However, at the night banquet at Princess Linyang's mansion, the scene Sheng Shaoqing imagined of the couple reunited and crying did not appear, and those handkerchiefs were naturally of no use.
Princess Lin Yang went to Canglan Garden to visit Ji Baochuan to ensure safety before the banquet. She thought that although the former daughter of the prime minister had been in decline for more than ten years, she would not lose her momentum when she saw the heartless man again!
But when Princess Linyang saw Ji Baochuan's indifferent expression with his face turned upward and no makeup on, she was so angry that her whole body was filled with anger.
"Don't you like the clothes and jewelry that I sent you?" Princess Lin Yang glanced at Manager Lin who was following behind her and asked, "Or is it that someone in this house was acting against the will and didn't send them at all?"
Manager Lin trembled when he heard this and said, "How dare you disobey the princess's order?"
Ji Baochuan smiled gently and said, "Thank you very much, Princess, for your kindness. I can't blame Manager Lin for this. I have all the jewelry you gave me. I have been frugal over the years and I don't need these gold and silver jewelry for the moment."
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"You are so true!" Princess Lin Yang is really incomprehensible. A good daughter of the Prime Minister was willing to marry a beggar back then. After suffering for so many years, has she even forgotten the etiquette and upbringing she received many years ago?
"I know it's the princess's good intentions, but my husband has been homeless for so many years. If I still wear gold and silver to see him, I'm afraid I will hurt him."
Princess Linyang was really shocked by Ji Baochuan's words. She was worried about that person at this time, but she didn't know that she was not homeless at all. She had a lovely wife, beautiful concubines, children, and a good life!
However, after a period of indignation, Princess Lin Yang suddenly felt sorry for Ji Baochuan again, because a heartless man who had been away from home for many years and only cared about his own happiness and ignored his wife's wretched family, had a good boudoir daughter become like this, and she had to worry about herself.
It would hinder the face of this heartless man. If this happened to her, she would definitely tear that person's skin and cramps, break his bones and spread ashes!
Princess Lin Yang couldn't bear that Ji Baochuan only knew that she had been let down when she saw her heartless husband, so she whispered, "What if I tell you that this won't hurt him?"
"Haven't you ever wondered why he hasn't come to see you for so many years? He hasn't even sent back a letter or any news?"
Ji Baochuan was confused by Princess Lin Yang's question. He suppressed his bad premonition and said, "Concubine... He has been living abroad for many years. He may have suffered a lot, so how can he take care of me?"
Seeing Ji Baochuan's current appearance, Princess Lin Yang suddenly understood the way Sheng Shaoqing looked at her at this moment.
A brave and resourceful person who could detect the fishy things in the Imperial Manor and tell her the hiding place of the account books, how come his brain seemed to have been suddenly stolen when he faced his own emotional problems.
"He is now the Zuo Shu secret envoy of the Helian tribe. He is in charge of border defense and also serves as a guard. His status is only lower than King Solo. Do you think he will still hurt you because of your wearing gold and silver?
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After Princess Lin Yang finished speaking, she couldn't bear to look at Ji Baochuan's expression. After a long time, there was no response from the other side. Princess Lin Yang then raised her head to look. On the face that had been polished by the vicissitudes of time, a gentle smile condensed in front of her.
There was no hint of shock in the corner of his mouth, but there was not even a hint of shock in his expression.
She was even able to reply calmly, "I should have known this a long time ago."
"Li Lang is not a creature of the pond. If he hadn't been..., then it would have been nothing more than sesame seeds and rotten millet. It's useless to say more. But with his talent, he deserves to be where he is today."
Ji Baochuan sighed and said, "I wonder where he is now? I... want to see him."
Only then did Princess Lin Yang recover from the shock, "You...you're not angry? You still...want to see him?"
"What do I have to be angry about?" Ji Baochuan smiled again, "When I was looking for a bride in Xiulou, I chose him. After meeting him, I realized that he was not an ordinary beggar. He was an aspiring man from a poor family. Concubine
Then I decided to go my own way and cut off all ties with my family and married him. Later, he went to join the army, but there was no news again. After so many years, I have inquired in many ways, but there is still no news..."
"My original intention in asking the princess to look for him is to know his life and death. If he lives a good life, I will feel relieved."
"Then...then..." Princess Lin Yang was shocked again by Ji Baochuan's indifference, "Then what does the suffering you have suffered over the years count?"
Ji Baochuan looked directly into Princess Lin Yang's eyes and said, "This is what my concubine's fate should be, so why bother with all the suffering?"
