On the day after receiving the imperial decree, the rare King Yanbei and Xiao Jingxi did not go out in the palace. Ren Yaoqi and Xiao Jinglin had been accustomed to having meals with the princess in Jiuyang Palace for a while, so at noon that day, the rare family sat at a table again.
The rare atmosphere at the table was a little dull, because Ren Yaoqi and Xiao Jinglin didn't speak, and King Yanbei had a toothache since he appeared, and he didn't speak much. The most normal is the princess and Xiao Jingxi. They occasionally exchange a few irrelevant words. These two are worthy of being mother and son.
It wasn't until the meal with an unusual atmosphere was over that King Yanbei couldn't help but finally broke out, slapped the table and said, "Hey! Is it not a shame for you to give Lao Tzu a cold face one by one?"
Ren Yaoqi raised his head and glanced at King Yanbei, and always felt that the roar of the prince was a bit stern, and there was some grievances when he listened carefully. Then the whole family turned their attention to the princess.
The princess said unhurriedly, "Why did your lord say this?"
King Yanbei's punch seemed to hit cotton, and he slumped in an instant.
After being silent for a while, the King of Yanbei regained his energy and looked meaningfully at Xiao Jingxi, who did not speak: "Son! It's time for you to show your filial piety when you are old. That princess of the Liao Kingdom... It's not as good as you. Do you take care of your father?"
Ren Yaoqi: "..."
Xiao Jingxi did not change his expression: "Father, this is not reasonable."
"Why doesn't it make sense? You must have not read the classics of filial piety well!" King Yanbei frowned, and couldn't help but patted the table again, and the shelf was even bigger.
Xiao Jingxi glanced at King Yanbei: "There is no example of filial piety in the backyard of the elders in the Book of Filial Piety."
Everyone: "..." Whose son's filial piety also includes accepting his own concubine
Seeing that King Yanbei was no longer speaking, Xiao Jingxi grinned again: "Also... my son is not in good health, isn't this what you keep talking about, father?"
The King of Yanbei was expressionless, but he was roaring in his heart: "Fuck! This kid still holds revenge! Waiting for me here!
King Yanbei was inexplicably sad and angry, and he was unable to find words to refute for a while. Don't mention the grievances in your heart, but in the end, you can only make excuses and say: "Then you have to think of a way to help your father, right? You can't just hang up on yourself."
When Xiao Jingxi heard the words, he really thought about it, and then thoughtfully suggested to King Yanbei: "My son thinks. This matter..."
The King of Yanbei was all ears.
"... We still need to think about it in the long run." Xiao Jingxi finished his words.
King Yanbei: "..." The people are about to arrive, you still have a long-term plan! Son, you really didn't wait for the opportunity to take revenge on your father
The person who read out the emperor's decree entered Yunyang City first. The princess of the Liao Kingdom was still waiting in a courtyard outside the city, waiting for the palace of Yanbei to pick up people according to the etiquette, and the king of Yanbei was burning his eyebrows.
When Ren Yaoqi, Xiao Jingxi, and Xiao Jinglin came out of Jiuyang Palace, they finally couldn't help but hesitate to ask: "That princess of Liao, his father..."
Xiao Jingxi knew what Ren Yaoqi was going to ask, and gave her a comforting look: "Don't worry, father and mother can handle it."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but look at Xiao Jinglin again.
Xiao Jinglin unexpectedly agreed with Xiao Jingxi's words, nodded expressionlessly: "Don't worry. Father, he was just acting like a spoiled child, you will get used to it later."
Ren Yaoqi: "..." How can she get used to this kind of thing!
No matter how coquettish or sloppy King Yanbei was, the palace of Yanbei couldn't leave the princess who was sent to be with her by the defeated country outside the city and let her fend for herself. This is really not graceful. So on the second day after receiving the decree. The king and princess of Yanbei sent a guard of honor to take the princess of Liao into the city.
On the day when the princess of the Liao Kingdom entered the palace, Ren Yaoqi also went to the Qingzheng Hall in formal clothes with the people from the Yanbei palace.
The King of Yanbei and the Princess were seated on the top throne, while the Old Princess and Concubine Yun were seated on both sides of the top, slightly lower than the Prince and Princess. Ren Yaoqi, Xiao Jingxi and Xiao Jinglin sat on the left. The people from the second room of the Xiao family sat opposite them.
Both the prince and the princess had a serious look on their faces. Concubine Yun sat in her seat and closed her eyes to rest. The old princess seemed to be in a good mood. Although she didn't say anything nasty, she turned her head and chatted with the second wife.
Until someone outside reported that the Princess of Liao was coming. Everyone turned their attention to the outside of the Qingzheng Hall.
I saw a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old woman wearing bright red Liao costumes walking in under the leadership of several Yanbei palace maids. Most of the Liao people were tall and strong. Although this Liao princess was a woman, But she also looks taller and has a larger skeleton than the average Zhou Dynasty woman. The beads on her white warm hat covered almost half of her face, but she could vaguely see the outline of her face and facial features. Compared with the women of the Zhou Dynasty, this princess had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and her face was slightly shaped. Fang, although the appearance doesn't quite fit the aesthetics of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is not ugly either.
