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Hiding behind Qingwu, he said in a low voice, "Master Hou, don't come over! I'm not in any serious trouble, but I look too ugly, and I don't want you to see it."

Cui Huaiji frowned: "Being sick is normal. I don't mind your appearance..."

"I do mind!" Song Jin said in a gloomy voice, "My Lord, how can a young lady not care about her appearance? I will meet you again after some time, okay?"

Cui Huaiji couldn't do anything about her. Thinking about his sister, she seemed to be very concerned about her condition as well.

So he said nothing more.

"Okay, I won't go. Are you feeling unwell after waking up?"

The toxins in her body have not yet been eliminated, and Cui Huaiji is worried about letting Qingwu take care of her alone.

Song Jin didn't want him to worry about her. "No, Qing Wu has been with me since she was a child, and she can take good care of me. I already know about the poisoning, and it won't kill me anyway, I can handle it."

Cui Huaiji didn't believe what she said.

He knew that Song Jin was most afraid of pain.

But the young lady has already said so, what else can he say?

"Okay, if you feel uncomfortable somewhere, don't hide it from me."

"Uh-huh!"

After coaxing Cui Huaiji away, Song Jin breathed a sigh of relief as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

Qing Wu looked at her orchid eyes and said worriedly, "Madam, what should we do..."

Song Jin couldn't make up his mind for the moment, "Don't make this public yet, let's wait and see."

Maybe, her eye color will return to normal in a few days.

Qing Wu wanted to say something but stopped herself and could only sigh as if to compromise.

*

Time flies, and the eldest princess' wedding day is approaching.

According to royal etiquette, the princess's wedding must be held in the palace, with the emperor and empress sitting in the hall as witnesses, and then she would go to the man's house to pay her respects.

The eldest princess's husband lost his father at a young age and had no relatives at home, so he didn't have to pay his respects.

Song Jin was invited by Xu Li'er to go to her palace.

There are other princesses in the palace who have not yet left the palace.

Xu Li'er sat in front of the dressing table, while the palace maids did her makeup. The princesses who had never experienced marriage gathered around her curiously.

There are also those who have bad intentions.

Xu Zhaoran looked at her head and face. She had never had such a luxurious head and face.

She said sourly, "The eldest sister finally found her ideal husband, but we are still in the palace and are under curfew."

Once the palace gates were locked, one could not leave.

After Xu Li'er got married and started her own household, she could go out whenever she wanted.

But her words "my ideal husband" clearly contained some sarcasm.

Everyone knows that Xu Lier's husband was picked at random.

Although the emperor did not approve of her choice, he let her do as the debts of more than ten years suddenly piled up.

To make up for this debt, her wedding was particularly grand.

But Xu Li'er didn't care about these. The belated debt could no longer move her extremely disappointed heart. She now just wanted to escape from the palace.

Today is her last time staying here.

Xu Lian'er had a happy smile on her face and ignored her sour remarks.

She turned her eyes to look at Xu Muqing, "Third sister, I won't be able to visit you often in the future."

A married princess cannot return to the palace frequently, not to mention that she herself does not want to come back.

Xu Muqing understood her and shook his head: "I can go find the emperor's sister! As long as the prince consort doesn't think I'm a nuisance!"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

The eighth princess Xu Huainian stood in front of the wedding dress in amazement, looking at the gold-embroidered red wedding dress and touching it carefully.

"Sister Huang, this wedding dress is so beautiful!"

Xu Lian'er had already put on her makeup. He looked at her and smiled softly: "When Nian'er reaches the age of hairpins, my father will also help you look after her."

She was the first princess to marry and also the oldest.

Xu Huai pursed his lips and resisted: "No, no! I still want to stay with all the sisters. The sisters are not married yet, so I'm not in a hurry!"

Song Jin stood in the corner and watched silently.

Suddenly she saw Xu Li'er waving at her.

She walked over.

"The eldest princess?"

Xu Lier smiled warmly, "I saw the county lord was lost in thought. I invited you here today because I wanted you to help me draw the flowers and ornaments."

She picked up the paintbrush and put it in Song Jin's hand.

Song Jin was somewhat frightened by the favor.

It's not reasonable to paint flowers for a princess, right?

She remembered that it should be the Queen who wrote it.

Xu Li'er didn't think there was anything wrong and took her hand. "The Empress is busy with other things in the front hall. Besides, my biological mother died young, so I have the final say on who will paint my flowers and hairpins."

Xu Muqing poked her arm and said, "Go ahead. No one will say anything."

The princesses present did not say anything.

Only Xu Zhaoran looked at them with contempt.

Song Jin was silent, then picked up the pen and carefully painted on her forehead.

After a while, the bright and blooming flowers jumped out.

Xu Li'er looked at herself in the bronze mirror and began to look forward to the future.

The wedding banquet is about to begin.

The princesses all went to the front hall to wait.

Song Jin was a step slow, and before he stepped out of the door, he heard the palace maids' screams behind him.

"Princess, something bad has happened. Someone has cut a hole in your wedding dress!"

"What!"

Song Jin quickly turned around to check.

There were uneven cuts on the wedding dress, some deep and some shallow, so it was definitely not wearable.

The palace maids stamped their feet in anxiety.

Xu Li'er stared at the cutouts in silence.