"It's enough for me to exchange for a few years of peace for the Ji family."
"If we talk about suffering, hasn't the princess experienced suffering? Even if you are surrounded by flowers and rich in flowers, and you have fine clothes and food every day, if your heart has nowhere to go, it will be suffering after all."
Princess Linyang was aroused by Ji Baochuan, and she gradually became silent.
"I have actually had a relationship with the princess before. Not long after your wedding, you and your consort came to the hot spring village to escape the summer heat. Looking from a distance, they looked like a perfect couple."
Princess Linyang smiled bitterly and said, "So what? No matter how good it once was, it has turned into a handful of loess."
"At least, there is a beautiful thought, isn't it? Man, isn't it just that you lied to me, and I lied to myself, and this life is over?"
"Then are you going to see him like this?"
Ji Baochuan nodded and said jokingly, "No matter how well-dressed I am now, I am still no better than the Northern Privy Envoy, right?"
Princess Lin Yang was just about to refute how the things in her princess mansion could not be compared to the small grassland tribe, but seeing Ji Baochuan's determined look, she stopped trying to persuade her and turned around and took Ji Baochuan to Quanjuzhai.
"Didn't the Prime Minister never think of taking you back to Ji Mansion when you were young?"
Princess Lin Yang still couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked.
Although the young girl from the Ji family broke off her relationship with Ji Wenxuan and got married, the man she married left soon after being drafted and there was no news from her. If the Ji family took her back at this time, it would not be a big deal.
, I will find a good family to marry in a few years, and with the momentum of the Ji family, I think Ji Baochuan's life will not be much worse.
Ji Baochuan was stunned for a moment and said with a smile, "Father also sent someone to tell me, but I didn't want to. I refused more times, and gradually no one mentioned it anymore."
Princess Linyang suppressed the doubts in her heart and kept telling herself that this was someone else's private matter and she could not ask any more questions. Unexpectedly, Ji Baochuan then spoke again, "Actually, Emperor Jing issued an edict not to allow me to marry into a wealthy family, and there was another
A reason."
Princess Linyang didn't expect that there was any hidden secret in this. She held her breath and waited for Ji Baochuan to say, "I wonder if Princess still remembers Princess Pingning?"
Princess Pingning?
The name Princess Pingning has been in the dust for several years, and few people have mentioned it. Princess Linyang also took a long time to react before she remembered that the eldest daughter of her aunt, Princess Hengyang, and her eldest cousin, was named Pingning.
Princess Ning.
According to the Northern Liang system, the daughters of princesses were all named county princesses. Because Princess Pingning was the eldest daughter of Princess Hengyang, she was named a princess as soon as she was born. Even the title was chosen by Emperor Jing personally to show his favor.
pet.
It's a pity that Princess Pingning was not blessed in life, and she could not suppress the title that entrusted countless beautiful visions, and she died before she even got her haircut.
At that time, Aunt Hengyang was so sad that she almost went crazy. She went to Mount Wutai to meditate for several years before she recovered. Even after she returned to Beijing, she lived in seclusion and devoted herself to Buddhism.
Princess Lin Yang nodded and signaled Ji Baochuan to continue, and Ji Baochuan continued to speak calmly, "Princess Pingning died at a plum blossom appreciation banquet."
Princess Linyang only knew that her eldest cousin died in winter, but she did not know that it was at such a banquet. In Bianjing City, there are spring outing banquets in spring and plum blossom appreciation banquets in winter. These banquets are held by the big family for the unmarried young man in the family.
, a blind date party where the little girls look at each other.
"At that time, I had just grown up, and I was invited to see him. It happened that Princess Pingning was also there, so she invited me to enjoy the plum blossoms together, so that when we meet the man we like, we can take care of each other and not lose etiquette."
"Later, she fell in love with the young masters of the Yun family, and wanted to go to the pavilion in the middle of the lake to play with them, but she didn't expect that an accident happened at this time..."
"The stone bridge surface is very smooth in winter, and the railings on both sides of the bridge corridor on the lake happen to be very short. Princess Pingning was wearing a pair of satin short boots that day. These boots are suitable for indoor use, but they are only suitable for outdoor use.
She is most likely to slip, so I also reminded her that she should wait for Mr. Yun and others to come over before playing together, but Princess Pingning was not one to listen to advice, she wanted to go to the pavilion wholeheartedly..."
Princess Lin Yang suddenly asked, "I remember my cousin drowned?"
