Chapter 481 The Next One to Get Married

In late February, news of Xiling reached the capital of Daxing. It was reported that Princess Ye Ninglan of Xiling had appeared at the funeral, launched a coup, and bloodbathed the streets. She killed the four sons of Emperor Xiling in one day. Upon hearing the news, Emperor Xiling vomited blood and suffered a stroke on the spot. He became a disabled man who could not speak and was paralyzed in bed. Ye Ninglan took power from then on and became the Empress of Xiling.

Shao Feiyang stayed in Xiling to help Ye Ninglan eliminate dissidents, secure the throne, and become her husband.

In March of that year, the emperor held an imperial examination. An eighteen-year-old candidate named Yu took the examination for the first time. He passed the examination and ranked last. When he went to visit Prime Minister Gu's residence with other candidates to express gratitude to their teacher, he was left alone.

Just now, the indifferent Lord Gu Xiang, who had treated the top three students equally, smiled at him and said, "Don't call me mentor, call me brother-in-law."

Yuming was confused by Lord Gu Xiang.

He had a sister, but the two had been separated for many years. Yuming had been looking for news about his sister everywhere over the years, but had not found any trace of her. He had originally thought that after becoming an official he would have many connections and ways to find his sister, but he never expected that before he saw his sister, she met her brother-in-law first.

Yuzhu brought Nian'er to meet him, and Yuming knew that his sister who had been lost for many years was now a lady-in-waiting in the palace, the Queen's sister, and the soon-to-be wife of Prime Minister Gu.

Once you pass the imperial examination and reunite with your family, your life will be truly wonderful.

Yuzhu had a younger brother from her natal family, and she bought a house for him in the city. Chunzhi even sent many people to arrange her wedding.

In August of the same year, Yuzhu married Gu Yuanjia.

Mr. Gu, Mrs. Gu and the rest of the Gu clan arrived in the capital early to prepare for all matters.

Mr. Gu and several members of the Gu clan originally thought that Gu Yuanjia should marry a lady from a noble family, but Yuzhu is now the Queen's sister, and Gu Yuanjia cannot do without her. They now have to rely on Lord Prime Minister Gu to bring honor to the family, so naturally they have to follow Gu Yuanjia's wishes in everything.

After Madam Gu let Yuzhu leave the house, she watched Gu Yuanjia search all over Nanzhou in order to find Yuzhu. He didn't even look at the candidate for his wife originally chosen by his family. She knew that he would never be able to get over Yuzhu in this life.

Now the two of them are finally together, it is truly a blessing from heaven.

On the wedding day, the emperor and empress came in person, and all the officials came to congratulate. Ji Changfeng also came with his wife Xu to congratulate. Nian'er, who changed her name to Gu Nian, took the prince to be a flower girl for his father and mother.

Flowers are flying all over the sky and butterflies are dancing, people and the bright moon are reunited.

Amidst the congratulations from all around, everyone was in high spirits. Gu Yuanjia and Yuzhu bowed to heaven and earth, to their parents, and then to each other as husband and wife, and entered the bridal chamber together.

In the bridal chamber, dragon and phoenix wedding candles were burning brightly. Gu Yuanjia used the wedding scale to gently lift the bride's red veil, watching Yuzhu slowly raise her eyes to look at him.

Even though they were already married, on their wedding day, surrounded by people making noises and making a fuss in the bridal chamber, Yuzhu couldn't help but feel a little shy. For a newly-wed, with her beautiful makeup on, a blush is better than the best rouge in the world.

Gu Yuanjia smiled and bowed to Yuzhu, "Madam, I am honored to meet you."

Their eyes met, and there was only each other in their eyes.

But everyone insisted on asking the groom to go out for a drink. Gu Yuanjia was young and held a high position. Young officials in the court usually did not dare to make such a fuss. But today was Prime Minister Gu's wedding day, and if they didn't force him to drink now, he might never have the chance to do so in his life. So everyone was particularly hard at making a fuss.

