He smiled innocently and answered everyone, "I don't think that's right! The road from Anyang to the capital is so long, and it was my bride who walked all the way to me. She's come such a long way, how could I let her continue on her own? From today on, I will walk the rest of her life for her!"
Everyone cheered again and surrounded the newlyweds as they walked into the wedding hall.
Feng Yao, who was held in Zhu Longyuan's arms, bit her lower lip tightly, her eyes red.
Although he said this in public out of his responsibility to her, not because he loved her, she was satisfied.
real.
She was already very satisfied just to be able to hear it with her own ears.
She tried hard to control her tears, not wanting them to ruin her makeup.
He didn't have much affection for her, and her appearance was the only thing she had left. If her makeup was smudged, she would be embarrassed tonight...
She had to be beautiful, first using her beauty to make him focus on her, and then conquer his heart little by little.
Only when they arrived at the wedding hall did Zhu Longyuan put Feng Yao down.
When he put her down, he subconsciously put his hand on her waist to protect her. In his eyes, she was a weak and sickly girl, and he was afraid that she would fall.
Besides, she was wearing a phoenix coronet and a red veil that blocked her vision. She felt top-heavy and couldn't tell east from west. She could easily get dizzy and make a fool of herself. He was afraid that she would be embarrassed.
Feng Yao saw all of his subconscious protection.
She bit her lip, feeling a little sweet and a little sour in her heart.
He was still so honest and caring. It was a pity that she hadn't caught him earlier...
He still doesn't know why she likes him so much, right?
In fact, eight years ago was not the first time she met him.
When the late emperor was alive, she and her brother had accompanied their father to Beijing many times to celebrate his birthday.
The late emperor was extremely suspicious and had always been wary of my father. Therefore, his attitude towards my father was neither warm nor cold. The powerful families were very good at reading the late emperor's face. Seeing that the late emperor was cold towards them, they also avoided them.
One can imagine their situation after arriving in Beijing.
No one paid any attention to her and her brother throughout the whole process.
She could sit next to her father and not go out to play. But her brother couldn't do that. The naughty little guy was very outgoing and wanted to run over and play with any child he saw.
That night at the birthday banquet in the palace, her brother insisted on following those powerful and wealthy children around. She was afraid that her brother would be bullied, so she could only follow him silently.
After arriving at the rockery in the Imperial Garden, those dandy young men actually wanted to take their younger brother to the forbidden area in the palace!
They said that the eunuchs in the palace told them that there was a well in the forbidden area in the west, and that palace maids and eunuchs who made mistakes would be thrown into the well alive, so there must be ghosts there.
They wanted to see if there really were ghosts.
She rushed over and finally persuaded her brother not to go. But those playboys laughed at her brother for being a coward and afraid of ghosts. In a moment of competitive spirit, her brother shook her off and followed them.
When her brother pushed her away, she fell to the ground and sprained her ankle. She was in so much pain that she couldn't get up, so she simply sat down in the corner of the rockery, took off her shoes and rubbed her feet.
As a result, she got into trouble.
There was a man who had an affair with a concubine. They left the palace banquet and went to the rockery to do something shameful...
Unfortunately, the two were too anxious, thinking that everyone was at the palace banquet in front, watching the singing and dancing, and that the palace maids and eunuchs were all waiting in front. There would be no one in the empty imperial garden and rockery, so they didn't vigilantly check their surroundings...
So, I didn't notice her in the corner...
She curled up in the corner, covering her mouth, and looked in horror at the scene that was enough to kill that man.
She didn't dare speak.
She knew that if she spoke out, those two people would definitely kill her to silence her in order to prevent the scandal from being exposed.
She was a nine-year-old child. If they had just covered her mouth and thrown her into the lotus pond at the back, everyone would have thought she had run to the edge of the pond out of play and slipped and drowned...
She tried very hard not to speak out, but she was just so unlucky.
There was a crow taking a nap on the rockery. The two men made a lot of noise, and the crow was frightened and flapped its wings and flew away.
As it flew away, its claws stepped on a stone and it fell, making a noise.
When the two men heard the noise, they immediately thought there was someone there and looked around.
So she could no longer hide. She was discovered.
When the two men saw her hiding in the corner, they knew that she had caught them doing something ugly. They wanted to kill her to silence her, but when they saw the phoenix hairpin on her head, they recognized her as a royal daughter.
They did not dare to kill the royal princess easily, and even had evil thoughts.
The concubine maliciously told the man to kill her to silence her. If he didn't do it properly, it would lead to investigation and cause trouble. Instead of silencing her, it would be better to find evidence against her, making her too embarrassed to speak out...
And how could they prevent her from telling anyone?
