, and he must not stay." If I borrow the hand of the emperor's grandson this time and bring down Yun Hongshan and his poisonous woman, I can only sit on the throne of the king of Yunjiang, and I can't cheap Yun Yu. β
The dead man received the order, and reported: "Recently, there have been frequent appearances of Lian Jiazi in the Barbarian Fang, who seem to be the emperor's grandson, if His Royal Highness enters Beijing, I am afraid it will attract their attention." β
"It doesn't matter." Yun Chongman waved his hand nonchalantly and drank all the wine in his hand, "I entered Beijing this time because I kindly wanted to give a big gift to the imperial grandson." When it was done, I was naturally his ally. β
Speaking of this, he also grinned, "Besides, didn't he marry my sister's tablet before, speaking of which, my sister is his original match, even if it is for the sake of my good sister's face, he will not treat me as an uncle." Go and prepare, I want to give this great gift......"