Chapter 175 Imperial Decree for Marriage

The history books of Liang State recorded:

On March 17, the 14th year of Chongming, Emperor Jing of Liang died. On the same day, Prince Lin Yuwen Jin and the father and son of the Chang family

forced the emperor to abdicate. It was the time of the March Examination, and the rebels arrested 513 sons of the Gongyuan, trying to force the court officials to recognize their legitimacy.

Later, Jiang Ning, a commoner, killed Yuwen Jin alone, and Nangong Muyan, the daughter of the prime minister, killed Chang Jian. Chang Jian's son Chang Linwei saw that the situation was over and committed suicide in front of the Taiji Hall.

The coup was quelled, and a total of 280 imperial guards and one son died.

On March 20, Emperor Jing of Liang was buried in the imperial mausoleum...

On April 17, the new emperor ascended the throne and changed the country's name to Zhaoguang, which was implemented the following year...

On the same day, the emperor issued an edict that Jiang Ning, a commoner girl, had made great contributions in saving the emperor. The emperor was grateful for her kindness and considered her a sister. He specially gave her the imperial surname "Yuwen" and changed her name to Yuwen Ning. He gave her a princess's mansion and the title "Hening". Later generations called her "Princess Hening". Nangong

Muyan, the daughter of the prime minister, was granted marriage to Zhou Yi, a merchant in the capital, for her meritorious service in killing the traitor Chang Jian. The marriage was scheduled to be completed on June 21. On the day of the wedding, the emperor personally came to give a congratulatory speech...On

June 9, the results of the palace examination were announced. The emperor saw that the new champion Liu Ming'an was extremely talented and beautiful, so he specially granted Princess Hening to marry him. The wedding date is set for the eighth day of the eighth lunar month...

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Ling'er, get up quickly. How can you sleep on the wedding day?"

Lan Xu's anxious voice rang out. She stretched out her hand to pull open the quilt of the person on the bed and pulled Jiang Ning up.

"Mom, there is no need to welcome the bride, why do you get up so early?" Jiang Ning muttered, snatched back the quilt, and fell asleep again.

"Oh, you have to get up early for marriage. It only happens once in a lifetime. Be good and get up quickly..."

Lan Xu coaxed her in a low voice, said a lot of nice things, and finally got her up.

Bathing, changing clothes, combing hair, putting on makeup... What a hassle.

When Jiang Ning put on her wedding dress and phoenix crown and sat in the room, it was already the end of the Si hour.

"This phoenix crown is really heavy!"

Jiang Ning raised her hand to touch it, but Lan Xu stopped her again: "Don't move, this is given by the emperor, no matter how heavy it is, you have to bear it."

"Okay~ I won't move." Jiang Ning replied with a smile.

Lan Xu was afraid that something might be missed, so she pulled people back and forth to look at it, with an irrepressible smile on her face, and tears flashed in her eyes as she looked.

"My Ling'er is so beautiful!"

Jiang Ning listened to the choked voice and said with a smile: "Mom, don't cry, you will sit in the hall later, so many people will be watching, it won't look good if you cry your eyes red."

There will only be Lan Xu in the hall, and she will have nothing to do with the Prime Minister's Mansion in this life. This is Yuwen Yan's gratitude.

After killing Yuwen Jin that day, the rebellion was quelled, and Yuwen Yan summoned Jiang Ning alone.

"Miss Third, you have saved me twice."

At that time, Yuwen Yan was about to ascend the throne in two days. When he saw Jiang Ning, he bowed respectfully and saluted her.

Jiang Ning moved to the side and avoided him: "You should know that I didn't come here to save you."

Yuwen Yan smiled: "Miss Jiang Ning's personality has not changed at all... So, I owe Master Liu another favor, but it's a pity that I haven't repaid him for saving my life in Qushui City last time..."

"Want to repay the favor?" Jiang Ning raised her eyebrows and asked.

"Yes."

