Chapter 311: 311 marriage certificate
Chapter 311 311 Marriage Letter
In order to read out the imperial edict, the play on the stage outside was also suspended, and there was silence inside and outside the flower hall.
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Not only the queen and Yuan Zhitong, but also everyone else were dumbfounded. Some people couldn't help but pinched their thighs quietly to see if they were dreaming.
"..." The queen sat there motionless, stunned.
She thought that even if the emperor did not marry Anle, he would choose a concubine princess or a noble daughter of the clan. He would never agree to such a ridiculous thing, not to mention that it was proposed by the Queen Mother. How could the Emperor comply with the Queen Mother's wishes? !
Unexpectedly, the emperor actually agreed...
Yuan Zhitong, who was kneeling on the ground listening to the order, was stunned and subconsciously shouted: "I... won't go."
Her slender body was trembling like a delicate flower in the wind and rain, and her whole body was shaky, as if she was about to fall down at any time.
Eunuch Ni closed the imperial edict, his drooping eyelids looked a bit lazy and a bit cold.
"Miss Yuan, do you want to resist the decree?" Eunuch Ni asked coldly.
If Yuan Zhitong does not accept the order, then she is just Miss Yuan, not Princess Anxing.
"..." Yuan Zhitong felt as if he had been stabbed by Eunuch Ni, his eye circles were red, his eyes were misty and filled with tears.
The Empress Dowager Yin stroked her sleeves generously and said grandly: "Just as the Ai family said, it would be a good idea for Zhitong to marry him. The emperor and the Ai family really want to get together. If Zhitong marries her, she will surely achieve great success." This is a good story and contributes to the harmony between the two countries.”
"The queen still has good taste, unlike the Ai family who have old eyesight."
The Queen Mother Yin was obviously not a few years older than the Queen, but she kept saying that people are old and their eyesight is dim, and the meaning of her words was extremely ironic.
The female relatives also woke up a little and looked at each other in confusion. No one expected that so many things would happen during the third princess's wedding ceremony. In the next few days, there would be another topic for after-dinner talk in the capital.
Yuan Zhitong did not dare to resist the order, nor did she want to accept it. At this moment, she also reacted and walked towards the Queen Mother Yin's knees, not caring about her manners or her clothes.
"Cousin!" Yuan Zhitong's eyelashes trembled slightly, and crystal tears slid down the corners of his eyes. His pretty face was pale and pale, with thin tears on his cheeks, which was pitiful. "Please help me, I don't want to marry Hao Hao." country."
Her voice was choked and sad, as if it would pass in the next moment.
She raised her hand to pull the Queen Mother Yin, but the Queen Mother was not something she could touch easily. Aunt He stood forward and blocked the front like a wall, preventing Yuan Zhitong from getting close to the Queen Mother Yin.
Eunuch Ni stood there holding the bright yellow imperial edict in his hand.
Anle blinked, then blinked again, reached out to pinch Chu Qianchen's sleeve, and asked bluntly: "Aunt Nine Emperors, don't I need to get married?"
Her voice was crisp and delicate, like a silver bell or an oriole. It was extremely loud in the silent flower hall, but it seemed like another sharp stab at Yuan Zhitong.
Chu Qianchen nodded and adjusted the slightly skewed gold necklace on Anle's chest.
"That's great!" An Le happily touched her palms again, smiling so hard that she couldn't even see her eyes. She was so happy that she could hardly find the north, "Grandma Huang, you are so kind!"
As she spoke, several red plum blossoms on her crown swayed slightly as she tilted her head, their petals trembling slightly.
"Be good." Queen Mother Yin gave Anle a gentle smile, and she also helped Anle by the way, killing two birds with one stone.
Queen Mother Yin's eyes turned slightly, and Almighty ignored Yuan Zhitong. She stood up leisurely and said calmly: "The Ai family is tired. Qianchen, please go back with the Ai family."
Chu Qianchen stood up and took Empress Dowager Yin's arm, and said with a smile: "Mother, didn't I just pick a few plum blossoms? I'll put a vase for you."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked out of the flower hall with smiles and smiles, and complicated eyes from behind were cast on their backs.
Most people actually still can't figure out how things got to this point, and feel that there are too many things that don't make sense about the whole thing.
Only Princess Li, Princess Rui and other princesses, as well as the eldest princess Jingle, were thoughtful, thinking of Aunt Shan's poor acting skills at Nuanting just now, and vaguely grasped the context of the whole thing. .
