Chapter 5 Who will pity me when my beauty fades and my fragrance disappears
Ever since the news of Liang Shao's disappearance after being attacked reached the capital, at first only a few people privately speculated whether Princess Anping was destined to bring bad luck to her husband. But as soon as three people spread the rumor, it became clear that Princess Anping was destined to bring bad luck to her husband. Within a few days, the rumor that Princess Anping was destined to bring bad luck to her husband began to spread throughout the capital. As to whether it was true or not, no one cared.
The truth, what is that?
Just when everyone was secretly laughing at Princess Anping, an imperial decree granting her marriage suddenly shocked everyone.
The prince of Xie Palace married Princess Anping, and the wedding date is set for three months later!
That's Prince Xie Fei. Although Prince Xie holds no official position and is not interested in power, that is a hereditary title. Besides, Xie Fei is gentle and elegant, has great literary talent, and has no concubines. He is a first-class man in the capital.
This is something that Liang Shao, who rose from the countryside, could never compare to.
When the noble ladies in the capital heard the news, they were filled with hatred, and some even heard that someone was seriously ill and could not afford the death.
When Princess Xie received the imperial decree granting her marriage, she was so angry that she was furious. She immediately changed her clothes and went to the palace to ask her brother what she had done wrong to him that made him harm her son like this.
The calm Prince Xie did see something. When his son took the imperial edict without any surprise, he had a hunch. While his wife was changing clothes, he asked about his guess. It turned out that it was he who asked for the marriage.
After Princess Xie found out about this, she was furious. She asked Xie Fei to go to the palace with her to cancel the engagement, but was choked by Xie Fei's words "I will not marry anyone but you". Seeing her son's serious expression, she finally let the matter go.
At the same time, deep in the palace, Xiwen, who was lying on the exquisitely carved bed, moved her white fingers, her delicate eyebrows slightly frowned, she opened her pink lips and hummed twice, her curled eyelashes trembled slightly, and then she slowly opened her eyes.
Hearing her low moan, Qiuyue, who was guarding the bed, came over, opened the curtain, and whispered, "Is the princess awake?"
Xiwen nodded subconsciously and said, "I'm a little thirsty." Perhaps because she hadn't spoken for a long time, her voice was very hoarse.
"Princess, please wait a moment. I'll get you a cup of warm water." Qiuyue hung up the curtain first, then helped Xiwen sit up.
At this time, Dong Ling came in from outside with a white porcelain medicine bowl. Seeing the Ninth Princess leaning against the bed, she said in surprise: "Princess, you are awake!"
Hearing Dong Ling's cheers, Qiu Yue smiled and said, "Yes, you serve the princess well. I will send someone to inform the queen." Then she turned and walked out.
"Yes." Hearing Qiuyue's words, Dong Ling responded happily and handed the medicine bowl to Xiwen.
Xiwen took the medicine bowl. The dark medicine soup exuded a bitter smell of traditional Chinese medicine, which hit her face. She drank it all in one gulp with a calm expression. Dong Ling handed over the handkerchief and asked, "Princess, would you like some candied fruit?"
"No need." Xiwen shook her head with a warm smile on her face, but her eyes were calm.
Since she was born, she has been accompanied by various medicinal soups. More than ten years have passed, and both her tongue and nose have long been accustomed to the taste. The medicinal soup that is extremely bitter to others is no different from a bowl of clear water to her.
Candied fruit will only become more bitter the more you eat it.
Qiuyue brought two full glasses of water to the princess, and she finally quenched her thirst. A maid’s respectful voice came from outside the house: “Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen.”
The next moment, Xiwen saw her elegant and graceful mother walking in from outside. She felt a sense of grievance for no reason, her nose felt sore, and tears started to flow down her cheeks. She called out in a tender voice, "Mother..."
The queen looked at her daughter's tearful face, and no longer cared about her manners. She stepped forward distressedly, hugged Xiwen into her arms, and gently stroked her thin back: "Don't cry, don't cry, mother's good daughter. When you cry, mother's heart aches. If you have any grievances, tell me, and I will let your father vent your anger."
Smelling the familiar fragrance of her mother, Xiwen gradually stopped crying. She knew that her father and mother loved her very much, but she enjoyed the treatment of a princess, but could not bear the responsibilities of a princess of Daqi. She had been worried about her father and mother since she was a child. The blind date banquet two years ago even brought shame to the royal family. After a lot of effort, they got engaged, but now Liang Shao was unknown whether he would live or die...
"Mother, I'm sorry. I have brought shame to the royal family. Perhaps I am really a jinx as the outside world says..." Xiwen nestled in the Queen's arms, curled up like a child, a layer of sorrow covering her pale little face.
"What a lie!" The Queen lovingly patted her daughter's shoulder, gently kissed her forehead, and said lovingly, "Don't think about these unhappy things. Take good care of yourself. In three months, your little cotton-padded jacket will be married."
Xiwen's eyes were still gleaming with tears. Hearing this, she raised her head happily and looked at the queen, her clear eyes not blinking: "Mother, General Liang Shao is back?"
Seeing her daughter's usual dull look gone, her pale face even flushed with excitement, the queen became even more displeased with Liang Shao. His disappearance didn't matter, but it caused her daughter to get into trouble for no reason. But looking at her daughter's appearance, it seemed that she still had feelings for Liang Shao. With her stubborn personality, she would not agree to marry Xie Fei before seeing Liang Shao's body.
Seeing her mother deep in thought, Xiwen hesitated and called out in a low voice, "Mother?"
