The Pearl of the Lady

Chapter 179 The Second Prince's Big Wedding

"The king builds the state, and sets up the post of internal assistant; the sage sets the example, advocating the way of Yin teaching. The style is clear to the whole world, and the two rites are correct. Gu Shi, the owner of Anle County, crowns the Shengmen, leisurely and virtuous, art and history, training and preparing the house. .Small but tactful, long and sage, act in accordance with the ritual scriptures, and speak in accordance with the history. Right in the East Palace, suitable for grand ceremony. Booked as the crown princess."

An imperial decree, just ninety characters, simply judged the future like this.

Wei Qi leaned against the table and poured wine into the glass by himself.

"Master, the people assigned to Taiyuan Mansion are already in place, and Shen Yuran will pass by the ambush soon."

Wei Qi waved his hand, "No need, call our people back, there is no need."

"Yes." The man bowed his head and retreated.

"It's all the same, it's all the same..." Wei Qi poured himself a glass of wine, drank it in one gulp, with a self-deprecating smile on his face, what's worth doing, but they are all abandoned.

He sat cross-legged and had no strength in his body, so he could only sit upright by leaning on the table.

"It's always his, everything is his..." Wei Qi said softly, as if sighing.

He remembered a lot of things. When he was young, he was told by his nanny to "not call you brother, but to salute and call His Royal Highness the Crown Prince". When he was older, when everyone was studying together, the teacher had to salute Wei Yi first, and Wei Yi who always sat next to Ah Fu Yi, why does everyone assume that the position next to Ah Fu must belong to Wei Yi?
Years of time turned into a torrent of memory, rushing in Wei Qi's mind. He stood up while supporting the table, took down the sword hanging on the wall, danced a couple of times, and dropped the sword with a clang. Lying on the table, as if falling asleep, there was no movement for a long time.

The maid outside waited for a while, not daring to let the master catch the cold, and together they helped him away from the table and put him on the bed.

No one noticed that there were a few water marks left on the place where the prince was lying on his stomach, and the wind dried it up without leaving any traces, probably from the bar.

"Ah Fu." Wei Qi's voice is no different from the past, it is also gentle and slightly romantic, which Ah Fu jokingly called the tone of the prodigal son.

A Fu was busy watching the fox and the fat raccoon play, and told Xi Le, "Don't let them play annoyed, and fight again later."

She answered Wei Qi absent-mindedly, "Well, what's the matter?"

Wei Qi pushed the dim sum to her hand, and said calmly, "I'm going to get married."

"Oh, you are going to get married." Ah Fu repeated it first, and then realized it, and said with some concern, "You should get married. Which family's girl fell into your hands?"

"The eldest daughter of Bingma Sifang's family, and the second daughter of Guangluqing's Fu family."

"two?"

"The one from the Fang family is the princess, and the one from the Fu family is the side concubine."

Ah Fu frowned and didn't say anything. She herself doesn't want to share her husband with others, but it is impossible to change the habits of the whole society. joking.

"Wedding date on the tenth of next month."

"In such a rush?" Ah Fu was a little surprised. If the wedding ceremony was solemnly held on Wednesday and Saturday, it would take a year to get to the big wedding day.

Wei Qi smiled, "Don't worry, you already said that I should have a wife, and I've been procrastinating for two years." He paused, with a smile in his voice, "Besides, I'm a brother No matter what, you have to get married before your younger brother."

Ah Fu hit him with a fan, "You make fun of me too. The princess was also confused for a moment, and I didn't know why I agreed. I made a mistake and lost my happy life."

Wei Qi couldn't hold back, and impulsively grabbed Ah Fu's fan, "If..."

"Master, the fat raccoon pushed the ink cartridge that His Royal Highness gave you to the ground." Xi Le reported with a bitter face.

Ah Fu was obviously distressed, "Pack them up, I'll use this box later."

Wei Qi let go of his hand and lowered his head.

Do you even cherish the things he gave you?

"What did you want to say just now?" Ah Fu turned to ask him.

"Nothing?" Wei Qi smiled and shook his head.

"I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first." Wei Qi stood up and said goodbye.

Ah Fu got up to see him off.

"Cousin, I hope we are all well." Ah Fu said in a low voice.

Wei Qi nodded and said with a smile, "I hope too."

There was a chill in his heart. When he was a child, he often wanted Ah Fu to call him cousin, but Ah Fu just didn't want to. He never thought that at this time, he would get this title.

"My lord, there is news over there."

"Boss is getting bolder and bolder."

Wei Qi himself is tall and thin, and it was cold in the early spring. He caught the wind and cold, and it's nothing to lose a lot of weight. He still coughs from time to time when he talks, and he looks more and more like a soft and sickly handsome man.

