Early in the morning, the royal family offered sacrifices to their ancestors.
Every year, the emperor, empress, concubines, princes, princesses, and other members of the royal family would attend the ancestral worship ceremony. Officials above the fifth rank would also bring their families to attend. It was unusually solemn.
The noon ceremony was coming to an end, and everyone was unusually tired. They had to walk ten miles from the main entrance to the altar of the Taizu Temple. Kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times, sometimes even prostrating. Leng Shuiyun supported her mother along the way. From time to time, she would ask her sister if she was tired. She muttered softly," The royal family is paying respects to their ancestors, but you said that a bunch of officials and family members were involved. What's going on?"”
Cold Water Zhi pulled her sister over." Keep your voice down. If outsiders hear it, a few heads won't be enough to chop off."”
Many years later, when Leng Shuiyun asked Prince Cheng, who was her husband, this question, Lan Xuanhan said that Zhengyang was the day when families worshipped their ancestors and visited their relatives and friends. You said that most of the officials who visited were still ministers. The emperor said that officials above the fifth rank had to bring their families to participate. Didn't he give the ministers a chance? We don't have to visit every house. In the end, the emperor will treat us to a meal, so why not? Leng Shuiyun felt that it made sense.
After the ceremony, the emperor held a banquet. After three rounds of wine, he ate some food. The emperor said that he was old and his body was not as good as before. Now he was tired and returned to the palace to rest at noon. Seeing that her husband was about to leave, the Empress quickly went forward to support him and left with him. After a while, some of the concubines and princesses also dispersed. Soon, only the princes and ministers remained.
Leng Shuiyun and her sister were brought by their mother to visit the Empress. Before they entered the door, Leng Shuiyun once again heard a voice that sounded like the chirping of a green bird.
"Greetings to the Empress.”
Upon entering the room, after bowing, he raised his head to see more than ten people in the room. They were all women of official families who were usually good friends with the Empress.
The Empress was very happy to see so many people in her Fenglai Palace. There was only one day in a year when there would be so many people in this cold palace. He asked the maidservant to bring tea and fruits as tribute. After sitting together and chatting for a while, the Empress saw that the juniors were a little bored and called them down. "You little ones go play first. Your mother and I have a lot to talk about. Usually, we don't get to see each other whenever we want.”
Leng Shuiyun and the other juniors quickly retreated. When they arrived outside the hall, Luo Yiwei stared at the two sisters for a long time. Finally, she sighed." Sigh, I can't tell. I've long heard that you two sisters look alike. I didn't believe it at first, but after seeing it today, I finally believe it. How can you two look so alike? It's as if you're carved from the same mold."”
Leng Shuiyun laughed. Luo Yiwei pulled him over." I don't care who's against who. Let's go to the small stool and have a chat. I think the Empress will be chatting with our mother for a long time."”
He didn't refuse and followed her to the stone bench to sit down. Before he could say anything, a delicate little eunuch ran over and said," The Empress has called me over to see where the young ladies are. I'm afraid the young ladies are freezing because of the cold weather. If it doesn't work, I'll ask you to sit in the side hall.”
"No, tell the Empress that Yiwei and the two sisters of the Leng family are sitting on the stone bench outside.”Luo Yiwei smiled at Leng Shuiyun and Leng Shuizhi as if she was asking for their opinion.
"Then I'll leave it to Miss Luo."
"Alright then, this one will go and report back. However, this one will still send a hand stove and blanket over for each of the young ladies in a while. Then, this one will call a servant girl to bring hot tea over.”After saying that, the little eunuch immediately ran away, as if he could not delay even a second.
After the young eunuch left, the three of them found out their ages. It turned out that Luo Yiwei was born in the same year as them, just four months earlier. She wanted to ask the two sisters who was the older sister, but Leng Shuiyun was so mean that she didn't say anything and asked Luo Yiwei to guess. Rubbing the space between her eyebrows, she felt completely helpless and admitted defeat." My good sister, don't tease me. Tell me, who is the elder sister?"”
"Yun 'Er, stop teasing Sister Luo.”The Cold Water Ganoderma could not stand it anymore and admitted that she was the elder sister.
"How boring." Just as he was speaking, the young eunuch had already brought a hand stove, a blanket, and hot tea over. With a hot stove in his arms and a blanket on his legs, he had already driven away half of the chill. He joked again.
