14. Marriage

Yu Li'an later saw Shen Lan again at a palace Yan, he changed his identity, no, it should be said that he used his original identity, Ji Lan, the seventh prince of Ji Lin.

In the spring of the twenty-second year of Kang Qi, Ji Lin became friendly with Da Mo and implemented a policy of mutual marriage. In order to show his sincerity, Ji Lin traveled thousands of miles to send the princess to marry, accompanied by the seventh prince Ji Lan, to the capital of Damo.

Ji Lin will show goodwill, Yu Li'an had foreseen it, but she didn't expect that Emperor Zhengxuan, such a small-bellied person, would be so sensible, this time he didn't take the opportunity to fall into the well but readily agreed to Ji Lin's request for peace, which made her impressed.

Since the collapse of the Dapi Empire more than 300 years ago, the heroes have risen together and established empires one after another, and countries have seized territory from each other, and wars have continued. And today, those who monopolize seven points of the world are: Rong, Yun, Yue, Ji Lin, and Da Mo

Among them, Ji Linzhi is expanding the territory; Da Mo first wants to settle the country and secure the country; Yun Guo is the last; Yue is the richest, but its monarch has no great ambitions; and Rong Guo is the best at sowing discord and reaping profits.

Between the five countries, it is a common thing to fight openly and secretly, the flames of war are continuous, and the war is not stopped.

Damo and Jilin border each other, so there are wars on the border between the two countries from time to time. Now that Da Mo has suffered a snow disaster, and his national strength is not as good as before, Ji Lin will naturally not let go of this good opportunity, but the two countries are separated by water, Da Mo is affected by the disaster, and Ji Lin is also not much better.

At this time, Rong Guo, who has been watching the fire from across the strait, will naturally not let go of this good opportunity.

The location of this country is actually a bit dangerous, the west and the south are the same sea area, floods occur all year round, and piracy is rampant, the north is Da Mo, who is recuperating, and the east is a small dependent country, which was just destroyed by Rong Guo a month ago.

In other words, Rong Guo also borders on Ji Lin.

If Ji Lin still wants to fight Da Mo to the end without knowing whether he is alive or dead, he will definitely suffer from the enemy at that time, and most of them will be divided between the two countries.

Although Emperor Ji Lin is not smart, he is not stupid. Both the Yun Kingdom and the Yue Kingdom are far from the three countries, and it is difficult to mix in the war between the three countries. Rong Guo has become more and more powerful over the years, and has destroyed many small surrounding countries, as if there is a plan to annex Ji Lin.

So, Ji Lin's best plan now is to join forces with Damo.

If it was before, Emperor Zhengxuan would not care about the Ji Lin of Laoshizi, and he would have done his best if he didn't fall into the ground. But not now, Da Mo is not as good as before, if Rong Guo is allowed to destroy Ji Lin, then Da Mo will probably be the next Ji Lin. Although Emperor Zhengxuan has always been concerned about Ji Lin's violation of the border, he really can't act willfully this time, and when Da Mo's national strength recovers, he has a way to rectify Ji Lin.

The auspicious day of Ji Lin's marriage with Da Mo has come in a hurry.

The palace is full of red silk hydrangeas, the palace lights are lit up one after another, and the palace ladies and young men are busy shuttling in the palaces. Those who hold the imperial wine, those who hold the food plate, and those who carry the palace lamp, are all busy and organized. No one dared to make the slightest mistake, so serious and dull that they could do the funeral as long as the red silk was replaced with white silk.

But the solemn atmosphere can be seen to be a marriage between the two countries.

The ceremony ended in a hurry, and the palace banquet soon began.

Emperor Zhengxuan, who was sitting at the top, stood up with a wine bottle, and a green jade pendant hung from his waist in his bright dragon robe, which was dazzling. The quality of the green jade is quite good, and since two months ago, Emperor Zhengxuan has been wearing it and has never left his body. But the jade color was too verdant and dripping, and it really didn't match his bright dragon robe, but he still wore it every day unconsciously.

