Although it was a wedding banquet, the people who were truly happy at this wedding were probably not the newlyweds.
The red candles in the bridal chamber burned all night, but Yi Chenqi never appeared again until the very end.
It's said that royalty are the most heartless, but Yi Chenqi is an exceptionally affectionate person. However, his affection for the wrong person has become another form of callousness.
The night is still long...
At the wedding banquet, the Empress's younger brother, Murong Huan, had lost his hand, but with his silver tongue, he was busy winning over the ministers, with Vice Minister Liu of the Ministry of War chiming in. Since they were already family, they naturally helped Yi Chenqi consolidate his power and gather intelligence.
This is also the true purpose behind the tragedy's celebration.
At the wedding banquet, it was inevitable to drink a little wine. An Yuan'er took a few sips, and her head began to throb violently. She told her father in advance and left the banquet first.
"Miss, the carriage is waiting outside."
An Yuan'er breathed in the fresh air outside and her mind cleared up considerably: "I'll walk around by myself and let the carriage go back."
An Yuan'er walked ahead, and Guo Guo followed quietly behind her. She didn't disturb her.
Along the way, An Yuan'er's thoughts drifted, recalling her past. After her rebirth, so many years had passed without her realizing it, and they had reached the point of discussing marriage. Yi Chenqi married Liu Yuanmeng, and Yi Chenxuan was going to marry Han Yuanyuan; behind every marriage lay a tangle of interests.
With the Han and Liu families already aligned, the An family, which had remained neutral, seemed somewhat out of place.
Growing up is truly a word that people both resist and have to accept.
An Yuan'er kicked the stone under her feet. What about him?
Will he, like Yi Chenqi and Yi Chenxuan, marry another woman? In the face of interests, whether or not they love each other doesn't seem to be such an important choice.
But just thinking about it makes my heart ache uncontrollably.
Even though they were at the same wedding banquet that evening, he didn't glance at her once when their eyes met.
At this moment, for some reason, under the influence of alcohol, An Yuan'er's longing grew wildly, and she really wanted to see him right away.
I don't need to do anything, I just need to take a good look at him.
Has he been eating properly? Is his leg any better than before? During the days she was away from Chenyang Palace, did he miss her even a little bit?
Perhaps it was a meeting of minds, or perhaps he happened to be waiting for her there as well. After turning the corner, there was a dark alleyway where a man and a chair sat, his calm, unwavering eyes fixed on her.
In the darkness, her body reacted instinctively. An Yuan'er kicked her legs and ran to him, wrapping her arms around him and calling out excitedly, "A-Li, A-Li..."
He nuzzled his neck, and Yi Chenli felt a slight tickle. He softly replied, "I'm here, waiting for you."
In her mind, she had rehearsed the scene of their reunion countless times. She had thought that she must tell him that even if she left Chenyang Palace, she, An Yuan'er, could live a good life.
However, she swallowed the words that were about to come out, and An Yuan'er unconsciously punched Yi Chenli with her small hands: "Yi Chenli is a big idiot, how could you make me miss you so much. In the first few days after I came home, I couldn't sleep every single night, but, but... you didn't come to see me at all. I saw you at the wedding banquet today, and you even pretended not to know me. You've gone too far."
Yi Chenli grasped An Yuan'er's hand and placed it on his chest, where the blood began to flow and boil again.
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