No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 129 Ming Xiang leaves the pavilion (two chapters in one)
Naturally, the Luo family would not go back after having dinner at the Prince Regent's Mansion, they just formally thanked Xie Yan, got up and left after discussing business matters.

Xie Yan didn't keep them either, and raised his hand to ask Zhu Siming to send them out the door himself.

During this period, apart from obeying his father's order to thank Xie Yan, Luo Junyao also had no chance to say anything to Xie Yan.It can be said that she is a humanoid decoration on this trip today.

For this, Luo Junyao secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Since that day, she always felt a little uncomfortable thinking about Xie Yanlai.

Luo Junyao is not stupid, although he has never been in a relationship before, he is relatively late maturing emotionally.Back then when Xie Anlan and Chen Ling were the YY instructors, she was still a silly and sweet person who could only eat and play and make noises, but she was indeed not an emotional idiot.

At least she knew that apart from her own relatives, Xie Yan was the person she had the most affection for in the previous two lives.

But so what?Xie Yan doesn't like her again!

Could she still go after him in this era?Pursue Xie Chengyou first, and then Xie Yan, Luo Junyao will be famous in history only by this one.

It might not be good for the Luo family to get too close to the Prince Regent's Mansion, and she didn't need to cause trouble to her father and elder brother just because of this favor.

Therefore, there is no future for indulging in feelings, so be sober!

Coming out of the lobby of the palace, not long after, I met Xie Chengyou and Shen Lingxiang walking towards me.

Shen Lingxiang has already rolled up the woman's hair in a bun, because she is newly married, she is wearing a water red dress, which is a little brighter than when she was in the Luo family.

It's just that the atmosphere between the two of them didn't have the atmosphere that newlyweds should have. Even if they were holding hands, they couldn't see any sweetness.

Luo Junyao thought, probably everyone in this world is the same.

If you can't get it, you want it with all your heart and soul. If you really get it easily, you will only see all kinds of shortcomings.

"Uncle, cousin, shake it." Shen Lingxiang and Xie Chengyou took the initiative to come forward to greet him.

Xie Chengyou hesitated for a moment, he didn't have the nerve to call Shen Lingxiang uncle and cousin together.

He only bowed respectfully, and called out General and Young Master Luo, while Luo Junyao embarrassedly called out Miss Luo and let it go.

Xie Chengyou is still somewhat afraid of Luo Junyao now, in his mind Luo Junyao is a lunatic who is in an unstable situation but pretends to be a normal person, who might kill someone at any time.

But whether it was because of Xie Yan's warning or fear of Luo Yun, he couldn't say anything.

That being the case, naturally the farther away from her the better.

Luo Yun stopped for a moment, didn't look at Xie Chengyou, just nodded at Shen Lingxiang and didn't speak.

Shen Lingxiang bowed his head slightly, looking a little sad.

Luo Jinyan said with a light smile: "I haven't congratulated Mr. Xuan Yu and my cousin on their great joy."

Xie Chengyou couldn't tell whether the words were sincere congratulations or mockery, but Zhu Siming watched from the side, so he could only thank him a little embarrassingly.

Shen Lingxiang smiled bitterly, and thanked his cousin softly.

Luo Yun heard them exchanging a few words, and said, "Let's go."

Luo Jinyan nodded in agreement, said goodbye to the two, and pulled Luo Junyao out following Luo Yun's footsteps.

Luo Jun shook his head and waved to the two of them as farewell, and Shen Lingxiang felt even more sour when he saw their leaving backs.

She didn't know whether she should regret it now, but at least... marrying Xie Chengyou as she wished, but she was not as happy as she thought.

Maybe it's because the time is wrong and the identity environment is wrong.

But Xie Chengyou was the man she really liked after all, and she still held some expectations in her heart.Until she stepped into the Prince Regent's Mansion, she found that Xie Chengyou was not very happy either.She married him as a concubine, but he was not happy, maybe even accepting her as a concubine now was too much for him.

Shen Lingxiang doesn't know who he should hate, is he hating himself with a heart higher than the sky, hating Xie Chengyou who made the oath lightly, or hating the parents who didn't give her a better identity?

"Let's go." Xie Chengyou glanced down at Shen Lingxiang who was wondering what he was thinking, and said, "We still have to go to Prince Mu's Mansion to pay our respects to grandfather."

