webnovelvip Chapter 17 Chapter 17
Chapter 17 Chapter 17
It is customary in Dazhou to worship on New Year's Eve, to thank God and pray for the people.
Naturally, this year was no exception. Emperor Xiaowen brought three lords and nine ministers to sacrifice to the heavens in the southern suburbs. Qi Mingjue, as the concubine of the Great Zhou Dynasty, naturally also accompanied him. He was dressed in white plain clothes, making him handsome and elegant, without being stained with dust.
After the big wedding, Emperor Xiaowen used the reason that the prince was weak to avoid all entertainment between the husband and wife, and let Li Junran rest in the East Palace with peace of mind. Prince, it is more important for the couple to cultivate their relationship at home. Naturally, they must be knowledgeable, and they will not violate the holy will.
This suburban sacrifice was Qi Mingjue's first appearance after the wedding, and it was the focus of all parties' attention.
Qi Mingjue, who was so beautiful as he got off the carriage, naturally attracted everyone's attention and caused quite a commotion. All the people present were veterans in the officialdom for many years. Of course, royal affairs cannot be tolerated by others. Then he cleared his mind, his face was calm, but his heart was full of undercurrents.
Li Junran took a bath and changed clothes three days ago and lived in the Taitan Palace as a marquis, and seeing him for three days was like three autumns, so he thought about Qi Mingjue very much.
When I glimpsed my beloved in the distance, my heart stopped beating at that moment, as if the surrounding air had condensed, and time stood still at this moment, just like when I saw Qi Mingjue for the first time in Dayan Palace, Every frown and smile has touched his whole heart, and Li Junran knew that he had already fallen into a deep sinking step by step and could not extricate himself.
When Emperor Xiaowen took Xiao Junran to visit Dayan, it was rainy day, and Xiao Junran hid from the rain alone in the gazebo in the imperial garden. It reminded Xiao Junran of the warm scene when the mother and son took off their shoes and socks in the rain, rolled up their trouser legs, and stepped on the grass when their mother was alive. Queen Wende never spoiled her son, nor restrained her son's nature. Naturally, get close to the people.
His mother is gone, and the scene in his memory will never happen again. With tears in his eyes, Xiaojun stands alone in the pavilion and stares at Xiaoyu. He misses his mother, and his heart seems to be blocked by something. He is tired, stuffy, and breathless, but he can't cry. The father said that tears are the work of cowards. He is the prince, the prince, and the future king of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He has no right to be weak, he must be strong, so He can't cry because he's not qualified.
"Little brother, little brother, what's wrong with you?"
Soft words came from the ear, and the tip of the nose smelled a faint fragrance of milk. Xiao Jun suddenly came to his senses and saw the white and tender buns beside him. No, it was Xiao Mingjue. At that time, Xiao Mingjue was wearing a rabbit fur coat , snow-white and pink, with plump little hands holding the corner of Xiao Junran's clothes, for a moment Xiao Junran overlapped the milk buns made by him and his mother, and suddenly felt that the child looked delicious.
Xiao Mingjue looked up at Xiao Junran, blinked, and suddenly dragged Xiao Junran into the rain, stretched out his index finger to his lips and said softly: "Shh, cry in the rain, others won't know."
Tears flowed out like a flood that broke a bank, and the shackles in his heart were released. Xiao Junran let go of his defenses in the rain and cried for half an hour. Xiao Mingjue stayed with him quietly until the rain stopped .
"His Royal Highness," Du Zhong reminded Li Junran in a low voice, "The time is coming."
Li Junran subconsciously tidied up his skirt to hide a trace of shyness in his heart, but unfortunately his flushed cheeks betrayed him.Du Zhong followed Li Junran's line of sight, and found his own princess concubine without accident. Du Zhong raised his lips and was really happy for His Highness.
Emperor Xiaowen and his prince went up to the Circular Mound of the Thai Altar to offer sacrifices to the heavens. After completing a series of ceremonies such as welcoming the gods, sacrificing the lords, saying goodbye to the gods, and drinking blessings, they returned to the palace with all the people. It is a family banquet, and all the relatives of the emperor have a feast together to keep the year old.
