Emperor Ming Yuan brought Empress Chu and Concubine Lu out of the palace tonight to attend the wedding of King Huai.
Seeing the newlyweds kneeling down, Concubine Lu's tears could no longer be held back. They fell like broken beads. She wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, help me up quickly."
If before the wedding, she still had some grudges about Rong Yue's background, but now she has completely gone.
Only happiness remains.
Just as the wedding was getting into high gear, Emperor Ming Yuan was about to return to the palace with Concubine Lu, but he heard someone outside the door reporting that Prince Su of Daxing Kingdom had arrived.
Among the seven kingdoms, Daxing Kingdom and Dayue Kingdom were the most prosperous. In terms of agriculture, economy, and military strength, they were slightly better than the Northern Tang Dynasty.
Daxing Kingdom and Northern Tang Dynasty had established diplomatic relations in the early years, but due to some border issues, since Emperor Ming Yuan ascended the throne, the two countries have continued to have minor frictions, which did not damage the fundamentals, but they also tried to cause unpleasantness.
In recent years, Daxing Kingdom had little contact with Northern Tang Dynasty. Even when it was time to confer a crown prince, Daxing Kingdom sent an envoy, but he was only a third-grade civil servant, and he was perfunctory.
But at this time, Prince Su of Daxing Kingdom came and went straight to the wedding banquet without receiving any prior notification from Daxing Kingdom, which shocked Emperor Ming Yuan.
As a matchmaker today, the first assistant was also a little drunk. He was also very surprised when he heard that Prince Su from Daxing Kingdom was coming.
Prince Su was the younger brother of Emperor Wen of Daxing State. At that time, Emperor Jingling of Daxing State, Yang Hanlun, once praised the five-year-old Prince Su for his intelligence and bravery, so he almost made Prince Su his heir apparent.
Prince Su is a famous tiger general of the Daxing Kingdom with outstanding military exploits. He now serves as the Minister of War of the Daxing Kingdom.
Why did Prince Su, who holds a military position, come here at this time?
The lively banquet stopped, and everyone stood up and watched Prince Su of Daxing Kingdom come in with two attendants.
He was about forty years old, dressed in blue casual clothes, dusty from all the travel, his hair was slightly messy, and he looked slightly tired, which showed that he had come all the way in a hurry.
He was tall, with handsome features, and moved with the agility of a military commander. Within a moment, he entered the main hall and stood in front of Emperor Ming Yuan.
He stepped forward and bowed his hands in worship, "My brother, please visit the official family!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Ming Yuan's heart suddenly dropped.
He calls himself the younger brother, which means that Dazhou and Daxing are still brothers. He is the younger brother of Emperor Wen of Daxing. When facing Emperor Ming Yuan, it is right to call himself younger brother.
Emperor Ming Yuan said with a smile: "Zishun, please sit down quickly."
Zishun is the name of Prince Su.
After Prince Su sat down, Chu Shoufu asked: "I didn't know beforehand that Prince Su was coming, but it caused Northern Tang to lose its etiquette. Prince, don't blame me."
Only then did Prince Su see Chu Shoufang, and he quickly stood up and clasped his fists, "Hello, Shoufang."
"Your Majesty, please take a seat quickly!" Chu Shoufu said with a smile.
After Prince Su sat down, he saw Yu Wenhao and the groom, Prince Huai, come in, followed by a group of guests, most of whom were relatives of the emperor and civil and military officials in the court.
After meeting them one by one, Prince Su looked at Prince Huai with judgment, scrutiny, and various unspeakable meanings.
Concubine Lu felt a little uneasy. Why was Prince Su of Daxing so rude? With so many people around, they stared at Lao Liu.
However, she is a female member of the harem and cannot speak.
King Huai was stared at in confusion, so he stepped forward and offered his hand, "The prince has come a long way, why don't you treat him to a glass of Xiao Wang's wedding wine first?"
Prince Su withdrew his eyes and sighed softly, "I won't drink the wedding wine. It's not appropriate for me to drink it here. You might as well offer me a cup of tea and call me father-in-law."
As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was shocked. Prince Huai was also shocked. He looked at Prince Su and thought, what does this mean?
Or Yu Wenhao reacted quickly, "My lord, do you mean to say that Rong Yue is your daughter?"
Prince Su nodded slightly, "Well, yes."
Concubine Lu couldn't bear it anymore and stood up suddenly, "Rong Yue is actually the princess of Daxing Kingdom? Why didn't she say anything?"
Emperor Ming Yuan coughed lightly, and Concubine Lu realized that she had lost her composure. She sat down and looked at Prince Su in shock.
Emperor Ming Yuan said: "Zishun, what on earth is going on?"
Prince Su said softly: "Guan family, Rong Chendi will report tomorrow. I want to see Rong Yue first."
Emperor Ming Yuan nodded, and someone came forward to invite Prince Su.
Prince Su stood up and bowed before leaving, and his tall figure quickly disappeared from the crowd.
The guests were very shocked. Many people had previously thought that King Huai had contracted tuberculosis, so he married the daughter of a merchant. Although his family status was not high, he was better off because of his wealth. Therefore, attending this wedding banquet, they all looked down upon the bride.
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However, she turned out to be the princess of Daxing Kingdom.
With status and money, King Huai is truly blessed.
Rong Yue was very happy today. After being sent to her new house, she has been sitting and waiting. According to her past temperament, she would not be able to endure the pain of silence like this. But now she dare not move because Xi Niang said that inside the new house
There are rules for every move she makes, and she is afraid that if she breaks the rules, she will hurt the couple's relationship in the future.
While waiting, someone came to report that Prince Su of Daxing Kingdom had come to see her.
She was so shocked that she tore off the red hijab, jumped up, and suddenly became furious. She clearly wrote to him to tell him that the wedding day was after the new year, so why did she come early?
He is a snobbery, so he must look down on King Huai. He must not be a military commander, his martial arts skills are not worthy, his appearance is not worthy, and he has been ill. He is a person who speaks without caring about the feelings of others. If he said this to King Huai on the spot,
That would ruin her lifelong marriage.
She quickly walked to the door, blocked Prince Su at the door, raised her phoenix eyes, and said warily: "Father, why are you here?"
Prince Su looked at her for a while, then suddenly reached out and grabbed her ears and pulled her in. He said angrily: "You are so brave, how dare you lie to me that your wedding is in the first month of next year?"
"Let go, let go, it doesn't look good to so many people, let go..." Rong Yue was so angry that she didn't dare to fight back. Father is God, this is what the old man always said.
Prince Su pushed her to the chair before letting go, looking down at her coldly and saying, "Explain!"
Rong Yue rubbed her ears and pursed her little red lips, "What's the explanation? It's not my decision to postpone the wedding in advance. You can ask Fourth Master."
"You're thick-skinned, aren't you? I haven't beaten you in three years, right?" Prince Su raised his hand and looked at her.
Prince Huai kept chasing after him, but could not catch up with Prince Su. When he first arrived, he saw Prince Su raising his hand to hit Rong Yue. He exclaimed and ran over, "Don't hit her."
He raised his hands and stopped in front of Rong Yue, preventing Prince Su from touching Rong Yue.