In the thirteenth year of the Western Liang Dynasty, November 30th, late winter.
After the emperor granted the title of empress, a grand ceremony was held. Hundreds of miles of red decoration were laid outside the city, and the whole country celebrated and witnessed the grand occasion.
Before dawn, Wen Nianruan was called by the palace servants to dress up.
The weather is cold and the first snow of the year has fallen outside.
Wen Nianruan was sitting in front of the dowry, with several nuns behind her helping her to tie her hair. The white snow drifted past the window lattice, bringing with it a hint of desolation.
In the bronze mirror, Wen Nian's soft and beautiful face was reflected, but there was an imperceptible panic between her brows and eyes.
Because she has not heard from Yun Chenan and Xiao Yi for three days.
She asked Qiu Bai to inquire many times, but there was no sign of them in Prince Rongning's Palace or Yueyao Palace, and even Qingyue and Xizhu were nowhere to be seen.
After putting on her makeup, it was already dark outside. Wen Nianruan glanced outside through the window lattice. The sky and the earth were covered in silver, and the white snow dyed the white snow, which also dyed Wen Nianruan's eyes cold.
Looking at the white snow outside, she thought of that white figure, wishing that he would suddenly come into view and soothe her troubled heart.
She didn't feel at ease at all when he was away.
Wen Nianruan stood up and put on the wind robe. After changing, grandma put the heavy phoenix crown on her head, and Wen Nianruan's heart felt inexplicably heavy.
"The Emperor has arrived——"
Wen Nianruan's eyelids twitched slightly at Eunuch Fang's shout outside, and he calmly put his wide sleeves in front.
Xiao Jinran was wearing a black dragon robe today, trimmed with gold thread, solemn and noble, with a faint smile on his stern face.
He looked at Wen Nianruan with surprise in his eyes: "You are very beautiful today."
Wen Nianruan pursed her lips and smiled.
"Unhappy?" Xiao Jinran said softly, reaching out to touch her cheek, but Wen Nianruan avoided it.
She sneered slightly: "What do you think?"
"But I am very happy today."
Xiao Jinran's smile deepened and his face softened a lot.
Wen Nianruan said quietly: "Don't forget your promise."
Xiao Jinran's smile froze for a moment, and his eyes gradually darkened: "I won't forget it."
He stretched out his hand towards Wen Nianruan and said with a smile: "The auspicious time has come, and the ceremony of conferring the queen is about to begin."
Wen Nianruan's indifferent face was as calm as usual, without any hint of joy. She put her hand on Xiao Jinran's palm. The soft little hand made Xiao Jinran's heart throb. He held Wen Nianruan's hand tightly and led her out of the support.
Hua Palace.
Outside the Jinluan Hall, beside the 100-meter steps, hundreds of civil and military officials stood on both sides, and below were the imperial guards and imperial guards all over the city.
Xiao Jinran held Wen Nianruan's hand, step by step.
Eunuch Fang took the imperial edict and read aloud: "By God, the emperor decreed that today I will hold a ceremony with the Wen family to confer the queen. I will specially confer the Wen family as the empress. The title will be 'Yue Rong,' and I will be given the phoenix seal to take charge of the harem.
this."
All the civil and military officials knelt down and worshiped: "Long live my emperor, my queen, a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years."
The guards and generals all over the city bowed and said, "Long live my emperor, my queen, a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years."
Xiao Jinran joined hands with Wen Nianruan and walked up the steps step by step. The hem of her skirt flowing on the ground crossed the white snow on the ground, leaving shallow traces.
The snow was still falling, and everything around me was white, but there was no white figure.
The empress sealing ceremony was held until the evening. After the banquet, Wen Nianruan was taken to Fuhua Palace by palace officials.
Returning to the dormitory, Wen Nianruan dismissed the palace attendants, replaced the heavy wind cannon, and took off the phoenix crown. She hurriedly ordered Qiu Bai: "Go and find out more about Chen An and Xiao Yi."
"Okay!" Qiu Bai nodded.
But after only a moment, she turned back, her face turned pale: "Your Majesty, our Fuhua Palace is blocked."
"What?!"
Wen Nianruan stood up in a hurry. Before she could walk out of the palace, Xiao Jinran came. He raised his hand and waved away the palace people behind him.
Qiu Bai now knew what was going on. He looked at Wen Nianruan worriedly and quickly followed the palace man and quietly left to find a solution.
"Xiao Jinran, what do you mean?" Wen Nianruan's face was cold, and there was a faint fire in his eyes.
Xiao Jinran had an unpredictable smile on his face, and he stepped forward and pressed Wen Nianruan: "I know that you have been looking for Xiao Yi these past few days."
Wen Nianruan stepped back, his eyes flickered slightly, and the palm on his abdomen tightened: "So, what did you do to him?"
He replied: "He was taken into custody."
Wen Nianruan's heart trembled slightly: "What crime did he commit, and why did you take him into custody?!"
Xiao Jinran's gloomy eyes sneered: "Is this crime enough to defile the palace and meddle with my concubine?"
"Xiao Jinran!"
"Wen Nianruan!"
Both of them were furious. Xiao Jinran suddenly pressed Wen Nian against the wall and pressed her abdomen with his big hands. Veins suddenly appeared in the corners of his eyes, and fire danced in his eyes: "This is Xiao Yi's child, isn't it?"
"yes!"
Wen Nianruan raised her eyes and looked at him, without a trace of fear in her eyebrows.
We have reached this point and there is nothing to hide anymore.
Xiao Jinran smiled, extremely gloomy, and gritted his teeth: "Wen Nianruan is very good, but you dare to secretly have a baby with Xiao Yi behind my back! You are my concubine, but you have never thought about my feelings!"
Wen Nianruan laughed angrily: "I said that I have no feelings for you, and you also promised me that you would let me leave the palace on the day of the conferment ceremony. We will have nothing to do with each other in the future, and we will not owe each other anything, but you
Now you are acting out, Xiao Jinran, what kind of man are you!"
Xiao Jinran squeezed her shoulders tightly, with blazing fire in his eyes: "You have no feelings for me, but I am sincere to you. You want to walk away like this, Wen Nianruan, have you ever thought about this?
How unfair to me!"
Wen Nianruan shook his head and sneered: "In relationships, there is no fairness or unfairness."
Xiao Jinran's eyes were filled with clouds, and he pressed his big hand on her abdomen harder.
Wen Nianruan panicked, holding his wrist tightly, with a hoarse voice: "Xiao Jinran, if you dare to hurt my child, believe it or not, I will die with you."
"letter."
Xiao Jinran chuckled coldly and let go of her abdomen with his big hand.
He understood Wen Nianruan's temperament, which was extremely strong-willed. If he were to force himself, she would definitely die with him.
He tapped the acupuncture points on Wen Nianruan's body, and then she couldn't move. Xiao Jinran carried her to the bed, gently caressed her eyebrows, and his cold face softened: "Ruanruan, don't blame me for not letting go.
You go, because I love you too, and you can't be so selfish and leave me alone."
"Xiao Jinran, very good."
Wen Nianruan smiled at the corner of his mouth, but the smile did not reach his eyes, and a pair of fox eyes stared at him with anger.
"Good boy, don't look at me like this, it will make me uncomfortable."
Xiao Jinran stretched out his hand to cover her eyes and said softly: "I will not touch the child in your belly. If you stay by my side obediently, the child will be born safely to you, and I will treat him well in the future."
"Don't dream." Wen Nianruan sneered.
"Ruanruan, do you know what I hate most about you?" The tone was still gentle, but Xiao Jinran's eyes were filled with anger: "I hate your stubborn look the most."