Ji Baochuan nodded, "She had just walked halfway when her soles slipped and she fell into the lake. She also dragged me into the lake at that time."
"At that time, everyone in the pavilion noticed the strange movement here, and some people went into the water to rescue them. Unfortunately..., when Princess Hengyang arrived, the body of Princess Pingning had been fished out, but I was revived.
come over."
"Why?" Princess Lin Yang's expression made Ji Baochuan laugh bitterly. Many people back then had the same expression, the same tone, and the same question.
"I also want to ask why, why wasn't I the one who died at that time?"
"At that time, Princess Hengyang looked at me with eyes that almost wanted to eat me alive. The chill in her eyes was even more penetrating to the bone than the water in the frozen lake."
"No..., I'm not this--"
Ji Baochuan shook his head and said, "I understand what the princess means, but my fate is determined by God, and I can't do anything about it. Later, I also asked them to do a test, and they said that Princess Pingning's head hit a hard object before she fell into the lake.
He fell in after being unconscious, choked on the water, and died of suffocation. There were also blood stains on the guardrails of the stone bridge, so..."
Princess Linyang was silent for a long time before sighing and saying, "My cousin also has a bad fate... but what does this have to do with your marriage?"
"After Princess Pingning passed away, the eldest princess Hengyang always thought that I was responsible for the death of Princess Pingning. She even pointed at my father and scolded her. Only then did I know that the eldest princess Hengyang and my father had a close relationship.
deep."
Princess Linyang had also heard about her aunt's dashing deeds when she was young, and she couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. Aunt Hengyang hated Ji Baochuan for her daughter, and tampered with her marriage. This was definitely her aunt's style.
"It's no wonder that the eldest princess of Hengyang hates me. Whoever it is, her daughter fell into the lake with others, and no one else had anything to do, but her own daughter died. No matter what mother, it is unacceptable."
"So, since Princess Pingning is not yet married, my concubine's marriage will naturally be cancelled."
"But not you too?"
Ji Baochuan smiled and said, "Although Emperor Jing dotes on his sister, he also knows that this matter has nothing to do with me, and he can't go against Princess Hengyang's wishes, so he issued an order to allow me to embroider the building to recruit brides. Whoever receives the hydrangea will be mine."
Husband."
Princess Linyang couldn't help but frowned after hearing the whole story. This... this was a complete accident. Who can blame it?
Because of such an accident, Ji Baochuan spent half of his life's happiness to compensate. I don't know whether Ji Baochuan was lucky or unlucky to have survived.
Ji Baochuan smiled with relief after saying this, "I have been holding this matter in my heart for so many years. I always regret it when I dream about Princess Pingning falling into the lake. If I had reminded her again or caught her faster,
Wouldn't it be possible for the following things to happen? But in the end, I feel that what I said is truly the truth."
"Which sentence?"
"Misfortune lies where blessings depend, and fortune lies where misfortune lies. Who knows its extremes?"
Princess Linyang let out a long sigh again, who could say otherwise?
"So, since I survived, I have to face these causes and effects. Since the eldest princess of Hengyang doesn't like my good life, so I will do this. I should pray for Princess Pingning. Only in this way, no matter for Hengyang
The eldest princess, the Ji Mansion, or the concubine herself are all the best choices. If you want to say whether you are willing or not, I can only say, everything is fate, and it is not up to anyone."
While the two were talking, they realized that Quanjuzhai had already arrived, and looking at the many attendants in strange costumes at the door, they thought Ji Baochuan's husband must have been inside.
Princess Lin Yang turned around and said, "I won't go in and disturb your husband and wife's reunion. If you need anything, I can just give you my orders at any time."
Ji Baochuan thanked him again and again, and after stopping for a while, he seemed to have mustered up the courage and slowly entered Quanjuzhai.
Only then did Princess Linyang admire Sheng Shaoqing's foresight. All the jewelry she prepared were in vain, but the Queen Mother's veil was indeed needed.
Unexpectedly, Princess Lin Yang had just taken a few steps when she heard strange noises coming from Quanjuzhai.
This movement doesn't sound like a husband and wife getting together, but more like a meeting between enemies?
"Crack!"
"Click bang bang!"
There are many treasures in this Quanjuzhai that she has collected everywhere. She originally held a banquet here to show off her status. The couple were extremely jealous when they met as enemies, so she smashed them all!
Princess Linyang hurriedly turned back. As soon as she entered Quanjuzhai, she took a closer look at the scene inside and her jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock.