After Prince Jing finished speaking, the room became even more silent. After a long while, I heard Yun Shang laughing suddenly, with a bit of bitterness in her eyes. Sure enough, love does not belong to her, whether it is in the previous life or in the present life.
How can such a forced marriage be happy? They all have their own considerations, but the final result of their considerations is getting married. Only by getting married can they achieve the goal they both want to achieve. It's really, a bit bad...
Yun Chang smiled and fell silent again. She has made progress in this life. At least, she even knows how to exchange her own marriage for the benefits she wants.
"Although it's not a good time now, I can't afford to think about it any more. You must know that there are 100,000 soldiers hiding in Ningguo. I don't know if there are more... At this time, if the father Without trust in you, other countries will have an opportunity. At that time, I am afraid that Ningguo will be overthrown overnight. I know that you have ambitions, but the premise is that at least Ningguo exists intact. Existence is necessary, so... "
"So, it's the best way for us to get married at this time." Prince Jing raised his eyes to look at the calm-looking woman in front of him, but a dull pain suddenly flashed in his heart. I still remember that she was so unhappy when she knew that she had asked for the marriage decree. It was because of her coercion and lure that she pretended to agree. Now, she talked to him about getting married so calmly.
When will this woman be able to live a good life for herself
Yun Chang was taken aback for a moment, and could hear the faint displeasure in Prince Jing's voice, but she could only smile wryly, "Yes, the best of both worlds, why not do it?"
Prince Jing stood up and walked outside the hall without saying a word. Qin Yi looked at Yun Shang with some worry. She has been serving Yun Shang for so many years, and no one knows better than her that this seemingly quiet princess, although intelligent, also has a very strong self-esteem. Saying something like this is definitely not what she wanted...
After about a quarter of an hour, Yun Shang's laughter was heard, and the laughter was insane. Qin Yi looked over, and saw that Yun Chang's eyebrows and eyes were full of joy, but the laughter made people feel a little sad for no reason.
"Princess..." Qin Yi said, with a hint of pleading in her eyes.
Yun Shang raised her eyes and looked at Qin Yi, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, "Qin Yi, I'm getting married... why..." Why can't she be happy, this marriage is more like a deal. However, she obviously got what she wanted, so she persuaded Prince Jing to keep the country of Ningguo. Moreover, Ning Guo is handsome and extraordinary, and is the dream lover of all the girls in Ning Guo. She should be happy to have such a marriage? But why, I couldn't persuade myself to feel a little happy.
"Qianyin, ask Ning Qian to go to Qilin Mountain in person and see if he can tell which lineage the soldiers hidden in Qilin Mountain belong to." Yun Shang rubbed her forehead and said softly.
Seeing Yun Shang's restless appearance, Qianyin quickly restrained her expression and answered seriously.
"Your Highness, the Emperor has summoned you. Your Highness, please go to Qinzheng Hall with the servants." An eunuch was brought in, and Yun Chang recognized that it was the person next to Director Zheng.
Father summoned? Yun Shang smiled slightly, probably because her father was suspicious of her, and wanted to have a good talk with her, Prince Jing had already told her father about their marriage
Yun Chang lowered her head and thought for a long time before she asked Qin Yi to take a purple veiled blouse and put it on for her, and then took Qin Yi to the Qinzheng Palace without haste.
Mr. Zheng stood waiting at the gate of Qinzheng Hall. When he saw Yunshang coming, he quickly opened the door and said with a smile, "Princess, please. The emperor has been waiting for the princess for a long time."
Yunshang nodded, and walked in slowly. As soon as he walked in, the door of the palace was closed. Yunshang's heart jumped slightly, and his footsteps paused, but he still pretended not to know anything and walked towards the palace. Go, the octagonal glazed beauty palace lights on all sides of the hall are on, and there is no one waiting for him. Emperor Ning is standing behind the desk, bending his waist slightly, writing something on the parchment on the desk.
