Chapter 40 The Palace Feast (Anti-Imperial)
No one expected that the emperor would suddenly marry Xiao Lingxiao, and it was also Su Donghan, the most loved son of Princess Mu De.
Su Donghan is over 25 years old this year. So far, he has not been married. In fact, it is because the Su family has found several marriages for him one after another, but several marriages have not yet been married. The girl of the other party either died of illness or died in an accident. In this way, there are rumors that King Mude killed too much in those years, and the karma was all on Su Donghan. He was so evil in his life that no one's daughter could suppress it.
It is said that Su Donghan is very outstanding in terms of status and appearance, but he has been delayed by such gossip.
When Su Donghan heard that the emperor had issued the order, he quickly got up to thank him. Although King Mude was not satisfied with letting a woman who came back from the dead marry to Mude's mansion, now he has become a boat and has to admit it. Only Princess Mu De smiled happily. When Su Donghan told her about this, she felt that it was a good thing. The son's life is hard and evil, but it's not as heavy as a woman who gets up from the coffin, right? If anyone in this world can resist the marriage with his son, it must be Xiao Lingxiao. What's more, Xiao Lingxiao is the eldest daughter of the Xiao family in the prime minister's mansion. Her identity is placed there. It can be said that she is a door-to-door, and her son is not wronged at all.
Princess Mulde looked at Xiao Lingxiao secretly after giving thanks and found that the more carefully the girl looked at her, the more beautiful she felt. It is worthy of being a descendant of the Xiao family. If you give birth to a child for Donghan in the future, you must also be a beautiful baby.
It's just...
Princess Mulder looked at it twice before she found that something was wrong.
Their family has received the order to thank them, but Xiao Lingxiao actually stood there upright and didn't mean to move at all.
At this time, the emperor also found that Xiao Lingxiao's eyes looking at him were deep and cold. He had not seen such a sight for many years.
"Xiao Lingxiao, I'll marry you. Why don't you take the order to thank you?" The emperor asked in a dissatisfied voice.
Xiao Lingxiao had a faint smile on the corners of her mouth and whispered, "I, Xiao Lingxiao, don't know what I am. Let the emperor bother me and tell me to marry again and again. Previously, you asked me to marry your son, His Highness, which is still a marriage between the royal family and the Xiao family. The emperor asked for a marriage for his son, which is common sense. But now the emperor has first cancelled a marriage and casually pointed Xiao Lingxiao to others as his wife. I'm afraid it's unreasonable, right?
Xiao Lingxiao's voice resounded through the whole hall like a copper bell. When everyone present heard the words, they couldn't help but feel cold.
The emperor was a little angry. Unexpectedly, Xiao Lingxiao dared to contradict him in public. He really didn't know the depth of heaven and earth!
"Xiao Lingxiao, what you mean by this is to resist the order and disrespect it?" The emperor stared at him with a calm face, and the power of the emperor pressed straight down to Xiao Lingxiao from a pair of eyes.
"I, Xiao Lingxiao, have died once. Even if the emperor couldn't help deducting me with a charge, now he pulled me out and beheaded, I just returned to that fairyland. There is nothing to be afraid of." The emperor's pressure did not seem to have any impact on Xiao Lingxiao. She said indifferently, "If my Xiao Lingxiao is just an object in the emperor's hand, he can only let the emperor throw it over and throw it at your disposal. But now the emperor has dealt with me at will again and again. I just think that you don't treat me, the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, as a human being, right?
After listening to Xiao Lingxiao's words, the emperor's face suddenly became extremely ugly.
In an in an eye, the hall became audible, and even Xuan couldn't help frowning, thinking that the master's words were too cruel.
In fact, everyone knows that the emperor's cancellation of the marriage between Xiao Lingxiao and the fourth prince was already very disgraceful to the Xiao family. Now there is no greeting to the Xiao family, and it is even more unreasonable to directly marry Xiao Lingxiao to Su Donghan. If this matter sounds good, it means that the emperor is sympathetic to the Xiao family and gives their daughter who can't get married to a good family. But if it's a bad thing to say, the emperor is in a hurry to push out the royal troubles forever. The fourth prince went to ask the emperor again and again. The emperor has now given Xiao Lingxiao to marry others. Isn't this obviously telling the fourth prince to give up?
In the whole matter, the Xiao family just let the emperor rub it round and flat. Such a situation is very likely to affect the prestige of the Xiao family in the court! When Xiao Lingxiao said that, the emperor realized this, and the old lady of the Xiao family realized this. Many people in the whole hall also realized this.
It's hard to see the extreme on Mrs. Xiao's face.
Today's palace banquet was attended by the relatives of the emperor without official positions and the family members of the officials in the court, and the officials in the court did not attend. When these people return to their mansions and tell the officials of the family what happened today, the old lady really can't imagine what kind of expression the children of the Xiao family led by Xiao Shuyong should face the eyes of others in the court tomorrow.
