Chapter 169 The Weak Wife of a Servant Is a Heartthrob 33
Chapter 169 The Weak Wife of a Servant Is a Heartthrob 33
March 15th is an excellent day, at least for the people in the capital.
In March of this year, the capital seemed to be agitated early, as if something big was happening. Until the imperial edict came down.
The people in the court were completely relieved. It turned out that the new emperor was going to marry a queen.
Speaking of this new emperor, everyone who mentioned him praised him as a sage monarch, but at the same time they were full of fear because this sage monarch had a not so good temper.
In particular, the residence of the Minister of Personnel was searched and confiscated with thunderous means, and all 180 households of the Minister of Personnel were executed.
The entire Caishikou was filled with blood for three days. Anyone who had experienced what happened back then was afraid of the new emperor.
Now that the new emperor was marrying a queen, they dared not be tactful and naturally let the royal guards make arrangements with a smile on their faces.
If there are those who refuse to cooperate, the swords in the hands of the Royal Guards will naturally tell them what to do.
Early in the morning, precious red silk was spread all over the front door. People pointed at the red silk with envy on their faces. They were reluctant to use the red silk to make clothes, let alone spread it on the ground for people to trample on.
It was truly extravagance to the extreme, but his status as the common ruler of the world allowed him to squander it at will. No one dared to say anything and could only watch the red silk being trampled on the ground.
It’s not that there aren’t some busybodies out there who want to take advantage of the situation.
For example, if you secretly pick up some of the red silk and sell it, you can make a lot of profit.
But things are obviously not that simple. Since they dare to put it here, there must be a foolproof method.
Soon many imperial guards came and tightly surrounded the wedding route from beginning to end, not letting anyone get close. Naturally, this action made people afraid to act rashly.
Even the bravest person would not dare to take a step forward when seeing the soldier with shoulder-length nails.
Some people who didn't know the situation started to discuss with envy, "Whose company is this? Such a big deal."
How come he hadn't heard of which noble family in the capital was going to have a wedding? It was obvious that there were more than one person like him who didn't understand the situation. A circle of people soon gathered around him, chattering, and wishing to get to the bottom of everything.
"That is, paving the road with something so valuable."
The person who was speaking had a basket on her arm, which was filled with fresh pork. It was obvious that she was a woman who had just returned from the market.
She recalled that when she got married, there wasn't even a bit of silk in her betrothal gifts, let alone such a large sum of money.
"You don't even know this. Today is the day our emperor establishes his queen."
The big man next to him spat, as if he didn't understand how this man could be so stupid and not know such an important thing.
"What do you mean by establishing a queen? I haven't heard of it."
The man who spoke still had the impression of the new emperor when he first ascended the throne. However, this was normal. The people above him changed frequently, and it would not be his turn anyway.
It doesn't matter if you don't pay attention to him. He can't even get close to those officials, let alone the emperor.
"Are you ignorant?"
The person who was speaking raised his chin complacently. Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he continued, "Our emperor's harem is empty now, and there is only one queen. We must hold a grand ceremony."
No one knows what the emperor was thinking, he actually made a concubine's daughter the queen. Even the adults who paid the least attention to family background were shocked and found it unbelievable.
Not to mention that the concubine was just the concubine of a fifth-rank official.
In the capital, the fifth rank is already the lowest.
"Why didn't I hear about it?"
"Of course you haven't heard of it. This queen is not from a noble family, but from the home of a small minister."
That's about right. It's normal if you haven't heard of it. Although the Minister is a high official for them, it is still not enough in front of the Lord of the World.
The man continued, "I heard that Miss Yun is famous, virtuous, and beautiful."
"So, you have met Miss Yun?"
The big man seemed to have been hit on something, and quickly explained: "No, no, I haven't seen it. I'm just guessing."
Of course he had seen Miss Yun before. She was not very pretty and looked quite sarcastic.
But that was only once many years ago. He wasn't of noble status, so he was lucky to have seen him once. I never saw him again after that.
