After taking their seats, everyone turned their attention to the focus of today's banquet, Xie Shizi and Princess Anping.
Xie Shizi has a face like a crown of jade and an extraordinary bearing. Not only is he outstanding in literary talent, but he is also quite accomplished in martial arts. Princess Anping also has a peerless face, excellent piano skills, and his father, the emperor, is really a pair made in heaven.
You can't be jealous, you can only be envious.
In this way, everyone praised one after another: "Princess Anping and Xie Shizi are really a good match, they are a pair made in heaven, a pair designed by the earth!"
"Yes, yes, this is a model of talent and beauty!"
Amidst the admiration, Liang Shao suddenly heard a young lady and a companion next to him say: "Fortunately, the emperor changed the marriage, this Xie Shizi is clearly a complete victory over Liang Shao, I really envy the princess for having such a good husband as the prince."
"I heard people say that Liang Shao said that only the most outstanding women in the world are worthy of him, but he doesn't like the princess of Daqi, nor does the ladies in Beijing, but he likes that village. Gu, at first I thought that the village girl was not worthy of him, but now it seems that the two are a good match."
After talking about a few people, they covered their mouths and laughed. Liang Shao's brows were pounding, and thick anger hit his heart. He gritted his teeth hard, and it seemed that sparks were about to appear in his eyes, and his eyes were red with anger.
At this time, it was getting late, and the eldest prince got up and said with a smile: "Today's chrysanthemum banquet is really exciting. Princess Anping came out on top. You can choose a pot of chrysanthemums first."
Xiwen smiled beautifully, two pear eddies looming at the corners of her mouth: "I want that pot of green peony."
The two servants carefully carried the green peony to Xiwen and handed it to the guard beside her. After the other three young ladies selected the remaining Zhenju, the eldest prince announced that the banquet was over, and everyone said goodbye and left. .
Liang Shao walked the fastest. He didn't even have the mood to chat with everyone, and he didn't even wait for Chen Bing'er. He walked out of the courtyard in a few steps, and left in a carriage.
When Chen Binger trotted out, she could only see the shadow of the carriage drifting away, so she had to trot and shout with tears in her eyes: "Brother Liang, wait for me, Brother Liang—"
I don't know if Liang Shao didn't hear it or didn't want to come back. In the end, the eldest prince sent a carriage to take Chen Bing'er back to the house.
Back at the house, the house was quiet, Chen Binger grabbed the new housekeeper who was guarding the door and asked, "Is Brother Liang back?"
The housekeeper pointed to the backyard and whispered, "The old man's face was ashen. As soon as he came back, he had a few jars of wine prepared for him, and now he is drinking in the room."
Chen Bing'er nodded and turned to go to the kitchen. She knew that Liang Shao was in a very bad mood, but drinking on an empty stomach hurt her health.
After half an hour, Chen Bing'er packed three side dishes that Liang Shao liked, a bowl of clear porridge and a bowl of sober soup in a food box and went to the backyard wing. The door was wide open, and the room was a little dark. Chen Bing'er lifted her foot and walked in gently. The strong smell of alcohol came to her face. She covered her nose in discomfort, put the food box on the table, and walked in from the storage cabinet on the side. Find the fire stick and light the candle.
The dim room suddenly lit up. Chen Bing'er turned to look at Liang Shao. He lay drunk on the table and slept lightly. His handsome face was bathed in the soft and warm candlelight. Opening and closing, I couldn't hear what he was muttering.
After smiling and watching quietly for a while, Chen Binger took out the meals one by one from the food box and placed them on the table.
When Liang Shao heard the sound, he hummed in a low voice dissatisfied, then frowned and opened his eyes. When he raised his head, he saw Chen Bing'er with a gentle smile. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the food on the table with a displeased expression. : "Get out."
Chen Bing'er was stunned for a moment, and warmly persuaded: "Brother Liang, you can eat some. I specially made your favorite dishes. Clear porridge is good for warming and nourishing the body. It is best to eat a bowl after drinking."
"I don't want to eat, so let's go." Liang Shao frowned.
Chen Bing'er hesitated for a while, bit her lip and couldn't hold back. She picked up the hangover soup and handed it to Liang Shao: "Then, then you drink the hangover soup..."
A trace of impatience flashed in Liang Shao's eyes, and a thin layer of anger appeared on his face. He knocked over the bowl in her hand when he lost control, and roared irritably, "Are you bothered? I told you not to eat it!"
The hot sobering soup was sprinkled on Chen Bing'er's hand, her tender skin instantly turned red, and the air froze for a while, a trace of regret appeared on Liang Shao's face, he opened his mouth to say something, but closed it with a frown.
Chen Bing'er lowered her head, covered her hands, and stood motionless. After a while, she slowly crouched down, picked up the pieces bit by bit and put them in the food box, then silently turned around and walked towards the door.
Liang Shao looked down at the table, a feeling of regret lingering in his heart, which made him extremely uncomfortable.
Walking to the door, Chen Bing'er squeezed the food container in her hand, hesitated for a moment, then lowered her head and asked in a low voice, "Brother Liang, do you regret agreeing to marry me?"
"I..." Liang Shao raised his head, frowned at Chen Bing'er's thin back, and hesitated.