"I've really basked in Little Sister Zhi 'er's glory. My father always wanted me to marry the crown prince or a prince. Sigh, sigh, don't tell anyone.”Luo Yiwei started to complain. When she heard Leng Shuiyun ask if Sister Luo didn't like to marry the Crown Prince, she suddenly said emotionally," How would I like to marry the Crown Prince? I told Sister Zhi-er not to take it to heart. This is my personal opinion. They say that the palace is as deep as the sea. I think it's true." Compared to the palace, I prefer a carefree life. Hehe, if my daddy hears this, he'll beat me up.”
"Sister Luo, what are you saying? It would be a great honor to marry the Crown Prince. Girls dream of getting married." Leng Shuiyun picked up her tea and took a sip. Leng Shuizhi sat there without saying anything.
"Could it be that Sister Yun 'Er thinks so? I don't think so." Leng Shuiyun giggled as she spoke. No matter how he looked at it, it didn't seem like the truth. "Where's Sister Zhi 'er?"
"Everything has been decided. Zhi-er will only obey. Using precious things to challenge the decree seems to be not worth it.”She grabbed the hand stove tightly and felt the heat burn her heart. It was a burning pain.
Perhaps it was a psychological effect, but Luo Yiwei suddenly felt that the surroundings had become much colder after hearing Zhi-er's words. She looked around and saw Yun-er smiling as she hugged her sister in her arms. One of them had her face lowered, and the other had her head raised. No matter how she looked at it, they seemed to have a deep sisterly relationship. Why did she only have an idiotic and unambitious brother? She lamented the injustice of the heavens.
The Cold Water Zhi felt the warmth in her sister's arms and her burning palms, but Yun 'Er's eyes were bone-chilling. She knew that she was unwilling to marry the Crown Prince. She said that her sister should face the vast sky and not the deep sea. However, they all knew that they had no other choice.
She didn't want to disturb the harmony of this scene, but she could feel that they were about to separate. She reached out to pull out the golden hairpin on her head and handed it over." Zhi 'er, no matter what happens in the future, just look at what's in front of you. You're about to become the Crown Princess, and I don't have much to give you. Take this hairpin as a gift from me."”
" This is too expensive…" The Cold Water Ganoderma stood up and wanted to push the hairpin back.
"There's no need to be polite. Just accept it.”Luo Yiwei joked.
"Then Zhi-er thanks Sister Luo." Seeing her sister thank her, Leng Shuiyun reached out and took the hairpin and inserted it into her sister's hair bun." Mmm, it's really beautiful. Thank you for giving it up, Sister Luo."”
"When Yun 'Er gets married, big sister will give one as well.”Before he finished speaking, a voice came from afar." This servant greets the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is lucky." Greetings, Third Master. Third Master is auspicious."
A deep voice rang out." Go and report that I and Prince Cheng have come to pay their respects to Mother.”
"Big brother, how many times have I told you? If you want someone to report, just say it as your younger brother.”Lan Xuanhan said helplessly.
"Three young misses, the empress called you into the house, saying that the crown prince and wangye have come.”When Leng Shuiyun heard this, she cursed her bad luck in her heart. The almanac is a good thing, why am I so unlucky?
After the two masters entered the house to greet them, they saw a room full of women, old and young, greeting them. In the crowd, Lan Xuanmo and Lan Xuanhan could tell at a glance that it was her.
Leng Shuiyun had always been sensitive, but she still didn't realize that someone was staring at her. She continued to lament.
The Empress pulled Cold Water Zhi over and formally introduced her to the Crown Prince. She smiled and said," How can you be like this? You haven't even gotten married yet and you've already seen her appearance. You can't beat the drum to retreat."”
Everyone in the room laughed.
[Is he the one? Such a tall figure, such a handsome appearance, such a noble identity. What right do I have to marry him? Why am I so unwilling?] In the future, I can only trust him, follow him, and rely on him.
Her? She seemed to be the same person as the one she saw at the Yongming Tower that day, but she was not the one who was chatting and laughing with Third Brother. But she will be my wife. She was as beautiful as a flower and as gentle as water, but she lacked a trace of straightforwardness.
This meeting was the first time that the two of them had gotten pregnant. Marrying her and him might not be a bad thing.
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