"Sister-in-law Ling, you are not angry with me, you must be angry with the emperor, right? The emperor also married that woman because of me!"
Lan Ling patted Ling Shuang and said, "He is the emperor after all, and sometimes he needs to think about many things."
"I think the eldest prince looks good. Is it because of Jiang Rui that you don't want to marry him?" Lan Ling asked.
"Yes. I like Jiang Rui." Ling Shuang said to Lan Ling seriously.
Lan Ling looked at her: "Does Jiang Rui know? Does Jiang Rui agree? If you want to be with Jiang Rui, can your brother agree?"
Ling Shuang lowered her head, "Brother Huang disagrees, so I still want to ask sister-in-law Ling for help."
"I will definitely help you, but I want to know Jiang Rui's thoughts. You are a princess, the emperor will not do anything to you, but Jiang Rui, I am afraid that your emperor brother will kill him!" Lan Ling was very worried.
She hasn't seen Huo Jingyun in the past few days, and she wants to ask Jiang Rui what he thinks.
On New Year's Eve, the palace held a banquet in the Mingguang Hall for some important ministers.
Yu Rong, Shen Zhenzhu and others were all there, and Huo Jingyun brought Liang Hongxiu and Jiang Rui along.
The banquet is enjoyable, the monarch and his ministers are in harmony, and the harem is peaceful.
Lan Ling sat there, not communicating with Ling Chen. She ate relatively little, Ling Chen kept adding vegetables to her.
Looking for a free time, Lan Ling asked Jiang Rui: "Have you heard about the princess? She refused the marriage for you. What do you mean to her?"
Jiang Rui looked at her: "Ling'er, she is a princess, I dare not climb high. It's my fault that I didn't make it clear to her earlier."
"But the princess likes you very much. Regardless of her status as a princess, you really don't like her at all?" Lan Ling said.
Jiang Rui was silent.
Lan Ling patted Jiang Rui: "I see! You like princesses too, don't you? If you like it, just say it, it's not your character to hesitate!"
Jiang Rui sighed, "I'm afraid I won't be good enough for her, but instead I'll let her down."
Lan Ling understands that Jiang Rui also likes the princess, although they have been noisy together, they are a pair of happy friends.
"Haven't you always been fearless? Then make yourself worthy of her. The princess is really good. If you really like it, don't miss it." Lan Ling said.
Lan Ling returned to her seat, Ling Chen glanced at her, "You really worry about others."
"Who is someone else, where is someone else. Ling Shuang is your sister, and Jiang Rui is my family. Ling Shuang likes Jiang Rui, will you agree?" Lan Ling asked him directly.
Ling Chen pondered for a while, "Jiang Rui needs to practice more, and he can marry Ling Shuang only after he has made great achievements!"
Lan Ling understood that he agreed. She glanced at Ling Chen, he seemed to be not as ruthless as before.
Ling Chen grabbed her hand and shook it tightly: "Ling'er, another year has passed, don't get angry with me, don't ignore me, okay?"
Lan Ling sighed, "I only have you in my life, how can I ignore you, obviously you ignore me!"
"Then I'll go to Wangyou Palace again, you are not allowed to show me a cold face!" He pretended to be angry.
This night, Ling Chen rested in Wangyou Palace, Lan Ling did not refuse. Perhaps it was Ling Shuang who said it. The words he once refused to ask the minister to accept his concubine touched her. Maybe it was the fact that he finally agreed to Jiang Rui's relationship with Ling Shuang that moved her. In short, she was no longer angry.
That night, he hugged her, whispered in her ear slowly, "You don't know how much I miss you!"
Lan Ling softened instantly. She never hated him. He only accepted a concubine, and she was the princess of the Great Moon Kingdom. Everyone knows that they are a political marriage.
Lan Ling convinced himself. They made up again.
He still goes to Wangyou Palace to sit for a while every day, and eats in Wangyou Palace every day.
He and she live like a simple couple.
A happy life always goes too fast. In a blink of an eye, the Lantern Festival is here.
During this period of time, I was really too busy, with various sacrificial ceremonies, interviews with ministers and their families, various celebrations, and some activities Ling Chen did not allow Lan Ling to participate, but for the sacrificial ceremony of Shangyuan Festival, Lan Ling must To participate, she is queen.
On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, she and Ling Chen presided over the sacrificial ceremony side by side. Seeing the mass of kneeling people below, Lan Ling suddenly understood what is meant by the mother's rite.