Shen Lingxiang raised his head, smiled at him and said, "Okay, you don't need to go first... Would you like to greet my father?"

Xie Chengyou shook his head and said: "I went to see him yesterday, and my father said that there is no need to greet him every day." It's not just that he doesn't need to greet him every day. He hasn't seen Xie Yan in the mansion a few times since he came back.

Shen Lingxiang nodded, "Understood, let's go."

"Biao girl." When the two walked out of the gate of the palace, they saw a young man wearing the clothes of the Luo family guard waiting at the door.

Shen Lingxiang remembered that he was Luo Jinyan's attendant and one of his confidantes who followed Luo Jinyan to the battlefield.

"Did cousin forget to explain anything?" Shen Lingxiang asked.

The young man took out a small brocade box and handed it to Shen Lingxiang with both hands, saying: "The eldest son said that Miss Cousin helped me a lot in the previous matter. He has been busy these days and has not had time to give Miss Cousin a wedding gift. Please return this item The girl accepts it."

Shen Lingxiang paused the hand that was reaching out to take the brocade box, and his fingertips trembled slightly.

"Help a lot? That person..." Thinking of Xie Chengyou in front of him, Shen Lingxiang quickly swallowed the words back.

The young man smiled and said: "The things have been delivered, and the subordinate will leave."

Shen Lingxiang had no choice but to accept the box, and watched the young man leave.

Xie Chengyou looked at the brocade box in Shen Lingxiang's hand with some doubts, "Lingxiang, what did you do for Luo Jinyan before? He actually gave you a wedding present?"

Why would Luo Jinyan give them congratulatory gifts?I'm afraid I can't wait to kill them directly?

Shen Lingxiang forced a smile, opened the brocade box and said, "It's nothing, just some trivial matters in the Luo family's mansion."

Inside the box is a golden phoenix hairpin inlaid with rubies.

It looked very gorgeous and exquisite, and it was obviously worth a lot, but with Shen Lingxiang's current status, he couldn't wear this phoenix hairpin.

Ordinary officials and noble ladies can also wear phoenix hairpins, but they cannot wear the nine-tailed phoenix that can only be worn by empress dowagers and empresses.

Although this is just a five-tailed phoenix hairpin, at least it is only qualified to be worn by the royal concubine.With Shen Lingxiang's current status, wearing it out would be an overreach.

Xie Chengyou's face was a little ugly, he believed that Luo Jinyan was deliberately mocking Shen Lingxiang.

As soon as he snatched the brocade box, he was about to throw it out, "Xiang'er, don't take it to heart, I..."

Shen Lingxiang quickly grabbed his hand, and said softly: "I know, I won't care. Anyway, it's a congratulatory gift from my cousin. It's not good to lose it. Give it to me, and I'll let someone put it away."

Xie Chengyou saw that she had a faint smile on her face, as if she was really not sad, so he handed the things to her.

Sighing lightly, Xie Chengyou hugged Shen Lingxiang into his arms, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Xiang'er, I missed you."

Shen Lingxiang leaned in his arms and shook his head slowly, "I am not worthy of you from my humble background, and it is my blessing to marry you now. Since I chose you back then, I will never regret it. Xuan Yu, Don't blame me."

Xie Chengyou was very moved, his heart was filled with tenderness, and he almost forgot the previous unhappiness: "No, no one will betray you if I lose."

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of Luo Mingxiang's wedding, and the entire Luo family was already buzzing before dawn.

The Luo family has no daughter-in-law, and Luo Yun and Luo Jinyan and Luo Jinxing are involved in outside affairs, but only the Su family is busy with the women's affairs.

Early in the morning, Mrs. Su was so busy that her feet didn't touch the ground, and she even got busy with a few noble ladies who had gotten along well with her and helped her.

Luo Junyao, as a young girl who has not left the cabinet, can't help with these things, she is only arranged to accompany the newlyweds in the room, and take care of the noble ladies who came to the Luo family to congratulate her.

"Big sister, are you nervous?" Luo Junyao sat beside Luo Mingxiang, watching the makeup girl carefully dress her up.

Luo Mingxiang smiled and said, "It's okay."

Having said that, in fact, I still feel a little nervous in my heart.