The queen was clearly using the second prince to plot against Chu Qianchen. Unexpectedly, she would end up stealing the chicken but losing the rice.
Does the Queen really think that the Queen Mother is easy to coax? !
ridiculous!
Princess Li raised her lower lip in a funny way, drinking tea calmly, still thinking about this matter.
Judging from the current ending, it is obvious that the emperor and the empress are no longer of the same mind and are wary of each other.
The emperor is wary of the queen, which means he is wary of the prince.
Thinking about the prince who was still being ignored by the emperor, Princess Li felt complicated and thought about how to talk to her old man about this matter when she went back today.
Yuan Zhitong was still kneeling on the ground, paralyzed as if his whole body had been drained of bones. From behind came Eunuch Ni's strange, lukewarm voice, blowing on Yuan Zhitong's ears like the breath of an evil spirit.
"Miss Yuan, do you want to resist the order?"
Eunuch Ni said almost word for word.
Yuan Zhitong suddenly felt that the air around him had become thinner, as if his throat was being strangled by an invisible hand.
Did she have any other choice? !
Inside and outside the flower hall, separated only by a curtain, the atmosphere is completely different.
Empress Dowager Yin and Chu Qianchen had already walked out of the flower hall, facing the cold wind and walking towards Shouning Palace. Both of them had warm sleeve stoves in their sleeves, and they didn't feel the chill at all.
"This child Anle, her temperament is not suitable for marrying far away." The Queen Mother Yin looked at a crabapple tree in front of her with all its leaves and flowers, and sighed with emotion, "If she marries the former eldest prince of the Hao Kingdom, Wu He Jia Lou Fortunately, as for now..."
Even if the Queen Mother has never met Wuhatuna, the current prince of Hao Kingdom, she can still conclude that he is not a good match.
"The Queen Mother is right." Chu Qianchen nodded obediently, as if she respected the Queen Mother.
Originally, according to the plan of the prince and Wuhejialou, the third princess did not need to marry to Hao Kingdom.
"Anle is a good boy." Queen Mother Yin sighed, remembering a past event sadly, and told Chu Qianchen smoothly.
After the late emperor passed away and the Queen Mother moved to Shouning Palace, the Queen used the excuse that the Queen Mother was weak and rarely went to Shouning Palace to pay her respects, and also prevented Anle from going there. However, Anle would occasionally go to Shouning Palace quietly. One time the year before last, the Queen Mother While admiring lotuses by the pond, Anle suddenly ran over and gave the Queen Mother a lesson, telling her not to get too close to the pond, as it would be bad if she fell into the water.
"...The little girl is quite vicious when she trains people."
Queen Mother Yin thought of this incident and found it funny, and the corners of her lips curled up.
"I also think Anle is very well-behaved and cute." Chu Qianchen was also smiling, with a smile on his face and eyes, blooming like a delicate flower.
The Queen Mother and the Prince are indeed mother and son, and they are very similar. They gave me peaches and gave me Qiong Yao in return.
Queen Mother Yin laughed out loud when she heard her "very well-behaved and cute" daughter-in-law say this to others in a serious manner.
Her laughter echoed in the air with the wind. Aunt He and others couldn't help but show their faces. Everyone felt that their eyes were open.
Winter is not over yet, the cold wind is howling, but they all have a feeling that spring is not far away.
At this time, the queen, who was in the flower hall, felt that the winter might not be too long, and a cold air rose up from the soles of her feet.
The queen was completely stunned, and her mind was completely empty. She didn't even care about when Yuan Zhitong would receive the order or when Eunuch Ni would leave.
Until the performance of "The Fan of Concubine Xiang" outside was finished, the entire flower hall was silent except for Anle, who clapped her hands to the stage from time to time, her voice was very cheerful, and she kept laughing and applauding.
From time to time, other female family members cast their eyes on the lost queen and Yuan Zhitong, especially Yuan Zhitong who seemed to be a completely different person. His energy was completely gone, and he seemed to be left with only a soulless body.
When the play reached the last moment, a young chamberlain bravely came to ask the queen for instructions: "Queen, do you want to have a banquet? The emperor has just sent someone to say that he has invited the king of Andaman to come."
Everyone was surprised when they heard about the King of Andaman County, and they couldn't help but look at Yuan Zhitong. Only then did Yuan Zhitong come back to his senses, his pretty face turned a bit pale again, and he looked panicked.
The queen stood up, and others stood up one after another.