Song Jin looked at the cut carefully. It looked like it was made by some sharp weapon and the cut was not neat.

This wedding dress was embroidered by Your Majesty himself. The selected materials and embroidery threads are very precious. If it is suddenly damaged, where can we find a new one?

Song Jin looked at the palace maid: "How long until the auspicious time?"

"Less than an hour."

"That's enough." Song Jin put down her wedding dress, "Does the princess trust me?"

Xu Li'er's eyes sparkled with tears, "Song Jin, I just want to complete this wedding."

"I see."

"Princess, wait for me."

*

"The auspicious time has arrived, the newlyweds are welcome to enter——"

There was warm applause in the arena.

Everyone was looking forward to it.

Song Jin quietly returned to the table, when someone suddenly grabbed his collar from behind.

"Where has Miss Song gone? She's nowhere to be seen even though the wedding banquet has already started."

Song Jin looked at him with a smile, saving his collar, "...Mr. Hou."

Cui Huaiji glanced at the newlyweds casually, and paused, "The wedding dress that the eldest princess is wearing doesn't seem to be the one that His Majesty personally chose?"

Although Song Jin tried his best to find the most beautiful wedding dress for her, it was still not as good as the one chosen by His Majesty.

Most of the garment shops under the name of Zhaiyue Tower made wedding dresses for the children of noble families. It was not the turn of the common embroiderers to make wedding dresses for princes and princesses.

This wedding dress is the most outstanding one among all the wedding dresses.

Song Jin leaned close to him and whispered, "The princess's original dress was torn and could not be worn anymore. I found this one with great difficulty."

Although it is not as good as the one your Majesty has, it is more than enough for an emergency.

Besides the emperor and empress, they were the only ones who had seen the wedding dress.

Xu Huaician covered his mouth in surprise and said in a small voice: "Eldest sister's wedding dress, I don't remember it..."

"Pfft!"

Xu Muqing quickly stopped her.

Xu Zhaoran looked over with an unclear expression, and his voice was neither too loud nor too low, just enough to fall into the ears of Xu Lier who was approaching.

"Maybe she just doesn't like him. He was personally selected by my father, but she doesn't like him. I'm afraid she still hates my father in her heart."

All the harsh words penetrated into Xu Lier's ears.

But the slap turned her face pale.

I could hardly keep my balance.

Her husband quickly supported her, then immediately withdrew his hand and comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid, Princess. I'll take care of everything."

Xu Li'er looked at him in surprise, her heart slightly moved.

It seems that the prince consort she chose was not that bad.

The newcomers walked into the backstage.

Cui Yuyao looked at them with a smile, but when they got closer she realized that there was something wrong with her wedding dress, and her expression changed slightly.

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and scanned the people in the audience calmly.

"bye--"

The best man shouted out the procedure.

Xu Lier lowered her eyes and bowed.

The emperor looked at his pretty daughter and was in a trance for a moment, as if he saw the woman he once loved, wearing her wedding dress and looking at him with a smile.

When I came to my senses, Xu Li'er was already kneeling with her eyes lowered.

Her daughter really had resentment towards him.

Well, he was the one who made the mistake in the first place.

After the ceremony, Cui Yuhuai looked at the two and said according to the rules: "From now on, you two will be a couple. You must understand each other, be sincere, and don't act on impulse."

Xu Li'er looked at her blankly, knowing that her last sentence was a reminder to her. She pursed her lips and replied with a low "yes".

Her husband Wang Anlin made the promise with a smile.

After Cui Yuyao finished speaking, it was the emperor's turn to speak.

He looked at his daughter with complicated eyes. She had never even looked at him from beginning to end. Helplessness filled his heart and he could only sigh.

"Lian'er, I hope you can take good care of yourself after leaving the palace. Your father neglected you in the first half of your life. You have resentment towards your father, but your father does not blame you."

Xu Li'er said nothing.

He paused, then continued, "If you are bullied in the future, don't bear it by yourself. You can tell father... or the queen."

Therefore, he knew all the injustices she had suffered over the years.

Xu Li'er laughed at herself in her heart but still remained silent.

After a while, she looked up at him, her eyes clear but without a trace of reluctance.

These eyes look exactly like the late emperor's concubine.

The emperor felt a pain in his heart.

"…Lian'er bids farewell to his father."

The emperor walked out of the hall with a look of disappointment at the newlyweds.

Cui Yuhuai reached out and patted the back of his hand, saying comfortingly: "Lian'er is grown up and can take care of herself. I think the prince consort is a man who can take care of others."

The emperor sighed: "Maybe..."

After the wedding ceremony in the palace, everyone began to move to the princess's residence.

The process was the same as before. After the newlyweds paid their respects to their parents, the guests attending the wedding banquet took their seats in the courtyard, waiting for Wang Anlin to come back and serve wine and entertain the guests.

Song Jin sat in his seat bored.

Originally Cui Huaiji was with her, but was dragged away by his colleagues to drink, leaving her alone sitting here.

Qing Wu bent down to pour the wine and asked concernedly, "My lady, are your eyes still hurting?"

"Much better."

Song Jin's eye color had returned to normal three days ago.

She breathed a sigh of relief, wondering if similar situations would occur again in the future.

"The Lord of Junning County."

Someone came over with wine to look for her.

Song Jin turned around and immediately stood up and saluted: "Third Prince."