"Father, Chang'er is here." Yun Shang said softly.
Emperor Ning nodded, raised his eyes, and there was a gentle smile between his brows and eyes, but Yun Chang saw it, and the smile never reached his eyes.
"Shang'er is here? Just right, there are not many government affairs today, and I have some leisure time. Your mother and concubine are not in the palace, and the father doesn't even have anyone to talk to. Come and talk to the father for a while." Emperor Ning He smiled and pointed to the chair beside him, "Here, sit there for a while, I'll be fine soon."
Yun Shang sat down at the side according to the words, her eyes fell on the octagonal glazed beauty palace lantern, and she seemed to be muttering to herself, "How come the woman on the palace lantern is familiar."
Emperor Ning's pen paused, and he said after a long time, "This is the portrait I drew for your mother and concubine before."
Yun Chang nodded, and sighed softly, "Last month, Chang'er also went to Laifeng Palace. The mother and concubine are fine, and the baby in her stomach is also fine. After a while, Chang'er should have A brother or sister."
Emperor Ning gave a soft "um", and was about to speak, but heard Yunshang sighed lightly, as if with some emotion, "If younger brothers and sisters are born, Father, please don't give birth to them again." Giving it to someone else to raise her. The mother and concubine have suffered a lot these years. If Shang'er is by her side and can talk with her, I'm afraid it will be much better. The people in Fengcheng are simple and honest. Before, Shang'er wanted to be with her The concubine mother went shopping, but the concubine mother refused, saying that she hadn't gone shopping for more than ten years, and now she doesn't know what kind of things are good, and she doesn't know what kind of dignitaries are there to talk to people Come, don't know what to say, so she doesn't want to go out."
The pen in Emperor Ning's hand paused again, guilt flashed in his eyes, and after a long time, he said, "I seldom hear you talk about your life outside the palace, how have you lived outside the palace these years? Tell your father, it is your father who is sorry for your mother and son, your mother and concubine entrusted you to your father, but your father can't protect you well, and even poisoned you."
When Yun Chang heard the words, a bit of pain flashed in his eyes, and that painful look fell into Emperor Ning's eyes. After a while, Emperor Ning saw Yun Chang smiled bitterly, closed his eyes, It seemed that he remembered some extremely unbearable memories. When Emperor Ning almost thought that Yunshang would not speak, he heard Yunshang with a somewhat suppressed voice, "At the beginning, when Yunshang first arrived at Ningguo Temple, Because of being poisoned, I was groggy all day long. I kept taking medicine and taking baths full of medicinal herbs. After three months, my body gradually recovered and I could barely sit. Wake up and talk."
"Later, after I got better, but I don't know why, people always sneaked into the temple to want Chang'er's life. They escaped from death several times. Once, they were tricked out of Ningguo Temple by a little novice. Many people in black Wanting to kill me, it was raining heavily that day, and Chang'er ran desperately, and could only bury herself in the dead leaves a few times, watching those men in black pass by me, feeling very scared in her heart, afraid of being discovered , I was afraid that I would never come back again, and I would not see my mother and concubine and my father. Later, there was no man in black, and it was getting dark. Chang'er hurried down the mountain and rolled down from a very high hillside , When I woke up, Abbot Wuna said, my internal organs are bleeding." Yun Shang buried her head a little lower, looking unbearable.
Yun Shang laughed softly again, "Later, the number of assassins did not decrease but increased. Abbot Wu Na was afraid that something would happen to me, and he was also afraid that my health would not be well maintained and the root cause of the disease would be left behind, so he found someone who was about the same size as me. The woman I lived in Ningguo Temple, and I lived in the small courtyard behind the mountain of Ningguo Temple, and managed to survive. However, that girl was also killed shortly before I returned to the palace." Yunshang raised her eyes and looked at Emperor Ning's eyes were full of panic, "Father, many times, I thought I would never come back again, but I didn't expect that I would come back with great luck."