At that time, he also told people around him which family this girl came from, that she had a bad temper and plain appearance, and that whoever family she married would be unlucky.
But now that Miss Yun was already the honorable Queen, how could he dare to say much? Of course he only said nice things about her.
Even what I just said about her beauty was said deliberately for others to hear.
He was not stupid, he knew there might be some stall nearby. How could he possibly say something bad about the Queen in public? He would only say something nice.
I really didn't expect that Minister Yun was so lucky. I heard that his eldest daughter married General Wen, and now a concubine's daughter can even marry the emperor.
He didn't know how his luck could be so good. Was it still useful to pray to gods and Buddhas? He smacked his lips with envy and wished he could trade luck with someone else.
"Look at this so-called queen. What do you think?"
There was a dining table by the window on the second floor of Zuixianju. The man in brocade robe held a folding fan in his hand and knocked on the table.
The attendant beside him bowed respectfully and whispered, "Your Highness, this queen is probably very much in the emperor's favor."
"Hahaha."
Prince Duan laughed out loud. It was so funny, so funny indeed, that his good brother had always coveted the wife of a minister.
Now he is even trying to switch the prince and make her the queen.
If he were Wen Jing, he would be able to come back to life.
What a pity, he had met Wen Jing before and he was indeed a good talent.
He tried every possible means to lure him to his side, but failed. It was a pity that he died too early. Otherwise, the new emperor's move would have been enough to make him turn against his side.
The play at the moment was so exciting that even he could not escape the temptation and watched it with great interest.
The bridal sedan not far away was slowly being carried over to the sound of gongs and drums, and behind the sedan was loads of treasures, which was indescribably luxurious.
Those people all knew that how could a mere minister's mansion have so much dowry? It was most likely added by the emperor.
But the boxes of betrothal gifts that were carried in earlier could not be fake. It seemed that the emperor really loved the empress and was trying to give her face.
As the sedan swayed, Yunzhi's head hit the side hard. She rubbed her still dizzy head, somewhat confused about her current situation.
All I saw was a bright red, and it seemed as if something was blocking my view, making it difficult to see clearly.
"Where is this?"
This doesn't look like the Yun Mansion, but rather some closed place.
This thing is swaying back and forth, could it be in a sedan chair?
Why was she here? She remembered that it was because the maid beside her suddenly brought her a bowl of lotus seed soup. She didn't want to drink it at first, but the maid begged her and she finally took a sip.
After taking a sip, she wanted to ask the maid to go away, but the maid refused to leave and had a strange expression on her face, as if she felt guilty towards her. She even knelt down and slapped herself in the face.
At that time, she just wanted to help the man up and find out what was going on.
Unexpectedly, he felt dizzy after drinking it. He just tried to support himself, but he fell down instead.
In her last moment of consciousness, she saw the maid coming over in fear, supporting her and shedding tears, even shaking her to try to wake her up, before being dragged away by the guards again, and when she woke up again, she was in this sedan chair.
Yunzhi couldn't believe for a moment how things could change so quickly?
She had clearly packed her things and was ready to become a nun.
She lifted the red veil on her head, revealing the swaying kingfisher feathers on her temples. Her face, without any makeup, was surprisingly beautiful.
All she saw was bright red, just like the sedan she had sat in when she got married.
She was shocked that her most terrible guess came true.
She was actually in a sedan chair, and now no one knew where she was being sent.
Now she has fallen to this point, and what's more terrifying is that she doesn't even know who she is going to marry.
The only thing she knew was that it was definitely not the good place she thought it would be.
The people in that family are unwilling to let her go even now that she wants to become a nun?
Yunzhi's eyes were filled with sadness. She wanted to go back and question them, but she felt that it would be useless even if she did.
She had seen through that family's true colors years ago, and it was only because she was too careless that she was tricked by them.
What she had never expected was that she had fallen to such a state, an abandoned daughter of a family, and would be married off again. She didn't know who had colluded with her good father to marry her home.
Could it be the Princess Shuhe from before?
She had long felt that this man was very crazy and wanted her to marry her brother.
