The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 103 The Big Wedding

Ye Zhaoqing was sitting upright in front of the dressing table, not in the mood to look at his own face in the mirror, but pinched the hairpin hidden in his sleeve, thinking about it in his heart.

Why on earth did Mrs. Ye secretly wear this hairpin on her own head?What is her purpose?
After thinking about it, but couldn't think of a reason, Ye Zhaoqing simply ignored it.

Madam Xue and the others were busy in an orderly manner. After packing up, she took out the dragon and phoenix Xipa that was quietly placed aside, and covered Ye Zhaoqing's head.

"Crown Princess, you can get up now." Madam Xue said with a smile.

Ye Zhaoqing nodded, supported Liu'er's hand, and stood up lightly.

But at this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out in front of her.

The knuckles are distinct, the complexion is fair, and there is a green finger on the index finger. Looking back, there is a bright red sleeve. Needless to say, the person who came is Li Yu.

On such an occasion today, except for Li Yu, the bridegroom official, no one else would wear bright red clothes.

Ye Zhaoqing was feeling top-heavy and unable to walk, so he passed his hand over when he saw this, but at this moment, there were bursts of air-conditioning sounds all around.

Madam Xue was in a hurry, and immediately reminded Ye Zhaoqing, "Crown Princess, I was wrong, that is Mrs. Tai Tuo!"

Oops.

Ye Zhaoqing only had this feeling in her heart, she hurriedly withdrew her hand, but because of too much force, the center of gravity of the big head wearing the phoenix crown was unstable, the whole body fell back and fell out!

"Oh! Crown Princess!" Mammy Xue screamed, and rushed forward to pull people, but someone reacted faster than him. Before everyone could react, Ye Zhaoqing's body fell firmly into someone's. embrace.

The red hijab on his head fluttered to the ground.

Silence, deathly silence.

Ye Zhaoqing took a breath, and after making sure that she didn't fall to the ground, she raised her eyes to see who was supporting her.Seeing this, he immediately tensed up.

It's all red!

And Murong Shen's pair of cold eyes that seemed to have no emotion.

Could it be more embarrassing than this?

Ye Zhaoqing struggled to break free from Murong Shen's arms, tried to stabilize his figure, took a deep breath, and asked: "Isn't the prince who is going to marry me today? How could it be Mr. Taifu?"

Madam Xue and the others stood blankly by the side, having been terrified by this scene for a long time.

Hearing the tone of the questioning, Murong Shen frowned almost invisibly, and then said expressionlessly: "The prince has something to do and can't come, I will greet the bride on his behalf."

As soon as this remark came out, there was a burst of low whispers in the room.

Ye Zhaoqing immediately wanted to laugh when he heard the words: "It's really absurd. When the prince of a country gets married, he still needs someone else to greet him?" Then he glanced at Murong Shen and said, "Besides, Mr. Grand Tutor is not the brother of His Highness the Prince? There have been elder brothers since ancient times. To greet relatives on behalf of them, but I haven’t heard of anyone who is a master and greets relatives instead of apprentices!”

When the voice fell to the ground, there was a burst of low laughter in the room.

This thing is too unbelievable.

Some people already thought that this was the royal family slapping Ye Zhaoqing in the face.

"This is the meaning of Concubine Rong and Your Majesty." Hearing these words, Murong Shen glanced at Ye Zhaoqing, bent down suddenly, and picked up the red hijab that fell on the ground: "Here you are."

Ye Zhaoqing reached out to take it, glanced at it silently, and then asked: "Is this really what the emperor and empress mean?"

Murong Shen nodded immediately: "I have never told a lie."

"Okay." After hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing nodded, put the red hijab on his face, and said in a deep voice, "In this case, let's go according to the rules!" After saying that, he looked back at Xue Mama, and said: "Mommy, what should I do next?"

Xue Momo had already calmed down at this time, she didn't believe that Murong Shen would lie, so she quickly replied: "Back to the Crown Princess, now we should ask the officiant to lead Taifu to the main hall."

"What about me?" Ye Zhaoqing asked.

