Chapter 2 Chapter Two

On March 16th, after Nacai, Wenming, Naji, Nazheng, and requesting a date, the Holy Majesty issued an edict: the eldest daughter of Shen Liangzhi, secretary and supervisor, was named Princess Guangping; Princess Jianning. On March 28th, the ceremony of welcoming relatives.That day, Chang'an City was crowded with people, and the alleys were empty.This time, the royal family chose the concubine for the two grandsons with great fanfare, which caused a great sensation.Generally speaking, it takes a year and a half to go through the red tape to welcome relatives, but I didn't expect to marry in less than a month.Could it be that the royal family can't wait anymore, the emperor is so anxious to accept his grandson's wife?Of course, this is a joke in the market.

The two emperors and grandchildren are both the sons of the crown prince, the king of Guangping is the eldest, and the king of Jianning is the third; especially the king of Guangping, who was named "the grandson of the emperor" by Emperor Xuanzong when he was born, he can be regarded as one of the most popular figures in the world. Wang Chu of Guangping is of moderate stature, elegant in appearance, and radiant in appearance. His brows have the splendor of an emperor, and he wears a red crown embroidered with the sun, moon and stars. Starting off, more than a thousand people holding candles, horses, drums, attendants, and guards marched through the four squares of Yongxing, Chongren, Shengye, and Daozheng. Welcome".As for King Jianning, he will start from the Prince Jianning's mansion a quarter of an hour later to welcome his relatives.

This is the first time that the people in Chang'an City saw the demeanor of King Guangping in person. Although they were blocked by layers of guards and could only look at each other from a distance, they still praised each other. Such a grandson?It can be seen that this concubine Shen is blessed and honorable, and is very accessible. In the first few days, there have been female officials from the Shangyi Bureau in the palace who have come to Shen's mansion to teach the number of big weddings.Ordinary people in this dynasty are already very particular about weddings, not to mention the court, as big as setting up banquets, setting up wine, entering banquets, lowering banquets, worshiping, receiving baptisms, and setting up baptisms, as small as knocking and paying respects. Drill one by one without making any mistakes.

Shen Zhenzhu was sitting upright in the boudoir at this moment, a piece of thin red soap covered her pretty face, but it couldn't cover her wild thoughts.Since March, she has experienced the biggest choice in her life.She has never believed in fate, but she always thinks consciously or unconsciously: her life, in this month, has completely changed in just thirty days.If she hadn't been registered as a concubine, where would she be now?On the way back to Wuxing?Luxuriously decorated oxcarts and attendants like a cloud of waiters will naturally attract the attention of passers-by, but that's all. Since then, she has been lost in history. No one knows that during the Tianbao period, there was a woman named Shen Zhenzhu woman.This is by no means a good thing.

However, this is impossible.Her name, place of origin, and parents have been recorded on the royal ultimatum. She is destined to live and die with that strange world. What a terrible thing.On the third day of March, she had a night talk with her father after returning home late. She seemed to be vague about the specific content, but there was only one sentence, which she remembered in her heart. If you have a long-term career, you must repay the slightest. Children, if you owe others, you will always have to pay them back.” It’s somewhat ridiculous, the father is a typical Confucian scholar, and when it comes to persuading his daughter, he actually uses Buddhist methods.

Hongrui came in lightly, and whispered in Shen Zhenzhu's ear, "I just heard from Anfu that Mr. An Er was tied up in Fanyang by Mr. An, and he will not be able to come to the capital." Hongrui and Suci are dowry The maid, who was so busy jumping up and down in the whole house, was extraordinarily relaxed today, so she was sent by Shen Zhenzhu to inquire about the news. Shen Zhenzhu has always been worried about An Qingxu, and he was relieved after hearing the words, thinking that this would be fine, as long as he doesn't cause trouble in this wedding ceremony, thank God, after the marriage, the dust settles, and there will be no trouble .