Wen Heng was in the first row in front of the concubines. She watched Lan Ling and Ling Chen standing in front of her. Following the etiquette officer's singing and saluting, Ling Chen kept supporting Lan Ling's waist with both hands.
A gust of whirlwind blew over and toppled everyone's dresses. Wen Heng watched Ling Chen tightly protect Lan Ling in front of him.
Lan Ling's position should have been her Wen Heng's. The hatred and anger in Wen Heng's heart became more and more intense, as if it was about to explode, she held her heart with her hands, before she lied to Ling Chen that she had a heart disease, but now, she felt as if she really vomited out her heart disease.
The sacrifice lasted until noon, and all the sacrifices prepared by the Ministry of Rites had been burned, and Lan Ling stood with a sore waist and leg pain, and his legs were swollen. But she didn't dare to let Ling Chen know, fearing that he wouldn't let her continue the following ceremony.
She enjoyed doing these with him.
In the evening, during the Shangyuan Festival, the ten-mile lanterns are hung under the eaves, on the trees, and at the doorways of shops on both sides of the neighborhood.
Upstairs in Qixing began to fight flowers. Countless red and yellow palace lanterns were lit upstairs, and the sound of music floated far away.
The golden light and silver line in midair, the sky is full of flowers, presenting a bustling scene.
Lan Ling followed Ling Chen and stood on the top of the majestic Chengtian Gate.
She was wearing a bright red cloak, and he was wearing a bright yellow cloak, and they held hands tightly.
Behind him, the gorgeous emerald cover fluttered with tassels. Downstairs, the crowd knelt down in the distance, and the mountains roared and thundered, shouting: "Long live, long live, long live!"
At that moment, Lan Ling's eyes were full of water vapor. The feeling of standing in this position is indeed amazing, which is why there will be people fighting for it with their heads in the future!
Ling Chen's eyes looked into the distance, and the lights outside the palace were also brightly lit, and there were people in all directions, clusters of people, red, pink, yellow, purple, reflecting circles of halos, so prosperous, so lively.
Ling Chen felt emotional, he held Lan Ling in his arms, and whispered in her ear: "Ling'er, are you happy when I give you such a world?"
Lan Ling leaned on Ling Chen's shoulder, with his right hand lightly placed on his lower abdomen, "As long as I have you, I will be happy."
Ling Chen looked around and said with emotion: "The mountains and rivers are picturesque, only you, Ling'er, can conquer the world. I have the world in my left hand and the beauty in my right hand. This life is enough!" On his face, that unrestrained expression of laughter appeared again.
At this time, this scene, this feeling, this person, like a painting, is deeply engraved in Lan Ling's heart, and will never be lingered again.
People often make some important decisions, which will depend on a moment, a thought, or even a look back, a word.
Neither Lan Ling nor Wen Heng attended the evening banquet, and Liu Hui replaced Lan Ling to complete the rest.
After the Lantern Festival, it is time to prepare for the wedding of the emperor and Dou Wan'er.
The emperor asked Liu Hui to preside over all this, and the queen should rest assured to raise the baby.
Tomorrow, the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, is the wedding day of Emperor Ling Chen and Princess Dou Wan'er of the Great Moon Kingdom.
The emperor specially decreed that the queen and concubine Yi do not have to attend the wedding ceremony.
Lan Ling understood Ling Chen's painstaking efforts. He is a person with delicate feelings, if it is not because he is the emperor, he will be a good husband.
Dou Wan'er's send-off team arrived the day before yesterday, and Liu Hui presided over all matters.
Ling Chen stayed in Wangyou Palace until very late before leaving. Neither of them mentioned the wedding. Lan Ling urged him: "Tomorrow will be very busy, you should come back early."
Ling Chen hugged her, leaned there and closed his eyes.
"I'm hungry, I want to eat." He was lying next to her like a rascal, but he didn't get up.
Lan Ling fed him the snacks on the table. He opened his mouth without looking at it, closed his eyes, and opened his mouth after eating, like a child.
Lan Ling looked at the mustard powder next to him, dipped the mustard powder in a snack and put it in Ling Chen's mouth. Ling Chen sat up and spat out the snack in his mouth: "You murdered your husband!"
Lan Ling laughed. After laughing, a strong uneasiness suddenly surged up. The happiness and joy in front of him always felt unreal to Lan Ling.