With so many things happening, Madam Xue's mind was in a mess. Hearing this, she thought for a while and said, "Back to the Crown Princess, the deaconess should lead you into the phoenix sedan chair now."

"Okay." Ye Zhaoqing responded, and handed over to the two deaconesses who hurried over.

Liu'er couldn't help reminding from the side: "Miss, the bride can't talk!"

"Talk!" Madam Xue immediately scolded.Immediately, he smiled and said some auspicious words, and together with the two deacons, helped Ye Zhaoqing go out.

Murong Shen had also been led to the outside room long ago.

After being in a hurry for a while, when Ye Zhaoqing finally sat down in Fengjiao, he was so tired that he was sweating.

Murong Shen got into the float that Li Yu was riding in front of him, and slowly moved forward relying on the team.

Ye Zhaoqing suffered a lot. In such a hot weather, she wore the heaviest royal dress ever, and she was sweating all over in the airtight sedan chair.

Ye Zhaoqing almost collapsed at the thought of having to go around the city for a whole week before finally entering the imperial city, followed by a lot of lengthy and cumbersome etiquettes.In an instant, I had the urge to abandon the sedan chair and run away.

She raised her hand to wipe the beads of sweat on her forehead, and couldn't help but feel guilty towards Madam Xue, it took two hours to put on the makeup!That's it.

She was quite entertaining and thought that when she entered the palace and paid homage, everyone would die laughing when they saw her cat-like face!
No, soon Ye Zhaoqing thought vaguely that she was covered with a hijab when she visited the hall, and the only person who could see her cat face was Li Yu.

That's okay, seeing her current face, Li Yu will definitely empathize with her...

"Crackling..." When Ye Zhaoqing was about to fall asleep, he suddenly felt a slight noise.

She suddenly opened her eyes, raised her colorful hijab and looked into the sedan chair, but saw a small copper basin suddenly appeared under the curtain of the sedan chair, filled with cool ice cubes.

She couldn't help hiding back.

With a "click", another basin of ice popped out.

In a short period of time, Ye Zhaoqing's sedan chair had four more basins of ice. With these, she felt that the dryness and heat in her body disappeared all of a sudden.

From the beginning to the end, she didn't see clearly who got these in, she only saw two chubby little hands.

It should be Liu'er!Ye Zhaoqing thought about it.

With these ices, Ye Zhaoqing finally survived the most boring and tiring journey.

I don't know how long it took, but finally, the palace arrived.

Ye Zhaoqing hurriedly sat upright, and she deliberately tidied up the crooked red hijab, and the people outside took away the ice placed under her feet.

The next moment, she felt the phoenix sedan chair stop.

Through the thin phoenix handkerchief, Ye Zhaoqing could see a towering palace in front of him, which was grand in scale, majestic and resplendent. Based on his impression, Ye Zhaoqing knew that this was the Huaiqing Palace where the emperor used to entertain his ministers. Unexpectedly, the prince The big wedding was actually held here.

She was feeling emotional when suddenly the car curtain was lifted, and Li Yu's loud voice rang out: "Qing'er! Is it you?"

Ye Zhaoqing had suffered so much, but now she wanted to laugh when she heard his loud voice, so she nodded through the hijab.

Unexpectedly, Li Yu understood what she meant, and instead of asking any further questions, he took Ye Zhaoqing out of the sedan chair with his own hands.

Ye Zhaoqing heard the master of ceremonies whispering persuasion: "His Royal Highness, according to the regulations, the princess should go in by herself, it can't be like this..."

"Go away!" Li Yu ignored him at all, and snorted coldly: "I didn't come out of the palace to meet her today, I was sorry, but now what's the matter with taking her in? It's your turn to talk." !"

"Your Highness, this is against the rules..." The master of ceremonies tried to persuade him again with a bitter face, but Li Yu had already turned around and walked into the hall with Ye Zhaoqing in his arms.There were countless palace servants, Gong'e, and courtiers watching the excitement, but Li Yu ignored them all.

Ye Zhaoqing was really tired and didn't resist at the moment.

