Lin Mo had only heard a rough outline of the series of procedures for entering the palace and receiving the title. But even if he couldn't remember it, it didn't matter. There were etiquette officials in charge, and Cheng Yan and Lin Mo just had to do what they said.
After a complete enthronement ceremony, even though Lin Mo had used the spiritual spring water in advance, he still felt a little overwhelmed at the moment.
Not only the heavy wedding dress, but also the accessories worn by Lin Mo were quite heavy.
Lin Mo was led down the white jade steps by Cheng Yan. Just as he walked down the last step, he vaguely heard a strange sound in the distance.
The sound of weapons colliding?
Lin Mo tilted his head to look at Cheng Yan beside him, questioning silently.
"It's time to go to the main hall to see my brother." Cheng Yan said in a low voice.
Today is his and Momo's wedding day, no one can cause trouble.
"Okay." Lin Mo nodded. Since Cheng Yan didn't care, there was no need for him to ask more.
The royal shadow guards who had been hiding in the dark suddenly looked stern when they heard the slight noise.
The next second, a black shadow flashed by. Not long after, the noisy sound gradually disappeared.
After dealing with the people, some of the shadow guards picked up the few people who were still breathing and left, while the remaining shadow guards cleared all traces at the scene, then hid in the dark and waited for the next wave.
Outside the imperial city, Fu Yunchang, dressed in tight clothes, holding a spear, was waiting. Not long after, a group of soldiers came out of the woods.
"General, the prince of Qi has been taken away. We only captured a woman beside him, who claimed that she was the prime minister's legitimate daughter." A soldier who had rushed over stopped and said respectfully.
"The Prime Minister's legitimate daughter?" Fu Yunchang raised his eyes and glanced at the woman who was struggling with her mouth blocked, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
"I saw that she had a close relationship with the prince of Qi, so I acted without permission..." A certain general noticed the general's gaze and began to explain.
However, this was not the reason why he tied her up and gagged her without permission. It was because the woman was too noisy.
"Take him away and keep him under strict guard."
His cousin told him to make sure to catch this woman. Although he didn't know the reason, given the relationship between this woman and the Prince of Qi, even if the Prime Minister did not execute him this time, this woman would not be able to escape.
"Yes, General."
Following Cheng Yan to the main hall, Lin Mo only saw four people. Emperor An Chenglin and their grandfather, the general, stood in the middle, with An Jinyuan and Lingyi standing on both sides.
Lin Mo, who was a little nervous at first, heaved a sigh of relief. He had been with his brother, A Yuan, and Ling Yi for a long time.
As for the old general who guards the country, Lin Mo was often taken to visit by An Jinyuan during this period.
Lin Mo stood next to Cheng Yan, with a slight smile on his lips and eyes, trying to show his well-behaved side in front of Cheng Yan's family.
As the emperor, An Chenglin said a few words and then handed the right to speak to his grandfather.
General Fu didn't say much, just a few words, and then handed the rosewood box he had been holding in his hand to Cheng Yan.
"Grandfather, what is this?" Cheng Yan took it, with some confusion in his eyes.
"When you were little, Luan'er went to the National Temple to pray for the three of you. This was specially given to you by Abbot Jiyuan, who said that you had a connection with this item."
When General Fu talked about this, his eyes were filled with nostalgia for his little daughter...
Lin Mo tilted his head to look at the rosewood box in Cheng Yan's hand, and frowned slightly. For some reason, he always felt a little uneasy, and his heartbeat suddenly became irregular.
When General Fu took out that thing, Lingyi's attention was attracted by it.
Lingyi vaguely sensed that the things in the box had an energy that was of the same origin as the things on Lin Mo's body.
General Fu seemed to know what Cheng Yan wanted to ask, and before he could say anything, he spoke again, "Abbot Jiyuan said that you have killed too many people in your life. If you can't find someone to spend your life with, there is no need to return this jade pendant to you."
"If you find it, I will give the jade pendant to the person you live with for safekeeping. Just drop a drop of blood on the jade pendant." General Fu warned.
"this……"
"I don't know the rest. Just do as Abbot Jiyuan says." General Fu waved his hand and said nothing more.
"Cheng Yan..." Lin Mo's uneasiness grew stronger and stronger, and he couldn't help but speak.
Cheng Yan heard the slight tremor in his voice. Although he didn't understand what Momo was afraid of, he still reached out and held his slightly cold hand under his sleeve.
"Then let's go back to the palace first, it's almost time."
Cheng Yan led Lin Mo out of the main hall, and until they walked out of the palace, Lin Mo did not speak a word.
Cheng Yan held his hand tightly, "Momo, what's wrong?"
