Autumn of the seventeenth year of Tai'an.
The loyal and brave general Lakshmi got married, and all the famous royal relatives and aristocratic families in the imperial capital attended this grand wedding.
The reason is simple, because this loyal and brave general is the only minister in the entire history of the Chisha Empire who married two princes at the same time.
General's Mansion.
There is a festive red everywhere.
Ling Xihe grabbed Ling Xicheng's sleeve and said, "The Queen Mother has approved of this marriage, so don't make trouble."
Ling Xicheng pulled her sleeves out of Ling Xihe's hands. She casually took a glass of fruit wine from the table and slowly drank half of it before asking with a smile, "Why would I cause trouble? I've come to the General's Mansion today with generous wedding gifts to congratulate him. If you don't believe me, my ladies-in-waiting are standing by the east hanging flower gate. The gifts are in their hands."
Ling Xihe got angry when he saw Ling Xicheng's relaxed look. He snatched the wine glass from his hand and said unhappily, "You don't like Ling Shuzhou, so you're trying every possible way to stop this wedding. Isn't that right?"
Ling Xihe's question blurted out, and when she heard her own voice, she realized that her tone was too harsh. She tried her best to calm down and said earnestly, "I know that Fu Jun was unfair to your second father, but that was the grudge of the previous generation. Your second brother Ling Shuzhou has never done anything unfair to you. Every time you see him, your nose is not a nose, and your eyes are not eyes..."
Seeing that Ling Xihe was about to start another long lecture, Ling Xicheng raised his hands in surrender and said resignedly, "Alright, alright, stop lecturing me. I really never intended to ruin this wedding."
Ling Xi and Wei Wei were stunned.
Ling Xicheng's cynical expression shifted to seriousness. She lowered her eyes and lowered her voice so only the two of them could hear, "I won't do anything to Ling Shuzhou. I'll just consider it a way of repaying my father for raising and nurturing me over the years."
Having said this, she raised her head and looked directly at Ling Xihe across from her. Her dark, inky eyes held a faint glint, and she said seriously, "Ling Xihe, I know what you think of me. When I was very young, my hands were already stained with blood. Not to mention, I could even kill my own father with a ceramic jar. You always thought I was cold-hearted..."
Ling Xihe couldn't help but interrupt her, his voice unconsciously rising a little, "Ling Xicheng, I don't miss you that much. You suffered a lot in the manor as a child. After being taken back to the palace, you were ostracized and bullied because of your second father. What you did to Pei Jiuyan and Ling Xijie was just a reasonable counterattack. I can understand."
Ling Xihe's words were very powerful.
Ling Xicheng felt her eyes were actually getting hot. She forced herself to hold back the tears in her eyes, and the corners of her lips could not help but bend up, "Thank you..."
Ling Xicheng only said these two words and then closed her lips. She was afraid that if she continued, it would affect the muscles on her face and she would burst into tears.
She had already turned eight when her biological father, Xue Wu, passed away. Although she was registered as the legitimate daughter of Xigong Junhou, Lu Jinshu, all princesses over the age of seven were required to move out of their father's chambers and live alone in Chonghua Palace. Because they couldn't see each other often and were not related by blood, despite Lu Jinshu's constant gentleness and courtesy, she always felt a barrier between them.
As for her elder sister Ling Xihe, because she was the Crown Princess, she was always taken in by the Emperor to be personally educated, and did not live with the other princesses in Chonghua Palace. As a result, she did not have many opportunities to meet Ling Xihe.
Ling Xihe looked at Ling Xicheng, who was sitting across from her with slightly red eyes. Ling Xicheng was wearing a pearly white silk dress today. The warm sunlight poured down on her, making her skin look as delicate as porcelain.
At that moment, Ling Xihe vaguely remembered the first time she met this sister. She only felt that she was so timid and pitiful, which made her want to protect her involuntarily.
The fundamental reason Lu Jinshu had accepted Ling Xicheng as his daughter was because he felt she was ruthless enough. This seemingly harmless, yet in reality vicious Third Emperor's daughter could become a knife in his daughter's hand, helping her eliminate dissidents.
Ling Xihe couldn't secure her position as the Eastern Palace's princess, so she couldn't do it alone. She needed a lot of helpers, and Ling Xicheng was a very qualified follower.
But those considerations of interests, everything, are just initial ideas.
Ling Xihe raised his hand and straightened the slightly crooked white magnolia silk flower in Ling Xicheng's hair, "Sister Cheng'er, I not only regard you as my right-hand man, but also as my dearest and most beloved person."
The tears in Ling Xicheng's eyes were now suppressed by the emotion she felt. Just as she was about to say something, Lakshmi, dressed in a bright red wedding dress, had already walked up to her.
Lakshmi smiled and raised her glass, "I would like to offer a glass of wine to Your Highness the Princess and Your Highness the Third Prince."
The complex and incomprehensible emotions in Ling Xicheng's eyes disappeared in an instant. Her face, more beautiful than any man's, bloomed into a charming smile. "I really want to congratulate General Zhongyong for winning two beauties at the same time."
Lakshmi downed the liquor in her glass in one gulp. She herself felt that today's wedding was truly like a dream. "I never imagined that Ming'er would mention to Your Majesty in the hall that day that the General's Mansion should also have two courts, the Eastern and Western Courts."
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