As Li Yu was walking, he suddenly approached her ear and whispered: "If I had known you were so obedient, I should have asked someone to park the sedan chair farther away."

Ye Zhaoqing was stunned for a moment before she understood what Li Yu meant. Since no one saw it at this time, she rolled her eyes indecently and said, "Your Highness, don't forget our agreement."

"I haven't forgotten, have you?" Li Yu answered with a look of course: "I just saw that you were tired, so I just helped you. I didn't intend to marry you. Don't get me wrong."

It was as if Ye Zhaoqing was eagerly looking forward to marrying him, but he himself was unwilling to do so.

Seeing his righteous appearance, Ye Zhaoqing was speechless for a moment.

Finally, Ye Zhaoqing was speechless. Li Yu smiled almost to the back of his ears. When he saw the front of the main hall, he restrained his playful smile, returned to a serious look, and put Ye Zhaoqing down.

Afterwards, Madam Xue and others caught up with her and supported her.

Thinking of what to face in a while, the emperor, empress, and all the ministers Ye Zhaoqing's heart that had just been relaxed was instantly raised again.

There was also the poisoner hiding in the dark, staring at Li Yu covetously.

She cannot relax.

……

After entering the ancestral temple, worshiping the ancestors, and thanking the emperor and queen, Ye Zhaoqing was exhausted after going through a whole set of procedures.

But it's not over yet, the emperor held a banquet in Huaiqing Palace and asked her and Li Yu to attend.

Ye Zhaoqing frowned when she heard the words, Li Yu persuaded her in her ear: "Qing'er, don't worry, it's just a formality, father just wants us to show our faces in front of the ministers and come back soon .”

Ye Zhaoqing glanced at him, pointed to the bright red wedding dress on her body, and said, "Do I need to change into another? This dress is too heavy."

"Qing'er, I can't change it for the time being." Li Yu said apologetically, "You can take it off when you come back from the banquet."

"Okay!" Ye Zhaoqing nodded resignedly, and walked out weakly. Seeing her appearance, Li Yu felt distressed, and reached out to hug her into the carriage, but Ye Zhaoqing avoided it vigilantly.

"Your Highness, in the public, can you please put away your lustful heart." Ye Zhaoqing said helplessly, and as he spoke, he tried his best to get on the imperial chariot with the big phoenix crown on his back.

Li Yu giggled and followed.

The imperial chariot set off.

The palace people following behind vaguely heard a sentence coming from the wind: "My lustful heart is only for you, and no one else wants it."

What does it mean?The palace people looked at each other in blank dismay.

In Huaiqing Palace.

"My sons and wives, see my father!" On the main hall, Ye Zhaoqing knelt down with Li Yu, and kowtowed to the emperor and empress sitting above him.

Because it was Li Yu who got married, Concubine Rong, as the biological mother, also received the honor and was able to sit on the left side of the emperor. Seeing this scene at this time, she was also smiling all over her face.

But if you don't look carefully, you won't see the bitterness in Concubine Rong's eyes at all.

After all, she still married a woman she didn't like to be the crown princess for her son, taking Murong Yan's place.

But it doesn't matter, soon, she will vacate this position, and then hold a more grand wedding than this one to marry Murong Yan.

Thinking of this, a sneer appeared in Concubine Rong's eyes.

Oh, by the way, with Li Yu being crowned prince, her status has also risen, and now she has been crowned as Concubine Rong.

"Get up!" The emperor laughed, waved his hands and ordered the two to stand up, took a careful look at Ye Zhaoqing, and immediately praised Ye Zhaoqing: "Not bad, not bad! Zhong Lingyuxiu, beautiful and intelligent, dignified and virtuous, she is a good girl, Yu'er has good eyesight! "

After hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing quickly raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor.

The emperor is old!I haven't seen him for more than ten years, and he is no longer the young emperor back then, but a middle-aged uncle with a bushy beard and majestic eyes.

"Congratulations to the emperor! Congratulations to the emperor!" The civil and military officials sitting in the hall couldn't help echoing the emperor's words, and the emperor laughed even happier.

