Chapter 4 Wedding
"Bow to heaven and earth!"
"Bow to your parents!"
"Husband and wife bow to each other!"
"The ceremony is over, send her to the bridal chamber."
Jiang Rong was taken to the bridal chamber surrounded by a group of servants.
Jiang Rong took off her veil and glanced around the bridal chamber.
The shadows of dragon and phoenix candles form a pair, and the fragrance of mandarin duck curtains lingers.
The servants had all left, and Xie Lingxi was toasting outside. At this moment, there was only her and her dowry maid who followed her everywhere in the room.
Jiang Rong took out a medicine bottle from his bosom and handed it to Yingchun, "Here, pour the powder into the wedding wine."
"Miss, what's in this?" Yingchun poured the medicine powder down and asked curiously.
Jiang Rong smiled, "Crane's Head Red, a deadly poison that kills instantly when it comes into contact with blood."
"Ah...then you..." Yingchun was shocked, "You...you want to poison the prince?"
Jiang Rong curled the corners of his lips, "It's not me, it's you."
As she spoke, she suddenly shouted loudly to the outside of the door, "Someone, someone is trying to murder the prince!"
Xie Lingxi was quickly invited over.
"My dear, I lifted the veil and secretly peeked into our wedding room. I didn't expect to see this maid poisoning the wedding wine. She actually wanted to murder us!" Jiang Rong was frightened and pulled Xie Lingxi's sleeve, looking weak and pitiful.
Yingchun knelt on the ground, knocking her head like pounding garlic, "I didn't do that! Miss, the Crane's Beak Red was given to me by you, how dare I murder the prince!"
"Murdering one's own husband is a serious crime punishable by slow slicing. How could I seek death? Moreover, if I wanted to kill the prince, I would not expose your crime!" Jiang Rong had a reason.
Yingchun had never expected Jiang Rong to trick her like this. She hurriedly said, "I am innocent! I really don't dare to murder the prince! It was the young lady who framed me. Prince, please understand!"
"Drag him away and beat him to death." Xie Lingxi coldly interrupted her plea.
"I am innocent!" Yingchun begged desperately, but Jingzhe covered her mouth and dragged her out.
In a flash, they were the only two left in the room.
In his previous life, Xie Lingxi beat Yingchun to death with a stick. Because Jiang Rong was infected with the Yellow Spring Poison, only the closest maid could do it.
He killed Yingchun and replaced her with the servants around her.
The result was that he was stabbed by Jiang Rong who was seeking revenge for the maid.
They missed each other all their lives due to misunderstandings and entanglements.
Jiang Rong raised her eyes and looked at the person in front of her. It was great that she would never let tragedy happen again in this life.
Xie Lingxi also stared at Jiang Rong. Why did she kill the maid beside her?
What does she want to do?
But he didn't want to delve into her secrets. He just wanted her to stay in the Northern Palace and be under his protection.
I was afraid that she was just pretending to be well behaved and was only trying to escape.
"Husband, it's getting late, should we..." Jiang Rong's face turned slightly red, and she hadn't finished her words.
A maid's anxious voice came from outside the door:
"My Lord, something bad has happened! Miss No. 2 suddenly vomited blood. Please go and take a look."
Jiang Rong's eyes darkened. Oh, you disturbed our bridal chamber, right?
…
Beiwang Mansion, Youran Pavilion.
A woman in a goose yellow dress embroidered with hibiscus and butterflies sat in front of the dressing table and ordered her maid to apply pale powder on her face:
"My cousin cried so sadly. She is the only sister-in-law I recognize. I will never let Jiang Rong, this bad woman, take my brother away!"
She is Xie Ruojiao, the second daughter of the Northern Prince's Mansion and Xie Lingxi's younger sister.
"Miss, please lie down quickly! The prince is coming!" The maid guarding the door came in and reminded.
Xie Ruojiao immediately pretended to be sick and lay on the couch, holding a blood-stained handkerchief in her hand, and said tearfully to the man in red who walked in from outside the door: "Brother, I vomited blood, cough cough cough——"
Xie Lingxi's gaze paused for a moment on the thick makeup on her face. The white-bearded doctor who came with him immediately stepped forward to feel her pulse. After a moment, he said suspiciously, "The second young lady's pulse doesn't seem to be serious—"
"I... I don't have an ordinary illness. You can't tell!" Xie Ruojiao said weakly.
"I was bumped into!"
An elderly maid beside Xie Ruojiao stepped forward and said, "My Lord, the young lady was fine today, but suddenly she started coughing up blood. This is definitely not an illness, but she was cursed by someone with a tough fate!"
"Then Mammy, who is this person with a tough life?" Xie Ruojiao asked deliberately.
The nanny said, "There has never been any trouble in the mansion. Today, the prince's consort married into the family. She lost her parents when she was young, and she is a very evil person! The young lady was offended by her. With her fate, the prince and the old concubine will also be offended by her."
"What? It's fine if I vomit blood. But she wants to bring bad luck to my grandmother and my brother. How can this be allowed!" Xie Ruojiao pretended to be shocked. "We must not keep this girl! Brother, send her away quickly! Our Xie family can't stand her influence!"
Xie Lingxi watched her performance expressionlessly, with no emotion in his heart, and even felt like laughing.
At this moment, a clear female voice came from outside the door: "Sister, you are wrong. I am the prince's legitimate wife who was married to him through three matchmakers and six engagements. The procedures for accepting the marriage proposal, asking for the name, accepting the auspicious sign, accepting the betrothal gift, asking for the date, and welcoming him personally are all complete. Sister, you may not know that you are still single. The auspicious sign is to send my name and horoscope to your ancestral temple for divination. Only if you get a good omen can we get engaged."
"The ancestors of the Xie family all thought that marrying me was a good omen and that my fate was compatible with that of the prince. How dare someone go against the will of the Xie ancestors and spread rumors that marrying me was unlucky?"
The room was filled with silence.
A woman in a bright red wedding gown and phoenix crown walked straight in. She was beautiful, bright and dignified, with a smile on her thin lips and a cold look in her eyes.
Who dares to separate her and her husband?
She will be killed.
"My dear, this old servant is talking nonsense in front of my sister and deceiving her." Jiang Rong raised her eyes and looked at the handsome man, her eyebrows slightly curved:
“He deserves to die.”
The nanny who had just spoken felt her legs go weak and she almost fell to the ground. She looked at Xie Ruojiao in panic, "Miss, help me!"
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