The peasant lady of the pastoral space

Chapter 71

Li Xiang'e sighed once again that she is really not suitable to participate in such a crowded event.

Something is going to happen!

In this hunt, not only the queen was assassinated, but even the queen's sister and prospective brother-in-law were assassinated by a group of men in black with unknown origins.

The emperor felt that the crisis was looming, so he ordered a thorough investigation.

If there is no result, never give up!
All of a sudden, every household in the capital was cautious, fearing that it would implicate their own family, and there would be no place to cry.

Even so, many suspects are arrested and disposed of every day.

For a time, the blood flowed into a river.

Until the New Year's Eve, there seemed to be a bloody smell in the capital.

The Huo family is not in the mood to celebrate the New Year this year either.

In the end, at the suggestion of Mrs. Huo, the whole family had a family dinner together. After celebrating the new year, firecrackers were set off, and the new year was considered to be over in a low-key manner.

Li Xiang'e heard that many people died this time, and officials of all sizes were involved.

In fact, Li Xiang'e also knows that the real mastermind behind the scenes is actually alive and well.

Two days ago, Li Xiang'e heard from Mo Yanchen that the female assassin who assassinated the queen had a long-lost younger brother who was working as a slave in Duke Wei's mansion, and his life was in Duke Wei's hands.

If this matter has nothing to do with Wei Guogong, no fool would believe it.

However, there is no clear evidence on the surface.

Just the fact that the assassin has relatives who are still in Duke Wei's mansion doesn't mean anything!
After all, that female assassin has been in the palace as a court lady for seven or eight years, and she has been separated from her brother for more than ten years.

After checking this, Bai Junli probably also knew that Duke Wei probably set up the game for the Queen Mother.

As for the Queen Mother, what else do I need to say?
Mostly because of her daughter, Princess Anping.

Who made her daughter Princess Anping not count the queen, but was counted by the queen instead? !
Although there is no evidence, the Queen Mother and Princess Anping also know that the incident at Zhenguo Temple has something to do with Queen Liu Tianxin.

Therefore, there is this one on the hunting ground!
At that time, when Mo Yanchen found out what was going on and reported the guess to Bai Junli, he heard that Bai Junli hadn't gone to court for a whole day and locked himself in Qianqing Palace for a whole day, which frightened the court ministers.

When Bai Junli came out again, he was like a normal person again.

However, when he saw Duke Wei and the Queen Mother again, Bai Junli's eyes became colder and colder.

Especially when Bai Junli looked at Wei Guogong, it was almost like looking at a dead person.

Even the empress Liu Tianxin was guessing: when the empress dowager exhausted the mother-child relationship between her and Bai Junli, it was time for her to get her retribution.

As for Wei Guogong, Bai Junli will not be soft-hearted.

Within two days, on the third day of the first lunar month, the news that Duke Wei had a horse wind in his mansion and died on the belly of his concubine immediately spread throughout the capital.

And that concubine happened to be Wei Zichen's aunt.

At that time, when Wei Zichen heard the news, he became angry and kicked the boy.

The boy was kicked on the door and fell to the ground, complaining endlessly.

When those young masters who had been friends with Wei Zichen heard the news, when they saw him again, they immediately changed their faces and attitudes, as if Wei Zichen was their enemy.

For a while, Duke Wei's only son Wei Zichen was ridiculed and looked at coldly.

Afterwards, Bai Junli used this incident as an excuse to downgrade Duke Wei's title by two ranks.

Afterwards, under the empress dowager's plea, Bai Junli handed over the title to Duke Wei's only son, Wei Zichen like a charity.

It is a lesson and warning for others.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Li Xiang'e, who was in Huo's residence, heard another news about herself.

That is, when Princess Lan, the daughter of Princess Anping, was out shopping in a carriage, the horse suddenly went berserk and could not be restrained.

The consequence was that the carriage was dragged forward staggeringly, Princess Lan fell out of the carriage, and just happened to fly to the corner of the table on the side of the street.

Unfortunately, not only did he cripple his leg, but Princess Lan's face was also left with a long scar from knocking against the edge of the table, with blood flowing!

Afterwards, the imperial doctors who came to see her at the Princess Mansion shook their heads and said that it was hopeless.