Today's banquet is in the Liufang Water Pavilion next to the flower hall. The water pavilion and the flower hall are connected by a verandah, making it easy for everyone to go there.
Everyone went to Liufang Water Pavilion talking and laughing. Chu Qianchen also came, but Queen Mother Yin did not come.
The female family members sat down according to their status. Because the emperor would come, the banquet was not held for the time being. Everyone drank tea quietly and waited. Not long after, the emperor came with the king of Andaman and two other envoys from the Hao Kingdom.
Also accompanying him were the Crown Prince Gu Nanjin, the second prince Gu Nanzhao, the third prince Gu Nanzhen, as well as a group of internal servants, royal guards, etc. The team was huge.
As soon as Gu Nanzhao entered the water pavilion, he couldn't help but look at Chu Qianchen, who was sitting next to Princess Li, with a hint of tenderness and pain.
He can't hurt her anymore.
What happened in Nuanting an hour ago flashed back like a fleeting flash, cutting into his heart like a sharp blade.
Gu Nanzhao looked away again, so hard, as if he had exhausted all his strength, leaving only the pain and nostalgia in his eyes and heart.
He walked absent-mindedly with the emperor, sat down on his seat absent-mindedly, and drank a tasteless drink absent-mindedly.
No one paid attention to Gu Nanzhao. Most of the people's eyes were scanning between the emperor and the King of Andaman. The King of Andaman was still angry, his face was as dark as water, and there was still undisguised anger in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
The emperor sat on the main seat with a golden sword, with a smile on his face, completely different from the thundering and furious look he had in the Hall of Preservation and Harmony before.
He first smiled and signaled everyone to excuse themselves, then looked at the King of Andaman with a calm look, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have just thought about it carefully. The marriage between the two countries is a major event, and it should be decided early."
Andaman and the two accompanying Hao envoys were stunned by the emperor's unexpected words, and no one reacted suddenly.
Andaman frowned his thick black eyebrows and thought to himself: This Emperor of Daqi has a sudden change in his thoughts, and changes his orders day by day. Is he mentally ill? !
The Minister of Rites had already written the marriage document in advance and presented it to Andaman.
The marriage letter was written in Qi language and Hao language respectively. Andaman looked directly at the Hao language version, his eyes focused on "Princess Anxing", and his brows furrowed even more tightly.
Who is Princess Anxing? Isn’t the third princess Anle the one who is marrying their prince?
Others need to give the emperor face, but the king of Andaman County does not. He shot his eyes like daggers at the emperor and asked directly: "His Majesty the Emperor of Daqi, who is this Anxing?"
His words sounded like he was gritting his teeth.
In contrast to Andaman's excitement, the emperor remained calm and smiling, saying: "Princess Anxing is my adopted daughter. Prince, please sign the marriage contract." There was silence in the water pavilion.
Yuan Zhitong's body trembled violently, and thick despair filled her body, seeming to swallow her whole.
She lowered her eyes, not daring to look at Andaman, like a prisoner waiting for the final sentence, with only one thought left in her mind: Will the King of Andaman agree? !
Prince Gu Nanjin was also surprised.
He didn't know that the emperor had conferred Yuan Zhitong as Princess Anxing, nor did he know that the emperor had temporarily changed the candidate for marriage.
Although Gu Nanjin also felt that it was not appropriate to marry the current Nan Hao with his peaceful temperament, after all, Wu Hejialou was a man with the world in mind, and the current Hao Kingdom royal family was nothing more than a tiger's den and a wolf's den.
However, the emperor suddenly went back on his word after agreeing, which simply did not take the diplomacy between the two countries seriously.
Gu Nanjin pursed her lips as she hesitated to speak, but in the end she didn't say anything. He also knew that if he spoke to stop him now, he would definitely end up badly. Not only would he be disgusted by the emperor, but he would also make the emperor think that he was colluding with Haoren.
Gu Nanjin squeezed a porcelain cup at hand tightly, almost crushing it, and glanced at Andaman from the corner of his eye.
Andaman's face changed, as if stained by ink, and his eyes cut like a knife on the emperor's face.
That's too much!
This Emperor of Da Qi simply bullied Da Hao too much. First he wanted to regret the marriage without any reason, but failed to do so, and now he wants to change his marriage!
Moreover, the candidate for marriage was changed from a legitimate princess to a so-called adopted daughter!
