Chapter 378 The Queen and the Little Queen
The next day, Madam Chang sent people south to inquire about the Cui family and Cui Jing.
That afternoon, General Chang returned from Tianmen Pass. General Cheng handed over all matters in Beiyan City to him, and then quickly led his personal guards south to the seven southwestern states to meet Shangguan Tong.
General Chang came to pay a visit to Yan Xingchuan. When he learned that Shen Sui wanted Chang Ru to be his concubine, he became furious and almost beat Shen Sui.
Fortunately, Mrs. Chang and Chang Ru persuaded him.
"Father, why should I bother with this kind of person? He doesn't think he has done anything wrong. He just thinks I am ungrateful and unforgiving."
"Anyway, the master has already promised not to let me be his concubine. As long as my family doesn't agree, what can he do to us?"
The lord does not agree. Without the royal order and the pressure of justice, they can refuse the marriage.
"Even so, you can't let him go so easily. Ever since the engagement, he's been delaying and delaying. You've waited from the age of fifteen to twenty, a full five years. He's delayed you for so many years, and now the marriage isn't going through, and you've missed the right time for nothing. How can you let him go?"
At the right age, all those who need to be married have been married, like Chang Ru, who is now being looked for. Except for some leftovers who didn't get married for some reason, most of the rest are the leftovers picked by others.
It's hard to find lost gems, and there's always a reason for that.
Don’t even bother choosing the crooked or broken ones.
Isn't this ruining his daughter's life? Beating him up is the least of his worries.
"I used to think he was a good person, but I never thought he was such a jerk!"
Chang Ru quickly said, "Father, please don't be angry. I have a plan that can not only solve your lifelong problem, but also make him so angry that he can't sleep every night. It's like killing someone."
General Chang hurriedly asked her, "What's the plan?"
"My daughter wants to marry Cui Sanlang Cui Jingzhi."
"Cui Jingzhi?" General Chang was stunned. He had also heard of Cui Jingzhi. He was indeed a good young man.
Madam Chang nodded repeatedly. "Yesterday, A'ru and I went to see the Lord and made inquiries. Cui Sanlang is still unmarried and doesn't even have anyone to be engaged to. He is also suitable for A'ru in terms of status and age."
General Chang hesitated: "But if I become the daughter-in-law of that aristocratic family, my life will probably be difficult."
It’s good to be in a wealthy family, with all the wealth and status, but there are also many conflicts within it. It’s good to marry into one, but if you don’t have the ability, you never know when you will be killed.
Chang Ru said, "Father, don't worry about these things, and don't underestimate our Chang family. The Cui family is a noble family, yes, but if Northern Yan can conquer the world in the future, our Chang family is also a noble family. How can we lose to the Cui family?"
"I still have my father, mother, and brothers. If the Cui family dares to hurt me, they have to think twice."
"That's right." General Chang was also somewhat tempted. After all, his daughter was indeed a little older, and Cui Jing was quite talented and indeed quite good. "I'll write to General Xu and ask him. I heard that he and Cui Sanlang have a good relationship. They used to be brothers when they fought side by side at Chongshan Pass."
Mrs. Chang also thought of this: "Indeed, we should ask General Xu what he thinks of Cui Sanlang."
The Chang family handled this matter quietly, and Shen Sui was still unaware of it.
One day passed, and then another, and it was the ninth day of the ninth month, the day when Lin Qingning was to marry into the Yan family.
The day before, Lin Qingning moved out of the Northern Yan Palace and went to the decorated courtyard to wait for her wedding. On the second day, she put on her wedding dress and was about to marry into the Yan family.
The Yanyun Guards led the way and escorted the bride, and General Shen Sui welcomed the bride on behalf of the groom, which also gave Lin Qingning enough face.
Although Lin Qingning was somewhat annoyed that Yan Xingchuan refused to come for Cui Si, she could still accept Shen Sui's words, although it was a compromise, reluctantly.
During the wedding ceremony, Yan Xingchuan sat on a seat nearby to watch the ceremony, while Shen Sui, who was standing in for the groom, held up Yan Xingshan's tablet.
Lin Qingning saw it through the gap in the gauze of the wedding fan she was holding up, and was so stunned that she put the fan down.
"What are you doing?"
Shen Sui's face was somewhat cold, just like he always was, like an iceberg, without any expression or joy at all.
He said, "Don't be afraid, Madam Lin. I'll hold it."
Lin Qingning's bright and beautiful face froze.
Shen Sui brought the tablet over. Was he asking her to perform the marriage ceremony with the tablet?
Isn't this embarrassing for her?
But at this moment, Lin Qingning didn't know how to refuse. She kept saying that she was deeply in love with Yan Xingshan, and even if Yan Xingshan was gone, she would still marry him even if it meant a ghost marriage.
But now she doesn't even want to have a wedding ceremony with a tablet, how is that possible?
Lin Qingning bit her lip and cast her gaze on Yan Xingchuan in the audience seats. Yan Xingchuan pretended not to see it and didn't intend to care at all.
Yan Xingchuan had no objection to whether Lin Qingning held a wedding ceremony with Shen Sui or with a memorial tablet. As long as it wasn't him, it would be fine. As for whether holding a wedding ceremony with a memorial tablet would be talked about by others, that was Lin Qingning's own choice.
Seeing that Yan Xingchuan was not going to care, Lin Qingning felt annoyed again, but she could not say no at this moment. She could only force a smile and go ahead with the wedding ceremony.
After the wedding ceremony, the groom was sitting on the tablet. The person wearing the wedding dress on behalf of the groom was holding the tablet with a grim face. The smile on the bride's face was also a little hard to maintain. She seemed a little reluctant and very embarrassed.
Everyone in the viewing gallery was unusually quiet and silent, with only the emcee's voice echoing in the courtyard.
After the wedding ceremony, the sky was getting dark. Yan Xingchuan looked up at the sky and said, "I'll trouble General Shen to escort my brother's bride back to her room. Everyone, there's a banquet at the mansion. Please enjoy the wedding banquet before leaving."
Yan Xingchuan felt very upset about the wedding ceremony between a living person and a dead person, and he was not in the mood to drink any wedding wine. After saying this, he got up and went back to the yard.
Although the guests agreed with the marriage, they were not very happy. They ate a little in a hurry and then said goodbye and left.
Soon, the sun set and the sky became completely dark.
The candles were lit in the room. Lin Qingning, wearing her wedding dress, sat in front of the dressing table, staring at herself in the bronze mirror in a daze.
Huayue came over. When she heard footsteps, she touched her face and asked Huayue: "Huayue, do you think I am beautiful?"
"Beautiful, of course she is." Hua Yue nodded repeatedly, "There is no woman in this world more beautiful than you."
"Including Cui Liuniang?"
"Exactly. How can Cui Liuniang be compared to my lady? My lady is the bright moon in the sky, while Cui Liuniang is just a firefly on the ground. How can we compare them?"
After hearing this, Lin Qingning felt a little better. She said, "Since I've married into the Yan family, it's time for you to change your address. Don't call me Madam from now on."
Hua Yue blinked and asked Lin Qingning, "Then, Madam, what should I call you?"
What are you calling for?
Lin Qingning frowned and thought for a long time, then said, "Then call me the Queen. Yes, Queen. I married the eldest brother of the King of Northern Yan, so this title is correct."
Hua Yue was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What if the Master also gets married?"
Lin Qingning looked at herself in the mirror and said, "Then I'll call you Little Queen..."
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