The Queen looked at her daughter's sickly expression, smiled at her previous question, patted her hands, and said, "Look, I am so happy that I forgot that you just woke up and you talked so much. I guess your body can't take it. I won't disturb you to rest. Father and mother will take care of everything. You just need to wait to be the bride."
Xiwen lowered her head thoughtfully, pursed her lips again and again, nodded after a while, and stammered in a low voice: "Well, my daughter understands."
After giving a few more instructions, the Queen reluctantly left. Xiwen stared at the carvings on the bed above her head and was in a daze. Thinking about what her mother had said before, she couldn't help but said, "Qiuyue, tell me the truth, is General Liang Shao coming back?"
Although it was a question, Xiwen's tone was affirmative. She had an inexplicable feeling in her heart that the relationship between her and Liang Shao - could never be restored.
Qiuyue's heart skipped a beat when she heard the question, but she tried to remain calm and said, "Princess, why do you ask that?"
"Is it?" Xiwen stared into Qiuyue's eyes and asked again.
Qiuyue made a bitter face and stammered, "I don't know, no news about General Liang Shao has been reported back to the capital, but... we haven't found him for so long, everyone is guessing that General Liang Shao is in danger."
Xiwen nodded silently, her face looking normal, as if she didn't care much, but only she knew that her hands were shaking.
Liang Shao had disappeared, but she was going to get married in three months. She thought that her father and mother had granted her another marriage in order to preserve her reputation and the face of the royal family. However, she... was really exhausted and didn't want to drag others down.
Xiwen's throat was a little stiff, and she swallowed her saliva to feel a little better. She asked bitterly, "I wonder who my father pointed me to?"
"Xie Fei, the prince of Prince Xie's Mansion, is also the princess's eldest cousin." Qiuyue said.
Xie Fei, the talented man who was famous in the capital, had the opportunity to choose from all the beautiful ladies in the capital, but the emperor gave him this fate of being a useless woman and a husband-killer. It was really unfair to him. Well, after we get married, I will find a quiet place to live and not restrict him in anything. If he has someone he loves, I will ask my father to grant that woman the position of co-wife as compensation.
Princess Anping woke up, and the Queen smiled more often. The prominent ladies in the capital packed up their homes' best bird's nests, ginseng and other supplements and sent them to the palace as a token of their goodwill. Ever since the blind date banquet that year, whenever a lady hosted a banquet, the empress would sit in the main seat with a gloomy face. The lively banquets eventually became a series of pantomimes, and most of the young ladies and young men of marriageable age in the capital had not yet found their marriages.
Not long ago, Liang Shao proposed to marry, and the Queen finally forgave everyone. However, an accident happened again, and they have been back to their miserable lives these days. Now, the Queen has a good husband, and Princess Anping has woken up again. If not now, when?
The noble ladies felt miserable, but who could blame them for being queens? A higher-ranking official could crush someone else, let alone the queen of a country.
Xie Fei also selected two boxes of the best tonic products and sent them to the palace. On the way back home, he saw Tang You shopping with a beautiful woman beside him, who was the courtesan of Zuihualou.
Tang You saw Xie Fei's carriage and asked the beauty to look at the jewelry first. He got on Xie Fei's carriage parked on the side of the road, lifted the curtain and said with a smile: "Hey, Brother Fei, you just came out of the palace, right?"
"Yeah." Xie Fei responded.
"You are really amazing. You became a royal consort without any notice." Tang You sat down next to Xie Fei, looked at him with an ambiguous expression and said, "But I'm afraid Princess Anping's delicate body can't bear your desires? Do you want me to give you a few beauties?"
Xie Fei glanced at Tang You calmly and said, "What's the point of having a brain for a man who can't even control his lower body?"
Tang You: “…” What you said is right, but his brain was born for eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. As for controlling his desires, I’m sorry, his family really doesn’t have this gene.
"Anything else?" Xie Fei picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, then asked.
Oh, he knew this, Tang You thought with some pride, this is just serving tea to see off guests. The next moment, the proud expression on his face froze. Was he being disliked?
Tang You pursed his lips and said, "No more." Then he stood up and walked out in small steps. He looked back every time he walked, and the expectation in his eyes was obvious.
Xie Fei ignored him. Tang You felt a little unwilling. When he walked out of the car door, he muttered, "Just throw it away after use. You asked me for the ancestral secret technique a few days ago."
That night, Xie Fei washed, changed his clothes and lay down on the bed early. When he tossed and turned, he remembered the ancestral secret technique that Tang You had mentioned before getting off the bus today, and took it out from under the pillow.
There were five books in the package, all with the same cover. Picking up the top one, Xie Fei couldn't help but think of those erotic words that broke the sky. His eyelashes trembled, and he put it aside politely and picked up the remaining books instead.
He prayed in his heart that these books would be normal, and opened the cowhide cover, and what he saw was -
My dear, please don't do that. I can't bear it anymore.
Good brother, come quickly~~Sister misses you so much~~~
Xie Fei: “…” He shouldn’t have expected anything from this ancestral secret technique!
Xie Fei gloomily packed up the five books and stuffed them back under his pillow, then sat cross-legged on the couch and began to practice.
The author has something to say:
Yesterday I was recommended the gay radio drama Yibaitiandi. Originally, I didn’t watch gay much, so I planned not to watch it. But after hearing that it was very sad, I couldn’t help but watched it. How should I put it? Compared to sadness, I was more angry and distressed. I hope they can see Brother Fei and let Brother Fei help them [self-consolation, I imagined a big drama in my mind before going to bed last night:)]
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