Shen Zhenzhu's elder brother, Shen Jiefu, walked in slowly at this moment. He always loved his younger sister the most. Her father was straightforward and her mother was just a stepmother. Sitting in the room, fortune and misfortune have been interdependent since ancient times, who knows if disaster will happen tomorrow.Besides, this marriage is really reluctant.There is no discussion inside and outside the court. The concubine's sister, Mrs. Han, is determined to marry her daughter to the King of Guangping. I heard that the concubine is Shen Zhenzhu, who has been crying and disturbing the concubine for several days. Not very reasonable, just choreographing songs and dances, and a little bit disgusted with her tricky and domineering niece; on the contrary, the emperor felt uneasy and almost changed his mind. In the end, it was the father of King Quang Binh—His Royal Highness Xiang, who was gentle and kind, Shengqian lost his temper and even broke the jade cup given by Yang Guozhong, and then it was settled: Shen Zhenzhu was the concubine, and Cui Shi, the daughter of Mrs. Korea, was the child, and they were welcomed into the palace on the same day.The family of the Yang family is growing, with such a beginning, my sister may have a difficult life in the future. (Tang System: Ruren is the concubine of the prince. Two people are regarded as the fifth rank, and ten concubines are regarded as the sixth rank.)

After a long silence, he finally opened his mouth and said, "Pearl, when you go, you must take care of it—" He stopped abruptly, what else could he do besides telling you to take care of it?Everything is a foregone conclusion, he is a scholar who is useless, he is in vain as an elder brother, no wonder his father always pointed at his nose and scolded him since he was a child, he has such a cowardly temper, he hates iron but is not as good as his sister. "Brother, don't worry, look at my sister, I have never let others bully me since I was a child!" Shen Zhenzhu raised the soap bag, and smiled calmly: "But brother and sister-in-law should visit my sister more often in the future! Sister-in-law Do you have a letter recently, when will you return to Chang'an?"

Mentioning his wife, Shen Jiefu couldn't help but smile wryly: "Erniang is messing around, she's been crazy all day long, and she travels everywhere. The letter the day before yesterday mentioned Huangshan, and she didn't even come for her sister-in-law's wedding. It's really unreasonable!" Shen Jiefu's wife, Gongsun Erniang, is Jian Wu The direct sister of the famous Gongsun aunt. "I really envy my sister-in-law who married such a good husband and son-in-law as my brother." Shen Zhenzhu was both joking and sincere. Before I could say a few more words, when I heard the drums and music outside, I knew that King Guangping had arrived.Shen Jiefu was speechless, Shen Zhenzhu smiled, stretched out his hand to hold his brother's palm slightly, and said softly: "Brother, don't worry."

"Sister, you have to remember that you have to be tolerant in everything, don't force yourself, let alone show your sharpness. Remember, remember!" Before leaving the room, Shen Jiefu couldn't hold back, and finally urged. What follows is a lengthy and cumbersome wedding ceremony, with constant kowtows, bows, and bows.Rao is a gifted and intelligent pearl. In just ten days, she has learned extensively and memorized without making a single mistake. When she actually saluted, she still wandered around without knowing the direction. This may be the most important day of your life.Her husband, King Quang Binh, is either on the opposite side or on the left side. She cannot see his face and appearance. What is strange is that she seems to be able to smell his even and gentle breath clearly despite the complicated etiquette; See his radiant robes.Like all brides, she is full of shyness.

