On the day when the princess and her wedding dress, Zhao Heng deliberately returned to the house an hour earlier. Unexpectedly, just after getting off the carriage, he learned from the guards that someone gave his little princess a gift today, and it was an old friend who did not want to be named. Zhao Heng sent someone to check the princess's life experience. At least, he couldn't think of any old friends the princess had.
"Check." Zhao Heng said lightly.
The guards checked it at the time, and finally found that the person who gave the gift was a beggar, who was instructed by others to give the gift. As for the person who ordered the gift, what name, who looked like, and where did the beggar live, the beggar had no idea, and the clues were completely cut off. But this is enough to show that the person who gave the gift is by no means an old friend of the princess.
Zhao Heng's eyes sank slightly, he changed his robe and went to the backyard immediately. When the maids saluted, he had already stepped into the main room.
Since Song Jianing was pregnant, the prince has not allowed her to go out to greet her. Hearing him coming, Song Jianing looked at the peony hairpin in the box, and her thoughts turned. When Zhao Heng walked into the inner room, Song Jianing also returned to her usual expression. . Leaving the seat, Song Jianing said to the man in the light gray robe, "My lord came just in time. Today, someone claimed to be me and sent a gift, but I have no old friend who can give this kind of hairpin..."
Zhao Heng stared at her, his cloud-like eyes dark and unclear.
Song Jianing tried his best to pretend to be stupid, and looked at him blankly for help.
Zhao Heng already knew her temperament and knew that she was simple and simple. Now that Song Jianing took the initiative to explain it, Zhao Heng no longer doubted her and looked down at the box in Shuang'er's hands. The peony hairpin is luxurious and delicate, and any ruby is worth a fortune. At this moment, Zhao Heng's mind flashed several figures one after another, all of them were men who had seen her true face, and in the end there was only one Guo Xiao left.
Zhao Heng had no evidence, but he had reason to suspect that Guo Xiao had framed her repeatedly to ruin her reputation, either because of his stepbrother's disgust for his stepsister, or because of a man's possessiveness towards a stunning beauty. As soon as the hairpin that I am trying to please now appears, if it is really what Guo Xiao did, then Guo Xiao's thoughts about her will be revealed.
"Do you like it?" Zhao Heng asked her, his voice calm.
Song Jianing frowned and said, "Although the hairpin is good, I don't want anything of unknown origin."
That hairpin is really beautiful, this is a fact, Song Jianing felt that if she just disliked it, it was easy to make the prince suspicious.
Hearing this, Zhao Heng frowned and told Shuang'er, "It's ruined."
It wasn't that it was thrown or lost, but it was ruined. Just two words were enough to show his dislike for this hairpin. Shuang'er was inexplicably frightened, and responded with a sound, immediately closed the box and took it out, handing it over to Liu Xi who was guarding outside. Liu Xi knows kung fu and learns that the prince is going to destroy the hairpin. Naturally, there are thousands of ways to take the box and leave.
In the inner room, Zhao Heng walked to the desk and sat down.
Song Jianing could see that he was very unhappy now, and could guess the reason, which man would allow other men to give jewelry to his wife? Walking after him, Song Jianing poured tea for him and said bitterly, "My lord, the other party hides his head and shrank his tail to give me a hairpin. If someone spreads it out, he might say something gossip, so let's ask someone to check it out, shall we?"
Zhao Heng looked at the tea in front of him, and the coldness on his face became more obvious.
He has checked it, and there is no doubt about the target, but there is no evidence, even if there is, what if it is related to her reputation, he really pursues it, and she is the most implicated. Her father didn't like her at all. Zhao Heng couldn't let any gossip against her spread out. Guo Boyan warned him once, and Guo Boyan also taught his son a lesson. It was Guo Xiao...
A trace of anger appeared in Zhao Heng's eyes.
It was the first time Song Jianing saw such a gloomy prince. He was so frightened that he stood beside him stiffly, not daring to move or make a sound. Zhao Heng returned to his senses, seeing her fearful and careful look, thinking that today was a good day for her and it wasn't her fault for being entangled, so he suppressed the hostility for the time being, smiled, and reached out to her .
His smile was as if the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month suddenly turned into a warm spring in March. Song Jianing didn't panic and his legs were no longer stiff. He just handed his hand to him in a confused way, not knowing how he changed so much. Zhao Heng sat on his lap, with a flick of his sleeve, there was a long and narrow jewelry box in his hand.
Song Jianing covered her mouth in surprise, this, is this a gift from the prince to her
She was so happy just seeing the box, as if a bare box would satisfy her more than the peony hairpin that the person gave her. Zhao Heng's depression suddenly disappeared, and he motioned her to take out the gift with his eyes. Song Jianing nodded excitedly, took the box, gently opened the lid, and saw a red gold phoenix hairpin inside. The head of the hairpin is an auspicious cloud, with a ruby hidden in the cloud, a red gold phoenix standing on the auspicious cloud, a ruby in the mouth of the phoenix, and the eyes are also made of ruby. No matter the price, carving or meaning, it is far better than that peony hairpin.
Song Jianing was fascinated by it. She liked this exquisite phoenix hairpin, and she liked the person who gave the phoenix hairpin even more. He was her husband who had worshipped the heavens and the earth, and her dignified man. The hairpin he gave, she could happily wear it. Don't have any concerns.
"Do you like it?" Zhao Heng asked around her waist.
Song Jianing nodded at the hairpin, took out the hairpin with a small hand, and couldn't help touching it. He liked it so much that he couldn't see him.
This kind of love, at first glance, comes from the heart, and it is never adulterated.