Gu Yuanjia drank a lot of wine that night, but Huo Zheng couldn't stand it anymore, so he stopped him and let Lord Gu go into the bridal chamber.

Gu Yuanjia thanked the emperor, left gracefully, and went straight to the bridal chamber.

Huo Yan drank a few more cups and declared on the spot, "The next one to get married will definitely be me!"

Everyone smiled but said nothing.

It has long been a well-known story in the city that His Royal Highness Prince Jing is fond of the female physician in the Imperial Hospital. It is true that this person has moved into her courtyard and lives and eats with her, but she has no intention of agreeing to become Prince Jing's consort.

At this time, Huo Yan made a public statement, and Rendong didn't want to be treated like a monkey and left quietly.

Chunzhi sat with Huo Yanran and whispered to her with a smile, "The next one to get married will definitely be our Yanran."

Huo Yanran smiled and said, "Thank you so much for your words, sister-in-law."

As she spoke, she looked towards Liu Yan, and at that moment Liu Yan was also looking at her. Their eyes met, each filled with deep affection.

The lights were bright and the atmosphere was lively with conversation. Jiang Hao, who was sitting next to Liu Yan, held up a glass of wine and looked at Song Wan'er, who was sitting at the women's table.

Song Wan'er raised her lips at him, raised her wine glass slightly, and drank the wine in the glass.

Under the lamp, the person is more beautiful than the flower. The look in Song Wan'er's eyes when she looked at him was finally not just anger, disgust and wariness. At this moment, she looked at him with a smile in her eyes.

Just when Jiang Hao thought that Song Wan'er didn't hate him that much, two days later, he suddenly heard his subordinates report that Miss Song was leaving and had already boarded a merchant ship leaving Beijing.

Jiang Hao was shocked, as if someone had suddenly torn a big hole in his chest. He rode his horse straight to the ferry.

The Song family's fleet was anchored at the busy ferry crossing, occupying most of the space. Song Wan'er and Song Anlan were standing in front of the largest main ship and talking.

Song Anlan stood facing the wind and asked his sister, "Have you really thought it through?"

"I've made up my mind." Song Wan'er said with a smile, "The world is so big, and the mountains and rivers are so magnificent. I want to go and see them."

Song Anlan had asked his sister several times before, and this was the last time. The Song family's business was spread all over the world, and no matter where Song Wan'er went, there would be endless money and manpower for her to command.

Song Anlan, who cared most about his sister's safety, stopped trying to persuade her after hearing her answer. He just told her to be careful when she went out, saying that the world was dangerous and she should not trust anyone easily.

Song Wan'er nodded in agreement and smiled as she told her brother to go back to his business.

Song Anlan walked away, looking back every few steps. When he saw Jiang Hao coming on horseback, he didn't say anything. He just glanced at him and got on the carriage and left.

Song Wan'er boarded the main ship with Jinyi Luoshang and others. When the girl of the Song family traveled, the people who usually served her accompanied her.

Jiang Hao dismounted and quickly caught up. By this time, Song Wan'er and the others had already boarded the cabin. He called out to her, but suddenly he became mute and could not utter a word. He said in a hoarse voice, "Song Wan'er..."

Song Wan'er looked back as if she sensed something.

She was not surprised to see Jiang Hao appear, and she waved at him with a smile.

Jiang Hao thought: Is she saying goodbye to me?

He stood in front of the step that separated the boat from the shore, looking at Song Wan'er with sad eyes. He wanted her to stay, but he also wanted her to take him away with her. However, he had a thousand words to say, but at this moment, he couldn't say a single word.

"Jiang Hao, what are you still standing there for?" Song Wan'er saw him standing there in a miserable state and called out to him with a smile, "Didn't you say that the world is so vast and full of beautiful scenery, and you wanted to go see it with me? Come here."

Jiang Hao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that he had said these words when he wanted to trick Song Wan'er into going to Xizhou.

She didn't forget, she always remembered.

"Coming!" Jiang Hao immediately jumped onto the cabin and came to Song Wan'er. "Go, no matter where you want to go, I will go with you."