In the end, she bid farewell to her parents, Su Ci helped her out the door, and Su Ci reminded her in her ear: "It's time to get on the train." She nodded secretly.Under the soap, you can vaguely see the wheel axle, carved dragons and painted phoenixes, which are exquisite like never seen before.Jade chariots have always been available only when princes accept concubines. There is no precedent for ordinary princes and county kings. This time, the emperor bestowed one, which is an unusual number. "Princess, please board the car!" The master of ceremonies hadn't stopped singing loudly, and he stretched out a hand from the car unexpectedly, and grasped her left hand.This is not in etiquette!She heard a slight commotion from the spectators beside her, and the master of ceremonies' voice was a little knotted, as if shooting arrows in mid-air, but it was only a moment, and everything returned to normal soon.This hand is as gentle as jade, but also strong and powerful. After being slightly touched by him, he easily boarded the cart, "There is me, don't be afraid!" His deep voice seemed close as if it were far away, Shen Zhenzhu's face turned red, Feeling warm in his heart, his eyes lowered, and fell on his radiant clothes again. She suddenly remembered that ten years ago, she woke up slowly from the drowning coma, her whole body was aching, she slowly opened her eyes, the gorgeously decorated room, the strange lady, the strange air, the strange world, the eight-year-old Fear grew out of her ignorance, and she jumped off the bed screaming and ran out.It turned out that this was a dragon boat she had never seen before, and the huge space made her feel at a loss as to what to do. A pair of young hands stretched out to strangle her: "There is me, don't be afraid." That's it, that's it. "Let's go—" The sound of drum music filled the entire space of Chang'an City. By the time she was brought into her new home, she was exhausted.Suci and Hongrui carefully took down her soap, and four maidservants stood by each side with their arms hanging down. As far as the eye can see, it is all dazzling red.Remarried at dusk, it is almost late at night, the small carved window of the new house is half open, the bright moonlight melts into the room, two huge dragon and phoenix candles flickeringly reflect the flames, outside the room, in the distance, faint laughter The sound, the wine order, and the footsteps of the servants passing through the room. A little maid entered the inner room, knelt down and played: "My lord, as usual, Cui Ruren bows outside to pay homage." Su Ci and Hong Rui hurried forward to straighten Shen Zhenzhu's clothes, and helped her to the outside room.Cui Ruren had already stood there waiting, and she was also wearing a bright red wedding gown, she looked very beautiful with round pearls and jade, and when she saw Shen Zhenzhu coming out, she came up to her gracefully, and after a half-blessing, she said in a tone: "Cui Caiping See the princess!" Before the words finished, the female master of ceremonies sang as usual: "According to the etiquette, Cui Ruren will kneel down to the princess three times and nine times!" Another female master of ceremonies has already brought a red futon for Cui Ruren to kneel down and worship. use.Cui Caiping's complexion changed immediately, and her voice was high-pitched and high-pitched: "What! I have never kneeled like this before! I won't do it!" Shen Zhenzhu sighed in her heart, thinking that Cui Caiping was really the same as the legendary Similarly, in the future, if you get along with the palace, you must be a troublemaker. If you are entangled with her every day, it is too unnecessary.Winking at Hongrui, Hongrui understood, took out a few small gold ingots wrapped in red paper from her bosom, and stuffed them into the hands of several female masters of ceremonies one by one, Shen Zhenzhu said with a smile: "Our sisters, how can we do this?" Serious courtesy, ladies and gentlemen, can you forgive me?" The female ceremonies also knew some stories about Cui Caiping, and they were afraid of the power of Yang's family, so they said goodbye and went back to the palace without saying a word. Here, Shen Zhenzhu has pulled up Cui Caiping who was still resentful in her heart, took out a crystal clear jade hairpin from her bosom, gently inserted it into Cui Caiping's bun, held her slender hands, and said happily: "I heard just now that my sister's name is Caiping. It's an excellent name! From now on, we are sisters. We need to take care of each other and help His Highness together. My sister has seen the world, and there is nothing wrong with me in a hurry." Things, this jade hairpin, don’t dislike it.” Shen Zhenzhu's words seemed plain and ordinary, but they actually contained profound meaning.One is that they are called sisters. Although they are closer, they also distinguish between the concubines and concubines, and confirm their identity as concubines and empresses; Don't pretend that now that the imperial concubine is favored, Yang's power is all over the world, so she can do whatever she wants and do things that are not good for her.Besides, that jade hairpin is not a general thing. Lantian is rich in beautiful jade. Shen Zhenzhu's ancestors traveled to Lantian a hundred years ago, and accidentally got a piece of beautiful jade. It is warm and delicate, with a fat luster. The sound was far and deep, and it gradually died down. They hired skilled craftsmen to create several jade hairpins and jade stones. This one is one of them. Although the Yang family has power all over the world, such jade hairpins are rare. This Cui Caiping has always been domineering and domineering, even her parents gave her three points. She originally wanted to take advantage of today to get through the door, find some provocateurs to have a fight with the concubine, and set up some prestige, so