As soon as Qi Mingjue entered Xianqin's palace and took his seat, Li Junran whispered in his ear: "What did the father tell Jue'er to go to the imperial study?"
"Huh?" Qi Mingjue's ears blushed imperceptibly, and he replied casually: "Huh, nothing?"
Li Junran obviously did not accept Qi Mingjuan's perfunctory words, and continued: "Have you been gone for more than half an hour?"
"You, you've been paying attention to the time?" Qi Mingjue remembered what Emperor Xiaowen said to him before, his eyes were full of smiles, the blush slowly crept up his cheeks, and when he heard Li Junran's words, he blurted out, suddenly feeling that he had slipped his tongue Hastily closing his eyes to cover up, "If you want to know, just ask Father."
Li Junran's whole thoughts were entangled in the "secret conversation" between Emperor Xiaowen and Qi Mingjue's imperial study, so he missed the wonderful expressions on Qi Mingjue's face.
Qi Mingjue blushed and lowered his head, thinking carefully about what Emperor Xiaowen said to himself.
After the officials left, taking advantage of the gap before the dinner, Emperor Xiaowen met Qi Mingjue alone in the imperial study. Emperor Xiaowen heard the truth about this marriage.
"The death of the empress hit Ran'er very hard. Ran'er was unable to get out of the shadow of losing her biological mother back then. It happened that I was going to visit Dayan. In order to relax Ran'er, I took him with me, and then I met him in the palace. You, Jue'er." Emperor Xiaowen glanced at Qi Mingjue, but no change could be seen on his indifferent face.
"When I found the two of you soaking wet in the imperial garden, everyone was terrified. Your father even angered those attendants who looked after you. The punishment will be executed immediately. Your small body stands in front of everyone. , insisting that your father take back his life, you are very brave, and you will not obediently change your wet clothes until your mother is later." Thinking of the soft but soft-spoken little guy back then, now in front of him, he has become himself. His son-in-law, Emperor Xiaowen had a smile in the corner of his eyes, full of kindness.
"Me?" Qi Mingjue blushed when he heard his father-in-law recall the embarrassing things about his childhood, "Because of a serious illness when I was young, I can't remember many things.
"Your serious illness was also caused by that rain." Emperor Xiaowen's eyes were full of pity, "After that day, we set off for Dazhou. Afterwards, we found out that Jue'er had typhoid fever due to the rain, and the high fever persisted. At that time, I blamed myself very much, blaming myself for letting you accompany me in the rain."
"Jue'er heard from her mother that Jue'er had a severe fever at that time and almost died. Fortunately, the imperial doctor was very skilled and was taken care of by her mother. Jue'er gradually recovered, but Jue'er was gone. Jue'er doesn't remember many things from the previous memories."
"I also heard that because of that illness, Jue'er suffered a lot, and her body became much thinner." Emperor Xiaowen nodded, and reached out to touch Qi Mingjue's head, "In the future, if Ran'er is here, I will definitely help Jue'er take care of it." Good body."
"Father Emperor." Qi Mingjue blushed even more, and called out to Emperor Xiaowen, suddenly felt that he had lost his composure, and bowed his head in embarrassment.
Seeing the blushing expression of his daughter-in-law, the vicious Emperor Xiaowen was satisfied.
Knowing that his daughter-in-law was thin-skinned, Emperor Xiaowen also put away his jokes, seeing that the fire was almost ready, he went straight to the topic: "Since I met Jue'er, I have liked it very much, and I have been talking about various things about Jue'er. When Jue'er was sick, he was worried and wanted to go to Dayan secretly several times by himself, but I found out later, so he had no choice but to give up. After that, he could only watch from a distance in Dazhou Jue'er, after the court decided to make a marriage, Ran'er took the initiative to express his heart to me and proposed to marry Jue'er, and even said that he would not marry unless you."