It's not completely nervous, but more shyness, joy, anticipation and uncertainty about the future.

Luo Jun shook her hand and said: "Don't be afraid, big sister is so smart and beautiful, no one will dislike you. You and me, mother, father and elder brother and second brother, no one dares to bully you!"

Luo Mingxiang said with a smile: "If you have time to worry about me, why not think about yourself."

Luo Jun shook his head: "Today is a good day for big sister, why do you miss me?"

Luo Mingxiang said: "What a silly girl, do you know how many family head mothers came to congratulate themselves today?"

"Yeah, isn't that what it should be?" Their Luo family is more prominent than the Chun'anbo mansion, so naturally many more people came to the Luo family to congratulate them than to the Chun'anbo mansion.

Luo Mingxiang sighed, "Do you think that people just come to congratulate you? They still come to see their daughter-in-law. After a while, mother will ask you to go out to meet guests. Be good and don't make trouble."

Luo Junyao was speechless, "You don't need to be so diligent." She is not interested in blind dates.

Luo Mingxiang smiled and said: "No need? You will be seventeen in a few months. If you still can't decide on a marriage next year, you will be an old girl."

Luo Junyao took a deep breath, "I'm not eighteen yet."

"This world is really unfair." Luo Junyao was a little angrily.

"how?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Brother is 24 and no one thinks he is old, but sister, you actually call me an old girl!"

Luo Mingxiang coaxed her with a smile: "Of course Yao Yao is still a little girl now."

Luo Jun said: "If you don't get engaged next year, you will be an old girl, right?"

"Who is the old maid?"

Su Rui walked in from the outside with a smile on her face, holding a beautiful and festive lacquered wooden box in her hand.

Luo Junyao immediately stood up to greet her, and said with a smile, "Sister Su Rui."

Su Rui and Luo Mingxiang are good friends, today is a good day for Luo Mingxiang and she is also very happy, "What old lady are you talking about just now?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Elder Sister said that I'm going to become an old lady."

Su Rui stretched out a finger to pick up her small chin to have a closer look, and said with a smile, "Where is it, she is clearly a delicate little beauty."

Luo Mingxiang signaled Zhuangniang to stop first, looked sideways at her, and said with a smile, "Why did you come so early?"

Su Rui said: "I know there are no other sisters in your family, come here earlier to see if there is anything that needs help."

There are only two decent girls in the Luo family, Luo Mingxiang and Luo Junyao, not to mention cousins, even the two elder brothers have not married their sisters-in-law yet.

Luo Junyao is a little girl, she didn't learn these things much before, so Su Rui came here early.

"Ah Wei and the others are coming soon, don't worry, we will let you out of the pavilion in a good way today." Su Rui laughed.

They have made appointments with the girls who are friends with Luo Mingxiang, and they will come here early today.

Luo Junyao hugged Su Rui and said, "Sister Su Rui, you are so kind."

Su Rui smiled and pushed her forehead, put the box in her hand in front of Luo Mingxiang's dressing table, and said: "This is my wedding gift for you, I hope you will be happy in your husband's house in the future."

Luo Mingxiang opened the box, and inside was a three-color gemstone bracelet with gold silk ruyi pattern. This bracelet is gorgeous and exquisite in appearance, but it only feels expensive and not tacky.No matter the color or the implication, it is very suitable to wear when newly married.

Luo Mingxiang was really happy, and put it on on the spot, "It's so pretty, thank you, Ari."

Su Rui was also very satisfied, and said with a smile: "Very good, I think this bracelet is suitable for you at the first sight, and it is indeed true."

Not long after Su Rui arrived, several girls came one after another.

Luo Mingxiang is a kind person, and he has always been very popular among the rich and powerful.Although Luo Junyao was not from the same academy as them, no one would intentionally feel uncomfortable in this kind of situation.

Everyone has asked each other how well, and chatting a few words can be regarded as very harmonious.

When it was almost the end of the hour, Luo Mingxiang's make-up and hair bun were all healed.

The makeup girl is slowly adorning hairpins and rings into her hair one by one, and the girls are watching or helping around.After careful dressing up, Luo Mingxiang, who became more and more charming and beautiful, made everyone amazed.

It is said that the newlyweds who are about to leave the court are the most beautiful, which is indeed true.