After walking for a while, the inexplicable uneasiness in his heart still did not disappear, but Lin Mo still kept his spirits up.
Today is his and Cheng Yan’s wedding, and he cannot let those inexplicable emotions disturb him.
"It's okay." Lin Mo shook his head.
Hearing this, Cheng Yan pursed his lips and said nothing more.
One day, he would let Momo speak out everything in his heart without reservation.
It’s not the right time yet, his knot needs time to heal.
Cheng Yan kept repeating those words in his mind until he suppressed the gloomy emotions in his heart.
After the prince and his wife came out and sat in the sedan chair, the wedding procession waiting on the side lifted the sedan chair and walked towards Prince Cheng's mansion beating gongs and drums.
The buildings on both sides of the road were hung with red cloth and red lanterns, and the whole street was filled with a festive atmosphere.
Red ribbons and red lanterns were hung in front of the doors of every household in the imperial city to add some joy to the wedding of their country's god of war.
When the wedding procession returned, the old general and the emperor were already waiting in the lobby of the palace.
In addition to the court officials present, there were also representatives of the aristocratic families with whom the Lin family had close ties before its defeat.
Even the third sister of the Lin family, Lin Lan, was present. Lin Lan and Yan Ningxi, each holding a child, stood next to Lin's father and mother.
Everyone present was looking at the two people who walked in from the gate, holding red cloths in their hands.
The Prime Minister's issue had been resolved, and Fu Yunchang, who had just changed his clothes and rushed over, stood aside.
Looking at his cousin who always had a cold face and whose eyes were particularly gentle at this moment, Fu Yunchang's tense face relaxed a little.
Now that I have a family, if my aunt knew, she would probably feel relieved.
From entering the palace to completing the last step of the wedding ceremony, Lin Mo finally breathed a sigh of relief after being brought back to the bedroom by Cheng Yan.
Lin Mo sat on the edge of the bed, and his straight back bent down.
"I asked the servants to prepare some food. Remember to eat. I will be back soon." Cheng Yan pinched his palm and said.
"Okay." Lin Mo sat up straight and raised his head to answer.
"...If you feel the jewelry on your head is heavy, take it off." Cheng Yan raised his hand and fiddled with the gold tassel on Lin Mo's head, and said in a low voice.
Cheng Yan knew that Lin Mo didn't like to dress up. She usually just tied her hair into a ponytail like him, or used a simple jade hairpin to tie her hair.
This is the first time Cheng Yan has seen him like this.
Cheng Yan was less obedient and aloof than usual. When he went to the Lin residence to pick up the bride, he was stunned at the first sight of Lin Mo.
Especially when that look glanced at him, Cheng Yan's mind went blank for a few seconds.
To be honest, Cheng Yan felt that he could never get enough of looking at Momo in this state.
"I know. Well, if you don't go out, the people outside will tell on you." Lin Mo reached out and pushed him.
Although they had done more intimate things, the look on Cheng Yan's face at that moment still made Lin Mo's ears burn.
Although he said he would go and come back quickly, Cheng Yan still delayed for some time. Even if he could refuse the toasts from others, he still had to drink the wine from his father-in-law and several brothers-in-law.
Fortunately, when Cheng Yan was at the border, he often drank strong liquor with the soldiers to warm himself up. When he finally got rid of those people and returned to the bedroom, his face was only slightly red, and his steps were still very steady.
Cheng Yan raised his hand and touched the rosewood box placed inside his lapel. He still had some impression of the jade pendant placed inside.
Cheng Yan wore the jade pendant from childhood until he was seven years old. Then, because the man was stingy in giving his mother superficial favor, the jade pendant was taken away.
Cheng Yan didn't know the reason at that time, but now, Cheng Yan probably knows it.
It was because the jade pendant was a dragon-shaped jade pendant with the word "Emperor" on it.
If that man knew the existence of this jade pendant, my mother and grandfather would be blamed, not to mention that their father wanted to take back the military power from their grandfather.
However, now this jade pendant has to be given to Momo.
I just don't know why they wanted to drip blood on the jade pendant.
Walking to the door of the bedroom, Cheng Yan suppressed the thoughts in his mind, pushed the door open and walked in.
After they drank the wedding wine, Cheng Yan stood behind Lin Mo, took off her hair, combed it, and tied it behind her back with a red hairband.
After changing clothes, Cheng Yan and Lin Mo sat on the bed.
Lin Mo's eyelids twitched for no reason when he saw Cheng Yan take out the rosewood box that made him feel uneasy.
"this……"
"The jade pendant inside was worn for a few years when I was a child. At that time, my mother told me not to take it off at any time." Cheng Yan rubbed the runes on the edge of the box with his fingers, with some nostalgia in his eyes.