They all said that Princess Lan is disfigured, and it can't be cured. Even that leg can only be limped for the rest of his life.

princess mansion

When the imperial doctors left one by one, Princess Lan Xiaoqian sat up from the bed, raised her head suddenly, and wiped her eyes fiercely.

Princess Lan flicked his sleeves angrily.

On the table next to the bed, a dendrobium with twig lotus painted on the light blue background was swept to the ground immediately.

Broken into a piece of porcelain.

The maidservants serving at the side all lowered their hands and bowed their heads, silent like cicadas.

After venting, Princess Lan's eyes were red and swollen, with a gloomy light shining at the bottom of her eyes.

Outside the bead curtain, a servant girl brought medicine.

The servant girl was frightened by that look and trembled.

The teacup in his hand fell to the ground.

Lan Xiaoqian gave the maid a hard look, and ordered in a cold voice.

"Come here, pull this bitch out and beat him to death!"

The maid hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

"Princess, please forgive me, please forgive me, the servant will never dare again, please forgive me!"

Several women immediately came forward, covered the maid's mouth and dragged her down forcibly.

The remaining maids were all trembling with fright, for fear that the next one would be one of them.

At this time, Princess Anping ran in, hugged Lan Xiaoqian, and cried bitterly.

"My miserable daughter, why did you have such an experience!"

When she calmed down, Princess Anping looked at Lan Xiaoqian's disfigured face and said firmly.

"Daughter, don't worry, mother will definitely find you a son-in-law who will ride the dragon fast, and when you give birth to a child, you will have someone to rely on for the rest of your life."

Lan Xiaoqian was silent and did not speak, and Princess Anping took it as her acquiescence.

After finishing speaking, Princess Anping turned around and left, then rushed to the direction of the palace, and went to discuss ideas with the Queen Mother.

The next day, everyone in the capital knew that Princess Lan was married to Wei Zichen immediately after her disfigurement.

The wedding date has also been set, and the NO.12 of the first month will be married immediately!

Everyone expressed deep sympathy for Wei Zichen.

Tsk tsk, marrying such a disfigured and crippled princess, I might not be able to eat after turning off the lights!
No matter what others think, anyway, on the 12th day of the first lunar month, Wei Zichen rode a tall horse and carried eight sedan chairs to marry Lan Xiaoqian, the owner of Lan County.

What will happen next, who knows behind closed doors!
On the day of the Lantern Festival, the capital is lively and noisy.

The streets and alleys are lit with brightly colored lanterns, and there are people everywhere who come to the street to enjoy the lanterns.

There are people with gorgeous clothes and some people with simple clothes, but they are all clean and tidy. The whole family walks hand in hand with happy smiles on their faces.

There are cries of hawking, shouting, and applause from watching a show on the street, one after another.

Crowds are everywhere, so the seemingly ordinary carriage can only move forward slowly among the crowd.

Li Xiang'e and his party got the consent, and they left the Huo Mansion smoothly. They played happily all night, and they didn't return home until the night was quiet.

Time passed quickly, and the day before the wedding, all the people who cared about Li Xiang'e came to Huo's mansion to add boxes to her and talk to make fun of her.

Li Xiang'e's sister Liu Tianxin even spent a whole day with her.

The next morning, Li Xiang'e got up early and woke up her sister Liu Tianxin, and the two had a hearty breakfast.

As for Bai Junli who left the palace and stayed alone in the royal study, the two of them carelessly forgot about it.

Bai Jun looked at the empty palace with great resentment.

The hateful Xiangxiang tricked her queen away again, so getting married is not a reason, hmph.

It's a pity that Xiangxiang, who is about to get married, doesn't know that Bai Junli is full of resentment.

However, she probably wouldn't dump him if she found out, anyway, she has her own sister to back her up, who is afraid of who, hehe!

In ancient times, wedding receptions were arranged in the afternoon, and Li Xiang'e's marriage this time was no exception.

This morning is enough time to get everything ready.

The bathtub was filled with hot water, it was steaming hot, and it was covered with flower petals. Li Xiang'e went down and took a beautiful bath, from head to toe, and her whole body was almost fragrant.

Walking out of the bath and sitting on the edge of the bed, Li Xiang'e asked Xi'er to dry her long hair. Originally, she wanted to use water-type abilities to directly absorb the water droplets on her hair, but her sister Liu Tianxin was worried that she would not agree. , so we can only give up.

