Chapter 133: Mistakes and Regrets
Where did Li Shu go? No one knows.
In short, this church can't be worshipped at the moment.
Zhao Xuan hoped that Li Shu would pack up her baggage and run away, but the capital was heavily guarded, and she didn't know if the little girl would run.
Compared to his "schadenfreude", other people's faces are not very good-looking.
Zhao Shoucheng's face was dark, and he didn't know if he was angry or what. The face of the old man who was the officiant also became very ugly. However, the big and small officials who came to pay the salutes, the sons and wives of various families, all watched the excitement one by one, and there was no shortage of people who gloated.
The sound of discussion quietly sounded.
Although the voices of the crowd were extremely low, they could not stand the crowd. A large number of people spoke in unison, and they followed up like a pile of flies, buzzing and making people's ears sore.
"It's a lot of fun. ”
"But isn't it, I don't know what His Majesty thinks, I have to add my sister to such a fool. Not to mention that Princess Changle is the eldest princess, she is the daughter of a common girl and an ordinary family, who would want to?"
"Shhhh
"Lord Cao, don't talk nonsense, I'm just expressing my views at random, how dare I talk about the Holy One?"
"Don't say it, the reason why the emperor insisted on marrying Princess Changle, the old man knows a little, but he must not say it explicitly, let's see how General Zhao and Prince Rong deal with it......"
Prince Rong is the old man who is the officiant, and he is the emperor's uncle. Seeing that it was not Li Shu who got married, but a little palace maid. His face turned blue with anger, and he shouted, "Someone." Arrest these two people for me!" secretly ordered the guards to inform the emperor quickly. At the moment, he can't handle this matter and doesn't want to get involved.
"Yes!" several men responded. One turned around in a hurry, squeezed into the crowd and disappeared. The other three or five drew knives and pressed Ping'er and Wu's mother to the ground.
Ping'er's originally snow-white face was even whiter, and she trembled with fright, even if she didn't have to be held down by the guards, she would have collapsed to the ground. Mother Wu is much calmer. There was no resistance either. Honestly, he was pressed to his knees by the guards, and his face showed some trepidation very appropriately.
How does it feel a little fake?
Zhao Xuan was thinking like this.
Prince Rong suddenly turned around, clasped his fist at Zhao Shoucheng, who had already stood up, and said very apologetically: "General Zhao." It's because this king didn't do things well, I didn't expect Changle to be so bold......"
Prince Rong was serious. Zhao Shoucheng interrupted the old man's words and said: "Everyone knows Xuan'er's situation, and Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is unwilling to marry, which is also a matter of course. His face was calm, and there was no joy or anger to be seen.
Prince Rong was a little embarrassed, but he was worthy of being an old man, and said with a smile: "Where, where! Wait a moment for the guards to fetch her. By the persuasion of this king, I think she should give me a little bit of thin noodles to be an uncle. ”
After a while, Li Shu did not appear, but His Majesty the Emperor came.
"The emperor has arrived!" With a shrill shout, a golden dragon chariot was escorted into the Zhao Mansion by a large group of people.
The princes, officials, sons, and wives of the Zhao Mansion all bowed down. There is no rule of kneeling in this world, and ordinary officials can bend down when they go to court. Only subordinates and maids need to kneel and worship.
I saw Zhao Fu and others bending over, kneeling and bowing, only Zhao Xuan stood stunned. At this time, Zhao Lai had not left his side, bent over and moved, and hurriedly withdrew a hand to pull him. Zhao Xuan thought that everyone else was a little shorter, but he was a little too conspicuous when he was standing, so he simply sat down cross-legged and put on a posture of watching a play. On the side, Zhao Lai rolled his eyes helplessly.
I was about to remind Zhao Xuan to salute now, but at this time, the curtain opened, and His Majesty the Emperor bent down and walked down from the dragon chariot, and he hurriedly shouted with the crowd: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Zhao Xuan looked at the emperor through the gap in the crowd, and saw that although this emperor was the new emperor, he was actually not small. At least he looked in his thirties, his eyebrows and tiger eyes were majestic, and he swept everyone and said, "Everyone, Aiqing is flat!" A large number of people said: "Xie Majesty!" Hula and straight-waisted, stood up.
Prince Rong took two steps forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, the old minister is incompetent, he failed to preside over the marriage, and he hopes that His Majesty will atone for his sins!"
"Uncle Huang doesn't need to be polite. The emperor walked up to Prince Rong, took Prince Rong's arm, and personally helped Prince Rong up. Prince Rong straightened his waist. The emperor said: "It's all the ninth sister who is stubborn, how can you blame the imperial uncle?" and then said to Zhao Shoucheng: "Zhao Aiqing, today's incident is all the fault of the sister, and I want you to make amends on her behalf." ”
"Weichen doesn't dare!" Zhao Shoucheng saluted.
The emperor said: "I have already sent people to search all over the city, Zhao Aiqing does not have to worry." I will definitely get the imperial sister back for you completely!"
What can Zhao Shoucheng say? The emperor paced in front of Zhao Xuan, looked him up and down, and said, "You are the ninth sister-in-law? "His expression was like he was talking normally, and he didn't see anything unusual.
Zhao Xuan sat on the ground and ignored him. stared at a pair of empty big eyes, and thought in his heart, if Li Shu was arrested and forced to worship with him, how could he hide?
Lying on the ground and rolling?
Seems like a good idea!
Zhao Shoucheng was afraid of the emperor's embarrassment, so he stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the inferior son is stupid, and he can't give His Majesty a gift, and he hopes that His Majesty will atone for his sins." ”
"Oh, is it?" said the emperor meaninglessly, "How did I hear that my sister-in-law can also say a word or two?"
