Chapter 43: Wan'er
Wan'er
He goes out early and returns late every day, and he doesn't talk to anyone, let alone the news of Chai Xintong with the two, even if he occasionally bumps into it in the morning, he just nods with a tired smile.
And He Chen, who is more than a little worse than Kong Dewei from his background, can only silently wish Chai Xintong nothing to do in his heart every day.
"Tomorrow she will be beheaded, and tomorrow she will get married. ”
There are many helpless things in the world, especially when faced with the word "power".
On the day before the prince's wedding, the last rain of this summer finally arrived as scheduled, driving away this scorching summer day, and it was about to enter the harvest season.
A year ago, he was the same boy who bullied the ruffians in Weicheng and liked to listen to books, and a year later, he was already in Chang'an and became a powerful person in the eyes of outsiders.
Xu Changan went out of the Hou Mansion, and there was a little maid who went out at the same time.
The moonlight shone on the water, the streets seemed to have been washed, and the air smelled good, and a maid dressed in green stood uneasily in the woods, constantly looking around, and occasionally when someone passed by the street, she would hide behind the trees in fright, lest she be discovered.
In this grove, there are many poignant love stories of slaves and slaves, and such stories, under the polish of literati and ink writers, often have a vicious and unsophisticated master.
The little maid hid behind a low tree, hid, staring at the visitor with big eyes, and her heart was pounding.
"Bai Xuewan, Bai Xuewan. The visitor lowered his voice and called a few times, trying to make sure that the person he had made the appointment was here.
In the moonlight, she could see the man's face clearly, a little surprised.
The old man looked at the little maid in green, and asked directly, "Are you the little maid Wan'er brought by Fan Jiuxian from Tongzhou, Bai Xuewan?"
The old man smiled slightly, in fact, he confirmed his identity by looking at the appearance, and before he asked this little maid to come out, he had already asked the painter to sneak into the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion and depict the appearance of this girl.
Wan'er didn't understand what Shang Shuling was, but she knew the prime minister, so she was about to kneel, and was bent down by the old man to support her.
Wan'er looked at the old man, Guo Jinghui smiled faintly, and looked at this little maid like his own granddaughter.
Wan'er lowered her head, her cheeks were a little hot, and she didn't know how to answer.
Wan'er raised her head and looked at the old man, with an eager look in her eyes.
Guo Jinghui thought about it, and a trace of shame flashed in his eyes, but the little maid didn't notice it, he nodded solemnly.
Wan'er gritted her teeth and said directly: "Then I am willing, but you have to ensure that the young lady has the right to choose." ”
Wan'er smiled, and in the moonlight, the little maid in green looked beautiful.
Wan'er was a little surprised, and she opened the box under the encouragement of Guo Jinghui's eyes.
"Isn't it enough?" Looking at a small box of silver tickets, Guo Jinghui was also a little surprised.
"You have to think about it, if you enter the palace, life and death are unpredictable!"
"Since life and death are unpredictable, what is the use of me asking for these silver tickets?"
No wonder the Holy Emperor was so optimistic about the woman in red, not only did he give her the dragon guard in the north back then, but this time she married the eldest prince, and directly made an exception to let her live in Fengning Palace temporarily.
This action relieved the ministers of the "martial faction" who supported the eldest prince, and they were also speculating about the Holy Emperor's intentions, but in the end they couldn't find any other reason, they could only say that the Holy Emperor was very satisfied with this daughter-in-law, and he became her maiden family, and let this girl marry the son who was the prince.
But in the end, he asked slowly: "Okay, then what do you want, I will try my best to help you complete it." ”
As she spoke, she looked at Guo Jinghui and smiled.
"What about the second one?" Guo Jinghui took a deep breath and looked up and asked.
Guo Jinghui finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this request.
"Xue Wan's name is very beautiful, presumably your family didn't say that they were rich and wealthy back then, at least there were a few literati and artists. It just so happened that the six departments were under my jurisdiction, and after I went back, I asked the household department to help investigate the Bai clan who had moved into Tongzhou. ”
"Anything else?"
"No more. ”
The girl lowered her head and said in a whisper: "Actually, when I was in Tongzhou, I saw that Miss and Chai Gongzi were noisy every day, and the sisters were very envious. If so, if I can come back alive, I also want to be a sedan chair and a bride. ”
Yes, a girl of this age should have been in the boudoir, and then married a wishful husband in a beautiful manner.
It's just that there are some things he can't do. If you want to remove the cancer of the imperial court, someone must sacrifice, and he has roughly judged that the eldest prince and the person behind him who came up with the idea are the cancer.
"Okay!" Guo Jinghui's voice was a little choked.
Wan'er looked at the old man, smiled, and said nothing.
"At the end of August of the twenty-first year of Shengde, the prince got married, and the chaos began, and the disaster of demons began to appear. ”
"Shengde" is the name of the Holy Emperor, twenty-one years, that is, the founder of the Holy Dynasty, Xuanyuan Holy Emperor, has been reigning for twenty-one years.