When her hair was dry, Li Xiang'e immediately changed into the clothes inside. They were brand new inside and out, and she was properly dressed. Then she came to the dressing table and sat down to wait.

Not long after, Xi'er led the old lady Quanfu into the house.

At the same time, Mrs. Huo, Mrs. Li, Mrs. Huo, and Mrs. Huo also came into the room, as well as some female relatives of the relatives of the Huo family. It seemed to be packed.

The old lady from Quanfu first used a thin thread to twist all the fluff on Li Xiang'e's face, and successfully opened her face, then scrubbed it with warm water, and then applied ointment for a while, after washing Li Xiang'e's face was clean. The entire face is already smooth, tender and extremely hydrated.

After that, the old lady of Quanfuren took the comb from Xi'er and began to comb Li Xiang'e's hair.

"One comb to the end, two combs with white hair and eyebrows, three combs with children and grandchildren everywhere..."

Li Xiang'e heard the voice of the Quanfuren old lady, surrounded by her sister Liu Tianxin and a group of female elders, she couldn't help but feel a little emotional, it's great to have so many people blessing her, and seeing her get married!
The old lady from Quanfu combed Li Xiang'e's hair in a bun, and put on a hairpin and hairpin she had prepared.

After all this tossing, the time was almost up. The sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers came faintly from the front yard. It seemed that there were many guests, and one or two could be guessed from a distance.

After the old lady from Quanfu combed Li Xiang'e's hair, she took the powder and began to paint Li Xiang'e's face.

Her craftsmanship is not bad, seeing that Li Xiang'e was born well and her skin is good, so she didn't apply too much makeup on Li Xiang'e's face, but just applied it a little for embellishment.

Finally, the old lady of Quanfuren put on the red lip balm on Li Xiang'e, and the whole makeup process is over.

Li Xiang'e looked in the mirror, and saw in the mirror a small face the size of a palm, a pair of crescent eyebrows, a pair of delicate eyes, snowy cheeks and jade cheeks, a beautiful nose and red lips, a full-fledged beauty.

Compared with her usual self, she was a little less bland and a little more charming.

Everyone praised Li Xiang'e again, which made her, who claimed to have a thicker skin than the wall, feel embarrassed.

Suddenly there was the sound of crackling firecrackers in the yard, as well as the voices of many people. The voices got closer and closer, and soon they reached outside her courtyard gate.

She pursed her lips, stood up slowly, and walked in front of Mother Li.

Mother Li's eyes were red, she looked at her flower-like daughter with a smile, and said softly.

"Xiangxiang, after you marry into the Hou's mansion, you should be more sensible. Don't easily quarrel with your son-in-law, and don't say that the wind is the wind or the rain is the rain. It's time to change your frizzy temper, you know? Cough cough, the most important thing is to give birth to a son as soon as possible, so that even if Mo Yanchen changes his mind in the future, you can have support in the Hou Mansion, at least you don't have to worry about it for the rest of your life, that's all we women I count on it!"

Li Xiang'e nodded slightly without showing any signs of expression.

"Mother, my daughter knows it and remembers it. Don't worry, I will definitely live a prosperous life."

If Mo Yanchen treats her badly, she will break up the partnership and live their own lives, so don't think anyone is in the way!
You must never tell your mother what is in your heart.

Mother Li walked up to her daughter and said with a smile.

"My daughter has finally grown up and is finally getting married!"

——Finally got married.

Tears welled up in Li Xiang'e's eyes, and she saluted Li's mother.

"Mom, take care."

Afterwards, Li Xiang'e saluted to other female elders before giving up.

After Li Xiang'e finished the ceremony, Mother Li took the Xiapei from the old lady Quanfu and slowly covered her.

Li Xiang'e watched the world in front of her eyes turn red, and the man outside the house, Mo Yanchen, who was about to marry her, was being stopped outside the house and asked to answer the tricky questions raised by the passers-by. If she couldn't answer, she would not be allowed to pick up the bride son……

She closed her eyes and forced back the tears that filled her eyes.

What if I suddenly don't want to get married? !

She thinks she might be a little fearful of marriage.

(End of this chapter)