that the whole family can't underestimate her, but Shen Zhenzhu actually Treating her like this, he seemed to be full of energy, but he had nothing to do, so he had to say a few words to Shen Zhenzhu's sister and sister, and then left. The night was getting deeper and the noise was getting weaker and weaker. A maidservant couldn't bear it anymore and secretly yawned. It was expected to be March and the night was a bit cold.Half an hour later, another woman walked in, with a handsome face and shrewd look in her eyes, she looked like a maidservant, but unlike other maidservants, she did not wear bright red wedding clothes, but wore a white narrow-sleeved jacket , with a green vest, a light red long skirt, and a small hairpin pinned to a single bun. He bowed to Shen Zhenzhu calmly and bowed as a salute: "Slave Dugu Jing, the deputy head of the palace, please greet the princess .His Highness is being pestered by several princes to drink, and he is afraid that he will not be able to come. The princess has worked all day, so she should take a rest first." Saying that, the maidservant following behind has already brought a basin full of dim sum, and brought them out one by one, such as pea yellow, kidney bean rolls, jade cakes, flat cakes, curry rolls, all of which are exquisite and delicate Soviet-style dim sum. .Shen Zhenzhu unknowingly let out a "Hey", and Dugu Jing continued to say: "His Highness personally ordered the slaves to make this, the princess will try it, will it be smooth?" Shen Zhenzhu slowly nodded and laughed: "From your accent, are you from Jiangnan?" Dugu Jing replied: "The ancestral home of the maidservant is Yangzhou." "That's very close to Wu Xing, we are from the same hometown!" "Slaves dare not." Dugu Jing still replied calmly, without surprise, which made Shen Zhenzhu a little bored.Dugu Jing ordered a group of maidservants to lean on each other in an orderly manner, and served Shen Zhenzhu properly before leaving. Shen Zhenzhu didn't eat anything all day, she was already hungry, but couldn't open her mouth, so she picked some snacks and ate them, leaning against the bedpost, she fell asleep slowly. In the haze, there seemed to be a pair of warm and jade-like hands stroking her forehead and cheeks, gently stroking her hair, and the slight smell of alcohol, she woke up suddenly, her hand was held in the warm palm of the person in front of her, the boy back then, The present King Quang Binh - her husband.His appearance is not much different from ten years ago, with the same bright eyebrows and starry eyes, very handsome, but the difference is that the boyishness of ten years ago has been replaced by a cold and dignified air faintly protruding between his brows, and he drinks new wine The sweet-scented osmanthus bar, the pleasant smell wafts in the warm pavilion, staring at her intently, without opening her mouth to speak, but there is an awe-inspiring aura that oppresses her, making people unable to breathe. Those eyes are deep and bright, looking directly at her go with your heart. She blushed and looked around, only the two of them were left in the huge room, she suddenly felt extremely embarrassed, so she lowered her head and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, you are drunk..." Rao is only five cars rich, I don't know How should I go on. "Don't call me Your Highness, call me Chu!" Li Chu ordered softly.She was given to him by God. That year when he and his father, queen, mother and concubine traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, they all traveled on dragon boats, but he was the only one who saw her struggling in the water, and jumped into the lake to save her without even thinking about it. How big can it be then?Frightening the guards around him, he finally rescued her.For many years, this incident was talked about inside and outside the palace, and it became a good story, "His Royal Highness King Guangping fished out a pearl from the lake", her name is Pearl.Concubine selection, with so many ladies waiting to be selected, I can't intervene, and I can't even have any hints to the emperor. The more highly praised, the easier it is to be squeezed out. I thought I had no hope, but I got it. Shen Zhenzhu blushed so hot that she couldn't cry out, remembering that her hair was full of gold hairpins and jade pearls, she was feeling heavy and uncomfortable, so she hurriedly reached out to pull out one of her hair. "I'll help you." Li Chu stood up and helped her pull out the pile of jewelry, his mind fluttering.He has always been careful about things. Although he was drunk a lot today, he was only three or four points drunk. Now facing the jade man, he seemed to be a little bit more drunk, clumsy, and barely pulled out the four butterfly golden steps She didn't pull out the gold-encrusted tourmaline-pointed emerald flower hairpin for a long time, but it made Shen Zhenzhu's hair hurt. She frowned and moaned softly, but felt her lips were hot, and Li Chu was already touching her pink lips deeply. Deep kiss will come down. Under a kiss, Shen Zhenzhu's whole body was soft and warm, and she couldn't exert any strength, so she could only let Li Chu put her down on the bed. "Your Highness." Shen Zhenzhu called softly, "Call me Chu!" He continued to deepen the kiss, intoxicated by the sweet fragrance of her mouth, her hands and feet were still weak, and she smelled the breath in his body, so familiar, and then Seeing his increasingly lingering kiss, her slender hands slowly climbed up his broad shoulders and arms, hugging his body with attachment.He seemed to be encouraged, the lips, eyes, forehead, hair, neck, neck, little kisses from gentle to overwhelming, wantonly and arrogantly kissed her body weak, soft as mud, breath gradually thickened. "Pearl, it's been ten years, and I finally want you." He leaned over and pressed her under him, and whispered in her ear.