The adopted daughter is nothing more than a fake princess. Does the Emperor of Da Qi think he doesn't know? The so-called adopted daughter of the emperor has always been used to make peace with foreign countries and fool those small barbarian countries!
Does the Emperor of Da Qi regard Da Hao as those small barbarian countries? !
This is unreasonable, simply unreasonable!
Andaman couldn't bear it any longer. The anger in his heart grew stronger and stronger. He raised a trembling finger and pointed at the emperor and scolded: "Your Majesty is now changing the candidates for marriage without any reason. It seems that he really wants to regret the marriage!"
He spoke slowly, word by word, and a cold, poisonous smile flashed across his face.
"Why have I ever regretted my marriage?!" The emperor didn't think he had regretted it. "I only said that I would marry the princess to the prince of your country, but I didn't say that the one I was marrying could not be an adopted daughter?"
"The one I want to marry is the third daughter of the emperor, and An Xing is the third daughter of the emperor."
Yuan Zhitong is more than one year older than the third princess. If she had to be included in the ranking of the princesses, she would indeed be the third in line.
The emperor was quite proud, and the corners of his lips curled up, thinking that he had taken advantage of it.
His words were like adding fuel to the fire, and the anger in Andaman's heart exploded and turned into hatred.
He personally went to Da Qi as an envoy, so naturally he came with high expectations, but he was actually teased by the Da Qi Emperor!
Thinking back on his experience in Daqi over the past two months, Andaman felt like he was being fooled around like an actor on a stage.
In particular, not only did he fail to kill Wuhejialou, but he also broke a hidden stake in Daqi, killing several close associates and causing heavy losses.
Andaman regretted that he had taken the initiative to ask Ying to be an envoy to Daqi.
At the beginning, Emperor Hao Wuhaduluo had just ascended the throne. In order to secure the throne, he proposed a marriage with Daqi. He wanted to make the former emperor's party fearful and frighten the two vassal kings who had not yet surrendered. At that time, the ministers were divided into two groups. One group opposed the marriage with Daqi and used the rhetoric of Uhagalou; the other group strongly supported the marriage, and he was one of them.
Only now did Andaman realize that the Emperor of Daqi was extremely despicable, duplicitous, changing orders every day, and had no bearing as an emperor.
People like the Emperor of Da Qi are simply not worthy of Da Hao's cooperation. People like him may tear up the alliance at any time and bite you back.
Andaman's face turned green and white, and his heart was surging.
The emperor looked down at Andaman and said slowly: "Do you still want to sign the marriage contract?"
The emperor smiled coldly and pretended to be indifferent. Feeling that he had the upper hand, he slapped the opponent in the face, feeling even more proud.
The King of Andaman endured it again and again, but could no longer endure it.
He didn't even bother to talk to the emperor anymore and wanted to just walk away like before.
No marriage, no marriage.
His most important mission when he came to Hao Kingdom this time was to find the whereabouts of Uhagalou and determine his life and death. He had already completed this mission.
As for the marriage between the two countries, it is not necessary, and he still has the power to interrupt it.
Andaman rudely threw the marriage certificate in his hand on the table, stood up with one hand on the table.
The marriage certificate knocked over the wine glasses, wine bottles, etc. on the table. Some dried fruits on the fruit bowl rolled down and fell everywhere, making the ground a mess in an instant.
Everyone else around him seemed mute and said nothing.
Andaman was furious and turned around to leave, but felt his cuffs tighten and turned his head to look into Lange's deep eyes behind him.
Lange moved his mouth and silently said one word in Hao language: bow.
Andaman read Lange's lips and his pupils shrank.
The appearance of the new bow appeared in his mind, and his overwhelming anger and hatred were extinguished. He quickly calmed down and thought about the current situation.
Yes, one of the purposes of his trip to Qi was to discuss marriage, but now, the value of the marriage between the two countries was far less than the bow provided by Chu Qianhuang.
After seeing the power of that bow in Bize Garden that day, he asked people all over the capital to inquire about it, but no shop said that anyone had made such a bow. Later, he thought about whether Chu Qianhuang took the bow apart and made it into parts, and asked people to inquire again, but there was still no result.
They had already explored all the bow-making shops in the capital, and even visited the nearest small towns in the surrounding areas, but found nothing.
If this was in Dahao, Andaman could allocate more manpower to expand the area. He didn't believe that he wouldn't be able to find any clues, but they were in the capital of Daqi.
The matter is at an impasse.
The only person who knew how to make that new type of bow was Chu Qianhuang.