Jiang Ning thought about it. She and Liu Ming'an had everything they needed except a wedding. And Nangong Ya and the Lou family said that they must get involved, so they can use the imperial power to do something.

"Then after you ascend the throne, arrange a marriage for me and Liu Ming'an." Jiang Ning said so at the time, and then added: "Don't arrange a marriage with Nangong Ling's status, I don't want to be associated with the Prime Minister's Mansion."

An imperial decree to arrange a marriage is more effective than any three matchmakers and six betrothals, and it can save a lot of trouble.

Yuwen Yan agreed without saying a word.

However, Jiang Ning didn't expect that Yuwen Yan would recognize her as his sister and give her the title of "Princess Hening", which directly raised her status. In the future, Nangong Ya will have to bow to her when he sees her.

After Jiang Ning left Yu's study, Yuwen Yan summoned Nangong Muyan again, bowed and saluted in the same way, and also expressed his desire to thank someone.

"I don't seem to lack anything." Nangong Muyan pondered for a moment and asked Yuwen Yan: "What did my third sister ask for?"

"She asked me to give her a marriage." Yuwen Yan answered truthfully.

Nangong Muyan chuckled: "Then I also want you to give me a marriage."

Yuwen Yan: "..."

The two young ladies in the Prime Minister's Mansion are really unique.

Yuwen Yan didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that Nangong Muyan might have fallen in love with a young man from a noble family, but he never thought that she was going to marry a businessman.

So after the marriage, there were rumors in the market that the prime minister's legitimate daughter had the merit of following the emperor, but the emperor married her to a businessman because he was afraid that she would enter the palace and become the queen, which would make the Nangong family more powerful and allow Prime Minister Nangong to cover the sky with one hand in the court, threatening the emperor's position.

Hearing these rumors, Yuwen Yan's mouth twitched, but he could not explain anything, so he could only bear the blame of being ungrateful and suspicious. It

was not until the day of Nangong Muyan's wedding that Yuwen Yan came to the prime minister's mansion and looked at Nangong Muyan with a bulging belly.

Only then did he understand why this lady wanted to get married. At this time, Yuwen Yan, who was sitting in the princess's mansion watching Jiang Ning and Liu Mingan worship heaven and earth, couldn't help but look at the bride's waist. Yuwen Yan watched for a long time without making a sound, but he didn't see any clues. He was a little disappointed for some reason.

Yuwen Yan turned his head and looked at Nangong Muyan. Nangong Muyan was six months pregnant, and her belly was very obvious. A man stood beside her, carefully holding her waist to separate her from the others around her.

Yuwen Yan looked at the sincere smile on Nangong Muyan's face, and the doubt in his heart surfaced again.

He later found out that it was Nangong Muyan who sold Nangong Ling and spread the rumor of elopement. Logically, these two people should be mortal enemies, but for some reason, he always felt that their relationship was closer than ordinary people.

What was even more strange was that in his memory, Nangong Muyan was a wicked and willful person, while Nangong Ling was a cowardly person. However, when Yuwen Jin forced the palace, the two sisters had the same murderous intent, and the coldness between their eyebrows was the same, which made people feel that they were the same person.

Yuwen Yan looked at Nangong Ya, who was at the outermost side of the crowd. The expression on her face was as complicated as a play, with joy, indignation, relief, bitterness, relief... and some indescribable things.

His daughter got married, but this father did not sit on the throne as a father to accept the newlyweds' kneeling worship. He came today only because he wanted to attend the princess' wedding as a minister.

Yuwen Yan really couldn't understand the people and things of the Nangong family. It turned out that every family has its own problems.

"Send her to the bridal chamber!"

"Good!"

With the last shout of the guest of honor, a burst of cheers broke out from the crowd, pulling back Yuwen Yan's disturbed thoughts.

After the ceremony, there was a banquet. Yuwen Yan knew that everyone would be very restrained if he sat here, so he stood up, said a few words to keep the situation, and returned to the palace with his personal guards.