Zhao Heng also liked it very much, liked her satisfied appearance, and liked his princess only in his heart.
"Put it on." Zhao Heng whispered.
Song Jianing was awakened by him, glanced at him, boldly handed him the hairpin, and said delicately, "Your Highness, help me."
Zhao Heng smiled lightly, raised his hand, and slowly inserted the hairpin into her dark, thick bun.
Song Jianing wanted to look in the mirror, but just as he was about to move, he caught a glimpse of his admiring eyes. Song Jianing blushed slightly, bowed his head slightly, and grabbed the jade pendant around his waist with his small hand, and asked carefully, "Okay, does it look good?"
For the first time in her life, she was so cheeky in front of a man.
"The country and the city." Zhao Heng lifted her chin and kissed the red lips directly.
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Soon after Song Jianing finished the ceremony, as soon as June entered, the news of the defeat of Emperor Xuande came from the north, and the whole court was shocked.
Zhao Heng began to sleep in the front yard again, but he would accompany Song Jianing to dinner every night. It is said that Emperor Xuande was hit by two arrows in the thigh, and Song Jianing was secretly shocked. When Shuang'er mentioned in a proud tone that Guo Xiao had desperately escorted him and endured the pain of cutting flesh and pulling arrows without changing his face, Song Jianing only felt chilled. .
One Han Guoxiao can endure the hardships that ordinary people can't bear, and the second Han Guoxiao actually made a great contribution to saving the driver. From then on, he will definitely become a popular man in front of Emperor Xuande. I am afraid that the credit of his stepfather over the years cannot compare to Guo Xiao's life-saving grace. Song Jianing was afraid of Guo Xiao at first. She thought she would be able to sit back and relax by marrying Shou Wang, but she didn't expect Guo Xiao to give up on her and become stronger.
Fortunately, his injuries were too serious, and it seemed that he would have to rest in Zhuozhou for half a year before returning to Beijing. Song Jianing felt his stomach and was somewhat relieved to think that the child had already been born at that time.
The battle with the Liao Kingdom was a provocation by Da Zhou. Now that the battle is defeated, the Liao Kingdom will not give up easily. Emperor Xuande expected that the Liao army would counterattack and stayed in Zhuozhou until July to arrange defense matters. Back to Beijing. When the emperor returned to the capital, the uncle King Qin, the second prince Rui, the third prince Shou, and the fourth prince Gong led the officials out of the city to greet them, but Luan Jia did not stop and drove directly into the city gate.
No need to be reminded, everyone knew that Emperor Xuande was not happy at this time, and everyone in the court spoke and did things carefully, lest they offend the emperor.
At the end of July, Princess Rui gave birth to a daughter, and Emperor Xuande got the news, and his face became even more stinky.
In mid-August, the Liao Kingdom really sent troops to invade Zhou. Guo Boyan and Han Da teamed up to fight a beautiful block, shocking the Liao army back, forcing it to dare not attack again for the time being. Emperor Xuande then put away his cold face and finally revealed it in the morning. smile. The emperor smiled, which meant that the civil and military officials could take a breath. At the beginning of the war, Guo Boyan led the forbidden army back to Beijing at the end of August. The privy envoy Cao Yu wrote to the emperor and asked the emperor to reward the soldiers who fought against Jin and Liao.
Those who have merit are rewarded and those who have failed are punished, and the three wars cannot be confused.
Emperor Xuande withheld all the petitions asking him to reward the three armies, but he did not respond. Cao Yu had no choice but to ask the emperor's nephew, the King of Wu'an, to intercede for the soldiers in front of Emperor Xuande. Why not look for the King of Chu, because the King of Chu did not participate in the battle of Jin and had no position to speak. The Duke of Wu'an was also a military general. He always cherished his soldiers. After hearing Cao Yu's words, he immediately entered the palace.
"Your Majesty, the imperial court sends military rules to discuss meritorious deeds. In April, the officers and men of Jin had meritorious deeds. If the imperial court does not reward them any more, they may complain and make the army unstable." The King of Wu'an County said sincerely.
Emperor Xuande lowered his head to review the memorials and approved three consecutive letters before he looked up at his nephew opposite and smiled sarcastically: "This matter, don't worry, it's not too late for you to reward you when you become emperor."
When the Duke of Wu'an heard this, he blushed on the spot and wanted to say something. Facing the stern gaze of his uncle, the Duke of Wu'an wanted to understand one thing. It turned out that my uncle had long known that Yao Song and Lu Yun were going to support his enthronement in the chaos of that day, but his uncle actually held it back for three months, until today, before he found a chance to vent.
His uncle, suspicious of him for three months.
Regarding the throne, even if he had a hundred mouths, he might not be able to clear his uncle's suspicion of usurping the throne.
The Duke of Wu'an didn't have a hundred mouths, and he didn't know what else to say. He saluted Emperor Xuande, turned and walked out, halfway through, he suddenly lowered his head and slammed into the pillars of the hall on one side! He wouldn't say it, but he would do it. When he died, his uncle believed him. Anyway, he didn't die, and his uncle was jealous, and the whole family didn't have a good life.
The accident happened suddenly, Emperor Xuande got up and rushed to his nephew with the great eunuch Wang En, and saw the blood of Wu'an County King's forehead, staring at Emperor Xuande with his eyes open, his lips trembling, as if he had something to say , In the end, I couldn't say a word, my head tilted, and I went. Emperor Xuande was so shocked that he fell on his nephew and cried, filled with remorse. He was just unhappy in his heart, and blurted out for a while, why did his nephew...
On one side, Wang En secretly glanced at Emperor Xuande, and instantly lowered his eyes.