Chapter 3: Killing a fiancé to liven up the wedding
He Zhaojun was delighted, thinking that children were easy to fool. It was also the fault of the original He Zhaojun, who spent her days in and out of banquets, bullied Lou Yao, and never paid attention to family affairs. She knew less than a five-year-old.
Starting that afternoon, He Zhaojun, under the pretext of counting her dowry, ordered people to secretly replace the gold, silver and jewelry with swords, armor and other items and hide them on the lower level.
When drawing up the list of people to be sent to the wedding, most of the people she selected were military maids, wearing soft armor and mixing in with the female relatives.
He also copied his father's handwriting and told the He family's troops to go to Fengyi County three days later and wait for orders. All matters, no matter how big or small, were explained clearly.
On the day of her wedding, He Zhaojun was already exhausted and needed help getting on the carriage due to her illness. Prince Xiao had originally wanted to ride with He Zhaojun, but seeing this, he had to give up.
Fu's mother[2] wiped the sweat from her forehead, feeling rather distressed: "Young lady, you went to a blacksmith overnight to install a copper mesh on the carriage. What's the point? You might as well lay more cushions..."
He Zhaojun felt exhausted as she touched the carriage which was obviously thicker, but she smiled with relief.
Just before arriving at Fengyi County, He Zhaojun had received news that 3,000 He family soldiers had arrived near Fengyi and took a shortcut to catch up with the wedding procession.
Together with the more than 2,000 people who were originally left here, they were able to fight against King Yong's sword.
The wedding day.
He Zhaojun looked at the red all around and felt it was dazzling and bloody. She let her mother Fu dress her up. After everything was done, she went to the front hall to meet her father and brother.
"Father... my daughter is going to get married, why are you crying?" He Zhaojun forced herself to cheer up and tried to comfort her father and brother.
She took her father's hand and said, "Father, the He family is a family of military commanders. You usually never take off your armor. Please put it on today as well."
The maidservant nearby had already brought the soft armor and was waiting by the side. She watched with her own eyes as her father and brothers looked puzzled as they put the soft armor on under their outer garments. Only then did she feel a little relieved.
This was the house that her father had ordered to be prepared in advance for her wedding. She knew that a war was inevitable and a storm was about to come.
Someone outside the door announced: "Prince Yong and Prince Yong have arrived—"
He Zhaojun took her younger brother's hand and bowed to her father and brother: "My daughter will take my younger brother to leave first. Father and brother, please be careful." After that, she asked Fu's mother to pick up He Yuan and hurried back to the inner house.
She took off the phoenix crown on her head, took off the cumbersome wedding robe, and changed into a neat outfit. Mother Fu was unable to stop her and had no idea what this young lady wanted to do.
"Someone come."
Several maidservants came in. They had already taken off their female attire, put on armor, and were holding weapons. It was obvious that they had been preparing for a long time.
Following behind him were the women and the elderly in the family who were busy preparing for the wedding. They just thought that the young lady had some important instructions before getting married, and no one knew what had really happened.
"The eight of you are responsible for protecting the women and children in the house. You should rescue the injured to the best of your ability. There are medicines and bandages in the boxes of dowry placed in the house."
Hearing this, several of the maids exchanged glances and responded in unison. The other women and children panicked at first, but soon calmed down. After all, they were the wives of military commanders, not ordinary women.
The housekeeper He Zhong also realized the seriousness of the matter at this time. He originally thought that the young lady was just being willful and mischievous, so after becoming the head of the Bingming family, he let her do whatever she wanted. He didn't expect that the matter was actually so serious.
"Sister, what happened?" He Yuan blinked his big eyes, looking at a loss.
He Zhaojun patted his head and said, "Brother, father and brother are in trouble. I will go and help them and lead the enemy away."
Mother Fu hurriedly stopped He Zhaojun and asked, "What are you going to do, young lady?"
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