When he spoke, he always had a smile on his face, but no one in his subordinates felt that this smile represented tenderness. A few days ago, he even broke the neck of a spy with such a smile.

"Help him. The official who found out couldn't stand the journey and died of a serious illness. Didn't he just hide an iron mine? Only with iron mines can we have weapons."

"But what if the eldest prince raises troops?"

"That's not something you should consider, do as the king ordered."

"Yes." The man hurriedly backed away.

Wei Qi sat alone for a while as if in a daze, the hall was not lit, his beautiful face was hidden in the darkness, under the moonlight, his side face looked like a Buddha statue in a temple, glowing with white light. One side is hidden in the dark, unable to see what it looks like.

"My lord." The little book boy called out in a low voice, since he received that letter two days ago, the adults in his family have often been in a daze.

Shen Yuran came back to her senses, patted the child's head, and smiled.

He rescued the child on the road. The child's parents passed away because they met bandits. Originally, the child was brought by his grandparents. Unexpectedly, the grandparents were old and couldn't stand the stimulation. After a few months of lingering illness, they both let go Go, leave an eight-year-old kid behind.

The relatives divided the property, but no one wanted to raise this child. When Shen Yuran passed by, the child was fighting with several relatives' children. These children said that his mother was defiled by bandits. Suicide, I didn't expect that although this child was young, he had a strong temper. He chased those children with stones and smashed them. Shen Yuran persuaded several children and sent the children home. He was taken to sell by the aunt of the clan. If Shen Yuran hadn't bought dry food when he left the county and returned to replenish it, the child would have been sold to someone else. He didn't sign the contract of selling himself, and he just taught him as if he was accepting a disciple, but this child took the initiative to take over the job of the book boy.

He had received Ah Fu's letter, and he had no choice but no position to say anything. He felt very sad, but he didn't dare to show it in the reply letter. Ah Fu was already guilty, how could he be willing to quote Ah Fu again? sad.

The reply letter can only be a blessing, and I wrote a little about the scenery on the way, and then there is nothing to write, and there is nothing to write.

All he could do was stare blankly.

Ah Fu didn't like himself enough in the first place, he could feel it, but he just thought that the future would be long, and there was still time, so it didn't take long.

"My lord, do you want to eat? My lord, are you thirsty?" The child couldn't see him frowning, and whenever he frowned, he would come up to interrupt him.

"No, Xiao Yu, take a break."

"I am not tired."

He showed a helpless smile.

"My lord, I heard that Yunzhong County is in chaos, and there are a lot of bandits there." The child's words were full of hatred, and his parents died at the hands of the bandits, but the local officials were powerless to suppress the bandits.

"Are you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid. I will work with my lord to bring these bandits to justice."

"kindness."

Shen Yuran sighed, she couldn't think about it anymore, she still had so many things to do, and so many people needed help, in the face of life and death, the so-called emotional hurt was nothing.

He comforted himself like this, but his heart was inevitably still sentimental, but it could only be turned into a few words that were far away after many years.

haven't seen you for a long time.

Are you ok?

Take care.

You too.

A few short sentences, but you don’t know, I just persuaded myself over and over in my heart.

The more polite you are, the more distant you are. A gentleman must let go.

"Big wedding, those two little bastards? Well, it's a nest of snakes and rats. The two of them have been like something since they were young. They framed the king together. This is good, and it will be a nest when the time comes."

"Order to go on and speed up the casting of weapons. My younger brother is getting married. As the eldest brother, how can I not give my younger brother a gift? This king will give His Royal Highness a big wedding gift."

"My lord, there seems to be something found on the second lord's side?"

He waved his hand, "The second child won't say anything, he can only fish in troubled waters, he doesn't have any thoughts when he's stumped, hmph, brother of the royal family."

The most disputed emperor's family, the men of the Wei family, all have the blood of their ancestors' desire for power in their bones. Who wants to be lower than others from now on? If they don't fight hard, who will know?
When the little girls saw Wei Qi's good looks, they thought that he could be as gentle and affectionate as his appearance. This is the superficiality of women. Between brothers, who doesn't know who?
Wei Qi was also gentle on that face.

On the tenth day of June, the king of Chu got married.

The side concubine was brought into the palace a month ago, and today she is marrying the concubine.

"Master, it's so lively over there." The little maid said.

"Don't look, if you don't come to wash me up, it's none of my business whether it's hot or not?" The side concubine glanced at the little maid.

King Chu has many friends and has a good reputation in Chang'an City. His marriage is very lively, and he is also happy. He doesn't push anyone to toast. He helped him in, put him on the bed, and said with a smile, "The prince is too happy, he is drunk, and the princess will take care of me."

In this marriage, there was no wine, no vows, only red candles that burned quietly until dawn.

(End of this chapter)