"Girl, Princess Changzhao of Changling and Princess Anyang are here. Madame, please go ahead and meet the two princesses." Lan Yin came in from outside the door and reported.

The girls who were talking and laughing were a little surprised when they heard the words, "I heard that the son-in-law is not in good health recently, and the eldest princess came here in person, it's because of General Luo's face."

"Princess Changzhao never likes to be lively, but she even came here." Everyone looked at Luo Mingxiang with envy.

When a woman gets married, the wedding ostentation and even the guests that come and go represent the background of her natal family and the degree of attention in her natal family.Although Ming Xiang is only the stepdaughter of General Luo, but with today's wedding scene and the distinguished guests from various families who came to congratulate her in person, her husband's family dared not neglect her.

Luo Mingxiang smiled and said: "It is a blessing for our Luo family that the two eldest princesses are here in person. Shake, I am inconvenient to go out, so you go and salute the eldest princess on behalf of your sister. There is also Princess Anyang, I'm afraid they came to play with you."

Luo Junyao got up quickly and said: "Okay, big sister, you sit down, I will come back to accompany you later."

Luo Mingxiang waved his hands and said, "There are so many people here to accompany me, let's go."

"I'm sorry to trouble Sister Su Rui and all the sisters here."

After Luo Jun shook out, the girls who were left behind said one after another: "Ming Xiang, you seem to have a good relationship with Second Miss Luo."

"She actually called us sister?!"

"They called you sister just now, and you still answered."

"Miss Luo Er doesn't look as unruly as the rumors say, she's much cuter than those in my family."

Su Rui smiled and said: "Jun Yao is a cute and cute little girl, but unfortunately I don't have such a soft sister, otherwise I wish I could keep it with me every day."

"Even A Rui said that? It seems that we really misunderstood Miss Luo before."

"It's not really a misunderstanding. She was fascinated by Mr. Xuan Yu before, but now she is much more pleasing to the eye when she is better."

"Don't mention Mr. Xuan Yu, you really... blinded me!"

Obviously, among this group of girls, there were also one or two who secretly had a crush on Xie Chengyou.

It's just that Xie Chengyou's operation of accepting Shen Lingxiang as a concubine really surprised them.

Not to mention taking a concubine before marrying a wife, it is still at this almost sensitive time that Shen Lingxiang, a woman with a sensitive identity, was taken in.

There are so many women in the capital, who do you want? Does it have to be Luo Junyao's cousin?Even if it's really up to her, you can't accept it in a year or so, but now?
If it wasn't for the two of them doing something shameful, who would believe it?

Now in Shangyong's most popular words, there are even secret knots between the two of them.

Of course, the male and female protagonists in the storybook all use pseudonyms.

Although those literati were courageous, they were not so bold as to brazenly arrange for the Prince of the Palace.

Luo Junyao followed Lan Yin to the place in the front yard dedicated to entertaining female relatives, and there were already many people inside.

The Su family brought people to receive the female relatives who came to congratulate her. Although she was busy, her face was full of smiles, obviously because her daughter's marriage made her very happy.

In the flower hall, Mrs. Luo rarely came out and sat on the main seat to entertain guests.

There are also two noble ladies who are close friends with the Su family to help greet the guests, so they will not be rude and neglect the distinguished guests.

On this kind of occasion, it can be seen that the benefits of having a big family with a large number of people, such as the Luo family with a small population, once caught up with such a big scene, the manpower is obviously not enough.

The people who come and go are all the dignitaries from Shangyong's family. It would be neglecting them to ask the steward to receive them, so we can only invite some good ladies to help them.

"I have met the two eldest princesses, and all the elders." Luo Junyao stepped into the hall and greeted everyone one by one.

Princess Changling immediately laughed when she saw Luo Junyao, and waved to her, "Jun Yao is here, come and sit here."

Luo Junyao walked up to Princess Changling, and Qin Ning sat beside Princess Changling and winked at her.

All the ladies sitting in this hall were of a certain age, and she was the only little girl who would inevitably be caught asking questions here, and she was relieved to see Luo Junyao coming.

There are many distinguished guests today, I don't know if Luo Yun said something to Mrs. Luo or she thought about it on her own, but she didn't make a fuss.