With the character of Emperor Da Qi, even if he agrees to marry the third princess to Dahao now, the value of the third princess has been greatly reduced. It can be said that the value of Chu Qianhuang is far higher than that of the third princess.
Andaman stood stiffly.
Most of the Qi people present originally thought that Andaman would leave in a hurry like he did at the Baohe Hall before, but unexpectedly, Andaman suddenly changed his mind and refused to leave.
Many of the female family members were secretly stunned. The facts that happened today were so bizarre that even the scripts would not dare to make them up.
Andaman's hand clenched into a fist, and then let go, his thoughts were flying, and his eyes shone with a chaotic and complicated light, and finally condensed into a point.
"Your Majesty," Andaman asked again after a long silence, "Where is the concubine?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the water pavilion was surprised, including the prince Gu Nanjin.
Listening to Andaman's words, it sounded like he was about to compromise? !
Everyone was confused and completely confused, but Yuan Zhitong's heart had been ups and downs several times. At this moment, he only felt that his eyes were going dark and his body was shaking.
From the emperor's point of view, this was Haoren's surrender to him.
For a moment, the emperor felt very happy. He felt that he had won a great victory in this game between the two countries. It could be said that he defeated ten enemies with one effort.
The emperor reluctantly suppressed the corners of his lips that were about to turn up, and said calmly and confidently: "When a 'princess' gets married, she will naturally have a concubine."
They were just two concubines, and the emperor didn't take them seriously.
Andaman pointed to the marriage certificate that he threw on the table, and said at a volume that was loud enough for everyone present: "The concubine's name must be written on the marriage certificate, so as not to let His Majesty miss it two days later." Suddenly I feel reluctant to give up."
He curled his lips in a sneer, unable to hide the sarcasm in his words.
Where the two people's eyes collided, sparks flew, and another overt and covert duel was going on. Both sides had their own thoughts, plans, and calculations.
Andaman didn't mention Chu Qianhuang's name, but even if he didn't mention it, the emperor knew that he was doing it for Chu Qianhuang.
Although the emperor was very resentful that they insisted on having Chu Qianhuang as a concubine, they were just concubines. Gu Jue only deserved to use this little bargaining chip, and any "adopted daughter" he named would be useless. Can become Nan Hao's crown princess.
A subtle sense of pleasure arose in the emperor's heart. He was the emperor, and Gu Jue was just a prince. He would always be outnumbered by himself.
Thinking that he had completely destroyed the Queen Mother's "plan" today and sent the Queen Mother's favorite candidate to Nan Hao, the emperor felt better. In comparison, the slightest bit of unhappiness that Chu Qianhuang felt was really insignificant.
The emperor thought for a moment and agreed: "Okay, as per the prince's opinion."
Andaman sat back down again, and the two of them finally reached an agreement.
In fact, everyone was still full of doubts, and some people even began to wonder if the emperor had grasped the Nanhao people's sore feet, so he suddenly changed the candidates for marriage so forcefully, and the Nanhao people actually accepted it.
There are obviously some unknown secrets hidden in this, and some of the female family members can't wait to leave the palace and return home to talk to their masters.
In this strange atmosphere, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites drafted a new marriage contract as quickly as possible, included the two originally agreed concubines in the marriage contract, and then submitted it to the emperor for review.
There were two copies of the marriage certificate. After the emperor nodded, the left minister of the Ministry of Etiquette could safely hand over the other marriage contract to Andaman.
Andaman read it carefully twice, as if he was afraid of any traps in the marriage letter, and was very cautious. His caution turned into a provocation in the eyes of the emperor.
It’s really like judging a gentleman’s heart with a villain’s heart! The emperor gritted his teeth secretly.
Although the emperor and Andaman did not exchange harsh words, there was always a sense of tension between them, as if they would fight each other if they disagreed. This atmosphere inevitably affected other people around them. Most of the female relatives felt that they could not breathe smoothly.
After Andaman confirmed the marriage certificate, he and the emperor stamped their respective seals in the presence of everyone.
The bride has a long way to go to Nanhao, and it will take nearly a month or more on the road, so the Hao Kingdom will choose an auspicious date for the wedding. The emperor and Andaman have only set the date for Yuan Zhitong to get married.
During the whole process, Andaman did not even ask who the emperor's adopted daughter Princess Anxing was.
Yuan Zhitong, who was sitting next to the third princess, was completely confused.
She seemed to have lost all color, sitting there with a dull expression, and her whole body was gray.
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