"However, after returning to the palace, Shang'er was also assassinated. Just after returning to the palace, when Shang'er went to Ningguo Temple to pray for blessings with the imperial sister, many people were ambushed in the dense forest. Chang'er was about to die, and it was the emperor who saved me, and that day happened to be the day when the emperor's class returned to the court." Yun Shang's eyes were already a little wet, and Emperor Ren Ning couldn't see the slightest clue .
Emperor Ning frowned, and his heart was gripped by the dense pain that overwhelmed him. His daughter, who was supposed to be the most honorable woman in Ning Kingdom, lived such a life when she was seven or eight years old. No wonder, she looked like With such a mature mind, she handles things cleanly and neatly. She doesn't look like a woman who has just reached her age. She should have been victimized a lot, forcing her to grow up slowly.
"You and King Jing have known each other for a long time? Why have you never heard of it?" Emperor Ning put down his pen, walked to Yun Shang, moved a chair, sat down in front of Yun Shang, and asked slowly.
Yun Shang's smile was full of bitterness, "At first I didn't know he was Prince Jing, and he didn't mention it to me, and the carriage I was riding in was also ordinary that day, so Uncle Emperor must have thought I was just an ordinary boudoir girl Well, even though Shang'er was saved by him, he still kept the etiquette. He only asked for his name and sent some things to thank him for saving his life when he returned to the palace. Uncle Huang left without saying a word. Later I met him again at the celebration banquet, and only then did I realize that he was my uncle. It’s just that I was afraid of being killed in those years, so I wondered if he knew my identity before saving me on purpose, wondering if he had other plans, So I made up my mind to stay away from him."
Emperor Ning raised his eyebrows, considering the authenticity of Yunshang's words in his heart, he sent someone to Ningguo Temple to investigate, she was indeed assassinated many times, and he also knew the woman who replaced her in Ningguo Temple, so He was a little suspicious of her, but he didn't want her to say it so lightly and deftly.
"Then why are you so close? Just now Prince Jing came to beg me, saying that he wanted to choose an auspicious day to marry you." Emperor Ning lowered his head and looked at the parchment on the table, which wrote one after another " Kill", one is more shocking than the other.
Yun Shang leaned back on the chair, with a smile on her lips. When did she remember that at the beginning, she was very wary of him and asked Ning Qian to inquire about him, but she didn't want to. Later, they cooperated again , just because they all wanted to bring down the Li family...
"If it's because of Uncle Huang, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Shang'er to sit here and talk to the emperor. I know that the thing that can kill a person the most in this world is often not a visible knife. Sometimes, the invisible is the scariest thing. Father still remembers that Shang'er once gave father an embroidered knife The piece of embroidery was given by the empress to Chang'er. Chang'er has been in Ningguo Temple for so many years, how could she know how to embroider, but she couldn't come up with other gifts, fearing that her father would not like it, she was panic-stricken, so the queen mother said I asked Huang Jie to help Chang'er embroider a piece, and let Shang'er say that she embroidered it herself. At that time, I didn't know that Huang Jie's embroidery skills were unparalleled. You can easily recognize it with just a few glances, ladies and gentlemen."
There were tears in Yun Shang's eyes, as if she had been wronged by the heavens, and her lips trembled a little, "I was looking for a famous painting from Abbot Wu Na that day to find Miss Huang, and I happened to meet After seeing the emperor's uncle who came to the palace to see me, he asked a few more questions when he saw how happy I was. Later, he said, since it was given to the emperor, if you can draw, it is better to draw it yourself than to find it. A lot, I thought about it, and it was true, so I went to find a painting that Chang'er copied in the temple and sent it to Huang Jie. Later, at the palace banquet that day, Huang Jie gave Shang a good painting. I have learned a lesson."
Emperor Ning naturally remembered the situation that day. At that time, he only felt a little strange, but he didn't think much about it. Now when he heard Yun Shang say it, he was a little more startled. Unexpectedly, the queen was so bold that she wanted to harm Chang'er under her nose.