Mrs. Luo herself is not good at socializing, and everyone who is acquainted with the Luo family knows it well, as long as she can get by on the surface, that's all.Even if it was to save Luo Yun's face, no one would pick on her at this time.

"This is the second girl of the Luo family?" Princess Changzhao is a woman with a somewhat cold temperament. She doesn't look at Luo Junyao as close as Princess Changling, but she doesn't have any malice.

Luo Junyao could tell that this eldest princess should have a cold personality.

Princess Changling smiled and said: "No, it's a pity that you didn't enter the palace on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Miss Jun Yao is much stronger than Ah Ning."

Princess Changzhao seems to be a little interested, Princess Changzhao's son-in-law is a general, no matter how her feelings are, Princess Changzhao is still more interested in the little girl practicing martial arts.

"I've also heard a little bit about it. It really is the tiger girl of Jiangmen, and her reputation is well-deserved." Princess Changzhao laughed.

Luo Junyao also laughed and said: "Princess is ridiculous, I'm still far behind."

Princess Changling pushed Luo Junyao to sit beside Qin Ning, her brows were full of kindness and kindness, which was almost the same as that of Princess Anyang.

Everyone in the room was a little surprised when they saw this, the eldest princess seemed to like the second girl of the Luo family very much.

Looking at the Second Miss Luo sitting next to Princess Changling, talking and laughing, Yan Yan has a good manner of speaking, even Princess Changzhao, who doesn't like to talk, can talk to her from time to time, many people have secretly made up their minds.

"The Empress Dowager has arrived!"

A high-pitched but with a characteristic sharp sound came from a distance outside, and the lively hall just now was silent for an instant.

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, unable to react for a moment.

It was still Princess Changling who gave a soft laugh, got up and said: "It seems that the queen mother also knows that the general is marrying a daughter today, so she specially bestowed a wedding gift, and I will go there together to receive the queen's order."

It was only then that the crowd came to their senses, put away their astonishment and stood up one after another to say yes.

Luo Junyao also stood up with Princess Changling, and went to help Mrs. Luo with Chen Yuer.

Mrs. Luo looked at Luo Junyao, but she did not refuse her support.

A group of people walked all the way to the main hall of the Luo family's outer courtyard, and the empress dowager's envoy was already waiting in the lobby.

Luo Yunsu and others, as well as many guests who came to congratulate the Luo family, were also there, and they only waited for the bride to arrive before proclaiming the decree.

"I have seen the two princesses, I have seen the princess." Xuanzhi's servant saw the two princesses coming in, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Princess Changling smiled and said, "Eunuch Huang passed the decree on behalf of his mother, so there is no need to be too polite."

The servant smiled and said: "The old slave can only run errands for the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager said that today is the eldest daughter of the Luo family who is very happy. She is too old to join in the fun. It is considered as a special servant to send some gadgets over here." Add makeup to the big girl."

Luo Yun and Su quickly thanked the Empress Dowager, saying that they dare not work for the Empress Dowager.

The servant looked at Luo Jun who was standing with Qin Ning again and said with a smile: "This is Miss Luo Er? The Empress Dowager asked if you still like the flowers that she gave to the girl earlier? If the girl is free, you might as well go to the palace to meet her The old man is talking."

Luo Jun shook his voice and said: "The flowers are blooming very well, I like it very much. I also ask Eunuch Huang to thank the Empress Dowager for the reward on my behalf. When I return, I will definitely enter the palace to thank the Empress Dowager."

The smile on the servant's face became wider, and he said with a smile: "Whenever the girl goes, the Empress Dowager will be happy."

The people around looked at each other, their eyes turned on Luo Junyao for a while and then fell on Luo Yun.

The Empress Dowager treated the Luo family too kindly, the eldest girl was specially rewarded with congratulatory gifts for her wedding, and the servants did not forget to greet the second girl.

No one present would think that this was just Eunuch Huang's casual chatter. It was obviously the Empress Dowager announcing to everyone that she liked the second girl of the Luo family.

With the empress dowager's endorsement, almost all the black spots on the body of the second daughter of the Luo family can be washed away directly.

The Empress Dowager said that she likes Miss Luo Er, who can say anything wrong with her?
Many people looked at Luo Junyao with more eager eyes.

　Today is a big chapter, there are two more~~(づ￣3￣)づ

　　
　
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