Her hands clenched tightly in her sleeves, and her eyes were like knives, sticking fiercely on Xiao Lingxiao's body.
At this time, Xiao Lingxiao looked very calm on the surface, but in fact, she was fiercely discussing the situation with the wolf in a dark voice.
"Is this marriage proposed by Su Donghan? Why did he marry you? He is sick!" The divine wolf said as a matter of course.
"Why are you so awkward?" Xiao Lingxiao really wanted to kick the wolf fiercely.
"That's not what I mean..." The wolf smiled and said, "If according to your statement, he wants to keep you by his side and then find a way to kill people? Ha, in this case, it can also be done to cover people's eyes and ears.
Xiao Lingxiao glanced at the eldest lady and said secretly, "I guess she came up with this idea. This woman didn't get a favor several times. This is to torture me to death by the flower picker.
"What should we do? Otherwise, I will let him find a way to destroy the marriage?"
"No need."
Xiao Lingxiao sneered and thought to himself that since the eldest lady and Su Donghan had tried their best to set a trap, don't let this trap be wasted. Recalling what he said to Xiao Fengming and Bao Ronger in the Lu family's house, Xiao Lingxiao couldn't help taking a breath. Unfortunately, Bao Ronger couldn't follow up, otherwise she could have seen how the boat went straight to the bridge.
After an awkward silence, the emperor opened his mouth first. His expression became much softer and his tone was also very gentle. He looked at Mrs. Xiao and said, "This girl in the Xiao family is eloquent and not inferior to men. Princess Huan Lan usually disciplined her a lot, didn't she? Hahaha."
Mrs. Xiao was originally Princess Huan Lan. The emperor called her Princess Huan Lan, which was obviously pulling in the relationship between the two. This is an obvious signal. A big stone fell in the old lady's heart. She hurriedly got up and came to Xiao Lingxiao's side. She knelt on the ground and kowtoed, "The girl in the family bumped against the emperor, and I would like to ask the emperor to pay the blame."
"Sister, please get up quickly." The emperor motioned the eunuch around him to help the old lady and continued, "What do you think about the marriage given by Xiao Lingxiao?"
The emperor asked this question. Although the Xiao family would never refute it, it also gave the Xiao family a chance to speak. This is the best step, which suddenly eliminated the trouble caused by Xiao Lingxiao's words.
The old lady of the Xiao family naturally understood the emperor's intentions. She knelt down for the second time, and the eldest lady hurried out and knelt down in front of the emperor. Like King Mude and others, she knelt down and thanked.
Marriage events have always been the words of the parents' fate and matchmakers. The old lady of the Xiao family is in charge, and the first lady is present. The two of them have thanked for this matter, and it's done. No one paid attention to Xiao Lingxiao, who had been standing there and looking at them coldly. Now in the eyes of everyone, the emperor is magnanimous. Even if Xiao Lingxiao is so rude, the emperor did not blame her for the Xiao family.
When the old lady and the old lady returned to their seats, Xiao Lingxiao did not say anything more and silently returned to her seat and sat down.
After a storm, the banquet became jubilant again.
At this time, Xiao Huanyu, who was sitting next to Xiao Lingxiao, said strangely to Xiao Lingxiao, "Congratulations, sister, you have another good marriage."
Xiao Lingxiao turned his head to look at her, smiled and said nothing.
Seeing that Xiao Lingxiao did not sneer at her, Xiao Huanyu thought that she really like the marriage, and couldn't help but be secretly annoyed. But Xiao Huanxue beside her whispered in her ear. After listening to Xiao Huanxue's words, Xiao Huanyu immediately became smiling again.
The emperor drank a few more glasses of wine and then left first. After he left, the Empress Dowager also left with Xuan. These two are no longer in the hall, and the atmosphere in the whole hall becomes much easier. Some people are toasting around with wine glasses, and young men and women are also taking this opportunity to find a good relationship.
Li Jingxuan got up and came to Xiao Lingxiao to sit down. He opened his mouth and said, "You are too bold."
Xiao Lingxiao sneered when he heard the words and said, "Your Highness is not small. The emperor just told me to marry me, and you came to me. Aren't you afraid to provoke any rumors that are unfavorable to you?"
"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid." Li Jingxuan stared at Xiao Lingxiao tightly, as if he wanted to see her thoughts from her bottomless eyes. Unfortunately, no matter how he looked at it, he could not understand Xiao Lingxiao's behavior. First, he contradicted the emperor without fear of death, and then accepted all this silently? She clearly identified Su Donghan as a flower picker. Is she willing to marry a flower picker like this?
"What the hell do you want to do?" Li Jingxuan asked in a low voice.
Xiao Lingxiao glanced at Su Donghan, who was sitting in the distance holding a wine glass and looking at Su Donghan with a strange smile on his face. Then he turned his head to look at the old lady and the old lady who seemed to have never happened. He whispered to Li Jingxuan, "Your Highness, look, a good play will be staged soon."