Of course, he would first destroy her innocence, and then wait a few years until she reached the age of marriage before marrying her.
In this way, the scandal can be kept secret and the man can marry a royal princess for free. How could he not agree?
So the man was about to attack her.
She was caught by a palace concubine, her clothes were pulled by a man, and when she cried out to heaven and earth but no one answered her, she waited in despair for the gods to save her from the sea of suffering.
A young man with great strength fell from the sky. He casually grabbed two stones nearby and smashed the concubine and the man to the ground with one stone each.
Then he came to her and handed her a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
She clutched her handkerchief and looked up at him as he stood there threatening the man and the concubine, and then told them to get out.
She had originally thought that he must be a reckless man who would just pick up stones to throw at people, but seeing how he threatened the men and the concubines, she found that his every move was very thoughtful.
He squatted in front of her and said to her patiently -
He could have exposed the matter to the emperor, but as a minister he did not give the emperor face and exposed the emperor's woman having an affair with another man. After the humiliated emperor punished the concubine and the man, he gradually developed a grudge against the Zhu family.
Moreover, he was afraid that the concubine and the man would get pushed into a corner and fight to the death with them, so he insisted that the reason they were at the rockery tonight was because they had an affair.
One of them was a fourteen-year-old boy, and the other was a nine-year-old girl, both of whom were too old to secretly experience the sweetness of love. If they were to be involved in such an unclear relationship with those two, they would be unable to live as human beings.
He told her to forget what happened tonight, to pretend nothing happened, and not to try to expose those two people, otherwise, it would only bring disaster...
He comforted her, saying, "Don't cry, don't commit suicide. This is nothing. It's just your clothes being pulled. There's no real damage. Just think of it as a dog bite. Dogs can tear clothes when they bite. Just think of those two people as dogs."
He patted her head gently, smiled and said to her, you must live well, those two bad guys are still alive, why do you want to die, you should live better than them!
Then he put a cloak on her, followed her silently, and sent her to the end of the street where the lights were dim, then waved goodbye and left.
He left in a carefree manner, but left a mark in her heart that will never be erased in her lifetime.
He is her benefactor...
It's a pity that she was too young at that time. She didn't understand what love was, and she actually let him go like that...
In the following years, she developed a fear and resistance towards the capital city and refused to follow her father to the capital again.
Later, when the late emperor passed away, he escorted her and her father back to Anyang. Out of gratitude for his kindness, she paid close attention to him along the way and was attracted by his heroic appearance on horseback. Unfortunately, it was too late.
He is already engaged.
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Feng Yao sat in the new house filled with red, looking at the man in front of her through the bright red veil.
He stood tall in front of her, just like that year when she fell to the ground and cried, and he stood there and forcefully told the concubine and the man to get out, giving her the warmest protection.
He is her hero.
"Princess, it's very stuffy wearing a veil. Let me pick one out for you first, and then I'll go out and toast, okay?"
She saw him standing there rubbing his hands awkwardly, then he bent down slightly and spoke to her carefully.
Looking at him who was so reserved through the veil, she suddenly smiled.
Who says it's too late? It's just the right time.
From this moment on, she was his legally married wife, and he was the only husband she wanted to marry.
She pursed her lips, smiled sweetly, and whispered, "Okay, I'll listen to my husband."
When Zhu Longyuan heard her soft and sweet voice and her calling him "husband" softly, he was stunned and his face suddenly turned red to his ears.
He hurriedly picked up the wedding scale on the table, gently lifted her veil, and revealed her beautiful face.
She sat dignifiedly, and when her veil was lifted, she raised her head and smiled brightly at him.
Her eyes were filled with his presence, and she smiled and said to him, "Husband, I finally marry you. Thank you for letting me fulfill my wish."
"Don't, don't say that."
Zhu Longyuan quickly squatted down in front of her, looked at her, shook his head sincerely and said, "Princess, please don't be like this. It's my blessing that you like me, not your weakness. Don't lower yourself so much. Even if you like me, you should still be proud, understand?"
Feng Yao smiled sweetly, and it was sweet to her heart.
She nodded. "Okay."
When he smiled, she reached out and gently touched his cheek and asked, "Then do you know why I like you so much?"
Zhu Longyuan's back tensed up instantly when her hand touched his cheek.
He stiffened his body and stammered, "W-why? Actually, I'm also curious, do you like silly men?"
Feng Yao was so amused by him that she tilted her head back and laughed. She had to tilt her head back because she was afraid that she would laugh so hard that tears would fall.
After laughing, she looked at him again, and while looking at him, she took out the handkerchief that she had always treasured from her bosom.
She shook out her handkerchief, and a small word "Yuan" in the corner of the handkerchief caught his eye.
He was surprised, "This is..."
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