Abbot Jiyuan of the Guo Temple was a mysterious monk. No one knew when he appeared there, and no one knew when he disappeared.
Anyway, by the time others react, he has appeared or disappeared.
But Cheng Yan still believed what Abbot Jiyuan said.
When he was six years old, something happened that almost cost him his life.
Cheng Yan no longer remembered that incident, but he knew clearly that when he woke up, the dragon-shaped jade pendant around his neck had changed from white jade to light red.
Hearing this, Lin Mo could only suppress his uneasiness and listen to him talk about the past of the jade pendant.
However, after Cheng Yan opened the rosewood box, Lin Mo finally knew the reason for his uneasiness.
When Lin Mo saw the jade pendant for the first time, his heart trembled violently, and the thin blood color on his face faded away completely.
Lin Mo's face was pale, and his hands on his legs were shaking uncontrollably.
That jade pendant... is of the same type as the medium jade pendant in his Lingquan space.
"What's wrong?!" Cheng Yan was startled by Lin Mo's violent reaction and quickly hugged him in his arms.
"This...this jade pendant..." Lin Mo's voice became unusually hoarse.
"Is there something wrong with this jade pendant?" Cheng Yan was extremely anxious when he saw that Lin Mo was somewhat out of control.
Lin Mo had too many secrets, and Cheng Yan knew that he had been trying to forget them. However, after Lin Mo recovered a little, there was always someone or something that kept irritating him.
It was as if there was a thorn that, just when the wound had just healed, would pick away the scab without warning, until the flesh and blood became blurred again.
In Daling Village, when Lin Xiu came back from his vacation, that was the beginning of Lin Mo's loss of control.
Then, on their way back to the Imperial City, he was in a coma for nearly a month. Then, there was the time when he was alone with Lingyi, and finally, now, when he saw the jade pendant.
Feeling the fear of the person in his arms, Cheng Yan felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.
Lin Mo was held in Cheng Yan's arms, and the fingers that grabbed his clothes were so tight that his nails turned white.
Lin Mo just felt his mind was in a trance, the shadow cast by the space jade pendant had not disappeared yet.
Even if it was just an ordinary jade pendant, Lin Mo would still be terrified when he saw it for the first time. Not to mention that when the jade pendant appeared, it caused the spiritual spring in the space to resonate.
Lin Mo was extremely panicked at the moment. Would the appearance of this jade pendant destroy everything he had now?
Just like the end of the world in the previous life, with the Lingquan space as the trigger, people around him began to encounter accidents one after another?
Cheng Yan closed the box and put it aside, stroking the back of the person in his arms silently to comfort him until the uneasy aura around him gradually dissipated.
Lin Mo suppressed his emotions, and as if he remembered something, he suddenly got up from Cheng Yan's arms and asked hurriedly, "Has this jade pendant touched your blood?"
"It should have been touched. This jade pendant was originally white jade in color." And when Cheng Yan woke up that time, there was a big cut on his forehead, and it took a long time to heal it.
Seeing that he looked dazed again after listening to this, Cheng Yan also understood that this jade pendant had a great influence on Lin Mo.
"Since you don't like it, just put it away."
"Cheng Yan, is Abbot Jiyuan still in the National Temple?" Lin Mo suddenly asked.
He specifically instructed to drop blood on the jade pendant.
Ordinary people would never have such an idea. Lin Mo didn't know what the Abbot Jiyuan mentioned by Cheng Yan knew, and whether he knew the extraordinary nature of this dragon-shaped jade pendant.
"He is no longer here, and no one knows where he is." No one knows whether Abbot Jiyuan is still in this world.
"Is it necessary to drip blood?" Lin Mo's eyes fell on the rosewood box. The dim light of the wedding candles fell on his pale profile, and Cheng Yan's heart stagnated.
“Momo…”
"How is the matter between the Prime Minister and Prince Jing going?"
"They originally wanted to take advantage of today to rebel, but my brother and I had already ordered people to ambush them. They are now in prison."
Although the prince of Qi was rescued, the peace they had maintained with Qi for many years was also torn apart. Whether Yu and Qi would go to war or not depended on the choice of the emperor of Qi.
"...Where's Su Qingran?"
"In prison too."
"Bring the jade pendant here." Lin Mo thought for a long time and finally spoke.
The biggest threat to the Lin family has been brought to justice, and Lin Mo estimates that the Prime Minister will not be able to turn things around.
Since the abbot Jiyuan clearly asked the person who stayed with Cheng Yan to keep the jade pendant and dripped blood on it.
When Cheng Yan was still a child, it was foreshadowed that he would be filled with too much killing in his life.
That abbot Jiyuan must know something.
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