Chapter 351 You Get His Person First
Capital city, Feifeng Palace.
The palace maids were busy surrounding the Thirteenth Princess, dressing her in her wedding dress, combing her hair, and putting on a heavy phoenix crown.
Huo Yanran sat in front of the bronze mirror, looking at herself in her elaborate wedding dress and heavy makeup, feeling a strange feeling of both strangeness and familiarity.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, a time of joyous reunions, had just passed, and the palace was still festooned with lanterns and colorful decorations. However, the Thirteenth Princess was about to marry far away in a foreign land, and some palace maids couldn't help but weep softly...
The senior palace maid Zhiqing heard the sound and turned around to scold, "Today is the princess's wedding day, why are you crying? Quickly wipe your tears and go out and wait. Don't add to the bad luck here!"
The scolded palace maid quickly wiped away her tears and retreated.
Ever since Huo Yanran decided to marry far away in Beili, she had asked the palace maids and eunuchs around her what they thought. Those who were willing to go with her to Beili would have their monthly salary doubled, and she would definitely treat them well in the future. Those who did not want to go to Beili could just say so, and she would help them arrange a place to go.
Beili is thousands of miles away from Daxing. Going to a foreign country, one does not know if there will be a chance to come back and reunite with family in this life. So even if some people are unwilling, Huo Yanran thinks it is human nature. However, those who are willing to follow her to leave Daxing and go to a foreign country have become particularly rare and should be cherished even more.
The palace maids and eunuchs in Feifeng Palace have been serving the Thirteenth Princess all the time. Those who are willing to go to Beili have naturally prepared for it early on. Those who are unwilling to go to Beili for the sake of their families and future, thinking about how good the princess has been to them over the years, can't help but cry under the overlapping feelings of guilt and the impending separation.
Zhiqing was the first person to stand up and say "Wherever the princess goes, I will go" when the princess asked if she was willing to go to Beili with her. She was very annoyed by those who were unwilling to go to Beili with the princess but were crying. She felt that these people were insincere and pretended to be very sad. In fact, as soon as the princess left, they wiped the tears from their faces and forgot about the princess.
Huo Yanran didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Everyone has selfish desires, and she herself is not a selfless person. How could she force others to follow her through thick and thin?
Anyway, she wasn't marrying her lover, so there was no question of whether the omen was auspicious or not.
However, after Zhiqing sent away these crying palace maids and eunuchs, she felt a lot quieter.
Today is a sunny day. The golden sunlight shines on the world, covering the green tiles and red walls. The flowers are gorgeous and the trees are green. Even Huo Yanran's mood is relaxed.
The big thing that had been weighing on my mind for a long time, when it finally happened, I realized that it was not as scary as I had imagined.
It's just getting married, no big deal.
Huo Yanran looked at herself in the mirror. Wearing a phoenix crown and red makeup, she really looked pretty.
She muttered to herself, "It's a pity that I didn't get to see Wan'er get married. They say the most beautiful day in a woman's life is when she becomes a bride. I looked so beautiful, but Wan'er couldn't see it..."
"Even when Wan'er was at her most beautiful, I couldn't see her."
Zhiqing was bending over to put earrings on the princess. Just as she was about to hear the princess's whisper, her heart ached. Just as she was about to say something, the eunuch outside came in and announced, "The Queen has arrived."
"Mother—"
When Huo Yanran heard that her mother was coming, she immediately stood up to greet her. However, her wedding dress was complicated and the phoenix crown on her head was too heavy. She had just taken a step when Queen Wang came in with the female officials Gao.
"Don't be so polite."
Queen Wang stepped forward quickly and helped Huo Yanran sit back down. She looked into the bronze mirror. The mother and daughter in the mirror had no similarities in their eyebrows and eyes, but their demeanor was exactly the same.
But Huo Yanran is still young and can't show it clearly.
Queen Wang raised her hand and gently stroked Huo Yanran's temples. This was the girl she raised. When she let her live in Feifeng Palace, she thought that one day the little girl would become a phoenix soaring in the sky.
Now the little phoenix has to fly thousands of miles and survive alone in a strange foreign country.
Queen Wang was filled with reluctance, but words came to her lips but she could not utter anything. Tears welled up in her eyes as she smiled and praised the little princess, "Yanran is such a beautiful bride."
Huo Yanran looked up at Queen Wang and said, "I was raised by my mother, so my appearance is naturally outstanding."
In fact, Queen Wang should have gone to the Council Hall to accept the homage of the Beili envoys with the emperor at this time. After the Thirteenth Princess finished dressing up, she would go to the hall to bid farewell to her father, the emperor, and the queen mother when the auspicious time arrived. She would then leave the palace to get married under the witness of all civil and military officials.
But Queen Wang couldn't bear to leave the little princess and wanted to see her more, so she came to Feifeng Palace.
Queen Wang personally straightened Huo Yanran's clothes. Since she was marrying to a foreign country, she did not expect Yanran to live in harmony with her husband and grow old together. She only hoped that Yanran would be safe and sound and encounter fewer setbacks.
Huo Yanran kept looking at her mother with a smile on her lips, gentle and well-behaved, but her eyes gradually turned red.
As Queen Wang spoke, she gave Lady Gao a look, who quickly sent away all the eunuchs and palace servants in the bedroom, saying, "Come with me to check if you have taken all the things the princess likes."
Soon, Queen Wang and Huo Yanran were the only ones left in the huge bedroom.
"Mother..."
Just as Huo Yanran was about to stand up, she was held down by Queen Wang.
Queen Wang pulled out a blood jade token from her sleeve and pressed it into Huo Yanran's hand. "I have summoned five hundred warriors to form a private guard, and I will dispatch them with this order. The people of Beili are known for their brutality, and coups and mutinies are frequent. The wedding procession will return to Daxing after reaching Beili, but this guard will always be with you to protect you."
Although this guard team is small in number, these people are loyal and can be fully deployed by Huo Yanran.
After going to Beili, it can be used to protect yourself, and it may change life or death at a critical moment.
Queen Wang said to Huo Yanran, "You asked to marry to Beili, and I am powerless to change your fate. This is the only thing I can do for you. Please keep this token."
"I will always remember the kindness that Queen Mother has shown me, for the rest of my life..."
Huo Yanran suddenly felt the blood jade token in her hand burning warmly. She wanted to say that she could never repay him in this lifetime. She felt extremely guilty and almost cried...
Suddenly, Queen Wang said, "Silly child, you are still so young and have a long life ahead of you. There is no need to say anything final so early."
Huo Yanran sniffed and was about to say something.
Queen Wang added, "Besides, after you leave the palace, be smart. If you change your mind halfway and don't want to marry into the Beili Royal Court, mobilize these 500 guards within Beili and pretend to kidnap the bride. Then you can take Liu Tanhua and flee far away, becoming a pair of immortal lovers."
If the princess of Daxing was forced to marry in Beili, it would not be a big problem if Daxing took the initiative to hold Beili accountable.
Huo Yanran can also get what she wants.
The only problem is that Liu Yan may not be willing to give up his official career.
But Queen Wang didn't care about so many things. She was only thinking about the little princess and made a very thorough plan. "If Liu Tanhua doesn't want to, you have so many people under your control. Take him away by force and lock him up, so that he can't come into contact with people and things in the outside world..."
She said, "First, you should get his body, and then you can coax him with tenderness and sweetness. With your looks and talent, you will win his heart sooner or later."
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