Emperor Ning sighed, and looked at Yunshang with a little apology, "I don't know, but there are still these things. You have suffered all these years."
After Yun Shang said so much, all he was waiting for was this apology, this guilt. A very forced smile appeared on his face, "Father has the world in mind, so naturally he can't take care of so many things. It's okay. Chang'er grows up and can protect herself. It's just that Chang'er is about to get married. Concubine mother They are still in the palace, and there are younger siblings who are about to be born, and I hope that the emperor will take care of them more, and Chang'er is relieved to see that they are well."
Emperor Ning nodded, "Naturally, but Prince Jing's Mansion is located in the imperial city. Even if you are married, it is very convenient for you to return to the palace."
But Yun Shang shook her head, showing a bit of reluctance in her heart, "I'm afraid it will be difficult for Chang'er to stay with my father and queen mother all the time. The emperor said that there is a very urgent thing to do right now. There are quite a few people who want my life, so he wants to marry Shang'er earlier and bring Chang'er with him. Uncle Huang said, when this matter is over, he will take me with him, and we will go to Jinling together. So I lived there. Jinling is a fief granted to Shang'er by my father, I heard that it is a land of fish and rice, the people live in abundance, and the scenery is also very good, Chang'er also wants to visit."
When Emperor Ning heard the words, his whole body trembled, and he looked at Yunshang with a look of disbelief in his eyes, "What you said...is it true? Prince Jing... really said that?"
Yun Chang smiled lightly, with a hint of satisfaction in her smile, as if thinking of something, with a smile in her eyes, "Yes, I have always wanted to visit Jinling, and I told Uncle Huang about it a few days ago. Today, an uncle of the emperor suddenly came to tell me that he wanted to marry me as soon as possible. He said that he was a little tired after so many years at the border, guarding the country of Ningguo. Others always felt that he wanted to fight for those useless things. He felt bored, so he wanted to take a rest and said that he would take me to Jinling. The emperor said that he had been to Jinling once, and he said that Chang'er would definitely like it. If he liked it, he would stay there. .”
Emperor Ning's eyes turned, and his face was full of doubts. If it was said that Prince Jing didn't have that ambition, he would never believe it anyway, but why would he promise such a thing to Chang'er.
But, why did King Jing rush back to the imperial city suddenly on New Year's Eve, and told him that if he agreed to marry Shang'er to him, he would give him half of the soldier talisman. I once thought that it was Prince Jing's trick, but I couldn't figure out what he was thinking, but the half of the soldier talisman fell on my heart like a thorn. Thinking about it, things will change later, so he spent four months setting up the situation, but he didn't want to receive news from Xiao Yuanshan.
100,000 soldiers, as the king of a country, he naturally knows what kind of threat it is. If those 100,000 people are at the border, he will not have the slightest fear anyway, but those 100,000 people are silently entering The hinterland of Ningguo.
He was a little scared, that's why he agreed to Xiao Yuanshan to release Prince Jing. He was still thinking that if Prince Jing knew that he had done it himself, he might not let it go. Married to Yunshang.
Does he know what getting married means? He personally agreed to his own, and handed over the half of the soldier talisman on the day of marriage.
But now I heard Yunshang say that Prince Jing actually wanted to retreat a bit, so how could he not be surprised? He also suspected that Chang'er was lying to her, but every word she said today was so clear, no different from what he had investigated, and he couldn't help but feel guilty, unable to reproduce. A trace of doubt came.
"Father, Shang'er has already seen it before coming. The sixth day of next month is an auspicious day. How about Shang'er getting married on that day, okay? It's just a little anxious, but if it's later, I'm afraid that the emperor will Can't wait, the emperor's errand is urgent? Chang'er thought, it's okay to come to the ceremony before the concubine's mother is born. The concubine said that she had prepared Chang'er's wedding dress early in the morning It's down..."