How could Yunzhi agree? Her brother was very polite, but the fact that he had a sister like her was enough to make her stay away from him. Unexpectedly, he was still unwilling to let her go.
They were taking it for granted. Would she accept her fate if they married her?
Yunzhi looked at everything unfamiliar around her indifferently and pulled out the hairpin on her head.
If things were really as he thought, he would have to ask the hairpin in her hand whether it agreed.
She touched the hairpin in her hand and fell into some kind of nostalgia.
In the past, Wen Jing always protected her, treating her like precious porcelain, not letting her suffer any wind and frost.
They once had a very happy time together, and she had escaped from the sea of suffering, but unfortunately now she is back to square one.
But she didn't feel bad. Wen Jing had been with her for a long time and taught her a lot of things. Now it was her turn to protect herself.
If Wen Jing saw it, he would probably be very happy again.
She wanted to open the curtain, but found that she didn't have even that little bit of strength.
Just by raising her hand, she was already breathing heavily due to exhaustion. Although she had been in poor health before, it was not so bad.
She couldn't bear it a bit, tears welled up in her eyes. How could this happen? Yunzhi leaned softly to the side, clutching the wedding dress embroidered with a golden phoenix under her body.
If she didn't have any strength, it would be useless even if she held the hairpin later. Yunzhi held it tighter and tighter, even piercing her palm, leaving traces of blood on the red wedding dress.
Even so, she still did not give up the idea of escaping. Her intuition told her that this was not a good place, and what was going to happen next would be hard for her to accept.
After all, she was just a weak lady from a wealthy family. She had experienced too many misfortunes during this period. First, her husband died, and then she was coveted by others.
She hid in the Princess's mansion, but the Princess wanted her to remarry, so she had to run away and wanted to become a nun. Now she was stuffed directly into the wedding sedan.
Is it so difficult for her to live according to her own ideas?
Yunzhi maintained a trace of clarity in her mind. She tried her best to save herself. Even if she had no strength left in her body, she wanted to leave here.
"Stop the sedan, stop now."
Can you stop for a while? She didn't want to go, and she didn't want to marry someone else for no reason.
Whoever is outside, just come and help her.
Unfortunately, the two sounds were so faint and no one could hear them due to the loud sound of gongs and drums around.
Maybe even if I heard it, I would pretend not to hear it.
Anyway, those people are used to obeying the orders of the strong and turning a blind eye to the weak.
Yunzhi coughed twice, feeling anxious and angry. If she had the strength left, she would have run away immediately, the farther the better, and never stayed in the capital again.
There is no one here that she likes, and the people here don't like her either. They only care about their own selfish desires, making her struggle in pain constantly.
Tears wet her eyelashes, Yunzhi's face was filled with sorrow, her snow-white skin looked even more delicate against the red wedding dress, as if just a slight stroke would be enough to break through and taste the tender interior.
Yunzhi tried hard to remain calm and looked around. She could hear the voices of people around her talking about the new emperor marrying a queen. She was in the sedan chair, so she was most likely the so-called queen.
It seems that she guessed wrong, it wasn't Shuhe.
No, she doesn't want to get married. She absolutely won't get married.
Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a noise outside, mixed with screams of terror.
It seemed like something big had happened, and the noise outside completely drowned out the loud sound of gongs and drums.
"Someone come quickly, there is an assassin, protect the queen."
"Oh no, hurry up and protect the Queen."
Along with these sounds, the sharp sword blade pierced straight in through the curtain of the sedan chair.
Yunzhi watched helplessly as the sword that could cut through iron like mud got closer and closer to her. She felt that the time was very long, but in fact it was only a moment.
It seemed as if the sword blade with a cold glow was very close to her, and she would be easily killed by the sword.
Is her life going to end here?
I thought I would live a good life, but it's an unhappy life, so it doesn't hurt to end it now.
With this thought in mind, she no longer felt that death was scary. Perhaps she had died long before his mother died and Wen Jing died before him.
"Queen!"
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