Ye Zhaoqing lowered his head, his hands hidden in his sleeves trembled slightly.

12 years!She is finally back!
As another person, standing here majestically, watching her enemy laugh loudly, but one day, she will ruthlessly overthrow that person from that high position!
"Where is the princess? Why don't you speak?" But at this moment, the queen asked with a smile.

Just as Ye Zhaoqing was about to answer, she heard Concubine Rong, who was sitting on the left side of the emperor, said with a smile: "Empress, it's not like you don't know that this bride's skin is always thin. If you are tall and noble, don't make things difficult for her." " As he spoke, he looked back at Li Yu and said, "Yu'er, you have seen the emperor now, so go back!"

"Alright." The emperor nodded, and said: "As the saying goes, a spring night is worth a thousand gold, Yu'er, take your daughter-in-law back quickly! Work hard, and try to give me a big fat grandson next year!"

When everyone heard the words, they all burst into laughter.

"Yes! Father! Your servant obeys!" Li Yu didn't laugh when he heard the words, and replied solemnly, then turned to hold Ye Zhaoqing's hand: "Qing'er, aren't you tired? Let's go back first!"

"Look at this considerate one!" The queen pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince, you look very much like you back then!"

"Really?" The emperor glanced at Li Yu with great interest, and then squeezed the queen's hand tightly.

This empress is the married wife that the emperor married when he was a prince. Over the years, the two have always had a deep relationship.

This scene hurt Concubine Rong's heart like a needle prick, she thought bitterly in her heart, even if she was loved again, so what, my son survived, but your son died!Died ten years ago!
Silently chanting these words in her heart, Concubine Rong felt better.

But when she turned her head, she saw her son tightly holding the hand of the bereaved star and preparing to leave, once again a wave of disgust surged in Concubine Rong's heart.

But at this moment, Concubine Rong suddenly heard 'Boom! ' With a sound, it seemed that someone was exhausted and fell down.

Immediately afterwards, exclamations sounded in her ears: "His Royal Highness! What's wrong with you?"

Concubine Rong was startled, she turned around abruptly, and saw her precious son Li Yu lying on the ground with her eyes closed tightly, she had already passed out.

Concubine Rong's shock was no small matter, she couldn't care about anything anymore, she stepped over in a few steps, raised her hand and gave Ye Zhaoqing a slap in the face!

"How did you take care of him? You actually caused His Royal Highness to faint? What should you do!"

This crisp questioning sound startled everyone, Ye Zhaoqing herself was also beaten, she covered her face with her hands, and stared blankly at Concubine Rong, she even forgot to look at Li Yu for a while.

"Quick! Go and get the imperial physician!" The queen hurriedly gave orders to the palace servants, helped the emperor get up and came to the unconscious Li Yu, took a look at the unconscious Li Yu, and said in surprise, "What's the matter, Your Highness? Why did you suddenly lose consciousness? ?”

Ye Zhaoqing had already come to her senses at this time, she squatted down quickly, opened Li Yu's eyelids to take a look, raised her eyes to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness is too tired, and because of the hot weather, he fell into a coma. , nothing happened, he will wake up soon." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pinch Li Yu's crowd.

"Stop!" The queen immediately shouted: "Crown princess, I know that you care about the prince, but caring will cause chaos. Now is not the time for you to intervene, you should stand aside first!" Then she turned her head and said: "Come here , carry the prince back to the apse!"

Soon, several palace people came from all around, the emperor didn't make a sound to stop him, but instead he glanced at Ye Zhaoqing and said, "Crown princess, get out of the way first, don't delay the best time for the imperial doctors to treat the prince." .”

Ye Zhaoqing turned a deaf ear to the emperor's words, and while everyone was not paying attention, she quickly took out a silver needle from her sleeve and stabbed Li Yu's back of the neck.

The next moment, Li Yu, who had fallen into a coma, let out a low moan from his throat, and then slowly opened his eyes.

"His Royal Highness is awake!" Someone in the palace shouted, and everyone was stunned.