The Fan family manor outside the city was originally used to imprison Fan Yuzhi, of course, he couldn't live there, so the Holy Emperor also let his future daughter-in-law live in it temporarily, and the eldest prince had to start from his mother's palace, and then went out of the imperial city, went around the city, and then entered the imperial city and received his own palace.
In another three hours, the eldest prince will come to pick up his relatives, and all the cities in Chang'an have lined up guards, which can ensure that the city is unimpeded when it is around, and the people can also witness this grand occasion.
The eldest prince said that as long as he married him obediently, then he would guarantee that Chai Xintong was fine.
Calculate the time, and in three more hours, it should be time to come to pick up the kiss! After she and the eldest prince are married, Chai Xintong should be fine, right? This bastard, I don't know which girl will be cheaper in the future.
As long as he is safe, let alone asking her to marry someone he hates, even if he wants her to die, it's okay.
These are all necessary for marriage, and the wedding of the royal family is even more ambiguous.
But now, when I see these things, I just feel a little upset and frightened.
Fan Jiuxian was a little familiar when he heard this voice, raised his head and took a look, these days, there are only eunuchs in the entire Fengning Palace, and the eunuchs are guarding the door, and the palace maids are not allowed to enter without verifying their identities.
After a long time, the little palace maid came out, and the little eunuchs did not dare to check, after all, they heard that this palace maid was a close confidant of the eldest prince, they glanced at the girl Fan in the house who had changed her clothes, covered her red hijab and didn't think much about it, so they didn't care about the little palace maid, and the little palace maid walked out with her head down.
Fengming Pavilion.
Zhan Nan and Zhan Xu walked behind him.
"The prince is really an infatuated person!" Zhan Nan said with a laugh.
"What's the use of infatuation, can you give me that position? It seems that my father is really very good to her, and he actually let her live in Fengning Palace. ”
"Congratulations to the prince. ”
The eldest prince looked at the two of them and stretched out his hand to signal the two of them to sit down at will.
"That's good, the Holy Emperor is chopping firewood and Xintong, I suspect that he wants to force Fan Jiuxian or the people of Confucius Temple
Make a fuss. These two parties, the Confucius Temple is fine, it's good to suppress it, if Fan Jiuxian makes trouble, looking at the current situation, I'm afraid that it will anger the Holy Emperor. However, as long as you don't let her know, after the big gift and the firewood is beheaded, there will be nothing left. ”
Zhan Xu walked up to him, helped him tidy up his clothes and said, "Be happy, your big day." ”
After Zhan Xu sorted it out, he patted him on the shoulder, and then asked again: "By the way, Miss Fan always needs to be accompanied by two old mothers when she gets married, otherwise the Holy Emperor will suspect it, and we will also help you arrange it." ”
Zhan Xu stayed where he was and shook his head. After thinking about it, he was suddenly shocked, and shouted in his mouth: "It's not good, let's go and see!"
The eldest prince is not worried about his father, and if he gets married, his father must have gone to the nine-story tower to talk to his mother again.
When the two of them arrived at the door, the eldest prince calmed his mood and asked in the gentlest voice possible, "Miss Fan, are you there?"
The eldest prince looked at the little eunuch guarding the door.
"It is estimated that Miss Fan is shy, after all, she is going to get married, and it is normal not to answer. The little eunuch added again.
She is not the kind of person who is crushed by fate and does not dare to breathe.
The little eunuch immediately replied: "The adult changed Miss Fan's clothes and left. ”
Zhan Xu glanced at the eldest prince, and the eldest prince slammed the door open.
The eldest prince lifted the hijab, and a woman younger than Fan Jiuxian appeared in front of him and Zhan Xu.
He turned around and said lightly: "I have seen this person, it is Miss Fan's personal little maid." I knew I would have taken her away in the first place!"
After a lot of calculations, I didn't expect to hide it for so long, and finally failed.
Zhan Xu walked out and sat down on the steps, his mind blank, and every step was extremely difficult.
The eldest prince shook his head, ignored her, and walked out, sitting side by side with Zhan Xu on the steps.
Zhan Xu was like an old man at this moment, closed his eyes, pursed his lips, and was a little unwilling.
He shook his head and took a deep breath.
After getting married, my wife didn't see anyone for three days, how difficult it was, but now I have no choice but to try.
This Chang'an, there are still a lot of capable people, he underestimated it before!
He turned his head and glanced inside.
The eldest prince sighed, stood up, and walked into the house.
The girl smiled and nodded.
The eldest prince was a little surprised, surprised at this girl who was not messed up at all.
"The first time I wore this dress, it was still royal, and they all said that the girl who wore it was the most beautiful, and I wanted to look at myself a few more times. ”
Wan'er sat down in front of the exquisite dresser, looked at herself in the bronze mirror, smiled, and touched her face.
She glanced at the rouge on the dresser, and the young lady was in a hurry just now, and she didn't put on a nice makeup.
"How ugly it is to be killed!" Wan'er laughed and muttered to herself.
The sound of the chair falling to the ground was heard, and the eldest prince sighed.
The eldest prince opened the door, only to see a girl in red lying in a pool of blood, a hairpin inserted into her chest, the red robe was even more colorful, and a flower bloomed on her chest.
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