marry the princess

Chapter 4 Past events (five)
It was time to go to court, and all the civil and military officials were in full attire, and the resplendent and resplendent hall was filled with solemnity, only a few veteran officials with higher grades were talking softly.

Murong Yu stood in front of the main hall with his hands behind his back, not caring about the situation around him.

"The Emperor is here!"

After the eunuch dragged his voice and shouted loudly, the whole hall fell silent, and the ministers immediately stood up, rearranged the official robes that had been smoothed several times, and lowered their heads in a pleasing manner.When they caught a glimpse of a golden dragon robe coming out from behind the curtain above the main hall from the corner of their eyes, they all knelt down slowly, and the pious shouts of "Long live my emperor" echoed throughout the main hall.

"Everyone's family is in peace." A young voice was a bit deep, but also a bit majestic.

Following the movement of the surrounding ministers standing up, Murong Yu slowly straightened up his slightly weary body, then raised his eyes to look at his second brother, the current emperor Murong Qingyu, who was sitting on the golden throne.

The emperor was sitting upright, facing the whole hall full of civil and military ministers, he just looked around, and then nodded slightly.

It has been less than three years since he ascended the throne, and Mo Xuanguo was handed over to him under the circumstances of both internal and external troubles, and he relied on dispatching the officials of the dynasty, and now he is basically stable.However, no one knows what is hidden behind the calm appearance.

While the civil and military officials were discussing the matter in the Jinluan Palace, Murong Yunnuo had already walked to the harem with easy steps.

At this moment, Empress Dowager Cheng Yuan was enjoying the imperial garden with several maids.

"The weather is really nice today." Seeing the revival of spring in the garden, the Empress Dowager Chengyuan was in a good mood, "In a few days, these red, purple and purple flower buds should also be in full bloom. The view of the garden is like a sea of ​​flowers in the world."

Mrs. Cheng Yuan said these words to Xiaogong's daughter next to her, as if she had seen the scene of competing for beauty, and she smiled heartily on her face that couldn't hide the traces of time left by her delicate makeup.

"The Empress Dowager," a dexterous little palace daughter followed her on the left and followed her words, "These flowers are really beautiful, Xiao Lian can't wait to see these flowers, look over there Begonia flowers..."

The Empress Dowager Cheng Yuan looked in the direction pointed by Xiao Lian's little hand, and she saw a few red begonias blooming in full bloom over there.

"Beautiful, really beautiful." Empress Dowager Cheng Yuan nodded in praise, "This garden is full of flowers, only one branch of red, look, it's as red as rouge, what a pretty lady."

Looking at her eyes, the steps under their feet also moved forward, Xiao Lian held the Queen Mother's hand, and continued to say obediently, "This pretty lady is stunningly beautiful, but unfortunately there is one shortcoming."

"Oh?" The Empress Dowager Cheng Yuan looked sideways at Xiao Lian with great interest, "Tell me, what's the disadvantage of such a good color and grabbing Ai's attention among all the flowers?"

Seeing the Queen Mother's interested expression, Xiao Lian smiled obediently, "The only shortcoming is that although this crabapple is beautiful, it doesn't have a heavenly fragrance."

While talking, they had already walked near the crabapple flower, so close, but there was no fragrance of flowers in the air, the Empress Dowager Chengyuan nodded appreciatively at Xiao Lian, "This chic beauty looks like satin. Jin, the richness and celestial beauty is missing a piece of fragrance, it is indeed not enough."

Seeing that the Empress Dowager cared about the Begonia, Xiao Lian continued, "The Empress Dowager would like to hear a story about this Begonia from someone else told by Xiao Lian."

"This flower." The Empress Dowager Chengyuan opened her eyes slightly, showing some interest, "Is there a story?"

Xiao Lian held her hand and nodded, "This is what Xiao Lian heard from others, and I don't know if it's true."

"Oh," the queen mother patted the back of her hand in relief, "it's just a short story, come to Aijia to hear it, but it doesn't matter."

"Xiao Lian obeys." She replied with a bit of naughty cheerfulness, "I heard that this crabapple flower was originally a flower in the sky, and it was only raised in the fairyland of the Queen Mother. Later..."

The Empress Dowager Cheng Yuan was listening to the story with great enthusiasm, when suddenly a little eunuch ran over, somewhat in a hurry, "Report to the Empress Dowager..."

"What's the matter?" The Empress Dowager Chengyuan's story was interrupted, and she had a bit of sullen expression on her face.

"The Fourteenth Prince is here."

"Fourteen?" Empress Dowager Cheng Yuan's initial unhappiness dissipated immediately because she knew it was Murong Huayi.

Before she ordered Murong Huayi to come quickly, the familiar voice came over, "It's Erchen."

As soon as the words fell, a man in luxurious royal blue clothes appeared in front of him.

It is a man with a very beautiful face, long eyebrows that are as strong and powerful as a sword, and pupils that are cut like a deep pool, and the heroic spirit between the eyebrows makes people hold their breath and sigh.His nose, lips, and chin are just like those drawn by the best painter in the world. They are soft and firm, and there are no suitable adjectives to praise them.His neatly tied and drooping hair tails fluttered with the faint wind, and his whole body was facing the wind like a tree, so romantic!
In front of such a perfect face, all praises are pale and feeble.

He was looking at the Queen Mother with gentle eyes at this moment, but there was still a hint of coldness and alienation emanating from him.Perhaps due to his skin being too fair for a man, coupled with his somewhat effeminate beauty, he seemed vulnerable and sickly - endearing and not repulsive.

"See Fourteenth Prince."

The maids around the queen mother hurriedly greeted him who suddenly appeared.

They all lowered their heads firmly, and their cheeks were already flushed when they looked at him just now. If their master found out, they didn't know what would happen.

"Fourteen, why are you here suddenly?"

The Empress Dowager Chengyuan was very happy, she didn't care about these servants still kneeling, she walked up two steps, and held the hand of Murong Huayi who came forward.

"Isn't the queen mother welcoming me?"

Murong Huayi smiled at the Queen Mother, so much that even the Begonia they were boasting about just now was eclipsed in an instant!

"Fourteen!" The queen mother called him reproachfully, and then both of them laughed.

"You all get up." Murong Huayi looked around and spoke lightly, elegantly and extravagantly.

"Let's all go down first, the Ai family wants to take a walk in this garden with Shisi." The Queen Mother also continued.

"The slaves obey."

Qi Qi's voice sounded, and then they bowed their heads and exited the imperial garden respectfully.

"Fourteen, why did you suddenly want to visit Ai's family today?"

"If the queen mother thinks that the son is not coming frequently, the son will often come to the palace to visit in the future."

Hearing what Murong Huayi said, the queen mother was very happy at first, but she said, "Forget it, the Ai family also knows that you are busy with everything, and if you have time to think of the Ai family and come to the palace to have a look, the Ai family is already very happy .”

"Is the queen mother a little unhappy recently?" Murong Huayi noticed that she was feeling a little melancholy, and asked directly.

"Don't guess fourteen, the Ai family is not too bored in this deep palace." The queen mother said with relief, "If you don't care about it, if the Ai family misses you, they will send someone to your palace to look for you." You came."

The two walked and chatted all the way, and said some heartfelt words, and then Queen Mother Cheng Yuan asked about Murong Huayi's marriage.

"The wedding date is set in three months, enough time to prepare."

The Empress Dowager Chengyuan took his hand and patted it lightly, "Fourteen, you have never let the Ai family worry about you since you were young, and the Ai family is also very happy about this marriage. General Yan is a great hero of my Moxuan country. , then Yan Xinyao is the apple of his eye. As the prince, marrying the general is naturally the best thing, but..."

"The queen mother might as well just say that the son is waiting for education."

"You proposed marriage to the Yan family and asked the emperor to bestow marriage, but when did you fall in love with the youngest daughter of the Yan family?"

Murong Huayi's smile froze for a moment, but he quickly recovered, and he still looked at Queen Mother Chengyuan with a smile like a flower.

"You have to tell the Ai family about this matter. Although the daughter of General Yan's family is a famous daughter, she is very naughty. The Ai family heard that at her 17-year-old birthday banquet, she unceremoniously threw her down. The gift given by the son of the Ministry of Rituals belongs to this daughter's family, she is too arrogant."

"Don't worry about the queen mother, the son knows her temper." Murong Huayi lied easily, "General Yan pampered and spoiled her, so he is inevitably proud, but his temperament is not bad, and it's okay to be naughty." It doesn't matter, my palace is short of such a lively and innocent person."

"It's good to be happy on the [-]th, and the Ai family will be happy to wait for your wedding." The Empress Dowager Chengyuan teased him, "I need to ask someone to come to Ai's house with a plain portrait in a few days. I want to see what kind of fairy looks this daughter who has captured my family's fourteen thoughts will look like."

Murong Huayi smiled, "The empress mother is making fun of my son."

Just as he was talking, Murong Huayi saw Murong Yunnuo on the other side of the veranda, and he was also afraid that the Queen Mother Cheng Yuan would chase her endlessly, so he dragged the Queen Mother Cheng Yuan to the other side of the veranda, "Then Isn't Brother Nine?"

Murong Yunnuo, who was bent over and wanted to slip away from the imperial garden, froze when he heard this sound.When he came here for a walk, he never thought that he would meet the Queen Mother Cheng Yuan, even if he did, he would not want to meet the Fourteenth Brother together.

But even though he was unwilling, Murong Yunnuo turned around with a smile, "What a coincidence, I met my fourteenth brother here."

When they got closer, Murong Yunnuo bowed to the Queen Mother Cheng Yuan, "I will see the Queen Mother."

"Get up." The Empress Dowager Chengyuan smiled kindly, "Today is really a good day, Ai's family was walking around the Imperial Garden, and I ran into you two brothers back and forth."

Murong Yunnuo smiled, very happily.good day?What a beautiful day...

"Old Ninth, you came just in time. I was talking with Fourteen just now, and the Ai family would like to ask you, is there any lady you like? At your age, you should choose someone carefully, Ai My family has been looking forward to the fact that you can let me hold my grandson as soon as possible..."

The corner of Murong Yunnuo's mouth twitched, he really hit the spot.

The two accompanied the queen mother to continue walking in the imperial garden, and then they left the palace.

"Fourteenth brother, you have harmed me."

Murong Yunnuo complained that just now the Empress Dowager Cheng Yuan even mentioned that she was going to hold a flower feast, and invited the daughters of all the officials in the court to enjoy the flowers together, which just happened to choose a concubine for him.Murong Yunnuo couldn't stop complaining, this beautiful spring and March, asking him to stay in this small garden in the imperial city, wouldn't it be tormenting him?

"It's not my idea to hold a feast of flowers."

"Slick boy, you know exactly what I'm talking about."

Murong Yunnuo stared at him bitterly, and Murong Huayi smiled calmly.

The two have been compared since childhood, and outsiders seem to think that the two will become incompatible, but in fact, the relationship between the two is not bad.Although Murong Yunnuo is always compared by Murong Huayi, but he doesn't care about these things, he still lives the life he likes as a whole, and Murong Yu sometimes beats him on the head helplessly and says he doesn't live up to it, but he says he doesn't live up to it. He doesn't want anything that comes and goes.

"Since the queen mother is so worried about you, you can consider it."

"Love is something you can't ask for. Sitting in the garden and letting people wait for you, I can't pick one no matter what." Murong Yunnuo shook his head, "The most beautiful things in this world can't be asked for. It's like the last time I went to Tianyun Mountain to see a golden snow, but in the end I was hit by hailstones. There is always a difference of [-] miles between what I ask and what I ask for, so it's better if I don't ask for it."

Murong Huayi listened to him and smiled slightly.

People in the court privately said that Murong Yunnuo was the most useless of the royal family, but they didn't know that he was the most enviable.Don't ask about the world, don't ask about fame, just focus on your own world. If most people in the world can keep themselves safe, it will probably be much more peaceful.

Seeing that he didn't reply, Murong Yunnuo said again, "But there is one more important thing in this love besides seeking and obtaining."

"What's the matter?"

"Meet."

"It's the so-called encounter that can't be sought, and fate is hard to cultivate. When I meet one person out of thousands of people, I only want this one. Unfortunately, I haven't met this one person who makes my heart beat." Murong Yunnuo deliberately put on a pose. Looking at Murong Huayi with a sour look, "Fourteenth brother is good, I met you, I can ask for it."

"I don't know if I meet you or not, but I have to."

"This made me a little curious about what kind of person this Yan family's daughter is." Murong Yunnuo twitched her chin, thinking seriously.

While the two were talking, they had already reached the gate of the palace. Wei Lie, who was beside Murong Huayi, saw his master coming, and stood respectfully by the sedan chair waiting.

"I'm really bothering brother Jiu." Murong Huayi turned to say goodbye to him, "I'll say goodbye today."

Murong Yunnuo also turned his head and walked towards the sedan chair waiting for him.

"My lord."

Murong Huayi sat in the sedan chair and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Wei Lie called him from the side of the sedan chair.

"En." He responded, his voice much colder than before, "How is the matter going?"

"The subordinates have arranged the two girls into the seventh prince's mansion according to the prince's order. So far, everything is going well without any mistakes." Wei Lie replied concisely.

"That's fine."

Murong Huayi replied, and then remembered after a while, and asked, "Have the Seventh Prince and Ninth Brother got close recently?"

"The Seventh Prince and His Highness the Ninth Prince are really close. In the past month, the two of them have been to the Wanhualou twice and the Fengqing Opera Garden once. At fifteen o'clock, the Ninth Prince has also been to the Seventh Prince's mansion."

"En." Murong Huayi responded, and continued to close his eyes and rest.

Murong Yunnuo, although his heart is simple, but if he gets involved in the muddy water, he can't be blamed on himself.

The sedan chair filled with Murong Huayi's worries and headed east.

(End of this chapter)