Luo Changan slowly stretched her legs and allowed him to help her put on her embroidered shoes. It turned out that he was here to save his face, thank him, and at the same time save her face.
After putting on the shoes, Di Qianao carried Luo Changan all the way to the sedan chair. The curtain of the sedan chair was lowered. Luo Changan sat in the sedan chair. He didn't know how he felt in his heart.
He married her with a special ceremony, but the distance between her and him became more and more distant and fell into a freezing point.
She had been looking forward to the wedding for so long since she was a child, and the taste was so bitter. But fortunately, he came, so she was not embarrassed. At least to outsiders, it seemed that she was happy, but only the two of them knew that it was not actually the case.
She stepped onto the hundred-step ladder of the Phoenix Terrace, and he crowned her queen with his own hands. He held her up high and did not fall down hard. Her heart was in her stomach.
He and she worshiped heaven and earth, worshiped in the high hall, and worshiped each other as husband and wife. On this day, they went through the entire wedding together. They accepted congratulations from all parties. She was grateful to him in her heart for not letting the second child in her belly be ruined.
Even with a bowl of abortion pill, he was saved from becoming an illegitimate child without a father.
After Luo Changan was sent to the bridal chamber, she sat on the bed and waited for a long time. Her head was covered with a festive red hijab. Her heart was agitated.
At the end of the night, after the guests had dispersed, Di Qianao pushed open the door and walked in, bringing with him a strong aroma of wine, and he was obviously very drunk.
"Luo Chang'an." Di Qianao said drunkenly, "After thousands of sails, I finally got you married. You don't know how many times I wanted to destroy you with my own hands this day."
Luo Changan was silent under the hijab. How could she not understand that at every point, when he got off the sedan chair, when he stepped over the brazier, on the Phoenix Platform, and in front of the high hall, his ice-like eyes always shocked her.
It was as if she had one foot in heaven and one foot in hell, walking on thin ice.
Di Qianao opened her hijab with a wedding stick and took off her phoenix crown. He spread out her satin-like temples. He pinched her chin, stared at this delicate cheek, and said profoundly: "
I hate you."
Luo Changan swallowed all the bitterness. She understood that the emotions he had suppressed for a long time finally burst out due to the drunkenness. She seemed to pause, nodded for a moment, tears rolled down, "I know."
"I hate you, Luo Chang'an!" Di Qianao said ruthlessly, "Just stay in the palace forever, wasting your years and becoming my reproductive tool. From now on, I will lose your thoughts and your thoughts."
Proud of myself."
"I'm sorry, Emperor." Luo Changan was hard to say, "I'm guarding you, Emperor."
"Take off your clothes and serve me."
"But I'm...pregnant."
"I have too much time to take care of myself." Di Qianao pushed her on the wedding bed and exercised the power that a husband should exercise on the night of the bridal chamber amidst her cries. The harder her cries became, the more demanding he became.
It was violent, as if it was going to tear her apart.
Luo Changan almost had a miscarriage, and her expression at the end of the bed was ashen afterward. He destroyed her scattered yearning for their future. He really didn't want her anymore. She compared what she was like when she was pregnant with Jinhe, and what she was like when she was pregnant with this.
Know the difference.
She is a queen, but so what, the treatment is not as good as when she was a slave.
I wanted to climb up before, but now I finally climbed up, but found that my identity means nothing.
She holds the power, she holds the key to the treasury. She lives her life under the cold eyes of today.
Di Qian'ao woke up a little early in the morning due to drunkenness. He turned around and saw Luo Changan's pitiful appearance being ravaged by him. He was indifferent. The heat in his body slowly dissipated. His breathing calmed down and his mind returned. He held his forehead with his hand and held it for a long time.
It was unspeakable that this relationship changed him beyond recognition. He said for a long time: "Dadong Ming and Chu State are at war. I will personally lead the expedition tomorrow morning. From now on, I will not touch you. My... Queen."
***
Spring passed and autumn came, and a year passed in the blink of an eye.
The war between Dadongming and the Chu State was fought intermittently for more than a dozen times. The emperor's camp was all in the barracks. He did not set foot in the harem for a full year.
During this year, Luo Changan gave birth to his youngest son, Di Jinhao, by caesarean section. He used to think that his son's name was Haohao, but now he thinks that his son's name is Haohao, and it sounds better.
During this year, the Queen Mother was often bedridden because she missed the emperor on the battlefield.
When Luo Changan was pregnant with Jin Hao, he took care of the Queen Mother in the hospital bed and taught Di Jinhe how to study. At the same time, he found many famous doctors to help Bai Ze speak again.
During this period, the Taifu died of illness again at the age of eighty-eight. The Empress Dowager was so obsessed with her bed that she couldn't take care of herself, and the Emperor was away at war and unable to return. Luo Changan remembered that the Emperor had said that the Taifu's funeral should be held with the ceremony of the Father of the Nation, so she made arrangements.
She buried the Grand Tutor in a grand ceremony, but she did not let Gongsun Ya, a concubine in the cold palace of Yahe Palace, attend her grandfather's funeral.
In addition, the Bai family's business has been involved in various countries this year, which also requires her and Liu Qin to cooperate in many ways.
This year has been exhausting. At the age of twenty-six, Luo Changan had lines creeping up to the end of her eyes on her beautiful cheeks. The tedious affairs of the harem kept her extremely busy, and her innocence faded away.
I do everything myself, and my delicate palms are covered with calluses.
On this day, Luo Changan was reporting to the Queen Mother in the Kunning Palace about the various expenditures of the harem, the expenses of each palace, and the year's war. There was a strong demand for silver for food and grass on the front line, and the national treasury seemed tight. She also supplemented most of it with the money she earned.
, due to the war, business is not doing well. Now she is thinking about how to reduce expenses, which has caused dissatisfaction among many people.
The Queen Mother was full of worries and said: "Chang'an, this war has been going on for a year, and the Ai family has been sick for a year. This year, I have relied on you both inside and outside. Thinking back to the time when the Ai family made things difficult for you because of your birth,
Now that I think about it, I can’t help but feel sad.”
Luo Changan smiled warmly and said: "It's all in the past. I just hope that this war will be over soon and the people of Dadongming can live and work in peace and contentment."
"Victory! Da Dongming won the battle!" The good news from the palace people outside spread in the palace, "The emperor has arrived outside Xuanwu Gate now and will return to the palace in a moment!"
Dadongming won the battle, and the whole world celebrated.
The Queen Mother showed joy and held Luo Changan's hand, "Queen, did you hear that Dadongming won the battle? Ao'er went home?"
Luo Changan said softly: "Yes, the Queen Mother."
"Hurry up and go with the Ai family to Xuanwumen to greet the emperor!" The Queen Mother seemed to feel better after being on the sick bed for a long time.
Luo Changan quickly supported him, and the palace maids and servants gathered around him to greet him.
I saw a figure in battle uniform walking into the hall by the door. He had a sword hanging on his waist and armor in one hand. He didn't even have time to change out of his dusty clothes before he rushed over. He glanced at everyone and saw
The Queen Mother and everyone else were there. He bowed to the Queen Mother and said in a deep voice: "My son is unfilial and has been away fighting for a year, which makes my mother worried."
"It's good to come back, it's good to come back!" The Queen Mother grabbed him and said, "Chang'an, pass it on, spread the food, and wash away the dust for the emperor."
Luo Changan lowered his eyebrows and did not look at Di Qianao's cheek. After a year, he still did not have the courage to look at him, but times have changed, so he said in a deep voice: "Yes, the Queen Mother."