"Brother Liang, I'm sorry, Binger knows that Binger has embarrassed you today and caused you to be ridiculed." Chen Binger's eyes were full of tears, drop by drop down her face to the ground, she choked in her voice, " But even if you hate Bing'er, Bing'er still likes you."
After speaking, she covered her mouth with one hand and ran out quickly.
Liang Shao felt even more uncomfortable. He closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead with one hand. When he opened his eyes, he saw a table full of food, all of which he liked to eat. The emotion of remorse instantly overwhelmed his reason, and he suddenly got up and chased after him. Going out, as soon as I stepped over the threshold, I ran into Chen Bing'er who was about to enter the door with a new bowl of sober soup.
Chen Bing'er looked at him with red eyes, and said suspiciously, "Brother Liang, are you going..." Where
In the next moment, Liang Shao took her into his arms, his lips were lightly close to her ear, and he said firmly, "Bing'er, let's get married."
Chen Bing'er blinked in disbelief. The bowl in her hand fell to the ground with a bang and shattered. She raised her hand and tightly clasped Liang Shao's clothes, and said with a tearful smile, "Okay."
That night, Liang Shao sent someone to pick up his parents and family to come to the capital in person.
Ten days after the chrysanthemum banquet, Xie Fei received the "Landscape and Qiu Ming Ink Painting" that Liang Shao lost to him, along with a gilded wedding card.
The wedding card is to invite Xie Shizi to go to Liang Mansion to attend Liang Shao and Chen Bing'er's wedding seven days later, and it is specially indicated that relatives can be brought.
The seven days passed in a blink of an eye. Early this morning, Xie Fei went into the palace to pick up Xiwen and headed to Liang’s house. He traveled unimpeded, and soon came to the street in front of the Liang’s house. The quiet street on weekdays was full of traffic today. From a distance, you can see the lanterns and colorful lights outside the Liang Mansion, which is very lively.
The carriage stopped and went, and it took a while to stop in front of the gate of Liang's house. Xie Fei helped Xi Wen to get off the carriage. The two walked into Liang's house together, and Lu Qi greeted the guards behind him to deliver gifts.
There were red lanterns hanging everywhere in Liang's mansion, with the words "Happy" posted in red, and they were beaming with joy. Seeing Xie Fei and Xiwen, people continued to salute and say hello along the way.
Xie Fei and Xiwen are of high status, and their seats are naturally in the main hall.
The main hall is surrounded by big red ribbons and drapery, and on the table in the center of the main hall is a bright red candle with gold stickers.
As soon as the two were seated, Liang Shao and Chen Bing'er began to pay their respects in the hall with the sound of congratulations. After three salutes, the bride was helped into the bridal room by her wife, and Liang Shao was pulled by everyone and began to drink.
After a while, Xiwen blushed and said to Xie Fei, "Sir, I, I want to go to the toilet."
Xie Fei nodded: "Then I will send someone to call Ting Lan over."
"No need, she just went down to eat, I'll find a maid to take me there." Xi Wen said quickly.
"Okay, then come back soon." After a moment of silence, Xie Fei urged.
Xi Wen nodded obediently, and then found a maid to take her to the latrine. When she came out, she found that the maid who brought her was gone. Today, Liang's house is busy, so she was called away.
Thinking of this, Xiwen faced the fork in front of her, blinked her eyes and started to think back to the way she came: "This is it, eh, it seems to be this way... Oops, don't care, just go this way, if you go wrong, just go this way. Wrong!"
As she walked, she gradually found that the surrounding environment was very unfamiliar, and she began to suspect that she was going the wrong way, but after going around in circles, she still couldn't find the right way. Xiwen gradually became flustered, she looked around, eagerly expecting a maid to appear, but the whole garden was deserted, and no one appeared.
Just when she was about to despair, a pavilion appeared in front of her, and it seemed like someone was shaking, Xi Wen Yixi was about to walk over, but a man's voice came from the pavilion: "Bing'er, go back to your new room, I I'll come back later, how could a bride lift her hijab and run out?"
Xi Wen was shocked. The owner of this voice was Liang Shao. From what he said, the other person was his newlywed wife, Chen Bing'er.
At this time, Chen Bing'er complained again: "Xiang Gong, Bing'er is worried. I just found out that Princess Anping is here today. Why did you invite her? Do you... still like her?"
"Nonsense!" Liang Shao scolded softly, "She came with Xie Fei, not me."
Chen Bing'er puffed up her face and said with a "hum": "Why did you avoid the last question? Do you really still like Xiang Gong?"
Liang Shao looked at Chen Bing'er's little daughter's attitude with tears and laughter. This was a side he had never seen before. Chen Bing'er had always been virtuous, kind, generous and capable in front of him, but when he suddenly saw her jealous little appearance, he felt in his heart. Not only impatient, but even a little happy.
Thinking like this, Liang Shao smiled and hugged Chen Bing'er into his arms, and said softly, "I didn't like her for a long time, and I was just amazed by her beauty, but now the most beautiful person in my heart is you. Besides, no matter how beautiful she is, she is not a medicine jar and can't be passed down to my Liang family, she is a useless vase..."
He was still babbling about something behind him, but Xiwen couldn't hear it long ago. She froze in place, tears pouring out of her eyes unconsciously. He supported her and called out in distress, "Princess!"