Zhao Shoucheng said: "Your Majesty is clear, although the inferior son can spit out a word or two, but it is nothing more than hungry and going home, and only the daughter of the family has heard it." Even the old minister had never heard him speak. ”
"Well, I'm just asking. The Emperor laughed.
At this time, both in the hall and in the courtyard outside the hall, the officials and their families who came to attend the wedding all stood honestly. Zhao Shoucheng hurriedly invited the emperor to sit down. After the emperor sat down on the first seat, he waved his hand. Facing everyone, "Everyone, Aiqing, sit down too!"
This world is extremely respectful of dignity and inferiority. Whoever is in the hall. They are all high-ranking people. The rest of the officials or juniors with slightly smaller official positions can only sit in the courtyard. After the emperor waited for everyone to sit down, he swept through everyone in the hall one by one, and finally landed on Ping'er and Wu's mother, and said angrily: "You two are so bold!"
Ping'er trembled and shouted, "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life!" Wu Ma also said: "Your Majesty is gracious!"
The emperor snorted coldly: "Kai'en, you dare to pretend to be a princess today." Don't fake the decree tomorrow? Hmph! Where is my imperial sister hidden by you!" He didn't say where Li Shu was hiding, but asked Wu Ma and Ping'er where Li Shu was hidden, obviously to let them carry the rhythm of the black pot for Li Shu.
Ping'er's face suddenly turned whiter, and her face was bloodless. Trembling all over, he said, "Slave...... The slave doesn't know. ”
"Presumptuous!" the emperor slapped the table and shouted: "Come on, pull these two people down, beat them a hundred times, and see if they recruit or not! If they don't reveal where they hide the princess, they will be punished for murdering the emperor's relatives and relatives!"
"Don't, Your Majesty...... The emperor spared his life......"
Seeing that Ping'er and Wu's mother were about to be dragged down by the guards for execution, a coquettish cry suddenly came from the courtyard.
"Slow!"
I saw a maid walking out of the princess's send-off procession, with bright eyes and bright teeth, and beautiful jade. Wearing a water-colored skirt wrapped around Yingying's slender waist, she walked into the hall step by step, between her eyebrows, there was a luxurious air in the coldness, who is it not Li Shu?
After Li Shu walked into the hall, she bowed to Emperor Yingying and said, "Sister see Your Majesty." Today's events are all planned by the ministers, and have nothing to do with Ping'er and Wu's mother. I hope Your Majesty will let them go. ”
"I haven't gone looking for you yet, but you've come out on your own. The emperor said expressionlessly: "Are you guilty?"
Li Shu raised her head, there was a hint of stubbornness in her eyes, and she said without fear: "Sister I don't know!"
"Okay! I don't know!" the emperor laughed angrily, and said, "If the crime of deceiving the king is not a crime, what else is the crime?"
"Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven, at this time the imperial brother once taught me. Li Shu's voice was clear and said lightly.
The "imperial brother" in her mouth is the emperor Li Yuanqin in front of her, and "do your best and obey the destiny of heaven" refers to the fact that she asked Ping'er to pretend to be her.
This world attaches great importance to etiquette, especially marriage, not only the six rites of acceptance, asking for names, najib, recruitment, invitation, and greeting are indispensable, but also the link of worshipping heaven and earth.
Worshipping heaven and earth means that this marriage is witnessed by heaven and earth, and after worshipping heaven and earth, husband and wife will always be united and inseparable. In comparison, the remaining top six may be subject to change. Only after worshipping heaven and earth, after being witnessed by heaven and earth, if you want to repent, you not only need the parents of both sides to worship the heavens and ancestors, but also need to have the approval of the local parents and officials, and find out the reason, and ask the heavens and the earth together. In this way, this marriage is inseparable and inseparable.
Originally, this rule was a kind of protection for women, and unless the wife committed the seven rules, i.e., disobedience to her parents, childlessness, adultery, jealousy, evil disease, excessive speech, and theft, the husband should not divorce her at will. But there was once a couple who had completed all the procedures for "divorce", but in the link of asking heaven and earth for guilt, due to insufficient reasons, heaven and earth did not allow it, and the two vomited blood on the spot and died. At this point, marriage has become a prudent matter.
The letter of resignation is only effective if the person is sincere in his heart, written in blood, and burned. Even if Li Shu wanted to deliberately commit the seven rules, what was the use of facing Zhao Xuan, a fool? Not to mention her identity as the eldest princess, no one dared to write a letter of resignation.
Therefore, Li Shu wanted to escape the section of worshipping heaven and earth and let Ping'er replace her. After worshipping heaven and earth, he will switch identities with Ping'er. Because her name is written on the marriage certificate, but it is Ping'er who worships Zhao Xuan, I think both of them should be fine. As for the cave room after that, what Ping'er and Wu Ma did before was indeed instructed by her, she knew that Zhao Xuan didn't understand what it was, what did it matter if the cave was not a cave room? As long as she left Beijing in the future, without the guards of the forbidden army in the capital, the sky was high and the sea was wide and she would not be allowed to travel?
It's a big deal to be incognito, if you don't be this princess, you are!
If Zhao Xuan knew that he had to cry to death in this section, if it weren't for Ping'er and Wu's mother, he would have run away a long time ago! Who knew that this old man and young woman were actually sent by Li Shu, the princess, to test his ineffective thing? He always thought that the emperor had planted it!
It can be seen that women are far from being as simple as they seem on the surface.
But sometimes it can really be bad......
"Good intentions" do bad things!(To be continued.) (。 ))