"Your Highness, how are you?" Ye Zhaoqing stretched out his hand to support Li Yu, but took the opportunity to stab his back acupoint a few more times, and quickly stuffed a pill into Li Yu's mouth with his other hand.Covered by her sleeves, she was too close to Li Yu, so no one noticed this scene.

Concubine Rong saw it clearly, and when Ye Zhaoqing fed the pill, she rushed towards the emperor crying: "Your Majesty! I beg you, please punish this concubine who didn't take good care of her! The prince passed out because of her! "

Ye Zhaoqing was stunned immediately when she heard the words, she almost petrified, didn't she, she tried her best to rescue Li Yu here, but Concubine Rong was fine, she turned around and begged the emperor to punish herself!
Is this woman out of her mind?

"Mother Concubine, please forgive my daughter-in-law for not understanding what you mean." Ye Zhaoqing glanced at Concubine Rong in confusion, and said in a deliberate tone, "I just got married today, and I don't know anything about it. How can you say that the prince fainted because I didn't take good care of him?"

Concubine Rong looked at her resentfully, and said: "It is because of marrying you that my Yu'er is so tired. He didn't have a good rest last night and stayed up almost all night. How could he not faint!"

"So that's how it is." Hearing this, the emperor finally understood what Concubine Rong meant: "You mean, Yu'er passed out because she was too worried about her marriage?"

"Isn't that right? In addition to being busy with the marriage, Yu'er has to complete the tasks assigned to him by the emperor. The locust plague in Yuzhou this year cannot be delayed. Yu'er also wants to solve it earlier, so..." Concubine Rong Yue said, her voice smaller.

"Speaking of which, it's really not my fault." The emperor chuckled when he heard the words, turned his head and glanced at Li Yu who had come to his senses, and said with distress and reproach: "Didn't I give you half a month's sleep?" Is there a deadline? It’s only the first day, why are you so anxious to run an errand? It’s good to work hard, but you can’t go too far!”

Although he said reproachful words, the comfort in the emperor's tone could not be concealed.

Although Li Yu's breath was weak, he was able to speak. He was supported by several palace people and said: "What the father taught me is that I will remember it, and I will definitely pay attention to it in the future."

Seeing that he was able to stand up in a short period of time, the emperor put his heart back into his stomach, waved his hands and said, "Concubine Rong, hurry up, call more people to send the prince back to the East Palace! Please take good care of me." !"

"Your Majesty, the prince's fainting is a major event after all, we should invite the imperial physician to take a look!" The queen interjected, "That way you can feel at ease, right?"

The emperor hesitated when he heard this, and when he was about to answer, Li Yu said: "Father, I'm fine, just go back and rest."

Ye Zhaoqing interjected: "Your Majesty, let the prince go back to the palace first! If the empress is worried, just ask the imperial physician to visit the East Palace later."

"Then there's no need!" The emperor waved his hands after hearing the words, and made a conclusion: "Today is the day of your big wedding, and it's also the wedding day, what's the matter with inviting an imperial doctor to go back? Don't make people laugh!"

"Your majesty..." The queen was a little unwilling to hear the words, and she wanted to say more, but the emperor waved his hand at her and said with a smile: "Queen, you worry too much, I watched Yu'er grow up since childhood, his body has always been Very good, if it wasn't for being too tired recently, how could it be possible to pass out? It's okay, just go back and take care of yourself."

As he said that, he turned his head and glanced at the third prince who was quietly standing aside, and said, "Third brother, I will leave the matter of the locust plague to you!"

"Father!" But at this moment, Li Yu suddenly said: "Don't bother Uncle Three, I have already found a solution to the locust plague case, and I have handed it over to the Ministry of Punishment to handle it, and it will be settled immediately."

After hearing this, the emperor glanced at Li Yu suspiciously, and said half-believingly, "Really?"

"Father, when did my son lie to you?" Li Yu said.

Seeing that his manner of speaking had gradually returned to normal, the emperor believed it in his heart, and immediately turned his head to look at Murong Shen and said: "That's fine, don't bother the third prince, let the Tai Tuo personally supervise it!"

"My minister obeys the order!" Murong Shen responded immediately.

(End of this chapter)