Jade nourishes people, but also nourishes souls. Yu Li'an was hiding in this dazzling green jade, watching Emperor Zhengxuan hang this jade on his waist every day, only to feel that his eyes were flashed.

The envoys of all the officials below stood up from their seats and saluted respectfully.

Emperor Zhengxuan looked down at them, said some polite words indifferently, and announced the opening of the banquet.

Shen Lan sat down and glanced at Princess Zhaoning inadvertently, only to see that Zhaoning was thin and small, afraid that she was half a head shorter than Yu Li'an, she was wearing a brocade hundred butterfly embroidered crimson dress, and her hands were in the wide sleeved robe with snow-white fur edges, looking a little cold. At this moment, he was looking up at the high-flying Emperor Zhengxuan, his clear eyes were full of smiles, and the corners of his mouth showed two deeply round dimples.

Full of admiration.

Shen Lan picked up the wine bottle and took a sip.

As if noticing Zhaoning's gaze, Emperor Zhengxuan, who was far away, beckoned to her: "Come here, sit here." He was referring to the position around him.

In Damo, there are only two people who can sit next to the emperor, one is the queen of the mother's world, and the other is a noble concubine.

Zhao Ning was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly got up and saluted, and then looked blankly at Duan Guifei in that position, with an embarrassed face.

Duan Guifei, who had suffered an unwarranted disaster, had a warm and gentle face, and stood up from her seat and saluted the emperor in a proper manner, smiling and laughing: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not etiquette, right?"

The empress sitting on the other side of Emperor Zhengxuan looked like she didn't care about herself, silently looking at the tea in the bone china cup, and the tip of her index finger stroked the long pointed finger.

Now for the emperor, there is no need for courtesy for the concubine and her family. It's just that this concubine is a fool and can't see the situation clearly.

Jiang Shoufu, the father of the concubine at the lower end, was in a cold sweat, but he didn't dare to raise his eyes to look at his daughter, so he could only curse the fool in his heart.

The aroma of the sake gradually spreads, with the taste of intoxication, inhaled into the heart, and before you can taste it, you get drunk first.

Duan Guifei finally understood, and knelt down with a "plop" sound: "The emperor is angry, and the concubines are ......" Before she finished speaking, a yin wind suddenly blew in the warm pavilion, blowing out the illuminated candles, and the red silk fluttering was terrifying.

Suddenly, the situation of smearing the two eyes frightened the palace concubines and courtiers in a panic, and they screamed again and again.

Emperor Zhengxuan rubbed the corners of his forehead and whispered something vague to Yu Li'an.

Yu Li'an hugged her hands and looked at it coldly, it was already a pot of porridge below, and she said, "Isn't it too unkind for the emperor to do this." Although he said this verbally, his face was full of expression, and his tone was also Shi Shiran, who was not afraid of big things.

The wind gusted, the candles were extinguished, the red silk fluttered, and the ghosts cried wolves.

Emperor Zhengxuan was helpless, and repeated in a very low voice: "Don't make trouble. He thought for a moment and added, "Don't make a fuss now." ”

Yu Li'an was clear.

Otherwise, those pedantic and sour courtiers should make a fuss about this matter for a while, saying something like "Providence is so, and I hope Your Majesty will not insist on going your own way, but this matter is not in accordance with etiquette".

Yu Li'an narrowed his eyes, although the pot exploded below, there was still one person who did not show any panicked and frightened expression from beginning to end.

The man was wearing a wide-sleeved purple shirt, wearing a purple jade crown on his head, and green silk was flowing all over the robe; his eyebrows flew obliquely into his sideburns, and his indifferent and alienated glass-colored eyes seemed to have thousands of mountains and waters.

I don't see the usual bookish anger at all.,It's a first-class noble.。

It turned out to be Ji Lin's Seventh Prince? No wonder he could disappear without knowing it, and reappear a few months later. But what is he doing when he comes back this time? Yu Li'an was a little puzzled, she never thought that Shen Lan was for herself.