Princess Liao walked to the center, and bowed slightly to the prince and princess who looked up in Liao manner, and said in slightly stiff Chinese, "Yelusag has seen the prince and princess."
The princess smiled and nodded, asked a few polite words, and then let someone lead the Liao princess to the seat.
Yelu Sage frowned, looked at everyone uncertainly and said, "Is the ceremony over?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard the words. Yelu Sage looked at the prince and princess who looked at the top and asked, "Don't you Han people have a lot of cumbersome etiquette when they get married?"
As soon as these words came out, the hall fell silent.
But the old princess couldn't help laughing. She glanced at the princess and said, "This princess of the feudal kingdom not only speaks Chinese, but also knows etiquette, which is rare."
Yelu Sage kept looking at King Yanbei and the princess, as if waiting for them to answer.
The King of Yanbei said with a deadpan expression: "You speak Chinese well, but you have not learned the etiquette. Han people have a lot of etiquette to get married, but a Han man can only marry one wife."
Yelu Sage frowned: "But your emperor married my sister before..."
The King of Yanbei interrupted: "The emperor is the emperor, this king is just a prince and cannot be above the etiquette. Moreover, the emperor is not marrying a concubine, but accepting a concubine. Marriage and accepting are different. The imperial decree under the imperial court has been sealed. Since you are the concubine, there is no need for this king to make any more rituals." Although King Yanbei was still expressionless, there was already some impatience in his voice.
Although Yelu Sage can speak Chinese, he is not proficient enough to be able to chew words, so he opened his mouth after listening to the words of King Yanbei, but finally swallowed the words, and smiled at King Yanbei, obedient. The ground bowed his head and said, "I understand, my concubine, thank you for your teaching, I will work hard to learn Han etiquette in the future."
Although it was not wrong for her to call herself a concubine, everyone felt a little awkward when they heard it.
Due to various considerations, neither the old princess nor the people in the second room of the Xiao family did anything wrong at this time. Xiao Jingyue made a fuss when Ren Yaoqi and Xiao Jingxi got married last time. Later, he suffered several inexplicable secret losses for a while. This time he learned to behave well. Yelu Sage is the princess of the Liao Kingdom, and her identity is a bit sensitive.
Yelu Sage was arranged to live in the Lengxiangyuan. Although the Lengxiangyuan was not as large as the main halls of the Yanbei Palace, it was not remote. It was also next to Xiao Jinglin's Xihe Palace, a distance from the prince and the princess. The Nine Sun Palace is not very far away.
King Yanbei did not stay in the Qingzheng Hall for a long time, and went to the outer courtyard after sitting for a while.
I don't know if it's Ren Yaoqi's illusion. She always feels that the princess of Liao's eyes just stopped on King Yanbei. Could it be that these two people knew each other before
With this question in mind, when Yelu Sage was sent to Lengxiangyuan by the princess, Ren Yaoqi and Xiao Jinglin couldn't help but asked this question in a low voice.
Xiao Jinglin said in a normal tone: "I don't know if she and her father recognize her, but I have met Yelu Sage twice before. Liao people are different from our Han people. Many women among them are also good at riding and archery. I have seen them on the battlefield. Although she has never fought against this princess of the Liao Kingdom, she definitely knows how to fight." After speaking, Xiao Jinglin looked at Ren Yaoqi and explained, "You don't usually have contact with her, otherwise if something happens to her. Heart, you will be in danger."
Ren Yaoqi nodded, she naturally avoided this princess of Liao Kingdom if she could, and she didn't need any friendship anyway.
In the evening, the prince did not return to the mansion for dinner, and the princess arranged a few banquets for Yelu Sage, which was considered to welcome her into the mansion. From the beginning to the end, the princess did not show any dissatisfaction with Yelv Sage's entry into the mansion. The princess has always been a rational person. She understands that Yelv Sage's entry into the mansion is not simply a concubine, but a relationship between various forces. The contest has nothing to do with personal relationships. The name of Yelu Sage, the side concubine, is just a name.
Obviously King Yanbei thought so too, so when he came back at night, he still rested in Jiuyang Palace, not Lengxiangyuan. No one in the Yanbei Palace felt anything wrong, and even the old princess didn't bother about it.
But the next day, Yelu Sage came to Jiuyang Hall early in the morning and asked the King of Yanbei suspiciously in front of everyone: "Why didn't the lord go to the concubine's yard to rest last night."
Everyone who had breakfast in Jiuyang Palace silently turned to look at King Yanbei.
The corner of King Yanbei's eyes twitched, and he felt that there was only one word to express his mood at the moment: FUCK!
In the end, the princess calmly relieved King Yanbei, and said to Yelu Sage, "The princess hasn't eaten yet, right? Sit down and eat together."
Yelu Sage nodded, accepted the princess's kindness, and sat down on the chair that the princess had brought to her, right next to Xiao Jinglin. After thanking the princess, Yelu Sage said solemnly: " Sister, don't call me the princess, according to Han etiquette, the princess should call me my sister."
Princess: "..."