The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 76 The phoenix and the luan soar, the mountains are far away and the water is long
When King Xuan got married, he just said that he married an ordinary woman. Others couldn't find out her name, so they gathered together to guess which woman she was who had been with King Xuan.

After all, it was Prince Xuan's wedding, so Shen Xiao prepared generous gifts and brought his imperial sister Shen Shuning to the banquet in person.

In the carriage leaving the palace, Shen Shuning sighed: "The twelfth brother has finally settled down."

Shen Xiao didn't take it seriously: "Can he make up his mind? Most likely, he has fallen in love with the woman from Fireworks and Willow Lane. But since he wants to marry, I will let him go."

"You think you know him well?"

"Of course I know as much as the imperial sister."

Shen Shuning turned to look outside the carriage and smiled silently.

This kind of thing is always clear to onlookers, not to mention that he is Shen Xiao, so the twelfth brother will naturally not let him know his thoughts.

But did no one really see that back then, King Xuan was walking on the streets every day and always met Jiang Qingyue who also loved walking?

Before she took action to bring Jiang Qingyue and Shen Xiao together, her twelfth brother was the one who had the most like-minded interests with Jiang Qingyue.

It's just that the twelfth brother was two years younger than Qingyue, and neither she nor Qingyue thought about that at that time.

It must have been four years ago, when Jiang Qingyue faked her death for the first time under Shen Xiao's design.

The twelfth brother came to drink with her. Seeing her crying, the twelfth brother also cried.

After crying, he said: "I thought brother Huang would not treat her like this. Sister Huang, I regret it... How could she end up like this when she is such a good girl?"

He also said: "If I had proposed marriage, would it have been different?"

Shen Shuning was shocked, understood, and immediately stopped him from continuing.

"No matter how sorry you are, don't say a word about her from now on, let alone let your brother hear it. You have never had a thought, do you understand?"

The twelfth brother is a smart man, so naturally he will not go to the emperor to ask for trouble.

He just went to the Fireworks Willow Lane every day to watch the singers and dancers, got drunk, and went to the gambling house to spend a lot of money. After winning, he continued to drink to his heart's content.

But this time, the twelfth brother couldn't bear it anymore.
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Shen Xiao sat in the high hall, and the originally noisy and lively auditorium fell silent.

Naturally, King Xuan's father, emperor, and mother were absent, so it was his brother who should sit in this high position.

"You don't have to be restrained, just do as you please," Shen Xiao said in an easy-going manner, "I am very happy that Prince Xuan is getting married today."

Shen Shuning sat on his right side, scooping tea with the lid of the cup, and raised his eyelids to look at him.

They arrived at the right time. Not long after they were seated, there was a loud banging of gongs and drums outside, indicating that the bride's wedding sedan had arrived.

The guests rushed out of the door. Shen Xiao did not join in the fun and just sat there drinking tea and waiting for the newcomers to come to the high hall.

Shen Shuning won't go either.

The bride was stepping on the brazier outside, when suddenly a guard hurried into the auditorium and said something in Shen Xiao's ear.

They were far away and it was noisy outside, so Shen Shuning couldn't hear what the guard said.

Shen Xiao was stunned for a long time before his expression turned extremely ugly.

He put down the teacup in his hand, stood up and strode out of the auditorium.

Shen Shuning followed closely.

At the entrance of the auditorium, the steward of Prince Xuan's Mansion had been brought to him.

Shen Xiao asked: "Where did Princess Xuan get married?"

The steward replied clearly: "As far as the emperor is concerned, Princess Xuan was married from the Jiangfu Courtyard in the south of the city."

Shen Xiao asked again: "What is Princess Xuan's name?"

After a slight hesitation, the steward replied: "Princess Xuan's surname is Jiang and her first name is Qingyue."

King Xuan never planned to ask her to change her name. He wanted to marry Jiang Qingyue, the daughter of Jiang Changgong, so he asked her to marry openly and honestly from the former Jiangfu Courtyard.

After today, it became known throughout the city that he, King Xuan, had married Jiang Qingyue, the daughter of Jiang Liu.

Shen Xiao was silent for a moment and said in a cold tone: "Okay, very good."

He turned around and walked towards the high hall. There was a layer of haze in his eyes, as if dark clouds were pressing in the sky and a storm was coming.Shen Shuning breathed heavily and advised: "Didn't the emperor promise her to someone else in the first place? Now this can be regarded as a good marriage... The twelfth brother and Qingyue are just in love."

Shen Xiao stopped and looked at her.

"What the twelfth brother dares to do is to put life and death aside. For a person who wants to die, why should the emperor worry about him?"

Shen Shuning was stunned: "...Do you want to kill him?"

The guests from outside came to the auditorium, and Shen Xiao sat down in the high hall with a cold face.

The newlyweds were led into the auditorium with handkerchiefs in hand, and they worshiped in the hall under the loud shouts of Xi Po.

Shen Gu, who was all red, bowed to the emperor three times. He stood up and looked up. He saw the emperor's face in the high hall was gloomy, and he probably refused to bless him.

On this great day, it was a less than festive episode.

Shen Gu didn't care, and smiled brightly at the emperor's brother.

Brother Huang.

Thank you for making it happen.

Jiang Qingyue's face was covered under a red hijab, and she couldn't see what was going on outside. She just obeyed and bowed to the high platform and then to heaven and earth before being sent to the bridal chamber.

She was helped to sit on the wedding bed, listening to the lively noises outside, feeling as if she was in a big dream.

She actually married herself so hastily.

After about half an hour, the maid serving beside her was called out.

She listened as the door opened and closed, and someone walked in. The footsteps stopped abruptly in front of her.

This man made no movement for a long time and just stood in front of her.

Jiang Qingyue lifted a corner of the red hijab and saw a pair of black boots with dragon patterns embroidered with gold thread on the bottom.

Her heart sank as the man's hand reached out and pulled off her red hijab.

Jiang Qingyue reacted quickly and stood up to snatch the blush back from his hand to prevent him from throwing it to the ground.

She stood in front of Shen Xiao, her body a little tense, "Is the emperor perhaps in the wrong place?"

Shen Xiao looked at her with a heavy gaze and said coolly: "Are you marrying someone else under my nose?"

His tone was as cold as the north wind on a twelfth lunar month day, and a biting chill swept over him.

Jiang Qingyue raised her lips and smiled, "It's natural for a man to marry a woman, isn't it?"

There was a gold foil flower on the tip of her eyebrows, her red lips were as bright as fire, and her smile was very charming.

Shen Xiao ignored the sarcasm in her eyes and took a step towards her, approaching her face condescendingly, nose to nose, so close that they could clearly smell each other's breath.

"You are mine."

Jiang Qingyue turned away and said, "No."

Shen Xiao pinched her chin and pulled her face back, making her look into his eyes.

"The Cao family and the Meng family have all been defeated, and your father has been cleared of his grievances. Do you think that I have done nothing?"

Jiang Qingyue didn't dare to expose him.

Cao and Meng were not just her enemies, they were also a thorn in his side.

Did he really intend to clear her father's name?

Is he really willing to tell the world that he has wronged his ministers?
If Shen Shuning hadn't ordered Dali Temple to retry the case, and if she hadn't "died" outside the customs, I'm afraid the matter wouldn't have been settled so quickly.

Jiang Qingyue just asked: "Did the emperor do that for me?"

"Otherwise?" Shen Xiao's breath fell ambiguously on her lips, and his tone was careless but filled with heat, "Are you a bitch-hearted in repaying me like this?"

(End of this chapter)